Blacksword wrote: With regard to ANY band, I'm more interested in music than lyrics to be honest.

Yep, pretty much same with me. Good lyrics are a fine bonus for a great music though!

As I'm not a person with english as my primary landquage, it's probably easier for me to not pay attention on lyrics which I mid find a bit silly. I often have problems listening to music sung in Finnish, as I start to pay attention to the lyrics, which often start to irritate me, and the song is ruined for me...

Blacksword wrote: ...song which celebrates the internal combustion engine and mans right to pollute the environment in the name of indulgence.

I think the rights of an individual are a theme over many other Peart's lyrics too, no?

A Sci Fi/Satire song which celebrates the internal combustion engine and mans right to pollute the environment in the name of indulgence. Not a sentiment I really agree with, in fact I like the sound of the 'gleaming alloy air car'......

Still, a brilliant song, from a brilliant band..

Rare 1952 Ferrari Barchetta Acquired by Petersen Automotive Museum

Posted Aug 28, 2005, 1:00 PM ET by Lu Zhou
Related entries: Sports/GTs, Time Warp

One of the rarest and most significant Ferraris of all time, the black 1952 Ferrari Barchetta that Enzo Ferrari gave to Henry Ford II has now been added to the portfolio of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The car that inspired the original T-bird more than fifty years ago also won the prestigious best of show honors at the Meadow Brook Concorso d’Italia earlier this month. This historic Ferrari is 100% original and has less than 13,000 original miles on it. Beginning next month, the Barchetta will be on display on the second floor of the Peterson Automotive Museum. This is definitely one car worth fighting the L.A. traffic to go see.

Ok,so not a red on e but still a real car...

Edited by Tony R

bluetailfly wrote: Is that what the lyric is? You mean there's not like an old roadster called a Red Barchetta? Wow, what an odd concept for a song. Sci Fi short story as prog rock.

Always thought this was the best science fiction story in the form of a song - and personally my favourite Rush tune. Odd! Bloody hell this is the essence of good progressive music! Who wants stories about wizards and fairies - that's fantasy for the kids?

There are a couple of books with basically the same story - one of them's by Nicholas Fisk, but I can't remember the title.

yargh wrote: bluetailfly wrote: A Barchetta is a Fiat made car: http://www.fiatbarchetta.com/ ...but the one referenced in the was the old Ferrari barchetta.

Good to know, but where does it mention Ferrari?

A Barchetta is a Fiat made car:

http://www.fiatbarchetta.com/

TheProgtologist wrote: And my police state assumption stemmed from the "On Sunday I elude the eyes(security cameras?police survelliance?)and hop the turbine frieght,to far outside the wire(?),where my white-haired Uncle waits". Just the fact that the protagonist has to go to great lengths just to leave the city,leads me to believe that the society he lives in is totalitarian,and there is very little freedom or privacy in it.

Yeah, read over the lyrics and think you're right. It's interesting that the story that inspired it was published in "Road and Track" in 1973 (but the story was set in 1982).

http://members.aol.com/redbarche/ANiceMorningDrive.html

and Peart's "motor law" in the song seems to be government emissions laws in the story.

And my police state assumption stemmed from the "On Sunday I elude the eyes(security cameras?police survelliance?)and hop the turbine frieght,to far outside the wire(?),where my white-haired Uncle waits".

Just the fact that the protagonist has to go to great lengths just to leave the city,leads me to believe that the society he lives in is totalitarian,and there is very little freedom or privacy in it.