Rush v. Dirk, Pratt, & Lerxst

[KevShmev]

I have always considered Bravado..The Pass Pt.2.

Except for the fact that the two songs sound nothing alike, I totally see what you mean.

I never liked Presto much. Not sure why. There are some good songs on it but I never play it. I prefer RtB.

 

Roll the Bones is such a fun, easy listen. Even the few average tunes sound good within the flow of the record.

[jingle.boy]

Roll the Bones is such a fun, easy listen. Even the few average tunes sound good within the flow of the record.

Exactly how I feel.  I totally dig the upbeat vibe in songs like Face Up, Heresy and You Bet Your Life.  Not to mention that Dreamline and Where's My Thing are absolutely boss.

[TAC]

Roll the Bones is such a fun, easy listen. Even the few average tunes sound good within the flow of the record.

So, this is exactly how I've always described Systematic Chaos.

[fadetoblackdude7]

I wish the rest of RtB was as good as Dreamline and Bravado.

[Architeuthis]

I wish the rest of RtB was as good as Dreamline and Bravado.

This!  Although I like the title track and the instrumental..

[KevShmev]

I still think Ghost of a Chance is the best song on it, but it's pretty close.

Roll the Bones is such a fun, easy listen. Even the few average tunes sound good within the flow of the record.

Exactly how I feel.  I totally dig the upbeat vibe in songs like Face Up, Heresy and You Bet Your Life.  Not to mention that Dreamline and Where's My Thing are absolutely boss.

 

Roll the Bones is such a fun, easy listen. Even the few average tunes sound good within the flow of the record.

So, this is exactly how I've always described Systematic Chaos.

There is nothing easy about a song that drags as much as The Ministry of Lost Souls.

[TAC]

....or Heresy...or Bravado..

[Architeuthis]

RTB is by far my least favorite Rush album, yet Dreamline translates to one of their best live songs ever!

[Mladen]

There are several great songs on the album, but the title track has always been a favorite of mine. Fantastic.

[The Walrus]

Dreamline, Bravado, Heresy, Face Up, You Bet Your Life are all killer... especially Face Up. Love that one. The title track is great except for that rap. Boy does that just ruin a great song. That is irredeemably awful, I just can't understand why they included that.

The rest of Roll The Bones is surprisingly middle of the road to me. It definitely isn't the same Rush from 10 years earlier. On Moving Pictures, each song had a distinct sound, each of them were unique. Presto and Roll the Bones seem to suffer a bit from that (and Hold Your Fire to some extent), but they're not bad at all. They just sound comfortably average.

[fadetoblackdude7]

Comfortably average....perfect way to describe those 2 albums

[Architeuthis]

Can we move on to Counterparts now 💤

[The Walrus]

Go ahead  I'll be listening to it for the first time tomorrow..

[KevShmev]

1-2-3-4-1-2...

[Lowdz]

RTB is by far my least favorite Rush album, yet Dreamline translates to one of their best live songs ever!

How can this bi, in a world with TfE, VT, S&A?

[devieira73]

It amazes me how much near zero love for where's my thing? Great instrumental in my book! Maybe my fave from RtB.

[King Postwhore]

That's not true at all period for the modern instrumentals most Rush fans love that song.

[devieira73]

I just said it because it seemed to me, from this thread, that this song was never cited as one of the favourites songs from RtB.

[King Postwhore]

Don't listen to these Dream Theater from knuckleheads. LOL It's amazing instrumental

[KevShmev]

Yep, I am a big fan of Where's My Thing.  For all of the talk about Roll the Bones, I'd still put 4 songs from it in my top 50, which reminds me...I don't think I've even attempted a Rush top 50 since the release of Clockwork Angels. 

[TAC]

I think if I did a Rush Top 50, I could see Ghost and Dreamline make it.


Any love for Red Tide?

[KevShmev]

I like Red Tide, but it would be lucky to make my top 100.

[KevShmev]

I can't do the specific order, but in chronological order, off the top of my head...

Anthem
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
The Necromancer
2112
The Twilight Zone
Xanadu
Closer to the Heart
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres
The Trees
La Villa Strangiato
The Spirit of Radio
Freewill
Jacob's Ladder
Different Strings
Natural Science
Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
YYZ
Limelight
The Camera Eye
Witch Hunt
Subdivisions
The Weapon
Losing It
Distant Early Warning
Red Sector A
Between the Wheels
The Big Money
Grand Designs
Manhattan Project
Marathon
Territories
Middletown Dreams
Mystic Rhythms
Prime Mover
Mission
Turn the Page
The Pass
Dreamline
Bravado
Where's My Thing
Ghost of a Chance
Animate
Double Agent
Leave That Thing Alone
Cold Fire
Everyday Glory
Clockwork Angels
Headlong Flight

[TAC]

There is way too much Power Windows on that list.

[King Postwhore]

There is way too much Power Windows on that list.

You shut pie hole.

[KevShmev]

And it pained me to leave off:

Beneath, Between and Behind
Bastille Day
Tears
A Farewell to Kings
Entre Nous
Vital Signs
The Analog Kid
The Enemy Within
Time Stand Still
Open Secrets
Available Light
Cut to the Chase
Nobody's Hero
Freeze
The Anarchist
The Garden

Rush just has too many damn good songs.

[TAC]

Kev, I got you covered on a few of those!



My Top 50 (choronologically going through their albums) would be:

Finding My Way
What You're Doing
Anthem
In The End
Bastille Day
2112
Something For Nothing
Xanadu
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres

The Trees
La Villa Strangiato
The Spirit Of Radio
Freewill
Jacob's Ladder
Different Strings
Natural Science
Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
YYZ

Limelight
The Camera Eye
Witch Hunt
Vital Signs
Subdivisions
The Analog Kid
Digital Man
The Weapon
New World Man
Losing It

Distant Early Warning
Afterimage
Red Sector A
The Enemy Within
Between The Wheels
Marathon
Manhattan Project
Lock And Key
Turn The Page
Available Light

Dreamline
Ghost Of A Chance
Animate
Nobody's Hero
Double Agent
Cold Fire
How It Is
Secret Touch
Headlong Flight
The Garden

[KevShmev]

At least you picked the two best songs from the debut, and while it didn't make the cut for me, I do love Lock and Key.

How in the world does New World Man make it, though??

[The Letter M]

Hand Over Fist, originally was going to be an instrumental but they loved lyrics by Neil that was unused.

Huh... if I knew this, I completely forgot about it. This explains why RTB ended up with an instrumental. It seems like whenever they wanted to do one and decided not to, they put one on the next album! If I recall, the same thing happens on Vapor Trails, where they were going to turn "Peaceable Kingdom" (I believe) into an instrumental but they ended up using lyrics for it, so on the next album, they ended up with THREE instrumentals.

-Marc.

[TAC]

How in the world does New World Man make it, though??

I think New World Man is great. It gets so much hate, but I love the lyrics, and the chorus just sticks with me. For such a "lite" track, it really gets me going.

[KevShmev]

How in the world does New World Man make it, though??

I think New World Man is great. It gets so much hate, but I love the lyrics, and the chorus just sticks with me. For such a "lite" track, it really gets me going.

I don't hate it, but it's nothing special either.  It's an enjoyable little song, but not notable at all.  To each his own. 

[TAC]

The 10 songs that pained ME to leave off were:

Beneath, Between, And Behind
Tears
Circumstances
Territories
Red Tide
You Bet Your Life
Cut To The Chase
Everyday Glory
Time And Motion
Nocturne

[TAC]

Joe, expecting a list from you, bro.

[Snow Dog]

Since we are doing chronological top 50 lists, I’ll throw mine in here too. Some omissions are possibly from me being sick of hearing them on the radio (I’m looking at you, Tom Sawyer and Closer to the Heart...)

Finding My Way
Working Man
Anthem
Beneath, Between, and Behind
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
Fly By Night
2112
Something For Nothing
Xanadu
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres
La Villa Strangiato
The Spirit of Radio
Freewill
Entre Nous
Natural Science
YYZ
Limelight
Vital Signs
Subdivisions
Losing It
Afterimage
The Enemy Within
Kid Gloves
Between the Wheels
The Big Money
Marathon
Territories
Force Ten
Open Secrets
Prime Mover
Lock and Key
Chain Lightning
The Pass
Available Light
Dreamline
Where’s My Thing?
Ghost of a Chance
Animate
Double Agent
Leave That Thing Alone
Driven
Resist
How It Is
Vapor Trail
Freeze
Nocturne
Malignant Narcissism
Clockwork Angels
The Wreckers
The Garden

[The Walrus]

I know I have over 50 songs in my 'favorites' Rush playlist already, but being a greenhorn Rush fan I can only narrow my favorites to a top 5 right now, in no order: Marathon, Territories, Hemispheres, The Trees, and Manhattan Project (ooor Subdivisions, it's close). Power Windows and Hemispheres are where it's at... if you don't like Power Windows, you don't like fun.