YTSEJAM Digest 2714
Today's Topics:
1) Mood songs...
by "Jeremy P. Kube" <j-kube@nh.ultranet.com>
2) This "jam" has turned to total BULLSHIT!!
by Jonathan Case <jcase@ROSSBY.METR.ou.edu>
3) SM
by "Dale R. Newberry" <Dale.R.Newberry@MO.NET>
4) Blind Justice
by "Jeremy P. Kube" <j-kube@nh.ultranet.com>
5) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2711
by Chris Ptacek <someone@enteract.com>
6) What the F#$K!
by "Jeremy P. Kube" <j-kube@nh.ultranet.com>
7) Re: Munetaka Higuchi and Dream Castle (NDTC)
by "Steven C. Young" <syoung@phnx.uswest.net>
8) Paramaecium/Klank
by "Dale R. Newberry" <Dale.R.Newberry@MO.NET>
9) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2713
by Chris Ptacek <someone@enteract.com>
10) My idea of Mood Songs
by "Nicole R. Stachowicz McWatters" <stachowic_n@UHDVX3.DT.UH.EDU>
11) Re: Saviour Machine/Klank
by "Dale R. Newberry" <Dale.R.Newberry@MO.NET>
12) Re: My idea of Mood Songs
by Brandon Elhai <belhai1@gl.umbc.edu>
13) Re: Bad mood songs
by Gustavo Galembeck <gustavog@icmsc.sc.usp.br>
14) My Band's New CD!!
by "Brian K. Adams" <aa467@seorf.Ohiou.Edu>
15) Chirs Donahue
by "Dale R. Newberry" <Dale.R.Newberry@MO.NET>
16) A QUESTION?????
by "Randy Shewey" <randyshewey@msn.com>
17) Rush Chronicle
by Christopher Bellardine <chris154@clam.rutgers.edu>
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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 23:52:15 -0400
From: "Jeremy P. Kube" <j-kube@nh.ultranet.com>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Mood songs...
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970707235215.007adc30@nh.ultranet.com>
someone wrote:
No, this isn't a Pure Moods ad...
I'm wonderin' what songs are out there that ppl listen to when they feel
they're in the shitter, tha dumps, really low 'n shit. Something to
bring you up or just keep your mind preoccupied to prevent the really bad
thoughts to start churning.
My favorites are:
Space Dye Vest
Eve (studio version is on Silent Man single)
November Rain (Gn'R)
Infinity Christmas (Thanks to Gravity, this band will be having a major
label debut in Sept. on Capitol, get it, it'll be worth your money)
Nobody's Hero (Rush)
Right Now (Van Halen)
I have more that I can't remember, but I will remember at some point. Lata, J
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 22:55:20 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jonathan Case <jcase@ROSSBY.METR.ou.edu>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: This "jam" has turned to total BULLSHIT!!
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.970707223942.28095A-100000@rossby>
Losers:
I haven't bothered to post, and it's obvious why!!!!!!!!!!
Where is the fuckin' coordinator?!!??
We once "enforced" rules about posting about homosexuality, religion, etc.
Now, that's about the only thing that everyone has to argue about.
W T F ???!!!
I say again: What the Fuck??!!
Who cares how we have formed our opinions in that area of life. Just
respect everyone else's opinions regardless of what they are. I am a
practicing Christian, and yes, some of these remarks are upsetting me,
but if I wanted to read about rebuttals against my religion, I would look
for another talk group. Nobody should have to be reading crap about
bashing Christians, NOR should non-Christian's or whatever you are, have
to read preaching, with a certain kind of religion trying to be SHOVED
down someone else's throat. CHURCH and community is for that, not our
BELOVED DREAM THEATER jam.
I am sorry that some fellow Christian's think this place should be used
to spread the "Word". I'm also sorry that others have to endure getting
their religion and lifestyles bashed. STOP IT YOU SHIT HEADS!!!!
Again, I say STOP IT SHIT HEADS!
And stop the gay talk. Leave this topic alone.....
Who you screw is your OWN business and your privacy!!!!!
Finally, I ask again, where is the coordinator (is it Pat?) of this jam.
It's gone totally to hell lately. Let's fix this and start talking about
Dream Theater material, the new Enchant CD (I'm shocked that I haven't
stumbled across any comments on them yet....), What's going to happend to
Van Halen? Are they coming out with a new CD sometime?? Also, I've
ordered Lemur Voice's CD, Enchant's "A Blueprint of the world", Echolyn's
"As the World" (I don't know if I have all these titles correct), and
Stratovarious's new CD. Opinion's on these CDs, and NOT on whether I do
people up the ass or otherwise, and NOT questions about whether I believe
in evolution or if we should live on FUCKING Mars. Who GIVES A SHIT??!!
We have a probe there now and it's cool!!
God should send people to hell for not talking about music on here!!!
Jon "in a shitty mood" Case
Now shape up this jam, so I don't have to just delete every message
because I look at the titles of the postings and they're all about
religion, sexuality, etc. It sucks....So, I'm gonna continue to delete
them until it gets better......
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 23:05:01 +0000
From: "Dale R. Newberry" <Dale.R.Newberry@MO.NET>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: SM
Message-ID: <199707080405.XAA08910@Walden.MO.NET>
I don't know if this has been posted yet or not (I have a TON of jams
to go through), but Saviour Machine is supposed to be touring the US
next summer with Spyglass Blue, Eva O, and Wedding Party. I caught
Saviour Machine twice at the Cornerstone Festival this past week.
The first performance of Legend Pt. 1 ever for the second set, and
some stuff from the first two albums for the first set. Met the guys
and chatted some. Really cool people. More details on all that
later, though :).
Dale R. Newberry
P.S. The new Tourniquet rocks. Pretty diverse album. I snagged an
advance copy. It's due out Sept. 2.
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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 23:58:29 -0400
From: "Jeremy P. Kube" <j-kube@nh.ultranet.com>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Blind Justice
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970707235829.007aed30@nh.ultranet.com>
I pulled a CD out of my rack today that I hadn't listened to in about a
year or so. I am glad I did. It was by a "local band" called Blind
Justice out of New Haven Ct. It is Heavy metal with some r&b (they have a
scratcher) and light positive rap (which if it has a backing band that is
cool, can be fun, I like RATM)
Anyways, I really dig this band, has anyone out of the New Haven area seen
or heard of them? Are they back together, still together etc, etc?
Lata, J
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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 23:02:31 -0500
From: Chris Ptacek <someone@enteract.com>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2711
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970708040231.00d792c0@pop.enteract.com>
>From: Graeme Nicholson <lbgn@easynet.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: Ron Thal
>Starting with Hermit is kind of the wrong way round! Ron has one other
>album, "The Adventures of Bumblefoot", and an eight track demo. Bumblefoot
>was before Hermit, and it's entirely instrumental besides a secret comedy
>track on the end. There is NOTHING familiar about his style on Bumblefoot
>to those other guitarists - that's why he stood out to me.
It's as fresh as an Irish Spring, or a Summer's Eve. Ron is a hero
of mine, if you can't tell.
>There's a lot of phenomenal playing on there, and his tracks are wildly
>inventive. Hermit caught me quite off guard with its sound after this, but
>I still think it's a brilliant album. The whole of Bumblefoot has a kind
>of weird humour about it, and there are things he does on there that you
>honestly won't even be able to contemplate what he's doing to the guitar.
But if you bother him enough, he WILL tell you what he's doing! And
I'm transcribing the title track from Bumblefoot for Ron's page
(http://www.prognosis.com/thal MAN I need to work on this page... haven't
done anything to it in a while! I could use some help!) (and I'm doing a
Becker tune on my page at
http://www.prognosis.com/madsman/lessons/becker.htm) so with luck, in about
ten years I'll have tab for all of the album up there!
>Also, Ron's a very nice guy with plenty of time for his praising fans like
>me, he used to write to me a lot.
He's been busy working on music, producing some new bands, and
playing gigs in France (all for the cheese) even though he's from New
Jersey. He is supposedly in a Manowar/Metallica/80's metal tribute band
too. :) Sounds like his type of insanity!
>I'm wonderin' what songs are out there that ppl listen to when they feel
>they're in the shitter, tha dumps, really low 'n shit. Something to
>bring you up or just keep your mind preoccupied to prevent the really bad
>thoughts to start churning.
For me, it's really loud Michael Hedges. The music is so dynamic,
that the volume just makes it amazing. If you listen to Aerial Boundaries
with headphones, or on the stereo, loud enough that you can hear the man
breathe, it will move you. It's just one acoustic guitar track, and an
emotionally inspired genius making perfect music for dreaming and thinking
about the things that have less than pretty soundtracks in your head.
Jason Becker's Perpetual Burn affects me in a similar manner, though
dissimilar to Hedges in every aspect but emotion and true passion for the
music they play.
I would love for everyone to be able to experience these albums in
the way that I do.
>From: impostor@wee.wee
>To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Damn. Passed over again!
Man... I'm always a Bridesmaid...
Chris W. Ptacek Musician and Listener
A.K.A Madsman, on IRC
"Can we search for inspiration -- those ideas that just come
from 'nowhere'? They don't surface when you're tHiNKinG.
They just come. What we CAN do is make fertile the ground
on which idea seeds fall."
- Michael Hedges
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Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 00:01:54 -0400
From: "Jeremy P. Kube" <j-kube@nh.ultranet.com>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: What the F#$K!
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970708000154.007adc30@nh.ultranet.com>
Some imposter loser wrote:
I'm a looser and I listen to the spice girls,
Two can play that game fuckface
What is this crap? Do we need this? Why is this here? I'm one to talk
responding to this bullshit, but something has to be said, COME ON! Let's
talk about SOMETHING, not useless bullshit! I'd rather hear someone talk
about religion then post something as useless as this!
Lata, J
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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 21:03:15 -0700
From: "Steven C. Young" <syoung@phnx.uswest.net>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: Munetaka Higuchi and Dream Castle (NDTC)
Message-ID: <33C1BC03.304@phnx.uswest.net>
'Jammers --
I found this bit of info on the Dokken page:
DIO, Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson, Ty Tabor, Billy Sheehan, Steve Vai and
others have made a CD in Japan called "Munetaka Higuchi and Dream
Castle".
Does anybody know anything about this CD and how to get it?
Steve Y
syoung@phnx.uswest.net
"mmmm...desTROY!!!" -- Motley Crue (intro to Generation Swine CD)
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 23:24:50 +0000
From: "Dale R. Newberry" <Dale.R.Newberry@MO.NET>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Paramaecium/Klank
Message-ID: <199707080424.XAA11742@Walden.MO.NET>
Cool about Paramaecium. I saw the WtAF CD at a booth this past week,
but it was something like $25 or $30.
Also, if anyone digs the heavy industrial-type stuff, check out Klank
if you haven't already. One of the best shows of Cornerstone.
Probably the best crowd for any recent show I've been to. Some
intense beats there. I picked up the Still Suffering CD, too. I
noticed he thanks "Mike and Dream Theatre" in it :). I got the
chance to hang out and chat with Daren Diolosa (main man behind
Klank) some. Very cool guy. Has a lot of energy (evident in the
live show). I think I saw him hanging out at nearly every show I
went to, too.
Dale R. Newberry
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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 23:23:54 -0500
From: Chris Ptacek <someone@enteract.com>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2713
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970708042354.00d7f2fc@pop.enteract.com>
>BTW, anyone know why Ron Thal left Shrapnel?
I don't think it's completely official yet... but I do know the
story. However, I told him I wouldn't tell it, so write him at
bumblefoot@aol.com
>From: "Ollila Marko" <marko.ollila@metsaliitto.fi>
>To: Ytse Jam (Dream Theater Mailing List) <ytsejam@ax.com>
>Subject: Bad mood songs, logic, neo-classical guitar, Mi
>[Bad mood songs]
>For me the best stuff to listen to while I'm having one of my bad mood swings
>is Ulver's "Kveldssanger". It's totally acoustic, utterly depressive and very
>monotone yet very melancholic and beautiful. It just takes me so down that
>there's nowhere to go but up. Mr. Gallop, I know you have this disc too, have
>you used it as a medication for bad mood swings?
Lemme second this. If you ever wanted to buy a black metal album,
don't buy Kveldssanger. :) Ulver is a sick band, with a really beautiful
album there. That album reminds me a lot of Matheos's (Fates Warning) First
Impressions (ANOTHER killer mood album!)
>[Neo-classical guitar]
>We've all heard Yngwie. Forget him, he's gone stale (but I can't wait his
>totally classical album). Some of us have heard of Chris Impellitteri.
>Granted, he shreds like no one else. Can anyone tell me if "Answer to the
>Master" is as good as "Screaming Symphony" and "Stand in Line"? Here's my
>tip of the day for the connoiseurs of neo-classical guitar virtuoso: get
>Timo Tolkki's "Classical Variations and Themes". You'll be surprised.
Well, while I think Yngwies albums have been pretty boring lately,
he is not boring live. The man still has it, eve if the songs sound
similar. He has a style, and YES, there's no denying that there are some
licks that he uses over and over, but live, you manage to forget that.
Timo's almost there, IMO... something still doesn't click with his music for
me. Impelliteri is only fast. Stand in Line had some blazing emotional
solos... but that's where it ended as far as I'm concerned. That 17th
Century Chicken Pickin' tune is so simplistic and tired... I KNOW he still
has it somewhere in him... I just hope he finds it.
>Btw, MICHAEL.ANGELO was here in Helsinki a week ago promoting Washburn
>guitars. How low can a former guitar hero get? Yikes.
YES! Don't knock MICHAEL.ANGELO.! He is still a MAJOR SHRED
MACHINE! :)
Later!
Chris W. Ptacek Musician and Listener
A.K.A Madsman, on IRC
"Can we search for inspiration -- those ideas that just come
from 'nowhere'? They don't surface when you're tHiNKinG.
They just come. What we CAN do is make fertile the ground
on which idea seeds fall."
- Michael Hedges
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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 23:35:31 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Nicole R. Stachowicz McWatters" <stachowic_n@UHDVX3.DT.UH.EDU>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: My idea of Mood Songs
Message-ID: <Pine.PMDF.3.91.970707232958.4710A-100000@DT3.DT.UH.EDU>
Hey! :) I've got a slightly different spin on what I like to listen to
when I'm depressed. Usually, anything by Rush will do it when I want to
pick myself up. :) But that goes without saying. But when I want to
stay depressed (and kind of wallow in self-pitty), I'll listen to movie
soundtracks. Those who know me can understand that. ;) More
specifically, I like the "Somewhere in Time" soundtrack - lots of
classical piano and strings. Really tugs at the ol' heartstrings. The
other is the original motion picture SCORE from the movie
"Philadelphia." If "La Mamma Morta" doesn't make me cry, nothing will. :')
Oh, and my new hubby Ken wants to add somthing. :)
Dionyzus here. :) I just wanted to say that they may not have originated
the blues, but Led Zeppelin taught me the blues. I always go back to them
when I'm down. :)
Happy 'Jamming! :)
-Nicole & Ken McWatters
Nicole Rene Stachowicz McWatters | The sleep is still in my eyes
Undergrad Professional Writing Major | The dream is still in my head
University of Houston-Downtown | I close my eyes and ... smile
stachowic_n@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu | And lie a while in bed.
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/5039 |
Kirby on irc.dreamt.org | "Soliloquy" _2112_ by Rush
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 23:54:44 +0000
From: "Dale R. Newberry" <Dale.R.Newberry@MO.NET>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: Saviour Machine/Klank
Message-ID: <199707080454.XAA15623@Walden.MO.NET>
> Carnival of Souls (Dale? I'm not sure on that one.)
Yep, that's the one :)
>They hope to release their CD-ROM in December 1997
Whoa, I didn't catch that. Cool :).
>I took 3 rolls of p[ictures at the SM shows.
Let me know how they turn out.
I must agree that this was one (well, two) KILLER show. The sound
mix was excellent, too, especially for playing under a tent on a
small stage.
Man, I've got Klank's album in the player right now. Parts remind me
a bit of Fear Factory at times, but not quite as "Cookie Monster,"
vocally, and a bit slower and moodier in parts.
Dale R. Newberry
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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:54:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brandon Elhai <belhai1@gl.umbc.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Re: My idea of Mood Songs
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.95.970708005255.22077A-100000@umbc8.umbc.edu>
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Nicole R. Stachowicz McWatters wrote:
> Hey! :) I've got a slightly different spin on what I like to listen to
> pick myself up. :) But that goes without saying. But when I want to
> soundtracks. Those who know me can understand that. ;) More
> "Philadelphia." If "La Mamma Morta" doesn't make me cry, nothing will. :')
> Oh, and my new hubby Ken wants to add somthing. :)
> Dionyzus here. :) I just wanted to say that they may not have originated
> when I'm down. :)
> Happy 'Jamming! :)
Jeez Nicole. Are you always happy or something? I think I count 7 smileys.
Brandon
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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 01:57:44 -0300 (EST)
From: Gustavo Galembeck <gustavog@icmsc.sc.usp.br>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: Bad mood songs
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970708013521.3696A-100000@oca>
Hey, that's a good point! It's great to know that I'm not the only
person who looks for songs that can bring a little peace of mind...
Well, in my opinion no one makes this better than Kai Hansen and his
band, Gamma Ray. Listen to these songs and say if you don't aggree with
me:
- Heaven can wait
- Rebellion in Dreamland
- Miracle
- Man On A Mission/Faerytale
- Time to Break Free
Non-Gamma powerful songs:
- Judgement of Heaven, Wasted Years, Infinite Dreams, Revelations
(Iron Maiden)
- Season Of Change (Stratovarius)
- Make Believe, Carry On (Angra)
- Another Day, Lifting Shadows Off A Dream (try to find the name of
this band out!)
Breck!
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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 01:04:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Brian K. Adams" <aa467@seorf.Ohiou.Edu>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: My Band's New CD!!
Message-ID: <199707080504.BAA25266@big.seorf.ohiou.edu>
Hello all.....
For anyone who caught James Carey's post over the weekend I just thought I
would give any of you who were interested a little insight. I live near
Athens, Ohio and I just had my first jammer sighting since I subscribed to
this list back in 1994. James moved to my area from New York and stopped
into the music store I was working in
Well, to the point, my band, Girth, just released our first CD entitled
Brain Cloud. We've been described as Kings X meets Alice In Chains (I don't
know if I agree or not...) James checked it out and apparently liked what
he heard. I just wanted to let all of you know that our web page is not
finished yet, but if any of you would like to check out a sound clip, cover
art, band pix, bio, etc. Drop me a line and I'll email you one. Or if you
would like to pick up a CD send me a check or money order for $12 made
payable to Sideways Eight Productions and I'll send you a copy postage
paid. Here's the info:
Sideways Eight Productions
PO Box 232
Nelsonville, Ohio 45764-0232
aa467@seorf.ohiou.edu
Message text written by "James Carey" YTSEJAM 2698
> Also, KUDOS to Brian Adams out in Athens, Ohio... His bands album Brain
>Cloud is one of the best I've heard in a long time. Very heavy tight
>rhythms, with extremely melodic undertones which really stand out in many
>tracks and make the album what it is... and thats a balls to the wall
>Progressive metal album. Definatly check it out.
>ArchAngel
>fish69@juno.com
I hope some of you will check out our CD and let me know what you think.
Brian Adams
aa467@seorf.ohiou.edu
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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:15:06 +0000
From: "Dale R. Newberry" <Dale.R.Newberry@MO.NET>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Chirs Donahue
Message-ID: <199707080515.AAA20394@Walden.MO.NET>
Oh yeah, for anyone interested, Chris Donahue, formerly of Circle of
Dust and Vigilantes of Love, is now the bassist for Sixpence None the
Richer.
Dale R. Newberry
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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 97 03:11:59 UT
From: "Randy Shewey" <randyshewey@msn.com>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: A QUESTION?????
Message-ID: <UPMAIL16.199707080510580379@msn.com>
QUESTION: What do you call a thread on ytsejam? ANSWER: A ROPE(2
reasons). 1. because it takes a chainsaw to cut the damm thing. 2.If I have to
read anymore of this homo/religious crap I'm gonna start looking for one..
DTC PLEASE... RANDY SHEWEY.
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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 97 1:30:53 EDT
From: Christopher Bellardine <chris154@clam.rutgers.edu>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Rush Chronicle
Message-ID: <CMM-RU.1.5.868339853.chris154@clam.rutgers.edu>
Chronicles I would get Caress of Steel. I haven't heard too
much mention of it, but it may still be my 70's favorite. The
Necromancer, and the Fountain of Lamneth are two Excellent songs not on
Chronicles. Next would be Fly By Night only because By-Tor is not on
Chronicles, and Rivendell is a great song to meditate or fall asleep to.
I think Fly By Night is excellent, but slightly overated. 2112 has to be
purchased asap. Something For Nothing, Tears, and Twilight Zone are all
tremendous songs. AFTK is also a necessity. Xanadu, Closer to the Heart,
and Cygnus X1 rock hard. Hemispheres is probably my second favorite 70's
progressive rock instrumentals of all time. The song Hemispheres is
totally progressive and one of my favorites. Permanent Waves, one hell of
an album, but I would agree that this was their first transitionary album.
Natural Science, Jacobs Ladder, The Spirit of Radio, and Different Strings
are all superb progressive songs. Moving Pictures, probably their best
produced and most popular album. Why the hell isn't YYZ on Chronicles.
Signals IMHO is another transitionary album, but very good and still
progressive. The Weapon, Losing It, Subdivisions, and The Analog Kid are
all killer tunes; definitely more keyboard oriented, except for Analog Kid
and The Enemy Within. I think this album is overproduced and not very
progressive at all, but I still listen to it because it's Rush. Power
Windows is pretty good, and more progressive than GUP. Manhatton Project,
Marathon, and Big Money, and Territories are all songs to be listened to
over and over again. This album was cool because you could hear Neil,
Geddy, and Alex sort of doing their own thing on each song. Hold Your
Fire is a little disappointing to me. My 3 favorite songs on this album
are Mission, Turn the Page, and Lock and Key. I skip pretty much
everything else. Presto got too much negative criticism. Show Don't Tell
Tide as well. Roll the Bones was totally different album in itself, and
very keyboard commercialized. Needless to say I like it. Bravado, and
Ghost of A Chance are real good songs, but not very progressive sounding.
Leave That Thing Alone is the first true instrumental done in years. It's
real good, but not even close to YYZ or La Villa. Counterparts I didn't
like very much at first, but the guitar work on really grew on me, and I
would agree that it's Alex's best album since Moving Pictures. I think
Counterparts was their most progressive sounding album since Signals.
Test for Echo is good, but I don't find myself listening to it much. For
UW PICO(tm) 2.8 File: .../chris154/.mm-outgoing.1399 Modified
Tide as well. Roll the Bones was totally different album in itself, and
very keyboard commercialized. Needless to say I like it. Bravado, and
Ghost of A Chance are real good songs, but not very progressive sounding.
Leave That Thing Alone is the first true instrumental done in years. It's
real good, but not even close to YYZ or La Villa. Counterparts I didn't
like very much at first, but the guitar work on really grew on me, and I
would agree that it's Alex's best album since Moving Pictures. I think
Counterparts was their most progressive sounding album since Signals.
Test for Echo is good, but I don't find myself listening to it much. For
some reason I think I got bored of it. I find Limbo to be their very
weakest instrumental. The Color of Right, Dog Years, Time and Motion, and
the title track are definitely good progresive songs. Maybe my opinion of
this album will change like counterparts.
Needless to say Rush has a hell of a lot of albums, and they are a great
live band. For the Beginner Rush fan I would recommend Chronicles, but I
would stongly recommend Caress of Steel.
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