“Force Ten (song)”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

"Force Ten" is a song written, produced and performed by Canadian rock band Rush, released as a promotional single from their album Hold Your Fire.^[1] It was the last song written for the album. The song has been critically positively received, and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Writing and composition

"Force Ten" was written in three hours on December 14, 1986, the last day of pre-production for Hold Your Fire.^[2]^[3] With nine songs already written, producer Peter Collins felt it was important to have one more song for the album.^[3] Pye Dubois, who previously worked with Rush on their song "Tom Sawyer", had sent Neil Peart some lyrics for the song, and Peart would add more verses to it.^[3] Lyrically, the song describes the "storms of life," making a reference to a very high level of the Beaufort scale ("force ten" is defined as a 'storm', being near the scale's maximum of 12) as an analogy, according to the book Rush and Philosophy: Heart and Mind United.^[4]

Musically, "Force Ten" is composed in A minor, with changes into A major scale occurring in the song. The song is set in common time at a fast rock tempo.^[5] Peart has said that Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson were "trying to explore some musical areas that we hadn't covered yet," when writing the music for the song.^[6] The opening is very atmospheric before the bass guitar starts playing, which Sputnikmusic said that it "picks up the pace."^[7] Lee performed bass chords in the song, inspired to do so by his friend Jeff Berlin.^[8] The song was described by The Cavalier Daily as "intense".^[9]

Release and reception

"Force Ten" was released in the United States by Mercury Records as a 12" vinyl one-track promotional single in 1987.^[1] It is the opening track of Rush's studio album Hold Your Fire, and the song later appear on compilation albums such as Chronicles, Retrospective II, Greatest Hits 1974-1987, Gold, Icon, and Sector 3.^[10] It was performed live from the Hold Your Fire Tour through the Test for Echo Tour, then later on the R30 Tour and Clockwork Angels Tour. The song received a favorable critical reception, with Allmusic calling it "the band's [Rush] most immediate number in years," rating the song an AMG pick track,^[11] while a Sputnikmusic reviewer named Chris K. described the song as "brilliantly paced and constructed, both technically and melodically interesting," and said it was "surely one of Rush's best songs ever."^[7] The song would make it on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, peaking #3.^[16]

Charts

References

1. ^¹Rush - Force Ten (Vinyl). Discogs.com. Accessed from June 21, 2013.
2. ^{{cite book | title=Contents Under Pressure: 30 Years of Rush at Home and Away | publisher=ECW Press | author=Popoff, Martin | year=2004 | page=134 | isbn=1770901418}}
3. ^¹²{{cite book | title = Rush Visions | publisher = Omnibus Press | author = Banasiewicz, Bill | year = 1997 | isbn = 0711911622}} Info from book adapted by the Rush Vault. Accessed from June 24. 2013.
4. ^{{cite book | title=Rush and Philosophy: Heart and Mind United | publisher=Open Court Publishing | author=Jim Berti, Durrell Bowman | year=2011 | page=185 | isbn=0812697162}}
5. ^Force Ten Sheet Music. onlinesheetmusic.com. Accessed from June 21, 2013.
6. ^Peart, Neil. Firework: The Making of "Hold Your Fire". 2112.net. Accessed from June 22, 2013.
7. ^¹[https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/4730/Rush-Hold-Your-Fire/ Rush - Hold Your Fire (album review 2)]. Sputnikmusic. December 28, 2005. Accessed from June 23, 2013.
8. ^Tolleson, Robin (November/December 1988). Geddy Lee: Bass Is Still The Key. Bass Player. Accessed from June 24, 2013.
9. ^Arnold, Dave (October 8, 1987). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HvMcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2nEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2504,1622034&dq=hold+your+fire+rush&hl=en Lost urgency, strained vocals mark latest Rush LP]. The Cavalier Daily. Accessed from June 18, 2013.
10. ^Force Ten - Rush. Allmusic. Accessed from June 24, 2013.
11. ^Rivadavia, Eduardo. Hold Your Fire - Rush. Allmusic. Accessed from June 21, 2013.
12. ^¹[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rush|chart=Mainstream Rock Tracks}} Rush - Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Accessed from June 21, 2013.