[DoodleBob]

Rush and Rand...I suspect that combo turned many people from possible liberals into individualists. Happy 35th anniversary.

[Lurker]

An amazing band. I was fortunate enough to see them twice.

L

[unixfox]

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.

[Yo-Yo]

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.

[CaptainPhilFan]

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.

[Olog-hai]

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.

[struggle]

[algore]

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

[crusty old prospector]

I’m more of a Moving Pictures guy.

[Magnatron]

I can explain it in four letters...

Suck.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

2112 is basically a retelling of Ayn Rand’s Anthem, with the hero rediscovering a guitar/music rather than electricity. Great message, great song.

[1_Rain_Drop]

Had a brain spasm reading the title of this thread.
Thought it was about Rush Limbaugh....

[Telepathic Intruder]

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.

[MonicaG]

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!

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

For many fans, 2112 is the one where they got on board.

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.

[redinIllinois]

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