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I'm 61 years old and have been listening to Rush since the mid-late 70's, this is my favorite Rush song. I saw this tour in Birmingham Alabama back in 1986. Those graphics were amazing for that time.
Think about the VISION that Neil had- It used to be a farm before the motor law. And- A brilliant red Barchetta from a better managed time. He foresaw what we’re going through now! He was BRILLIANT!!
Think about the VISION that Neil had- It used to be a farm before the motor law. And- A brilliant red Barchetta from a better managed time. He foresaw what we’re going through now! He was BRILLIANT!!
Rush was my first concert, in 1982, on the “Moving Pictures” tour, the album that contains this song. I was a freshman in high school, and was eagerly devouring all of the albums in their discography up to that point. I just had money from lawn cutting jobs, so after I paid for the ticket, I didn’t have enough left to buy a “Moving Pictures” tour tee shirt, but they had some leftover shirts from the preceding “Permanent Waves” tour for half price, so that’s what I got. I wore that shirt out, and all those early Rush albums. You have a lot of greatness to discover!
I saw Rush in concert back in January he 80’s, the music was so clean and crisp it didn’t even sound loud for a live concert. There is sooo much more Rush music out there for you to enjoy.
Since you’re also a big Tool fan, don’t forget to dive into the lyrics of Rush. The music obviously holds up, but the words far from being an afterthought. Neil Peart was skillful wordsmith who could really turn a phrase and always had something interesting and meaningful to say. Great reaction!
"That drummer is so badass"... That he is, and you ain't seen nothing yet. If you want to see him at his absolute peak, check out 'YYZ' sometime. An instrumental where all three just unleash for 7 minutes straight.
I saw Rush with Styx opening at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center and to this day I couldn’t believe the damn show wasn’t sold out! Yes, it was one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen.
Three guys! Three guys! The seventies! Legends... all geniuses at their craft. Yes,, Neil Peart was one of the very best rock drummers of ALL time!! RIP ♥ 🥁 🎸 🎤
R.I.P. Professor, one of my heroes. That being said, you could literally react to Rush for more than a year and never do one song twice. The thing about Rush is that they were insanely great live. Neal wrote the lyrics and is the best percussionist to ever live.....Geddy is a master at playing Bass & Keys.....Alex is ridiculously underrated as a guitarist. I saw them 3 times and feel blessed. Some diehard fans have seen them 80-100 times.
@@jamieklewis for me it's a cross between Jerry Bruckheimer colours and speed racer style framing. An old English countryside, an old car running from futuristic police.
Who knew that Tom Hanks could play drums?😳 Seriously though, Neil Peart wasn't kidding, he was very serious and arguably one of the best drummers to have graced us with their talent. Great song 😊
@@NASA-criminalshyperbole. There are many. Vinnie Caliuta, Dave Weckl, Carl Palmer, Todd Sucherman, Terry Bozio, Billy Cobham, Danny Carey, Mike Portnoy, Rod Morgenstein, Gavin Harrison, and more. Peart was great. Rush is my all time favorite band. However, you need to dig
@@peartist2 I dug b4 you, Holmes. I know about all those jokers. Neil still better, overall. Your ears never matured like mine. Evidently you haven't listened to Rush's best album, CLOCKWORK ANGELS, about a hundert (German for "hundred"), times. You're Krazy.
Saw this tour live as a 13yr old, anything and everything from this film, as it is part of a concert video played on Canadian tv in 81 I think, so long ago, but not so long ago in my head.
This song means so much now that California is trying to limit where you can drive and when you can drive your classic cars and basically they want to outlaw them outright.
Did you know that Geddy Lee plays bass, keyboards, programmed supplemental stuff and sings all at the same time!!! And he writes the melodies (the drummer writes the lyrics). So wow.
I'm so glad you are doing live performances. With only 3 guys it's so amazing how talented they are as a group. They are my all time favorite band by far
This is probably my favorite Rush song ... one of my fondest memories is listening to this song while flying up US24 from Colorado Springs to Woodland Park in a '70 Porsche 914 I used to own. Wind in my hair ... shifting and drifting ... mechanical music ... adrenaline surge (damn I miss that car).
i think you should have a synopsis of the lyrics. you will enjoy it more when you listen to this in your 4runner... here are the lyrics boiled down: a man visits his Uncle who owns a car, despite motor vehicles being banned by decree and apparently violently enforced. his uncle asks him to drive the car once a week, because "to keep it new has been his dearest dream"... as you probably know, an engine will seize without being run regularly. our intrepid hero takes it out for the drive and at some point the law sees him and the chase begins, which is the instrumental part, squealing tires and all- that is the nephew's race to evade the cops and get back safely. he finally escapes, arrives back at his uncle's home, and they dream by the fire... thank you for reacting to this... you are a favourite reactor of mine since i think your insights are awesome. thank you!
I’ve played guitar since before high school, and when I got into Rush in college, this song inspired me to start working on bass. I picked up a cheap $75 instrument and learned this one and Limelight right away. Very rewarding. The studio version is recording perfection. Cheers!
One of my fondest memories is standing with my wife on one side of me and our son on the other as we watched and listened to Rush play this song at the Gorge amphitheater in George, Washington. It was the Time Machine tour and we were about 20 feet away from Alex's side of the stage. What a long, strange trip it's been from my first Rush show. 27-March-1976 and Rush was the opening band for Styx.
Rush was a funny group of guys..they would have washer dryer going on stage washing their clothes and keeping beat. They would also have pop corn machine on stage…🙌🏻🎶❤️🔥
Loved watching your reaction as the sing went on: hint of a smile, smile, grin, head bob. This has long been a road trip standard of mine, though I had to remove it from the rotation for a while - for precisely the reason you mentioned. I got three speeding tickets thanks to the red barchetta. Truly enjoyed the video.
The freedom of the road! defiance of authority .. and naturally those guys play like gods. It's so hard when you find out your parents are mortal .. when my old man died out of the blue it was tough .. he loved Rush but he was old school and I remember hearing him play Chicago Transit Authority. Every time I hear 25 or 6 to 4 I remember him and it makes me grin.
I was at this concert (or at least one on this very same tour). I remember Alex in his blue jeans, white shirt and red jacket. I remember the video graphics which seemed cheesy even in that day. But it was the best concert of my life. RIP Neil Peart, one of the greatest drummers to ever grace us with his talent combined with his truly wonderful skill as a lyricist. At 4:02 you see him throw the drumstick into the air with his right hand, then catch it again at 4:04. I was blown away by how high in the air above their entire set that stick went and he caught it flawlessly and boom, right back into the song. I am pretty sure at the concert I was at there was a longer pause as it went very high. (Portland OR)
G.O.A.T. Remember only 3 guys! Seen these guys many times….and lots of other concerts. Greatest musicians in one band. They will never be duplicated. They sound like “Rush”. By far the greatest drummer that ever lived!
As a writer myself, I've always looked up to Neil as someone who showed me that it was OK to make references or connections that weren't in the minds of the common man. He is the only stranger I would consider a long-awaited friend and I could have only hoped he'd feel the same about me or any one of us, though we Rush fans know how he felt about such a statement. I wish I had been born in the mid-60s instead of the mid-90s, just to experience these bands firsthand. These guys always seemed like such inviting, personable dudes, and being the loner I was, I could've used that connection maybe a little bit more. "Subdivisions" is my favorite song of theirs, followed closely by "The Trees," a song which helped me to pass a creative writing course some years back. RIP Professor. Any and all future thunderstorms, with their might and beauty, we attribute to you.
I love this song, my older brother turned me on to it. Where Polo says “its nasty !” Just so true, it’s a heavy transition. It’s in my top 5 of Rush songs.
This song probably had the most popular air drum fills in concert. They’re so distinct and there’s so much breathing room in the song that they’re easy to catch on to. The song itself is about a dystopian world where the old cars were banned, and the author breaks the laws and eludes the sensors (eyes) to slip out to the country to joyride. The cops catch up to him in their aircar and he has to race to the single lane bridge that they’re too wide to cross. Great imagery in the lyrics
FYI, those graphics were the ones played on a large screen behind the band, during the song (the same for all other graphics shown in videos from this concert (Xanadu etc).
Funny fact about most guitarist live performance and their Wall of amps. Geddy plays a Hartke bass Amp that's a 24" white dwarf of an amp w/sub zero hrz. As a joke he always will puts up a wall of commercial appliances. One tour he had a wall a rotisserie chicken cookers filled with rubber chicken, he also had a wall of laudrymat dryers...
This is one of my very favourite Rush songs 🎵 ❤️ Rush are amazing at telling stories with their music. I would suggest Natural Science from the Molson Amphitheatre Toronto Digital Man from the Snakes and Arrows tour La Villa Strangiato official music video 2112 Comic book or lyric video Caravan from the Time Machine Tour Cheers
The full concert video of this has a little monologue from Neil about the song, how it’s a metaphor for freedom and family and also a futuristic sort of coming of age tale.
The drummer Neil Peart was a mighty inspiration and friend to Tool's Danny Carey, if someone has not commented already (as much as you were smitten by Tool and especially Danny)
Funny that you were focused on the background graphics. Rush did a tour where they had washing machines behind them (both their R30 - 30th anniversary and R40 - 49th anniversary tours). And the R30 tour had Jerry Stiller appearances on the video screen behind them including the intro.😁
The Drummer, Neil Peart, is probably the best person to ever play the instrument. That's not opinion, that's fact. Ask anybody who knows Rock music. Look at all Top drummer lists, he'll always be near the top if not at the top!! If you really want a taste of Rush, you absolutely need to listen to YYZ. it's an instrumental, and it really show's you what they can do, it's incredible! RIP Neil.
I dont care who the "objective" best is otherwise people can just go to a mainstream magazine that does that kind of cliche' list for fans. I do however consider Neil as one of the finest Rock drummers ever to have come along.
Polo, I don't know who is recommending these Rush songs to you, but trust me, these are tier 3 songs in my opinion. When you listen to tier 1 and 2 songs, you'll be blown away. The songs themselves, the musicianship and the lyrics.
When Dave Grohl helped induct RUSH into the Rock Hall (after several years they were eligible!!) he called out “Who lets the drummer write the lyrics??” Which is really true, when Neil joined RUSH after their first drummer left (diabetes concern) -Neil P’ was the primary writer -rare. I only saw RUSH once live, in 2011, while my z brother saw them four times. (Some fans have rights to 100+ concerts) I was quite happy to see RUSH play some favorite songs like “Red Barchetta” or “Subdivisions” -yet, really, the three men of RUSH are so talented. When Neil did his improv drum solo…serious, to experience!! Glad they could decide to stop touring, when some health issues were obvious to them. As a band for 40 years, they ended, in their own terms, before Neil died.
I haven't seen anyone's reaction to Zakk Wilde's Acoustic live performance of Machine Gun Man. And it's one of the reasons my brother started playing guitar and because of him made me want to play guitar. I'd love to see your reaction to it much love from Sweden
Not only a great song with a compelling story, but remarkably prescient. It says in the song "he says it used to be a farm before the motor law". This was from 1980 and where are we now? We have a "motor law" banning petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and farms are being closed down. Great reaction to a great song.
New sub!❤ have you watched Neil's drum solo yet? Best part of their concerts😉 I'll go thru your videos now to check, but loving your reactions so far!! Thanks!
Not only was Neil Peart one of the greatest drummers ever, he was also the primary songwriter. He LOVED to read and not the common stuff. A lot of lyrics came from those books he read. I often feel like Alex Lifeson doesn't get his due and is overlooked. Imagine RUSH without his guitar playing. It doesn't work. After Neil's death, Geddy and Alex said they'll never tour as RUSH or headline shows again. That's a crapload of respect in my opinion. Besides, no one could ever replace Neil Peart. If you want a seriously underrated drummer and frankly, the entire band is underrated, check out Styx. Please do a reaction video to Come Sail Away the live show in Denver 2016. They've been around since the 70's and don't get the recognization they deserve. In fact they were opening for Def Leppard on that tour. DL was great but Styx blew them out of the water. It wasn't even close. Todd Sucherman is the drummer and I can watch him play for hours. He's incredible. Lead vocals are shared by JY (piano and synth) and Tommy Shaw (lead guitarist). You won't regret it. I promise. :}
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If you liked Red Barchetta, check out their song YYZ. The live version has the sickest drum solo. Will blow your mind!
Two of the best and my favorite Rush songs! Red Barchetta and Subdivisions! Thank you!
I'm 61 years old and have been listening to Rush since the mid-late 70's, this is my favorite Rush song.
I saw this tour in Birmingham Alabama back in 1986. Those graphics were amazing for that time.
RIP Neil Peart -- one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. Great song and they can pull it of live as a Trio. Thanks Polo for the reaction
And being the greatest drummer of all time wasn't even the most interesting thing about that guy.
Also a great lyricist.
@Nekomemi Indeed, he wrote them for this and most of Rush's expansive library of musical masterpieces.
Think about the VISION that Neil had- It used to be a farm before the motor law. And- A brilliant red Barchetta from a better managed time. He foresaw what we’re going through now! He was BRILLIANT!!
"The drummer is not playing any games"
Loved this reaction, Polo!
Course he aint playing any games; he be dead!
Truth.
He should see the Neil drum solo video ( THE is the word for it ). #PercussionChurch
The drummer, Neil Peart, was known as the Professor by his contemporaries. If you want to hear an epic wall of sound check out 2112.
A Passage to Bangkok is by far my favorite Rush song. Amazing album 🤘
He did review 2112.
Think about the VISION that Neil had- It used to be a farm before the motor law. And- A brilliant red Barchetta from a better managed time. He foresaw what we’re going through now! He was BRILLIANT!!
My favorite Rush song ever
Notice how Geddy Lee plays the bass like it’s an electric guitar ♥️🇨🇦
Rush was my first concert, in 1982, on the “Moving Pictures” tour, the album that contains this song. I was a freshman in high school, and was eagerly devouring all of the albums in their discography up to that point. I just had money from lawn cutting jobs, so after I paid for the ticket, I didn’t have enough left to buy a “Moving Pictures” tour tee shirt, but they had some leftover shirts from the preceding “Permanent Waves” tour for half price, so that’s what I got. I wore that shirt out, and all those early Rush albums. You have a lot of greatness to discover!
I saw Rush in concert back in January he 80’s, the music was so clean and crisp it didn’t even sound loud for a live concert. There is sooo much more Rush music out there for you to enjoy.
Rush liked to use their own PA and tech's, rather than rent them. So they really had their sound dialed in.
Since you’re also a big Tool fan, don’t forget to dive into the lyrics of Rush. The music obviously holds up, but the words far from being an afterthought. Neil Peart was skillful wordsmith who could really turn a phrase and always had something interesting and meaningful to say. Great reaction!
this, Polo!! the lyrics are poetry, and hit just as hard as any tool track
He’s badass: greatest drummer who ever lived.
This song literally takes you along for the ride!! Simply brilliant!!! Rush deserves their place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
My favorite RUSH song!
Hey now! Those graphics are from a better vanished time 😁😉
"That drummer is so badass"... That he is, and you ain't seen nothing yet. If you want to see him at his absolute peak, check out 'YYZ' sometime. An instrumental where all three just unleash for 7 minutes straight.
You cant go wrong covering RUSH' 40 year plus catalog. Phenomenal song writing and musicianship.
My god to see those guys so young brings back sooooo many memories.. REST IN PEACE NEIL and the requester's father
when this came out I was 16, freshly minted driver's license and a car I loved to drive. This song means so much to me.
This is such an awesome song! Thanks for reacting to it.
Red Barchetta is one of my all time favorites
So glad you’re on Rush. I’m looking forward to your reactions. Such a great band. Such great musicians.
I saw Rush with Styx opening at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center and to this day I couldn’t believe the damn show wasn’t sold out! Yes, it was one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen.
Three guys! Three guys! The seventies!
Legends... all geniuses at their craft. Yes,, Neil Peart was one of the very best rock drummers of ALL time!! RIP
♥ 🥁 🎸 🎤
This was always my favorite Rush song to play (bass)...it just flows so smoothly and really sets the tone and the mood of the song
Three guys. All that sound. All that awesome music. RIP Professor.
R.I.P. Professor, one of my heroes. That being said, you could literally react to Rush for more than a year and never do one song twice. The thing about Rush is that they were insanely great live. Neal wrote the lyrics and is the best percussionist to ever live.....Geddy is a master at playing Bass & Keys.....Alex is ridiculously underrated as a guitarist. I saw them 3 times and feel blessed. Some diehard fans have seen them 80-100 times.
Red barchetta; was my favorite song to see them do live.
Wonderful song! I was eighth grade when this hit?
Good gravy!
This is my favorite Rush song. It feels like a musical painting to me.
yes exactly!! the picture it puts in my head is the kinda futuristic stuff you might see in a Miyazaki film, crystal clear and surreal
@@jamieklewis for me it's a cross between Jerry Bruckheimer colours and speed racer style framing. An old English countryside, an old car running from futuristic police.
Bro. Polo, you have once again shown your tender heart! I love Rush!
I’ve been pulled over more than once through the years while jamming out to this song 😂
Who knew that Tom Hanks could play drums?😳 Seriously though, Neil Peart wasn't kidding, he was very serious and arguably one of the best drummers to have graced us with their talent. Great song 😊
What has been seen can not be Unseen … 🤯
Nope...not one of the best....HE WAS THE BEST DRUMMER THAT EVER LIVED...SHOW ME ONE, JUST ONE THAT CAN MATCH HIM!
@@NASA-criminalshyperbole. There are many. Vinnie Caliuta, Dave Weckl, Carl Palmer, Todd Sucherman, Terry Bozio, Billy Cobham, Danny Carey, Mike Portnoy, Rod Morgenstein, Gavin Harrison, and more.
Peart was great. Rush is my all time favorite band. However, you need to dig
@@peartist2 I dug b4 you, Holmes. I know about all those jokers. Neil still better, overall. Your ears never matured like mine. Evidently you haven't listened to Rush's best album, CLOCKWORK ANGELS, about a hundert (German for "hundred"), times. You're Krazy.
@@NASA-criminals 😂😂
Thank you for playing this live!
This song is based on a story in Car and Driver Magazine back in the 70s.
Very prescient.
Saw this tour live as a 13yr old, anything and everything from this film, as it is part of a concert video played on Canadian tv in 81 I think, so long ago, but not so long ago in my head.
This song means so much now that California is trying to limit where you can drive and when you can drive your classic cars and basically they want to outlaw them outright.
Did you know that Geddy Lee plays bass, keyboards, programmed supplemental stuff and sings all at the same time!!! And he writes the melodies (the drummer writes the lyrics). So wow.
RUSH are one the BEST BANDS OF ALL TIME
I'm so glad you are doing live performances. With only 3 guys it's so amazing how talented they are as a group. They are my all time favorite band by far
This is probably my favorite Rush song ... one of my fondest memories is listening to this song while flying up US24 from Colorado Springs to Woodland Park in a '70 Porsche 914 I used to own. Wind in my hair ... shifting and drifting ... mechanical music ... adrenaline surge (damn I miss that car).
i think you should have a synopsis of the lyrics. you will enjoy it more when you listen to this in your 4runner... here are the lyrics boiled down:
a man visits his Uncle who owns a car, despite motor vehicles being banned by decree and apparently violently enforced. his uncle asks him to drive the car once a week, because "to keep it new has been his dearest dream"... as you probably know, an engine will seize without being run regularly.
our intrepid hero takes it out for the drive and at some point the law sees him and the chase begins, which is the instrumental part, squealing tires and all- that is the nephew's race to evade the cops and get back safely.
he finally escapes, arrives back at his uncle's home, and they dream by the fire...
thank you for reacting to this... you are a favourite reactor of mine since i think your insights are awesome. thank you!
I’ve played guitar since before high school, and when I got into Rush in college, this song inspired me to start working on bass. I picked up a cheap $75 instrument and learned this one and Limelight right away. Very rewarding. The studio version is recording perfection. Cheers!
outstanding band and great song. the author could see the future when he wrote " a nice morning drive" in 73. the story the song is based on.
One of my fondest memories is standing with my wife on one side of me and our son on the other as we watched and listened to Rush play this song at the Gorge amphitheater in George, Washington. It was the Time Machine tour and we were about 20 feet away from Alex's side of the stage. What a long, strange trip it's been from my first Rush show. 27-March-1976 and Rush was the opening band for Styx.
The “drummer” is arguably one of the best ever. Love your channel. Keep em coming!
Rush was a funny group of guys..they would have washer dryer going on stage washing their clothes and keeping beat. They would also have pop corn machine on stage…🙌🏻🎶❤️🔥
😂 This song always makes me want to learn how to drive! 🥰🐰
Loved watching your reaction as the sing went on: hint of a smile, smile, grin, head bob. This has long been a road trip standard of mine, though I had to remove it from the rotation for a while - for precisely the reason you mentioned. I got three speeding tickets thanks to the red barchetta. Truly enjoyed the video.
The freedom of the road! defiance of authority .. and naturally those guys play like gods. It's so hard when you find out your parents are mortal .. when my old man died out of the blue it was tough .. he loved Rush but he was old school and I remember hearing him play Chicago Transit Authority. Every time I hear 25 or 6 to 4 I remember him and it makes me grin.
Neal Peart, AKA "The Professor" also known as "your favorite drummer's favorite drummer," is also the lyricist. The man was a genius.
If you want your mind blown, catch these guys a couple of decades later.
Specifically, look up “Working Man” live in Cleveland.
I was at this concert (or at least one on this very same tour). I remember Alex in his blue jeans, white shirt and red jacket. I remember the video graphics which seemed cheesy even in that day. But it was the best concert of my life. RIP Neil Peart, one of the greatest drummers to ever grace us with his talent combined with his truly wonderful skill as a lyricist.
At 4:02 you see him throw the drumstick into the air with his right hand, then catch it again at 4:04. I was blown away by how high in the air above their entire set that stick went and he caught it flawlessly and boom, right back into the song. I am pretty sure at the concert I was at there was a longer pause as it went very high. (Portland OR)
G.O.A.T. Remember only 3 guys! Seen these guys many times….and lots of other concerts. Greatest musicians in one band. They will never be duplicated. They sound like “Rush”. By far the greatest drummer that ever lived!
Rush is great! Awesome tune thanks for the reaction.
As a writer myself, I've always looked up to Neil as someone who showed me that it was OK to make references or connections that weren't in the minds of the common man. He is the only stranger I would consider a long-awaited friend and I could have only hoped he'd feel the same about me or any one of us, though we Rush fans know how he felt about such a statement. I wish I had been born in the mid-60s instead of the mid-90s, just to experience these bands firsthand. These guys always seemed like such inviting, personable dudes, and being the loner I was, I could've used that connection maybe a little bit more. "Subdivisions" is my favorite song of theirs, followed closely by "The Trees," a song which helped me to pass a creative writing course some years back.
RIP Professor. Any and all future thunderstorms, with their might and beauty, we attribute to you.
I've always loved this song, one of my favorites by Rush. You're 100% correct, Neil Peart was/is a Legend.
Great song from my favourite album of all time.
I love this song, my older brother turned me on to it. Where Polo says “its nasty !” Just so true, it’s a heavy transition. It’s in my top 5 of Rush songs.
This song probably had the most popular air drum fills in concert. They’re so distinct and there’s so much breathing room in the song that they’re easy to catch on to. The song itself is about a dystopian world where the old cars were banned, and the author breaks the laws and eludes the sensors (eyes) to slip out to the country to joyride. The cops catch up to him in their aircar and he has to race to the single lane bridge that they’re too wide to cross. Great imagery in the lyrics
Neil Peart, RIP, Best drummer ever.
My favorite RUSH song 🎶
❤❤❤❤
RIP Neil Peart
FYI, those graphics were the ones played on a large screen behind the band, during the song (the same for all other graphics shown in videos from this concert (Xanadu etc).
Just a fun fact, Danny Carey from TOOL has listed Neil Peart as one of his main influences as a drummer. R.I.P. Neil Peart ❤🔥
Funny fact about most guitarist live performance and their Wall of amps.
Geddy plays a Hartke bass Amp that's a 24" white dwarf of an amp w/sub zero hrz. As a joke he always will puts up a wall of commercial appliances. One tour he had a wall a rotisserie chicken cookers filled with rubber chicken, he also had a wall of laudrymat dryers...
This is one of my very favourite Rush songs 🎵 ❤️ Rush are amazing at telling stories with their music.
I would suggest
Natural Science from the Molson Amphitheatre Toronto
Digital Man from the Snakes and Arrows tour
La Villa Strangiato official music video
2112 Comic book or lyric video
Caravan from the Time Machine Tour
Cheers
Love this one, and yes, 1981 graphics! Full blown atari. Thanks for reacting to this one
Been patiently waiting for you to get to Rush. My favorite band then tool second
You picked the best version of this song to react to. Kudos. 😎
Sadly Neil has passed on, but not only one of the greatest drummers, wrote 99% of the lyrics, and created YYZ.
YYZ is just... it's beyond words
The full concert video of this has a little monologue from Neil about the song, how it’s a metaphor for freedom and family and also a futuristic sort of coming of age tale.
🏆🏆🏆WELL DONE!!
Love your reaction! Subbed for more Rush, please.
3 of them! Amazing!
Neal Peart (the drummer) was legit top 5 GOAT. If you really want to see him slay, check out YYZ.
When I bought my first sports car, this was the first song to grace the speakers!!! 🚗 💨
Great reaction and analysis 👏. The entire album, Moving Pictures, is amazing. You should do a track by track reaction. See what you think.
Seething intensity.. A different kind of cat as Jack Black said..NEIL will liver forever in our hearts.
Permanent Waves was my go to roadtrip cassette 😂
The drummer Neil Peart was a mighty inspiration and friend to Tool's Danny Carey, if someone has not commented already (as much as you were smitten by Tool and especially Danny)
Good job on changing the microphone setup. Makes a big difference. I love your reactions, very insightful and thoughtful.
Definitely a song for the road... Good video...
Thanks Brother
Funny that you were focused on the background graphics. Rush did a tour where they had washing machines behind them (both their R30 - 30th anniversary and R40 - 49th anniversary tours). And the R30 tour had Jerry Stiller appearances on the video screen behind them including the intro.😁
And let's not forget about the rotisserie ovens on the Snakes & Arrows tour, and the South Park intro to Tom Sawyer!!
Mu brother Timmy passed. I was his younger brother. His favorite band. Fucking albums brother. The sound and warmth . Hairs raising
The Drummer, Neil Peart, is probably the best person to ever play the instrument. That's not opinion, that's fact. Ask anybody who knows Rock music. Look at all Top drummer lists, he'll always be near the top if not at the top!! If you really want a taste of Rush, you absolutely need to listen to YYZ. it's an instrumental, and it really show's you what they can do, it's incredible! RIP Neil.
I dont care who the "objective" best is otherwise people can just go to a mainstream magazine that does that kind of cliche' list for fans. I do however consider Neil as one of the finest Rock drummers ever to have come along.
im not surprised you like rush if youlike tool, both have great song writers and musicians danny and neil two of best ever at drums.
Polo, I don't know who is recommending these Rush songs to you, but trust me, these are tier 3 songs in my opinion. When you listen to tier 1 and 2 songs, you'll be blown away. The songs themselves, the musicianship and the lyrics.
Rush is quite possibly your favourite band's favourite band.
"Four-Runner" approved! 👍🏽😁
The Holy Trinity of Drummers:
Neil Peart
Danny Carey
John Bonham
When Dave Grohl helped induct RUSH into the Rock Hall (after several years they were eligible!!) he called out “Who lets the drummer write the lyrics??” Which is really true, when Neil joined RUSH after their first drummer left (diabetes concern) -Neil P’ was the primary writer -rare.
I only saw RUSH once live, in 2011, while my z brother saw them four times. (Some fans have rights to 100+ concerts) I was quite happy to see RUSH play some favorite songs like “Red Barchetta” or “Subdivisions” -yet, really, the three men of RUSH are so talented. When Neil did his improv drum solo…serious, to experience!!
Glad they could decide to stop touring, when some health issues were obvious to them. As a band for 40 years, they ended, in their own terms, before Neil died.
I haven't seen anyone's reaction to Zakk Wilde's Acoustic live performance of Machine Gun Man. And it's one of the reasons my brother started playing guitar and because of him made me want to play guitar. I'd love to see your reaction to it much love from Sweden
If you want to see Neil Peart just straight rocking on the drums check out him doing the Hockey theme.
From one 4Runner lover to another!
You have to read into what the lyrics mean. So relevant to now. And Neal the drummer is widely considered one of the best of all time. Rest his soul.
Not only a great song with a compelling story, but remarkably prescient. It says in the song "he says it used to be a farm before the motor law". This was from 1980 and where are we now? We have a "motor law" banning petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and farms are being closed down. Great reaction to a great song.
New sub!❤ have you watched Neil's drum solo yet? Best part of their concerts😉 I'll go thru your videos now to check, but loving your reactions so far!! Thanks!
Well the GRAPHICS are from the early 80's.... But the MUSIC is TIMELESS..... It was this song that made me a HUGE RUSH FAN...
Not only was Neil Peart one of the greatest drummers ever, he was also the primary songwriter. He LOVED to read and not the common stuff. A lot of lyrics came from those books he read. I often feel like Alex Lifeson doesn't get his due and is overlooked. Imagine RUSH without his guitar playing. It doesn't work. After Neil's death, Geddy and Alex said they'll never tour as RUSH or headline shows again. That's a crapload of respect in my opinion. Besides, no one could ever replace Neil Peart.
If you want a seriously underrated drummer and frankly, the entire band is underrated, check out Styx. Please do a reaction video to Come Sail Away the live show in Denver 2016. They've been around since the 70's and don't get the recognization they deserve. In fact they were opening for Def Leppard on that tour. DL was great but Styx blew them out of the water. It wasn't even close. Todd Sucherman is the drummer and I can watch him play for hours. He's incredible. Lead vocals are shared by JY (piano and synth) and Tommy Shaw (lead guitarist). You won't regret it. I promise. :}