@@stevenmonte7397 Iron Maiden draws those crowds in South America as well. With the "singing" of the crowd along with the guitar riff is just simply amazing!
The beginning of the song is Morse Code for YYZ which is the indicator code for the Toronto International Airport. Alex Lifeson the guitarist is also a pilot and was flying them back to Toronto when Geddy and Neil heard it and it stuck with them. The guys always liked seeing YYZ on their luggage as it meant they were heading home to their families. Cheers
Flying corporate for them in and out off YYZ for years. In a corporate jet, pax can hear cockpit audio. ATIS frequencies must be listened too and Morse code confirmed by crew on every approach, so they heard it a lot.
You noted this was live in Rio. This concert was unique because of the audience singing/chanting on this INSTRUMENTAL song. The words the audience sang were not written or known by the band. The fans wrote them and shared them and surprised the band by singing them. The guys in the band were awed and honored that their fans would create this and take part.
“Everyone had their own voice in the same story”, that’s a beautiful way of describing what Rush does. One of the reasons that Rush has rabid fans is that you can listen repeatedly and always find something new in the music.
Thanks for sharing. Alex happens to be a private pilot, one day while approaching Toronto Airport (YYZ) they ear the call sign from the airport in Morse code (the battery introduction) so they composed a song about the experience on landing and getting thru the airport. That’s explain the song sections going from fast to fastest.
Rush tends to use this technique a lot where Alex and Geddy play the same melody, but using different flourishes. They each go off a bit, but they keep the same theme within the space of the melody so that even though they're going off, they never stop complementing each other. I love the crowd reaction in this version of the song, but the 1982 version captured on the Exit... Stage Left is amazing in that Neal Peart has a 3 minute drum solo in the middle of the song that boggles the mind.
I was happy crying when I saw this the first time, 60.000 fans loving this song as much as I do, all of them singing the “chorus”. Still get happy tears when I watch this video!
One of my favorite memories of this song is I was in a car with a couple of coworkers, one of which I hadn't known for too long and who I would eventually go on to date for a while, and this song came on. Me and my other friend are big rush fans and so we immediately start singing along and he instinctively sang the guitar and I the bass proceeding to really confuse our other coworker.
I love your reactions, I too being from Canada didn't even hear RUSH until watching a documentary about RUSH, Lighted Stage or something like that. I look forward to more from you
A lot of people have liked RUSH all along, just not many would admit to liking "nerd music." They got very little radio play, were Grammy outcasts, and only made the RRHOF after much protest, and weren't on soundtracks or commercials. Then, a few years ago, they were referenced in a movie and their general popularity soared. A well-made documentary (Beyond the Lighted Stage) introduced them to even more fans. They were your favorite band's favorite band. I was touched by the outpouring at Peart's untimely death. RUSH is the soundtrack to American suburban life.
Thanks for checking out my favorite band Rush. I realize you are overwhelmed with requests, but I think you are ready for my second favorite band: Yes. The gateway Yes song is Roundabout. Check out the studio version when you can. Thanks again!
Well, I was around 12 when I first heard Rush (which just so happens to also be the year YYZ was written). Within the next couple of years, Rush became my favourite band and has stayed there ever since. For my part, it was luck, as I'm still awaiting maturity! Someone has probably already mentioned this but YYZ (pronounced Why-Why-Zed) is the IATA code for Toronto Pearson International Airport. The story goes that Alex (an amateur pilot) was flying his bandmates back home from a recording session (supervised by his instructor) in that cabin/recording-studio featured in the Tom Sawyer video (which is located near Montreal). When he heard the familiar Morse Code sounds for YYZ, he decided to use them as a basis of a song. Thus, you can hear YYZ as morse code throughout the song, which was otherwise crafted to convey the feeling of daily life at a large airport.
Great reaction as always! Please react to RUSH "Working Man"-Live in Cleveland Time Machine Tour And can you plz react to my favorite band Alter Bridge "Cry Of Achilles" Thank you my friend! Have an amazing day! 💥💯💜🎼🤘
I am not sure if you noticed but the crowd was singing along with the instrumental. Nice reaction one of my favorite things about Rush is how each member always gets their own moment to shine. It amazes me how the different instruments compliment each other. i will list a couple of suggestions below. 1) RUSH - Natural Science - 1997/06/30 - Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, Ontario CAN m.ruclips.net/video/EndaI-okEIc/видео.html 2)Rush - Working Man live in Cleveland m.ruclips.net/video/uJz049s4Pbg/видео.html
Hope your enjoying your journey into the RUSH RABBIT HOLE! I always enjoy listening too reactions from people who have very different backgrounds and perspectives like yourself. Looking forward too your reactions to a few very iconic Rush tunes like 2112, Necromancer, bytor an the snow dog, natural science, Cygnus X1 book 1 an then book 2… better stop there or I’ll literally be typing out songs for a couple hrs 🤘
I feel the same way I didn't encounter rush until I was in college and it high school I was big into 80s hair bands and I don't think that I would have appreciated them nearly as much if I found them sooner
20,000 people? More like 60,000 - 75,000 people. I have the Rush in Rio DVD. Inside there is a booklet on their documentary there. Learn your facts.. especially if you call yourself a Rush fan..
So much more great Rush to discover. Nice reaction. I also like the point - counterpoint interactions with guitar and bass. The drums keep the momentum going and add interesting highlights as we go. Love the crowd singing along to an instrumental. Would love to see your reaction to "Working Man" live in Cleveland.
Jone, you should listen to the studio version, on your own. The production is top-notch, of course, but you can hear the guitar solo in a bit more of a pristine state. It's a gorgeous solo. Rush was trying to create some "exotic" parts for the song, since YYZ has to do with the Toronto airport and at an airport you have an opportunity to go to far flung place around the world, right? So, Alex was trying to paint an exotic picture with his solo. Obviously, he's borrowing techniques made famous by Jazz/Fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth and he pulls it off, so to speak, nicely!
It's actually not an effect. It's Pinch Harmonics, which are produced by letting your fingers strike the plucked string right before the pick does. So it creates a weird pinching effect that the pickup amplifies. I've heard some kind of similar sounding stuff in Spanish guitar but the pickups really change the whole dynamics of how it sounds.
Now that you've graduated to a live Rush song, the next stop on your journey should be the Neil Peart, Drum Solo, Live in Frankfurt... ruclips.net/video/LWRMOJQDiLU/видео.html&ab_channel=RushWire (This is why Neil is ALWAYS considered the GOAT) Awesome reactions !!!
The Rush fans responding to your videos have nothing on that crowd in Rio. They were just nuts jumping and singing to an instrumental. Must have been just a rush playing to that kind of crowd.
You probably know the work of Lucas Imbiriba ruclips.net/video/sS1WYIu_gA4/видео.html here he is doing Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits. I would love for you to play and comment on this man's guitar playing.
That sound you were hearing and asked about, not positive but I think Alex was dragging the edge of his pick down the strings. If it’s not that, then he was doing something with the frets to get a bit of a choked out sound.
It's pinch harmonics. I'm trying to figure out how to explain it cause it's been like years since I've learned to do it and I don't actually think about it when I do them.
Don't act like a pompous ass...zed is the name your culture named the letter Z...NOT a pronunciation ...do you say zedebra for zebra?... Do you pronounce A as alpha, B as beta?....I thought not...
![[First Reaction] Rush - YYZ Live in Rio, The Level of Talent!!](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/v4nEFXzWSuA/mqdefault.jpg)
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Did you pick up on the SOLO that had some MIDDLE EASTERN ROOTS in the NOTES - this is one of my favorite solos.
The audience singing along with an instrumental. Priceless Rush stuff.
RIO has the best crowd!!! Queen Love of my Life in RIO was just as LIT!!! 250-300 thousand in the crowd!
@@stevenmonte7397 Iron Maiden draws those crowds in South America as well. With the "singing" of the crowd along with the guitar riff is just simply amazing!
The beginning of the song is Morse Code for YYZ which is the indicator code for the Toronto International Airport. Alex Lifeson the guitarist is also a pilot and was flying them back to Toronto when Geddy and Neil heard it and it stuck with them.
The guys always liked seeing YYZ on their luggage as it meant they were heading home to their families.
Cheers
Flying corporate for them in and out off YYZ for years. In a corporate jet, pax can hear cockpit audio. ATIS frequencies must be listened too and Morse code confirmed by crew on every approach, so they heard it a lot.
It started as a bass/percussion warm-up, then Alex wanted in on it, and it grew from there.
RIP NEIL The greatest drummer of all time.
Look at the audience go.
That's three blokes with instruments making an entire stadium groove.
You noted this was live in Rio. This concert was unique because of the audience singing/chanting on this INSTRUMENTAL song. The words the audience sang were not written or known by the band. The fans wrote them and shared them and surprised the band by singing them.
The guys in the band were awed and honored that their fans would create this and take part.
This should have won a Grammy
“Everyone had their own voice in the same story”, that’s a beautiful way of describing what Rush does. One of the reasons that Rush has rabid fans is that you can listen repeatedly and always find something new in the music.
Rush fans have known the power, talent, and tightness of this band all along... now the world is finally catching up.
2112 with the cartoon video.... 20 + minutes of musical mastery, and the video helps one learn the whole story of the song.... A must see!
Thanks for sharing.
Alex happens to be a private pilot, one day while approaching Toronto Airport (YYZ) they ear the call sign from the airport in Morse code (the battery introduction) so they composed a song about the experience on landing and getting thru the airport. That’s explain the song sections going from fast to fastest.
rush-freewill
Oh yes!! Great song with amazing guitar solo!
Rush tends to use this technique a lot where Alex and Geddy play the same melody, but using different flourishes. They each go off a bit, but they keep the same theme within the space of the melody so that even though they're going off, they never stop complementing each other. I love the crowd reaction in this version of the song, but the 1982 version captured on the Exit... Stage Left is amazing in that Neal Peart has a 3 minute drum solo in the middle of the song that boggles the mind.
That's a spicy bass!
I was happy crying when I saw this the first time, 60.000 fans loving this song as much as I do, all of them singing the “chorus”. Still get happy tears when I watch this video!
more like +100k - full soccer stadium AND the field? probably 160k.... A much smaller NFL stadium - seats only - the smallest ones are 60k
iron maiden has spoken of how amazing the brazilian audiences are. their rio footage shows giant crowds singing along.
I have that cd and iron maiden says to the audience " scream for me Brazil!"
Maiden is my fav!!! Dance of Death live was great. Up the Irons!!! :)
Yyz and the pattern is the code for the Canadian airport
Such a great music piece executed flawlessly by these 3 legendary giants. This particular interpretation is indeed priceless. Great choice.
good analysis with the quartet. that’s why RUSH sounds bigger than 3 guys. lots of sounds
One of my favorite memories of this song is I was in a car with a couple of coworkers, one of which I hadn't known for too long and who I would eventually go on to date for a while, and this song came on. Me and my other friend are big rush fans and so we immediately start singing along and he instinctively sang the guitar and I the bass proceeding to really confuse our other coworker.
Very passionate is an understatement
You can't sing along an instrumental song!
Rio crowd:
Hold my beer
I love your reactions, I too being from Canada didn't even hear RUSH until watching a documentary about RUSH, Lighted Stage or something like that. I look forward to more from you
YYX is my fave
Canada's power trio!
Next check out Emerson Lake and Palmer,From the Beginning and Still you turn me on . another great trio!
Temazo, junto con Villa Strangiato
A lot of people have liked RUSH all along, just not many would admit to liking "nerd music." They got very little radio play, were Grammy outcasts, and only made the RRHOF after much protest, and weren't on soundtracks or commercials. Then, a few years ago, they were referenced in a movie and their general popularity soared. A well-made documentary (Beyond the Lighted Stage) introduced them to even more fans. They were your favorite band's favorite band. I was touched by the outpouring at Peart's untimely death. RUSH is the soundtrack to American suburban life.
Thanks for checking out my favorite band Rush. I realize you are overwhelmed with requests, but I think you are ready for my second favorite band: Yes. The gateway Yes song is Roundabout. Check out the studio version when you can. Thanks again!
Geddy Lee played on a live Yes song called Roundabout live...you should check it out
❤every Red Blooded Canadian loves Rush our heroes
Time for 2112.
I think this guy should do an easier band than Rush.
Brasil, "different" people!!! And the only vocals in...
RUSH loved!!!
Well, I was around 12 when I first heard Rush (which just so happens to also be the year YYZ was written). Within the next couple of years, Rush became my favourite band and has stayed there ever since. For my part, it was luck, as I'm still awaiting maturity!
Someone has probably already mentioned this but YYZ (pronounced Why-Why-Zed) is the IATA code for Toronto Pearson International Airport. The story goes that Alex (an amateur pilot) was flying his bandmates back home from a recording session (supervised by his instructor) in that cabin/recording-studio featured in the Tom Sawyer video (which is located near Montreal). When he heard the familiar Morse Code sounds for YYZ, he decided to use them as a basis of a song.
Thus, you can hear YYZ as morse code throughout the song, which was otherwise crafted to convey the feeling of daily life at a large airport.
Great reaction as always!
Please react to
RUSH
"Working Man"-Live in Cleveland Time
Machine Tour
And can you plz react to my favorite band
Alter Bridge
"Cry Of Achilles"
Thank you my friend!
Have an amazing day!
💥💯💜🎼🤘
I am not sure if you noticed but the crowd was singing along with the instrumental. Nice reaction one of my favorite things about Rush is how each member always gets their own moment to shine. It amazes me how the different instruments compliment each other. i will list a couple of suggestions below.
1) RUSH - Natural Science - 1997/06/30 - Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, Ontario CAN
m.ruclips.net/video/EndaI-okEIc/видео.html
2)Rush - Working Man live in Cleveland
m.ruclips.net/video/uJz049s4Pbg/видео.html
Working Man Live in Cleveland is a must!!!!
small FYI, Geddy refers to his right hand technique as Flamenco bass
3 down only 165 more to go. Natural Science next please. 😊
How gratifying it would be as a musician to hear the crowds singing a instrumental!!! Thanks keep it coming I will be hear!!!
How this song was created: Everyone solo and we will make it fit together.
Hey my friend, seen Rush in 1988 (Power Windows Tour) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada!🙂
Hope your enjoying your journey into the RUSH RABBIT HOLE!
I always enjoy listening too reactions from people who have very different backgrounds and perspectives like yourself.
Looking forward too your reactions to a few very iconic Rush tunes like 2112, Necromancer, bytor an the snow dog, natural science, Cygnus X1 book 1 an then book 2… better stop there or I’ll literally be typing out songs for a couple hrs 🤘
Alex's solo is an exact copy of the studio recording off their album Moving Pictures.
Enjoyed. Thanks for sharing.
Well said. All at the right time. One of the great things about art you find new things in it the more you see it, esp w/ time & experience.
Your favorite musicians favorite musicians are Rush.
I feel the same way I didn't encounter rush until I was in college and it high school I was big into 80s hair bands and I don't think that I would have appreciated them nearly as much if I found them sooner
I think you are ready for "2112"
You know you’re on top of your game when 20,000 people sing a 7 minute song at the top of their lungs that has no words in it!!
20,000 people? More like 60,000 - 75,000 people. I have the Rush in Rio DVD. Inside there is a booklet on their documentary there. Learn your facts.. especially if you call yourself a Rush fan..
So much more great Rush to discover. Nice reaction. I also like the point - counterpoint interactions with guitar and bass. The drums keep the momentum going and add interesting highlights as we go. Love the crowd singing along to an instrumental.
Would love to see your reaction to "Working Man" live in Cleveland.
the longest journey begins with but a single step
Progressive Jazz Man!
You're welcome.
I was there, fantastic day
I think that part you were unclear about was Alex raking out then dampening arpeggios.
Jone, you should listen to the studio version, on your own. The production is top-notch, of course, but you can hear the guitar solo in a bit more of a pristine state. It's a gorgeous solo. Rush was trying to create some "exotic" parts for the song, since YYZ has to do with the Toronto airport and at an airport you have an opportunity to go to far flung place around the world, right? So, Alex was trying to paint an exotic picture with his solo. Obviously, he's borrowing techniques made famous by Jazz/Fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth and he pulls it off, so to speak, nicely!
🥰 Woo Hoo! More Rush! 😁 Cool Beans! ☺🐰
I was there!
It's actually not an effect. It's Pinch Harmonics, which are produced by letting your fingers strike the plucked string right before the pick does. So it creates a weird pinching effect that the pickup amplifies. I've heard some kind of similar sounding stuff in Spanish guitar but the pickups really change the whole dynamics of how it sounds.
Now that you've graduated to a live Rush song, the next stop on your journey should be the Neil Peart, Drum Solo, Live in Frankfurt... ruclips.net/video/LWRMOJQDiLU/видео.html&ab_channel=RushWire (This is why Neil is ALWAYS considered the GOAT) Awesome reactions !!!
have to do neil peart doing cotton tail at buddy rich memorial
Try Broons bane and the trees exit stage left 1981
When this came out as a live ... release, people, and me, complained widely that the production on this was pretty bad.
The Rush fans responding to your videos have nothing on that crowd in Rio. They were just nuts jumping and singing to an instrumental. Must have been just a rush playing to that kind of crowd.
There is no audience as grand as a South American audience.....in this case Brazil!
You probably know the work of Lucas Imbiriba
ruclips.net/video/sS1WYIu_gA4/видео.html here he is doing Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits. I would love for you to play and comment on this man's guitar playing.
Whole chord pinch harmonics!!
That sound you were hearing and asked about, not positive but I think Alex was dragging the edge of his pick down the strings. If it’s not that, then he was doing something with the frets to get a bit of a choked out sound.
It's pinch harmonics. I'm trying to figure out how to explain it cause it's been like years since I've learned to do it and I don't actually think about it when I do them.
Good videos are very difficult to make. I think your goals sound fantastic.
Do you think the crowd likes RUSH just a little 😊
Are you officially a RUSH fan now?
He sounds clueless. Can't even get the song name right. YYX?? Seriously. Lmao..
Pronunciation: "Y Y Zed"
Don't act like a pompous ass...zed is the name your culture named the letter Z...NOT a pronunciation ...do you say zedebra for zebra?... Do you pronounce A as alpha, B as beta?....I thought not...
Rush just has too many notes. I just can't figure out which ones don't belong!😊