RUSH - Xanadu - Live In Montreal 1981

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  • @miltdobson7524
    @miltdobson7524 27 дней назад +167

    Rush...the world's smallest symphony orchestra.

    • @mikedown3219
      @mikedown3219 27 дней назад +12

      Best description ever!

    • @glennhecker4422
      @glennhecker4422 18 дней назад +3

      Them, and also Emerson Lake and Palmer! It's STAGGERING in BOTH cases that just three guys could make that much music, with such a full sound.

    • @josephlinnell9855
      @josephlinnell9855 17 дней назад +2

      Very well said.

    • @samuelharvey3496
      @samuelharvey3496 17 дней назад +1

      Well said

    • @drewrosecrans9728
      @drewrosecrans9728 15 дней назад +1

      Ten thousand percent 🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @G-MAN1958
    @G-MAN1958 27 дней назад +78

    "RUSH makes every other band look Lazy". That's the most insightful comment I've ever heard on any reaction! 🏆

    • @John-ed3mk
      @John-ed3mk 19 дней назад +9

      Best comment ive heard about rush was this. Making other bands say WTF since 1974.

  • @gregcormier2379
    @gregcormier2379 27 дней назад +105

    This performance is the epitome of multitasking and incredible musicianship. It is truly astounding to think that all that sound is coming from only three people. There will never be another band like Rush!

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 27 дней назад +10

      @@gregcormier2379 - I totally agree! 😍 The fact that both Geddy and Alex also play synths with their feet while playing their double-necks most likely flies under most viewers' 📡! 😁
      Just too bad the camera crew had failed to get some good angles towards the end of Geddy after switching to his 12-string guitar!
      Many other cool moments in this video though, like Alex' swift switch from 12- to 6-string 😊
      And their jostling-around had even delighted my two Sons already when they were only little 😄

    • @robphelps5001
      @robphelps5001 17 дней назад

      Right?

    • @robphelps5001
      @robphelps5001 17 дней назад

      @@mightyV444Geddy’s Doubleneck is a 4string bass and a 6string guitar…

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 17 дней назад +2

      @@robphelps5001 - It _is_ a 12-string guitar! 😀 I suggest you goggle for a close-up photo of a 12-string Rickenbacker guitar's headstock, which is quite different to Alex' Gibson's! 😉👍
      Geddy did also have a double-neck bass with a 6-string, though: It was white, and he'd used it during Alex' solo in 'A Passage To Bangkok' 🙂

  • @danielfowler9459
    @danielfowler9459 18 дней назад +24

    I was blessed enough to discover Rush in 1982.
    I saw them 54 times.
    I consider myself very - very lucky.

  • @FrenchieQc
    @FrenchieQc 26 дней назад +39

    This is the gold standard of live performances. Nothing else compares.
    One absolutely mind-blowing fact about this song is when they were ready to record the Xanadu track you hear on the Farewell To Kings album, Geddy, Alex and Neil walked in, played a minute or two to calibrate all the sound equipment, then played the song start to finish in 1 take, nailed it 100%, walked out, no second attempt needed. Absolute kings, only 24-25 years old back then and already world-class musicians.

    • @jonathanroberts8981
      @jonathanroberts8981 23 дня назад +6

      They had, I have read, set aside the entire afternoon to get the track done. Didn’t say what they did with the rest of the time after nailing it so quickly.

    • @glengerheauser2771
      @glengerheauser2771 21 день назад +1

      Amen

    • @patricklenehan1778
      @patricklenehan1778 5 дней назад

      Awesome

  • @RobertMichaelStewart
    @RobertMichaelStewart 21 день назад +8

    I love your line at the end.... "Rush makes every other band look lazy".... FACT!

  • @jonnyrebb
    @jonnyrebb 27 дней назад +51

    Three best friends having fun together.

  • @johnt4668
    @johnt4668 22 дня назад +20

    This is, imo, the greatest live performance of any song, by any band, EVER. Perfection.

  • @offroadhusky
    @offroadhusky 18 дней назад +18

    “So there are times when you know you’ve just witnessed greatness…and this is one of those times!”
    I love it! I’ve been listening to this song for decades and it still gives me chills! All that sound and perfection from 3 GOATS!

  • @snakeinthegrass7443
    @snakeinthegrass7443 27 дней назад +67

    "Rush makes every other band look lazy." Wow, what an incredibly accurate statement! That was a joy to watch with you, neighbor. Thanks for listening to the small people. You rock, sister!! The only way that could've been better is if I was......never mind. 😉 Til next time...

  • @emelosh
    @emelosh 26 дней назад +23

    Small bit of trivia - Xanadu was recorded in one take! ;-)
    Despite its complexity and length, Xanadu is a rare "one take wonder" song. Guitarist Alex Lifeson said, "Xanadu was well rehearsed before going to Rockfield, I remember that. On the day we recorded it, Pat Moran, the resident engineer, set all the mics up and we ran the song down, partially to get balances and tones. Because it was a long song, we didn't need to complete that test run.
    "We then played it a second time from top to bottom and that's what you hear on the album. Needless to say, Pat was shocked that we ran an 11-minute song down in one complete take. Practice doesn't always make perfect, but it sure helps!

    • @aMulliganStew
      @aMulliganStew 18 дней назад +1

      now my jaw has dropped! wow!!

  • @danjmcs
    @danjmcs 27 дней назад +39

    Can't ever see/hear Xanadu too many times :)

  • @danielfowler9459
    @danielfowler9459 18 дней назад +13

    You start listening to Rush - and you are jumping down a rabbit hole.
    40+ years of brilliant recordings.

  • @jeffreyhender5272
    @jeffreyhender5272 27 дней назад +19

    Alex's switch from the 12 string to the 6 at around 12:11 here never ceases to amaze me.

    • @mikemike1425
      @mikemike1425 25 дней назад

      Yup, amazing!

    • @mycroft16
      @mycroft16 6 дней назад

      The man is legit incredible. He can go from slow and melodic kind of in a support role to absolutely smoking the strings in a single note. Amd he plays with an incredible depth of emotion. All while just standing there and making it look as if he doesn't even have to work at it.

  • @lylebest343
    @lylebest343 25 дней назад +16

    The greatest 3 piece band to ever walk the earth and I truly miss them..... rest in peace Neil

  • @scott4482
    @scott4482 27 дней назад +30

    Xanadu is based on an unfinished poem by 19th century English poet Samuel Taylor Coolidge

    • @neilparnell5712
      @neilparnell5712 26 дней назад +8

      It's ''Kubla Khan'' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. A poem written from the memory of an opium induced dream.

    • @dominicgibson9529
      @dominicgibson9529 13 дней назад

      Coleridge, my friend...but I was just going to point that out👍

  • @melvinsmart9442
    @melvinsmart9442 25 дней назад +17

    Neil Peart absolute drumming genius

    • @Paul_Halicki
      @Paul_Halicki 11 дней назад

      There will never, can never, be another like him.

  • @lisaharrison1031
    @lisaharrison1031 26 дней назад +17

    A day without “the boys” is like a day without sunshine!!
    RUSH FOREVER!!
    From one RUSH CHICK to another!! 🤘🎶💜

  • @brentd.4093
    @brentd.4093 19 дней назад +8

    I was so lucky to see this tour in 1981. This song live is something I'll never forget, one of my favourite concert experiences. I'm 58 y/o and have been a Rush fan since I was 11 years old.
    The way they reproduced this song live from the studio version. No tracks no over dubs no loops. Just 3 extremely talented musicians!!!

    • @Treblaholland
      @Treblaholland 18 дней назад

      We got kicked out for smoking pot during The Camera Eye, ha! No one bats an eye at weed now.

    • @brentd.4093
      @brentd.4093 17 дней назад

      @@Treblaholland and remember how there was no recoding devices or cameras allowed……. Now at concerts you just see a million cell phones recording haha oh how times have changed :)

    • @robphelps5001
      @robphelps5001 17 дней назад

      Ditto!1981 tour was offa the charts!

  • @terrymoss758
    @terrymoss758 27 дней назад +18

    One of the most epic performances…, ever!

  • @ericchapman1221
    @ericchapman1221 27 дней назад +21

    This song is on my top 10 all time best rock songs. It is always fun when a reactor recognizes how great it is. Kudos to our RHN!

  • @1teamski
    @1teamski 23 дня назад +7

    My older sister introduced me to Rush when Moving Pictures came out when I was a kid. I was listening to ELO at the time. One runthrough and I was absolutely hooked. I then saved up my allowances to start collecting the back catalog, starting with Hemispheres. I begged my older brother for his copy of 2112. From the get-go, Rush became my life band. You will find the answers to life through the words of their songs and discover peace within the music itself. That is the magic of Rush.

  • @davegilbertson4907
    @davegilbertson4907 17 дней назад +4

    I think new Rush fans and old Rush fans alike still find it difficult to comprehend this was recorded 43 years ago. Wrap your mind around that. All the bands and artists that has come along since then. We have heard spectacular music great music and well something sold as music. This is still far and above the rest an epic masterpiece and it was performed in 1981. Perspective for you. The album "A Farewell to Kings" was recorded the same year Apple debuted the Apple II computer. Two years after Microsoft formed. This live version happened during President Ronald Reagans first term in office. It really is mind boggling.

  • @scott4482
    @scott4482 27 дней назад +21

    Welcome to your first RUSH epic. Every Rush album from 1974 Fly By Night up until Signals, and at least on epic song. As an original Rush fan I consider these the golden years. These are the songs that separate RUSH from all other bands.
    Don't let Xanadu be your last foray into the epics.

    • @vicprovost2561
      @vicprovost2561 27 дней назад +2

      Spot On, she should try Bytor and the Snowdog and hear how good they got immediately with Neal Peart on drums/lyrics, 1st epic of many, good start to their journey.

    • @redheadedneighbor
      @redheadedneighbor  27 дней назад +2

      @@scott4482 it just enhanced my thirst

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 27 дней назад +2

      @@scott4482 - She may still also enjoy Rush post-'Signals', though!
      In fact, my _own_ very first impression of their music (in '89, at 19) had been the album that followed it, 'Grace Under Pressure'! And already its opener, 'Distant Early Warning' had me hooked instantly to Rush 😀 And for life, as it would turn out 😊
      'Permanent Waves' through to 'Counterparts' are _my_ favourite Rush albums 🙂

    • @TommyLMason
      @TommyLMason 21 день назад

      @@redheadedneighborBE SURE YOU HAVE THE LYRICS when you dive into By-Tor and the Snow Dog….PLEASE! Trust me, it will GREATLY enhance the experience. And the best version is the studio version from Fly By Night, even though Rush is widely known as THE BEST at pulling off perfect versions live, IMHO, you’ll get the best “feeling” from the FBN studio version. Other “epics” you should react to during your Rush rabbit hole journey are Cygnus X-1, Books I & II. First book is from A Farewell to Kings and Book II is the entire side A from Hemispheres. Also, two of my personal favorites are “deep cuts” from Caress of Steel. The Necromancer and The Fountain of Lamneth. Rush on gorgeous! ❤️🙏✌️

  • @NicoleDentelle
    @NicoleDentelle 27 дней назад +10

    Hi from a 65 year old woman who rediscovered Rush just in the last few years! I have watched this performance dozens of time and cannot tire of it. they are so good! Wanna know something sad? I grew up in Montreal and lived there in 1981 but i did go see that show, fool that I was. The tickets would have been around a whopping $15 at the time... ah well... thank goodness for these videos. Great reaction!

    • @redheadedneighbor
      @redheadedneighbor  27 дней назад +7

      @@NicoleDentelle you have a rush sister who is taking them in through videos as well! I’m thankful for technology!

  • @watrandy99
    @watrandy99 27 дней назад +17

    Before you read the lyrics, check out the poem "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge from the 19th century; Neil created the lyrics to this song based upon the poem. It's long, but explains this song

  • @markgettemeyer1145
    @markgettemeyer1145 27 дней назад +12

    A lot of folks don’t stop to realize just how hard Neil pounded his kit. Such a strong, masterclass performance from all of them here - the dynamics are fantastic for a live show. One of my all time faves! ✌🏻

    • @jonathanroberts8981
      @jonathanroberts8981 23 дня назад

      Some drummers have the same cymbals for twenty years or more. Neil hit so hard he went through three sets in a tour.

  • @dirtyoldgrognard6427
    @dirtyoldgrognard6427 27 дней назад +18

    What a great reaction. Yes, Rush is arguably the best rock band ever. They do make most other bands seem lazy.

  • @kylelooper2156
    @kylelooper2156 12 часов назад

    The lyrics are based on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous unfinished poem titled Xanadu. In the Rush version, the narrator searches for Xanadu and the secret of immortality (eating honeydew and drinking milk from Xanadu). He did so and became frozen for all time in those caves of ice, trapped motionless as the world passes him by, wishing only for the release of death.
    It's a monkey's paw curling kind of a story. You can live forever, but you can't interact with anything.

  • @stevemiller7138
    @stevemiller7138 15 дней назад +2

    Just remember that you are watching LIVE performances, instead of studio versions. Rush has always excelled in there LIVE performances. That is one of the reasons us die hard fans love them. There LIVE performances are there masterpieces.

  • @mattmid7012
    @mattmid7012 27 дней назад +7

    Basically three great musicians. I've always thought Rush were very quirky in their song writing and I mean that in a good way. You never know where a song is going to go next but it always works.

  • @bobryczak6018
    @bobryczak6018 День назад

    The first time i heard Rush i knew this was going to be something great. Been on this ride from start to finish. God needed the best drummer ever in heaven because he knew.

  • @NoLegalPlunder
    @NoLegalPlunder 26 дней назад +5

    The key to their early stuff, for me, is how they were essentially storytellers. The music and lyrics both served one thing: the story. The beginning, especially, evokes a traveller making his way through a woods with the sounds of nature all around. Once the traveller finally finds Xanadu, there’s a big crash of all the instruments to indicate the wonder. Their first 6 albums, for me, are impeccable works of magic.

  • @ace1usmc
    @ace1usmc 24 дня назад +6

    I literally can't help but get choked up listening to this. They were and will always be such a HUGE part of my journey as a musician and bassist. Miss the boys from up north more than I can possibly say.

  • @katskillz
    @katskillz 27 дней назад +11

    One of the big stars of this performance is the video editor. Hats off to whoever managed to document the manifold roles of each band member so we can see an accurate representation of how they constructed this full spectrum of sound; especially at key ensemble moments, transitions, etc.

    • @vicprovost2561
      @vicprovost2561 27 дней назад +2

      Yes, totally agree, the blink and you miss him flash video editing sucks, these guys, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin have quality video Editing as well, it is nice to see key band members at the right time.

    • @kevinmichael8619
      @kevinmichael8619 27 дней назад +2

      This was a TV special produced by the CBC

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 27 дней назад +4

      @@katskillz - I do mostly agree, but they also forgot to get some good shots of Geddy playing his 12-string at the end! 😅

  • @brianbarrett192
    @brianbarrett192 15 дней назад +1

    It's as if Rush simply decided they would try and generate as much suspense as possible with half the song as an introduction. Most epic intro of all time.

  • @millerbeer8743
    @millerbeer8743 21 день назад +6

    I get teary every time I hear Neil talk. Him, they, have had a profound effect on not only my life, but so many others of us cast outs, us music purists and absolute musical nerds. They are the result of what happens when 3 people obsessed with making music, say a collective "F*ck it. We are doing it our way". Some people pretend they don't get it, but they are just making excuses for the fact that they do get it, but refuse to admit when they're wrong.
    "Where's My Thing? There It Is" live in Dallas. Mind blowing

  • @jefff3886
    @jefff3886 15 дней назад +1

    Whenever I introduce someone to Rush, this is the song I use. I tell them it's the story of one man's quest for immortality, subtitled "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it."

  • @iMacMan54
    @iMacMan54 27 дней назад +8

    This is widely considered to be THE greatest prog-rock song ever. And of course, from one of the originators of the genre and one of the greatest lyracists ever. RIP, "Professor".

  • @anthonyboyko3686
    @anthonyboyko3686 27 дней назад +6

    I must have seen this video at least 20 times. Never bored.

  • @johnord684
    @johnord684 26 дней назад +4

    I FIRST SAW THIS IN 81,I'm old now ,but i was there.I am happy.My Band

  • @aquaticborealis4877
    @aquaticborealis4877 2 дня назад

    The song comes in so full of mystery and magical expressiveness. Beautifully done. And develops into such an explosive onslaught of technical musical delivery. Delivered with complex changes and execution. Each playing very very difficult parts. All syncopated and executed with a kind of flawless delivery. The lyrics are really important, and well written. Really, a jaw dropping performance.

  • @brucehaynes3044
    @brucehaynes3044 7 дней назад +1

    For whatever reason, I always think that during Alex and Geddy face to face they’re going “so, you wanna hit that Thai restaurant after the show? Mmm… how about the steakhouse?”

  • @user-gx7ip2ku5i
    @user-gx7ip2ku5i 10 дней назад +1

    They played my junior high school dance as a cover band, saw them in bars in Toronto, saw them open for The New York Dolls at The Victory Burlesque. Many stadium shows, and this song gives me goosebumps EVERYTIME!!!!

  • @bige1824
    @bige1824 27 дней назад +3

    Both Geddy and Alex use the Moog Taurus pedals on this song while playing their guitars.

  • @Paul_Halicki
    @Paul_Halicki 11 дней назад +1

    Bear in mind, this is "early" Rush. It's from Farewell to Kings, their follow-up to 2112, the first album that was noticed by a wide audience. They were in such a period of growth here; it's a amazing. My favorite Rush song, Closer to the Heart, is from Farewell to Kings.

  • @paulgreenhalgh1647
    @paulgreenhalgh1647 27 дней назад +14

    Thank you my dear!! I found your channel following RUSH reactions videos There my favorite band and I love seeing new fans fall in love with them. Your reactions always put a smile on my face. I'm 57 and been listening to them my whole life. Cheers from Ontario Canada.

    • @markchristie7031
      @markchristie7031 27 дней назад +3

      Agreed. My 1st concert was Rush at the Montreal Forum on March 31, 1978 on the A Farewell To Kings tour. I'm 62 and have been a fan since that show.

    • @redheadedneighbor
      @redheadedneighbor  27 дней назад +2

      @@paulgreenhalgh1647 thank you so very much

    • @redheadedneighbor
      @redheadedneighbor  27 дней назад +2

      @@markchristie7031 what a treat!!

    • @markchristie7031
      @markchristie7031 27 дней назад +2

      @@redheadedneighbor The real treat was the price; $7.99!! When I saw them on their Farewell Tour in Minneapolis in 2015, the ticket was $115.00.

  • @PeterCharlton-qc1pd
    @PeterCharlton-qc1pd 12 дней назад +1

    Absolutely one of the best songs ever played live..

  • @jonisears742
    @jonisears742 27 дней назад +12

    Now you’ve done it! This is reaching music perfection.

  • @jeffelliott7353
    @jeffelliott7353 10 дней назад

    Words fail to give sufficient tribute to the sheer brilliance of RUSH. Only the language of music suffices, and you are listening to the greatest wordsmiths of that language that have ever existed.

  • @Fred-vy1hm
    @Fred-vy1hm 27 дней назад +4

    Greatest power trio and best live performers period. So sad that the greatest show on earth could only bless us with a little over forty years of magnificence they're so missed.

  • @user-gp9wx4ry5i
    @user-gp9wx4ry5i 10 часов назад

    Every time I look at RUclips you're there brighten my day every artist you talk about. I am in too especially Russian. One of my favorithank you.

  • @moonwoman
    @moonwoman 27 дней назад +3

    See Alex switch from the 12 string to the 6 string so smoothly at the 12:10 minute mark, incredible and near the end of the song his solo is crazy good and then, he goes out with the foot pedals while rocking the guitar., amazing! ..and Neil on the drums throughout the entire song is just so damn good and of course Geddy seamlessly plays alongside them so amazingly. I love Alex, I love Geddy, I love Neil.

  • @stevemiller7138
    @stevemiller7138 22 дня назад +1

    Best live performance band by far at there young age. They got better playing live than they did in the studio. There live music is so much richer in sounds than the studio versions. And they always played one hell of a live show. I’ve seen them 10 times from the 80’s to 2013.

  • @tglenn3121
    @tglenn3121 12 дней назад +1

    If you don't already know, Xanadu is based on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem 'Kubla Khan-A Vision in A Dream.' It is rumored that Coleridge wrote this either while smoking opium (in an opium den), or wrote it after coming down from the opium.

  • @goldenretrieverdad
    @goldenretrieverdad 27 дней назад +3

    You just witnessed the best live performance ever. RUSH has 175+ songs, it's a deep catalog but you won't regret going down the Rush rabbit hole. The best band ever in the universe

  • @WalterBenkel
    @WalterBenkel 3 дня назад

    1981. When playing a double-neck guitar and a double-neck bass was a thing. And playing with a cable to the amp.
    Those were the times 😍
    Once again, loving your reaction, RHN 🥰

  • @Paul_Halicki
    @Paul_Halicki 11 дней назад

    The way your body reacts to Rush... is exactly what goes on in my head when I listen to them.

  • @stevemiller7138
    @stevemiller7138 День назад

    As a reminder the Rush rabbit hole is very deep.

  • @DixieBlue
    @DixieBlue 6 часов назад

    I love your Rush reactions. ❤ I felt the same way when I discovered them!

  • @WdyWP
    @WdyWP 19 дней назад +3

    Howdy!
    So glad that today's youth are getting introduced to the music I grew up with. Rush was one of my favorites.
    These guys are so unbelievably talented!! And they are having loads of fun together!!!

  • @Paul_Halicki
    @Paul_Halicki 11 дней назад +1

    That laugh when they move past the intro.... yeah, you get it. 😍

  • @kevinmichael8619
    @kevinmichael8619 27 дней назад +1

    When this was performed, there were no samplers, only rudimentary sequencers, heck this was five years before MIDI. If you hear it, they played it, period.

  • @hubtal
    @hubtal 18 дней назад +1

    The different stages of the song are about the stages of the character looking for Xanadu. First searching. Then finding it and becoming eternal. Last regretting becoming immortal. A thousand years have come and gone
    But time has passed me by
    Stars stopped in the sky
    Frozen in an everlasting view
    Waiting for the world to end
    Weary of the night
    Praying for the light
    A thousand years have come and gone
    But time has passed me by
    Stars stopped in the sky
    Frozen in an everlasting view
    Waiting for the world to end
    Weary of the night
    Praying for the light
    Prison of the lost, Xanadu
    Be careful what you wish for. Many of Neil's writing is about that topic.

  • @brendanward2257
    @brendanward2257 6 часов назад

    I saw them in Toronto '77 Farewell to Kings tour in Toronto I was 13, I saw them in Toronto 2015 R40 tour I was 52🎉

  • @drumsybatabamboom8022
    @drumsybatabamboom8022 День назад

    Greatness indeed. You may like Pat Travers. Go For What You Know, Live is a gem.

  • @texassendero4901
    @texassendero4901 27 дней назад +7

    OMG you are speechless I adore that💯💯💯 That smile is showing pure joy from your heart and soul ❤❤❤❤❤ #reaction #rush #rushreaction #geddylee #alexlifeson #nealpeart #redheadedneighbor #bestreactor #redsarmy #beautifulduncountrygirl #heartofgoldwithmetalinhersoul

  • @Steveflittle
    @Steveflittle 6 дней назад

    best band ever, period - give their last ever song a listen - The Garden, makes me cry everytime

  • @jacquesjrviens3384
    @jacquesjrviens3384 27 дней назад +3

    Some lyrics that get me emotional every single time: Losing it, Witch hunt, Vital signs, Red sector A (About the holocaust), Middletown dreams, The pass (Teenage suicide) and my favourite Available light. That last one just rips my heart every time since Neil’s passing. Please check these songs with the lyrics nearby. Brilliant writing.

    • @islaypeat9798
      @islaypeat9798 27 дней назад

      Great choices. Especially “Available Light”, such an amazing song.

    • @neilparnell5712
      @neilparnell5712 26 дней назад +2

      For me, ''Losing It'' is the single most poignant song that Neil ever wrote. The Hemmingway connection where the writer, realising he was losing his faculties and ability to write, took his own life early one morning in his kitchen:-
      ''Thirty years ago, how the words would flow
      With passion and precision
      But now his mind is dark and dulled
      By sickness and indecision
      And he stares out the kitchen door
      Where the sun will rise no more''
      It's just my interpretation, but I feel that Neil probably had a recurring dream as we all do, of the fear of this happening to him that prompted him to write this lyric, and it is incredibly sad that he was taken too soon with exactly the type of terrible debilitating illness that he alluded to in this song. An incredibly powerful lyric that came from a dark corner of his fertile mind.

  • @christianservin7635
    @christianservin7635 14 дней назад

    It’s quite crazy Because My Uncle Louie Garcia Painted his every Drum set. DW drums. Thee relationship these two both had is Amazing. He sent his last special note to my uncle before passing. R.I.P to the greatest drummer alive

  • @bassbari0315
    @bassbari0315 27 дней назад +2

    You want lyrics?? Two words... "Entre Nous" from Permanent Waves... Best love song EVER!!

  • @renoverant6510
    @renoverant6510 6 дней назад +1

    Your reactions. To our favorite band and The Professor. Brings back so many many memories than tou

  • @bryanhaynes6742
    @bryanhaynes6742 27 дней назад +5

    Seen them 43 times but I still say this is their Masterpiece.

    • @redheadedneighbor
      @redheadedneighbor  27 дней назад +2

      @@bryanhaynes6742 43?????!!!!!!🤯🤯🤯🤯😵

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 27 дней назад

      @@redheadedneighbor - I reckon! 😄🤯 And lucky him! 😊
      I'd had only _one_ single opportunity to attend a Rush show - and I hadn't taken it! 😭🙈

  • @jonquist7506
    @jonquist7506 15 дней назад +1

    Greatest band ever!!!

  • @sn00pgreen
    @sn00pgreen 16 дней назад

    as a drummer of 35 odd years, I feel this was Neil's finest hour, he was so on it at this time

  • @BaddAtom
    @BaddAtom 13 дней назад

    i love Geddy picking up the bass after the keyboard. Just strait up jamming

  • @drewrosecrans9728
    @drewrosecrans9728 15 дней назад

    The greatest band 💯💯💯 been a fan since 1980 my dearest friend turned me on to them Neil peart the greatest lyricist and poet hands down 💯 the greatest drummer 🥁🥁🥁 RIP brother u are missed everyday the professor 🥁🥁🥁🥁

  • @squidly2112
    @squidly2112 27 дней назад +2

    One of the best performances by any band, ever. RUSH was one of the best performing bands of all time. I was fortunate to have been able to see 18 of their concerts over the years. Never ever disappointing. Always EPIC performance, EPIC shows .. RIP Neil Peart, we miss you!

  • @KennethSavage-nn2vv
    @KennethSavage-nn2vv 27 дней назад +1

    This song has always been the epitome of Rush as Prog Rock… Agree greatness and a masterpiece. Fun reaction and review 👊🏻

  • @allancarel8511
    @allancarel8511 15 дней назад

    I always get a tear in my eye watching this performance. maybe for the professor or just thinking what it would be like to live forever. So much wisdom in Niels song writing.

  • @KenMansWorld
    @KenMansWorld 10 часов назад

    The whole Hemispheres album rocks but you must do LaVilla Stragiatto....Alex shows off some crazy guitar skills!

  • @stevekee4349
    @stevekee4349 19 дней назад +1

    I watch your face and expressions and seeing pure joy in you listening to this. As a Canadian, and a Rush fan from way back, thank you. You have brought new light to these songs and hopefully exposed this trio to new audiences. Sadly Neil Peart is no longer with us but the legacy of great music,. exception lyrics and pure power rock, lives on forever. Signed, a grateful Canadian!

    • @stevelennox8575
      @stevelennox8575 19 дней назад

      Psst, add the AL to exception eh? to make this a heartfelt ty to Red.
      She's Southern so we have to be precise yet slow with our words..
      Sorry sir..
      ruclips.net/video/UBQLjSsO5S4/видео.html&pp=wgIGCgQQAhgB

    • @redheadedneighbor
      @redheadedneighbor  18 дней назад

      🔥🔥🔥💕💕💕

  • @Particulator
    @Particulator 27 дней назад +3

    "Rush makes the other bands look lazy" You got that right.
    Once a Rush fan, it's hard to find this level of musicianship elsewhere.

    • @kevinmichael8619
      @kevinmichael8619 27 дней назад

      Check out Crown Lands, and Tiles. Both unabashed Rush fans, and both with the Alex Lifeson stamp of approval

    • @Particulator
      @Particulator 27 дней назад

      @@kevinmichael8619 Yes Crown Lands is pretty good, Context: Fearless part 1 and 2 are tribute songs to Rush, they are damn good and it's only a 2 man band, impressive.

    • @kevinmichael8619
      @kevinmichael8619 26 дней назад

      @@Particulator yep, and Alex has played live with them.

  • @billbingham2430
    @billbingham2430 4 дня назад

    Incredible writing and musicianship

  • @dhavaram8064
    @dhavaram8064 12 дней назад

    One of the remarkable things about Rush (one of many) is how they sounded live. Their songs are so complex with so many time signature changes and so many different things going on, that it was hard to fathom how they did it with just the 3 of them. I saw them live probably 40 or 50 times over all their years. There just was never anything I experienced that compared.

  • @Kotic1959
    @Kotic1959 24 дня назад +2

    My introduction to Rush was in 74 they played my high school for a school assembly. I have seen them 9 times since and have seen them perform this song 3 times , this by far is the best version. All 3 are goats. What a full sound for just 3 maestro's all of them at the top of their game here. Canada Rocks!!!!!!

  • @mightyV444
    @mightyV444 27 дней назад +6

    How lovely to start my Thursday with that amazing song and such a wonderful reaction to it!
    😊🙏💚🌈☀️🎵🍀🦋🌻

  • @trevalarose8155
    @trevalarose8155 27 дней назад +1

    People who make comments like that about the lyrics are obviously people who have never listened to Rush. Some dismiss them because of the sci-fi stuff & "nerd rock" Love the reactions.

  • @buixrule
    @buixrule 18 дней назад

    I remember sitting my basement wasted with the lights out and the blacklight on in 1978 listening to this friggin masterpiece.

  • @timdaley4637
    @timdaley4637 27 дней назад

    I love that quote "Rush makes every other band look lazy!!!" Love it...one of the best live performance ever...Along with "Working Man" Live in Cleveland....I saw them 10 times and they are the best live band ever!

  • @stephenbracka2270
    @stephenbracka2270 27 дней назад +2

    Greetings once again from San Diego's resident Rushoholic. This version of Xanadu came a few years after the original studio release on their 5th original studio album A FAREWELL TO KINGS from 1977. You might try that version along with the rest of that album on your channel. Xanadu is considered by myself and others as their finest song. By the 5th album, most bands are toast. Rush were just getting warmed up in the early phases of their career. The drums were still all acoustic with numerous effects some of which appeared quite readily in this concert such as orchestra bells, wood blocks and wind chimes. Geddy only used his double neck for this song. The lower neck (for a right handed player such as Geddy) is a 6 string electric guitar that only compliments Alex for the handful bars that finish the piece. Then Geddy's double neck goes back in its case.
    What's remarkable here is that the live performance is, by its nature, done in a single take after years of performances. Equally remarkable was how this was produced originally in studio. Xanadu was a new song which they ran through once to find the best microphone set up. The next take was the only other with no studio dubs for the instruments. The vocals were overdubed later as usual. Geddy turns 71 on July 29th. He and Alex were both 27 in this video. Neil was 28. Rush makes every other band seem lazy.
    Just remember to not seem lazy, but to stay classy...

  • @chadbennett7873
    @chadbennett7873 27 дней назад +4

    Now you know why I bugged you about it for so long. In many ways, it's their magnum opus. Regarding lyrics, Neil is a master. He was deep, he was thoughtful and he was brilliant. They didn't call his the Professor ironically. I call this song ... three guys and seven necks! Neil plays an entire percussion orchestral section; Geddy is on Bass, synths, bass pedals, six-string guitar, and vocals; Alex on six and twelve string, along with bass pedals and triggers. It's like an entire orchestra and three guys running around on stage pulling it off. Simply one of the greatest performances ever!!

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 27 дней назад

      @@chadbennett7873 - I'm with you on all of this, except: Geddy's guitar is a 12-string, and sound-triggering technology wasn't available yet at that time, which means everything was actually played live and in realtime here 🤯😊

  • @jona.874
    @jona.874 21 час назад

    Percussionist Neal Peart wrote the vast majority of their lyrics.

  • @alphamegaman8847
    @alphamegaman8847 23 дня назад +1

    From a fellow Redhead, glad to see RUSH bringing to YOU what they provide in Resplendent Abundance.... JOY! 🥰
    Was so Fortunate that one of my Junior High friends turned me on to RUSH on his dad's stereo in the man cave/pool table room in 1975! Thanks Dan!🥰
    My favorite concert of theirs was at the Hollywood Bowl in July of 2004! The Bowl is one of the Best Venues on the West coast! 👍
    Check out "Losing it", and "The Pass", and of course " La Villa Strangiato" just to name a few!
    Enjoy your Journey! 😁
    Mike in San Diego. 🌞🎸🚀🖖

  • @allengray5748
    @allengray5748 27 дней назад +1

    1977 the studio album for this song came out. Girls were just getting into Disco while I was jamming to this and tons of other ROCK! Made talking to girls tuff while biting my tongue!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎

  • @Roddrummer
    @Roddrummer 26 дней назад

    See what we mean? This is one of those pieces of music, and performance thereof, that is not just a song, it’s a transcendent experience, that takes you to another, better place.

  • @francoispitre6292
    @francoispitre6292 16 дней назад

    RUSH live in Montreal is always a classic , Montreal loves RUSH and RUSH loves MTL.

  • @niged
    @niged 18 дней назад

    It's such a joy to see a young beautiful woman open to listening to arguably the best ever rock 3 piece and getting into my favourite band ever. Your joyful reactions make me remember how I felt when I heard Rush tracks for the 1st time. Keep going down the Rush rabbit hole! So many joys await you! X RIP Neil. Miss you.

  • @ascensionenergetics85
    @ascensionenergetics85 27 дней назад +1

    Rush & Nightwish are favorite bands.

  • @andrewwallace1376
    @andrewwallace1376 27 дней назад +2

    This track showcases the very best of Rush music !! 🎸🥁🎤🙏👏