Rush ~ The Spirit of Radio ~ Time Machine - Live in Cleveland [HD 1080p] [CC] 2011
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"The Spirit of Radio" is the first track from the band's seventh studio album "Permanent Waves" which was recorded September and October 1979 at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec, with Terry Brown producing. The album was released on January 14, 1980.
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!'"
The rapid repeating guitar riff that opens the song (supposedly designed to mimic the sound of radio static) provides an immediacy to this opener that hasn't been evident since Caress of Steel.
The song's lyrics - which laments the demise of free and creative radio in favor of the overly commercial homogeneous medium it had become - was arranged musically in an attempt to give the impression of switching through various stations. In this relatively short song, the listener can hear rock, Mersey beat, prog (in the form of a subtle shift in time signature halfway through the song), reggae, and, from the first time from Rush, new-wave electronic music.
The song's title was the slogan of a popular Toronto radio station, CFNY-FM, (now known as Edge). It was the first station to play a Rush song over the air. The station's difficult history was part of Peart's inspiration for the lyric. Rush was unable to obtain airplay on many radio stations other than CFNY early in their career, and in 1979 wrote the song "The Spirit of Radio" about the station. Unable to mention CFNY directly for fear of alienating airplay on other stations, the band instead ensured the catalog number for their album Permanent Waves was 1021, a nod to the station's 102.1 FM frequency. Alex has stated in a 1996 Guitar Player interview that the station that inspired the song won't even play Rush anymore, as they have changed formats.
While the lyric is largely positive, praising the virtues of radio, the final section of the song parodies Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence." A cursory glance at the lyric sheet reveals that the words of the "prophets" now read "profits." Neil Peart wrote it as "profits" rather than "prophets" to expose the money-grubbing side of the music industry. The concert hall that "echoes with the sound of salesmen" is perhaps a reference to some of the many commercially focused bands that Rush continued to tour with at this time...bands that perhaps focused so much on their own commercial success that it damaged their artistic integrity. Neil Peart came up with the line after hearing stage patter from bands Rush would tour with; these bands would give the same spiel night after night, often telling the audience that their particular city was the greatest in the world or had the best fans. Peart found this disingenuous and manipulative.
“By the time we cut this, I was using mainly a Strat that I had modified by putting humbuckers in the bridge position. I also used the 355, which I used in the studio for the next couple of records. My amps were Hiwatts, the Marshall and the Twin. I also had a Sixties Bassman head and cabinet. The flanger on that song was an Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress, which I still have. I used the Boss Chorus Ensemble, and I had graduated to the Roland Space Echo, which replaced my Echoplex.”-Alex in a 1996 Guitar Player interview
“It’s about musical integrity. We wanted to get across the idea of a radio station playing a wide variety of music. (Modern Drummer)-Neil in Merely Players
"The Spirit of Radio" was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and was among five Rush songs inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on March 28, 2010.
Classic Rock readers voted "The Spirit of Radio" the fourth best Rush song.
Odyssey ranked "The Spirit of Radio" number 11 on their ranking of every Rush song, and rated it 10/10. They also considered it to be the second best song from Permanent Waves, only behind "Freewill".
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Begin the day
With a friendly voice
A companion, unobtrusive
Plays that song that's so elusive
And the magic music makes your morning mood
Off on your way
Hit the open road
There is magic at your fingers
For the spirit ever lingers
Undemanding contact
In your happy solitude
Oh, yeah!
Invisible airwaves
Crackle with life
Bright antennae bristle
With the energy
Emotional feedback
On a timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price
Almost free
All this machinery
Making modern music
Can still be open-hearted
Not so coldly charted
It's really just a question
Of your honesty, yeah, your honesty
One likes to believe
In the freedom of music
But glittering prizes
And endless compromises
Shatter the illusion
Of integrity, yeah
Invisible airwaves
Crackle with life
Bright antennae bristle
With the energy
Emotional feedback
On a timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price
Almost free
For the words of the profits
Were written on the studio wall
Concert hall
And echoes with the sound of salesmen
Of salesmen, of salesmen
You should have written a book about Rush, my good man!
Definitely 🎉🎉
Rush's music saves me everyday and gives me a reason to keep on living.
Lots of Rush fans in Cleveland, concerts there are always special
It's the kid raising his arms when the "Concert hall" part hits... that's what gets me every time. Music, man...
great to see fans of all age groups rocking out to the greatest trio of all time
And still be a person of integrity ❤❤🎉🎉
Incredibile song ! What an energy
Oh my God .......I love this.....
There's plenty to love about this song!
Will never get over how difficult the intro of this song is on guitar, and Alex just absolutely kills it every time. Greatness surrounded by greatness. RIP Professor.
Well said...listen on, Rush Friend!
Our Canadian Heroes...thanks Getty!
Totally incredible, 3 musicians masters of their crafts.
Ohhhh yeah, the words were written by the hands of salesman. Father's spirit ever lingers. Another quality gem for the mind to fathom.
I'm glad you enjoyed the share, David! Another quality gem indeed...
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... and yet another classic reply from David - I love them😊
@@bd5933 I love them too! He's got the gift...
For the spirit... not father's spirit.
A case of ‘the old ones are sometimes the best ones’.
I remember reading your notes about this track last time - now I have the words in the screen too.
You are making it too easy for us mate!
Great work again.
Thanks, BD! I do try!
I guess there are 2 kinds of people... Those who never heard Alex Lifeson and those who think he is a guitar god
I literally came here to see the guitar solo live after seeing a studio version reaction.
This song used to mean something to me when I was a kid. And now that its 40+ years later now. This song means something totally different. Like it's got some hope left in old technology that can connect us all. Some of these words still ring true today. I would hope this song still has a deep meaning in the future. That "concert hall" part hits me every single time. No matter where its played. The crowd knows. They feel it as well.
Jr. High. I was the only Rush fan.
Had older sisters with older bfs.
So I grew up listening to different music than my peers. Zeppelin, Floyd, some YES, Billy Squier...Early Def leppard...
Rush was so different. Thinking man's music. Those long....long...weird songs on Caress of Steel...side 2 of Fly by Night...Farewell to Kings...Hemispheres.
So different and so interesting.
Remain a huge Rush fan to this day...and listening to Rush gave me an ear to listen to even more unusual music...YES.
Love to see Alex and Geddy to work together again....with other musicians
Make something new.
I could never say that I am a big Rush fan. But a college friend put me on to them back in 2005/6. He loved them, and I fell in love with this song!
This sounds great live!
Sounds like you had a friend that has great tastes in music! This is a great song, and one of the more popular songs on the radio. I'm glad you enjoyed the share.
@@MysticRhythmsLive You're spot on!
@@FatherAndTeacherTV I knew it!
@@MysticRhythmsLive Haha! 😉👍🏿👏🏿
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Always a joy to hear. So great
No other band has ever drawn so many fans packed into an arena.....JUST LOOK AT ALL THOSE RUSHERS 😮😮😮
I had a front row center ticket for the show but I sold it for a significant price to a super fan that saw the band since they're very first tour and I became friends with and settled for third row for myself over by Alex. I made the DVD during Vital Signs with my LIFESON plate 😊
This was a fantastic show. My first time going to a filming of a concert. I guess I got lucky enough that they decided to film a DVD in a state as awful as Ohio.
2:58 Alex messed up so bad 😂😂😂 forever documented on DVD but most people never noticed.
My son is almost 2 years old and he loves this song 😊, he thinks his Neal Peart haha
What would have become of Rush if Donna Halper never got that tape of Working Man, or got it and never found the time to listen to it and then lost it? Rutsey most likely would have stayed the drummer until he got sick enough and had to quit. Where would Neil have ended up? Without Neil's lyrics, then, what kind of music/lyrics would Geddy and Alex eventually write? Just pondering. Sometimes occurrences simply fall into place perfectly.
First time seen this vid. And the lyrics are almost a rap, they are so spot-on. And weirdly, Alex and Geddy seemed to have swapped bodies, with Geddy deffo carrying more timber. However, it takes nothing away from their ability to play awesome rock. RIP Neil.
THERE!
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Un trío que parece una orquesta sinfónica....RUSH......!!!
Love the part at 1:24
Still cool...most band members worth a cool 40 Mill