Posted on 04/02/2021 3:47:14 PM PDT by DoodleBob
An amazing band. I was fortunate enough to see them twice.
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I remember hearing this album for the first time in 76 when I was in high school. Blew everybody away. Still listen to it today.
I’m not an audiophile, but 2112 and Moving Pictures are two of my all time favorite albums. The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon are at the top of my list.
Thanks for posting. Always glad to meet another Rush fan
They are the soundtrack of my life.
Genius and gentlemen and humble and funny.
Bookends of the worst year in decades - losing Rush and then losing Rush.
Still in mourning for Neil.
Looks like a few things were left out of the summary; the vision the guitar man saw involved seeing the “elder race” going out to the stars and “learn(ing) and grow(ing)” rather than self-destructing as the priests claimed, and then returning to their home planet and overthrowing the priests.
Also, “syrinx” is the name for a bird’s vocal cords, although in the album’s context it might be the name of the Greek nymph and the reeds that Pan made his pipes out of.
Waiting for the winds of change to sweep the clouds away
Waiting for the rainbow’s end to cast its gold your way
Countless ways you pass the days
Waiting for someone to call and turn your world around
Looking for an answer to the question you have found
Looking for an open door
You don’t get something for nothing
You can’t have freedom for free
You won’t get wise with the sleep still in your eyes
No matter what your dreams might be
You don’t get something for nothing
You can’t have freedom for free
You won’t get wise with the sleep still in your eyes
No matter what your dreams might be
I’m more of a Moving Pictures guy.
What you said.
I can explain it in four letters...
Suck.
2112 is basically a retelling of Ayn Rand’s Anthem, with the hero rediscovering a guitar/music rather than electricity. Great message, great song.
Had a brain spasm reading the title of this thread.
Thought it was about Rush Limbaugh....
What I like Rush for is its melding of rock music and sci fi. Sort of like ELO’s melding of rock and classical. It started for me with 2112.
Yeah...really not a good analysis IMO. Neil explained that the record company told them what to do, (make short, radio worthy hit songs) and he philosophically refused as that was not the band they were, esp. after Caress of Steel. They were realistic and were prepared to quit and return to working straight jobs, as 2112 didn’t get much airplay (go figure). I remember that by ‘81, I saw them open their concert with Overture in Philly and 20,000 plus people (me, esp.) were blown away, and Hemispheres and Farewell to Kings fell into place after that time they got exposure into major U.S. markets. It is the perfect parable for fads that come and go quickly but the best withstand the test of time, but I bear witness the Rush was one of the best and “ticks all the boxes” in each category of musicianship, particularly originality and ground breaking artistry. To me, King Crimson, even in all of its forms is the only band to come close as Fripp is the godfather of prog rock!
Thank you so much for posting this! Rush has been part of the soundtrack of my life; until the interwebz I’d heard’em on the radio but never knew who they were until probably the early 90’s. Grateful for the music.
Happy Friday to all the awesome Freeper Rush fans!
Me too. Both fantastic shows.
That was me. I played my first copy of 2112 over and over so many times I wore it out in a month and had to buy another.
Yeah, I saw that interview. Make 3 1/2 minute songs or you’re done, so they made an album with 12 minute songs. LOL
A few years back, Rush made an animated movie to go along with 2112 side A.
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