The Spirit of Radio – Rush – Isolated Guitar – Alex Lifeson – Published to help hear and learn the bass and drums parts to Spirit of Radio – Bass & Drums Backing Track
Album Info:
Album Title: Permanent Waves
Release Date: January 14, 1980
Album Tracks:
Side One
- The Spirit of Radio
- Freewill
- Jacob’s Ladder
Side Two
- Entre Nous
- Different Strings
- Natural Science
I: Tide Pools
II: Hyperspace
III: Permanent Waves
Rush Band Members:
- Geddy Lee – lead vocals, bass guitar, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, Minimoog synthesizer, Taurus pedal synthesizer, Oberheim OB-1 synthesizer
- Alex Lifeson – electric and acoustic six- and twelve-string guitars, Taurus pedals
-Neil Peart – drums, timpani, timbales, orchestra bells, tubular bells, wind chimes, bell tree, triangle, crotales, cover concept
“The Spirit of Radio” Lyrics:
Begin the day with a friendly voice
A companion unobtrusive
Plays that song that’s so elusive
And the magic music makes your morning mood
Off on your way, hit the open road
There is magic at your fingers
For the Spirit ever lingers
Undemanding contact in your happy solitude
Invisible airwaves crackle with life
Bright antennae bristle with the energy
Emotional feedback on timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free
All this machinery making modern music
Can still be open-hearted
Not so coldly charted
It’s really just a question of your honesty, yeah
Your honesty
One likes to believe in the freedom of music
But glittering prizes and endless compromises
Shatter the illusion of integrity
Invisible airwaves crackle with life
Bright antennae bristle with the energy
Emotional feedback on timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free
For the words of the profits were written on the studio wall
Concert hall
And echoes with the sound of salesmen…of salesmen…of salesmen
The Spirit of Radio – Rush – Isolated Guitar – Alex Lifeson