Wil1972 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Just another tidbit on the subject of Presto... I read somewhere that Hand over Fist was originally going to be an instrumental. Sounds pornographic. Dirty minded Lorraine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I sorta think Rush reached perfection with Permanent Waves, whereas before they were great but still not perfect. Hemispheres is shite.As one of the official Hemispheres album representatives I take issue with your comments. :madra: Any more like than and we will require you to wear a prophetic 70s Rush kimono in public. I have a narrow waist and long, slender legs. I will really look good in a kimono....and a 70s Peter Frampton Alex Lifeson perm. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 I sorta think Rush reached perfection with Permanent Waves, whereas before they were great but still not perfect. Hemispheres is shite.As one of the official Hemispheres album representatives I take issue with your comments. :madra: Any more like than and we will require you to wear a prophetic 70s Rush kimono in public. I have a narrow waist and long, slender legs. I will really look good in a kimono....and a 70s Peter Frampton Alex Lifeson perm. Ooooh the imagination is running wild. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Just another tidbit on the subject of Presto... I read somewhere that Hand over Fist was originally going to be an instrumental. Sounds pornographic. Dirty minded Lorraine! No, just said it sounds pornographic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) I sorta think Rush reached perfection with Permanent Waves, whereas before they were great but still not perfect. Hemispheres is shite. I break like the wind in your general direction. Edited November 30, 2017 by toymaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I got it on cd a few months ago and on first listen I loved it, thou it's not there best work IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I sorta think Rush reached perfection with Permanent Waves, whereas before they were great but still not perfect. Hemispheres is shite.As one of the official Hemispheres album representatives I take issue with your comments. :madra: Any more like that and we will require you to wear a prophetic 70s Rush kimono in public. Segue changes his mind every two days. I wouldn’t pay attention. :D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I got it on cd a few months ago and on first listen I loved it, thou it's not there best work IMO:ebert: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I sorta think Rush reached perfection with Permanent Waves, whereas before they were great but still not perfect. Hemispheres is shite.As one of the official Hemispheres album representatives I take issue with your comments. :madra: Any more like that and we will require you to wear a prophetic 70s Rush kimono in public. Segue changes his mind every two days. I wouldn’t pay attention. :D I've consistently NOT enjoyed Hemispheres amd can say the times I have played it through entirely amd enjoyed it is less than ten times since I first heard it in 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Na na na Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I sorta think Rush reached perfection with Permanent Waves, whereas before they were great but still not perfect. Hemispheres is shite.As one of the official Hemispheres album representatives I take issue with your comments. :madra: Any more like that and we will require you to wear a prophetic 70s Rush kimono in public. Segue changes his mind every two days. I wouldn’t pay attention. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Na na na Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I sorta think Rush reached perfection with Permanent Waves, whereas before they were great but still not perfect. Hemispheres is shite.As one of the official Hemispheres album representatives I take issue with your comments. :madra: Any more like that and we will require you to wear a prophetic 70s Rush kimono in public. Segue changes his mind every two days. I wouldn’t pay attention. :D I've consistently NOT enjoyed Hemispheres amd can say the times I have played it through entirely amd enjoyed it is less than ten times since I first heard it in 2011. True...but you did say the golden age was from Moving Pictures...what about the perfection that is Permanent Waves :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 Permanent Waves is a seventies album :outtahere: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I sorta think Rush reached perfection with Permanent Waves, whereas before they were great but still not perfect. Hemispheres is shite.As one of the official Hemispheres album representatives I take issue with your comments. :madra: Any more like that and we will require you to wear a prophetic 70s Rush kimono in public. Segue changes his mind every two days. I wouldn’t pay attention. :D I've consistently NOT enjoyed Hemispheres amd can say the times I have played it through entirely amd enjoyed it is less than ten times since I first heard it in 2011. True...but you did say the golden age was from Moving Pictures...what about the perfection that is Permanent Waves :P Oops...I also forgot FBN-AFTK SHUT UP I DO NOT CHANGE MY MIND THAT OFTEN hehehe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 (edited) Just another tidbit on the subject of Presto... I read somewhere that Hand over Fist was originally going to be an instrumental. Yeah I remember that at the time. They were keen to do another instrumental but it didn't work out. We had to wait til the next LP... Edited December 1, 2017 by Lurkst 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Does anyone here remember their first reaction to the album when it came out? Yes.... I had a Ford Probe with a killer sound system, and CD player... so I went to my normal place for first day release stuff, and bought the disc. I got in my car, put the disc in, and heard the first electronic drum beats REALLY low...so I hit reverse...and turned the volume up, and heard them again at the "normal" level...then the first part of the tune came in and I was BLOWN out of my car!!! hahaha! I'll never forget that as long as I live!!! But otherwise... I "liked" the album, but it never became one that I grab in a pinch..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 i remember being indifferent when i first heard it but it grew on me. to this day i still say that it's criminally underrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirteen Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 I remember hearing The Pass and almost being moved to tears. Powerful. Beautiful. I loved pretty much the whole album immediately with the exception of War Paint and Superconductor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas7 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 I remember being frustrated with the songs being sort of start - stop - start again, disjointed between verses, middle eights and choruses. I'd sort of get into a bit of a song but just as I was going this is good, it would stutter with a weird change. It didn't flow like earlier Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 BUNNIES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalogRich Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I liked it a lot better than Hold Your Fire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I remember liking it but probably because it was Rush and not because of the songs. It was my fifth new Rush album and the first one to contain a song I didn’t like. Superconductor. Still don’t like it. The album would be better if it were recorded a decade earlier by someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I loved it and still do. I wasn’t much of a Rush fan at the time, a few albums aside (MP, Grace)...and so I took a complete gamble on Presto when it was released...purely on impulse and really dug it, the new vocal approach, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 The Pass remains a top 10-15 Rush song for me. Amazing cut. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Presto is just wonderful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) Part of why I love Presto is that many of the songs feature very strong lyrics from Neil, which of course include references to literature and art. Like this, the "girl before a mirror"... The yellow side of her face represents [the girl's] happy times with Picasso. The bright colors represent the times together. This side of her face shows her youth in the makeup free completion. This woman is painted with colors that increase her beauty.[2]The reflection represents the other interpretation of how she views herself. The colors used here are dark and make her look very old. Instead of happiness the meaning here is more of hate and unhappiness, fear and as if aging is getting on to her indicative of her fear of losing her youth. Paint the mirror black. Edited July 7, 2018 by goose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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