"Caress Of Steel"
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Topic: "Caress Of Steel"
Posted By: Wizard/TRueStar
Subject: "Caress Of Steel"
Date Posted: November 07 2004 at 14:13
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To me this is the almighty rush album. (along with Hemispheres and Hold Your Fire) Maybe I'm Crazy but there's not another Rush album out there that gives me the same experience and theres alot to choose from and I have almost all of them and have heard |
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Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: November 07 2004 at 15:46
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Oops I think the absolute opposite Caress of Steel was the one album i have of Rush that i never took to, well that and Vapour Trails. Bastile Day is the only track i like on that album. To me |
.Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: November 07 2004 at 16:50
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Yeah, Caress never realy did much for me. There were small parts of the EPICS that I liked, but overall... nada. I enjoy Lakeside Park, reminds me of a place I used to go many moons ago. "I Think I'm Going Bald" became too much of |
Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: November 07 2004 at 17:09
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I really like carress of steel. Rush's first 20+minute epic, Fountain of Lamneth. As many seem to think it was 2112. But yeah, caress of steel is brilliant. ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: November 07 2004 at 17:53
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I'm with the anti-Caress of Steel people, I think it's mostly daft, tho I love Lakeside Park, ti's one their sweetest tunes. And part three of the Necromancer has a really tasty guitar solo by Alex. To me it sounds like a band really stretching |
Posted By: Wizard/TRueStar
Date Posted: November 07 2004 at 19:51
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2112 is brilliant but a tad over rated. It almost seems as if it is just written to put music to Ayn Rand's Anthem which from where it is based off. I almost agree with Petra on Vapour Trails, and thats because it is a demanding listen but o |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 18:38
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Fountain of Lamneth is a good song. My personal favorite Rush album is a tie between Hemispheres and A Farewell To Kings. La Villa Strangito and The Trees are my favorite Rush songs. And speaking of 2112, the story in itself is ve |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 20:50
| I'm one of the few who seems to really like this album. I'd even rate it above 2112. The Fountain of Lamneth is a vintage Rush epic, while Bastille Day rocks and Lakeside Park is beautiful. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 15:23
| Don't get me wrong Useful Idiot, I think it's great, but it's not my favorite. It's probably in the middle somewhere between Moving Pictures and Test For Echo. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 15:24
| And I think I saw someone saying Fountains of Lamneth was the first epic, but wasn't By-Tor and the Snowdog first? |
Posted By: Wizard/TRueStar
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 17:35
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I don't consider by-tor an epic until it was released on there first live album (which happens to sport lakeside parks and bastille day!) And..............when i said it seems like 2112 was just written to put music to ayn rands anthem i was jus |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 18:29
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Caress of Steel is Rush's worst album because it is the only album on which they fail to meet their artistic goals. The album is OK,but the "Epic" Fountain is pretty excruciating to listen to.Necromancer is somewhat of a curate's egg; the extended fight |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: November 10 2004 at 08:06
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I think that "Caress of Steel" lacks cohesion, generally speaking. Most of the ideas in 'Necromancer' and 'Fountain of Lamneth' are quite good, yet they are not properly articulated as an epic should be. "Lakeside Park" is a beautiful son |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: November 10 2004 at 11:52
| It doesn't say he kills himself, when it says "my life's blood spills over" I'd take it to mean he was at the depths of despair, and then the old human race come back to take over the federation and save him. Maybe I'm just being naive... |
Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: November 14 2004 at 14:13
I meant their first epic around 20 minutes. [QUOTE=goose]It doesn't say he kills himself, when it s ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Riph wrote:Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: December 05 2004 at 22:13
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its interesting that they have him kill himself, because in Anthem, Rand doesn't have the main character kill himself. I just got COS today... and I have to say that at this point the group evidently is playing as a much less refined level, and ------------- 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 |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: December 25 2004 at 12:42
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a dark album, but full of quality guitar sounds ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: December 26 2004 at 13:43
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Now that I've had the album for a little while, I've come to like it. I'm not big on the shorter tracks, but i think the Necromancer and Fountains of Lamneth are really great. The one thing I don't like about their early epics though is that they're not ------------- 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 |
Posted By: Wizard/TRueStar
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 18:10
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COS owns us all. Listen without prejudice and you'll know what I mean. Cos of Steel has the same artistic value as Hemispheres, AFTK, Moving Pictures, CTTE, TFTO, Relayer, Hot Rats, THick as a Brick, ITCOTCK, ANIMALS, FOXTROT, TH |
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 20:03
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[QUOTE=Wizard/TRueStar] COS owns us all. Listen without prejudice and you'll know what I mean. Cos of Steel has the same artistic value as Hemispheres, AFTK, Moving Pictures, CTTE, TFTO, Relayer, Hot Rats, THick as a Brick, I |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 28 2005 at 12:48
| According to a lot of these reviews, I guess it is safe to say I am missing out on this album. I almost bought this album on vinyl about a month ago at a used record store, but I decided against it in favor of ITCOTCK. Now I wish I would have bought this t |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: January 28 2005 at 14:04
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[QUOTE=redbar89]According to a lot of these reviews, I guess it is safe to say I am missing out on this album. I almost bought this album on vinyl about a month ago at a used record store, but I decided against it in favor of ITCOTCK. Now I wish I would |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: January 30 2005 at 22:59
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I find this album quite enjoyable. The album has some pretty sweet riffs, and the ideas for the Fountain and the Necromancer are pretty good ideas. I am however confused, im the Necromancer, is By-Tor good or bad? There is that one line, "Stealthily attack ------------- 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 31 2005 at 04:32
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For me, this ties with 2112. There are elements of the music and overall atmosphere of the album that I prefer to 2112. 'The Necromancer' 'Fountain of Lamneth' and 'Lakeside Park' make this album. I cant stand 'Think I'm going bald' and believe it or no |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 09:57
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[QUOTE=Wizard/TRueStar] 2112 is brilliant but a tad over rated. It almost seems as if it is just written to put music to Ayn Rand's Anthem which from where it is based off. I almost agree with Petra on Vapour Trails, and thats because it |