The 70s was an era of 'album' artists. Once they started manufacturing full length records, some musicians and artists started treating each album as a distinct work of art. Since the sessions were usually recorded and mixed in one particular facility with a particular producer. Artists like David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Genesis, and YES would regard the cover art, the song themes and the production to be distinct and unique to the release itself. Rush happened to be VERY good at this as well. You can tell which album a song came from by the sound and the stylistic choices and you can almost tell what the music might sound like just by the album art... This studio album was Permanent Waves from 1980. My favorite album cover of all time. A black and white apocalyptic scene, things exploding, floods and sunamis destroying everything, overcast sky and right in the middle of it, a lovely fashion model is walking calmly through the flotsam, smiling confidently as if she was walking the runway and this was all normal!! The music reflects these extremes very well, exuberant, or dark and heavy, atmospheric at times, calm waters and catastrophic tempests.. Rush may have been one of the last of tbe great 'Album bands'
I agree, the first thing that always attracts me to try an album is the cover and probably influences a bit on the quality of the song, the 70s is probably the best decade for rock
This is one of my favorite live performance videos --just love the darkness and intensity of this song, and the jam session in the middle is one of my favorite things. To see more of Rush as friends offstage, I suggest the video called 'Dinner With Rush'. It's something different to react to, and really shows the strong bond these guys had over their 40-year career. Geddy and Alex have been best friends since age 13, and Neil joined the band on Geddy's 21st birthday, so they were friends with him for almost as long. These three had a rock-solid friendship even while working together, which most bands don't have. It's one of the many things that make Rush special.
This was their final tour after 40 years+ together and they were 62/63 years old. Most bands weaken as they get older but Rush like a fine wine just got better and better. They tend to attract people with higher than average IQ's so they tend to have a cult following albeit a very large cult with many millions of fans who tend to be obsessively loyal as Rush are such a great example to any person who loves music and poetry/lyrics as their catalogue testifies and is so varied and extensive covering over 4+ decades. Welcome to the Rush family. I wish I was your age again discovering the best group on plant earth. Enjoy your journey.
A gorgeous song about a thunderstorm. Neil loved the outdoors and nature. Even though he was considered a top drummer in his field he always looked into expanding his knowledge and increasing his drumming skills. I recommend Natural Science from the Molson Amphitheatre Toronto and Dinner with Rush. Cheers
Sattz, the word for Neil's drumming, especially in the later part/last third of the song, is "syncopated". He was playing syncopated, very proggy drum rhythms and accents. Some of the other comments have the actual time signatures that he switches in between but that is the word you were looking for to describe his playing.
Jacob's Ladder is a dream Jacob has in the Bible, described in Genesis 28:11-19. In the dream, Jacob sees a large structure that looks like a ladder, tower, or staircase reaching from Earth to heaven, with angels ascending and descending on it. This song is about the moment at the end of the storm when the clouds part, and it looks like the beams of light form a ladder to heaven.
Rush uses a lot of odd time signatures and here you're catching the the tune had multiple time signature shifts as it moves between 5/8 and 7/8 or you might think of it as 13/8 vs the typical 4/4 for most songs.
I believe the section of the song you are referencing alternates between 6 and 7 (still 13/8). It is quite reminiscent of the same pattern--but this time in 4--that appears in the verses of Free Will.
Neil switches his left hand from traditional and match grip. In the middle of his career, he took a year off from the band to improve his drum techniques. At the beginning of the song he's using traditional grip as you noticed during the milatristic drum pattern, but then switches to match grip.
Rush has 40 plus years of albums and fantastic music. Some are favorites, others are...meh. Some are deep and profound, others are fantasy, some are political, some are straight up bangers. Just keep reviewing more and more, and you'll be amazed by their skill and talent...plus your channel will grow.
Thanks for watching!
and natural science live
The 70s was an era of 'album' artists. Once they started manufacturing full length records, some musicians and artists started treating each album as a distinct work of art. Since the sessions were usually recorded and mixed in one particular facility with a particular producer. Artists like David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Genesis, and YES would regard the cover art, the song themes and the production to be distinct and unique to the release itself. Rush happened to be VERY good at this as well. You can tell which album a song came from by the sound and the stylistic choices and you can almost tell what the music might sound like just by the album art...
This studio album was Permanent Waves from 1980. My favorite album cover of all time. A black and white apocalyptic scene, things exploding, floods and sunamis destroying everything, overcast sky and right in the middle of it, a lovely fashion model is walking calmly through the flotsam, smiling confidently as if she was walking the runway and this was all normal!! The music reflects these extremes very well, exuberant, or dark and heavy, atmospheric at times, calm waters and catastrophic tempests..
Rush may have been one of the last of tbe great 'Album bands'
I agree, the first thing that always attracts me to try an album is the cover and probably influences a bit on the quality of the song, the 70s is probably the best decade for rock
This is one of my favorite live performance videos --just love the darkness and intensity of this song, and the jam session in the middle is one of my favorite things. To see more of Rush as friends offstage, I suggest the video called 'Dinner With Rush'. It's something different to react to, and really shows the strong bond these guys had over their 40-year career. Geddy and Alex have been best friends since age 13, and Neil joined the band on Geddy's 21st birthday, so they were friends with him for almost as long. These three had a rock-solid friendship even while working together, which most bands don't have. It's one of the many things that make Rush special.
It's a very nice song indeed, really liked the instrumental segments
This was their final tour after 40 years+ together and they were 62/63 years old. Most bands weaken as they get older but Rush like a fine wine just got better and better. They tend to attract people with higher than average IQ's so they tend to have a cult following albeit a very large cult with many millions of fans who tend to be obsessively loyal as Rush are such a great example to any person who loves music and poetry/lyrics as their catalogue testifies and is so varied and extensive covering over 4+ decades. Welcome to the Rush family. I wish I was your age again discovering the best group on plant earth. Enjoy your journey.
Thanks for watching, lots of Rush on the channel and more to come
This is from the PERMANENT WAVES ALBUM, which is an awesome LP! RUSH had a lot of "sauce" in their jar!🔥🔥🔥🔥
I'll probably listen to permanent waves very soon in the channel, I'm pretty excited
check out working live in cleveland and dinner with rush
will look into it, thanks for watching!
🤩 Deep Cut! 🥰🐰
Thanks for watching!
A gorgeous song about a thunderstorm. Neil loved the outdoors and nature. Even though he was considered a top drummer in his field he always looked into expanding his knowledge and increasing his drumming skills.
I recommend Natural Science from the Molson Amphitheatre Toronto
and
Dinner with Rush.
Cheers
He was a very wise man for sure
check out neil pearts drum solo in frankfurt you will love it dude
I've heard this suggestion before, I'll try to find it and react as well, thanks
Sattz, the word for Neil's drumming, especially in the later part/last third of the song, is "syncopated". He was playing syncopated, very proggy drum rhythms and accents. Some of the other comments have the actual time signatures that he switches in between but that is the word you were looking for to describe his playing.
thanks for explaining, I don't play drums or many instruments so this helps
Jacob's Ladder is a dream Jacob has in the Bible, described in Genesis 28:11-19. In the dream, Jacob sees a large structure that looks like a ladder, tower, or staircase reaching from Earth to heaven, with angels ascending and descending on it.
This song is about the moment at the end of the storm when the clouds part, and it looks like the beams of light form a ladder to heaven.
Interesting, thanks for the explanation, Neil must have read it and written about it
Rush uses a lot of odd time signatures and here you're catching the the tune had multiple time signature shifts as it moves between 5/8 and 7/8 or you might think of it as 13/8 vs the typical 4/4 for most songs.
I noticed that especially in Neil's drumming, very impressive and different
I believe the section of the song you are referencing alternates between 6 and 7 (still 13/8). It is quite reminiscent of the same pattern--but this time in 4--that appears in the verses of Free Will.
Neil switches his left hand from traditional and match grip. In the middle of his career, he took a year off from the band to improve his drum techniques. At the beginning of the song he's using traditional grip as you noticed during the milatristic drum pattern, but then switches to match grip.
Thanks for the info, good to see he improved even after success, actual musicianship
@@SattzFF Even in some of his drum solos you'll see him change in the middle from one style and then back.
I noticed, it's pretty cool to see that
Rush has 40 plus years of albums and fantastic music. Some are favorites, others are...meh. Some are deep and profound, others are fantasy, some are political, some are straight up bangers. Just keep reviewing more and more, and you'll be amazed by their skill and talent...plus your channel will grow.
Thanks for watching