Thunder Bay Rush Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I don’t think I can honestly pick just one… so how about two? I just read all the words from Hemispheres and Permanent Waves (on this site). Those are my two picks… the Trees is one of the simplest, but most clever lyrics I have ever read. It rhymes so perfectly and makes sense, even to us “non-tree” species. Some of Neil’s more modern lyrics are a little advanced (or deep) for my little brain… I can’t say enough about P Waves and Hemispheres. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I don’t think I can honestly pick just one… so how about two? I just read all the words from Hemispheres and Permanent Waves (on this site). Those are my two picks… the Trees is one of the simplest, but most clever lyrics I have ever read. It rhymes so perfectly and makes sense, even to us “non-tree” species. Some of Neil’s more modern lyrics are a little advanced (or deep) for my little brain… I can’t say enough about P Waves and Hemispheres.All of the following are top notch PeWMPSignalsp/gPoW Others have moments but these are more consistently great, IMO. Hard to pick just one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Depends on what you personally get out of the songs lyrically. For me, it's Hold Your Fire and Signals. My own life circumstances are reflected quite strongly in the lyrics of both of those albums, but may not for anybody else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 PoWHemispheres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Clockwork Angels!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Rush :outtahere: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangster of Goats Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) I think I'm gonna have to go with Hold Your Fire. It's a cerebral, introspective take on human temperament. I once heard Neil joke that he wishes he could disown everything he'd written before 1980. The fantastical scifi stuff and the Randroid ramblings that he no longer subscribes to. Kinda have to agree with him. ;) Edited March 29, 2014 by Bangster of Goats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I once heard Neil joke that he wishes he could disown everything he'd written before 1980. Was this before or after TFE? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx_rush Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Hmmm..... Power Windows, Signals, grace under pressure, Moving Pictures would be my choices. I think Lyrically presto is actually underrated (better than everything after HYF and before VT) 2112 title track lyrically is awesome, but the rest is kinda meh Hemispheres - Circumstances and the Trees are excellent. This is blasphemous, but book 2 - Hemispheres is grossly overrated IMO. Its about moderation, which is good, but overrated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushBoingo Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Power Windows for sure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 For me, it's Moving Pictures. The poetry throughout the album is eloquent, fluid and emotive, and The Camera Eye knows no equal in poetic genius. The mental imagery provoked by that song alone still amazes me even after so many years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Moving Pictures. Witch Hunt alone does it for me. It contains my favorite line from any Rush song and we should all know what that is.... :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatLightInYourEyes Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Moving Pictures is probably the best lyrically, not just commercially. I think that's really what got the attention of some of the critics back then. The descriptive language in "Red Barchetta" and "The Camera Eye, the social insight of "Witch Hunt" and "Limelight", the scientific metaphors in "Vital Signs" and, of course, a song inspired by a Mark Twain novel all wrapped up in the same album is going to have an intellectual following as well as a cultural one. Unfortunately, the praise he received from all of that probably did some things to Neil's personality that aren't going away. But compared to a LOT of rock stars, he's not bad at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Rediscovering Counterparts right now after many years and the lyrics for this album pretty sexy i have to say. There is a lake between sun and moonNot too many know aboutIn the silence between whisper and shoutThe space between wonder and doubt I know Dubois had a hand in that particular track but doesnt detract from the beauty Rush meets acdc oh yeahh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonus X-1 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Clockwork Angels. I especially like The Anarchist and Halo Effect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Rediscovering Counterparts right now after many years and the lyrics for this album pretty sexy i have to say. There is a lake between sun and moonNot too many know aboutIn the silence between whisper and shoutThe space between wonder and doubt I know Dubois had a hand in that particular track but doesn't detract from the beauty Beautiful poem indeed. Peart did a good job re-working it for song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Permanent Waves and Vapor Trails for me. I agree with Neil that his pre-1980 lyrics were less than stellar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 HYF and CP for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 La VillaYYZWhere's My Thing?Leave That Thing AloneLimboMain Monkey BusinessMalNar If it wasn't clear, I have never paid attention to lyrics in any song. Ever. I have never cared about how the lyricist "feels". I'll listen to Geddy sing all day but the words don't have to mean anything for me to like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus 2112 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Signals gets my vote. You've got Analog Kid, Countdown, Digital Man, New World Man, Losing It, Subdivisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manders Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Man, this is a tough question. I really am slightly partial to Moving Pictures, but honestly I don't feel like I can pick just one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todem Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 1. Permanent Waves2. Hold Your Fire3. Signals4. Power Windows5. Moving Pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 For me it's between Permanent Waves (mostly for TSOR and Natural Science) and Hold Your Fire (mostly for Time Stand Still, Prime Mover, and Turn the Page) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderfinger Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The PeW, MP, Signals stretch can't be beat. Especially love Spirit of Radio, Entre Nous, Red Barchetta, Limelight, Camera Eye, Vital Signs, Subdivisions, Analog Kid, Losing It. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snyder80 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Most of it is very emotional and intelligently written. Of course, like any artist, he's had his brighest moments and his dullest. I won't try to narrow my selection down to an album or two. I'm just going to list some of my personal favorites lines. "Well weathered leather, hot metal and oil, the scented country air. Sunlight on chrome, the blur of the landscape, every nerve aware." "Reflected light to another's sight and the moon tells a lover's story. My borrowed face and my third hand grace, only reflect your glory." "When the dust has cleared and victory denied. A summit too lofty, river a little too wide. If we keep our pride, though paradise is lost, we will pay the price but we will not count the cost." "Growing up it all seems so one sided, opinions all provided, the future pre-decided, detached and subdivided in the mass production zone. Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone." "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer by the stars. All of us do time in the gutter, dreamers turn to look at the cars." "Leave out the fiction, the fact is this friction will only be won by persistence. Leave out conditions, courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence." (I also love how Geddy will sing "emancipate from the norm" during live performances). Obviously, there are many many more and I could keep going but you get the idea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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