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July

7/31: Promise (Victor)

Love that growly mid-90s sound!

Jul 31, 2024 • Lara

7/30: Take A Friend

A thoroughly enjoyable jam for the International Day of Friendship!

Jul 30, 2024 • Lara

7/29: Making Memories

Happy Neil-Joins-The-Band Day!

Jul 29, 2024 • Lara

7/28: The Present Tense

When you lose the past, the future makes no sense.

Jul 28, 2024 • Lara

7/27: Lonely Man (JR Flood)

Neil gets all spooky-wooky on his first band's demo album.

Jul 27, 2024 • Lara

7/26: Territories

Let's welcome in the Olympic Games with a song about border strife.

Jul 26, 2024 • Lara

7/25: My Favorite Headache (Geddy Lee)

I watch TV--what do you want from me?

Jul 25, 2024 • Lara

7/24: Secret Touch

'Tis a fearful thing to love what death has touched

Jul 24, 2024 • Lara

June

May

5/31: COVER: Open Secrets (Katie Cole)

This lovely rendition elevates the source material.

May 31, 2024 • Lara

5/30: Stick It Out (LIVE)

Don't swallow the poison, spit it out.

May 30, 2024 • Lara

5/29: Momo's Dance Party (Neil Peart)

Neil gets fun and funky on this original composition.

May 29, 2024 • Lara

5/28: Between the Sun and Moon

In which I ruminate on bonfires for a few minutes

May 28, 2024 • Lara

5/27: Something for Nothing

You can't have freedom for free.

May 27, 2024 • Lara

Rush wrote songs about 19th century poetry before it was cool.

May 26, 2024 • Lara

5/25: One Little Victory

Cue the Bender GIFs, because I'm back, baby!

May 25, 2024 • Lara

5/24: Lakeside Park

Or three 20-somethings get nostalgic about their childhoods.

May 24, 2024 • Lara

April

4/30: Chemistry

This song is not about drugs. Really.

Apr 30, 2024 • Lara

4/29: Moto Perpetuo (LIVE)

One of my fave drum solos (and a fitting one, too)

Apr 29, 2024 • Lara

One of the few times that an artist revisiting a song made it better.

Apr 28, 2024 • Lara

4/27: Run Willie Run

Talk about a blast from the past!

Apr 27, 2024 • Lara

4/26: The Trees

Happy Arbor Day everyone! Go hug a tree.

Apr 26, 2024 • Lara

4/25: Broon's Bane (LIVE)

This guitar solo is named for the band's long-time producer

Apr 25, 2024 • Lara

4/24: COVER: Closer to the Heart (Karol & The Snow Dogs)

This Brazilian power quartet makes 70's-era Rush look easy to play.

Apr 24, 2024 • Lara

Or, did Neil think of science as another form of idolatry?

Apr 23, 2024 • Lara

March

One of the most listenable 90's-era tunes, Driven really highlights Ged's bass skills.

Mar 31, 2024 • Lara

3/30: March of the High Guard (Alex Lifeson)

We take a look at another solo soundtrack composition by Mr. Lifeson

Mar 30, 2024 • Lara

3/29: COVER: Jacob's Ladder (Vikram Shankar)

A beautiful piano arrangement that captures the epic drama of the original song

Mar 29, 2024 • Lara

Time for some delightful wordplay off Presto

Mar 28, 2024 • Lara

3/27: Take Off (Bob & Doug McKenzie, feat. Geddy Lee)

Today's song has a fun bit of trivia to it.

Mar 27, 2024 • Lara

3/26: Good News First

Two beautiful moments in a very angry song

Mar 26, 2024 • Lara

3/25: Finding My Way/In The Mood (LIVE)

What the debut album really needed was more cowbell.

Mar 25, 2024 • Lara

3/24: Intro - Grace Under Pressure (LIVE)

Flick on your lighter and let the show begin.

Mar 24, 2024 • Lara

February

2/29: The Girl Who Listened To Rush (Nerf Herder)

This one's for the female Rush fans!

Feb 29, 2024 • Lara

Neil's study of the anima/animus goes awry. The song still rocks, though.

Feb 28, 2024 • Lara

2/27: The Seeker

Please enjoy Rush covering this song by The Who (because I sure won't).

Feb 27, 2024 • Lara

2/26: Don't Care (Victor)

Lifeson's solo project opens up with a raw, crude, relentless track.

Feb 26, 2024 • Lara

2/25: The Big Wheel

Prisoner of fate, victim of circumstance... or not.

Feb 25, 2024 • Lara

2/24: Workin' Them Angels

History recedes in the rear view mirror.

Feb 24, 2024 • Lara

2/23: The Loser

In which Baby!Alex plays showy and fast just for the hell of it. Also, Geddy scats.

Feb 23, 2024 • Lara

2/22: By-Tor And The Snow Dog (LIVE)

A live performance that shows cocaine one hell of a drug.

Feb 22, 2024 • Lara

January

1/31/24: We Hold On

Straining against the faith, measured out in coffee breaks

Jan 31, 2024 • Lara

1/30/24: The Big Money

Please watch the video on this post. I'm begging you.

Jan 30, 2024 • Lara

1/29/24: Tom Sawyer

No, his mind is not for rent.

Jan 29, 2024 • Lara

1/28/24: Freeze

This song is a panic attack in musical form.

Jan 28, 2024 • Lara

1/27/24: Witch Hunt

"They" say there are strangers who threaten us.

Jan 27, 2024 • Lara

1/26/24: The Weapon

We have nothing to fear but fear itself. Or do we?

Jan 26, 2024 • Lara

1/25/24: The Enemy Within

Don't give into security under pressure..

Jan 25, 2024 • Lara

1/24/23: The Trees (Live)

Happy New Year Of The Trees! Here's a song about cutting them down.

Jan 24, 2024 • Lara

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