taurus Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/least-popular-songs-10-legendary-142325925.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucm95YWwtb3JsZWFucy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGhP2rT5V1E-YPLX-nvGIj9_X6JGUe58qQVQhI-UoGnU4X3IQ0xHJN1RIhbHSLZ4uYoLF6o1PvBOe_7yIyXdjSBPgIkGlvdHnq69_Y14UB42ICIQokvePfhyubRa5D-zGwcDdoUU0uOjFJxxz1ix4oI_EcjrV-J_7OcbbOCs7xSJ&_guc_consent_skip=1701517269 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yyz305 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Shame - I quite like the tune! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMontanaSKY Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 (edited) I always viewed the song as a "wrap-up" statement on the theme of "Vapor Trails" (since Neil was nice enough to explain the genesis of the songs in promo material for the album.) Like, people can be reborn after going through hardship, suffering and depression. Aside from the sadder content on VT, the other themes are about persisting and learning from tragedy. Edited December 2, 2023 by BigMontanaSKY 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 More people have streamed Anagram than Out of the Cradle. Let that one marinate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Remove Geddy's annoying "vocal textures" in the middle of the song, and I'll listen to it more often! Alex's guitar riffs are really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Didact Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Just now, Principled Man said: Remove Geddy's annoying "vocal textures" in the middle of the song, and I'll listen to it more often! Alex's guitar riffs are really good. Personally, I love what Ged did with the vocal layering on that album. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 35 minutes ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said: More people have streamed Anagram than Out of the Cradle. Let that one marinate. That's because it's a better song. Out Of The Cradle is just flat out blah. Anagram at least has a catchy melody that can bring you back to listening to it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 2 hours ago, J2112YYZ said: Anagram at least has a catchy melody that can bring you back to listening to it again. For sure, Anagram does have a certain something. After hearing it for the first time I did go back and listen to it again to confirm that it was the bland, uninspired and non-Rush-like filler track that I suspected it was. Sadly, my suspicions were confirmed, and I haven't listened to it since 1989. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 2 hours ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said: More people have streamed Anagram than Out of the Cradle. Let that one marinate. Hmm, since I suppose Spotify came 'round after both were released, the ten-year head start of "Anagram" probably doesn't factor into it, so there goes my first theory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 3 hours ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said: More people have streamed Anagram than Out of the Cradle. Let that one marinate. Well considering Presto is a better album than VT, I hardly find that surprising! No no, it’s the fact that Heresy and You Bet Your Life are more popular that has me confounded. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMontanaSKY Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Taste is subjective. Let's focus on the positive here- people are listening to Rush.......................... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Difficult to quantify this one .... my immediate reaction is that it should be something from Presto as IMO it is the worst album Rush ever released ..... but when it comes down to Rush's long list of songs. across the decades .... it's all a matter of taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 4 hours ago, Entre_Perpetuo said: Well considering Presto is a better album than VT, I hardly find that surprising! No no, it’s the fact that Heresy and You Bet Your Life are more popular that has me confounded. Heresy is easily a better song than Out Of The Cradle. I can't stress enough how completely forgettable that song is. As for You Bet Your Life, you never wanted to listen and learn this part just so you can try and sing along to it anarchist reactionary running-dog revisionist hindu muslim catholic creation/evolutionist rational romantic mystic cynical idealist minimal expressionist post-modern neo-symbolist armchair rocket scientist graffiti existentialist deconstruction primitive performance photo-realist be-bop or a one-drop or a hip-hop lite-pop-metallist gold adult contemporary urban country capitalist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 31 minutes ago, J2112YYZ said: Heresy is easily a better song than Out Of The Cradle. I can't stress enough how completely forgettable that song is. As for You Bet Your Life, you never wanted to listen and learn this part just so you can try and sing along to it anarchist reactionary running-dog revisionist hindu muslim catholic creation/evolutionist rational romantic mystic cynical idealist minimal expressionist post-modern neo-symbolist armchair rocket scientist graffiti existentialist deconstruction primitive performance photo-realist be-bop or a one-drop or a hip-hop lite-pop-metallist gold adult contemporary urban country capitalist Dude I was literally in high school when I first heard that, and even then I thought it was cringey. There are worse sins than being forgettable. I can’t tell you how OotC goes off the top of my head, but so know I wouldn’t shut it off if it was on because I know I enjoy it. Heresy and YBYL are endurance tests of annoyance and cringe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 11 hours ago, yyz305 said: Shame - I quite like the tune! Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 1 hour ago, zepphead said: Difficult to quantify this one .... my immediate reaction is that it should be something from Presto as IMO it is the worst album Rush ever released ..... but when it comes down to Rush's long list of songs. across the decades .... it's all a matter of taste. Any guesses as to what mine would be? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Since Out of the Cradle has 365,000 streams that means Tai Shan has at least 365,001 streams. Mind Blown. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78jazz Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 On 12/2/2023 at 11:47 AM, Entre_Perpetuo said: Well considering Presto is a better album than VT, I hardly find that surprising! No no, it’s the fact that Heresy and You Bet Your Life are more popular that has me confounded. I like Heresy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, 78jazz said: I like Heresy. Then you must be a heretic! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte7598 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I don't think Out of The Cradle is a bad song..I think Vapor Trails gets a lot of undeserved hate honestly. It's their most emotionally raw album. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhunter Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I listened to VT a ton when it came out, going for long drives in the Connecticut countryside. I never seemed to make it to the end. I’ve hardly ever heard Freeze or OOTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Partially my fault. I usually stop the album after Freeze. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todem Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Never enjoyed that tune. Quite fitting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabesCavesOfIce Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 How could it not be Tai Shan. John? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) It’s nowhere near as bad as Tai Shan or Virtuality which is Neil doing a Buscemi fellow kids meme with 90s internet. So justified that Eddie Van Waters was the least streamed of the boys from Pasadena. That was THE FINAL CUT of Cherone. Edited December 10, 2023 by invisible airwave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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