rocket ignites Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 (edited) If Witch Hunt wasn't on the album, I honestly think it would be a much closer choiceThe greatness of Witch Hunt helps me give the edge to MP. Edited September 8, 2015 by A rocket that ignites itself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Hemispheres embodies everything I love about RUSH - the pinnacle of what made them so great I have memory and awarenessBut I have no shape or formAs a disembodied spiritI am dead, and yet unborn I have passed into OlympusAs was told in tales of oldTo the city of ImmortalsMarble white, and pure as gold Some of the greatest visuals ever committed to sound 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Hemispheres Not even close to MP. "Hemispheres" blows it away by a million rays of starlight. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Hemispheres embodies everything I love about RUSH - the pinnacle of what made them so great I have memory and awarenessBut I have no shape or formAs a disembodied spiritI am dead, and yet unborn I have passed into OlympusAs was told in tales of oldTo the city of ImmortalsMarble white, and pure as gold Some of the greatest visuals ever committed to sound Greatest album ever created in this world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 If Witch Hunt wasn't on the album, I honestly think it would be a much closer choiceThe greatness of Witch Hunt helps me give the edge to MP. There are a lot of "Witch Hunt" Haters on this Forum. I don't fukking get it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willowroolz Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 They're both in my top 4 Rush albums. I'll go with Hemispheres, cos I heard it first - when I was 14, I'm now 49 :codger: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 If you force yourself to sing above your range, as Geddy claims he had to do when he sang Hemispheres, does it hurt your throat? I'm asking because it doesn't sound like he is straining. He had a beautiful voice back then. And I honestly think he sang it great this R40 tour. Considering all the decades that separated him from the making of the album. I wonder if he could have sung the whole song? I think so. Edit: Hahahaha maybe not. We will call you Cygnus, the god of balance you shall be! :dweez: :dweez: :dweez: Throw off all those chains of reasonAnd your prison disappears It does hurt my throat after awhile. I can sing it, but it is definitely a strain (and I can't sing it quite the way Geddy does, of course... I don't know that any of us can). The lyric I think he'd have the most trouble with: Then all at once, the chaos ceased... All the way up to Its surface splintered into sorry Hemispheres That bit, right there. Happens to be my most beloved passage of Rush music, ever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 If Witch Hunt wasn't on the album, I honestly think it would be a much closer choiceThe greatness of Witch Hunt helps me give the edge to MP. There are a lot of "Witch Hunt" Haters on this Forum. I don't fukking get it. Never cared for it, but the P/G Version kicks ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Facsimile Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I think it really all comes down to (pardon the pun) circumstances, not just in the MP vs. Hemispheres debate, but with any piece of music. If you'd asked me before June 2014, I would've said MP was better, by far. I'd been a RUSH fan for 9 years at that point, and while I liked the songs on "Side 2" of Hemispheres, I hadn't yet come to appreciate "Side 1." However, by mid-2014, after enduring the failure of two relationships within the first half of the calendar year (the first of which had lasted 8-plus years; the second, a stupid two-month rebound), I just happened to listen to Side 1 one night, and the whole "heart vs. mind" theme totally clicked with me, and seemed to enhance the music itself. It was like, "Oh, holy s---, THIS is what everyone's been raving about all these years!" Now, Hemispheres is my favorite RUSH album (MP is no slouch, even though it's behind PeW and PoW for me these days as well). You can't just sit down and "try" to like songs or albums. If they click with you, they just do. Some might be the first time you hear them, others may take years or even decades. But it's just so cool when it happens. So for me, the answers are "Hemispheres" and "32." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraroc Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 If Witch Hunt wasn't on the album, I honestly think it would be a much closer choiceThe greatness of Witch Hunt helps me give the edge to MP. There are a lot of "Witch Hunt" Haters on this Forum. I don't fukking get it. Probably because they know it's my favorite Rush song and they're just hating on it to get a rise out of me. Or maybe not, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 ^ Right...because it's all about you... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Bah, he has probably never listened to Witch Hunt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Hemispheres 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g under p Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 The only song that saves MP is The Camera Eye.....for me MP for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 If Witch Hunt wasn't on the album, I honestly think it would be a much closer choiceThe greatness of Witch Hunt helps me give the edge to MP. There are a lot of "Witch Hunt" Haters on this Forum. I don't fukking get it.Agreed. Great tune and lyrics... :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 The only song that saves MP is The Camera Eye.....for me MP for now. Huh, what? Does that mean it's the only song from MP that you like a lot? And that still makes it better than Hemispheres? I'm confused. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I don't care for either 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 I don't care for either That's the spirit! :cheers: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 The only song that saves MP is The Camera Eye.....for me MP for now. Huh, what? Does that mean it's the only song from MP that you like a lot? And that still makes it better than Hemispheres? I'm confused.Me too. Very... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 MP probably best demonstrates everything the band was good at, but hemispheres is more "up my alley" with the over-the-top heavy prog style I get this! Hemispheres is AMAZING but I would be a liar if I said the proggier Rush is more up my alley. Moving Pictures for me, but this is a win win pairing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 (edited) ^ Right...because it's all about you... Agreed! I love Witch Hunt IN SPITE of Fraroc. OK I am not helping, I just came back and I am already picking fights (I'd win this easy though) haha EDIT: This is meant to be tongue in cheek buuuuuuttt...yeah sorry Fray Fray. Edited September 8, 2015 by Segue Myles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 ^ Right...because it's all about you... Agreed! I love Witch Hunt IN SPITE of Fraroc. OK I am not helping, I just came back and I am already picking fights (I'd win this easy though) hahahttp://media0.giphy.com/media/neN3U6d9p7C80/200_d.gif 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 ^ Right...because it's all about you... Agreed! I love Witch Hunt IN SPITE of Fraroc. OK I am not helping, I just came back and I am already picking fights (I'd win this easy though) hahahttp://media0.giphy.com/media/neN3U6d9p7C80/200_d.gif See you are sweet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 ^ Right...because it's all about you... Agreed! I love Witch Hunt IN SPITE of Fraroc. OK I am not helping, I just came back and I am already picking fights (I'd win this easy though) haha EDIT: This is meant to be tongue in cheek buuuuuuttt...yeah sorry Fray Fray. I was always the one who would get in between a couple of people who were about to fight, and tried to be the peacemaker- "Come on, guys, you don't want to do this", etc...whereupon they would both turn their energies (and their fists) on me instead. I wonder if I've ever learned anything since then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 ^ Right...because it's all about you... Agreed! I love Witch Hunt IN SPITE of Fraroc. OK I am not helping, I just came back and I am already picking fights (I'd win this easy though) haha EDIT: This is meant to be tongue in cheek buuuuuuttt...yeah sorry Fray Fray. I was always the one who would get in between a couple of people who were about to fight, and tried to be the peacemaker- "Come on, guys, you don't want to do this", etc...whereupon they would both turn their energies (and their fists) on me instead. I wonder if I've ever learned anything since then! Well...three posts already in and I get called names. Saddens me how it took even that long! Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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