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Moving Pictures (Album) by Rush
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Rush Was A Canadian Rock Band Formed In 1968 In Toronto That Was Comprised Primarily Of Geddy Lee Bass Vocals Alex Lifeson Guitar And Neil Peart Drums Percussion Lyricist . The Band Was Formed In Toronto In 1968 By Lifeson Drummer John Rutsey And Bass Guitarist/vocalist Jeff Jones Who Was Immediately Replaced By Lee. After Lee Joined The Band Went Through Several Line-Up Configurations Before Arriving At Its Classic Power Trio Line-Up With The Addition Of Peart In July 1974 Who Replaced Rutsey Four Months After The Release Of Their 1974 Self-Titled Debut Album This Line-Up Remained Intact For The Remainder Of The Band's Career. Rush Achieved Commercial Success In The 1970s With Fly By Night 1975 2112 1976 A Farewell To Kings 1977 And Hemispheres 1978 . The Band's Popularity Continued Throughout The 1980s And 1990s With Albums Charting Highly In Canada The US And The UK Including Permanent Waves 1980 Moving Pictures 1981 Signals 1982 Grace Under Pressure 1984 And Counterparts 1993 . Rush Continued To Record And Perform Until 1997 After Which The Band Entered A Four-Year Hiatus Due To Personal Tragedies In Peart's Life. The Trio Regrouped In 2001 And Released Three More Studio Albums Vapor Trails 2002 Snakes & Arrows 2007 And Clockwork Angels 2012 . Rush Ceased Touring At The End Of 2015 And Lifeson Announced In January 2018 That The Band Would Not Continue Which Was Cemented By Peart's Death From Glioblastoma A Type Of Brain Cancer On January 7 2020 At The Age Of 67. Rush Were Known For Their Musicianship Complex Compositions And Eclectic Lyrical Motifs Drawing Heavily On Science Fiction Fantasy And Philosophy. The Band's Style Changed Over The Years From A Blues-Inspired Hard Rock Beginning Later Moving Into Progressive Rock Then A Period In The 1980s Marked By Heavy Use Of Synthesizers Before Returning To Guitar-Driven Hard Rock At The End Of The 1980s. Their Final Work From 2012 Marked A Return To Progressive Rock. The Members Of Rush Have Been Acknowledged As Some Of The Most Proficient Players On Their Respective Instruments With Each Winning Numerous Awards In Magazine Readers' Polls Over The Years. As Of 2022 Rush Ranks 84th In The U.S. With Sales Of 26 Million Albums And Industry Sources Estimate Their Total Worldwide Album Sales At Over 42 Million. Rush Has Been Awarded 14 Platinum And 3 Multi-Platinum Albums In The US Plus 17 Platinum Albums In Canada. Rush Was Nominated For Seven Grammy Awards Won Several Juno Awards And Won An International Achievement Award At The 2009 SOCAN Awards. The Band Was Inducted Into The Canadian Music Hall Of Fame In 1994 And The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2013. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Rush_ Band Studio Albums
Rush 1974 Fly By Night 1975 Caress Of Steel 1975 2112 1976 A Farewell To Kings 1977 Hemispheres 1978 Permanent Waves 1980 Moving Pictures 1981 Signals 1982 Grace Under Pressure 1984 Power Windows 1985 Hold Your Fire 1987 Presto 1989 Roll The Bones 1991 Counterparts 1993 Test For Echo 1996 Vapor Trails 2002 Snakes & Arrows 2007 Clockwork Angels 2012
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Rush Was A Canadian Rock Band Formed In 1968 In Toronto That Was Comprised Primarily Of Geddy Lee Bass Vocals Alex Lifeson Guitar And Neil Peart Drums Percussion Lyricist . The Band Was Formed In Toronto In 1968 By Lifeson Drummer John Rutsey And Bass Guitarist/vocalist Jeff Jones Who Was Immediately Replaced By Lee. After Lee Joined The Band Went Through Several Line-Up Configurations Before Arriving At Its Classic Power Trio Line-Up With The Addition Of Peart In July 1974 Who Replaced Rutsey Four Months After The Release Of Their 1974 Self-Titled Debut Album This Line-Up Remained Intact For The Remainder Of The Band's Career. Rush Achieved Commercial Success In The 1970s With Fly By Night 1975 2112 1976 A Farewell To Kings 1977 And Hemispheres 1978 . The Band's Popularity Continued Throughout The 1980s And 1990s With Albums Charting Highly In Canada The US And The UK Including Permanent Waves 1980 Moving Pictures 1981 Signals 1982 Grace Under Pressure 1984 And Counterparts 1993 . Rush Continued To Record And Perform Until 1997 After Which The Band Entered A Four-Year Hiatus Due To Personal Tragedies In Peart's Life. The Trio Regrouped In 2001 And Released Three More Studio Albums Vapor Trails 2002 Snakes & Arrows 2007 And Clockwork Angels 2012 . Rush Ceased Touring At The End Of 2015 And Lifeson Announced In January 2018 That The Band Would Not Continue Which Was Cemented By Peart's Death From Glioblastoma A Type Of Brain Cancer On January 7 2020 At The Age Of 67. Rush Were Known For Their Musicianship Complex Compositions And Eclectic Lyrical Motifs Drawing Heavily On Science Fiction Fantasy And Philosophy. The Band's Style Changed Over The Years From A Blues-Inspired Hard Rock Beginning Later Moving Into Progressive Rock Then A Period In The 1980s Marked By Heavy Use Of Synthesizers Before Returning To Guitar-Driven Hard Rock At The End Of The 1980s. Their Final Work From 2012 Marked A Return To Progressive Rock. The Members Of Rush Have Been Acknowledged As Some Of The Most Proficient Players On Their Respective Instruments With Each Winning Numerous Awards In Magazine Readers' Polls Over The Years. As Of 2022 Rush Ranks 84th In The U.S. With Sales Of 26 Million Albums And Industry Sources Estimate Their Total Worldwide Album Sales At Over 42 Million. Rush Has Been Awarded 14 Platinum And 3 Multi-Platinum Albums In The US Plus 17 Platinum Albums In Canada. Rush Was Nominated For Seven Grammy Awards Won Several Juno Awards And Won An International Achievement Award At The 2009 SOCAN Awards. The Band Was Inducted Into The Canadian Music Hall Of Fame In 1994 And The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2013. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Rush_ Band Studio Albums
Rush 1974 Fly By Night 1975 Caress Of Steel 1975 2112 1976 A Farewell To Kings 1977 Hemispheres 1978 Permanent Waves 1980 Moving Pictures 1981 Signals 1982 Grace Under Pressure 1984 Power Windows 1985 Hold Your Fire 1987 Presto 1989 Roll The Bones 1991 Counterparts 1993 Test For Echo 1996 Vapor Trails 2002 Snakes & Arrows 2007 Clockwork Angels 2012 read less
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Work On The Album Began In August 1980 At Stony Lake Ontario. "The Camera Eye" Was The First To Be Written Followed By "Tom Sawyer " "Red Barchetta " "YYZ" And "Limelight." "Tom Sawyer" Grew From A Melody That Lee Had Been Using To Set Up His Synthesizers At Sound Checks. At Phase One Studios With Producer Terry Brown They Began Recording Demos. "Tom Sawyer" And "Limelight" Were Polished In October By Playing Them Live On A Warm-Up Tour Although Both Songs Had Slightly Different Arrangements On The Album Than Were Played On The Tour And Then They Started The Main Recording At Le Studio In Quebec. "Red Barchetta" Was Recorded In One Take While Others Took Many. There Were Problems With Equipment Failures And They Finished Three Days Behind Schedule. Songs
With A Title Reference To Mark Twain's Fictional Character "Tom Sawyer" Is An Abstract Commentary On A Free-Thinking "modern Day Warrior". Likely Rush's Best-Selling Single It Is Also A Mainstay In Rush's Live Show. Lyrics For This Track Were Written In Collaboration With Max Webster Lyricist Pye Dubois. The Second Song On Moving Pictures Is "Red Barchetta". Lyrics Were Inspired By The Short Story "A Nice Morning Drive" By Richard S. Foster. Peart However Has Reported That The Car That Inspired The Song's Title Is A Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta. Next Is The Grammy-Nominated Instrumental "YYZ". The Track's Title Is The IATA Airport Code For Toronto Pearson International Airport. It Is Played Repeatedly In Morse Code -.--/-.--/--.. At The Beginning Of The Song. A Staple Within Their Live-Performance Repertoire "YYZ" Is Widely Seen As A Signature Rush Song. "Limelight" Is Another Perennial Radio Favorite. The Lyrics Are Autobiographical Based On Peart's Own Dissatisfactions With Fame And Its Intrusions Into Personal Life. The Song Contains Two Self-References One The Line "all The World's Indeed A Stage And We Are Merely Players" References Their Live Album All The World's A Stage As Well As The Famous Line By William Shakespeare While The Line "living In A Fish-Eye Lens Caught In The Camera Eye" References The Next Track "The Camera Eye". Alex Lifeson's Guitar Solo On The Track Is Often Hailed As One Of His Finest Performances. Side Two Of The Original Vinyl Release Opened With "The Camera Eye" Which Would Be Rush's Last "epic" Song Clocking In At Almost Eleven Minutes. Lyrically And Musically It Is An Attempt To Capture The Energy And Moods Of Two Of The English-Speaking World's Great Cities New York First Verse And London Second Verse . Unlike All The Other Songs On The Album It Has Never Been Performed Live Since The Moving Pictures / Exit Stage Left Tours Of 1981/82 And Even More Sparingly Played During The Signals Tour Of 1983 . It Usually Tops Internet Polls For The Song Which Fans Would Most Like To See The Band Perform Live Again. The Title And General Thematics Of "The Camera Eye" Lyrics Were Borrowed From The Work Of John Dos Passos One Of Peart's Favorite Authors. The Sixth Song "Witch Hunt" Initially Features Voices That According To Alex Lifeson On In The Studio With Redbeard Which Devoted An Episode To Moving Pictures Were Recorded Outside Le Studio In Sub-Zero Temperatures With The Band And Crew Ranting And Raving In A Humorous Way And Sound Effects Made By Lee's Oberheim Keyboards Before Jumping Into The Rock Section Of The Song. It Has Graphic Designer And Musician Hugh Syme's On Keyboards Rush's Longtime Artwork Creator And The Entire Drum Part Was Recorded Twice In One Verse With A Percussion Section Created By Recording Each Sound Differently. "Witch Hunt" Would Become A Part Of The Fear Series Of Songs Which Includes "The Weapon" From Signals "The Enemy Within" From Grace Under Pressure And "Freeze" From Vapor Trails. Rounding Out The Album Is "Vital Signs" Which Starts Off With A Distinctive Sequencer Part Made By Lee's OB-X Synthesizer Shows Distinct Reggae Flavor—the Experimentation With Which Was Likely Inspired By The Police. Reggae Influences Would Later Creep Into Tracks Found On The Band's Next Studio Release Signals. "Tom Sawyer" Lifeson Lee Peart Pye Dubois – 4 33 "Red Barchetta" – 6 06 "YYZ" Lee Peart – 4 24 "Limelight" – 4 19 "The Camera Eye" – 10 56 "Witch Hunt Part III Of Fear " – 4 43 "Vital Signs" – 4 43 Personnel
Geddy Lee - Bass Guitar Minimoog Oberheim Polyphonic OB-X Taurus Pedal Synthesizer Vocals Alex Lifeson - Electric And Acoustic Guitars Taurus Pedals Neil Peart - Drums Timbales Gong Bass Drums Orchestra Bells Glockenspiel Tubular Bells Wind Chimes Cowbells Bell Tree Crotales Plywood Paul Northfield - Engineer Hugh Syme - Guest Appearance Playing Synthesizers On "Witch Hunt" Art Direction Cover Concept And Design. Deborah Samuel - Photography Robbie Whelan - Assistant Engineer Bob Ludwig - Mastering And Remastering Peter Jensen - Digital Mastering And Editing Charts
Album - Billboard North America Year Chart Position 1981 Billboard's Pop Albums 3 Singles
Information "Limelight" Released February 1981 Written By Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart Produced By Rush And Terry Brown Chart Positions #55 US Hot 100 #4 US Mainstream Rock "Tom Sawyer" Released October 1981 Written By Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson Neil Peart & Pye Dubois Produced By Rush And Terry Brown Chart Positions #44 US Hot 100 #1 US Mainstream Rock "Vital Signs" Released March 1981 Written By Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart Produced By Rush And Terry Brown The Ontario Legislature Circa 2006The Album Cover Is A Monument To Triple Entendre. On The Front Cover There Are Movers Who Are Moving Pictures. Then There Are People Crying Because The Pictures Passed By Are Emotionally "Moving". Finally The Back Cover Has A Film Crew Making A "moving Picture" Of The Whole Scene.
The Album Cover Was Taken In Front Of The Ontario Legislature Building At Queen's Park. The First Pressings Of Moving Pictures On Compact Disc Were Missing The First Beat Of "Tom Sawyer" By Mistake. This Was Corrected In Subsequent CD Releases. Remaster Details
Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs Issued A Gold CD Remaster In 1992. That Release Is Now Out Of Print. A Mercury Records Remaster Was Issued In 1997. The Tray Has A Picture Of Three Fingerprints Light Blue Pink And Lime Green Left To Right With THE RUSH REMASTERS Printed In All Caps Just To The Left. All Remasters From Moving Pictures Through To A Show Of Hands Feature This Logo Originally Found On The Cover Art Of Retrospective II. The Remastered CD Restores All Of The Original Vinyl Artwork Including The Lyrics Plus The Moving Picture Of Drummer Neil Peart Which Was Missing On The Original CD Issue. "Moving Pictures" In Popular Culture
The Album Was Confirmed For Download For The Video Game Rock Band On August 26 2008. The Songs Tom Sawyer And Limelight Were Already Available In The Game Before This Release However The New Album Download Uses The Songs' Original Master Tracks As Opposed To Cover Versions Recorded Specifically For The Game. However The Release Was Delayed Due To Technical Difficulties.
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Moving Pictures Is The Eighth Studio Album By Canadian Rock Band Rush Released In 1981. The Album Was Recorded And Mixed At Le Studio Morin Heights Quebec. A Classic Rock Album Moving Pictures Became The Band's Biggest Selling Album In The U.S. Hitting #3 And Remains The Band's Most Popular Studio Recording To Date Certified Quadruple-Platinum With Four Million Copies Sold On January 27 1995 . Following The Formula Of Their Previous Album Permanent Waves Moving Pictures Follows A More Radio-Friendly Format And Includes The Hit Single "Tom Sawyer" As Well As Radio Standards "Red Barchetta" And "Limelight". Moving Pictures Was The Second Rush Album Listed In 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. BackgroundWork On The Album Began In August 1980 At Stony Lake Ontario. "The Camera Eye" Was The First To Be Written Followed By "Tom Sawyer " "Red Barchetta " "YYZ" And "Limelight." "Tom Sawyer" Grew From A Melody That Lee Had Been Using To Set Up His Synthesizers At Sound Checks. At Phase One Studios With Producer Terry Brown They Began Recording Demos. "Tom Sawyer" And "Limelight" Were Polished In October By Playing Them Live On A Warm-Up Tour Although Both Songs Had Slightly Different Arrangements On The Album Than Were Played On The Tour And Then They Started The Main Recording At Le Studio In Quebec. "Red Barchetta" Was Recorded In One Take While Others Took Many. There Were Problems With Equipment Failures And They Finished Three Days Behind Schedule. Songs
With A Title Reference To Mark Twain's Fictional Character "Tom Sawyer" Is An Abstract Commentary On A Free-Thinking "modern Day Warrior". Likely Rush's Best-Selling Single It Is Also A Mainstay In Rush's Live Show. Lyrics For This Track Were Written In Collaboration With Max Webster Lyricist Pye Dubois. The Second Song On Moving Pictures Is "Red Barchetta". Lyrics Were Inspired By The Short Story "A Nice Morning Drive" By Richard S. Foster. Peart However Has Reported That The Car That Inspired The Song's Title Is A Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta. Next Is The Grammy-Nominated Instrumental "YYZ". The Track's Title Is The IATA Airport Code For Toronto Pearson International Airport. It Is Played Repeatedly In Morse Code -.--/-.--/--.. At The Beginning Of The Song. A Staple Within Their Live-Performance Repertoire "YYZ" Is Widely Seen As A Signature Rush Song. "Limelight" Is Another Perennial Radio Favorite. The Lyrics Are Autobiographical Based On Peart's Own Dissatisfactions With Fame And Its Intrusions Into Personal Life. The Song Contains Two Self-References One The Line "all The World's Indeed A Stage And We Are Merely Players" References Their Live Album All The World's A Stage As Well As The Famous Line By William Shakespeare While The Line "living In A Fish-Eye Lens Caught In The Camera Eye" References The Next Track "The Camera Eye". Alex Lifeson's Guitar Solo On The Track Is Often Hailed As One Of His Finest Performances. Side Two Of The Original Vinyl Release Opened With "The Camera Eye" Which Would Be Rush's Last "epic" Song Clocking In At Almost Eleven Minutes. Lyrically And Musically It Is An Attempt To Capture The Energy And Moods Of Two Of The English-Speaking World's Great Cities New York First Verse And London Second Verse . Unlike All The Other Songs On The Album It Has Never Been Performed Live Since The Moving Pictures / Exit Stage Left Tours Of 1981/82 And Even More Sparingly Played During The Signals Tour Of 1983 . It Usually Tops Internet Polls For The Song Which Fans Would Most Like To See The Band Perform Live Again. The Title And General Thematics Of "The Camera Eye" Lyrics Were Borrowed From The Work Of John Dos Passos One Of Peart's Favorite Authors. The Sixth Song "Witch Hunt" Initially Features Voices That According To Alex Lifeson On In The Studio With Redbeard Which Devoted An Episode To Moving Pictures Were Recorded Outside Le Studio In Sub-Zero Temperatures With The Band And Crew Ranting And Raving In A Humorous Way And Sound Effects Made By Lee's Oberheim Keyboards Before Jumping Into The Rock Section Of The Song. It Has Graphic Designer And Musician Hugh Syme's On Keyboards Rush's Longtime Artwork Creator And The Entire Drum Part Was Recorded Twice In One Verse With A Percussion Section Created By Recording Each Sound Differently. "Witch Hunt" Would Become A Part Of The Fear Series Of Songs Which Includes "The Weapon" From Signals "The Enemy Within" From Grace Under Pressure And "Freeze" From Vapor Trails. Rounding Out The Album Is "Vital Signs" Which Starts Off With A Distinctive Sequencer Part Made By Lee's OB-X Synthesizer Shows Distinct Reggae Flavor—the Experimentation With Which Was Likely Inspired By The Police. Reggae Influences Would Later Creep Into Tracks Found On The Band's Next Studio Release Signals. "Tom Sawyer" Lifeson Lee Peart Pye Dubois – 4 33 "Red Barchetta" – 6 06 "YYZ" Lee Peart – 4 24 "Limelight" – 4 19 "The Camera Eye" – 10 56 "Witch Hunt Part III Of Fear " – 4 43 "Vital Signs" – 4 43 Personnel
Geddy Lee - Bass Guitar Minimoog Oberheim Polyphonic OB-X Taurus Pedal Synthesizer Vocals Alex Lifeson - Electric And Acoustic Guitars Taurus Pedals Neil Peart - Drums Timbales Gong Bass Drums Orchestra Bells Glockenspiel Tubular Bells Wind Chimes Cowbells Bell Tree Crotales Plywood Paul Northfield - Engineer Hugh Syme - Guest Appearance Playing Synthesizers On "Witch Hunt" Art Direction Cover Concept And Design. Deborah Samuel - Photography Robbie Whelan - Assistant Engineer Bob Ludwig - Mastering And Remastering Peter Jensen - Digital Mastering And Editing Charts
Album - Billboard North America Year Chart Position 1981 Billboard's Pop Albums 3 Singles
Information "Limelight" Released February 1981 Written By Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart Produced By Rush And Terry Brown Chart Positions #55 US Hot 100 #4 US Mainstream Rock "Tom Sawyer" Released October 1981 Written By Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson Neil Peart & Pye Dubois Produced By Rush And Terry Brown Chart Positions #44 US Hot 100 #1 US Mainstream Rock "Vital Signs" Released March 1981 Written By Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart Produced By Rush And Terry Brown The Ontario Legislature Circa 2006The Album Cover Is A Monument To Triple Entendre. On The Front Cover There Are Movers Who Are Moving Pictures. Then There Are People Crying Because The Pictures Passed By Are Emotionally "Moving". Finally The Back Cover Has A Film Crew Making A "moving Picture" Of The Whole Scene.
The Album Cover Was Taken In Front Of The Ontario Legislature Building At Queen's Park. The First Pressings Of Moving Pictures On Compact Disc Were Missing The First Beat Of "Tom Sawyer" By Mistake. This Was Corrected In Subsequent CD Releases. Remaster Details
Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs Issued A Gold CD Remaster In 1992. That Release Is Now Out Of Print. A Mercury Records Remaster Was Issued In 1997. The Tray Has A Picture Of Three Fingerprints Light Blue Pink And Lime Green Left To Right With THE RUSH REMASTERS Printed In All Caps Just To The Left. All Remasters From Moving Pictures Through To A Show Of Hands Feature This Logo Originally Found On The Cover Art Of Retrospective II. The Remastered CD Restores All Of The Original Vinyl Artwork Including The Lyrics Plus The Moving Picture Of Drummer Neil Peart Which Was Missing On The Original CD Issue. "Moving Pictures" In Popular Culture
The Album Was Confirmed For Download For The Video Game Rock Band On August 26 2008. The Songs Tom Sawyer And Limelight Were Already Available In The Game Before This Release However The New Album Download Uses The Songs' Original Master Tracks As Opposed To Cover Versions Recorded Specifically For The Game. However The Release Was Delayed Due To Technical Difficulties.