Rush Survivor Finished: Red Barchetta wins!

[Forostar]

Between that great chunky guitar sound moving in and out and the soaring chorus I find it hard to see Sun and Moon as monotone.

This one certainly is the better of the three, but the other two....!

 

[Mosh]

Eliminated:
Stick It Out - 5 votes
Double Agent - 4 votes

 

[Mosh]

Cut to the Chase
Cold Fire
Speed of Love

 

[Vap]

Cut To The Case
Nobody's Hero
The Speed Of Love
Cold Fire

 

[Forostar]

Nobody's Hero

• Between Sun and Moon
• Alien Shore
• The Speed of Love

 

[The Flash]

Cut to the Chase
Nobody's Hero
Leave That Thing Alone
Cold Fire

 

[Mosh]

Eliminated:
Cut to the Chase - 3 votes
Nobody's Hero - 4 votes
The Speed Of Love - 4 votes
Cold Fire - 3 votes

 

[Mosh]

Last three, although it would be nice to see Alien Shore get a bit further.

 

[mckindog]

I'm with you, except change Alien Shore to Everyday Glory.
Some great, inspiring melodies on that one.

 

[Mosh]

It's good. I like Alien Shore just a bit more though.

 

[Forostar]

1. Between Sun and Moon
2. Alien Shore
3. Everyday Glory

 

[Vap]

Alien Shore
Leave That Thing Alone
Everyday Glory

 

[The Flash]

Last three.

 

[Mosh]

Eliminated:
Alien Shore - 5 votes
Leave That Thing Alone - 4 votes
Everyday Glory - 5 votes

Between Sun and Moon is promoted to the quarterfinals, Animate is promoted to the semifinals.

Test For Echo has joined the battle!

 

[Mosh]

Time and Motion
Totem
Dog Years
Carve Away The Stone

One of Rush's worst. Filled with forgettable songs and is just overall boring. Probably their worst album lyrically too, besides the debut. Really disappointing considering what a great lyricist Neil is. I suppose he was too focused on his new drumming technique.

 

[Forostar]

1. Half The World
2. The Color of Right
3. Totem
4. Resist
5. Carve Away The Stone

 

[mckindog]

Yes, just not a lot of interesting or catchy songs on this one.
I like the title track. It's a toss-up between Resist and Virtuality for number two, Resist only because of the gorgeous acoustic version on R30.

 

[Mosh]

R30's version of Resist is also keeping it higher in my rankings for this. However, my #2 is a tossup between Resist and Driven.

 

[Forostar]

I find Time and Motion pretty OK. Some others have catchy moments as well.

 

[mckindog]

I find Time and Motion pretty OK. Some others have catchy moments as well.

That's the most progressive one. And other than Dog Years (among the few outright bad songs the band has done since Caress of Steel) the others are fine. Just nothing special.