One of my favorite Rush songs! The lyrics are on another level on this one. The part when Geddy hits the “Ooooooohhhhhhhh!” combined with the music crescendo, still gives me chills.
@@d.a.w.975 Sure buddy. Enough of this "both sides" BS. Only one side trying to kill Democracy and rule of law. Only one side all in on racism/white supremacy. Only one side trying to lock cancer patients out of insurance and locking children in cages and calling our troops "suckers" and "losers". Dems aren't perfect by any stretch, but your "both sides" rhetoric is total BS.
@@carlgibbons5777 Get off your high horse Carl. It's no secret anymore who's doing what this election. Righteousness and going to any means to sate ones will, knows no political party. I'm sure Neil was smarter than you to know that to be true.
This song is almost 40 years old. Hard to believe, it could have been written today. Neil was a brilliant songwriter. He just had this way of looking at the world and seeing the wrongs and putting it down on paper that is eerily prescient. Man was a genius and your analysis of the lyrics was once again spot on Jay. 👏👏
This is one of the deep cuts. It's well-loved by fans but rarely heard by casual listeners. What's amazing about some of these Rush songs is that you'd think that the lyrics were written for today, but they were written forty years ago. It's sad that the problems we talked about back then are STILL with us today.
Regarding your “Rush could have made a movie score “ comment: Rush said they tried a cinematic approach to some of their songs. This is one of them. This song live is epic by the way.
Thank you Jay Rah.....Who knew so much could be learned from a song. Again, there are a lot of reaction videos out there, but very few of the reviewers listen to the lyrics of songs, and that is where the heart of the song is. Thank you for doing just that. Be safe and God Bless!
As relevant today as it was in 1981, WH has a dark, mean growl, and is one of my favorites off Moving Pictures. An observation on the terrible power of self-righteous conviction. Intended to be a studio piece only, we were eventually lucky to hear it played live several times, including on the Grace Under Pressure Tour in 1984 and the Time Machine Tour in 2011. Alex plays some great outro leads live! Such a great song! Great breakdown, insight and reaction to this one-time "sleeper" song.
Moving Pictures, in its entirety is worth every moment....the entire album is a masterpiece.3 geniuses, that’s Rush.RIP Neil Peart, the best percussionist to ever walk on a rock stage. We were blessed, those of us who heard these guys LIVE. 5 shows for me, could’ve been 50.
My first show( high school) was Hemispheres. I went out the next day to the mall record store and bought every album I didn’t have yet. The first song I heard( hence the first album I bought) was 2112 Overture. 3 guys? Gotta see that live….and I did in 1978.🤘❤️
@@vanlifeson6773 Please stop trying to push your religious beliefs on others. I would bet money that you support the Hater-In-Chief Trump. American organized religion is FULL of hypocrisy.
Keeping this comment apolitical...I saw Rush in St. Louis on their Snakes & Arrows tour. It had been stormy, windy and yet clear skies. One of the main things I remember about the whole (incredible) concert came from the first line in this song. "The night is black, without a moon, the air is thick and still." At that precise moment, the moon went behind a huge bank of clouds and the wind died down to nothing. It was like the band had arranged this moment in time with the weather gods...it was so cool it bordered on the surreal. Incredible band, amazing concert. One of the top three shows I've ever seen!
Not only have you been doing my two favorite bands, Rush and Van Halen, but you've been reacting to songs off my two favorite albums by them. Van Halen's first one and Rush's Moving Pictures. You've been on fire!
Great breakdown of the song, and especially the lyrics. As you know, Neil was a very cerebral lyricist, and in this song, he makes the connection between fear and ignorance in a way that doesn't seem preachy or forced. The sad thing is that while this was written 30 years ago, it still is spot on today.
This is the first of the "fear" songs. There are three other albums with other songs in the series. "The enemy within," "weapon," and "freeze" are the other three parts of the fear suite.
Great job, you rock in your interpretations, this has been one of my favorite Rush songs for ever since the album came out, much love from your fan Frank Antonio Cunningham lll
"Witch Hunt" is the middle song on Side B, sandwiched between "The Camera Eye" and "Vital Signs." In the studio, their art director, Hugh Syme, plays some keyboards on the song. When I saw Rush live in 1981, this was the only song they couldn't play live. That changed in a, couple years with computer sampling when Geddy could trigger parts to fill in. It was first performed live during the Grace Under Pressure Tour, 1984. With Rush, it's not always the most obvious interpretation of Neil's lyrics. Given the current political climate in the US, this does describe the culture of fear. Released in 1981, it was shortly after the Reagan administration began. He used fear to get elected, raise taxes and build up the military, including the nuclear arsenal (strategic and tactical weapons). This is part III of the 'Fear' trilogy. Part II, "The Weapon" is on the next album, Signals (1982). Part I, "The Enemy Within" is on the album after that, Grace Under Pressure (1984). Kind of reverse chronological order, like the set list for their final tour, R40. Interestingly, there is a Part IV, "Freeze" that's on the album, Vapor Trails (2002).
Jay Rah - This song is not just about hunting 'witches'; it's about communal paranoia; it's about fear of 'the Other'; it's about people not being one of US; it could apply to any minority group today. And the album 'Moving Pictures' was released in 1980. What has changed?
Awesome reaction to one of the best 4 part series ever created by a band. As mentioned the 4 song series of Fear was released in reverse chronicle order. Their next album Signals part 2 of Fear was "The Weapon". The album after that part 1 of Fear is "The Enemy Within". The last song part 4 or Fear "Freeze" was released quite a bit later in their album catalog. Which make me think, the song was not planned to be part of the series. May I suggest keeping the songs together in your reactions of Rush and like "Witch Hunt", you'll love the lyrics. Over the years I've thought about prejudice and it's causality and the obvious reason is fear. It stems from exposure and tolerance. People who generally live in cities tend to have the exposure to tolerate issues to do with race and sexual orientation. The further you live outside the cities the exposure lessens and fear tends to creep in. The line "mad men fed on fear and lies", unfortunately still applies today. Thx for the reaction to a Thinking Mans Band
I love them so much I wore my Rush T-shirt to the Guns 'n Roses concert... Greetings from Northern Italy, an old man from the year 1965, good job young man, stay healthy.
AOC - Alexandria Occasional Cortex who recently stated that the government should detain and re-program American citizens who do not agree with her politics.
You sure are cool with your open mind to music not many people listen to rush and understand the intricacies of the whole thing Thanks for your expertise
@@jtorch1 Remind me, how many white supremacists were in that parade? It must have been thousands and thousands the way you and our joke media still talks about it. I know, it's all you got. Meanwhile I can show you hundreds of videos of left wing fanatics burning, looting, vandalizing, beating and even killing for these past few months of "mostly peaceful protests".
@@norwegianblue2017 you sir are a divisive jerk. Your comments are similar to a trumpanzie. People who ignore facts and think the orange clown is being treated so unfairly. The disgusting shit going on in the cities isn't Democrats. They are criminals and gang hoodlums who are taking advantage of a situation that has gotten out of control. I do agree that the media tends to not tell the truth for political bias wich is wrong. Peaceful protest is one thing burning down your own city is the opposite. The million moron march may be all Republicans. All Republicans do not protest fair elections. Antifa is not a terrorist organization nor are they burning anything down. Orenge idiot just spews out nonsense and everyone believes him. The people causing all the problems are fucking gang members and scumbags. Not political activist. You really think bleeding heart liberals are destroying America. 😂🤣🤣✌ man. Also I don't know you at all. I think you make some good points. Blanket statements like all of these people are fascist or all of those people are Antifa terrorists, is bs. Mob mentality doesn't have a political party. It's the human condition. The orenge clown is the one mostly responsible for pouring gasoline on everything that divides this country. Exactly what Putin, Russia and China and every other country that hates us want. He's a selfish divisive prick. Have a nice life. We are not as divided as our horrible leaders want us to be.
@@cosmicjazzman4817 Antifa not burning anything? Are you fucking delusional? This conversation is done. I don't have time to talk to morons like you. Keep living in your ignorant bubble.
I have been anxiously awaiting you getting to this song...I knew the lyrics would hit you, just as the music would as well!! Neil was ahead of his time, though it was true then as well...He always had his finger on the pulse and his lyrics are timeless....God Bless Jay Rah!!!
The song is about the mob mentality, regardless of their particular politics. But they're all motivated by hate and fear. McCarthyism, the Nazis, and the KKK are all good examples. The image I always get in my mind listening to this song, though, are the villagers with torches and pitchforks in "Frankenstein".
Antifa is the best example today. Beating and burning and killing in the streets. A crazed, unthinking left wing mob that sees 'white supremacists' under every bed.
@@norwegianblue2017 I'd love to hear some hard data on that. You sound like you've let cable news scare you shitless with their propaganda. I've been to the protests. The violence, in my experience, was always started by the police.
Sir Jay Rah! Total awesomeness that you’re deep-diving major on a landmark album! 8th grade when this album hit! MTV happened the same year! PS, this is Neil, outside the studio, ‘firing up’ friends, fam and crew!👍 Back when you had to make shit happen for real!🤘🔥
It's incredible that this was written in 1981 and it speaks to what's happening in the present. The studio and live versions are great. Thanks for your analysis. Spot on... ✌🏽
You’re right on with the lyrical analysis. This song hits you both musically, in creating a strong visual, and in the lyrics describing the mob mentality and how we can get carried away by our own ignorance, prejudices , and fears. For Rush merchant I would remained you check our the Rush backstage club.
The funny thing is the one talking about the children during the intro is actually Neil, they filmed it outside, with the sound bouncing off the mountains. These song has some deep lyrics, if you really research it, great reaction too!
I just want to echo how alive those lyrics are for our age today. "Quick to judge/Quick to anger/Slow to understand/Ignorance and prejudice/and fear go hand in hand." I am so sad that such a beautiful soul is not still with us. Thank God we still have his lyrics and music.
Speaks to all ages and all times, excellent review! Your reviews are fair and inciteful. You seem to have a knowledge of effect pedals etc, do you play? Im in my mid 50’s and concerts have always been a huge thing for me. I saw rush in the final big tour, flawless, they didnt have a bunch of special effects but was the single best shoe, musically that I ever saw! They might not be everyones taste but nobody can take away the caliber of musicianship that they have. Muse would be another band that has a huge fanbase to start digging in to.
Thanks SO much for doing this song! One of Rush's best, and lyrically a masterpiece. NOW- humor me here, change of topic- I haven't seen ANY reaction channels delving into the music genre of fingerstyle acoustic guitar- and there are amazing players to be seen and heard. And their playing must be seen! I strongly recommend a guy named Mike Dawes and a song called Boogie Shred to start. You watch this dude play and you'll be mesmerized. Trust me on this! :-)
Just 1 thing Jay, in live versions they played later on, Alex has a wonderful guitar solo at the end. Nothing like the end of this studio version where it is mainly Geddy's bass and the synths. Check it out, definitely worth watching.
merci beaucoup a toi vraiment tu la décrite très bien ,oui préjugiste sans connaitre l'autre est un crime Jay je t'aime beaucoup tu est dans le mille pour des décrispions tank you my friend .
I don’t want to get into a political discussion, but one quick comment...anyone who listens to “Witch Hunt” and thinks “this is a perfect description of my enemy” is missing the key lesson of the song.
One of my favorite Rush songs! The lyrics are on another level on this one.
The part when Geddy hits the “Ooooooohhhhhhhh!” combined with the music crescendo, still gives me chills.
These lyrics are terrifyingly prophetic. This song went through my head all summer and through the election.
Neil saw the cruelty and hypocrisy of the Republican party. Spoke about it repeatedly. Now they are tying to steal a legitimate election.
@@d.a.w.975 Sure buddy. Enough of this "both sides" BS. Only one side trying to kill Democracy and rule of law. Only one side all in on racism/white supremacy. Only one side trying to lock cancer patients out of insurance and locking children in cages and calling our troops "suckers" and "losers". Dems aren't perfect by any stretch, but your "both sides" rhetoric is total BS.
@@d.a.w.975 Want to see Neil's quote on Dems vs Republicans? You probably don't if you like the rest of the MAGAt's.
@@carlgibbons5777 Get off your high horse Carl. It's no secret anymore who's doing what this election. Righteousness and going to any means to sate ones will, knows no political party. I'm sure Neil was smarter than you to know that to be true.
All y'all just stop.
This song is almost 40 years old. Hard to believe, it could have been written today. Neil was a brilliant songwriter. He just had this way of looking at the world and seeing the wrongs and putting it down on paper that is eerily prescient. Man was a genius and your analysis of the lyrics was once again spot on Jay. 👏👏
indeed ❤️
This song could be set in some village 500 years ago, or on the streets of America this summer.
@@joeday4293 .
Sooooo fricking true!
Could have been applied 40 years earlier, 200 years earlier, or now. Neil was such a great writer.
@@joeday4293 That's one of the things that I like about this song. It feels like it's written to change with the times.
This is one of the deep cuts. It's well-loved by fans but rarely heard by casual listeners. What's amazing about some of these Rush songs is that you'd think that the lyrics were written for today, but they were written forty years ago. It's sad that the problems we talked about back then are STILL with us today.
Soooooooo goooood!! Says everything about our current circumstances as well. RIP NEP 🙏🏻 🥁
Yes it’s scary. Funny you say current circumstances becuse Circumstances is another great song 😂
@@nickavenoso7851 😂 it absolutely is
Regarding your “Rush could have made a movie score “ comment: Rush said they tried a cinematic approach to some of their songs. This is one of them. This song live is epic by the way.
You should explore all of the "Fear" pieces as they interconnect. Great stuff.
Thank you Jay Rah.....Who knew so much could be learned from a song. Again, there are a lot of reaction videos out there, but very few of the reviewers listen to the lyrics of songs, and that is where the heart of the song is. Thank you for doing just that. Be safe and God Bless!
Moving Pictures Album has many gems
All of it
Yes it is a perfect album, every song on it is good
One quality that makes Rush great is their timelessness. Sometimes it's in their sound & playing, other times it's in their lyrics & message.
As relevant today as it was in 1981, WH has a dark, mean growl, and is one of my favorites off Moving Pictures. An observation on the terrible power of self-righteous conviction. Intended to be a studio piece only, we were eventually lucky to hear it played live several times, including on the Grace Under Pressure Tour in 1984 and the Time Machine Tour in 2011. Alex plays some great outro leads live! Such a great song! Great breakdown, insight and reaction to this one-time "sleeper" song.
This whole freaking album is incredible. I was 15 years old when this album came out.
One of their greatest songs in live concerts.
Perfection!!! Almighty Gods RUSH!!
Loving these break downs of musicianship and lyrical content! Awesome bro! #Truth!
Moving Pictures, in its entirety is worth every moment....the entire album is a masterpiece.3 geniuses, that’s Rush.RIP Neil Peart, the best percussionist to ever walk on a rock stage. We were blessed, those of us who heard these guys LIVE. 5 shows for me, could’ve been 50.
I have 40 shows and feel blessed!
I was there after the Hiatus I saw the opening show in Hartford. I saw their very last show in Los Angeles with my daughter! Sweet sorrow!
My first show( high school) was Hemispheres. I went out the next day to the mall record store and bought every album I didn’t have yet.
The first song I heard( hence the first album I bought) was 2112 Overture. 3 guys? Gotta see that live….and I did in 1978.🤘❤️
“Those who know what’s best for us, must rise and save us from ourselves”
Republican Party motto. Now they are trying to steal an election in the name of preserving white power.
@@vanlifeson6773 ultimately I will decide what is best for me, good or bad my choice.
@@vanlifeson6773 Please stop trying to push your religious beliefs on others. I would bet money that you support the Hater-In-Chief Trump. American organized religion is FULL of hypocrisy.
@@carlgibbons5777 How about we leave the politics out of it and just enjoy the brilliance that was Rush ......
@@lauriivey7801 all that we can do is wish them well...
Also, “Leave that thing alone” live version , Geddy is insane on the bass!!!!!!!
One of my fave RUSH songs. My love of RUSH can never be overstated.
Me Too! I’m 62 years old and I listen to them every day! These reactions are great!
The beautiful & wise of the professor. Life lessons for those who listen! Great reaction 🎶🎸🥁🎸🎶🔥🙂
One of my all time favs. Timeless!!!
Once again, great lyrical breakdown.
Funnily, Alex was asked what was the hardest solo he'd ever played, and he deadpan replied Witch Hunt. Lol
Alex was always the one to give you a kick in the pants. Lol!
Keeping this comment apolitical...I saw Rush in St. Louis on their Snakes & Arrows tour. It had been stormy, windy and yet clear skies. One of the main things I remember about the whole (incredible) concert came from the first line in this song. "The night is black, without a moon, the air is thick and still." At that precise moment, the moon went behind a huge bank of clouds and the wind died down to nothing. It was like the band had arranged this moment in time with the weather gods...it was so cool it bordered on the surreal. Incredible band, amazing concert. One of the top three shows I've ever seen!
Glad to see you’ve hit 14,000!!!! Subs! Congrats 🎊🎈🎉🍾!!
Not only have you been doing my two favorite bands, Rush and Van Halen, but you've been reacting to songs off my two favorite albums by them. Van Halen's first one and Rush's Moving Pictures. You've been on fire!
It’s been a rough two years with Neil and Eddie passing.
Great breakdown of the song, and especially the lyrics. As you know, Neil was a very cerebral lyricist, and in this song, he makes the connection between fear and ignorance in a way that doesn't seem preachy or forced. The sad thing is that while this was written 30 years ago, it still is spot on today.
Great reaction, thanks!
This is the first of the "fear" songs. There are three other albums with other songs in the series. "The enemy within," "weapon," and "freeze" are the other three parts of the fear suite.
Great song. And your reaction was on point from start to finish. Continued success young brotha!
Great job, you rock in your interpretations, this has been one of my favorite Rush songs for ever since the album came out, much love from your fan Frank Antonio Cunningham lll
"Witch Hunt" is the middle song on Side B, sandwiched between "The Camera Eye" and "Vital Signs." In the studio, their art director, Hugh Syme, plays some keyboards on the song. When I saw Rush live in 1981, this was the only song they couldn't play live. That changed in a, couple years with computer sampling when Geddy could trigger parts to fill in. It was first performed live during the Grace Under Pressure Tour, 1984.
With Rush, it's not always the most obvious interpretation of Neil's lyrics. Given the current political climate in the US, this does describe the culture of fear. Released in 1981, it was shortly after the Reagan administration began. He used fear to get elected, raise taxes and build up the military, including the nuclear arsenal (strategic and tactical weapons).
This is part III of the 'Fear' trilogy. Part II, "The Weapon" is on the next album, Signals (1982). Part I, "The Enemy Within" is on the album after that, Grace Under Pressure (1984). Kind of reverse chronological order, like the set list for their final tour, R40. Interestingly, there is a Part IV, "Freeze" that's on the album, Vapor Trails (2002).
Awesome. New visionary here. You’re a beast.
Jay Rah - This song is not just about hunting 'witches'; it's about communal paranoia; it's about fear of 'the Other'; it's about people not being one of US; it could apply to any minority group today. And the album 'Moving Pictures' was released in 1980. What has changed?
Awesome reaction to one of the best 4 part series ever created by a band. As mentioned the 4 song series of Fear was released in reverse chronicle order. Their next album Signals part 2 of Fear was "The Weapon". The album after that part 1 of Fear is "The Enemy Within". The last song part 4 or Fear "Freeze" was released quite a bit later in their album catalog. Which make me think, the song was not planned to be part of the series. May I suggest keeping the songs together in your reactions of Rush and like "Witch Hunt", you'll love the lyrics.
Over the years I've thought about prejudice and it's causality and the obvious reason is fear. It stems from exposure and tolerance. People who generally live in cities tend to have the exposure to tolerate issues to do with race and sexual orientation. The further you live outside the cities the exposure lessens and fear tends to creep in. The line "mad men fed on fear and lies", unfortunately still applies today.
Thx for the reaction to a Thinking Mans Band
Awwww yisssss. I’ve been waiting for you to react to this one. Timeless lyrical relevance.
I love them so much I wore my Rush T-shirt to the Guns 'n Roses concert... Greetings from Northern Italy, an old man from the year 1965, good job young man, stay healthy.
I am sooooooo happy you did a reaction video to this song. I keep suggesting this to others but oh well.
One of my faves! Keep it cranking Jay!!
You get it, thank you for a fantastic and well thought review. :)
AOC's fave Rush tune.
Lmao
Comment as dumb as AOC herself.
I don’t even know who AOC is, can someone please tell me 😂
Yeah, but it might, "learn" her sumpin. Can she really listen like that?
AOC - Alexandria Occasional Cortex who recently stated that the government should detain and re-program American citizens who do not agree with her politics.
This reaction has been one of your best. Great work
Loved the FULLNESS of the power chords
I was hoping for this one! My all time favorite Rush song, and couldn't be more timely.
You sure are cool with your open mind to music not many people listen to rush and understand the intricacies of the whole thing
Thanks for your expertise
"Quick to judge quick to anger,
Slow to understand,
Ignorance and Prejudice and fear walk hand in hand"
Listen and learn, America.
Especially the right. Trump/GOP supporters. That is where the ignorance, racism, and fear lives and thrives.
Possibly my single favorite Neil Peart lyric.
Those Lyrics are spot on for 2021 ... RIP Neil sorely missed by the hardcore ... Rise and save yourself !!!
Lol timing is everything! It about the ones making choices for us ! Using there fears to drive our fears !
Very appropriate to the last several years.
The reason I suggested it was it reminded me of Charlottesville!!! and many other recent events!!!
Yeah, there were like TENS of them! How often are you going to go back to that well as proof that America is overrun with white supremacists?
@@norwegianblue2017 - Did you use "overrun" in an ironic sense, considering what one of your fellow cultists did in Charlottesville?
@@jtorch1 Remind me, how many white supremacists were in that parade? It must have been thousands and thousands the way you and our joke media still talks about it. I know, it's all you got. Meanwhile I can show you hundreds of videos of left wing fanatics burning, looting, vandalizing, beating and even killing for these past few months of "mostly peaceful protests".
@@norwegianblue2017 you sir are a divisive jerk. Your comments are similar to a trumpanzie. People who ignore facts and think the orange clown is being treated so unfairly. The disgusting shit going on in the cities isn't Democrats. They are criminals and gang hoodlums who are taking advantage of a situation that has gotten out of control. I do agree that the media tends to not tell the truth for political bias wich is wrong. Peaceful protest is one thing burning down your own city is the opposite. The million moron march may be all Republicans. All Republicans do not protest fair elections. Antifa is not a terrorist organization nor are they burning anything down. Orenge idiot just spews out nonsense and everyone believes him. The people causing all the problems are fucking gang members and scumbags. Not political activist. You really think bleeding heart liberals are destroying America. 😂🤣🤣✌ man. Also I don't know you at all. I think you make some good points. Blanket statements like all of these people are fascist or all of those people are Antifa terrorists, is bs. Mob mentality doesn't have a political party. It's the human condition. The orenge clown is the one mostly responsible for pouring gasoline on everything that divides this country. Exactly what Putin, Russia and China and every other country that hates us want. He's a selfish divisive prick.
Have a nice life. We are not as divided as our horrible leaders want us to be.
@@cosmicjazzman4817 Antifa not burning anything? Are you fucking delusional? This conversation is done. I don't have time to talk to morons like you. Keep living in your ignorant bubble.
I have been anxiously awaiting you getting to this song...I knew the lyrics would hit you, just as the music would as well!! Neil was ahead of his time, though it was true then as well...He always had his finger on the pulse and his lyrics are timeless....God Bless Jay Rah!!!
The song is about the mob mentality, regardless of their particular politics. But they're all motivated by hate and fear. McCarthyism, the Nazis, and the KKK are all good examples.
The image I always get in my mind listening to this song, though, are the villagers with torches and pitchforks in "Frankenstein".
We have daily hate and fear from the Democrat party with daily looting rioting and killing.....
@@thatsnice99 Wow. Wow. Most Rush fans are smarter than that.
@@daneng3641 I hope so....
Antifa is the best example today. Beating and burning and killing in the streets. A crazed, unthinking left wing mob that sees 'white supremacists' under every bed.
@@norwegianblue2017 I'd love to hear some hard data on that. You sound like you've let cable news scare you shitless with their propaganda.
I've been to the protests. The violence, in my experience, was always started by the police.
Great reaction as usual! Thanks!!
So glad to see someone who interprets the lyrics the same way I feel them. Thank you
That was wicked. The music and the music are killer. That was a great reaction.
Sir Jay Rah! Total awesomeness that you’re deep-diving major on a landmark album!
8th grade when this album hit! MTV happened the same year!
PS, this is Neil, outside the studio, ‘firing up’ friends, fam and crew!👍
Back when you had to make shit happen for real!🤘🔥
the mastery of this song is definitely the lyrics !!!
It's incredible that this was written in 1981 and it speaks to what's happening in the present. The studio and live versions are great. Thanks for your analysis. Spot on... ✌🏽
Yep, deep lyrics. Thanks for breaking it down
Real, and real intelligent. Nice reaction!!
Another great review. Great music, prophetic lyrics. What else do you want... Except for more Rush please!
Jay, they did do the score for a film, the film that is in your mind. This is one of my favorite Geddy vocals. Goosebumps!!
The live version of this song on the album A Show of Hands has some extra guitar instrumentals near the end.
You’re right on with the lyrical analysis. This song hits you both musically, in creating a strong visual, and in the lyrics describing the mob mentality and how we can get carried away by our own ignorance, prejudices
, and fears. For Rush merchant I would remained you check our the Rush backstage club.
That is so right Fire Song. May I suggest Mike and the Mechanics - Silent Running.
The funny thing is the one talking about the children during the intro is actually Neil, they filmed it outside, with the sound bouncing off the mountains. These song has some deep lyrics, if you really research it, great reaction too!
Thank you, Just Thank You !
The lesson from this song is "Don't be like these people. Don't take your hate and fear and ignorance out on other people!"
I just want to echo how alive those lyrics are for our age today. "Quick to judge/Quick to anger/Slow to understand/Ignorance and prejudice/and fear go hand in hand." I am so sad that such a beautiful soul is not still with us. Thank God we still have his lyrics and music.
Neil and his words will always live, as long as we never forget them. Rush was a band ahead of their time.
This song is timeless. appropriate for all times/ages.. it's a song of the weakness of those that hate.
You pretty much nailed it.
Charlottsville, man. That's what this song is about. Even if it was written 35 years earlier.
Far more than Charlottesville. It's Trump/GOP America period.
Some songs are relevant no matter the passage of time. This is one of those songs. ✌
Enjoyed your take on this. Fear/ignorance masked by prejudice/arrogance is what always hurts society
Rush Backstage Club the official website.
The lyrics are fantastic
You totally get it my man.
Speaks to all ages and all times, excellent review! Your reviews are fair and inciteful. You seem to have a knowledge of effect pedals etc, do you play? Im in my mid 50’s and concerts have always been a huge thing for me. I saw rush in the final big tour, flawless, they didnt have a bunch of special effects but was the single best shoe, musically that I ever saw! They might not be everyones taste but nobody can take away the caliber of musicianship that they have. Muse would be another band that has a huge fanbase to start digging in to.
For another amazing trio, check out The Warning, "Dust to Dust", live at Luminario CDMX (Mexico City).
Excellent commentary :)
Great comments about painting a picture, Jay. It conjures up images of the 1700s to me even though they are talking about "now" issues.
Moving Pictures was the anthem album of my teens.
Love your analysis of the song the line those that above us must rise and save us from ourselves. This was tongue in cheek from Neil Peart.
Thanks SO much for doing this song! One of Rush's best, and lyrically a masterpiece. NOW- humor me here, change of topic- I haven't seen ANY reaction channels delving into the music genre of fingerstyle acoustic guitar- and there are amazing players to be seen and heard. And their playing must be seen! I strongly recommend a guy named Mike Dawes and a song called Boogie Shred to start. You watch this dude play and you'll be mesmerized. Trust me on this! :-)
Just 1 thing Jay, in live versions they played later on, Alex has a wonderful guitar solo at the end. Nothing like the end of this studio version where it is mainly Geddy's bass and the synths.
Check it out, definitely worth watching.
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Every time I hear the intro to this song I think of villagers in those Frankenstein movies.
Most definitely a prophetic song for it's time. Listen to, "Force Ten" from, "Hold Your Fire".
Gotta check out “leave that thing alone, live version”. So awesome!!!!!!!!! Geddy kills it!!!!!!!!!!!
Been awhile, you tube took away my channel....back again and rewatching, resubscribing! From west coast Canada 🇨🇦, peace! Thanks!
Finding my way is on 1st album- you would love it
pretty dope song huh. wore they tape out
They play for us
merci beaucoup a toi vraiment tu la décrite très bien ,oui préjugiste sans connaitre l'autre est un crime Jay je t'aime beaucoup tu est dans le mille pour des décrispions tank you my friend .
If you liked Witch Hunt you will love Jacobs Ladder. Amazing guitar riff and synth wash
I don’t want to get into a political discussion, but one quick comment...anyone who listens to “Witch Hunt” and thinks “this is a perfect description of my enemy” is missing the key lesson of the song.
It's a song about everybody's enemy.. their fear
great way of putting it
Your getting RUSH
Think KKK. Think Book burners. Think Fearmongers.
The movie this should be part of is Mississippi Burning.
Another great RUSH review. For another great song with imaginative lyrics try Red Barchetta from the same album.
amazon, RUSH EVERYWHERE