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Tom Sawyer is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, originally released on their 1981 album ''Moving Pictures'' as its opener. The song relies heavily on Geddy Lee's synthesizer playing and Neil Peart's drumming. Lee has referred to the track as the band's "defining piece of music...from the early '80s".〔(Rush Press Conference in Puerto Rico ), April 9, 2008〕 It is one of Rush's best-known songs and a staple of both classic rock radio and Rush's live performances, having been played on every concert tour since its release. It peaked at #25 on the UK Singles chart in October 1981,〔(UK Charts 1981 ), accessed July 17, 2008〕 at #44 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and at #8 on the ''Billboard'' Top Tracks chart. In 2009 it was named the 19th-greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://music.spreadit.org/vh1-top-100-hard-rock-songs/ )〕 "Tom Sawyer" was one of five Rush songs inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on March 28, 2010. == Background and recording == The song was written by Lee, Peart, and guitarist Alex Lifeson in collaboration with lyricist Pye Dubois of the band Max Webster, who also co-wrote the Rush songs "Force Ten," "Between Sun and Moon," and "Test For Echo." According to the US radio show ''In the Studio with Redbeard'' (which devoted an entire episode to the making of ''Moving Pictures''), "Tom Sawyer" came about during a summer rehearsal vacation that Rush spent at Ronnie Hawkins' farm outside Toronto. Peart was presented with a poem by Dubois named "Louis the Lawyer" (often incorrectly cited as "Louis the Warrior") that he modified and expanded. Lee and Lifeson then helped set the poem to music. The "growling" synthesizer sound heard in the song came from Lee experimenting with his Oberheim OB-X.〔(Vintagesynth.com )〕〔(Rainycitynights.com )〕 In the December 1985 Rush Backstage Club newsletter, drummer and lyricist Neil Peart said: Alex Lifeson describes his guitar solo in "Tom Sawyer" in a 2007 interview: "Tom Sawyer" begins in 4/4 before switching to 7/8 in the instrumental section. When the instrumental section ends, it returns to 4/4 before changing again to 7/8 for the outro. A music video for the song was filmed at Le Studio. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Sawyer (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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