Make a Rush tribute CD using DT songs

[erwinrafael]

Title says it all! 80 minutes max.

[pg1067]

Huh?

[The Letter M]

Huh?

I think they mean "Make a compilation CD (of 80 minutes or less) featuring Dream Theater Songs that have been inspired by Rush's songs/sounds/styles from over the course of DT's discography".

-Marc.

[DragonAttack]

Barstool Warrior, The Best of Times, and Tears come to mind right of the bat (and one from 'A View')

[The Letter M]

Barstool Warrior, The Best of Times, and Tears come to mind right of the bat (and one from 'A View')

Throw in "The Looking Glass", "Surrender To Reason", and "S2N" (sounds a bit like latter-day Rush to me, a bit of "Driven" and "Headlong Flight").

-Marc.

[svisser]

1. Status Seeker
2. The Looking Glass
3. The Best Of Times
4. Transcending Time
5. I Walk Beside You (arguable)
6. Behind The Veil
7. Along For The Ride
8. About To Crash/ About To Crash Reprise/ Losing Time

A bit out of the box on a few, but it is more to get the pacing right.

[Setlist Scotty]

Here's mine (which comes in at 78 minutes and change):

The Great Debate
Status Seeker
Barstool Warrior
The Looking Glass
The Best of Times
Ytse Jam
Along for the Ride
About to Crash
Transcending Time
Trial of Tears

[HOF]

Two tracks not mentioned that have strong Rush vibes in places:

Peruvian Skies (intro is straight from The Necromancer)
The Great Debate (similar vibe as Natural Science in places)

[TheCountOfNYC]

1: Trial of Tears (13:06)
2: Barstool Warrior (6:43)
3: The Looking Glass (4:53)
4: S2N (6:21)
5: Transcending Time (6:25)
6: Surrender to Reason (6:34)
7: The Best of Times (13:09)

Total runtime: 57:11

[Elite]

1. Xanadu (Rush Cover)

Total runtime (11:04)

[MirrorMask]

1. Xanadu (Rush Cover)

Total runtime (11:04)

[Setlist Scotty]

Two tracks not mentioned that have strong Rush vibes in places:
The Great Debate (similar vibe as Natural Science in places)

Pssst! Look at the post right above yours and the first track I listed.   

Peruvian Skies (intro is straight from The Necromancer)

I can see why you'd say this. I was fortunate enough to see DT do their cover of The Necromancer live, and when they started playing it, I thought it was PSkies, but it was confusing because they had already played it at that show. Took another minute or so for me to realize what they were playing but I was blown away when I did.

With that said, I still would say PSkies sounds more like PF's Have a Cigar than The Necromancer.

[HOF]

Two tracks not mentioned that have strong Rush vibes in places:
The Great Debate (similar vibe as Natural Science in places)

Pssst! Look at the post right above yours and the first track I listed.   

Ah, woops! Late night skimming is not very effecting.

Peruvian Skies (intro is straight from The Necromancer)

I can see why you'd say this. I was fortunate enough to see DT do their cover of The Necromancer live, and when they started playing it, I thought it was PSkies, but it was confusing because they had already played it at that show. Took another minute or so for me to realize what they were playing but I was blown away when I did.

With that said, I still would say PSkies sounds more like PF's Have a Cigar than The Necromancer.

I wonder if it isn't a little of both though, since the band have both covered The Necromancer and obviously worked Have a Cigar into Peruvian Skies on OiALT. What's weird is that Wish You Were Here and Caress of Steel were released 12 days apart in September of 1975. Kind of spooky!

[MrMike]

Although as a whole it doesn't necessarily sound like a Rush song, there's one chord progression in "Breaking All Illusions" at 50 seconds in (and repeated during the "Searching Out, Reaching In..." vocal part) that always makes me think of "Between The Wheels".