"So now we're, like, famous rockers, eh?" |
The CBC and various FM radio hold-outs saw fit to celebrate the day by putting “Tom Sawyer” and “The Spirit Of Radio” on constant rotation. I got a little tired of that, even if I understood the reasoning. Those are the songs that have reached near-universal ear-worm status. Up here, it's common practice to hear their opening bars before the puck gets dropped at NHL games.
Also, those two songs probably signify,
more than any other, the “a-ha!”
moment for most RUSH fans — that moment when it first occurred to
the listener that rock 'n' roll could be so much more, and still
rock. And, more to the
point, that these three guys had something incredible going on, and
were capable of rewarding decades' worth of attention.
Still,
singling out two songs from such a massive catalogue strikes me as a
shame, especially when Clockwork Angels, their
most recent album, is one of their very best. Were I a DJ I'd have
played “The Garden” a time or two. It strikes me as a
retrospective mission statement, and a loving summary of the forces
that sustain us.
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