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I added (sometimes scant) information about all the remaining songs, with the exception of "R30 Overture" (which I simply don't have yet). Perhaps someone can add the info for that song (and perhaps some more details for some other songs) and then take down the request for expansion.

--Durga2112 03:33, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Ok, all set. Deckiller 19:40, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Move page to Rush instrumentals? 2 YYZ 3 How "La Villa Strangiato" was recorded 4 Where's My Thing? 5 2112 Overture 6 ← Possible Inaccuracy 7 Cygnus X-1 - Prologue 8 How to pronounce "Strangiato"?

[edit] Move page to Rush instrumentals?

Wikipedia:Naming conventions would seem to indicate that the second word should not be capitalized. Any objections to moving the page? --Lph 22:37, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

None whatsoever. As a matter of fact, I was just coming over here to move it myself (hence why I saw your LVS edit) Deckiller 22:38, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] YYZ

I always read that the opening was in 5/4 time, not 10/8 as the article indicates. What's up with that? — Phil Welch (t) (c) 18:29, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

It just depends on whether you're counting it in quarters or eighths. Both work. I tend to count it in eighths because the guitar and bass land on a lot of them, making it easier to count that way. Raygun 01:19, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How "La Villa Strangiato" was recorded

An anonymous user recently added the following to the article: "However according to an interview with Neil Peart in Modern Drummer magazine, Peart states that after many attempts to do a single take on this very complex piece, none of them measured up and ended up using 3 takes edited together."

Does anyone have any further information about the Modern Drummer article in which Peart made this comment?

According to Bill Banasiewicz' biography of Rush (a transcript of which can be here, in Chapter 7), a quote attributed to Geddy Lee states the following: "It's recorded in one take but it took 40 takes to get it right!"

Does anyone have any further information that might help resolve these apparently conflicting statements?

Thanks, Raygun 01:33, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

As no one has added an appropriate reference for this comment, I edited the text to reflect what Geddy Lee is quoted as having said in Bill Banasiewicz' biography, as noted above. Raygun 01:19, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Where's My Thing?

"This instrumental is rarely played during Rush concerts."

I removed this line because it implies that Rush's setlists are dynamic within the dates of a tour, which isn't true; with the exception of the Vapor Trails tour (which had two setlists that they alternated), early tours, occasionally dropping songs for time constraints, and changing the setlist slightly for a leg of a tour, their setlist is always the same throughout a tour.

"Where's My Thing?" was only played on the Roll The Bones tour, so while it hasn't been played a lot live (compared to other songs), the word "rarely" doesn't fit well in the context of the sentence. Blue Baby Dragon 07:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2112 Overture

There ought to be a mention of the influence (musically and in title) of Tchaivosky's 1812 Overture. At the end of the Rush instrumental, a key phrase from Tchaikovsky's piece can be overheard. --Parenthetical Guy 18:26, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I was about to do it but, since you mentioned it first, why don't you do it yourself?--Gorpik 19:17, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ← Possible Inaccuracy

I haven't heard the song in a couple of weeks, but I am fairly sure that the words are "Attention, all planets of the Solar Fedaration" three times then "We have assumed control" twice. I may be wrong though. ——Ebany Salomanderiel (Talk) Leave a message 18:57, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

It's definitely 3 times for both; I just listened to it. User:The Fwanksta. 19:08; May 7, 2007.

[edit] Cygnus X-1 - Prologue

Why it's not an instrumental? The words are spoken, not sung. And, by the way, isn't "Didacts and Narpets" an instrumental? --212.149.209.240 08:01, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How to pronounce "Strangiato"?

I've been wondering this for years, and since "Strangiato" is not an English word, I think this information should be in the article. 217.171.129.77 (talk) 05:45, 9 March 2008 (UTC)