Threw another one up on Rumble just for fun. This is one of my favorite songs we do. https://rumble.com/v4in0cc-take-it-easy-on-me-s2n.html
@shane0911 The Lost in Vegas dudes love Rush! Their "Working Man", La Villa Strangiato" and Neil Drum Solo reviews really stand out. Info they got incorrect in the opening minute, regarding the name of the song: Its pronounced "bar-KET-uh", not "bar-SHET-uh" as they said, or even as Geddy sings, "bar-CHET-uh." Also, they say a Barchetta is a model of Ferrari. Actually, its any open cockpit (usually 2-seater) roadster with an undersized windshield, or no windshield at all. Ferrari tends to be associated with the song because Neil had one in his antique car collection.
Wikipedia's background on "Red Barchetta", specifically the short story that inspired it (I've read it and could have written this myself, but cut and paste is so much easier.): The song was inspired by the futuristic short story "A Nice Morning Drive [1]", written by Richard Foster and published in the November 1973 issue of Road & Track magazine. The story describes a similar future in which increasingly stringent safety regulations have forced cars to evolve into massive Modern Safety Vehicles (MSVs), capable of withstanding a 50-mile-per-hour (80 km/h) impact without injury to the driver. Consequently, drivers of MSVs have become less safety-conscious and more aggressive, and "bouncing" (intentionally ramming) the older, smaller cars is a common sport among some.[2] Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart made several attempts to contact Foster during the recording of Moving Pictures but Road & Track did not have an up-to-date address and Rush were forced to settle for a brief "inspired by" note in the lyric sheet mentioning the story. In July 2007, Foster and Peart finally made contact with each other.[3] Foster later posted on his website an account of their journey by motorcycle through the backwoods of West Virginia between stops on Rush's 2007 Snakes & Arrows Tour. Me again: Wikipedia leaves out, the car in the short story is an MG roadster, possibly even fitting the definition of a Barchetta I posted above. Neil wanted something more exotic sounding, I guess.
