Buffalo Boy's Blog

Everyone has their favoirt pick me up song to get them back in a good frame of mind or to psych them up for a big day. This one has become mine over the last few years. One Little Victory by Rush.

For those of you who have kept up with Rush over the years, they went through a few years at the end of the 1990s in which their future was in doubt. Neil Peart had lost his daughter in a car accident, his wife to cancer and his dog in the same year.

He spent the better part of two years on the move. He figured moving was better than sitting there consumed by his losses. So everytime he made it over a little bump in his road traveled he referred to it as one little victory. When I hear this song I think of coming out on top and getting through all that comes in my way of a successful day.

Neil wrote a book about that period of his life called Ghost Rider, I highly recommend it. Its a book about triumph and getting through seemingly insurmountable obstacles in life. Suffice it to say, Rush came back and this video of One Little Victory is from their Rush In Rio DVD from 2004.