Transcript: "Rush To Glory: Pleasing Most Of The People All Of The Time" - Hit Parader, April 1981

Moving Pictures was released on this day in 1981, and to celebrate I've transcribed "Rush To Glory: Pleasing Most Of The People All Of The Time" from the April, 1981 issue of Hit Parader. All three members of Rush are interviewed, beginning with an annoyed Alex Lifeson, who was upset as they were on tour supporting the multi-platinum Moving Pictures, yet "...I read somewhere about how Rush is too complex for their own good, or how pompous we are, I'll tell you, stuff like that can get to you after a while. We're in the business of pleasing people with our music, and it can get awful annoying when some people refuse to accept what you're trying to do." Also, Neil describes how the band shrugged off pressure to release a live album followup to Permanent Waves.