Anything can happen.
...are two parts of a song by Rush. In this instance I was watching the "Show of Hands" DVD last night and these phrases hit home. At the risk of spending too much time in a particular part of my life, I have a strong emotional reponse to this album/concert video. Rush is my favorite band and on my mission, the last part, they came out with the "Hold Your Fire" album. Yes, I bought it while I was on my mission and it sat on my shelf, I think until I left my mission. I listened to it constantly on the way home along with a Fleetwood Mack album, "Mirage". I really needed some good music after so long without much input.
The song, "Prime Mover" was specially important to me. It really lifted me up to take the chances and meet the challenges before me. I vowed not to be so introverted, to get a job and work my way through school. I had a lot of work ahead of me and this song just hit the spot.
I set the wheels in motion
Turn up all the machines
Activate the programs
And run behind the scenes.
I set the clouds in motion
Turn up light and sound
Activate the window
And watch the world go 'round
Anything can happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjlU6lC_CmY
Another song that I thuroughly enjoyed on this disk was "Turn the Page" for some pretty obvious reasons, at least to me.
Every day we're standing in a time capsule
Racing down a river from the past
Every day we're standing in a wind tunnel
Facing down the future coming fast.
It's just the age
It's just a stage
We disengage
We turn the page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E0m0Gcblp0
If I remember right, one of the reasons Tracy and I bought our first VCR was because this concert came out on video.
This album, and perhaps Cinderella's "Night Songs" defined my 3rd year at BYU. What a freakin' great time in my life.
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