YYZ video

Rush, having the most devoted of all fanbases, have inspired some guy to make an animated video for YYZ. It's surprisingly good, with tactfully placed jetliner overpasses and thunderclaps.

YYZ is the hard rock stripe of Rush that appeals to non-fans and fans alike. Given the wide misgivings about Geddy's voice, it doesn't hurt that it's an instrumental. In 1981 his voice was still pretty high.

The airport motif is due to the song's title. "YYZ" is the callsign of the Toronto airport. The song can't really be "about" much, but I do recall Neil mentioning in an interview that the warm sounding refrain towards the end symbolized the way it feels to come home.

I suppose all the sick bass licks and drum fills could symbolize frustration at the bafflingly arbitrary security.