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Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?

The Spirit of Radio
20 (28.2%)
Freewill
3 (4.2%)
Jacob's Ladder
11 (15.5%)
Entre Nous
1 (1.4%)
Different Strings
2 (2.8%)
Natural Science
34 (47.9%)

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Offline WildRanger

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Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« on: March 25, 2019, 04:10:43 PM »
Which one between these six tracks?



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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2019, 04:21:47 PM »
Natural Science
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2019, 04:22:51 PM »
I voted for Natural Science. That said, this is an amazing album, and while it's overplayed to the hilt, The Spirit Of Radio is incredible.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2019, 05:06:55 PM »
I went with The Spirit of Radio, mainly because I'm a newer Rush fan (only been a fan for about a year and a half) and it's one song that despite being overplayed to hell and back, is overplayed for damn good reason - it's awesome. Whole album is excellent however, and Natural Science comes close.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2019, 05:26:01 PM »
Natural Science,   but Spirit of Radio and Freewill are right up there with it!  The whole album is excellent though..  :tup
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2019, 05:33:42 PM »
I’m going with Jacob’s Ladder.  The whole album is great, but I really dig that one the most.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2019, 05:49:28 PM »
Jacob's Ladder, but Natural Science is close behind it. I love JL so much that I learned it on drums, which I haven't done for NS. It's a challenging song to play and get right, especially the 13/8 stuff at the end, but when you DO get it right, it's so satisfying!

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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2019, 05:57:55 PM »
I love this album. Went with Natural Science but most of these could be number 1.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2019, 08:44:32 PM »
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I love this album. Went with Natural Science but most of these could be number 1.

Same.

This is a stellar album from front to back. Only complaint is the horrible fade out in Different Strings. Should have let Alex finish his solo, do one more pass of the chorus and end like that. I'll never understand the decision they made there.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2019, 08:48:06 PM »
NS or JL, maybe 1 and 1a. Have not listened to this album in a long time. Good chance to revisit.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2019, 03:54:04 AM »
Natural Science, but it's a tough call because of The Spirit of Radio and Freewill.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2019, 04:40:06 AM »
Jacob's ladder, although The Spirit of radio and Natural science come extremely close. Honestly, there's never been a closer poll, since all three songs are top 5 Rush tunes for me.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2019, 05:39:43 AM »
The Spirit of Radio. The whole album is great but that's the standout to me.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #13 on: March 26, 2019, 07:27:12 AM »
The Spirit Of Radio. It's a  catchy prog "pop" masterpiece.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2019, 08:33:38 AM »
Man, what a great album!

Natural Science gets this one, although all the other tracks are also great! Natural Science is also my favorite Rush epic.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #15 on: March 26, 2019, 09:18:14 AM »
I voted Jacob's Ladder, but I'm way out of step with the group on this album.

My order of the songs:
Jacob's Ladder
Entre Nous
Difference Strings
Freewill
The Spirit of Radio
Natural Science
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #16 on: March 26, 2019, 09:44:11 AM »
This is my favorite Rush record. Every track is amazing. I went with Jacob's Ladder
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2019, 10:50:05 AM »
1. Natural Science
2. Jacob's Ladder
3. Freewill
4. The Spirit of Radio
5. Entre Nous
6. Different Strings

Not a bad track on the album, and a lot of the margins between songs are almost non-existent.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #18 on: March 26, 2019, 01:05:14 PM »
Zero votes for Freewill? Really?
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #19 on: March 26, 2019, 01:56:24 PM »
Yup, really.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #20 on: March 26, 2019, 02:50:44 PM »
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Zero votes for Freewill? Really?

It's a great song. I just wouldn't put it above the others.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #21 on: March 26, 2019, 04:52:23 PM »
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Zero votes for Freewill? Really?

It's a great song. I just wouldn't put it above the others.

And yet Different Strings got a vote!
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #22 on: March 26, 2019, 05:47:40 PM »
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Zero votes for Freewill? Really?

It's a great song. I just wouldn't put it above the others.

And yet Different Strings got a vote!

And now Free Will does too! People, eh?
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #23 on: March 26, 2019, 05:52:32 PM »
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #25 on: March 26, 2019, 05:54:03 PM »
Jacob's Ladder is my favorite, but I gave Freewill the vote so it wouldn't get shut out.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #26 on: March 26, 2019, 07:26:36 PM »
Natural Science.

Amazing album.
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« Reply #27 on: March 27, 2019, 06:16:46 AM »
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Zero votes for Freewill? Really?

It's a great song. I just wouldn't put it above the others.

And yet Different Strings got a vote!

It's the least memorable song on the album. It's not bad or filler, it's just an OK ballad, nothing special.

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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #28 on: March 27, 2019, 07:20:36 AM »
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Zero votes for Freewill? Really?

It's a great song. I just wouldn't put it above the others.

And yet Different Strings got a vote!

I love that song.   It's not Jacob's Ladder, but it's better than Natural Science (in my view). 
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #29 on: March 27, 2019, 07:45:46 AM »
Easily chose Natural Science - my favorite Rush song. Especially love the version on Different Stages with the 12-string(?) version of the intro.
 
 
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Jacob's Ladder is my favorite, but I gave Freewill the vote so it wouldn't get shut out.
So you're fixing the poll, are ya?!?   :biggrin:
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #30 on: March 27, 2019, 12:37:08 PM »
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Zero votes for Freewill? Really?

It's a great song. I just wouldn't put it above the others.

And yet Different Strings got a vote!

I love that song.   It's not Jacob's Ladder, but it's better than Natural Science (in my view).

I dig it too, but not in a million years would I rank Different Strings as the best song on the album.  As I said, there's not a bad track on this album, and DS is the simply the least of six great songs.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #31 on: March 27, 2019, 12:45:29 PM »
Listened to this album yesterday on the road. Feelings were about as I remembered. There is a small part in the middle of JL that keeps it from being a top 3 Rush song for me. Otherwise I still go with NS and JL as 1 and 1a. EN was slightly better than I remembered. Freewill suffers from me hearing it too often, Spirit of Radio however does not.
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #32 on: March 27, 2019, 01:37:54 PM »
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« Reply #33 on: March 29, 2019, 12:55:21 PM »
A pretty flawless album for me. Went with Natural Science for THAT riff
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Re: Favorite track on Rush's Permanent Waves?
« Reply #34 on: March 29, 2019, 07:41:20 PM »
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Easily chose Natural Science - my favorite Rush song. Especially love the version on Different Stages with the 12-string(?) version of the intro.


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