No other band sounds like Rush because no other band could sound like Rush. These guys were on a whole other level musically and lyrically, the greatest power trio and best live band ever.
I once worked at a liquor store in Indy. A guy came in to buy bottles for the party after the Rush show at Deer Creek that night. After he chose six bottles of wine and scotch ($1600) for Neil and Geddy, he gave me six free tickets. I got permission to leave work and caught the 2nd set. If the crush of people down front hadn't been so bad, we would have been able to sit in the awesome row 6 center seats the tickets were for. Before I left work, I waited on someone and told them this story. He said his best friend was a super fan who couldn't afford tix. I gave him two, and he booked out the door at the speed of light. The show had already started.
I find it interesting that so many younger reactors find Geddy's voice pleasant and agreeable. I can remember late 70s and early 80s when a lot of my friends loved the*music* of Rush but really drew the line at Geddy's *voice* and just couldn't get past it. I can kind of see that in the first 2-3 albums but throughout the second half of the 70s, he really grew into his voice and by Moving Pictures, I thought it was just fine.
It's the clarity of the voice for me - high or low, you could always tell exactly what he was singing, which was important when dealing with lyrics as dense as Neil's.
Consider: In 2023, how many different "singing" styles from various musical genres are people exposed to by the time they're eighteen? They've heard it ALL.
There's nothing I enjoy more than witnessing the total "assault on the senses" that comes when observing a newcomer's introduction to Rush with this song. "A rhapsody of sound." I couldn't have said it better. What a great reaction! ❤🔥
It is such a blessing to see a young lady like yourself react the way you did. It proves two things: Great music is timeless and you have an ear for great music. You are way cool
Neil Peart was RUSH. He created over 90% of the content. Plus he was the best drummer ever known. RIP. PLUS he was a really, really super superior man. Find his interviews. There aren’t many, because he didn’t like the spotlight. Hence the song- “Limelight.”
That too, was a complete privilege to watch. Very sincere reaction. Thank you and I will subscribe! Rush did it again, (shocker). It blows my mind to think that in 1975 I was thirteen and listened to Rush for the first time, and now nearly 50 years later seeing videos of people experiencing what I experienced, its feels as if its happening again for me. What an emotional privelege, rewarded with exaltant joy for life, and for the love of being alive. And Rush! ❤️
@@islandseeker1260 and I didnt say Geddy is a match for a church organist who normally is a studied musician and plays the organ with BOTH feet, Geddy is just genius, cuz he sometimes plays bass WHILE singin and doin pedals, and that is truely a mastermind. Not many people can do this.
It was fun seeing how much you enjoyed it. Their album Moving Pictures was an awesome album. With Tom Sawyer, Limelight, YYZ, Witch Hunt and Red Barchetta. Love your reactions. 🌹👍
My girlfriend who is African American is a freelance writer would follow the rock and metal bands that came to town and would write copy/editorials for various papers and magazines, would often get phone numbers to call these bands and do interviews from our apartment. So, one day I heard her talking to one of the guys from Rush. That kind of ticked me off 'cause I forgot to get tickets to the concert before it sold out. But, yeah...
If you'd like to see an absolutely amazing performance from these 3 master musicians, be sure to check out Xanadu from Exit Stage Left. Cheers from Canada! 🇨🇦 🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸 🔥 🔥 🔥
I'm glad you mentioned the time changes as few notice them in this song compared to others. Neil Peart (drummer, lyrisist) is conciddered one of the top 2 drummers of all time by many drummers (look up his 9 min drum solo Live in Germany) to see why. Then the greatnes that is Geddy Lee (lead singer, bassist, keybordist), I'm sure he is or should be consifered one of the best bass players of all time. Then there is his amazing voice. Alex Lifeson (guitarist) could be the lead guitar player for any band. All 3 members easly rate to be in the top 10 ever in their talents if not higher. To see more time changes and versatility seach out the "official animated" version of the song on youtube of their song "Spirit of the radio".
Love your review.Rush is my favorite.The drummer Neil Peart writes alot of the lyrics.The 3members all are masters of their instruments and contribute.Thanks for your reviews!
All the lyrics after _2112,_ in fact - Geddy wrote "Lessons" on that album, as I recall, while Alex wrote "Tears". After that, though, they just went ahead and let Neil write all the lyrics, as he was also a poet and the durn things basically just fell out of him as he went through the day.
Yeah Neil Peart aka "The Professor" RIP, check out a 2004 drum solo from Germany and you'll see why he's your favorite drummers favorite drummer, there is no equal and he wrote the lyrics to most of their songs, like this one, Alex Lifeson is a great guitarist and Geddy Lee is just so unique and he plays bass and keyboards, sometimes both at once via a special foot pedal, you'll get plenty of suggestions what to listen to but a short list would be "Limelight" "Subdivisions" "Free Will" "Closer to the Heart" "2112" (Overture) and maybe the greatest song ever "The Spirit of Radio"
As great as the musicians of Rush were technically, it bears repeating that they only recorded their own music; they composed it, making sure that each of their instruments were featured, and that it all fit. There were other bands with tremendous musicians who were technically gifted (Emerson Lake & Palmer leaps immediately to mind) and whose music, though good and technically challenging, was not nearly so well integrated and cohesive as that of Rush. And you can say that even though Rush threw in more meter changes than almost any other band (save perhaps early Genesis and Yes), leaping from 4/4, to 7/4, to 6/8, to 5/4, and back. Sure, they were virtuoso musicians, but what great composers they were!
the genre is progressive rock -- it was the answer to the question, what do you play when you have musical training and love rock but are tired of blues progressions - another musical solution was jazz-rock fusion
Love it when people discover the genius of RUSH... Rush is another level... Keep exploring! They have so many great songs and masterpieces... And they are deep.... Neil Peart lyrics are from a genius!...Check Spirit of Radio, Natural Science, Xanadu live from exit stage left, Big Money, Red barcheta, YYZ live in Rio... They have amazing smart songs!
You definitely should do more Rush! You should also do more Bee gees I can't believe you have not! There's also someone else you haven't done is Tom MacDonald! Please do I just subscribed to your channel I love when you and your sisters get together it's awesome!
Best Live Performance OF ALL TIME RUSH - Xanadu - Live In Montreal 1981 (2021 HD Remaster 60fps) Alex Lifeson - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, pedal synthesizer, volume pedal; Geddy Lee - Vocals, bass guitar, 6 string guitar, foot pedal synthesizer, electric piano/synthesizer; Neil Peart - Lyrics, Drums, orchestra bells, tubular bells, wind chimes, crotales, timbales, timpani, gong, temple blocks, bell tree, triangle, and melodic cowbells. Based on Kubla Khan (Xanadu) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge composed his poem, ‘Kubla Khan’, in a state of semi-conscious trance either in the autumn of 1797 or the spring of 1798 and published in 1816. The whole poem is pervaded by an atmosphere of dream and remains in the form of a vision. The vision embodied in Kubla Khan was inspired by the perusal of the travel book, Purchas His Pilgrimage. Coleridge had taken a dose of opium as an anodyne, and his eyes closed upon the line in the book, “At Zanadu Kubla Khan built a pleasure palace.” But this opened his creative vision, and the poem of about 200 lines was composed in this state of waking dream. On being fully awake, he wrote the poem down. The theme of the poem is unimportant. It describes the palace built by Kubla Khan, the grandson of Chengis Khan, the great rule of central Asia. th-cam.com/video/2byjJkN_nVY/w-d-xo.html
Im extremely happy to see new generations get into bands like Rush just 3 passionate creative guys giving their all with their abilities and creating such a massive massive sound that youd think itd take more than just them to create it. Rush was huge to me in my teens and many in my city as its where their drummer Neil Peart was from! ❤ great video reaction sweetie! You are a beautiful person btw 😉
Try some Rush live in concert. My favs: Xanadu from Exit Stage Left 1981 (already mentioned by others) YYZ Live in Rio 2002 Freewill live in Rotterdam 2007 Working Man live in Cleveland 2011 Analog Kid - Clockwork Angels tour 2012/13
I second “Working Man - Live in Cleveland.” You’ll be catching them a full 30 years beyond this video, and you’ll find them at the top of their game. One of the most powerful live performances.
Not bad for a "7 piece orchestra" being done by 3 guys. Check out Neil Peart's drum solo "Live in Frankfurt", I read recently where Neil didn't like them recording it that night as he claimed to "be off a little", Neil had a self imposed level of playing that he insisted on for the fans and retired on top of his game. Sadly he passed a couple of years ago and the music world hasn't been the same without him
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No other band sounds like Rush because no other band could sound like Rush. These guys were on a whole other level musically and lyrically, the greatest power trio and best live band ever.
Yupppppp
Best concert by far
The inventors of progressive metal they started it and they finished it
YES blow them off.
Well said..long live RUSH
The complexity without sounding complex, the sheer musicianship. Unparalleled.
And machine-like precision, without sounding too mechanical
I once worked at a liquor store in Indy. A guy came in to buy bottles for the party after the Rush show at Deer Creek that night. After he chose six bottles of wine and scotch ($1600) for Neil and Geddy, he gave me six free tickets. I got permission to leave work and caught the 2nd set. If the crush of people down front hadn't been so bad, we would have been able to sit in the awesome row 6 center seats the tickets were for.
Before I left work, I waited on someone and told them this story. He said his best friend was a super fan who couldn't afford tix. I gave him two, and he booked out the door at the speed of light. The show had already started.
Love it
❤
You are great....share the rush👍
I was at that show!
Most people miss the best line in this song....he knows changes aren't permanent but change is.... genius
so..... like permanent waves......
Right On. 💯
everything Neil wrote was pure genius
I find it interesting that so many younger reactors find Geddy's voice pleasant and agreeable. I can remember late 70s and early 80s when a lot of my friends loved the*music* of Rush but really drew the line at Geddy's *voice* and just couldn't get past it. I can kind of see that in the first 2-3 albums but throughout the second half of the 70s, he really grew into his voice and by Moving Pictures, I thought it was just fine.
It's the clarity of the voice for me - high or low, you could always tell exactly what he was singing, which was important when dealing with lyrics as dense as Neil's.
@@DeaconBlues117
Such an excellent point you make. I've never looked at it that way.
Consider:
In 2023, how many different "singing" styles from various musical genres are people exposed to by the time they're
eighteen?
They've heard it ALL.
I'm 51 and have always loved Geddy's voice!
His voice is perfect for the music. I can’t imagine anyone else ever singing the lyrics.
RIP Professor 😢
There's nothing I enjoy more than witnessing the total "assault on the senses" that comes when observing a newcomer's introduction to Rush with this song.
"A rhapsody of sound."
I couldn't have said it better.
What a great reaction! ❤🔥
It is such a blessing to see a young lady like yourself react the way you did. It proves two things: Great music is timeless and you have an ear for great music. You are way cool
I don't think you will ever experience any better musicians. The fullness of sound that these three people produce is unfathomable!
Neil Peart was RUSH. He created over 90% of the content. Plus he was the best drummer ever known. RIP. PLUS he was a really, really super superior man. Find his interviews. There aren’t many, because he didn’t like the spotlight. Hence the song- “Limelight.”
All three, Neil Peart, Getty Lee and Alex Lifeson were and are Rush, it took the best of all three to make Rush what it was, THE BEST.
Their Nickname is "The best band in the galaxy" for a reason - Do 'em live! You will be amazed. Greets from Germany.
Absolutely one of the most badass tunes ever recorded. A Very Powerful Trio.
Her facial expressions the first time seeing and hearing Rush tells you just how good they really are.
Love your reaction!!! Yesssss RUSH is amazing!!!
There is no "mastermind" behind the music. They are a BAND! If there IS a mastermind, it's their CHEMISTRY together!
That too, was a complete privilege to watch. Very sincere reaction. Thank you and I will subscribe! Rush did it again, (shocker). It blows my mind to think that in 1975 I was thirteen and listened to Rush for the first time, and now nearly 50 years later seeing videos of people experiencing what I experienced, its feels as if its happening again for me. What an emotional privelege, rewarded with exaltant joy for life, and for the love of being alive. And Rush! ❤️
RUSH!!!
Appropriate reaction. Welcome to RUSH!
You really know your stuff!!!! You totally see their greatness- You totally understand what these guys do!!!! Cheers!!!!
Most talented 3 piece in Rock history.
Agreed, who else plays with hands and feed?
Yes.
Bar none.
@@baumi-metal9123 Any church organist... I'm not comparing Rush to Church music, but organists always play with hands and feet.
@@islandseeker1260 and play bass and sing at the same time? Hardly!
@@islandseeker1260 and I didnt say Geddy is a match for a church organist who normally is a studied musician and plays the organ with BOTH feet, Geddy is just genius, cuz he sometimes plays bass WHILE singin and doin pedals, and that is truely a mastermind. Not many people can do this.
It was fun seeing how much you enjoyed it. Their album Moving Pictures was an awesome album. With Tom Sawyer, Limelight, YYZ, Witch Hunt and Red Barchetta. Love your reactions. 🌹👍
Hey there pretty lady welcome to the world of rush one of Canada's greatest bands. Glad you enjoyed the video. It looks like to me you had an eargasm.
Thank you for your reaction :) Good journey...Peace!
I love watching young people first time reacting to this song! Their eyes when Geddy gets up high and then starts in with the keyboard solo!!
My girlfriend who is African American is a freelance writer would follow the rock and metal bands that came to town and would write copy/editorials for various papers and magazines, would often get phone numbers to call these bands and do interviews from our apartment. So, one day I heard her talking to one of the guys from Rush. That kind of ticked me off 'cause I forgot to get tickets to the concert before it sold out. But, yeah...
Good to be alive Larh and hear Rush, and get the emotional connection to music. Glad you enjoyed it, so do we all. Thank you.
Incredible that it's only 3 guys, sounds like loads!
OK, I love that you love it...I love that you are clearly getting "lost in the sauce" of Rush! Great band! Keep going!
If you'd like to see an absolutely amazing performance from these 3 master musicians, be sure to check out Xanadu from Exit Stage Left. Cheers from Canada! 🇨🇦
🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸 🔥 🔥 🔥
Or the Rush in Rio vid.
Always great seeing people reacting to Rush, one of the great rocks bands in history.
Cheers from Toronto, the hometown of Rush 🤟
I'm glad you mentioned the time changes as few notice them in this song compared to others. Neil Peart (drummer, lyrisist) is conciddered one of the top 2 drummers of all time by many drummers (look up his 9 min drum solo Live in Germany) to see why. Then the greatnes that is Geddy Lee (lead singer, bassist, keybordist), I'm sure he is or should be consifered one of the best bass players of all time. Then there is his amazing voice. Alex Lifeson (guitarist) could be the lead guitar player for any band. All 3 members easly rate to be in the top 10 ever in their talents if not higher. To see more time changes and versatility seach out the "official animated" version of the song on youtube of their song "Spirit of the radio".
I agree with Neil being one the top 2 drummers, and I'd put Bonham right there with him.
Loved your reaction!! Yeah. Rush. It's like going on a spaceship, out of this world.
Saw them back in the 80s....insane show and we (the crowd) were going nuts....the energy was palpable.
Rush…three guys making monumental music! RIP drummer Neil Peart 🙏 imo one the two top rock drummers ever. 😊
Love your review.Rush is my favorite.The drummer Neil Peart writes alot of the lyrics.The 3members all are masters of their instruments and contribute.Thanks for your reviews!
All the lyrics after _2112,_ in fact - Geddy wrote "Lessons" on that album, as I recall, while Alex wrote "Tears". After that, though, they just went ahead and let Neil write all the lyrics, as he was also a poet and the durn things basically just fell out of him as he went through the day.
@@DeaconBlues117Alex wrote lessons in reference to the turmoil with his parents when he dropped out of high school. Geddy wrote tears.
wrote* :'(
May I suggest you start to explore Pink Floyd "Dark Side of The Moon" and the band YES starting with "The Yes Album."
greatest 3 piece rock band in history ever…
The greatest rock trio and quite possibly, best rock band of all time, period.
1st time seeing your reaction. RUSH ON! Many years of jamming from just gentleman from Canada.
You just invited all of Canada to watch your vids😂
Now you need to see it live Starr
Yeah Neil Peart aka "The Professor" RIP, check out a 2004 drum solo from Germany and you'll see why he's your favorite drummers favorite drummer, there is no equal and he wrote the lyrics to most of their songs, like this one, Alex Lifeson is a great guitarist and Geddy Lee is just so unique and he plays bass and keyboards, sometimes both at once via a special foot pedal, you'll get plenty of suggestions what to listen to but a short list would be "Limelight" "Subdivisions" "Free Will" "Closer to the Heart" "2112" (Overture) and maybe the greatest song ever "The Spirit of Radio"
As great as the musicians of Rush were technically, it bears repeating that they only recorded their own music; they composed it, making sure that each of their instruments were featured, and that it all fit. There were other bands with tremendous musicians who were technically gifted (Emerson Lake & Palmer leaps immediately to mind) and whose music, though good and technically challenging, was not nearly so well integrated and cohesive as that of Rush. And you can say that even though Rush threw in more meter changes than almost any other band (save perhaps early Genesis and Yes), leaping from 4/4, to 7/4, to 6/8, to 5/4, and back. Sure, they were virtuoso musicians, but what great composers they were!
Ingredients; add the 3 best rock musicians on the planet, cook vigorously, serve and enjoy "Rush".
They did it live just as well. Nice reaction. 🥁🎸🎶🔥
the genre is progressive rock -- it was the answer to the question, what do you play when you have musical training and love rock but are tired of blues progressions - another musical solution was jazz-rock fusion
You just listened to the greatest percussionist to ever live.
Great reaction girl....warning rush has a very very deep rabbit hole.....you've been warned ❤
RUSH Army is present and prepared for duty.
Yeah. The first few seconds were a pretty decent summary of anyone hearing this song for the first time.
I apologize for being late. Busy week in New England. Great reaction
Better late than never😊
Thank you ☺️ 💕
I la la la love your reaction!!!
Love it when people discover the genius of RUSH... Rush is another level... Keep exploring! They have so many great songs and masterpieces... And they are deep.... Neil Peart lyrics are from a genius!...Check Spirit of Radio, Natural Science, Xanadu live from exit stage left, Big Money, Red barcheta, YYZ live in Rio... They have amazing smart songs!
Don't forget Analog Kid.
You definitely should do more Rush! You should also do more Bee gees I can't believe you have not! There's also someone else you haven't done is Tom MacDonald! Please do I just subscribed to your channel I love when you and your sisters get together it's awesome!
I also like the 'Tom Swayer' typo somewhere at the beginning of this video 😊
not bad for three guys from Canada ayyy
Rush is basically just a trio of musicians with their stats fully maxed out
The drummer was THE BEST ON THE PLANET
Best Live Performance OF ALL TIME
RUSH - Xanadu - Live In Montreal 1981 (2021 HD Remaster 60fps)
Alex Lifeson - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, pedal synthesizer, volume pedal; Geddy Lee - Vocals, bass guitar, 6 string guitar, foot pedal synthesizer, electric piano/synthesizer; Neil Peart - Lyrics, Drums, orchestra bells, tubular bells, wind chimes, crotales, timbales, timpani, gong, temple blocks, bell tree, triangle, and melodic cowbells.
Based on Kubla Khan (Xanadu) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Coleridge composed his poem, ‘Kubla Khan’, in a state of semi-conscious trance either in the autumn of 1797 or the spring of 1798 and published in 1816. The whole poem is pervaded by an atmosphere of dream and remains in the form of a vision. The vision embodied in Kubla Khan was inspired by the perusal of the travel book, Purchas His Pilgrimage. Coleridge had taken a dose of opium as an anodyne, and his eyes closed upon the line in the book, “At Zanadu Kubla Khan built a pleasure palace.” But this opened his creative vision, and the poem of about 200 lines was composed in this state of waking dream. On being fully awake, he wrote the poem down. The theme of the poem is unimportant. It describes the palace built by Kubla Khan, the grandson of Chengis Khan, the great rule of central Asia.
th-cam.com/video/2byjJkN_nVY/w-d-xo.html
I saw Rush at a hockey rink in Michigan USA in I believe 1978 or so.
Music that makes you feel good…
This song perfectly describes Gen x lol. It was our anthem.
Im jealous of everyone who got experience them live. I was born too late 😢. Theyre truly my favorite rock band ever thanks to trailer park boys
Rush is the best rock group ever!
RIP Neil......GOAT drummer.
Rush rules.
Next up, The Red Barchetta. It'll blow your mind.
She gets it 😁
She hears Rush…. Welcome. 😊
Im extremely happy to see new generations get into bands like Rush just 3 passionate creative guys giving their all with their abilities and creating such a massive massive sound that youd think itd take more than just them to create it. Rush was huge to me in my teens and many in my city as its where their drummer Neil Peart was from! ❤ great video reaction sweetie! You are a beautiful person btw 😉
Try some Rush live in concert. My favs:
Xanadu from Exit Stage Left 1981 (already mentioned by others)
YYZ Live in Rio 2002
Freewill live in Rotterdam 2007
Working Man live in Cleveland 2011
Analog Kid - Clockwork Angels tour 2012/13
I second “Working Man - Live in Cleveland.” You’ll be catching them a full 30 years beyond this video, and you’ll find them at the top of their game. One of the most powerful live performances.
Best Canadian band
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦Canadian icons. R.I.P. Professor.
Check out Neil Peart's drum solo in Frankfurt Germany. RIP Neil
Yup.
Gods!!!!
3 guys from Canada.
Musicianship 101
R.I.P. Neil Peart. You were the best!
333 likes :) Nice! Good journey...Peace!
Not bad for a "7 piece orchestra" being done by 3 guys. Check out Neil Peart's drum solo "Live in Frankfurt", I read recently where Neil didn't like them recording it that night as he claimed to "be off a little", Neil had a self imposed level of playing that he insisted on for the fans and retired on top of his game. Sadly he passed a couple of years ago and the music world hasn't been the same without him
Other great band from Ontario Canada is Motion Device.
as Canadian as maple syrup, hockey and Tim Horton's!
You have such a beautiful smile,,, I love your reactions ❤
Watchb Vanhalen live without a net he was the best guitarist in the world his brother was a top drummer.
The drummer is Neil Pert. Greatest drummer that ever lived.
❤❤❤
You were mind blown because Rush is the best band of all time
Rush is 🇨🇦🔥
THE CANADIAN TURNUP BAND
Pink Floyd One of these days live
Google the meaning of the lyrics. It is also mind blowing.
R.I.P Neil. You’re missed
You just might be a progressive rock fan. 👍
You will really enjoy xanadu live.
Who else rocked this song in a Chevette or a VW Rabbit back in the day?
Here's one from another genre too that you'll enjoy. Very sophisticated: th-cam.com/video/SeVayITavWw/w-d-xo.html
Try YES - Roundabout
Try: Last November. Julia from PAVLOV'S DOGS
Almost 75% of people think that Neil Peart was the best drummer🔥👍🏼
Hard to say for those 75% that don't even come close! But he surely was one of the best, and what a lyrics writer!
Trying to find who said it first, but he was popularly known (at least in percussion circles) as "your favorite drummer's favorite drummer".
That saying pertains to
Neil Peart…😎
Neil pert might be the greatest drummer to ever live