LedRush Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I find this song to be the essence of everything great about Rush: cinematic, story telling, marriage of music and lyrics, rocking, fun, great vocals, great playing...it has everything. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRushmonkey Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 One of their greatest songs ever!! http://www.voyageunbound.com/cars/i/misc/z_1948_ferrari_166_MM_barchetta.jpg 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 It's my favorite song on MP.......it's awesome. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todem Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 It is my all time favorite Rush song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Love it. with YYZ my favourite on MP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 This could be the one . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 i gotta be careful listening to it when I drive or I find myself pushing triple digits down country roads. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Great, great song. The harmonics that Alex plays to open and close the song are masterful. And those same passages feature some classic 'lead bass', from Geddy. I can attest personally that it's a very fun song to play on the drums, too. My favorite lyric from it: "Suddenly, ahead of me,Across the mountain sideA gleaming alloy air-car shoots towards meTwo lanes wideI spin around with shrieking tyresTo run the deadly raceGo screaming through the valley As another joins the chase..." Ahhhh... :) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Love the song. I remember a couple years ago on here, someone started a thread where they asked us to rate each Rush song on a scale of 1-10 to figure out which was the most liked song and Red Barchetta won it with the highest average. It really is the perfect Rush song. i don't remember who did it though and what the name of the thread was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Also my favorite from MP, fantastic tune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraroc Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Definitely one of my favorites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudbuytjane Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Great, great song. The harmonics that Alex plays to open and close the song are masterful. And those same passages feature some classic 'lead bass', from Geddy. I can attest personally that it's a very fun song to play on the drums, too. I was just coming to comment on the bass in this song. It's one of my favourite bass parts of Geddy's, and a lot of fun to play. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) Great, great song. The harmonics that Alex plays to open and close the song are masterful. And those same passages feature some classic 'lead bass', from Geddy. I can attest personally that it's a very fun song to play on the drums, too. I was just coming to comment on the bass in this song. It's one of my favourite bass parts of Geddy's, and a lot of fun to play. :ebert: It's also a fun song to sing. :) I'll be cranking up Moving Pictures in the car on the way home today... Edited March 19, 2015 by Blue J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 10.0, no question. A masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I find this song to be the essence of everything great about Rush: cinematic, story telling, marriage of music and lyrics, rocking, fun, great vocals, great playing...it has everything.Big plus if you're an old school gear head who like wrenching on and driving an old machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Great song but not nearly the first one I would want to listen to at this point. Same as Tom Sawyer... :codger: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugen Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 One of if not their best 6 minutes song, who's going to have the guts say no unless he's looking for trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Simple. Easy. Popular song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg2112 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Perfect song. Better be in the setlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasbo Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 One of my faves.Everything here is perfect.The lyrics match the music as the song builds like the car getting faster and louder.The solo flies and Ged's bass is dirty and aggressive(that clunky Chris Squire sound).Then'gleaming alloy air car'comes into the picture,my favourite part of the song,and then it gradually winds down to mirror the begining the start of the song.Forget Tom Sawyer,Spirit,2112,this is one of their best. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 My favorite song on Moving Pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) My favorite Rush song. Had to recently admit that it has pushed Xanadu to second, though there's not a close third behind those two. As LedRush explained, it IS the best of Rush in one package. Brilliant music and brilliant lyrics (not just a great story and great poetry, but not one self-righteous finger wag to be found!). A cautionary tale featuring the coolest car ever (Ferrari 166mm of course; Neil has d*mn good taste in cars); Farenheit 451 meets Le Mans (the Steve McQueen movie). The cautionary part can't be overstated. Is Elon Musk simply a headline-grabbing bag of hygienic scent, or is he on to something that Neil foresaw those many years ago? I've got a serial addiction to old Alfa Romeos (for the most part the only kind you find over here) and if the car police come they won't be able to "pry them out of my cold, dead hands!" (as they say). Seriously (before someone takes the comment too seriously), that won't likely happen in my lifetime, but for my kids? It's not the supposed threat to the environment posed by internal combustion engines that would be the problem, but rather the nanny state social progressive fascists who would want to reign in deviant behavior (as they define it) in the supposed interest of protecting the environment, or whatever; in the original story safety was the issue, to which Musk returns. http://www.cnbc.com/id/102512883 Edited March 19, 2015 by Rutlefan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 It'll work in a pinch. Rather hear it than Tom Sawyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Vote no and you're a communist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 Vote no and you're a communist. Even the communists love it. I heard that Gorby and Reagan bonded over this song. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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