robertrobyn Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Today is the birthday of Alex Lifeson's solo album Victor!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooch Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Yikes... I still clearly remember getting this the day it came out. It doesn't seem like 20 years at all LOL! I've always liked this album. I thought the singers throughout the album served the songs well, the production was solid and I liked hearing Alex doing his own thing. It was interesting for me - It wasn't like a Rush album, yet I could hear what he brought to Rush's sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsy muse Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I've never checked it out. So Alex doesn't do the main singing on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Double Yikes. I bought this "gem" at a used CD store back in the day. Nothing to celebrate here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 love the guy, for me Al will always be the coolest, most imaginative rock guitarist EVER, but apart from a few nice moments in it, Victor's a pile :) Ged's solo album is sheer class, clear to see who main song arranger is in the band. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamrahai Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I've never checked it out. So Alex doesn't do the main singing on it? Most of the singing was done by Edwin (Ghazal), former singer for the band I Mother Earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I've never checked it out. So Alex doesn't do the main singing on it? No, he doesn't. But beware, the album isn't what you would think. Imagine Alex's sense of humour in musical form. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 wow....20 years?!?! It's a nice occasional change...some good stuff on it...(and that sort of put the "collaboration" of all three into perspective)(as did Geddy's album) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootruss Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Shocking album.. A collection of riffs with attempts at melody over the top.. Agree with previous post, headache is a terrific album, with four or five classic songs! Look forward to the next geddy album! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken hawk Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Happy Birthday Victor ♪♪♪ !♥♥ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasbo Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Apart from the lyrics of the first track,the less said the better,i find this an enjoyable album with many twist and turns.No it is not a Rush album,it's too quirky and left of centre for that,but it's definitely Alex.Some of his guitar his solos are brilliant.That solo on Shut Up And Play Your Guitar or whatever it is,is just out of this world.And I can I see where his love of the Porcupine Tree came about(he guested on Fear of a Blank Planet,a brilliant album).I remember a friend being disappointed with this album because Alex didn't play any straight ahead rock or blues.Apart from the first album and the odd track later when did Rush ever do that?I listen to it more than Geddy's just because it is just more adventurous and takes chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I really quite like it....miles better than the bland snoozefest of MFH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Headache was a masterpiece in comparison...Geddy knows what he's doing. I think Victor had one song I liked...maybe one other that was decent. I'll wipe the dust off of it and give it a spin someday... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 love the guy, for me Al will always be the coolest, most imaginative rock guitarist EVER, but apart from a few nice moments in it, Victor's a pile :) Ged's solo album is sheer class, clear to see who main song arranger is in the band. :goodone: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Cant get into it, cant even find it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 It's a disappointing record with no instrumentals of the quality of YYZ or La Villa and no good songs. It's mostly a hard to listen to mixed bag of quirky guitar stuff (some with his wife and her pal yapping all over it), bad attempts at nu metal with some awful vocals, interesting spoken poetry, a woman doing a Geddy Lee impression that sounds slightly uncomfortable and some bland alternative rock stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) I remember the day it came out. I walked from Tribecca down to J&R music in the freezing cold after dark. It was icy on some of the sidewalks, and I fell on my ass twice becasue I was wearing dress work shoes.... wooden soles. But I got the CD and listened to it on the bus on the way home... OK album. It made it easy to see exactly which part of Rush's sound Alex contributed at the time. Edited January 9, 2016 by grep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Cant get into it, cant even find it now Drink coaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) It's a disappointing record with no instrumentals of the quality of YYZ or La Villa and no good songs. It's mostly a hard to listen to mixed bag of quirky guitar stuff (some with his wife and her pal yapping all over it), bad attempts at nu metal with some awful vocals, interesting spoken poetry, a woman doing a Geddy Lee impression that sounds slightly uncomfortable and some bland alternative rock stuff. this Al maybe needs to have a go at rectifying this gawdawful abberation i'm sure such a genius rock guitarist has a decent solo effort in him Edited January 10, 2016 by lifeson90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Cant get into it, cant even find it now Drink coaster? I have drank buzzard piss pal, still dont like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Awesome album! The whole thing just works. Hard to believe it's been 20 years. Not an Edwin fan though. Still hoping to hear some of it live one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Cant get into it, cant even find it now Drink coaster? I have drank buzzard piss pal, still dont like it.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 After listening to this again yesterday, I've decided their needs to be a Victor II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 After this album came out, Guitar Magazine wrote an article on Lifeson and Victor. I wrote to Guitar commenting on Lifeson's importance in Rush. How easy it is to tell it's Rush from a couple of Lifeson notes and other accolades. They published my letter several weeks later so I bought that mag which had that letter (unfortunately lost the magazine over the years). Anyway, when I got home from purchasing that mag, someone had left a message on my answering machine which said (i still remember): "Hello. I'm just calling to let you know that I read your letter in Guitar Magazine about Alex Lifeson. If I could've voted for Mr. Lifeson in the election (it was an election year) I would've." That was it. That random little call from some fellow Rush fan made me smile. Even 20 years later. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I have never heard this album. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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