Czarcasm Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 QUOTE (Gedneil Alpeart @ May 14 2012, 06:41 PM) Is that a keyboard bass sound looping in that song? Regardless, I just love the loopy, propulsive rhythm and awesome atmospheric guitar effects. Alex doing a lot of subtle, crafty stuff in the background with Neil's drums and bongo effects creating such an infectious rhythm. The whole song has this intensity, ambience, tightness, and drive that I just love! YES! One of the best from Presto. This song is just so mysterious and powerful. If someone says they don't like this song I disregard all of their other opinions about Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Presto is fantastic. Took a while before it "clicked" with me but when it did it did in a big way. Some albums just need more time than others. Definitely in mop top three albums. My ratings: Show Don't Tell - 8.5 Chain Lightning - 9.0 The Pass - 9.0 War Paint - 7.5 Scars - 8.5 Presto - 9.5 Superconductor - 6.5 (only weak point on the album) Anagram - 8.0 Red Tide - 9.0 Hand Over Fist - 8.0 Available Light - 9.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAccountant Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I agree with a great many of the positive things said here. Its a good, enjoyable song. Then again, Presto is a very good album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of the 7 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Love it! Geddy's vocals are particularly nice here - some unusually (for him) deep parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 It's the best song on Presto...definitely my fav. Love the bass line, love the lyrics...it's just a fantastic song. Would love to see it live someday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullSkull Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 QUOTE (RUDT @ May 15 2012, 09:53 AM)QUOTE (tjtull @ May 15 2012, 09:04 AM) Scars is great. I think I'm among the minority in that I love the entire Presto album!! we are a strong minority! Count Me In!!! Love the Presto album, not a bad track on it, Superconductor is not a fav but the rest covers that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossedSignals Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 QUOTE (RUDT @ May 15 2012, 11:53 AM) QUOTE (tjtull @ May 15 2012, 09:04 AM) Scars is great. I think I'm among the minority in that I love the entire Presto album!! we are a strong minority! The Album is much better than most claim it to be, but it did have some weaker tracks there towards the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Sawyer Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 QUOTE (RUDT @ May 15 2012, 12:53 PM) QUOTE (tjtull @ May 15 2012, 09:04 AM) Scars is great. I think I'm among the minority in that I love the entire Presto album!! we are a strong minority! Huge fan of Presto here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 (edited) You know, it's interesting that you started this thread just now..... I was listening through my headphones Sunday night after...um.... imbibing some medicinal, and it was amazing!! I mean, I've always loved it (and the entire album) but it really smacked me upside the head this time. The crazy drumwork (not dubbed, ferpetessake!!), that bass line, the mysterious keyboards. But the stuff Alex was doing was mind-blowing! I listened twice so I could concentrate on just the guitar and he's doing all kinds of stuff - fingerwork, chords, weird things with the strings. Just wild! Gawd but that man is under-rated!! Edited May 16, 2012 by HowItIs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitalsigns318 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 QUOTE (CrossedSignals @ May 14 2012, 06:48 PM) Great song! Been listening to Presto a lot recently.... until a month or so ago it was the only Rush album I'd never heard all the way through. Scars is definitely one of the best tracks. I love the "scars of pleasure! scars of pain!" line. Gives me chills. I love this song too. Every time I encounter an unpleasant memory or situation, or every time that I remember an experience that I totally enjoyed(like meeting the guys on Vapor Trails), I think about this song. Neil has great insight into the human psyche. Emotion Detector is another song in the same vein, "Sometimes love can change us, but never quite enough, sometimes we're too tender, sometimes we're too tough. If we get too much attention, it gets hard to over-rule, we must throw ourselves wide open to scorn and ridicule" These songs remind us that we can achieve emotional balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJH Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 love it!! amazing drums...great song to jog to!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 It definitely falls into the "pop Rush" category, but I think it's an amazing track. very atmospheric and emotional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarcasm Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ May 15 2012, 09:18 PM) It's the best song on Presto...definitely my fav. Love the bass line, love the lyrics...it's just a fantastic song. Would love to see it live someday! +1 Best song on Presto for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShlappinDahBass Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I had such a mad obsession with this song from the crazy bass groove and percussion sounding drums... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyLeeFender Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Scars is great and really stuck out to me the first time I heard it, but my favorite is still Red Tide or Hand Over Fist. Fantastic album though...different, but great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArrowSnake Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I just can't get into Presto. The only song I really like is Show Don't Tell. I guess it's the production, but I just don't like Presto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenken Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 (edited) It feels like a filler song all the way for me on that album, as do many of the later songs, but I still like Scars. I remember seeing that live when I was 13 years old on that tour with my parents, and I remember them lowering a screen and projecting shapes on it. Never forgot about that after all this time. In fact that and the blow up bunnies are the only 2 things I still remember about that show. And Ive liked Scars ever since. It's one of those interesting songs where the entire thing is just 1 piece of music where the bassline is the same throughout, it never changes outside of the guitars and some of the textures, but has kind of a cool mystical sound to it. Ill bet that didnt take them more than a couple days to put together. Just goes to show even the simplest songs can be better than something someone spent a month writing tons of parts for. Id rather listen to that than half of Dream Theaters crazy shit they've done. Edited June 1, 2012 by trenken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New World Kid Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Presto is one of my top 5 Rush albums. Scars is a great tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjohnson30 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Definitely my favorite on Presto. It's one of the more unique songs they've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndseyG Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 QUOTE (GeddyLeeFender @ Jun 1 2012, 10:58 PM) Scars is great and really stuck out to me the first time I heard it, but my favorite is still Red Tide or Hand Over Fist. Fantastic album though...different, but great! This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimoGuitarist Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Are you talking about Scars of pleasure or Scars of pain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielmclark Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 QUOTE (GeddyLeeFender @ Jun 1 2012, 03:58 PM) Scars is great and really stuck out to me the first time I heard it, but my favorite is still Red Tide or Hand Over Fist. Fantastic album though...different, but great! I absolutely love the lyrics and wordplay in Hand Over Fist, especially the first of these two: You talk as we walk along You never imagined I could be so wrong Humming your favorite song You know I've hated that song for so long How can we ever agree? Like the rest of the world We grow farther apart I swear you don't listen to me Holding my hand to my heart Holding my fist to my racing heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangster of Goats Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 The Presto album will always remind me of making the 150 mile weekend road trip to and from college during the winter of 1989-1990. It was pretty much stuck in my car's tape deck at the time. Anyway, I thought it was cool when Neil included the drum part from Scars into his solo for a tour or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 I love everything about this song. Geddy's voice is perfect, and the lyrics are outstanding...simple but poignant. I wish they'd do this one live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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