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| Rush – The Enemy Within (Part I of Fear) Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I think this was the first song played on Much Music back in 1984. Seems to contain more of a funkier style rather than synthesizers, which Rush tended to use alot in the mid 1980's. |
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| Rush – Limelight Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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About fame and being a celebrity. Neil has had more trouble with it than Geddy and Alex and he wanted to get his feelings out in this song. |
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| Rush – Freewill Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I wouldn't go as far to say this song is a knock at religion...or at least that's not the overall intention of the song...it tries to encourage people to make their own choices and not listen to everything like a bunch of playstrings. |
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| Rush – Bastille Day Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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An early indication of the songwriting style that Peart would take in the future, but still containing that hard rock element that Rush had early in their career. |
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| Rush – Witch Hunt (Part 3 of Fear) Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Obviously the premise for this is the Salem Witch Trials, but the conclusion is warning people about judging situations they don't understand and jumping to conclusions before they understand. |
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| Rush – Tom Sawyer Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Ah...one of Rush's finest. Ironicall not written by Neil Peart, but Pye Dubois of Kim Mitchell fame. Obviously ideas drawn from the book by Mark Twain. |
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| Rush – Red Sector A Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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The Holocaust was the basis for this song, but as many Rush songs do I think Peart might have been referring to some sort of futuristic society here where humans have been enslaved (a la 1984 say).
Red Sector A I think refers to the area in Cape Canavral directly near the launch pad. |
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| Rush – Xanadu Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Peart's inspiration was a poem. It's a great song with the instrumental opening. |
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| Rush – Marathon Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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A Rush song that I don't remember liking the first time I heard it, but now that I listened to it a second time it's grown on me. |
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| Rush – Subdivisions Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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About conformity and life in the suburbs as in the early 80's was when people started moving out to York, Halton, Peel Region or wherever from Toronto. |
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| INXS – Disappear Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This is a great song. INXS might be better known for "New Sensation" or "Devil Inside", but in my opinion this is just as good. |
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| Rush – The Camera Eye Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I like this song. It's not one of Rush's most well known, but the synth opening is great. |
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| The Tragically Hip – Bobcaygeon Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Does anyone have any theories as to the significance of the title of the song Bobcaygeon? I know it is a little town in cottage country north of Toronto, but I'm not sure if that's the significance. |
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| Rush – Distant Early Warning Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Distant Early Warning refers to a system that NORAD set up in Northern Canada to detect incoming Soviet missiles. I think the song talks about nuclear war and the video does too. |
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| The Tragically Hip – Bobcaygeon Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think it might allude to riots in the 1930s that supported fascism (they happened). The reason I think this is the "the aryan twang" line, which suggests that it might have to do with fascism. |
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