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Can someone list the top-20 most "famous" Rush songs?

YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,655
edited June 2010 in Other Music
I've been a fan since the 80's and realize they have a bunch of hits, but I just want to be sure that I'm not missing any. I realize that "hits" and "good songs" might be different to everyone, but I'm just talking about some of their more well-known songs that I might not be familiar with.

From my list, in no particular order I've got:

1) Tom Sawyer
2) Limelight
3) Dreamline
4) Roll the Bones
5) Show Me Don't Tell Me
6) Subdivisions
7) Ghost of a Chance
8) Red Barchetta (sic?)
9) The Spirit of Radio
10) Free Will
11) Closer to the Heart
12) Working Man
13) New World Man
14) Time Stand Still
15) Bravado
16) The Big Money
17) Hope
18) YYZ
19) Fly By Night
20) Distant Early Warning
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  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    Well, here's their top 20 on iTunes (their new single is at #1 but I'm not going to count that, as it will eventually drop):

    1. Tom Sawyer
    2. Limelight
    3. The Spirit of Radio
    4. Closer to the Heart
    5. YYZ
    6. Freewill
    7. Working Man
    8. Fly by Night
    9. Subdivisions
    10. Red Barchetta
    11. New World Man
    12. The Trees
    13. 2112: Overture/The Temples of Syrinx
    14. La Villa Strangiato
    15. Far Cry
    16. Time Stand Still
    17. Distant Early Warning
    18. The Analog Kid
    19. Red Sector A
    20. A Passage to Bangkok
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Isn't Roundabout a Rush song? That's one of the few i know but i don't see it on your lists.
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,281
    Gardenparty wrote:
    Isn't Roundabout a Rush song? That's one of the few i know but i don't see it on your lists.

    yes is the band
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    I'm an older 2.gif fan since 1978 so my list will vary quite differently for the OP.

    1. The Camera Eye
    2. 2112
    3. La Villa Stangiato
    4. Red Sector A*
    5. The Spirit Of Radio
    6. Xanadu
    7. Tom Sawyer
    8. A Passage To Bangkok
    9. Mission
    10. Earthshine
    11. Natural Science
    12. Limelight
    13. Trees
    14. By-Tor and the Snow Dog
    15. Leave That Thing Alone
    16. Limelight
    17. Afterimage*
    18. Time Stand Still
    19.Between The Wheels*
    20. What Are You Doing

    *I'm very partial to the album *Grace Under Pressure* my first concert, the first 2.gif album I bought and the album that hooked me to the band for 40+ concerts to date. I wish this list was longer, I could go on.....

    peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    Just listen to 2112 and your life will be forever filled.
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    But if not look for the number 1s - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_discography
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    Rush is variety.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,655
    thanks, folks.
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    Not a well known song, but I think "The Pass" is one of their best.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    Brisk. wrote:
    Just listen to 2112 and your life will be forever filled.

    I agree. 2112 is amazing.
    Peace, Love.

    "To question your government is not unpatriotic --
    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
    -- Sen. Chuck Hagel
  • JDBJDB Posts: 277
    I like Bastille Day.
  • DocChicagoDocChicago Posts: 653
    I think you have 4 songs from Roll the Bones on there. It's a decent album but that can't be right. How about some minor alterations:


    1) Tom Sawyer
    2) Limelight
    3) Dreamline
    4) Roll the Bones
    5) Show Don't Tell
    6) Subdivisions
    7) 2112 (at least the intro and Temple of Syrinx part)
    8) Red Barchetta
    9) The Spirit of Radio
    10) Free Will
    11) Closer to the Heart
    12) Working Man
    13) New World Man
    14) Time Stand Still
    15) A Passage to Bangkok
    16) The Big Money
    17) Red Sector A
    18) YYZ
    19) Fly By Night
    20) Distant Early Warning
    It is time to admit that we used to rock like hurricanes. It is time to run for the hills and go round and round. It is time for us to shout at the devil. We've got the right to choose it, there ain't no way we'll lose it, and we're not gonna take it anymore.
    - C. Klosterman
  • DocChicagoDocChicago Posts: 653
    It's so good he included it twice.
    g under p wrote:
    12. Limelight
    16. Limelight
    It is time to admit that we used to rock like hurricanes. It is time to run for the hills and go round and round. It is time for us to shout at the devil. We've got the right to choose it, there ain't no way we'll lose it, and we're not gonna take it anymore.
    - C. Klosterman
  • dasvidanadasvidana Grand Junction CO Posts: 1,349
    Not sure if these are famous songs but my favorites are:

    1. Bytor and the Snowdog (love the drum solo as well as the "battle" between the guitars)
    2. Xanadu (brilliant "ending" to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan)
    3. Cygnus X-1 (made me want to learn about black holes)
    4. 2112 (made me want to learn about Ayn Rand-who I later rejected the philosophy of)
    5. Beneath, Between, and Behind (which I'm told is about the American revolution)
    6. Tom Sawyer (only favorite that was actually a radio-friendly tune)
    7. Limelight (because the world is indeed a stage)
    8. Bastille Day (let them eat cake!)
    9. Freewill (because if we choose not to decide, we still have made a choice)
    10. Working Man (love the guitar power chords)
    It's nice to be nice to the nice.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    DocChicago wrote:
    It's so good he included it twice.
    g under p wrote:
    12. Limelight
    16. Limelight

    You know I felt i did something funny I just didn't know where. Good I can add another one later.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • DocChicagoDocChicago Posts: 653
    Just slip "Mystic Rhythms" in there and you're done. Perfect.
    It is time to admit that we used to rock like hurricanes. It is time to run for the hills and go round and round. It is time for us to shout at the devil. We've got the right to choose it, there ain't no way we'll lose it, and we're not gonna take it anymore.
    - C. Klosterman
  • YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,655
    very good, thanks folks. And yes, I do like the Roll the Bones album.

    Anyone see the movie?
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    I saw the film a few weeks ago "Rush-Beyond The Lightened Stage" it was absolutely amazing.At first I thought it was just going to be a whole load of talking heads that Sam Dunn has used before on the other films he has made.But Rush was very different,old footage,family interviews,interviews with Geddy,Alex and some of Neil,he is much more private but Alex has such charm.
    I was in Rush heaven.Would really recommend it for all fans and anyone curious about am amazing band.
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    rrivers wrote:
    Not a well known song, but I think "The Pass" is one of their best.

    Great tune.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
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