“Musically, it's very powerful, and lyrically, it has a spirit that resonates with a lot of people. The result is the Rush masterpiece – a compact, four-and-a-half-minute summation of everything they represented."'Tom Sawyer' is a real trademark song for us," Lifeson told Louder Sound in 2014. The piece originated from one of numerous jam sessions during a particular frigid winter rehearsal at a Toronto farm Peart, meanwhile, developed his lyrics of rebellion from a poem he received from lyricist Pye Dubois based on Mark Twain's 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It's their cleanest, most seamless fusion of prog and hard rock, boasting some of their tightest ensemble playing and a guitar riff catchier than "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Like the entirety of 1981's Moving Pictures, it's also a fascinating crossroads between '70s and '80s Rush, arriving a few years after the knotty conceptual sprawl of Hemispheres and a few years before Lee became obsessed with synthesizers. It's their most famous piece, occupying a prime piece of classic-rock radio real estate for almost four decades. "Tom Sawyer" is the ultimate Rush song in several ways. THREE DAYS GRACE Just Like You ZOMBA c NELLY & CHRISTINA AGUILERA 3 Tilt Ya Head Back UMRG c THE KILLERS 0.
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