> Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Debbi wrote (re: Rush) > > Their concept album 2112 with the "Temples of > >Syrinx" speaks of the 'great computers,' the Solar > Federation, > >and how they have made the world contented: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/9123/lyrics/2112.html <snip> > > On the fantasy level is "The Trees," about war > >between the oaks and the maples (last song): http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/9123/lyrics/hemispheres.html > I love that song! > > But the first one from Rush that came to my mind was > Red Barchetta. <snip> > I strip away the old debris > That hides a shining car: > A brilliant red Barchetta > From a better vanished time. > [snip] > Suddenly ahead of me > Across the mountainside > A gleaming alloy air-car > Shoots towards me, two lanes wide...
That song on the radio had me night-flying down the Washington coast at <gasp> 70mph in a 55 zone, before I realized that I was cruisin' for a ticket (I was returning to Portland after a weekend in the Olympic National Park -- ooh, lovely!). :) > Then there's Prime Mover, from Hold Your Fire. It > might be a little bit of a stretch... <snip> One of my favorite albums. > If Prime Mover is allowed, then it's only a tiny > stretch further to allow > Dreamline from Roll the Bones... > > He's got a road map of Jupiter > A radar fix on the stars > All along the highway... Another good album! <snip> Movie music on Eric Kunzel's CDs Star Tracks I & II (I could have misremembered the titles) is good too - themes from various SF and fantasy films, from ET to The Day The Earth Stood Still. Debbi Crank It Uppppp! Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
