Spirit Of Radio Bass Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 
	

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The Spirit of Radio    By: RUSH   
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    w   +w   w   s s e+q+s s Q   s s e s s q s s e e  
+-----+----+---+-7-7-------4-6-+-6-6-----------------+
|4:-R-|----|---|-----R---------|-----R-7-7-R-7-7---R-|
|4:---|----|---|---------------|-----------------5---|
+-----+----+-0-+---------------+---------------------+


  s s e e s s s s s s s s e s   e e H   +Q s s q s s s e s s  
+-----------------------------+-------+------------------4-2-+
|-7-7---R-4-5-6-7-6-4---R-----|---R---|--------R-4-5-6-7-----|
|-----5---------------7---5-5-|-7-----|----7-7---------------|
+-----------------------------+-----0-+----------------------+


  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e     e s s s s s s      Q q q e   Q q e e e 4 
+-0-2-0-------------------------+-----------------+------------+------------+
|-------4-2-4-2-0---------------|2:-4-2-0---------|*4:---------|---------2-*|
|-----------------4-5-4-2-4-2-0-|4:-------4-5-4-2-|*4:---------|-0-2-3H4---*|
+-------------------------------+-----------------+----0-2-3-4-+------------+


  w   H q   e e e e e e e e   e^e^e e^e^e e Q   Q q q e   Q q q e   Q q q e  
+---+-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------+---------+---------+
|---|-----|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|
|---|-----|-----------------|---------------7-|---------|---------|---------|
+-0-+-7-9+-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-+-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---+-0-0-0-0-+-7-7-7-9+-4-4-4-4-+


  Q q q e    Q q q e   Q q q e   Q q q e   Q q Q    Q q q e   Q q q e  
+---------+----------+---------+---------+--------+---------+---------+
|---------|*---------|---------|---------|-------*|---------|---------|
|---4-2---|*---------|---------|---------|-------*|---------|---------|
+-5-----4-+--0-0-0-0-+-7-7-7-9+-4-4-4-4-+-5-5-7--+-0-0-0-0-+-7-7-7-9+


  Q q q e   Q q q e    Q q q e   Q q q e   Q q q e   Q q Q    Q q q e  
+---------+---------+----------+---------+---------+--------+---------+
|---------|---------|*---------|---------|---------|-------*|---------|
|---------|---4-2---|*---------|---------|---------|-------*|---------|
+-4-4-4-4-+-5-----4-+--0-0-0-0-+-7-7-7-9+-4-4-4-4-+-5-5-7--+-0-0-0-0-+


  Q q q e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e Q   w   +w   +w   +w   w   w   w   w  
+---------+-----------------+-------------+---+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+
|---------|-----------------|-------------|---|----|----|----|---|-4-|-6-|-4-|
|---------|-----------------|-------------|-7-|----|----|----|-7-|---|---|---|
+-7-7-7-7+-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-+-5-5-5-5-5-7-+---+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+


  w   +w   w   w   w   w   w   e e e e e e e e    Q q q e   Q q q e   Q q q e  
+---+----+---+---+---+---+---+-----------------+----------+---------+---------+
|---|----|---|-4-|-6-|-4-|---|-----------------|*---------|---------|---------|
|-7-|----|-7-|---|---|---|-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|*---------|---------|---------|
+---+----+---+---+---+---+---+-----------------+--0-0-0-0-+-7-7-7-9+-4-4-4-4-+


  Q q Q    Q q q e   Q q q e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e Q   w   +w   +w  
+--------+---------+---------+-----------------+-------------+---+----+----+
|-------*|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------|---|----|----|
|-------*|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------|-7-|----|----|
+-5-5-7--+-0-0-0-0-+-7-7-7-7+-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-+-5-5-5-5-5-7-+---+----+----+


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+----+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+---+---+---+--------+---------+---------+
|----|---|-4-|-6-|-4-|---|----|---|-4-|-6-|-4-|*-------|3:-------|4:-------|
|----|-7-|---|---|---|-7-|----|-7-|---|---|---|*-------|4:-------|4:-------|
+----+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+---+---+---+--0-0---+---0-0-0-+---2-2---+


    e e q q     Q q q e     e e e e e e     e q q q e   +e e e e e e e e   
+-----------+-----------+---------------+-------------+-------------------+
|3:-----2-2-|4:---------|3:-----------R-|4:-----------|------2---2---2---*|
|4:---2-----|4:-----7---|4:-7---7---7---|4:-----------|----2---2---2---2-*|
+---2-------+---4-4---4-+-----4---4-----+---2-2-2-2-2-+-------------------+


  Q q q e   Q q q e   Q q q e   e e e e e Q   w   H q   e e e e e e e e  
+---------+---------+---------+-------------+---+-----+-----------------+
|---------|---------|---------|-------------|---|-----|-----------------|
|---------|---------|---------|-------------|---|-----|-----------------|
+-0-0-0-0-+-7-7-7-7-+-4-4-4-4-+-5-5-5-5-5-7-+-0-+-7-9+-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-+


  e^e^e e^e^e e Q   w   w   e s s s s s s s s s s s s s e     e s s s s s s  
+-----------------+---+---+-7-5-4-2-4-2-0-----------------+-----------------+
|-----------------|---|---|---------------4-5-4-2-4P2P0---|2:-4-2-0---------|
|-----------------|---|---|-----------------------------0-|4:-------4-5-4-2-|
+-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-+-0-+-0-+-------------------------------+-----------------+


     Q q q e   Q q e e e      e e e     e e q+h   e e q e e e e    e e q+h  
+------------+------------+---------+-----------+-2-2-----------+----------+
|*4:---------|---------2-*|1:-2H4P2-|4:-2-2-R---|-----R-----1---|*-2-2-R---|
|*4:---------|-0-2-3H4---*|4:-------|4:---------|-------2-2---2-|*---------|
+----0-2-3-4-+------------+---------+-----------+---------------+----------+


  e e q e e e e   q q+h   e e q e e e e   +e q q e e   +e q e e e e  
+-2-2-----------+-------+-2-2-----------+------------+--------------+
|-----R-----1---|-2-R---|-----R-----1---|------------|----------2---|
|-------2-2---2-|-------|-------2-2-----|----------0-|----2-3-4-----|
+---------------+-------+-------------0-+----2-3-4---+------------0-+


  +e q q e e   +e q e e e e     +e e q q e e   +e e q e e e e     +Q q q e  
+------------+---------------+---------------+-----------------+-----------+
|------------|----------2-4-*|*--------------|------------2---*|*----------|
|----------0-|----2-3-4-----*|*------------0-|----0-2-3-4-----*|*----------|
+----2-3-4---+---------------+---0-0-2-3-4---+--------------0--+-----2-3-4-+


  Q q e e e     Q q e e e    e e+q+h   e e+q h   e e+q+h  
+------------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+
|---------2-*|*-----------*|---R-----|---R-----|---R-----|
|-0-2-3H4---*|*---------2-*|---------|---------|---------|
+------------+--0-2-3-4----+-0-------+-0-----0-+-0-------+


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     __         Created using the Bass Tab Creator
   +|oo|+       by Mario D'Alessio (motcid!marble!dalessio)
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     ||         NOTES:
     ||
     ||         Capital durations are dotted notes
     ||           (equal to 1.5 times the duration value)
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  _  ||  _      |*--*+  = MEASURE        |4:--|  = TIME
  _||_//      |*--*+    REPEATS        |4:--|    SIGNATURES
   | [] |       +----+                   +----+
   | || |
  /  []        + = TIE         ^  = TRIPLET           > = BEND
  ______/      H = HAMMER ON     = SLIDE TO FRET     R = Rest
                P = PULL OFF    X = SLIDE TO NOWHERE  ~ = Trill

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture ToeJam Rhythm Player	#1 by ToeJam at May 2, 1971 at 3:54 PM EST
	This is definately one of Rush's worst songs, bad coroporate radio rock at it's worst... it sounds more like Foreigner or Loverboy than Rush. 70's Rush>all other Rush.

No Picture Atreyufan4ever Average	#2 by Atreyufan4ever at Jul 19, 1978 at 12:37 AM EST
	"One likes to believe in the freedom of music, But glittering prizes and endless compromises Shatter the illusion of integrity." This is one of the most true verses. Radio stations are constantly playing games to retain listenership.

No Picture lindsey Average	#3 by lindsey Rogogo at Aug 31, 1979 at 5:16 AM EST
	this band rules. so underrated. but the song is my fav song ever. better than that simple plan crap i had to listen to all day the toher day.....barf

No Picture mikey Average	#4 by mikey firkins at Oct 5, 1979 at 3:25 AM EST
	Ok, so this song, as said is to underline the growing problem of advetisers wanting to capitalize on ad time. However, I believe this song is much more than that; I think it's an amazing romanticization of something many of us take to be as a secondary medium--the radio. First of all, there's the wonder of its physical possibility--how can music be spread out over dozens of miles invisibly and instantly. That's the first part of the chorus. Then comes the real poetic part--"emotional feedback on a timeless wavelength"--I love the combination of abstract and tangible components here, and it's incredible how well it truly states how one feels when they hear their favorite song on the radio: "It's almost like they knew I wanted to hear this!" and the lost concept of the present one can get while staring out of the window listening to music, the unfolding melody invoking an ever-expanding line of thought. When I first truly listened to the words of this song, it was like a double of the feeling it describes--I felt this feeling as the music discussed this feeling. It's just a universally encompassing song, and I hope everyone can see into that.

No Picture Sir Dylan Rhythm Player	#5 by Sir Dylan Deconcini at Oct 15, 1982 at 9:34 AM EST
	Thanks again Neil.

No Picture Jin Jin Average	#6 by Jin Jin Rockz at Nov 13, 1988 at 4:52 PM EST
	about radio's effect on people and the music business being more and more about profitability

No Picture Lucas Average	#7 by Lucas Grizzle at Apr 4, 1994 at 12:26 PM EST
	written as a tribute to a station up in toronto that has always played mainline music, and ironically, has never played this song...........or so ive heard

No Picture nick Wanna Be	#8 by nick white at Jun 25, 1998 at 10:44 PM EST
	Since the people above have the meaning of this song dead on already, I'm just going to say that I love this song.

No Picture Matt Average	#9 by Matt Thomas at Jul 14, 2001 at 7:53 PM EST
	Listening to it live on Rush and Rio :)

No Picture Sam Rhythm Player	#10 by Sam Hopkins at Jul 15, 2002 at 6:07 PM EST
	To me this is a song about love. A DJ out there behind the sceens of radio and a woman. Her day begins by hearing his friendly voice and him playin' their favorite songs, cause he has the magic to do that. He is a part of her daily routine and he makes her day. The invisable airways is crackled by the life meaning, the power of thier love. She and he are the only ones that know. The echos of salesmen are the echos of her favoirte DJ's voice doing the commericals. That is what I think....

No Picture Andy Average	#11 by Andy Quinton at Apr 8, 2006 at 5:56 PM EST
	My favorite of all Rush songs. Classic. I saw them perform last week (I recommend everyone who can to do so) and they performed a medley to open the show including Finding my way, Anthem, Bastille Day and then concluded by launching flawlessly into this song. For me this was the high point of the show. But their performance of 2112: Overture and Temple was good too but since they didn't include the rest of the song it was not. But hey Rush rocks anyway.

No Picture Sari Average	#12 by Sari W at Jun 27, 2006 at 11:35 PM EST
	The first 3 stanzas are kind of just describing the radio and what a good thing it is. The 4th appears to deal with the controversy when the tape recorder was first introduced, people could just record music off the radio, so it's saying it's a question of your honesty. (The same issue that went on with the VCR and now the file-sharing) The rest of the song kind of ties it together with the whole music-for-profit theme that seems to be going on overall. Now to the reason I am really writing this, because, thanks to Philosophic Musings quoting that line I realized it's almost a direct copy of a line from Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence". Rush: "and the words of the profits were written on the studio wall... and echoes with the sounds of salesmen." Paul Simon: "and the words of the prophets were written on the subway walls... and echoes with the sounds of silence" Now that I take the time to think about it... The two songs really have a lot in common. The most accepted meaning of Sounds of silence was that people are building to much on pop-culture and not really listening, and if they did they would find that the music has a lack of meaning and is not heartfelt. So by writing this I realized a few things myself, I guess it's true what my professor always tries to tell me. "If you write something down, it causes you to think about it." Once again he's proved right. Sorry for being kinda long-winded there (I say this as I continue to type) But, you know, it kinda happens sometimes. Especially when you don't have something outlined and of course I'm not gonna take the time to outline what was originally a "comment" and turned it into this... Well never mind.

No Picture Aric n00b!	#13 by Aric Frumkin at Jul 19, 2006 at 10:19 AM EST
	the opening is wrong but other than that it is fine

No Picture Matt Average	#14 by Matt Fraczek at Aug 1, 2006 at 9:31 PM EST
	wow..i really can not beleave that anyone has posted about this song yet...to me it is a truely amazing song. I would love to hear what other people think about this song and what they think it is about.

No Picture LJ Average	#15 by LJ at Sep 29, 2006 at 2:01 AM EST
	It's about the radio! How great music is...and all that. I love this song...definately my favorite by Rush.

No Picture Eric Wanna Be	#16 by Eric Nowariak at Nov 9, 2006 at 2:25 PM EST
	on the other hand, it pretty rabidly demonstrates not just Rush's profound talent in playing (just three men playing this immensely deep sounding music bot in studio AND on stage), showing off their technique with song construction, time signature changes, fusion of different styles (hard rock, prog rock, electronics, ska and caribbean influences) ...sure the lyrics aren't Shakespeare maybe but they get the point across very well and it's a great song to listen to.

No Picture Magna Wanna Be	#17 by Magna at Feb 2, 2007 at 12:17 PM EST
	beemer had it right. "Inspired by "The Spirit of Radio" in Toronto, alive and well (so far)." that's how it's put in the album this song is on (Permanent Waves)

No Picture Taylor Average	#18 by Taylor Enokson at Sep 13, 2007 at 1:04 PM EST
	Two words: Clear Channel Also RIAA

No Picture mnb Wanna Be	#19 by mnb vhm at Oct 13, 2007 at 3:10 PM EST
	The song was inspired by a Toronto radio station, at which time was known as CFNY FM 102.1 "The Spirit Of Radio". Now known as Edge 102