Jeffrey

There is a difference between closure of Rush as a touring/material creating entity and my journey/love of the material that they created for over 40 years. The former may have occurred but the latter will live on indefinitely for me.

I think this is one of Neil's most underrated lyrics and seldom quoted. The use of "wrench" is brilliant... "I feel the sense of possibilities, I feel the wrench of hard realities".

I was at the Maple Gardens show on September 21, 1984 show and also on the following night too. I remember the camera crews being active during the entire show. The one I remember the most was the one overhead above the floor seats. Oddly I recall that just before the band took the stage, there was still some painting going on towards the back of the stage (the part that mimics the album cover, near the p/g part). Too bad the entire show and drum solo wasn't released with the DVD.

They are both great tracks. It is simply so great to hear new material.

A top 100 would be easier but I'll put these 10 out there without any order: Subdivisions The Analog Kid The Weapon Marathon Territories Available Light Xanadu Natural Science Between the Wheels The Garden

With recency bias, I know hearing "new" music always sounds so fresh but "I am...You Are" is terrific! Geddy's brilliance in his song writing, vocalization and arrangement shines so much again here.

Great article, thank you.

How can you not feel emotional with Geddy's last answer? It was so much more than just the end of Rush.

The Analog Kid (you move me, you move me...you call me, you call me...). Subdivisions and The Analog Kid back to back, it really doesn't get much better than that!

This is a really cool song with some sweet guitar at the end.

When I was 13, my sister brought home a cassette which contained Hemispheres and Permanent Waves. I heard this instrumental that I was fascinated by, flipped over the cassette and played the first 2 tracks so I could listen to the instrumental again. Those songs were of course La Villa Strangiato, The Spirit of Radio and Freewill. I then got into the rest of the cassette and fell in love with this band!

I would be even more happily married if my wife reacted so positively to Rush as her.

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Indeed! L.A. sounded real tight, Alex sounded outstanding.

I loved HYF on first listen and still do to this day. The most underrated song is High Water, a great way to end the album. Time Stand Still, Second Nature and Mission are classics to me.