I remember that, too. After I wore the first two out, I bought the compilation Archives and started over. It’s the only vinyl version of Caress of Steel I ever owned.
Yeah I always think of No One At The Bridge from Caress of Steel when I think of early Geddy vocals. Not just his range but the emotion he thrusts into it.
Although only released the year after their debut, this album from the first blast of 'Anthem' is a world away from it's predecessor, & that is taking nothing away from that album which I love. Neil's introduction set Geddy & Alex away on giving Rush their own sound. Anthem is just a superb song & great production on this album too.
Based on Ayn Rand’s book Anthem. It was a phase. Neil said in an interview that he just writes what interests him. This album is the beginning of the fantasy/sci-fi phase of the band as well. Great stuff.
Ok, so our drummer Franny was insane when we were kids. He had an old jazz kit handed down from his dad. It was rough and this little animal beat the crap out of it. The high hat was wobbly, and when we played this one we played it really hard. This kid would stomp on the high hat pedal so hard that it would tip back and forth and the only thing that would keep it upright was ne next stomp! It was hilarious and AWESOME! Yes sir, Fran was a little native American drum monster! He could handle any Rush tune we wanted to do, and he did it on an old orange Crown kit from the sixties! THATS ROCK AND ROLL!
Welcome Neil bringing NEW life, to RUSH! More pronounced Bass, Storied lyrics and concepts introduced! Mixing better! Taking a progressive turn and band started becoming perfectionists. Jimmy was partying and Alex was working it.
Ayn Rand inspired song. Her individualism wasn’t about dog eat dog and never helping anyone. From my understanding it is about making sure you are being your best. And that you are taking care of yourself because nobody can do it as well as you.
I like your reviews because clearly you get the music. You feel each instrument and it shows as a song progresses. I’ve seen some others review anthem and I think I fell asleep. Thank you, keep up the good work
This album was the definition of transition and growth. Sure Neal added that special touch, but all of them grew. Geddy sounds much more confident in his vocal delivery, Alex is fine finding his signature tone and Neil is ,well, Neil. The songs show throwbacks to the first album (Beneath, Between, and Behind, Anthem, Best I Can), allusions to what’s to come (Fly By Night, In The End), and the first of many Epics (By-Tor and the Snow Dog). This song, for example, has Alex playing basically a Working Man lead but more nuanced and tighter. Love hearing the progress and growth through the years.
Hey John hope you get to feeling better soon well fly by night was one of those album's that you must crank the. Volume up to appreciate the sheer rawness of the music and the separation of the instruments drums bass and guitar the song anthem is amazing right out of the gate neil peart is just letting it be known ( I'm probably the best drummer in the world) and then he goes and proves it on bye tor and the snow dog that is some of the most get down and beautiful drumming I've ever heard I've played guitar most of my life and alex lifeson is one of my guitar heros but Neil peart what a musician and writer and if you get the chance on a quality stereo and speakers do what you need to do to get relaxed crank it up and smile
Hey John, this song is absolutely epic. For a great treat check out 2 Minutes to Late Night’s version. A collection of heavy hitters having a blast recording from different areas during the pandemic shutdowns.
I read an interview with Geddy and he said he and Alex actually wrote the music for this when Rutsey was still in the band and Rutsey really wasn't into it.
Neil was an adherent of philosopher Ayn Rand back then. This song is sort of a musical manifesto for her philosophical system called Objectivism, which she described as, "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute." Neil eventually grew out of it and became more of a tradional liberal politically... unfortunately, in my view. I really like the "Fly By Night" album still to this day, although the musical style used is extremely outdated and is almost completely evocative of the 1970s. It hasn't aged very well. Rush had yet to step into the larger world of progressive rock, but they were getting close.
Wouldn't say he "grew out of it". He still believed very strongly in individualism, and freedom later in his life. He had spoken of being a "bleeding heart libertarian", that phrase in of itself has leanings both left and right. RIP Neil Peart, the professor
I always though it funny this song is called Anthem but has little to do with the book. The book, Anthem, was definitely the inspiration for 2112, but the lyrics here are move evocative of The Fountainhead.
Geddy's vocals on these 1st 2 albums were out of this world! I wore these albums out 40 years ago.
Even later albums
I remember that, too. After I wore the first two out, I bought the compilation Archives and started over. It’s the only vinyl version of Caress of Steel I ever owned.
Yes it made a big difference. And they looked almost unrecognizable. Neil was really dynamic
Yeah I always think of No One At The Bridge from Caress of Steel when I think of early Geddy vocals. Not just his range but the emotion he thrusts into it.
Although only released the year after their debut, this album from the first blast of 'Anthem' is a world away from it's predecessor, & that is taking nothing away from that album which I love. Neil's introduction set Geddy & Alex away on giving Rush their own sound. Anthem is just a superb song & great production on this album too.
Based on Ayn Rand’s book Anthem. It was a phase. Neil said in an interview that he just writes what interests him. This album is the beginning of the fantasy/sci-fi phase of the band as well. Great stuff.
Quite possibly the very first "Progressive Metal" song... One of my very favorites.
And if not this. Bastille Day is
Neil’s introduction on vinyl and what an introduction!
Cruising to Anthem with some huge cabinets in the bed of my rodded 65' Ford F150 - Those were the days!
Totally agree John. The beginning of RUSH being RUSH.
Adding Neil was was epic and they only got exponentially better as a whole entity.
Ok, so our drummer Franny was insane when we were kids. He had an old jazz kit handed down from his dad. It was rough and this little animal beat the crap out of it. The high hat was wobbly, and when we played this one we played it really hard. This kid would stomp on the high hat pedal so hard that it would tip back and forth and the only thing that would keep it upright was ne next stomp! It was hilarious and AWESOME! Yes sir, Fran was a little native American drum monster! He could handle any Rush tune we wanted to do, and he did it on an old orange Crown kit from the sixties! THATS ROCK AND ROLL!
Weird how much better he was at 18 than 25. Lol
That would be an awesome site to see
@@waynethera2712 It really was awsome!
This song told the world what Rush was going to become, hands down. After this, we got the free progression of their individual and collective styles.
And then there is “The World Anthem” song by Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush.
Welcome Neil bringing NEW life, to RUSH! More pronounced Bass, Storied lyrics and concepts introduced! Mixing better! Taking a progressive turn and band started becoming perfectionists. Jimmy was partying and Alex was working it.
Now that's how you open an album, and Neil announced his presence immediately. My favorite on this album.
This is a song that says "We are here and we are rocking!" :) Love it and this song when the album came out.
The cool thing about going through the Rush catalog in chronological order - you get to hear/feel their progression & development as a group. Awesome!
Ayn Rand inspired song. Her individualism wasn’t about dog eat dog and never helping anyone. From my understanding it is about making sure you are being your best. And that you are taking care of yourself because nobody can do it as well as you.
Anthem, woohoo, great song, glad you went back to it
"Working Man" is on their 1st album.
I like your reviews because clearly you get the music. You feel each instrument and it shows as a song progresses. I’ve seen some others review anthem and I think I fell asleep. Thank you, keep up the good work
When my son was a teen I played this for him and he said it sounded like "marveled at their own two socks..." Now I can never hear it any other way!
Great album!! John Rutsey was the drummer this time.
Uh…no.
I got it wrong. 2nd album. Thanks for my back up.
This is by far there best and my favorite period.
Mine too
More rockers listened to Fly By Night in the 80s than any other Rush album
Peart's drums are insane for his debut with the band.
Rush, so many great songs and in this song in particular you hear them leave the main stream and come into their own. Love love love this song.
This album was the definition of transition and growth. Sure Neal added that special touch, but all of them grew. Geddy sounds much more confident in his vocal delivery, Alex is fine finding his signature tone and Neil is ,well, Neil. The songs show throwbacks to the first album (Beneath, Between, and Behind, Anthem, Best I Can), allusions to what’s to come (Fly By Night, In The End), and the first of many Epics (By-Tor and the Snow Dog). This song, for example, has Alex playing basically a Working Man lead but more nuanced and tighter. Love hearing the progress and growth through the years.
Glad you're doing better, bro.
MOVING PICTURES, MOVING PICTURES, MOVING PICTURES!
Lyrically love this song. Musically pretty solid. Edit: scrap that. Excellent work all round.
Hey John hope you get to feeling better soon well fly by night was one of those album's that you must crank the. Volume up to appreciate the sheer rawness of the music and the separation of the instruments drums bass and guitar the song anthem is amazing right out of the gate neil peart is just letting it be known ( I'm probably the best drummer in the world) and then he goes and proves it on bye tor and the snow dog that is some of the most get down and beautiful drumming I've ever heard I've played guitar most of my life and alex lifeson is one of my guitar heros but Neil peart what a musician and writer and if you get the chance on a quality stereo and speakers do what you need to do to get relaxed crank it up and smile
Based on Neil's interpetation of the Ayn Rand novel by the same name.
Had to chuckle. Ffff.......was my first reaction also, when I first heard this. :D
I like to say Alex really accentuates Geddy's bass solo🐕
Hey John, this song is absolutely epic. For a great treat check out 2 Minutes to Late Night’s version. A collection of heavy hitters having a blast recording from different areas during the pandemic shutdowns.
This is like Heavy Metal, before there was Heavy Metal
One of my favorite Rush song from the first 4 albums :) Besides 2112
Bytor and the Snowdog!!!!;
John you now have listen to Neil Peart’s first song, now you should listen to his last song THE GARDEN (swan song).
A fav !
old school!
I read an interview with Geddy and he said he and Alex actually wrote the music for this when Rutsey was still in the band and Rutsey really wasn't into it.
Neil was an adherent of philosopher Ayn Rand back then. This song is sort of a musical manifesto for her philosophical system called Objectivism, which she described as, "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute." Neil eventually grew out of it and became more of a tradional liberal politically... unfortunately, in my view. I really like the "Fly By Night" album still to this day, although the musical style used is extremely outdated and is almost completely evocative of the 1970s. It hasn't aged very well. Rush had yet to step into the larger world of progressive rock, but they were getting close.
Wouldn't say he "grew out of it". He still believed very strongly in individualism, and freedom later in his life. He had spoken of being a "bleeding heart libertarian", that phrase in of itself has leanings both left and right. RIP Neil Peart, the professor
Everybody goes thru a "phase" in their younger days, Neil was no different. Thankfully, most of us grow out of it...
@@timnewman1172 Except that he didn't really grow out of it, he always was a strong supporter of individualism, which is Rand's basic tenet
I always though it funny this song is called Anthem but has little to do with the book. The book, Anthem, was definitely the inspiration for 2112, but the lyrics here are move evocative of The Fountainhead.
"Sonic onslaught". That's what you meant to say.
Primas with Danny Carey from tool did wild cover of this
RUSH RULES! Check out 'Under The Milky Way' by The Church, when u get a chance. Thanks!
Great song
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You think this album is a big change wait to you hear the next album Caress of Steel, it's definitely more like the Rush we all know
something new going forward on every Rush album.
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Something will make you feel better react to Band-maid Domination live.
I wonder how many people got caught up into the craptastic world of Ayn Rand because of this...
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