yeah Rush in the 80s
After the Hemipheres album in 79 , Rush looked for a different direction from the 10 minute prog songs and
went forward with more of a keyboard overlayered over done to me sound and lost there raw guitar sound
This is just my opinion of course , but i think it was a downhill slope after the brilliant 1980 Permanant Waves
Heres Limelight from Moving Pictures.

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Countdown form Grace Under Pressure .

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See what i mean with keyboard overload , these were indeed hard times for a kite

YYZ from Moving Pictures 1981 performed live on the 30 th anniversary tour in Rio .
This is just pure genius . check out the audience, i think its a fave in the sunny climes .

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The Camera Eye - live in Chicago . The whole song !

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Closer to the Heart
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih6PEhhR4UM[/youtube]

Its 1998 apparently... but stil...