Subdivisions - Rush

"Subdivisions" is a Rush song often considered to be describing feelings of isolation, boredom, conformity, and sadness springing up from teenage life in the suburbs.
"Subdivisions" was released on the 1982 album Signals. Aside from being a perennial fan favourite and a staple of live performances, the song appears on several greatest hits compilations, was released as a single in 1982, and despite doing little serious business in the UK charts, it gained a lot of radio airplay in Britain at the time. It was also played live prior to its release. Pre-release live versions exist on the internet.

The promotional videos scenes were filmed in the Toronto area. The downtown scenes in downtown Toronto, the suburbs scenes in Scarborough, Ontario, near Warden and Finch. The high school scenes were filmed at L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute, in the same area. The student that walks downtown in the video is Dave Glover, a student at the L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute at the time. Near the end of the video, Glover is seen playing the video game Tempest at an arcade, which was reportedly his favourite video game at the time. Info courtesy: wikipedia.org]

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[Davi Boruszewski]

I am a Sociology teacher and I teach Subdivisions to all my students, And I will do that until I die.

[MontrealMan1970]

waiting for the school bus winter 82-83 my older brother had it playing on his ghettoblaster. To keep his batteries from dying he would unplug the block heater on the car in front of the driveway & carried a extension cord with him at all times. That's Canada.

[elveskickass]

Tempest!

[RetepBocaj42]

*Write.

[ElfHybrid]

I cried when they played this in Helsinki. Moment of a lifetime!

[BobbyB430]

Yeah, then use Countdown to teach them how to wright. . .

[videonikita]

Did not know this was filmed in Toronto, way to put city on map man. :)

[drummahfly]

Enjoyed!!!!

[MontrealMan1970]

2:21 google street view

[TheSquonk2112]

awesome story! hey, you might like the live version I just posted from the recent Clockwork Angels tour - cheers!