| "Red Sector A" | ||||
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| Single by Rush | ||||
| from the album Grace Under Pressure | ||||
| B-side | "Red Lenses" | |||
| Released | May 1984[1] | |||
| Length | 5:09 | |||
| Label | Anthem | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson | |||
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"Red Sector A" is a song written and performed by Rush, from their 1984 album Grace Under Pressure. It provides a first-person account of a nameless protagonist living in an unspecified prison camp setting.
Lyricist Neil Peart has stated that the detailed imagery in the song intentionally evokes concentration camps of the Holocaust, although he left the lyrics ambiguous enough that they could deal with any similar prison camp scenario.[2] The song was inspired in part by Geddy Lee's mother's accounts of the Holocaust.
In a rare instance for Rush's music, the track features no bass guitar, with Lee instead completely focusing on synthesizers and vocals.
- ^ "Red Sector A".
- ^ Benarde, Scott R. (25 June 2004). "How the Holocaust rocked Rush front man Geddy Lee". J. jweekly.com. Retrieved 1 May 2012.