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All of Clockwork Angels.

 

I sort of like the title song...it's epic and big sounding. But it goes on far too long. They shouldve cut about a minute and a half or more out of it.

 

Sure but we're talking lyrics here, not the music.

 

Why are you assuming I wouldnt have minded some of the lyrics in that song getting trimmed too? ;)

 

Like everything but the intro? ;)

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English is not my first language, so a few things may sound cringeworthy to you, but not to me. Here´s my list:

 

I Think I´m Going Bald

Between Sun & Moon

Dog Years

Half the World

Good News First

Bravest Face ("I like that show where they solve all the murders..." - what was he thinking when he thought this could be turned into a song?)

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The first Rush song I heard and read the lyrics to was The Trees.I thought it was silly(I was 16)It's all been downhill since.Seriously Dog Years is very silly.But I like the music
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All of Clockwork Angels.

Not even The Garden?

It is what it is and whatever :)

Eeesh...P-U, that stinks! For shame Neil, for shame. :facepalm:

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All of Clockwork Angels.

Not even The Garden?

 

Especially not The Garden. It's just too formulaic and uninspired. It's probably the song I play least next to BU2B.

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Not a lyric, but a quote:

 

Neil has become a very bitter, unpleasant person

 

To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future. I have no patience with that kind of attitude, whether it's on radio or among friends.

 

Neil Peart

 

 

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English is not my first language, so a few things may sound cringeworthy to you, but not to me. Here´s my list:

 

I Think I´m Going Bald

Between Sun & Moon

Dog Years

Half the World

Good News First

Bravest Face ("I like that show where they solve all the murders..." - what was he thinking when he thought this could be turned into a song?)

Well, English is my first language and all of those except for Between Sun & Moon are pretty crap to me too.

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Not a lyric, but a quote:

 

Neil has become a very bitter, unpleasant person

 

To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future. I have no patience with that kind of attitude, whether it's on radio or among friends.

 

Neil Peart

 

 

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What's the context of that quote?

 

And it seems like something he'd write in a bad mood. Hard to imagine he'd begrudge others when he writes in his own books about all of those songs from his youth that have influenced and touched him and yada yada bla bla bla

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English is not my first language, so a few things may sound cringeworthy to you, but not to me. Here´s my list:

 

I Think I´m Going Bald

Between Sun & Moon

Dog Years

Half the World

Good News First

Bravest Face ("I like that show where they solve all the murders..." - what was he thinking when he thought this could be turned into a song?)

Well, English is my first language and all of those except for Between Sun & Moon are pretty crap to me too.

As we know, Neil didn't write Sun & Moon, just paraphrased them. Edited by goose
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English is not my first language, so a few things may sound cringeworthy to you, but not to me. Here´s my list:

 

I Think I´m Going Bald

Between Sun & Moon

Dog Years

Half the World

Good News First

Bravest Face ("I like that show where they solve all the murders..." - what was he thinking when he thought this could be turned into a song?)

Well, English is my first language and all of those except for Between Sun & Moon are pretty crap to me too.

As we know, Neil didn't write Sun & Moo, just paraphrased them.

:LOL: I had forgotten about that. Pye Dubois

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Not a lyric, but a quote:

 

Neil has become a very bitter, unpleasant person

 

To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future. I have no patience with that kind of attitude, whether it's on radio or among friends.

 

Neil Peart

 

 

.

 

.

What's the context of that quote?

 

And it seems like something he'd write in a bad mood. Hard to imagine he'd begrudge others when he writes in his own books about all of those songs from his youth that have influenced and touched him and yada yada bla bla bla

 

He did say it, but with some further investigation, I must step back from part of what I said ..

 

The quote was from an interview in 1986 ..

 

I just figured it was recent ... I'll do more digging

 

 

Still, it is a miserable quote

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Not a lyric, but a quote:

 

Neil has become a very bitter, unpleasant person

 

To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future. I have no patience with that kind of attitude, whether it's on radio or among friends.

 

Neil Peart

 

 

.

 

.

What's the context of that quote?

 

And it seems like something he'd write in a bad mood. Hard to imagine he'd begrudge others when he writes in his own books about all of those songs from his youth that have influenced and touched him and yada yada bla bla bla

 

He did say it, but with some further investigation, I must step back from part of what I said ..

 

The quote was from an interview in 1986 ..

 

I just figured it was recent ... I'll do more digging

 

 

Still, it is a miserable quote

As a quote by itself, it sounds pretty elitist.

 

As if even a moment's feeling of nostalgia is a terrible thing.

 

"I wish that I could live it all again"...uh huh... :LOL:

 

I'd like to see 70s, 80s, 90s, and 21st century Neils sit at a table for dinner and random topic discussion. That'd be fun.

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OK, here's the entire interview

 

I won't offer an opinion here ( a first ), but here's a taste:

 

 

That's the way every person in every small town looks at the world, I think.

 

[They believe] The people they know and the little neighborhood they live in

 

is just a little bit more sane, a little bit more normal, and a little bit

 

more special than anywhere else in the world. That seems, superficially, to

 

be an innocent attitude, but in fact it's that outlook that leads to racism

 

and natioalism, xenophobia and wars and persecution.

 

 

http://www.octopusmediaink.com/NeilPeart86.html

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OK, here's the entire interview

 

I won't offer an opinion here ( a first ), but here's a taste:

 

 

That's the way every person in every small town looks at the world, I think.

 

[They believe] The people they know and the little neighborhood they live in

 

is just a little bit more sane, a little bit more normal, and a little bit

 

more special than anywhere else in the world. That seems, superficially, to

 

be an innocent attitude, but in fact it's that outlook that leads to racism

 

and natioalism, xenophobia and wars and persecution.

 

 

http://www.octopusmediaink.com/NeilPeart86.html

Interesting article. Thanks for the link :yes:

 

It's important to look at those quotes in context though. And, the fact that this is Neil speaking 30 years ago. A different person really.

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OK, here's the entire interview

 

I won't offer an opinion here ( a first ), but here's a taste:

 

 

That's the way every person in every small town looks at the world, I think.

 

[They believe] The people they know and the little neighborhood they live in

 

is just a little bit more sane, a little bit more normal, and a little bit

 

more special than anywhere else in the world. That seems, superficially, to

 

be an innocent attitude, but in fact it's that outlook that leads to racism

 

and natioalism, xenophobia and wars and persecution.

 

 

http://www.octopusmediaink.com/NeilPeart86.html

Interesting article. Thanks for the link :yes:

 

It's important to look at those quotes in context though. And, the fact that this is Neil speaking 30 years ago. A different person really.

 

Definitely

 

 

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Neil's first interview with Modern Drummer circa 1980

 

Some interesting non-technical answers from Neil ..

 

A definite change occurred in the years that followed

 

CI: Do all of your lyrics follow that way of thinking, or have you expressed a more philosophical view in other songs that you have written?

 

NP Usually, I just want to create a nice picture, or it might have a musical justification that goes beyond the lyrics. I just try to make the lyrics a good part of the music. Many times there's something strong that I'm trying to say, I look for a nice way to say it musically. The simplicity of the technique in "Trees" doesn't really matter to me. It can be the same way in music. We can write a really simple piece of music, and it will feel great. The technical side is just not relevant. Especially from a listening point of view. When I'm listening to other people I'm not listening to how hard their music is to play, I listen to how good the music is to listen to.

 

 

http://andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/neilpeart_firstinterview.htm

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Not a lyric, but a quote:

 

Neil has become a very bitter, unpleasant person

 

To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future. I have no patience with that kind of attitude, whether it's on radio or among friends.

 

Neil Peart

 

 

.

 

.

 

I like his sentiments though...he wants to live in the now and be proud of his current situation, not mope remembering the past as if his youth defined his only golden era.

 

I really like this quote actually...

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tbh, I hate no :rush: lyrics. I think they are all fine.

I don't hate any Rush lyrics, either.

 

To be honest, I don't pay enough attention to lyrics to hate, or like, any of them :unsure:

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