Xanadu is one of those special songs that you discover when you are young that dives straight into your mind and musical intellect, that in my opinion sets a standard of musical proficiency that is hard to replicate.
You sir are a Stud! Capital S in stud. The hours and hours and hours you dedicated to achieve this greatness is mind blowing to me. I just watched 2112 first side video and my mind was blown,I have been playing for 30 years and I love RUSH, and I feel positive Alex has watched your vids and smiled!
I'm up-thumbing 'em before I even see the video!!!!! You know he'll nail it! C'mon! Flipping awesome dedication, man!(sorry so many exclamation marks!)
HIGHLY impressed!! I LOVE this song, it is one of my all time favorites, you did it justice for sure, and I learned a LOT from watching...Thanks for putting this together, and all of the other ones you did, Great job!
i love all your videos rush is my all time fav band i can watch you play them for hours and maybe even days youve inspired me to go out and buy a guitar i will master all these songs keep up the good work
I remember learning how to play this song when I was a beginner. I remember struggling with that riff at 2:38 but I was so amazed at myself when I got it after 5 minutes of playing it. Nice cover and great song man!
You inspire me. To me, Alex Lifeson is untouchable-but seeing you perfect his stuff has made me realize that he's not the only one who can play like that! It gives me more incentive to play guitar :-D
Nice job overall. not sure if you have one but you can get very close in the beginning with a volume pedal for those note swells. I have even used volume nob...... But a bit tougher to pull off. Cheers! 😬👍🏻🎸🎸
You nailed it , maybe you should consider making Rush guitar lessons as there are few good ones to be found. If they were to be be as good as your guitar playing, every guitar player that loves Rush would be on top of that.
I keep coming back to this video out of just awe, I have the whole song minus the second half of the solo down(the really fast parts), I can pretty much play as fast as The Analog kid goes on its intro and the intro to Finding My Way but I just can't nail this solo 100% does anybody have tips(you too bloblob :) )
Xanadu is one of those special songs that you discover when you are young that dives straight into your mind and musical intellect, that in my opinion sets a standard of musical proficiency that is hard to replicate.
Great job!!
The 4 dislikes must be music critics from the 70's...tragic...
thanks :)
I think we've found Alex Lifeson's youtube channel
yes...he just does not like to show his face ...
Lol, i'm getting suspicious too :-D ....maybe his son???
Right?? This was absolutely unbelievable! He played it to perfection - very, very nice work!
Too perfect..must be him
The beginning of this was spectacular, and magical. You really did Alex Lifeson proud with this...Amazing harmonics bro. Loved this...PEACE
You are the Yoda of guitarists.
You sir are a Stud! Capital S in stud. The hours and hours and hours you dedicated to achieve this greatness is mind blowing to me. I just watched 2112 first side video and my mind was blown,I have been playing for 30 years and I love RUSH, and I feel positive Alex has watched your vids and smiled!
thanks a lot, appreciated :)
Wow, Nice!
I never heard anyone play the beginning part without the volume swells but that was great!
Thanks for posting this.
Dude that was awesome, my favorite Rush track, bravo!
thanks :)
Xanadu in the background sounds like exit stage left
Absolutely beautiful
Thanks :)
Great job....I used to play this back in the early 80's and needed a refresher. Easy to follow,
I come back at least one or twice a year to watch. So Cool!...Thanks Bro
Thanks :)
Ahhh, the anthem of my childhood. Many a good memory goes along with this song.
Excellent, well played.
Thanks :)
Thank you Alex, for the private show of guitar excellence! Rush ROCKS!!
I'm up-thumbing 'em before I even see the video!!!!! You know he'll nail it! C'mon! Flipping awesome dedication, man!(sorry so many exclamation marks!)
Awesome 👍 thanks for sharing this
thanks :)
This guy is simply the BEST guitar player on RUclips. Thanks for helping me. You made my life.!😮😅
Thanks, I'm glad the video helps ;)
Ohh i loved how you used the Exit Stage Left Verson!! Wonderful Job
awesome take on a classic tune, mad props to you.
thanks :)
Superb love the harmonics intro👍
amazing!! thank you for this lesson.
HIGHLY impressed!! I LOVE this song, it is one of my all time favorites, you did it justice for sure, and I learned a LOT from watching...Thanks for putting this together, and all of the other ones you did, Great job!
+Roland Lemus thanks :)
Brilliantly executed!!!!
Outstanding. The gods are smiling.
Wow well done
Amazing cover! Those lovely open chords is Alex's trademark. They have a mysterious, mystical sound.
Cosmik Debris the open chords are being shorted just a bit.
Awesome playing to an incredible song.. and just like the original, recorded in one single take..
Well done Sir….
thanks :)
This is AMAZING!!!!I have uploaded this to my ipod!you nailed this song note by note!!!!!
Bravo!!!
i love all your videos rush is my all time fav band i can watch you play them for hours and maybe even days youve inspired me to go out and buy a guitar i will master all these songs keep up the good work
Hook him up with this guy:
Rush (cover) Xanadu - 4080 Bass / guitar, minimoog, Taurus III and I'm Not being facetious. Id see that band.
It's so pretty. Thank you.
Thanks:)
Excellent
Damn! you also do that exit stage fill!!! Killer
holds bic lighter up! I never get tired of watching your videos Blobblob22.
you my friend, are amazing. wow. just wow
Brilliant
Best guitar player I've seen..
This gives me so much inspiration man best cover I have heard your up to the standards of Alex. Really epic man!
This is the best cover of one of my favorites. Great job!
Nice job. I've always loved this song. This was a huge help in learning it.
Loving the harmonics!
I remember learning how to play this song when I was a beginner. I remember struggling with that riff at 2:38 but I was so amazed at myself when I got it after 5 minutes of playing it. Nice cover and great song man!
cool
Amazing that you learned that. You should be in a tribute band!!
I really like your rendition of this Rush classic!
You have taught me a lot good sir. Please keep it up!
Wow dude! Amazing. Nailed the tone, nailed the performance. Outstanding.
superb
thanks :)
Awsome!!! Simply Put
wow!! awesome!! amazing!!
I always enjoy ya covers
Awesome!!!!!
Absolutly Love it!
Perfect! loved it.
If I wrote this I would totally mix up the intro, go nuts with it.
Outstanding as always.
Canadian Guitar Hack thanks :)
Awesome!!
jesus mary and joseph. and to thjink they were just fucking starting at that point!! aweome job.
You inspire me. To me, Alex Lifeson is untouchable-but seeing you perfect his stuff has made me realize that he's not the only one who can play like that! It gives me more incentive to play guitar :-D
Who tf disliked this??? This is amazing!!
something epic about this song
Great Tone!
i am heavily convinced this is alex
Nailed! Great job
+Jean-René PIRLET thanks :)
Nice job overall. not sure if you have one but you can get very close in the beginning with a volume pedal for those note swells. I have even used volume nob...... But a bit tougher to pull off. Cheers! 😬👍🏻🎸🎸
4:20 is on a twelve string if you didnt know, but you do great with it here!
But can't you use an octave pedal to match with that to get the 12 string sound.
Great job!
pure class m8
Right on Dude!!!
thanks :)
You are like an old friend I have never met ...
You nailed it , maybe you should consider making Rush guitar lessons as there are few good ones to be found. If they were to be be as good as your guitar playing, every guitar player that loves Rush would be on top of that.
love your vids man.A1!
Man, you are a virtuoso!
I do my best :)
I'm a huge rush fan. In the studio recording the key of the song is in between e and f. It's kinda weird but live they play it in e.
I think they just sped the entire track up after recording it in E, thus slightly raising the pitch a quarter step or so
This is a great cover
thanks :)
Thanks man! Your the best
This was great! I am trying to learn it but I'm not even past the intro.
Beeeautiful! My fave song to play (your harmonics are better than mine)
Exit Stage Left version?
Thanks, it's the version from the Exit Stage Left video
briilliant cover man....love it. subbed :)
Very nice.. props!! I watched it to the end! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 (I’m a bassist.. if you ever wanna consider doing a remote e-collaboration)
Love that f chord
we all know its you alex!
Yeah, no shit. lol
Fucking Excellent!
Nice tone but could dial it down a bit on the chorus and use a volume pedal
Awesome...Almost spot on. Give the part @6:45 a new listen.
I keep coming back to this video out of just awe, I have the whole song minus the second half of the solo down(the really fast parts), I can pretty much play as fast as The Analog kid goes on its intro and the intro to Finding My Way but I just can't nail this solo 100% does anybody have tips(you too bloblob :) )
In Rio!
i do like this
mierda santa.... ay Dios mío... e' lo mejor cubrito que h'e'cuchao de e'ta canción
Nice cover's man, you play just like Alex Lifeson :)
R.I.P. Mr. Peart :(
...chills and 'Rushes' @ 6:43 :-D
Good job :)
thanks :)
No heavy critique here, just have to say.... SWEET!! :-)
Dude..yiu need to kidnapp Alex Lifeson and take over ..you are ridiculously good..brilliant
What kind of guitar are you using? Because i am going to start playing and i was wondering what would be a good one.
It's a Tokai 'Love Rock' Guitar
How long did it take you to get this down? Amazing.
Yes I did! In Rio! :)