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Rush 2112 story (vanity)
youtube ^ | 11/8/2024 | Weasles Ripped My Flesh

Posted on 11/08/2024 6:30:35 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

There is a small Irish pub in a small lake town by me.

The crowd is diverse middle class heavy Trump supporters.

They have a touch tune jukebox there and tonight the playlist was full.

John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
Huey Lewis and the News - New Drug
Meatloaf - Dashboard Light

Smack dab in the middle was Rush 2112

I was suprised to see it there and I couldn't understand why someone would play it.

2112 starts playing, it is all of side one.

I. "Overture" – 4:31
II. "The Temples of Syrinx" – 2:16
III. "Discovery" – 3:25
IV. "Presentation" – 3:41
V. "Oracle: The Dream" – 2:00
VI. "Soliloquy" – 2:19
VII. "Grand Finale" – 2:16"

At the end, the light went on and it was an amazing moment when I realized what the person who played it had done.

The ending was epic in that setting at that volume with all of those people.

It's worth setting 20 min aside to listen to Side 1 again here.

2112

Spoiler 20:06 mark "we have assumed control"


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 2112; control; music; rush; vanity
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
If you've ever read the album notes for 2112, there is an opening dedication "to the genius of Ayn Rand." And that is the reason Rolling Stone and other leftist rock critics disliked them for so many decades.

By the way, if you haven't ever read Anthem, you should. Very short, more of a novella. Aa fantastic argument/endorsement of individual liberty, and a frightening picture of what "equity" really means.

21 posted on 11/09/2024 5:45:22 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
This album saved the band's career.

I believe the label was about to drop them.

22 posted on 03/20/2025 6:26:08 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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