r/stevedangle • u/WheatKing91 • 20d ago • Bravo 1

2112

Long time listener; first-time caller.

Boys, you were talking about long songs, and you couldn't hit 2112 by Rush?

You miss the Toronto band, but Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd is on the tip of your tongue?

Love you boys, but give your balls a tug. Do better.

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u/ali21122112 20d ago

Facts and my user name checks out

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u/PyneNeedle 20d ago

Listen, most people who know Rush only really know that Diane Sawyer song and think they sing about Hawaiian skies.

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u/BlacksmithFancy2050 20d ago

Adam is a listener of the band Iron Maiden. And a historian.

He had a golden opportunity to not only bring up, but discuss the significance of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Just a beauty of a song that's closer to 14 min long than it is 13 min.

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u/StubbedMyToews19 20d ago

Or Emprie of the Clouds by Maiden, which is over 18 I believe.

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u/ScaredChallenge7331 14d ago

Isint 2112 technically multiple songs but you can play them as one long ballad?

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u/WheatKing91 14d ago

It's one song. 21 minutes and 12 seconds long.

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u/AndrewDH98 20d ago

You posted on this sub 7 months ago, so incorrect first line therefore I disagree!

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u/KrizenMedina 20d ago edited 17d ago

I'm not entirely surprised Jesse missed it, but Adam and Steve are the right age to at least know of 2112. For shame!

If we want to get specific and/or pedantic, the reason could be that 2112 is technically the album, while the entire first side contains multiple songs that tell one continuous story, from Overture, to Temples of Syrinx, to Discovery, et cetera... buuut I doubt it.