New World Man: The Poll - How do you rank this song?

[treeduck]

I think it's in my top 30.

[invisible airwave]

Good Police vibe but it ends too soon after 2nd chorus. Edited March 2, 2022 by invisible airwave

[ReRushed]

It's a ditty. I would rank it in my Rush Top 30.

[Nova Carmina]

Emotional appeal: Very strong, 10/10 as it was on a K-Tel cassette I bought and thus became my first exposure to Rush.

 

Musical appeal: Less stong, 7/10; good but not great.

Edited March 2, 2022 by Nova Carmina

[IbanezJem]

I think mishearing "factories and farms" as "factory tampons" spoils it for me.

[The Analog Cub]

Good song, wish it had a bit more music. Feels just a tad short. Best version is the louder version on Rush in Rio

[Lurkst]

Won't give it a rank but I do like it, especially live. The Rio version of it kills big time :)

 

[treeduck]

On another note, what's going on with Alex's hair these days? He's starting to look like Frankenstein's dad!

 

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

For the record, Rush has recorded 162 original songs, including Broon's Bane.

 

I'd put this song in my top 50.

[treeduck]

For the record, Rush has recorded 162 original songs, including Broon's Bane.

 

I'd put this song in my top 50.

I was going to figure out the amount of songs but I couldn't be bothered, top 100 was enough!

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

On another note, what's going on with Alex's hair these days? He's starting to look like Frankenstein's dad!

 

(pic omitted for hugeness)

 

That's probably from R40, and his hair doesn't look like that now.

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

For the record, Rush has recorded 162 original songs, including Broon's Bane.

 

I'd put this song in my top 50.

I was going to figure out the amount of songs but I couldn't be bothered, top 100 was enough!

 

If you're going to keep doing these polls it might not be a bad idea to include that number somewhere in the post, just for context.

[driventotheedge]

I think it's in my top 30.

That's where I'm at too.

[Maverick]

It may be in the top 100, but it also may be in the bottom 20. I haven't quite sorted it out yet.

 

Still, it will always be better than The Garden, so there's that.

[treeduck]

For the record, Rush has recorded 162 original songs, including Broon's Bane.

 

I'd put this song in my top 50.

I was going to figure out the amount of songs but I couldn't be bothered, top 100 was enough!

 

If you're going to keep doing these polls it might not be a bad idea to include that number somewhere in the post, just for context.

IF I'm going to continue? Do you see an ending point in sight? Maybe Putin will nuke the polls out of me! :o

[treeduck]

On another note, what's going on with Alex's hair these days? He's starting to look like Frankenstein's dad!

 

(pic omitted for hugeness)

 

That's probably from R40, and his hair doesn't look like that now.

On another note, what's going on with Alex's hair these days? He's starting to look like Frankenstein's dad!

 

(pic omitted for hugeness)

 

That's probably from R40, and his hair doesn't look like that now.

Here's the info for the picture:

 

MALIBU, CA - OCTOBER 28: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Alex Lifeson, founding member of the classic rock band Rush, performs onstage during the Medlock Krieger All Star Concert benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at Saddle Rock Ranch on October 28, 2018 in Malibu, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

[Alex’s Amazing Arpeggios]

It’s an ok-ish track ..better than

anything off Presto

( except maybe ‘ Show Don’t Tell ‘ )

 

but .... no guitar solo

( shock horror LOL ! )

as Lerxst famously said of the track

something along the lines of why should

he be obliged to always have to do a solo !

 

But King Lerxst your solos are always

amazing so yes he should have added

sneaked one in ! :-)

[Alex’s Amazing Arpeggios]

For the record, Rush has recorded 162 original songs, including Broon's Bane.

 

I'd put this song in my top 50.

 

I’ve done the same :-).

I was wondering your opinion on some of the other recent

Treeduck polls ?

Which do you prefer FBN or CoS ?

Presto or S&A ?

Your least Fav album artwork ?

 

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

For the record, Rush has recorded 162 original songs, including Broon's Bane.

 

I'd put this song in my top 50.

I was going to figure out the amount of songs but I couldn't be bothered, top 100 was enough!

 

Context is important where some songs are concerned. For instance, if you started a poll about "Anagram (for Mongo)" and there was a poll choice for "Is this song in your top 161 Rush songs," I would not choose that one.

[Alex’s Amazing Arpeggios]

For the record, Rush has recorded 162 original songs, including Broon's Bane.

 

I'd put this song in my top 50.

I was going to figure out the amount of songs but I couldn't be bothered, top 100 was enough!

 

Context is important where some songs are concerned. For instance, if you started a poll about "Anagram (for Mongo)" and there was a poll choice for "Is this song in your top 161 Rush songs," I would not choose that one.

 

Ha ha ! I agree LOL :-)

[BastillePark]

For the record, Rush has recorded 162 original songs, including Broon's Bane.

 

I'd put this song in my top 50.

I was going to figure out the amount of songs but I couldn't be bothered, top 100 was enough!

 

If you're going to keep doing these polls it might not be a bad idea to include that number somewhere in the post, just for context.

IF I'm going to continue? Do you see an ending point in sight? Maybe Putin will nuke the polls out of me! :o

 

Better than someone putting a poll (pole) into you unless you're into that sort of thing. :16ton:

[zepphead]

I'll go top 40.

[treeduck]

For the record, Rush has recorded 162 original songs, including Broon's Bane.

 

I'd put this song in my top 50.

I was going to figure out the amount of songs but I couldn't be bothered, top 100 was enough!

 

Context is important where some songs are concerned. For instance, if you started a poll about "Anagram (for Mongo)" and there was a poll choice for "Is this song in your top 161 Rush songs," I would not choose that one.

Oh dear I've left that song in the new slimline 40 minute Presto album! :aliensmiley:

[jnoble]

It's OK. Lyrically similar to Tom Sawyer. Like everything else off of Signals still sounds kind of dreary to me

[Jeffrey]

It's the weakest song on Signals but that does not mean it's not a good song. It was recorded in a day according to Geddy, they needed one more song to balance each album side to 4 songs each. The Analog Kid would have been a better lead single but then again, Rush was generally poor in their selection of singles.