What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



What the hell do you drink to make your voice sound like that? The death/doom metal growling I always thought came from downing a bottle of Drano before performing. With Geddy Lee, the only thing I can come up with is maybe a bottle of perfume. Always liked Rush, but just so hard to get by them vocals for me. Toned down it's ok, but screech level is just too much. That being said, they are one of my favorite metal bands. Go figure. This is the third album from the Canadian rockers. The Necromancer is the only track I love here. Maybe it's the reprieve from Geddy's voice with the spoken word interjection by someone. That track and the whole of side two, titled The Fountain Of Lamneth, are split into seperate tracks on my vinyl copy, although meant to be one song. Graded the former as one track, but the latter as seperate. Love the mythology type image Rush's work seems to drum up. Although this album was a disappointment in sales from the groups previous release, it did eventualy go gold in the US, but only managed a #148 on the charts.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Didacts And Narpets

Best Track - The Necromancer

I. Into The Darkness
"As gray traces of dawn tinge the eastern sky, the three travelers, men of Willowdale, emerge from the forest shadow. Fording the River Dawn, they turn south, journeying into the dark and forbidding lands of the Necromancer.
Even now the intensity of his dread power can be felt, weakening the body and saddening the heart.
Ultimately they will become empty, mindless spectres; stripped of will and soul, only their thirst for freedom gives them hunger for vengeance..."

Silence shrouds the forest
As the birds announce the dawn
Three travelers ford the river
And southward journey on
The road is lined with peril
The air is charged with fear
The shadow of his nearness
Weighs like iron tears

II. Under the Shadow
"Shreds of black cloud loom in overcast skies. The Necromancer keeps watch with his magic prism eyes. He views all his lands and is already aware of the three helpless invaders trapped in his lair..."

Brooding in the tower
Watching o'er his land
Holding ev'ry creature
Helplessly they stand
Gaze into his prisms
Knowing they are near
Lead them to the dungeons
Spectres numb with fear
They bow defeated

III. Return of the Prince
"Enter the Champion.
Prince By-Tor appears to battle for freedom from chains of long years.
The spell has been broken; the Dark Lands are bright. The Wraith of the Necromancer soars away in the night."

Stealthily attacking
By-Tor slays his foe
The men are free to run now
From labyrinths below
The Wraith of the Necromancer
Shadows through the sky
Another land to darken
With evil prism eye.
Whoah

1) Bastille Day **
live - Rush Bastille Day live 1976 - YouTube
2) I Think I'm Going Bald *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPhB31cojoA
3) Lakeside Park **
live - Rush - Lakeside Park - Live 1976 - YouTube
4) The Necromancer ***
audio - Rush-The Necromancer (lyrics) 1975 - YouTube
5) Fountain Of Lamneth
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mC7j-fxqfs
....In The Valley **
....Didacts And Naperts *
....No One At The Bridge **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltn56BtQ6k4
....Panacea **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c364YFkv93Q
....Bacchus Plateau **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IJQiU-YX7Y
....The Fountain **

3's - 1
2's - 7
1's - 2

Grade - 1.9

so many albums, so little time