A Passage to Bangkok
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| Single by Rush from the album 2112 |
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| Released | 1977 | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | Toronto Sound Studios in Toronto, 1975 | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:34 | |||||||||||||
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"A Passage to Bangkok" is the second song on Rush's album, 2112. Released in 1976, the song follows the album's title song 2112. The song opens with a driving guitar riff that appears throughout the song. The song's lyrics have been interpreted as relating to marijuana,[1] as the song references places such as Colombia, Mexico, Cambodia, Jamaica, Morocco, Thailand, Afghanistan, "golden acapulco nights" (a possible reference to Acapulco gold), Nepal, and Lebanon. The song's length is approximately 3:34.
In earlier performances of the song (such as the version recorded on Exit...Stage Left), Geddy Lee would use a doubleneck Rickenbacker guitar, so that he could play rhythm guitar during Alex Lifeson's guitar solo. The arrangement was simplified for the 2004 30th Anniversary tour and the 2007 Snakes And Arrows Tour, and Lee no longer uses the doubleneck to play the song.[citation needed]
During the performance of this song on the 2007 Snakes And Arrows Tour, the video footage projected behind the band includes close-up shots of marijuana plants and scenes from the movie Reefer Madness, reinforcing the common intrepretation of the song. Green and purple lights were also used during the song in conjunction with a fog machine to create the illusion of marijuana smoke.
The introduction of the song incorporates the Asian Riff.
Tool uses the main riff of "A Passage to Bangkok" as the intro for their own song "Cold and Ugly" (and at one point, "Jambi") whenever they play it live.
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