I love that even in their official documentaries the boys allow equal time for the negatives to be seen and discussed like their clothes and some perceptions of Geddy’s voice. Not every band would allow that but Rush embraces the “bad”, laughs at themselves and just marches on. They know they are not cool….and are fine with it…and that just makes them so fking cool. Plus once they step on stage they can compete with any band. They were magic live.
Really their output between 1974 and 1978 is remarkable: self titled debut album, Fly by night, Caress of Steel, 2112, A Farewell to a Kings, and Hemispheres. All while touring like mad.
Hemispheres is in my top three Rush albums. It is amazing but they were wise to change when they saw what it was costing them. That I think is one of the reasons they lasted so long as a band. They had the right perspective. Their family life was very important to them.
You (as in anyone) can say what you like about the music, you can like this or that but, the dedication, musicianship and shear creativity cannot be denied. It's genius music and lyrically it makes you think.
Of everything, this part- realizing their lives were getting unhealthy & putting family first, esp Geddy saying, "Once you have children you cant be selfish anymore." says a lot about why 'fans' of Rush have a strong connection to them. There is a concrete relation to the normal human experiences most of us have.
and the ashtray on the Bongo drums as Geddy is singing is just classic. Platinum record sales in a month. Yet it took decades to get them into the Rock n Roll hall of Fame. Still amazing after all these years. great job JP. keep it up.
For me, Hemispheres stands alone amongst EVERY album ever released By ANYONE! Only 4 songs? Yeah, but, JAMMED PACKED with UNBELIEVABLE musicianship, simply incredible
Totally agree with you. Wish they would have expanded more in permanent waves. They basically skipped through Hemispheres. Luckily the rest is in the special features. The last clip is of exit stage left. A must see video.
Tom Sawyer is the ultimate air drummer song! I don't think anyone can resist air drumming along to those awesome fills! I cannot over state the impact Exit Stage Left had on me. I wore out my record player needle listening to that double album over and over...
Two topics I delight in from the DVD bonus clips: 1) Jimmy Chamberlain showing off his “Alex Lifeson Tribute Jacket” in blue velvet.😎😂 2) Terry Brown fessing up that they wrote and recorded the entire *Hemispheres* basic tracks without having finalized the vocal melodies, and then Geddy finding himself straining the top end of his range: “How we missed it, we don’t know … it just snuck up and bit us in the ass.”😅
That Red Barchetta video clip is from a concert video which highlights some songs in 1981 called Exit Stage Left. It's not the whole concert but it's shows about 60 minutes of select songs .
Interesting from the perspective of living through all this and A Farewell To Kings being the my first new Rush release I bought my senior year in high school. The Permanent Waves/Moving Pictures era was just like as described in this documentary. Many of my friends and the general public just didn't "get it" until these two records were released back to back. I love the pre Permanent Waves stuff obviously but the masses definitely didn't. Enjoy your take on all this...👍
Yeah, Neil was definitely pushing the envelope in terms of how much percussion a drummer could have in his live kit, although that's something he got from his interest in prog drummers like Carl Palmer, who had tubular bells and a couple gongs on stage by 1974. Alan White of Yes' setup for the '74 Relayer tour was nuts, plus the '72 King Crimson lineup with both Bill Bruford and Jamie Muir with his mad percussion playground. 😳 I think it was more just the era of "anything goes", although it did verge into excessive drum wankery eventually.
As much as I love Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures is one of the greatest rock albums of all time, not one weakness, it's perfect from start to finish. It's still zed😂😤
Justin...for the longest time it felt like you were trying to save us Rush fans from ourselves (which would be quite a bold and futile endeavor) but now I feel like you accidentally fell down into the rabbit hole and are now looking up with the rest of us wondering if we'll ever get out of here.
I always scratch my head on the Tom Sawyer video. Geddy playing his Rickenbacker, however, he said in interviews that he had switched to his jazz bass at this time and used it to record the song. Curious which bass he really used and what the sound difference would have been had he used a different one.
"Music is just part of our lives, it's not everything." Blasphemy! Oh wait, Geddy said that? Rush's Entre Nous spirit, nurtured at the picturesque Le Studio, birthed the tour de force, PW...and Rush actually got some great reviews of the album!
I get what Neil means. It was the internal confidence of the band as a band, and there was a new coherent and distinctive Rush sound in every single song. Up until PW and MP, they were going in so many different directions you could tell they were not quite sure yet what kind of band they wanted to be.
From Wikipediaa; "Salad days" is a Shakespearean idiom referring to a period of carefree innocence, idealism, and pleasure associated with youth."
I love that even in their official documentaries the boys allow equal time for the negatives to be seen and discussed like their clothes and some perceptions of Geddy’s voice. Not every band would allow that but Rush embraces the “bad”, laughs at themselves and just marches on. They know they are not cool….and are fine with it…and that just makes them so fking cool. Plus once they step on stage they can compete with any band. They were magic live.
Really their output between 1974 and 1978 is remarkable: self titled debut album, Fly by night, Caress of Steel, 2112, A Farewell to a Kings, and Hemispheres. All while touring like mad.
Hemispheres is in my top three Rush albums. It is amazing but they were wise to change when they saw what it was costing them. That I think is one of the reasons they lasted so long as a band. They had the right perspective. Their family life was very important to them.
You (as in anyone) can say what you like about the music, you can like this or that but, the dedication, musicianship and shear creativity cannot be denied. It's genius music and lyrically it makes you think.
Of everything, this part- realizing their lives were getting unhealthy & putting family first, esp Geddy saying, "Once you have children you cant be selfish anymore." says a lot about why 'fans' of Rush have a strong connection to them. There is a concrete relation to the normal human experiences most of us have.
That’s why they’re the best band ever - simples 👍
and the ashtray on the Bongo drums as Geddy is singing is just classic. Platinum record sales in a month. Yet it took decades to get them into the Rock n Roll hall of Fame. Still amazing after all these years. great job JP. keep it up.
what a story,🎸🥁🎸............🤘🤘🤘
The UFO story is one of my favorite moments from this movie, Glee.😂😂😂
For me, Hemispheres stands alone amongst EVERY album ever released By ANYONE!
Only 4 songs? Yeah, but, JAMMED PACKED with UNBELIEVABLE musicianship, simply incredible
Totally agree with you. Wish they would have expanded more in permanent waves. They basically skipped through Hemispheres. Luckily the rest is in the special features. The last clip is of exit stage left. A must see video.
Tom Sawyer is the ultimate air drummer song! I don't think anyone can resist air drumming along to those awesome fills!
I cannot over state the impact Exit Stage Left had on me. I wore out my record player needle listening to that double album over and over...
Two topics I delight in from the DVD bonus clips:
1) Jimmy Chamberlain showing off his “Alex Lifeson Tribute Jacket” in blue velvet.😎😂
2) Terry Brown fessing up that they wrote and recorded the entire *Hemispheres* basic tracks without having finalized the vocal melodies, and then Geddy finding himself straining the top end of his range: “How we missed it, we don’t know … it just snuck up and bit us in the ass.”😅
That Red Barchetta video clip is from a concert video which highlights some songs in 1981 called Exit Stage Left. It's not the whole concert but it's shows about 60 minutes of select songs .
Interesting from the perspective of living through all this and A Farewell To Kings being the my first new Rush release I bought my senior year in high school. The Permanent Waves/Moving Pictures era was just like as described in this documentary. Many of my friends and the general public just didn't "get it" until these two records were released back to back. I love the pre Permanent Waves stuff obviously but the masses definitely didn't. Enjoy your take on all this...👍
Wish you were doing more than one a day of this. 🤷🏻♂️ Love it!
Love the friendly hazing from UFO.😂
UFO calling Geddy “Glee” is hilarious🤣
It is 😂
They are racing through this so so era to really focus on Hold Your Fire lol
did Alex steal Neils red jacket . neil has the red pants LOL😂😂
love Hemispheres. The only time I got to see them live was the Hemispheres tour in Edmonton, Alberta. Amazing show.
Love seeing you get such a kick out of this!! Really enjoying this epic documentary! Be well and God bless... from Texas!!
"Salad days" is a Shakespearean idiom referring to a period of carefree innocence, idealism, and pleasure associated with youth.
Yeah, Neil was definitely pushing the envelope in terms of how much percussion a drummer could have in his live kit, although that's something he got from his interest in prog drummers like Carl Palmer, who had tubular bells and a couple gongs on stage by 1974. Alan White of Yes' setup for the '74 Relayer tour was nuts, plus the '72 King Crimson lineup with both Bill Bruford and Jamie Muir with his mad percussion playground. 😳 I think it was more just the era of "anything goes", although it did verge into excessive drum wankery eventually.
There's a Classic Albums: 2112 & Moving Pictures documentary (it's on here somewhere) that goes into a bit more detail
Say, that’s a nice guitar. Now I want one. 🤓
Been having a great time so far! Thanx JP.
I always thought that Guns n Roses may have gotten the opening riff for Sweet Child of mine from one of the main riffs in Xanadu. Eerily close.
I think I’ve seen Slash say in an interview that Xanadu inspired it
As much as I love Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures is one of the greatest rock albums of all time, not one weakness, it's perfect from start to finish. It's still zed😂😤
Justin...for the longest time it felt like you were trying to save us Rush fans from ourselves (which would be quite a bold and futile endeavor) but now I feel like you accidentally fell down into the rabbit hole and are now looking up with the rest of us wondering if we'll ever get out of here.
I always scratch my head on the Tom Sawyer video. Geddy playing his Rickenbacker, however, he said in interviews that he had switched to his jazz bass at this time and used it to record the song. Curious which bass he really used and what the sound difference would have been had he used a different one.
I can understand why they hold moving pictures in such high regard, but they did it all that better in permanent waves imo.
Alex loves his blazers.
How about this? You and Mike can pronounce it Y-Y-Zee, as long as I can call that Texas trio Zed-Zed-Top. LOL.
Works for me! Go to Texas and try it out!
"Music is just part of our lives, it's not everything." Blasphemy! Oh wait, Geddy said that? Rush's Entre Nous spirit, nurtured at the picturesque Le Studio, birthed the tour de force, PW...and Rush actually got some great reviews of the album!
Me thinks i heard a little papa bear protection for Permanent Waves.
Hey Justin! Still waiting for you to tell those Canadians to go Zed themselves.
😂
Zed off to the great white north.
I could be 3 different opinions. Everyone has their story.
I'm down voting this cause you said Zee not Zed! I am one angry Canadian.
oooohhh cry me a Clearly Canadian... lol
Hate to disagree with Neil, but to me they've been Rush since the beginning...just different versions as they progressed.
I get what Neil means. It was the internal confidence of the band as a band, and there was a new coherent and distinctive Rush sound in every single song. Up until PW and MP, they were going in so many different directions you could tell they were not quite sure yet what kind of band they wanted to be.