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Poll Question: If you were stranded on an island and could only have one of these....
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    Posted: December 21 2004 at 11:31
I hope I made this one difficult and painful enough for all of you

I'm going to have to choose Hold Your Fire. Although all three are 80s sellout albums, I think Rush did the best job of working the 80s sound into their music.
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Points: 2779 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2004 at 11:38

Ouch.

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Points: 5187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2004 at 11:38

Streenighter you are obsessed with polls!

The only polls I am interested in are Riverside!Wink

 

 



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Eek ..! LoL..had to vote Yes Big Generator
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Not on your life... thats not just Yes's worst album... but one of the worst ever...

I'd rather be caught dead with Invisible Touch... thank God there's not any electricity on that island...

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Points: 433 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2004 at 12:11
LoL i know threefates...i think no matter who you vote for its going to be cringe worthy
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Points: 201 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2004 at 12:13

Well, as there will be no electricity supply to plug in a music system, it wont matter.

I would use the shinniest cd and use it as a reflector to attract attention to my stranded body on this island.
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Points: 1298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2004 at 12:16
Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

Streenighter you are obsessed with polls!

 


hehehe yeah

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I'll take a big generator, a record player and some good albums with me.
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What's supposed to be wrong with "Hold Your Fire"? It's one of my Rush favourites.
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I'll take any of them - I just won't bother with anything to play them on.
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I know I'm swimming against the tide here, but "Big generator" rocks my boat.

I think it suffers a lot from prejudice and preconceived notions. Musically it's well performed and very enjoyable. "Close to the edge" it ain't, but that doesn't automatically make it unworthy. 
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I love Hold Your Fire. It's one of the first CDs I bought.
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I'll take the chance on the Rush lp...I have never heard it, but I have heard the other two.
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Points: 5187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2004 at 14:42

Originally posted by gdub411 gdub411 wrote:

I'll take the chance on the Rush lp...I have never heard it, but I have heard the other two.

A closet Rush fan?????Wink



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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

I know I'm swimming against the tide here, but "Big generator" rocks my boat.

I think it suffers a lot from prejudice and preconceived notions. Musically it's well performed and very enjoyable. "Close to the edge" it ain't, but that doesn't automatically make it unworthy. 

Smile  I'm with Easy. I just don't see why BG is supposedly so gawd-awful bad. As far as "prog meets the 80s," or simply as MUSIC, it is not bad at all.

I tend to judge albums in isolation, as music, first and foremost....

(Thus, I also don't mind I.T, or bands changing their styles over the years.)

You'll see perpetual change....
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Points: 675 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2004 at 15:29

Sweetnighter

How are you gonna put "Hold your Fire" in a list among "Big Generator" and "Invisible Touch".  I think "Hold Your Fire" is in there because it has an 80's sound and you don't know what you are talking about and don't know what you're listening to (however you did it's your favorite).  If "Hold Your Fire" didn't fly way over your head (granted you listen to lots of GREAT music, I'll give you that one) like an A.F.I. poser listening to CTTE you would certainly hold HYF in a more respected light.
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Points: 4215 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2004 at 15:33
I'm sorry, but Big Generator was just gosh darn awful!!  I was truly disappointed when I put that album on the turntable.. It hasn't been on there since!!!!
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2004 at 16:06

None of the above..

Oh ok, if I have to choose one it would be 'Invisible Touch' I could use it as a frisbee. As there would be no one to throw it back I could accidentally lose it. If I find it again, I'll mould into a bowl shape in the hot sun and use it as an ash tray.

 
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Points: 830 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2004 at 16:48
Originally posted by Pixel Pirate Pixel Pirate wrote:

What's supposed to be wrong with "Hold Your Fire"? It's one of my Rush favourites.


One of mine too. I find it's a really good album. It's not a "sellout" album at all, because Rush always did just what THEY wanted to do.
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