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Great reaction ... as a non musician, I was feeling quite emotional seeing your appreciation of it. Comic was done for the 40th Anniversary. I apply some David Lynch logic of why the protagonist kills himself in the song but later emerges from the cave in the comic. This song is a metaphor of their battle with the record label (at the time) that wanted them to do more commercial stuff rather than these epics and gave them one last chance to conform. They said FU, so they were essentially committing professional suicide with the production of this track (and hence the ambiguous ending) ... 40 years later, it's clear they didn't ... they survived and prospered.
Ah, man - brings me back to my first listen. Still has the power to raise the hairs on my arms... P.S. Almost everyone I know who's heard this the first time says it's life-changing. And to think: RUSH thought this was most likely their farewell...
Check out the “b” side of 2112 on vinyl record. Opens with Passage To Bangkok... I was 15 when I heard that. Was already a fan from pre-Neil days with Finding My Way and Working Man. Then Fly By Night and the Professor came along... it’s been a good ride ever since with Rush on the stereo!
This blew my head when I was 12! I used to listen to this in bed with a pair of cheap headphones on and now I'm 50 listening to RUSH in a Dolby Atmos 7.1 headphones! It still kicks ass! God, I love this track soooo much!!
Incredible. Wait till you hear LA VILLA STRANGIATO LIVE FROM EXIT STAGE LEFT. ONE OF THE GREATEST INSTRUMENTALS ON ONE IF THE GREATEST LIVE ALBUMS NO DOUBT 🔥
I’m a freshman in high school when this comes out. My first rush album. I start playing it and reading the lyrics. Immediately mesmerized. 15 minutes in my dad walks into my room. What the hell is this. He says these guys are frickin awesome. We sit together listening to the album. A memory for a lifetime. Thank you Rush.
True fact that I just made up: Alex Lifeson found a guitar in a cave when he was about 12 years old and taught himself to play it in under three minutes.
@@OutLoudReactions - You should react to Babymetal. They're really interesting for two main reasons. They mix cuteness with metal and they mix more genres of music in various songs than anyone. Their live performances are awesome. I recommend 'BxMxC' official if you insist on doing a music video. But my first suggestion would be 'Catch Me If You Can' live at Budokan. It's a great mix of cute and heavy.
The label told RUSH they needed to make shorter, radio friendly songs. So they made this album. They figured it would mean the end of their relationship with the label but they did not want to compromise on their vision for their music. It was a huge success and the label not only kept them but never again tried to interfere with what they wanted to make.
I am a semi-professional session musician. Pretty much retired now. I really enjoy your reactions to Rush songs. They moved me and motivated me growing up in the '70s. Literally nobody of any notoriety was doing anything that they were doing. I am a drummer and continue to this day to be influenced by Neil. There's a distinctiveness to his style. The music is great. A lot of people have a trouble with the high vocal. I think it adds to the uniqueness and when Getty sings in a lower register he has a really beautiful voice. Really cool group of guys. I have been playing with the same people for 40 plus years as well. I understand the bond and these guys seem to be really level. RIP Neil Peart. May he rest in peace. Keep up the good work!
Small adjustment: you either love Rush, or you hate Geddy's voice. This is the ONLY reason I have ever heard from someone who actively dislikes Rush or couldn't get into them. I still think they crazy; I love his voice.
I had a new co-worker say last week, you like Rush? I have a friend who is a die hard Rush fan and i laughed because there aren't many fans out there that are like, "oh Rush? Yeah they are okay, i saw them once on the RTB tour.. " I told him most fans will tell you they are their number 1 fan (lol), and we all are. Weird and cool to share something so special with such a unique group of people. Bunch of weirdos, lol. If I meet someone and they are a fan, I instantly trust them (maybe not the smartest), but I've met a lot of fans over the years and not one isn't someone i wouldn't trust to watch my dog. True
@@lvgelfling72 When I married my foreign wife back in 2005 we had to go through the standard interview process with immigration officials to make sure you had a legit marriage. As soon as the interviewer saw my Rush concert t-shirt and found out that I was a Rush fan we were in like Flynn! Brothers for life!
Dude, I feel that way every time I listen to this. This is Rush's ultimate masterpiece. I can listen to it over and over. This is my "stranded on a desert island" or "lost in the vastness of space" album. This is the one I would want, and I would never get tired of hearing it.This is why...THIS is why, I rate all other music on a scale of 1 to RUSH.
Lerxst doesn't even know how great he is...Melodically, He's on the pedestal with guys like Page, Fripp, Brian May, Tony Iommi et al....I was a drummer since the 70's so I naturally was drawn to Neil but; the last 15 years I've been so deeply appreciative of Alex's great chops...He's an Ax man of the highest order.
He also just seemed to get better with age. If Alex were with another band, he would be the first band member mentioned. But he happened to be in a band that has arguably the best rock drummer and bassist of all time.
@@norwegianblue2017 Too true...Once he was on the Trailer Park Boys, I knew that he'd broken through...:D...Rush will always be in my top 5 groups; tied with Yes, Genesis, Tull, and Van der Graaf Generator...:) Oh, and Giant, and ELP, and Crimso; so like, an 8 way tie...:)
It’s 1977 and my buddy Rob insists that I partake in a quick passage to Bangkok and follows it up with laying me down on the floor with my head right between his two speakers . He then drops the needle onto 2112 which I hadn’t previously experienced. All I can say is “Yes, it was a life changing moment!” Really resonated HARD. The intensity of every part took my breath away. As a fledgling 15 year old drummer, Rush influenced me in immeasurable ways. Watching your video actually brought a tear to my eyes and had moments of putting me right back between those two speakers awestruck by the magic! I remember it like yesterday. A little crazy to say it, but certainly a significant event in my life.
Awesome story...it's a terrible thing that those type of experiences have drastically dwindled because kids today spend almost all of their time looking at a smartphone...(as I am doing right now, lol)
Great story. The first time I heard this song, I was just digging the music. Then the Hero discovers the guitar and I went into bliss, realizing what this song was about. I still cry and get goosebumps listening to this album.
I react emotionally everytime I hear 2112, from it's release till all these years later, especially since Neil's passing. No one will ever touch the level that these three guys did. Forever and always a Rush fan!
Can you imagine what it was like bringing that home and dropping the needle on that LP for the first time in 1976 !! It was cathartic and has lead to a lifelong love of music 👍🏻
Life Changing Experience! When I first played the vinyl album in the mid 70's, I had the very same Life Changing Experience. I was a Rush fanatic from that day on.....
@@williamarbogast349 ..... To be honest, I was a bit turned off by Geddy’s high, screechy voice.....at first. The jams and the lyrics thrilled me so much that I didn’t care about Geddy’s voice. Over time, though, I grew to respect it and then to love it. Geddy’s voice is unique, and therefore perfect for his unique band.
2112 came as back catalogue for me coming in at 82. A guy in High School who I wasn't even really friends with found out I was getting into them, gives me a copy of 2112 on vinyl. I take it home and start playing. I hear Overture. I have to hear it again before continuing. At least 10 times before continuing. By the time I did to Grand Finale (which got the needle moved back on that part a half dozen times) I went 50 or so minutes which was suppose to take 20 minutes for a song. Lol The next day he asked how I liked the album? Let me tell you... He definitely was a friend after this gift
Only band that when i first heard this song, we backed it up to hear Neil’s fill, never backed up a song to hear the drum part before the Professor came along. RIP GOAT….
When all the other kids were learning how to play guitar with Stairway to Heaven and Smoke on the Water, I learned Discovery. Alex has always been my guitar guru.
Your mannerisms was like that of someone standing in line to go on some new crazy roller coaster. Nervous at first, smiles through the whole ride and now it's glued on. Yep, we just witnessed your mind being blown. The life-changing experience, definitely. I think I appreciate something different in the song everytime I listen to it. Like someone mentioned yesterday on the fountain reaction .... Especially listening to these back to back, 2112 has some anger behind it, but it was meant to be. Their defining moment that allowed them the freedom to do whatever they wanted. Being able to communicate to your fans this way is so rewarding, I believe to both fan and musician. A win win I suppose. ❤😊 great reaction!
It was the anger in this song that drew me in. I was a 16 year old and like most 16 years old, feeling rebellion against the machine, so this song touched right on that sentiment, like it probably did for most 14-18 year old teens. It would be many years before I learned the back story of how this came to be and damn did that strike a cord? You can just feel all,of the frustration and anger the band members were feeling? In an interview this said that they had resided in the fact that they’d have to go back to their day-jobs, because only Rush would rather give up their musical career if they couldn’t write and play the music they wanted, the music they thought that their true fans wanted and would eventually find those fans if the song was communicated right. Instead of writing nice radio-friendly songs as the record executives suggested, if they wanted to keep their career, they went all in on the biggest epic, themed concept album ever! It really paid off for them, because it was the frustration felt in every note Geddy sang that drew in a whole new crowd of frustrated fans everywhere. The success of 2112 got them forever out from under the dictates of the record executives, cast I’m the role of the priest. It’s perfect, Rush are the man in the cave, trying to introduce those stupid executives that net everything has to be short, radio-friendly songs and they could find a smart crowd, one looking for something different that would challenge their beliefs. It’s such genius and stuck it to those priest, just like the elder race, being the new fans they acquired, who nailed those executives to the wall, making them powerless to stop this creative band form speaking it’s mind. I’ll never forget first hearing the line, “oh yes we know, it’s nothing new, it’s just a waste of time” for the first time and the way Geddy sings the parts of the priest are so angry and definitive as if they have all the answers.
They didn’t even believe. They thought that their music careers would be over if they made another concept album with a full side epic, but did it anyway. They said they had resigned themselves to going back to their day-jobs after the shit hit the fan and the record company dropped them for daring to go against the wisdom of the executives. They just went all in because they didn’t want to even play music if they couldn’t play the music they liked and be contractually obligated to write short radio-friendly songs they hated to play. They were as shocked as anyone when their popularity sky-rocketed with the release of 2112 and it went so high, that the executives left them alone from then on. The executives only care about cash and as long as Rush continued to bring in the green, they were happy to shut their mouths and let the boys alone.
Personally, I believe Soliloquy is one of Alex's greatest solos. He expresses the protagonist's pain and turmoil so beautifully, and carries on the pain Geddy conjured up, lyrically. Stunning!
How is it possible that 3 musicians with such talent, creativity and skill met each other. Still after almost 50! Years, this piece makes me so joyful. Even after hundreds times, I still take sometimes a moment to relax a 20 minutes and enjoy 2112. Good to see you Tim, experiencing the greatness of Rush. Thank you!
What’s harder to believe is that three of the greatest musicians and arguably the best on their respective instrument would live within about 20 miles of each other? How is that possible? You’d think that you’d have to scour the globe to find that kind of talent, not three young lads living in Toronto, Canada of all places. Quite mind-boggling when you think about it?
@@RoarOfWolverine You are absolutly right about that. I feel really privaliged to have seen the guys live, and now enjoy watching reaction videos to see people being amazed about the music of Rush.
My best friend and I bought this album the day it came out. We were already Rush fans but we still were not ready for what we were about to place on the turntable. We listened to the album all day. Like I said, we were already fans, but more casually. This album is what made us ad the "atic" to fan. I can't wait for you to experience the rest of the record, and then down the line, Cygnus X-1, book two. Enjoy.
I’m an amateur astronomer. Still can’t look up into the night sky without hearing in my head - “In the constellation of Cygnus - there lurks a mysterious, invisible force. The black hole of Cygnus X-1.” I’m on my ship the Rocinante, flying into the light of Deneb, and sailing across the Milky Way. Yeah, what you experienced hearing 2112 for the first time is normal, Bro! Welcome.
The music executives were the priests in the song. This was Rush making their stand against the demands to be more commercial with their music, and not to pursue their own path.
It's interesting, what you said about Alex and the Mona Lisa. I've said something similar about Neil. Whenever people say that Neil's drum parts aren't that difficult, my standard retort is "... and numerous 10-year-olds can play Mozart." I leave them to ponder. If they don't get it, it's their problem. The same is true for Alex.
Thing is, the hardest part of making a song is composing and arranging it in the first place. It’s coming up with the song, yeah you do have to have the chops, but all you gotta do is walk into any Guitar Center and find people a dime a dozen with chops that’ll never get anywhere other than maybe teaching music.
@@GT-mq1dx yep. That's were Rush not only learned their chops, they learned to become masters at songwriting. That to me is even more crucial than musicianship alone. They learned how to restrain and be patient, how to build up and when to just play fire at times. Make even the simple stuff in a song sound dynamic. Because all 3 were unselfish in terms of making music and writing songs you get a very rare chemistry in a band and Rush might be tops in that. Neil once said he didn't want to be famous he wanted to be good. That was all 3 of them strived for and succeeded. Rush's music to me has never been gifted musicianship of each ones talents but the 3 as a whole. Rush brought the attention to what 3 guys not limited by the amount of players could make a sound so rich and diverse. And their critics may not like their music or playing but they don't have much if any argument what they could play together. They will always be one of the most unique and talented bands of Rock music
RusH is composed of 3 compulsive perfectionist, and genuine good people that do not have any the ego trips that have lead to the demise of many successful bands. Truly GREAT musicians that are also truly great friends.... Resulting in some of the cleanest, tightest most amazing music ever made.
The best part is 2112 was the breaking point where the record labels and managers were all telling them to make more main stream catchy music the masses would enjoy. Rush said “Thanks but no thanks” and made this album in their own way and how they wanted it, but fully expecting it to bomb. The opposite happened and they took off again!
Most people misuse the word 'epic' but that truly describes this piece. They nailed it. Excited to finish out this album. The other 5 songs are great treasures
I don't often comment but follow your reactions and have been waiting for you to hear this masterpiece. The fact you had to delete the animation was even better as I was concentrated on your face and your delight. I have been "in love" with 2112 for over 45 years and yes, a freaked out response is common - it is breath taking - and it gets better the more its heard. These guys were so young when they created this, maybe 23 - 24, GENIUS I look forward as always to more reactions and, of course, your delight in discovering how utterly sensational these 3 guys are and how these young princes became gods. Thanks Tim xxx
Great reaction Tim! I've been listening to RUSH since the 70's, and remember buying this album the day it came out (i'm 59). I must have listened to it on 15 different stereo systems and 40 pairs of headphones, and in 15 countries through the decades. I never tire of it! It is MASTER CLASS all the way! The sheer musicality, emotiveness, perfect time changes, and dynamic range and juxtaposition between the subtle and high energy passages in this piece is mind blowing! And to think they conceived of and recorded this while in their 20's... WOW! LONG LIVE RUSH!
In 1978, I was 9 years old. The first Rush song I ever heard was side 1 of Hemispheres, and I was blown away. I couldn't process it. I was listening to Kiss, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick and Ted Nugent at the time. I could only listen to it once in a while, because it was simply too intense for my 9 year old brain. 3 years later, Moving Pictures came out and hooked me for life. Rush is a life altering band.
There is absolutely nothing better than watching somebody discover a Rush Masterpiece for the first time. Makes me re-live the first moment my mind was blown by this work of art. Thank you for that!
This album represented,and still does to this day, the biggest up yours we’re gonna do what we want the record industry has ever seen. I’ve been following your journey through these albums and when this one came around it was obvious to me that... Yep he gets it!!!
In this quarantine I started watching reactions, a friend asked me why and I realized it's my way to continue a long tradition I have of showing music to my friends with a drink. I noticed I enjoy seeing other people listening for the first time music that changes minds. Some of the decisions I've made in my life are because of the music I hear.
@@bobespirit2112 It's an opinion. Like my children I love them all equally. My favorite is who I am listening to at the time. Best or Greatest ? Who determines that ?
@@bobespirit2112 I can see where you are coming from as LZ is fantastic and my 2nd favourite group .. But RUSH is on another level !!! Their complexity, precision ,uniqueness musicianship, ability to sound great at live concerts can be matched by NO ONE !!! RUSH, LEGENDS, THE HOLY TRINITY !!!!!
Watching them play this live in 1978 was a life-changing experience! That was on the Farewell to Kings tour - I also got to see Xanadu and Cygnus live - the best of everything! That was the most amazing show I've ever seen.
At one point I went more than 10 years without listening to 2112 for no particular reason. Then one day I loaded it up on Spotify, put the headphones on, and focused only on the music. I literally shed tears through most of it. It was so good. Not one song released in the past 15 years can evoke that kind of reaction.
Tim! Just wanted to let you know that as a 50 year old guy who’s been listening to Rush since 1985, and have tried unsuccessfully to get some young friends into Rush, how much I enjoy your reactions and how happy it makes me to see your enthusiasm about Rush. I think when you get to the Hemispheres album you might be even more blown away by the musicianship. Anyway, keep it up! Thanks!
Everything you said hit home 40 years ago when I first dropped on the turn table. I was in high school. I’m crankin it loud and my dad walks in. “Yelling what the hell is this. “ I scream RUSH. He yells back they are frickin awesome. A memory for a lifetime provided by a great band.
A bit of a tale - I was 15 back in 1977, and at the time, I was into Queen, and having fallen into the popular phase of the time, KISS. One day I needed a ride home from work from a co-worker, he popped in 2112 on the 8-track and the music completely blew me away. I instantly and completely "got" Geddy Lee's vocal style 100%, and from that single moment in time, I instantly became A RUSH fan, til the day I die. Next day, I went out and bought vinyls 2112, Fly By Night and A Farewell to Kings, and gave my KISS albums to a neighbor. 2112 has always been my favorite RUSH album and song, and RUSH, my deeply favorite band. Over the decades, I was lucky to have attended 14 tours and 30 shows, had a meet and greet with them during the R30 tour (on my 42nd birthday) and even had some correspondence with Neil for a writing gig he participated in. In my meet and greet, I told Geddy, "for me, you guys are like the Beatles." (figuratively of course). To which he replied with a giggle, "Oh dude, don't say that." 2112 goes beyond being a masterpiece of pure progressive rock/metal. It's a song that has so much emotion, so much angst towards the industry set deep within the guise of science fiction, so much excitement and sadness, that, in my opinion, it goes beyond the complexity of even Hemispheres. Not by complexity, so to say, but by deep emotional feelings. 2112 is absolutely AGELESS. It is pure art, in the true sense of the term. And, of course, it flippin' rocks!!! - Your reaction video is priceless! You truly get RUSH, my friend. Keep up the adventure!
This was the 1st Rush album I bought way back in 1979 when I was 15 years old, and I was hooked immediately. I must have listened to this - well, I think of it as the 1st side of the 2112 vinyl LP - over 2000 times since then, and it never gets old. I love it, and can't imagine ever not loving it.
All the things you said in this video makes me want to cry. I'm so glad, as well as other people I'm sure, that you appreciate this song so much. Thanks for appreciating and understanding this music.
Don't let the pretty visuals distract you, they are meant for people who have heard the song 798312687 times. As a beginner you just need to close your eyes
Changed my life too! A friend loaned this record to me in high school in 1976, and I was mesmerized. Heavy rock with a sci-fi theme! Lyrics that actually had meaning! I have been a devoted Rush fan since, and this is still one of my favorites from their catalog.
THANK YOU for being one of the VERY FEW people who actually watch the WHOLE video without stopping it every 10 seconds to comment.. Drives me BATTY! Well done sir! and a new subscriber for it!
I am 31, so did not get to grow up in the era this music was made. My dad was always more of the Van Halen persuasion, but he did show me this album when I was in like 5th grade. He didn't try to hype it up, but it blew my child mind. I bought a CD walkman and learned to burn CDs JUST so I could listen to this. I dont think I listened to much of anything else for like the entirety of 6th grade, changed my god damn life. So glad you liked this
YES and YES on all fronts!!! I got so into that story. drawing. writing, it changed me, But, I started on Permanent Waves, and onto Moving Pictures, then back tracked!! It just keeps getting better!!! Lucky guy you are!!!! I guess you liked it? Laughing in disbelief the whole time! Love it
when you understand the lyrics & story.its like a movie that plays in your head.a little rock opera.an album you will come back to 40 years from now, & enjoy it every bit as much.
Tim, you are not alone in having an out of body experience. When this came out Rush help define a new musical genre, Prog-metal. There were others before them and since but no one put all of that sound, complete with a story, into 20 minutes like that. This is just 3 guys playing all that music and this was in 1976, when the label asked for more singles, and Rush, sticking to their guns, came out with this epic. This song made other guitarists stand up and take notice of Ales's playing. Just a complete riff-fest from start to finish. You are now a fully-fledged Rush fan as this was your baptism!
I could NOT agree with you more!! The first time I saw Rush live in 1987 it was 100% a life changing experience!!! I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE FEELING!!! Not a day has gone by since then that I haven't listened to at least one Rush song!!! Keep up the great work and keep listening to Rush!!! 🤘🤘🤘
I had the same life changing experience in 1976 and through all these years I never get tired of this music. If I ever get dementia just set me in the corner with headphones on and play this album and I bet I sit there in peace with a smile on my face.
I will never forget where I was, what I was doing and who I was with when I 1st heard this. It was 47 years ago and it changed everything for me. Music was never the same for me
I feel like I did the first time I listened to this in 1980, and every time since. It makes me want to laugh, cry, scream, run up and down and go and storm some barricades, and everything in between. It's the music that runs through the threads of my life, and I'll still be listening to it when I'm a very old lady. I'm glad that you love it too.
Mind blowing music! Your reaction was great Tim! I feel like I’m hearing it again for the first time vicariously through you. Just wait, the next two album of epics only gets better. Hemispheres will rock your world even more! 😃
Absolute Masters of the craft. I sit in amazed silence filled sadness knowing that we will never hear Neil's genius again. Imagine watching this live 30ft from the stage As a 16yr old kid 40yrs ago .
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Great reaction ... as a non musician, I was feeling quite emotional seeing your appreciation of it.
Comic was done for the 40th Anniversary. I apply some David Lynch logic of why the protagonist kills himself in the song but later emerges from the cave in the comic. This song is a metaphor of their battle with the record label (at the time) that wanted them to do more commercial stuff rather than these epics and gave them one last chance to conform. They said FU, so they were essentially committing professional suicide with the production of this track (and hence the ambiguous ending) ... 40 years later, it's clear they didn't ... they survived and prospered.
Ah, man - brings me back to my first listen. Still has the power to raise the hairs on my arms...
P.S. Almost everyone I know who's heard this the first time says it's life-changing. And to think: RUSH thought this was most likely their farewell...
Check out the “b” side of 2112 on vinyl record. Opens with Passage To Bangkok... I was 15 when I heard that. Was already a fan from pre-Neil days with Finding My Way and Working Man. Then Fly By Night and the Professor came along... it’s been a good ride ever since with Rush on the stereo!
This blew my head when I was 12! I used to listen to this in bed with a pair of cheap headphones on and now I'm 50 listening to RUSH in a Dolby Atmos 7.1 headphones! It still kicks ass! God, I love this track soooo much!!
Incredible. Wait till you hear LA VILLA STRANGIATO LIVE FROM EXIT STAGE LEFT. ONE OF THE GREATEST INSTRUMENTALS ON ONE IF THE GREATEST LIVE ALBUMS NO DOUBT 🔥
2112 is pure magic. It still kicks my ass every time I listen to it, and I'm 61.
I’m a freshman in high school when this comes out. My first rush album. I start playing it and reading the lyrics. Immediately mesmerized. 15 minutes in my dad walks into my room. What the hell is this. He says these guys are frickin awesome. We sit together listening to the album. A memory for a lifetime. Thank you Rush.
That's awesome
Ditto...first album bought with mow the grass money.
I'm 65 years old and I still get the chills when I listen to this. And I first heard it in 1976.
Awesome. Old guys rule :)
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I still believe this was Neil's greatest work
RUSH never gets old.
Same here mate at 61 and the live 2112 tour at that... \m/
True fact that I just made up: Alex Lifeson found a guitar in a cave when he was about 12 years old and taught himself to play it in under three minutes.
Absolute facts. Not a shred of BS here 🤘🏻
😂😁❤️
I guess when you're a genius it doesn't take long 😂
@@OutLoudReactions - You should react to Babymetal. They're really interesting for two main reasons. They mix cuteness with metal and they mix more genres of music in various songs than anyone. Their live performances are awesome. I recommend 'BxMxC' official if you insist on doing a music video. But my first suggestion would be 'Catch Me If You Can' live at Budokan. It's a great mix of cute and heavy.
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Goosebumps still, 63 years old!♥️🎸🎶
“If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.”
― Neil Peart
Always loved that line!
The label told RUSH they needed to make shorter, radio friendly songs. So they made this album. They figured it would mean the end of their relationship with the label but they did not want to compromise on their vision for their music. It was a huge success and the label not only kept them but never again tried to interfere with what they wanted to make.
When "2112" is your answer to "Can you sound more like Bad Company?" you have truly ascended to a higher plane of existence.
The record company were the priests! I love how art and life were perfectly synced here. Makes it all the more beautiful.
A beautifully ,written, scripted, fantasy, f.u. to the record label.
Trees is my second favorite of their political style songs then subdivisions
Radio friendly
..here you go. I saw this tour they were 👍
It does not get any better. 3 men, each an absolute musician coming together in perfection. The band has no weaknesses, and this is a masterpiece.
Tim: I don’t think I’m totally ready for this.
Us: Yup, we told you not to RUSH into this :-)
Gotta love a well placed word play pun. :P
The shift from "Presentation" to "Soliloquy"- Gets me every time, man. Every time.
Me too. Alex sets the mood and Geddys voice just hits in all the right places. Perfection.
yea for me that moment is the big payoff for the whole song.
Agreed and I choose to live my life in the chapter of Discovery!
I’m 65 yrs. , I was lucky and saw RUSH in San Diego, 1976 , 1977 .They ROCKED the house !!!!
They blew everything and everyone away in 1976.
Who else could pull this off?
They were only 3 years in and only 22-23 years old
Total. Masters!
How is anyone EVER ready for this. Goosebumps everytime, 1000’s later..
I am a semi-professional session musician. Pretty much retired now. I really enjoy your reactions to Rush songs. They moved me and motivated me growing up in the '70s. Literally nobody of any notoriety was doing anything that they were doing. I am a drummer and continue to this day to be influenced by Neil. There's a distinctiveness to his style. The music is great. A lot of people have a trouble with the high vocal. I think it adds to the uniqueness and when Getty sings in a lower register he has a really beautiful voice. Really cool group of guys. I have been playing with the same people for 40 plus years as well. I understand the bond and these guys seem to be really level. RIP Neil Peart. May he rest in peace. Keep up the good work!
Rush is the band you either love or hate, there's no middle ground here, if you're in that middle you're not listening.
BAMMMM! WOW. Perfect way to put it.
Small adjustment: you either love Rush, or you hate Geddy's voice. This is the ONLY reason I have ever heard from someone who actively dislikes Rush or couldn't get into them. I still think they crazy; I love his voice.
I had a new co-worker say last week, you like Rush? I have a friend who is a die hard Rush fan and i laughed because there aren't many fans out there that are like, "oh Rush? Yeah they are okay, i saw them once on the RTB tour.. " I told him most fans will tell you they are their number 1 fan (lol), and we all are. Weird and cool to share something so special with such a unique group of people. Bunch of weirdos, lol. If I meet someone and they are a fan, I instantly trust them (maybe not the smartest), but I've met a lot of fans over the years and not one isn't someone i wouldn't trust to watch my dog. True
@@lvgelfling72 When I married my foreign wife back in 2005 we had to go through the standard interview process with immigration officials to make sure you had a legit marriage. As soon as the interviewer saw my Rush concert t-shirt and found out that I was a Rush fan we were in like Flynn! Brothers for life!
Dude, I feel that way every time I listen to this. This is Rush's ultimate masterpiece. I can listen to it over and over. This is my "stranded on a desert island" or "lost in the vastness of space" album. This is the one I would want, and I would never get tired of hearing it.This is why...THIS is why, I rate all other music on a scale of 1 to RUSH.
❤ your comment! 1 TO RUSH. 👍🙌
Ahead of our time!!!!
Totally agree...love the "1 to RUSH" comment
Lerxst doesn't even know how great he is...Melodically, He's on the pedestal with guys like Page, Fripp, Brian May, Tony Iommi et al....I was a drummer since the 70's so I naturally was drawn to Neil but; the last 15 years I've been so deeply appreciative of Alex's great chops...He's an Ax man of the highest order.
He also just seemed to get better with age. If Alex were with another band, he would be the first band member mentioned. But he happened to be in a band that has arguably the best rock drummer and bassist of all time.
@@norwegianblue2017 Too true...Once he was on the Trailer Park Boys, I knew that he'd broken through...:D...Rush will always be in my top 5 groups; tied with Yes, Genesis, Tull, and Van der Graaf Generator...:) Oh, and Giant, and ELP, and Crimso; so like, an 8 way tie...:)
I think he smokes everybody personally. He can not only shred but also play with lots of feeling and emotion.
This is the album that gave them their artistic autonomy. It was their make-or-break musical venture and it kicked the world’s collective ass.
It’s 1977 and my buddy Rob insists that I partake in a quick passage to Bangkok and follows it up with laying me down on the floor with my head right between his two speakers . He then drops the needle onto 2112 which I hadn’t previously experienced. All I can say is “Yes, it was a life changing moment!” Really resonated HARD. The intensity of every part took my breath away. As a fledgling 15 year old drummer, Rush
influenced me in immeasurable ways. Watching your video actually brought a tear to my eyes and had moments of putting me right back between those two speakers awestruck by the magic! I remember it like yesterday. A little crazy to say it, but certainly a significant event in my life.
Awesome story...it's a terrible thing that those type of experiences have drastically dwindled because kids today spend almost all of their time looking at a smartphone...(as I am doing right now, lol)
Great story. The first time I heard this song, I was just digging the music. Then the Hero discovers the guitar and I went into bliss, realizing what this song was about. I still cry and get goosebumps listening to this album.
I react emotionally everytime I hear 2112, from it's release till all these years later, especially since Neil's passing. No one will ever touch the level that these three guys did. Forever and always a Rush fan!
"2112": In which Geddy, Alex, and Neil came into their own, and became a force to be reckoned with.
The greatest piece of music since the days of Bach and Beethoven......seriously this is the work of three true masters of their art.
Can you imagine what it was like bringing that home and dropping the needle on that LP for the first time in 1976 !! It was cathartic and has lead to a lifelong love of music 👍🏻
Out of body experience
This and Fountain of Lamneth within 24 hours!!! Thank you for this.
Epic!
Life Changing Experience! When I first played the vinyl album in the mid 70's, I had the very same Life Changing Experience. I was a Rush fanatic from that day on.....
My story exactly
@@williamarbogast349 ..... To be honest, I was a bit turned off by Geddy’s high, screechy voice.....at first. The jams and the lyrics thrilled me so much that I didn’t care about Geddy’s voice. Over time, though, I grew to respect it and then to love it. Geddy’s voice is unique, and therefore perfect for his unique band.
2112 came as back catalogue for me coming in at 82. A guy in High School who I wasn't even really friends with found out I was getting into them, gives me a copy of 2112 on vinyl. I take it home and start playing. I hear Overture. I have to hear it again before continuing. At least 10 times before continuing. By the time I did to Grand Finale (which got the needle moved back on that part a half dozen times) I went 50 or so minutes which was suppose to take 20 minutes for a song. Lol The next day he asked how I liked the album? Let me tell you...
He definitely was a friend after this gift
Same 😂
born in '74 - my brother gave me a mixed tape with Tom Sawyer + YYZ on it in 1985. been listening ever since-
Only band that when i first heard this song, we backed it up to hear Neil’s fill, never backed up a song to hear the drum part before the Professor came along. RIP GOAT….
When all the other kids were learning how to play guitar with Stairway to Heaven and Smoke on the Water, I learned Discovery. Alex has always been my guitar guru.
Tim,
You will be listening to RUSH for decades to come.
Decades later Tim will be watching others react to 2112.... 🤔 In other words 🤯 Tim will be us! 😂🐰 #ENRGYZRBunny
@@cityhonors1 LOL...No doubt
Your mannerisms was like that of someone standing in line to go on some new crazy roller coaster. Nervous at first, smiles through the whole ride and now it's glued on. Yep, we just witnessed your mind being blown. The life-changing experience, definitely. I think I appreciate something different in the song everytime I listen to it. Like someone mentioned yesterday on the fountain reaction .... Especially listening to these back to back, 2112 has some anger behind it, but it was meant to be. Their defining moment that allowed them the freedom to do whatever they wanted. Being able to communicate to your fans this way is so rewarding, I believe to both fan and musician. A win win I suppose. ❤😊 great reaction!
Tim is a good guy
@@lepantoslim7058 it definitely shows. 😊
Like the roller coaster analogy
Well put.
It was the anger in this song that drew me in. I was a 16 year old and like most 16 years old, feeling rebellion against the machine, so this song touched right on that sentiment, like it probably did for most 14-18 year old teens.
It would be many years before I learned the back story of how this came to be and damn did that strike a cord? You can just feel all,of the frustration and anger the band members were feeling?
In an interview this said that they had resided in the fact that they’d have to go back to their day-jobs, because only Rush would rather give up their musical career if they couldn’t write and play the music they wanted, the music they thought that their true fans wanted and would eventually find those fans if the song was communicated right.
Instead of writing nice radio-friendly songs as the record executives suggested, if they wanted to keep their career, they went all in on the biggest epic, themed concept album ever!
It really paid off for them, because it was the frustration felt in every note Geddy sang that drew in a whole new crowd of frustrated fans everywhere.
The success of 2112 got them forever out from under the dictates of the record executives, cast I’m the role of the priest.
It’s perfect, Rush are the man in the cave, trying to introduce those stupid executives that net everything has to be short, radio-friendly songs and they could find a smart crowd, one looking for something different that would challenge their beliefs.
It’s such genius and stuck it to those priest, just like the elder race, being the new fans they acquired, who nailed those executives to the wall, making them powerless to stop this creative band form speaking it’s mind.
I’ll never forget first hearing the line, “oh yes we know, it’s nothing new, it’s just a waste of time” for the first time and the way Geddy sings the parts of the priest are so angry and definitive as if they have all the answers.
As a 47 year rush fan It’s always so good to see someone finally see the magic behind this band. Enlightenment!!
studio: you need shorter songs RUSH: HOLD MY BEER 2112
Tim: I can't believe what I'm hearing right no
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Rush: Hold my beer
@@BoltzNBrews They really are the epitome of the "oh, you don't think we can do that? Hold my beer" bands
They didn’t even believe. They thought that their music careers would be over if they made another concept album with a full side epic, but did it anyway.
They said they had resigned themselves to going back to their day-jobs after the shit hit the fan and the record company dropped them for daring to go against the wisdom of the executives.
They just went all in because they didn’t want to even play music if they couldn’t play the music they liked and be contractually obligated to write short radio-friendly songs they hated to play.
They were as shocked as anyone when their popularity sky-rocketed with the release of 2112 and it went so high, that the executives left them alone from then on.
The executives only care about cash and as long as Rush continued to bring in the green, they were happy to shut their mouths and let the boys alone.
I’ve been listening to these guys for 42 years and I can listen to a song and hear a something I hadn’t noticed before. These guys are sneaky😂
So true
Personally, I believe Soliloquy is one of Alex's greatest solos. He expresses the protagonist's pain and turmoil so beautifully, and carries on the pain Geddy conjured up, lyrically. Stunning!
Alex should be included in any discussion on the greats of guitarists.
RIP Mr. Peart. "The Professor" took us to many places.
The instrumentation in this song are absolutely incredible.
How is it possible that 3 musicians with such talent, creativity and skill met each other. Still after almost 50! Years, this piece makes me so joyful. Even after hundreds times, I still take sometimes a moment to relax a 20 minutes and enjoy 2112. Good to see you Tim, experiencing the greatness of Rush. Thank you!
What’s harder to believe is that three of the greatest musicians and arguably the best on their respective instrument would live within about 20 miles of each other? How is that possible? You’d think that you’d have to scour the globe to find that kind of talent, not three young lads living in Toronto, Canada of all places. Quite mind-boggling when you think about it?
@@RoarOfWolverine You are absolutly right about that. I feel really privaliged to have seen the guys live, and now enjoy watching reaction videos to see people being amazed about the music of Rush.
My best friend and I bought this album the day it came out. We were already Rush fans but we still were not ready for what we were about to place on the turntable. We listened to the album all day. Like I said, we were already fans, but more casually. This album is what made us ad the "atic" to fan. I can't wait for you to experience the rest of the record, and then down the line, Cygnus X-1, book two. Enjoy.
You know their best stuff. 2112, Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres was the top of their game.
I’m an amateur astronomer. Still can’t look up into the night sky without hearing in my head - “In the constellation of Cygnus - there lurks a mysterious, invisible force. The black hole of Cygnus X-1.” I’m on my ship the Rocinante, flying into the light of Deneb, and sailing across the Milky Way. Yeah, what you experienced hearing 2112 for the first time is normal, Bro! Welcome.
They bet their careers on this symphony. Brave, true... and thank God enough fans of quality music to make it successful.
The music executives were the priests in the song. This was Rush making their stand against the demands to be more commercial with their music, and not to pursue their own path.
It's interesting, what you said about Alex and the Mona Lisa. I've said something similar about Neil. Whenever people say that Neil's drum parts aren't that difficult, my standard retort is "... and numerous 10-year-olds can play Mozart." I leave them to ponder. If they don't get it, it's their problem. The same is true for Alex.
When people bash Neil's playing. I always ask now can you compose a song like him with that kind of detail.?
Beautifully and well said.
The thing is that these people who bash Neil and Alex could have *never* composed this epic music today, much less 40+ years ago.
Thing is, the hardest part of making a song is composing and arranging it in the first place. It’s coming up with the song, yeah you do have to have the chops, but all you gotta do is walk into any Guitar Center and find people a dime a dozen with chops that’ll never get anywhere other than maybe teaching music.
@@GT-mq1dx yep. That's were Rush not only learned their chops, they learned to become masters at songwriting. That to me is even more crucial than musicianship alone. They learned how to restrain and be patient, how to build up and when to just play fire at times. Make even the simple stuff in a song sound dynamic. Because all 3 were unselfish in terms of making music and writing songs you get a very rare chemistry in a band and Rush might be tops in that. Neil once said he didn't want to be famous he wanted to be good. That was all 3 of them strived for and succeeded. Rush's music to me has never been gifted musicianship of each ones talents but the 3 as a whole. Rush brought the attention to what 3 guys not limited by the amount of players could make a sound so rich and diverse. And their critics may not like their music or playing but they don't have much if any argument what they could play together. They will always be one of the most unique and talented bands of Rock music
We smoked dope and listened to this endlessly. Those were the days.
BEST 21 minutes you’ll ever spend!! Life changing!!! THAT’S RUSH.
RusH is composed of 3 compulsive perfectionist, and genuine good people that do not have any the ego trips that have lead to the demise of many successful bands.
Truly GREAT musicians that are also truly great friends.... Resulting in some of the cleanest, tightest most amazing music ever made.
The best part is 2112 was the breaking point where the record labels and managers were all telling them to make more main stream catchy music the masses would enjoy. Rush said “Thanks but no thanks” and made this album in their own way and how they wanted it, but fully expecting it to bomb. The opposite happened and they took off again!
Your reaction was almost as mind-blowing as the song! A truly wonderful moment! 🤯
Most people misuse the word 'epic' but that truly describes this piece. They nailed it. Excited to finish out this album. The other 5 songs are great treasures
I don't often comment but follow your reactions and have been waiting for you to hear this masterpiece. The fact you had to delete the animation was even better as I was concentrated on your face and your delight. I have been "in love" with 2112 for over 45 years and yes, a freaked out response is common - it is breath taking - and it gets better the more its heard.
These guys were so young when they created this, maybe 23 - 24, GENIUS
I look forward as always to more reactions and, of course, your delight in discovering how utterly sensational these 3 guys are and how these young princes became gods. Thanks Tim xxx
I heard 2112 for the first time a few weeks ago. It was life changing for me as well. This is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
Had this album when I was 15 yrs old . I still listen to it to this day. RIP Neal
Great reaction Tim! I've been listening to RUSH since the 70's, and remember buying this album the day it came out (i'm 59). I must have listened to it on 15 different stereo systems and 40 pairs of headphones, and in 15 countries through the decades. I never tire of it! It is MASTER CLASS all the way! The sheer musicality, emotiveness, perfect time changes, and dynamic range and juxtaposition between the subtle and high energy passages in this piece is mind blowing! And to think they conceived of and recorded this while in their 20's... WOW! LONG LIVE RUSH!
In 1978, I was 9 years old. The first Rush song I ever heard was side 1 of Hemispheres, and I was blown away. I couldn't process it. I was listening to Kiss, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick and Ted Nugent at the time. I could only listen to it once in a while, because it was simply too intense for my 9 year old brain. 3 years later, Moving Pictures came out and hooked me for life. Rush is a life altering band.
There is absolutely nothing better than watching somebody discover a Rush Masterpiece for the first time. Makes me re-live the first moment my mind was blown by this work of art. Thank you for that!
Absolutely loved your reactions. Now you know why the world loves Rush.
This album represented,and still does to this day, the biggest up yours we’re gonna do what we want the record industry has ever seen. I’ve been following your journey through these albums and when this one came around it was obvious to me that... Yep he gets it!!!
In this quarantine I started watching reactions, a friend asked me why and I realized it's my way to continue a long tradition I have of showing music to my friends with a drink. I noticed I enjoy seeing other people listening for the first time music that changes minds. Some of the decisions I've made in my life are because of the music I hear.
RUSH the greatest band of all tme !!!!! LEGENDS !!! ICONS !!! NOBODY even comes close.... RUSH RULES !!!!
Look, I’m a huge Rush fan, there my favorite; saw them 11 times; but you have to put Zeppelin and Pink Floyd right up there, too, don’t you?
@@bobespirit2112 It's an opinion. Like my children I love them all equally. My favorite is who I am listening to at the time. Best or Greatest ? Who determines that ?
@@bobespirit2112 I can see where you are coming from as LZ is fantastic and my 2nd favourite group .. But RUSH is on another level !!! Their complexity, precision ,uniqueness musicianship, ability to sound great at live concerts can be matched by NO ONE !!! RUSH, LEGENDS, THE HOLY TRINITY !!!!!
Watching them play this live in 1978 was a life-changing experience! That was on the Farewell to Kings tour - I also got to see Xanadu and Cygnus live - the best of everything! That was the most amazing show I've ever seen.
I'm 53 and I have listened to this many times and I'm always amazed.
At one point I went more than 10 years without listening to 2112 for no particular reason. Then one day I loaded it up on Spotify, put the headphones on, and focused only on the music. I literally shed tears through most of it. It was so good. Not one song released in the past 15 years can evoke that kind of reaction.
Your a Rush friend now🤣 Best reactions on RUclips. Your appreciation of music shines through. This Is so much fun 👍
I love watching first reaction videos for Rush. Now they know what they have been missing for all these years. Love it!
Welcome to Alex Lifeson's MASTERCLASS on how to be a guitarist in a power trio.
I first heard it in 1978.............. Cannot tell you how many times that I have listened to this song. And I love it more and more.
Snowdog is victorious and the land of Overworld is saved again, saved again.
Tim! Just wanted to let you know that as a 50 year old guy who’s been listening to Rush since 1985, and have tried unsuccessfully to get some young friends into Rush, how much I enjoy your reactions and how happy it makes me to see your enthusiasm about Rush. I think when you get to the Hemispheres album you might be even more blown away by the musicianship. Anyway, keep it up! Thanks!
My favourite album of all time and it sounds just as good after the 1,000th listen - thanks for this reaction
Everything you said hit home 40 years ago when I first dropped on the turn table. I was in high school. I’m crankin it loud and my dad walks in. “Yelling what the hell is this. “ I scream RUSH. He yells back they are frickin awesome. A memory for a lifetime provided by a great band.
A bit of a tale - I was 15 back in 1977, and at the time, I was into Queen, and having fallen into the popular phase of the time, KISS. One day I needed a ride home from work from a co-worker, he popped in 2112 on the 8-track and the music completely blew me away. I instantly and completely "got" Geddy Lee's vocal style 100%, and from that single moment in time, I instantly became A RUSH fan, til the day I die. Next day, I went out and bought vinyls 2112, Fly By Night and A Farewell to Kings, and gave my KISS albums to a neighbor. 2112 has always been my favorite RUSH album and song, and RUSH, my deeply favorite band. Over the decades, I was lucky to have attended 14 tours and 30 shows, had a meet and greet with them during the R30 tour (on my 42nd birthday) and even had some correspondence with Neil for a writing gig he participated in. In my meet and greet, I told Geddy, "for me, you guys are like the Beatles." (figuratively of course). To which he replied with a giggle, "Oh dude, don't say that." 2112 goes beyond being a masterpiece of pure progressive rock/metal. It's a song that has so much emotion, so much angst towards the industry set deep within the guise of science fiction, so much excitement and sadness, that, in my opinion, it goes beyond the complexity of even Hemispheres. Not by complexity, so to say, but by deep emotional feelings. 2112 is absolutely AGELESS. It is pure art, in the true sense of the term. And, of course, it flippin' rocks!!! - Your reaction video is priceless! You truly get RUSH, my friend. Keep up the adventure!
I first heard 2112 in a car in 1982 in high school. I remember thinking I have finally found my music. This is my music.
This was how u listened to albums, a la Pink Floyd and Rush. It was an escape.
Possibly the best musical piece ever put together. Takes your breath away. Saw it live
This was the 1st Rush album I bought way back in 1979 when I was 15 years old, and I was hooked immediately. I must have listened to this - well, I think of it as the 1st side of the 2112 vinyl LP - over 2000 times since then, and it never gets old. I love it, and can't imagine ever not loving it.
Been listening to this since 1976. Still so awesome. Never get sick of it. That’s when you realize how great and special this group of talent is!
All the things you said in this video makes me want to cry. I'm so glad, as well as other people I'm sure, that you appreciate this song so much. Thanks for appreciating and understanding this music.
Don't let the pretty visuals distract you, they are meant for people who have heard the song 798312687 times. As a beginner you just need to close your eyes
I’m 54 years old and I’ve been listening to this since I was 17 and it still moves me every time!
I was a teenager when I heard this and yes it changed my life. That being said I had their first albums I’ve always been a huge fan ❤️
Yes, my friend, it IS.
Even listening to this, 40 years later after listening to it hundreds of times ... yes, it IS.
Changed my life too! A friend loaned this record to me in high school in 1976, and I was mesmerized. Heavy rock with a sci-fi theme! Lyrics that actually had meaning! I have been a devoted Rush fan since, and this is still one of my favorites from their catalog.
THANK YOU for being one of the VERY FEW people who actually watch the WHOLE video without stopping it every 10 seconds to comment.. Drives me BATTY! Well done sir! and a new subscriber for it!
I am 31, so did not get to grow up in the era this music was made. My dad was always more of the Van Halen persuasion, but he did show me this album when I was in like 5th grade. He didn't try to hype it up, but it blew my child mind. I bought a CD walkman and learned to burn CDs JUST so I could listen to this. I dont think I listened to much of anything else for like the entirety of 6th grade, changed my god damn life. So glad you liked this
YES and YES on all fronts!!! I got so into that story. drawing. writing, it changed me, But, I started on Permanent Waves, and onto Moving Pictures, then back tracked!! It just keeps getting better!!! Lucky guy you are!!!! I guess you liked it? Laughing in disbelief the whole time! Love it
when you understand the lyrics & story.its like a movie that plays in your head.a little rock opera.an album you will come back to 40 years from now, & enjoy it every bit as much.
Tim, you are not alone in having an out of body experience. When this came out Rush help define a new musical genre, Prog-metal. There were others before them and since but no one put all of that sound, complete with a story, into 20 minutes like that. This is just 3 guys playing all that music and this was in 1976, when the label asked for more singles, and Rush, sticking to their guns, came out with this epic. This song made other guitarists stand up and take notice of Ales's playing. Just a complete riff-fest from start to finish. You are now a fully-fledged Rush fan as this was your baptism!
“And the meek shall inherit the earth” Their Masterpiece Rush Army Forever 🎸
Love your reactions. The song is simply one of the greatest rock songs ever created, Period!
This album changed everything for me as a rock fan, I love it as much now as I did the first time I heard it.😎🎧🔥
I could NOT agree with you more!! The first time I saw Rush live in 1987 it was 100% a life changing experience!!! I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE FEELING!!! Not a day has gone by since then that I haven't listened to at least one Rush song!!!
Keep up the great work and keep listening to Rush!!! 🤘🤘🤘
Yes. This is what they do. They change your life....for the better. Keep listening...keep changing.
I had the same life changing experience in 1976 and through all these years I never get tired of this music. If I ever get dementia just set me in the corner with headphones on and play this album and I bet I sit there in peace with a smile on my face.
I will never forget where I was, what I was doing and who I was with when I 1st heard this.
It was 47 years ago and it changed everything for me. Music was never the same for me
Glad to see this music making it from one generation to the next. 40 years later and Still some of the most innovative music ever.
I love when fellow guitarists listen to this for the first time. Well done!
I wish I could hear this again for the first time. So good.
I feel like I did the first time I listened to this in 1980, and every time since. It makes me want to laugh, cry, scream, run up and down and go and storm some barricades, and everything in between. It's the music that runs through the threads of my life, and I'll still be listening to it when I'm a very old lady. I'm glad that you love it too.
Mind blowing music! Your reaction was great Tim! I feel like I’m hearing it again for the first time vicariously through you. Just wait, the next two album of epics only gets better. Hemispheres will rock your world even more! 😃
Absolute Masters of the craft. I sit in amazed silence filled sadness knowing that we will never hear Neil's genius again.
Imagine watching this live 30ft from the stage As a 16yr old kid 40yrs ago .
Its a life changing, life affirming, life understanding experience. Every single time.