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Can they wrap around, so last song/first song (consecutive if your turntable or CD is set properly).

 

If so, I’ll go with The Last Resort and Hotel California.

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  On 5/30/2020 at 1:51 AM, KD in CA said:

Can they wrap around, so last song/first song (consecutive if your turntable or CD is set properly).

 

If so, I’ll go with The Last Resort and Hotel California.

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should be another thread 

  On 5/30/2020 at 12:36 AM, PastaJoe said:

The Beatles: Golden Slumber / Carry That Weight / The End

 

 

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If you want to bring the Beatles into this.. then while my guitar gently weeps to happiness is a warm gun is so much better than this overrated medley. 

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  On 5/30/2020 at 2:07 AM, GETTOTHE50 said:


If you want to bring the Beatles into this.. then while my guitar gently weeps to happiness is a warm gun is so much better than this overrated medley. 

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Quit while you're ahead. The Beatles were always in on this. For my money Black Dog/Rock and Roll is still the winner. Waiting to see if someone can change my mind. 

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  On 5/30/2020 at 2:45 AM, SinceThe70s said:

 

Quit while you're ahead. The Beatles were always in on this. For my money Black Dog/Rock and Roll is still the winner. Waiting to see if someone can change my mind. 

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Hey I like the Beatles, but I’m just saying that there are better Beatle back-to-backs than the abbey road medley. 

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All the best ones have been taken.

 

I will submit another great ...

 

Feelin' That Way into Anytime   ..... from Journey's Infinity album.

 

 

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  On 5/30/2020 at 2:58 AM, GETTOTHE50 said:


Hey I like the Beatles, but I’m just saying that there are better Beatle back-to-backs than the abbey road medley. 

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Perhaps. I love pretty much everything posted in this thread.

 

But when you're king of the mountain (Black Dog/Rock and Roll) why indulge the pretenders?  

 

 

 

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  On 5/30/2020 at 2:58 AM, GETTOTHE50 said:


Hey I like the Beatles, but I’m just saying that there are better Beatle back-to-backs than the abbey road medley. 

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I agree.  I have always loved the transition from the heavy I Want You (She's So Heavy) into Here Comes the Sun.  The way I Want You just stops; no fade; not in a predictable spot.  Just stops.  Then, in the blink of an eye, Here Comes the Sun begins.  I always thought it was genius.

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  On 5/29/2020 at 10:07 PM, DD4Bills said:

Gotta get some Rush into this thread. Conventional wisdom will say Tom Sawyer / Limelight from Moving Pictures, but my favorite back-to-back is from Hemispheres - The Trees / La Villa Strangiato...two great songs that do a great job of showing of Rush's "Rushiness".

 

The Trees

 

La Villa Strangiato

 

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I think a lot of WNYers are more tuned into Rush than perhaps people from other areas, maybe because we are more connected to Canada than most of the country.  I don't know.  

 

But it's almost impossible to overstate how good of a band they were.  Interesting creativity with a unique sound, outstanding musicianship all the way around, a very unusual and interesting approach to the guitar from Alex, some of the best drumming in history, and Getty's unmistakable voice.  Great bass player too.

 

I love how they often worked weird time signature shifts into the middle of songs, which usually is a bad idea.  But they always pulled it off and made it seem obvious and natural somehow! 

 

It seems like they never reached the fame and stardom they deserved.

 

 

 

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  On 5/29/2020 at 12:19 AM, Gray Beard said:

That whole album flowed well.  It may have been the first album that I ever listened to all the way through, over and over again. It’s not considered to be as good as Led Zeppelin 4, but it will always be a favorite of mine. 

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2143 in order for my personal favorite. But 1 and 4 swap depending on the day. 

  On 5/30/2020 at 12:51 PM, Gugny said:

 

I agree.  I have always loved the transition from the heavy I Want You (She's So Heavy) into Here Comes the Sun.  The way I Want You just stops; no fade; not in a predictable spot.  Just stops.  Then, in the blink of an eye, Here Comes the Sun begins.  I always thought it was genius.

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I always thought that was cool too. Not sure how intentional that was considering they were the last and first songs on side 1 and 2, so they wouldn't have transitioned as smoothly as it does now with CDs/Tapes/digital downloads. Although I put this record on to fall asleep once or twice. I stopped because the repetitiveness of the ending of She's So Heavy lulls you to sleep, and the sudden stop actually shot me back awake. 

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  On 5/30/2020 at 5:09 PM, Nextmanup said:

I think a lot of WNYers are more tuned into Rush than perhaps people from other areas, maybe because we are more connected to Canada than most of the country.  I don't know.  

 

But it's almost impossible to overstate how good of a band they were.  Interesting creativity with a unique sound, outstanding musicianship all the way around, a very unusual and interesting approach to the guitar from Alex, some of the best drumming in history, and Getty's unmistakable voice.  Great bass player too.

 

I love how they often worked weird time signature shifts into the middle of songs, which usually is a bad idea.  But they always pulled it off and made it seem obvious and natural somehow! 

 

It seems like they never reached the fame and stardom they deserved.

 

 

 

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Rush managed to stay true to what they wanted to play, rarely had mainstream success and yet has an intensely loyal following, . That's rare.

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Best #1-2:

Heck... Might as well just include the best #1-10 of all-time from the whole darn  American Beauty LP:

Click on the link, expand  it to YouTube to get the other 8.

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There's a lot of great back-to-back songs.

 

One of my favorite pairings has to be The Grateful Dead with China Cat Sunflower/I know you Rider.

 

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  On 5/30/2020 at 12:36 AM, PastaJoe said:

The Beatles: Golden Slumber / Carry That Weight / The End

 

 

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The medley starts with "You Never Give me Your Number" though, you left off like 5 songs!

 

And these two to end Let it Bleed deserve recognition.

 

 

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