rushgoober Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Ok, inspired by another thread, I compiled my top 50 Rush song list. Feel up for the challenge of making one yourself? As a disclaimer, the songs on this list could move around a bit, but it's pretty much where I stand at the moment: 1. Subdivisions 2. Tom Sawyer 3. Xanadu 4. La Villa Strangiato 5. YYZ 6. Limelight 7. Red Barchetta 8. The Spirit of Radio 9. The Trees 10. A Farewell To Kings 11. Freewill 12. Closer to the Heart 13. 2112 14. Natural Science 15. The Fountain of Lamneth 16. Hemispheres 17. Lakeside Park 18. Armor & Sword 19. Jacob's Ladder 20. Working Man 21. A Passage to Bangkok 22. Distant Early Warning 23. The Big Money 24. Witch Hunt 25. Far Cry 26. Fly By Night 27. Dreamline 28. Circumstances 29. Bastille Day 30. Nobody's Hero 31. Territories 32. Prime Mover 33. Animate 34. New World Man 35. The Analog Kid 36. Vital Signs 37. Entre Nous 38. Time Stand Still 39. Force Ten 40. Here Again 41. Countdown 42. Mission 43. Finding My Way 44. Anthem 45. Losing It 46. The Pass 47. Marathon 48. Red Sector A 49. Manhattan Project 50. Afterimage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostworks Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 (oh boy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 QUOTE (ghostworks @ Jul 16 2010, 04:00 PM) (oh boy) do it - you know you want to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizel Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 This will be tough wow! Ill be back here maybe in a few days haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In A Tidewater Surge Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 1. Kid Gloves 2. Territories 3. Middletown Dreams 4. Natural Science 5. La Villa Strangiato 6. Hemispheres 7. The Fountain Of Lamneth 8. The Necromancer 9. Prime Mover 10. You Can't Fight It 11. In The End 12. Turn The Page 13. Fly By Night 14. Beneath, Between, and Behind 15. Caravan 16. BU2B 17. Countdown (#1 but I cbb to edit list) 18. Afterimage 19. Vital Signs 20. Freewill 21. The Spirit of Radio I'll continue this list later when I have the time :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priest_of_syrinx Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 This was tough. I had some tough cuts to make. I made a playlist of them and hit shuffle; I couldn't bear to put them in order. These are just (roughly) my 50 favorites; they are very subject to change. The only one that is in its correct place in order is Between The Wheels. It is my favorite. I'd also put Middletown Dreams near the top at the moment... I'm probably going to kick myself for some I overlooked Between The Wheels Time Stand Still We Hold On Digital Man Presto Bastille Day Malignant Narcissism Freewill Anthem Bravado Bravest Face Show Don't Tell Mission Territories Ghost of a Chance One Little Victory The Fountain of Lamneth Driven Vapor Trail Natural Science Hope Mystic Rhythms Losing It How It Is The Pass Everyday Glory Cold Fire Hemispheres The Weapon Red Sector A Secret Touch 2112 Test for Echo Freeze -- Part IV of 'Fear' A Farewell To Kings The Spirit of Radio Available Light Cygnus X-1 Middletown Dreams Out of the Cradle Chain Lightning Analog Kid Subdivisions Xanadu Dreamline Emotion Detector The Camera Eye Limelight YYZ La Villa Strangiato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman14 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 for some reason I'm not compelled to accept your challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New World Kid Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 There'd be a lot of ties... There's no one song that's better than the other... just general tiers of Rush songs in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shreddy Lee Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 You're in luck, I was just bored enough to try this, but I could only be bothered to attempt to create a top ten. Even that was hard enough. I thought it'd be best to keep it to original versions of songs only, as without that restriction much of my list would be filled with specific live versions of certain songs. 1. YYZ 2. La Villa Strangiato 3. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres 4. By-Tor and the Snow Dog 5. Malignant Narcissism 6. Leave That Thing Alone 7. Anthem 8. Freewill 9. Xanadu 10. Working Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu93 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 I'm gonna do it like priest_of_syrinx and just list my 50 favorite songs. With that list, I could then go and put them in order, but I don't really feel like it because it seems like it'd be a bitch to do. Natural Science Middletown Dreams The Weapon The Spirit of Radio Emotion Detector (I think these are my top 5 songs in order, the rest is in chronological order) Here Again Anthem By-Tor and the Snow Dog The Fountain of Lamneth Something for Nothing A Farewell to Kings Xanadu Cygnus X-1, Book I: The Voyage Cygnus X-1, Book II: Hemispheres La Villa Strangiato Freewill Jacob's Ladder Entre Nous Different Strings Red Barchetta Witch Hunt Vital Signs Subdivisions Digital Man Distant Early Warning Afterimage Kid Gloves Between the Wheels Manhattan Project Marathon Force Ten Open Secrets Mission War Paint Presto Bravado Heresy Ghost of a Chance Animate Cut to the Chase Alien Shore Cold Fire Everyday Glory Time and Motion Resist Ghost Rider Sweet Miracle Armor and Sword Workin' Them Angels The Way the Wind Blows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 How many Rush songs are there in total? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullSkull Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 That is a strain on the brain man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 QUOTE (GeddysMullet @ Jul 16 2010, 05:58 PM) How many Rush songs are there in total? 52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 This list is not immutable: 1. Tom Sawyer 2. La Villa Strangiato 3. Xanadu 4. Freewill 5. Subdivisions 6. Jacob's Ladder 7. Between The Wheels 8. YYZ 9. Marathon 10. Limelight 11. The Analog Kid 12. Working Man 13. The Spirit Of Radio 14. Beneath, Between And Behind 15. Prime Mover 16. The Trees 17. Digital Man 18. By-Tor And The Snow Dog 19. Workin' Them Angels 20. Mission 21. Vital Signs 22. Red Barchetta 23. Cygnus X-1 Book II 24. Natural Science 25. Circumstances 26. A Farewell To Kings 27. Middletown Dreams 28. Time Stand Still 29. Armor & Sword 30. Red Sector A 31. The Weapon 32. The Big Money 33. 2112 34. Driven 35. Ghost Of A Chance 36. Spindrift 37. Bastille Day 38. Available Light 39. One Little Victory 40. Animate 41. Earthshine 42. Leave That Thing Alone 43. Anthem 44. In The End 45. Bravado 46. Half The World 47. Lock And Key 48. The Pass 49. Something For Nothing 50. Peaceable Kingdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 QUOTE (GeddysMullet @ Jul 16 2010, 08:58 PM) How many Rush songs are there in total? By my count, officially (not including drum solos): 158 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake2112 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Okay I accept your challenge! 1. Cygnus X-1 2. Hemispheres 3. Finding My Way 4. Limelight 5. Entre Nous 6. Natural Science 7. Losing It 8. Subdivisions 9. The Weapon 10. The Enemy Within 11. Witch Hunt 12. Freeze 13. Working Man 14. Bastille Day 15. Jacob's Ladder 16. The Camera Eye 17. Marathon 18. Mystic Rhythms 19. Mission 20. Far Cry 21. Red Barchetta 22. Vital Signs 23. Nocturne 24. Sweet Miracle 25. Force Ten 26. Time Stand Still 27. Cold Fire 28. Between The Sun & Moon 29. Between The Wheels 30. Different Strings 31. The Spirit Of Radio 32. Presto 33. The Pass 34. Available Light 35. Where's My Thing? 36. Ghost Of A Chance 37. Neurotica 38. Fly By Night 39. In The End 40. Beneath, Between & Behind 41. Vapor Trail 42. BU2B 43. Caravan 44. Armor & Sword 45. Second Nature 46. Animate 47. Lakeside Park 48. Tom Sawyer 49. Virtuality 50. Resist There ya go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfGumby Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 I don't hazard to think I can go much past the top 5 or 10 as even some of those would change from moment to moment.....I can honestly say there are very few Rush songs I would not deliberately play... Tai Shan comes to mind. I don't hate it, I just can't see me playing it on purpose. So I read your lists instead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlyJeff Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Yeah, pretty sure you guys will all think I'm pretty out there, but I like what I like. iTunes made this pretty easy since I have very song rated 1-5 stars. 01- Dreamline 02- Time Stand Still 03- Subdivisions 04- Tom Sawyer 05- Far Cry 06- 2112 07- Bravado 08- Ghost of a Chance 09- Driven 10- YYZ 11- Limelight 12- La Villa Strangiato 13- Losing It 14- Malignant Narcissism 15- Caravan 16- Freewill 17- The Trees 18- The Analog Kid 19- Afterimage 20- Where's My Thing? 21- Something For Nothing 22- Mystic Rhythms 23- Animate 24- Test For Echo 25- Jacob's Ladder 26- Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres 27- The Big Money 28- Force Ten 29- Distant Early Warning 30- Red Sector A 31- Closer to the Heart 32- Red Barchetta 33- Cygnus x-1 34- Bu2b 35- One Little Victory 36- We Hold On 37- Cut to the Chase 38- The Spirit of Radio 39- A Passage To Bangkok 40- Tears 41- The Enemy Within 42- Circumstance 43- Middletown Dreams 44- Kid Gloves 45- Between the Wheels 46- The Main Monkey Business 47- Marathon 48- Red Tide 49- Roll the Bones 50- Show Don't Tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silas Lang Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 1.Freewill 2.2112 3.Natural Science 4.Tom Sawyer 5.The Spirit of Radio 6.Working Man 7.Xanadu 8.Jacob's Ladder 9.Vital Signs 10.Between The Wheels 11.Limelight 12.Red Barchetta 13.Finding My Way 14.La Villa Strangiato 15.Distant Early Warning 16.The Camera Eye 17.The Necromancer 18.A Farewell To Kings 19.Bastille Day 20.Afterimage 21.What You're Doing 22.The Fountain of Lamneth 23.Closer To The Heart 24.Witch Hunt 25.YYZ 26.Hemispheres 27.Red Sector A 28.Lakeside Park 29.Anthem 30.Marathon 31.Animate 32.Kid Gloves 33.One Little Victory 34.The Body Electric 35.Territories 36.Before & After 37.Red Lenses 38.Grand Designs 39.Vapor Trail 40.Subdivisions 41.By-Tor And The Snow Dog 42.New World Man 43.In The Mood 44.Beneath, Between & Behind 45.I Think I'm Going Bald 46.The Manhattan Project 47.Need Some Love 48.The Big Money 49.The Enemy Within 50.Red Tide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 1. Subdivisions 2. Tom Sawyer 3. Xanadu 4. La Villa Strangiato 5. YYZ 6. Limelight 7. Red Barchetta 8. The Spirit of Radio 9. The Trees 10. A Farewell To Kings 11. In The End 12. Turn The Page 13. Fly By Night 14. Beneath, Between, and Behind 15. Caravan 16. BU2B 17. Countdown (#1 but I cbb to edit list) 18. Afterimage 19. Vital Signs 20. Freewill 21. Vital Signs 22. Red Barchetta 23. Cygnus X-1 Book II 24. Natural Science 25. Circumstances 26. A Farewell To Kings 27. Middletown Dreams 28. Time Stand Still 29. Armor & Sword 30. Red Sector A 31. The Spirit Of Radio 32. Presto 33. The Pass 34. Available Light 35. Where's My Thing? 36. Ghost Of A Chance 37. Neurotica 38. Fly By Night 39. In The End 40.Subdivisions 41.By-Tor And The Snow Dog 42.New World Man 43.In The Mood 44.Beneath, Between & Behind 45.I Think I'm Going Bald 46.The Manhattan Project 47.Need Some Love 48.The Big Money 49.The Enemy Within 50.Red Tide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 The chances of me being able to narrow it down to my top 50 are as likely as 2 people having exactly the same top 50. I mean shit, how can you tell the difference between #48 and #49 (without answering that in a wise ass way )? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Jul 16 2010, 04:23 PM) for some reason I'm not compelled to accept your challenge. I love "Accept!" Sincerely, "Restless And Wild" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Okay, now I'll make a serious top 50 but it's really a bad idea to have a top 50 anything, because there's really no way to make it precise since minds change... So here's my outright unstable top 50: 1. Countdown 2. Force Ten 3. Afterimage 4. Subdivisions 5. By-Tor & The Snow Dog 6. Distant Early Warning 7. Middletown Dreams 8. Cygnus X-1 9. Freeze 10. Red Tide 11. Between the Wheels 12. YYZ 13. The Color of Right 14. Lock and Key 15. The Fountain of Lamneth 16. The Analog Kid 17. How it Is 18. The Way the Wind Blows 19. Dog Years 20. The Big Money 21. 2112 22. Limelight 23. The Trees 24. Anagram 25. Far Cry 26. A Farewell to Kings 27. Turn the Page 28. Caravan 29. Freewill 30. Tom Sawyer 31. Chemistry 32. Vapor Trail 33. Prime Mover 34. Virtuality 35. Chain Lightning 36. Double Agent 37. Hand over Fist 38. Red Lenses 39. Cut to the Chase 40. Bastille Day 41. Spindrift 42. Kid Gloves 43. Cinderella Man 44. Totem 45. Armor and Sword 46. Roll the Bones 47. Lessons 48. Mission 49. Limbo 50. Closer to the Heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlyJeff Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Jul 17 2010, 02:59 AM) The chances of me being able to narrow it down to my top 50 are as likely as 2 people having exactly the same top 50. I mean shit, how can you tell the difference between #48 and #49 (without answering that in a wise ass way )? I just when through the songs individually and said "do I like this one or the other one better". That method got me pretty close, though looking at my list there are a few mistakes (not that there's anyway for anyone to notice or care!). So to answer your question, I'd look at 48 and 49 and think "which one would I rather listen to the majority of the time?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Jul 17 2010, 12:59 AM) The chances of me being able to narrow it down to my top 50 are as likely as 2 people having exactly the same top 50. I mean shit, how can you tell the difference between #48 and #49 (without answering that in a wise ass way )? It's easy, you take it like this: If I could only listen to one Rush song for the rest of my life, which would it be? Then, if I could only listen to one MORE Rush song, which would it be, and etc. Once the list is compiled, look at each song and ask yourself if the songs above it are really better and then move it up as needed. Take each song and look at the songs below it and ask yourself if you really think it's better than those songs and then move it down as needed. Be scientific about it. Even still it's not going to be perfect, and your mind might change tomorrow, but it will give you a good indication... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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