Top 10, Canadian part 2--the power trios: Rush and Triumph - Music

Fischman
RockMonster, JazzMeister, Bluesboy,ClassicalMaster

Gender: Male
Location: Land of Enchantment

RUSH (a near impossible task: I could do a top 100 and still not include all the songs worthy of a top 10)

1. Natural Science
2. 2112
3. YYZ
4. La Villa Strangiato
5. The Camera Eye
6. The Trees
7. Red Barchetta
8. Far Cry
9. Driven
10. Working Man

TRIUMPH
1. Fight the Good Fight
2. Time Goes By
3. Killing Time
4. Hold On
5. The City: War March/El Duende Agonizante/Minstrel's Lament
6. Ordinary Man
7. Blinding Light Show/Moonchild
8. In the Night
9. Carry On the Flame
10. Lay It On the Line

YoungPunk

Have to beef up my Rush! For now my favorite is Tom Sawyer!

LedZep

Agreed, it's an impossible task. But lemme throw my two cents

1. Xanadu
2. 2112
3. Different Strings
4. Subdivisions
5. Between the Wheels
6. Jacob's Ladder
7. The Camera Eye
8. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
9. A Farewell To Kings
10. The Pass

Honorable mentions:
Losing It, La Villa Strangiato, The Big Wheel, BU2B, Distant Early Warning, YYZ, Natural Science, Far Cry, Finding My Way... (so many more)
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bobbyb5

Gender: Male
Location: New York

I'm afraid I don't know that much Triumph at all. Except for the album Rock and Roll Machine. So my favorites would be:

Rocky Mountain Way
New York Streets
Takes Time

And I like these ones that I know from the radio; never had the albums though.

Lay it on the line
World of fantasy
Hold on

And for Rush, I don't know all their stuff so my favorites would be all the big ones that everybody knows.

Tom Sawyer
Free will
Fly by Night
2112
Natural Science
Closer to the heart
Cygnus
Xanadu

Fischman
RockMonster, JazzMeister, Bluesboy,ClassicalMaster

Gender: Male
Location: Land of Enchantment

LedZep wrote:

Agreed, it's an impossible task. But lemme throw my two cents

1. Xanadu
2. 2112
3. Different Strings
4. Subdivisions
5. Between the Wheels
6. Jacob's Ladder
7. The Camera Eye
8. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
9. A Farewell To Kings
10. The Pass

Honorable mentions:
Losing It, La Villa Strangiato, The Big Wheel, BU2B, Distant Early Warning, YYZ, Natural Science, Far Cry, Finding My Way... (so many more)

A lot of great non-standard choices there! I especially like Between the Wheels at #5. A true hidden gem in their catalog.

Fischman
RockMonster, JazzMeister, Bluesboy,ClassicalMaster

Gender: Male
Location: Land of Enchantment

bobbyb5 wrote:

I'm afraid I don't know that much Triumph at all. Except for the album Rock and Roll Machine. So my favorites would be:

Rocky Mountain Way
New York Streets
Takes Time

And I like these ones that I know from the radio; never had the albums though.

Lay it on the line
World of fantasy
Hold on

And for Rush, I don't know all their stuff so my favorites would be all the big ones that everybody knows.

Tom Sawyer
Free will
Fly by Night
2112
Natural Science
Closer to the heart
Cygnus
Xanadu

wow... all the Triumph choices are from the first three albums.

Love seeing another lover of Natural Science!

Tha1ChiefRocka
Yeah, well hey, I'm really sorry.

Location: Kansas

1 La Villa Strangiato
2 YYZ
3 Anthem
4 A Farewell To Kings
5 Entre Nous
6 Working Man
7 Driven
8 Red Sector A
9 2112
10 One Little Victory

I tried to spread out my answers among 10 different albums, but of course, this barely scratches the surface.

Fischman
RockMonster, JazzMeister, Bluesboy,ClassicalMaster

Gender: Male
Location: Land of Enchantment

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

1 La Villa Strangiato
2 YYZ
3 Anthem
4 A Farewell To Kings
5 Entre Nous
6 Working Man
7 Driven
8 Red Sector A
9 2112
10 One Little Victory

I tried to spread out my answers among 10 different albums, but of course, this barely scratches the surface.

the two great instrumentals right at the top... very cool.

I should have found room for Entre Nous in my top 10. Absolutely brilliant song. Anybody who says Peart isn't a masterful lyricist isn't paying attention.

bobbyb5

Gender: Male
Location: New York

I forgot Magic Power. I loved that one too when I was a kid.

911Turbo

Gender: Male
Location: Toronto

Fischman wrote:

RUSH (a near impossible task: I could do a top 100 and still not include all the songs worthy of a top 10)

I love reading threads that depict their passion for a musical group under the light of scrutiny.
I also love RUSH - immensely.

I cannot provide a top 10 song list since, for me, Rush is about album rock. For example, Moving Pictures or Permanent Waves, if I listen to 1, or 2 or 3 songs, I am left with a strange "emptiness or void" because i have NOT listened to the album in its entirety. Its strange and weird, but its an addiction for the whole production whereby i get fully immersed into the album. Sometimes I will play it 2x or 3x consecutively to get that "drug feeling" filled.
Only a true RUSH disciple knows what i'm talking about.

La Villa Strangiato and The Trees , gets a stereo volume increase and air guitar antics anytime Hemispheres is played. Encore to you!!All your chooses are brillant. I absolutely love Vital Signs, spirit of radio, Freewill, Lakeside Park, 2112, In the mood.....i will stop now because it won't end.

Truthfully, i had to google DRIVEN.From this, i have to state that its nice to see that you stuck with them for the long run. At some point, maybe around 2005, I focused on other musical tastes but still enjoy going back in time....I wish I could have seen RUSH play in concert when these albums came out: 2112, MOving pictures, permanent waves,hemishperes, farewell to kings, caress of steel.

Triumph -- i dont think its a good comparsion since they were only around for a few years,
although they made an impact as a band, they couldn't retain longevity.

A better comparison would be Rush and Neil Young( as far as Canadian artists go- not power trios).
But i have read, i think, you dislike Neil. Which to me, is a huge mistake.
Just making comments/personnel observations/ opinions