RUSH and Other Events

[Proginoskes]

RUSH has been brought up a few times. Still we've barely scratched the surface of their vast oeuvre, with hardly a mention of like-minded Canadian bands.
Limelight, by Rush

Living on a lighted stage

Approaches the unreal

For those who think and feel

In touch with some reality

Beyond the gilded cage

Cast in this unlikely role

Ill-equipped to act

With insufficient tact

One must put up barriers

To keep oneself intact

[Chorus:]

Living in the limelight

The universal dream

For those who wish to seem

Those who wish to be

Must put aside the alienation

Get on with the fascination

The real relation

The underlying theme

Living in a fish eye lens

Caught in the camera eye

I have no heart to lie

I can't pretend a stranger

Is a long-awaited friend

All the world's indeed a stage

And we are merely players

Performers and portrayers

Each another's audience

Outside the gilded cage

[Chorus]

This doesn't have a strong sense of a power, but Psionic Empathy (like telepathy, but unable to resolve actual thoughts; the ability to detect and affect others' emotions) is a possibility.
Spirit of Radio, by Rush

Begin the day with a friendly voice,

A companion unobtrusive

Plays that song that's so elusive

And the magic music makes your morning mood.

Off on your way, hit the open road,

There is magic at your fingers

For the Spirit ever lingers,

Undemanding contact in your happy solitude.

Invisible airwaves crackle with life

Bright antenna bristle with the energy

Emotional feedback on timeless wavelength

Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free

All this machinery making modern music

Can still be open-hearted.
Not so coldly charted,
it's really just a question
Of your honesty, yeah, your honesty.

One likes to believe in the freedom of music,

But glittering prizes and endless compromises

Shatter the illusion of integrity.

Invisible airwaves crackle with life

Bright antenna bristle with the energy

Emotional feedback on timeless wavelength

Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free

For the words of the prophets were written on
the studio wall,
Concert hall

And echoes with the sounds of salesmen. Of salesmen. Of salesmen.

I'm sure somebody else can come up with something better, but my impression is this: this is a song for when Doug wants to make an impression. He targets any number of radios and similar audio apparatus with this song, and those devices play his next song, regardless of what they aught to be playing. EDIT: In other words, his next song is a Goldfish Warning in addition to its usual effect.
Raise a Little Hell by Trooper

Chorus:
Raise a little hell, raise a little hell, raise a little hell! (x2)
(repeat chorus)
If you don't like what you've got,
Why don't you change it?
If your world is all screwed up,
Rearrange it.
(Chorus)
If you don't like what you see,
Why don't you fight it?
If you know there's something wrong,
Why don't you right it?
(Chorus)
(Bridge
In the end it comes down to your thinking
And there's really nobody to blame
When you feel like your ship is sinking
And you're too tired to play the game
Nobody's going to help you
You've just got to stand up alone
And dig in your heels and see how it feels
To raise a little hell of your own!
(Chorus)
If you don't like what you've got,

Why don't you change it?

If your world is all screwed up,

Rearrange it.

(Chorus)x3

Everyone in AoE becomes one increment more (non-violently) active towards fixing what they think is wrong with the world. People sitting at home complaining get off their rears and stage a peaceful protest. People already at a protest will do something (within the bounds of ethical civil disobedience) about their issue of choice, rather than simply lobbying the government about it.
Possibly more to follow when I'm not falling asleep.