Any thoughts on this lp, beyond he has a high voice? This and the lp before it are the highwater marks of their cannon, IMO.
Actually, IMO, his voice is even higher on the albums that came before Permanent Waves! But seriously, I agree with you on that PW and Moving Pictures are the 2 best Rush albums in their long history. I am not a diehard like some people here (most notably Surfguy) but to me both Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures are the best because there is not a single wasted note on ANY track. So many artists release albums with filler on it but there is no filler whatsoever on either one of those albums. When you have songs like "Tom Sawyer", "Limelight", "Red Barchetta", and the scorching instrumental, "YYZ" as your first side, you could probably put sounds of monkeys farting for the second side and still have an above average album on your hands. Yet, I have grown to like the last 3 songs or second side of Moving Pictures more than the first. After Moving Pictures, I think they went a little too heavy on the synthesizers although there are some tracks that I do like (most notably Distant Early Warning) but for Moving Pictures and the album before it, they had the right mix of synths with everything else. As you can see I am on a heavy prog-rock kick along with some jazz fusion and corporate rock. Not stuff I want to listen to exclusively but good stuff, IMO, to listen to every once and awhile. And to be honest with you TnF, out of all the stuff I have listened to in the past week - I think the Day from Night album by Spock's Beard and the In Absentia album by Porcupine Tree have been the best.
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Yes - The Fragile Weather Report - self-titled debut Genesis - A Trick of the Tail Return to Forever - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
Foo Fighters - Waisting Light (catchy after a couple of listening to's) Black Country Communion - 2 (love the guitar work) Jerky Boys - 1 thru 4 (makes me tear up at my desk when I'm working) Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire Van Halen II
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Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns Geographer - Animal Shapes ... and pretty much anything from Mord Fustang and Wolfgang Gartner (They don't have formal albums out!) All of that stuff is highly recommended!
Currently: Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest of Times Flogging Molly - Speed of Darkness The Decemberists - The Crane Wife Death Cab for Cutie - You Can Play These Songs With Chords BOC - Fire of Unknown Origin Montrose Black Sabbath - Paranoid Chickasaw Muddpuppies - White Dirt Time Square soundtrack Athens, GA - Inside Out White Stripes The Raconteurs James etc, etc, etc
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer -Trilogy Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire My god...why did the original version of the Mahavishnu Orchestra have to fight with each other and break up?? They were SOOOOOO damn good.
Porcupine Tree's entire catalog is worth checking out. in a PT vain, Timothy Pure - Blood of the Berry is worth checking out as well.
My wife made me listen to Ukulele Songs by Eddie Vedder (she's a big Pearl Jam fan, what can I say), and after a while, it started growing on me. Give it a listen.
One of the greatest covers of a Beach Boys songs since Frank Black did Hang on to Your Ego. <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jNaIJzDel1o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Cults - Cults. It's a cool album. Pure pop (modern take on 50's/60's vibe) <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TPKbG1CCLx8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
