Music: Rush's 2112
Near where it all began, a banger of a song, and an epic adventure.
Picture yourself, at a small-ish venue in 1976. You are watching this new band named Rush, and they say they have time for one more song.
You would be happy with a three minute, thirty second radio friendly tune.
Instead, they whip out their 16 minute magnum opus, the title track of their new album, 2112.
Fuck yeah, that would be awesome.
December 11, 1976, at the Capitol Theatre, that is precisely what happened.
I wasn’t there, but fortunately the cameras were rolling, and whilst it is not the best quality black and white, the sound is quite good for the era, and thoroughly enjoyable.
I do recommend clicking through and listening to all sixteen minutes.
They don’t write them like that anymore!
As always, another excellent start to the day! 👏👏👏
Their live double album, “All The World’s A Stage” was my introduction to Rush. To this day, I still prefer the live versions of most of those songs to the studio recordings.