Rush greeted the 1980s on this day 44 years ago. Some sleeker songs and the sci-fi/fantasy trappings are gone. "Natural Science" was originally to be about the medieval poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. To the best of my knowledge, the song was never recorded with the original lyrics but they do survive on paper.
Such wonderful illustrations! Geddy Lee no doubt enjoyed receiving illuminated lyrics.
The album points to the band's future direction but has the heavy sound of their earlier work. And, although Geddy's screaming/shrieking is on the decline, there's still some here.
Here's "Spirit of Radio" from here in Madison when the song was a youthful 24.
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