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About This Track
“Subdivisions” is a Rush song that describes peer pressure for 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. In the US, it charted at #8 on the Album/Mainstream rock charts. It was also played live prior to its release. Pre-release live versions exist on the internet. Geddy Lee plays an Oberheim OB-X synthesizer, and the two synthesizer solos were done on a Minimoog.
The promotional video scenes were filmed in the Toronto area. The downtown scenes were filmed in downtown Toronto, while the suburbs scenes were filmed in Scarborough, Ontario, near Warden and Finch Avenues. The high school scenes were filmed at L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute, in the same area. The video also features scenes of the Don Valley Parkway and a busy TTC subway station. 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.
The song features heavy use of synth. Geddy Lee takes a similar role to that in Countdown, the final track on Signals by playing a minimal amount of bass. The track begins in 7/8 time, Lee playing an pattern of F# notes on the Oberheim.
“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. In the US, it charted at #8 on the Album/Mainstream rock charts. It was also played live prior to its release. Pre-release live versions exist on the internet. Geddy Lee plays an Oberheim OB-X synthesizer, and the two synthesizer solos were done on a Minimoog.
The promotional video scenes were filmed in the Toronto area. The downtown scenes were filmed in downtown Toronto, while the suburbs scenes were filmed in Scarborough, Ontario, near Warden and Finch Avenues. The high school scenes were filmed at L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute, in the same area. The video also features scenes of the Don Valley Parkway and a busy TTC subway station. 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.
The song features heavy use of synth. Geddy Lee takes a similar role to that in Countdown, the final track on Signals by playing a minimal amount of bass. The track begins in 7/8 time, Lee playing an pattern of F# notes on the Oberheim.
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Pedrorockeiro wrote:
Ótima
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lukasz_pulawski wrote:
one of five Rush songs inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on March 28, 2010
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MIKEH3875 wrote:
definitely one of my favorites from signals
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kemp678 wrote:
Simplistic?? With all those polyrhythms, and intricate layers? Huh? No. This is amazing.
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fordelphus wrote:
be cool or be cast out !!!
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lzcool wrote:
Neil Peart é fabuloso.
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Global_Carnage wrote:
Kind of simplistic, but damn effective nonetheless. Great bassline and synths! One of my all time favourite songs.
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RAGGLEMAN wrote:
Would it be fair to say this is from one of their weaker 80's albums? Sounds a bit too keyboardy to me.
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FearDeimos wrote:
I really love this song.
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jillian8 wrote:
Love this track-much history attached.
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xtwntraphq wrote:
Check out the video to this....pretty damn good !
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veetzman wrote:
love it!!!! my fav band ever!!!!!
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angels_son wrote:
LOVE the basslines Geddy lays out \,,/
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JWP321 wrote:
Ultimate song to nerd-out to.
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WeirdSteve wrote:
\m/
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Bizon wrote:
80's synths usually sound like crap... here they sound fuckin' epic!
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sco703 wrote:
Perfection.
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Pezmerga wrote:
Amazing song. One of my favorites by one of my favorite bands!
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dolfan92 wrote:
man this is amazing
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Neue_regel_ wrote:
But the suburbs have no charms to soothe, the restless stream of youth..
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