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I even liked the movie....even though the critics thought it was like something by Hitler's lady director.

Denise Richards looked fetching in that uniform...lol

I always remember Stairship Trooper from a particular evening at around age 17 totally "altered state' sort of thing driving over the old Mississippi River Bridge at Vicksburg on old US 80..in an orange Delta 88 convertible...it felt like we were gonna astrally project when that long spacewalk crescendo guitar lead took off...high up on that bridge, wind in yer hair (lots of hair then) and all the stars....

....sorry...bad description...guess you had to be there...but you get my drift.

I have special moments of all the big songs throughout my life where I can recall them specifically at a certain time and place...and not all involve drugs or sex....thankfully.

You described at scene I've visited a few times myself. If you love rock and roll, and you grew up in the 70's, it's very difficult not to have at least a few of those experiences under your belt. ...especially when listening to Yes or Floyd. I don't even want to attempt to paint a verbal visual of the sh/t that was going through my brain while listening to Floyd's Animals or Miles Davis' Bitch's Brew while under the influence of a certain fungi. ...I'd be unable to do so, frankly.

Delta 88 convertible

"With my Olds 88 and the Devil on the leash." - Tom Waits, Bone Machine.

I have special moments of all the big songs throughout my life where I can recall them specifically at a certain time and place . . .

Holy sh!t -- I can't believe someone else has those same "moments" . . . I can put a list together right here as I write this. Songs that belong with certain places at certain times.

America's "Ventura Highway" late on a spring night on I-94 in southern Wisconsin.

Neil Young's "Winterlong" on the Trans-Canada Highway north of Lake Huron at sunset.

The Allman Brothers' "Midnight Rider" on I-80 in Pennsylvania in the dead of a summer night.

Ian Tyson's "Fifty Years Ago" while driving up the grade along Sarcee Trail on a July night in Calgary, and looking down on the city skyline during the fireworks display on the last night of the Calgary Stampede.

Rush's "Red Barchetta" on a camping trip in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.

Etc., etc.

I always remember Stairship Trooper from a particular evening at around age 17 totally "altered state' sort of thing driving over the old Mississippi River Bridge at Vicksburg on old US 80..in an orange Delta 88 convertible...it felt like we were gonna astrally project when that long spacewalk crescendo guitar lead took off...high up on that bridge, wind in yer hair (lots of hair then) and all the stars....

Jeez....I had a similar experience cruzin around listening to Fragile particularly the song "Roundabout". Let me see, yep, I was about 17/18, in an altered state, driving my old man's Mustang on some winding roads in NW Wisconsin with some friends and totally digging the music and Steve Howe's guitar leads. It was almost an out of body experience. About a year and a car crash later I never went down that road again.