These guys know their Rush

[UnephenStephen]

what would be your list of 12?

[Steve983]

what would be your list of 12?

Too many to choose from!

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[miamiscot]

Anything from Caress Of Steel to Signals works for me!!!

[Garden Dreamer]

An enjoyable watch but no way could I narrow the Rush catalog down to 12 songs.

[UnephenStephen]

come on dudes, play along. this is supposed to be a fun exercise.

[mozo-pg]

I'm honestly not sure what songs but my favourite album is for the first show I saw with the band when they were drawing 3 or 4 thousand in 1976 - 2112. I think Hemispheres follows closely.

[GuitarGeek]

They better know their Rush. They've spent the last 30 years trying to outdo them at their own game.

[UnephenStephen]

i'm gonna do 15 just to make it a little easier (listed chronologically)..

AFtK - AFtK
Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres - Hemispheres
The Trees
LaVilla
Jacobs Ladder - Permanent Waves
Tom Sawyer - Moving Pictures
Red Barchetta
The Camera Eye
Subdivisions - Signals
Afterimage - GUP
Grand Designs - PW
Open Secrets - HYF
High Water
The Pass - Presto
Between Sun and Moon - Counterparts

i really wanted to add 3 from CPs but was down to 1. luckily i didn't care for RtB or TfE or any of their last 3 albums so that made it a bit easier.

[everyday]

All of Signals (8) + Time Stands Still, The Body Electric, Spirit of Radio, Closer to the Heart.

[Garden Dreamer]

Okay, the only way I could make this a challenge for myself is to choose 12 songs from the post-Broon era because there's nothing from AFTK through Signals that I could eliminate:

Distant Early Warning
The Big Money
Marathon
Mission
Where's My Thing?
Leave That Thing Alone
Driven
How It Is
Far Cry
Malignant Narcissism
Caravan
Headlong Flight

[BravadoNJ]

i was surprised that John picked Mission, that's one of my favorites and under rated.

[Steve983]

I'd have to have 12 from the 70's and 12 from the 80's at least but even then there would be too much left out.

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[starless and bible black]

My pick of 12 Rush songs is:
"2112"
"Closer To The Heart"
"Cygnus X-1"
"La Villa Strangiato"
"The Sprit Of Radio"
"Tom Saywer"
"Vital Signs"
"Subdivsions"
"Far Cry"
"Spindrift"
"Caravan"
"The Anarchist"

[Vic2012]

Working Man
Anthem
Fountain of Lamneth
Overture/Temples
Something For Nothing
A Farewell to Kings
Cygnus X-1: Book 1
Cygnus Book II
The Trees
Natural Science
Jacob's Ladder
The Camera Eye

[moecurlythanu]

Thought I'd drop this in here, because everyone needs a little honey with their breakfast.

[pianomankd]

The entire Vapor Trails album..... before the remastering.....

[ytserush]

An enjoyable watch but no way could I narrow the Rush catalog down to 12 songs.

I can almost make it to 12 that I'm not into.

[UnephenStephen]

i guess i'm the only one who didn't like any of their last 3 albums. to me they were just too samey. not nearly as original as their classic stuff.

[Jerjo]

Post-Broon era is a good idea

The Garden
Distant Early Warning
The Big Money
Marathon
Red Sector A
The Main Monkey Business
Driven
Time Stand Still
Far Cry
Malignant Narcissism
Earthshine
Caravan
Headlong Flight
Double Agent
Dreamline
Neurotica

[ThomasKDye]

The entire discography, and yes, this was hard:

1) A Farewell to Kings
2) Hemispheres
3) La Villa Strangiato
4) Free Will
5) The Camera Eye
6) Vital Signs
7) The Analog Kid
8) Chemistry
9) The Body Electric
10) Between the Wheels
11) Manhattan Project
12) Cold Fire

Some people might look at these choices and go "HUH?" but these are all the Rush songs that are 100% guaranteed to give me an endorphin rush from minute 1 to minute whatever. All the stuff I left off is good too, but it's kind of like leaving off the "85% success" songs for the "100% success" songs.

(Honorable Mentions: "Bastille Day," "Entre Nous," "Countdown," "Distant Early Warning," "Roll the Bones"[yes, even the rap], "Caravan".)

[ThomasKDye]

i guess i'm the only one who didn't like any of their last 3 albums. to me they were just too samey. not nearly as original as their classic stuff.

I didn't either, honestly. Each album has about 5-7 songs I'm merely okay with and the rest are disposable:

Vapor Trails: One Little Victory, Ceiling Unlimited, How It Is, The Stars Look Down, Secret Touch
Snakes and Arrows: Far Cry, Spindrift, Hope, The Main Monkey Business, Faithless, Bravest Face, Malignant Narcissism
Clockwork Angels: Caravan, BU2B (and BU2B2), Seven Cities of Gold, Wish Them Well, The Garden.

Also, Test for Echo has not aged well for me either.

[Steve983]

i guess i'm the only one who didn't like any of their last 3 albums. to me they were just too samey. not nearly as original as their classic stuff.

Vapor Trails is the only one that i dont like at all, not even one song. After a few years have passed I'm not that keen on a lot of CA either, S&A fares better. My golden era for Rush ends at the the end of the 80's with Presto.

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[UnephenStephen]

thinking about it now, i'd have to add Driven and Time and Motion from TfE to my list making a total of 17.

[chalkpie]

i guess i'm the only one who didn't like any of their last 3 albums. to me they were just too samey. not nearly as original as their classic stuff.

No, the last Rush album that I can enjoy from soup-to-nuts is Roll the Bones (and everything prior of course...love all of those albums). Counterparts is where the downfall started for me. I'm ok with it.

[moecurlythanu]

come on dudes, play along. this is supposed to be a fun exercise.

12 Rush songs? Soitenly.

1) Red Barchetta
2) Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
3) The Trees
4) Natural Science
5) Time Stand Still
6) High Water
7) Xanadu
8) 2112
9) Jacob's Ladder
10) Mission
11) Red Sector A
12) Dreamline