presto123 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I may be in the minority, but I like almost ALL of the 80's Rush. Power Windows is one of my favorite albums ever, and GUP has really begun to grow on me as well. My least favorite would be something from Hold Your Fire...not sure what though. Also, first post on the forums! Welcome. You have good taste in music for sure. 80's Rush rules! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I may be in the minority, but I like almost ALL of the 80's Rush. Power Windows is one of my favorite albums ever, and GUP has really begun to grow on me as well. My least favorite would be something from Hold Your Fire...not sure what though. Also, first post on the forums! Welcome. You have good taste in music for sure. 80's Rush rules!Yes all the good stuff is here: http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?/topic/93956-the-synth-era-essential-greatness/#entry3588613 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 My least favorite is probably Anagram Have you noticed there isn't a single anagram through the entre song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Toss up for me between Superconductor and Chemistry.Yes, I dislike Tai Shan less than either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) I may be in the minority, but I like almost ALL of the 80's Rush. Power Windows is one of my favorite albums ever, and GUP has really begun to grow on me as well. My least favorite would be something from Hold Your Fire...not sure what though. Also, first post on the forums! Welcome meanmeanpride !! . . Edited July 17, 2015 by Lucas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Easily Anagram (For Mongo). Stands out in no way for me. Really rather boring, in a RTB kind of way. Have to say though, I don't dislike any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rftag Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) I remember hearing instrumental parts of Mystic Rhythms used as generic background music for a PBS nature documentary sometime around 1990 or so and thinking what a statement that made about how much their music had lost its edge. On the one hand I thought it was cool ("Wow! They're using Mystic Rhythms as the background music!"), but on the other I thought it was ominous ("Hmmm... Rush music can now be seamlessly interspersed with generic PBS documentary background music"). [Apologies to fans of Mystic Rhythms; just my honest opinion] Edited July 18, 2015 by rftag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Tai Shan is awful but is an experiment. Superconductor is bad and there is no excuse. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Tai Shan is awful but is an experiment. Superconductor is bad and there is no excuse.Here's living proof of that assertion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Tai Shan is awful but is an experiment. Superconductor is bad and there is no excuse.Here's living proof of that assertion Laziest chorus they ever wrote. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Tai Shan is awful but is an experiment. Superconductor is bad and there is no excuse.Here's living proof of that assertion That's several minutes of my life I'm never going to get back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rftag Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Tai Shan is awful but is an experiment. Superconductor is bad and there is no excuse.Here's living proof of that assertion What were they thinking? Were they thinking? The video is soooo cheesy ( some of the crowd shots make me cringe). Alex's "superconductor superconductor" vocal contribution is truly wince inducing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Tai Shan is awful but is an experiment. Superconductor is bad and there is no excuse.Here's living proof of that assertionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcYP5XP0Rlk What were they thinking? Were they thinking? The video is soooo cheesy ( some of the crowd shots make me cringe). Alex's "superconductor superconductor" vocal contribution is truly wince inducing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemisteers Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 The only track I really ever skip is Red Sector A. I just went through the entire 80s collection, yep, that's the only one. Can't say it's a bad song at all, just don't really enjoy it. Tai Shan is a bad song, but I enjoy it. It relaxes me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 How do you pick just one? All of Presto except Show Don't TellChemistryDigital ManRed LensesMiddletown DreamsTai ShanHIgh Water Coming off a decade of nothing but greatness (well, except for CoS and Tears) and a perfect first album of the decade in MP, it's incredibly disappointing that they could put out a clunker like Presto. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driven_to_xanadu Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Red Lenses would be my least favorite. Superconductor as the runner up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driven_to_xanadu Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) How do you pick just one? All of Presto except Show Don't TellChemistryDigital ManRed LensesMiddletown DreamsTai ShanHIgh Water Coming off a decade of nothing but greatness (well, except for CoS and Tears) and a perfect first album of the decade in MP, it's incredibly disappointing that they could put out a clunker like Presto. Blasphemy! Superconductor is just about the only track from Presto that I don't like. Edited July 18, 2015 by driven_to_xanadu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Limelight? Superconductor? Toss up between those two. Love everything else released in that decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The K Man Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 War Paint. Just not a good song at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Hold Your Fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rftag Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Limelight? Superconductor? Toss up between those two. Love everything else released in that decade. Limelight? Really? I respect your opinion but this is a very unusual point of view, inasmuch as Limelight is generally regarded as a canonical Rush classic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 War Paint. Just not a good song at all. The song itself is fine. Its the last minute or so thats really bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I do like War Paint. Although most probably don't notice the lyric in my sig. It is a weaker song nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New World Kid Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 For me, its a tie between Marathon and Anagram. Marathon just never did anything for me musically. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's the tempo to it or something, but for me it just sits in this plodding pace, and never really seems like it musically says anything. The lyrics are also pretty bad. And they're not bad in a fun or unique way like Red Lenses, for instance. Marathon's lyrics just mince all sorts of cheesy running terms together to not really say anything. Anagram is bad lyrics for fun and uniqueness, but the song is boring, and sometimes the words aren't even fun and silly, they just sound like nonsense. Package that with boring piano and really nothing else happening... Meh. But that's just like, my opinion, man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Na na na Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Superconductor is rather good, excellent video :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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