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“We always have one song that doesn’t quite click. And we thought that Tom Sawyer was the one”: How Rush finally nailed a classic track

Released on this day (12 February) in 1981, Moving Pictures was the biggest selling album of Rush’s career, and arguably the best. But it wasn’t an easy album to make - especially when it came to ...
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Why Rush’s lyrics are deeper than you think

Few bands dared to mix philosophy with power chords, but Rush made it work. Songs like Anthem, Freewill, and Tom Sawyer explore the fight between freedom and control, individuality and conformity.