Stream of Consciousness & Music Reviews

      I said almost  none of them were related. One of my friends said I should listen to this and I figured that I could listen to 2112 and this back to back since I was already planning on listening to the former anyway. And speaking of 2112, Signals feels a bit underwhelming since I'm listening to it hot off the heels of it. While 2112 was wild and high energy excitement for the narrative portion with a slow cool down on the b side, Signals is like low energy practically the whole way through with only a few moments of intensity. Every element of the music is the same, but just feels lesser in a way. Lee's vocal work matches that of it in 2112, but is much less energetic and doesn't have nearly as much dynamic impact. And the same can sort of be said about pretty much all the instruments too. They seemed less involved and sort of melded together. It still had a similar sound and was still distinctly Rush, but it was like an AI tried to replicate their music and wa...

      Where do I even start with this one. I've said it for other albums and I'll say it here too: This album is very highly regarded and for very good reason. It's a goddamn experience listening to this thing. The first track alone could be it's own standalone album and still be amazing. The narrative told by that first track is just so excellent. It touches on some bases of human psychology and society in what it says about authority with the Priests and the  inherent profoundness of music to us. And for me, it seems to have a similar structure and theming to that of Eldorado by ELO, one of my all time favorite albums, as well as Anthem by Ayn Rand, a novella that I adore and highly recommend. Unfortunately, the B side of the album feels underwhelming by comparison. Going from the Grand Finale of 2112 into A Passage to Bangkok feels a bit disappointing. There are good songs in the rest of the album with good stuff in them; it's just a bit of a let do...