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Rush...well, there's not much you can be *told* about Rush. Rush is something you need to experience.
Rush are Canadian, and they are the musical equvilent of Dungeons and Dragons.
Here is a lyrical sample, but you really need to hear the music to appreciate what Rush are all about.
"The Trees" (1978) There is unrest in the forest, There is trouble with the trees, For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas.
The trouble with the maples, (And they're quite convinced they're right) They say the oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light. But the oaks can't help their feelings If they like the way they're made. And they wonder why the maples Can't be happy in their shade. There is trouble in the forest, And the creatures all have fled, As the maples scream "Oppression!" And the oaks just shake their heads
So the maples formed a union And demanded equal rights. "The oaks are just too greedy, We will make them give us light." Now there's no more oak oppression, For they passed a noble law, And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe, and saw.
or, Nobody's Hero, from 1996:
I knew he was different in his sexuality I went to his parties as a straight minority It never seemed a threat to my masculinity He only introduced me to a wider reality As the years went by, we drifted apart When I heard that he was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart
But he's nobody's hero Saves a drowning child Cures a wasting disease Hero -- lands the crippled airplane Solves great mysteries Hero -- not the handsome actor Who plays a hero's role Hero -- not the glamour girl Who'd love to sell her soul If anybody's buying, Nobody's hero
I didn't know the girl, but I knew her family All their lives were shattered in a nightmare of brutality They try to carry on, try to bear the agony Try to hold some faith in the goodness of humanity As the years went by, we drifted apart When I heard that she was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart
But she's nobody's hero Is the voice of reason against the howling mob Hero -- is the pride of purpose In the unrewarding job Hero -- not the champion player Who plays the perfect game Hero -- not the glamour boy Who loves to sell his name Everybody's buying Nobody's hero
As the years went by, we drifted apart When I heard that you were gone I felt a shadow cross my heart
But he's nobody's hero Saves a drowning child Cures a wasting disease Hero -- lands the crippled airplane Solves great mysteries Hero -- not the handsome actor Who plays a hero's role Hero -- not the glamour girl Who'd love to sell her soul If anybody's buying, Nobody's hero
Hero
or, my personal favourite, "Closer to the Heart", from 1977
...And the men who hold high places Must be the ones to start To mould a new reality Closer to the Heart
The Blacksmith and the Artist Reflect it in their art Forge their creativity Closer to the Heart
Philosophers and Ploughmen Each must know his part To sow a new mentality Closer to the Heart
You can be the Captain I will draw the Chart Sailing into destiny Closer to the Heart
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