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"Cygnus X-1" is a two-part song series by Canadian progressive rock band Rush. The first part, "Book I: The Voyage", is the last song on the 1977 album A Farewell to Kings, and the second part, "Book II: Hemispheres", is the first song on the following album, 1978's Hemispheres. Book I is ten minutes and twenty-five seconds long (10:25), and ...
It is the final Rush album to feature a side-long track; the 18-minute opener "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" concludes the story initially left as a cliffhanger on A Farewell to Kings, and the Apollonian and Dionysian concept addressed in drummer Neil Peart's lyrics are represented on the cover artwork
On the live album Rush in Rio, an abridged version of "Cygnus X-1" is performed as an instrumental. The piece consists of the "Prologue" section of the song, without the spoken introduction. The piece consists of the "Prologue" section of the song, without the spoken introduction.
"Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage" A Farewell to Kings: 1977 ... which was the first station to play a Rush song over the air. [38] "Freewill" Permanent Waves: 1980
The album closes with "Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage", a science-fiction song that tells the story of an unnamed explorer who travels to the centre of Cygnus X-1, a real black hole, in a spaceship named the Rocinante, believing there may be something beyond it. Upon approaching the centre the protagonist loses control of the ship and is drawn ...
Cygnus X-1 is an X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus. Cygnus X-1 may also refer to: "Cygnus X-1" (song series), a two-part song by the band Rush "Cygnus X-1", a song by Bethany Curve from the album Gold
Cold Fire (song) Countdown (Rush song) Cygnus X-1 (song series) D. Distant Early Warning (song) Double Agent (song) Dreamline; Driven (Rush song) E. The Enemy Within ...
It should only contain pages that are Rush (band) songs or lists of Rush ... Cygnus X-1 (song series) D. Distant Early Warning (song) Double Agent (song) Dreamline;