For your Friday night listening pleasure...
We have the masterpiece post-apocalyptic dystopian rock novella that grows ever more relevant with passing time.
*Not in chronological order.
We've taken care of everything
The words you read
The songs you sing
The pictures that you plug into your eyes.
'2112' was released in 1976 and was Rush's fourth studio album.
The album features an eponymous seven-part suite written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, with lyrics written by Neil Peart telling a dystopian story set in the year 2112.
- wikipedia
We have a couple versions of 2112 here.
The complete, original, 20 +/- minute masterpiece. This recording seems to be from vinyl lending to the original authenticity.
Live in Passaic, NJ 12/10/76, in glorious black & white and on UHF teevee, in two parts.
Spoiler Alert:
A man discovers an ancient guitar and learns to play his own music. Thinking he has made a wonderful discovery that will be a boon to humanity, he goes to present the guitar to the priests of the Temples, who angrily destroy it and rebuke him for unearthing one of the "silly whims" that caused the collapse of the previous civilization. He goes into hiding and dreams of a world before the Solar Federation. Upon awakening he becomes distraught and commits suicide.