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2112 is the title track from Canadian progressive rock band Rush’s album of the same name, released in 1976. The overture and the first section, Temples of Syrinx, were released as a single and are still popular among Rush’s setlists today.

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In the year 2062, a galaxy-wide war results in the union of all planets under the rule of the Red Star of the Solar Federation. The world is controlled by the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx, who determine all reading matter, songs, pictures… everything connected with life during the year 2112 (“The Temples of Syrinx”).

In the midst of this assembly line living, a man discovers what was once known years before as a guitar (“Discovery”). The man begins to pluck the strings and turn the knobs, discovering that he can make his own music - a music very different from that of the Temples. He rushes to tell the priests of his discovery (“Presentation”), but to the man’s dismay, the priests destroy the instrument, saying it doesn’t fit the plan of the Solar Federation.

The man returns to the cave in which he found the guitar and, during a dream, is led by an oracle to a land of incredible beauty and serenity (“Oracle: The Dream”). Upon awakening, he can not believe it was a dream — the beauty was so real.

He remains in the cave for several days, becoming more and more depressed with each passing hour (“Soliloquy”). The man decides he can not go on as part of the Federation and takes his life to move on to a better one. As he dies, another planetary battle begins (“Grand Finale”) resulting in the (perhaps deliberately) ambiguous ending “Attention all planets of the Solar Federation: We have assumed control.
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  • 2112
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  • Rush in Rio (disc 2)
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  • Different Stages: Live
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  • R30 - Live in Frankfurt (disc 2)
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  • shan2626

    I'm the same age as Getty but WAY behind musically although have been playing as loong...My FAV!

    9 days ago

  • wallycarbo

    "We've taken care of everything, the words you read, the songs you sing; the pictures that give pleasure to your eyes."

    17 days ago

  • SpiritOfYetaxa

    "20 minutes? Feels a lot more like 10." as if that's a good thing

    18 days ago

  • fosb88

    Attention all planets of the solar federation. Attention all planets of the solar federation. Attention all planets of the solar federation. We have assumed control. We have assumed control. We have assumed control. [2]

    19 days ago

  • MissNina84

    20 minutes of awesomeness!

    20 days ago

  • Wuzzly

    20 minutes? Feels a lot more like 10.

    22 days ago

  • bossmark1

    This is Groovy

    24 days ago

  • SanQuentin_

    I don't think.. I can carry on... Carry on this cold and empty life.....

    last month

  • username382

    This has to be one of the greatest songs of all time, doesn't it? Listening for the first time in a few weeks. What I've heard blew me away.

    last month

  • scott0329

    Rush really needs to tour 2112 this year! They can call it "The Precentenial Tour". How cool would that be?

    last month

  • oyveychris

    Epic epic-ness on a truly epic scale topped with epic sauce.

    last month

  • Chemin

    A fantastically fantastic song.

    last month

  • Megadieftw

    Timeless. Perfect. Indeed on of man's greatest creations.

    last month

  • TheGrimMonolith

    This is truly one of the best songs ever written by men. Timeless!

    last month

  • Lind_L_Tailor

    Attention all planets of the solar federation. Attention all planets of the solar federation. Attention all planets of the solar federation. We have assumed control. We have assumed control. We have assumed control.

    March 2012

  • POOlgie

    Sitting at work, 20 1/2 minutes of awesome!!! I like to play this in the jukebox at the local dive bar. Really breaks up the country music crowd.

    March 2012

  • LunaLunchen

    I never have heard this before, but it is really good. The longest track that i´ve ever heard, but it isn´t boring at any time.

    March 2012

  • Gnome01

    Awesome track :-) Regards Gnome

    March 2012

  • Blade1310

    As good now as it was in my youth! The young 'uns are just catching up.

    March 2012

  • me_araujo

    19:02 like dazed and confused

    February 2012
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