MMCXII Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 ok I'm thinking if there's a 'chain lightning' appreciation thread, there better damn well be one for the best song on the free rocking planet!! I love how the music fits the lyrics, especially during the space flight (I set a course...) and that groovy space music at the beginning! the playing and coordination between Neil and Ged is freakin god-like!! and then there's Alex when he comes in with the foot pedals while he's playing!! RUSH at it's finest!! and last but not least, Geddy Lee screaming "AAAALLLLL WHO DARE TO CROSS HER COOOUURRSSSE!!!!!" I sure hope I get to see this live before I die!!! P.S. don't ask me why but I even love hearing Alex's fingers squeeking on the strings around the 7:25 mark and the heartbeat....can't forget the heartbeat! so fitting to the lyric ...mine's usually going faster by that point though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-D-RocK- Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHobbs Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Cant go wrong with AFTK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 AFTK is one of my top five favorites. A buddy of mine sort of rekindled my interest in this album, and I'm loving it like nothing doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I love the music and, to this day, I'm not one bit bored by it, but the lyrics are a wee bit tacky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzy85 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 One of the wildest, dynamic epics , ever, by any band, let alone Rush. A favorite from the '70's. No one writes stuff like this anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscipleofLerxst Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 yeah...it's good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FezPaul Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 AB-SO-LUTE-LY!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushRush10 Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 One of my alltime favs. Epic on so many levels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Did Lee Squat? Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Musically, pretty much the most kick ass thing ever written. Would've loved to have heard it live when Geddy was in his prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbass Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Definitely from one of the top five best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Top three song for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushlover13 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Cygnus X-1 is great, its a keeper. No doubt one of the best things ever written, besides Xanadu, Hemispheres (everything on it), 2112, and every other Rush song made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfratt Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Cygnus X-1 is good. Hemispheres is epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeze Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Easily in my top 5 Rush song list! Killer epic song from one of the best Rush albums imo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 AFTK is an awesome album and this is a killer track. I wouldn't say it's their "absolute best song" or even Top Five, but it's damned good. I set a course just east of Lyra, northwest of Pegasus; Flew into the light of Deneb, sailed across the Milky Way On my ship the Rocinante, wheeling through the galaxies Headed for the heart of Cygnus, headlong into mystery... Love how he belts out the "Deneb" line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merely Space Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I actually prefer Cygnus to Hemispheres by a longshot. Much crunchier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 QUOTE (ozzy85 @ Nov 18 2008, 06:47 PM) One of the wildest, dynamic epics , ever, by any band, let alone Rush. A favorite from the '70's. No one writes stuff like this anymore. amen brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus-1001001 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 and I feel like Im the only one who thought *gets interrupted by advertisment* what the f**k was that? any way I feel like the only one who thinks the way the concluded the story with hemispheres is awesome. i remember listing to it like WTF has this got to do with part 1? Then come the familiar chords and the story concludes. I had a rushgasim first time ^Geeeeek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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