TexMike Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Subdivisions is the superior song for me, but there'd be a bigger outcry from casuals if TS were left out of the set. So in that sense, I'd say no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 We are not normal Rush fans. Of course were sick of Subdivisions. I'm not though. They can and should always play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I like Subdivisions a lot, but it doesn't have the bite that Tom Sawyer or The Spirit of Radio both do. It's good live, but not great. I mean, I've never sneezed at it (nor yawned, for that matter)...but I don't think it's a must, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Tom Sawyer made them famous. Everywhere. No way could Subdivisions, not matter how good it is, can ever replace it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 No. I like it better then TS. it hasn't been beaten to the ground nearly as much. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Tom Sawyer is an anthem of the modern day attitude. Subdivisions is an anthem of the ages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 The garden is a good song. It is an excellent and appropriate song to end an album and a career. It is a good song but Rush should go out rocking not all sappy. SD was skipped on the second leg of the T4E tour and on the VT tour. But since then the song has become something greater live than it did before. I can't explain it really but it has reached the same level as TS and TSOR in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 The garden is a good song. It is an excellent and appropriate song to end an album and a career. If all you want to do is fade away. That doesn't strike me as something they'd want to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 TS and TSOR are the only songs they're totally required to play. Working Man and some portion of 2112 come pretty close as well. Subdivisions is more in YYZ territory, where they love to play it, it get's plenty of play and great crowd reaction, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if they left it off the set list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Subdivisions is a great song and is definitely as good as Tom Sawyer and TSOR if now better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicHead Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 When I was a high school loner, Tom Sawyer never resonated for me the way Subdivisions did. And still does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Most definitely. For me it has exceeded it and is fact the greatest Rush "single" ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 If I ruled the world EVERY Rush show would include Working Man, The Spirit of Radio, Huckleberry Finn, Subdivisions and The Big Money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DistantEarlySignals Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 (edited) Both songs are absolutely fantastic in the studio...Subdivisions is much more interesting live, and has much more energy. TS just doesn't have quite as much energy live... I don't think it has reached TS status yet... I think their hits go (in order of popularity) Tom SawyerThe Spirit of RadioLimelightSubdivisionsWorking ManFreewilletc... Or at least, that's what I tend to hear on the radio. Typically those, although I have heard Show Don't Tell, Between The Wheels, and Force Ten at least once each on the radio. Edited August 11, 2015 by DistantEarlySignals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 It's a "hit" amongst Rush fans but it was the first song that all the grumpy old folks bailed on cause they heard synthesizer. Every show I've been to the crowd's pretty loud when Subdivisions is played, but obviously they'll blow the roof off when Tom Sawyer is played. Filthy casuals! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shemp Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Subdivisions is as popular as SOR and should always be played. Less popular than TS, although I don't know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mother of all machines Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Subdivisions is, in my honest opinion, reached more between real fans, and Tom Sawyer more comercially speaking IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 For me it has. Your mileage may vary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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