Song 277 (Rush--"The Way the Wind Blows")

Last night I saw Rush play this song in concert at the Gorge Amphitheater at George, Washington for their "Snakes and Arrows" tour. I figured that I would pick a song that they played from their new album today. They played about six songs from it and this one was fitting due to the sheer amount of wind at the venue; even Geddy Lee made mention of this at the concert. The show that they put on for this song in particular was excellent and the main reason for choosing it; their stage presence and the visuals were excellent. The song's subject matter deals with a lot of current events mostly the religious intolerance and wars, but also it deals with the current political situations here in America.

All I can say is: excellent band, excellent show, excellent venue, but a crummy staff. The staff all walk around treating the concert goers like felons with kleptomania and a history of murder; most of the staff, from all appearances, could have been drug abusing thieves that I wouldn't trust with a pet rock.
Anyway, I digress.
The entire concert was beyond excellent and they really played their hearts out at this show. After this show I have a lot more respect for all of the members of the band for the main reason that they played almost a four hour set with no opening act and did not show any fatigue. They put a lot of comedy in their show as well with the little skits hat they played on the big screens, especially funny was the South Park "Tom Sawyer" bit. There are too many highlights that I could go on and on about.

Here is the studio version on YouTube.
Here is live footage of the song from the show I was at on YouTube.

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