{"id":181,"date":"2010-05-14T14:20:26","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T18:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.alanporter.com\/?p=181"},"modified":"2010-05-14T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T18:20:26","slug":"countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanporter.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/14\/countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t normally post song lyrics to my blog.  But today is a pretty special day for me, and I think <strong>Rush<\/strong> captured the spirit pretty well with their song &#8220;Countdown&#8221;, from their <em>Signals<\/em> album, which was released in 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Countdown<br \/>\nby Rush<br \/>\nfrom &#8220;Signals&#8221;, 1982<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nLit up with anticipation<br \/>\nWe arrive at the launching site<br \/>\nThe sky is still dark, nearing dawn<br \/>\nOn the Florida coastline<\/p>\n<p>Circling choppers slash the night<br \/>\nWith roving searchlight beams<br \/>\nThis magic day when super-science<br \/>\nMingles with the bright stuff of dreams<\/p>\n<p>Floodlit in the hazy distance<br \/>\nThe star of this unearthly show<br \/>\nVenting vapours, like the breath<br \/>\nOf a sleeping white dragon<\/p>\n<p>Crackling speakers, voices tense<br \/>\nResume the final count<br \/>\nAll systems check, T minus nine<br \/>\nAs the sun and the drama start to mount<\/p>\n<p>The air is charged &#8212; a humid, motionless mass<br \/>\nThe crowds and the cameras,<br \/>\nThe cars full of spectators pass<br \/>\nExcitement so thick, you could cut it with a knife<br \/>\nTechnology high, on the leading edge of life<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>The earth beneath us starts to tremble<br \/>\nWith the spreading of a low black cloud<br \/>\nA thunderous roar shakes the air<br \/>\nLike the whole world exploding<\/p>\n<p>Scorching blast of golden fire<br \/>\nAs it slowly leaves the ground<br \/>\nIt tears away with a mighty force<br \/>\nThe air is shattered by the awesome sound<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>Like a pillar of cloud, the smoke lingers<br \/>\nHigh in the air<br \/>\nIn fascination<br \/>\nWith the eyes of the world, we stare.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t normally post song lyrics to my blog. But today is a pretty special day for me, and I think Rush captured the spirit pretty well with their song &#8220;Countdown&#8221;, from their Signals album, which was released in 1982. Countdown by Rush from &#8220;Signals&#8221;, 1982 Lit up with anticipation We arrive at the launching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geek","count-0","even alt","author-alan","last"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanporter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanporter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanporter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanporter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanporter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanporter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanporter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanporter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanporter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}