1297 - Rush Headlong Flight 2012

This track from Rush‘s ‘Clockwork Angels’ record, ‘Headlong Flight,’ is a seven minute tour-de-force, opening, perhaps unsurprisingly but no less impressively, with an intricate bass line from vocalist-bassist Geddy Lee. The song flows extremely well, which is not always an easy feat to accomplish with all their complex changes. At the 4:35 point of the song, Peart takes center stage with a mini drum solo of sorts, accompanying Lee’s dominant bass lines while Lifeson solos over the two. As the song winds down during the final 90 seconds, one realizes Rush are the masters of making a seven minute song feel as though you’ve only spent three or four minutes in their company.