Rush - The Trees

THE  TREES 

Cuando uno mira a las raíces mismas suele encontrarse con bandas fundamentales sobre todo para entender el conjunto, es lo que tiene ser pionero, abrir camino y ser faro para los que luego vienen y reinterpretan y continúan ese legado. Rush, la leyenda canadiense es una de esas bandas, en este caso en la vertiente progresiva, con 19 LP's de estudio en su discografía de la que quiero rescatar hoy su sexto LP para recuperar la canción "The Trees". Hablamos del año 1978, de su disco "Hemispheres" donde ese aire progresivo brilla con luz propia una vez más. Dejo un enlace a youtube de este tema.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdROVXrscRo 

 

There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas

The trouble with the maples
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can't help their feelings
if they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples
can't be happy in their shade

There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream "Oppression!"
And the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
"The oaks are just too greedy.
We will make them give us light."
Now there's no more oak oppression,
for they passed a noble law,
and the trees are all kept equal
by hatchet, axe, and saw 

By Nash