Today we’re going to analyze Rush’s “
Tom Sawyer,
” a hit off of their 1981
Moving Picture’s
album that’s been a staple of album oriented radio ever since. Here’s the drum track by the amazing
Neil Pert
.
1) You’ve really got to hand it to Neil, not only is the time rock-solid, but it feels so good as well. Once I posed about how you can tell a hit just from the high-hat track of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams
,” and the exact same thing applies here. It feels like a hit.
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