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I have to admit that Clockwork Angels was a much more enjoyable album than I was anticipating, but I'm not sure anything off of it would crack the top 10. (I even read the accompanying novel.)
But in no particular order...
La Villa Stangiato (Time Machine Tour Live version)
Camera Eye
Limelight
Tom Sawyer
YYZ
A Passage To Bangkok (Exit live version)
Spirit of Radio
Time Stand Still
New World Man
Closer to The Heart (Exit live version)
Toby's will no doubt feature deeper cuts.
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Right. I'm giving this a go, with the caveat that this will change within hours. Here goes nothing.
1. YYZ
I maintain that the Middle Eastern influenced solo, with its strange legato and phrasing, remains one of the single best things Alex Lifeson has ever done. You have no idea how much I wanted (and still want) to be a quarter of the guitarist Lerxst is. I will also admit that I will be retaining my Toronto Pearson luggage tags, because that's exactly how sad I am.
2. A Farewell to Kings
Possibly a little leftfield this one, but AFTK reamins one of my favourite Rush albums (with the exception of Madrigal, which gets skipped every time, heresy that it may be). Like a lot of Peart's lyrical work (all the Rayndian shite aside), it's remarkably prescient. It made a huge impression on young TG.
We turned our gaze from the castles in the distance
Eyes cast down on the path of least resistance
Cities full of hatred, fear and lies
Withered hearts and cruel, tormented eyes
Scheming demons cast in Kingly guise
Beating down the multitude and
Scoffing at the wise
3. Driven
I love it when Rush get heavy. Great, driving (obviously) riff, off-kilter time signature. It's all there.
4. Fly By Night
If ever a song summed up what it meant for a teenager (a few years removed from Neil, it's true) being stuck in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere, it was this. The thought that I could go anywhere and be anything was intoxicating. It still is.
5. Circumstances
I love it when Rush get heavy. Plus it has Geddy singing in French! French was just a boring language I was forced into learning at school. Not any more.
6. Tom Sawyer
Obviously.
7. Natural Science
There are times when a song completely matches your surroundings. I'd not long been living in London, and was still slightly overwhelmed, when on the way home from work the sounds of the ripples and waves coincided perfectly with the start of a deluge which soaked me to the skin.
A simple kind mirror
To reflect upon our own
All the busy little creatures
Chasing out their destinies
Living in their pools
They soon forget about the sea
8. The Pass
A cheery song about teenage suicide. But one with an underlying message of hope. You're stronger than this, you always were, and always will be.
9. Working Man
I'm not even going to insult your intelligence.
10. La Villa Strangiato
Subtitle: "An exercise in self-indugence". It's fantastic. All of it.
So that's ten. I'm not sure it's at all accurate. I'll be back with another ten in fairly short order, I imagine. Including Garden Road, so help me.
PRE-POST EDIT: I had video links for each song, but apparently I can only have three per post. So I've gone with the top three because reasons.Last edited by Toby Gymshorts; 19-07-2018, 21:52.
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- Jan 2012
- 3297
- Worthing
- The Hammers, until Mark Noble goes.(he's still there, sort of)
- Garibaldi, dipped in tea.
Originally posted by Toby Gymshorts View PostRight. I'm giving this a go, with the caveat that this will change within hours. Here goes nothing.
1. YYZ
I maintain that the Middle Eastern influenced solo, with its strange legato and phrasing, remains one of the single best things Alex Lifeson has ever done. You have no idea how much I wanted (and still want) to be a quarter of the guitarist Lerxst is. I will also admit that I will be retaining my Toronto Pearson luggage tags, because that's exactly how sad I am.
2. A Farewell to Kings
Possibly a little leftfield this one, but AFTK reamins one of my favourite Rush albums (with the exception of Madrigal, which gets skipped every time, heresy that it may be). Like a lot of Peart's lyrical work (all the Rayndian shite aside), it's remarkably prescient. It made a huge impression on young TG.
We turned our gaze from the castles in the distance
Eyes cast down on the path of least resistance
Cities full of hatred, fear and lies
Withered hearts and cruel, tormented eyes
Scheming demons cast in Kingly guise
Beating down the multitude and
Scoffing at the wise
3. Driven
I love it when Rush get heavy. Great, driving (obviously) riff, off-kilter time signature. It's all there.
4. Fly By Night
If ever a song summed up what it meant for a teenager (a few years removed from Neil, it's true) being stuck in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere, it was this. The thought that I could go anywhere and be anything was intoxicating. It still is.
5. Circumstances
I love it when Rush get heavy. Plus it has Geddy singing in French! French was just a boring language I was forced into learning at school. Not any more.
6. Tom Sawyer
Obviously.
7. Natural Science
There are times when a song completely matches your surroundings. I'd not long been living in London, and was still slightly overwhelmed, when on the way home from work the sounds of the ripples and waves coincided perfectly with the start of a deluge which soaked me to the skin.
A simple kind mirror
To reflect upon our own
All the busy little creatures
Chasing out their destinies
Living in their pools
They soon forget about the sea
8. The Pass
A cheery song about teenage suicide. But one with an underlying message of hope. You're stronger than this, you always were, and always will be.
9. Working Man
I'm not even going to insult your intelligence.
10. La Villa Strangiato
Subtitle: "An exercise in self-indugence". It's fantastic. All of it.
So that's ten. I'm not sure it's at all accurate. I'll be back with another ten in fairly short order, I imagine. Including Garden Road, so help me.
PRE-POST EDIT: I had video links for each song, but apparently I can only have three per post. So I've gone with the top three because reasons.
Just in passing, in the first proper covers band I played in (I was very fortunate to grow up in an extraordinary musical environment, in that a lot of people in my part of east London were into and played, and had an outlet for, music - from old jazzers to punks, new-wavers to proggers), we did YYZ; my then-flatmate was the best musician I've personally known/played with, and he did a pretty good approximation of the solo in YYZ. I could cope with all of the drum track, except that first roll in the breakdown. Still can't get it, the fucker. Nice to hear it again though.
Anyhow, I think I can still do the rest, so if you need somebody to play along with...
As you were.
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