[SamAdams76]

When I saw "Intellectual Rock" in the title, I was sure I was going to come here and find some Rush fans.

My musical tastes cover a wide gamut and I can get into pretty much any kind of rock (or classical, country, jazz and blues for that matter). I'm still mining the decade of the 1970s however. I recently discovered the pre-Steve Perry Journey albums. Pretty good stuff despite the stupid album art.

[Ammo Republic 15]

I have all three pre-Steve Perry Journey albums. They’re great! Actually I never cared much for the Perry era.

[A_perfect_lady]

When I saw "Intellectual Rock" in the title, I was sure I was going to come here and find some Rush fans.

I do love Today's Tom Sawyer. When it comes on and I'm driving, I have to turn it up very loud.

[21twelve]

My first thought of course went to RUSH. Both the music and the lyrics are intellectual.

Bastille Day (1976, Live). Cliff notes on the French Revolution:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT1gmKUoqbY

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Xanadu, making Coleridge’s poetry available to the masses:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT1gmKUoqbY

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Natural Science:

“When the ebbing tide retreats
Along the rocky shoreline
It leaves a trail of tidal pools
In a short-lived galaxy
Each microcosmic planet
A complete society”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT1gmKUoqbY

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“The Garden” (Rush’s wonderful swan song) draws from Voltaire’s Candide (their entire last album “Clockwork Angels” is loosely based on Candide, and Peart’s life experiences).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsBNzf5JlZA