![]() So when we did the album we wound up having Geddy sing the vocal lead for the first single, 'Take Off.' That was the first time I had seen him since we were kids and the first time he had this enormous success. Then in 1982 Dave Thomas and I were approached to do a record as the McKenzie Brothers on Anthem Records, the same label that Rush was on. He moved away when we were still young but I remember him like I do all my friends from back then. So why don't we ask Geddy?'" - Dave Thomas,, Octo"Geddy Lee and I went to the same grade school. Rick went to school with him, which is why he appeared on that album. Nobody had any idea it would get as big as it did." - Geddy Lee, Success Under Pressure "He's a really nice guy. It was fun strictly a fun thing to do with some pals. So I went down and it took me all of half an hour to do. When they were doing the album, they called me up and asked me if I'd sing on one of the tracks. telling me what to do.'" - Visions "I went to school with Rick Moranis, and basically grew up with him. It was different from any session I've ever done. I just came in, they paid me my 10 bucks to come in and sing a few words. He came in, put on his toque and sang it.' Geddy commented on the record. 'We were friends in school, and we were doing the record, so I called him up. In 1983 the McKenzie Brothers drove a van with a Rush bumper sticker in the motion picture Strange Brew. ![]() "Take Off" was also a top 20 single, edited to remove the playful banter before and after the musical section, while the album made the US Top 10, higher than any Rush record. Released on Anthem Records, this song was originally to have been included on Rush's Chronicles compilation album. ![]()
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