Goat wrote:
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Cold Fire, Everyday Glory and Double Agent are Rush at their best and I mean their best. LTTA is probably the best instrumental they've ever done. The spoeed of love takes a while to get but once you do, it's a very strong cut on the album. Stick it out is hated and love, I love it though.
Do you get the U2 sound to Everyday Glory as well? I gave Double Agent another listen based on your post there and it's far from a poor track, but like I said, the spoken word section seems tacked-on and the track's fine without it. Otherwise, agreed with this part of your post, love Stick It Out too!
The spoken word part is actuallly critical to understanding Neil's view on the lyrical subject. The lyrics don't make sense and don't work without the spoken word part. I though it made sense and worked very well for the song. Like you're getting Geddy Lee, the man's perspective, not Geddy Lee, vocalist for Rush. Listen to the last few lines of the lyric which are spoken word, without that, the song makes no point at all.
Everyday Glory has a lead line that is similar to something Big Country might have done in the 80's. U2 ripped off the Skids and Big Country to no end. Rush liked Big Country enough to go for that kind of sound on P/G, even attempting to hire their producer Steve Lillywhite.