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Rush put down musical ideas for 2112 in backstage dressing rooms, hotel rooms, and in their van while touring Caress of Steel in the second half of 1975. [14] [19] Peart had already started writing lyrics, to which Lee and Lifeson would develop songs on acoustic guitars that complemented the mood of what Peart was writing about.
Drummer: John Rutsey; First original song released; B Side of Not Fade Away single; Music: Geddy Lee; Lyrics: John Rutsey; Played by the band as early as 1971. Originally planned for inclusion on Rush's debut album, but scrapped in the end. The song has not been released in any format since the initial 1973 Moon Records release.
This song is described in the liner notes of the album—its interior and back cover—in two ways: by the actually-sung lyrics, and; by the narrative of the song's Protagonist—identified as "Anonymous, 2112"—quoted and italicized like entries from a personal journal—on the back cover and before the lyrics of all songs except "Overture" and "Grand Finale".
Canada’s greatest power trio was assembled slowly, one piece at a time. Toronto guitarist Alex Lifeson co-founded Rush as a teenager in 1968, and a few months later, invited a childhood friend ...
"A Passage to Bangkok" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, released in March 1976 by Anthem Records. The song appears on the band's fourth studio album 2112 (1976). [3] With the album's title track comprising the first half of the record, "A Passage to Bangkok" opens the second side of the album (on the original LP and audio cassette).
"The Twilight Zone" is the third track on Rush's album 2112. It was the last track written and recorded for the album. It was the first single to be released from 2112.As with most Rush songs, the lyrics are written by Neil Peart, and the music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson.
Peart named the track and its lyrics after the same-titled dystopian novella by Russian-American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand, who would become a greater inspiration to lyrics on their later album 2112 (1976). [10] The lyrics to "Beneath, Between and Behind" were the first that Peart wrote for Rush. Lee and Lifeson wrote the music after he ...
Music Emissions said that it was the most underrated song on the album and that it was a departure for the band as a very heart-felt song of loss and regret. [ 3 ] Bill Banasiewicz said in the book Rush Visions that "It's better produced than 'Lessons', which immediately precedes it.