Between the Wheels
"Between the Wheels" | |
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Song by Rush | |
from the album Grace Under Pressure | |
Released | 12 April 1984 |
Genre | |
Length | 5:44 |
Label | Anthem |
Composer(s) | |
Lyricist(s) | Neil Peart |
Producer(s) |
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Grace Under Pressure track listing | |
8 tracks Side one
Side two
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"Between the Wheels" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush. It was released on their 1984 album Grace Under Pressure.
Composition and recording
"Between the Wheels" was composed in the key of A minor, and is played in common time.[3][4][unreliable source?]
News stories from the Toronto-based newspaper The Globe and Mail inspired the song's lyrics.[5]
The line "Another lost generation" is from a quote by Gertrude Stein used by Ernest Hemingway at the beginning of The Sun Also Rises.[6][unreliable source]
Bill Banasiewicz in the book Rush Visions said:
"Between the Wheels" is about pressure, and returns to the gloom of much of the rest of Grace Under Pressure. Alex's guitar really jumps out. A lyric from the song puts across what they all must have felt at the time. "We can go from boom to bust . . . from dreams to a bowl of dust".[7]
Reception
Louder ranked the song number 47 on their list of the top 50 Rush songs.[9]
References
- ^ "Revisit: Rush: Grace Under Pressure". 16 February 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Grace Under Pressure (1984) Stereogum". Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Between the Wheels". Musicnotes.com. December 29, 2008.
- ^ "Between The Wheels by Rush | BPM | Key | Find Song Tempo". findsongtempo.com.
- ^ ""Grace Under Pressure" linernotes and more from Power Windows: A Tribute To Rush". www.2112.net.
- ^ "Between The Wheels by Rush - Songfacts". www.songfacts.com.
- ^ "Between the Wheels". February 6, 2011.
- ^ Reed, Ryan. "All 167 Rush Songs Ranked Worst to Best". Ultimate Classic Rock.
- ^ Rock, Classic Rock2015-06-11T09:36:00 161Z Classic. "The 50 Greatest Rush Songs Ever". Classic Rock Magazine.
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