Songwriters: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neal Peart
Original Release: Permanent Waves
Year: 1980
Definitive Version: Snakes and Arrows Live, 2008
When Debbie and I moved to our apartment in Gahanna, we had a second bedroom, which was the guest room when we had company. It was actually a pretty sweet guest room, because the apartment was a double master suite. In other words, each bedroom had its own connected bedroom. My bedroom furniture went in there.
Otherwise, it was my fun room. It was where I put my baseball books and—later—my baseball paraphernalia, which began to expand at an exponential rate now that I was making more than I ever had before and was sharing expenses. It was where I had my Super Nintendo and later my desk and computer.
At the time, I ran through the middle portion of Rush’s back catalog, picking up Permanent Waves, Hemispheres and Farewell to Kings. I had those CDs on a lot while I’d go on a video-gaming binge, so, naturally, this song makes me think of preparing for another day at the Dispatch by matching wits with Bowser.
Funny thing though: I didn’t really like this song then. It was a bridge song that took you from the cool stuff at the beginning of the album to the cool stuff at the end—nothing special. But when Rush pulled this one out and gave it a go-through on their tour in 2007—the first time they played it live—it was like I was hearing it in a totally different light. Now I liked it. That’s happened to me with several songs that are on this list: I dismissed them for one reason or another at first. Timing is everything, even with music.
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