DirkPrattLerxst Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Anyone else love this song? It rocks so hard and is a great all around song IMO. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) :hi: I think it's a beautiful song. Some of Alex's most poignant guitar work is on Snakes. Hard to believe I initially hated the album. Edited December 15, 2015 by Lorraine 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) Yes! "No one gets to their heaven without a fight" Edited December 15, 2015 by Segue Myles 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Na na na Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 First rate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkPrattLerxst Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 Yes! "No one gets to their heaven without a fight"Love that line :) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Yes! "No one gets to their heaven without a fight"Love that line :)Me too. Because it's true. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonus X-1 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 It's excellent, especially the heavy parts with the Alice in Chains-like layered vocals. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Very good. Overall Snakes is a VERY underrated album. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I like it a lot. One of my favorites from the album. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkPrattLerxst Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 I like it a lot. One of my favorites from the album.I think it's the best song on the album actually. I think Far Cry is a good song but it's just been played to death. TMMB is also good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonus X-1 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I like it a lot. One of my favorites from the album.I think it's the best song on the album actually. I think Far Cry is a good song but it's just been played to death. TMMB is also good. I have A&S second to Workin' Them Angels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Love Spindrift too. Also We Hold On, a song hardly anyone likes. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Love Spindrift too. Also We Hold On, a song hardly anyone likes. I don't love Spindrift and understand why a lot of people despise it but I enjoy the dissonance it has. We Hold On is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Love Armor and Sword. Really great bass playing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkPrattLerxst Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 I like it a lot. One of my favorites from the album.I think it's the best song on the album actually. I think Far Cry is a good song but it's just been played to death. TMMB is also good. I have A&S second to Workin' Them Angels.Oh yes forgot about Workin them Angels. That's a great tune! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonus X-1 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) Love Spindrift too. Also We Hold On, a song hardly anyone likes. I don't love Spindrift and understand why a lot of people despise it but I enjoy the dissonance it has. I don't like it on the whole, but the sinister-sounding beginning is pretty cool, and the "little closer to you" part isn't too bad. I think the unpopular S&A tunes I dig the most are The Larger Bowl and Good News First. Edited December 15, 2015 by Cyclonus X-1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I like it a lot. One of my favorites from the album.I think it's the best song on the album actually. I think Far Cry is a good song but it's just been played to death. TMMB is also good. Only song I don't care for on the album is Spindrift. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Faithless starts strong and ends with a thud and Beavest Face is useless otherwise I love Snakes and Arrows. Armour may be my favorite song on this album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) Anyone else love this song? It rocks so hard and is a great all around song IMO. I love it too. Yes! "No one gets to their heaven without a fight"Love that line :)Me too. Because it's true. One of my favorite lines. This song says so much about life in general, what people learn, live and get inside.What I appreciate here is how Neil describes possibilities, like: "Sometimes the fortress is too strongOr the love is too weak" "Sometimes the spirit is too strongOr the flesh is too weak" "Sometimes the need is just too greatFor the solace we seek" "Sometimes the damage is too greatOr the will is too weak" It takes deep into emotions. One of the best songs Rush has ever made! :clap: Edited December 16, 2015 by rhyv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Love Spindrift too. Also We Hold On, a song hardly anyone likes. Spindrift takes inside of it. The rythm is "so Rush thing". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Anyone else love this song? It rocks so hard and is a great all around song IMO. I love it too. Yes! "No one gets to their heaven without a fight"Love that line :)Me too. Because it's true. One of my favorite lines. This song says so much about life in general, what people learn, live and get inside.What I appreciate here is how Neil describes possibilities, like: "Sometimes the fortress is too strongOr the love is too weak" "Sometimes the spirit is too strongOr the flesh is too weak" "Sometimes the need is just too greatFor the solace we seek" "Sometimes the damage is too greatOr the will is too weak" It takes deep into emotions. One of the best songs Rush has ever made! :clap: You nailed it, Rhyv. It does dig deep into the emotions - the lyrics, the way Geddy sings them, and Alex's guitar. Many times during the song tears come to my eyes. Most of the time, I don't know why, but it is usually when they are singing the lyrics you posted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 My favorite line and it may be one of the top 5 couplets of Pearts career Medication or meditationA comfort or a promised reward 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthemic Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Love Spindrift too. Also We Hold On, a song hardly anyone likes. these are two of my favorites on the album armor & sword is great too but only on the live album with the BIG HEAVY MONSTER BREAK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Armor & Sword and Spindrift are at or near the bottom of Snakes & Arrows for me. I appreciate the lyrics in A&S but find the pace so plodding that it irritates me. With Spindrift, there is an angst or ferocity in the vocals that seems out of place with the lyrics. I like most of the others in varying degrees. I enjoyed watching Neil play Workin Them Angels from up close on the S&A tour in Ottawa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I thought I was a rare one who loved this song. It's a modern Rush gem. Easily up there with Far Cry as a favorite S&A song. I listened to S&A with headphones a few weeks back...it felt fresh and new. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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