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10 Reasons HF can't be accepted as Epic

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Which is your reason for not accepting HF as Epic?  

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  1. 1. Which is your reason for not accepting HF as Epic?

    • 1. HF has so much Balls that accepting it as Epic would indicate you're Gay! (Not that there's anything wrong with that!)
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    • 2. They can't see the Epic for the Epicness!
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    • 3. Accepting HF as Epic would justify a Breach of Contract with the (OSU)Old Schoolers Union.
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    • 4. They are afraid of disagreeing with Rushgoober and Steel Rat and the consequent terminal lashing thereafter.
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    • 5. Accepting HF as Epic will mean they'd have to admit that RUSH can actually produce and Epic 30+ years after The Camera Eye!
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    • 6. They wouldn't be able to criticize :rush: for abandoning their roots anymore.
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    • 7. It would violate the OSU bi-law # MP2112 which states, "No one in the union may accept post Moving Pictures music by :rush: as [B][I]Epic[/I][/B]. Doing so will justify grounds for termination.
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    • 8. Accepting HF as Epic would mean they would have re-record their :rush: Epics Compilation CD
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    • 9. Accepting HF as Epic would actually indicate and open-mindedness to new :rush: music and will allow :rush: to stop playing their older Epics live.
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    • 10. They fear that accepting HF as Epic might actually give them a Stiffy without the use of Viagra
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    • Escape Clause: I've accepted HF as Epic!
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SlyJeff

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Poll is incomplete.

 

It's not epic because Rush has much better songs. To be epic (to me) it would have to be in the top 1% of songs in my library.

 

It's not AN epic because it isn't a hero's story song.

 

It is, however, a very good song by a band still creating great music.

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QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ May 2 2012, 02:49 AM)
Over the last few weeks I've grown to dislike the word 'epic.'

Aaaaaaaaamen. 062802puke_prv.gif

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QUOTE (CrossedSignals @ May 2 2012, 04:01 AM)
QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ May 2 2012, 02:49 AM)
Over the last few weeks I've grown to dislike the word 'epic.'

Aaaaaaaaamen. 062802puke_prv.gif

Waa, did you drink some epicac? http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc220/diezelpower/giggle.gif

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QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ May 1 2012, 09:37 AM)
QUOTE (Animate @ May 1 2012, 10:33 AM)
To the detractors: 

HF is AN epic- the storyline however is not explicitly given in the lyrics. Instead, the bombastic music and refrain should invoke the epic nature of your own life experiences.  If you are having difficulty filling in the blanks with regards to personal epic experiences, that is a different problem all together and not the fault of the song itself.

Sorry...but that doesn't make much sense to me.

 

Why can't everyone that state that it's a kick ass song that rocks? Why does it HAVE to be given the definition of an 'Epic'??

 

If a song is not an 'Epic', does it then suck? I don't get it. They written a shit-load of songs over their careers that are far from epics, and yet, kick so much ass.

 

Freewill, Tom Sawyer, Limelight, etc. Headlong Flight is just another spoke on the wheel...it rocks, and that's all that matters!

I guess my attempt at humor was an epic fail laugh.gif

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losingit2k

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Not only is it "Epic" it is "F@cking Epic". You know The "F" word is the most epic of all the cus words, so from now on I'm replacing the "F" word with EPIC. So now "F" off will be "Epic Off" WTF will be WTE and "F" no will be "Epic No" . Do we understand each other? If not you can Epic Off you slumbering Epic, I don't Epicin care anymore. What the Epic, do you need to do to get your point across? "Headlong Flight" is Epicing Epic you Epicing Epics.

 

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QUOTE (Animate @ May 1 2012, 09:33 AM)
To the detractors:

HF is AN epic- the storyline however is not explicitly given in the lyrics. Instead, the bombastic music and refrain should invoke the epic nature of your own life experiences. If you are having difficulty filling in the blanks with regards to personal epic experiences, that is a different problem all together and not the fault of the song itself.

No.

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QUOTE (An Enemy Without @ May 2 2012, 08:58 AM)
QUOTE (Animate @ May 1 2012, 09:33 AM)
To the detractors: 

HF is AN epic- the storyline however is not explicitly given in the lyrics. Instead, the bombastic music and refrain should invoke the epic nature of your own life experiences.  If you are having difficulty filling in the blanks with regards to personal epic experiences, that is a different problem all together and not the fault of the song itself.

No.

Exactly.

 

Epic works don't work that way. If they did, I'd be able to write an epic story with two sentences:

 

"In the beginning, someone was born. Then, at the end, that person died."

 

If you can't fill in the rest with an epic story based on your life experiences, that's not the fault of the story, it's your fault for not having a good enough life. eyesre4.gif

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QUOTE (CrossedSignals @ May 2 2012, 05:01 AM)
QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ May 2 2012, 02:49 AM)
Over the last few weeks I've grown to dislike the word 'epic.'

Aaaaaaaaamen. 062802puke_prv.gif

I myself am starting to favor the death penalty for people who use that word in reference to anything other than the works of Homer, Virgil, and the Venerable Bede.

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metaldad

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QUOTE (TheBluePhoenix @ May 1 2012, 08:03 AM)
I vote that this is the dumbest poll I've ever seen.

That will change by the end of the day

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QUOTE (rushgoober @ May 1 2012, 08:20 AM)
QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ May 1 2012, 06:11 AM)
QUOTE (Merely Space @ May 1 2012, 09:06 AM)
Oh it's epic, alright, it's just not an epic.

^BINGO.

 

I've said this in the other threads, but simply put, there isn't enough of an actual story within those 7 minutes to really constitute an epic.

 

This song is part of a bigger story...the CA story. But the song itself is nothing more than a chapter really.

 

An epic to me, tells a story from start to finish, which HF does not. But again, the song itself kicks ass. 1022.gif

This.

 

Also, it's just not adventurous enough with enough variety and changes and different sections in it, etc. to be AN EPIC. I have no problem with anyone thinking it's epic because of the song length or quality (even though I think it falls a bit short of that description personally), but in terms of it being AN epic. no.gif

Exactly, while it may be a part of a larger story. On it's own there is none. Therefore it is epic, but not an epic.

 

If however, the CA suite does in fact form a coherent story, then I believe that it would likely be called a concept album.

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I think 7 minutes is too short for an epic. To me, if something is 10 minutes or longer, then it's an epic. Everything else is just an extended piece wink.gif

 

That being said, the song itself is pretty damn epic. 1022.gif

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QUOTE (Mara @ May 2 2012, 02:18 PM)
QUOTE (CrossedSignals @ May 2 2012, 05:01 AM)
QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ May 2 2012, 02:49 AM)
Over the last few weeks I've grown to dislike the word 'epic.'

Aaaaaaaaamen. 062802puke_prv.gif

I myself am starting to favor the death penalty for people who use that word in reference to anything other than the works of Homer, Virgil, and the Venerable Bede.

What about Beowulf? sad.gif

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QUOTE (Steel Rat @ May 3 2012, 06:23 PM)
QUOTE (Mara @ May 2 2012, 02:18 PM)
QUOTE (CrossedSignals @ May 2 2012, 05:01 AM)
QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ May 2 2012, 02:49 AM)
Over the last few weeks I've grown to dislike the word 'epic.'

Aaaaaaaaamen. 062802puke_prv.gif

I myself am starting to favor the death penalty for people who use that word in reference to anything other than the works of Homer, Virgil, and the Venerable Bede.

What about Beowulf? sad.gif

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

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Here's the question I always ask. If the song has some sort of over-the-topness to it. Weather it's instrumentation or lyrics, does it evoke that ridiculous over-the-top feeling. If it does, then it's an epic in my book.

 

Headlong Flight is over-the-top henceforth its EPIC!

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QUOTE (BigBob @ May 4 2012, 09:07 AM)
Here's the question I always ask. If the song has some sort of over-the-topness to it. Weather it's instrumentation or lyrics, does it evoke that ridiculous over-the-top feeling. If it does, then it's an epic in my book.

Headlong Flight is over-the-top henceforth its EPIC!

1022.gif hoooo!!!!!

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losingit2k

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QUOTE (BigBob @ May 4 2012, 09:07 AM)
Here's the question I always ask. If the song has some sort of over-the-topness to it. Weather it's instrumentation or lyrics, does it evoke that ridiculous over-the-top feeling. If it does, then it's an epic in my book.

Headlong Flight is over-the-top henceforth its EPIC!

Amen! To me an Epic was a longer song that shows what the band was all about, in this case, there unmatched musicianship.

 

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I don't even think an epic song has to be exceptionally long, but it has to tell a story or have some sort of time element. I don't consider HL to be "epic".

 

good song - yes

good musicianship - yes

long enough - yes

epic - no

 

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