crazygeo Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Freeze from Vapor trails...Anyone else like this song. This is part IV of the "Fear Trilogy" (making it no longer a trilogy) which is also made up of the songs "The Enemy Within" (Part I from Grace Under Pressure), "The Weapon" (Part II from Signals), and "Witch Hunt" (Part III from Moving Pictures). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil#2 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Yes, actually it's one of my favorites from Vapor Trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygeo Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 The "Fear Series" is a set of four songs by the band Rush. The series consists of Part I: "The Enemy Within" (from 1984's Grace Under Pressure), Part II: "The Weapon" (from 1982's Signals), Part III: "Witch Hunt" (from 1981's Moving Pictures), and Part IV: "Freeze" (from 2002's Vapor Trails). Parts I, II, and III were released in reverse order, while Part IV was released just over eighteen years after Part I. The songs do not follow a set storyline. Instead, they deal with topics relating to the emotion of "fear". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 It's a fun song for what it is. Some nice heavy riffs for sure. However IMO...it doesn't hold a candle to the any of the original three parts of the 'Fear Triology'. Not even close. Also, even though I feel that the poor noisy mastering of VT affects the whole album a whole bunch, Freeze in particular really suffers from that extra "noise" IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerInstinct Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Yes, one of my favorites from Vapor Trails and one of my favorites overall. It's got a feel, mood, texture like no other Rush song. It's really quite special in its own way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIDE-ANGLE WATCHER Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Maybe we'll get another part of the Fear series on Clockwork Angels....I've got a feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
progrush2112 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ Aug 10 2010, 12:52 PM) It's a fun song for what it is. Some nice heavy riffs for sure. However IMO...it doesn't hold a candle to the any of the original three parts of the 'Fear Triology'. Not even close. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnus_thegodofbalance Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 A terrible song, imo. A complete mishmash of random noises, no rhythm or melody to it, no rhythm. Just a mess of a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbomb106 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 QUOTE (crazygeo @ Aug 10 2010, 03:45 PM) The "Fear Series" is a set of four songs by the band Rush. The series consists of Part I: "The Enemy Within" (from 1984's Grace Under Pressure), Part II: "The Weapon" (from 1982's Signals), Part III: "Witch Hunt" (from 1981's Moving Pictures), and Part IV: "Freeze" (from 2002's Vapor Trails). Parts I, II, and III were released in reverse order, while Part IV was released just over eighteen years after Part I. The songs do not follow a set storyline. Instead, they deal with topics relating to the emotion of "fear". Thank you, Wikipedia. And nice credit given, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 QUOTE (cygnus_thegodofbalance @ Aug 10 2010, 09:28 PM) A terrible song, imo. A complete mishmash of random noises, no rhythm or melody to it, no rhythm. Just a mess of a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritOfRush Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ Aug 10 2010, 02:52 PM) It's a fun song for what it is. Some nice heavy riffs for sure. However IMO...it doesn't hold a candle to the any of the original three parts of the 'Fear Triology'. Not even close. Also, even though I feel that the poor noisy mastering of VT affects the whole album a whole bunch, Freeze in particular really suffers from that extra "noise" IMO. Totally agree with everything you said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pause Rewind Replay Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I love VT... but Freeze is my least liked on the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielmclark Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ Aug 10 2010, 01:52 PM) It's a fun song for what it is. Some nice heavy riffs for sure. However IMO...it doesn't hold a candle to the any of the original three parts of the 'Fear Triology'. Not even close. Also, even though I feel that the poor noisy mastering of VT affects the whole album a whole bunch, Freeze in particular really suffers from that extra "noise" IMO. Couldn't disagree more... you'll call me crazy probably, but I'm of the opinion that Witch Hunt is boring. There's just nothing about it that really excites me or even interests me. Freeze blows it out of the water, I think. I tie it with The Weapon for second place behind The Enemy Within. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortkort Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 kick ass song. love the guitar riffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synth Sense Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I like Freeze. Took time for it grow on me, though. It was easily in my bottom 5 of all Rush tunes for a while. It's just way too different from the other 3 Fear songs, though. Why did they bother adding a 4th part to a perfectly fine trilogy? Especially considering the three songs have significant synth usage while Freeze has NONE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shreddy Lee Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 As I was recently mentioning in one of the other VT threads, I absolutely love Freeze. My favorite from an album that's full of great songs. QUOTE (KillerInstinct @ Aug 10 2010, 03:56 PM)It's got a feel, mood, texture like no other Rush song. It's really quite special in its own way. QUOTE (danielmclark @ Aug 10 2010, 06:17 PM)Couldn't disagree more... you'll call me crazy probably, but I'm of the opinion that Witch Hunt is boring. There's just nothing about it that really excites me or even interests me. Freeze blows it out of the water, I think. QUOTE (cygnus_thegodofbalance @ Aug 10 2010, 04:28 PM)A terrible song, imo. A complete mishmash of random noises, no rhythm or melody to it, no rhythm. Just a mess of a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygeo Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Love it or hate it.. I still think it is one of the better songs on the disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New World Kid Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 It was the last song I warmed up to on Vapor Trails (I haven't warmed up at all to Stars Look Down). But once it clicked with me, it clicked. I love geddy's sustained vocal parts toward the end. Just Geddy shriek for tens of seconds. I like them. Good song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Amazing song. Best song from Fear behind The Enemy Within Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarcaravan Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 My absolute favorite track from VT. Out of the Fear series, I'd put it above Witch Hunt but below The Weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnus_thegodofbalance Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 The Weapon and The Enemy Within are FAR, FAR better songs. Witch Hunt, again, is a far better song, but it's not quite as good as the former two. Freeze is the worst, no contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Freeze is excellent, definitely one of my top favorites off VT, & one of my favorites from them period. It has this menacing, dark vibe to it that I find very appealing. However I would still rate it as my least favorite of the Fear trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Cocky Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 I love Freeze. It's one of the highlights of Vapor Trails, in an album beset with plenty of forgettable stuff IMO. As an aside, I find it amusing some of you commenting on how you find Freeze to be so different musically. I guess the fact that it was written 18 years after the previous installment of the Fear series has nothing at all to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spock Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 I've mentioned this before in another posting on TRF, but I love this song because of the (IMO) clear TOOL influence. Listen to the back half of "Rosetta Stoned" on 10,000 Days and you can hear that same syncopated riffing. The boys take it up a notch by weaving it throughout the verses and chorases but it's the ending that always makes me smile. FREEZE rawks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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