savagegrace26 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 1. Dreamline 2. Ghost of a Chance 3. Bravado 4. Where's My Thing? 5. Heresy 6. Roll the Bones 7. The Big Wheel Interchangeable:Face Up You Bet Your Life Neurotica 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Great1. Dreamline Good2. Roll The Bones Decent3. Where's My Thing4. Bravado5. Ghost Of A Chance Mediocre6. Heresy Horrible7. The Big Wheel8. You Bet Your Life9. Face Up10. Neurotica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 1. Dreamline45. Roll the Bones Anything else on this thing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 GREATDreamline GOODBravadoGhost Of A Chance :zzz: and :boo hiss: the rest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucey Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Roll the BonesDreamlineBravadoGhost of a ChanceWhere's my Thing?HeresyThe Big WheelFace UpNeuroticaYou Bet Your Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 GREATDreamline GOODBravadoGhost Of A Chance :zzz: and :boo hiss: the restThis one^^^^^ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 It's not the best album but I wouldn't call it rank geez.. ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) 1. Roll the Bones2. Bravado3. Neurotica4. Dreamline4. Ghost of a Chance5. You Bet Your Life6. Heresy7. Face Up8. Where's My Thing?9. The Big Wheel Edited October 29, 2014 by Geddy's Soul Patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 On Bravado: Geddy Lee ("RTB CD Launch radio broadcast"): "That's a pretty emotional song for me. It's one of my favorites that I think we've ever written. Just because it's quite a change.... it's quite a different song on the album. It's stands out on the record as being a different texture than most of the other tracks. That line to me says really says so much about the people, really that move the world, you know, the people that go out there and do what has to be done. And they're not worrying about what it's going to cost them personally down the road, they're doing what has to be done, and they're prepared to pay the price for it without worrying about.... the payment that comes later." Alex Lifeson (Roll The Bones Radio Special): "That's a special song for me, that's one of the songs that we lifted some of the guitar parts off the demo tapes we used on the finished record. The solo is a thrown away solo that was just a one-take solo. That song and "Roll The Bones" and "Ghost Of A Chance", but "Bravado" and "Ghost Of A Chance", those two solos I feel are probably among the best that I've done -- the most emotive and the most spontaneous, and they were both one-take solos. And we just got used to hearing them and they fit so perfectly, and the bass and the drums kind of fit into what the solo was doing, there was really no reason to re-record it. You could never capture that innocence and emotion in it. And that's what it really boils down to; sound doesn't really matter, you can get a half-decent sound on anything and enhance it and make it a little better, but at the cost of losing the emotion. It's not worth it." Lifeson (Guitar Player, November 1991): "The solos in 'Ghost of a Chance,' 'Bravado' and 'Roll the Bones' are basically one- or two-take solos played all the way trough. When we're developing the arrangement in the writing stages, I toss a solo on tape so we have something to listen to. It's late at night, the lights are down low, and I'm by myself. These were supposed to be throwaway solos, but when it was time to do the "real" solos, Neil had already adjusted his parts to fit what I'd played. So it came down to me trying to recreate everything - which doesn't work. You might improve the sound, but even if you play exactly the same notes you'll never capture that magic feel. The solos in "Ghost of a Chance" and "Bravado" are certainly my favorites on the record, if not among my favorite solos ever. When I listen to them, I heart the way I felt at that time. That's really the key."Geddy Lee (Guitar Player, November 1991): "Neil's parts are complex, too. Listen to the end of "Bravado". There's an example of limb independence that rivals any drummer, anywhere. The fact that he nailed that in one take blows my mind. In only four days, Neil and I had all the drums and bass parts down. When you record that quickly, you wonder if maybe some ugliness will rear its head two weeks down the road. There were only a couple of little moments that sounded a tad unsteady over all that work; we're able to live without them. Alex did almost all the guitars in about eight days." Alex Lifeson: "In the past, it took three to five weeks." Lifeson (from Guitar Player): "I think it was a first take. I played my Tele through the GK preamp direct to tape. The solo has a particular character and personality that's uncommon for me. If I'd erased that and gone with something else, then it would have been just another solo I put together in the studio, rather than something that happened at a special moment."In the Roll The Bones Tourbook, Neil Peart explained the line, "We will pay the price, but we will not count the cost":"A line from John Barth's The Tidewater Tales (he said I could use it) which echoed around inside me for a long time after I read that book. To me, it just means go for it. There are no failures of talent, only failures of character. I think that's often true too. Sure there a lot of talented people who don't achieve artistic or worldly success, but I think there's usually a reason - a failure inside them. The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up - or if it comes true. That is called irony. We have to remember the oracle's words, from Nike, the Greek goddess of victory and lumpy athletic shoes: Just do it. No excuses." (thanks, Mike - Mountlake Terrace, Washington, for all above) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonus X-1 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 You Bet Your LifeRoll the BonesFace UpThe Big WheelGhost of a ChanceDreamlineBravadoNeuroticaWhere's My Thing?Heresy Move Dreamline way up if we're talking some of the live versions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 ...and YES, I am serious. 1. Neurotica2. Ghost of a Chance3. Dreamline4. Roll The Bones5. Bravado6. Where's My Thing?7. The Big Wheel8. Face Up9. You Bet Your Life10. Heresy I enjoy this album more than most, I believe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg2112 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) Gotta admit this was an album I panned for years. But I recently revisited it buying a new copy off itunes, and I'm really enjoying it, nearly top to bottom (save Heresy). Sure, alot of it is pop rock, but like Presto, there's really good songwriting and melody. Im even liking the title track, which as a kid I hated due to the rap (I find it pretty humorous now). This is good stuff, just wish there was more of a bottom end in the production. OK to the ranking already... Ghost of a ChanceBravadoThe Big WheelDreamlineRoll the BonesFace UpWhere's My ThingYou Bet Your LifeNeuroticaHeresy Edited December 7, 2014 by greg2112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 ...and YES, I am serious. 1. Neurotica2. Ghost of a Chance3. Dreamline4. Roll The Bones5. Bravado6. Where's My Thing?7. The Big Wheel8. Face Up9. You Bet Your Life10. Heresy I enjoy this album more than most, I believe. Nice ranking. For me: Great1. Bravado2. Where's My Thing3. You Bet Your Life Good4. Roll The Bones5. Dreamline6. Face Up7. Neurotica8. Ghost of a Chance9. The Big Wheel Awkward Propaganda10. Heresy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Erm... Its all pretty boring but i like it better now than i did a little while ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theanalogmiddleagedman Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Dreamline is one if the greatest songs ever.I really like Where's My Thing and Roll the Bones. I like the ending of Bravado live.The rest is all ok with Nuerotica and Face Up being at the bottom. Didn't you just freak out the first time hearing Dreamline? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 1. Ghost Of A Chance2. Dreamline3. Bravado4. Roll The Bones5. Neurotica6. Where's My Thing7. You bet Your Life8. Face Up9. The Big Wheel10. Heresy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 1. Dreamline2. Bravado3. Ghost of a Chance4. Roll the Bones5. The Big Wheel6. Neurotica7. Where's My Thing?8. Heresy9. Face Up10. You Bet Your Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 (edited) Dreamline is one if the greatest songs ever.I really like Where's My Thing and Roll the Bones. I like the ending of Bravado live.The rest is all ok with Nuerotica and Face Up being at the bottom. Didn't you just freak out the first time hearing Dreamline?Yes, I did. When I heard the lines: WHEN WE ARE YOUNGWANDERING THE FACE OF THE EARTHWONDERING WHAT OUR DREAMS MIGHT BE WORTHLEARNING THAT WE'RE ONLY IMMORTAL -FOR A LIMITED TIME I was almost 37 when the album came out, and these lyrics really hit home. But some of the best and truest lines ever ever ever penned by Neil are these from the same song: Time is a gypsy caravanSteals away in the nightTo leave you stranded in DreamlandDistance is a long-range filterMemory a flickering lightLeft behind in the heartland Edited December 8, 2014 by Lorraine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driven_to_xanadu Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Great:DreamlineBravadoRoll the Bones Good:Where's my Thing?Ghost of a Chance Mediocre filler:The Big WheelFace UpHeresyYou Bet Your Life Pure Feces:Neurotica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 Apparently Heresy is for the 5000+ IQ Club, which I'm a proud member of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Apparently Heresy is for the 5000+ IQ Club, which I'm a proud member of. I mean, with such erudite and socially telling lyrics as "All the crap we had to take" illustrating the millions of lives destroyed by Soviet misguidance, it's no wonder "Heresy" is such a genius of a tune. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) Apparently Heresy is for the 5000+ IQ Club, which I'm a proud member of. I mean, with such erudite and socially telling lyrics as "All the crap we had to take" illustrating the millions of lives destroyed by Soviet misguidance, it's no wonder "Heresy" is such a genius of a tune. Eh. One stupid lyrical line is all you can think about? The percussion is quite brilliant. He should have said "All the f*cking bullsh*t" we had to take" Edited December 9, 2014 by savagegrace26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitboaf Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Perfect (4 stars):Dreamline Fantastic (3.5 stars):-none- Excellent (3 stars):Roll the BonesWhere's My Thing?Ghost of a Chance Good (2.5 stars):BravadoFace UpThe Big Wheel Pretty Good (2 stars):HeresyNeuroticaYou Bet Your Life Mediocre, Poor, Bad, Atrocious (1.5, 1.0, 0.5, 0 stars):none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 Two stars usually means mediocre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) .... Edited December 9, 2014 by savagegrace26 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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