Signals or GuP
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Topic: Signals or GuP
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: Signals or GuP
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 08:58
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 09:13
I like'em both. 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 09:31
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Grace, hugely. My fave of the 80s by far. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 09:57
Grace Under Pressure 
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 10:04
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My ears dig both. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 10:35
| Both albums are quite good. However, Signals has Subdivisions, Countdown and The Weapon that I rate ahead of any track on Grace Under Pressure. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 10:37
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more of a Signals man these days... ------------- 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 |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 10:39
Grace Under Pressure ahead of Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves, two other 80s releases. You don't see that everyday. |
Finnforest wrote:Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 10:51
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Signals, as it brings back great memories of my later HS years. I saw that tour as well at the great LA Forum. Subdivisions is such a great song........That being said GUP is no slouch either. -------------   
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 11:07
For the poll, in my head I was thinking Signals-forward when using the words "by far." But you raise a good point that the two previous albums were also 80s. Taking those two albums into the mix, I would drop the words "by far," yet still I prefer Grace over both of them. Such consistency, punch, and quality songwriting. It is my clear favorite post-Hemispheres and near the top of my overall list. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 11:09
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GUP. It smells like the fabric of an AACR2 steamroller. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 11:18
Why not Rush vs. Presto?  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 12:11
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I confess my ignorance ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 12:28
So it's not just me! ------------- "Christ, where would rock & roll be without feedback?" - D. Gimour |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 12:59
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Signals because it has Subdivisions, while Grace Under Pressure does not. Also, I personally can't stand the overprocessed electronic drum sound on GUP. ------------- 
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 13:07
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Signals, by far. It's timeless, future-focused, and the best album they ever did. Grace Under Pressure is the most "dated" Rush album. It's not bad, but it's just "kind of there". If it disappeared tomorrow, I wouldn't miss it. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 14:37
More "dated" than Hold Your Fire or Roll the Bones? I think not.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 14:53
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Signals for me. I do quite like GUP, but feel this album was the start of the slide into the 80s sound I wasn't keen on. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 15:07
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Never understood the appeal of GUP, it was a shock to the ears of older fans and the tour was disappointing to say the least. Grace under pressure indeed, but hardly graceful, and the pressure came from the band, their dismissal of Terry Brown, cheesy '80s haircuts, and the rejection of their fantastic past. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 15:50
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^ Well, I saw the Grace tour from the 3rd row on Alex's side, and "disappointing" does not describe our evening nor the other fans around us who were very obviously digging it. Had a total blast. Cheesy haircuts? You got me there. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 15:59
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Signals by 1.25 star. ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 16:08
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^ ^ Alex was the best thing that year with his cool new minimal style. But "I see red, it hurts my head, must be something that I read" was not Peart's best moment. Even Body Electric's "1 0 0, 1 0 0, 1 in distress" (one of the better things on the album) was a cringe-worthy '80s mech-rock shock when compared to just two years earlier. Ouch is the word that comes to mind, especially when we went to this show foolishly expecting something close to Signals or MP. Did they play that awful "We know you want to hear some old stuff so we're gonna do an Old Song Medley" thing when you saw them ? Pain. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 22 2025 at 16:37
I skipped the GUP tour (I think...?) but did see the PW tour (awesome) and then Presto with the big bunnies That was my wife's first Rush concert...she liked the bunnies. -------------
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