Natural Science (song)

"Natural Science" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush. It was released on their 1980 album Permanent Waves, as the final song on it. It is over nine minutes long and is composed of three distinct movements: I) Tide Pools, II) Hyperspace, and III) Permanent Waves.

"Natural Science"
Song by Rush
from the album Permanent Waves
Released14 January 1980[1]
Recorded1979, Le Studio, Quebec
Genre
Length9:20
LabelMercury
Producer(s)Rush and Terry Brown

Background

"Natural Science" is about how people can forget about nature because of technology, and how we must value the Earth. Producer Terry Brown and assistant Kim Bickerdike used oars in lake water to make the splashing sounds at the beginning of the song. [3]

Guitarist Alex Lifeson said:

Once we had the guitar track down, we stuck a speaker cabinet outside—this was up at the studio in Morin Heights, Quebec—and we recorded the natural echo off the mountains in combination with the sound of splashing water and Geddy's voice. We didn't use any sort of synthetic echo on the water track.[4]

Parts
Part Title Starting time (*) Length (*)
I Tide Pools 0:00 2:18
II Hyperspace 2:19 2:49
III Permanent Waves 5:09 4:08
Total Running time 9:20
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References
  1. "About Permanent Waves". Rush.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. Murphy, Sean (22 May 2011). "The 25 Best Progressive Rock Songs of All Time". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  3. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=8916
  4. https://rushvault.com/2011/02/05/natural-science/

Further reading
  • Berti, Jim; Bowman, Durrell (2011). Reisch, George A. (ed.). Rush and philosophy: heart and mind united. Popular Culture and Philosophy. 57. Open Court Publishing Company. ISBN 9780812697162.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Popoff, Martin (2017). Rush: Album by Album. Voyageur Press (The Quarto Group). ISBN 9780760357699.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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