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"2112" (pronounced twenty-one twelve) is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush. It was released as a 20-minute song on their 1976 album of the same name and is the longest single song by the band. The overture and the first section, "The Temples of Syrinx", were released as a single.
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.
"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).
Rush toured in support of 2112 between February 1976 and June 1977 with concerts in Canada, the US, and for the first time Europe, with dates in the UK, Sweden, Germany, and the Netherlands. [24] [45] The three sold-out shows at Massey Hall in Toronto in June 1976 were recorded for Rush's debut live album, All the World's a Stage.
"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.
2112: 1976 Inspired by A Passage to India by E. M. Forster, the song describes a dreamlike journey around the world in search of marijuana fields, with an allusion to Acapulco Gold. [26] "The Twilight Zone" 2112: 1976 Inspired by The Twilight Zone television anthology series written and hosted by Rod Serling. "Lessons" 2112: 1976
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"2112: Oracle: The Dream" – 1:51 "2112: Soliloquy" – 2:10 "2112: Grand Finale" (Instrumental) – 2:37 "2112" was recorded on June 23, 1997, at the Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Different Stages is the only Rush live album that contains a full performance of the entire "2112" suite.