IT'S THE RUSH EPICS POLL

I never appreciated Lifeson that much til I saw the 30th anniversary tour. Some of his leads literally raised hairs on the back of my neck. He had some very David Gilmour moments, only with much more energetic material to work with. Totally made me re-evaluate his necessity in the trio.

"Fountain of Lamneth" is kind of a dark horse - "The Gates of Delirium" to "2112"'s "Close To The Edge", maybe. But I gotta say "2112". And yeah, I like every one of those epics. (Nearly.)

(And hmm, maybe the "Fear" trilogy should've been included?)

Make that "quadrilogy" - they've apparently recorded Part IV in recent years, who knew?

A quadrilogy is actually a tetralogy. But who's counting?

Obviously not me - not accurately, anyways...

I only know from reading too many science fiction novels.

By-Tor and Xanadu are ridiculously awesome, as is Rush. God, I love Rush.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Last week my brakes were going out, and I needed to get a new master cylinder. The aging, fat, bald mechanic was very businesslike until I set my keys on the counter with the RUSH keychain attached. He instantly perked up and told me that he's seen Rush 9 times and that I'm "a man after his own heart".

It is good to have mutual respect like that with an auto mechanic.

This poll might need to be executed again, with Jacob's Ladder in the running.

a shifting shaft of shining weaves the fabric of their dreams

I'd still vote for The Camera Eye. But damn, I love the live version of 2112 that they did on the Test For Echo tour. The advent of modern amplification and super high tech PAs made it sound absolutely huge. Check it out on the Different Stages set - pure rock mayhem.

This poll might need to be executed again, with Jacob's Ladder in the running.

Plus Cygnus and Hemispheres as separate options too, why did I do that?

too bad natural science didn't get any votes that one is good