Disk98 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 What are the greatest lines Geddy has ever sung? My favorites: "All the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players, performers and portrayers…" (Limelight) "…In the available light!" (Available Light) "Sound and fury drown my heart—every nerve is torn apart!" (Cygnus X-1, Book I: The Voyage) "My lifeblood…spills over…" (2112, Part VI: Soliloquy) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx_rush Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 What are the greatest lines Geddy has ever sung? My favorites: "All the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players, performers and portrayers…" (Limelight) "…In the available light!" (Available Light) "Sound and fury drown my heart—every nerve is torn apart!" (Cygnus X-1, Book I: The Voyage) "My lifeblood…spills over…" (2112, Part VI: Soliloquy) Those are all excellent, Ill add a few Like a streak of lightning, that flashes and fades in the summer sky - Marathon Never more shall I return, escape these caves of ice - Xanadu I will choose a path thats clear, I will choose free will - Freewill Conform of be cast out - Subdivisions Just a few that come to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Oak Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 "Cast in this unlikely role, ill- equipped to act, with insufficient tact, one must put up barriers, to keep oneself intact." - Limelight "... By hatchet, ax, and saw."- The Trees "YEAH...Oh YEAH!" - Finding My Way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjnev Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Just a few I can think of for now . The clouds prepare for battleIn the dark and brooding silence.Bruised and sullen stormcloudsHave the light of day obscured.Looming low and ominousIn twilight prematureThunderheads are rumblingIn a distant overture... Some will sell their dreams for small desiresOr lose the race to ratsGet caught in ticking trapsAnd start to dream of somewhereTo relax their restless flight Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Absalom, Absalom, Absalom! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucey Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Wheels within wheels in a spiral array, a pattern so grand and complex - Natural Science Be cool or be cast out - Subdivisions Frozen in the fatal climb, but the wheels of time, just pass you by - Between The Wheels Right to the heart of the matter, right to the beautiful part - Emotion Detector If their lives were exotic and strange, they would likely have gladly exchanged them, for something a little more plain, maybe something a little more sane - Mission Don't turn your back and slam the door on me - The Pass Why are we here? Because we're here, Roll The Bones. Why does it happen? Because it happens, Roll The Bones - Roll The Bones Spit out your anger, don't swallow your tongue - Stick It Out Shadows on the road behind, shadows on the road ahead, nothing can stop you now - Ghost Rider No one gets to their heaven without a fight - Armour & Sword Some would say they never fear a thing, well I do, and I'm afraid enough for both of us, for me and you, time, if nothing else, will do it's worst, so do me that favour, and tell me the good news first - Good News First All I know is that sometimes you have to be wary, of a miracle to good to be true - The Wreckers I wish that I could live it all again - Headlong Flight In the fullness of time, a garden to nurture and protect - The Garden 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack jaw gaze Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) I will choose a path thats clear, I will choose free will - Freewill"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice" - is the one that always stuck in my head from Freewill. "In a world of cut and thrust I was always taught to trust" - BU2B "We break the surface tension with our wild kinetic dreams" - Grand Designs (Two science vocabulary terms in one line has to count for something) "Sometimes the angels punish us by answering our prayers" - Carnies Edited February 15, 2014 by Slack jaw gaze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsterfurious Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 "What do you lack?" - Not "sung" but so damn sexy. One of my first memories of a Rush concert is Geddy looking right towards my section while saying this. I thought I was going to pass out. "Sometimes the angels punish us by answering our prayers." "Grace to grace, immaculate vision of what could have been." "A gentle hand, a secret touch on the heart" Pretty much all of "Dreamline". "Experience to extremes." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Celebrate the moment, As it turns into one more, Another chance at victory, Another chance to score The way out, Is the way in, The way out, Is the way in... All my life I've been workin' them angels overtime One day I feel I'm on top of the world, And the next it's falling in on me, I can get back on, I can get back on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Eyes cast down on the path of Least! Resistance! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 :musicnote: You move me, you move me... :musicnote: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 "The hypocrites are slanderingThe sacred Halls of TruthAncient nobles showeringTheir bitterness on youthCan't we find the minds that made us strong?Can't we learn to feel what's rightAnd what's wrong?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Oh was it paradise? They battled through the ages but still neither force would yield. The people were divided. Every soul a battlefield. Christ what have you done? Somehow we have stayed, in a state of grace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 "The hypocrites are slanderingThe sacred Halls of TruthAncient nobles showeringTheir bitterness on youthCan't we find the minds that made us strong?Can't we learn to feel what's rightAnd what's wrong?" What's WRO-ONNNNNG?? The whole song is one of my very favourite of Geddy's vocal performances. It's sublimely ridiculous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Shouldn't this be Neil's greatest lines? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Shouldn't this be Neil's greatest lines? Not if you're pointing out vocal performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Shouldn't this be Neil's greatest lines?I thought the same thing but whatever.... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 http://i.imgur.com/DjIXqWj.jpg From The Fountain Of Lamneth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dscrapre Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 "Just between the ice ages, anywayI want to talk, but I haven't got too much to sayI don't mean to be so nihilisticForgive me if I seem to be too realistic" - My Favorite Headahe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 "Because he was human, because he had goodness, because he was moral they called him insane." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Oh was it paradise? They battled through the ages but still neither force would yield. The people were divided. Every soul a battlefield. Christ what have you done? Somehow we have stayed, in a state of grace.Excellent choices. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatLightInYourEyes Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 The way he sings the chorus in "Headlong Flight" is perfect. Not too overstated, but with just enough enthusiasm to get the listener going with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) :musicnote: You move me, you move me... :musicnote: WILD THING!! Edited February 16, 2014 by MMCXII 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyLee Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Whoa-oo! at the 1:34 mark of Cinderalla Man. Don't know why but I love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Whoa-oo! at the 1:34 mark of Cinderalla Man. Don't know why but I love it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_8DDOL20Go I feel that way about the "Whaaow!" at 3.21 of Bastille Day going into the break :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekoxIb85rww 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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