AnEggplant Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Dammit, can't I just have both?I know, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy's Soul Patch Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Headlong Flight, a balls-to-the-wall rocker that comes across GREAT live, shouldn't even be permitted to eat Xanadu's shit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Two totally different approaches in these songs- one sprawling and majestic, the other just balls-out rawk, through and through, from the very first measure. I'll take the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) Yep I would take Headlong Flight over Close To The Edge and Awaken also. Puuuleeease.... Edited October 19, 2015 by Narps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Yep I would take Headlong Flight over Close To The Edge and Awaken also. Puuuleeease.... Nobody said you had to like Headlong Flight over Xanadu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 You've got to be kidding? This is a contest? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I'm glad to see we can view who voted for what. Now I know who not to pay attention to their taste in music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Headlong Flight, great song, but comparing new Rush to vintage Rush is to me like apples and oranges. Just two totally different sounds. Xanadu, baby. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Yep I would take Headlong Flight over Close To The Edge and Awaken also. Puuuleeease.... Nobody said you had to like Headlong Flight over Xanadu.Dang, sorry. I thought someone did. I take back everything in that case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Headlong Flight is a top ten. But…Xanadu is #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Dammit, can't I just have both?Seriously! It's like choosing between children. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Yep I would take Headlong Flight over Close To The Edge and Awaken also. Puuuleeease.... Nobody said you had to like Headlong Flight over Xanadu.Dang, sorry. I thought someone did. I take back everything in that case... I'm just saying that some people have perfectly valid reasons for preferring Headlong Flight, that's all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Na na na Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Hard to bet Xanadu...Headlong Flight does come close though!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Would it be fair to do Xanadu up against a Led Zeppelin song that came out at the same time? Or do you consider Rush and Led Zeppelin worlds apart? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Would it be fair to do Xanadu up against a Led Zeppelin song that came out at the same time? Or do you consider Rush and Led Zeppelin worlds apart?What song or at least what album are you thinking of if I may ask?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Would it be fair to do Xanadu up against a Led Zeppelin song that came out at the same time? Or do you consider Rush and Led Zeppelin worlds apart?What song or at least what album are you thinking of if I may ask?.... Kashmir, but somehow it seems to me worlds apart from what Rush was doing at the same time, and not very fair to put it up against Xanadu. It actually came out in 1975, but that's close enough to AFTK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Would it be fair to do Xanadu up against a Led Zeppelin song that came out at the same time? Or do you consider Rush and Led Zeppelin worlds apart?What song or at least what album are you thinking of if I may ask?.... Kashmir, but somehow it seems to me worlds apart from what Rush was doing at the same time, and not very fair to put it up against Xanadu. It actually came out in 1975, but that's close enough to AFTK.From that album I think Kashmir can stack up to be honest. Geez there are so many great songs on that album its hard to know where to start. The beginning I guess... Custard Pie, The Rover, In My Time Of Dying, Houses Of The Holy, Trampled Underfoot and on and on. Great album... :haz: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Would it be fair to do Xanadu up against a Led Zeppelin song that came out at the same time? Or do you consider Rush and Led Zeppelin worlds apart?What song or at least what album are you thinking of if I may ask?.... Kashmir, but somehow it seems to me worlds apart from what Rush was doing at the same time, and not very fair to put it up against Xanadu. It actually came out in 1975, but that's close enough to AFTK.From that album I think Kashmir can stack up to be honest. Geez there are so many great songs on that album its hard to know where to start. The beginning I guess... Custard Pie, The Rover, In My Time Of Dying, Houses Of The Holy, Trampled Underfoot and on and on. Great album... :haz: :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Xanadu vs Kashmir would be a good poll. I will still vote for Xanadu but I can see that poll being close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Xanadu vs Kashmir would be a good poll. I will still vote for Xanadu but I can see that poll being close. I started a thread about the two songs in the main forum. If I just did the poll here, not many come here to this section, and I wanted to get the opinions of the musicians here. Should I do the poll too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I don't quite worship at the alter of Xanadu as others here do...but Xanadu easily wins this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 One think I do have to say: Why do so many older fans have to get so precious about their old school favourites? What is wrong with a young person really enjoying a recent song more than an old classic? I didn't live in the seventies. I think much of that generations music was the best that ever has been, or will be, but I also think the same of much of the last twenty years music as well. And a lot of the seventies Rush favourites really are great, but that doesn't mean they are necessarily better than a lot of modern music. I might not agree that CA is one of the best Rush Albums, but if someone thinks otherwise, and feels personally that Headlong Flight is better than Xanadu, then why not? I think Xanadu is one of the lesser tracks on AFTK. The title track and Cygnus X-1 own Headlong Flight without any contest! But seriously, it is a growing trend to be off colour with certain fans, but Rush are so diverse, does it really matter who prefers what? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) One think I do have to say: Why do so many older fans have to get so precious about their old school favourites? What is wrong with a young person really enjoying a recent song more than an old classic? I didn't live in the seventies. I think much of that generations music was the best that ever has been, or will be, but I also think the same of much of the last twenty years music as well. And a lot of the seventies Rush favourites really are great, but that doesn't mean they are necessarily better than a lot of modern music. I might not agree that CA is one of the best Rush Albums, but if someone thinks otherwise, and feels personally that Headlong Flight is better than Xanadu, then why not? I think Xanadu is one of the lesser tracks on AFTK. The title track and Cygnus X-1 own Headlong Flight without any contest! But seriously, it is a growing trend to be off colour with certain fans, but Rush are so diverse, does it really matter who prefers what? No, but those that prefer other songs are equally dismissive of those of us who prefer the earlier Rush albums. Often we are accused of emotional attachment to the music. That may be true for some, but I had no emotional attachment to any Rush album in the seventies. I have to defend my own music taste here just like everyone else. Someone mentions they like/love a song, and ten others tell the person why the song is awful. No one here is in any position to point a finger. You won't be 25 forever. When you are older, you may find yourself in the same position, and someone 25 years old will be accusing you of the same thing. Edited October 19, 2015 by Lorraine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 So then no one will be able to give anything but a positive opinion about a song. If someone likes/loves a song, no one is allowed to say they don't like it. Are these the new guidelines everyone wants to go by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 One think I do have to say: Why do so many older fans have to get so precious about their old school favourites? What is wrong with a young person really enjoying a recent song more than an old classic? I didn't live in the seventies. I think much of that generations music was the best that ever has been, or will be, but I also think the same of much of the last twenty years music as well. And a lot of the seventies Rush favourites really are great, but that doesn't mean they are necessarily better than a lot of modern music. I might not agree that CA is one of the best Rush Albums, but if someone thinks otherwise, and feels personally that Headlong Flight is better than Xanadu, then why not? I think Xanadu is one of the lesser tracks on AFTK. The title track and Cygnus X-1 own Headlong Flight without any contest! But seriously, it is a growing trend to be off colour with certain fans, but Rush are so diverse, does it really matter who prefers what? No, but those that prefer other songs are equally dismissive of those of us who prefer the earlier Rush albums. Often we are accused of emotional attachment to the music. That may be true for some, but I had no emotional attachment to any Rush album in the seventies. I have to defend my own music taste here just like everyone else. Someone mentions they like/love a song, and ten others tell the person why the song is awful. No one here is in any position to point a finger. You won't be 25 forever. When you are older, you may find yourself in the same position, and someone 25 years old will be accusing you of the same thing.It's all good. I caught most of the shrapnel on that one. I am a big boy and can take it... :cheers: all 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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