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Poll Question: Subdivisions or Owner of a Lonely Heart
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    Posted: November 01 2024 at 14:05
Originally posted by Steve Wyzard Steve Wyzard wrote:

As good as Subdivisions is, I prefer Owner of a Lonely Heart.

This isn't really a fair poll, as Owner was obviously written to be an attention-grabbing single, while Subdivisions wasn't. Rush's highest charting single, New World Man, was on the same album, and that might have made a better comparison.  
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Both have been staples where I live on classic rock stations with plenty of regular airplay so they seem well-matched to me from that perspective.


Good grief, Rush played 'regularly' on the radio? you're kidding!

The single over here was Countdown, which by some strange act of witchcraft, managed to chart at No.33, meaning Radio 1's Peter Powell was obliged to play it on the Sunday evening chart show... this was the only time it got played and it promptly dropped through a hole in the floor of popular consciousness...


I'm in Canada, and Rush is mainstream here. If not the biggest name Canadian rock band, it's certainly one of them. I think it's the biggest of the classic rock bands. They have got plenty of media coverage in Canada, and various songs have been in regular rotation on the radio here: Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Working Man, Subdivisions....
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Both have been staples where I live on classic rock stations with plenty of regular airplay so they seem well-matched to me from that perspective.

Good grief, Rush played 'regularly' on the radio? you're kidding!

The single over here was Countdown, which by some strange act of witchcraft, managed to chart at No.33, meaning Radio 1's Peter Powell was obliged to play it on the Sunday evening chart show... this was the only time it got played and it promptly dropped through a hole in the floor of popular consciousness...
Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Both have been staples where I live on classic rock stations with plenty of regular airplay so they seem well-matched to me from that perspective.
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As good as Subdivisions is, I prefer Owner of a Lonely Heart.

This isn't really a fair poll, as Owner was obviously written to be an attention-grabbing single, while Subdivisions wasn't. Rush's highest charting single, New World Man, was on the same album, and that might have made a better comparison.  
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Owner is a good song. Subdivisions is a great song which has some of Peart's best lyrics.
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Subdivisions! My stomach decided to divide itself up into smaller parcels, but the food coming into it doesn't read signs or tackle algebra problems.
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Really.... it's not even close!!

I'd love to know who voted for Yes... Confused
That'd be me then, bearing in mind the worst YES album is still more appealing to me than the best Rush album, even though I own eight Rush albums. Big smile


Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 01 2024 at 09:13
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Really.... it's not even close!!

I'd love to know who voted for Yes... Confused

Someone who's not into Rush. LOL


Edited by Cristi - November 01 2024 at 08:25
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Really.... it's not even close!!

I'd love to know who voted for Yes... Confused
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Subdivisions. Smile
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Subdivisions, easily.
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Subdivisions, easily.
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Subdivisions by far

And 80s Rush > 80s Yes. 


Edited by Cristi - November 01 2024 at 01:15
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

"Subdivisions' by far. It's one of my favourite Rush songs.
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Rush obviously. OOALH is way out of the Yes spectrum. I know it was a big hit, and a boost for the band's sales and exposure, but that's all it means to me. Musically, it's to simplistic.
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Both equally. Oh wait....;)
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Owner of a Lonely YES album - bearing in mind I didn't buy my second YES album until nearly thirty years later. Embarrassed

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - October 31 2024 at 17:02
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