Lorraine Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 We should declare April 14th National Hemispheres Day. :) For whatever reason, it seems to be the album today to talk about. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I have memory and awareness,But I have no shape or formAs a disembodied spirit,I am dead and yet unbornI have passed into OlympusAs was told in tales of old,To the city of Immortals,Marble white and purest gold . . . There are rare moments during certain songs that, no matter what you are doing or where you are, these moments will transport you to some other place .. This is one And Hemispheres is, for me, what RUSH is That's one of my favorite parts of the song. Instant goose bumps! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Hemispheres the epic goes by so fast. that's one sign of a great epic. I could do multiple listens in a row with it. Mick Seems God started playing the album in loop at the very beginning of Genesis and then realized after what seemed just a while that he missed R40 tickets presale.... :P I like that idea... And on the eighth day He got a Gold VIP Ticket (no credit card details needed, it seems....) and a Meet and Greet pass too! I would there have been not a few fans who would claim to have met God at a Rush show over the years. :) I'll bet He goes to all of them! :P No sign of God here in Italy when they played in 2004 and 2007; but several hundreds had a chat with Mother Mary during the intermission.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 In Jr. High I was transfixed/obsessed with Hemispheres like no other record before or since. The feeling's not as intense these days but it will always be the most magical lp ever to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 In Jr. High I was transfixed/obsessed with Hemispheres like no other record before or since. The feeling's not as intense these days but it will always be the most magical lp ever to me.What was it about the album that transfixed you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Some fought themselves, some fought each otherMost just followed one anotherLost and aimless like their brothersFor their Hearts were so unclearAnd the Truth could not appearTheir spirits were dividedInto blinded hemispheres 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Just thinking about Hemispheres...going to Permanent Waves...going to Moving Pictures...and yes, going to Signals. That's just the perfect storm in my book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Guys I give up having an opinion. Today I played it and it sounded amazing. Is there a goblin that swaps ober my disc for white noise between plays? I hate it...i love it...i hate it...i love it. I never like it. NO OTHER ALBUM CONFUSES ME AS MUCH AS THIS STUPID ALBUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 The Rush Revenge gods strike again! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Guys I give up having an opinion. Today I played it and it sounded amazing. Is there a goblin that swaps ober my disc for white noise between plays? I hate it...i love it...i hate it...i love it. I never like it. NO OTHER ALBUM CONFUSES ME AS MUCH AS THIS STUPID ALBUM Well, it's fitting that you're "of two minds" . . . uh . . . get it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Guys I give up having an opinion. Today I played it and it sounded amazing. Is there a goblin that swaps ober my disc for white noise between plays? I hate it...i love it...i hate it...i love it. I never like it. NO OTHER ALBUM CONFUSES ME AS MUCH AS THIS STUPID ALBUM There's a goblin in your head! (Note: Loving Hemispheres is the angel, and anything other than love for that album is the demon.) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 It will always be one of my favorite concerts ever witnessed. :codger: Same here! I wish I remembered more of it. They were so new to me at the time I don't think I appreciated enough for what it was. Awesome concert. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) Guys I give up having an opinion. Today I played it and it sounded amazing. Is there a goblin that swaps ober my disc for white noise between plays? I hate it...i love it...i hate it...i love it. I never like it. NO OTHER ALBUM CONFUSES ME AS MUCH AS THIS STUPID ALBUM I don' believet anything you say.......ANYMORE. Eat MY poo lol Mick Edited April 15, 2015 by bluefox4000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Heard The Trees on the drive home today. Still an excellent tune! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I'm listening to it now.......Divine record from beginning to end!! no counter argument can change that. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I have to admit, I'm falling hard for Prelude. It is a work of art. But I still can't stand the rest, no matter how many times I listen to it. Yuck. After the DING!, everything just falls flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyLee Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I have to admit, I'm falling hard for Prelude. It is a work of art. But I still can't stand the rest, no matter how many times I listen to it. Yuck. After the DING!, everything just falls flat. But... but Prelude pulls pieces from everything after it? Issues with Ged's voice on it? I mean... I love the screechy old days but I can see where some wouldn't. THAT I can understand. Musically... it's extensions from Prelude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabesCavesOfIce Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Cygnus Bringer of Balance and The Sphere is the most amazing stretch of music I have heard. Chills 36 years later (for me). Wish I could put it onto words for you 98. They were at their apex creatively. Makes one of my favorite short form Rush songs - Circumstances - seem so....mortal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyLee Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Every time I hear "Then all at once the chaos ceased... " it hits me hard. Builds so perfectly to that line. Also, "Some who did not fight brought tales of old to light". I love the way Neil takes a metaphor and throws that one line to keep your mind fixed on the illusion (if that make sense). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) In Jr. High I was transfixed/obsessed with Hemispheres like no other record before or since. The feeling's not as intense these days but it will always be the most magical lp ever to me.What was it about the album that transfixed you? Much of the album, esp the middle part of La Villa, but the single best example would be from below, 2:18 to 3:50, my favorite minute and a half of music by anyone. Thanks for asking! :ebert: p.s. I really love the ESL version of this part as well. Same of Xanadu, love the ESL version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWHEcIbhDiw Edited April 15, 2015 by Rutlefan 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Rutlefan, thanks for answering! Not that I need an excuse, but now I have a good one to both listen to La Villa and watch ESL. :) ;) ;) ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I have to admit, I'm falling hard for Prelude. It is a work of art. But I still can't stand the rest, no matter how many times I listen to it. Yuck. After the DING!, everything just falls flat. Bring the body, the mind will follow! You've made great progress. Soon, you will appreciate the post-Ding!!! excellence of the song too. :) I have faith in you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I have to admit, I'm falling hard for Prelude. It is a work of art. But I still can't stand the rest, no matter how many times I listen to it. Yuck. After the DING!, everything just falls flat. Bring the body, the mind will follow! You've made great progress. Soon, you will appreciate the post-Ding!!! excellence of the song too. :) I have faith in you! i did it and he should go back and read my ani-Hemispheres rants.....i swear. they make his look tame, lol Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I knew it! Rutle, I fast-forwarded to your favorite La Villa part knowing it would be my favorite part as well. I especially love the part that begins at 5:15. If Alex never wrote another thing in his life, this song would have been enough to forever brand him as a master of the guitar. I'd love to ask him how he wrote it, and what inspired the notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I have to admit, I'm falling hard for Prelude. It is a work of art. But I still can't stand the rest, no matter how many times I listen to it. Yuck. After the DING!, everything just falls flat. Bring the body, the mind will follow! You've made great progress. Soon, you will appreciate the post-Ding!!! excellence of the song too. :) I have faith in you! i did it and he should go back and read my ani-Hemispheres rants.....i swear. they make his look tame, lol Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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