| Rush – Witch Hunt (Part III of Fear) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| One of the most chilling and effective songs Rush has ever written in my opinion, and my favorite installment in the Fear series. The song is about how a singlemindedness and ignorance will feed the mob mentality. Moving Pictures wouldn't be half as good if not for this, "Vital Signs", and "Red Barchetta" in my opinion. | |
| Rush – Xanadu Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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To me, this song is about the story of one man who has a single goal: to find and live for all eternity in Xanadu. The promises of Kubla Khan of a wonderland where you may walk along the river Alph, explore and navigate the spectacular ice caves, and eat like a king on honey for all eternity in the beauty of nature. He finds it and is immedatly overbaringly excited and content. But, over a thousand years, he realizes what was once his paradise is now his prison, and wishes that he could escape this land. Overall, I beleive the song is about self indulgence and greed, to major obstacles people face in life. This songs character decides that he will live there without any consideration of the future, his mind clouded by the idea of instant gratification. However, this was a bad choice and now, 1000 years later, he has come to know Xanadu as a prison, not a paradise. This is undoubtedly one of my favorite Rush songs. It exemplifies the technical prowess of Alex Lifesons guitar playing, vocal range and bass/synthesizer playing of Geddy Lee, and unbeleivable percussion skill and song writing ability of Neil Peart. Xanadu steals the show on A Farwell to Kings, miles ahead of "Closer to the Heart", "Cinderella Man", and "Cyganus X-1". |
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| Rush – The Spirit Of Radio Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| To me, this song is about how the future of music is strongly influenced by the power of the radio. The first few verses speak exclusively of how the radio can help motivate you to get your day going right. Afterwards, it talks about how modern musicians can follow two paths: make music coming from your heart and soul or make it for money. This seems obvious when Lee says "One likes to beleive in the freedom of music (that people make it as a release) /But glittering prizes and countless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity (human greed and lust easily can overpower the will to make music how you want to make it". | |
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