Lounge Quiz: Which Rush Song Are You?

[Dr. Strange]

This week's Lounge Quiz is
Which Rush Song Are You?

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1. If you could be any mathematical function, which one would you be?

2. What is your favorite television show?

3. What's the last really good book you read?

4. Wasn't that Cowboys' loss last night excellent?

5. What was your favorite DU thread?

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[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. did I click on my FB account.

am I lost in the tubes again?

[Dr. Strange]

6. Oops

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. rofl

yep. I am on FB

on edit. my answers:

1. If you could be any mathematical function, which one would you be? Euclid

2. What is your favorite television show? Mad Men

3. What's the last really good book you read? survival gunsmithing

4. Wasn't that Cowboys' loss last night excellent? meh. so what. who cares?

5. What was your favorite DU thread? Oscar

[Dr. Strange]

8. Your Rush Song is "Available Light."

Even though you chose Euclid as a mathematical function (Dammit, Jim, he's a mathematician, not a function!), you believe that

The restless wind
Has seen all things
In every kind of light
Rising with the full moon
To go howling through the night

The sleepless wind
Has heard all things
Between the sea and sky
In the canyons of the city
You can hear the buildings cry

and you're losing sleep wondering just how the hell do buildings cry? I mean, WTF? Nonetheless, you persevere, choosing to

Run to light from shadow
Sun gives me no rest
Promise offered in the east
Broken in the west
Chase the sun around the world
I want to look at life
In the available light

and fortunately you have good eyesight, so the available light is more than enough.

[PVnRT]

2. Answers

1. The Euler identiy (e^i*Pi + 1 = 0)

2. Top Chef

3. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows

4. Yes

5. Jesus' "Ask Me Anything" thread

[Dr. Strange]

4. Your Rush Song is "Driven."

The lyrics

It's my turn to drive
But it's my turn to drive

sum up your life: it's your turn to drive, so just give me the Goddamn keys, already. And when you finally get the keys, you find yourself

Driven to the margin of error
Driven to the edge of control
Driven to the margin of terror
Driven to the edge of a deep, dark hole

and yet you continue to drive, because it's STILL your turn to drive. And so you're

Driven in -- Driven to the edge
Driven out -- On the thin end of the wedge
Driven off -- By things I've never seen
Driven on -- By the road to somewhere I've never been

and it makes you say, "Hey, this is awesome! I've never been here before!" And you end up having a good time.

[TZ]

3. One Little Victory is what I listened to before the game yesterday...

and thats what I got!! :woohoo:
For your questions:
1) that equation that calculates the slope of a line I suppose..I generate nice curves (from my data pev!)

2) Daily Show/Colbert Report

3) Feast of Crows by George RR Martin

4) Totally awesome. I'm having fun spamming the Sports forum today..

5) Either "What IS miracle whip" or "Is DuStrange male or female"...:evilgrin:

[Dr. Strange]

5. Your Rush Song is "Big Money."

As a pharma shill, you know that

Big money goes around the world
Big money underground
Big money got a mighty voice
Big money make no sound
Big money pull a million strings
Big money hold the prize
Big money weave a mighty web
Big money draw the flies

and so you work in your cubicle making, uh, pharmastuff. And at the end of the day, you find out just how that big money is

Sometimes building ivory towers
Sometimes knocking castles down
Sometimes building you a stairway
Lock you underground
It's that old time religion
It's the kingdom they would rule
It's the fool on television
Getting paid to play the fool

and you think, "I don't want to play the fool. But I like the Big Money. Oh, the internal conflict!" And you finally decide that the Big Money's worth it. Plus, you're not as much of a fool as those Beastie Boys guys.

[charlie and algernon]

9. ok

1. A squared + B squared = C squared

2. L O S T

3. World War Z

4. Yes, yes it was in fact.

5. The Great Dupe

[Dr. Strange]

10. Your Rush Song is "Dreamline."

Your love of the Pythagorean Theorem reinforces your belief that

Time is a gypsy caravan
Steals away in the night
To leave you stranded in Dreamland
Distance is a long-range filter
Memory a flickering light
Left behind in the heartland

And your enjoyment of World War Z also coincides with what everyone says about you:

He's got a road map of Jupiter
A radar fix on the stars
All along the highway

He's got a star map of Hollywood
A list of cheap motels
All along the freeway

Clearly Zack won't be bringing you down.

[CreekDog]

11. uhhhh

1. If you could be any mathematical function, which one would you be?
Absolute value

2. What is your favorite television show?
Tie: Mad Men and Wipeout

3. What's the last really good book you read?

Is the internet a book?

4. Wasn't that Cowboys' loss last night excellent?

The more the merrier.

5. What was your favorite DU thread?

The ones about Rush that turn ugly. :evilgrin:

[Dr. Strange]

13. Your Rush Song is "Cinderella Man."

Everyone understands your secret pining for all things Geddy, explaining it by realizing that

Because he was human
Because he had goodness
Because he was moral
They called him insane
Delusions of grandeur
Visions of splendor
A manic depressive
He walks in the rain

And despite everyone's attempt to open your eyes, you continue on in ignorance, because you're the

Cinderella Man
Doing what you can
They can't understand
What it means
Cinderella Man
Hang on to your plans
Try as they might
They cannot steal your dreams

Plus, Cinderella was a woman, so the title totally goes with your gender issues.

[TZ]

18. Huh.

I wad thinking Neurotica might be in order here..:)

[CreekDog]

21. Never heard that one either

:rofl:

Maybe I'll just take your word for it. :think:

[CreekDog]

20. Never heard that one

:D

[av8rdave]

12. This should be good...

1. If you could be any mathematical function, which one would you be? An integral

2. What is your favorite television show? Weeds

3. What's the last really good book you read? Bumping into Geniuses (Danny Goldberg)

4. Wasn't that Cowboys' loss last night excellent? No, it totally blew.

5. What was your favorite DU thread? Don't tuch the but.

If I had to guess, I'd say I was "Passage to Bangkok"

[Dr. Strange]

14. Your Rush Song is "Between the Wheels."

Your appeciation of the but-tutchery suggests that

You know how that rabbit feels
Going under your speeding wheels
Bright images flashing by
Like windshields towards a fly
Frozen in the fatal climb
But the wheels of time
Just pass you by

and while your first stop may be in Bogota, you understand that on the train of life,

Wheels can take you around
Wheels can cut you down
We can go from boom to bust
From dreams to a bowl of dust
We can fall from rockets' red glare
Down to "Brother can you spare..."
Another war
Another wasteland
And another lost generation

And let's face it: nothing says "lost generation" like Romo.

[av8rdave]

16. nothing says "lost generation" like Romo

:rofl:

True, that!

[AlienGirl]

15. My answers:

1. Complex conjugate root (this was told to me by a math-major friend, I have no idea why she said it).

2. Warehouse 13

3. A Short Walk by Barbara Coloroso

4. Huh? :shrug:

5. The fried chicken flamewar... :hide:

So, what song am I? I wait with bated breath!

Tucker

[Dr. Strange]

17. Your Rush Song is "Hemispheres." (All Five Parts!!)

Your choice of the complex conjugate function signals an appreciation for symmetry, which is what Hemispheres is all about. At first, we see

The universe divided
As the heart and mind collided
With the people left unguided
For so many troubled years
In a cloud of doubts and fears
Their world was torn asunder into hollow
Hemispheres

Yet after all the battling is done, you have the wisdom to recognize that

We can walk our road together
If our goals are all the same
We can run alone and free
If we pursue a different aim
Let the truth of love be lighted
Let the love of truth shine clear
Sensibility
Armed with sense and liberty
With the heart and mind united in a single
Perfect
Sphere

And that perfect sphere is covered with nacho cheese, which makes everyone happy. Except for maybe Rabrrrrrr, but he's never happy.

[CreekDog]

22. Five parts?

At least Air Supply never pretended their music wasn't crap! :hide:

O8)

[Dr. Strange]

28. Your Air Supply song is "CreekDog needs a swift kick in the 'nads."

I forget which album it's from, but it seems totally fitting.

[TZ]

30. +1000

I think thats a song many of us can get behind!! :rofl:

[CreekDog]

39. I have not heard of that one

but you know, they included a Dr. Demento CD in their boxed set just to make the package bigger.

i just don't think that's right! x(

[unpossibles]

19. answers

This week's Lounge Quiz is
Which Rush Song Are You?
- the short instrumental one

1. If you could be any mathematical function, which one would you be?
- the equation for Phi - I've been told I am irrational beyond hope

2. What is your favorite television show?
- The Mighty Boosh

3. What's the last really good book you read?
- Lolita

4. Wasn't that Cowboys' loss last night excellent?
- I have no idea. Is this a sports question?

5. What was your favorite DU thread?
- the one with people flaming each other for no reason, and a possible troll or two.

[CreekDog]

23. I'm just the answering service, but Dr. Strange will be back at 9am tomorrow

:hi:

[Dr. Strange]

27. Your Rush Song is "Didacts and Narpets."

Much like this song, people listen to you and wonder what's going on? The song clearly mimics your struggle with the forces of GD.

Stay!/Go!
Work!/No!
Think!/Live!
Earn!/Give!
Fight/Right
Laugh/Wait
Listen!

The lyrics in this "song" are eerily prescient of the nature of internet discussion. In fact, Neil Peart recently showed a copy of his original lyrics, which included these:

newb!/STFU!
tool!/corporatist!
fascist!/DLCer!
Freeper!/Double Freeper!

These lyrics were not sung in the original version, because no one knew what they meant. No one, that is, except for the geniuses that make up the greatest band in the world. Yea, I speak even now of Rush.

[Skittles]

24. here

1. If you could be any mathematical function, which one would you be? Quadratic Formula

2. What is your favorite television show? House

3. What's the last really good book you read? Outliers

4. Wasn't that Cowboys' loss last night excellent? HELL FUCKING YES

5. What was your favorite DU thread? Asshat pictures of Chimpy

[Dr. Strange]

29. Your Rush Song is "Freewill."

Everyone knew from the day you were born that you would choose a path that's clear. Indeed, when people asked, "What should we do?" you answered them bold and true,

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose freewill

Your self-determination is summed up by the words

Each of us
A cell of awareness
Imperfect and incomplete
Genetic blends
With uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet

which led many to think that you were another Ayn Rand, only hotter and not dead. But you shook your head, smiled enigmatically, and went back to watching the Cowboys lose.

By the way, the quadratic formula is just that, a formula--not a function. You need to kick your ass. Yes, indeed. :D

[Common Sense Party]

25. My Rush song would be "Half the World"

Half the world hates
What half the world does every day
Half the world waits
While half gets on with it anyway

Half the world lives
Half the world makes
Half the world gives
While the other half takes

Half the world is
Half the world was
Half the world thinks
While the other half does

Half the world talks
With half a mind on what they say
Half the world walks
With half a mind to run away

Half the world lies
Half the world learns
Half the world flies
As half the world turns

Half the world cries
Half the world laughs
Half the world tries
To be the other half

Half of us divided
Like a torn-up photograph
Half of us are trying
To reach the other half

Half the world cares
While half the world is wasting the day
Half the world shares
While half the world is stealing away


...Or, perhaps, "In the End"

Well, I can see what you mean
It just takes me longer
And I can feel what you feel
It just makes you stronger

Chorus
I know, I know, I know
Oh, the feeling grows
I see, I see, I see
It's got to be

You can take me for a little while
You can take me, you can make me smile in the end

Well, I can do what you do
You just do it better
And I can cry like you cry
It just makes me sadder

Chorus

Well, I can shine like you shine
It doesn't make me brighter
But if I think like you think
It don't make my load much lighter



Answers to the questions? Meh.

[Dr. Strange]

32. Good songs.

I really like "In the End." This calls for some listening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stBOhNxLrbM

[Common Sense Party]

35. Fantastic song, wonderful album.

Many people have never heard this song; they've no idea what they are missing.

[pokerfan]

26. ~

1. If you could be any mathematical function, which one would you be?

The sinc function, sinc(x) = sin(x)/x



2. What is your favorite television show?

Rescue Me

3. What's the last really good book you read?

Undaunted Courage

4. Wasn't that Cowboys' loss last night excellent?

Most excellent

5. What was your favorite DU thread?

PC v. Mac v. Linux wars

[Dr. Strange]

31. Your Rush Song is "Digital Man."

Your excellent choice of the sinc function shows that one thing is clear about pokerfan:

He picks up scraps of conversation
Radio and radiation
From the dancers and romancers
With the answers but no clue

He picks up scraps of information
He's adept at adaptation
Because for strangers and arrangers
Constant change is here to stay

And when the going gets tough, and the forces of evil (i.e. Rush haters) gather about on the wing, everyone says, "Hey, there's no need to fear! Let's leave it to pokerfan!

He's got a force field and a flexible plan
He's got a date with fate in a black sedan
He plays fast forward just as long as he can
But he won't need a bed
He's a digital man"

and then you kick ass, save the day, and yell at the Analog Kid to get the hell off your lawn.

[pokerfan]

36. lol

Had you asked for my favorite equation or identity, I probably would have gone with Euler.

[BeachBaby]

33. Woohoo!

1. Multiplication! Wait - what?

2. Don't watch much TV, but I'd say "House" or "CSI".

3. "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein.

4. It was proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

5. One I started a few months back, about Lounge bromances. I believe that some of those lovely couples have broken up since then.

[Dr. Strange]

34. Your Rush Song is "High Water."

Your choice of multiplication reveals your internal confusion. It undoubtedly traces back to the time

When something broke the surface
Just to see the starry dome
We still feel that relation
When the water takes us home
In the flying spray of the ocean
The water takes you home

Often, in the still of the quiet, dark night, your imagination is stirred when

Something breaks the silence
When the water takes you home
I hear the wordless voices
When the water takes me home

But then you realize that the something is in the next room playing Legos with your boys. And then you go back to sleep.

[brendan120678]

37. A day late, but here you go...

1. If you could be any mathematical function, which one would you be?
Fibonacci Sequence

2. What is your favorite television show?
Big Bang Theory

3. What's the last really good book you read?
"The Ultimate Grilling Cookbook"

4. Wasn't that Cowboys' loss last night excellent?
Totally

5. What was your favorite DU thread?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9042176

[Dr. Strange]

38. Your Rush Song is "Secret Touch."

Your appreciation of the Fibonacci sequence shows that you understand that

You can never break the chain
There is never love without pain
A gentle hand, a secret touch on the heart

Also, your choice for favorite threads reveals how you are

Out of sync
With the rhythm of my own reactions
With the things that last
And the things that come apart
Out of sync
With love in the land of the living
A gentle hand, a secret touch on the heart

A healing hand, a secret touch on the heart

which is why I try to avoid LynneSin's threads. I mean, damn.