Red3angel Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Presto not a big favorite from most but some love it. I feel a lot of rush songs are very positive. My question to you all is am I the only one who loves the song anagram? I think the album is overlooked by people who like signals for example.
Segue Myles Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 One of my favourite albums by any band ever. And it's better than Signals.
Rod in Toronto Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 It´s the first one I bought upon release, but I hated it when it came out - I was getting into thrash at the time, and bought due to one of my friend´s recommendation, but thought it was too "light". Then I got Caress of Steel and thought it was too old. It would take me another 5 years to get into a headspace that allowed me to enjoy their music - I got A Show of Hands at a used records store, and never looked back! 1
JohnnyBlaze Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 I just might say The Pass is better than anything on Presto and every Rush song released after it. A lot of good stuff on that album 1
laughedatbytime Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 A point in favor of the case that an entire album can indeed be filler. It makes for an expensive coaster but sometimes you have to bow to the inevitable and realize that you have to recognize a sink cost when you see/hear it. But I bought RTB, so I guess that was an instance of "lessons taught but never learned". At least that had Dreamline, the reason Presto had no valleys is that it had no peaks. The only good to come from this album is that a really good line came from this when Geddy came to the realization that sometimes people do indeed like crap. 1
laughedatbytime Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Well, I met my first challenge of the day with post 9. A whole post about Presto without mentioning Sominex or using Sn to describe it. It's all downhill from here, with the lone saving grace that at least I'll make it through the day without listening to that execrable money grab.
edhunter Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Presto was recorded without a bass guitar. It is therefore disqualified.
Fridge Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 For me it's when things started to go Pete Tong....production issues aside (and the production is indeed shitty) I reckon there is about half an album worth of decent to good songs with two of them being outstanding (Title track and Available Light). The rest....filler. 1
Geddy Jazz Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 I know people that the ONLY :rush: album they dig is Presto....... 1
goose Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 I know people that the ONLY :rush: album they dig is Presto....... As far as drumming goes, it may be Neil's best "feel" album. And it has some great lyrics as well. 2
JARG Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Apart from the lack of low end, I love the production on it. It's a real treat to listen to on a good pair of headphones. 2
goose Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Apart from the lack of low end, I love the production on it. It's a real treat to listen to on a good pair of headphones.I've mentioned before that it sounds a lot like the Police's Synchronicity album. 2
bluefox4000 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Presto is amazing as is Anagram......very over looked track. Neil's fill on after the last saint's turned to sin. is probably my fav fill he's ever done. Mick 1
goose Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) Presto is amazing as is Anagram......very over looked track. Neil's fill on after the last saint's turned to sin. is probably my fav fill he's ever done. Mick@ +/- 3:30? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBfV5bDKorM All around, the drums sound fantastic on this album. Edited March 9, 2018 by goose 1
bluefox4000 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Presto is amazing as is Anagram......very over looked track. Neil's fill on after the last saint's turned to sin. is probably my fav fill he's ever done. Mick@ +/- 3:30? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBfV5bDKorM All around, the drums sound fantastic on this album. that's it. Yea. this whole album has Neil's most interesting drumming of his career, IMO. Mick 1
yyz305 Posted March 10, 2018 Posted March 10, 2018 What a coincidence. Yesterday I played the Presto CD on random. The first song to come on was Anagram. I recall thinking to myself that it is such an underrated song. Also from an underrated album. And to agree with an earlier comment, I much prefer listening to Presto than Signals! 2
Alien Girl Posted March 10, 2018 Posted March 10, 2018 I like Anagram for the lyrics and its clever wordplay...but not so much the music.
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted March 10, 2018 Posted March 10, 2018 I like Anagram for the lyrics and its clever wordplay...but not so much the music. The lyrics are kinda fun to read. Once. It's a wordplay exercise, nothing more. It's like doing the Jumble in the Sunday paper and trying to make song lyrics out of it. Maybe just leave it as a word puzzle. Neil. That and the fact that the music is dreadfully awful make Anagram one of Rush's top five worst songs. It would be a top-five worst for the Thompson Twins. Have I mentioned that I hate Anagram? 5
Permanent-Rush Posted March 10, 2018 Posted March 10, 2018 I like Anagram for the lyrics and its clever wordplay...but not so much the music. The lyrics are kinda fun to read. Once. It's a wordplay exercise, nothing more. It's like doing the Jumble in the Sunday paper and trying to make song lyrics out of it. Maybe just leave it as a word puzzle. Neil. That and the fact that the music is dreadfully awful make Anagram one of Rush's top five worst songs. It would be a top-five worst for the Thompson Twins. Have I mentioned that I hate Anagram? Thompson Twins AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
laughedatbytime Posted March 10, 2018 Posted March 10, 2018 I like Anagram for the lyrics and its clever wordplay...but not so much the music. The lyrics are kinda fun to read. Once. It's a wordplay exercise, nothing more. It's like doing the Jumble in the Sunday paper and trying to make song lyrics out of it. Maybe just leave it as a word puzzle. Neil. That and the fact that the music is dreadfully awful make Anagram one of Rush's top five worst songs. It would be a top-five worst for the Thompson Twins. Have I mentioned that I hate Anagram?To paraphrase Rush' s absolute worst song: Half the world thinks Anagram sucks donkeys while the other half thinks Anagram blows mules 1
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