Union 5-3992 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 It's aboot kickin' ass my friend...and lots of it! Ooh, I have to tell you, after the R40 tour, I'm all about The Anarchist! :haz:Yeah, it's a major entry into the canon. One of the best things they've written in forever. Easily cracks my top 10 songs by Rush with Clockwork Angels. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Have i told people CA is MASTERPIECE, :rush: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 It's aboot kickin' ass my friend...and lots of it! Ooh, I have to tell you, after the R40 tour, I'm all about The Anarchist! :haz:Yeah, it's a major entry into the canon. One of the best things they've written in forever. Easily cracks my top 10 songs by Rush with Clockwork Angels.And to think Headlong Flight is in there too...that song is the total package...it is Rush. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 The songs on the album are not meant to be a linear story. Thats what the book is for. Its basically about a guy who runs away from home to the big city. Along the way he run into some situations that shake what he has been brought up to believe. But by the end, he would live it all again. This readers digest version is enough for me. But then again I just listen to the guitar parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Lent's sis Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 It's basically The Wizard of Oz retold...And not only that, but if you listen to Clockwork Angels concurrent with the Floyd's Dark Side it sounds like little men playing Bastille Day on an endless loop until the final note of The Garden when a blood-curdling scream reveals that you were listening to Love Rollercoaster the whole time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 It's basically The Wizard of Oz retold...And not only that, but if you listen to Clockwork Angels concurrent with the Floyd's Dark Side it sounds like little men playing Bastille Day on an endless loop until the final note of The Garden when a blood-curdling scream reveals that you were listening to Love Rollercoaster the whole time. True. If you time it just right, you will see the munchkins singing, "Wish them well!" in their high-pitched voices at the perfect moment while the record is playing. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Wow, everyone is changing their avatar What were we talking about again ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Wow, everyone is changing their avatar What were we talking about again ? We were talking about you. Why haven't you changed your avatar?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 If you start Clockwork Angels at the same time you roll the film Wizard of Oz, you will realize quickly that if you turn the stereo off,the movie makes more sense. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 If you start Clockwork Angels at the same time you roll the film Wizard of Oz, you will realize quickly that if you turn the stereo off,the movie makes more sense. That's no fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 If you start Clockwork Angels at the same time you roll the film Wizard of Oz, you will realize quickly that if you turn the stereo off,the movie makes more sense. That's no fun.Several minutes into the album and flick, the line "as if to fly" syncs up perfectly when the house is torn from the ground by the twister. Later, "a face of naked evil" lines up exactly when the witch scowls at Glinda. Soon after, Glinda floats away as "a goddess, with wings on her heels" plays in the background. Actually though, I didn't play the DVD along with CA. I just sat on the couch with a joint & hunk of brownies and imagined what might happen if i weren't too stoned and lazy to grab the remote and press "play". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 New spam thread?Thanks pal. I think it's pretty brave of me to admit I don't understand Clockwork Angels on a forum of RUSH snobs. K now it's a troll thread lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 The hero is he called The Ghost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 It's aboot kickin' ass my friend...and lots of it! Ooh, I have to tell you, after the R40 tour, I'm all about The Anarchist! :haz: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 If you start Clockwork Angels at the same time you roll the film Wizard of Oz, you will realize quickly that if you turn the stereo off,the movie makes more sense. One time I watched Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas high on vicodin and simultaneously listened to an unrelated imaginary soundtrack while the movie played. I remember absolutely nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I have something serious to admit to the entire forum. I have no freaking clue what Clockwork Angels is aboot. I listened to the entire album, songs in order maybe twice back when the album was released. Now I skipp a few songs. So I never figured out the story. Is Tom Sawyer the main character or the naked dude from 2112??? Is the album a sequel?It's about the rebirth of a great band after 27 years in the wilderness. It is certainly the best album they've made since the 1980s. I won't say which album from the '80s, but...yes. And I don't follow the story, really. I just love the sound. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Wow, everyone is changing their avatar What were we talking about again ? I've never changed my avatar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Clockwork Angels is about the journey of a free thinker in a world controlled by an anarchist and his legion of angels. It's about questioning authority. It's about overcoming adversity. And, as TM said before, most importantly, it's about kicking a**, and lots of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 If you start Clockwork Angels at the same time you roll the film Wizard of Oz, you will realize quickly that if you turn the stereo off,the movie makes more sense. One time I watched Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas high on vicodin and simultaneously listened to an unrelated imaginary soundtrack while the movie played. I remember absolutely nothing.I once made the gravely stupid stupid mistake of watching "The Fly" while I had the stomach flu. Let's just say, Have never and WILL never see how that film ended.Plus Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum can suck it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Who cares what the resident snoots think? Love what you love and to heck with the rest of them. Give em hell harry. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) I know this topic is a little old, but I thought I'd go through this song by song seeing as this is my favorite album: Caravan is about a young man who leaves his boring country life for an adventure in the city BU2B is about that man starting to question his belief in the watchmaker's omnipotence Clockwork Angels is about him arriving in the city and admiring the Clockwork Angels, mechanical flying machines that grant wishes and prayers on the people below The Anarchist is introducing a character who's known as, well, "The Anarchist". This character has rebelled against The Watchmaker and is a known terrorist in the lands governed by said watchmaker. His whole life he's been silenced and not allowed to speak against the watchmaker and so he's angry. Carnies is about the original protagonist entering the city and being in awe at all the sights and sounds around him Halo Effect is about the protagonist falling in love with a performer at a carnival, trying to project his idea of a perfect soulmate on her, and then being rejected by her and realizing he had been projecting an idea of what he wanted to see on her that wasn't actually there. In Seven Cities of Gold, the protagonist journeys out across the Western Sea to a wilderness that according to legend has seven cities of gold. He gets wrapped up in exploring this new country and almost freezes to death in the night. In The Wreckers he is saved by the crewmen on the ship he took to explore the wilderness in the previous song, and taken back aboard their ship to return to the city. There is a storm as they're sailing and they get lost. Suddenly they see a light and decide to go towards it only to find that it was a trap laid by a gang of thieves. The thieves boarded the ship, threw the crew overboard, then took off with everything of value. The protagonist is the only survivor. In Headlong Flight, the protagonist manages to catch a ship back to the city. As he is going back he reflects on his journey and the terrible things that happens and decides that it was all worth it, and that he wishes he could live it all again. Upon further reflection, his tragedies cause him to lose faith that The Watchmaker really is watching over everyone and taking care of them in the song BU2B2. In Wish Them Well, the protagonist feels anger over the lies he's been told and decides that it's best to just ignore those people and wish them well. The Garden concludes the journey, with the protagonist settling down and thinking about the garden of life, where one must plant and tenderly care for seeds of love and respect. The way I wrote it is a touch sappy and quite poorly written, but it should give you the story for the most part. Edited August 31, 2015 by AnEggplant 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Clockwork Angels is about the journey of a free thinker in a world controlled by an anarchist and his legion of angels. It's about questioning authority. It's about overcoming adversity. And, as TM said before, most importantly, it's about kicking a**, and lots of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Thanks to the Eggplant I am now at peace. 73 you may now lock this thread and send it to the archives in Toronto. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Thanks to the Eggplant I am now at peace. 73 you may now lock this thread and send it to the archives in Toronto.Glad I could help. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Power Windows and Hold Your Fire being bad albums? Eh, no. Perhaps they're not bad, but they are two of the worst the band has made. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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