So I've been following along but it's been a busy week for me, so here's my first reply since the ranking posts began. Let's catch up on the bottom ten thirteen of the Top 75:
75 Roll the Bones - ranked 89th for me. I like it enough, but I guess not Top Half of Rush material.
74 Double Agent - ranked 113th. It's good, but I guess the sorter showed me I didn't like it all that much.
73 Prime Mover - ranked 61st. Very good song, one of the better ones off HYF.
72 Open Secrets - ranked 83rd. Another good one from HYF.
71 Test for Echo - ranked 104th. TFE was never my favorite Rush album, and as good as the title track is, I guess I didn't sort it highly.
70 Fly by Night - ranked 121st. Early Rush probably didn't get very far in my sorter ranking, though I do enjoy this one a bit.
69 Presto - ranked 85th. I'm surprised it landed in the overall top 75, but it's an enjoyable tune. I think the live bump definitely helped it.
68 Countdown - ranked 105th. I like it well enough, but I never got overly excited about this Signals closer.
67 The Necromancer - ranked 87th. A strong "epic" from early Rush, and probably my favorite track off COS. Surprised to see it so high!
66 Emotion Detector - ranked 30th. I wonder if the other 7 POW songs are ranked higher in this Top 75? I mean, I love Power Windows, soooooo...
65 Everyday Glory - ranked 76th for me. It just barely missed my Top 75, but it's a good closer from one of my favorite Rush albums.
64 Show Don't Tell - ranked 72nd. Probably one of the best tracks on Presto, a very good opener.
63 Something For Nothing - ranked 94th. As much as I enjoy "2112" the song, Side B was never really something I truly enjoyed, as good as this album closer is. Also, there have been quite a few album openers/closers so far...interesting.
Very interesting ranking so far, a very good spread across Rush's career from FBN up to TFE and only one album with two songs so far.
It'll be interesting to see how many of these Top 75 were songs that weren't played live by the band. So far, it looks like "Open Secrets", "Emotion Detector" and "Everyday Glory".
(As I was typing this, Kev threw out 65-63, so I've edited my post before posting it. lol)
-Marc.