Took my 24-year-old kid to this show in Los Angeles Besides the mind melting talent, three things stood out to me 1) it was a seated arena and literally no one sat in their seats. If you didn't stand up, you'd miss the show. Everyone was standing up 2) these guys played for over 3 hours with one short break in the middle and played Moving Pictures start to finish 3) light show and sound was the best I ever heard in 200 concerts, we couldn't hear right for 24 hours I will accept father of the year for this
The solo section of this performance is one of the most amazing solos I’ve ever seen. It was literally like all three of them were soloing at the same time.
If you see too many Rush concerts you are spoiled. I went to Sting this year and he played exactly 75 minutes and went off stage, then exactly 15 minutes encore and that was it. Would have been halftime at Rush show. :D
You can THANK "Clear Channel" for that. They can't help but RUIN everything they get their hands on. MMS used to be THE premier FM radio station in the Midwest. It was known from coast to coast. Home of the Buzzard with Jeff and Flash. God I miss those days.
I'm like 99% sure that Alex's solo was improvised and if you hear another performance from the same tour, it won't be the same. Alex is clearly the type that has a solo that he created and is in the recording, and then live he'll improvise around his original idea. In this performance he really took it to another level. This is a case of flow and energy from the music, the other musicians, and the audience, channeling and producing an epic performance. The performance was going great, the audience was completely into it, so Alex got caught in that and just went for it. You can see the same thing with Neal on that last drum fill, he got swept by the energy of the performance going so well, the other musicians getting carried away, and he just completely went for it, at the end of the fill he still needed to channel the remaining energy somewhere, hence that movement with his arms and face, because he couldn't do it with the drums since the music required him to end the fill. While Alex and Geddy can channel that energy into moving around and jumping, Neil is sitting on the drums, when he can't channel it to the drums, he has to direct it somewhere else.
I never get tired of this one. As much as I love their skills as musicians, I have so much respect for the friendship and love they had for each other.
This song was first played on the radio in Cleveland. It launched Rush's career. They always played their hearts out in Cleveland out of appreciation. WMMS played this song against the wishes of the programmers and the 'working men' of Cleveland LOVED it.
Some people complain about Geddy’s older voice not having the same punch. But that’s to be expected. Their later albums reflected what he could do at the time and the live shows supported this. But he could still do most older things. Surely not the screaming first albums but they entertained. And honestly when you’re at the show, joined by thousands of peers for one reason: to see three legends do their thing, it was amazing.
The outro was the opening beat to their 2 part epic masterpiece Cygnus X-1, which spans their albums A Farewell To Kings and Hemispheres, adding up to about 30 minutes that will completely blow your mind. Cheers from Canada! 🇨🇦 🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸
You need to listen to the original studio version and compare it to this version. What a difference 40 years of experience makes and it's fun to see that they still love what they do and have a bit of a devilish playful aspect to all of their personalities which perfectly translates to the trio that is RUSH! And oh yeah, they still rock hard with the best of them.
The original cut also had a different drummer and though John Rutsey was a really good drummer, he was nowhere near Neil’s world. Just the addition of Neil changed the sound of this song a lot. The love version on All The World’s A Stage showed a tremendous change in the song and that was just a few years after the original recording, yet Neil had completely rewritten the song.
I'm sure someone said it, but, the bit at the end that you wish was a little longer is the intro to Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage from A Farewell to Kings. The story continues on Hemispheres Cygnus X-1 Book II. 😁
You had to see them live ! They can play with time signatures like you change your shirt, seamless, effortlessly. Listen to the opening salvo for the live Vapor Trails.
Cleveland holds a special place in the hearts of RUSH and their fans! I also couldn't help but notice that you and Alex seem to be wearing the same flannel shirt, which is epic in it's own right! 😊🏆
Glad I dropped into this. I knew Rush were crazy good musicians, but this is cosmic. Incredible technique that adds to the music. It must be rehearsed but sounds like a jam. Amazing.
This song is one of my favorites! I remember putting it as a ringtone on my friend who bitched about work CONSTANTLY!😉😂I was lucky enough to see them 8x in my lifetime, each show seemed better than the last! And the lines were always hella short for the ladies room lol
@@grumish so true tho, I wanted to shake more ladies awake about how awesome they were! 😀 One of the funniest shows, I went with my male bff & his 2 brothers, they asked how I did at this comedy show I tried, I said I did my act about my "freak magnet' they kinda shrugged like Whatever that means! Then a dude in front of me turned to me and did like a triple take, then faced ME whole show lmao I said NUMEROUS times, that's Neil dude, turn around, you're missing it, idiot!! He wandered off drunk and returned with roses for me lmao... I turn to the bros and was like "this is a good example of the freak magnet in action"😂 they loved it bc he bought us all 3 rounds of beers lmaooooo... I saw them twice in AZ when I lived there, then now living in Chicagoland, it was easy to follow them around, a show or 2 local, then Milwaukee, that outdoor arena was the shizzz!😀 sigh.... I really miss Neil!.♥️
@@debbiedebster5806 Good to know about the Milwaukee arena, I'm moving near there next week. I'll have to catch a show there! I miss Neil too. I'm taking a motorcycle trip soon, so I have been listening to his books, Ghost Rider currently. He narrated the audio books for Clockwork Angels =)
@@grumish I lent Ghost Rider book out and never got it back (I need a moment.... ok, rage subsided lol) I'll get a new copy! He was truly one in million! The more I read up on him, my crush grew & grew lol It wasn't cool for chicks to like Rush when I was in HS, but now I just pity the ones who didn't get it!😉😀 And yes!! You will LOVE Marcus Amphitheater (that spelling looks odd lol but I guess that's right?) Such an amazing venue!! I saw Rush there 3x and I want to say Depeche Mode, but can't recall.... good luck on your move & just smile knowing you're so close to an awesome arena!😉♥️✌
This was their final song of their fascinating career and I got to watch Neil come to the front of the stage for his final bow.... Waited in the parking lot at the Forum till 3:30 am and got to meet Alex before getting into his limo.... Was my 53rd Rush show after seeing them for the first time at the Forum in 1978.... I feel so very blessed to have seen 53 of the greatest drum solos of all time.... Praise Jesus
The Magnet comment was a good one. Geddy and Alex have been best friends since they were 13 the same age they both started playing instruments. They have been playing together since 1968 when Alex formed the band. All three of them were not only band mates but also the best of friends. Dinner with Rush would be a good one for you to react to as you will see how much fun these guys had with each other. Also, The bit they were playing at the end was Cygnus X I book 1 from a Farewell to Kings then the continuation Cygnus Book 2 is on Hemispheres . That would be two awesome ones to check out. Geddy hits some incrediblely high notes in Cygnus book 1 Cheers
I almost always prefer the studio over a live version because the sound is usually superior without the crowd "white noise". This is good, though & keeps the crowd as background noise. The exception would be Queen who used their crowds as part of the live experience.
I think the most stunning aspect of this live version is that you literally can't see this coming based on the studio version. Such is Rush; they use their studio version as the baseline and build up from it for their live shows, while other bands can only try to match their studio versions in their live shows.
The song they did just before Working Man is pretty good also: La Villa Strangiato. Further instrumental goodness comes from their rendition of "Leave that Thing Alone"
Incredible performance! By the way, on this "Time Machine" tour, Rush was always pushing WM to be more and more of a jam, but they didn't always play it exactly like this. I was at the Red Rocks concert -- near Denver -- and WM was, again, blistering. But, I went back and watched it recently and I saw that it differs slightly from the Cleveland show, in a small but significant way. Alex....Alex just ABUSED his guitar (like it owed him money), and brought out a solo that almost beats the one you just heard! The Red Rocks shows -- over the years, they came back to RR a few times -- are special, that's for sure!
working man in cleveland got them signed early back in the day. this was just huge to come back after all these years and end with working man in cleveland why its so magical
Thanks for getting to this favorite of mine. Was it just a coincidence that you dressed the same as Alex in the video? Great reaction. The outro bit was really fun. Its actually part of the song Cygnus X1 Book 1.
I am a huge Rush fan, so I am so biased with these three guys. Neil: drum legend. Alex: a guitar player’s guitar player. But in my opinion, pound for pound Geddy is by far the most impressive musician I have ever literally seen. With writing, bass playing, sun h playing, foot pedal playing and singing and usually all at the same time….. no one has the right to have so much talent.
I give credit to this song for keeping me half sane for the god-awful 3 1/2 years in Hawaii. NOT an 808 fan.🤬 A band that played at a nearby bar/nightclub would play this and nail it. Giving me a reason to live. When they saw me roll in, they knew they were going to be "Working Men". RIP Neil.😇
Salvo, you ought to check out something called "Rash," the "opening act" to their 2011 tour - a bit of tomfoolery that shows what a bunch of nerdy goofballs these guys really are - that leads into their performance of "The Spirit of Radio."
Just for comparison, listen to this off their first LP. And don't listen to an MP3, it's compressed and a lot of highs & lows are cut. Put in a CD to get the full experience.
Hey, nothing wrong with taking a break from the journey to check out a live performance of a previous song. Don't skip over sike great songs... Limelight Distant Early Warning The Big Money (official music video)
Come on man, name me another band alive who could out-rock Rush when Rush was feeling like living up to their name. As far as I am concerned, the only other rockers worthy of the name were the late Motörhead. The heads of the pack. Full stop.
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Took my 24-year-old kid to this show in Los Angeles
Besides the mind melting talent, three things stood out to me
1) it was a seated arena and literally no one sat in their seats. If you didn't stand up, you'd miss the show. Everyone was standing up
2) these guys played for over 3 hours with one short break in the middle and played Moving Pictures start to finish
3) light show and sound was the best I ever heard in 200 concerts, we couldn't hear right for 24 hours
I will accept father of the year for this
Not only was this after a 3 hour show, but they were in their late 50s in 2010/11 when this show took place. Just incredible.
WTF does age have to do with anything? Age used to matter. Not any more.
@@nancymjohnson chill Nancy. He's pretty much saying age doesn't matter too. Although...time eventually catches up with us all
@@skinicus Sounds like she saw her first wrinkle. 🤣🤣
It doesn't matter until it does.
Alex in this performance was an actual force of nature
Arguably as good a live performance ever done by a rock band on stage. We shall never see Rush's like again.
Rush is the epitome of talent.... No one can touch them....
The solo section of this performance is one of the most amazing solos I’ve ever seen. It was literally like all three of them were soloing at the same time.
What made this band so great was performances like this, after playing a 3 hr set this was their encore to the fans of Cleveland
Ohhh an in their 50’s
Their second encore, they played La Villa just before this and it's a monster in its own right.
@@Fred-vy1hm truth!!
If you see too many Rush concerts you are spoiled. I went to Sting this year and he played exactly 75 minutes and went off stage, then exactly 15 minutes encore and that was it. Would have been halftime at Rush show. :D
Cleveland was the first city to spin Working Man on the radio in regular rotation. its always been a special place for Rush.
WMMS
It's so sad that they're mostly nothing but talk and Browns games now.
You can THANK "Clear Channel" for that. They can't help but RUIN everything they get their hands on. MMS used to be THE premier FM radio station in the Midwest. It was known from coast to coast. Home of the Buzzard with Jeff and Flash. God I miss those days.
I'm like 99% sure that Alex's solo was improvised and if you hear another performance from the same tour, it won't be the same. Alex is clearly the type that has a solo that he created and is in the recording, and then live he'll improvise around his original idea. In this performance he really took it to another level. This is a case of flow and energy from the music, the other musicians, and the audience, channeling and producing an epic performance. The performance was going great, the audience was completely into it, so Alex got caught in that and just went for it. You can see the same thing with Neal on that last drum fill, he got swept by the energy of the performance going so well, the other musicians getting carried away, and he just completely went for it, at the end of the fill he still needed to channel the remaining energy somewhere, hence that movement with his arms and face, because he couldn't do it with the drums since the music required him to end the fill.
While Alex and Geddy can channel that energy into moving around and jumping, Neil is sitting on the drums, when he can't channel it to the drums, he has to direct it somewhere else.
If you haven't seen it, I believe there is a video of pretty much the whole concert in Rio, plus the back story, which is phenomenal.
I attended that show. Cleveland has always been a favorite place for Rush to perform.
Have you ever seen Neil Peart solo?!!! Best drum solo ever!
I never get tired of this one. As much as I love their skills as musicians, I have so much respect for the friendship and love they had for each other.
Alex is always so refined and precise in his solos, you forget that he can totally shred when he wants to. So underated.
Not to mention funny
This song was first played on the radio in Cleveland. It launched Rush's career. They always played their hearts out in Cleveland out of appreciation. WMMS played this song against the wishes of the programmers and the 'working men' of Cleveland LOVED it.
Some people complain about Geddy’s older voice not having the same punch. But that’s to be expected. Their later albums reflected what he could do at the time and the live shows supported this. But he could still do most older things. Surely not the screaming first albums but they entertained. And honestly when you’re at the show, joined by thousands of peers for one reason: to see three legends do their thing, it was amazing.
They were incredible on this tour. Saw them every tour since 1981.
Saw this tour live. Hours of musicianship and magic. One of the best concerts ever.
I've been listening to these guys since 1974 and they have never let me down to this date
The outro was the opening beat to their 2 part epic masterpiece Cygnus X-1, which spans their albums A Farewell To Kings and Hemispheres, adding up to about 30 minutes that will completely blow your mind. Cheers from Canada! 🇨🇦
🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸
Yaaaaaas! 🤗 More Rush! 🤩 We get Cleveland finally! Let's Go! 😁🐰
When RUSH goes live there is no plan. That's the great thing with RUSH. There is no rehearsal. It's all in the moment. That's what their known for.
So much energy at the end of a three- hour show! 😊
Almost unfair having that much talent in one band!
You need to listen to the original studio version and compare it to this version. What a difference 40 years of experience makes and it's fun to see that they still love what they do and have a bit of a devilish playful aspect to all of their personalities which perfectly translates to the trio that is RUSH!
And oh yeah, they still rock hard with the best of them.
The original cut also had a different drummer and though John Rutsey was a really good drummer, he was nowhere near Neil’s world. Just the addition of Neil changed the sound of this song a lot. The love version on All The World’s A Stage showed a tremendous change in the song and that was just a few years after the original recording, yet Neil had completely rewritten the song.
@@RoarOfWolverine Is that the reggae version? I like that one as well.
A most Powerful Trio.
Hell yeah!!😀
Agree with all the comments below. Greatest Band Ever!
I'm sure someone said it, but, the bit at the end that you wish was a little longer is the intro to Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage from A Farewell to Kings. The story continues on Hemispheres Cygnus X-1 Book II. 😁
My brother in law took me to this concert. It was awsome!! The best intro ever is even better.
I have loved them since 1975.
THEY ARE MY GODS!
RUSH FOREVER!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Amen khaleesi
This is one of the greatest live performances ever
You had to see them live ! They can play with time signatures like you change your shirt, seamless, effortlessly. Listen to the opening salvo for the live Vapor Trails.
The tour was 2010-2011. Saw them on this tour -- UNBELIEVABLE SHOW!!!
The little tune they played at the end is Cygnus X-1, check it out! For me, it’s the birth of thrash! Crazy, chaotic, heavy, beautiful!
This after playing La Villa Strangiato, is crazy.
Everyone talks Geddy and Neil. Both are beyond anyone . But damn Alex is a unappreciated. Nobody ever says how amazing Alex is he's superman.
Cleveland holds a special place in the hearts of RUSH and their fans! I also couldn't help but notice that you and Alex seem to be wearing the same flannel shirt, which is epic in it's own right! 😊🏆
So, this song originally was a straight rock song, but they decided to incorporate the Reggae intro which is so cool!
You need to react to this song with the original lineup. Search for Rush Working Man John Rutsey. You will be impressed. It's a live version, too.
Saw Rush 18 times ! Want to suggest The Camera Eye from this concert.
Rush Loved Cleveland for Cleveland Loved Rush when Rush was pretty much Unloved in America and Rush Never Forgot, Rush & Cleveland ROCK !!
I LOVE the magnet analogy!
Glad I dropped into this. I knew Rush were crazy good musicians, but this is cosmic. Incredible technique that adds to the music. It must be rehearsed but sounds like a jam. Amazing.
Thank you for watching the original first…one of the only reviewers to do this
This song is one of my favorites! I remember putting it as a ringtone on my friend who bitched about work CONSTANTLY!😉😂I was lucky enough to see them 8x in my lifetime, each show seemed better than the last! And the lines were always hella short for the ladies room lol
LOL @ the lines to the ladies room!
I wish I could have seen them more than I did.
@@grumish so true tho, I wanted to shake more ladies awake about how awesome they were! 😀
One of the funniest shows, I went with my male bff & his 2 brothers, they asked how I did at this comedy show I tried, I said I did my act about my "freak magnet' they kinda shrugged like Whatever that means! Then a dude in front of me turned to me and did like a triple take, then faced ME whole show lmao I said NUMEROUS times, that's Neil dude, turn around, you're missing it, idiot!! He wandered off drunk and returned with roses for me lmao... I turn to the bros and was like "this is a good example of the freak magnet in action"😂 they loved it bc he bought us all 3 rounds of beers lmaooooo...
I saw them twice in AZ when I lived there, then now living in Chicagoland, it was easy to follow them around, a show or 2 local, then Milwaukee, that outdoor arena was the shizzz!😀 sigh.... I really miss Neil!.♥️
@@debbiedebster5806 Good to know about the Milwaukee arena, I'm moving near there next week. I'll have to catch a show there!
I miss Neil too. I'm taking a motorcycle trip soon, so I have been listening to his books, Ghost Rider currently. He narrated the audio books for Clockwork Angels =)
@@grumish I lent Ghost Rider book out and never got it back (I need a moment.... ok, rage subsided lol) I'll get a new copy! He was truly one in million! The more I read up on him, my crush grew & grew lol
It wasn't cool for chicks to like Rush when I was in HS, but now I just pity the ones who didn't get it!😉😀
And yes!! You will LOVE Marcus Amphitheater (that spelling looks odd lol but I guess that's right?) Such an amazing venue!! I saw Rush there 3x and I want to say Depeche Mode, but can't recall.... good luck on your move & just smile knowing you're so close to an awesome arena!😉♥️✌
This performance is just so much fun. Thanks.
Any live RUSH is going to jam , isn't it ??!?!
Saw this tour in Atlanta and yes it was the same! These guys are perfectionists.
Best rock band ever!
This was their final song of their fascinating career and I got to watch Neil come to the front of the stage for his final bow.... Waited in the parking lot at the Forum till 3:30 am and got to meet Alex before getting into his limo.... Was my 53rd Rush show after seeing them for the first time at the Forum in 1978.... I feel so very blessed to have seen 53 of the greatest drum solos of all time.... Praise Jesus
Best band of all time
The Magnet comment was a good one. Geddy and Alex have been best friends since they were 13 the same age they both started playing instruments. They have been playing together since 1968 when Alex formed the band. All three of them were not only band mates but also the best of friends. Dinner with Rush would be a good one for you to react to as you will see how much fun these guys had with each other. Also, The bit they were playing at the end was Cygnus X I book 1 from a Farewell to Kings then the continuation Cygnus Book 2 is on Hemispheres . That would be two awesome ones to check out. Geddy hits some incrediblely high notes in Cygnus book 1
Cheers
I almost always prefer the studio over a live version because the sound is usually superior without the crowd "white noise". This is good, though & keeps the crowd as background noise. The exception would be Queen who used their crowds as part of the live experience.
As somebody already suggested, watch the "Best intro Ever" soon.
They were Always So Good Live!! Just amazing shows.... Probably why I saw them 3x .
My first concert/club in San Antonio 1976 with less than 100 people.
Saw this tour in Nashville.. was a hell of a show ,and good crowd there too
Remember, “rehearsed” and “composed” aren’t the same thing. You can rehearse improvisation. In fact, you kinda have to :)
This is my favorite version of Working Man...and one of my favorite live videos from Rush. So happy you finally got to this 🤘
The outro you like was from Cygnus Book I from their A Farewell to Kings album
Best Rush on RUclips. 💥💥💥👍😎
Great reaction video...I don't know if anyone else picked up on it in the comments, but i like how your shirt is the same as Alex's LOL
It. Is. Insane. And glorious
The end part they played was the intro to their song Cygnus x-1
That short outro was from Cygnus x1 A short snip of going through the black hole
I think the most stunning aspect of this live version is that you literally can't see this coming based on the studio version. Such is Rush; they use their studio version as the baseline and build up from it for their live shows, while other bands can only try to match their studio versions in their live shows.
I was there. Floor on Geddy's side. I am so happy I can watch this and remember it over and over. Saw them 20 times, and this one was special.
The song they did just before Working Man is pretty good also: La Villa Strangiato. Further instrumental goodness comes from their rendition of "Leave that Thing Alone"
Incredible performance! By the way, on this "Time Machine" tour, Rush was always pushing WM to be more and more of a jam, but they didn't always play it exactly like this. I was at the Red Rocks concert -- near Denver -- and WM was, again, blistering. But, I went back and watched it recently and I saw that it differs slightly from the Cleveland show, in a small but significant way. Alex....Alex just ABUSED his guitar (like it owed him money), and brought out a solo that almost beats the one you just heard! The Red Rocks shows -- over the years, they came back to RR a few times -- are special, that's for sure!
working man in cleveland got them signed early back in the day. this was just huge to come back after all these years and end with working man in cleveland why its so magical
What more can you say? Kinda leaves you speechless
Just pure class, simple 👏👏👏👏☘
Thanks for getting to this favorite of mine. Was it just a coincidence that you dressed the same as Alex in the video?
Great reaction. The outro bit was really fun. Its actually part of the song Cygnus X1 Book 1.
I am a huge Rush fan, so I am so biased with these three guys. Neil: drum legend. Alex: a guitar player’s guitar player. But in my opinion, pound for pound Geddy is by far the most impressive musician I have ever literally seen. With writing, bass playing, sun h playing, foot pedal playing and singing and usually all at the same time….. no one has the right to have so much talent.
Try the weapon live Toronto,
The 'outro' was from Cygnus X-1
and you and Alex are wearing the same shirt
Did you steal Alex’s shirt or what?
I give credit to this song for keeping me half sane for the god-awful 3 1/2 years in Hawaii.
NOT an 808 fan.🤬
A band that played at a nearby bar/nightclub would play this and nail it. Giving me a reason to live. When they saw me roll in, they knew they were going to be "Working Men".
RIP Neil.😇
Imagine being there, in the 5th row.. dead center...
Well, I don't have to imagine it... because I was there ;)
Another Must live reaction is : Rush Best intro Ever ! 🔥🔥🔥
Hey Sal! Loved this one. Thanks!
Salvo, you ought to check out something called "Rash," the "opening act" to their 2011 tour - a bit of tomfoolery that shows what a bunch of nerdy goofballs these guys really are - that leads into their performance of "The Spirit of Radio."
Do Freewill and they played the whole of the Moving Pictures album on that tour.
Just for comparison, listen to this off their first LP. And don't listen to an MP3, it's compressed and a lot of highs & lows are cut. Put in a CD to get the full experience.
Hey, nothing wrong with taking a break from the journey to check out a live performance of a previous song. Don't skip over sike great songs...
Limelight
Distant Early Warning
The Big Money (official music video)
Not bad for some guys in their late 50s at the end of a 2.5 hour show...
So happy and sad to see Neil.
"They remind me of magnets" I dig that! Can I use that quote?
Please review 2112 Overture and The Camera Eye.
I agree 100%. Except they weren't the perfect duo. They were the perfect trio
Check out the live videos that have been remastered by StickHits. Some really cool stuff from 40 years ago
Never underestimate Alex lol
THEY ARE ACTUALLY MOCKING MUSIC. FUN TO WATCH
Have you reacted to the Neil Peart drum solo yet?
Looks like you and Alex are wearing the same shirt…
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Three dudes.
This was cool but the original version is better as is all the worlds a stages version
Come on man, name me another band alive who could out-rock Rush when Rush was feeling like living up to their name. As far as I am concerned, the only other rockers worthy of the name were the late Motörhead. The heads of the pack. Full stop.