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"Time Stand Still" was the first track Neil Peart wrote for Hold Your Fire. [2] According to Peart, he wrote the lyrics for "Time Stand Still" based on his time with Rush : "All through the '70s our lives were flying by; we spent so much time on the road that it became like a dark tunnel.
The shows performed on June 17 and 19, 2015, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto were filmed and released as the concert film R40 Live on November 20, 2015. A documentary titled Rush: Time Stand Still was released in November 2016, dealing with the band's preparations for the tour and their experiences during it. [2]
A Farewell to Kings did not sell as well as 2112, but still went platinum in both Canada [42] and the United States. [43] By this time, Rush's record deal allowed them a CA$250,000 advance on each album and a 16% royalty rate. [53] Permanent Waves (1980) shifted Rush's style of music with the introduction of reggae and new wave elements. [54]
The post-show video that played during the tour (featuring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel) is not included on the DVD/Blu-ray release. In its place is a closing segment that features Lee, Lifeson and Peart performing a polka rendition of "Closer to the Heart" and portraying their characters from the video intro for the first set.
R40 Live is the last live audio album release and the last live video release of Canadian prog-rock band Rush, recorded on their high-grossing R40 Live Tour. Both formats were released November 20, 2015. The performances were filmed on June 17 and 19, 2015, at Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada. The audio CD album consists of three discs.
Hold Your Fire was the last Rush studio album released outside Canada by PolyGram/Mercury. 'Til Tuesday bassist and vocalist Aimee Mann contributed vocals to "Time Stand Still" and appeared in the Zbigniew Rybczyński-directed video.
A Show of Hands is a live album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1989.The band released a video of the same name, originally on VHS and LaserDisc, the same year.A DVD version was released as part of a box set in 2006, and as an individual DVD in 2007.
"This 16-track Best Of skips over the early years…" noted Paul Elliott in Q. "The '80s brought shorter songs, better tunes and even a Top 20 UK hit with 'The Spirit of Radio', one of the great rock singles and perhaps the only song ever to feature a Simon & Garfunkel reference, a reggae breakdown and the word 'unobtrusive'."