Brucey Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ajfuf9W6B0 2:50-3:12, where Alex achieves some of the best tone and phrasing he's ever recorded. I would extend that to 3:24. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastille Dave Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 The Battle between Bytor and the Snow Dog, that 2 minute instrumental section before the mellow part they never play live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Xanadu just came on and I love that part at about 4:11 where the echo/chorus/whatever kicks on and the guitar sound gets nice and big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Xanadu just came on and I love that part at about 4:11 where the echo/chorus/whatever kicks on and the guitar sound gets nice and big. Also that single drum beat at 7:38! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WavesandWindows Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 One great moment off the top of my head is that section in Mission at about 3:21-3:40. I absolutely love that section! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Subdivisions- when Geddy hops on the bass at the start of the chorus Lerxst in Wonderland. Intro to Hemispheres. DUNNNN DUNNNN DUNDUNNNNNNN DUNNNNN End of Nobody's Hero "NOBODY'S HEEEEEROOOOOOOOO" Title track from Test For Echo. All of it. Intro to Far Cry Synth solo in Countdown Guitar solos in Ceiling Unlimited and Between the Wheels Drum solo at the end of Lock and Key Final chorus of Marathon And of course, The Grand Finale! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty Mindless Spectre Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ajfuf9W6B0 2:50-3:12, where Alex achieves some of the best tone and phrasing he's ever recorded. I would extend that to 3:24. Yeah, I was surprised and quite disappointed this song wasn't chosen for the CA tour, especially given some of the songs chosen instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Synth solo in Countdown That really does make the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Yeah countdown has some fantastic moments in it, captures the sheer bravery of space exploration perfectly, really brings a lump to the throat at times Another for me like that is the end of the garden, particularly when bearing in mind while listening, that they could be the final moments of the last track of the last studio album this great great band laid down. Like totally emotional. this band has meant so much to us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WavesandWindows Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Countdown' sending when the bass does the cool harmony bit.Everyday Glory "no matter what they say" when Geddy goes really high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALifeson85 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Analog Kid : the synth / chorus section..."You move me, you move me...". The live version especially gives me chills La Villa Strangiato : the build-up of Alex's solo. Amazing. Cygnus X-1 : the last couple of minutes - where it just ROCKS OUT :haz: Grand Designs : "Curves and lines....of GRAND DESIIIIIIIIIGNS...." - and Neil's tom run during that part. Natural Science : the transition from the Tidal Pools section, into the Hyperspace section kicks ass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Witch Hunt: Quick to judge. Quick to anger. Slow to understand. Ignorance and prejudice, and fear walk hand in haaaaaaaannnnnnnd. Then, into Geddy's bass outro with the signature synth riff beneath it. Chills...... The opening of TSOR on Permanent Waves, all these years later when you understand where the band was in their development. Yes, every note of ATWAS, of course. The pure, raw, youthful energy that comes through in the recording. Freewill (studio): Each of us, a CELL of awareness. (sung with a hint of that Geddy Lee wail from the past) Freewill (live on Time Macine Tour): Geddy still going for it and nailing the note on the same line.Hate to break it to ya, but on TMT Freewill, that note was edited in. He botched it live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hukos Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Way too many to count but I'll list the ones that come to mind. Territories: Both the chorus (A whole wide world/An endless universe/Yet we keep looking through the eyeglass in reverse etc.) and the final verse (Better the pride that resides/In a citizen of the world/Than the kind that divides/When a colorful rag is unfurled) give me chills. Lock and Key: Alex's solo and the really quiet section (It's not a matter of mercy/It's not a matter of laws/Plenty of people will kill you/For some fantatical cause etc.) are absolutely amazing. L&K imo is one of the most underrated song in Rush's discography. Red Sector A: Geddy's Synth riff in the intro is just drenched in anger, probably the most angry I've ever heard a Rush song be. Fitting given the lyrical content. YYZ: Dat riff. You know the one. Cygnux X-1 The Voyage: Geddy's insanely high note at the end. 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrnix are amazing. Unfortunately, the rest of 2112 is kind of a letdown, imo but the first 6 minutes or so are still incredible. The Pass: The chorus. Oh man that chorus. Roll the Bones: Screw the haters, I really love the chorus as well as the We go out in the world and take our chances/Fate is just the weight of circumstances/That's the way that lady luck dances section! Driven: The entire chorus. Driven really does make TfE a better album by default. And of course the Perfect Sphere section of Hemispheres. I mean really, as far as I'm concerned, that's the ultimate defacto, perfect Rush moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty Mindless Spectre Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrnix are amazing. Unfortunately, the rest of 2112 is kind of a letdown, imo but the first 6 minutes or so are still incredible. Yikes… I have to STRONGLY disagree with you on this one. I really like the 'Oracle: The Dream' section, but more emphatically, Alex's 'Soliloquy' solo is one of my 5 favorite solos for sure. How you can be a RUSH fan and not like that solo is beyond me, but you are certainly entitled to your own tastes and opinions. And continuing along, 'The Grand Finale' just flat out ROCKS as well. (Disclaimer - I probably have at least 10-15 Top 5 favorite Alex solos :bump: ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hukos Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrnix are amazing. Unfortunately, the rest of 2112 is kind of a letdown, imo but the first 6 minutes or so are still incredible. Yikes… I have to STRONGLY disagree with you on this one. I really like the 'Oracle: The Dream' section, but more emphatically, Alex's 'Soliloquy' solo is one of my 5 favorite solos for sure. How you can be a RUSH fan and not like that solo is beyond me, but you are certainly entitled to your own tastes and opinions. And continuing along, 'The Grand Finale' just flat out ROCKS as well. (Disclaimer - I probably have at least 10-15 Top 5 favorite Alex solos :bump: ) I mean letdown in comparison to the rest of the song. Nothing else matches the excitement that the first two sections build up to. That's not to say the rest of the song is bad, I'm not saying that at all. 2112 as a whole is still pretty enjoyable. it's just that you have a 20 minute song that essentially climaxes at the 6 minute mark. That's what makes the rest of the song a bit disappointing for me. There a reason I consider Hemispheres Rush's best epic, it saves the best part for last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Virtuality: intro riff YYZ: ALL of it (especially in Rio and CA Tour) Limelight: guitar solo The Garden: ending (where the chorus is repeated) La Villa Strangiato: Lerxst in Wonderland, Monsters! Xanadu: ALL of it (especially ESL) A Passage to Bangkok: Oriental riff and (of course) Lerxst solo Freeze: opening bass riff 2112: Overture / The Temples of Syrix / Soliloquy / Grand Finale Dreamline: "When we are young…wandering the face of the earth…" (especially CA Tour) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) Moments that "get me", in chronologcal order: The repeated chord right before the "main part" of Before and AfterThe electric kicking in on In The End on ATWASThe arpeggiated main riff of Xanadu enteringAlex's La Villa solo (You know the one)The first "wheels within wheels" part of Natural ScienceAlex's entire solo in LimelightThe start as well as the end of the electric violin solo on Losing ItThe synth break on Middletown DreamsThe outro solo on MissionThe bridge of AnimateThe intro to The Garden Edited August 28, 2014 by len(songs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) Edit: I seem to have already posted about this same part! So here's another: The guitar leading up to, and then the chorus of Headlong Flight. It's a slight build and then a release of intensity, so great! Edited August 28, 2014 by x1yyz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Anarchist reactionary running dog revisionist... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty Mindless Spectre Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 The stretch of Natural Science from @ 7:38 to 7:53… leading into "Wave after wave will flow with the tide". Something about the tone and rhythm of those chords just really grabs me in a way only a Lerxst is capable of. Same goes for the stretch of Hemispheres from 2:38 to 2:58 right before the opening verse of vocals. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Noooo! You didn't listen Again!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 The world is a cageFor your impotent rageBut don't let it get to you Nice little bit from an often forgotten song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I thought I was OK aloneWaiting for the postman and the telephone... Hand Over Fist would likely be the heaviest and one of the best songs on Presto if not for that godawful chorus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I thought I was OK aloneWaiting for the postman and the telephone... Hand Over Fist would likely be the heaviest and one of the best songs on Presto if not for that godawful chorus... The chorus is slightly wimpy, but it grooves and it's catchy as hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Just an escape artist racing against the night. A wandering hermit racing towards the light... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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