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Blacksword 
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 Posted: December 16 2004 at 16:04 |
Geddy does sing/rap/talk some bullsh!t on the live version (Exit stage left) 
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 16:19 |
 Blacksword wrote:
Geddy does sing/rap/talk some bullsh!t on the live version (Exit stage left) |
sorry I. deleted.
Sometimes my head's so far up my arse i think I can see Cert!
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Sweetnighter
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 17:26 |
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I can't see why anybody would even consider The Camera Eye as being in
their top three for rush. I mean, had Moving Pictures not had that 10
minute synth solo of an epic on it, the album would've been so much
better. I think if Rush had put a killer 20-min epic on side 2 of that
album that MP would be second only to CTTE.
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I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die.
"Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 17:32 |
Sweetnighter wrote:
I can't see why anybody would even consider The Camera Eye as being in their top three for rush. I mean, had Moving Pictures not had that 10 minute synth solo of an epic on it, the album would've been so much better. I think if Rush had put a killer 20-min epic on side 2 of that album that MP would be second only to CTTE. |
But Speaksh*ter,how can you improve on perfection?
Worth 6 stars out of a possible 5 in old money!
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Prog_Bassist
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 17:39 |
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XANADU!!
NATURAL SCIENCE!!
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Wizard/TRueStar
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 17:54 |
Fountains, easily. I will get into my pope-mobile now. 
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greenback
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 21:15 |
1) Villa Stangiato
2) Hemispheres
3) Camera eye
4) Natural science
5) Xanadu
6) 2112
7) Fountain of Lamneth
8) By Tor
9) Necromancer
10) Cygnus X-1
I always found the rythmic guitar sound on Farewell to kings very artificial and not elegant: it is very metallic can-like!
Edited by greenback
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[HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!>
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Blacksword
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Location: England
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Posted: December 17 2004 at 02:45 |
Reed Lover wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
Geddy does sing/rap/talk some bullsh!t on the live version (Exit stage left) |
sorry I. deleted.
Sometimes my head's so far up my arse i think I can see Cert!
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 How did he climb out of his own arse and all the way up yours?? Thats what I want to know. You been hanging out with gdub? 
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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sigod
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Posted: December 17 2004 at 10:28 |
Camera Eye for me. Just for that harmonic Alex plays at the start.
Yes, I'm ready for a slap, bring it on then.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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sigod
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Posted: December 17 2004 at 10:30 |
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Blacksword
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Posted: December 17 2004 at 11:12 |
sigod wrote:
Camera Eye for me. Just for that harmonic Alex plays at the start.
Yes, I'm ready for a slap, bring it on then.
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SLAP!!!
I like 'Camera eye' too. I love the build up more than anything. It took me quite a while to get into it when I first got Moving Pictures. It seemed rather repetitive for Rush. But it has a great atmosphere throughout, and good lyrics.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Petra
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Posted: December 17 2004 at 11:13 |
Sweetnighter wrote:
Petra wrote:
Xanada |
Xanada?
Isn't that where vibrationbaby is from?
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Oh dear  I must stay off the wine ..
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Don't hate me
I'm not special like you
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arcer
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Joined: September 01 2004
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Posted: December 17 2004 at 14:52 |
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I went for Camera Eye too. I just adore the intro. It's the perfect build into the song and all those moogy squelches are just brilliant. It was an extrenely tough call though, as for me, La Villa Strangiato features Alex's best ever guitar playing, his solo there is amazing. Natural Science for the sound of that compressed lightly chorused electric guitar after the acoustic intro - mega. And the live version of Xanada from Exit - hard to top. They're all brilliant. But if I had to vote for one it would be Camera Eye from the best Rush album of them all MP
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richardh
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Posted: December 17 2004 at 15:52 |
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XANADU
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plodder
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Posted: December 19 2004 at 09:32 |
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La Villa Strangiato.
Fantastic on CD, even better live.
A "stop your car and pull over and listen" song.
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Sweetnighter
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Posted: December 19 2004 at 09:38 |
Wow, I'm surprised that Camera Eye is such a favorite. Now maybe I'll have to listen to it again today  .
I'm also surprised that there aren't more 2112-ers voting for that
album. You think prog, you think Rush, then you naturally think 2112. I
mean it was never my favorite Rush epic - even though it is good - but
I never thought that my view of it would be so commonly held.
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I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die.
"Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend
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sigod
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Posted: December 20 2004 at 08:38 |
Sweetnighter wrote:
Wow, I'm surprised that Camera Eye is such a favorite. Now maybe I'll have to listen to it again today .
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It was a grower for me Sweetnighter. I owned MP for over a year before I really 'got' that track. Very subtle stuff is going on in there and on first listening, it doesn't lend itself to being a classic, I'll admit that.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Swinton MCR
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Posted: December 20 2004 at 11:49 |
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Xanadu? top - Fine track though it is - Both 2112 and Cygnus X1 Book II are far more "Epic" and worthy....This is not about "Favourite"..An Epic has to be longer than 15 mins....
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Saskia
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Posted: December 21 2004 at 09:22 |
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Am I the only one who really loves "Jacob's Ladder"? Or is not considered an epic because it's too short at 7:30min?
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Sweetnighter
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Posted: December 21 2004 at 11:29 |
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Ach, you know what, I should've included that one on the list... I love that track.
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I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die.
"Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend
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