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- "Hey, what are we doing at the library? The library is stupid." -Cosmo describing the library. Character Images
- Tom Sawyer was a fiction character known for being prone to the wilderness. Upon watching Rand attempt to get a fish for his group to eat from a river, Scott Bernard noted that the task made him forget about the Invid, and compared him to Sawyer. (New Generation: "Survival")
- Tom Sawyer is a song recorded by the Canadian prog-rock band Rush. Despite their reputation for liberalism and thinking, Tom Sawyer is their most famous and truthy song. It's chock full of Colbert references: "A modern day warrior / Mean mean stride / Today's Tom Sawyer / Mean, mean, pride." Here's another: "Today's Tom Sawyer / He gets high on you / In the space he invades / He gets by on you." Even this line: "No his mind is not for rent / To any god or government." That's right. Dr. Colbert doesn't rent. It's a sale or no deal.
- Tom Sawyer is the 1st song off of Rush's Moving Pictures album in 1981. It is one of their biggest hits and has been included on every greatest hit album except the ones from the 70's and Permanent Waves. It has also been included on every tour since its release. It peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #8 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. It can be heard often on Hard Rock Radio. In 2009 it was the 19th most popular rock song on VH1's 100 Greatest Rock Songs. In March 2010, it was one of five Rush songs inducted in the Canadian Songwritters Hall Of Fame.
- Tom Sawyer is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, named after Mark Twain's literary character. The song was released on Mercury Records and PolyGram in 1981 on the Moving Pictures album and numerous compilations thereafter, such as 1990's Chronicles. It has also appeared on several live albums and bootlegs. The song relies heavily on Geddy Lee's synthesizer playing and the techniques of drummer Neil Peart. Geddy Lee has referred to the track as the band's "defining piece of music...from the early '80s". It is one of Rush's best-known songs and is a staple of classic rock radio. It reached #25 in the UK Singles chart in October 1981 and in the US peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #8 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. In 2009 it was named the 19th-greatest hard rock song of a
- Thomas "Tom" Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He appears in three other novels by Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer Abroad, and Tom Sawyer, Detective. Sawyer also appears in at least three unfinished Twain works, Huck and Tom Among the Indians, Schoolhouse Hill, and Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy. While all three uncompleted works were posthumously published, only Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy has a complete plot, as Twain abandoned the other two works after finishing only a few chapters.
- Tom Sawyer is a song on Rock Band made famous by Rush. It is one of the harder songs in the game, placed in 8th tier for full band (7th on the Wii version). It is best known for its unique drum beat (it is placed in the final tier for drums, and the 7th on the Wii), which involves tricky patterns of bass pedals, including 32nd note 'double pedals', and a drum solo later on in the song. On the guitar, it is supposedly quite hard (8th tier, 6th on the Wii) despite that the only complex part is a 6 second hammer-on during the solo.
- Product Description A mischievous orphan with a knack for tall tales, Tom lives with his exasperated aunt in the riverfront town of Hannibal, Missouri. Along with his ragtag best friend Huckleberry Finn (Jeff East) and his fetching sweetheart Becky Thatcher, Tom's life is a series of clever and irrepressible adventures. But when he and Huck witness a crime, Tom must decide if he will risk his life to exonerate town bum Muff Potter (Warren Oates). Review from Amazon Anadaptions movies
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- "Hey, what are we doing at the library? The library is stupid." -Cosmo describing the library. Character Images
- Tom Sawyer is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, named after Mark Twain's literary character. The song was released on Mercury Records and PolyGram in 1981 on the Moving Pictures album and numerous compilations thereafter, such as 1990's Chronicles. It has also appeared on several live albums and bootlegs. The song relies heavily on Geddy Lee's synthesizer playing and the techniques of drummer Neil Peart. Geddy Lee has referred to the track as the band's "defining piece of music...from the early '80s". It is one of Rush's best-known songs and is a staple of classic rock radio. It reached #25 in the UK Singles chart in October 1981 and in the US peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #8 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. In 2009 it was named the 19th-greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. "Tom Sawyer" was one of five Rush songs inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on March 28, 2010.
- Tom Sawyer was a fiction character known for being prone to the wilderness. Upon watching Rand attempt to get a fish for his group to eat from a river, Scott Bernard noted that the task made him forget about the Invid, and compared him to Sawyer. (New Generation: "Survival")
- Thomas "Tom" Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He appears in three other novels by Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer Abroad, and Tom Sawyer, Detective. Sawyer also appears in at least three unfinished Twain works, Huck and Tom Among the Indians, Schoolhouse Hill, and Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy. While all three uncompleted works were posthumously published, only Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy has a complete plot, as Twain abandoned the other two works after finishing only a few chapters. The fictional character's name may have been derived from a jolly and flamboyant fireman named Tom Sawyer whom Twain was acquainted with in San Francisco, California, while Twain was employed as a reporter at the San Francisco Call. Twain used to listen to Sawyer tell stories of his youth, "Sam, he would listen to these pranks of mine with great interest and he'd occasionally take 'em down in his notebook. One day he says to me: ‘I am going to put you between the covers of a book some of these days, Tom.’ ‘Go ahead, Sam,’ I said, ‘but don’t disgrace my name.’"] Twain himself said the character sprang from three people, later identified as: John B. Briggs (who died in 1907), William Bowen (who died in 1893) and Twain; however Twain later changed his story saying Sawyer was fully formed solely from his imagination, but as Robert Graysmith says, "The great appropriator liked to pretend his characters sprang fully grown from his fertile mind."
- Tom Sawyer is a song on Rock Band made famous by Rush. It is one of the harder songs in the game, placed in 8th tier for full band (7th on the Wii version). It is best known for its unique drum beat (it is placed in the final tier for drums, and the 7th on the Wii), which involves tricky patterns of bass pedals, including 32nd note 'double pedals', and a drum solo later on in the song. For vocals it is also considered quite hard, being placed in the 9th tier (7th on the Wii). It has rapid significant changes of pitch, and you basically have to have heard it quite a few times to be able to play it well. On the guitar, it is supposedly quite hard (8th tier, 6th on the Wii) despite that the only complex part is a 6 second hammer-on during the solo. For bass it is very easy, yet it is placed in the 8th tier (6th on the Wii Version). Tom Sawyer (Original Version) is the original master recording by Rush and became available as a Rock Band downloadable single and as part of Moving Pictures album pack on September 23, 2008. The difficulty of the song has been scaled down to Rock Band 2 standards.
- Tom Sawyer is a song recorded by the Canadian prog-rock band Rush. Despite their reputation for liberalism and thinking, Tom Sawyer is their most famous and truthy song. It's chock full of Colbert references: "A modern day warrior / Mean mean stride / Today's Tom Sawyer / Mean, mean, pride." Here's another: "Today's Tom Sawyer / He gets high on you / In the space he invades / He gets by on you." Even this line: "No his mind is not for rent / To any god or government." That's right. Dr. Colbert doesn't rent. It's a sale or no deal.
- Product Description A mischievous orphan with a knack for tall tales, Tom lives with his exasperated aunt in the riverfront town of Hannibal, Missouri. Along with his ragtag best friend Huckleberry Finn (Jeff East) and his fetching sweetheart Becky Thatcher, Tom's life is a series of clever and irrepressible adventures. But when he and Huck witness a crime, Tom must decide if he will risk his life to exonerate town bum Muff Potter (Warren Oates). Review from Amazon The classic Mark Twain book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is presented here as an animated video featuring the voices and music of country music stars Mark Wills, Lee Ann Womack, Rhett Akins, and Hank Williams Jr. Other famous voices include Betty White and Don Knotts. Twain's general plot is reproduced fairly faithfully: Tom falls in love with Becky, Tom and Huckleberry Finn witness a murder and later risk their lives to save the falsely accused Potter, and Tom and Huck eventually find Red Beard's buried treasure. Subtle elements have been changed for either political correctness or plot convenience: for instance, the name “Injun Joe” has been changed to “Injurin' Joe” and Becky has gained an antagonist father. A not so subtle change is the presentation of the characters as animals: Tom and Becky are cats, Huck is a fox, and Joe is a bear. The video is skillfully animated (much more so than the cover suggests) and the voice talent is excellent. Pop-country music lovers will love featured songs such as “You Can't Keep a Country Boy Down” and “There's a Light at the End of the Tunnel,” although they seem more appropriate for adult audiences than the 5- to 12-year-olds this video is aimed at. All in all, this is an entertaining, accessible presentation of a classic story that kids will enjoy. –Tami Horiuchi Anadaptions movies
- Tom Sawyer is the 1st song off of Rush's Moving Pictures album in 1981. It is one of their biggest hits and has been included on every greatest hit album except the ones from the 70's and Permanent Waves. It has also been included on every tour since its release. It peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #8 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. It can be heard often on Hard Rock Radio. In 2009 it was the 19th most popular rock song on VH1's 100 Greatest Rock Songs. In March 2010, it was one of five Rush songs inducted in the Canadian Songwritters Hall Of Fame. In Brazil, it replaced the original theme of the television series MacGyver.
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