Glad to see these resuming! Way to break down an incredibly complex and dynamic song on the first spin back.
"Natural Science" is a memorable tune for me in a few ways. Musically, i'll always dig its 7 groove section (in 'Hyperspace' iirc), use of the seashore sounds and packed-in excellence in instrumentalism. However, it also marks a few endpoints for me.
First, it's the endpoint of what i consider my favorite stretch of Rush -- from 2112 to Permanent Waves -- an ever-too-short 4-album period that featured a combination of purity, power and diversity that only Snakes & Arrows has even thought about tagging since (and lightly at that) ... although hope springs eternal. In line with this, "Natural Science" is also the last Rush song (unless my geekery fails me) to have its thematic sections granted titles of their own, akin to the brilliant "La Villa Strangiato", the imaginative "The Necromancer", and the all-out movements of side-long suites like "2112" and "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
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"Natural Science" is a memorable tune for me in a few ways. Musically, i'll always dig its 7 groove section (in 'Hyperspace' iirc), use of the seashore sounds and packed-in excellence in instrumentalism. However, it also marks a few endpoints for me.
First, it's the endpoint of what i consider my favorite stretch of Rush -- from 2112 to Permanent Waves -- an ever-too-short 4-album period that featured a combination of purity, power and diversity that only Snakes & Arrows has even thought about tagging since (and lightly at that) ... although hope springs eternal. In line with this, "Natural Science" is also the last Rush song (unless my geekery fails me) to have its thematic sections granted titles of their own, akin to the brilliant "La Villa Strangiato", the imaginative "The Necromancer", and the all-out movements of side-long suites like "2112" and "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres ( ... )
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