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The next segment introduces the main theme of La Villa, the Strangiato theme. The song progresses to include an increasingly complex guitar solo backed by string synthesizer, followed closely by bass and drum fills. The Strangiato theme is then revisited before the song ends abruptly with phased bass and drums. The piece is divided as follows:
He later described the song as a parable about Collectivism, an idea addressed by novelist Ayn Rand. The nine-minute "La Villa Strangiato" (subtitled "An Exercise in Self-Indulgence") is the first instrumental that Rush recorded, and has 12 distinct sections. The piece is what Lifeson described as a "musical re-creation" of the various ...
On "La Villa Strangiato", the introductory classical guitar solo from the original recording is played on electric guitar and doubled in length, Lee sings part of a nursery rhyme in Yiddish during the "Danforth and Pape" section (the liner notes include a translation of his words), and a short bass and percussion solo is added before the ...
It stemmed from the band's enjoyment of recording "La Villa Strangiato", a nine-minute instrumental on Hemispheres (1978), something they wanted to do again for Moving Pictures, only shorter. [7] The music originated while Lee and Peart were jamming as a warm-up, during which Lee came up with the main riff and Peart suggested to have a more ...
"La Villa Strangiato" - Live at the 1979 Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands (first time this song was captured on video; recording begins at the start of the "A Lerxst in Wonderland" section, after comments by the band about Alex Lifeson's injured finger)
The rock band Rush adapted part of "Powerhouse" in their 1978 instrumental "La Villa Strangiato" (5:49 into the track) on their Hemispheres album, as did ska/soul band The Pietasters in Factory Concerto on their 1993 self-titled album. Alternative jazz group Soul Coughing sampled it in "Bus to Beelzebub" from their 1994 album Ruby Vroom.
"La Villa Strangiato" Tour dates. List of 1980 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act(s) [9] [10] ... Rush: Song by Song. Fonthill Media.
List of Rush instrumentals#La Villa Strangiato; To a section: This is a redirect from a topic that does not have its own page to a section of a page on the subject ...