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Rush - Signals, Tom Sawyer, 2112, Temples of Syrinx, Limelight, Closer to the Heart, Working Man, Cut to the Chase, Fly By Night, LA Villa Strangiato, etc. Enjoy!
@@stratcat3216 I've seen Rush live twice. Once in Denver and once in Frankfurt Germany. Both times I saw Geddy Lee simultaneously playing the keyboard with his right hand, playing harmonics on his bass with his left hand, working pedals with his feet, and singing. Absolutely incredible musician.
@@elmoblatch9787I actually think it's better (at least occasionally) to grab 'em by the shirt-collar and get in their face, rather than be overly subtle, and risk the lyrical content go over some heads.
Rush is one of my top three bands of all time! I encourage you to go down the Rush rabbit hole, Polo! Just a few highly recommended songs I think you would enjoy: "Limelight", "Subdivisions", "Red Sector A", "Countdown", "The Body Electric", "The Spirit Of Radio", "Freewill", "Red Barchetta". There are SO many great songs by Rush! Enjoy!!!
Great songs, without a doubt. But I think they really shined in the 70s (like this one), when they were the most adventurous! Songs like Xanadu, 2112, La Villa Strangiato, A Farewell to Kings, Closer to the Heart, Cygnus X1, By-Tor & the Snow-Dog, and the greatest thing they did prior to Neil Peart joining, Working Man!
parts of subdivisions was filmed in my high school. that rush preformed at in the mid seventies. I got to meat them as I helped get them set up. just really nice guys who could talk to anyone that was a fan...
Usually bands with this kind of chemistry burn bright and flame out fast. But the power trio from Toronto kept it together for decades due to their genuine friendship and modesty. Only tragedy kept them away from each other.
INDEED ! Rest well Professor, you may be gone from us but your music will live for eternity. (Sadly I will be missing the big party that will happen in the year 2112 .) 😭😭😭
If I’m mistaken the album vinyl was red . So many great shows at Maple Leaf Gardens. I was hooked first listen. Still can’t get enough at 61 . Broon’s Bane will be on a loop at my funeral
Rush is what happened when one of rock's most talented drummers, most talented bass players and most talented guitar players happened to end up in the same band.
This is from their Hemispheres album. The entire first side is the title track. That's truly worth hearing, too. Let's face it, the entire album is amazing
My introduction to Rush was when my older brother bought the Hemispheres album and the Trees was on side two. We planned the whole album over and over and relished in the music and this song stood out. Then we saved our money and got the early albums, Rush, Fly by Night, Caress of Steel, and a Farewell to Kings. Then of course next came Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures and we were hooked on Rush to this day.
Man! There was no one like them. Just three guys. No offstage musicians, no tracks filling in. Every sound you heard in that one was played live by three dudes. They can sound Ike 5, 6 or 7, because they’re doing the work of at least that many. Enjoy the ride. You get another sub!!
Once you have listened to most of their old stuff,you need to watch this concert . Exit Stage Left. This song actually segues into Xanadu ,which you have listened to before from this show. Outstanding transition between songs.
Too short! 😯 could‘ve sworn you dove into Rush. The best is those fills Neil adds to every song. Love him on “Headlong Flight” - as big a banger as anything they’ve written. Enjoy more Rush!
Thanks for the reaction. As a lifelong fan since the very early '70s, you've got a long way to go. Enjoy your Rush journey Polo. Enjoy the ride. Only ever 3 master musicians each holding up their leg of the tripod of greatness.
Rush is absolutely phenomenal - get into them, you'll be blown away... "Xanadu", "Limelight", "Subdivisions", "The Spirit Of Radio", "Freewill", "Red Barchetta", "La Villa Strangiato", "YYZ" - unbelievable talent. They are many musicians favorite musicians.... !!
There's so much Rush for you to explore, of all the bands to do a deep dive into, I'm confident you wouldn't be disappointed in Rush. "Tom Sawyer," "Limelight," and "The Spirit of Radio" are all great songs that are still played on classic rock radio every day. "YYZ" and "Freewill" are fan favorites that are both absolutely killer. If you're ready for a 10-minute instrumental masterpiece, my favorite Rush song is "La Villa Strangiato."
Yeah, it'd be cool if he did more album play throughs. 60's - 90's was the era of the album. Moving Pictures is a great one to do because I don't think it's too long at 40 minutes.
Geddy Lee, legendary bassist. Alex lifeson, probably the most underrated guitarist in rock. You noticed Geddy switching from bass to keyboards, but the bass line continues. Both Alex and Geddy also play Taurus bass pedals when Geddy is on keyboards. Another interesting piece of trivia in regard to switching instruments on stage is Alex Lifeson invented the stand that suspends an acoustic guitar in playing position, in order to quickly transition from acoustic to electric worrn normally with a strap. He created a company to market it, called The Omega Concern.
My son (the middle of 3 boys) is in a band. They've toured Europe twice, all through the south. I'm in Michigan & he lives & works in Nashville, but ... Rush is one of his favorites. He's a bass man & loves Geddy Lee! They are really different, me? I'm not a big fan ... but A LOT of people love Rush, for real! My son being one of them!
The Trees was always a fan favorite. It's a quirky song with lots of interesting musical things going on. Fans love it and it was always a treat when they'd pull it out.
Love your show and you ❤ Thank you for jamming Rush, one of my all time favorite bands 🎉 Maybe you could do a reaction for one or all these songs by them,Tom Sawyer, Working man, Limelight, Fly by night, Freewill, The Spirit of the Radio, Red Barchetta??🎧🤘📀 You Rock💯 Thank you 🌟
Great reaction Polo! Only Rush can make a song about class struggle, apply it to 'trees', and have it absolutely ROCK!! Sure it's 'nerd' rock, but we love it so! Multi-tasking is the norm with this band - only way a 3-piece can sound like much much more! This made my Monday morning - Thanks! HIGHLY suggest Mystic Rhythms as a future consideration. Cheers.
This is the Moving Pictures Tour and this is part of the Live video Exit Stage Left, which was recorded at the Montreal show on March 27, 1981. I had seen them back to back nights the week before in Toronto on March 23 and 24. Night one was identical to this one, right down to the outfits and that "Eraserhead" button that Geddy is wearing. Night two in Toronto was thrown in on the fly because of how quick tickets sold out, so back down to the shopping mall to hit the Ticketmaster kiosk and buy another pair.
Can't recall Polo, have you done, Tom Sawyer from Rush yet? My teenage years were awesome!!! Have I mentioned that before!? Sure have, my oh my the music from years gone by always pleases the senses. Great listen and review Polo. ✌️🎸🎹🎧🥁
I was already well versed in 1960's and 1970's Rock N Roll when Rush released A Farewell to Kings in the late 1970's. The first time I heard Xanadu and Cygnus X1 in the headphone, MY LIFE CHANGED! Decades later, I listen again, and those same emotions overcome me. I think Rush didn't age well as later recordings became too pop/synth oriented .... Trees is magnificent! The Late Neil Peart is one of the greatest percussunists ever to pick up a set of drumsticks! Sadly he died of an aggressive brain cancer. He also wrote 99% of all the lyrics and much of the music for the band over their decades! Rush has an incredible story, a tiny three man act playing HIGH SCHOOL concerts until in a Radio DJ dropped a PROMO TRACK in late 1974 or early 1975 called Working Man, and they EXPLODED! It resonated with EVERYONE who heard it! ruclips.net/video/iIGKlicb8n0/видео.html
The leaf of a Maple tree is on the flag of Canada. I’ve often wondered about the conflict with Oak. As Dave Ghrol joked, inducting RUSH into the Rock Hall of Fame, “Who lets the drummer, write the lyrics” - which Neil P’ did the majority of songwriting. This was front concert film/tour around 1982.
You need to see the Best Live Performance of all time RUSH - Xanadu - Live In Montreal 1981 (2021 HD Remaster 60fps) Alex Lifeson - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, pedal synthesizer, volume pedal; Geddy Lee - Vocals, bass guitar, 6 string guitar, foot pedal synthesizer, electric piano/synthesizer; Neil Peart - Lyrics, Drums, orchestra bells, tubular bells, wind chimes, crotales, timbales, timpani, gong, temple blocks, bell tree, triangle, and melodic cowbells. Based on Kubla Khan (Xanadu) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge composed his poem, ‘Kubla Khan’, in a state of semi-conscious trance either in the autumn of 1797 or the spring of 1798 and published in 1816. The whole poem is pervaded by an atmosphere of dream and remains in the form of a vision. The vision embodied in Kubla Khan was inspired by the perusal of the travel book, Purchas His Pilgrimage. Coleridge had taken a dose of opium as an anodyne, and his eyes closed upon the line in the book, “At Zanadu Kubla Khan built a pleasure palace.” But this opened his creative vision, and the poem of about 200 lines was composed in this state of waking dream. On being fully awake, he wrote the poem down. The theme of the poem is unimportant. It describes the palace built by Kubla Khan, the grandson of Chengis Khan, the great rule of central Asia. ruclips.net/video/2byjJkN_nVY/видео.html
“The Trees,” from Rush’s 1978’s Hemispheres is a song about maple and oak trees. Why should a song about two species of deciduous timber be analyzed for some secret narrative? Maybe it’s because The Trees has lyrics that read more like an allegory than a simple story. Over the years, lyricist and drummer Neil Peart has spoken about The Trees. Upon the album’s release Peart told British music reviewer Geoff Barton a straightforward summary. “The song’s about a forest full of maple and oak trees. The maples begin to get uptight because the oaks are growing too big and tall and are taking all the sunlight away from them. So they form a union and endeavor to get the oaks chopped down to a reasonable size.” In 1979 John Hamblett of NME (New Music Express) asked Peart about the “definite and resolute dictum against trade unionism and organized labour,” conveyed within The Trees. Peart responded, “Really (apparently surprised at the suggestion), I can assure you that that wasn’t the intention. Initially that song came about as a cartoon. I sat down after a gig somewhere and it came to me all of a sudden, this very vivid visual cartoon. It was the fastest song I ever wrote; I wrote it in about five minutes, actually.” “I suppose it’s basically about the crazy way people act,” Peart explained. “This false ideal of equality they try and create. I simply believe that certain people are better at doing certain things than other people. Some people are naturally talented-they have a gift or whatever-and some people aren’t. This doesn’t mean that these people are greater human beings, by virtue of that talent, it merely means they are more talented.” In an April/May 1980 Modern Drummer magazine article, Peart was asked point blank if the song has a deeper meaning. “No.” he said, “It was just a flash. I was working on an entirely different thing when I saw a cartoon picture of these trees carrying on like fools. I thought, ‘What if trees acted like people?’ So I saw it as a cartoon really, and wrote it that way. I think that’s the image that it conjures up to a listener or a reader. A very simple statement.” It’s no secret that during Rush’s formative years 1974 - 1980, many of Neil Peart’s lyrics were greatly influenced by the Objectivist writings of Ayn Rand. The Trees certainly reads as an Ayn Rand-ian like message of the evils of collectivism / socialism. It is a metaphoric tale about how people of lesser ability and power, band together and take down those who have it.
Later in his life Peart would denounce Ayn Rand. Objectivism is almost a required phase for privileged, intelligent, young white men and it's always nice when they realize the utopian naivete of such a ridiculous and untenable world view and grow up a bit.
@@bf5175 - I'm not aware of Peart "denouncing" Objectivism. Can you direct me to that quote? As far as I'm aware, he merely resigned himself to the (fairly obvious) conclusion that it was unworkable. Neil Peart did say, at one point, “The thing for me about Ayn Rand is that her philosophy is the only one applicable to the world today - in every sense. If you take her ideas, then take them farther in your own mind, you can find answers to pretty well everything on an individual basis.” However, years later, he seemed to find the same flaws in Rand’s ‘Objectivity’ that I too deduced; and he would come to believe, “Pure libertarianism believes that people will be generous and help each other. Well, they won't. I wish it were so, and I live that way. I help panhandlers, but other people are, 'Oh look at that - why doesn't he get a job?' While I believe in all that freedom, I also believe that no one should suffer needlessly.” He expanded on this, adding, “I was a kid. Now I call myself a bleeding-heart libertarian; because I do believe in the principles of Libertarianism as an ideal, because I’m an idealist. Paul Theroux’s definition of a cynic is a disappointed idealist. So, as you go through past your twenties, your idealism is going to be disappointed many, many times. And… I’ve just realized this… Libertarianism, as I understood it, was very good and pure and we’re all going to be successful and generous to the less fortunate and it was, to me, not dark or cynical; but, then I soon saw, of course, the way that it gets twisted by the flaws of humanity. And that’s when I evolve now into . . . a bleeding-heart Libertarian. That’ll do.” If Marxists would find it in themselves to do the same kind of soul-searching - and reality check - that dogma would also die its well-deserved death, in my opinion. It, too, cannot withstand the flaws of human nature, which is why it will always descend into authoritarian despotism.
@@AnthonyKellett Thanks, Anthony. Yes, he did not "denounce" but he did clarify. In Geddy's autobiography, Geddy heavily compliments Ayn Rand's ARTISTIC credo as found in The Fountainhead. Basically the idea of not compromising on your artistic vision is something they all took from Rand and it may be Rand's greatest accomplishment. The economics-heavy content of Atlas Shrugged has flaws, of course. I loved Atlas Shrugged, but yeah, it's not perfect.
Welcome to Canada, we ROCK!!! I invite you to carry on with The Tragically Hip, and check out another Canadian power trio Triumph...you won't be sorry!
Love this band. Love this song. It’s off my favorite album by them. So much great music. Amazing how much sound three impeccable musicians can make. With a few exceptions, I prefer that reactors listen to studio versions on a first listen, but that’s just me. Here’s hoping you go down the Rush rabbit hole. It’s quite a deep one.
Although your view can be accurate I like to think the metophor of the Maples and the Oak represent Canada and the US, I guess we can both read different things in it and still agree, it is an awesome track.
This is the only song I would literally “Beg” you to do. Rush “Xanadu” from Exit Stage Left. You might like it as much as Dire Straits “Sultans…. Maybe not, but you get the idea. It is one of the truly great live performances by any band, many people agree with me… 👌😎
Alex Lifeson on guitar ... Geddy Lee on bass, guitar 6+12 string, keyboards/synthesizers, uses the bass pedals while playing any of the others. Sings ... Neil Peart is a drummer?? no, not really .. He is the writer and is the rock of the band. The guy is amazing on drums and composing .. Saw them first when Fly By Night in .. 1975 ... yikes. They had multi part songs that actually told stories about serious stuff ... And then 2112 hit and the first side was .. a shred/opera ... so much beauty and power by three guys. RUSH wasn't a party ban. They were 110% dedicated. Geddy and Alex were the approachable ones and Neil not so much. What they brought to the stage was RUSH ... I can't imagine Neil Peart as jamming in another plain... So ... Thank you guys for the love you've shared and the passion ...
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Listen to Rush 2112 Polo. Amazing
Yay! Rush! You’d love PermanentWaves, and Spirit of Radio.
Rush - Signals, Tom Sawyer, 2112, Temples of Syrinx, Limelight, Closer to the Heart, Working Man, Cut to the Chase, Fly By Night, LA Villa Strangiato, etc. Enjoy!
Both guitarists play synth with their feet while they play guitar.
@@stratcat3216 I've seen Rush live twice. Once in Denver and once in Frankfurt Germany. Both times I saw Geddy Lee simultaneously playing the keyboard with his right hand, playing harmonics on his bass with his left hand, working pedals with his feet, and singing. Absolutely incredible musician.
The sound that Rush was able to produce with only 3 band members is still to this day a thing of beauty. Alex, Neil and Geddy were masters.
It's hard to believe, Really
Masters of music. All 3.
Rush rules!!!!
The symbolism with these lyrics is unmatched.
Absolutely!
YES! If only the reaction persons would actually hear or read them. 😞 🕊️☮️
It's actually matched by many songs. The symbolism is kind of heavy-handed. Even Neil has admitted this, also admitting that was the point.
Ya Elmo I think she is speaking as a Fan Favorite not a Anal Litical Critic. Holy Smokes! Nice research though! 🧐
@@elmoblatch9787I actually think it's better (at least occasionally) to grab 'em by the shirt-collar and get in their face, rather than be overly subtle, and risk the lyrical content go over some heads.
Most talented trio to ever do it.
ZZ Top and Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble say he’ll from Texas, and Triumph waves from the great white north.
Cream, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience were pretty good trio's also.
Don't forget Grand Funk Railroad as well! Mark, Don, and Mel.✌️🎸🎤🎧🥁
ELP for the score
@@daddams2538 Congrats, you just named a bunch of power trios worse than Rush
Rush is one of my top three bands of all time! I encourage you to go down the Rush rabbit hole, Polo! Just a few highly recommended songs I think you would enjoy: "Limelight", "Subdivisions", "Red Sector A", "Countdown", "The Body Electric", "The Spirit Of Radio", "Freewill", "Red Barchetta". There are SO many great songs by Rush! Enjoy!!!
Red Barchetta is one of my favorite tunes of all time. Also recommend YYZ and Tom Sawyer.
Great songs, without a doubt. But I think they really shined in the 70s (like this one), when they were the most adventurous! Songs like Xanadu, 2112, La Villa Strangiato, A Farewell to Kings, Closer to the Heart, Cygnus X1, By-Tor & the Snow-Dog, and the greatest thing they did prior to Neil Peart joining, Working Man!
parts of subdivisions was filmed in my high school. that rush preformed at in the mid
seventies. I got to meat them as I helped get them set up. just really nice guys who
could talk to anyone that was a fan...
I feel so blessed to have seen them live. It’s something that I will never forget. So much talent.
Same, and I saw them 5 times, should've been more.
Usually bands with this kind of chemistry burn bright and flame out fast. But the power trio from Toronto kept it together for decades due to their genuine friendship and modesty. Only tragedy kept them away from each other.
INDEED ! Rest well Professor, you may be gone from us but your music will live for eternity. (Sadly I will be missing the big party that will happen in the year 2112 .) 😭😭😭
Well said, totally agree.
First album I bought the day it came out. Yes. I'm old. Brilliant. Changed my life.
If I’m mistaken the album vinyl was red . So many great shows at Maple Leaf Gardens. I was hooked first listen. Still can’t get enough at 61 . Broon’s Bane will be on a loop at my funeral
I had the privilege of seeing Rush live. They are amazing musicians.
‘87 Capital Center Largo Md. I’ll never forget it and wish I had caught more shows.
Cool analogy for labor struggles, good positive reaction Polo
I liked the fact that you had two screens. That's a first for me seeing a reactor do that. 👍✌️
They are all masterful and fun.
Rush is what happened when one of rock's most talented drummers, most talented bass players and most talented guitar players happened to end up in the same band.
Seems to be the theme to these goat bands
Plus...one also happened to be the most talented lyricist as well..
As you get into Rush, Buckle up!!!
You KNOW it 🎸🎸🎸
WHAT A RIDE !!!! lay back n let them in !!!! 2nd FLOYD love n peace xxx
One of FAV songs by one of my FAV BANDS!!! HOW do 3 GUYS sound like 10?? AMAZING!! The lyrics to this song hit me: EVERY TIME!!! HUGS!!
❤ To you my brother in heaven you're all time favorite group. Always thinking of you down here on Earth as you RIParadise❤
I'm jealous of you that you get to hear rush for the first time and wish. I could get my memory erased. So I could hear them for the first time again😅
What does the little green things mean?
I feel blessed to have been able to attend 11 Rush shows in my life. Geddy's bass sound first drew me in, then the rest of 'em. Done deal.
Absolute masters of their craft!!!
This is from their Hemispheres album. The entire first side is the title track. That's truly worth hearing, too. Let's face it, the entire album is amazing
Geddy also plays the keys with his feet when playing the bass when necessary. The guy is a musical freak! In a good way!
Best concert I’ve ever been to. My son thanked me for taking him!❤️❤️🎶🎶
RUSH songs always make me smile. Theres just something about them, eeven when the lyrics are more deep and heavy like this.
This was the song that made me a Rush fan.
Profound song. One of the influences of my youth.
Love Rush. Thanks for getting them on the Channel. Have not seen this live version in a long time.
Love Rush and the song is one of my favorites!❤️🎶❤️🎶
Have seen Rush in concert five times! They never had a BAD concert! Great up close and in person...
Rush Family unites once again!
Rush was my first concert, it's so amazing how only 3 people can make all that music!
I'm addicted to their music. It's like a sonic drug 😍
My introduction to Rush was when my older brother bought the Hemispheres album and the Trees was on side two. We planned the whole album over and over and relished in the music and this song stood out. Then we saved our money and got the early albums, Rush, Fly by Night, Caress of Steel, and a Farewell to Kings. Then of course next came Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures and we were hooked on Rush to this day.
Man! There was no one like them. Just three guys. No offstage musicians, no tracks filling in. Every sound you heard in that one was played live by three dudes. They can sound Ike 5, 6 or 7, because they’re doing the work of at least that many. Enjoy the ride. You get another sub!!
Unless you have this album. You never heard this song before. What a great song and lesson at the end
I don't have this album and first heard this song in Wash. D.C. on DC101.
My all time favorite song, hands down! The entire Hemispheres album is 🔥
Three words...La Villa Strangiato...check it out.
👍A talented band. Good performance. 🖖❤
Once you have listened to most of their old stuff,you need to watch this concert . Exit Stage Left. This song actually segues into Xanadu ,which you have listened to before from this show. Outstanding transition between songs.
La Villa Strangiato Live In Cleveland - you're welcome.
🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸 🔥 🔥 🔥
Too short! 😯 could‘ve sworn you dove into Rush. The best is those fills Neil adds to every song. Love him on “Headlong Flight” - as big a banger as anything they’ve written. Enjoy more Rush!
Polo watch Rush Working Man live in Cleveland. Enjoy
Great Song!
Arguably the best drummer ever.
Thanks for the reaction. As a lifelong fan since the very early '70s, you've got a long way to go. Enjoy your Rush journey Polo. Enjoy the ride. Only ever 3 master musicians each holding up their leg of the tripod of greatness.
you opened up a can a worms. very talented worms. can’t wait for this journey of you hearing more
Ohhhh hes well past the point of no return !!!! Love watching him experience the experience xxxxx
You picked the best concert in Rush history. They are in their prime here. Watch the medley from this concert. Nothing compares to it.
Rush played at my high school Neil Peart is regarded as the top drummer of all time Check out his solo on Letterman
Good Canadian band... love you Geddy.
A Rush of musical talent. My favorite.
Rush is absolutely phenomenal - get into them, you'll be blown away... "Xanadu", "Limelight", "Subdivisions", "The Spirit Of Radio", "Freewill", "Red Barchetta", "La Villa Strangiato", "YYZ" - unbelievable talent. They are many musicians favorite musicians.... !!
Polo watch Rush song La Villa Strangiato studio version. Fantastic instrumental.
Love it when someone hears Rush for the first time & really appreciates them. Makes me so happy. You need to watch Beyond the Lighted Stage.
There's so much Rush for you to explore, of all the bands to do a deep dive into, I'm confident you wouldn't be disappointed in Rush. "Tom Sawyer," "Limelight," and "The Spirit of Radio" are all great songs that are still played on classic rock radio every day. "YYZ" and "Freewill" are fan favorites that are both absolutely killer. If you're ready for a 10-minute instrumental masterpiece, my favorite Rush song is "La Villa Strangiato."
Yeah, it'd be cool if he did more album play throughs. 60's - 90's was the era of the album. Moving Pictures is a great one to do because I don't think it's too long at 40 minutes.
Geddy Lee, legendary bassist. Alex lifeson, probably the most underrated guitarist in rock. You noticed Geddy switching from bass to keyboards, but the bass line continues. Both Alex and Geddy also play Taurus bass pedals when Geddy is on keyboards. Another interesting piece of trivia in regard to switching instruments on stage is Alex Lifeson invented the stand that suspends an acoustic guitar in playing position, in order to quickly transition from acoustic to electric worrn normally with a strap. He created a company to market it, called The Omega Concern.
I saw them in 78 or 79 at the Montreal Forum where this clip was filmed so I may have been there, an epic concert.
One of my favorite Rush songs! Glad you enjoyed it. Give “Working Man” from Rush a try.
My son (the middle of 3 boys) is in a band. They've toured Europe twice, all through the south. I'm in Michigan & he lives & works in Nashville, but ...
Rush is one of his favorites. He's a bass man & loves Geddy Lee! They are really different, me? I'm not a big fan ... but A LOT of people love Rush, for real! My son being one of them!
The Trees was always a fan favorite. It's a quirky song with lots of interesting musical things going on. Fans love it and it was always a treat when they'd pull it out.
Great song from a great band‼️
Rush is second to none.
Love your show and you ❤ Thank you for jamming Rush, one of my all time favorite bands 🎉 Maybe you could do a reaction for one or all these songs by them,Tom Sawyer, Working man, Limelight, Fly by night, Freewill, The Spirit of the Radio, Red Barchetta??🎧🤘📀 You Rock💯 Thank you 🌟
Great reaction Polo! Only Rush can make a song about class struggle, apply it to 'trees', and have it absolutely ROCK!! Sure it's 'nerd' rock, but we love it so!
Multi-tasking is the norm with this band - only way a 3-piece can sound like much much more! This made my Monday morning - Thanks!
HIGHLY suggest Mystic Rhythms as a future consideration. Cheers.
Alex Lifeson just joined TOOL onstage the other night to play Jambi!
This is the Moving Pictures Tour and this is part of the Live video Exit Stage Left, which was recorded at the Montreal show on March 27, 1981. I had seen them back to back nights the week before in Toronto on March 23 and 24. Night one was identical to this one, right down to the outfits and that "Eraserhead" button that Geddy is wearing. Night two in Toronto was thrown in on the fly because of how quick tickets sold out, so back down to the shopping mall to hit the Ticketmaster kiosk and buy another pair.
YAY!! RUSH!! try YYZ live in Rio peace and love from Canada
Can't recall Polo, have you done, Tom Sawyer from Rush yet? My teenage years were awesome!!! Have I mentioned that before!? Sure have, my oh my the music from years gone by always pleases the senses. Great listen and review Polo. ✌️🎸🎹🎧🥁
My favorite Rush song❤❤❤❤❤
I was already well versed in 1960's and 1970's Rock N Roll when Rush released A Farewell to Kings in the late 1970's. The first time I heard Xanadu and Cygnus X1 in the headphone, MY LIFE CHANGED! Decades later, I listen again, and those same emotions overcome me. I think Rush didn't age well as later recordings became too pop/synth oriented .... Trees is magnificent! The Late Neil Peart is one of the greatest percussunists ever to pick up a set of drumsticks! Sadly he died of an aggressive brain cancer. He also wrote 99% of all the lyrics and much of the music for the band over their decades! Rush has an incredible story, a tiny three man act playing HIGH SCHOOL concerts until in a Radio DJ dropped a PROMO TRACK in late 1974 or early 1975 called Working Man, and they EXPLODED! It resonated with EVERYONE who heard it!
ruclips.net/video/iIGKlicb8n0/видео.html
My favorite RUSH song
3 boys playing in their cool sandbox
You also missed that Geddy Lee the bass player and vocalist ALSO plays the bass pedal synthesizer.
"Exit Stage..Left" is a great place to start your Rush enlightenment!
The leaf of a Maple tree is on the flag of Canada.
I’ve often wondered about the conflict with Oak.
As Dave Ghrol joked, inducting RUSH into the Rock Hall of Fame, “Who lets the drummer, write the lyrics” - which Neil P’ did the majority of songwriting.
This was front concert film/tour around 1982.
The oak is Iowa's state tree. All I can say is that Canada is lucky Minnesota is between us!
SO SO HAPPY you found RUSH 1 of the very very best xxx Try FAREWELL to Kings love peace n RESPECT xxx Go Mr GEDDY LEE xxx
Rush played at my high school back in the day.
Every member of the band is constantly playing a solo - on every song - all the time.
The Holy Triumvirate!
What a stimulating reaction, very impressive.
😮Did I see “Polo React”for the or my first time?? Head nods with a Cheshire Grin😃FEELING IT🤘🏼🎉
Another great canadian band. Three guys
You need to see the Best Live Performance of all time
RUSH - Xanadu - Live In Montreal 1981 (2021 HD Remaster 60fps)
Alex Lifeson - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, pedal synthesizer, volume pedal;
Geddy Lee - Vocals, bass guitar, 6 string guitar, foot pedal synthesizer, electric piano/synthesizer;
Neil Peart - Lyrics, Drums, orchestra bells, tubular bells, wind chimes, crotales, timbales, timpani, gong, temple blocks, bell tree, triangle, and melodic cowbells.
Based on Kubla Khan (Xanadu) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge composed his poem, ‘Kubla Khan’, in a state of semi-conscious trance either in the autumn of 1797 or the spring of 1798 and published in 1816. The whole poem is pervaded by an atmosphere of dream and remains in the form of a vision. The vision embodied in Kubla Khan was inspired by the perusal of the travel book, Purchas His Pilgrimage. Coleridge had taken a dose of opium as an anodyne, and his eyes closed upon the line in the book, “At Zanadu Kubla Khan built a pleasure palace.” But this opened his creative vision, and the poem of about 200 lines was composed in this state of waking dream. On being fully awake, he wrote the poem down. The theme of the poem is unimportant. It describes the palace built by Kubla Khan, the grandson of Chengis Khan, the great rule of central Asia.
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Three virtuosos doing their thing. More Rush! Check out the studio version of Natural Science
“The Trees,” from Rush’s 1978’s Hemispheres is a song about maple and oak trees. Why should a song about two species of deciduous timber be analyzed for some secret narrative? Maybe it’s because The Trees has lyrics that read more like an allegory than a simple story. Over the years, lyricist and drummer Neil Peart has spoken about The Trees. Upon the album’s release Peart told British music reviewer Geoff Barton a straightforward summary. “The song’s about a forest full of maple and oak trees. The maples begin to get uptight because the oaks are growing too big and tall and are taking all the sunlight away from them. So they form a union and endeavor to get the oaks chopped down to a reasonable size.” In 1979 John Hamblett of NME (New Music Express) asked Peart about the “definite and resolute dictum against trade unionism and organized labour,” conveyed within The Trees. Peart responded, “Really (apparently surprised at the suggestion), I can assure you that that wasn’t the intention. Initially that song came about as a cartoon. I sat down after a gig somewhere and it came to me all of a sudden, this very vivid visual cartoon. It was the fastest song I ever wrote; I wrote it in about five minutes, actually.” “I suppose it’s basically about the crazy way people act,” Peart explained. “This false ideal of equality they try and create. I simply believe that certain people are better at doing certain things than other people. Some people are naturally talented-they have a gift or whatever-and some people aren’t. This doesn’t mean that these people are greater human beings, by virtue of that talent, it merely means they are more talented.” In an April/May 1980 Modern Drummer magazine article, Peart was asked point blank if the song has a deeper meaning. “No.” he said, “It was just a flash. I was working on an entirely different thing when I saw a cartoon picture of these trees carrying on like fools. I thought, ‘What if trees acted like people?’ So I saw it as a cartoon really, and wrote it that way. I think that’s the image that it conjures up to a listener or a reader. A very simple statement.” It’s no secret that during Rush’s formative years 1974 - 1980, many of Neil Peart’s lyrics were greatly influenced by the Objectivist writings of Ayn Rand. The Trees certainly reads as an Ayn Rand-ian like message of the evils of collectivism / socialism. It is a metaphoric tale about how people of lesser ability and power, band together and take down those who have it.
It's definitely a polemic on the dangers posed by a "Tyranny of the Majority".
When mobs form, rationality is often the first casualty.
Succinct Summation Sir.
Later in his life Peart would denounce Ayn Rand. Objectivism is almost a required phase for privileged, intelligent, young white men and it's always nice when they realize the utopian naivete of such a ridiculous and untenable world view and grow up a bit.
@@bf5175 - I'm not aware of Peart "denouncing" Objectivism. Can you direct me to that quote? As far as I'm aware, he merely resigned himself to the (fairly obvious) conclusion that it was unworkable. Neil Peart did say, at one point, “The thing for me about Ayn Rand is that her philosophy is the only one applicable to the world today - in every sense. If you take her ideas, then take them farther in your own mind, you can find answers to pretty well everything on an individual basis.”
However, years later, he seemed to find the same flaws in Rand’s ‘Objectivity’ that I too deduced; and he would come to believe, “Pure libertarianism believes that people will be generous and help each other. Well, they won't. I wish it were so, and I live that way. I help panhandlers, but other people are, 'Oh look at that - why doesn't he get a job?' While I believe in all that freedom, I also believe that no one should suffer needlessly.”
He expanded on this, adding, “I was a kid. Now I call myself a bleeding-heart libertarian; because I do believe in the principles of Libertarianism as an ideal, because I’m an idealist. Paul Theroux’s definition of a cynic is a disappointed idealist. So, as you go through past your twenties, your idealism is going to be disappointed many, many times. And… I’ve just realized this… Libertarianism, as I understood it, was very good and pure and we’re all going to be successful and generous to the less fortunate and it was, to me, not dark or cynical; but, then I soon saw, of course, the way that it gets twisted by the flaws of humanity. And that’s when I evolve now into . . . a bleeding-heart Libertarian. That’ll do.”
If Marxists would find it in themselves to do the same kind of soul-searching - and reality check - that dogma would also die its well-deserved death, in my opinion. It, too, cannot withstand the flaws of human nature, which is why it will always descend into authoritarian despotism.
@@AnthonyKellett Thanks, Anthony. Yes, he did not "denounce" but he did clarify. In Geddy's autobiography, Geddy heavily compliments Ayn Rand's ARTISTIC credo as found in The Fountainhead. Basically the idea of not compromising on your artistic vision is something they all took from Rand and it may be Rand's greatest accomplishment. The economics-heavy content of Atlas Shrugged has flaws, of course. I loved Atlas Shrugged, but yeah, it's not perfect.
lyrics are pretty phenomenal too!
Welcome to Canada, we ROCK!!! I invite you to carry on with The Tragically Hip, and check out another Canadian power trio Triumph...you won't be sorry!
Welcome to the rabbit hole that is Rush, enjoy!
La Village Strangiatto and Xanadu official videos are a must.
Social commentary in song, *many* years ago. Great stuff.
Next song you might check out is Xanadu an epic 11:00 track sooooo good
Good to see you!
Love this band. Love this song. It’s off my favorite album by them. So much great music. Amazing how much sound three impeccable musicians can make. With a few exceptions, I prefer that reactors listen to studio versions on a first listen, but that’s just me. Here’s hoping you go down the Rush rabbit hole. It’s quite a deep one.
RIP Neal Peart. Best drummer in the world in my books.
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@@Tonyr0206 I realized after I did it. I didn't see the EDIT. 😀
Done.
Rush fly by night
Oh wait, we’re on Rush now?? Excellent!!
The Camera Eye next pls
In my top three rush songs
Lyrics are so important to this song , As it is about social issues who over shadows others in society
Although your view can be accurate I like to think the metophor of the Maples and the Oak represent Canada and the US, I guess we can both read different things in it and still agree, it is an awesome track.
@@michelfroggy56 still the same one power overshadowing another , either between two countries, political, or just people in general
This is the only song I would literally “Beg” you to do. Rush “Xanadu” from Exit Stage Left. You might like it as much as Dire Straits “Sultans…. Maybe not, but you get the idea. It is one of the truly great live performances by any band, many people agree with me… 👌😎
Alex Lifeson on guitar ... Geddy Lee on bass, guitar 6+12 string, keyboards/synthesizers, uses the bass pedals while playing any of the others. Sings ... Neil Peart is a drummer?? no, not really .. He is the writer and is the rock of the band. The guy is amazing on drums and composing .. Saw them first when Fly By Night in .. 1975 ... yikes. They had multi part songs that actually told stories about serious stuff ... And then 2112 hit and the first side was .. a shred/opera ... so much beauty and power by three guys. RUSH wasn't a party ban. They were 110% dedicated. Geddy and Alex were the approachable ones and Neil not so much. What they brought to the stage was RUSH ... I can't imagine Neil Peart as jamming in another plain... So ... Thank you guys for the love you've shared and the passion ...
Rush is the best - I highly recommend The Necromancer if you want a song that just outright jams.
La Villa Strangiatto is a great instrumental.
Got to hear rush live in Rio YYZ
Thank you for this! Love, Love, Love this song!! Maybe next you can react to “Rush - I Think I’m Going Bald.”