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- Rush's vividly descriptive tribute to the space shuttle. An amazing song from an amazing band... RUSH !!! [HD]
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I have a friend who is an astronaut and has been in space. I asked him if he knew of this song, and with a wide eyed grin, he replied - "every astronaut knows this song".
That is awesome!
Você é brasileiro
Not just astronauts, everybody that worked on the program knew this song..
And still we play it 🙂
Neil Peart was a genius not just his drumming. the description of the space shuttle launch is perfect to a T. Great great loss.R.I.P professor 😢🥁🎶🎵
One quibble might be the 'low black cloud' looked fairly white...
rush where special guests at the frist shuttle launch,
the guys at nasa gave them a tape of the radio broadcasts to make this song.
rush is the official band of space travelers
+rockhard "rush is the official band of space travelers"
INDEED!
"All right. It's Saturday night, I have no date, a two-liter bottle of Shasta and my all-Rush mix-tape... Let's rock." - Philip J. Fry
NASA didn't "need to give them to RUSH"... Anyone can get the tapes of the radio broadcast.. then or now... its called Freedom of Information Act.
And apparently, the specific area where they stood to watch it was 'Red Sector A'. Which Neil remembered a few years later when thinking about song titles for Grace under Pressure.
Awesome! 👌🏻
as they should be.
I really love this album. It came out during a time when I kept asking myself, "What can they possibly come out with next?" Then they drop this album and I was blown away. I remember seeing them perform in my home town of Houston Texas at the Sam Houston Coliseum and it feels like I just saw and heard them yesterday. I remember seeing Neil banging away on this song and it was brilliant. I still can't believe he's gone. RIP Neil Peart
I'm also from Houston. My dad worked for NASA. My brother got me into Rush in the early '80s and I first saw them at The Summit on the Signals tour. Great video to a great song!
One of their top albums. And they have a lot of ‘em.
My mom got me into them when I was four or five, and I started binging their music when I was 12 and learning guitar. It took a while, but in my thirties this album grew on me and became my favorite, and this song is always my go-to for some reason.
Every darned time I watch this is never fails to move me - it brings tears to my eyes both for the pride and astonishment of what we have managed to do as somewhat evolved apes but also in memory of watching that dreadful day in '86 when Challenger didn't make it.
As a Rush fan of nearly 40 years, I think this is the best adaptations i have seen for a video. Absolutely superb work
Yup been with them since 81
Yeah, The video does help enhance the song quite a bit. But Discovery was not the first shuttle launched. Columbia was. At the 1:01 mark we see the Discovery Shuttle on the launch pad. Which is fine. But would have been cooler if it were the actual first shuttle launch with Columbia.
@@marsdrums6298 In the first shuttle launch, STS101 the external tank foam was white, not brown, so technically, nearly all of this video is wrong. That said, great video with excellent audio, and a great tribute to one of my favorite Rush songs.
“Countdown” (1982) was inspired by the April 12, 1981 launch of the Columbia Space Shuttle, the first reusable manned spacecraft. Rush were guests of NASA for the send-off at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Neil Peart penned the lyrics, which describe the feeling of anticipation and wonder as they took in the epic event. “It was an incredible thing to witness,” said Peart. “A truly once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
Audio from NASA’s actual countdown was interspersed through this track.
Rush dedicated “Countdown” to astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen, and “all the people of NASA for their inspiration and cooperation.” 💙🚀💚
May you rest in peace, Neil Ellwood Peart (1952 - 2020)… 🌹
It was a Sunday I think they scrubbed the launch 2 times before it actually lifted off I was 13 when this happened I remember staying home from school to watch the landing at Edwards Air Base in California before they started landing at the Cape in Florida
Gone. NEVER FORGOTTEN...R.I.P., PROFESSOR ❤
This song was the highlight of the Signals Tour. A video very similar to this was projected behind the band for the song. Rush could be the only band that could play a 3 1/2 hour concert and somebody in the audience would not hear their favorite song. Their body of work is so vast and awesome.
What's my favorite Rush tune? Which one am I listening to now...?
My kids got me the 40th anniversary picture disc of Signals for father's day. Love it. I've got my original vinyl from back in the day. Still sounds great. I made sure to do my fatherly duty and got my kids into Rush at an early age, they love em. My work is done.
I never, ever tire of this song, or of watching this video.
5:39 “we’ve enjoyed the music Bob, thank ya” Outro with shuttle soaring is awesome! Technology high, on the leading edge of life.
I really think it was an honor for the guys to be invited to witness this. Who else but Rush - and especially the Professor -could do this justice?
RIP Neil.
Indeed, 5:13 "Columbia, you're looking a little hot and all your calls will be a little early . . ." (Followed by) "Young and Crippen really moving out now, velocity reading of 6200 feet per second." *That is nearly one thousand feet more than a Mile, per second!* And then, "What a view, what a view." - "Glad you're enjoying it." - "Columbia, Houston, we have 40 seconds to LOS, after LOS you're looking good for an over-the-hill; we'll see you in Madrid." *LOS* is loss of signal, and this was the first Space Shuttle launch in history, on April 12, 1981. All three RUSH band members were there, standing in awe with many others in the "Red Sector A" viewing area. This was an inspiration for the song of the same name, from *Grace Under Pressure* in 1984.
''This magic day when super science mingles with the bright stuff of dreams''. So good. Thanks for another amazing video.
im so happy that there are people who still carry the rush flag and show others what a great band this is please keep doing these rush is that important to us ..thank you very much
Rush ain't dead.
Fantástica banda, ouvindo agora do Recife- Brasil. Rush músicos estra terrestres.
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The background about this song is truly beautiful with the fact that NASA invited them to experience it and sit in the VIP area along with high level politicians and others. It's an amazing story.
That riff that starts at 5:00 is one of my favorite Lifeson riffs of all time. It's just so damn mean and that extra beat screws you up at least once every time you try to play along! I love it! 🤘
(Coming up on 45 minute point in our countdown
Everything going smoothly
T-minus 45 minutes and counting
Coming up on t-minus 40 minutes
T-minus 40 minutes and counting
This is Shuttle launch control)
Lit up with anticipation
We arrive at the launching site
The sky is still dark, nearing dawn
On the Florida coastline
Circling choppers slash the night
With roving searchlight beams
This magic day when super-science
Mingles with the bright stuff of dreams
(We have an AEO abort go for test
Tester says they are go for launch
At the present time we know of no major problems
As we enter this final hold)
Floodlit in the hazy distance
The star of this unearthly show
Venting vapours, like the breath
Of a sleeping white dragon
Crackling speakers, voices tense
Resume the final count
All systems check, T minus nine
As the sun and the drama start to mount
The air is charged - a humid, motionless mass
The crowds and the cameras
The cars full of spectators pass
Excitement so thick - you could cut it with a knife
Technology - high, on the leading edge of life
(T minus 27 seconds
We have gone to redundant sequencers start
T minus 20 seconds and counting
T minus 15, 14, 13
T minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4
We have gone for main engine start
We have main engine start
We have liftoff)
The earth beneath us starts to tremble
With the spreading of a low black cloud
(The shuttle has cleared the tower)
A thunderous roar shakes the air
Like the whole world exploding
(Rocket is en route)
Scorching blast of golden fire
As it slowly leaves the ground
(She doesn't feel bad presently)
Tears away with a mighty force
The air is shattered by the awesome sound
(T plus 30 seconds, plus 35
Columbia-Houston you are go at 40)
Excitement so thick - you could cut it with a knife
Technology - high, on the leading edge of life
Like a pillar of cloud, the smoke lingers
High in the air
In fascination - with the eyes of the world
We stare...
(Columbia is now turning towards its precise window
in space for main engine cutoff
Mark 2 minutes 40 seconds
Columbia now 39 nautical miles altitude
Ah, 42 nautical miles downrange
- Columbia you are looking a little hot and all your calls will be a little early
Young and Crippen really moving out now
Velocity now reading ah 6200 feet per second
- What a view, what a view
Glad you are enjoying it
G800 to LOS
Columbia Houston, ah we have 40 seconds to LOS, configure LOS.
You're looking good burning over the hill, we'll see you in Madrid
- And we enjoyed the music Bob, thank you.
Ah we enjoyed it, we just wanted to share some with you!)
John Mase completely 👍
Beautiful!!! It bring tears In my eyes.
Thank you for doing this. I always wondered what they were saying on air. Incredible stuff.
@@jackspickphone6656 Thank you!
I found the Columbia launch recordings from that flight and pieced together the excerpts that Rush used in the song.
It took a while, but it was a labor of love.
I was profoundly impacted by this first shuttle launch as an impressionable 13-year-old. So much so, that I served in the United States Air Force hoping for a career in aerospace technology.
The 'Signals' album and the synth era of Rush hold a special place in my heart since that block of time in my life was centered around my teenage music discovery, and the beginning of my drumming career.
@@drumdude68 I know where you live.
What a song that really starts out slow and builds up to make you feel like you were hanging with them as Columbia streaks towards the heavens.
And such a tribute for the one that didn't come back
I don't normally comment on videos, but Still Kickin this is frikkin' great! Well done, you've added a dramatic extra dimension to my favourite Rush track. I will be viewing this bad boy a lot in future. Thanks for your brilliant work!
+Bill McDonald Thanks!!
I freakin' love this song! Rush + Space Shuttle = Epic Win!
Yeowza
Was fortunate enough to see 5 live launches from 82' and last one with family in 12'. Each one a unique experience, great memories
'Signals' strikes again! Great album, great song, great video, GREAT BAND!! :)
R.I.P. Columbia and Crew :( God Speed to YOU ALL!!!
Combining this amazing footage of the now forever sleeping white dragon with one of my all time favourite songs, is just amazingly brilliant!
Nothing like seeing them live during this tour with the huge video screens running this video while they played. Truly magical.
Nicely done again. I have always considered this song an underrated gem.
+wowbobwow37 Thanks!!
Agree🔩🐇📺🚀. Can't find a shuttle emoji 🍻
I love your work and I find my self watch them over and over because I'm turning them on to new viewers.
Same here.. In fact this has to be one of my top five favorites of all of their songs.
I love how they threw in the F15 at the beginning.❤
I think that's NASA jet. T-38?
Not a T-38. Twin vertical stabilizers like an F-15. F-18 at :40?
This always has been one of my favorites from Rush, although it has to be hard to pick from all their songs.
I remember the day the Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry, as the news of it was just coming out, our local radio station in Lancaster, PA had a guy call in and request the station play this song in memory of the crew that was lost. It really hit home with me. I couldn’t believe my local station was playing this hidden gem on the airwaves! The only time I’ve ever heard it on the radio, and it will probably never be played on that station ever again either!
This and natural science.... This week at least 😂
This is a great tribute to RUSH and the shuttle program. Something America can truly be proud of. Canada too!
3:11That close-up of the SSMEs lighting up was always my favorite part of watching shuttle launch broadcasts. God I miss it.
Excellent job! You captured it! I saw them perform this in Toronto during the Signals tour. Tons of "smoke" billowing from the base of the screen behind them for the launch scene. That was a big deal for back then. Have been to the Cape many times and actually saw 2 shuttle launches back in the 80s as well! Nice work!
That's awesome! I would have loved to see a shuttle launch but unfortunately never got the chance . Glad you liked the vid!!
The Mercury Redstone and Atlas. The Gemini Titan. The Apollo Saturn V, and today’s modern re-usable SpaceX Falcon IX returnable boosters... They were and are all awesome. But they one and all were and are vertically staged boosters. Rockets that looked the part. There was no doubt in the mind that they should fly exactly as they did and do.
But the Shuttle was a different beast altogether. Never before and likely never again have I ever seen or will ever see such a wild conglomeration of shapes, volumes, size and angles.
It is the ultimate in “that has NO BUSINESS flying at all, much less to orbit”!!!
I loved it. In modern day I would say that it was the most “Kerbal” of designs. It is ridiculous, preposterous, ungainly and yet it flies beautifully!!!
The shuttle was AWESOME!! As Rush’s lyrics so aptly put it. It was a fire breathing dragon of a launch vehicle. And like the mythical dragons of old, which would never realistically fly, and yet do - at least in the imagination - there was something ineffably magical about it. A magic that Rush perfectly captures with this song!
Thank you for creating this, what an amazing video. Other than the original video that Rush produced, this was right there with it.
The entire space shuttle program was amazing and I loved growing up during that time to experience it. Your video solidifies this beautifully.
Thank you.
This is the music video that I had in my head when I was a kid, listening to this! Thanks for posting brother! Rock on!😎👍
What simply stunning footage to go with a simply stunning tune (how could Geddy suggest this song wasn't all that good?!), although for many years, i didn't need any actual footage to 'get' this - my imagination was truly locked-in to, and able to build the whole episode, such is the immense 'storytelling' power on display here. The lyrics are sublime, and the whole tension of the thing is just incredible, until it finally resolves itself once the craft is well and truly off-the-ground. Each to his own (Geddy x), but this is amongst the best of Rush... \m/ (:o)
Glad you liked it!!
klistarf Imagine how cool the keyboard riff at 4:31 would have been if it was Alex on guitar instead. I think Geddy was referring to the grief he got from Alex n Neil regarding his obsession with keyboards during this period of their music. Although the synth totally plays to the time period, I still prefer Geddy on bass.
These "Still Kickin" RUSH vids are the best. (Jacob's Ladder next, followed by The Camera Eye,...what fun!)
The eye candy interpretations brought to vivid fruition with the music are the perfect moving collage.
The person that made these vids sure has a talented set of eyes & ears, and a definite knack for video editing.
Well done.
Shuffle liftoff Countdown Columbia Mission showed the power of American spacial engineering and the first-rate sound effects of the rush.
Long Live to Rush.
I worked 8 years at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, next door to Kennedy Space Center and the Space Shuttle. My Dad worked on the Shuttle's payload, and 1 of my brothers worked in the Shuttle Procurement Dept. Enjoyed this video - it brings back memories.
author Thanks!!
@@STILL-KICKIN and now my son has been working on the Orion Spacecraft (part of the Artemis Project) since August 2019. 3 consecutive family generations that have worked in our nation's Space Program.
Love seeing the shuttle sitting there ready to belch fire and crack the sky!
😍😎. Luar Biasa... 👍
1983 - A USMC hard charger stationed in Iwakuni, JAPAN....
Just joined the "100 Mile Club" Runners of 100 miles per month...
I would listen to this on my newly bought Japanese Stereo, Loud....
And then Run the Seawall...
This song charged my battery !
Then I would run 4.5 miles on the Seawall !!!
Within 2 minutes I was running 6 minute miles for at least three of them.
I did not know the lyrics at the time,,, but the song launched me.
I was high tech Avionics for A6 and A4 Aircraft...
A member of Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 12...
During a Field Meet I was dubbed... King of the Bull Ring.
Thanks for reminding of the best physical prowess of Me.
All the while providing elite service to our aircraft.
Back then, I had Wings, and WE COULD FLY!
At the Age of 54 I long the motivation to Lift Off.
Semper Fidelis !
Thank you for your service!
Just amazing work. As a kid I listened to this track and tried to picture what seeing the shuttle launch would be like. Just awesome.
Decades ago, I was the service manager for a company that installed the big satellite TV systems. The test system in my office was almost always tuned to satellite S-2, channel 9. N.A.S.A. On launch days, volume on the phone got turned off; everyone got quiet, and we all watched intently as the engines began to billow fire as the shuttle launched. Truly a mix of magic and science.
I Pray That Everyday The Beautiful U.S.A. Never Gives Up The Space Program...We Are Out There.............Peace Profound To All..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Classic pure quality Rush !! How can 8 idiots not like this ??
The subject, the video & the song still manage to give me goosebumps even after all these years.
Thanks for the video!
ONE OF THE BEST COUNTDOWN VIDEOS I HAVE SEEN! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT IN CREATING THIS VIDEO..SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM SCENE TO SCENE. GREAT QUALITY OF VIDEO AND OF MUSIC.. MY HATS OFF TO YOU!
RIP John Young. And I think this is the best bass tone Geddy ever had on a record. Epic Rickenbacker tone. He should've never changed from this.
You gotta love the way the astronauts and flight control talk back and forth to each other at the end of the song there:
- "Columbia is now 36 precise window in space, remain engine cutoff."
- "Launch into 40 seconds. Columbia now 39 north-a-miles altitude ah, 42 north-a-miles down range."
- "Columbia, you're lookin' a little hot doggin'. Your calls will be a little early."
- "Young intrepid really moving out now. Velocity now reading ah, 6200 feet per second."
- "What a view. What a view."
- "Just glad you enjoyed it."
- "J-hundred-a-mile west."
- "Columbia/Houston ah, we have 40 seconds. Say-alla-west. Configure alla-west. You're lookin' good for an over hill. We'll
see you in the drift."
- "...and we're going to need this but, not yet."
- "Ah, me and John...we just wanted to say something."
Outstanding job on this video! Thank you for putting it together!!
very underrated Rush song, among many underrated songs they have..can it get any more vivid?
how on earth is there any dislikes on this epic song and video ????.....and don't say because there in space !!
Rush really rules because of their music is no other kind and will be here for future to listen to.
" What a View, What a View ! " that video is Champion Still Kickin 🔥
Rush is the best....
Rush tecnologia , música e NASA tudo impressiona.
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I can recall seeing this video for the first time when it was at Cedar Point on the imax screen… years and years and years ago 🙂
Excellent! I really enjoy this video version.This song still gives me shivers when the Main Engines come to life.
This is tremendous. I really like this song and you have captured pictorially the sense, the emotion and the visuals they paint with the lyrics. Most classic example of musically painting an image I can think of and you nailed it. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it !!
I love it when the SRBs separate and they are spinning you see the shuttle going off into space
The Shuttle was just fascinating. It was an incredibly ambitious and technically impressive piece of engineering. And yet, in practical terms it was actually a bit of a disaster. It was meant to reduce the cost and increase the frequency of launches, but instead was outrageously expensive per launch (even compared to single-use heavy rockets) and had low launch frequency. It was also statistically the least-safe manned space launch vehicle ever put in service. But it's just so COOL. Space fans rightly have very mixed feelings about the Shuttle. I think it's right to call it the Lamborghini Countach of space travel.
They were invited to watch the first Shuttle launch back in 81. The external tank was painted white that 1 time. Wasn't cost efficent. That must've been a real hoot for them to witness that historical flight.....
+BadRonald1 I saw a picture of them waiting for the launch , and on the wall behind them was painted" Red Sector A"
This is the future... and the future is bright and its out there waiting for us too!
Namaste
Great video collection of launches. In my slide show I made same mistake of not using "white et tank" images as this is song is about the first flight Columbia..ans was only not painted later to save weight.
Mr. Still Kickin, you're still kickin', and still kickin' butt.
Thank you for these awesome videos, especially the Rush ones.
Ten seconds into the video and lit up with goosebumps. Awesome!
Lit up with anticipation
We arrive at the launching site
The sky is still dark, nearing dawn
On the Florida coastline
Circling choppers slash the night
With roving searchlight beams
This magic day when super-science
Mingles with the bright stuff of dreams
Floodlit in the hazy distance
The star of this unearthly show
Venting vapours, like the breath
Of a sleeping white dragon
Crackling speakers, voices tense
Resume the final count
All systems check, T minus nine
As the sun and the drama start to mount
The air is charged - a humid, motionless mass
The crowds and the cameras,
The cars full of spectators pass
Excitement so thick - you could cut it with a knife
Technology - high, on the leading edge of life
The earth beneath us starts to tremble
With the spreading of a low black cloud
A thunderous roar shakes the air
Like the whole world exploding
Scorching blast of golden fire
As it slowly leaves the ground
Tears away with a mighty force
The air is shattered by the awesome sound
Like a pillar of cloud, the smoke lingers
High in the air
In fascination - with the eyes of the world
We stare…
Great video.. right up until the end... you should have had the video end with separation of the ET from the orbiter, signifying its reached orbit... That's truly the end of the launch (and the end of the song).
a bucket list item i will never realize. i snoozed and loozed.
ezernut9mm You and I both. Damn shame.
The written transcript of the communications is an awesome read along with the lyrics
Genius..history...
I did a similar video production from the maiden Columbia launch on VHS using the “overdub” button lol. Lost the tape. Glad to see another one. Great job.
Woa!!!! Great job on the video Rush would definitely approve they did the best they could with the video available back in 1981 but you got all kinds of great angles of that beautiful machine all in HD thanks for the post I enjoyed that!!!
Seeing the MPH on screen is surreal.
Excellent video, love, love, love this song and RUSH ❤!!!
This is one of the best music videos for one of the best songs ever. Well done!
After The Shuttle later on Blew Up, WE (I and Buds) Played in REMEMBRANCE of Lives LOST !!! Most people disregard this song but it is an "awesome sound"m of HISTORY in US Space Exploration. ( Even Though I wonder if we Really went to the MOON !???)
5 Million parts, all critical, 4 digital flight control computers in a network, if one of them failed the rest voted them out of the network to reboot and join later , this was totally new.
And yeah it's the ultimate machine.
Great combination of the track with video of the launch
congrate rush your just won nerdiest rock group of all time
Well done. Very, Very well done
This is the video that should have been made years ago - again, congratulations, this is an excellent production.
Of course the best part is the liftoff section. All that white smoke and fire.
Technology high ;)
I always get chills in the last 60 seconds. Great video!
One the best rush songs ever
The Video and Editing you do is Somewhat Surreal... Excellent Pro Work on All of your Videos... Thanks for doing These...
I saw this from 40 miles away. I'll always regret not being as close as possible.
Also to note: At 5:00 this was the actual transmission that Young & Crippen had with Houston.
How many times have i gotten high to this? approximately every time i want to. Best song to start a session out with.
Been there, seen this-it truly is electric...
I forgot how epic this is..
Love your work. This one (minus the missing Rush playing of instruments) is in my opinion BETTER than the original.
RUSH - The Best Power Trio in the Galaxy
cool that they made the space shuttle launch to be just like a rush song...
....outstanding!
Thank You !!
awesome!!! added to favorites list