JARG Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 (edited) Victor is a great solo album and I am sick and tired of people saying things like: Victor should have been an instrumental album Victor is shit Alex should of not have been speeking in some of the songs He should of chose a different singer His wife should not of sang on Start Today Victor is garbage ETC Even though Victor is about a guy who has mental issues and kills his wife, it Is still a great album IMO. You asked a question in the thread title which is answered easily enough: people hate what they hate and like what they like. No further analysis is needed. Perhaps you really wanted to ask why people voice negative opinions about Victor, and that answer is likewise simple to understand: this is a message board where people to come to express their opinions. If asked if they prefer Victor, those who don't are as entitled to express their opinions as those who do. But you ask no questions in the actual OP. You might find this hard to understand at the age you are now, but there's an expression that goes "discretion is the better part of valor" which means (among other things), "sometimes it's better to keep things to yourself". There are a kagillion things I'm "sick and tired" of, but I don't post about them because I (rightly, I suspect) figure no one cares about what I'm sick and tired of. Posting about such things so just seems to invite a lot of unwanted commentary, don't you think? Edited September 8, 2016 by JARG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I admit I may not have heard a single track from Victor...I find I'm curious now. I would be the first to admit that its not as good as Ged's solo album, but it has interesting moments. At least he was thinking outside the box a little. It is bizarro at times. Edwin is a little screamy but I am the Spirit, Promise and Strip and Go Naked are good tracks. At the End is pretty cool, I like the vibe. But pretty much everything else on it falls short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 All that said, I do like Victor more than I like MFH. But then again, I prefer spicy food to bland food, so maybe there's a correlation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 All that said, I do like Victor more than I like MFH. But then again, I prefer spicy food to bland food, so maybe there's a correlation.I will NOT stand for your constant attacks on Presto. STOP IT NOW. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 If you could take the best tracks from both and make one decent album, what would they be? I'm thinking My Favourite HeadachePromiseStart TodayWorking at PerfektHome on the StrangeStrip and Go NakedShut Up Shuttin' Up (voices removed)SlippingStillMr. X 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Listening to it right now!! BEST SOLO ALBUM EVER!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 If you could take the best tracks from both and make one decent album, what would they be? I'm thinking ALL OF THEM!! BOTH ALBUMS ARE GREAT!! 10/10 ON BOTH!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 If you could take the best tracks from both and make one decent album, what would they be? I'm thinking My Favourite HeadachePromiseStart TodayWorking at PerfektHome on the StrangeStrip and Go NakedShut Up Shuttin' Up (voices removed)SlippingStillMr. XI'm just going to pick 10 songs because that's what you did. These: 1 My Favorite Headache2 Promise3 Start Today4 Mr. X5 Runaway Train6 Moving to Bohemia7 Shut Up Shuttin' Up (voices removed)8 Home On the Strange9 Grace to Grace10 Strip and Go Naked Vocals breakdown...Geddy: 5Dalbello: 1Edwin: 1 None: 3 Says a lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Listening to Victor now. Somehow I made it to Strip and Go Naked, a good instrumental. But the 3 tracks prior to that are hard to listen to -- vocally. Edwin sounds like the typical, boring 90s vocalist. Then on Shut Up Shuttin' Up, I do my best to ignore Charlene and her friend's banter...but unfortunately I can't. "Stop" will be pressed after this tune finishes. Screw the last 3 tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 Listening to Victor now. Somehow I made it to Strip and Go Naked, a good instrumental. But the 3 tracks prior to that are hard to listen to -- vocally. Edwin sounds like the typical, boring 90s vocalist. Then on Shut Up Shuttin' Up, I do my best to ignore Charlene and her friend's banter...but unfortunately I can't. "Stop" will be pressed after this tune finishes. Screw the last 3 tracks. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Listening to Victor now. Somehow I made it to Strip and Go Naked, a good instrumental. But the 3 tracks prior to that are hard to listen to -- vocally. Edwin sounds like the typical, boring 90s vocalist. Then on Shut Up Shuttin' Up, I do my best to ignore Charlene and her friend's banter...but unfortunately I can't. "Stop" will be pressed after this tune finishes. Screw the last 3 tracks. :oIn the Presto thread I used this same ratings scale: 4 = great3 = good2= ok1 = bad0 = shouldn't have been made Victor got a score of 1.54. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Listening to Victor now. Somehow I made it to Strip and Go Naked, a good instrumental. But the 3 tracks prior to that are hard to listen to -- vocally. Edwin sounds like the typical, boring 90s vocalist. Then on Shut Up Shuttin' Up, I do my best to ignore Charlene and her friend's banter...but unfortunately I can't. "Stop" will be pressed after this tune finishes. Screw the last 3 tracks. :oIn the Presto thread I used this same ratings scale: 4 = great3 = good2= ok1 = bad0 = shouldn't have been made Victor got a score of 1.54. Now you two are just trolling each other! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 (edited) Listening to Victor now. Somehow I made it to Strip and Go Naked, a good instrumental. But the 3 tracks prior to that are hard to listen to -- vocally. Edwin sounds like the typical, boring 90s vocalist. Then on Shut Up Shuttin' Up, I do my best to ignore Charlene and her friend's banter...but unfortunately I can't. "Stop" will be pressed after this tune finishes. Screw the last 3 tracks. :oIn the Presto thread I used this same ratings scale: 4 = great3 = good2= ok1 = bad0 = shouldn't have been made Victor got a score of 1.54. Now you two are just trolling each other!Not really. That's the score I'm giving it. I gave Presto a 2 point something. Don't really see how my post is trolling. ((Edited to add this last section))Forgot to include my ratings...There were two songs that got 3s, two that got 2s, six that got 1s, but no 0s or 4s. Explain the trolling bit because I don't even think Surrender was trolling here. She simply posted a surprise/shock smiley because of my last sentence of "Screw the last 3..." Edited September 9, 2016 by JohnnyBlaze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Listening to it right now!! BEST SOLO ALBUM EVER!!I guess you haven't heard very many solo albums.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Listening to it right now!! BEST SOLO ALBUM EVER!! really. RAMSmall ChangeHighway 61Plastic Ono BandZiggyAll Things must passGift of Screws Ummm......Everything else in excistance that's a solo album......no. um......o......k. Mick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 (edited) I think there was also a lot of expectation when this album was announced. The first full solo album from a member of RUSH. A lot of people also thought that Alex would be off the leash after years of being shackled during the synth era and solo-compromised during the grunge era. And maybe he felt like he was off the leash but it didn't sound like it because he didn't produce the quality tunes and riffs and melodies and solos that he was known for in the 70's and the 80's on this. Instead he came up with a hard-to-listen-to mixture of oddball stuff from a nu-metal-sounding dirge to creepy WH Auden poetry with leaden background music, to his "wife" talking absolute nonsense about hair on the toilet seat and other ridiculous shit while Alex plays a tuneless batch of licks, to a weird female Geddy clone singing a dull melody-challenged feminist anthem. Maybe there were too many women involved in this production? Edited September 9, 2016 by treeduck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 Listening to it right now!! BEST SOLO ALBUM EVER!!I guess you haven't heard very many solo albums.... I have heard 3, but Victor is the best by far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 Listening to it right now!! BEST SOLO ALBUM EVER!! really. RAMSmall ChangeHighway 61Plastic Ono BandZiggyAll Things must passGift of Screws Ummm......Everything else in excistance that's a solo album......no. um......o......k. Mick It is my opinion. I can like this solo album all I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GeddysMullet Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Listening to Victor now. Somehow I made it to Strip and Go Naked, a good instrumental. But the 3 tracks prior to that are hard to listen to -- vocally. Edwin sounds like the typical, boring 90s vocalist. Then on Shut Up Shuttin' Up, I do my best to ignore Charlene and her friend's banter...but unfortunately I can't. "Stop" will be pressed after this tune finishes. Screw the last 3 tracks. :oIn the Presto thread I used this same ratings scale: 4 = great3 = good2= ok1 = bad0 = shouldn't have been made Victor got a score of 1.54. Now you two are just trolling each other!Not really. That's the score I'm giving it. I gave Presto a 2 point something. Don't really see how my post is trolling. ((Edited to add this last section))Forgot to include my ratings...There were two songs that got 3s, two that got 2s, six that got 1s, but no 0s or 4s. Explain the trolling bit because I don't even think Surrender was trolling here. She simply posted a surprise/shock smiley because of my last sentence of "Screw the last 3..." It was a joke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tick Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 I didn't like it. To each his own.Now, My Favorite Headache on the other hand is brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Listening to Victor now. Somehow I made it to Strip and Go Naked, a good instrumental. But the 3 tracks prior to that are hard to listen to -- vocally. Edwin sounds like the typical, boring 90s vocalist. Then on Shut Up Shuttin' Up, I do my best to ignore Charlene and her friend's banter...but unfortunately I can't. "Stop" will be pressed after this tune finishes. Screw the last 3 tracks. :oIn the Presto thread I used this same ratings scale: 4 = great3 = good2= ok1 = bad0 = shouldn't have been made Victor got a score of 1.54. Now you two are just trolling each other!Not really. That's the score I'm giving it. I gave Presto a 2 point something. Don't really see how my post is trolling. ((Edited to add this last section))Forgot to include my ratings...There were two songs that got 3s, two that got 2s, six that got 1s, but no 0s or 4s. Explain the trolling bit because I don't even think Surrender was trolling here. She simply posted a surprise/shock smiley because of my last sentence of "Screw the last 3..." It was a joke.Sheesh. A smiley would've been nice. I'm no mind reader. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 But YOU might be a mind reader. Just this morning I was doing one of those "Which (x) character are you?" questionnaires. I ended up with Doc McCoy. Probably right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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