Cygnus X-1: Book 2 - Hemispheres [Rush Reaction] - Couple's first time hearing
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- Starting a new Rush album is always a blast, and Cygnus X-1, Book Two: Hemispheres is no exception! This first-time reaction takes us back into space to visit our favorite black hole and to see what Apollo and Dionysus are up to.
This is our first time listening to this album. We are re-experiencing classic rock music, an album at a time, with fresh perspectives and active ears, so that Dev can learn and appreciate this music more, and so that Mike can relive his childhood.
00:00 - Album Introduction
03:25 - Prelude
07:53 - Apollo: Bringer of Balance
10:24 - Dionysus: Bringer of Love
12:29 - Armageddon: The Battle of Heart and Mind
15:25 - Cygnus: Bringer of Balance
20:25 - The Sphere: A Kind of Dream
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Hearing this for the 1,000th time...still blows me away. My GOD MAN!
One of the greatest albums ever
By far my favorite Rush album.
I absolutely agree! An absolute masterpiece!
Mine too and one of my favourite tours, though the memories dim as the years pass.
Definitely concur!
Mine too
@@RushfanUK
I wish I saw this tour. My parents didn't let me go or bring me because I was 3 LOL 😂 I'm jealous though. Cheers!
This album really pulled me in... in 1978.... at 18 years old. Rush became the music of my life.
A few years removed, this same thing happened to me with Permanent Waves. Not that I didn’t already like prog at 15 but the songs on “Waves” were more concise and accessible to my young rocker mind. A very short time after… I “discovered” the depth of this and waded deeper into the earlier pools of Rush’s earlier material.
All those smaller tide pools contributed to the totality of the Rush Ocean - which expanded into the albums (new pools) that had yet to come into existence.
Their best album.
"Then all at once the chaos ceased, a stillness fell a sudden peace" love it!
Neil Peart…A TRUE POET!
By far, my favorite Rush song! I think Geddy’s bass playing was never better than on this song!
In Cygnus Book I the traveler entered the black hole (Cygnus X-1) in his ship the Rocinante (the name of Don Quixote’s horse - like Don Quixote, Rocinante is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities) and the traveler’s body was destroyed and "every nerve was torn apart".
In Cygnus Book II the traveler's disembodied spirit passed into Olympus and he was made the God of Balance between love and reason.
Although I am a life long RUSH fan, it took many listens to this song before I really fell in love with it. I now consider this track to be among the finest ever composed! I really appreciate that you don't stop the songs during your reactions like others do, even for the really long epics like Cygnus X-1 Book 2. Thanks much for this one!☮️
This is rock as classical music. For me this has always been like a symphony or rock opera. It is so well constructed, recorded and performed, and its technical brilliance is matched only by its compositional genius. Also, a brief word on the lyrics: as excellent as the poetry is, the "philosophy" behind this genuinely interesting (even if the "story" is not as much so). This is intelligent music written by and for intelligent people.
This album changed my life.
I was so excited when this came out. I Rushed (pun) to only record store in town that carried heathen music. They only had 8 tracks. No cassettes or albums. I went home and put my old 8 track back in my Chevelle.
Oh my giddy aunt.
I WAS 11 when i bought Hemispheres tickets in 79.
I was 11 years old when i told my mam i was going the youth club instead i went 22 miles to see a band that i LOVED by my self at the age of 11 to see RUSH on the Hemispheres tour.Different times.
It was recrded in Whales not London
I wish, but I was only 3
Yes, my favorite Rush album as well.
They said this album was right at the limit of their abilities at the time
as a Rush fan, my favorite album!!! come on, long great prog songs (la villa and hemispheres). the trees! plus the boys all had long hair still and Neil's handlebar mustache! thx for playing it!!
Circumstances is their masterpiece prog short song...can you imagine it on radio rotation in 1978? The general public wouldn't have been able to take it!
“We can walk our road together…” that is a golden key closing.
This and 2112 are MASTERPIECES!
Alex had lightning in his fingers... It was then and now underappreciated.
best song ever. Thankful I was able to see this live several times.
I was lucky enough to see this Hemispheres tour live. It's still probably the greatest live performance of any band ever, and the best of the 6-7 Rush concerts I went to. No band at any level has ever eclipsed that performance in Houston Texas. Stevie Ray Vaughn was a different thing, and lost count of how many times I got to see SRV. But Rush was just this etheral other-worldly experience. You felt like you were time traveling ahead of the lesser bands that came before them of all genres. Now I like a wide variety and Motown was my roots, so i listen to everything where the band members actually play instruments and sing without Auto Tune, so I'm not snobbish ... I love a variety to offset my appreciation for Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Rush etc. But this was easily the most amazing concert of my lifetime and i can factually say that will never change. My apologies to everyone who missed it.
I wish I saw this tour, but my parents didn't let me go or bring me because I was 3, but this is my favorite RUSH album.
the ending lyrics is the secret message of the song to me here is one of the answers to Rodney kings "Why cant we all just get along?" "We can walk our road together, If our goals are all the same. We can run alone and free, If we pursue a different aim. Let the truth of love be lighted,
Let the love of truth shine clear. Sensibility, armed with sense and liberty,
With the Heart and Mind united, in a single perfect Sphere". lyrics by Niel Peart of rush I saw this tour in the seventies it was great they had a projection screen behind them types of image or video relating to the song at the end where he sang those lyrics live, the two hemispheres came together as one brain perfect on the guitar strum ending and fade out good job hope you enjoyed it.
My favourite album too, although it's so very hard to choose. Signals and Permanent Waves right up there too.
As a bass player, the musicianship is incredible on this track. And Geddy sings. I give up....
I was in junior high and getting 10 albums for a penny on the Columbia house record club, my classmate said Hemispheres is a good album, I then fell into the Rush rabbit hole. Love how they added samples from book 1.
That's how I got into Rush, too. My brother got 2112 (et al) with his penny at our oldest sister's behest.
@j_omega_t my sister got 2112 but I was 12, it was beyond my comprehension. After Hemispheres I went back and was hooked. I was full on prog
Musical master peice.
Because you did this song , I'm subscribing to your channel! And I don't care what anyone's says either , Geddy does have a cool voice! 👌
I know I said A Farewell to Kings was my hands down favorite but....Hemispheres is REALLY awesome too. Perhaps their epics are simplified, but as a teenager listening to their songs over and over, I learned to think deeply and critically. This lead me into philosophy. I remember sitting in the smoking area at school (getting very stoned) with my 3 inch thick "The Fountainhead" book by Ayn Rand and my peers looking at me with disgust as I was not cool. Back then, Rush fans were considered weird nerds to be cast out (Note: the song Subdivisions). I'm really enjoying your reactions. You are noticing production details I never caught on to. Thank you!
I'll never forget begging my dad to buy this album for me. Rush blew my mind! 1978. Been a Rush fan geek ever since.
This is the record that got me into Rush. And remains my favorite Rush album to this day.
Fun reaction.
The whole album was awesome, circumstances, la villa, morons. Bad review
I love this song with a Passion
I heard it on a midnight release before it hit the record store. It blew me away.
My favourite Rush album! ❤❤❤ This songvis magnificent!
Female RUSH fans are the coolest. My fiancée became one.
Big Rush fan!!! My favorite Album is 2112. Favorite song is Closer to the Heart!!! I saw them once. Great show!!!
This album is how I was introduced to Rush. It’s my favorite album 💿
My favorite Rush song on my favorite Rush album. 🔥🔥🔥
Great share!! The last verse tears me up! 😊😢 RIP Neil Peart
I used to listen to this album in high school nearly every night. It's masterful.
I have been listening to this album a lot in the last month or so for some reason. I guess temporarily longing for when musicians made difficult music and stand back from their creation and wonder what the hell did we just create, and now we have to do it live. I miss the days of great musicianship. Loved y'alls reaction to the opening of Hemispheres. Great Rush album!!
Amazing that they didn't stop after this album, because really, how do you top this album?
Recorded in Wales. Mixed in London.
Rockfield Monmouthshire Wales then Trident London June July 1978! Your wifes Beautiful make every day special 😊 great content 👏
I'm big Rush fan... Always have been... This is probably my favorite Rush album... Love side 2 also... Very strong album from beginning to end.
It's been a while so time to smile. Hope you all doing fine! Another masterpiece to hang on the wall. Heart and mind. Ying and Yang. Light and dark. Armed with sense and Liberty. Can't wait for the Novel, Dev! Thanks Mike and Dev!!
One of the finest and most complex arrangements you will ever hear with a great story to boot. I might be biased...... I bought this album with my allowance after listening to my sister's Moving Pictures album. I was hooked immediately and wore this album out. You really need to hear this song on original vinyl to get the full depth of the sound. It is amazing.
I was not disappointed, Love this track and the whole album. Just want to say, love you guys and how you do things. You really should have a lot more subscribers, I'm sure they will come. Thanks guys!
I guess I'm a kindergartner...lol. The song is metaphorical to be understood easily. It's actually meant to make you really think. It's arguably their greatest achievement. What's going on in this country right now is basically what this song is about IMO.
Geds voice was cool, is cool and aiways will be cool.
An EFFING masterpiece!
14:20 "My Rocinante sailed by night
On her final flight"
That rolling, moving, soaring bass line is some of Geddy's best work.
Ding!
As you mentioned, they’re dealing with very heavy themes in a tight format (even though it’s still a 22 minute song), Neil’s writing is very effective in conveying the key concepts in a concise manner to fit the narrative. (Every stanza is packed with the words it needs to be cohesive) Plus it rocks!
This song lives in the every marrow of my bones. It is one of my happy places.
It wasn’t a watershed moment, album or experience for me personally but it is one of their best-no matter how it was received.🤘🖖✌️🎸🥁🎹🎤🥂
The last song, the Sphere, tells you about living together with a balance between logic and emotion. Something our society needs to learn.
Very good review.... I admire your observations.
2112 was my gateway album for Rush (several years after it had come out). I’d always just accepted 2112 as their best long track, because I know it like the back of my hand. But sometimes, I think Hemispheres (Book II) is better
like your stuff
I love the story and the rock epicness!
Farewell to kings is my favorite this is a close 2nd
Cygnus X1 book one to be continued into hemispheres book two which follows up the album farewell Kings hemispheres is badass cygnus X1 is badass Rush is the greatest badass!!!!!!
This album is my favorite and this is the first RUSH tour that I saw it was so awesome. To this day Rush is by far my favorite rock band.
RUSH The greatest rock band that ever was or ever will be. No other like them.
Hemispheres is a great record from a prog/technical perspective, but the next album is where they really hit their stride. Better in every way. Production was suddenly much better, Vocals were suddenly accessible, Drum sound suddenly more vibrant and powerful, and lyrics go from sci-fi/fantasy to real life questions and observations. 80-85 is peak Rush IMO. Not to diminish the brilliance of Hemispheres as all Rush records are great.
SO many people don't understand what an overture means. Just like on 2112, they are giving you a sample of all the music you're about to hear. While 2112's Overture was more overt, they still do a really good job on setting up the music on this one too.
I didn't quite get the concept of this album until now. I have been more fascinated with the music than the lyrics. I now see it's about a battle between hearts and minds.
I do believe the naked dude is the one and only Mikael Beriszhnikov
Amazing that they didn't stop after this album, because really, how do you top this album?
damn, you just got THE look @3:23
It was recorded in Wales at the now famous Rockfield studios not in London 🤘
Great reaction. "Fancy pants dinner." Highlarious.
The album length, regarding time not songs is actually just as long as most of their albums from the debut album into the 80's.
When does she get her own channel? She is the reason we are all here!!
"Although the storyline revolves around a science fiction world, it uses Greek mythology to explain the double meaning. "Cygnus X-1" is primarily about the discovery of two conflicting ways of life, and two vastly different ways in which the human mind thinks (logic and emotion are separated into separate sides, or hemispheres, of the brain). The balance point (Cygnus) allows the mind to think with some logic and emotion at the same time, allowing people to be analytical, but not unemotional."
Great episode! 👍
I must confess that when you guys started reacting to Rush, it seemed like you did not completely get it. Rush, to me, has the particularity of not hitting you on a first listen. I guess it is because the listener had never heard anything like this. It happened to me. I just did not know what to pay attention to until I started paying attention to the incredible music, and then, another listen for the lyrics...after a few more listens, it all comes together so perfectly. I finally see that the same thing or similar happened to you guys. At the beginning, Mike seemed to me not being comfortable with "doing Rush". I think he's a Led Zep huge fan and perhaps, as I have felt myself with Rush, kind of worship such a band. Deb, kind of started liking what she was hearing, and then it just seemed to grow on both. That is my perception. I really enjoy your reactions because you guys take it seriously and always have opinions and thoughts that make sense. I've seen reactions that just don't bring anything to the table and are extremely superficial and plain boring. Can't wait til you get to Permanent Waves. Although my favorite is Hemispheres, Permanent Waves is so freaking good and daring. This Power Trio was not afraid of anything and made the music they like regardless of what producers and record companies were trying to force them to do. That is called INTEGRITY.
She is so pretty
Not one of my favorites, but *any* Rush is vastly superior to anyone else so...well done. Side note...they *freely* and openly discuss doing a lot of...hash, during the writing and recording of this album. 😁
Dualism never works, because tbere is no such thing as any real dynamism of two opposites. They remain static and irreconcilable or they annihilate one another. There ALWAYS has to be a third factor to bring the ebb and flow of the swinging pendilum.
We can choose to either participate and reconcile these two, as Cygnus has done in this story, or we can choose to allow the conflict and tension to play out as the destructuve third force. There is an interesting theory that working on music uses very different neural pathways than normal every day brain activity and that it tends to utilize both left and right hemispheres. I wonder if Neil hsd this in mind when he wrote this.
Bloviation...without substance is just...bloviation.
Armageddon is the most terrifying word in all earth languages. If you understand the truth of Armageddon your soul will tremble in primal fear.
It isn’t a cool or cute word.
I think you need to read the lyrical poems of Neil prior to listening how they have been put to music. You may have a better understanding of how intelligent he was.
Spelling in the lyrics: Its surface... 😊
That is from the original album sleeve. Authenticity! 😎
@@MusicforBusyPeople Wow, cool! Nonetheless, for the kids out there... 😅
@@mdu2112 I know, it drove me a little crazy to leave in a typo, but I also want to do whatever I can to recreate the experience from when the album came out. 'Tis my burden. Lol
I think rush over thought this one it's grown on me over the years but the other side is better ....
That was a very minimal review.
I think it's an ok piece of music, but i'm glad they stopped doing 20 minute ones after this album. The riffs are excellent, but it's very stop/start, and with the synth/soundscape part, and the acoustic coda - it gets a bit cringey for me.
A man with hidden shallows it seems
@@keithewright You're free to have your own opinion of the music. No need to put others down. If Rush thought this was a viable style for them, they wouldn't condensed their music into a) more concise formats b) try and be more relatable lyrically, than a mish-mash of sci-fi and ancient greek myth. 🤷
@@rumourhatsLol fir a very brief and obviously humourous repky you seen to have been prompted. Chill dude, we all like what we like, I agree with you there