- Hope (Rush song)
Song_infobox
Name = Hope
SorA = album
Artist = Rush
Album =Snakes & Arrows
Released =May 1 ,2007
track_no = 8
Recorded =
Genre =Instrumental
Length = 2:02
Writer = Lifeson
Composer =
Label =Atlantic Records
Producer = Rush & Nick Raskulinecz
Chart position =
prev = "The Way the Wind Blows"
prev_no = 7
next = "Faithless"
next_no = 9"Hope" is an acoustic instrumental from Rush's 2007 album "
Snakes & Arrows ". It was performed on a twelve-string guitar in D-A-D-A-A-D tuning.Fact|date=May 2008Background
"Hope" is one of the three instrumentals on the Rush album "
Snakes & Arrows ". According to Neil Peart, the title of the instrumental was inspired by the chorus of the ninth "Snakes & Arrows" track "Faithless", which contains the word "Hope". [ The Game of Snakes and Arrows by Neil Peart [http://www.rush.com/thegameofsnakesandarrows/Rush.Essay4.S&A.pdf Rush Essay] AccessedSeptember 18 2007 ] It is the band's shortest song, clocking in at 2 minutes 2 seconds. Unusual for Rush's compositions, the song was written byAlex Lifeson alone. It is played on atwelve-string guitar and was recorded in two takes. The second take was "just for the heck of it". [Randall, Mark. 2007. Rock's Gold Standard: Alex Lifeson mixes vintage, acoustic, and modern sounds on Rush's latest album. "Guitar One". June.]References
* [http://www.q107.com/home/Music/LegendsofClassicRock/tabid/243/Default.aspx?ShowType=detail&cid=8675 Legends of Classic Rock - Rush, the Snakes & Arrows World Album Premiere]
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