What are you listening to?

[VincentUlyssis]

(10-28-2011 07:18 PM)Mufasa Wrote:  I dated the creepy-hot brunette in high school...
Ok... maybe not, but I did date A creepy brunette in high school.

Bucket list item: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3VsesSB...re=related
Turn it up.

Bravo Mufasa!

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(10-28-2011 08:58 PM)SpaceCadet Wrote:  

(10-28-2011 05:39 PM)Scythe Matters Wrote:  Isn't it beautiful? I read an interview wherein Geddy called it a "dark horse" in their catalog. Too many people blow it off, IMO. Prime Mover -- holy moley but I love that song! It just makes me happy. And I can even play it now

Exactly. HYF fell victim to that backlash against synths that was all the rage in the late '80s (and just look what that got us in the '90s and '00s... Runge/GRap) - but it's easily some of the best work those guys ever did, and some of the most thoughtful and thought-provoking, even when the message halfways p*ssed me off (i.e., Second Nature.)

I don't know about anyone else, but generally speaking poetry bores me to tears - like the minute someone starts reciting it at me I start looking for wet paint or fresh sod to watch - and rock 'n' roll lyrics take the prize for some of the worst. OTOH, three of a very tiny list of poets I can not only enjoy but who move, excite and inspire me consistently are Mr. Peart, Ms. Bush and Mr. Gabriel. That little unassuming tune called Open Secrets from HYF remains one of the best things I've ever read, and that's not just sucking up.

Perhaps the major part of my love of HYF is that it came out just about the time ski season started, which meant that it was on pretty much constantly on the Walkman (remember those?) whilst I plunged wildly down the sides of Mt. Hood and Mt. Bachelor - as well as in the car on the way up and back. (My older bro latched onto that disc like a barnacle too, and he usually drove.)

'Long story short, if you have not used Hold Your Fire as your soundtrack for a day's skiing (actually night skiing is even better, preferably in near-blizzard conditions,) you have not really observed the album in its natural habitat.
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Hold Your Fire had some great moments. I like that "opus."