Favorite tune from Rush- Moving Pictures

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And here we are. The last album before they went overkill with the keyboards, but I digress. This is a tough one to call. There's really not a bad song here, and for me, it's a toss up between Tom Sawyer and Red Barchetta, with ol' Tom narrowly getting my vote.

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"Limelight" is easily my favorite on this one.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 40990 Age : 56

Tough call. It's a really good album start to finish. I decided to go with Red Barchetta.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3325 Age : 53

"Limelight" narrowly over "Red Barchetta".

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I'd have to flip a coin to decide between "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight"...

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There's Chinese water torture and then there's picking the best tune off Moving Pictures. Painfully impossible.

However, I'll nod in the direction of Tom Sawyer. It's a rarity, really. One of those few tunes that are timeless, never gets boring after years of repeated listening, still fresh and awe-inspiring to this day. I swear they made a deal with the devil when throwing this song together.

The whole album is so freaking inspired and hum-worthy. Red Barchetta still gets stuck in my head even when I haven't been listening to it. Limelight is probably the tightest song they ever wrote. Camera Eye oozes this otherworldly atmosphere that I just love to sink in. I could go on; every track is a masterpiece here.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 2477 Age : 53

Easy - Red Barchetta since the first time I ever heard it when I first heard the album back in the day.

Metal Wanker Number of posts : 6039 Age : 56

Stellar album, went with Tom but I could go with Red Barchetta or Limelight without any problems, songs that never get old.

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

I went with Red Barchetta but this to me is the last truly great Rush album and it has a bunch of great tracks.

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tohostudios wrote:: I went with Red Barchetta but this to me is the last truly great Rush album and it has a bunch of great tracks.

But Counterparts!

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Can't say for sure whether I ever even heard anything from Counterparts. As Sword mentioned in the original post for this thread after Moving Pictures Rush just got way too much into keyboards for my tastes; to me they turned into a slightly heavier Yes and that's not a good thing in my book.

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Still think you need to check out Vapor Trails.

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tohostudios wrote:: Can't say for sure whether I ever even heard anything from Counterparts. As Sword mentioned in the original post for this thread after Moving Pictures Rush just got way too much into keyboards for my tastes; to me they turned into a slightly heavier Yes and that's not a good thing in my book.

Although they were still there to an extent, 1989's Presto album was where the keyboards were used a lot less. Vapor Trails has no keys at all. Clockwork Angels, though, is just a beast of an album. That was literally the perfect swansong for them.

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This album was one of the first metal (back then it was considered metal) albums I ever heard. My cousin played Tom Sawyer on his mom's boyfriends killer stereo system and I was hooked. My vote went to Witch Hunt though. Mainly because it blew me away at how fast some of the drumming was on such a slow doomy sounding song. I love the whole album, but that one is still my favorite.

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Gotta go with Limelight on this one.

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Ye this one is very difficult to pick a number 1. I will have to get back to you. Smile

Subject: Re: Favorite tune from Rush- Moving Pictures Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:45 am

Limelight all the way!

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Limelight gets my vote. Easily could have chosen Tom Sawyer.

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Tom Sawyer

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tohostudios wrote:: Can't say for sure whether I ever even heard anything from Counterparts. As Sword mentioned in the original post for this thread after Moving Pictures Rush just got way too much into keyboards for my tastes; to me they turned into a slightly heavier Yes and that's not a good thing in my book.

Toho. You're gonna have to trust me on Counterparts.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 2477 Age : 53

Yeah, I like Counterparts but haven't played it in years. need to play it again. I remember the day it was released it was the first time I remember an album being available at midnight on release day. I was in college and we went to the music store at midnight and I picked it up. I think Pearl jam also released an album the same day and 99% of the people there were waiting to buy Pearl Jam. Not me, I grabbed Counterparts! I lost interest in Rush with GUP. I was not a fan of the keyboard albums but each album has some great songs. So for that era I have "Show Of Hands" which has the best tracks from that era and that is all I need. Counterparts was a nice return to Alex on guitar and subtle keyboards.