Now here is something you don't see very often. A cover song that appears not on a tribute album, not on an album by the covering band, not on a movie soundtrack or other various artists release, but on an edition of the original album. Huh? Yep, for the 40th Anniversary deluxe edition of A Farewell To Kings by Rush, we get one of the best modern progressive rock bands performing a cover of a classic song by one of the (who am I kidding, The Best) best early progressive rock bands.
There are not very many good cover songs of Rush. Maybe the original musicianship and vocal delivery are too intimidating for artists to try, who knows. Dream Theater are one of the few bands who can make a competent stab at keeping up with the masters, and on this epic of a song they perform with notable accuracy. Unfortunately, that's not really what we need. Rush music begs for completely unique takes. A- for faithful execution, C- for giving us any motivation to listen to this versus the original.
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