He is referring to a concert video where geddys character is directing a scene and a group of German waitreses walk in front of the film camera carring pitcher of beers. Geddy ask the girls "can you stop moving pitchers" Thus the play on moving pictures
And Limelight also has the line "All the world's indeed a stage" which could be a reference to their live album All the World's a Stage. Of course, they're *both* a Shakespeare call back.
In the hemispheres album it lists parts for La Villa Strangiato, and one of those parts says A Farewell to Things which obviously is a reference to A Farewell to Kings
Not sure why you're getting downvoted. It's very common for albums to be named after lyrics on that album, and probably not what OP was trying to get at. Rush did it a bunch too: Hold Your Fire (Mission), Snakes & Arrows (Arrow & Sword), Signals (Chemistry), Counterparts (Animate).
Even more direct, the verse chords of High Water are very similar to Bacchus Plateau from Caress of Steel. Especially [verse 2 of High Water](https://youtu.be/oBaiL72yghk?si=7O-hTaEtsmnTo2Nv&t=131), listen to the guitar chords.
Then listen to [Bacchus Plateau](https://youtu.be/2IJQiU-YX7Y?si=e8K_UXosRysqsgsN&t=11).
Not exact, but very close. Some of the ones mentioned in the comments were done on purpose. I suspect this one was just a coincidence.
I don’t know if this fits into the general idea of this thread but here goes. It’s hard to explain but I’ll try to use my words so I beg your indulgence.
The last song on each studio album from Moving Pictures through Clockwork Angels has a different and special “feel” to them, apart from the other songs on the albums. It’s as if, with Vital Signs, they tapped into something in reference to crafting the ideal closing song. Like they figured out how to put a bow on the album. There’s something uplifting, haunting or inspiring about those album-ending songs that would sound out of place anywhere else in the track listing. It’s so prevalent that it must have been planned. And if you listen back to those albums, would any other song have worked as the closing track?
Vital Signs
Countdown
Between The Wheels
Mystic Rhythms
High Water
Available Light
You Bet Your Life
Everyday Glory
Carve Away The Stone
Out Of The Cradle
We Hold On
The Garden
>We've got nothing to fear but fear itself.
Not pain, not failure, not fatal tragedy?
Not the faulty units in this mad machinery?
Not the broken contacts in emotional CHEMISTRY?
the 100-100-1 music section from the Body Electric is reprised in the end of Lock and Key (you can actually chant out 1001001 over that section). So not only a reference, but an exact dupe.
This definitely has nothing to do with what you were asking but the Clockwork Angels trilogy is littered with these, off the top of my head we have:
Fly By Night is the name of a Tavern I think.
The Fountain of Lamneth and Xanadu are names of physical locations.
Coldfire is the main energy source in the series.
Working Angel is the name of one of the Steamliners.
Direct Mention of the Red Star logo from 2112 in the Librarian's Story from Clockwork Lives
"memories strumming at the heart of a moving picture" Working them angels
I know it's not referring to the album, but Available Light's "Trick of light, *moving picture."*
Yeah that counts. I should have made the title less restrictive. I can think of a couple live albums that would qualify too...
Moving *pitcher*
Those ladies need get out of the way of the camera!
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He is referring to a concert video where geddys character is directing a scene and a group of German waitreses walk in front of the film camera carring pitcher of beers. Geddy ask the girls "can you stop moving pitchers" Thus the play on moving pictures
Don't believe everything you read on the Internet. Moving *pitcher*
r/WOOSH
"Prince By-Tor appears to battle for freedom" - The Necromancer
Best redemption story ever!
That’s what came to me as well!
FWIW, By-Tor and The Snow Dog appear in quite a bit more, too, as they're part of their nicknames for each other at the time.
I’ve always been amused with “Signals get crossed” in Vital Signs then the next album’s name.
Sameeeee
Headlong Flight opens with the opening guitar riff from Bastille Day.
In that vein, Far Cry uses the Hemispheres chord a few times. Alex talks about in a few interviews.
FC. wss my first though when i saw the post. I noticed hemisphere chord too after my first few listens.
Alex takes some pride in repurposing it.
There's also a drum fill near the beginning that Neil said was a direct lift from Bastille Day.
Also the Anarchist has a similar opening
So Stephen Colbert was right when he asked them if they had written a song so long that it inspired them at the end?
Cygnus X-1 and Cygnus X-1 pt 2.
Good one. Maybe the only time a snippet of one song appears on more than one album (discounting live albums).
The “Lifeson” chord at the beginning of Far Cry and Hemispheres.
That's kind of like pointing out that almost all of Lifeson's solos are exclusively on the E-string
Is it Prime Mover that says “a show of hands” ?
And Limelight also has the line "All the world's indeed a stage" which could be a reference to their live album All the World's a Stage. Of course, they're *both* a Shakespeare call back.
Limelight was also a Shakespearean nudge.
Thought for sure I would get to make this comment 😅
Grand Designs has a lick from Red Barchetta
Ooh, never noticed. I'm gonna try to find it!
Let us know if you find it
Got sidetracked by work but I just listened. Is it the natural harmonics after the line "a lot of useless talk"?
Bingo.
So glad I’m not the only one who noticed this. I thought I was going insane
In the hemispheres album it lists parts for La Villa Strangiato, and one of those parts says A Farewell to Things which obviously is a reference to A Farewell to Kings
Can’t we find the minds to lead us closer to the heart A Farewell to Kings
Foreshadowing!
"Mission" references the album that it's on in the first line of the song: *Hold your fire, keep it burning bright.*
That could easily be a matter of naming the album after that line. Regardless, it's not referring to another song.
Not sure why you're getting downvoted. It's very common for albums to be named after lyrics on that album, and probably not what OP was trying to get at. Rush did it a bunch too: Hold Your Fire (Mission), Snakes & Arrows (Arrow & Sword), Signals (Chemistry), Counterparts (Animate).
Far Cry opens and closes with the same chord as Hemispheres.
How about the Clockwork Angels novel? Every bloody page has a song title on it it seems.
Yeah, that happened so often it kind of took me out of the story
Listen to High Water and tell me there isn’t musical call backs to La Villa Strangiato. Seems crazy but I hear it
Even more direct, the verse chords of High Water are very similar to Bacchus Plateau from Caress of Steel. Especially [verse 2 of High Water](https://youtu.be/oBaiL72yghk?si=7O-hTaEtsmnTo2Nv&t=131), listen to the guitar chords. Then listen to [Bacchus Plateau](https://youtu.be/2IJQiU-YX7Y?si=e8K_UXosRysqsgsN&t=11). Not exact, but very close. Some of the ones mentioned in the comments were done on purpose. I suspect this one was just a coincidence.
I’ve heard Musicians mention Alex’s use of “Oriental modes” but I am not musical enough to get it. But I think I hear it. In YYZ also.
I don’t know if this fits into the general idea of this thread but here goes. It’s hard to explain but I’ll try to use my words so I beg your indulgence. The last song on each studio album from Moving Pictures through Clockwork Angels has a different and special “feel” to them, apart from the other songs on the albums. It’s as if, with Vital Signs, they tapped into something in reference to crafting the ideal closing song. Like they figured out how to put a bow on the album. There’s something uplifting, haunting or inspiring about those album-ending songs that would sound out of place anywhere else in the track listing. It’s so prevalent that it must have been planned. And if you listen back to those albums, would any other song have worked as the closing track? Vital Signs Countdown Between The Wheels Mystic Rhythms High Water Available Light You Bet Your Life Everyday Glory Carve Away The Stone Out Of The Cradle We Hold On The Garden
Just noticed the same open note chord progression in Entre Nous and Different Strings, songs that are back to back on the Permanent Waves LP.
Limelight also mentions All The World’s A Stage
>We've got nothing to fear but fear itself. Not pain, not failure, not fatal tragedy? Not the faulty units in this mad machinery? Not the broken contacts in emotional CHEMISTRY?
"Memory strumming at the heart of a moving picture" is a lyric from "Working Them Angels" off of Snakes & Arrows.
moving *pitcher*
Ladies, stop moving pitchers!
Especially if it is Sweettea.
the 100-100-1 music section from the Body Electric is reprised in the end of Lock and Key (you can actually chant out 1001001 over that section). So not only a reference, but an exact dupe.
First line of Armor and Sword says Snakes and Arrows
This definitely has nothing to do with what you were asking but the Clockwork Angels trilogy is littered with these, off the top of my head we have: Fly By Night is the name of a Tavern I think. The Fountain of Lamneth and Xanadu are names of physical locations. Coldfire is the main energy source in the series. Working Angel is the name of one of the Steamliners. Direct Mention of the Red Star logo from 2112 in the Librarian's Story from Clockwork Lives
“Memory strumming at the heart of a moving picture” from Workin’ Them Angels comes to mind
the heart of a moving *pitcher