MOVING PICTURES

Hands down, the most progressive before it's time work ever done by the band. I can remember the day this was released, alot of hype as it was just coming after Permanent Waves, and everyone in high school was wired for Rush. From the opening track of Tom Sawyer, I was hooked. The bass on Red Barchetta hits so hard it to this day it sends shivers down my spine. When we saw the concert at Joe Louis it was mind boggling! The strong work of Lifeson, the drumming work and song writing of Peart, along with the vocals of Lee are a combo of classic Rush that come togeather like in no other album. This album is their break out, and a big step for progressive rock as a whole. These guys were and still are in a leauge of their own! There will never be a release like this again. Perhaps alot of it is best described as the way Alex described music in an old interview I heard of his in about 1982 when he was speaking of people always wanting to hear their old materal. He said that it may not always be the music per se' that one is always attraced to, but the time one was is in when they heard the music. Meaning you often relate music to your personal feelings, the moment and good things that you remember going on around you when the music becomes a part of it. He was right. I was in 12 grade having the time of my life with the best friends anywhere, it was a time of hope and carefreeness that, like Moving Pictures will never be repeated!