Rush! Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 The Enemy Within: The whole damn thing is amazing. I love the part right as Geddy finishes singing "Experience to extremes" the 2nd time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 The Body Electric: The opening w/ the electronic drums and Geddy's slap-bass s great through the 0:14 mark. The "1-0-0-1-0-0-1" section is fantastic. I love the synth in the right channel during this part. The guitar solo from 2:58 through 3:20 is amazing, along with Geddy's "fat" bassline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 I love the sound of Neil's gong bass on TBE. It sounds so deep and full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Fledge, I think it was you who said that Kid Gloves seems like a forced upbeat song. I agree. I like the song, but it's probably my least favorite on GUP. Either that or Red Lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Red Lenses: The synth sound around 1:29, and at 1:45. The "It's true!" yell. 2:06 through 2:37 is really cool, along with 2:37 through 2:52. 3:01 through 3:07 also is a great section. 3:16 through 3:32, Neil's beat & Geddy's slap-bass sound awesome. This song has so much going on with Neil's drums. Electronic & non-electronic. Geddy sounds funny around 4:30, where he raps a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 QUOTE (Rush! @ Sep 2 2006, 02:49 PM) Fledge, I think it was you who said that Kid Gloves seems like a forced upbeat song. I agree. I like the song, but it's probably my least favorite on GUP. Either that or Red Lenses. Yes, KG and RL are rather weak in comparison with the rest of the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 QUOTE (fledgehog @ Sep 2 2006, 01:57 PM) QUOTE (Rush! @ Sep 2 2006, 02:49 PM) Fledge, I think it was you who said that Kid Gloves seems like a forced upbeat song. I agree. I like the song, but it's probably my least favorite on GUP. Either that or Red Lenses. Yes, KG and RL are rather weak in comparison with the rest of the album. I prefer RL over KG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolinda Bonz Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 QUOTE (ralentor @ Apr 27 2006, 03:30 PM)I think Neil may have used a guiro to make that scraping sound in Witch Hunt, as seen here. This is just an educated guess, of course. Maybe someone with more knowledge will enlighten us. And thanks for your compliments. It's nice to have found someone else who appreciates the little details in Rush songs, especially since my wife can't stand their music at all. maybe its this thingy... http://usera.imagecave.com/RolindaBonz/n5.JPG anybody know for sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 That thing makes a sound like you hear during te bridge in Circumstances, right after Neil finishes the little passage on the glockenspeil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o baterista Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 that thingy is a bell tree and i love all the percussion extra's whether they are real instruments or samples...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 QUOTE (o baterista @ Sep 2 2006, 02:59 PM) that thingy is a bell tree and i love all the percussion extra's whether they are real instruments or samples...... I love all of the percussion he used too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 The flanger effect in the Spirit of Radio... Lifeson and EVH were both great exponents of the MXR flanger in the 80s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-D-RocK- Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I guess I better jump in on this too: Alex's guitar solo on Limelight has a cool little "twang" in it about 8-10 seconds in. Some others that I think sound cool are the guitar solo on "Between the Wheels"....almost sounds like there's a missed note in there but it fits beautifully. As someone else mentioned in "Secret Touch", there's a cool sounding "ping" in and around the bridge. Neil's drums in "Dog Years" sound great too. GO LEOS!!!.....(BC Lions for those who don't follow the CFL). -D-RocK- out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padfoot Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 The Afterimage guitar solo. I don't know why, but whenever I hear it (or, it comming up) I stop whatever I'm doing, listen to it, and then continue. -freak- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 The cool volume swells at the beginning of Xanadu... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Also Neil's signature machine gun fills on the tom toms... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolinda Bonz Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 hey! did we mention yet the sound in the beginning of Dreamline that sounds like a car whipping past on a rain-soaked street? you hear it in the very beginning and then again at :56-57 it's soooo romantic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signals1982 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 I love that voice at the beginning of Prime Mover. You hear it a couple of other times in the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pags Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 Ok, I was wondering if/when I'd pick on something new. And it just happened. Everyone, load up Middletown Dreams on your CD/MP3/PC Media players. I'll wait. Got it? There yet? GOOD. Now bring the song to about the 1:45 second mark and play it from there. Listen closely as Geddy sings "Like a Brilliant Shooting Star". As he sings the word Star, do you hear that sound effect behind him? It's exactly at 1:57. Listen again. Did you hear it this time? It's there. IT'S THERE. It kinda sounds like that clicky noise the aliens would use in the movie Signs. Maybe that would help your ear pick up on it. I was listening to random Rush tunes while working, and this sound effect yanked me right out of what I was concentrating on. I can't believe I never heard it before. SO COOL!! I LOVE THE SOUNDS BEHIND THE MUSIC! Man, does this get me pumped! WHOOOO HOOOOO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Good thread. - The beginning of the guitar solo in The Twilight Zone, how it begins with a faint squeal. - The part in Witch Hunt when Geddy Lee sings the line "They say there is strangeness too dangerous..." and there's this weird keyboard chord that jars because it's meant to. I've always thought that was a moment of brilliance. - The soft crash cymbal hits and synth slides at the beginning of Entres Nous. It sounds, I don't know how else to put it, inviting. Like the music itself is friendly. - The weird sounds, I don't know if it's guitar, bass or whatever, during the guitar solo in the studio version of By-Tor and the Snow Dog. It sounds zonky! - The chimes in Different Strings always at just the right moments. Genius. - In the studio version of Marathon, there's this great synth counter-melody in the second verse that just sounds amazing if you don't think it sounds silly. - The triplets on the hi-hat in Force Ten during the chorus giving the song an interesting rhythmic feel. - The rapping in Roll the Bones. It completes the song. - The paused melody in Hemispheres, how every time but the first time you hear it, it's complete silence in the space, but the first time you hear it, there's a single triangle hit, and it just sounds heartwarming. - There's so much more, I can't think of it all in one sitting. Perhaps I'll make a second reply, perhaps not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowdog Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 In Natural Science, from the 3:18-3:23 mark, Neil smacks his hi-hat (I think it's his hi-hat) in perfect time with Al & Geds grooving. Even though I don't play the drums, whenever that point in the song comes up my air drumming goes into effect For some reason, that moment, to me, is VERY cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priest_of_syrinx Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I like the little cymbal-sounding "twinkling" in the beginning of Grand Designs with the sequencer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrinxpriest 2112 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I like the bass line in Middletown Dreams right at the beginning of the last minute if the song. mixed with the synth, it gives me goosebumbs. Also, in Xanadu: The guitar squeal during the second verse: "....stars stop in the sky; Frozen in an everlasting view...." Simply amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumite2112 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Call me crazy, but I LOVE the guitar solo Presto. I can air guitar to the solo quite well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pags Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 Different Stages - Disc 1 - Track 3 - Driven Listen to the crowd when Geddy does the little Bass solo. Listen exactly at 2:12, and 2:16. It's Necro checking out Geddy's solo, but discovering a spider crawling up his sleeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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