First Time Hearing Rush - The Spirit of Radio Reaction - THEY CAPTURED THE CONCEPT PERFECTLY!
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The key with Rush is extraordinary musicianship. Neil Peart was incredibly articulate and well read. He wrote almost all the lyrics. Geddy plays bass, keyboards, and sings simultaneously. Alex is a gifted guitar player. You can hear the skill.
Alex also plays foot pedals.
@@leemiracle6840 Not surprised
Invisible airwaves crackle with life
Bright antennas bristle with the energy
Emotional feedback on a timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free ~absolutely beautiful ,,pure poetry
That part is awesome!
It's the 80s and I'm back in high school. Thanks!!! Great reaction!
Rock on!
@@barsandbarbells2022 👍🏿❤️
This has to be one of the top 10 all time song’s especially musically. It’s amazing.
Just FYI...Geddy & Alex had the animation done after Neil's passing in 2020, hence the tribute at the end. Neil wrote the lyrics about what he loved about the radio, starting in his childhood, hearing the right song at the right time, but the second half was his thoughts on how "One likes to believe in the freedom of music, but glittering prizes and endless compromises, shatter the illusion of integrity"....they were getting tired of the "Salesmen" and radio execs just wanting short songs to help maximize profits. As always, RIP to "The Professor".
well said
Glad you highlighted that. I’m always a bit disappointed when reactors listen to music videos because often they stop listening to the lyrics and focus on the video, hence missing import points like this. Well done.
It seems that just top 10 stations want to shorten songs. No rock/metal station will shorten any song, no matter how long. Radio stations wanted a short version of "Dry County" by Bon Jovi. Jon Bon Jovi decided not to release the song on the radio if they were going to cut his song.
Super Powerful Trio.
Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart explained this song in an interview with Billboard magazine: "'The Spirit Of Radio' was actually written as a tribute to all that was good about radio, celebrating my appreciation of magical moments I'd had since childhood, of hearing 'the right song at the right time.' However, [the song's] celebration of the ideals of radio necessarily seemed like an attack on the reality - on the formulaic, mercenary programming of most radio stations, with music the last of anyone's concerns. And yes, it was really ironic that such a song became popular on radio, though it was a kind of litmus test. Some radio guys who 'got it' could hear the song and think, 'That's the way it ought to be,' while others - the shallow, swaggering salesmen-of-the-air - could be oblivious to the song's meaning and proudly applaud themselves, 'That's about me!'"
Next Rush song to check out - Red Barchetta
You liked the "Reggae" vibe? Check out Rush Live in Cleveland doing "Working Man." It will give you a feel for them live in the later years.
Enjoy!
I am a diehard fan ... but I never liked that particular choice by them.
Working man live in Cleveland is amazing😊
saw that concert twice - 1 within about 3 stops of the recording (I saw them in Chicago - and Milwaukee the second year of the tour) - Time Machine tour was amazing. And the crazy soloing melted our faces off both times.
This is the way
Rush was a great Canadian rock band formed in 1968. The band's style changed over the years, from a blues-inspired hard rock beginning, later moving into progressive rock, then a period marked by heavy use of synthesizers, before returning to guitar-driven hard rock since the end of the 1980s. They had a lot of great songs such as "Not Fade Away", "In The Mood", "Working Man", "Bad Boy", "Fly By Night", "Limelight", "Red Barchetta", "The Trees", "Subdivisions", "Closer To The Heart", "Xanadu", "Anthem" etc.
Why would you mention Not Fade Away and Bad Boy? odd choice
2112? Lol.
@@rimskykorsakov2892 Right! smh. Why not add Garden Road?
Subdivisions!
Cool trivia about this band is that Alex and Geddy have been best friends since high school, and they still are, unlike many long term bands.
Neil joined the band after the first album was released but just before the bands first North American tour in 1974. He’s still affectionately known as “the new guy.” He is (was) a very quiet, recluse, big time reader, and wrote the lyrics to their music.
Not bad for a new guy
Rush always takes you on a ride ...all you have to do is dig
One of the best!
YOU WILL NEVER GO WRONG WITH RUSH SO MANY SONGS TO CHOOSE FROM WITH ALOT OF DIFFERENT SOUNDS ESPECIALLY THE FARTHER YOU GO BACK!
The miracle of Rush is that they sound just as good live as they do in studio ... the quality doesn't fall off in concert, as a matter of fact seeing them do it in person added an even deeper level
I saw Rush 5 times. All three members were outstanding musicians. Their live shows were amazing
I would say arguably one of the top two drummers, top five bassist and top ten guitarist in rock all together.
The beginning of this song was composed to resemble switching from station to station on the radio
This was my introduction to my favorite band 43 years ago. Permanent Waves is a perfect album.
A little history lesson.
Rush is a Canadian band from Toronto. There was only one radio station that would play alt rock and indie music in the area; That was 102.1 CFNY “The Spirit of Radio”.
At the time, it wasn’t worried too much about making money, but more of promoting new and up coming indie bands.
David Marsden was the music director at the time when Spirit of Radio (song) came out and according to him, it was a tribute to the radio station CFNY.
Search 1021 spirit of radio and there is an old website talking about the 80’s/90’s
The “Ongoing History of New Music” with Alan Cross podcast started when he was working for CFNY (interesting deep dive into music)
This is my favourite all time Song, since first hearing it in 1980, just blew me away and has stuck with me ever since. The 2112 suite is an incredible listen too, what was the whole of side 1 on vinyl back in the day
Me too. Heard it as a 13 year old in 1980 & I was hooked on this band. Still am.
Glad I'm not alone. Spirit of Radio has always been my favorite song. I was 14 in 1980, and I still love it to this day.
When they first came out,I was instantly amazed.Had to ask my friends,have you heard this band.I was hooked.
There's 40 plus year's of rush ...go into the rabbit hole..it will catapult you both into another dimension for life..phenomenal
It is a very uplifting song. The drum work is perfection
I was working at a radio station when this was released and played this as often as I could. Beyond it being a great Rush song, the lyrics really resonated with me.
RUSH is THE PERFECT EXAMPLE of the fluidity of MASTERING TIME SIGNATURES! I play drums and there are a few things that you need to know about Neil Peart’s ( pronounced PEER-T) character: First he writes the lyrics so he knows in advance what TYPE of song it’s meant to be ie ballad, driver, etc. Second he COMPOSES on the drums… like a carpenter who looks at a set of blueprints before building the object. Neil lays out a SKETCH in his mind of the VOICES of the drumset and builds the song from there. He is also a great LISTENER knowing when NOT to step over Geddy’s singing or Alex’s solos! Finally, he had perfect timing and fluidity of time changes. He said himself that it’s not about COUNTING the time signatures as much as fluid motion to change the tempo without counting: in other words it should FLOW! He hates repeating the same drum patterns in the same song meaning if he plays a fill one way the first time around he will play it differently the second time around. IE. Rolls down the toms the first time around and triplets or quads (all four limbs) the second time around. In short there will NEVER be another like him on planet earth 🌍 🌏 🌎! REST IN PEACE PROFESSOR!
With heart felt admiration and sincerity!
Gary
After Tom Soywer and Spirit of Radio the next step is Closer to the Heart.
Tip: always listen to Rush with lyrics. There is much more to THINK can u imagine.
Neil's last name is pronounced like P"ear"t - A long e sound.
A memorial to Rush's drummer at the end, and they're like, well anyways.....
I've seen this music video several times but I just noticed that, on the FM dial that was part of the guitar neck, along with all the typical FM frequencies was "2112" at the left end of the dial. Also noted where the jam box exploded at the end that the parts were symbols from several albums. Fun to see such things woven into the video!
2112 album from Rush was a complete banger. They take you on a musical journey like no other
Rush is a DEEP rabbit hole, but worth the trip! And all questions you may have will be answered by all the Rush fans who view your videos.
Loved CFNY "The spirit of Radio" (Toronto) back in the 80's! When picking dorm rooms in Buffalo making sure you could tune it in was a factor.
Rush is the best band on the Planet !!!
RUSH... Expect the Unexpected.
Neil Peart plays drums and percussion also wrote the lyrics of Rush's songs. Nicknamed The Professor RIP
Alex Lifeson plays guitar, pedal synth and mandolina.
Geddy Lee plays BASS, BASS pedal, synth, pedal synth and vocals.
THREE master musician. You must listen Working man live in Cleveland, You Will feel the power of RUSH.
Great reaction
Give "Limelight" a listen. It's Neil's expression of his discomfort with fame that came with his life with Rush. With its well-written lyrics and ever-shifting time signatures (something that Rush is quite famous for) it's an interesting listen. Looking forward to your musical journey....
My favorite part is "Freedom of music" because it's so true and Rush knew and knows all about that. THANK U RUSH!!!
rush and more rush! thanks guys for choosing them!!
😍 Back for a re-watch! 😁 I get down right giddy 🤗 when ppl do the "Invisible Airwaves" hand gesture! 😄 Thank you for that! 😉 As someone in to 🖖🏾"Vulcan Hello's" I appreciate you! 🥰🐰
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@barsandbarbells2022 😂 The "Invisible Airwaves", "Jimmy Page finger point" & "Pete Townsend Windmills" are the gestures of my childhood! 🤭 Invisible Airwaves is the gesture I used when casting spells in D&D Campaigns! 🙄 Some folks had whole dances to cast a spell. 😒 Why Campaigns lasted 19 hrs! DOH! 🤣😂🤣🐰
Rush!! The goats of my youth. Saw them 12 times
Great reaction Sam and Phil! Rush is such a fantastic listen.
Your intro - Def Vaclav Nelhýbel. That was totally Symphonic Movement.
Also The Spirit of Radio was composed to be like traversing the radio dial with all the different genres
Peart = Peert
102.1 CFNY Toronto my buddys radio picked it up in western NY . this song was written about that station. You would hear just about everything without repeats It was DJ driven more than industry driven. That era is gone forever.
To put this video in context, the disk jockeys they show were the heroes of "pirate radio". In the 1960s the BBC, Britain's nationalized broadcast system, had a ban on rock music, so British youth had very little exposure to rock and roll. Feeling that these young people had a right to hear uncensored music, a few enterprising individuals bought some questionably seaworthy ships, equipped them with powerful transmitters, and parked them.off the British coast, blasting rock and roll into the British Isles. This led to some heated confrontations with British authorities. The people shown here were the actual deejays who risked harassment and legal action to bring rock and roll to British ears. There's actually a movie called "Pirate Radio" starring Philip Seymour Hoffman that's really pretty good and portrays a relatively accurate story of how that all went down. And really embodies the theme of this song about freedom of the airwaves. If you ever get the chance to see it, it's a worthwhile look at an often overlooked aspect of post-WWII history.
a little trivia.....the guy at 7:10 in the video, with the mustache, was from Neil Peart's growing up town and worked at The Beer Store and is also on the Moving Pictures album cover. Might try reacting to Subdivisions or 2112 Overture by Rush as well
Always loved tgis song and the animation waa unreal.
The red car the drummer Neil is driving in this video is a Red Barchetta, and Italian sports car, its also the focus of the song of the same name from the same album "Moving Pictures" which you did your first dive into Rush on when you reviewed the song Tom Sawyer.
BTW - video was released on 40th anniversary of the album/song's original release in 1981.
Marl Twain was the pen name for Samuel Clemens author, lived in Connecticuit my home state. You should try to see Rush live concert videos they are a great entertainment group, one of my top favriote groups.
This is Rush's homage to their Local Radio Station CFNY, who played Local Groups entire new albums, and Deep Cuts from Canadian Bands, resisting the Corporate Style of the day of playing the same songs over and over.
CFNY's Moniker was "The Spirit of Radio", and their channel was 102.1. Rush asked for and got that the album be number 1021 which you can see on the pressing on the inside of the record.
A gift beyond price
Almost free
Written to emulate twisting the old radio dial and finding different sounds along the waveband rock,reggae,live and rock n roll
I don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but when you're doing a reaction video to a Rush song, the lyrics are of paramount importance! You absolutely MUST choose a video with lyrics or have the lyrics handy. Drummer Neil Peart was a prolific reader, a true Bibliophile. They didn't call him "The Professor" for nothing. While the instrumentals are fantastic, it's the lyrics that really bring each song to life. In fact, Neil's lyrics are so profound that Rush has been called the "Thinking Man's" band. 🎸🥁
I really liked when they were very proggy, the Farewell to Kings & Hemispheres albums. Try out the official video for La Villa Strangiato where they're playing it live straight thru but to an empty theater. And live Xanadu for Exit Stage Left is kind of amazing to hear them play something so complicated live as a 3 piece. They were amazing live.
RUSH were lyrical and musical geniuses MADE IN CANADA! (Neal Peart - RIP - wrote all the lyrics)........"Time stand still" is a masterpiece. '
Love your show, Thank you for doing Rush. Maybe you could try Working man or Fly-by-night. Those are great songs. Keep on rocking. God bless.❤🎉RIP Neil😢
Thank you so much for your reaction. I am 70 and grew up with this. Creative and so honest. Today.......time for a change up. because today is so lame. Get your bowel movement together...lol.
Great song, great message.
This is my favorite by Rush, but they have sooo many good songs. Try "Freewill", "Fly By Night " and "Closer To The Heart".
saw Rush at the Piccadilly Tube in Toronto in mid to late 70s
3 Words-La Villa Strangiato
The ending of the song ( and this is confirmed) is an homage to Simon and Garfunkel’s the sound of silence. Compare the lyrics…. For the words of the profits (prophets) are written on the studio (subway) walls…… etc.
Again, waiting forever for someone to spot / recognize that. Kudos! ❤
Probably the two most ideal songs to enter the monumental Rush rabbit hole with. Now, speaking of 'layering' and 'where's the song gunna go next?', time to do 'Xanadu' from the 'Exit Stage Left' live set, to truly see why they get called the 'world's smallest ever symphony orchestra'....
If you want to check out another 3 man band, also from Canada; I'd recommend "Triumph". They are a phenomenal band. Singer is outstanding, and the musicianship is top notch.
Songs; "Lay it on the line". "Magic Power". "Follow your heart", "Fight the good fight", and so many others. 🤘😃
I'm really pleased that you came back to Rush, and it looks like you enjoyed another dip as well.
I think you're ready to see the band live now, simply because if I told you they perform all their own music live you'd have to see it to believe it.
My recommendation is La Villa Strangiato (The Strange Village), an instrumental that is far less pretentious and more listenable than you might think. There are at least two good versions, the "straight" version here ruclips.net/video/eK1hmDpa8bo/видео.html , recorded earlier in their career, or the "gag intro" version here ruclips.net/video/Z3zlRdksakI/видео.html that came many years later.
If you absolutely insist on a song with lyrics, here's Xanadu, in which the narrator finds that immortality might not be all that it's cracked up to be: ruclips.net/video/SEuOoMprDqg/видео.html
102.1 ......... CFNY ......... The sprit of radio . Toronto Radio Station back in the day .
The magic of Rush may not have known if not for a DJ in Ohio. The first single did not go very well so a DJ in Cleveland (I believe) decided to play the song on the other side of the record. Upon playing it, the switchboard blew up with callers asking to hear the song again and the name of the band. From then on, Rush become masters of their own making.
Donna Halpern program director wmms 101 fm top radio station in usa
The chromatic runs that bridged the sections at the beginning and into the reggae part were meant to mimic the tuning of a radio dial. And the crazy riff Alex plays was the crackling of the air waves. It’s mind blowingly brilliant.
This song is eternal Fire. Rush is their own genre.
Ok, you have earned a subscription. If you're looking for versatile, you've come to the right band. Enjoy the amazing ride of the world's smallest orchestra.
Welcome!
I always liked the story the members of KISS tell about touring with RUSH. They tell of what we can all imagine what went on in the hotels rooms KISS members were staying in between gigs. KISS said when they went by the rooms RUSH was in, they were inside reading books. To this day I crack up thinking about it.
The GOATs
Shout out to Canada.
Listen to "YYZ" live in Brazil.... Pure talent on display.
You landed right on the tip of the Rush iceberg for the two albums that sound basically the same and came out in 1980 and 1981. If you rewind to 1976, you'll hear a completely different Rush. If you fast forward to 1987, you'll hear a completely different Rush. They changed sub-genres every 5 years or so. You just happened to land on 2 back-to-back albums they did in the same style. If you move backwards to 1978, you'll have a much more standard guitar-centric sound. If you advance forward, to 1982 you'll have a much more "modern" New Wave influence. I'd recommend either "Subdivisions" off of Signals, or "Red Sector A" off of Grace Under Pressure. In either case, HAVE LYRICS READY! Neil was not only a great drummer, but he was a phenomenal lyricist. Unlike a lot of bands, you're going to miss out on half the song if you don't keep up with the lyrics.
Two incredible Rush songs by three virtuosos reacted too, and only about 175+ songs to go in their legendary discography covering 4 decades. Even an album of 60's classic rock cover songs to boot! Not to mention numerous live albums. One of the few bands consistently as good or better than the already incredible studio recordings. several different eras of Rush to dive into, always pushing the envelope and keeping with the times, yet never copying, but taking the latest ideas and making them their own, remaining more influential than influenced.
So, where to go from here? Do you guys prefer 70's, 80's, 90's or 2000's rock n' roll? Long story driven rock symphonies? Instrumental rock? Main stream progressive hard rock and metal? Or how about a full concept album based on a Steampunk story line with everything from heavy metal and classic prog rock with ballads and symphonic masterpieces thrown in for good measure? Rush does it all and as you go on your Rush journey you will learn not to be surprised that they will always surprise.
I'm not going to recommend anything in particular at this time, I'll wait until everyone else recommends all the most popular songs and rock symphonies and get those out of the way. Then I'll make recommendations on some deep cuts every bit as good as the famous songs, just a bit before and after the height of their commercial fame of the late 70's and through the 80's.
Best Live Performance OF ALL TIME --------------------->>>
RUSH - Xanadu - Live In Montreal 1981 (2021 HD Remaster 60fps)
Alex Lifeson - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, pedal synthesizer, volume pedal; Geddy Lee - Vocals, bass guitar, 6 string guitar, foot pedal synthesizer, electric piano/synthesizer; Neil Peart - Lyrics, Drums, orchestra bells, tubular bells, wind chimes, crotales, timbales, timpani, gong, temple blocks, bell tree, triangle, and melodic cowbells.
Based on Kubla Khan (Xanadu) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Coleridge composed his poem, ‘Kubla Khan’, in a state of semi-conscious trance either in the autumn of 1797 or the spring of 1798 and published in 1816. The whole poem is pervaded by an atmosphere of dream and remains in the form of a vision. The vision embodied in Kubla Khan was inspired by the perusal of the travel book, Purchas His Pilgrimage. Coleridge had taken a dose of opium as an anodyne, and his eyes closed upon the line in the book, “At Zanadu Kubla Khan built a pleasure palace.” But this opened his creative vision, and the poem of about 200 lines was composed in this state of waking dream. On being fully awake, he wrote the poem down. The theme of the poem is unimportant. It describes the palace built by Kubla Khan, the grandson of Chengis Khan, the great rule of central Asia.
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I loved this song the first time I heard it. I love most of the lyrics, except for the last verse, which could mean different things to different people. This has always been one of my favorite theories on the what the last verse is about: In the last verse, the line "The words of the profits are written on the studio wall" is a play on words. Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart wrote it as "profits" rather than "prophets" to expose the money-grubbing side of the music industry. The lyrics were included in the album and the CD.
Did anyone else catch the shout out to Pirate Radio? The no b.s radio station. No smiling glad hands, just music
I think you should take on 2112!
He just said Alex Lifeson only has one riff 😂
this was a good eval song for you two
Neil was a huge reggae fan. The intro to this song is absolutely master musicianship. Neil is the GOAT.
The vids are fun.... to really appreciate Rush, have to watch live performances. Just as Beth Hart, Rush is one of those few bands that are better live than on vinyl.
4:43 Phil noticed the change in time signature by the look on his face. This is a sure fire way to know you're listening to Progressive Rock. Good job, Phil.
Wow! You're perceptive (and accurate)! 😂
one of Canada's best along with Triumph and Frank Marion , and Loverboy, Tea Party, Five Man Electrical Band, 54-40
It felt like you were Vibin to the drums which is appropriate. Neil always did more than just keeping time. If you listen to his parts, they add so much to the melody and dynamics of the song beyond a traditional drummer part.
Rush is very versitile. Took my whole family to R40
"Red Barchetta", "By-Tor And The Snow Dog", "The Trees", "Xanadu" and for the spacey stuff "Cygnus X-1", "Cygnus X-1 Book 2", and "2112". Those last two are epic compositions that take up the whole side of an album. Cygnus and X-1 and Book 2 are on separate albums but they go together. And for some fun "I Think I'm Going Bald".
Rush is a rabbit hole.....I hope you follow the white rabbit and experience this amazing band. It really does not matter what songs you pick as they are all great, but my favorite is an older one....Anthem.....just sayin'
Do the hand thing! OK, your doing it 🤣
You two say your not American but you sound American so where are you both from? Just curious thanks!
Just a friendly FYI, nothing Rush did was "customary." From the blues-based rock they started with, all they way through their 40+ year career they ranged through multiple sounds, time signatures, themes, etc., and brought absolute genius to every note they ever recorded, or played. IMHOOC
Subdivisions should be your next!
If you really want to know how Amazing they are watch Exit Stsge Left. XANADU
Check rush out live amazing gods of music...
The thing that struck me was the high pich piano 9:26 ....can you hear it?
did u catch the simon and garfunkel reference during the reggae part....
Omg, I have been WAITING FOREVER for someone to pick up on that! Kudos! ❤
Jessica by the Allman Brothers
This was supposed to be critical of the way radio became, not a happy celebration of it
Another great live band. Not many girls at their concerts tho! 🤣🤣😎🎶
I was always there. Since 1980
As a female, I feel compelled to say, always plenty of girls there when I was young. Wonder why/when it changed... 😢 With Neil's writing you would think it would be precisely the reverse? Sigh. 😢
@@robynhurley5119 Thatta girl! ❤
@@vorpalbunny4091 always.
I have 3 letters for you: "Y Y Z".
Live in Rio!
@@richardkafka5625 That Rio performance _IS_ epic, but I think they should do the studio version first, b/c the audio for the live performance is not that good. You can barely hear Alex's guitar.That crowd, though!!