Kick ass band for sure...this is a bonfire band for real. Sitting around at a lake and jamming to Rush keeping warm around a bonfire watching the sun rise.
Yes, that was Neil on the drums! Closer To The Heart was on their 5th album A Farewell To Kings; the title track's lyrics are even more relevant in our current political climate, as they describe a yearning for the type of world described here, and it has a video that's similar to this one, so be sure to see it. Have a great evening, and Rush on! 🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸 🐐 🐐 🐐
Thanks Ric - it's hard to believe you don't have more subscribers. Rush is one of my favorites. Saw them in late '80's, early '90's and 2004. Just a great show and three cool guys. You'll love getting to know them. They have a lot of video interviews and Neil wrote several books. I read a couple, one was his journey, both literal and figurative, after his daughter and wife died 6 months apart. He drove his motorcycle by himself from Toronto, to Alaska, western US, Mexico - 6 months, I think. Ghost Rider is the title. The band was off for 2-3 years.
First off thank you for the kind words, your support means the world to me so hopefully more people can enjoy the videos as you do:) secondly thank you for the input and the information, I need to check that out! Wow!
@@RidiculousRic Just a joke about Neil's mustache The Period from Caress of Steel thru Hemispheres he had this massive mustache. Mostly during their prophet robe period
The original drummer John Rutsey, only ever recorded the very first studio album with Rush, the self-titled debut album. I think John toured with Rush for a little bit in Canada for their debut album tour, but I could be wrong about that. As I recall them talking about it all in one of their documentaries, about the fact that they had just a few short weeks to find a new drummer and get him up to speed in time for the tour. Maybe someone else here can enlighten us as to whether they took a break from a main tour, or maybe they just had a few gigs they did before the real tour. But for their first ever tour opening for a head-lining act, they where chosen by KISS to be the opening act while KISS toured Canada, Gene Simmons saying they sounded like a Canadian Led Zeppelin, and loved them. But they got along so well with KISS and were such a great opening act, that KISS kept them for the U.S. tour as well, IIRC. In any case, it was Neil Peart that was the drummer for Rush on tour with KISS and he had exactly two weeks to learn all the songs and Rutsey's drum compositions before they hit the road. John Rutsey did play the drums on a few released singles recorded before they made their first album. And there are a few videos of Rush live performances, from their club days that do feature John Rutsey on drums.
Not sure how many times I've seen them - pretty much every tour in the 80's and 90's. Took my son and his friend to a show, felt like wise old Rock Yoda, introducing the younglings to great music.
Nice to see you in the comments again Fred! I can definitely tell this was big for the radio, but those songs are needed to bring in the listeners to hear the rest of the band’s discography:)
This is one of the few Rush songs I actually knew (along with 'Tom Sawyer') before I took the deep dive and become a fan less than one year ago. I've always liked it for what it is, although I think they had much more interesting songs over the course of their career. For a future reaction, I suggest the live version of 'Natural Science' from the Molson Ampitheatre in 1997. I also suggest reading the lyrics ahead of time for it, as they are very deep. It's one of my favorite live performances of their career and one of my favorite Rush songs in general. There are a lot of moving parts (of course) but I'm always amazed at how they master all of that musical complexity live. They also do it at a really driving tempo (thanks to Neil) which makes it even more exhilarating to watch.
It’s always a pleasant sight to see you in the comments! Thanks for the continued support, engagement and information! I will definitely be talking Natural Science soon! You have been consistent in the comments and I’m sure the Rush army would love to see it too! Thank you again!
I remember when Alex & Neil cut their hair. We (my little group) were worried it was like their Samson cutting his hair. lol. It was before the Moving Pictures album, so it definitely was not like Samson. They were my 1st concert 1981, I was 14. My friend's brother stood in line all night to get tickets & he got us 2nd row right in front of Alex. It cost $10. One of my favorite memories.
Hey Ric, I know you're getting a lot of recommendations for Rush, but let me add one that is always overlooked. "Anthem" It's the 1st song on their 2nd album, so it's the first album with Neil Peart. It's a rockin' song, but you see the progressive elements that they started. They made a promotional video for it, so you can see them perform it.
Really LOVE THE REACTION!!! My Uncle was Dick Albert from Channel 5 BOSTON for 31 years!! ♥ ♥ ♥ Maybe check out NEIL PEART Buddy Rich HONOR????? Surprises awaits!! :) ♥ or... Victor Wooten bass music????????? :) “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~ Romans 15:13
Thank you for all the support and kind words, glad you enjoyed the video my friend! Thank you for the suggestions as well, I’ll definitely try to get to those:)
ruclips.net/video/9HXrU2p8e5U/видео.html Mystic Rhythms ruclips.net/video/11XW1OmWshQ/видео.html Ghost of Chance ruclips.net/video/djxL4qnDmhg/видео.html Red Sector A Here are some "different" Rush songs for you since you seem to like surprises. I would be interested to see your reaction to them. Thanks
Actually, Neil wrote the lyrics to this song together with Pete? Talbot. Geddy and Alex, as usual, wrote the music. Also, Tom Sawyer lyrics were written by Neil and Pye Dubois. Pye has lots of notes and Neil kinda put a bunch of them together for Tom Sawyer. Pye was the lyricist for another great Canadian band of weirdness called Max Webster.
@kentgreer1079 from my understanding they were approached with Closer To The Heart and maybe made some changes together with the lyrics but the concept was already there...and yes I said written nothing about music!
This is a great song, and I have been listening to it since 1980. But, the best version,and a great one to review is the liv3 version from the different stages tour. Fantastic bass solo in it that crescendos beautifully with the guitar and drums, just jammin to the end.
Kick ass band for sure...this is a bonfire band for real. Sitting around at a lake and jamming to Rush keeping warm around a bonfire watching the sun rise.
@@johnaragon2182 yessir, sounds like a great time to me
Yes, that was Neil on the drums! Closer To The Heart was on their 5th album A Farewell To Kings; the title track's lyrics are even more relevant in our current political climate, as they describe a yearning for the type of world described here, and it has a video that's similar to this one, so be sure to see it. Have a great evening, and Rush on!
🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸 🐐 🐐 🐐
@@lindaward5376 thank you for the information and clarity:) and thank you for always supporting🙏🏼
Thanks Ric - it's hard to believe you don't have more subscribers. Rush is one of my favorites. Saw them in late '80's, early '90's and 2004. Just a great show and three cool guys. You'll love getting to know them. They have a lot of video interviews and Neil wrote several books. I read a couple, one was his journey, both literal and figurative, after his daughter and wife died 6 months apart. He drove his motorcycle by himself from Toronto, to Alaska, western US, Mexico - 6 months, I think. Ghost Rider is the title. The band was off for 2-3 years.
First off thank you for the kind words, your support means the world to me so hopefully more people can enjoy the videos as you do:) secondly thank you for the input and the information, I need to check that out! Wow!
Yes, that's correct. Back in the Caress thru Hemispheres period, Rush had four members: Geddy, Alex, Neil, and Neil's mustache
@@GM-MarkOfExcellence hahah😂
@@RidiculousRic Just a joke about Neil's mustache The Period from Caress of Steel thru Hemispheres he had this massive mustache. Mostly during their prophet robe period
There is and AWESOME live version of this song from their Different Stages live album, definitely worth a listen! 👌😎
@@TreysLosingItRapidly I’ll definitely have to check this out:)
Hey Rick, glad you are enjoying your RUSH journey! Check-out "By-tor and snow dog" album "Fly By Night" As always great video!! 😃👌👍✌
@@stephenpublicover8818 thank you for always supporting, glad to see you again! I’ll do my best to get to that:)
I couldn't agree more...
Live Exit Stage Left
🤗 I wore the grooves out of this 45'! 🥰🐰
Love that🤘🏼
The original drummer John Rutsey, only ever recorded the very first studio album with Rush, the self-titled debut album. I think John toured with Rush for a little bit in Canada for their debut album tour, but I could be wrong about that. As I recall them talking about it all in one of their documentaries, about the fact that they had just a few short weeks to find a new drummer and get him up to speed in time for the tour. Maybe someone else here can enlighten us as to whether they took a break from a main tour, or maybe they just had a few gigs they did before the real tour.
But for their first ever tour opening for a head-lining act, they where chosen by KISS to be the opening act while KISS toured Canada, Gene Simmons saying they sounded like a Canadian Led Zeppelin, and loved them. But they got along so well with KISS and were such a great opening act, that KISS kept them for the U.S. tour as well, IIRC. In any case, it was Neil Peart that was the drummer for Rush on tour with KISS and he had exactly two weeks to learn all the songs and Rutsey's drum compositions before they hit the road.
John Rutsey did play the drums on a few released singles recorded before they made their first album. And there are a few videos of Rush live performances, from their club days that do feature John Rutsey on drums.
I won tickets to see them in ‘79…my favourite band
Wow, that is so awesome! What a cool experience that would have been!
Not sure how many times I've seen them - pretty much every tour in the 80's and 90's. Took my son and his friend to a show, felt like wise old Rock Yoda, introducing the younglings to great music.
Oh CANADA !
Love 70s Rush! ❤
I’m loving it too🙏🏼
You killed-it, Rick, thank you so much...Todd from Ohio...
@@toddmadden9777 thank you for all the support:)
One of their few songs that got a lot of radio play when I was a kid it was the first song that put Rush on my radar. 😊
Nice to see you in the comments again Fred! I can definitely tell this was big for the radio, but those songs are needed to bring in the listeners to hear the rest of the band’s discography:)
This is one of the few Rush songs I actually knew (along with 'Tom Sawyer') before I took the deep dive and become a fan less than one year ago. I've always liked it for what it is, although I think they had much more interesting songs over the course of their career. For a future reaction, I suggest the live version of 'Natural Science' from the Molson Ampitheatre in 1997. I also suggest reading the lyrics ahead of time for it, as they are very deep. It's one of my favorite live performances of their career and one of my favorite Rush songs in general. There are a lot of moving parts (of course) but I'm always amazed at how they master all of that musical complexity live. They also do it at a really driving tempo (thanks to Neil) which makes it even more exhilarating to watch.
It’s always a pleasant sight to see you in the comments! Thanks for the continued support, engagement and information! I will definitely be talking Natural Science soon! You have been consistent in the comments and I’m sure the Rush army would love to see it too! Thank you again!
I remember when Alex & Neil cut their hair. We (my little group) were worried it was like their Samson cutting his hair. lol. It was before the Moving Pictures album, so it definitely was not like Samson. They were my 1st concert 1981, I was 14. My friend's brother stood in line all night to get tickets & he got us 2nd row right in front of Alex. It cost $10. One of my favorite memories.
Totally fair haha! I’m glad you have those memories of that concert though, probably last you a lifetime!
Keep Rushing! 😎👍
Hey Ric, I know you're getting a lot of recommendations for Rush, but let me add one that is always overlooked.
"Anthem"
It's the 1st song on their 2nd album, so it's the first album with Neil Peart. It's a rockin' song, but you see the progressive elements that they started. They made a promotional video for it, so you can see them perform it.
Thank you for the suggestion, added it to the list and I’ll do my best to get to it:)!
Yes, that was Niel on the drums.
@@Mark_T_23 one of the greatest to ever do it
Instant hit!
@@RayEvans-j1q yessir🙏🏼🙏🏼
You definitely got to do by--tor and the snow dog
Yessir Ric
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That's definitely Neil Peart on the drums. The Professor himself
Love that, thanks for the info🙏🏼
gang gang what’s the hang
@@karbasher 🤟🏼
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@@AnitaCavalieri-u7x thanks for the support again:))
I'm guessing that you now know that the guy whose appearance changed the most over time was Neil!
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@@SnowDogisVictorious yes by far😂
Bubbles brought me here
Let’s goooo✊🏼
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when you can , react to Rush - Red Sector A ( with lyric ) = song about holocaust . Geddy Lee parents was survive to holocaust . deep lyric . 🎶🎶
@@gerryweed7697 thank you for the suggestion and support:)
@@RidiculousRic good week-end to you . 👍
Really LOVE THE REACTION!!! My Uncle was Dick Albert from Channel 5 BOSTON for 31 years!! ♥ ♥ ♥ Maybe check out NEIL PEART Buddy Rich HONOR????? Surprises awaits!! :) ♥ or... Victor Wooten bass music????????? :) “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~ Romans 15:13
Thank you for all the support and kind words, glad you enjoyed the video my friend! Thank you for the suggestions as well, I’ll definitely try to get to those:)
ruclips.net/video/9HXrU2p8e5U/видео.html Mystic Rhythms
ruclips.net/video/11XW1OmWshQ/видео.html Ghost of Chance
ruclips.net/video/djxL4qnDmhg/видео.html Red Sector A
Here are some "different" Rush songs for you since you seem to like surprises. I would be interested to see your reaction to them. Thanks
Thank you for the suggestions and support:)
Closer To the Heart....only song NOT written by the guys....yes young Neil check out Fly By Night original music video from the mid 70s❤🇨🇦
@@kimbarry4674 oh interesting!!! Still great though!
Actually, Neil wrote the lyrics to this song together with Pete? Talbot. Geddy and Alex, as usual, wrote the music. Also, Tom Sawyer lyrics were written by Neil and Pye Dubois. Pye has lots of notes and Neil kinda put a bunch of them together for Tom Sawyer. Pye was the lyricist for another great Canadian band of weirdness called Max Webster.
@kentgreer1079 from my understanding they were approached with Closer To The Heart and maybe made some changes together with the lyrics but the concept was already there...and yes I said written nothing about music!
Fly By Night and Closer To The Heart are BOTH zuck-ass very cheezy songs...sorry...you need to explore Rush more, Holmes.
P.S. Could you please, check-out, Bastille Day, from Caress of Steel...you won't be disappointed...thanks again, Todd from Ohio...
@@toddmadden9777 thanks for always supporting the channel:) I’ll do my best!
Yes he WILL be disappointed...that song sukkks big time! Hey Ric...DO NOT BOTHER WITH THAT CHEEZEY SONG...They have a hundred better songs.
@@RidiculousRic @Ric...waste of time...Bastille Day is outdated old news...100 better songs than that...I GUARANTEE YOU.
This is a great song, and I have been listening to it since 1980. But, the best version,and a great one to review is the liv3 version from the different stages tour. Fantastic bass solo in it that crescendos beautifully with the guitar and drums, just jammin to the end.
Awesome! Thank you for the suggestion, I’m thankful for your support and also for the input:) have a great day!