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This is quite frankly one of the greatest live performances ever.🔥🤘🏻👏
Mindblowing performance!
Wow. I LOVE me some RUSH - from day one. But come on. I'll just throw out Gentle Giant - another Prog 70's band. Bass player's playing violin and Trumpet, and Key player's playing cell, Keys, AND.... a kick-ass Vibraphone (xylophone) solo. Not taking anything from RUSH, but there are many bands/artists with tremendous talent. Here's a link to Giant. = ruclips.net/video/UhWDkUSilZI/видео.html
@@lancewilliams4847 I love Gentle Giant, but I said it was ONE of the greatest live performances ever, not The greatest.👍
The first concert I went to was Yes, with gentle giant as the warm up band. Awesome show! ✌️❤️🤟🥁
Without question number one on my list. Precision. Listen to the studio version. Then listen to this. This is the definitive...AND IT IS THREE GUYS, LIIIIIVVVVVVEEEEE.
What amazes me of this performance is that Alex & Geddy are around 27 or 28 years old here and Neil is around 28 or 29 years old, all masters of their instruments at such a young age. No matter how many times I've watch this, I am blown away each time. Alex and Geddy are playing their double neck guitars, each utilizing both necks for this song, plus they each play the foot pedals and Geddy also plays keyboards/synthesizers, Neil is absolutely killing it with his drums and percussion. Simply astounding!
So many of these guys were sooooooo young but freakin' *LEGENDS!* Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, The Who, Doors, Joplin, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, Pink Floyd and more, all coming up with the greatest, legendary music that is still amazing to this day!! Boomers sure knew how to make music!!
There will never be a band like this ever. G.O.A.T
No guitarist has ever put so much variety into one song as Alex did here
His tone on that 12 string is almost bell-like and absolutely amazing!
I'm almost 60 years old and I am getting to watch new generations discover and rediscover this band. This is why I know that Rush was so far ahead of their time. I am so fortunate to have lived in a time where I could appreciate this music when it had the greatest impact on my life.
They definitely were ahead of their time. I am enjoying this journey so much. And learning a lot in the process. Thanks for watching and have a wonderful day.
I, 63 and been a big Rush fan since high school. I am a guitarist and had a drummer I met introduce me to Rush in 1977. I never got to see them until 1980 on their Permanent Waves tour and never missed them on tour again. Seen them 31 times and every one was a gem. Best concerts I’ve ever been to. Rush was the only band I never missed when in town.
I feel bad for young people just discovering them on RUclips, who will never get to see them live. Seeing Rush was an experience, especially for any musician. I would see thousands of drummers in the audience air-drumming on every fill. Rush is so detailed oriented, but they have to be. I heard Geddy once say that their fans know every note and beat of every song so we’ll, that they let them know about it if they change anything or make a mistake, but they make very few or no mistakes live.
You know how you kind of expect a lot of screw ups when you’re watching a band live, but these guys make fewer mistakes than any other band I have seen. They take on so much more than most musicians, especially Geddy, who I swear has two more brains hidden in that nose. One for each instrument he’s playing and singing with.
The man is just a legend. Some people complain about Geddy’s voice, but one thing I can say is that at least he has great intonation. He could hit every note, not going off key, like a lot of the so called “greater singers” who often hit sour notes live.
Until he got in his sixties, he could hit every note perfectly and hold on the big notes for a long time. At least he didn’t cop out on the big notes by holding the mic out to the crowd letting them sing the big notes. Whenever I see some singer do that, I know that they’re copping out on those notes knowing that the stupid crowd will think that’s cool, letting them sing the difficult part.
Not me, I paid to see the singer hit the same notes they captured in the studio in a live setting, separating the men from the boys. It’s easier to hit the glory note when you can take as many different takes as you want at it and just punch it in.
That’s because many of those have been screaming, not singing and damaging their vocal cords. Rush played for over three hours and Geddy sounded great all night. Because he was singing, not screaming, he didn’t damage his voice by the end of the night. He never let the crowd sing the hard parts, he mans up and belts it out.
If I just wanted to hear myself sing the damned song, I’d save my money and just stay home singing into my razor or hairbrush. I know I can’t hit those big notes and I wonder about those singers that hold out the mic for the crowd? Can they even hit the note without 21 tries at it? Yet they’re the kind of singers that idiots are saying sing better than Geddy does.
Instead of singing along, I wish the crowd would just boo the asshole instead. Don’t they realize that the singer is just cheating? I certainly don’t want to hear 10,000 flat, out of tune drunk and high audience members sing to biggest notes of some band’s most famous song? Somehow, those brain dead morons think that is so awesome. That would be like Michelangelo handing a bystander the hammer and chisel to finish the face of the sculpture?
I love this performance. I watch it every time, and it never gets old. Fastest 12 minute song of all time.
100%
Based on the Samuel Taylor Coleridge unfinished poem "Kubla Khan"
Thanks for letting me know. Will look that one up.
@@SaeedReacts. You need to get Clockwork Angels novel read it and then listen to the Album. Neil's modernized version of Voltaire;s Candide
Same Poem is used for a chapter in the recent Sci Fi show The 3 Body Problem on Netflix - as an FYI
And the story goes after visiting an opium den he wrote this one. And I can honestly believe that's true
@@SaeedReacts. Another Coleridge poem, "Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner", was also performed by Iron Maiden. Another epic song! I brought it in to play on cassette for my English Literature class in high school.
You ain't no 'drama queen' for being blown away by this sublime piece of music and this live performance of it, it's made me weep for 40 years. This is where you truly see why they are deemed 'the world's smallest ever symphony orchestra'....
Just amazing that it is only 3 people. Incredible to watch and listen to.
Rush over 45 years friends getting a band together....still the Best band in the Universe.
“A thousand years have come and gone
But time has passed me by
Stars stopped in the sky
Frozen in an everlasting view
Waiting for the world to end
Weary of the night
Praying for the light
Prison of the lost Xanadu…”
Drummer Neil Peart was RUSH’s lyricist and voracious reader. Sometimes one needs a thesaurus. ❤
Incredible writing! Even just reading it is beautiful.
Imagine being alone in a never changing place (“stars stopped in the sky”) for a thousand years. I know I’d be waiting for the world to end…
A lesson on being careful what you wish for
Only the finest band ever to walk the planet. Unbelievable live. Emotional, immaculate and timeless.
And this was the start of Rush’s great performances LIVE, which they became masters of LIVE performances!!!
you react the way you need to brother, your enthusiasm is great
Thanks so much! 🙏🏽
Greatest power trio and best live band ever. Be thankful that someone had the foresight to record this because you won't ever find anything like it these days or probably ever again. 😊
Three geniuses in one band!
Geddy and Alex have been best friends since they met in junior high school when they were 13 and playing music together since they were 16.
They were introduced to each other by a fellow named Steve Shutt who became a NHL hockey player and won numerous Stanley cups. Quite the alumni at that school!
Neil was an avid reader and he wrote most of the lyrics.
If you love storytelling and incredible musicianship you have come to the right band!
They also liked to have fun. They took their music but never themselves seriously.
To see their brotherhood please react to Dinner with Rush. A "business " meeting where the wine and the jokes were flowing.
Also, 2112 the comic book version for more amazing story telling.
Pause whenever you like. That is part of reacting. 😀
Cheers and have a wonderful day!
Love this performance! The storytelling is next level. I reacted to that version of 2112. Should be in the list of Rush Reactions on my channel. Have a great day.
@@SaeedReacts. I
have another one for you. Natural Science from the Molson Amphitheatre Toronto.
These are the 3 most talented musicians in the world ...
To be a fly on the wall during the session this was created! Best band ever!
"The way it makes me feel " That says it all. Damn straight.
I love the bass pedals during Alex's solo near the end. The sawtooth wave gives it such an awesome growl to match up with Alex.
That's Alex playing the Moog Taurus pedals himself, not Geddy.
Attention all RUSH fans: If any of you are going to be recommending this performance to any people who do reactions, please choose the StickHits remastered version. It is far superior. StickHits is doing the lord's work.
Im.subscribed. I've even told people in comments to send it to him. All their work deserves the stick hits revamp
Check out RUSH'S Documentary - Beyond the Lighted Stage 😮
This doc is an award winner - It's really well done. What touched me about it is I experience the depth of love and appreciation they have (had) for each other and the impact they had on the next generation of bands (like Tool). They are 3 really fine human beings and unique, gifted musicians.
Will look it up. Thanks.
The musical transcription of the
Drums and Percussion in this song
Is staggering.
Look it up.
A little bit of Zep,
A little bit of Genesis,
A little bit of Floyd…
But All RUSH!!😎🤘🇨🇦🎸❤️
Fan since 1976.
Welcome to the Rush Army dude.
You picked the perfect song to start.
Thanks so much! It wasnt my first, i did a few others, but i am enjoying this journey so much!
The awe on your face is awesome. If only you could’ve been there live to see it once the energy the feeling the atmosphere is beyond amazing. You would’ve thoroughly enjoyed a live show.
3 geniuses making an orchestral amount of sound. Just utter brilliance :)
Neil is the Professor! RIP Neil Peart🤘🎸
Saw this first time in 1982, seen it then for million times ❤ Best back then, even better now.
This is incredible ! 🤯
Immortality is no blessing ... most of the time, 80 years is sufficient to decide enough is enough ... The world changes, and leaves you behind, no matter how hard you try to keep up ... but I still intend to enjoy my allotted time as much as I'm able. Great song!! Cannot wait for you to get to 2112 (comic version helps to understand)
Thanks for sharing your perspective. I value that a lot! I did a reaction to that version of 2112. Should be in the Rush Reactions playlist on my channel. Have a wonderful day.
@@SaeedReacts. And I've likely watched it 😂 but, I'm old and forgetful ... I'll go back and refresh my memory
Love your sincere reaction.
13 years old in '75, and I'm plodding through Ayn Rand because a lyricist drummer made a reference in album liner notes... The multitude of levels and dimensions and available sidepaths that is the totality of Rush still astonishes. Just so grateful to have been present for it and to have attended so many performances for over 4 decades.
Thanks! What book of her are you reading?
I am enjoying my journey with Rush. Really incredible music. Pure art.
@SaeedReacts. Happy you enjoy! 50 years ago I began with Atlas Shrugged, then worked through most of the rest...still get emails, etc from the Objectivists... 😉
Cheers
Subed. Love intellectual reactions.
Thank you for subscribing 🙏🏽❤️
both Alex and Geddy Lee are playing foot synths also. Amazing.
Pausing is fine, my friend. Many of us leaving comments had 40 years to hit replay, or pick up the needle on the turntable just to hear it one more time. Watching you discover and enjoy this band is truly a treat! It would be cool if you checked out Cygnus X-1, another epic story. (It has a part 2, but you will have to wait a year to hear it if you want the old school fan experience 😁). I don't know of a great live version - the studio is amazing with all of it's layers; Maybe someone else here can suggest a live. Great reaction as always!
Thanks for this comment. I appreciate that. Definitely will check out Cygnus X-1. Dont know if I will be able to wait a year for the second part. 😅
The Rush R-40 tour video has a shorter version of Cycnus-1 live after Jacobs Ladder. On another note Jacobs Ladder has not been played live since Exit Stage Left. It’s a killer song but a little slower than the original. But HEY Rush are masters at playing all there catalog live. There live shows are always the tops.
So much MUSIC, so little time, right? We Rush enthusiasts really appreciate you sharing their songs with the world!
Indeed! Time is undefeated.
I have reacted to 2112, but not YYZ. Definitely will check that one out too.
@@SaeedReacts. Now you gotta hear Cyngus X-1...I can't wait!!
Saw them three times on that tour. What a time to be alive!
Awesome!
"I can't wrap my mind around it!" I've been listening to Rush for over 30 years, and I still feel the same way sometimes 😂😎
That makes me feel a bit better 😅😀
Rush is a lifelong journey. You will hear new things in songs you heard a hundred times. You can keep your channel going for a year on rush songs alone.
I heard about their vast catalogue. Definitely exploring some more.
sounds almost like "time enough to read"
I saw them twice in the 80's, they were epic!!
Awesome!
Easily my all time favorite live performance !
Incredible performance!
These 3 master prog rock musicians were freed by the surprising commercial success of the album 2112. What you are witnessing here was the birth of musical freedom. This song was the album closer of Side A of the 1977 album, A Farewell to Kings. Brilliance!!
Rush is sublime. I said before Boston was my guitar "teacher". Rush was my bass and exploratory song structure "teacher". This came out the same time I started learning bass and have never stopped inspiring me. I saw a picture of Geddy Lee holding a Queen of the Murder Scene CD years ago. I can't find the pic now unfortunately.
Wow! That is awesome.
Got tear gased at this show at the Hollywood sportatorium in south Florida.
😯
Dude you should of been there , not to brag but I was at that show in Monteal and was at the previous shows in Toronto....OK maybe I'm bragging.I have managed to see them about 25 times through the years . this tour was for moving pictures , in my opinion one of the best live shows ever. Great reaction it's always nice to see younger generations discovering Rush
You earned bragging rights for that one 😄. Epic! You were part of a legendary show.
It still gives me goosebumps when I hear it!!
Always a story with Rush, lyrics and music.
And that was all live live you’re not exaggerating. It’s amazing. It was live pure beautiful and live.
Amazing performance.
This is why they call Neal Peart (The Professor) RIP! Only saw RUSH once(Power Windows Tour) in Halifax,Nova Scotia, Canada, Great Reaction video!!
I am beginning to understand it. Genius! Thanks for watching.
4th May 1979 Hammersmith saw this fantastic band live and heard Xanadu live for the first time!!!
May the 4th be with you since 1979 😅. Awesome !
I actually saw this tour a few weeks before this was filmed. Mind blowing for a 9th grader.
Mortality is a gift. Just ask Bill Murray from Groundhog Day…Incredible performance. Love it every time…
Classic movie! I could watch it over and over 😅 just like this performance.
Still hard to believe that 3 musicians could create ( & perform ) such an amazing composition of sound !
Its incredible!
Dude, You did an absolutely great job on reaction!
Thank you! Appreciate the kind words. Have a great day.
This song was inspired by a Romantic era poem by Samuel Coleridge Taylor called "Kubla Khan."
Definitely need to read that poem. Thanks for watching.
I saw this tour and there was an arena full of people with their jaws dropped when they did this one
Crazy jealousy for that I eventually saw it on the Presto tour.
This aESL version is my favorite song by any band ever.
It always amazes me how much beautiful sound three guys can put out. Neil was not just one of the top tier rock drummers, but a top tier lyricist, as you are coming to see. He’s either telling a cool sci-fi/fantasy story, or delving deep into the human experience and pondering on different facets of life - often with an inspiring message. You gotta try Freewill soon for a good example. Cheers!
100% i just talked about their versatility in a video i recorded (The Pass). So good!
@@SaeedReacts. such a good song! Can’t wait for the video!
Hello, friend! Inscrevendo-me, agora. Eu ouvi este disco, pela primeira vez, em 1976, na cidade em que nasci, uma cidade salineira chamada Macau, muito louca, por sinal, no interior do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte - RN -, quando eu tinha 16 anos de idade. Tantas bandas maravilhosas para ouvirmos, então e, hoje, a música pouco tem a oferecer aos jovens de agora. Fico feliz ao ver a divulgação que vocês estão fazendo dos grupos dos anos 1960, 1970, 1980 e 1990. Abraço grande daqui de Natal, RN, Nordeste, Brasil.
fans who know the group beyond the "hits" like Tom Sawyer, Limelight and Spirit of Radio, consider this the seminal song that defines Rush for them(this or 2112). It is songs like this that had me attending 17 Rush concerts over the years, which pales in comparison to some people I know have been to well over 100 shows!
Been enjoying my journey so far. 2112 was another epic masterpiece.
Saw this many times at the midnight movies back in the day. Like watching it for the first time again.. Too much fun...👍
Incredible performance and storytelling.
Magical isn’t it their magical sorry for the misspellings. I’m using the microphone because I’m eating and I don’t want to get stuff all over my phone. Salad dressing is very sticky but aren’t they magical?
Yes !!!!!! 🎼🎼👹 RUSHHHHH👹🎼🎼
When they went in the studio to record the track for the album, they ran an abbreviated version just to test the sound equipment. And then they nailed it on the very first attempt, start to finish, 11minute song in one take, thank you we're done here lads.
I was at this exact concert in 1981 Montreal, Canada, when I was 18. I live in Neil's hometown and saw them many times. They played at my school, when John Rutsey, was the drummer.
Wow! That is awesome!
This song was inspired by a poem by Samuel Taylor Coloridge called "Kubla Khan" written in 1798. Coleridge said it was inspired by a dream he had while in a feverish state.
Definitely will read that poem.
All time favourite version / song by Rush.
The song is base on a poem by Samuel Coleridge. Xanadu is the capital city of paradise Kubla Khan built. The protagonist is in search of immortality and discovers it. A thousand years have come and gone and the human race has died out. All that's left of his pleasure dome palace are memories. The palace now is cold and lonely as the protagonist walks the caves of ice. The moral of the story is, "be careful what you wish for". The ending instrumental as it slowly ticks down is a reference to the end of the world.
Sounds like a great poem. Definitely will look that one up. Thanks for watching and sharing this info.
I saw this tour. One of the benefits of being alive in the 80s... I really did get to see all these great bands.... And before social media all there was was word of mouth, radio and concerts to hear of bands... Maybe some payola too LOL
That is awesome! Good times!
This was when they had stacks of Amps behind them before technology, after no need for the amps was when they put the props in to fill in the background ,pop corn makers , washer , dryers
Hi Saeed! Please check out Red Barchetta next. Another great RUSH story
Will add that one to my list. Recorded a reaction to The Pass today. Hope to get that video up tomorrow.
@@SaeedReacts. Yeah, I enjoyed the reaction to The Pass. It's a pretty emotional track and another great example of Rush making a song out of a delicate subject, but knowing exactly how to make it impactful for the listener. Red Sector A was another song like that. Heavy subject matter, but an incredibly creative way to make the listener enjoy the pain, if that makes sense
I say this in every reaction to this but it is, in my opinion, the greatest live performance of any song, by any band, EVER.
I will definitely not disagree with that statement 😀
Sometimes you have to pause to absorb it because it’s so magnificent and triumphant
100%
I ❤ you reaction! You are in a story even with the music, but then the lyrics 😊 Awesome 👌
Thanks so much. Incredible storytelling.
I'm glad you're focusing on the quality of the composition. There's no doubt that these three were all virtuoso masters of their instruments, but the evocative nature of the music they created is just untouchable. I urge you to compare Rush to Emerson, Lake & Palmer, another three piece band from the 70s; they were also virtuoso musicians. However, what sets them apart (apart from Rush's longevity) was the consistent compositional quality of Rush's music. It was, and remains, far and away the better. And that's why, even though the 70s were a golden age of rock 'n roll, Rush remains relevant in ways that few of the bands of their era did.
I really cant wrap my head around it. Incredible to watch them perform their craft. Definitely want to explore more of their music and other bands.
Neil Peart read a lot of books. Which he morphed his feelings and thoughts into song.
If you like stories, 2112 will leave you speechless. I recommend the animated story version.
Look through his video catalog. He's already done a reaction to 2112.
Me at about 13 years old, discovering complex music. Borrowed the live album Exit.. Stage Left from my friend. BLEW MY MIND!!! I didn't see the visual until years later. Later in life I was in a couple RUSH tribute bands. IT'S NOT EASY!! Welcome down the RUSH rabbit hole!!
This is so good! Like you said, mindblowing! Thanks for watching.
Pausing is no sin. That's why we're here.
To quote a tagline of a fellow reactor I also enjoy: "Be kind, Rewind."
When you get full of thoughts, pause, express yourself, but when you return, you have to at least go back as far as the part you're referring to. Please take this as constructive criticism. Keep it up!
Thanks for this comment. Appreciate that. Have a great day!
You have got to watch the documentary beyond the lighted stage and you’ll get it. You’ll get it and the making of 2112 and moving pictures of a really good documentary too actually there’s a lot of great documentaries about rush you’ll enjoy them all.
Will look it up!
So glad you enjoyed such masterpiece
Incredible! It truly is a masterpiece.
As norwegianblue2017 said in his reply Iron Maiden Ryme of the Ancient Mariner would be another good one to hear. Iron Maiden is a rabbit hole of it's own writing a lot about historical events and their own songs are like small tales. I think you would love them. I am a huge Rush and Iron Maiden fan as a drummer it is almost the law:) Dream Theater is another band to check out their epic song Count of Tuscany tells a great tale and is based on a circumstance the guitar player found himself in.
Definitely want to get into Iron Maiden and Dream Theater as well.
Check out the studio album version sometime.
As for how they came up with it, Neil liked to read and came up with bits of lyrics and Geddy and Alex would jam and come up with pieces that they could put together and eventually they'd hash it all out and the professor would figure out his drumming and things would go back and forth and eventually they'd have a masterpiece. And then other times they'd put a song together in a fairly short period of time (a few hours or a day or two) and it would also be a masterpiece. But they'd also been at it for many years too so they had some chops by then...
Ohhh. The price of immortality being trapped alone with nothing to eat but honeydew and the milk of paradise for eternity. Be careful what we wish for. Amazing song. I think you will enjoy Cygnus X1 part 1 and 2(hemispheres)
Amazing song and performance. Definitely looking forward to those as well.
Wow is right. Sometimes the art renders us speechless, especially when delivered live and in such a spectacular fashion. Your insights about the music are interesting and on point, as at this stage of the game (1981) they were transitioning from writing about fantasy to science, something that was interestingly also being played out in terms of music technology worldwide (the advent of the synth and the shift towards the digital age). Their themes would continue to reflect the music and vice versa. Just gods. RIP x🥁🥁
I love that so much. Definitely would have been a big fan if i was alive during that time. This is so good.
You should check out the documentary Beyond the lighted stage I think you would thoroughly enjoy it and give you a great insight into the band
Will look it up. Thanks.
Yeah, I consider this one of the best performances ever caught on camera. Just amazing, from all involved.
Funny, you talked about all that time you'd have for more reading. I was immediately reminded of "Time Enough at Last" from The Twilight Zone. I trust you've seen that one? For a sci-fi fan who loves reading, I can't imagine you haven't.
Glad it was caught on camera.
I forgot about that one. Oh the cruel ending. I dont need glasses just yet, but i will make sure i have extra pairs 😅
Everything will be OK... Hang in there even when you feel like your mind is about to explode. LOL Could you imagine what the world would be like if everyone had this work ethic? Three men who love/loved each other as much as they love their music.
If you'd like to see what they could do without lyrics, I'd like to recommend La Villa Strangiato Live In Cleveland. Cheers from Toronto!
🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸 🔥 🔥 🔥
Thanks for the recommendation! Greetings from Belgium.
This song was inspired by a Romantic era poem by Samuel Coleridge Taylor called "Kubla Khan." Neil Peart, their drummer, was the band's lyricist. This song is on their album "A Farewell To Kings," which was my introduction to Rush way back when I was just a wee lad. You ought to react to the last song on Side 2 of this album, "Cygnus X-1," a song about a journey to a black hole. The second part of "Cygnus X-1" is the first song on Side 1 of their subsequent album "Hemispheres."
Definitely will check out Cygnus X-1. Sounds super interesting! Thanks for watching!
Rush masterpiece….
Great reaction my friend.
Thanks so much!
Excellent reaction, I don't know if you know that the lyrics and arrangements are from the "Professor."
I think I should react to "Niel Peart drum alone in Frankfurt" it's 8 minutes of an incredible journey.
again excellent reaction.
Thanks so much for watching and the kind words. I am beginning to understand the meaning behind his nickname. Have a great day.
If you lived 1000 years you could probably do a lot more RUSH reaction videos! LOL! With 19 studio albums they have quite a catalog of music!!!
Damn! I need to find the fountain of youth!
Your welcome. Lmao. Well done young man
What a performance! Thanks for watching.
This is the one I've been waiting for
Glad i listened to this one. Incredible !
top 3 line in metal ever
Xanadu is Neil's interpretation of an unfinished poem by Samuel Coleridge (literally during a "pipe-dream") called Kublai Khan.
A cautionary tale to *be careful what you wish for....* (BTW, I 'd never caught the Poe reference before - and I've been a Rush fan since 1979!! Kudos :) )
Amazing song and performance. Incredible storytelling. Thanks for watching!
Well how can THREE people produce such a rich sound? Let me give you an example. At 9:11 where comes the synth from? Well Geddy plays the bass and is steppin on the pedal synth while singin...I call that mastermind! And if you didn't notice, from the moment Alex plays his solo, Geddy changes from bass to electric guitar (the lower neck) til the song ends. You HAVE to watch this several times to notice all the genious sh... going on haha. And the drummer wrote almost all of their awesome lyrics (that's why he's called the Professor). As we fans say: best band in the galaxy (guess why). Greets from Germany and rock on!
Incredible how they play different instruments live and do so many things at the same time. Mindblowing. Thanks for pointing some of these things out. Im learning a lot!
@@SaeedReacts. isn't that so with all new we start in life? With pleasure! Rush and Babymetal never stop amazing me.
As you see Rush doesn't write songs, they tell stories. I believe Neal peart (rip) wrote the lyrics. He was deep and mythological.
I was lucky enough to see them on this tour and it was nothing less than what you see before you. Still the best concert I've been to. God bless and thanks for posting. Great reaction btw. Best I've seen.
Next level storytelling. Been enjoying this journey. Awesome you saw them live. Thanks for watching!
❤ Rush is a category of their own nobody has even come close to the complexity of their work and people ask how can 3 normal guys from Canada can do this? Well I think they were the first super group that just naturally came together and were just lucky to have found each other. I grew up in willowdale Ontario 5 minutes from Alex and Geddy's homes and I remember seeing Rush at our high school and I knew that this was special beyond what I was witnessing. Welcome to the rabbit hole. 😂😂
Thanks for sharing your experience. All the songs i have heard so far are amazing. Definitely will explore more.
Camera angles back in the 80's weren't what rhey are today, plus Rush don't like to "show off" even when that is impossoble at times lol.
Fast forward nearly 25 years to their R30 tour (2004) and they played an abridged version of Xanadu where we get to see rare overhead footage of pedal work.
Check out Geddys work from 2 minute mark tapping out notes on the Taurus pedals.
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And THIS is why Rush stands alone as a band, refusing to add a 4th member to ease the sheer stress of live performance.
Blows my mind everytime. All 3 guys use pedals at various points during their live shows and we rarely get to see it.
"Be careful what you wish for: The Musical"