Forget about the most talented, multitasking front man bassist, forget about arguably the best drummer to have existed on the planet. Let´s just take a moment and listen to the perfect sounds Alex Lifeson has created. What a fabulous world he has designed with his guitar!!!
Alex is by far one of my favorite guitarists and had a profound influence on me as a player. His expression, creativity and phrasing is amazing. Emotion pours from every note he plays, and he doesn't feel the need to shred on every song. He gets the point across with just a few notes. He is original. This takes me back to the many times I saw Rush in concert. Alex, Geddy and Neil shared a unique chemistry that will never be seen again. RIP Professor.
You are right and we will never see the talent level that Alex, Geddy and Neil all had and could blend together so effortlessly. All 3 of these guys were great on their own, but when they came together, they were untouchable. You can't teach that kind of connection and chemistry.
Nobody really care about shredding anymore. Most of it sounds dated and shallow now. Alex's playing has aged far better; this kind of work is timeless.
not really. Shredding is bigger than ever.. virtually no one mentions alex in discussion of the greats. Yes hes very good and underrated, but thats it.
You bought tix to a rock concert, after the show, you felt enlightened, and you realize you were at the symphony.........whoa, ......what a RUSH..............
Alex is, easily, one of the 10 most sensitive and musical rock guitarists of all time. Also got excellent acoustic guitar skills, with beautiful works like "A Farewell To Kings" or "Hope". And all of this in the context of a band with two musicians like Neil Peart and Geddy Lee, who handle a big amount of complex lines and rhythmic situations, leaving a very small room for him. Finally, I appreciate his extreme versatility to mutate his sound along with the band necessities and musical targets during 40 years of career. Alex fan, for sure.
Fun fact: he used his Telecaster (I presume the one he used in New World Man) for most of the HYF tones (not the lead parts.) Also, I just built a guitar partially inspired by this Aurora and the Evans pickups play the biggest role, I got about 90 percent to the glass with EMG S pickups (I used the humbucker sized ones.) It’s such a gnarly guitar sound...
@@Newgrassrock I don’t hear the Telecaster in HYF but I hear it all over Power Windows. I believe that HYF was the Signature since you can clearly hear the in between position sound.
I am old enough to remember when Jimmy Page, Alex Lifeson, and Eddie VanHalen were all in their prime and putting out some of the greatest music ever recorded. I can honestly say these 3 men will never be replaced by today's generation. Today's generation of musicians does not have the talent like this anymore.
My favorite guitarist. Marathon and Mission, I mean come on... Not crazy fast like the ones you will claim are the best. Its that they are so perfectly composed for songs.
I saw Rush in 1991 and got to hear Alex, Geddy and Neal live. It was the best concert ever and seeing this video really brings back the memory. This was the best concert I have ever seen and it was such a great experience. The lighting and sound just blew us away and left my jaw on the ground. Thanks for the memories Rush! We miss you Neal!
That would have been Roll the Bones tour... it was a good one. Bravado, with its ending jam, was totally new... and I remember they did a great medley toward the end that included part of Anthem, one they hadn't played in who knows how many years. It was the last tour where they still sounded like 80s Rush, before kicking into the grungier, more stripped down sound that began with Counterparts.
For the first time recently, I’ve finally started appreciating this era of rush, past the 80’s production. For one, unpopular opinion, Power Windows has some of Neil’s best lyricism. Second, as for Alex, another unpopular opinion, the fact he had to fill in space around lots of keyboards forced him to write some of his most creative guitar parts. Grace Under Pressure, the whole album, is probably my favorite example of this. As well, Marathon and Mission are awesome in the same way. I’ve heard plenty of power chords and blues, and there’s plenty of that in early Rush. Without this era, you wouldn’t get Between the Wheels, the orchestra-like composed guitar in Red Sector A, and the driving lines in Manhattan Project and Mystic Rhythms. If the 80s production is unbearable to your ears, do what I do most of the time and listen to their later live albums. In my opinion, that’s peak Rush on those albums. Especially the mid to late 80s era rush, I think it sound even better in more recent live recordings than the album sometimes.
King Lerxst played outstanding, remarkable and extremely touching solos during the 80's.. great decade in my opinion for him to express himself with those notorious masterpieces.. all those solos he wrote at that era, are just timeless..!! He's a true guitar god!! 🙌🙌🙌🔥🔥🎸❤️💯💯🙌🙌🙌
Mission, for me one of the most perfect live solos I have ever heard, its just great, love that tone. I saw them live in that period and I will never forget the image of Alex playing the 'Great white' even if he later distanced himself from Signature guitars.
I couldn't tell you how much firewood I burned on the shores of lake Michigan listening to this guitar GOD A warm summer night sipping a couple of beers taking it all in Alex is my favorite guitarist of all time And Rush is my favorite band of all time have been since 1975.
Alex, Geddy and Neil (R.I.P) are musical geniuses because they are/were extremely passionate and dedicated to their craft, who took it to another level.
Of the many guitars phases he's gone through, the Gibson semihollow ES-355's, the Hentor strats, the Les Pauls, the PRS's, I actually really do like the thin piercing Signature guitar phase he went thru for a few years. I'm in the minority.
The Signatures made sense for the sound they were going for at the time. I think where a lot of issues come in is how appropriate they were for the late 70s material they were playing live
@@whipchorus3726 Having seen them live in every incarnation, I can understand that. Signature was the ultimate guitar for "Marathon" and totally wrong for "The Trees". PRS's were right for everything.
Its to cut through the thick keyboard tones so he needed a more piercing tone via the active pickups. Luckily, according to the band, they worked that all out with technology and working together but I know for a fact that Alex was not happy in the band at this point. It was well rumored he wasn’t happy with the band going so far in the keyboard direction, although now he will probably deny it, at the time it was indeed an issue.
@@alexmurphy5289 It was definitely an issue amongst us hardcore fans who were teenagers in the late 80's and learning instruments ourselves. As a guitar guy I was always "rooting" for Alex. My friend the drummer was doing his own thing and not as concerned over the battle between keys and strings as dominant melodic instrument.
Sheeeesh, Neal is just all over the place, with Big Money! Oh whooops, this is an Alex video! Alex absolutely rocks his long drawn out solo, on Force Ten!!!!!
No question at all about Rush ,, they are the most greatest act in our lifetime .. they gave their heart and soul to their complex music and devoted fan base
ive been lisening to a bunch of Rush books...Martin Popoff right now and by Hold your Fire Alex and Geddy were really butting heads over the the use of keyboards
Man. I still call Grace Under Pressure and everything after that "new" Rush. At the time, I was kinda disappointed with the new Rush because I expected them to go in the other direction. I was listening to Maiden and Slayer and others and there was a lot of great guitar work going on. And then Rush blindsided me with P/G. I was like what the hell... But they remained my favorite band. But I was hoping for metal. Like the Necromancer on steroids. But instead I got 1001001. But looking back at this era, Lifesons guitar playing was unlike anything I've ever heard. His usual tone and style got washed out on Signals and he knew the keyboards were not going anywhere, so he had to adapt. And he found a way to not only dominate the following album, but flood that bitch in red. That is one of the reasons Alex is one of greatest guitarists ever. Name one other person who could do that. Seriously. I would like to hear them.
Os solos e as intervenções de Alex lifeson são lindos. Os solos de Mission e Witch Hunter são maravilhosos e me levam as lágrimas. Muito feeling! A pegada do solo em La Villa Strangiato é forte demais!
Count me in... Lifeson's guitar work in this period is, in my opinion, some of the best he's ever done. This is my favorite period of RUSH music and I think they peaked around Hold Your Fire/Roll The Bones. From Moving Pictures through Roll The Bones, every CD just seems to get better. I am a huge fan of 70's RUSH as well and I don't see why they panned Caress of Steel, I loved that one too. Rush pulled the sword out of the stone with 2112 and never looked back. The opening guitar part of 2112's Soliloquy really sealed the deal for me!
I’m only 30 so I have only experienced two releases by them (Snakes and arrows and clockwork angels) but I love their mid 80s stuff. It’s very clear the band was more producers and had moved past the 70s guitar style (which was admittedly dying anyway...unless you got into metal or hard rock). Anyway, I never lived in the 80s (born in 91) but I love their work there. Grace under pressure may be my favorite album by them
No one plays the guitar like Alex. So much feeling so spontaneous. He hits notes that send shivers down your spine. Also he is a incredilble song writer and rythm guitarist. Jimmy page is great,David gilmore, beck. But no one touches Alex in my opinion. He is the greatest that so many people have never even heard of. Sorry for saying this but Eddie Van halen cant touch him for over all skill and technique
hold your fire was an incredible tour. I wasnt crazy about the sound they got from the counterparts tour. Alex's guitar sound changed, and i wasnt crazy about it as a guitar player myself. But i loved all of the 80's tours and the playing and sound quality was top of the heap!!!
Interesting video. Captures what is more or the less the height of the Signature guitar sound for Alex. Not my cup of tea. But it was an era where he needed to find a way to fit into the sonic scope of the heavy synth sounds that occupied much of where the guitar normally is (from interviews of Alex). I personally love his live sound from "Stages" on. I prefer the live versions of all their songs in the live recordings from 1997 onward. Alex's guitar finally became prominent in the mix and I like his thick sound to all the songs that didn't have it on the albums. Much more sonically fuller and richer.
To those that grew up in the 70s and 80s that said, "I don't like the new Rush of the 80's; they sold out; became to commercial" - Idiots, you missed out!
Everytime I hear Power Windows (not very often) I think what were they thinking? Still a mystery. The only one of all the Rush albums that I rarely play. All the others (ALL of them) are brilliant ... PW ?? What were they thinking?! Lol
I just think it's a period they needed to go through in order to come to know what they really wanted and enjoyed later, which was the power trio (not swathed in keyboards). I put up with the overly busy keyboard era and, like Alex, really embraced his return to heavier guitar sounds.
@@buzzcrushtrendkill the return came in Counterparts for me. I was blown away when that album was released. No more soaring solos, but a return of real rock sounds.
No one has ever mastered a beautifully constructed chord solo like Alex. Master of the chord solo.
To my ears this is the greatest electric guitarist ever.
Forget about the most talented, multitasking front man bassist, forget about arguably the best drummer to have existed on the planet. Let´s just take a moment and listen to the perfect sounds Alex Lifeson has created. What a fabulous world he has designed with his guitar!!!
What could this strange device be, when I touch it, it gives fourth a sound.
The best drummer and bassist in rock...who have to keep up with the lead guitarist.
Alex is by far one of my favorite guitarists and had a profound influence on me as a player. His expression, creativity and phrasing is amazing. Emotion pours from every note he plays, and he doesn't feel the need to shred on every song. He gets the point across with just a few notes. He is original. This takes me back to the many times I saw Rush in concert. Alex, Geddy and Neil shared a unique chemistry that will never be seen again. RIP Professor.
You are right and we will never see the talent level that Alex, Geddy and Neil all had and could blend together so effortlessly. All 3 of these guys were great on their own, but when they came together, they were untouchable. You can't teach that kind of connection and chemistry.
Amen..I play a bit of guitar and Alex is probably my biggest influence..
Nobody really care about shredding anymore. Most of it sounds dated and shallow now. Alex's playing has aged far better; this kind of work is timeless.
not really. Shredding is bigger than ever.. virtually no one mentions alex in discussion of the greats. Yes hes very good and underrated, but thats it.
People still shred all the time. The fuck you on about?
Alex is the best guitarist on this planet!! I don't give a damn what anyone else says!!!
Preach!!!
I agree. When you factor in his entire body of work, he’s on a whole other Galaxy compared to anyone else.
Yes.... Agreed....
Definitely someone who knows he's way around the guitar and had two other friends who were just as awesome as him at putting out seriously epic music
My favorite guitarist of all time.
You bought tix to a rock concert, after the show, you felt enlightened, and you realize you were at the symphony.........whoa, ......what a RUSH..............
This has to be the greatest live rush concert ever..35 years later 😮
Alex is, easily, one of the 10 most sensitive and musical rock guitarists of all time. Also got excellent acoustic guitar skills, with beautiful works like "A Farewell To Kings" or "Hope". And all of this in the context of a band with two musicians like Neil Peart and Geddy Lee, who handle a big amount of complex lines and rhythmic situations, leaving a very small room for him.
Finally, I appreciate his extreme versatility to mutate his sound along with the band necessities and musical targets during 40 years of career.
Alex fan, for sure.
I wish Signature guitars were still around. I've been a fan of the guitar sound from the "Hold Your Fire" album. Such glassy clean tone!
but they didn't have the tone of Alex's 335, that is what gave La Villa it's spooky overtones...
@@rikfroschauer1743 La Villa was the 355. That glassy tone is what you get with active pickups, chorus, and delay though.
Right behind you, loved the tone of that period and Signature played a huge role in that.
Fun fact: he used his Telecaster (I presume the one he used in New World Man) for most of the HYF tones (not the lead parts.) Also, I just built a guitar partially inspired by this Aurora and the Evans pickups play the biggest role, I got about 90 percent to the glass with EMG S pickups (I used the humbucker sized ones.) It’s such a gnarly guitar sound...
@@Newgrassrock I don’t hear the Telecaster in HYF but I hear it all over Power Windows. I believe that HYF was the Signature since you can clearly hear the in between position sound.
The outro to mission is beyond comprehension
I was at this gig! Filmed at the NEC in Birmingham, and my first Rush concert.
Me too! It was also my first Rush concert and what a night that was.
@@adammindykowski6984 Wish I could have been there! I've never seen them live, got tickets to two shows in Europe but missed them both.
I was there too. Amazing gig, just like all their gigs. Fabulous live performers.
His solos are beautifully constructed not just a series of scales.
Absolutely..
Yet he can shred like a madman when it is called for, like La Villa Strangiato.....
Alex solos are absolutely beautifull..! He is such a great composer and his technique is very good, classic rock guitarist with his own style!
Wonderful display of King Lerxst's talents!
Thank You.
Lifeson has been criminally underrated for years, in my opinion.
Rock on. 😎
Alex absolutely nails the solo on La Villa Strangiato during this performance. This is easily my favorite live cut of the song.
I remember because I was in the audience. It absolutely killed me.
Absolutely
Without a doubt
I am old enough to remember when Jimmy Page, Alex Lifeson, and Eddie VanHalen were all in their prime and putting out some of the greatest music ever recorded. I can honestly say these 3 men will never be replaced by today's generation. Today's generation of musicians does not have the talent like this anymore.
My favorite guitarist. Marathon and Mission, I mean come on... Not crazy fast like the ones you will claim are the best. Its that they are so perfectly composed for songs.
+Nathan Grady Completely agree. I think Mission is my favorite. This Force Ten also blows the album one out of the water.
Agree, the’re all performing live at the highest level ... so so perfect.. not all rock bands can perfom live like they do... salute...
Totally agree. I think they are two of his greatest solos.
Hell yeah
That man can shred with the best of them, has more feel than all of them, can shape a sound better than anyone. IMHO He is the greatest! GOAT
The Best here again
How he was named 98th out of 100 on a greatest guitarists list is beyond comprehension, he should be in the top ten on any list!
I saw Rush in 1991 and got to hear Alex, Geddy and Neal live. It was the best concert ever and seeing this video really brings back the memory. This was the best concert I have ever seen and it was such a great experience. The lighting and sound just blew us away and left my jaw on the ground. Thanks for the memories Rush! We miss you Neal!
That would have been Roll the Bones tour... it was a good one. Bravado, with its ending jam, was totally new... and I remember they did a great medley toward the end that included part of Anthem, one they hadn't played in who knows how many years. It was the last tour where they still sounded like 80s Rush, before kicking into the grungier, more stripped down sound that began with Counterparts.
For the first time recently, I’ve finally started appreciating this era of rush, past the 80’s production. For one, unpopular opinion, Power Windows has some of Neil’s best lyricism. Second, as for Alex, another unpopular opinion, the fact he had to fill in space around lots of keyboards forced him to write some of his most creative guitar parts. Grace Under Pressure, the whole album, is probably my favorite example of this. As well, Marathon and Mission are awesome in the same way. I’ve heard plenty of power chords and blues, and there’s plenty of that in early Rush. Without this era, you wouldn’t get Between the Wheels, the orchestra-like composed guitar in Red Sector A, and the driving lines in Manhattan Project and Mystic Rhythms. If the 80s production is unbearable to your ears, do what I do most of the time and listen to their later live albums. In my opinion, that’s peak Rush on those albums. Especially the mid to late 80s era rush, I think it sound even better in more recent live recordings than the album sometimes.
The greatest most underaded guitarest of all time
One the most underrated guitarist ever! Alex influenced me a lot in my youth...
Rush at their finest 👌 Show of hands 🙌
Agreed!
King Lerxst played outstanding, remarkable and extremely touching solos during the 80's.. great decade in my opinion for him to express himself with those notorious masterpieces.. all those solos he wrote at that era, are just timeless..!! He's a true guitar god!! 🙌🙌🙌🔥🔥🎸❤️💯💯🙌🙌🙌
Agreed. So many good solos in the 80's...
I could probably identify any of Alex's solos just hearing three notes of it. His melodies are burned into my brain.
Mission, for me one of the most perfect live solos I have ever heard, its just great, love that tone. I saw them live in that period and I will never forget the image of Alex playing the 'Great white' even if he later distanced himself from Signature guitars.
Awesome. So psycho active and ethereal. Few guitarists get there.
I couldn't tell you how much firewood I burned on the shores of lake Michigan listening to this guitar GOD A warm summer night sipping a couple of beers taking it all in Alex is my favorite guitarist of all time And Rush is my favorite band of all time have been since 1975.
Love love love this compilation!!! The tone of his guitar is perfect
1 of the great Guitar Gods,unique solo vituoso ❤❤
Alex has a sound unlike any other...big fan of rush
Very nice!!
What about the ending solo, kinda outro from Territories..? It's very touching too..!! 🙌🙌
The most underrated and overshadowed guitarist of all time
Listen to that Force Ten! HELL YES! 👍
I totally forgot how much I loved the solo for Mission. Geezus. There's some emotion right there.
Marathon from ASOH is my absolute favorite live track from Rush, also thanks for including Mission.
One of my favorite solos of his is on Between The Wheels.
Damn this guy is unique like Hide from X Japan totally my favorite now.
Alex, Geddy and Neil (R.I.P) are musical geniuses because they are/were extremely passionate and dedicated to their craft, who took it to another level.
That la Villa solo blew my fucking head straight off!! Hats off to Lerxst as the world's best guitar player IMO
Caleb Bartlett... You may appreciate this...ruclips.net/video/US_cEVa5SyA/видео.html
You’re absolutely right ... Sir
Of the many guitars phases he's gone through, the Gibson semihollow ES-355's, the Hentor strats, the Les Pauls, the PRS's, I actually really do like the thin piercing Signature guitar phase he went thru for a few years. I'm in the minority.
Same here
The Signatures made sense for the sound they were going for at the time. I think where a lot of issues come in is how appropriate they were for the late 70s material they were playing live
@@whipchorus3726 Having seen them live in every incarnation, I can understand that. Signature was the ultimate guitar for "Marathon" and totally wrong for "The Trees". PRS's were right for everything.
Its to cut through the thick keyboard tones so he needed a more piercing tone via the active pickups. Luckily, according to the band, they worked that all out with technology and working together but I know for a fact that Alex was not happy in the band at this point. It was well rumored he wasn’t happy with the band going so far in the keyboard direction, although now he will probably deny it, at the time it was indeed an issue.
@@alexmurphy5289 It was definitely an issue amongst us hardcore fans who were teenagers in the late 80's and learning instruments ourselves. As a guitar guy I was always "rooting" for Alex. My friend the drummer was doing his own thing and not as concerned over the battle between keys and strings as dominant melodic instrument.
Sheeeesh, Neal is just all over the place, with Big Money! Oh whooops, this is an Alex video! Alex absolutely rocks his long drawn out solo, on Force Ten!!!!!
Some of the best haunting notes ever!!!
I love the look of Alex's signature guitar co guitar, even if he says he didnt like them!
This is the most underrated album in Rush´s entire discography. Perhaps Alex´s most unique, creative and otherworldly guitar work.
What album ?
@@tonyrobbins1665 A show of hands, I guess
Isn’t it obvious?
Great video man
Great upload, Great job. I owned this on VHS b4 dvds came out, it's what kept me going as a lover of Rush since I could not make many concerts.
No question at all about Rush ,, they are the most greatest act in our lifetime .. they gave their heart and soul to their complex music and devoted fan base
Innovator of a 80’s Progressive Rock Guitar Sound!!!
This man is a standard of metal guitar.
A Show of Hands el mejor registro de Rush en vivo
ive been lisening to a bunch of Rush books...Martin Popoff right now and by Hold your Fire Alex and Geddy were really butting heads over the the use of keyboards
Man. I still call Grace Under Pressure and everything after that "new" Rush.
At the time, I was kinda disappointed with the new Rush because I expected them to go in the other direction. I was listening to Maiden and Slayer and others and there was a lot of great guitar work going on. And then Rush blindsided me with P/G. I was like what the hell... But they remained my favorite band. But I was hoping for metal. Like the Necromancer on steroids. But instead I got 1001001.
But looking back at this era, Lifesons guitar playing was unlike anything I've ever heard. His usual tone and style got washed out on Signals and he knew the keyboards were not going anywhere, so he had to adapt. And he found a way to not only dominate the following album, but flood that bitch in red.
That is one of the reasons Alex is one of greatest guitarists ever.
Name one other person who could do that. Seriously. I would like to hear them.
Hell ya! So much going on with these guys! RIP RUSH!
Not a slight but some of his solos have a David Gilmour direction in them.
Oh my... Tears flowing...Wow!
Melodias incríveis! Criatividade e inflêuncia dos mestres! O rei dos timbres!!!
I have never felt that Alex Lifeson got nearly the credit that he deserves! I would put him in the top 10 guitarists of all time!
Jeff Beck,Alex Lifespan,Adrian Smith..my 3 favs
This was GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So great watching him have fun playing. He is the greatest.
Os solos e as intervenções de Alex lifeson são lindos. Os solos de Mission e Witch Hunter são maravilhosos e me levam as lágrimas. Muito feeling! A pegada do solo em La Villa Strangiato é forte demais!
He..doesn't make the faces because he is performing.... it is involuntary... Rush is life changing.
amazing....one of the best ever.
Count me in... Lifeson's guitar work in this period is, in my opinion, some of the best he's ever done. This is my favorite period of RUSH music and I think they peaked around Hold Your Fire/Roll The Bones. From Moving Pictures through Roll The Bones, every CD just seems to get better. I am a huge fan of 70's RUSH as well and I don't see why they panned Caress of Steel, I loved that one too. Rush pulled the sword out of the stone with 2112 and never looked back. The opening guitar part of 2112's Soliloquy really sealed the deal for me!
Tell It!!!
I’m only 30 so I have only experienced two releases by them (Snakes and arrows and clockwork angels) but I love their mid 80s stuff. It’s very clear the band was more producers and had moved past the 70s guitar style (which was admittedly dying anyway...unless you got into metal or hard rock). Anyway, I never lived in the 80s (born in 91) but I love their work there. Grace under pressure may be my favorite album by them
That big money guitar solo is a jam with RIP Neal Peart banging in the background 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
No need to apologize for Al not shreddng constantly like Ynwgwie Malmsteem ,Al plays with melody and class an awesome guitarist!
Thank u. ALEX. For. All T
he. GUITAR. WoRK
Watch Ged getting into the Alex lead at 4:04 - Love it!!
No one plays the guitar like Alex. So much feeling so spontaneous. He hits notes that send shivers down your spine. Also he is a incredilble song writer and rythm guitarist. Jimmy page is great,David gilmore, beck. But no one touches Alex in my opinion. He is the greatest that so many people have never even heard of. Sorry for saying this but Eddie Van halen cant touch him for over all skill and technique
Still love Alex!
RUclips recommended knows me so wellllllll
This was the first tour I saw Rush, what a show!
Love it, thank you!
Love this, thank you!
Awesome guitarrist! It's mt top 10!
Alex Lifeson!!!!!!!
Alex Lifeson is a Guitar 🎸 god ... #1
RIP Neil Peart
hold your fire was an incredible tour. I wasnt crazy about the sound they got from the counterparts tour. Alex's guitar sound changed, and i wasnt crazy about it as a guitar player myself. But i loved all of the 80's tours and the playing and sound quality was top of the heap!!!
The holy triumvirate
Mission is the one for me. So much passion and precision
Interesting video. Captures what is more or the less the height of the Signature guitar sound for Alex. Not my cup of tea. But it was an era where he needed to find a way to fit into the sonic scope of the heavy synth sounds that occupied much of where the guitar normally is (from interviews of Alex). I personally love his live sound from "Stages" on. I prefer the live versions of all their songs in the live recordings from 1997 onward. Alex's guitar finally became prominent in the mix and I like his thick sound to all the songs that didn't have it on the albums. Much more sonically fuller and richer.
EPIC!!!
Anybody can shred it takes a good instinct to play for the song .
so wait, did he just stick with the same guitar for the entire so, or was that just the axe for the songs for with solos?
i like the animation on force ten.
🐐
Big money solo always hits
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To those that grew up in the 70s and 80s that said, "I don't like the new Rush of the 80's; they sold out; became to commercial" - Idiots, you missed out!
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Made in Canada.
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Experiencing frisson overdose. Tears flow. The guitar it sings
CHINA be singing a kwazy Song to me now 👀
Everytime I hear Power Windows (not very often) I think what were they thinking? Still a mystery. The only one of all the Rush albums that I rarely play. All the others (ALL of them) are brilliant ... PW ?? What were they thinking?! Lol
Everyone has their own opinion......but your's is completely wrong here :)
I just think it's a period they needed to go through in order to come to know what they really wanted and enjoyed later, which was the power trio (not swathed in keyboards). I put up with the overly busy keyboard era and, like Alex, really embraced his return to heavier guitar sounds.
@@thecratho haha, we agree to completely differ! 🤣
@@buzzcrushtrendkill the return came in Counterparts for me. I was blown away when that album was released. No more soaring solos, but a return of real rock sounds.