DirkPrattLerxst Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 A Farewell to Kings. I've noticed it barely gets attention around here and I don't know why. It rocks hard! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Sure does... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 They rehearsed it for a number of recent tours, but ended up thinking it would be too hard on Ged's voice. Quite a shame, I really like that song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 A Farewell To Kings is, alongside Bastille Day, my favourite Rush song of the decade! I think it is the best song on the album, and one of the reasons I adore that album so much! Xanadu actually doesn't come close, just to give you an idea how much I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Definitely a top 5 Rush song for me...maybe even top 3. Love all of it 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Top five Rush songs:Â Chain LightningRed BarchettaA Farewell To KingsBastille DayOpen Secrets 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I quite like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merely Space Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 That's a bucket list song for me. Too bad I'll almost certainly never hear it live. I guess I'll never be able to die. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanMeanPride Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 That's a bucket list song for me. Too bad I'll almost certainly never hear it live. I guess I'll never be able to die. We've discovered the key to immortality. And surprisingly it does not include drinking the milk of paradise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Na na na Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 One of their best songs!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 That's a bucket list song for me. I caught it on the Hemispheres tour. I had my binocular trained on Geddy during the intro, trying to see how he played the keyboard part. Flashpots when whole band comes in. I saw spots for the rest of the song. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 It's awesome! This is one of my Rush favorites! :cheerleader: :cheerleader: :cheerleader: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Awesome song. It does tend to get overshadowed somewhat due to being on the same side as Xanadu. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndroidOnTheRun Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Dope song. So many cool things about it:Â -- Excellent "pastoral" intro.-- Really hip effect from the way they drop out a beat from some of the measures in the big chordal opening figure. A great example of something Rush always did better than anyone else IMO, play oddball time signatures in a way that felt groovy and natural.-- Insane drum fills, insane vocals, Alex's finest "major chords and more major chords, thank you" riff writing.-- Love the jam under the guitar solo; an example of Rush playing a normal time signature with odd accents that feels funky and weird yet still totally grooves. If you think about it, this is a precursor to the instrumental section of Freewill... an oddly-accented 12/8 groove with an outside-y guitar solo...-- And the breakdown into a more traditional rock beat for the second half of the instrumental break. So good.-- I love when a band makes an effort to unify lyrical themes across an album... "Closer to the Heart" gets a namecheck here. Always thought that was neat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Dope song. So many cool things about it: -- Excellent "pastoral" intro.-- Really hip effect from the way they drop out a beat from some of the measures in the big chordal opening figure. A great example of something Rush always did better than anyone else IMO, play oddball time signatures in a way that felt groovy and natural.-- Insane drum fills, insane vocals, Alex's finest "major chords and more major chords, thank you" riff writing.-- Love the jam under the guitar solo; an example of Rush playing a normal time signature with odd accents that feels funky and weird yet still totally grooves. If you think about it, this is a precursor to the instrumental section of Freewill... an oddly-accented 12/8 groove with an outside-y guitar solo...-- And the breakdown into a more traditional rock beat for the second half of the instrumental break. So good.-- I love when a band makes an effort to unify lyrical themes across an album... "Closer to the Heart" gets a namecheck here. Always thought that was neat. How do you mean "normal" there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndroidOnTheRun Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 (edited) Dope song. So many cool things about it: -- Excellent "pastoral" intro.-- Really hip effect from the way they drop out a beat from some of the measures in the big chordal opening figure. A great example of something Rush always did better than anyone else IMO, play oddball time signatures in a way that felt groovy and natural.-- Insane drum fills, insane vocals, Alex's finest "major chords and more major chords, thank you" riff writing.-- Love the jam under the guitar solo; an example of Rush playing a normal time signature with odd accents that feels funky and weird yet still totally grooves. If you think about it, this is a precursor to the instrumental section of Freewill... an oddly-accented 12/8 groove with an outside-y guitar solo...-- And the breakdown into a more traditional rock beat for the second half of the instrumental break. So good.-- I love when a band makes an effort to unify lyrical themes across an album... "Closer to the Heart" gets a namecheck here. Always thought that was neat. How do you mean "normal" there? In terms of pure note counts, it's in 12/8 (IIRC), as opposed to somethign like 5 or 7 or 13... they just accent the beats in a really wacky way that makes it funky and angular. I guess probably you would notate it as 5/8+7/8 or something like that. I suppose I should have said "perverting a usually normal time signature." Edited July 20, 2015 by AndroidOnTheRun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Most of my favorite songs of the 70's come from Permanent Waves. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 One of my favorite songs from them. Top 20 Rush tune. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugen Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I will do whatever i can to convince the guys to do it in a possible next tour. I have my contacts. That would be a appropriate song for a farewell tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 A Farewell to Kings. I've noticed it barely gets attention around here and I don't know why. It rocks hard! AFTK is a wonderfully fantastic song. Its one of my all-time faves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 A Farewell to Kings. I've noticed it barely gets attention around here and I don't know why. It rocks hard! AFTK is a wonderfully fantastic song. Its one of my all-time faves. We agree on this? Then maybe it is time to revisit CA haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Most of my favorite songs of the 70's come from Permanent Waves.:syrinx:Â :syrinx: :syrinx: :syrinx:Â Â Â :syrinx: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Farewell to Kings is very good to me, but it's on an album that's strong with other songs. Cygnus, CTTH, and Xanadu are way higher up for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Love it. A top five song for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relayer2112 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 It's a good song, but there is something about the way they end it that rubs me the wrong way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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