Always loved how, during the 80s, Al sat somewhere between Andy Summers and the Van Halen/Vai camp. He had all the creativity and subtlety of a new wave guitarist, but more chops, still more of a true lead player. Without being a guitar jock, in the way so many of the Van Halen clones were in that period. So much balance and feel in his playing. Not surprising he's also a talented painter -- his approach to guitar strikes me as being painter-like. The guy is an expert when it comes to color and mood.
@Iszil I used to be like you guys "Man 80's rush sucks!" then I actually listened to all the albums and realized how good they really were in the 80's. That more than anything made truly appreciate music and that a song didn't have to heavy to be good. And lets be honest lyrically Peart hits his peak in the 80's and with guitars not as emphasized (except during some really great solos)Geddy's bass work really gets to shine.
Any solo from Alex could be considered his best, this man plays his solo's without forgetting the connection with the main theme of the composition, many guitarist aren't able to pull that off. Alex simply pours himself into his solo's, you can hear the love he's feeling for the music. I really have a special connection with his solo from the song EARTH SHINE...it takes me to a place that I can't really describe, but it's perhaps one of his very best as for as FEEL..is concerned.
I know , right ? What good is a solo if it doesn't fit the song, I feel the exact same way for "Mission" ..... And Turn the Page .... and ...Limelight ..... And After Image ....And Red Barchetta......and Between the Wheels ....and Kid Gloves. .. and Closer to the Heart ..... and In the End .... lol I could do this all night . And Middletown Dreams . (Actually ALL the solos on Power Windows were great) funny story . I live about an hour away from Middletown Ohio and in the mid 90's me and 3 of my friends went there to a bar called Brandys to watch a 3 piece Rush tribute band called 2112 ( they were very good. Sounded as close to Rush as one could without actually being Rush . the singer/bassist even looked like , what we called , the 'Geddy Guy') Any way I was the big Rush freak of the group , my friends liked them ok but they were not near as big of fans as i was . As we are walking to the door I turned to one of my buds and said .. "Man they were good , I'd loved to had a chance to have met them and told them how good they did" ....... And this guy tugs on my shirt sleeve & I turn and it's the drummer and he asks " you guys wanna come backstage " ... I was "Hell yeah we do !" And immediately followed him lol he got us drinks and i rolled a couple joints and we sat back there and talked for I bet an hour, talking about Rush and their composing (I've played guitar since age 5) and how they did what they wanted not what the record exec's wanted and how much respect we had for the band on numerous levels , being true to themselves & not selling out & Their talent and discipline & determination and their mutual respect and friendship . They were real nice and accommodating. The guitarist and the Geddy Guy left after about 15 minutes but the drummer (real down to earth, nice guy) stayed and hung out with us until our two friends whom we got separated from in the crowd when we were leaving. Started beating on the door and telling the employees to tell us to hurry the F up lol it was a good night and one of many fond memories involving Rush . I found it ironic Power Windows has that Middletown song and we were watching them in Middletown Ohio . Wonder if they are still an act ? Lol that was 25 years ago . I'll have to go online and search Rush cover bands called 2112 . God every one of my memories from like age 6 or 7 forward has a Rush sing in the background . RIP Neil. Alex & Geddy I wish I could tell you in person "thank you for writing the soundtrack to my life " .
Alex Lifeson is my favorite guitarist, because hes style is so fascinating! He doesnt rely only on catchy riffs, he mostly does awesome noodling. And his solos are not from this world! I like it how he gives so much space for geddy to do his awesomeness while being incredibly awesome at the sam time!!!
Great job not only on the solos but all those great 80s photos that take me back to the hit parader reading days! Greatest band of all time imho. Damn i miss em!!!
Can we just take one long, hard look at 2:43? I've loved Rush for quite some time; dearly adore their writing, arrangements and playing, as well as their way with huge melodic hooks and choruses. They know how to write, arrange and play a song. But the pic at 2:43 sends me through the roof. That is a MAN; he's got those bedroom eyes on. Yes, Prog Daddy...speak to me.
@negtype13 Meh...I've listened to Rush for years and I just tend to favor their 80s over their 70s. Granted, Hemispheres and all of their other work is exceptional, I prefer Power Windows any day...it's just personal preference but the solo from The Necromancer is easily some of his best work. All his solos are fantastic, I didn't want to put them all on here heh
Great list! Most Rush fans focus on the popular song and not the really well written songs. I knew this was going to be a great video when you started with Camera Eye.
On their G/P tour I bought a program and in one section where the guys wrote themselves what their gear on the tour was Geddy mentioned Alex's Hentors ( Geddy did his like a baseball broadcaster and and titles like MVP and Rookie of the year and such for some of his gear) but in Alex's Page he said he wasn't using any Hentor guitars . Even went so far as to say " I don't know why Ged said I am" lol . He started his out like he was stoned or simple or something , stoned simple maybe lol ? Saying things like ... "...Uh .. I have guitars ... with strings .. and amplifiers .... they have little red lights on them .... uh and they buzz ....and ... uhhhh ...." lol He always was the cut up . It is so cool he and Geddy are still friends and get together . Man !! The memories they must have. Color me envious!!
For me Alex Lifeson is with Hendrix, Santana, McLaughlin, Howe, Fripp, Di Meola, Zappa, Townshend, Paco de Lucía and please forgive me if I forget some great guitarist: Lifeson goes far away from solos, he is one of the most greatest composers in the Rock history. There are great guitarists but not so good composers but Lifeson is a great guitarist but so much great composer. At 80's I think the list missed the solos from Subdivisions, the incredible Red sector A, Marathon. Thanks a lot for the video
@papalazerus22 I am with you my friend. I am 42, have loved Rush since i was 13, and have seen them on every tour since Grace Under Pressure. I still listen to Rush almost every day and Alex has always been my idea of what a rock guitarist should be. Nice post. Way to represent!
Between the wheels is the best solo of all time < i have nearly crashed my car trying to play it on my steering wheel, and handbrake... man its all great
some great examples his mission work on snakes of arrows -live is really something to hear and see on the dvd- i love how they go close -up on him bending the hell out of those strings -
Between The Wheels and Mission are the best of this lot imho. 80s era Rush is underrated, like some commentators, i would suggest the 70s fans give that era another listen... so many great songs and they still play like crazy
Alex is one of a Kind and 1 of most underrated guitarist and musicians ever. Listen to 2112 from 1976 and see how this very young kid has his very own style n sound and wrote such wonderful music +all the other albums. That last sample at 4:05 (hold ur fire) is a flash of his brilliance. Such a great n humble guy too. If he weren't, Rush would've broken up after Terry Brown (stupidly) was asked to leave...
Yeah I heard stuff from Hold Your Fire from the ASOH Tour DVD before ever listening to the CD lol so I tend to like a lot of the live renditions of it a lot more than the actual album... but it's like my #3 fav album behind P/G and Power Windows.
Not that I'm judging anyone but I still can't understand the people who prefer the 80's Rush over the classic 70s period. The level of creativity, composition, arrangements, beauty, complexity and quality they achieved during that period they could never equal afterwards. Of course, they are still one of the greatest band in history and I'm still thankful with them for coming down here to our thin piece of land called Chile to amaze us with their godness. The best power trio EVER!
I absolutely love 70s Rush, middle Rush, and modern Rush too so I'm not going to put down any era but fans who think that something like the Working Man solo is better than the solos in Kid Gloves or Digital Man or Between the Wheels must have never actually played guitar. Alex's later stuff is so much more impressive musically. It's all subjective to a point but 1985-Alex could play 1975 Rush stuff in his sleep. 1975-Alex would be way over his head with Power Windows for example. It's not close
cool video with a great selection of solos. I liked that you used a live version of the Turn The Page solo ( I think it's better than the studio). You have some cool pics too. I'm trying to figure out how to make a video like this as I also have some "rare" pictures and a love for Al's solos.
The 80s, is what form pretty much a lot of mine Florence, of the impressionistic albums from Rush asked important strictly to guitar soloing…. It’s like the 80s is where Alex Lifeson just simply got off! He played his ass off… Signals was the album that caught my attention, Grace under pressure was the album that grew my love for rush, power window cemented it… You forgot to add the solo from the song the weapon, that was just simply disturbingly bad ass, roll the bones and hold your fire head a couple of tracks with badass solos as well…. Neat post, because it was very targeted, on Alex‘s solenoid, the 80s is the era that made Alex
I totally forgot that one . Kinda spaced on that whole album when I was thinking of my favorites. Appears revisions may possibly be in order... Excellent solo . Good choice, sir , good choice ! indeed .
Which pic ? The black & white of him and Geddy or the one with him on the riding mower with what looks to be a beer, maybe, & a foot sticking out from under the mower deck lol ?
@@Mr.CliffysWorld yeah, "presto" is great! show dont tell, chain lightning, superconductor, war paint, ... tons of killer songs! :-) war paint guitar solo is a masterpiece to me, fits the song like a glove, super melodic, and super elaborate. especially the last notes of the solo are pure gold!!! :-)
i actually thought the guitar on the snakes/arrows live DVD for mission and other 80's songs worked really well. Somehow they came across heavier in my opinion especially between the wheels and digital man I have no clue if it has to do with the type of guitar or the strings or the amps/effects but, he just looks right playing les pauls and ES's also the sound she got on entre nous live was perfect
so angular, so big on the '4' and '6' ...just fucking brilliant...tell that asshat from Aerosmith to play any of Al's work - no chance, pandejo! viva la Lifeson!
@bohs1984 Oh, and I hope you mean Book II: Hemispheres, because Cygnus X-1 is just not fluid. It's probably their worst epic besides The Fountain of Lamneth. Their epics just don't fit together as well as some other prog bands epics. They just tried to bite off more than they could chew sometimes, and reefer probably messed with it some. Rush knows what they're doing. They didn't sell out or anything, they PROGressed to newer and better things. If they stayed in 70s mode, they wouldn't be Rush
Interesting. I’m actually the OP and locked out of the account. I also uploaded the ASOH solos video, and the source is the same but you are right this is louder. I think (tin foil hat) TH-cam takes out chunks of the song data to intentionally lower quality. It’s why when you download the file from a YT video the quality is lower. It’s not because the ripping mechanism sucked. YT made the source suck. They leave the bits in cyberspace. Unfortunately these bits don’t trace their app, because if you check on a phone between browser YT and app YT, the music sounds better in the internet because it can access the chunks that YT crippled out intentionally. My guess, would be since it’s not in video format, maybe they didn’t notice it and cripple it as hard? The Mission solo here is louder than the other video. I ripped all these from the Replay X3 DVD back in the day and made the videos in movie maker. There was no tweaking of volumes or anything. It’s like as as example now, I have better versions of things than are available on YT, but the quality is “too good” so it’s not allowed. This is a difficult platform when they intentionally cripple the visual and audio, and it’ll set a new low baseline for quality in those areas. It’s like they want people to have to pay for the quality, but the mistake here is that people aren’t even going to know what stuff is actually supposed to sound like.
@DOMECHOPBRAINS Yeah, as a professional player for over 20 years I guess I don't know anything about it. Music is subjective and you can like whatever you want. However, if you really believe that anything from post Moving Pictures can compare to music from before then; well then I guess you just have very minority opinion of what is considered great music. By the way, nobody gets all reved up at a Rush concert when they break into something from Vapor Trails. Play note 1 from Cygnus and POW
Wait...I don't understand how/why you pick solos that came during the "new wave/Police" influenced years. The short/non-existential. Not that they're bad...but they're NOTHING compared to his earlier surreal, Metal/Prog days!! Get some By-Tor and the Snowdog/Necromancer/2112/Farewell Kings/Xanadu/Hemispheres/Freewill, etc... AND then the latter with tunes from RTB(Dreamline,WMT) Counterparts (Cut to the Chase) along with Trails(Secret Touch) and Arrows(Hope, Etc...) Ones that blow us away!
Hey, I'm pretty sure you're into prog by the look of your profile (King Crimson fan?) If not sorry to bother you. Just wanted to share a vid/song. -Dave (drums... th-cam.com/video/1vXUBnor83U/w-d-xo.html
@bohs1984 Sooooo because YOU think 70's Rush is better it makes it better? I mean some people think Korn are amazing, but that doesn't make it so. ALL of Rush's discography is good in it's own respect, and it can't be compared to each other...they're not even the same genre (if you can tell me how you can compare Vapor Trails and 2112, please enlighten me, because I sure can't compare them). You're just bad as a reviewer, and for the same reason. You don't understand music.
@bohs1984 uhh the whole point of what i said is that they can't be compared... So they're both good in their own respect. You're also contradictory as fuck. Music is subjective and you can like what you want, BUT 70S RUSH IS BETTER THAN ALL THEIR OTHER STUFF BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN FOR 20 YEARS AND I SAY SO!!! Still not retracting what I said before, and I'm adding to it. you REALLY don't understand music.
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Always loved how, during the 80s, Al sat somewhere between Andy Summers and the Van Halen/Vai camp. He had all the creativity and subtlety of a new wave guitarist, but more chops, still more of a true lead player. Without being a guitar jock, in the way so many of the Van Halen clones were in that period. So much balance and feel in his playing. Not surprising he's also a talented painter -- his approach to guitar strikes me as being painter-like. The guy is an expert when it comes to color and mood.
Camera Eye...by far one of the most alive and breathing solos you'll ever find. Amazing, alex.
@Iszil
I used to be like you guys "Man 80's rush sucks!" then I actually listened to all the albums and realized how good they really were in the 80's. That more than anything made truly appreciate music and that a song didn't have to heavy to be good. And lets be honest lyrically Peart hits his peak in the 80's and with guitars not as emphasized (except during some really great solos)Geddy's bass work really gets to shine.
I LOVE everything about Alex guitar playing!! He's so soulful and composes beautifully! And he plays rythm sections great as well!!
Any solo from Alex could be considered his best, this man plays his solo's without forgetting the connection with the main theme of the composition, many guitarist aren't able to pull that off. Alex simply pours himself into his solo's, you can hear the love he's feeling for the music. I really have a special connection with his solo from the song EARTH SHINE...it takes me to a place that I can't really describe, but it's perhaps one of his very best as for as FEEL..is concerned.
So glad you included Chemistry. That solo is absolutely perfect for the song.
I know , right ? What good is a solo if it doesn't fit the song, I feel the exact same way for "Mission" ..... And Turn the Page .... and ...Limelight ..... And After Image ....And Red Barchetta......and Between the Wheels ....and Kid Gloves. .. and Closer to the Heart ..... and In the End .... lol I could do this all night . And Middletown Dreams . (Actually ALL the solos on Power Windows were great) funny story . I live about an hour away from Middletown Ohio and in the mid 90's me and 3 of my friends went there to a bar called Brandys to watch a 3 piece Rush tribute band called 2112 ( they were very good. Sounded as close to Rush as one could without actually being Rush . the singer/bassist even looked like , what we called , the 'Geddy Guy') Any way I was the big Rush freak of the group , my friends liked them ok but they were not near as big of fans as i was . As we are walking to the door I turned to one of my buds and said .. "Man they were good , I'd loved to had a chance to have met them and told them how good they did" ....... And this guy tugs on my shirt sleeve & I turn and it's the drummer and he asks " you guys wanna come backstage " ... I was "Hell yeah we do !" And immediately followed him lol he got us drinks and i rolled a couple joints and we sat back there and talked for I bet an hour, talking about Rush and their composing (I've played guitar since age 5) and how they did what they wanted not what the record exec's wanted and how much respect we had for the band on numerous levels , being true to themselves & not selling out & Their talent and discipline & determination and their mutual respect and friendship . They were real nice and accommodating. The guitarist and the Geddy Guy left after about 15 minutes but the drummer (real down to earth, nice guy) stayed and hung out with us until our two friends whom we got separated from in the crowd when we were leaving. Started beating on the door and telling the employees to tell us to hurry the F up lol it was a good night and one of many fond memories involving Rush . I found it ironic Power Windows has that Middletown song and we were watching them in Middletown Ohio . Wonder if they are still an act ? Lol that was 25 years ago . I'll have to go online and search Rush cover bands called 2112 . God every one of my memories from like age 6 or 7 forward has a Rush sing in the background . RIP Neil. Alex & Geddy I wish I could tell you in person "thank you for writing the soundtrack to my life " .
I remember Alex saying at the time it was one of his all time favourites
@@Mrbimdrummer yes, he's cited chemistry and limelight as his two favs
Alex Lifeson is my favorite guitarist, because hes style is so fascinating! He doesnt rely only on catchy riffs, he mostly does awesome noodling. And his solos are not from this world!
I like it how he gives so much space for geddy to do his awesomeness while being incredibly awesome at the sam time!!!
Great job not only on the solos but all those great 80s photos that take me back to the hit parader reading days! Greatest band of all time imho. Damn i miss em!!!
Greatest guitar player ever ❤️. So much great material. Never get tired.
I can’t believe I will never hear a new Rush song ever again. RIP Neal Peart.
Fabulous symphonic solos from the eighties - so good to hear them again.
If anyone can make a guitar sing it's Alex ! 3 stars aligned in perfection that will never happen again in our lifetime !
Lets not forget kid gloves..One of his favorites !
You should have included The Weapon solo
The whole song with lyrics
Welcome to 2020; Covid is The Weapon!
Spooky OOOOOOOOOH
alex lifeson is one of the best rock guitarists of all time..
Can we just take one long, hard look at 2:43? I've loved Rush for quite some time; dearly adore their writing, arrangements and playing, as well as their way with huge melodic hooks and choruses. They know how to write, arrange and play a song. But the pic at 2:43 sends me through the roof. That is a MAN; he's got those bedroom eyes on. Yes, Prog Daddy...speak to me.
@negtype13 Meh...I've listened to Rush for years and I just tend to favor their 80s over their 70s. Granted, Hemispheres and all of their other work is exceptional, I prefer Power Windows any day...it's just personal preference but the solo from The Necromancer is easily some of his best work. All his solos are fantastic, I didn't want to put them all on here heh
Power windows is one of my favorites also , ESPECIALLY if your talking solos . I think he did a lot of his best solos on that LP.
They were at the top of their game with Power Windows and then Hold Your Fire. Especially in terms of arrangement.
Great list! Most Rush fans focus on the popular song and not the really well written songs. I knew this was going to be a great video when you started with Camera Eye.
The 80's, Hentor Sportscasters and Signature guitars.
On their G/P tour I bought a program and in one section where the guys wrote themselves what their gear on the tour was Geddy mentioned Alex's Hentors ( Geddy did his like a baseball broadcaster and and titles like MVP and Rookie of the year and such for some of his gear) but in Alex's Page he said he wasn't using any Hentor guitars . Even went so far as to say " I don't know why Ged said I am" lol . He started his out like he was stoned or simple or something , stoned simple maybe lol ? Saying things like ...
"...Uh .. I have guitars ... with strings .. and amplifiers .... they have little red lights on them .... uh and they buzz ....and ... uhhhh ...." lol He always was the cut up . It is so cool he and Geddy are still friends and get together . Man !! The memories they must have. Color me envious!!
For me Alex Lifeson is with Hendrix, Santana, McLaughlin, Howe, Fripp, Di Meola, Zappa, Townshend, Paco de Lucía and please forgive me if I forget some great guitarist: Lifeson goes far away from solos, he is one of the most greatest composers in the Rock history. There are great guitarists but not so good composers but Lifeson is a great guitarist but so much great composer. At 80's I think the list missed the solos from Subdivisions, the incredible Red sector A, Marathon. Thanks a lot for the video
Personality I think Alex is one of the most underrated tactical guitarist ever.
Its almost criminal-
Just sayin 😎
It is...
I agree totally
@papalazerus22
I am with you my friend. I am 42, have loved Rush since i was 13, and have seen them on every tour since Grace Under Pressure. I still listen to Rush almost every day and Alex has always been my idea of what a rock guitarist should be. Nice post. Way to represent!
Between the wheels is the best solo of all time < i have nearly crashed my car trying to play it on my steering wheel, and handbrake... man its all great
some great examples
his mission work on snakes of arrows -live is really something to hear and see on the dvd- i love how they go close -up on him bending the hell out of those strings -
cant forget the solo in la villa strangiato! these are great though thank you
That was released in 78
This guy !!! influanced my life !!! totally ! thank you .. mr lifeson !
Breathtaking talent ,very rare
Between The Wheels and Mission are the best of this lot imho. 80s era Rush is underrated, like some commentators, i would suggest the 70s fans give that era another listen... so many great songs and they still play like crazy
Turn the Page solo on Show of hands will tear your livers out.
Alex is one of a Kind and 1 of most underrated guitarist and musicians ever.
Listen to 2112 from 1976 and see how this very young kid has his very own style n sound and wrote such wonderful music +all the other albums.
That last sample at 4:05 (hold ur fire) is a flash of his brilliance. Such a great n humble guy too. If he weren't, Rush would've broken up after Terry Brown (stupidly) was asked to leave...
@negtype13 In my opinion some of Alex's best solo's where he developed them into a more individual, "you know it's him" type during the 80's.
great video, great pics
Yeah I heard stuff from Hold Your Fire from the ASOH Tour DVD before ever listening to the CD lol so I tend to like a lot of the live renditions of it a lot more than the actual album... but it's like my #3 fav album behind P/G and Power Windows.
Not that I'm judging anyone but I still can't understand the people who prefer the 80's Rush over the classic 70s period. The level of creativity, composition, arrangements, beauty, complexity and quality they achieved during that period they could never equal afterwards.
Of course, they are still one of the greatest band in history and I'm still thankful with them for coming down here to our thin piece of land called Chile to amaze us with their godness.
The best power trio EVER!
Nice collection, showing is range of style well! Was hoping to hear the necromancer aswell tho!
G.O.A.T 🐐
He is a Genius!
I absolutely love 70s Rush, middle Rush, and modern Rush too so I'm not going to put down any era but fans who think that something like the Working Man solo is better than the solos in Kid Gloves or Digital Man or Between the Wheels must have never actually played guitar. Alex's later stuff is so much more impressive musically. It's all subjective to a point but 1985-Alex could play 1975 Rush stuff in his sleep. 1975-Alex would be way over his head with Power Windows for example. It's not close
Love Ged's tone on Camera Eye
Exactly...his bass in that tune really speaks to me. 👍
man theres was some photos ive never seen before...I didnt think that was possible
the guitar in Lock & Key is short, but really good
Excellent choice !! Miss only " Freewill " !!
I love the lead in Emotion Detector and you left it out :(
The Mission rules 👍🇨🇦 🎸
Mission is one of their best songs ever!
cool video with a great selection of solos. I liked that you used a live version of the Turn The Page solo ( I think it's better than the studio).
You have some cool pics too. I'm trying to figure out how to make a video like this as I also have some "rare" pictures and a love for Al's solos.
4:12 '' Can you believe I work with these two?"
The 80s, is what form pretty much a lot of mine Florence, of the impressionistic albums from Rush asked important strictly to guitar soloing…. It’s like the 80s is where Alex Lifeson just simply got off! He played his ass off…
Signals was the album that caught my attention, Grace under pressure was the album that grew my love for rush, power window cemented it…
You forgot to add the solo from the song the weapon, that was just simply disturbingly bad ass, roll the bones and hold your fire head a couple of tracks with badass solos as well….
Neat post, because it was very targeted, on Alex‘s solenoid, the 80s is the era that made Alex
3:16 - wow. what a picture. prerry much once-in-a-lifetime, I guess.
btw., my favourite solo of lerxsts' is the one on "war paint" from "presto".
I totally forgot that one . Kinda spaced on that whole album when I was thinking of my favorites. Appears revisions may possibly be in order... Excellent solo . Good choice, sir , good choice ! indeed .
Which pic ? The black & white of him and Geddy or the one with him on the riding mower with what looks to be a beer, maybe, & a foot sticking out from under the mower deck lol ?
@@Mr.CliffysWorld yeah, "presto" is great! show dont tell, chain lightning, superconductor, war paint, ... tons of killer songs! :-) war paint guitar solo is a masterpiece to me, fits the song like a glove, super melodic, and super elaborate. especially the last notes of the solo are pure gold!!! :-)
@@Mr.CliffysWorld the b/w pic with ged and lerxst on stage
Brilliant!
BTW, of couse I consider Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures part of their 70s stage, regardless of being from 1980 and 1981.
Good collection, but I'd prefer to add "The Limelight" here!
i actually thought the guitar on the snakes/arrows live DVD for mission and other 80's songs worked really well. Somehow they came across heavier in my opinion especially between the wheels and digital man
I have no clue if it has to do with the type of guitar or the strings or the amps/effects but, he just looks right playing les pauls and ES's
also the sound she got on entre nous live was perfect
@cius2112 80s rush is incredible stuff especially if u were there..power windows, moving pics, p/g, signals...cmon amazing stuff if u open your mind
4:34 I want the 16x21" Billy Gibbons poster
just WHO is this Alex Lifeson character that you all speak of? if he is sooo good how come I have never heard of him???
DOH!!!
as a blues/garage /rock i really cant taste alex lifeson solos but i think he is a good guitarist
and i respect all opinions
most awkward pic of Geddy and Alex ever at 3:22
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Actually when I think about it I liked Rush the most in the 80s
so angular, so big on the '4' and '6' ...just fucking brilliant...tell that asshat from Aerosmith to play any of Al's work - no chance, pandejo!
viva la Lifeson!
Geddy's shirt at 1:33 says "Disco sucks". :)
Why isn't limelight on here?
@bohs1984 Oh, and I hope you mean Book II: Hemispheres, because Cygnus X-1 is just not fluid. It's probably their worst epic besides The Fountain of Lamneth. Their epics just don't fit together as well as some other prog bands epics. They just tried to bite off more than they could chew sometimes, and reefer probably messed with it some. Rush knows what they're doing. They didn't sell out or anything, they PROGressed to newer and better things. If they stayed in 70s mode, they wouldn't be Rush
Big money, show of hands.
what you get is what you are Victor Start Today
thats true.
3:30 I don't remember ASOH being this loud.
Interesting. I’m actually the OP and locked out of the account. I also uploaded the ASOH solos video, and the source is the same but you are right this is louder.
I think (tin foil hat) TH-cam takes out chunks of the song data to intentionally lower quality. It’s why when you download the file from a YT video the quality is lower. It’s not because the ripping mechanism sucked. YT made the source suck.
They leave the bits in cyberspace. Unfortunately these bits don’t trace their app, because if you check on a phone between browser YT and app YT, the music sounds better in the internet because it can access the chunks that YT crippled out intentionally.
My guess, would be since it’s not in video format, maybe they didn’t notice it and cripple it as hard? The Mission solo here is louder than the other video.
I ripped all these from the Replay X3 DVD back in the day and made the videos in movie maker. There was no tweaking of volumes or anything.
It’s like as as example now, I have better versions of things than are available on YT, but the quality is “too good” so it’s not allowed. This is a difficult platform when they intentionally cripple the visual and audio, and it’ll set a new low baseline for quality in those areas.
It’s like they want people to have to pay for the quality, but the mistake here is that people aren’t even going to know what stuff is actually supposed to sound like.
1:24 I'm not sure what's going on here, but I sure it's not right.
@DOMECHOPBRAINS Yeah, as a professional player for over 20 years I guess I don't know anything about it. Music is subjective and you can like whatever you want. However, if you really believe that anything from post Moving Pictures can compare to music from before then; well then I guess you just have very minority opinion of what is considered great music. By the way, nobody gets all reved up at a Rush concert when they break into something from Vapor Trails. Play note 1 from Cygnus and POW
Good choices altho nothing from PRESTO?
@imaballa252 i agree
Cool. But no Limelight?
This is great but where is Emotion Detector?? Thanks for making this.
Red sector A?
@imaballa252 You ´re great, he´s a god.
marathon
presto
hand over fist
In 1978 :P
I used to have that guitar mag at 4:37...cant belive my mom sold em all at a garge sale.DAM YOU !( jk, love u mom)
Wait...I don't understand how/why you pick solos that came during the "new wave/Police" influenced years. The short/non-existential. Not that they're bad...but they're NOTHING compared to his earlier surreal, Metal/Prog days!!
Get some By-Tor and the Snowdog/Necromancer/2112/Farewell Kings/Xanadu/Hemispheres/Freewill, etc... AND then the latter with tunes from RTB(Dreamline,WMT) Counterparts (Cut to the Chase) along with Trails(Secret Touch) and Arrows(Hope, Etc...)
Ones that blow us away!
Freewill?
no freewill?
Hey, I'm pretty sure you're into prog by the look of your profile (King Crimson fan?) If not sorry to bother you. Just wanted to share a vid/song. -Dave (drums... th-cam.com/video/1vXUBnor83U/w-d-xo.html
whers la villa strangiato?!
Sebastian Gallegos it is a sex move famously used by ted bundy to try and capture the president of botswana
what you get is uslayy believing as what you are
belay that order
@bohs1984 Sooooo because YOU think 70's Rush is better it makes it better? I mean some people think Korn are amazing, but that doesn't make it so. ALL of Rush's discography is good in it's own respect, and it can't be compared to each other...they're not even the same genre (if you can tell me how you can compare Vapor Trails and 2112, please enlighten me, because I sure can't compare them). You're just bad as a reviewer, and for the same reason. You don't understand music.
@bohs1984 uhh the whole point of what i said is that they can't be compared... So they're both good in their own respect. You're also contradictory as fuck. Music is subjective and you can like what you want, BUT 70S RUSH IS BETTER THAN ALL THEIR OTHER STUFF BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN FOR 20 YEARS AND I SAY SO!!! Still not retracting what I said before, and I'm adding to it. you REALLY don't understand music.
No me gustaron las rolas para los mejores requintos de Alex...!