Talk:Grace Under Pressure (Rush album)

First song to deal with Communism?

This line puzzles me: "'Red Lenses' would mark the first Rush track to deal with communism." Does "The Trees" (from 1978's Hemispheres) not count? Aside from the fact that it doesn't include the word "Soviet", it seems much more clearly anti-communist than "Red Lenses". Maybe the line should read, "'Red Lenses' would mark the first Rush track to explicitly deal with communism?" --דוד ♣ D Monack 07:00, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Never mind The Trees, what was 2112, if not an anti-totalitarian parable? The "red star" was no coincidence, eh?

Agreed. I removed the line. --dm ^(talk) 00:05, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

The Trees has got nothing to do with communism at all, if anything it's about America and Canada (oaks and maples) or just injustice in general. Bear in mind, Peart has stated explicitly that it was about a cartoon he saw and may contain no deeper meaning. Rush'srotweiller (talk) 15:57, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Who knows what they mean! Thes song "Red lenses" mentions the Soviets, but also talks about "the reds under your bed", which might be a reference to the "Red Scare" that was rampant in the second half of the 20th century, especially in the US. So this might actually be mocking the politicians that under the guise of an alleged "Red threat" passed laws that were repressive and totalitarian, including wars of agression. It is too vague in my opinion to make anything out of it. You will have to ask them. mateluna 14th June 2008

Instruments

Geddy's bass

I'm going to add a few notes about Geddy's use of the Steinberger bass on this album, the seen in the "Distant Early Warning" video. It's a core element of the album's "modern" sound, but he dropped it by the next album -- Stereoroid 15:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I've removed this section as it's completely unreferenced and apparently your own original research ... and it's been lying around in that state for more than two years without improvement. -- Mikeblas (talk) 14:14, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Need Picture

"Grace Under Pressure reached #10 on The Billboard 200 and went Platinum in the US upon its 1984 release. On the back cover is a remarkable band portrait by the photographer Yousuf Karsh." - Well lets see it!

I'm not sure if it is that remarkable, and if so why... It's just a band portrait showing the heads of the guys. It's not so different from other band portraits. Rush'srotweiller (talk) 15:57, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

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Stereoroid's Version

I reverted the article back to the version that Stereoroid created (The part where he explains about the instruments). I found references to his work.--Greg D. Barnes (talk) 01:02, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Unreferenced Section

The section "On The Cutting Edge" does not site any references. I'm adding a no references section tag. SteveTheRed (talk) 18:38, 31 May 2014 (UTC)