With the release of the new album, I've been meaning to have a good session with all of their studio output too.

Well, as they say, if you don't like the weather in the Midwest, just wait a day! So this evening, even though it's still around 60 degrees now, it feels chilly (lower humidity helps), so this type of chilly Fall evening always--for whatever weird reason (perhaps I bought the CD in the Fall way back when?)--puts me in the mood for this album.

^ US original vinyl ripped to FLAC
It features two of my favorite Rush songs, and two of the most beautiful songs I know of (yes, I said Rush and beautiful! there is no incongruence there imo...I'll even add that a huge reason, I believe, of what makes these two songs--and many other Rush songs--so emotionally resonant is Geddy's beautiful/incredible vocal delivery on them), both musically and lyrically: Time Stand Still and Mission. Those songs still send shivers down my spine every time I listen to them...especially Time Stand Still which, as I age, only becomes more and more meaningful (in a partially elegiac way) to me. "Experience slips away..."
^ Featuring Aimee Mann! And Geddy's infamous "raccoon hat" hair!
^ My favorite version of Mission: live from the Snakes and Arrows tour. So glad I got to see it performed twice on that tour.
PS: Yes, I even enjoy Tai Shan. Never had a problem with it. It's something different, and I respect it just for the experimentation, but I quickly got into it, way back in those dark pre-internet days in the early 90's when I first bought the CD and had no familiarity with most of the songs.


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