Rush - Live - 1980 - La Villa Strangiato

Recorded live at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri on February 11-13, 1980. I taped this from FM radio station DC 101 on March 28,1980. This was from the 1978 album HEMISPHERES which was their 6th and was on the Permanent Waves tour.

Geddy Lee - Bass Guitar, Vocals, Oberheim 8-Voice Synthesizer,Mini-Moog Synthesizer, Moog Taurus Pedals
Alex Lifeson - Electric,Acoustic and Classical Guitars, Roland Guitar Synthesizers, Moog Taurus Pedals
Neil Peart - Drums, Orchestra Bells, Bell-Tree, Tympani, Gong, Cowbells, Temple Blocks, Wind Chimes, Crotales


The actual name of the song is "La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise in Self - Indulgence)" (The time stamps are for the studio version)
1. Buenos Nochas, Mein Froinds!....(0:00)
2. To Sleep, Perchance To Dream.......(0:27)
3. Strangiato Theme......(2:00)
4. A Lerxst in Wonderland.....(3:16)
5.Monsters.....(5:49)
6. The Ghost of the Aragon....(6:10)
7. Danforth and Pape....(6:45)
8. The Waltz of the Shreves....(7:26)
9. Never Turn Your Back on a Monster....(7:52)
10. Monsters! (Reprise).....(8:03)
11. Strangiato Theme (Reprise).....(8:17)
12. A Farewell To Things....(9:20)

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[beatiloogie3]

Possibly my all-time favorite Rush tune! Rick, once again you never disappoint with the rare recordings and pics!

[rickyon]

Thanks Drew. Did you see Mike Portnoy in the Rush Documentary on VH-1 classic? He was talking about when he was a kid and his drummer friends would argue about what was harder to play and one guy would say "Okay you can play YYZ but can you play La Villa Strangiato?"! I love how Neil Peart talks about how he feels good when he plays "Tom Sawyer" correctly because it's hard to play!

[rickyon]

Forgot to mention, this is my all time favorite Rush album!

[ApocalypticWarhammer]

4:05 solo gives me goosebumps every single time I hear it. Alex Lifeson is one of the most underrated guitarists in Rock. Rush is THE best.

[TommyHolly1]

@sirscroddy I hate to burst your bubble but Ayn Rand didn't call herself a Libertarian either even though she was extremely influential to both. (Not that there really is a difference anyway?) Don't get too caught up on labels since the definitions change usually due to the propoganda of another group with opposing views. Whatever you call Rush, they are completely at odds with Marxist ideology and that is why they are not in the Hall of Fame which was my point. Same team bro... =)

[OKLAHOMASOONER2011]

Thanks to the Radio station in Cleveland for discovering the biggest band ever to come out of CANADA that NONE of the record companies up here gave a rats ass about! Now having said that , i think its about time the Rock N Roll hall of fame people get there heads out of their asses and get RUSH into the HALL OF FAME! Each year theyre kept out it only increases the insult that much more!

[rickyon]

You're welcome.

[superbulldog81]

Years ago, I worked with a guy who saw Rush in St. Louis

on their 1980 Permanent Waves tour. It was his 3rd time

to see them in 4 years, and he said that the Taurus Petals

were at their best.....deep growls and a very smooth whining

sound. Wished I could have been there!!

[truthaintpretty]

@rickyon

Thanks, Ric...and yes, Hemispheres is Rush's finest hour and this song is one of the best instrumentals ever recorded. But oddly enough, I also have really come to Signals more than I ever have.

[rickyon]

T M I !

[mtaygoldin]

@jr55ful everybody with ears must be 5% of world´s population, and Alex IS a GOD indeed!!!