LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 28, 2019…IT WAS 1981 AND ON THIS DATE RUSH RELEASED THE SINGLE TOM SAWYER. TOM SAWYER IS THE FIRST
TRACK ON THE ALBUM ‘MOVING PICTURES’. ACCORDING TO GEDDY LEE, WHEN THE BAND FIRST RECORDED THE SONG, HE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE GROUP’S EFFORT IN THE STUDIO, BUT IT CAME TO LIFE IN THE MIX.
GEDDY LEE CALLED IN IN MANY WAYS THE “QUINTESSENTIAL RUSH SONG’.
IT HAS BEEN PLAYED AT EVERY SINGLE RUSH CONCERT SINCE IT WAS RELEASED. THIS SONG HAS BEEN USED IN A TON OF MOVIES AND TV SHOWS.
THE SONG WAS FEATURED ON AN EPISODE OF ‘FUTURAMA’ WHEN FRY PLAYS HIS “RUSH MIX-TAPE” WHEN PLAYING VIDEO GAMES. IT WAS ALSO FEATURED ON ‘FAMILY GUY’ WHEN CHESTER CHEETAH SNORTED CHEETOS WHILE LISTENING TO THE SONG. WHEN HE FINISHED HE YELLED OUT “THERE’S NO FU***NG DRUMMER BETTER THAN NEIL PEART.”
MOVIES THAT HAVE USED THIS SONG ARE ‘I LOVE YOU,MAN’ ‘THE WATERBOY’ ‘FREAKS AND GEEKS’ AND ‘THE SOPRANO’S’
HERE’S A VERY YOUNG LOOKING RUSH WITH TOM SAWYER
