If you ask your average Rushhead what his/her favorite Rush album is, and (s)he doesn't say 2112, there's a good chance that said Rushhead will say that it's Moving Pictures.  Released in 1981, it is the band's most popular studio recording, having been certified quadruple platinum.  It contains the well-worn radio standards "Tom Sawyer", "Limelight" and "Red Barchetta", as well as the Grammy-nominated instrumental "YYZ."

Now, you may have read this post's heading and thought "How could you not pick 'Tom Sawyer'?"  "What about 'Limelight'?"  "Come on, 'Red Barchetta' is the bomb!"  To be totally honest, I don't care if I ever hear those cuts again.  I mean, those are spectacular songs, but I've essentially retired them.  Another track from that record I absolutely adore that hardly gets any love is "The Camera Eye."  If it wasn't almost 11 minutes long, it might very well be just as well-known as those others.

Or maybe not.  Perhaps I'm just weird.  Eh, whatever.

Click here to watch a fan-made video for "The Camera Eye" on YouTube.  This comments thread has some good fan musings:

"I would have to say that Rush has infilrated (sic) my dentrites (sic) and axons to the point of no return." - tiapullen

"These guys are like part of my blood. I've got red blood cells, white blood cells, and RUSH blood cells" - Troylito

"That song got this nerd through his puberty years. Great stuff. Great anthem. Still a nerd. Still a great song." - LandSurveyor1

I know how y'all feel.

This is part of a week-long series on the music of Rush.