ST3V Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Holy Shit! I read halfway through this thread before I realized it's nearly 12 years old! Anyway...there are some songs I'm not that crazy about *cough-Dog Years-cough*. But the only song that really drags for me is Ceiling Unlimited. "Winding like an ancient river, this song never ends..." Ceiling Unlimited is standout for me from Vapor Trails, but I do agree it could be a bit shorter to please my interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I know I'm going to get shot for this but.. Xanadu. I think the beginning could get cut down a little. I like the lyrics and everything, the introduction with the bird sounds and percussion and such can get shorted down a minute or so. Don't get me wrong, I love the beginning with all the elements of sound, I just don't want to listen to such a long introduction. The reason why this version of 'Xanadu' exists below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3bB2IkBHiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugen Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 All of the Clockwork Angles album drag on for about 60 minutes too long. The Garden still rocks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 1. The Garden2. The Garden3. The Garden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I’m reading through this thread, collecting names and reporting to the authorities. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I’m reading through this thread, collecting names and reporting to the authorities.I don't think, even in Britain, making obvious statements is a crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST3V Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I’m reading through this thread, collecting names and reporting to the authorities.I don't think, even in Britain, making obvious statements is a crime. *obvious opinions :] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 The length of time it takes me to hit the "replay" button after Xanadu has finished really drags 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 The length of time it takes me to hit the "replay" button after Xanadu has finished really drags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I’m reading through this thread, collecting names and reporting to the authorities. Have you gotten to the LVS villain yet? Oh, how tragic. :boohoo: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 From a 2015 interview that Geddy and Alex did with Classic Rock magazine here. Here's Geddy's portion of the interview. Are you embarrassed by any of the music that Rush have made?Some of the early stuff makes me cringe a little. I hear a song and think: That was so Genesis-influenced. Like, what the f**k were we thinking? It’s so derivative. And the long instrumental things that we were doing back in the seventies, some of it seems so pretentious. Long, instrumental, pretentious songs – that’s what I call ‘proper Rush’.Okay [laughs]. I can see that. I have friends, musician guys, who say to me all the time that after Hemispheres there was nothing else of interest to them. So when you make that statement it makes total sense to me. In their minds that was proper Rush. And you saw that kind of thing in our documentary. I loved the fact that Trent Reznor got more interested in us post-keyboards, yet [Rage Against The Machine bassist] Tim Commerford hated anything post-keyboards. That kind of says it all. The pretentiousness in those early songs has a lot to do with the lyrics that Neil wrote. Perhaps most pretentious of all was Xanadu, its lyrics inspired by the Coleridge poem Kubla Khan.‘I have dined on honeydew’ [laughs]. Try singing that! Try singing about Kubla Khan, for Christ’s sake. Whereas Neil says at the beginning of this 2011 interview with Strombo below, that it was 'boyish enthusiasm' of how the band was adventurous in the long songs below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWyeMA78EEk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Madrigal and Rivendell, for sure. And several later career mid-tempo tunes like Speed of Love, Larger Bowl, Good News First, and that Clockwork song about luring ships to the rocks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST3V Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Madrigal and Rivendell, for sure. And several later career mid-tempo tunes like Speed of Love, Larger Bowl, Good News First, and that Clockwork song about luring ships to the rocks... The Wreckers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Madrigal and Rivendell, for sure. And several later career mid-tempo tunes like Speed of Love, Larger Bowl, Good News First, and that Clockwork song about luring ships to the rocks... The Wreckers?Yep, that's the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_World_Man Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Hemispheres title track even though I like it. It's still rather repetitive. Animate also maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Tor Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Secret Touch."The way out is the way in." Yes, we get it. :eyeroll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasqueNYC Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I found that “Limbo” really drags on me and “The way The Wind Blows” “Secret Touch” which is odd cause I really dig Vapor Trails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Duio Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I never liked Limbo very much, they have much much better instrumentals (of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Madrigal and Rivendell, for sure. And several later career mid-tempo tunes like Speed of Love, Larger Bowl, Good News First, and that Clockwork song about luring ships to the rocks... awww, those are two of my favorite songs!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Hemispheres title track even though I like it. It's still rather repetitive. Animate also maybe. And I could listen to the first side of Hemispheres all day long!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_World_Man Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Hemispheres title track even though I like it. It's still rather repetitive. Animate also maybe. And I could listen to the first side of Hemispheres all day long!! Me too. I even like the last section with the acoustic guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) Madrigal and Rivendell, for sure. And several later career mid-tempo tunes like Speed of Love, Larger Bowl, Good News First, and that Clockwork song about luring ships to the rocks... awww, those are two of my favorite songs!!! I like both of those quite a bit, too. Edited January 14, 2020 by Blue J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Hemispheres title track even though I like it. It's still rather repetitive. Animate also maybe. And I could listen to the first side of Hemispheres all day long!! Me too. I even like the last section with the acoustic guitar. Hahaha...EVEN the last section, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Dog Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Roll The Bones,every second of it.Worst song they have ever done. Can't even come close to agreeing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) Roll The Bones,every second of it.Worst song they have ever done. Can't even come close to agreeing Yes, I reserve that distinction for You Bet Your Life...or maybe something from Test for Echo. But Roll the Bones is a great tune. Edited January 30, 2020 by Blue J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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