anima Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 It's difficult to know where to start. I am a recent convert to Rush and their music has been the backdrop to everything for the past year. It was an eventful year (not in a good way) and Rush have literally kept me going throughout everything. Bravado, The Garden and Wish Them Well have had a profound effect at specific times. And, more surprisingly:"Why are we here?Because we're here!Roll the bones!" I read the words of Bravado at a church service about 6 weeks ago and converted the vicar to Rush, by the way (not joking!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 I read the words of Bravado at a church service about 6 weeks ago and converted the vicar to Rush... That's hysterical. Neil would have a fit. Oh, the irony!!! :laughing guy: :laughing guy: :laughing guy: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRushmonkey Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Thank your stars you're not that way Turn your back and walk away Don't even pause and ask them why Turn around and say goodbye & The whole of far cry. They haven't really had a big effect me but I think that they are great really meaningful lyrics. Almost all rush songs have great meaningful lyrics but these 2, in my opinion, stand out from the crowd. Sorry about the text, my tablet went funny when I tried to copy and paste the lyrics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Thank your stars you're not that wayTurn your back and walk awayDon't even pause and ask them whyTurn around and say goodbye I love these lyrics too. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 If we keep our prideThough paradise is lostWe will pay the priceBut we will not count the cost… --(Bravado) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Gilbert Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) "To you...is it movement or is it action? Is it contact, or just reaction? And you...revolution or just resistance? Is it living, or just existence? Yeah, you!...it takes a little more persistence, to get up and go the distance..." (The Enemy Within) Edited June 1, 2014 by Johnny Gilbert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) You know what I love about Neil's lyrics the most? When all seems hopeless in your life, when you think "what's the use?", his lyrics give you the inner strength to get up and go on. And try again. Even though you have a long list of failures trailing behind you. Edited June 2, 2014 by Lorraine 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 You know what I love about Neil's lyrics the most? When all seems hopeless in your life, when you think "what's the use?", his lyrics give you the inner strength to get up and go on. And try again. Even though you have a long list of failures trailing behind you. I think because he is so good at describing events and emotions that so many people have experienced and felt in such a descriptive and thought-provoking way. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 You know what I love about Neil's lyrics the most? When all seems hopeless in your life, when you think "what's the use?", his lyrics give you the inner strength to get up and go on. And try again. Even though you have a long list of failures trailing behind you. I think because he is so good at describing events and emotions that so many people have experienced and felt in such a descriptive and thought-provoking way. I have to give credit too to the music writers ( :laughing guy: ). It all fits together to give someone hope and inner strength rather than despair and pushing you over the edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 You know what I love about Neil's lyrics the most? When all seems hopeless in your life, when you think "what's the use?", his lyrics give you the inner strength to get up and go on. And try again. Even though you have a long list of failures trailing behind you. I think because he is so good at describing events and emotions that so many people have experienced and felt in such a descriptive and thought-provoking way. I have to give credit too to the music writers ( :laughing guy: ). It all fits together to give someone hope and inner strength rather than despair and pushing you over the edge. I was thinking about my comment after I made it and another thing I think that helps is that Neil is such a realist. He sees life without false hopes dreams or expectations. Many of his lyrics promote strength and moving beyond troubles and problems in life without expecting help from a higher power or being. Encouraging strength rather than weakness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Gilbert Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) You know what I love about Neil's lyrics the most? When all seems hopeless in your life, when you think "what's the use?", his lyrics give you the inner strength to get up and go on. And try again. Even though you have a long list of failures trailing behind you. Well said! And so true. Edited June 3, 2014 by Johnny Gilbert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 If we keep our prideThough paradise is lostWe will pay the priceBut we will not count the cost… --(Bravado) Great lines; the last two are taken from Barth's novel Tidewater Tales (Barth himself took them from cultural lore; they might be proverbial?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaghetti Lee Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 "I just like to please, don't like to teaseI'm easy like a batI like big chests, don't like long restsI'm an impatient cat" "Like some captainWho sh*ts on the ground" "Like a pilgrimWho loves to trans-gend" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBDIVISIONS Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Sometimes our big splashes are just ripples in the pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaghetti Lee Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 "Hey Alex it's a quarter to eightI feel I'm in the mood Hey Alex the hour is lateI feel I've gots the moobs" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaked Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 YEAH! OHHHHHHH YEAH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Didacts and Narpets. Had me scratching my head for days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaghetti Lee Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) "We are the plumbersWe'll fix...your sinks With so many wrenchesWe'll fix your sink" 4/8/83 Edited June 5, 2014 by Spaghetti Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Limelight "all the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players, performers and portrayers." Witch HuntSubdivisions / Analog Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaghetti Lee Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) "One...Two t-t-t-t-t-t-t...ButtholeMaShoe... Bip" "In the End" from All the World's A Stage Edited June 5, 2014 by Spaghetti Lee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Well-weathered leatherHot metal and oilThe scented country airSunlight on chromeThe blur of the landscapeEvery nerve aware While several of Neil's views don't necessarily resonate with me, I do definitely share his romantic relationship with classic machines (as well as his wariness regarding an overreaching regulatory gov't bureaucracy). This just might be my favorite song ever. I just bought a beautiful Alfa GTV6 for about what a ten year-old Corolla would cost (Alfas are not expensive to own at all unless you're uninclined to turn a wrench). Sweetest production V6 ever. Life is good. Just have to keep the air cars and EPA at bay (at least those coal-burning plug-in electrics will help save the petrol for those like Neil). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Well-weathered leatherHot metal and oilThe scented country airSunlight on chromeThe blur of the landscapeEvery nerve aware While several of Neil's views don't necessarily resonate with me, I do definitely share his romantic relationship with classic machines (as well as his wariness regarding an overreaching regulatory gov't bureaucracy). This just might be my favorite song ever. I just bought a beautiful Alfa GTV6 for about what a ten year-old Corolla would cost (Alfas are not expensive to own at all unless you're uninclined to turn a wrench). Sweetest production V6 ever. Life is good. Just have to keep the air cars and EPA at bay (at least those coal-burning plug-in electrics will help save the petrol for those like Neil). The EPA is why you're still breathing more-or-less clean air - especially in the mid-Atlantic. But yes, having driven a few AR's (my favorite being the '81 Sud that just kept on going...), I know what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Should add too that no song has ever mesmerized me like Xanadu did as a 12 year-old. Even today Frank Capra's Lost Horizon remains one of my very favorite films -- as far as I can tell, Xanadu is an amalgam of Coleridge (of course) and James Hilton's Lost Horizon (upon which the Capra film is based) -- and I still love Xanadu. Edited June 5, 2014 by Rutlefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Well-weathered leatherHot metal and oilThe scented country airSunlight on chromeThe blur of the landscapeEvery nerve aware While several of Neil's views don't necessarily resonate with me, I do definitely share his romantic relationship with classic machines (as well as his wariness regarding an overreaching regulatory gov't bureaucracy). This just might be my favorite song ever. I just bought a beautiful Alfa GTV6 for about what a ten year-old Corolla would cost (Alfas are not expensive to own at all unless you're uninclined to turn a wrench). Sweetest production V6 ever. Life is good. Just have to keep the air cars and EPA at bay (at least those coal-burning plug-in electrics will help save the petrol for those like Neil). The EPA is why you're still breathing more-or-less clean air - especially in the mid-Atlantic. But yes, having driven a few AR's (my favorite being the '81 Sud that just kept on going...), I know what you mean. In reality, I've little problem with the EPA; I mention it as a widely-recognized (reactionary?) symbol of restrictive regulation, though most of that characterization is actually unfair, as you note. In the hands of some, though, it is often an instrument of stupidity (kind of like religion, for instance, for which many environmentalism serves; good intentions, but in the wrong hands, misses the point). Love the Alfa anecdote :). Edited June 5, 2014 by Rutlefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Well-weathered leatherHot metal and oilThe scented country airSunlight on chromeThe blur of the landscapeEvery nerve aware While several of Neil's views don't necessarily resonate with me, I do definitely share his romantic relationship with classic machines (as well as his wariness regarding an overreaching regulatory gov't bureaucracy). This just might be my favorite song ever. I just bought a beautiful Alfa GTV6 for about what a ten year-old Corolla would cost (Alfas are not expensive to own at all unless you're uninclined to turn a wrench). Sweetest production V6 ever. Life is good. Just have to keep the air cars and EPA at bay (at least those coal-burning plug-in electrics will help save the petrol for those like Neil). The EPA is why you're still breathing more-or-less clean air - especially in the mid-Atlantic. But yes, having driven a few AR's (my favorite being the '81 Sud that just kept on going...), I know what you mean. Good one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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