RUSH

A stellar unreleased live set, toy cars and reimagined artwork? The Canadian trio’s 1981 masterpiece gets the reissue treatment.

Words: Dave Everley

R ush’s Snakes & Arrows in 2007 featured the greatest in-concert film ever. Created by South Park geniuses Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the minute-long clip saw the four potty-mouthed kids from the animated TV show rehearsing the Canadian trio’s 1981 single Tom Sawyer in their guise as Lil’ Rush. After some amusing bickering over the lyrics (“I am Geddy Lee and I will sing whatever lyrics I want!”), they eventually launched into it properly… at which point it instantly, and brilliantly, segued into the real-life Rush playing the same song on the stage, in front of the audience, in the flesh. It’s telling that Parker and Stone picked Tom Sawyer. That it’s a solid-gold classic is undeniable, but it also kicked off the album that stands as Rush’s greatest pivot…

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