robertrobyn Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 QUOTE (The Gutless Wonder @ Jun 29 2012, 05:38 AM) The Camera Eye copy that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldRush Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 TSoR...or Red Barchetta... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 The Spirit of Radio is the perfect choice. It's accessable, and such a signature Rush song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Perhaps Dog Years, that way I can say, "It'll only get better" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Either The Spirit of Radio, Limelight, or Natural Science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Enemy Without Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Depends. Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Caravan, Time Stand Still, depends what they like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUPower Windows Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Earthshine from Rush in Rio. Just because Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendlyvoice Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 It depends on the person. For instance, when I started introducing my future wife to Rush, I was smart enough not to dump Hemispheres or Anthem on her. Started off with more 80's-type stuff, like Mission, Subdivisions, & Middletown Dreams. She got it immediately and now she digs it all. (well, except for some of Ged's 70's shrieking) Otherwise, I'd have a tough time picking between Red Barchetta & The Spirit of Radio. TSOR more for musical content...the song just has everything musically great about Rush. RB more for lyrical content...I can see it clearly in my mind every time I hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainMonkeyBusiness Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 YYZ, La Villa Strangiato, Leave that Thing Alone, Main Monkey Business Any instrumental to get em hooked, and then some songs The Pass, The Garden, Limilight, Subdivisions to keep em hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 The song that best represents everything I love about Rush isn't the song I'd play to someone to try to get them into the band. The song with that designation would be the Hemispheres suite which is obviously not a good place for most people to start. If I was trying to turn someone on to Rush, the first song I would play for them would depend on who the person was, and what their interests were. Not that that is reliable. I have a friend in Wales who was into 70s prog and hard rock but hadn't really heard Rush, and I couldn't find a Rush song she liked until I gave her The Enemy Within! This must be why I pretty much never try to turn people on to bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 La Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnoom Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Natural Science (almost any version will do, but I'm partial to the Rio version at the moment). I'm tempted to cheat and say "Side 3 of ESL" because it plays through (no gaps) like one long song and that's the way I've always treated it...this is the definitive piece of Rush music for me. But then that opens up an argument for 2112 and Hemispheres, so I guess I can't cheat. Natural Science it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animate Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 2112. It that does not suck them in, they don't deserve to like Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneathbetweenbehindyourmom Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 The Trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Duio Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Freewill pretty much encompasses everything that makes RUSH great: Amazing playing Awesome singing from Geddy Super-High screech "Each of us.. a CELL of awareness!" Great Lyrics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonsHorse Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 The Camera Eye has it all... it encompasses everything they had learned up to that point... its lyrics and its concepts are big yet like the best Rush songs it has a personal quality to it as seen through the sharp eye of the narrator... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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