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Points: 3928 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2007 at 11:06
I think Rush have always adapted amazingly well to whatever the musical climate is at that point. 'Grace Under Pressure' isn't a favourite of mine- I only really like 'Distant Early Warning', 'Red Sector A' and 'Between The Wheels', the rest I can live without- but they had moved with the times, IMHO, and I give them credit for that.
 
As for my favourite solo, it has to be 'Xanadu' or 'Closer To The Heart' for me.
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I love The Camera Eye solo. Of course his jazz-like solo in La Villa is a fave too. Wink
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Points: 906 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2007 at 16:31
Well I couldn't let a discussion about Lifeson's solo go by without chiming in. Unfortunately I have nothing new to add here, Most of my favorites have been mentioned. Someone did mention his work on GUP and I have to agree with that person, Some of his best ever. Clap 
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La Villa Strangiato is my favorite-to me it has some of Alex's most passionate moments.
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Points: 1155 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2007 at 23:38
Originally posted by Melomaniac Melomaniac wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by E-Dub E-Dub wrote:



Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Melomaniac Melomaniac wrote:

Red Sector A.  Not only is his solo amazing, the entire guitar work in that song is great !


Definitely. I think GUP is a great guitar album generally.
When I started a 'definitive Lifeson performance album' thread about a year ago, I chose Grace Under Pressure as being my personal favorite. There's something so cold in Lifeson's delivery that works perfectly in the harshness of Grace Under Pressure. I find it to be a pretty raw album, and Lifeson's playing is a reflection of that.And anyone who says Lifeson is overrated, well all I have to say (and to quote Monty Python) is, "I f*rt in your general direction!!" LOLE


It's a 'cold' album, and when I first heard it back in 1984 I didn't like it at all. I wanted all Rush albums to sound like Moving Pictures. I remember reading peoples comments in Heavy Metal magazines at the time. People were saying Rush had sold out and were trying to be U2 etc. It took me a year or so of growing up to realise that GUP is a 'stand out' Rush album, comprised of very emotional music, which cleverly DOES sit well alongside other more mainstream music of the time, without actually resembling it at all. Rush were very good at that in the 80's.
 
Rush is the band that went through the 80's in the best fashion.  What other prog act maintained such a success (while maintaining quality and integrity) in the 80's ?


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how about yes?
actually, i'm kidding, but i agree, Rush did weather the 80's best.
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Points: 65258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2007 at 23:43
Interesting GUP gets so much love.  I agree Lifeson's solo work on it is excellent but the material was a huge let down among Rush fans I knew.. so flat , depressed and mechanical compared to any previous Rush record

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Points: 1383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2007 at 23:49
"The Camera Eye" for me, though difficult call to make
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I don't know about best solo, but my favorite Lifeson guitar album is Snakes and Arrows, his presence is much different and I personally love it
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Right now i recall La Villa Strangiato's, Kid Gloves', Limelight's, Red Barchetta's and Subdivisions'... sure there are a lot more!!
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Originally posted by eriksalkeld eriksalkeld wrote:

Right now i recall La Villa Strangiato's, Kid Gloves', Limelight's, Red Barchetta's and Subdivisions'... sure there are a lot more!!


Thank you for mentioning Kid Gloves, it was my choice and its good to see someone else at least knows of it. And I agree with an earlier comment about how GUP is getting quite a bit of high praise, not at all a bad thing just surprising to see how many people love it as much as I do.

An interesting side note - when I was at the R:30 tour a couple years back the guy next  to me had the vinyl record of GUP as well as a back stage pass, he came back to his seat with the album signed by the entire band plus a funny doodle Alex made on the guys head, I was jealous.
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Originally posted by puma puma wrote:

I don't know about best solo, but my favorite Lifeson guitar album is Snakes and Arrows, his presence is much different and I personally love it
 
And what a great album it is especially because of Lifeson!  I really had hoped he would receive more acclaim for his efforts on it, Prog or not. The album is jam packed with guitar goodness.
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I didn't fully appreciate Grace Under Pressure until I bought the remastered disc several years ago. Up until then I only liked "Distant", "Kid Gloves", and "Between The Wheels". Now, however, it's become one of my favorites.

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Originally posted by StyLaZyn StyLaZyn wrote:

Originally posted by puma puma wrote:

I don't know about best solo, but my favorite Lifeson guitar album is Snakes and Arrows, his presence is much different and I personally love it

 

And what a great album it is especially because of Lifeson!  I really had hoped he would receive more acclaim for his efforts on it, Prog or not. The album is jam packed with guitar goodness.


i believe that because of Signals and GUP, Rush hold the record for the most consecutive great albums..
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Personally, La Villa is my fave, but has anyone realized how many different answers we've heard?
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A HARD TASK, FOR SURE, BUT I WILL BEGIN WITH ONE NOBODY HAS SELECTED:

GHOST OF A CHANCE (everytime i hear it, i have to rewind it... it´s emotional, dramatic, epic, wonderful!!!

i love too: analog kid, the trees, xanadu, the spirit of radio, cut to the chase, frewill, chemistry, between the wheels!!! mission, a farewell to kings, a passage to bangkok.... Dead i´m tired!!!
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Points: 7744 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2007 at 23:35
Originally posted by grimpiter grimpiter wrote:

A HARD TASK, FOR SURE, BUT I WILL BEGIN WITH ONE NOBODY HAS SELECTED:

GHOST OF A CHANCE (everytime i hear it, i have to rewind it... it´s emotional, dramatic, epic, wonderful!!!

i love too: analog kid, the trees, xanadu, the spirit of radio, cut to the chase, frewill, chemistry, between the wheels!!! mission, a farewell to kings, a passage to bangkok.... Dead i´m tired!!!


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Originally posted by Shakespeare Shakespeare wrote:

Originally posted by grimpiter grimpiter wrote:

A HARD TASK, FOR SURE, BUT I WILL BEGIN WITH ONE NOBODY HAS SELECTED:

GHOST OF A CHANCE (everytime i hear it, i have to rewind it... it´s emotional, dramatic, epic, wonderful!!!

i love too: analog kid, the trees, xanadu, the spirit of radio, cut to the chase, frewill, chemistry, between the wheels!!! mission, a farewell to kings, a passage to bangkok.... Dead i´m tired!!!


Let me close those brackets for you.)


Those are PARENTHESES, since they're curved like this ( ).  Brackets are square like this [ ]. 

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Points: 1239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2007 at 06:34
I really like the little solo on lakeside park, sweet but with an angular little twist
the solo on Necromancer is one of his most melodic
How about the one from Something for Nothing?
Like everyone else the La Villa solo (particular the volume pedal swells) are awesome
I just love the cool calm and collected little solo from Different Strings, a perfect case of the solo serving the song and not ego
Weird one - the slide solo (very un-Alex) from Making Memories
Red Barchetta - so tasteful
Analog Kid - a big step forward for Alex - pretty technical compared to previously
Kid Gloves - just awesome
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Points: 974 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2007 at 16:08
My favourite solo has to be the one in 'Between The Wheels', off Grace Under Pressure.
I've always loved that solo! Wink
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Originally posted by proghairfunk proghairfunk wrote:

Personally, La Villa is my fave, but has anyone realized how many different answers we've heard?
 
Indeed, Alex may not be so underrated after all (well, here at least!)
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