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The song is named after Terry Brown, nicknamed "Broon" by the band, who produced Exit... Stage Left and 10 other Rush albums. (On the same album, Lee refers to Brown as "T.C. Broonsie" when introducing "Jacob's Ladder.") It was not featured on any other live or studio album until the release of the 40th Anniversary Edition of Moving Pictures ...
Whereas most of the ideas we were dealing with this time were on the lesser side, and in some cases, like in "Jacobs Ladder", looked at as a cinematic idea. We created all the music first to summon up an image – the effect of Jacob's Ladder – and paint the picture, with the lyrics added, just as a sort of little detail, later, to make it ...
A Jacob's Ladder unfolded Watch toy in action (Ogg Theora format, 1.7 MB) A Jacob's ladder (also magic tablets, Chinese blocks, and klick-klack toy [1]) is a folk toy consisting of blocks of wood held together by strings or ribbons. When the ladder is held at one end, blocks appear to cascade down the strings.
"Jacob's Ladder" uses multiple time signatures, and possesses a dark, ominous feel in its first half. Its lyrics are based on a simple concept: a vision of sunlight breaking through storm clouds. The title is a reference to the natural phenomenon of the sun breaking through the clouds in visible rays, which in turn is named after the Biblical ...
We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder is a spiritual. [1] As a folk song originating in a repressed culture, the song's origins are lost. Some academics believe it emerged as early as 1750, [ 3 ] and definitely no later than 1825, [ 4 ] and was composed by American slaves taken from the area now known as Liberia . [ 3 ]
String figures may also involve the use of the mouth, wrist, and feet. They may consist of singular images or be created and altered as a game, known as a string game, or as part of a story involving various figures made in sequence (string story). String figures have also been used for divination, such as to predict the sex of an unborn child. [1]
Although the lyrics at the end of the song could be interpreted as mentions to the Biblical Jaccob's Ladder, the concept of the song is about a storm being formed and at the end of storms Crepuscular rays can often be seen -- and these rays are commonly named "Jaccob's Ladder" --Pinnecco 13:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
The single was released promotionally by Mutt Records, with their previous single, "Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)", as a B-side. [108] It was also included on the bonus DVD accompanying Readymades and Then Some, the rerelease of their 2002 album Readymades. [109] Stereogum also made the song available as a free MP3 download in June 2004. [110]