The Big Rush Question (( What Is The Best Rush Song Ever))

[OU812]

HERE IS MY PICK
HEMISPHERES

Note from RT: I am allowing this to stay in polls because it is nearly impossible to have a poll with this many options. OU812 - maybe you can close this out at some point and put all the songs mentioned into an official poll.

[OU812]

MY 3 WORST RUSH SONGS ARE
1 TOM SAWYER
2 RED BARCHETTA
3 LIMELIGHT

[malja316]

I have to agree with you OU, Hemispheres is my favorite Rush song as well. Xanadu is a close 2nd...

I can understand if you dont care for Tom Sawyer or Limelight as these songs are played on Rock radio all the time and maybe you are sick of hearing them...but Red Barchetta? Wow! I happen to really like that song, definitely in my top 5...

[OU812]

YES WE HAVE TRUE HARD CORE BACK IN THE DAY RUSH FANS ON THIS SITE

[zebrachikodoom]

red barchetta-moving pics
ghost of a chance-roll the bones
making memories- fly by night
2112 overture- 2112
la villa strangiato- a farewell to kings
yyz-moving pics

[OU812]

good list you made the cut

[zebrachikodoom]

cool

[jennbo]

the entire 'farewell to kings' album. LOVE it!!!!! can nevah pick just one!

[OU812]

jennbo you made the cut

[GuitarPLYR]

Xanadu
The Trees
2112 Overture
Something For Nothing
Jacob's Ladder
Red Barchetta


I agree with Tom Sawyer and especially Limelight. Sometimes I thing that is the ONLY song WRNO has in it's library. I never hear Red Barchetta on the radio around here.

[JimsLAwoman]

i can't stop listening to...

The Working Man
2112 Overture The temples of Syrinx
The Trees
and Subdivisions

ever since my sisters boyfriend got me my first Rush cd!!! But i really don't not like a song.

[ZSHOTS]

Subdivisions , Passage to Bankock , Working Man, Freewill , Spirit of The Radio - and even though I would agree -it's "played out" by the radio -Limelight is still a good song !

[jennbo]

Originally posted by malja316

I can understand if you dont care for Tom Sawyer or Limelight as these songs are played on Rock radio all the time and maybe you are sick of hearing them...but Red Barchetta? Wow! I happen to really like that song, definitely in my top 5...

i can never get sick of ANY of those songs!
RUSH is timeless!!!!:)

[Delirious Nomad]

Besides the obvious "Hemispheres" (all parts), I like:

Cygnus X-1
Anthem
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
Natural Science
Working Man


oh yeah,.....and I Think I'm Going Bald....:p


Through the void!
To be destroyed!

[pale rider]

A Passage To Bangkok
Free Will
La Villa Strangiato
2112 Overture
A Farewell To Kings

[Zebra fan 77]

The Spirit of the Radio
A Passage To Bangkok

[OU812]

natural science

[Sue]

Originally posted by OU812
natural science

That song ROCKED on the RUSH in RIO DVD! One of my faves :D

[Sue]

Ok....aside from the standards of Tom Sawyer, Limelight and Closer To The Heart (which I love!) :
Free Will
La Villa Strangiato
The Trees
Sub Divisions
Big Money
2112 Overture
Fly By Night

[chinarain62]

Not a RUSH fan at all - StiX is though...but if I HAD to pick one song....Coldfire

[NY DREAMER]

Not a RUSH fan at all - StiX is though...but if I HAD to pick one song....



Finally someone like me!!! My hubby is a major Rush fan but me I could care less!! My fav would be A passage to Bankok if I had to pick one. Sorry Rush fans don't hate me!!:D

[OU812]

La Villa Strangiato
is in my top 10

[macca]

lemme find my Rush CD's and can probably post at least 20 songs. This band has an incredible body of work.

[Zebra fan 77]

I didn't realize so many folks like The Trees, but that is also one of my Rush favorites as well as, Where's My Thing? from Roll The Bones.

[Wakddood]

Passage to Bangkok
Working Man
Distant Early Warning
Closer to the Heart
Subdivisions
and one that I'll catch hell for- Time Stands Still.:o

[jennbo]

no! i LOVE 'time stands still'! i love aimee mann's voice!!!!!
i think it's a GREAT tune! :)

i like the 'old' stuff the best, but there's a lot of creativity in the songwriting of some of the 'newer' stuff! (which i guess isn't 'new' anymore!)

dang, i was in 8th grade when 'signals' came out, and i remember playing 'subdivisions' over and over a gazillion times! AND new world man! great album.

[chinarain62]

Originally posted by jennbo
no! i LOVE 'time stands still'! i love aimee mann's voice!!!!!
i think it's a GREAT tune! :)

i like the 'old' stuff the best, but there's a lot of creativity in the songwriting of some of the 'newer' stuff! (which i guess isn't 'new' anymore!)

dang, i was in 8th grade when 'signals' came out, and i remember playing 'subdivisions' over and over a gazillion times! AND new world man! great album.

I just heard that tune on XM yesterday!

[Wakddood]

Originally posted by jennbo
dang, i was in 8th grade when 'signals' came out, and i remember playing 'subdivisions' over and over a gazillion times! AND new world man! great album. We must be close to the same age, I think I was in 8th also, maybe 9th. I graduated in 85', a year late.:mad:

[jennbo]

1987:)

[pale rider]

Originally posted by jennbo
1987:)

1976- THe Bicentennial

[chinarain62]

You youngins!

[OU812]

Originally posted by chinarain62
You youngins! thats not the name of a rush song

[Delirious Nomad]

I think it's You YounginZ......
and it's long for YYZ.

:p

[jennbo]

Originally posted by Delirious Nomad
I think it's You YounginZ......
and it's long for YYZ.



LOL! very good:D

[wendell]

My cd changer is all Rush today....three from Rock N Rio, Test for Echo and 2112. Heres the short list of favs.
Freewill-guitar solo kicks ass
Cold fire
The Trees
Ghost of a chance
Lakeside park
2112 overture
Red barchetta
Passage to Bangkok
Distant early warning
Tom Sawyer
Subdivsions
YYZ
Fly by night
Open secrets

[mark]

Witchhunt
Red Barchetta
Afterimage
YYZ

[TPJM]

Seen RUSH 43 times in concert including 4 times in 2002. Got almost every recording they've ever done.

Their best song? Can't pick one but these kick the most-

WHAT YOU'RE DOING - my personal fav

2112
WORKING MAN
MYSTIC RHYTHMS
MIDDLETOWN DREAMS
ANIMATE
XANADU
FORCE TEN
SUBDIVISIONS
LIMELIGHT
RED SECTOR A
TERRITORIES
BY-TOR & SNOWDOG

[OU812]

YES BY TOR

[ronbo11]

Kinda in chronological order:

Working Man
Fly By Night
2112 (the whole friggin' suite)
Closer to the Heart
The Spirit of the Radio
Freewill
Tom Sawyer/Red Barchetta/YYZ
The Trees
Subdivisions
Countdown
Manhattan Project
Show Don't Tell

Take Off - Geddy with Bob and Doug McKenzie

[ZEBRAFREAK]

2112 !!!

[JJD]

Vital Signs
The Trees
The Spirit of the Radio
Finding My Way Home
Limelight
Working Man

[Doorman]

Originally posted by OU812
MY 3 WORST RUSH SONGS ARE
1 TOM SAWYER
2 RED BARCHETTA
3 LIMELIGHT

Whatcha have against "a modern day warrior", "a gleaming alloy aircar" and "a universal dream"?!?:confused:

[Doorman]

Originally posted by Sue
Ok....aside from the standards of Tom Sawyer, Limelight and Closer To The Heart (which I love!) :
Free Will
La Villa Strangiato
The Trees
Sub Divisions
Big Money
2112 Overture
Fly By Night
I would have to agree with Sue whole heartedly!
I also like "Mystic Rhythms"

[Doorman]

Originally posted by Delirious Nomad
I think it's You YounginZ......
and it's long for YYZ.

:p
I know many of you if not MOST know this....so if you do, don't post it and we'll keep everyone else that doesn't in suspense...OKAY!
What in fact IS YYZ?

[rushtrader]

Best Song: Hemispheres - OU812 called it.

Worst song: Everything on "Hold Your Fire". Followed closely by everything on "Power Windows".

RT

[cleaner]

Best song: All of them(except some newer ones)

[OU812]

different strings

[RockinRob1970]

Hemispheres is awesome! Can't get enough of most of them.

Favorite newer song: Ghost of a Chance

[OU812]

hold your fire

[Zebra fan 77]

I have the Neal Peart Instructional DVD from Test for Echo and it is awesome

[OU812]

AND ITS LONG

[Hemisheres2112]

Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
2112
The Fountain of Lamneth
Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage
Xanadu
La Villa Strangiato
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
The Camera Eye

[ronbo11]

Best Song: Hemispheres - OU812 called it.

Worst song: Everything on "Hold Your Fire". Followed closely by everything on "Power Windows".

RT


Wow! Power Windows had Marathon, Mystic Rhythms and The Manhattan Project on it - which I thought were pretty cool tunes. I even liked The Big Money as a "single." Oh well - to each his own! :trampoline:

[hard2handle]

MY 3 WORST RUSH SONGS ARE
1 TOM SAWYER
2 RED BARCHETTA
3 LIMELIGHT

Sorry baby, you know you are going to hear all three of them again on Sat. but you know I will be SMILING BIG TIME!!!!! THE TREES, THE TREES, THE TREES......with your special touch on the......

[2112]

Very hard question. Here are some of my favorites:

Hemispheres (without a doubt my favorite)
2112
Territories
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
Entre Nous
Witch Hunt
A Farewell to Kings


Truth be told, there is only 1 Rush songs I cant stand: Rivendell - As much as I like Lord of the Rings, that song just s u c k s !

[OURSOOOOO]

The Trees
Spirit Of Radio,
Barchetta

Too Many Great Songs To Pick Just One.

[losingit2k]

I would say their BEst Song Ever is Hemispheres!

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