Segue Myles Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 A very poor mans Leave My Thing Alone sort of........ Whats wrong with it?Goes nowhere slowly..... Well, I am currently spinning T4E. Not as grand as I remembered it to be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I hope BowlCity is happy with himself..... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 These lyrics do suck I must admit..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 These lyrics do suck I must admit..... Its a very sucky album from that perspective, I must admit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Its over. Same as the previous few albums (exception Presto) about half real good and the other half not so much (pedestrian).... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Your verdict on CATS? The last song, btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Your verdict on CATS? The last song, btwPedestrian. I am noticing a pattern. Side one very good, side two not so much for the most part.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) Your verdict on CATS? The last song, btwPedestrian. I am noticing a pattern. Side one very good, side two not so much for the most part.... Fair enough. You have my sympathy: VT up next... Edited July 14, 2014 by Segue Myles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Neil gets kind of douchey on this... "I'm smarter than the internet...""I'm smarter than people who choose sides...""I know who Sisyphus is...""All religions are interchangeable..." But his drumming is spot on. I enjoy listening to this while watching the "Work in Progress" video. I don't get anything nearly that negative from the lyrics.Me either. Crowd psychology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Your verdict on CATS? The last song, btwPedestrian. I am noticing a pattern. Side one very good, side two not so much for the most part.... Fair enough. You have my smpathy: VT up next...I have listened to VT a half dozen times but not recently. i am going to give it a shot. At least I can honestly say that I crawled out from under my rock and listened to all of them when its said and done..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Resist. Just in time too....... :)I can learn to resist anything but bashing T4E, the piñata of RUSH albums. It's a darn side better than VT.Now it's time to throw down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Resist. Just in time too....... :)I can learn to resist anything but bashing T4E, the piñata of RUSH albums. It's a darn side better than VT.Now it's time to throw down. Watch out Goose plays golf. "Golf? Nixon plays golf."...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Wow! This was unexpected! Then again, Side 2 is coming up, which means Dog Years, Virtuality, and Limbo... 3 very good songs This are the three I usually skip.Which makes them the best three on T4E. Sorry, it was so easy. And on top of that it made no sense.No, you see, you skip them, so you don't have to listen to them, unlike the other songs, which you like enough to endure, but they still suck, which makes them worse in the end than the three that you skipped. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 BTW. Thanks guys and gals for showing up. Not feeling so hot today and this really helped..... :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 A very poor mans Leave My Thing Alone sort of........ Whats wrong with it?Goes nowhere slowly..... Well, I am currently spinning T4E. Not as grand as I remembered it to be...Funny album. at first listen, it just sounds so amazing. And then, you listen again, and begin to notice the songs. Downhill from there. VT is the opposite maybe. At first listen, the sound is awful. Uncomfortable. But then, the songs. Given the context of the album, the songs are fantastic. Neil is at his most human in his career, having had life take a huge karmic dump on him. For the first time, he's just another person on this planet, pouring his soul out. That's how it is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Your verdict on CATS? The last song, btwPedestrian. I am noticing a pattern. Side one very good, side two not so much for the most part....Yup. I call it "RTB syndrome", after the prime offender in this regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Your verdict on CATS? The last song, btwPedestrian. I am noticing a pattern. Side one very good, side two not so much for the most part....Yup. I call it "RTB syndrome", after the prime offender in this regard.Guess thats how it is and how it goes..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) A very poor mans Leave My Thing Alone sort of........ Whats wrong with it?Goes nowhere slowly..... Well, I am currently spinning T4E. Not as grand as I remembered it to be...Funny album. at first listen, it just sounds so amazing. And then, you listen again, and begin to notice the songs. Downhill from there. VT is the opposite maybe. At first listen, the sound is awful. Uncomfortable. But then, the songs. Given the context of the album, the songs are fantastic. Neil is at his most human in his career, having had life take a huge karmic dump on him. For the first time, he's just another person on this planet, pouring his soul out. That's how it is.Agree completely and wholeheartedly. VT took a few listens to embed itself in my ears, whereas the more I listened to T4E, the more I noticed the unpleasantness behind the (great) production. Especially Side 2... Edited July 14, 2014 by len(songs) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Totem is great hokey fun. Good instrumentation, cool solo, catchy and clever tongue-in-cheek lyrics (one of the few good lyrics on the album). It's one of the most underrated songs in the Rush catalog. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Totem is great hokey fun. Good instrumentation, cool solo, catchy and clever tongue-in-cheek lyrics (one of the few good lyrics on the album). It's one of the most underrated songs in the Rush catalog.I didn't dislike it. Like I said it was kind of catchy if I recall..... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 (edited) Totem is great hokey fun. Good instrumentation, cool solo, catchy and clever tongue-in-cheek lyrics (one of the few good lyrics on the album). It's one of the most underrated songs in the Rush catalog.I didn't dislike it. Like I said it was kind of catchy if I recall..... :) I never said you didn't. Edited July 15, 2014 by savagegrace26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Totem is great hokey fun. Good instrumentation, cool solo, catchy and clever tongue-in-cheek lyrics (one of the few good lyrics on the album). It's one of the most underrated songs in the Rush catalog.I didn't dislike it. Like I said it was kind of catchy if I recall..... :) I never said you didn't.I know you didn't. I didn't mean to insinuate that you did. My bad..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 (edited) Work has kept me away from the computer for most of today so I missed out on today's party, but I'm glad you enjoyed the first half of Test For Echo! With the exception of Half The World I can safely say I love the first 5 songs, and enjoy most of Totem, minus those annoying "whoa oh a whoaaaa" vocals. Test For Echo and Time And Motion rock :haz: Half The World got old reaaaaal fast for me... The only thing that surprised me was your distaste for Limbo. Huge fan of Neil's drums on that one, and the album in general. Glad you keep finding some stuff you really enjoy :cheers: And yes, Narp. I am QUITE happy with myself :D Edited July 15, 2014 by BowlCity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 The production on T4E may be unparalleled. And the tour was phenomenal. I think the production was a little muddy on Test For Echo around the guitar, but that's just me. I've yet to hear an album that sounds as crystal clear as Counterparts, though Snakes and Arrows comes pretty close. Really wish I could've gone to a show on that tour, but alas, I was a toddler at the time :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars123 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Ummmm.... I LOOOOOVE MILES DAVIS. If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis. ? Nice Billy Madison reference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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