La Villa Strangiato

How much can you analyze a song with no lyrics? In this episode, we cover the first instrumental Rush recorded, “La Villa Strangiato” from the Hemispheres album.

La Villa Strangiato

• How often is Tim Right?
• “An Exercise in Self-Indulgence?”
• An instrumental from 1978’s Hemispheres album
• Several time signature changes
• Remember “Powerhouse” by Raymond Scott from the Looney Tunes cartoons?
• Rush did the right thing!
• Tim details the 12 segments
• How do you pronounce “Kubla Khan?”
• Geddy, Neil, and Alex’s nicknames
• La Villa Strangiato trivia
• What does Geddy Lee sing at the end of “La Villa Strangiato” on Exit Stage, Left?
• How often did Tim use Neil’s ride cymbal pattern in our bands?
• What happens when Tim’s Bluetooth runs out of juice?

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