greg2112 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 bad taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertrobyn Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 #500 Couldnt Resist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakky2112 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Ya, I never really bother to hate my fave band's songs; this song is unreal!!! Are you haters nuts? Madrigal? But ya, I am stoked there are defenders... "I call it the raiders of the lost ark face melter!!!!" YES This is 66 minutes of RUSH unlike any other. Twilight Zone, Vital Signs, Entre Nous, High Water; they only contribute to the measure of Clockwork Angels. Perfect score like Shaun White in the halfpipe; %100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Gave CA another spin today. This song STILL kicks all kinds of @ss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDOZZY Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 QUOTE (treeduck @ Jul 14 2012, 03:26 AM) Another heavy metal RUSH classic! sounds like it could have come from a zep or sabbath song, the riff is just mean and nasty , in a good way, and ged nails it 100%, rush growing some balls, cant wait till hear this live. this and hf being metal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silas Lang Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 QUOTE (treeduck @ Jul 14 2012, 03:26 AM)Another heavy metal RUSH classic! no least favorites on CA for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarPlyr01 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) One of my favorites as well. Don't know if this has been discussed yet or not, but its clearly about Neils motorcycle ride back in the 90s after his wife and daughter died. Its obvious. The verses and bridges point to it. "A man could lose himself in a country like this". All about going where ever you want to go, because theres no place to go. Exactly what Neil was experiencing back then. My favorite line is definitely "The gleam in the distance could be heavens gate....a long awaited treasure at the end of my cruel fate." It's just so Edited July 29, 2012 by GuitarPlyr01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushian King Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 It's good-- just not 6 to 7 minutes good. Too simple/repetitive. It should've come in at the 4 to 5 minute range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventris Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I love the song but I just like some songs better like The Wreckers and The Garden probably because they are easier to understand to me. Here's my ranking:#1- The Wreckers and the Garden #2- Clockwork Angels and Seven Cities of Gold #3- Everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 To tell you the truth other than the title track this is the song that has grown and given me the most satisfaction listening to it. There is so much grest musicianship in this song that its fun to listen too. Geddy shines! He's just a madman on the bass on this one. As is Neil and Alex keep right up with him too. I love this song. I would be seriously pissed if they skip this one live. I can't get enough of the beginning and break. Its simply brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 QUOTE (losingit2k @ Jul 31 2012, 06:43 PM) To tell you the truth other than the title track this is the song that has grown and given me the most satisfaction listening to it. There is so much grest musicianship in this song that its fun to listen too. Geddy shines! He's just a madman on the bass on this one. As is Neil and Alex keep right up with him too. I love this song. I would be seriously pissed if they skip this one live. I can't get enough of the beginning and break. Its simply brilliant! One of the really neat things about this album is the concentration of great songs. This really is a bass spotlight kind of song. The guitar solo is amazing...almost acid rock in its feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 (edited) yeah this is a strange track for me, got everything it takes to be a great rockin rush classic, and the zep riff a really interesting play, when i listen to seven cities everything's there including ged's voice which sounds brilliant but..... i get bored with it really easy, enough so that i never think about singling it out for a play four truly great works of rush genius on this album, caravan, Bu2b, CA and the garden all the rest like seven cities fall just short of this category, shame though coz that track in particular should be genius, just missing a very tiny bit of extra magic Edited August 5, 2012 by lifeson90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbirdsong Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I love it and it is in the exact right place on the album. Geddy's vocals just wail on the "barren and trackless" sections. Musically it is a throwback and that is a good thing. I would absolutely love to see them open the show with this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merely Space Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Yep. Just keep loving this song for it's extra heaping helping of badassery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 QUOTE (vital signz @ Jul 1 2012, 11:34 AM) I have been monitoring folks' favorites and least favorites here... Lots of folks are placing it in their bottom tier. That is mind-blowing to me. This song has such a cool intro, huge build-up, then KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM, KA-BLAM.......... Geddy hits high notes of old. His bass has an incredible sound. Alex plays some great riffs and has some awesome tremolo work, and has a nice emotive solo. Neil, well is Neil. Is it the lyric, the music, the theme? What turns people off? love your enthusiasm. I find it to be a very good song amongst some great songs, which makes it difficult to compete for a top spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (Merely Space @ Aug 7 2012, 09:10 AM) Yep. Just keep loving this song for it's extra heaping helping of badassery! For like the umpteenth time I'll say it again...SCOG is a "Raiders of the Lost Ark" face melter of a song. ALex's solo is the shit. The outro of the solo is caucophonus bliss Edited August 7, 2012 by Tombstone Mountain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 QUOTE (ReflectedLight @ Jul 19 2012, 08:33 PM) QUOTE (bluefox4000 @ Jul 19 2012, 08:29 PM) Repetitive and the vocals give me a headache. Mick just like the wreckers. Not at all like the Wreckers. The vocals on 7COG are shrieking, but Geddy can't do the good shrieks like he once did. It sounds like the live Time Machine Tour songs where Geddy had lost his voice. Wreckers is a song in a place where Geddy's vocals can really shine and he actually has some melody on it. You can dislike the Wreckers because it is too poppy, but criticizing the vocals seems strange to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 QUOTE (Merely Space @ Aug 7 2012, 10:10 AM) Yep. Just keep loving this song for it's extra heaping helping of badassery! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/KublaKhan/cool.gif One of the better songs IMO. Some kick ass bass lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Farrah Fowler Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I haven't read through all the replies in this thread, but I predicted that if there's another single off this album, this would be one of them. Hubby thinks it would be the title track. I have so many faves off this album, but I'm always turning this one up when it comes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobtrusive Companion Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 For me, it's just that there are other songs on the album that are better. I love 7COG, but it's testament to how consistently good CA is that it's near the bottom of my song ranking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusGal Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Lately, this song has been getting more and more fantastic for me. I liked it out of the box, I *love* it now! Better with every play. "oh, that gleam in the distance could be heaven's gate" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 There is something about this song that reminds, or I get that deja vu feeling, of the movie "Heavy Metal". The imagery of the lyrics evokes that sense in me. It is all-time badass!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldRush Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 "7CoG" is climbing in my esteem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazyyz Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Bottom tier, next to Wish Them Well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (mazyyz @ Aug 12 2012, 07:25 AM) Bottom tier, next to Wish Them Well Is that where you place your Working Garb, Bottom tier next to Pissing Well? Edited August 12, 2012 by losingit2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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