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Soo...we all love Rush. But how many here love them more than any other band? For me: Lacuna Coil Nightwish Paradise Lost Kansas (seventies only) Fleetwood Mac

A fan made video, actually really works well with this song:

As many of you have surely noticed, I am an absolute addict for AOR. The bigger the hair the happier I am. The cheesiest ballad is a sure fire hit in my collection. But considering many older fans here would have been around when AOR was at its peak, both artistically and commercially, I thought it was about time we had a thread dedicated to progs sexier, yet vacuous, little brother. My current favourite AOR bands (or pomp-rock, cheese rock, etc): Toto Journey Styx Kansas Strangeways Fleetwood Mac (post 1975) Trillion Foreigner Let us all get the nerd on. I would love it if music like this could top the charts the world over all over again, I really love this genre.

There are some big Gentle Giant fans here, and quite a few fans of Jethro Tull, and I have researched both bands a little, but am stuck on where to start. Could some of you more experienced fans please take a moment to give me a briefing on each groups discography?? I want advice as, more than any other prog bands, these two groups intimidates me. Do not suggest I am looking for the easiest listen (I began my Yes journey with Tales, and it could not have turned it any better for me), but after all the help I had from you guys with Yes and recently Genesis, I am hoping for a bit of a push with these two bands.

Lorraine suggested a gushy Presto thread. I will start: It it great!

Hey! Thought this could be an interesting thread, so lets share our favourite record covers/insert/booklet art!

Flip me, there I was a couple of months back proclaiming Kansas to be a sucky band, and now I think they have stolen a place in my top five bands of all time! I will share videos later, but I think, with bands like Yes, Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater getting a lot of love on this forum, Kansas now deserve their moment! And now I am gearing myself up for Gentle Giant. I am sure for the first six months I will adamantly detest them as well... But as for Kansas, those seventies albums shine brilliantly, and their best work possibly surpasses even Rush for me.

Ok, so this is my review thread for my favourite albums of all time. I have limited this list to just one album per artist, as my taste is varied and I desire to have this list reflect that. Also, it just so happens that my ten favourite albums are by ten different artists, so that goal worked out for me anyway regardless! So, ten albums have to be mentioned first that missed out: 20. Beyonce- Dangerously In Love 19. Michael Jackson- Dangerous 18. Mineral- End Serenading 17. Paramore- Paramore 16. Various- Dreamgirls OST: Deluxe Version 15. ABBA- Voulez Vous 14. The Beatles- The Beatles 13. No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom 12. Buckingham Nicks- Buckingham Nicks 11. Alter Bridge- ABIII.5 So, here goes the self-indulgent thread of mine!

Mine: Lacuna Coil- Karmacode: My all time favourite album! Khoma- The Second Wave Fleetwwod Mac- Tusk Nightwish- Dark Passion Play Rush- Hold Your Fire

Force Ten - 8 Time Stand Still - 9 Open Secrets - 10 Second Nature - 9 Prime Mover - 10 Lock & Key - 10 Mission - 10 Turn The Page - 10 Tai'Shan - 1 High Water - 2

The Big Money - 8 Grand Designs - 9 Manhattan Project - 10 Marathon - 10 Territories - 9 Middletown Dreams - 10 Emotion Detector - 5 Mystic Rhythms - 7

This band started following me on Instagram, and I have to say, despite having the most generic band name to Google search in history, GREY are absolutely incredible for a bunch of upstarts! Use Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfrwseWQewA Destroying Angel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwlYnHXikT0

So...I love movies...always have, always will. Sometimes a director I like makes a dreadful, pitiful mess of a movie that had so much going for it on paper. One example: Ridley Scott's abysmal Kingdom Of Heaven. What a mess... ...and then I find the Director's Cut for less than a fiver online, and it not only improves on the original theatrical cut, it blows most of his films right out of the water! So what director's cuts have you seen that stick out as improvements? And why? For me: Kingdom Of Heaven Gladiator (referred to only as Extended Cut) Troy (not great, simply better) The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

Ok, I have noticed a trend with this album: you either love or hate this...very little in the way of a middle ground... Well, I love it! The eighties ended on a higher note than expected, and not one song gets skipped...Superconductor came close, but truth be told, I find much to love in that song... So come on, what is your verdict? Is Presto Magic, or Mucous? Have fun!

There may already be a thread like this. O well. I will start with a list of MY favourites: The Speed Of Love Ghost Of A Chance Chain Lightning Limelight Available Light 2112 Bastille Day Nobody's Hero If I had to pick just one song from that list? Possibly... Available Light. That soaring vocal, that gentle melody. Sends shivers up my spine... What are your favourites/favourite?

Please at least give these a try BEFORE you all jump down my throat: Bottom Of Your Soul http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GAxVf8jdLw Falling In Between (this is MIGHTY FINE HARD ROCK!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MP-JkSPfRg

..Rush may just be the best band I have ever heard, ever. Three years a fan, and they are taking over the affections I have had for every other band: The Beatles, Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac....LACUNA COIL! Believe me, this is the most unexpected thing...its been a revelation to finally discover my own special band, a band who I have to say has a stupid number of albums I deem perfect, and a fair few close to perfection. Perfect: 2112 AFTK PeW MP p/g Close to perfect: CoS Hem PoW HYF CA Very Good: FBN Sig Presto RTB CP T4E Feedback Average: Rush VT SA Looking at those figures, no other band that I have love for has this many albums that I hold so very dear. I have yet to explore their live albums, but the snippets I have heard here and there have been revelatory. I know this is a pointless thread, perhaps an element of attention seeking. But I have to give Rush their due: they have transformed my taste in music, how I see the world, and how they opened my eyes to the wonder of classic rock in a way not even The Beatles or Fleetwood Mac could have... ...and I suffer badly from depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Their music is a constant joy and a relief from my mental anguish (I am more ill than anyone here realises, because I hide behind a constant shiny surface veneer only those close to me can see past). The nice thing is, this forum has proven Rush fans come in all shapes and forms, backgrounds and personal interests. I love listening to older members love for bands of their era (Narpski, ReGorLaTroy and Lorraine deserve special mention here), and it gives me joy when newer fans share their ever growing and expanding experiences with this band, considering I know of no one else in my life who likes them. So I want to give Rush some well deserved love. No other band moves me like Rush, and I am now at a point when I couldn't deny it if I tried: Rush are my favourite band, possibly ever.

A Farewell To Kings So awesome is this album I could happily listen to it forever. Everything is perfection. I know its popular, so why do you love it? Or is it overrated? Let us discuss!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=FG7465G6DQo This...is why I love music. Enjoy guys!

Lacuna Coil have been my favourite band for nearly ten years. Do I make the claim that they are the greatest band ever? No. But i adore them. Something about their music swamps me with emotion, and although there are many female fronted metal bands around, Lacuna Coil are one of the first, having formed in 1994. I love all their albums, have seen them live, met them in person, and have cried endlessly to them in my darkest hours. I would be interested in seeing what you guys think of them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB9LXpO6yWo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly9E30Hc5pg

I love him! Greatest songwriter of all time...