Rush ~ Subdivisions ~ Time Machine - Live in Cleveland [HD 1080p] [CC] 2011
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"Subdivisions" is the first song from Rush's 9th studio album "Signals". Recording began in April and ended on July 15, 1982 at Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec, Canada. The album was released September 9, 1982. "Subdivisions" was released as the 2nd single from the album. In the United States, it charted at #5 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and #5 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
"Subdivisions" was one of the first songs Rush had arranged for Signals. After Peart devised a set of lyrics, Lifeson and Lee wrote a collection of musical ideas to fit Peart's words. Peart recalled that his band-mates interrupted him as he was cleaning his car & set up a portable cassette player on the driveway outside the studio, and played him what they had come up with. Peart added: "I listened closely, picking up the variations on 7/8 and 3/4, the way the guitar adopts the role of rhythm section while the keyboards take the melody, returning to bass with guitar leading in the chorus, then the Mini-Moog taking over again for the instrumental bridge", and told Lifeson and Lee that he liked it.
The song is a commentary on social stratification through the pressure to adopt certain lifestyles. The lyric is a cyclical one that describes the eternal societal pressure to conform, and particularly the suffocating sterility of suburban housing subdivisions. The suburbs are described as a lonely place for "the misfit" & "the dreamer." It describes young people dealing with a "cool" culture amidst a comfortable yet oppressively mundane suburban existence in housing subdivisions. Anyone who does not obey social expectations is regarded as an outcast; the lyrics flatly describe a choice of "conform or be cast out". Rush's drummer/lyricist Neil Peart said this song is "an exploration of the background from which all of us (and probably most of our audience) have sprung.'" "How we turn out as adults has a lot to do with the way others saw us in high school. Consider yourself as a teenager - whether you were treated as a geek, or as a scholar, or a jock, or a good-looking Lothario or whatever. However you were treated by others has a lot to do with how you turn out."
The theme of oppression described in “Subdivisions” is probably the theme to which listeners can most easily identify. Peer pressure, whether subtle or overt, is a nearly universal form of oppression. Even individuals who never faced peer pressures, or at least never submitted to them, certainly know of someone who did. Moreover, most listeners are aware of how peer pressure can cause fissures to form between individuals. In speaking to the oppressive demands for conformity that virtually any listener would have experienced, or have knowledge, “Subdivisions” has enormous cathartic potential.
While the song is clearly a tonic for the aforementioned dreamers & misfits who so often relate to it, it is also a warning. The 2nd verse of the song, which is frequently overlooked, describes the result of living with enormous pressure on one's dreams. The frustrated hopefuls are described as losing "the race to rats" and being "caught in ticking traps." With their dreams now abandoned, the crushed misfits return to where they started and begin the sorry tale again in the suburbs.
Neil: "Hugely autobiographical of course. It was an important step for us, the first song written that was keyboard-based. The upside of that: people don’t realize is that it made Alex and I the rhythm section. So the first time he and I tuned in to each other's parts was when Geddy was playing keyboards. It was a great new way for us to relate. It's also a good example of us learning to go into time signature changes more fluidly, and again, wonderful to play live. Lyrically, Geddy contributed by improvising "Battle Cars" instead of "Backs of cars" during recording and in live performances. It was a nice touch that better emphasized the struggle, or battle, we have with subdividing our lives. It's challenging and always rewarding to play decently."
This song marked a turning point for Neil Peart, whose early Rush lyrics were based in fantasy. "I didn't believe yet that I could put something real into a song," he told Rolling Stone. "'Subdivisions' happened to be an anthem for a lot of people who grew up under those circumstances, and from then on, I realized what I most wanted to put in a song was human experience."
* The title of the song is heard twice per chorus, spoken by Peart (* or Toronto newsman Mark Dailey?) and lip-synched in the video by Alex Lifeson. Live performances include a sample of Peart's (* Mark Dailey's?) voice, triggered at the appropriate moments and still lip-synched by Lifeson.
* Some sources indicate it was Peart's voice, others Mark Daily.
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Sprawling on the fringes of the city
In geometric order
An insulated border
In between the bright lights
And the far unlit unknown
Well, growing up it all seems so one-sided
Opinions all provided
The future pre-decided
Detached and subdivided
In the mass production zone
Nowhere is the dreamer
Or the misfit so alone
Subdivisions -
In the high school halls
In the shopping malls
Conform or be cast out
Subdivisions -
In the basement bars
In the backs of cars
Be cool or be cast out
Any escape might help to smooth
The unattractive truth
But the suburbs have no charms to soothe
The restless dreams of youth
Drawn like moths we drift into the city
The timeless old attraction
Cruising for the action
Lit up like a firefly
Just to feel the living night
Well, some will sell their dreams for small desires
And lose the race to rats
Get caught in ticking traps
And start to dream of somewhere
To relax their restless flight
Somewhere out of a memory
Of lighted streets on quiet nights
Subdivisions -
In the high school halls
In the shopping malls
Conform or be cast out
Subdivisions -
In the basement bars
In the backs of cars
Be cool or be cast out
Any escape might help to smooth
The unattractive truth
But the suburbs have no charms to soothe
The restless dreams of youth
Any escape might help to smooth
The unattractive truth
But the suburbs have no charms to soothe
The restless dreams of youth
This is so good it brings tears to my eyes. What an awesome performance and what a gift to all of us RUSH has been.
A smile between alex and neil .What a wonderful sight to see ❤👍. Miss all 3 of you. Great times great music great vibes ❤🙏👍✌from the 🇺🇸
That’s really something isn’t it
Right at about 1:03, the back and forth smile between Neil and Alex and then the shoulder shrug by Alex as if he was saying, "yeah, I know". 3 very interesting people who just happened to be excellent musicians who entertained so many of us and enjoyed doing it. I'm glad I was able to see them live and enjoy them at their best.
The relationship between all 3 of them was just beautiful in every way
My favorite Rush song. It’s just….ALL THERE! Melodic, intense, spot on…and the lyrics. Thanks Neil😢
Has to be the most iconic keyboard pieces.❤
Amazing, ive Watched these guys there Whole Career. Thank you RUSH.
An amazing performance from Geddy - singing, playing keys and keeping that thumping bass going.
Great track too.
This used to be one of my least favorite tunes by them (a long, long time ago) but quickly grew to be one of my favorites. I love everything about this song...especially the lyrics and Neils drumming. Geddy did a great job with switching off of keys to bass and back again, and Alex's solo, although short, it perfect for the song. Truly a great track, BD!
Rush is an amazing band and this is why I love them and their music so much.
Yes and his bass playing is difficult to play at the same time. Great player and musician
Gosh, this song is forever. Man, how life works...RIP Peart.
The last section of this song is so insane on the drums... alternating ride and china with a snare that's all over the place before a series of fills that would be an unbelievable solo by itself.... and NONE of it is superfluous. It all fits the music so well that the complexity of Neil's playing is easily lost when just listening to it. It has to be seen to be understood. Not to mention the rare grandiose gesture at the end that just puts an exclamation point on it.
Love the exchange between Neil and Alex at 1:08…they seem to be having a great time.😊❤
My favorite song from my favorite band!
The loss of The Professor is so sad even to this day...The PROG GODS will live on to eternity
"Due to the fact that we're just about 100".. lol Geddy is just too cool.
Seeing this live put me into another stratosphere
One of the best tracks of all time.
The last great concert that I attended when living in the States. Totally Awesome!!
their best song. and Peart is a legend
Wonderful! Love everything on the "Signals" album. RIP Neil.
he had a great life, and a sad life.
if one day i had a time machine.
this concert would be the date.
and again. and again.
Oh! Neil made a mistake. Missed one hit on the bell at 0:34
What an incredible performance. The atmosphere is electric. Absolutely amazing. ❤
Cleveland ROCKS! 🤘😝🤘
OMG! and it's even faster than usual
1:06 ☺️
Alex tells Neil "halfway!" indicating that they are half way through the concert. I love the smiles between them!
@@MysticRhythmsLive Lerxst was always messing with Neil when he got a chance - trying to make him laugh. I think Neil needed that. It was probably a great stress reliever to see Alex acting like a goof! That whole exchange backstage in one of the videos with "Ol' Chokin' Al Lifeson" was hilarious! He got Neil to crack twice. 😁👍
@@Axess-sv8nq He does an Ace Frehley from KISS impression in one of their videos OMG! LMAO!
that crowd lit af.
Geddys shirt is just so cool.! 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah! I noticed that. It looks like it says "Rash"!
He's got a wild sense of humor, that's for sure!
I've been wanting to get one forever. Only a Rush fan would see that and understand... and everyone else would just get away from me!
1:05 😃
Miss u guys.
CANADAS best enjoy!!!
Thank you from a friend down south in Kansas City
wish I went to this concert. I always play this on road trips and barely anything matches the energy from it after it finishes
Those 100 year old musicians are fantastic I hope they have a nice break. Thank you for the post...be cool or be cast out. Thanks again LMAO
I was a cast out until I started playing lead guitar for a rock band (and many others after that). Then I was considered cool. I don't play in bands anymore...but I'm still cool! 🤘🏽
@@MysticRhythmsLive well you must be a quality guitarist because your taste in progressive rock is quality also...you can't fight it..thanks for the reply
@@davids1632 I could hold my own back in the day. I was totally committed. Lots of practice and a love of the music and the instrument does wonders! LOL! I'm glad you like my taste in progressive rock, it looks like we have similar tastes...
Considering that Alex and Geddy were 51, and Neil was 52, by comparison they were incredibly young when you look at today’s rockers well into their mid 70’s out on tour- post COVID.
Perfect
"Conform, or be cast out".
Ok. I'll be "Cast out"!
I'm an individualist. I believe in doing what I want to do, not what others want me to do.
Period!
Most in their youth are driven to be part of a group or crowd. I remember being like this at that age. Now, I could give 0 fucks what people think or how many friends I have.
At the risk of being serious, everyone I've ever met who has made this claim does so for their own ego. Never seen any follow-up. Ever.
There's a difference between being an individualist & stepping away from problems versus being one & working to end the structures making it impossible to be one. Every hero of every movie we've ever watched is the second one.
Who tf would watch a movie of someone who states rhetorically they're for something then steps aside & allows what Martin Niemöller didn't have to point out would happen? When does that end? Never. That allows all the evil without directly participating.
But allowing a child to be harmed isn't the same as acting to prevent it.
Genesis and Rush proved the 3 man band worked best.
Yes, but only Rush has a 3-man live set. Genesis had help from (equally great) touring musicians onstage.
@@jimbarrofficial fair point, Both were effective live bands in their own right.
I Fucks Wit Rush..Neil Peart SIP... Opinions Are Provided The Future Pre-decided