Rush The Weapon

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Rush - The Weapon (part II of Fear) from the 1982 album Signals. • • (from Wikipedia) Signals was the follow-up to the successful Moving Pictures. Stylistically, the album was a continuation of Rush's foray into the technology-oriented 1980s through increased use of electronic instrumentation such as keyboards, sequencers, and electric violin. Another noticeable change was in terms of song length and lyrical compression. The album had eight songs, the longest of which is 6:22. The album reached #10 on the Billboard album charts and was certified Platinum (1,000,000 copies sold) by the R.I.A.A. in November of 1982. The Weapon (Part II of the 'Fear' trilogy) would be featured in the album's supporting tour and would include a video opening hosted by Count Floyd of SCTV fame. • • Neil Peart on the Fear trilogy (circa 1994) • • The idea for the trilogy was suggested by an older man telling that he didn't think life was ruled by love, or reason, or money, or the pursuit of happiness -- but by fear. This smart-but cynical guy's position was that most people's actions are motivated by fear of being hungry, fear of being hurt, fear of being alone, fear of being robbed, etc., and that people don't make choices based on hope that something good will happen, but in fear that something bad will happen. • I reacted to this the way all of us tend to react to generalities: Well, I'm not like that! But then I started thinking about it more, watching the way people around me behaved, and I soon realised that there was something to this viewpoint, So I sketched out the three theaters of fear, as I saw them: how fear works inside us ( The Enemy Within ), how fear is used against us ( The Weapon ), and how fear feeds the mob mentality ( Witch Hunt ). • • As it happened, the last theme was easiest to deal with, so it was written first, and consequently appeared first on record, and the other two followed in reverse order for the same reason • Explanation from wiki: • The Weapon explains how everything that people fear can be used against them, even leaders, great nations, evil dictators, lovers, and murderers. Instrumentally, the song fades in at the beginning and fades out at the end, being the middle section of the trilogy. • • THIS IS A FAN MADE VIDEO AND FOR ALL RUSH NEWS AND MERCH CHECK OUT www.rush.com and www.rushbackstage.com for all updates!!!! • • • • Geddy Lee -- bass guitars (Rickenbacker and Fender), vocals, Keyboards: Minimoog, Oberheim OB-X and OB-Xa, Roland JP-8, Moog Taurus pedals, Oberheim DSX and Roland TR 808 rhythm machine. • • Alex Lifeson -- Fender Stratocaster electric guitars, Moog Taurus pedals • • Neil Peart -- Tama drums, Avedis Zildjian cymbals, percussion

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