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Author:  paigan0 [ Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:37 am ]
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Grozoeil--4 excellent videos for our enjoyment! Thank you!

Seal and Tony Levin and Brian Blade--this is one of the best versions of Crazy I've seen. Great song.

Dexy's Midnight Runners: Come on Eileen
grozoeil wrote:
Speaking of drinking songs... this major hit single in France during the 90's (and in Europe I guess)
It was a big hit here in the US, too! I used to play this song in my 80s/90s pop/dance cover band (that also played 2112 & Temples of Syrinx because we were AWESOME!) back in the middle 90s.
The chorus is one of the great rock/pop sing-alongs of the 80s--this actually first came out in 1982! Excellent choice, here, Grozoeil. From the WIKI page when I looked up the date:
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"Come On Eileen" won Best British Single at the 1983 Brit Awards and in 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's sixth favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.


Okay, Sabbath! Mob rules! Everything by Sabbath is a sing-along!Image

Skyclad? Never heard of them. Listening...
grozoeil wrote:
If you like the blend between heavy/thrash/punk metal and folk music, I urge you to have a listen to this UK band, Skyclad.
A very good description of their style! Sing-along kicks in at about the 2-minute mark: "Fa la la la la la..." and picks up then launches into a blistering solo! Awesome (short) solo! Nice stuff, thanks, Grozoeil!
Author:  mad_monk [ Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:47 am ]
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlVNrsyjQ7c[/youtube]

Cardiacs. You either "get" them, or you don't.
This singalong used to open their shows, with the whole crowd singing this absurd oath of allegiance to their record company. This version opens their kickass album, Heaven Born and Ever Bright, the rest of which sounds nothing like this. Or anything else.

Mad Monk.
Author:  paigan0 [ Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:07 am ]
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Kev, I have a bunch of Rush songs on my personal rock anthem list, from Temples of Syrinx (only because it's an awesome song, but really because I've actually played it in cover bands!), to your pick, Working Man (wow, great song, singing it now), but I humbly submit their most poppy tune, that not-coincidentally is their biggest hit ever, Moving Pictures' Tom Sawyer. Yes, I know it's over-played (if you can actually overplay Rush), but because it's their most popular hit, it's the one that brings the whole crowd to the feet at the top of their lungs. I've only seen 3 Rush tours but not the Moving Pictures one, which my highschool best buddy went to (he's seen EVERY Rush world tour, he claims). But Tom Sawyer brings all the boys and girls to the sing-along yard. Red Barchetta, even the instrumental (and Grammy winner!) YYZ rocks so hard. Limelight, I could go on. Thanks for the Rush rec!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auLBLk4ibAk[/youtube]
Author:  K Rex [ Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:14 am ]
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You bet, buddy. Thought you guys would like that.

I'm a Hemispheres guy, myself...

K
Author:  paigan0 [ Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:38 am ]
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K Rex wrote:
You bet, buddy. Thought you guys would like that.

I'm a Hemispheres guy, myself...

K
The Trees, from Hemispheres, is one of my all-time favorite Rush tunes. I looked it up to make sure I had the right album and found this interesting blurb about Rush and Hemispheres in their musical journey:

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The album contains examples of Rush's adherence to progressive rock standards including the use of fantasy lyrics, multi-movement song structures, and complex rhythms and time signatures. In the 2010 documentary film Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, the band members comment that the stress of recording Hemispheres was a major factor in their decision to start moving away from suites and long-form pieces in their songwriting. That change in philosophy would manifest itself in the band's next album, the considerably more accessible Permanent Waves. The band's seventh album would mark their commercial success, paving the way for the multi-platinum Moving Pictures.

Hemispheres was so hard to make that it turned them off of the rock operas for a bit. Good stuff!
Author:  paigan0 [ Thu Feb 18, 2016 4:00 pm ]
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mad_monk wrote:
Cardiacs. You either "get" them, or you don't.
This singalong used to open their shows, with the whole crowd singing this absurd oath of allegiance to their record company. This version opens their kickass album, Heaven Born and Ever Bright, the rest of which sounds nothing like this. Or anything else.

Mad Monk.
Cheers, Mad Monk, that's the 4th time someone's praised the Cardiacs here around Stickland. I've never heard of them, and you say this song is not representative of their stuff. I really couldn't even make out what they were singing. But I'm curious...

Wikipedia says:
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Cardiacs are an English rock band formed in 1977, originally as Cardiac Arrest, led by Tim Smith. Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style and for their eccentric, theatrical stage shows, they have been hailed as an influence by bands as diverse as Blur, Faith No More and Radiohead.

Those are 3 bands I like a lot, so I'll check them out! Thanks for that!
Author:  K Rex [ Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:21 pm ]
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Cardiacs are sublime.

K
Author:  v015eyjd [ Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:23 am ]
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paigan0 wrote:
but I humbly submit their most poppy tune, that not-coincidentally is their biggest hit ever, Moving Pictures' Tom Sawyer

I might go with Subdivisions as most poppy.
Author:  v015eyjd [ Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:27 am ]
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K Rex wrote:
You bet, buddy. Thought you guys would like that.
I'm a Hemispheres guy, myself...

Working Man is a great tune. I love Hemispheres as well...and also I really like Caress of Steel. Underrated album IMHO.
Did any of you happen to catch Geddy Lee on "That Metal Show" on VH1 several months ago? He ranked the first bunch of albums. I think it was "Rush" through "Moving Pictures"...can't remember exactly. His rankings may have been the opposite of mine. :)
Author:  MichNS [ Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:56 am ]
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"Poppy" as in most popular with Rush, I'm thinking Working Man as that's the song from their very first album that made them popular in the US that gave them their big break in being discovered. If it were not for that song, it would have taken them longer to make it.

As in most " poppy" with regard to pop music, "Ghost of a Chance" gets my vote, didn't look, either off Presto or Roll the Bones. Local radio stations overplayed that song, in my opinion not one of their best songs. To me it sounds like a garden variety love song that we don't typically expect from Rush.

In the spirit of this thread, watch Rush Live In Rio. The fans in South America were so thrilled with Rish finally playing there, they actually sang along with YYZ which came as a total shock to the band as it's an instrumental. It was like every song was a sing a long to them.
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