Rush A Show of Hands (1989)

For a band with high standards a perfect show is impossible and an excellent show is rare You hope that the norm is good To deliver a really exceptional comfortable performance before a recording truck or film crew has been our unfulfilled dream of many years Always it seemed that as soon as the machines started rolling we forgot how to play and our equipment forgot how to work But for these two nights the gods smile And the film becomes not just a concert but a symbol for the band a scrapbook an autobiography an era frozen in glacial clarity For the audience it can be an enduring souvenir and if it cant quite capture what it was like to be there it is a way of seeing through many pairs of eyes of shifting ones vantagepoint around and above the players in a way no mortal could Hands perform and hands respond Hands gesture and hands respond A show of ears and eyes a show of hearts and minds A Show of Hands Neil Peart