The Rad RUSH 57
Because I couldn't pick just 50. List is best 57 Rush songs. Top 25 ranked hard. Band Rules and stuff. |
| 1 |  | Rush
Permanent Waves
THE SPIRIT OF RADIO - Ah, The Spirit of Radio. The opening salvo on the first record released in the 1980s. It was a tumultuous time. An age of excess. An era personified by greed, repugnant fashion, and miles of cocaine. A co-mingling of unabashed tomfoolery, of unbridled skullduggery, of unmitigated ballyhoo. The track was a soothsayer. Released on the first day of the decade, it accurately predicted the scope of the pop-cultural and socio-economic mores of the time. It?s a song about riffs and how riffs make you feel. A song about how riffs are the best things in life. Without fear of retribution, it brilliantly scathes the notion how some exploit riffs for profit. How "prophets" is code for studio walls and concert halls and abusing the purest aspects of them. It perfectly encapsulates human nature, courageously calling out the corrupt aspects of life and telling us to ignore them anyway. To embrace the things that are inherently perfect despite their scars. We?re talking about music. The power and freedom of music. One of the few entities that carries across generations, that can inspire a timid man to hate rape a grizzly bear, or an evil man to hug puppies and sh*t rainbows. It?s that powerful, that inspiring, and that meaningful. It?s a spirit that ever lingers. |
| 2 |  | Rush
Moving Pictures
LIMELIGHT - The melodic guitar line in the chorus is the best moment in the history of music. |
| 3 |  | Rush
Signals
SUBDIVISIONS - Song is impossibly huge without being huge. |
| 4 |  | Rush
Power Windows
MANHATTAN PROJECT - Imagine a time, when it all began |
| 5 | | Rush
Moving Pictures
RED BARCHETTA - Best song about a car ever |
| 6 |  | Rush
Fly By Night
FLY BY NIGHT - Simple, yet one of the best songs of all time |
| 7 |  | Rush
Rush
FINDING MY WAY - In 1991, Hit Parader said this was one of the best metal songs ever. m/ |
| 8 | | Rush
Moving Pictures
TOM SAWYER - duh |
| 9 | | Rush
Power Windows
Mystic Rhythms - This has always been my jam. Chorus is fucking GODLY. |
| 10 |  | Rush
A Farewell to Kings
CLOSER TO THE HEART - I mean, it got KILL into Rush |
| 11 | | Rush
Rush
WORKING MAN - Since I'm all about the RAWK I value the first two albums much higher than most. |
| 12 |  | Rush
2112
2112 - Mostly for the first 8 minutes. |
| 13 | | Rush
Fly By Night
ANTHEM - riffs so hard |
| 14 | | Rush
Permanent Waves
FREEWILL - whoa the solo dude |
| 15 | | Rush
A Farewell to Kings
XANADU - If I progged harder this would probably be in the top 5 |
| 16 |  | Rush
Hold Your Fire
TIME STANDS STILL - best power ballad ever |
| 17 | | Rush
Signals
ANALOG KID - goes hard |
| 18 | | Rush
Rush
BEFORE & AFTER - love that intro, song rules |
| 19 |  | Rush
Hemispheres
CYGNUS BOOK 2 - damn this progs hard |
| 20 | | Rush
Hemispheres
THE TREES - Ah, The Trees. The song makes me think of the Kurt Vonnegut short story "Harrison Bergeron", which presents a world where absolutely social equality is enforced by crippling those with special abilities so they are at the same level as the lowest common denominator. It's essentially a clever retelling of the "tall poppy syndrome", where people want to cut people with more money, talent, better looks, or whatever, down to size. I'm not sure if at the end the maples have arranged to have the oaks literally cut down to size, or if the maples' agitations have led to the whole forest being clear cut, but either way it's a clever jibe at those who nurse resentments and want to bring down those above them in some way. |
| 21 |  | Rush
Caress of Steel
BASTILLE DAY - used to hate this song till I realized it has the same riff as an AC/DC song which rules. |
| 22 |  | Rush
Clockwork Angels
HEADLONG FLIGHT - because of the RIFFS |
| 23 | | Rush
Signals
NEW WORLD MAN - yeah |
| 24 | | Rush
Fly By Night
BY TOR AND THE SNOW DOG - the start of prog |
| 25 |  | Rush
Roll The Bones
BRAVADO - we wont count the cost. |
| 26 |  | Rush
Counterparts
ANIMATE - album rules |
| 27 | | Rush
Hold Your Fire
FORCE TEN - TOUGH TIMES DEMAND TOUGH TALK |
| 28 |  | Rush
Presto
THE PASS - Geddy said this was one of his favorite jams |
| 29 | | Rush
Permanent Waves
NATURAL SCIENCE - progs kinda hard |
| 30 | | Rush
2112
LESSONS - underrated hard |
| 31 | | Rush
Power Windows
THE BIG MONEY - the old time religion |
| 32 | | Rush
Counterparts
CUT TO THE CHASE - rules |
| 33 | | Rush
A Farewell to Kings
FAREWELL TO KINGS - love that acoustic |
| 34 | | Rush
Hemispheres
LA VILLA STRANGIATO - duh |
| 35 | | Rush
Roll the Bones
ROLL THE BONES - hip hop interlude goes hard |
| 36 | | Rush
Presto
AVAILABLE LIGHT - melodic and tasty |
| 37 | | Rush
Permanent Waves
JACOBS LADDER - rules |
| 38 |  | Rush
Grace Under Pressure
BETWEEN THE WHEELS - chorus rules hard |
| 39 |  | Rush
Vapor Trails
ONE LITTLE VICTORY - back from hiatus hard |
| 40 | | Rush
Rush
WHAT YOURE DOING - that riff |
| 41 | | Rush
Moving Pictures
YYZ - airport codes rule |
| 42 | | Rush
Presto
ANAGRAM - rules |
| 43 | | Rush
Fly By Night
IN THE END - rules |
| 44 | | Rush
Roll The Bones
DREAMLINE - we are young and rule |
| 45 |  | Rush
Test For Echo
RESIST - damn tough to.....................RESIST |
| 46 | | Rush
Counterparts
COLD FIRE - grunges hard |
| 47 | | Rush
Clockwork Angels
CARAVAN - rules |
| 48 | | Rush
Caress of Steel
FOUNTAIN OF LANMETH - Ah, The Fountain of Lamneth. The idea that this song is about a person's life cycle is interesting. Still, anyone with familiarity with LSD will attest that this song has a psychedelic interpretation. "(eyes) are open very wide" refers to the large pupils of an LSD taker. The "no one at the bridge" part tells of the horrors of a bad trip. "Panacea" relates the blessing of a good trip. "Have I left my life behind" refers to the feeling during a trip that the tripper has "died" and been resurrected. The beginning and end parts pertain to the "I AM THAT I AM" god-definition of "yahweh", a solipsistic experience of godhood that psychedelic-takers and religious mystics have. There is zero chance that this song has no psychedelic connotations. |
| 49 | | Rush
2112
PASSAGE TO BANGKOK - riffs |
| 50 | | Rush
Grace Under Pressure
DISTANT EARLY WARNING - red alert |
| 51 | | Rush
Hold Your Fire
LOCK & KEY - rules |
| 52 | | Rush
Counterparts
STICK IT OUT - grunges hard |
| 53 | | Rush
Test For Echo
TEST FOR ECHO - rules |
| 54 | | Rush
Vapor Trails
EARTHSHINE - Sludges Hard |
| 55 | | Rush
Hold Your Fire
TAI SHAN - and CHINA SANG TO ME |
| 56 |  | Rush
Snakes & Arrows
FAR CRY - rules |
| 57 | | Rush
Clockwork Angels
THE WRECKERS - it was between this and Ghost Rider, tough choice. |
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