True Or False! Neil's Lyrics On Anagram(For Mongo)

[BethOfSyrinx]

Personally, i think the lyrics are really clever.

But probably one of the only Rush songs i can't get into.

[RUSHHEAD666]

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Oct 16 2011, 12:28 PM)

QUOTE (Tony R @ Oct 16 2011, 11:18 AM) QUOTE (Lerxster @ Oct 16 2011, 12:58 PM) QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Oct 16 2011, 04:49 AM) QUOTE (Tony R @ Oct 16 2011, 02:34 AM) I've searched all his posts, pulled out all the stops and have found not one instance to support the Admin stance. That sucks Tony. I guess he was a victim of "Circumstances."   Bummer. It was telling another member to "eat shit" that was his last straw. Because that's a real outrage, isnt it?     With Nick, it's never any one post. That's all I'll say, because this thread is about the awfulness that is "Anagram."   Hey Jim! I know you love Neil's punny wit and tongue in cheek sense of humor within his writing!   Signed,   "Dog Years"

[Tony R]

QUOTE (Tony R @ Oct 16 2011, 10:34 AM)

I've searched all his posts, pulled out all the stops and have found not one instance to support the Admin stance.

Anagram for 73

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

QUOTE (Tony R @ Oct 16 2011, 08:16 PM)

QUOTE (Tony R @ Oct 16 2011, 10:34 AM) I've searched all his posts, pulled out all the stops and have found not one instance to support the Admin stance. Anagram for 73 Anagram for 73 is 37.

[lerxt1990]

QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Oct 16 2011, 08:44 AM)

I love the lyrics for Anagram. It's the music that kills it for me.

[RUSHHEAD666]

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Oct 16 2011, 05:47 PM)

QUOTE (Tony R @ Oct 16 2011, 08:16 PM) QUOTE (Tony R @ Oct 16 2011, 10:34 AM) I've searched all his posts, pulled out all the stops and have found not one instance to support the Admin stance. Anagram for 73 Anagram for 73 is 37.   An anagram for 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 is well..... 1-0-0-1-0-0-1.   Signed,   Palindrome

[losingit2k]

Our raves are marvelous!

 

[Running Rebel]

 

I've always loved these lyrics, lines like below are both fun and clever out the ass.

 

Reasoning is partly insane

Image just an eyeless game

 

 

 

 

 

[Tommy Sawyer]

QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Oct 16 2011, 10:37 PM)

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Oct 16 2011, 05:47 PM) QUOTE (Tony R @ Oct 16 2011, 08:16 PM) QUOTE (Tony R @ Oct 16 2011, 10:34 AM) I've searched all his posts, pulled out all the stops and have found not one instance to support the Admin stance. Anagram for 73 Anagram for 73 is 37.   An anagram for 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 is well..... 1-0-0-1-0-0-1.   Signed,   Palindrome Palindromic poem   Mood's mode! Pallas, I won! (Diaper pane, sold entire.) Melt till ever sere, hide it. Drown a more vile note; (Tar of rennet.) Ah, trowel, baton, eras ago. The reward? A "nisi." Two nag.   Otary tastes putrid, yam was green. Odes up and on; stare we. Rats nod. Nap used one-erg saw. (May dirt upset satyr?)   A toga now; 'tis in a drawer, eh? Togas are notable. (Worth a tenner for Ate.) Tone liver. O Man, word-tied I.   Here's revel! Little merit, Ned? Lose, Nap? Repaid now is all apedom's doom. (author unknown)       and a really long palindrome:     A man, a plan, a caret, a ban, a myriad, a sum, a lac, a liar, a hoop, a pint, a catalpa, a gas, an oil, a bird, a yell, a vat, a caw, a pax, a wag, a tax, a nay, a ram, a cap, a yam, a gay, a tsar, a wall, a car, a luger, a ward, a bin, a woman, a vassal, a wolf, a tuna, a nit, a pall, a fret, a watt, a bay, a daub, a tan, a cab, a datum, a gall, a hat, a gay, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun, a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal - Panama!

[metaldad]

QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Oct 16 2011, 01:34 AM)

I will never understand why Rush never wanted to play "Available Light" live!

True, i also will never understand why they did 9 f-n songs from S&A live

[GeddyRulz]

 

Neil's "wordplay" isn't always as clever as he thinks it is. In this case, it is! Genius! Especially lines like:

 

Reasoning is largely insane.

 

Image just an eyeless (i-less) game...

 

 

I'm embarrassed to say, I didn't "get" the song until '97 or '98, but then I saw its brilliance.

[Rush Cocky]

QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Oct 16 2011, 09:08 PM)

QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Oct 16 2011, 08:44 AM) I love the lyrics for Anagram. It's the music that kills it for me. +1

[sco703]

They're not complicated or over the top by any means. But they sound nice, and I kinda dig them I guess. You know, there is no safe seat at the feast. Guaranteed. They're all dangerous seats.

[Tony R]

QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Oct 17 2011, 08:41 PM)

Neil's "wordplay" isn't always as clever as he thinks it is. In this case, it is! Genius! Especially lines like: Reasoning is largely insane. Image just an eyeless (i-less) game... I'm embarrassed to say, I didn't "get" the song until '97 or '98, but then I saw its brilliance.

It would be brilliant if a 12 year old wrote it.

 

Without trying to be rude (me?) I "got" the song immediately. There just wasn't much to "get" and I am flummoxed that anyone needed to dig deeper to work out the inane play on words, puns and occasional anagrams contained in the lyrics.

[1 of the 7]

I think they're clever, whatever they are. I definitely knew I was missing something the first couple of times I heard the song, not realizing the point until I read about it.

[goose]

QUOTE (StellarJetman @ Oct 16 2011, 03:57 PM)

I don't care one way or the other about them. And they aren't that clever; they aren't even real anagrams.

They are a fun diversion from other RUSH attempts at high art. I see "Dog Years" the same way, though most fans don't.

 

Neil does a good job sustaining the wordplay throughout the song, with rhythm and meaning reasonably sustained. Way better effort than Neurotica, IMO.

[drbirdsong]

I like the way Geddy sings it. I bet it was a bit of a challenge for him. Brilliant? Maybe.

[RUSHHEAD666]

QUOTE (goose @ Oct 17 2011, 06:33 PM)

QUOTE (StellarJetman @ Oct 16 2011, 03:57 PM) I don't care one way or the other about them.  And they aren't that clever; they aren't even real anagrams. They are a fun diversion from other RUSH attempts at high art. I see "Dog Years" the same way, though most fans don't.   Neil does a good job sustaining the wordplay throughout the song, with rhythm and meaning reasonably sustained. Way better effort than Neurotica, IMO. Hey Goose. I get the tongue in cheek lyrical content of "Dog Years." It's nice to see the boys have a sense of humor but at the end of the day I hate that song. As a matter of fact out of the entire Rush Canon "Testicles For Ego" is my least favorite album.   Even the music being played during "Dog Years" is well, dog shit.   It needs to be buried for good so the flies don't come and lay their eggs in the warm rotting stool.   Maggots are in us all.

[RUSHHEAD666]

QUOTE (metaldad @ Oct 17 2011, 12:37 PM)

QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Oct 16 2011, 01:34 AM) I will never understand why Rush never wanted to play "Available Light" live! True, i also will never understand why they did 9 f-n songs from S&A live   Hey Dad!   I totally agree. Again, I could handle many of the "S&A" songs live as I really do love the record but man when they clumped five "S&A" songs in a row I could barely stand it.   Talk about one hell of a lull in a set list.   I wanted to "Spindrift" myself the fukk out of there!!

[Mika]

Love the words playing around in this song! 'The night is getting thin, the saint is turning to sin', and 'image is an eyeless game'. Great stuff! But so says a lover of wordplay; I'm sure not everyone really cares. I like that Neil stretches out sometimes, setting himself a lyrical goal (anagrams, writing in a pantoum-style, etc.) and accomplishing it. Cleverer than basic 'abcb' rhymes all the time!

[apetersvt]

QUOTE (Rush Cocky @ Oct 17 2011, 03:14 PM)

QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Oct 16 2011, 09:08 PM) QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Oct 16 2011, 08:44 AM) I love the lyrics for Anagram. It's the music that kills it for me. +1 +2 For years I've been trying to figure out an anagram for Mongo but I just don't get it.   Moong Moog'n (this really should happen) Go Mon

[Can-Utility]

[Lerxster]

QUOTE (apetersvt @ Oct 18 2011, 10:57 AM)

QUOTE (Rush Cocky @ Oct 17 2011, 03:14 PM) QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Oct 16 2011, 09:08 PM) QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Oct 16 2011, 08:44 AM) I love the lyrics for Anagram. It's the music that kills it for me. +1 +2 For years I've been trying to figure out an anagram for Mongo but I just don't get it.   Moong Moog'n (this really should happen) Go Mon

[RUSHHEAD666]

QUOTE (Lerxster @ Oct 18 2011, 09:32 AM)

QUOTE (apetersvt @ Oct 18 2011, 10:57 AM) QUOTE (Rush Cocky @ Oct 17 2011, 03:14 PM) QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Oct 16 2011, 09:08 PM) QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Oct 16 2011, 08:44 AM) I love the lyrics for Anagram. It's the music that kills it for me. +1 +2 For years I've been trying to figure out an anagram for Mongo but I just don't get it.   Moong Moog'n (this really should happen) Go Mon Hence option 3 in this poll!   One of the greatest movies of all time!!   "It's twhoo it's twhoo!"

[hunter]

Somebody's gonna have to go back and get a shit load of dimes!

 

Oh and I like the song just fine. They can't all be the masterpiece that is Rivendell.

Edited October 18, 2011 by hunter