Hate to date myself, but we saw this show four nights in a week, back when I was in high school. I was lucky enough to see almost every tour from moving pictures when I was a kid up until the R40 tour, which I was fortunate enough to see with my kids.
This was the first tour I saw them on. I was a freshman in high school, and a drummer. Seeing Neil play live at that age was almost pornographic for me. LOL
For some more inspiring Rush, I suggest reacting to the live version of 'Mission' from Birmingham 1988 (it might be from this same show, actually). Love 'The Big Money' as the opener. I can relate to being born too late for my favorite music; I was born in 1977, so my favorite musicians are all my parents' age. Technically, I could have grown up listening to '80s Rush, but my mom listened to classical music, and I didn't get familiar with Top 40, pop or rock music until the mid-1980s when I got my own personal radio. At least we have videos like this to watch them do their magic.
I was 18. The first time I heard them hit that first note...I still have chills right now. Bought it day of release in nyc, sat in an office park, headphones on, 'Three Blind Mice" intro, then...🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Saw this tour in Phoenix, sooooooooooo good... the intros with Three Blind Mice, the Stooges... they just don't take themselves too seriously and then kick your ass with great music... was always a great time at a Rush show!
I remember the day this album was released in October 1985. I was driving thru Carls Jr to get a burger, and this song came on the radio for the first time, the DJ all excited about the release of the new Rush album, Power Windows. I was 28. Good times!
Love the track, love the album, love this version, especially as I was in the audience at this very concert. Had just moved 200 miles house from living parents to my first house that very same day and then drove back for the gig. The things we do for the our most loved bands.
It’s interesting to get to hear what everyone is talking about, Rush and Geddy Lee. I enjoyed Alex’s guitar solo, but not so much Geddy Lee’s vocals… Thank you for the introduction, Lee and Mike! I’m glad you are here with us now, Lee.
I saw Rush the first time in June of 1984 on the "Grace Under Pressure," tour. The opening act did not show. Rush played for 3 hours, no intermission. 13, 800 stool and sang the words to every song. The Music experience of my Life.
Hold Your Fire is my 2nd favorite album in all music history. If there was a clunker on Hold Your Fire, it would not have made my top 3 of all time. IMHO, Prime Mover and Tai Shan are the only two good songs on the album. ALL THE REST OF HOLD YOUR FIRE ARE GREAT SONGS. Almost the finest music ever written or recorded in all music history. Nothing beats Tales From Topographic Oceans.
Yep, that's how they opened, remember it, remember the tour's, miss Rush big time. Not fun getting old but I wouldn't trade seeing them live all those times for anything.
Awesome job, Lee! Thanks for hunting down this video. I'm pretty sure I've been with you since your early days. I count myself among the most privileged to have grown up in the 70's and 80's. Saw RUSH live countless times as one of the 20 female fans (it was kind of cool, I was treated like a celebrity at concerts). These boys never disappoint.
Gary Lee! His mom's Polish accent made it sound like she was saying Geddy and others picked up on it, didn't know that for ages. Seems if a Canadian kid was named Neil back then he was destined for greatness. What a sad ending for Neil Peart, his final few years were so tragic, basically loses his close family and dies relatively young himself. RIP such an amazing writer and drummer.
I am happy though that after the passing of his wife and daughter he was able to take some peaceful time off. He said that he would stop in at diners and stores and people wouldn’t recognize him. He added that he enjoyed it because he could keep to himself. I salute to Neil for being able to stay strong even when he lost the people he loved the most. RIP Neil.
I had that DVD in '89, when I was only 19 (your age 😉) and had discovered Rush only several months earlier that same year 😊 I wore that tape out and was happy to be able to replace it with the DVD version 15 years or so later 😅 And 'The Big Money' also is the 'Power Windows' album's opener, which was the second Rush one I'd heard, after its predecessor 'Grace Under Pressure', and I reckon Geddy's voice and vocal style is at its peak on those two albums 😍 80's Rush = my favourite Rush 🤩👍
Growing up in Canada, one of my bestest memories is playing road hockey and Rush playing from the stereo in the garage, it was cold and there was not much else to do it seemed. I still find it hard to believe the music industry did what it did. 🤔
Geddy once said that this was his favorite Rush era while Alex had some serious doubts about the material and the mix from those years. Regardless, they were at the peak of their musicianship at that time combining; youthful energy with technical prowess
First saw them on Permanent Waves tour Also incredible opening acts. Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, ironically Blue Oyster Cult who Rush used to open for.
OK, yeah, sucks that you don't get to see them play live anymore. I saw them many times in concert (more than any other band), and it was unbelievable every time. But at least we have the footage from shows like this! Enjoy! Cool reaction! Rock on, Lee!
HUGE shoutout to STICKHITS's channel for the best Rush remasters. Every Rush fan needs to see his work. He does the filmed concerts and bootleg cleanups. Warning, his ESL remaster is so good it might make you cry.
Neil Peart during his lifetime shared a phrase or saying with fans and people which says, "The best laid plans of men often can go awry" - taken from a poem by Robert Burns written in 1785!!! so ---like Murphy's Law - he was saying that you can plan for great and successful things, but stuff can happen and sometimes your best plans don't go as planned - hopefully overall, they will.
A Show of Hands! Just cover the whole damn video, no song on here will disappoint. They went heavy into their "current" albums from 1985 and 1987 as well as some of their classics.
I'm glad you mentioned Neil's snare. It was an old Slingerland snare that he played since 1977. He named it "Old Faithful". Sadly he retired it in 1996 because he could no longer get parts for it. (I'm sure if he reached out to Slingerland he could've sourced something from them! LOL) Also, during the outro, after Neil scratches his head, they play an excerpt of a song from the comedy duo Cheech and Chong, named "Earache My Eye".
This was an interesting era of Rush. Geddy switched over to Wal basses (which sounded incredible), Neil flirted with Ludwig drums, and I have no idea what Alex is playing here; the hockey stick headstock looks like a Jackson or something… anyone please correct me if I’m wrong… but this is a damn great album. Rush was approaching their pinnacle, only eclipsed by Hold Your Fire. Edit: and love the Cheech and Chong reference at the very end… “Mama talkin’ to me tryna teach me how to live” (da da da, da da da, bup bup baaa) “but I don’t listen to her cause my head is like a sieve” (da da da, da da da, bup bup baaa)
🤔 I know Ziggy Stardust (Bowie) showed me it was okay to be weird & like Kiss, Stevie Wonder, Rush, Genesis, Floyd & The Supremes while worshipping Aretha Franklin & Janis Joplin. 🤗 Cause 'Ziggy played guitar' and said it was okay! 🥰🐰
It’s true. Not to rub it in but your generation was deprived of a lot! I’ve seen RUSH twenty five times since the permanent waves tour (1980)and always left just shaking my head! They were something else!
What did you get, Lee [and by "you" I mean your generation]? Well, for starts you actually had access to personal computers in middle and high school, and you even had hand-held cellular phones! On the other hand, it was not very difficult in the 80's to buy an old Mustang or Camaro and drop a 351cc or 350cc engine from the respective Ford or Chevy truck in it without a degree in computer science, so there's that.
Okay, this changed my mind, about Rush. Bring on some more
Hate to date myself, but we saw this show four nights in a week, back when I was in high school. I was lucky enough to see almost every tour from moving pictures when I was a kid up until the R40 tour, which I was fortunate enough to see with my kids.
This was the first tour I saw them on. I was a freshman in high school, and a drummer. Seeing Neil play live at that age was almost pornographic for me. LOL
@@Tonyr0206 Agree, the highlight of the night was always his drum solos
For some more inspiring Rush, I suggest reacting to the live version of 'Mission' from Birmingham 1988 (it might be from this same show, actually). Love 'The Big Money' as the opener. I can relate to being born too late for my favorite music; I was born in 1977, so my favorite musicians are all my parents' age. Technically, I could have grown up listening to '80s Rush, but my mom listened to classical music, and I didn't get familiar with Top 40, pop or rock music until the mid-1980s when I got my own personal radio. At least we have videos like this to watch them do their magic.
I was 18. The first time I heard them hit that first note...I still have chills right now. Bought it day of release in nyc, sat in an office park, headphones on, 'Three Blind Mice" intro, then...🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
It is the same show and it's the best version
Cool to see a young guy appreciate this band, they were the BEST. RIP Professor
Saw this tour in Phoenix, sooooooooooo good... the intros with Three Blind Mice, the Stooges... they just don't take themselves too seriously and then kick your ass with great music... was always a great time at a Rush show!
A Show of Hands was my first concert album and this particular show was my third Rush concert (managed to see three tours between 16 and 19).
Geddys bass is so good in this one its one of their songs that got signifigant radio play when it was released. 😊
I remember the day this album was released in October 1985. I was driving thru Carls Jr to get a burger, and this song came on the radio for the first time, the DJ all excited about the release of the new Rush album, Power Windows. I was 28. Good times!
Love the track, love the album, love this version, especially as I was in the audience at this very concert. Had just moved 200 miles house from living parents to my first house that very same day and then drove back for the gig. The things we do for the our most loved bands.
Music reflects the times. Growing up in the 80s it was totally awesome! Power windows was the first tour that I saw Rush live and it was amazing!
Power Windows was my first Rush concert. Great album IMHO.
It’s interesting to get to hear what everyone is talking about, Rush and Geddy Lee. I enjoyed Alex’s guitar solo, but not so much Geddy Lee’s vocals…
Thank you for the introduction, Lee and Mike!
I’m glad you are here with us now, Lee.
This was the 4th of 21 tours I got to see of my favorite band, started in 84
I saw Rush the first time in June of 1984 on the "Grace Under Pressure," tour. The opening act did not show. Rush played for 3 hours, no intermission. 13, 800 stool and sang the words to every song. The Music experience of my Life.
Just see Woodstock 69 vs 94 The music and the crowds changed. We evolve some ways all the time.
The "clunker" to which you might have been referring is Tai Shan from Hold Your Fire, which Geddy himself admitted was a huge mistake.
Hold Your Fire is my 2nd favorite album in all music history. If there was a clunker on Hold Your Fire, it would not have made my top 3 of all time. IMHO, Prime Mover and Tai Shan are the only two good songs on the album. ALL THE REST OF HOLD YOUR FIRE ARE GREAT SONGS. Almost the finest music ever written or recorded in all music history. Nothing beats Tales From Topographic Oceans.
Love!!! Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the answer for everything.
Yep, that's how they opened, remember it, remember the tour's, miss Rush big time. Not fun getting old but I wouldn't trade seeing them live all those times for anything.
I saw this tour, I saw Rush 17x… This was in my top 5 Rush tours I saw. This was an amazing song a fan favorite. Fun reaction and review 👊🏻
We are so fucking old now bro!! I saw them a ton of times in concert from 82 onward...
Awesome job, Lee! Thanks for hunting down this video. I'm pretty sure I've been with you since your early days. I count myself among the most privileged to have grown up in the 70's and 80's. Saw RUSH live countless times as one of the 20 female fans (it was kind of cool, I was treated like a celebrity at concerts). These boys never disappoint.
Look for the R30 Overture (also titled "Best Intro Ever.) They had fun while working incredibly hard; we got to have fun with them.
I love the little Cheech & Chong Earache My Eye riff right at the end.
I don’t care what I just ruined. You get you fanny perpendicular and get ready for school!
This whole show just makes me smile. It's my favorite Rush album period I think I wore it out 😅 you need to watch this from start to finish truly
Gary Lee! His mom's Polish accent made it sound like she was saying Geddy and others picked up on it, didn't know that for ages.
Seems if a Canadian kid was named Neil back then he was destined for greatness. What a sad ending for Neil Peart, his final few years were so tragic, basically loses his close family and dies relatively young himself. RIP such an amazing writer and drummer.
I am happy though that after the passing of his wife and daughter he was able to take some peaceful time off. He said that he would stop in at diners and stores and people wouldn’t recognize him. He added that he enjoyed it because he could keep to himself. I salute to Neil for being able to stay strong even when he lost the people he loved the most. RIP Neil.
@@nickavenoso7851 Good point, his road books were very well put together. Of course they were, the man was a perfectionist.
@@spooley I consider Ghost Rider to be one of the best books I have on my shelf. It’s just great.
We’re born just right, where God needs us most.
Reincarnation through rose colored glasses.
Go Go Penguin - From the North, Recorded in Manchester.
You're doing GREAT!
From west coast Canada 🇨🇦, peace.
Hey my young friend,great reaction video, only saw RUSH once(Power Windows Tour) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada!
I had that DVD in '89, when I was only 19 (your age 😉) and had discovered Rush only several months earlier that same year 😊 I wore that tape out and was happy to be able to replace it with the DVD version 15 years or so later 😅
And 'The Big Money' also is the 'Power Windows' album's opener, which was the second Rush one I'd heard, after its predecessor 'Grace Under Pressure', and I reckon Geddy's voice and vocal style is at its peak on those two albums 😍
80's Rush = my favourite Rush 🤩👍
Great ORIGINAL pic
Money makes the world go round the world go round
Growing up in Canada, one of my bestest memories is playing road hockey and Rush playing from the stereo in the garage, it was cold and there was not much else to do it seemed. I still find it hard to believe the music industry did what it did. 🤔
Great song, great band! Next, check out New World Man, released in 82. Bass line is awesome! ✌️
For years Rush opened their shows with some kind of short comical video on a big screen behind them.
One of my favorite Rush songs.
Remember Rush took time off to Neil's personal tragedies years ago. Sad!! But he bounced back after a motorcycle ride across the country.😮😮😮😮
5 years
Geddy once said that this was his favorite Rush era while Alex had some serious doubts about the material and the mix from those years.
Regardless, they were at the peak of their musicianship at that time combining; youthful energy with technical prowess
First saw them on Permanent Waves tour Also incredible opening acts. Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, ironically Blue Oyster Cult who Rush used to open for.
Saw them twice on the tour. A lot of fun.
OK, yeah, sucks that you don't get to see them play live anymore. I saw them many times in concert (more than any other band), and it was unbelievable every time. But at least we have the footage from shows like this! Enjoy! Cool reaction!
Rock on, Lee!
I was at this gig, Oh to be 18 again!
HUGE shoutout to STICKHITS's channel for the best Rush remasters. Every Rush fan needs to see his work. He does the filmed concerts and bootleg cleanups.
Warning, his ESL remaster is so good it might make you cry.
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The first time I saw them was the Power Windows tour & 13 times after.
Neil Peart during his lifetime shared a phrase or saying with fans and people which says, "The best laid plans of men often can go awry" - taken from a poem by Robert Burns written in 1785!!! so ---like Murphy's Law - he was saying that you can plan for great and successful things, but stuff can happen and sometimes your best plans don't go as planned - hopefully overall, they will.
A Show of Hands! Just cover the whole damn video, no song on here will disappoint. They went heavy into their "current" albums from 1985 and 1987 as well as some of their classics.
Very much enjoyed your review.
I'm glad you mentioned Neil's snare. It was an old Slingerland snare that he played since 1977. He named it "Old Faithful". Sadly he retired it in 1996 because he could no longer get parts for it. (I'm sure if he reached out to Slingerland he could've sourced something from them! LOL) Also, during the outro, after Neil scratches his head, they play an excerpt of a song from the comedy duo Cheech and Chong, named "Earache My Eye".
🤗 Welcome to the "Bad Haircut Tour" era of Rush! 😁🥰🐰
🤗 Catching up on Rush videos & others Ive missed. 🥰 You should definitely do LIVE Rush. 🥰🐰
hope will return before the end brother some, know things, its going to be alright! great reaction
I used to have that DVD 😂
Saw them 1981. Dallas
I was at this concert
What happened to Steely Sunday???!!!! That is the main reason I subscribed to your channel!
Lee, you more 80's Rush "Misson" Live 🔥🤘
♥
Yes, quite the opener! 😅
Just don't listen to Tai San and you'll be fine. I've been listening to you from the beginning and I am so happy you are taking this journey.
This was an interesting era of Rush. Geddy switched over to Wal basses (which sounded incredible), Neil flirted with Ludwig drums, and I have no idea what Alex is playing here; the hockey stick headstock looks like a Jackson or something… anyone please correct me if I’m wrong… but this is a damn great album. Rush was approaching their pinnacle, only eclipsed by Hold Your Fire.
Edit: and love the Cheech and Chong reference at the very end…
“Mama talkin’ to me tryna teach me how to live” (da da da, da da da, bup bup baaa) “but I don’t listen to her cause my head is like a sieve” (da da da, da da da, bup bup baaa)
🏆🏆🏆🏆!
🤔 I know Ziggy Stardust (Bowie) showed me it was okay to be weird & like Kiss, Stevie Wonder, Rush, Genesis, Floyd & The Supremes while worshipping Aretha Franklin & Janis Joplin. 🤗 Cause 'Ziggy played guitar' and said it was okay! 🥰🐰
It’s true. Not to rub it in but your generation was deprived of a lot! I’ve seen RUSH twenty five times since the permanent waves tour (1980)and always left just shaking my head! They were something else!
What did you get, Lee [and by "you" I mean your generation]?
Well, for starts you actually had access to personal computers in middle and high school, and you even had hand-held cellular phones!
On the other hand, it was not very difficult in the 80's to buy an old Mustang or Camaro and drop a 351cc or 350cc engine from the respective Ford or Chevy truck in it without a degree in computer science, so there's that.
This was good, but Spirit of Radio was the better show opener.
Oooh, tough call.
Could be worse. You could have lived from 1890-1950 and missed everything.