Hey, thanks for the shout-out! Counterparts represents a time when Rush dropped the synthesizers in favour of a more guitar-driven hard rock sound, and back when I started expanding my knowledge of their music beyond what I was hearing on the radio, this song in particular caught my attention as a refreshing change from the 1980s synth music I grew up on. If you're looking to go back to that era, one often overlooked track I'd like to recommend is Mustic Rhythms, which they also performed during their show in Frankfurt. Cheers from Toronto! 🎤 🎸 🥁 🎸 🐐 🐐 🐐
Thank you guys for the reaction and the shout out! Animate was Neil's favorite song to play live, I read him say once. If you're looking for an older track what about The Twilight Zone or Circumstances... I am not for sure if you have done either
Neil: "I was trying to get at the idea of that you can be both strong and sensitive; you can be both ambitious and soft, really, but not to deny either and to keep them in balance. So the dominance and submission metaphor had to come into play, but I used it again of a person dominating himself. In this case, because it's a man, he's dominating his softer side. But at the same time, he also has to dominate his "a" words -- the aggression, and the ambition, and the traditional biological male things, which in spite of all modern sociological changes (sexual revolution), [we are] trying to change tens of thousands of years of human evolution really: men as the hunter and woman as a nurturer. So, both things have to be recognized ...There are definitely changes we can make in acting more civilized, but at the same time it's foolish to deny that which courses through our veins. So, the song really tries to reconcile that very complicated and also very topical thing." The concept of anima and animus, representing the feminine and masculine aspects of an individual respectively, can be interpreted in the lyrics as exploring the duality within oneself. The struggle to integrate these opposing qualities is akin to Jung's idea of achieving individuation, where one harmonizes their conscious and unconscious selves. The song's themes of transformation and self-discovery can be connected to Jung's theory of the individuation process. The narrator's journey towards self-realization and inner growth reflects the Jungian notion of confronting the shadow self and integrating all aspects of the psyche to achieve wholeness.
As far as old songs, PLEASE check out "All The World's A Stage ", their first live album. It has all the classics up to that time(1976) including 2112! (The best performance IMHO)
This channel has prompted me to listen to rush, it's the first time I've heard this song, I don't know if I will become a fan , but this is the best track so far, 🏴✌️
It's the ones we haven't put on this channel that you should consider as well. They have some massive hits that solidified them as one of our greatest exports.
I'm female fan number 48😂 women being rush fans is kind of like an urban myth 😂 I have to say though going to concerts I never had to wait in line for the bathroom 😂 Check out more from this era like bravado, driven, or test for echo
Suggestion for future Canadian content... the band: SNFU, and the song I Forget, or She's Not on the Menu, or Cannibal Cafe, or Time to Buy a Futon. I'm not sure what region of Canada you are from/in but they were from Edmonton. Their singer, Mr. Chi Pig, aka Ken Chinn, died in 2020 and as a memorial to him there is a huge mural on Whyte Avenue. You can google pics of it if you cant get there to see it for yourself.
Just a quick fyi, if you will... there are numerous versions of Cannibal Cafe and She's Not on the Menu. I would suggest the studio version of each, from the And No One Else Wanted to Play LP. I Forget is on the If You Swear You'll Catch No Fish LP.. Time to Buy a Futon is on the Better Than a Stick In the Eye LP. Oh, and I forgot to suggest my wife's favorite SNFU song, Where's My Legs (and believe me, she let me know about it 😂), which is also on the If You Swear... LP. Also, if you want to use an SNFU song in your who did it better series... they do a Really good cover of the Cat Steven's song, Wild World, which you can find on the Better Than a Stick In the Eye record.
For me this song has everything I want from a Rush album opener. I think it's one of their best. I don't really get those people who cling to distant memories of Rush as a proggy seventies band. I would rather hear this than 2112. I'm long past the age where I would pore over every word Neil Peart wrote, but as far as I can gather the song is talking about Neil attempting to come to terms with his subconscious and his anima in particular. Jungian archetypes in other words. As far as I recall the album deals more broadly with themes of how mean and women form grown up understanding relationships. A more sophisticated variant on ideas he was addressing as far back as Hemispheres in 1978.
Cynthia did hear it correctly as "Compensate me" 😉 Great song indeed! Can't believe it's now 30 years old, despite being regarded as "newer Rush"! 😅 Could be a minute shorter, though 😉 And the sound of the tambourine reminds me of the one in 'This Time Tomorrow' by The Move 😊
@@mightyV444 I would agree the chorus at the end is overkill. The way they segue back into the chorus after the "bridge/solo" sounds so forced and unnatural to me also. But it feels like they had no other option, if I imagine myself in the writing room.
@@rumourhats - Yes, that's pretty much what I meant, too! And I admit that 30 years ago and when this song was brandnew, I was actually absolutely fine with the way it was! 😅 Have you too noticed that pretty much _every_ Rush song has a guitar solo in it? I sometimes wonder why?! Of course Alex is a fantastic guitarist and also my actual favourite one, but surely a song like _this_ one could've actually done without one of the two!? 😄 There are several _more_ Rush songs and also from that same era that feel to me like the guys had difficulties with finding their end 😅 Despite them still being good songs, of course! 😉👍
I've always equated Rush with the emperor's new clothes. People keep telling me how fantastic they are , especially 2112, but I just never got it. This particular song is pretty good, but I wouldn't want to hear it again.
Ignore the people who tell you how great 2112 is, they still don't have girlfriends yet, and listen to something from the 1980's and later instead. Suggestions: Between the Wheels, The Mission, Middletown Dreams.
Hey, thanks for the shout-out! Counterparts represents an era when Rush dropped the synthesizers in favour of a more guitar-driven hard rock sound, and back when I started expanding my knowledge of their music beyond what I was hearing on the radio, this song in particular caught my attention as a refreshing change from the 1980s synth music I grew up on. If you're looking to go back to that era, one often overlooked track I'd like to recommend is Mystic Rhythms, which they also performed during their show in Frankfurt. Cheers from Toronto! 🎤 🎸 🥁 🎸 🐐 🐐 🐐
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ANIMATE live from FRANCFURT is a must to watch, masterful performance,,🤘🤘🤘
Hey, thanks for the shout-out! Counterparts represents a time when Rush dropped the synthesizers in favour of a more guitar-driven hard rock sound, and back when I started expanding my knowledge of their music beyond what I was hearing on the radio, this song in particular caught my attention as a refreshing change from the 1980s synth music I grew up on. If you're looking to go back to that era, one often overlooked track I'd like to recommend is Mustic Rhythms, which they also performed during their show in Frankfurt. Cheers from Toronto!
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The band always settles into a groove without hesitation. The bass 🔊 is wicked on this track.
No, it's "Compensate me". They even displayed the various verbs used on a big screen when they performed this live
Thank you guys for the reaction and the shout out! Animate was Neil's favorite song to play live, I read him say once. If you're looking for an older track what about The Twilight Zone or Circumstances... I am not for sure if you have done either
Great reaction to an other great RUSH song. 👍
Neil: "I was trying to get at the idea of that you can be both strong and sensitive; you can be both ambitious and soft, really, but not to deny either and to keep them in balance. So the dominance and submission metaphor had to come into play, but I used it again of a person dominating himself. In this case, because it's a man, he's dominating his softer side. But at the same time, he also has to dominate his "a" words -- the aggression, and the ambition, and the traditional biological male things, which in spite of all modern sociological changes (sexual revolution), [we are] trying to change tens of thousands of years of human evolution really: men as the hunter and woman as a nurturer. So, both things have to be recognized ...There are definitely changes we can make in acting more civilized, but at the same time it's foolish to deny that which courses through our veins. So, the song really tries to reconcile that very complicated and also very topical thing."
The concept of anima and animus, representing the feminine and masculine aspects of an individual respectively, can be interpreted in the lyrics as exploring the duality within oneself. The struggle to integrate these opposing qualities is akin to Jung's idea of achieving individuation, where one harmonizes their conscious and unconscious selves. The song's themes of transformation and self-discovery can be connected to Jung's theory of the individuation process. The narrator's journey towards self-realization and inner growth reflects the Jungian notion of confronting the shadow self and integrating all aspects of the psyche to achieve wholeness.
😳eh…ok 🤷♂️
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This was excellent, a really great track it has a slight '80s Gothic sound, I really enjoyed it.
Came out in 1994 from my fav Rush album ever called Counterparts.
What a banger!!!
As far as old songs, PLEASE check out "All The World's A Stage ", their first live album. It has all the classics up to that time(1976) including 2112! (The best performance IMHO)
This channel has prompted me to listen to rush, it's the first time I've heard this song, I don't know if I will become a fan , but this is the best track so far, 🏴✌️
It's the ones we haven't put on this channel that you should consider as well. They have some massive hits that solidified them as one of our greatest exports.
@JamesDickson - Yaaayyy!
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I'm female fan number 48😂 women being rush fans is kind of like an urban myth 😂 I have to say though going to concerts I never had to wait in line for the bathroom 😂
Check out more from this era like bravado, driven, or test for echo
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🙏❤🌹 Neil 🌹❤🙏
Suggestion for future Canadian content... the band: SNFU, and the song I Forget, or She's Not on the Menu, or Cannibal Cafe, or Time to Buy a Futon.
I'm not sure what region of Canada you are from/in but they were from Edmonton. Their singer, Mr. Chi Pig, aka Ken Chinn, died in 2020 and as a memorial to him there is a huge mural on Whyte Avenue. You can google pics of it if you cant get there to see it for yourself.
Just a quick fyi, if you will... there are numerous versions of Cannibal Cafe and She's Not on the Menu. I would suggest the studio version of each, from the And No One Else Wanted to Play LP. I Forget is on the If You Swear You'll Catch No Fish LP.. Time to Buy a Futon is on the Better Than a Stick In the Eye LP.
Oh, and I forgot to suggest my wife's favorite SNFU song, Where's My Legs (and believe me, she let me know about it 😂), which is also on the If You Swear... LP.
Also, if you want to use an SNFU song in your who did it better series... they do a Really good cover of the Cat Steven's song, Wild World, which you can find on the Better Than a Stick In the Eye record.
For me this song has everything I want from a Rush album opener. I think it's one of their best. I don't really get those people who cling to distant memories of Rush as a proggy seventies band. I would rather hear this than 2112. I'm long past the age where I would pore over every word Neil Peart wrote, but as far as I can gather the song is talking about Neil attempting to come to terms with his subconscious and his anima in particular. Jungian archetypes in other words. As far as I recall the album deals more broadly with themes of how mean and women form grown up understanding relationships. A more sophisticated variant on ideas he was addressing as far back as Hemispheres in 1978.
😳eh……ok 🤷♂️
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Cynthia did hear it correctly as "Compensate me" 😉
Great song indeed! Can't believe it's now 30 years old, despite being regarded as "newer Rush"! 😅 Could be a minute shorter, though 😉
And the sound of the tambourine reminds me of the one in 'This Time Tomorrow' by The Move 😊
What minute would you edit out?
@@rumourhats - A piece of the slower middle part and a bit of the ending 🙂
@@mightyV444 I would agree the chorus at the end is overkill. The way they segue back into the chorus after the "bridge/solo" sounds so forced and unnatural to me also. But it feels like they had no other option, if I imagine myself in the writing room.
@@rumourhats - Yes, that's pretty much what I meant, too! And I admit that 30 years ago and when this song was brandnew, I was actually absolutely fine with the way it was! 😅
Have you too noticed that pretty much _every_ Rush song has a guitar solo in it? I sometimes wonder why?! Of course Alex is a fantastic guitarist and also my actual favourite one, but surely a song like _this_ one could've actually done without one of the two!? 😄
There are several _more_ Rush songs and also from that same era that feel to me like the guys had difficulties with finding their end 😅 Despite them still being good songs, of course!
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Familiar with Fela Kuti (Nigeria)? Your outro music sounds like that. I really like his and his sons music
Femi is cool as well 👍
Also Seun Kuti was a recent guest on Black Power Media, an interesting YT channel I watch regularly 🙏🌍
Great song and it’s even better “live”!!
Great reaction.
The music is top notch. Rush does not disappoint,
I've always equated Rush with the emperor's new clothes. People keep telling me how fantastic they are , especially 2112, but I just never got it.
This particular song is pretty good, but I wouldn't want to hear it again.
Ignore the people who tell you how great 2112 is, they still don't have girlfriends yet, and listen to something from the 1980's and later instead. Suggestions: Between the Wheels, The Mission, Middletown Dreams.
Hey, thanks for the shout-out! Counterparts represents an era when Rush dropped the synthesizers in favour of a more guitar-driven hard rock sound, and back when I started expanding my knowledge of their music beyond what I was hearing on the radio, this song in particular caught my attention as a refreshing change from the 1980s synth music I grew up on. If you're looking to go back to that era, one often overlooked track I'd like to recommend is Mystic Rhythms, which they also performed during their show in Frankfurt. Cheers from Toronto!
🎤 🎸 🥁 🎸 🐐 🐐 🐐
Are you tying to get the Mob after you? I prefer their earlier stuff personally but everyone to their own.
I came for Rush...staying for Rush.
I find that Geddy Lee's voice is agony to my ears. For me personally, it's like tinnitus.
Jeff Beck had that !
@@davidellis5141 Had he been listening to Rush too?
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Animate is the 3rd greatest rock song of all time after Subdivisions and Tom Sawyer. Next topic of conversation....
Canada has had some excellent talent over the years. Neil Young, Alanis, Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray just to name a few.
yes. and alot more. you can even go so far back as Tommy Hunter. Don Messer ect... but to me RUSH is the best.
I'm never bothered about lyrics as long as the words are lyrical and flow nicely with the music.
Take off, eh