![]() ![]() My aunt was a victim of the Manhattan Project. I asked: Sensei, what is the Manhattan Project? She told me and the song started to make sense. So I asked a friend in my journalism class and he said to ask my Asian American Studies professor. I wondered what Enola Gay was? Was Enola an anagram for Alone? Alone Gay? Was this an LGBT with an identity problem? I really didn't know. I was thinking, was this about war? I then read the lyrics: Imagine a man when it all began/The pilot of 'Enola Gay'/Flying out of the shockwave on that August day/All the powers that be, and the course of history/Would be changed forevermore. The intro was Neil's drumming and it had a military beat. Being a former pianist, I loved the intro and I played it on the piano. It was a happy tune, which evoked feelings inside of me now that I became a Rush fan. Big Money had a great beat and I banged my head to the beat, while Grand Design had a lively beat which I truly enjoyed. When I bought the Power Windows C.D., I heard: Again, more than just a song with complex time signature, it was the path to me being an atheist, a peace activist and finally, a Unitarian Universalist. Manhattan Project by Rush got me to think. More than just a talented rock band, 30 years ago, my life changed in a direction I never thought would happen. As the Rush concert came to a close at the Forum in Inglewood Ca., my life just turned another page.
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