Friday’s Musical Memory Box solution: The Trees, Rush, Hemispheres, 1978. Andrew Hinde stealing precious points from our top 3 for March.
The first time I heard this song in Rock Band 2, I wasn’t 100% convinced that I liked it. It took a few playthroughs to realize this was a Canadian classic. That the maples were French Canada and the oaks were English Canada, and that Rush had decided to try and explain the Two Solitudes with a parable. Mind = Blown.
Andrew Hinde:
“This is absolutely my favourite Rush album. My first introduction to Rush was from my dad and this album. Got hooked once I heard the 9 1/2 minute instrumental La Villa Strangiato.”
Stéphane Dubord:
“Wow that had me messed up. At first when I read through, I thought you had gone really old school. A Canadian song about trees? That’s like CanLit 101 right? Then it hit me: the only song I know about trees! It must be The Trees by Rush.”
In 1978, the year they released “Hemispheres”, Rush won Best Group at the Junos. Rush has won 12 Juno awards, from 55 (not a typo) nominations, including this year’s nomination for Music DVD of the Year, for RUSH: Beyond The Lighted Stage, a career documentary that I highly recommend.
Here are your lyrics for today:
“You live in a church
Where you sleep with voodoo dolls
And you won’t give up the search
For the ghosts in the halls
You wear sandals in the snow
And a smile that won’t wash away
Can you look out the window
Without your shadow getting in the way
You’re so beautiful
With an edge and a charm
But so careful
When I’m in your arms”
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