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"Tom Sawyer" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, named for Mark Twain's literary character. The song was released on Mercury Records and PolyGram in 1981 on the Moving Pictures album and numerous compilations thereafter, such as 1990's Chronicles. It has also appeared on several live albums and bootlegs. The song relies heavily on Geddy Lee's synthesizer playing and the techniques of drummer Neil Peart. Geddy Lee has referred to the track as the band's "defining piece of music...from the early '80s". It is one of Rush's best-known songs and is a staple of classic rock radio. It reached 25 in the UK singles chart in October 1981. And in the US peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at 8 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. In 2009 it was named the 19th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. "Tom Sawyer" was one of five Rush songs inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on March 28, 2010

The song was written by Lee, Peart, and guitarist Alex Lifeson in collaboration with Canadian lyricist Pye Dubois (the lyricist of Max Webster), who also co-wrote other Rush songs such as "Force Ten," "Between Sun and Moon," and "Test For Echo." According to the US radio show In the Studio with Redbeard (which devoted an entire episode to the making of Moving Pictures), "Tom Sawyer" came about during a summer rehearsal holiday that Rush spent at Ronnie Hawkins' farm outside Toronto. Peart was presented with a poem by Dubois named "Louis the Lawyer" (often cited as "Louis the Warrior") that he modified and expanded. Lee and Lifeson then helped set the poem to music. The unique growling sound heard in the song came from Lee's fiddling with his Oberheim OB-X synthesizer.

In the December 1985 Rush Backstage Club newsletter, drummer and lyricist Neil Peart said:
"Tom Sawyer was a collaboration between myself and Pye Dubois, an excellent lyricist who wrote the lyrics for Max Webster. His original lyrics were kind of a portrait of a modern day rebel, a free-spirited individualist striding through the world wide-eyed and purposeful. I added the themes of reconciling the boy and man in myself, and the difference between what people are and what others perceive them to be - namely me I guess."

Alex Lifeson describes his guitar solo in "Tom Sawyer" in a 2007 interview:
"I winged it. Honest! I came in, did five takes, then went off and had a cigarette. I'm at my best for the first two takes; after that, I over think everything and I lose the spark. Actually, the solo you hear is comped together from various takes."

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A modern day warrior
Mean mean stride,
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean mean pride.

Though his mind is not for rent
Don't put him down as arrogant
His reserve, a quiet defense
Riding out the day's events
The river

What you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the drift

The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his skies are wide

Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets high on you
And the space he invades
He gets by on you

No his mind is not for rent
To any god or government
Always hopeful, yet discontent
He knows changes aren't permanent
But change is

And what you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the witness, catch the wit
Catch the spirit, catch the spit

The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his eyes are wide

Exit the warrior
Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets high on you
And the energy you trade
He gets right on to the friction of the day

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• Mark twain
• Moving Pictures
• Geddy Lee
• Alex Lifeson
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[Lluminari]

Slappin' da bess!

[Lluminari]

Holy crap! 20 freakin' videos!

[moebigga2]

THERE IS NO BETTER DRUMMER THAN NEIL PEART!!!

[cragmac1000]

Someone explain to me why, OH WHY, Guns 'n fuckin Roses are in the Rock and roll hall of fame, and yet again this year Rush gets snubbed from even a ballot entry! Fuck you all in Cleveland for this blasphemy!

[axllovesslash]

my favorite music vidoes of any band are them just rocking it somewhere so u can actually see there musical abilities and there chemistry together

[GutsyguyPrime]

@moebigga2 it ain't easy being cheesy :P

[AWESOMENESS1724]

I don't know how somone can dislike this video?

[GottaLoveEddie]

Rush Rocks!! ..So proud that they are Canadian! :)

[ChunkyChest]

Neil peart is drum god..



[bruinswinthecup2011]

Who are the 2 that disliked this?????

[xXSuicideSeasonxXx]

these guys look like the kids u used to make fun of in science class, then said fuck this and became the best fuckin band alive

[mrianmark]

I photographed Rush in 75 and 77. To see the shots go to 70srockphotos (.com)

[SxpremeArts]

When i jam out monn, when i jam with my bass mon. Slappin da bass mon!