RUSH Madness - Opening Round

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The current music madness threads seem to be fairly popular, so I thought I would give it a go with Rush. I’ve started with 64 of their songs, broken down into 4 brackets. Brackets 1 and 4 will eventually match up, as will 2 and 3, then the ultimate champion will be decided.

I broke it down by era, and tried to match up similar style songs when I could. With each matchup, just vote for the one you personally like best. I will total up all the votes and the winners will go on to the next round. This round will conclude at 11:00 PM Tuesday March 25th, or sooner if voting slows too much. Now for the songs:

Bracket 1 - "Panacea"

  1. 2112 vs.

  2. Cygnus X-1, Book One: The Voyage

  3. A Farewell to Kings vs.

  4. Anthem

  5. A Passage to Bangkok vs.

  6. The Twilight Zone

  7. Xanadu vs.

  8. The Fountain of Lamneth

  9. Working Man vs.

  10. In The End

  11. Closer to The Heart vs.

  12. Rivendell

  13. Bastille Day vs.

  14. Something for Nothing

  15. Fly By Night vs.

  16. Lakeside Park
    Bracket 2 - "Hyperspace"

  17. Tom Sawyer vs.

  18. Vital Signs

  19. Circumstances vs.

  20. Entre Nous

  21. YYZ vs.

  22. La Villa Strangiato

  23. Natural Science vs.

  24. Cygnus X-1, Book Two: Hemispheres

  25. Limelight vs.

  26. Freewill

  27. Red Barchetta vs.

  28. Jacob’s Ladder

  29. The Trees vs.

  30. Witch Hunt

  31. The Spirit of Radio vs.

  32. The Camera Eye
    Bracket 3 - 1-0-0-1-0-0-1

  33. Subdivisions vs.

  34. Manhattan Project

  35. The Enemy Within vs.

  36. The Weapon

  37. Analog Kid vs.

  38. Digital Man

  39. Force Ten vs.

  40. Red Sector A

  41. Between the Wheels vs.

  42. The Big Money

  43. Distant Early Warning vs.

  44. Countdown

  45. Time Stand Still vs.

  46. The Body Electric

  47. New World Man vs.

  48. Mission
    Bracket 4 - Ebb and Flow

  49. Dreamline vs.

  50. The Main Monkey Business

  51. The Pass vs.

  52. Ghost Rider

  53. Far Cry vs.

  54. Chain Lightning

  55. Show Don’t Tell vs.

  56. Secret Touch

  57. One Little Victiry vs.

  58. Driven

  59. Test for Echo vs.

  60. Spindrift

  61. Roll the Bones vs.

  62. Stick It Out

  63. Animate vs.

  64. Half the World

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Finally! One I want to play! Although I cannot BELIEVE you didn’t put ‘Turn the Page’ on there!

Bracket 1 - “Panacea”

  1. 2112

  2. A Farewell to Kings

  3. A Passage to Bangkok

  4. Xanadu

  5. In The End

  6. Closer to The Heart

  7. Bastille Day

  8. Lakeside Park
    Bracket 2 - “Hyperspace”

  9. Tom Sawyer

  10. Entre Nous

  11. La Villa Strangiato

  12. Natural Science vs.

  13. Freewill

  14. Red Barchetta

  15. Witch Hunt

  16. The Spirit of Radio

Bracket 3 - 1-0-0-1-0-0-1

  1. Subdivisions

  2. The Weapon

  3. Digital Man

  4. Force Ten

  5. The Big Money

  6. Countdown

  7. Time Stand Still

  8. New World Man

Bracket 4 - Ebb and Flow

  1. Dreamline

  2. The Pass

  3. Far Cry

  4. Show Don’t Tell

  5. Driven

  6. Test for Echo

  7. Roll the Bones

  8. Animate

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Bracket 1

  1. 2112
  2. Anthem
  3. A Passage to Bangkok
  4. Xanadu
  5. Working Man
  6. Closer to The Heart
  7. Something for Nothing
  8. Fly By Night

Bracket 2

  1. Tom Sawyer
  2. Circumstances
  3. YYZ
  4. Natural Science v
  5. Freewill
  6. Red Barchetta
  7. Witch Hunt
  8. The Spirit of Radio

Bracket 3

  1. Subdivisions
  2. The Enemy Within
  3. Digital Man
  4. Force Ten
  5. Between the Wheels
  6. Distant Early Warning
  7. Time Stand Still
  8. New World Man

Bracket 4

  1. Dreamline
  2. Ghost Rider
  3. Far Cry
  4. Secret Touch
  5. Driven
  6. Test for Echo
  7. Roll the Bones
  8. Animate
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Bracket 1

  1. 2112
  2. Anthem
  3. A Passage To Bangkok
  4. Xanadu
  5. Working Man
  6. Closer To The Heart
  7. Bastille Day
  8. Fly By Night

Bracket 2
16. Vital Signs
8. Circumstances
12. La Villa Strangiato
4. Natural Science
11. Freewill
3. Red Barchetta
10. Witch Hunt
2. The Spirit of Radio

Bracket 3

  1. Subdivisions
  2. The Enemy Within
  3. Analog Kid
  4. Force Ten
  5. The Big Money
  6. Distant Early Warning
  7. Time Stand Still
  8. New World Man

I’m skipping bracket 4 because I don’t know the songs well enough.

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Bracket 1 - “Panacea”

  1. 2112
  2. A Farewell to Kings
  3. A Passage to Bangkok
  4. Xanadu
  5. Working Man
  6. Closer to The Heart
  7. Fly By Night

Bracket 2 - “Hyperspace”

  1. Tom Sawyer
  2. Entre Nous
  3. La Villa Strangiato
    . . .
  4. Freewill
  5. Red Barchetta
  6. The Spirit of Radio

Bracket 3 - 1-0-0-1-0-0-1

  1. Subdivisions
    . . .
  2. Analog Kid
  3. Red Sector A
  4. The Big Money
  5. Distant Early Warning
  6. Time Stand Still
  7. New World Man

Bracket 4 - Ebb and Flow
Not as familiar with their newer stuff.
4. Show Don’t Tell
7. Roll the Bones [one of their best songs ever, though]

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I own(ed) every Rush album up until “Signals” but there is a huge gap from there to “Snakes and Arrows”. I’d have to pass on about half of bracket 3 and all of bracket 4! Maybe I’ll check back in for one of the later rounds. (Maybe I should go stock up on some later Rush!)

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Great seeding!

I’ve got a couple of upsets here. YYZ vs. La Villa? You’re killing me! I also loved the Analog kid vs. Digital Man. My shocker is Spirit of the Radio getting bounced by 15 seed Camera Eye. Camera Eye just had the game of it’s life, and I love that freakin’ song.

Bracket 1 - "Panacea"

  1. 2112
  2. A Farewell to Kings
  3. A Passage to Bangkok
  4. Xanadu
  5. Working Man
  6. Closer to The Heart
  7. Bastille Day
  8. Fly By Night

Bracket 2 - "Hyperspace"

  1. Tom Sawyer
  2. Entre Nous
  3. La Villa Strangiato
  4. Natural Science
  5. Freewill
  6. Red Barchetta
  7. Witch Hunt
  8. The Camera Eye

Bracket 3 - 1-0-0-1-0-0-1

  1. Subdivisions
  2. The Enemy Within
  3. Analog Kid
  4. Red Sector A
  5. The Big Money
  6. Distant Early Warning
  7. Time Stand Still
  8. New World Man

Bracket 4 - Ebb and Flow

  1. Dreamline
  2. The Pass
  3. Far Cry
  4. Show Don’t Tell
  5. Driven
  6. Test for Echo
  7. Roll the Bones
  8. Animate
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Afraid I’m going to have a lot of passes

Bracket 1 - "Panacea"

  1. 2112

  2. The Twilight Zone

  3. Working Man

  4. Rivendell

  5. Something for Nothing

  6. Fly By Night
    Bracket 2 - "Hyperspace"

  7. Tom Sawyer

  8. YYZ vs.

  9. Limelight

  10. Red Barchetta

  11. Witch Hunt

  12. The Spirit of Radio

Bracket 3 - 1-0-0-1-0-0-1

Bracket 4 - Ebb and Flow
3. Test for Echo
15. Half the World

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Bracket 1 - "Panacea"

  1. 2112
  2. Anthem
  3. A Passage to Bangkok
  4. Xanadu
  5. Working Man
  6. Closer to The Heart
  7. Bastille Day
  8. Lakeside Park

Bracket 2 - "Hyperspace"

  1. Tom Sawyer
  2. Entre Nous
  3. La Villa Strangiato
  4. Natural Science
  5. Limelight vs.
  6. Red Barchetta
  7. Witch Hunt
  8. The Spirit of Radio

Bracket 3 - 1-0-0-1-0-0-1

Not familiar with this era of the band at all…

Bracket 4 - Ebb and Flow

  1. Test for Echo vs.
  2. Roll the Bones vs.
  3. Animate vs.

Joe

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I’m going to go ahead and close this and tabulate the results. Not exactly the number of responses I was hoping for, but whatareyagonnado. I’ll start round two shortly.

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Scores:

Bracket 1 - "Panacea"

  1. 2112 7

  2. Cygnus X-1, Book One: The Voyage 0

  3. A Farewell to Kings 3

  4. Anthem 3

  5. A Passage to Bangkok 6

  6. The Twilight Zone1

  7. Xanadu 6

  8. The Fountain of Lamneth 0

  9. Working Man 6

  10. In The End 1

  11. Closer to The Heart 6

  12. Rivendell 1

  13. Bastille Day 4

  14. Something for Nothing 2

  15. Fly By Night 5

  16. Lakeside Park 2
    Bracket 2 - "Hyperspace"

  17. Tom Sawyer 6

  18. Vital Signs 1

  19. Circumstances 2

  20. Entre Nous 4

  21. YYZ 2

  22. La Villa Strangiato 5

  23. Natural Science 5

  24. Cygnus X-1, Book Two: Hemispheres 0

  25. Limelight 2

  26. Freewill 5

  27. Red Barchetta 7

  28. Jacob’s Ladder 0

  29. The Trees 0

  30. Witch Hunt 6

  31. The Spirit of Radio 6

  32. The Camera Eye 1
    Bracket 3 - 1-0-0-1-0-0-1

  33. Subdivisions 5

  34. Manhattan Project 0

  35. The Enemy Within 3

  36. The Weapon 1

  37. Analog Kid 3

  38. Digital Man 2

  39. Force Ten 3

  40. Red Sector A 2

  41. Between the Wheels 1

  42. The Big Money 4

  43. Distant Early Warning 4

  44. Countdown 1

  45. Time Stand Still 5

  46. The Body Electric 0

  47. New World Man 5

  48. Mission 0
    Bracket 4 - Ebb and Flow

  49. Dreamline 3

  50. The Main Monkey Business 0

  51. The Pass 2

  52. Ghost Rider 1

  53. Far Cry 3

  54. Chain Lightning 0

  55. Show Don’t Tell 3

  56. Secret Touch 1

  57. One Little Victory 0

  58. Driven 3

  59. Test for Echo 5

  60. Spindrift 0

  61. Roll the Bones 5

  62. Stick It Out 0

  63. Animate 4

  64. Half the World 1
    Round two will begin shortly.