Rush "Signals"
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Topic: Rush "Signals"
Posted By: Yorkie X
Subject: Rush "Signals"
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 09:00
On any given day any one of these I could really enjoy , Signals was my first ever experience with Rush and I have always had a special place for it . The Drumming on Digital Man sends me crazy , the emotion in Losing It really hits home , The slightly cynical yet brutally honest lyrics in Subdivisions I find enlightening and the other songs I wont describe always wet my appetite for more Rush .. Oh I forgot to Mention Alex's guitar solo in analog kid how great is that ! This is a wonderful recording I feel  |
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 09:15
| My personal favourite on this album is "The Weapon", both for its music and its very true lyrics about how our own fears can be used as a weapon against us. From a musical point of view, even though I understand it may not be everyone's cup of tea, the song shows the band incorporating elements from electronic New Wave, a genre that was very popular in the early Eighties - as they incorporated reggae rhythms in my second favourite track, "Digital Man". |
Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 09:26
| ^^ "The Weapon" is fantastic, I considered it but ended up voting for "Losing It" for personal reasons. |
Posted By: Q6
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 09:29
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I saw this post and thought I'd pop it in the Cd player and remind myself of why I love rush...., Lee's bass lines always do it for me see Digital man. New World Man... that brings back memories from an old band I used to play in where we used to cover it and link it in to Police's Syncronicity II... how's that for an 80 rocking / reggae medley ! Losing it is a beautiful song and one of the albums gems and gets my vote. Thanks for the nostalgia trip. ------------- http://www.paulcusick.co.uk - www.paulcusick.co.uk |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 09:39
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My favourites are Subdivisions, Losing It and The Weapon in this order. If I made a top 10 Rush songs (in fact I started making one some years ago but never finished because it was so damn difficult) at least the first two would be in it. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 09:40
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Love Signals! "The Analog Kid" really struck me when I first bought the album over 20 years ago, and still love it. Lifeson's solo just kills. E ------------- 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 10:42
| 'Losing It' followed by 'The Weapon'. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 10:45
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Digital Man is one of my favorite Rush songs. All of these are fantastic though. ------------- 
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Posted By: proggy
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 11:15
| Great and Very Underrated Album.....The Weapon |
Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 11:21
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I love Signals. The only weak parts are Chemistry and Countdown. I went with Losing It because it's so sadly beautiful. The sublime lyrics match perfectly with the music. No contest although there are plenty of other gems on this album.
------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 11:24
| Losing it, one of the most underrated Rush tracks ever. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 11:34
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The Analog Kid is the one that always gets me going. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 11:45
The mean bass parts on Digital Man have always been appealing to me 
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Posted By: Ommadawn
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:20
| Subdivisions !!! |
Posted By: listen
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 16:26
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I love all of them! right now I'll go for The Weapon ------------- Now is all there is. Be before you think! |
Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 22:05
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It was in between Digital Man and Subdivisions, but I went with the latter. ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 22:15
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'Losing It' though it's close, but those heartfelt lyrics and Ben Mink's weeping electric violin |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: February 08 2009 at 22:17
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Losing It, then Subdivisions.
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Posted By: Todd
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 01:07
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Back and forth between Analog Kid and Losing It, both excellent songs but different ends of the emotional spectrum--in the end I voted energy over melancholy.
I remember my mom walking into the family room back in 1982 when I was listening to Losing It. Sublime, I'm thinking. She says, "This isn't music!" Ahh, memories . . .
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Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 01:40
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the only Rush album i listen in its entirety.. i love it.. absolutely love it..Digital Man for me... ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: iguana
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 01:40
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i can't possibly make a choice here. i love the entire album. ah, what the heck, “subdivisions“, an obvious choice from me, what a magnificent song. ------------- progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false? |
Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 01:55
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Great album, so I should take a great choice...
Subdivisions. And I especially love it's live version from A Show Of Hands.
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 02:11
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Great album.....The Weapon but I also have a soft spot for Countdown, surprised it has no votes... ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 02:39
Neither does New World Man!  Disappointing, because that song got me through some tough times. |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 02:58
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I remember when Signals was released, there was outcry from many who thought Rush had "sold out". I was pretty much alone in that I loved Signals, and even now I consider it one of my fave Rush albums.
The Weapon is great, but my choice just has to be Subdivisions, what an awesome track.
Nice poll Yorkie X by the way. It's good to see a less popular album in the spotlight.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 04:47
Great album, and my vote goes to 'Subdivisions' as I was such a 'dreamer' and a 'misfit' at school, when I first heard the album..
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Posted By: Carlos
Date Posted: February 09 2009 at 13:55
A bit dismissed by its creators...Signals is my third favorite 80's Rush album. (Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves being above) It's full of fantastic songs...but the song that really MOVES ME...is ANALOG KID great song... 
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