"Bastille Day" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush, and is the opening track from their third album, Caress of Steel.[7] Like most Rush songs, the music was written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, and the lyrics by Neil Peart. The song uses the storming of the Bastille, which began the French Revolution, as an allegory for revolutionary fervor needed in the struggle against tyrannical government.[citation needed]
| "Bastille Day" | |
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| from the album Caress of Steel | |
| Released | 1975 (1975) |
| Recorded | 1975 |
| Studio | Toronto Sound, Toronto |
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| Length | 4:37 |
| Label | Mercury |
| Songwriter(s) | Rush |
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Progressive metal band Dream Theater, originally known as "Majesty," took their original name from founding drummer Mike Portnoy's description of the ending of "Bastille Day" as "majestic."[8]
The Grammy-nominated Long Island-based quintet Dream Theater are, in the 21st century, the standard bearers of progressive metal. While the subgenre's origins can be traced to Rush's song 'Bastille Day' in 1975...
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