I’m pretty proud of this one! Making this video made me appreciate this song so much more than before. I have to mention, I didn’t find out until a couple of days ago when the creation was well underway, that someone has recently released a compilation of this. I normally try not to post songs that people have done recently but as you guys know from my poll on the community page, I’ve been planning this one for almost 2 months. I started working on it casually in April of this year. So I mean no disrespect to anyone by going ahead and releasing this one now. Big thanks, as always, to you guys… the viewers. You guys are fantastic! 💜 A few new things I heard that I never noticed before: 1. Bells or steel drums during the reggae sections 2. Ting ting ting of the triangle throughout (also the bell of a cymbal at parts) 3. Slight whispering behind a couple lines of the chorus I HIGHLY RECOMMEND: ONUKA (Ukrainian artist who I recently discovered and she is AMAZING!) “Time”: ruclips.net/video/_4Cswp7smQ0/видео.html “ZENIT”: ruclips.net/video/27J4HUj6Ko0/видео.html
Excellent job on this - can you imagine how difficult it would have been for Rush to get air play in the 1980s especially with a song that lightly criticizes radio. Their success, as they have often mentioned, is due to their very loyal fans.
Just for context, I grew up a few blocks away from Geddy Lee back in the day. This song was a direct reference to a local independent radio station that broadcast from Brampton Ontario in the '70's. CFNY 102.1 their slogan was "CFNY - The Spirit of Radio" they had no playlists. They played obscure underground music of all types. No corporate rock. The different music breaks were referencing this, as they had a Reggie DJ as well who had his own segment. Rush loved them. Peace.
They were still doing interesting things in the late 80’s early 90’s, playing rock bands that were under the radar from the UK and North America, embraced the club scene and underground rave scene in Toronto at the time. Deadly Hedley was a great DJ at the time and if he liked a song he’d give it another spin and say “ So Nice We Have to Hear it Twice” with a slight Jamaican accent and it was always a big tune if not at the time than a month later. Good times.
We had two independent radio stations where I live back in the day and they were both college radio. Two really different formats. One had regular dj’s playing a more freeform format and the other station were college students filling in for an hour or two sometimes three. We had a black and white uhf television station that played music videos at least two years before anybody ever heard of mtv. All these independent stations really broadened my sense of music appreciation and awareness. I’m really lucky to grow up back then
@yyz4761 was that Muchmusic? Or a forerunner....I could DX sometimes, clock in MuchMusic videos from CANADA all the way out in Cleveland. In the US, we had community or listener supported radio as well as college stations. The community radio were run by a board of volunteer governors, and they usually had large libraries of real vinyl, especially reggae, but also classical, to punk to old blues, and barbershop quartet. I dont know how many are still in operation now. These would be dream places to sample from like they do in today's dance music, but that technology didn't really exist back then. Commercial radio probably doesn't have vinyl libraries at all nowadays. WMMS Cleveland broke RUSH in the states after they played "Working Man" which became a gianormous hit locally.
Momma. This was a masterpiece! I'm in my late 40s and seeing the joy of these younger people experiencing Rush just made ME start crying. It's like the joy of it over powered me. Simply amazing. You deserve all the subs and likes in the world. Thank you. Highlight of my day.
I have literally been rocking out to Rush since my mom went to see them in 1990 when she was 7 months pregnant with me. I love watching people experience Rush for the first time. I was lucky enough to see them twice before they retired.
Just done the exact same thing so I obviously feel the same way!!!!! Being a drummer and growing up listening to Rush, then watching these kids getting excited over the same song/band 40 years on…. WOW!!! What a great video…. Love it x
To Andy and Alex I was 18 when this song came out. I'm 61 now and it still blows my mind it has staying g power that will never end. It does my heart good to see people finally get it about rush. There musicianship is unmatched.
I was thirteen at the time. FM radio was simply magic back then. This was the first song that I ever heard from Rush and I’ve been a fan ever since. Imagine hearing The Spirit Of Radio on the radio for the first time
Pretty simple : you get in your car in the morning and turn on the radio, looking for your jam, you turn the different channels searching for a song to make you happy.
RUSH is THE PERFECT EXAMPLE of the fluidity of MASTERING TIME SIGNATURES! I play drums and there are a few things that you need to know about Neil Peart’s ( pronounced PEER-T) character: First he writes the lyrics so he knows in advance what TYPE of song it’s meant to be ie ballad, driver, etc. Second he COMPOSES on the drums… like a carpenter who looks at a set of blueprints before building the object. Neil lays out a SKETCH in his mind of the VOICES of the drumset and builds the song from there. He is also a great LISTENER knowing when NOT to step over Geddy’s singing or Alex’s solos! Finally, he had perfect timing and fluidity of time changes. He said himself that it’s not about COUNTING the time signatures as much as fluid motion to change the tempo without counting: in other words it should FLOW! He hates repeating the same drum patterns in the same song meaning if he plays a fill one way the first time around he will play it differently the second time around. IE. Rolls down the toms the first time around and triplets or quads (all four limbs) the second time around. In short there will NEVER be another like him on planet earth 🌍 🌏 🌎! REST IN PEACE PROFESSOR! With heart felt admiration and sincerity! Gary
RUSH is THE PERFECT EXAMPLE of the fluidity of MASTERING TIME SIGNATURES! I play drums and there are a few things that you need to know about Neil Peart’s ( pronounced PEER-T) character: First he writes the lyrics so he knows in advance what TYPE of song it’s meant to be ie ballad, driver, etc. Second he COMPOSES on the drums… like a carpenter who looks at a set of blueprints before building the object. Neil lays out a SKETCH in his mind of the VOICES of the drumset and builds the song from there. He is also a great LISTENER knowing when NOT to step over Geddy’s singing or Alex’s solos! Finally, he had perfect timing and fluidity of time changes. He said himself that it’s not about COUNTING the time signatures as much as fluid motion to change the tempo without counting: in other words it should FLOW! He hates repeating the same drum patterns in the same song meaning if he plays a fill one way the first time around he will play it differently the second time around. IE. Rolls down the toms the first time around and triplets or quads (all four limbs) the second time around. In short there will NEVER be another like him on planet earth 🌍 🌏 🌎! REST IN PEACE PROFESSOR! With heart felt admiration and sincerity! Gary
Thank you for that informative description of Neil's style. I'm not sure if you've seen it yet but I did do a compilation for his Frankfurt solo... as a drummer you might enjoy that video as well. Apologies if you've already seen it! ruclips.net/video/_phjcbdWqKE/видео.html Thanks again
Alex Lifeson, one of the best gutarists ever, Getty Lee one of, if not the best bass player ever, and Neil Piert, the greatest drummer ever. Together the most under rated band ever. Thank you Canada for these guys
Spirit of the Radio is one of my top 5 songs of all time and I revisit my obsession with it every few years. I've been amazed at how many reaction videos have been made for this song over the last year or two, when the song is over 40 years old. You put together a spectacular collection of reactions. A song that effortlessly makes me smile is (finally?) getting the recognition it deserves. Thank you for this.
The one thing they all have in common is the smiles on their faces as they listen to this great track, their look of joy as the listen to a truly great band😊
NEIL PEART’S 10 RULES FOR SUCCESS: 1: EARN YOUR AUDIENCE 2: BE RESTLESS 3: GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE 4: LEARN FROM OTHERS 5: CREATE WHAT YOU LIKE 6: INFECT PEOPLE WITH YOUR FIRE 7: DON’T READ REVIEWS 8: CREATE FOR YOUR IDEAL AUDIENCE 9: FIND YOUR INSPIRATION 10: NEVER STOP EXPERIMENTING
The final cut came out great! All that work paid off! I like the analyses you chose to include after completion of song, especially the appreciation of the band. 😊
Alex Lifeson: RUSH guitarist and Guru Extraordinaire! The HEART ❤️ AND SOUL OF RUSH! THE FUNNIEST MAN ON THE PLANET AND GREATEST SPEECH GIVER OF ALL TIME!!! ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: BLAH…BLAH…BLAH! HATS 🎩 OFF TO ALEX LIFESON 😎😎😎👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎸🎸🎸
All of you gave an amazing and funny reactions. It gives me pleasure to see you guys love the music I grew up with. I saw Rush live at Madison Square Garden back in 82/83 and they are just as amazing live. I am 61 now and I share this music now with my grandkids and I will ask you all to do me the same favor. Keep this great music alive I am counting on you to carry the torch😎✌🏻
Your videos are flawless. Other compilations don't even come close. The time and effort you put into these is obvious. I loved "The making of" section.
We lost Neil Peart on January 7th 2020 to brain cancer! Geddy Lee called him: THE PROFESSOR because he had a verbal and musical vocabulary that I would put against anyone including Beethoven and Albert Einstein all this from a guy who didn’t graduate high school! Not only was he the drummer-percussionist of RUSH but he also wrote the Lyrics! RIP PROFESSOR
Simply Incredible Mash Up..What’s intrigued me about reaction videos. Is to realize they’ve never heard these songs before. And thanks to you, I’ve gotten turned on to so many other reactors channels. So your not only blowing me away. But opening new doors for me to discover so many younger people getting turned on. To the music of my Life. Thank You So Much, I Appreciate you and all your hard work. ❤️🙏💜
I've often wondered what it is that makes reaction videos so entertaining. To answer, at least for myself, it is twofold: (a) first, it is about watching people experience the joy I had when I first discovered Rush and their greatness; and (b) second, it is about sharing what I've since learned since and helping them along in their future discoveries. What a tremendous tribute to the most beloved and, at once, underrated, band in history and one of their many great compositions! Thank you for this masterwork - about a masterwork!
Absolute Fire Ms. Wonder! Another masterpiece! It’s crazy to think that during the mid 80’s I actually got a little tired of listening to Rush, they were everywhere, selling out stadiums for decades,however, seeing all these reactors react to songs for the first time makes me love all these songs even more than I did before! I know it’s a lot of work to put these together, but I (we) are grateful, and I (we) hope you never stop! Thank you Ms. Wonder!
I love how Ged's signal to the audience to clap is, well, how it is, ha...especially the way everyone is perplexed by it. Thanks for the hard work and featuring Rush! Pro quality vid!
People take Lifeson for granted. As if the songs just popped out of the womb with that rockin guitar just already pre-installed. No, Alex created that sound, and he brings it. Rush wouldn't be Rush without him. Give the man his due credit.
Totally agree. Geddy gets his love for awesome bass & keys and unique voice, and of course Neil is the greatest drummer ever, but Lifeson holds his own as a virtuouso talent. Theyve been one of my favorite bands ever since I first heard Working Man.
One of my favorites from RUSH. it's great to see such a diversity of people rockin out to this song. It goes to show the power of music . Great job on the video by the. OOOORIGHT ✌☮ 👍👍
One of the best video compilations EVER! I've loved that song since it came out 43 years ago. To see so may different people loving it for the first time made my heart full. RUSH can bring the world together! Well done, WonderMommaOG!!! We are all human. World peace through RUSH!
This came out near the end of 5th grade. I was going through puberty and it was harsh year on me because I was the 1st boy in my grade to deal with it... at least I think I was. Also pretty sure that this song saved me. I recall distinctly playing it in my head in one of the classrooms near the end of the year and just feeling an unmistakable and remarkable feeling of uphoria and calmness... maybe because the lyrics talked of the struggle and the joy of something so wonderful as radio - and I loved the radio so much - and I understood that something so great is sometimes not easy to deal with... and so is life... so everytime I hear this song I get the same feeling of uphoria... 😄and then just a little bit of melancholy..🥺 So effing good. To this very day.
Another win, Momma! Back to back, Spirit of Radio is my all time Rush favorite song! Thanks for bring us awesome reactions and keep up your good work! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
Three dudes. I recall Rush on the old Rockline radio show in the mid-90s. After being congratulated by fans on their new album (Counterparts, maybe?), Geddy Lee said, "Thank you very much. Now we need to learn how to play it live."
These younger folks miss the radio point. It’s not that it was a new technology, it was a shared experience. I think the reason these reaction videos are so popular is it creates the illusion of the shared experience which is how most of us encountered music. We weren’t all running around with headphones listening to what suited our personal tastes every second of the day.
Love this! As a Rush fan who jumped on when moving pictures was new.... you nailed it and had some of my fav reactors. I also appreciate the sound quality and the fact that you didn't interrupt the master shot. Love also how you took the animation suggestion. Great work
so glad you all enjoyed rush truely masterful musicians the three of them you all need to check out YYZ an instrumental but mind blowing or go back to there 2112 album for the prog stuff temple of sirix etc. grew up with these guys they played the high schools in toronto area seen them often great guys all round
RUSH: MASTERS OF TIME SIGNATURES: They don't sit down and say "Let's write in (x) time signature." They just write what they feel. Jacob's Ladder alternates between 5/4, 6/4 and 7/4, then 6/8 and 7/8. Limelight is 7/4 not 7/8. The middle of La Villa (A Lerxst in Wonderland) is in 7/8. Kid Gloves is in 5/4 for the intro and verses and 4/4 for choruses. The Trees starts in 3/4, moves into 4/4 and the solo section is 5/4.
I was lucky enough to see Rush open their tour supporting the Permanent Waves album featuring Spirit of the Radio in January of 1980. I can still remember looking at the immense drum kit lit up in the dim arena just before the band opened with 2112.🤯
From a Gary to Geddy your one of the most talented musician of all time! No one touches your talent on bass, keyboards, and singing! You are the definition of Unique and RUSH is not RUSH without your playing and vocals! To quote the movie: I LOVE YOU MAN! Alex and Neil as well!!
Your editing skills are chef’s kiss🤌🏽 I feel the feelings the people are feeling while watching. It’s special. Thank you for your hard work and gift. ❤
lol Yes, this one took a little bit... I wanted to take my time with it but had some roadblocks along the way including parts of the multiple section edits disappearing and having to redo them. Thank you!
Geddy Lee - Bass guitars, Oberheim polyphonic; OB-X; Mini-Moog; and Taurus pedal Synthesizers, vocals Alex Lifeson - Six and twelve string electric and acoustic guitars, Taurus Pedals Neil Peart - Drums kit, timbales, gong bass drums, orchestra bells, glockenspiel, wind chimes, bell tree, tubular bells, crotales, cowbells, plywood, wood blocks, triangles, tympani, and Gong!
This is my essay to people who may not know RUSH or who Neil was professionally and his contributions to the art of drumming and lyrical writing! Enjoy! RUSH is THE PERFECT EXAMPLE of the fluidity of MASTERING TIME SIGNATURES! I play drums and there are a few things that you need to know about Neil Peart’s ( pronounced PEER-T) character: First he writes the lyrics so he knows in advance what TYPE of song it’s meant to be ie ballad, driver, etc. Second he COMPOSES on the drums… like a carpenter who looks at a set of blueprints before building the object. Neil lays out a SKETCH in his mind of the VOICES of the drumset and builds the song from there. He is also a great LISTENER knowing when NOT to step over Geddy’s singing or Alex’s solos! Finally, he had perfect timing and fluidity of time changes. He said himself that it’s not about COUNTING the time signatures as much as fluid motion to change the tempo without counting: in other words it should FLOW! He hates repeating the same drum patterns in the same song meaning if he plays a fill one way the first time around he will play it differently the second time around. IE. Rolls down the toms the first time around and triplets or quads (all four limbs) the second time around. In short there will NEVER be another like him on planet earth 🌍 🌏 🌎! REST IN PEACE PROFESSOR! With heart felt admiration and sincerity! Gary
This is one of the great Rush masterpieces!!! One of the songs from them you constantly hear on the radio even today. Then...they did Moving Pictures, which started with Tom Sawyer!!!!
I watched this twice yesterday and I can’t get over how brilliant your editing skills are. Thank you for doing these. I know they’re time consuming and your finished products are always appreciated. I look forward to your next project.
I adore when ppl hear my favorite band & of course the GREATEST band of all time RUSH. I flipped over the Holy Trinity of rock from day one in June of 74 at 14 years old & playing Bass three years at the time. I'm 62 going on 63 & I've never put it down. To this day I'm still rocking out on stage in local bands & I must admit, Rush was the ONLY BAND EVERY ALBUM made me run home when I got they're new album at the time & grab my bass & want to learn not only every song they recorded but learn theroy time signitures rudements, the whole bass & music shabangabang. The greatest music teachers I ever had & they never knew what they did to that 14 year old kid back then ha ha.
WMOG! You should be proud! GRAND SLAM OUT OF THE PARK!!! I love the way you did the intro clips before the song! Outstanding! I know you put hours and hours into this! Great job once again! Can't wait to see what you put out next! 😉🤫
I grew up in Toronto, in the 80's and you have no idea how much it warms my heart to see so many people enjoying "MY" band..!!! Yes, that's right, I've claimed RUSH as my own!! They are mine!! Haha!! Thank you from the Subdivisions Of Toronto
I am REALLY digging your reaction videos! Having a dedicated section just for afterthoughts is what makes these videos awesome. Next, in the spirit of RUSH, we GOTTA get a YYZ reaction compilation!
Between the many hours of production livestreaming, overcoming at least one serious roadblock en route, and the finished compilation itself - which is absolute 🔥🔥🔥 - this one feels particularly epic and amazing. (The Aladdin sequence on cue was genius, BTW.) Rush has always been one of my favorite bands, and Spirit of Radio one of my favorite songs of theirs, which just made this all the more satisfying. I really appreciate the artistry you bring to these compilations. 👍👍 Incidentally, what app do you use to format the text (i.e., use different fonts & other effects) in your video descriptions?
Thank you PL... I appreciate the kind words. This is the first description I did that. My descriptions are always busting the seems of the character limits so this time I researched how to make bold font in a YT description. It was easier than I thought. I used a website called "yaytext" to copy and past the text in the format I wanted to use. yaytext.com/ Thanks again. 💜
@@WonderMommaOG Thanks for the ref and link, WM. Your descriptions always look clean and uncluttered to me, even if full, but the new formatting only improves the clarity, IMO. I will try using yaytext on one or two of my more wordy descriptions and see how it looks lol.
I’m pretty proud of this one! Making this video made me appreciate this song so much more than before.
I have to mention, I didn’t find out until a couple of days ago when the creation was well underway, that someone has recently released a compilation of this. I normally try not to post songs that people have done recently but as you guys know from my poll on the community page, I’ve been planning this one for almost 2 months. I started working on it casually in April of this year. So I mean no disrespect to anyone by going ahead and releasing this one now.
Big thanks, as always, to you guys… the viewers. You guys are fantastic! 💜
A few new things I heard that I never noticed before:
1. Bells or steel drums during the reggae sections
2. Ting ting ting of the triangle throughout (also the bell of a cymbal at parts)
3. Slight whispering behind a couple lines of the chorus
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND:
ONUKA (Ukrainian artist who I recently discovered and she is AMAZING!)
“Time”: ruclips.net/video/_4Cswp7smQ0/видео.html
“ZENIT”: ruclips.net/video/27J4HUj6Ko0/видео.html
Excellent job on this - can you imagine how difficult it would have been for Rush to get air play in the 1980s especially with a song that lightly criticizes radio. Their success, as they have often mentioned, is due to their very loyal fans.
ruclips.net/video/1mJytckTJ7A/видео.html
@@bogusawmaachowski6069 Wow! I love it, thank you for sharing!
How can we send reaction suggestion/ideas??
@@BRO77TX Hi Brian... feel free to send those to me in email... wondermommaplaysgames@gmail.com
There is an undeniably valid reason why Rush is so respected worldwide by musicians of all levels
Rush knows how to deliver the goods.
Well said
And they're good people
Just for context, I grew up a few blocks away from Geddy Lee back in the day. This song was a direct reference to a local independent radio station that broadcast from Brampton Ontario in the '70's. CFNY 102.1 their slogan was "CFNY - The Spirit of Radio" they had no playlists. They played obscure underground music of all types. No corporate rock. The different music breaks were referencing this, as they had a Reggie DJ as well who had his own segment. Rush loved them. Peace.
Cool!
They were still doing interesting things in the late 80’s early 90’s, playing rock bands that were under the radar from the UK and North America, embraced the club scene and underground rave scene in Toronto at the time. Deadly Hedley was a great DJ at the time and if he liked a song he’d give it another spin and say “ So Nice We Have to Hear it Twice” with a slight Jamaican accent and it was always a big tune if not at the time than a month later. Good times.
We had two independent radio stations where I live back in the day and they were both college radio. Two really different formats. One had regular dj’s playing a more freeform format and the other station were college students filling in for an hour or two sometimes three. We had a black and white uhf television station that played music videos at least two years before anybody ever heard of mtv. All these independent stations really broadened my sense of music appreciation and awareness. I’m really lucky to grow up back then
@yyz4761 was that Muchmusic? Or a forerunner....I could DX sometimes, clock in MuchMusic videos from CANADA all the way out in Cleveland. In the US, we had community or listener supported radio as well as college stations. The community radio were run by a board of volunteer governors, and they usually had large libraries of real vinyl, especially reggae, but also classical, to punk to old blues, and barbershop quartet. I dont know how many are still in operation now. These would be dream places to sample from like they do in today's dance music, but that technology didn't really exist back then. Commercial radio probably doesn't have vinyl libraries at all nowadays. WMMS Cleveland broke RUSH in the states after they played "Working Man" which became a gianormous hit locally.
Awesome memories!
Holy shit that Aladdin edit was fire. That’s like Dark Side and Wizard of Oz shit right there. So perfect
I was worried what you guys would think about that part! Perhaps a future endeavor... Classic badass songs to famous Disney scenes. 😂
@@WonderMommaOG It was very cool!
@@WonderMommaOG it was really good,,,,💥💥💥👍
I came to say the same thing! Thanks so much for the work put into that! Much appreciated! Pro level work 👍👏💚
Wasn't it just! Fantastic!
Only 3 individuals made this music. True Virtuosos. RIP Neil. Read Geddy Lee's new book.
Momma. This was a masterpiece! I'm in my late 40s and seeing the joy of these younger people experiencing Rush just made ME start crying. It's like the joy of it over powered me. Simply amazing. You deserve all the subs and likes in the world. Thank you. Highlight of my day.
😊 thank you Jason!
I have literally been rocking out to Rush since my mom went to see them in 1990 when she was 7 months pregnant with me. I love watching people experience Rush for the first time. I was lucky enough to see them twice before they retired.
I'm in my mid-'60s and I feel the same way! 🤗
Just done the exact same thing so I obviously feel the same way!!!!! Being a drummer and growing up listening to Rush, then watching these kids getting excited over the same song/band 40 years on…. WOW!!! What a great video…. Love it x
Please go ahead and listen to more Rush, especially they're 70's records,so glad young people are learning about them
Brings tears to my eyes watching the younger generation appreciate the same music I liked.
You love!
To Andy and Alex I was 18 when this song came out.
I'm 61 now and it still blows my mind it has staying g power that will never end.
It does my heart good to see people finally get it about rush. There musicianship is unmatched.
It’s a timeless classic, full stop.
I was 12 years old 😂
@@Rosaesombrero I was 13 and had seen them twice lol
I was thirteen at the time. FM radio was simply magic back then. This was the first song that I ever heard from Rush and I’ve been a fan ever since. Imagine hearing The Spirit Of Radio on the radio for the first time
Pretty simple : you get in your car in the morning and turn on the radio, looking for your jam, you turn the different channels searching for a song to make you happy.
RUSH is THE PERFECT EXAMPLE of the fluidity of MASTERING TIME SIGNATURES! I play drums and there are a few things that you need to know about Neil Peart’s ( pronounced PEER-T) character: First he writes the lyrics so he knows in advance what TYPE of song it’s meant to be ie ballad, driver, etc. Second he COMPOSES on the drums… like a carpenter who looks at a set of blueprints before building the object. Neil lays out a SKETCH in his mind of the VOICES of the drumset and builds the song from there. He is also a great LISTENER knowing when NOT to step over Geddy’s singing or Alex’s solos! Finally, he had perfect timing and fluidity of time changes. He said himself that it’s not about COUNTING the time signatures as much as fluid motion to change the tempo without counting: in other words it should FLOW! He hates repeating the same drum patterns in the same song meaning if he plays a fill one way the first time around he will play it differently the second time around. IE. Rolls down the toms the first time around and triplets or quads (all four limbs) the second time around. In short there will NEVER be another like him on planet earth 🌍 🌏 🌎! REST IN PEACE PROFESSOR!
With heart felt admiration and sincerity!
Gary
RUSH is THE PERFECT EXAMPLE of the fluidity of MASTERING TIME SIGNATURES! I play drums and there are a few things that you need to know about Neil Peart’s ( pronounced PEER-T) character: First he writes the lyrics so he knows in advance what TYPE of song it’s meant to be ie ballad, driver, etc. Second he COMPOSES on the drums… like a carpenter who looks at a set of blueprints before building the object. Neil lays out a SKETCH in his mind of the VOICES of the drumset and builds the song from there. He is also a great LISTENER knowing when NOT to step over Geddy’s singing or Alex’s solos! Finally, he had perfect timing and fluidity of time changes. He said himself that it’s not about COUNTING the time signatures as much as fluid motion to change the tempo without counting: in other words it should FLOW! He hates repeating the same drum patterns in the same song meaning if he plays a fill one way the first time around he will play it differently the second time around. IE. Rolls down the toms the first time around and triplets or quads (all four limbs) the second time around. In short there will NEVER be another like him on planet earth 🌍 🌏 🌎! REST IN PEACE PROFESSOR!
With heart felt admiration and sincerity!
Gary
Thank you for that informative description of Neil's style. I'm not sure if you've seen it yet but I did do a compilation for his Frankfurt solo... as a drummer you might enjoy that video as well. Apologies if you've already seen it! ruclips.net/video/_phjcbdWqKE/видео.html Thanks again
That Aladdin magic carpet ride edit is brilliant!
Thanks yet again, Momma!
Yesss! Hilarious.
So good, utterly perfect. Way to go OG Mama, that’s how you do it. A+++
Alex Lifeson, one of the best gutarists ever, Getty Lee one of, if not the best bass player ever, and Neil Piert, the greatest drummer ever. Together the most under rated band ever. Thank you Canada for these guys
Spirit of the Radio is one of my top 5 songs of all time and I revisit my obsession with it every few years. I've been amazed at how many reaction videos have been made for this song over the last year or two, when the song is over 40 years old. You put together a spectacular collection of reactions. A song that effortlessly makes me smile is (finally?) getting the recognition it deserves. Thank you for this.
Three LUDICROUSLY TALENTED musicians, decades of brilliant music. Thank you gentlemen. RIP Professor, the best ever.
Hell of a lot of sound from 3 musicians. All 3 virtuosos. Excellent vocals, instrumentation, and orchestration! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹
The one thing they all have in common is the smiles on their faces as they listen to this great track, their look of joy as the listen to a truly great band😊
NEIL PEART’S 10 RULES FOR SUCCESS:
1: EARN YOUR AUDIENCE
2: BE RESTLESS
3: GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE
4: LEARN FROM OTHERS 5: CREATE WHAT YOU LIKE
6: INFECT PEOPLE WITH YOUR FIRE
7: DON’T READ REVIEWS 8: CREATE FOR YOUR IDEAL AUDIENCE
9: FIND YOUR INSPIRATION
10: NEVER STOP EXPERIMENTING
dont be the cause of your audience getting tear gassed
When I listen to RUSH ....So do my neighbors 👍💯...... greatest live band ever
The final cut came out great! All that work paid off! I like the analyses you chose to include after completion of song, especially the appreciation of the band. 😊
Hey, Elizabeth. Awesome job huh? Glad we were there when it was being made.:))
Alex Lifeson: RUSH guitarist and Guru Extraordinaire! The HEART ❤️ AND SOUL OF RUSH! THE FUNNIEST MAN ON THE PLANET AND GREATEST SPEECH GIVER OF ALL TIME!!! ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: BLAH…BLAH…BLAH! HATS 🎩 OFF TO ALEX LIFESON 😎😎😎👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎸🎸🎸
All of you gave an amazing and funny reactions. It gives me pleasure to see you guys love the music I grew up with. I saw Rush live at Madison Square Garden back in 82/83 and they are just as amazing live. I am 61 now and I share this music now with my grandkids and I will ask you all to do me the same favor. Keep this great music alive I am counting on you to carry the torch😎✌🏻
Greatest band of all time. Untouchable.
Yes……… as a Rush fan thank you. Now to go watch the making of. Thank you again
The "Magic Carpet Ride."
That just works.
Phenomenal.
Your videos are flawless. Other compilations don't even come close. The time and effort you put into these is obvious. I loved "The making of" section.
The “making of” portion is the bomb. I’ve never heard any of these versions before and they are all very good
You should do a video on the song The Devil Went Down To Georgia by The Charlie Daniels Band...,Great Fiddle Playing,Great Song
That one is on my list!
I just added Charlie Daniels on my playlist tonight!? I love that song! 🎶❤️
Andy And Alex: Explain why this song isn't a 10!
Me: Because it's an 11!
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Everybody loves this song. Your editing skills make that VERY CLEAR. 💥💥💥👍 You make the music BETTER,,,,,in YOUR way. 👍👍👍🤪
😊 Thank you!
Great job WMOG, the reactions were great, some new Rush fans. I'm proud of the job you did, it works for sure. Talk to you later on 🙂😃🤪
We lost Neil Peart on January 7th 2020 to brain cancer! Geddy Lee called him: THE PROFESSOR because he had a verbal and musical vocabulary that I would put against anyone including Beethoven and Albert Einstein all this from a guy who didn’t graduate high school! Not only was he the drummer-percussionist of RUSH but he also wrote the Lyrics! RIP PROFESSOR
Thanks for all the work you put into your videos. They are fantastic.
Simply Incredible Mash Up..What’s intrigued me about reaction videos. Is to realize they’ve never heard these songs before. And thanks to you, I’ve gotten turned on to so many other reactors channels. So your not only blowing me away. But opening new doors for me to discover so many younger people getting turned on. To the music of my Life. Thank You So Much, I Appreciate you and all your hard work. ❤️🙏💜
I've often wondered what it is that makes reaction videos so entertaining. To answer, at least for myself, it is twofold: (a) first, it is about watching people experience the joy I had when I first discovered Rush and their greatness; and (b) second, it is about sharing what I've since learned since and helping them along in their future discoveries. What a tremendous tribute to the most beloved and, at once, underrated, band in history and one of their many great compositions! Thank you for this masterwork - about a masterwork!
Absolute Fire Ms. Wonder!
Another masterpiece!
It’s crazy to think that during the mid 80’s I actually got a little tired of listening to Rush, they were everywhere, selling out stadiums for decades,however, seeing all these reactors react to songs for the first time makes me love all these songs even more than I did before!
I know it’s a lot of work to put these together, but I (we) are grateful, and I (we) hope you never stop!
Thank you Ms. Wonder!
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I love how Ged's signal to the audience to clap is, well, how it is, ha...especially the way everyone is perplexed by it. Thanks for the hard work and featuring Rush! Pro quality vid!
He was preserving his hands for playing. You can’t clap your hands every night on tour! 😆
How crazy. I've followed Rush since around 1978 and had no idea why Geddy was doing the hand thing!!!
People take Lifeson for granted. As if the songs just popped out of the womb with that rockin guitar just already pre-installed. No, Alex created that sound, and he brings it. Rush wouldn't be Rush without him. Give the man his due credit.
Totally agree. Geddy gets his love for awesome bass & keys and unique voice, and of course Neil is the greatest drummer ever, but Lifeson holds his own as a virtuouso talent. Theyve been one of my favorite bands ever since I first heard Working Man.
Thank you so much! Excellent song selection
I've never actually listened to this song before? But now I'm loving it so much 💖. Playlist!!!!🎧💯❤️
One of my favorites from RUSH. it's great to see such a diversity of people rockin out to this song. It goes to show the power of music . Great job on the video by the. OOOORIGHT ✌☮ 👍👍
One of the best video compilations EVER! I've loved that song since it came out 43 years ago. To see so may different people loving it for the first time made my heart full. RUSH can bring the world together! Well done, WonderMommaOG!!! We are all human. World peace through RUSH!
Thank you so much!
See human, be human. What a great intro to such a profound song
RIP Professor. And thanks to the band for all the years of great music.
Absolutely fantastic. The song, the reactions, the editing...exhilarating! And this guy's reaction is my favorite 5:42
Glittering prizes and endless compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity! Wow! Neil PEART rights all songs The Professor 👍
Canada 🇨🇦 Proud. Fantastic editing, great job. Just scratching the surface of Rush with this song.
This came out near the end of 5th grade. I was going through puberty and it was harsh year on me because I was the 1st boy in my grade to deal with it... at least I think I was. Also pretty sure that this song saved me. I recall distinctly playing it in my head in one of the classrooms near the end of the year and just feeling an unmistakable and remarkable feeling of uphoria and calmness... maybe because the lyrics talked of the struggle and the joy of something so wonderful as radio - and I loved the radio so much - and I understood that something so great is sometimes not easy to deal with... and so is life... so everytime I hear this song I get the same feeling of uphoria... 😄and then just a little bit of melancholy..🥺
So effing good. To this very day.
Thanks to you our technical maestro!! I’m 58 and seeing the next generation jam is so awesome!
Neil Peart lyrics telling us in 1980 what radio was about to become... a vast wasteland of commercial garbage.
Indeed! Prophetic!
Another win, Momma! Back to back, Spirit of Radio is my all time Rush favorite song! Thanks for bring us awesome reactions and keep up your good work! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
What a lot of people don't realize that it is only 3 GUYS making this music. TOTALLY AMAZING
You are really stepping up the quality with every video, but this one was a huge leap. Nice to see you getting creative with it! 👊
Three dudes.
I recall Rush on the old Rockline radio show in the mid-90s. After being congratulated by fans on their new album (Counterparts, maybe?), Geddy Lee said, "Thank you very much. Now we need to learn how to play it live."
These younger folks miss the radio point. It’s not that it was a new technology, it was a shared experience. I think the reason these reaction videos are so popular is it creates the illusion of the shared experience which is how most of us encountered music. We weren’t all running around with headphones listening to what suited our personal tastes every second of the day.
Love this! As a Rush fan who jumped on when moving pictures was new.... you nailed it and had some of my fav reactors. I also appreciate the sound quality and the fact that you didn't interrupt the master shot. Love also how you took the animation suggestion. Great work
so glad you all enjoyed rush truely masterful musicians the three of them you all need to check out YYZ an instrumental but mind blowing or go back to there 2112 album for the prog stuff temple of sirix etc. grew up with these guys they played the high schools in toronto area seen them often great guys all round
YYZ Live in Rio is insane
Best concert I ever saw. What’s crazy is all this came from 3 musicians
RUSH: MASTERS OF TIME SIGNATURES:
They don't sit down and say "Let's write in (x) time signature." They just write what they feel.
Jacob's Ladder alternates between 5/4, 6/4 and 7/4, then 6/8 and 7/8.
Limelight is 7/4 not 7/8.
The middle of La Villa (A Lerxst in Wonderland) is in 7/8.
Kid Gloves is in 5/4 for the intro and verses and 4/4 for choruses.
The Trees starts in 3/4, moves into 4/4 and the solo section is 5/4.
Worth the wait!!! And omg the Aladdin!
Ty Momma! I'm sharing this everywhere
I'm so relieved people are liking the Aladdin bit. I was nervous about it. lol Thank you so much.
I was so lucky to grow up in the 80’s. Such a wide variety of great music put out.
Whoo! Man that pumped me up. Made my evening, once again thank you Wondermamma.
Thank you Blair! 💪🏽
This song is a tribute to music and the radio that brought to the public. It's only fitting to be shared this way also.
I was lucky enough to see Rush open their tour supporting the Permanent Waves album featuring Spirit of the Radio in January of 1980. I can still remember looking at the immense drum kit lit up in the dim arena just before the band opened with 2112.🤯
Awesome! I saw the same tour at the Capital Center in DC. Vague, fuzzy, warm, smoky memories. :-)
Only 3 band members and the drum kit is phenomenal!!!!!❤
Why is RUSH the best……….Its RUSH!
this song is amazing, just like your work...once again, you did a great job, thank you very much WonderMommaOG.... I'm your fan from Chile
Hi Claudio! Great to see you, thank you so much. Appreciate you stopping by on the live streams for this one too!
From a Gary to Geddy your one of the most talented musician of all time! No one touches your talent on bass, keyboards, and singing! You are the definition of Unique and RUSH is not RUSH without your playing and vocals! To quote the movie: I LOVE YOU MAN! Alex and Neil as well!!
NO YOU DIDN'T WITH THE ALADDIN BIT!!! Perfection!
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I subscribed. The best reaction compilation I've seen to date. Don't blame you for feeling proud, you should be. Well done!
Thank you. Glad to have you, welcome!
My favorite song by my favorite band. Amazing edit on the video as usual. I loved it.❣
Your editing skills are chef’s kiss🤌🏽 I feel the feelings the people are feeling while watching. It’s special. Thank you for your hard work and gift. ❤
I’ve been rocking on this for 40 years, glad to see a new group appreciating their artistry.
You've been working on this one for a while. I can see the extra time paid off. Great job as usual. Rush in my opinion is one of the best bands ever.
lol Yes, this one took a little bit... I wanted to take my time with it but had some roadblocks along the way including parts of the multiple section edits disappearing and having to redo them. Thank you!
Geddy Lee - Bass guitars, Oberheim polyphonic; OB-X; Mini-Moog; and Taurus pedal Synthesizers, vocals
Alex Lifeson - Six and twelve string electric and acoustic guitars, Taurus Pedals
Neil Peart - Drums kit, timbales, gong bass drums, orchestra bells, glockenspiel, wind chimes, bell tree, tubular bells, crotales, cowbells, plywood, wood blocks, triangles, tympani, and Gong!
This is my essay to people who may not know RUSH or who Neil was professionally and his contributions to the art of drumming and lyrical writing! Enjoy!
RUSH is THE PERFECT EXAMPLE of the fluidity of MASTERING TIME SIGNATURES! I play drums and there are a few things that you need to know about Neil Peart’s ( pronounced PEER-T) character: First he writes the lyrics so he knows in advance what TYPE of song it’s meant to be ie ballad, driver, etc. Second he COMPOSES on the drums… like a carpenter who looks at a set of blueprints before building the object. Neil lays out a SKETCH in his mind of the VOICES of the drumset and builds the song from there. He is also a great LISTENER knowing when NOT to step over Geddy’s singing or Alex’s solos! Finally, he had perfect timing and fluidity of time changes. He said himself that it’s not about COUNTING the time signatures as much as fluid motion to change the tempo without counting: in other words it should FLOW! He hates repeating the same drum patterns in the same song meaning if he plays a fill one way the first time around he will play it differently the second time around. IE. Rolls down the toms the first time around and triplets or quads (all four limbs) the second time around. In short there will NEVER be another like him on planet earth 🌍 🌏 🌎! REST IN PEACE PROFESSOR!
With heart felt admiration and sincerity!
Gary
The Caribbean outro was most excellent.
I’ve loved RUSH since I was in college and I wrote a paper based on “Free Will” and seeing these youngsters love RUSH is amazing!
I love it
The beauty of Neil Peart. His drumming is so masterful, but doesn't overpower the song.
RIP Neil Peart
This is one of the great Rush masterpieces!!! One of the songs from them you constantly hear on the radio even today. Then...they did Moving Pictures, which started with Tom Sawyer!!!!
Rush is magic.
I loved this. Such a great reminder that editors create too.
Yes! Thank you!
I love the way you took the Aladdin cue and ran with it. You are the best compiler! Ha Ha!
Excellent reaction video as usual. RUSH RULES THE AIRWAVES! Rush has to be required listening 🤟🏼
I have to add... That Aladdin clip was perfect
YAY! was worried about that. Many thanks!
Freaking amazing, I showed that part to a buddy at work the other day. I’ve never seen Aladdin and I still thought that it was amazing
I watched this twice yesterday and I can’t get over how brilliant your editing skills are. Thank you for doing these. I know they’re time consuming and your finished products are always appreciated. I look forward to your next project.
Much appreciated, Jim.
It absolutely blows my mind how well you edit these compilations. It must take you forever! 👍
I adore when ppl hear my favorite band & of course the GREATEST band of all time RUSH. I flipped over the Holy Trinity of rock from day one in June of 74 at 14 years old & playing Bass three years at the time. I'm 62 going on 63 & I've never put it down. To this day I'm still rocking out on stage in local bands & I must admit, Rush was the ONLY BAND EVERY ALBUM made me run home when I got they're new album at the time & grab my bass & want to learn not only every song they recorded but learn theroy time signitures rudements, the whole bass & music shabangabang. The greatest music teachers I ever had & they never knew what they did to that 14 year old kid back then ha ha.
RUSH:Making other bands say WTF since 1974!
WMOG! You should be proud! GRAND SLAM OUT OF THE PARK!!! I love the way you did the intro clips before the song! Outstanding! I know you put hours and hours into this! Great job once again! Can't wait to see what you put out next! 😉🤫
It’s their best song. 10x times better than XANADU and 10x times less reacted to thanks to know nothing Rush fans…
I grew up in Toronto, in the 80's and you have no idea how much it warms my heart to see so many people enjoying "MY" band..!!! Yes, that's right, I've claimed RUSH as my own!! They are mine!! Haha!!
Thank you from the Subdivisions Of Toronto
“Be cool or be cast out” great album!
Congratulations!!! Great Edition, it looks like it took a long time, but it was worth it!! 👍👍
Rush isn't just a band. They were 3 world class musicians who inspired and loved their fans. By the way, the Aladdin clip was awesome.
Ahhhh. Thank you again!!! Tom Sawyer is my favourite. But this is so cool!!! Seeing them in concert was awesome.
As always, taking the worn out and breathing in new life. Very well done. Thanks, Momma!
These guys are just three of the greatest musicians of all time
Man, yall are making me tear up a little. ❤ so glad to see my favorite band's music will live on.
I am REALLY digging your reaction videos! Having a dedicated section just for afterthoughts is what makes these videos awesome.
Next, in the spirit of RUSH, we GOTTA get a YYZ reaction compilation!
I love that so many different types of people love this song and Rush!
"Neil P-ear-t"
Between the many hours of production livestreaming, overcoming at least one serious roadblock en route, and the finished compilation itself - which is absolute 🔥🔥🔥 - this one feels particularly epic and amazing. (The Aladdin sequence on cue was genius, BTW.) Rush has always been one of my favorite bands, and Spirit of Radio one of my favorite songs of theirs, which just made this all the more satisfying. I really appreciate the artistry you bring to these compilations. 👍👍
Incidentally, what app do you use to format the text (i.e., use different fonts & other effects) in your video descriptions?
Thank you PL... I appreciate the kind words.
This is the first description I did that. My descriptions are always busting the seems of the character limits so this time I researched how to make bold font in a YT description. It was easier than I thought. I used a website called "yaytext" to copy and past the text in the format I wanted to use. yaytext.com/
Thanks again. 💜
@@WonderMommaOG Thanks for the ref and link, WM. Your descriptions always look clean and uncluttered to me, even if full, but the new formatting only improves the clarity, IMO. I will try using yaytext on one or two of my more wordy descriptions and see how it looks lol.
@@_PL_ no worries and thank you... there are many of these around... just google something like "text generator" and you'll find oodles of them.
You killed it! Great editing, great work, keep it up! Awesome all around! Thanks for providing everyone’s thoughts at the end!