Excerpt from the bonus material of Classic Albums: Rush 2112 & Moving Pictures. This clip shows Rush playing along to the first part ("Overture") of the master tape of 2112.
Ive always said our generation will be like no other when we hit the nursing homes Imagine going to see uncle dipshit, and walking to his room and hearing blavk sabbath in one room, culture club in the next, guns and roses, and judas priest and on and on. The 80s generation had so many different types of music, and all that will play out in the old folks homes.😀
I had the pleasure of being the sound engineer on this film. Alex took a very long time setting up his amps and getting the right sound. Geddy did about 4 or 5 takes and I actually got to hold (but not play) his Rickenbacker. Truly a dream job. I spent two days with the guys, just incredible. I did not want it to end. Finally on the last day I wanted one more take. Geddy said "No, I am going home and pouring myself a glass of wine" Bummer, but all good things come to an end. Later I flew out of YYZ airport back to the States.
Kansas City - I drove a limo for Rush once. It's mid-tour and they are tired and breaking for 2 weeks. After the show they mount up and we head for their private jet. On the way they want to know about me. For them it was who what how concerning me. They were the nicest guys. We know things come to an end but it is still tough to take but understand grief is selfish. Neal had the hard part and he is past it. I am grateful for 20 minutes they gave me during the ride. Thanks Neal. Thanks Rush.
I was sitting in a Guitar Center playing The Trees on a vintage classical guitar when my phone vibrated on my knee with the notification of Neil Peart's passing... It was everything I could do to make it to my car without crying in front of everybody in the store. That day I drove home from Columbia South Carolina crying my eyes out while blasting my favorite Rush tunes... I will never forget the emotional response that has been created by these three guys in my life. It all started with a random recorded tape that I found in my dad's garage when I was 10 years old. The tape was recorded off the radio in my dad's truck in the early eighties. That album was Hemispheres and it changed my life.
Very emotional here as well. I can appreciate your story and thank you for sharing that. Their music was how I got by some days. It was part of me and the drums were so different than in any other music of the day....I've come to realize how genius they all were but when he passed it was like something of a vacuum was created that day.
Loved that story. I can totally relate. Drove with my dad to the record store to buy a Grace Under Pressure cassette in.. the early 90s more or less. And I didn’t “get it” right away with Distant Early Warning, but damn did Afterimage stir something inside me. In my thirties now and it never left.
@@TucsonDude I was born there too. Yes! I couldn't believe it! UFO was the backup band and the quit in the middle of their first song and walked off the stage! After an almost riot.....Rush came out and more than made up for it. I'll never forget it. I was down on the floor about ten feet from the stage.
@@firemonkey1015 comparing megadeth to Rush just proves you know nothing about music. "nothing game changing at all"" he says LMAOO I love megadeth, but they're a one note pony show, lead by a uninspired man child that relies on the talents of his other more talented guitarist Marty Friedmen. Listen to Rush 2112 overture, or moving pictures, and tell me full heartedly that Megadeth is better.
@@firemonkey1015 the fact you consider them "metal" and fail to realize that they are in fact they completely revolutionized ''prog rock'' is astounding. The creative ideas they've put forth combining jazz, classical, traditional blues, and rock all in single songs is what they contributed to music. I understand you're only able to read tablature, which gives me the idea you actually don't understand much about music theory in general. The only band you've mentioned that I would consider in the same league as Rush is Pink Floyd. most of the bands you've mentioned are a typical 4 chord progression rock band that spew out different variations of a chromatic pentatonic scale. Again, you judging their influence by comparing Rush to Lynyrd Skynyrd tells me you been living under a rock and haven't explored much music. I feel bad that you actually think this, feel like you don't understand the true art of it all. Dave mustain play fast, he good music boogabooga
@L John What you say is brutal but accurate.. Maybe he was angry with God for losing his wife & daughter.. All the reading he did I wonder if he ever picked up the Bible?
I've never seen any other band where the musicians merged so flawlessly into one single musical being as perfectly as these three. When they hit that zone there was no Geddy, Alex, Neil, there was just Rush.
I never got a chance to see Rush live so I have been catching up on their live performances on DVD. I never realized how great their musicianship was. Top notch!
All I can say this era of Rush just makes me smile! Love It! Always will..Rip Neil…you guys are the best! Can’t imagine life without my three travelers, men of Willowdale
One of the cool things about Alex is with how complex his solos are, you think “he probably just improvised that and never plays it the same way twice” then he wows you by playing it note for note live
@@toothyfangface1583 Crazy and weird and being unable to find the words to express my bewilderment on mourning the loss not only my all time favorite drummer and lyricist of all time is the single fact that I never met the guy at all
Always knew the new guy wasn't in it for the long haul. Levity is how I cope with loss. And Neil was a great loss. Thankful for all he was able to give while he was here.
Just freakin amazing. One of the most iconic pieces ever written, period. They were a vessel from another world coming thru them in the form of music. There were only a handful of bands that had it. Rush was one of them.
The way they just sit there and make this anthemic song look so easy is incredible. In Beyond the Lighted Stage, Billy Corgan talks about how he sat in his basement for a year to learn this whole song. The chord progression is so strange. Haven't heard any other song quite like it.
When I was little my parents and I went to Canada to visit my dad's cousin and his family in Ontario and that is when I first heard Rush and was amazed by their sound. Its very similar to what many people have said, but we were at a neighbors house and all the kids went down to the basement, one of the older brothers there had a collection of albums and I remember streaming through that collection and seeing this Rush album and loving the cover and then I asked if we can put it on the record player and loved it from the start, I was a 10 year old kid not knowing who this bad was but I just loved their music and have been a fan ever since. Fast forward about two years later and we went back up to visit again and we went to a town called Niagara-on-the-Lake for some sight seeing and also visiting the different vineyards and fruit farms (peach orchards are big in Southern Ontario) and Alex Lifeson just happened to be there, my parents being immigrants really didn't know much about music or musicians, but I told him anyway, my dad tells me just go and say hi but don't bother the man too much but I was terrified...so of course my dad walks up to him and in a heavy accent tells him, "I don't know who you are but my son does and he would like to say hello.." I turned red like a beet but Lifeson had a good laugh about it, came over said hello and talked with us few a good five minutes, he couldn't have been nicer to a shy 12 year old.
@@VH103 my cousins lived in the Hamilton area, a small town called Winona, which first got incorporated into Stoney Creek and then into Hamilton. About 15 or 20 years ago my cousin moved down to Niagara-on-the-Lake because he loved it so much as a kid and recently purchased a bread and breakfast there too...haven't been in years but I want to go. Anyway when I met Alex Lifeson, it was during the peak of their popularity and I will never forget how nice a person he was. Usually when you think of these rock stars you think they are larger than life but what I remember most was how down to earth he was, and if you didn't know you would have thought he was just some regular guy, it was such great experience.
If I met him at my age now (53), I would behave just like you did at age 12. 😊 My dad would’ve also done the same thing as yours. Thanks for sharing such a great story.
This song alone gave me hope as a young boy, struggling against the fact of barely surviving, drug addicted mother and hopeless social anxiety. These three guys were like my best friends for years. They said in songs what I'd always wished I could say, and thematically orchestrated the soundtrack of my teenage years. I will always be grateful. Rush literally saved my life, without being too dramatic about it.
+Regis Chapman haha sorry but your name sounds like a cross between a t.v show m.c. and a tub of Chapman's ice cream lol! i don't know what you were doing when you were growing up listening to rush but we used to sit in the basement at a friends house smoking pot and cranking tunes like rush then we'd drag out the ozzy and the Judas priest any of you american boys remember max Webster another good Canadian band the stampeders and April wine and lover boy how about the tragically hip awesome i didn't forget b.t.o. and the guess who.
I got to see them twice, once as a stoned 20 year old who didn’t remember much and later when my Son became a drummer and I wanted him to see and experience the best one in the world.
saw them is 86 bought the ticket at the arena door all by myself had to see them I was directly behind the stage i mean eye level but was looking at thier backs ,but I had a few joints that were laced with pcp ,I shared it with some kids I told them what it was wasnt gonna try to freak them out ,it was a great concert and the kids thought so too ,no usually dont smoke that stuff back then but when weed wasnt around i would ,it was very cool watching geddy hit all his pedals ,1 of the best concerts I have ever seen and ive seen alot !!!
Me after the first few seconds, "oh I've seen this a million times." Me glued to the video four and a half minute later, "damn, I might play that again."
@Prison Mike I figure if it's my afterlife... i get to ask the dude who's lyrics helped clarify my teenage and young adult years a few questions. That's gotta be a thing, right?
I once went on a Holiday listening to Overture, The Temples of Syrinx, Discovery, Presentation, Oracle: The Dream, Soliloquy and the Grand Finale in a loop. The trip took 8 hours, to which I estimate that I listened to the entire thing 40x... and have never grown tired of it. Oh, and nice to see Geddy using his old Rickenbacker 4001
That’s because what they’re playing and what you’re hearing is two different sounds. This video has been edited with the original studio version dubbed in
It is hard to believe that I was here a week ago.... Rush was heavy on my heart that day and their music had been playing in my head. Three days later Neil Peart passes away. It's really weird to me and I'm deeply saddened by his passing. RIP to one of the greatest drummers ever. 😢
@@pablomalaga4676 What do you mean by pupils, everyone has to draw inspiration from somewhere in order to make music like this. Yes for example never started out as a prog rock band and instead started out in the same field as The Beatles.
I was 11 when All the worlds a stage came out. That was my first introduction to Rush. I started playing guitar almost immediately. Alex Lifeson would become my favorite guitarist. To this day they will alway's be my favorite. Rest in peace Neil.
Love Geddy's facial expressions... "I've played this for 40 yrs straight and I could play it better than anyone else while comatose and knitting..." It's sickening how good these guys are.
Geddy has such a unique plucking style on bass. It looks like it would never work to play the stuff he does but he always manages to perfectly nail the most complicated basslines! A true original.
Pure genius. It's a rare thng that people like this find each other to create magic on this earth. All the stars have to align. It was their destiny to meet.
in 1978, when I turned 16, my brothers and I went to our cousin's home in West Windsor, and he showed us the Album Cover of RUSH 2112 with a 5-pointed star visible thru some water, and, when we heard it played loudly thru his stereo system, we 'IMMEDIATELY' lost our minds! We purchased our own RUSH 2112 album the next day and became RUSH FREAKS! (LOL) ....my one brother playing Drums, my other brother on Bass, and me on Guitar learned each and every Rush Song and played each song passionately, and at the Battle Of The Bands Competition which was held in our City Of Windsor, we came in 2nd place out of 32 bands and we played Side One of Rush 2112...LMAO!! We were Rush Freaks for sure, well known by everyone in West End of Windsor, always wanting to meet the Members of Rush. Now, 40 years later, watching and listening to this video makes me smile! Miss those days! Cheers everyone!
Oh, it kills me that we will never see them together again. So much a part of my life from 11 years old onward listening to my sister's brand new copy of Moving Pictures for the very first time. I will certainly miss you Neil...your words, your drums and you. Thank you.
Some people dont understand how talented RUSH is...a band made of 3 guys who focus on the music more so then the show antics itself.. yes they have stage antics like a popcorn machine, a few Dryers, a Rotisserie to cook chicken sometimes, and some great videos of them, but its the music that has the Fans Memorized, that is what Rush is about..
These guys are true VIRTUOSOS and nothing less!!! I would love to take my buddy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a Rush show. He would be dancing in the aisle; just like ME... :-)
And Alex's insane kind of off key scream/yodeling solo in la-villa in Frankfort was genius taken to another level. Probably the best solo jamb thing ever IMO. Even made geddy and neil stop playing because they didn't know what he was doing.
I can't think of any other band, when discussing the best guitarists, bassists, and drummers in music, that all members of one band are talked about. To have three such individually talented musicians, and have them come together as one entity. Rush really is, and will forever be one the most amazing times in music history.
Rush is one of those bands that serious musicians know and are heavily influenced by, like Weather Report or Hawkwind... except they actually broke through themselves and became enormously successful, in a record business that shouldn't have allowed that from some D&D nerds from Toronto.
Yea I have to smile every time I see that too. I'm always playing along on guitar and I feel like I'm in the band and we both know a sweet part is coming up.
I heard on Lake Charles NOVA 104 the night it was released. Kind of static-y because I was just off my local KZOM 104.5. Was blown away thinking "GD, Lake Charles ROCKS, why don't we play this" then they announced who and i thought "They have changed a bit since 'Working Man'."
I have been blessed to see Rush enter the music scene opening for KISS in the 70s and one of the first LP I ever purchased as a pre-teenager. Geddy Lee was my inspiration to play bass guitar. I will say Rush were perfectionists and they demanded perfection from themselves and each other. I personally believe they were the 3 most talented musicians to date and they stayed true to each other and their music. I love you never heard stories of trashing hotels, groupies, partying and problems with drugs. They wrote music they hope their fans would enjoy. The complexity of music they created, epic song writing and the ease they seemed to perform, I believe makes them the greatest rock band ever. If Rush isn’t your favorite band I bet they are your favorite bands favorite band. RIP. N.P.
Kirk Tingblad How old were you at that time? I'm asking because I was 10 in 1976 and my friend's parent s bought a brand new Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham and we listened to many 8 track tapes in the car. I wasn't quite into Rush yet until I turned 15.
A masterpiece of rocks greatest power trio as these guys wir in a different league such a unique sound well done Alex,Geddy & the dearly departed big Neil
2112 is an excellent album for firing up the ol' DuBois... But my first was 'Obscured By Clouds' by Pink Floyd. "Childhood's End." th-cam.com/video/SnTz09-nk9c/w-d-xo.html
3 things in life..you always remember your first sexual experience, your first joint you ever smoked and the first time you heard rush. Great fuckin combination
Hey so many of these comments so I can totally relate towhen I saw a rush it's hard to explain the circumstances but I ended up having to take two girls on a datemy dad was pretty impressed with it he was the one that had to take us but just like so many other people man that they came out during 2112anyway you can go on TH-cam and listen to that concert they don't have the video footage but you can TH-cam Tarrant county convention center February 2nd 1980 you can hear that concert I was 15 years old and oh my God I never forgot that concert they were awesome then they're also awesome now Thanks.. really a heart felt thanks
Greatest concept rock song ever. A seminal moment in the history of prog rock. And it's timeless; rocks as much today as I when I first dropped the needle down in '76.
I love Rush so much, and so proud they are Canadian, it means a lot to us. Alex Lifeson for me is my favourite guitarist of all time, so melodic, soulful and technically gifted, he's remarkable as are Neil and Geddy.
I was born in 1961, and started rock n roll about 13yo. I grew up with rush, the who zepplin etc. Today I still listen to all and have the 2112 cd that jams it ass off still today. Rip neil.
I love Geddy's look he gives the camera and how Neil takes some deep breaths after playing that part. You have to be a hell of an athlete to be a great drummer.
I love this teasee sooo much, I cry at the fact that I'll never get to see this while I currently inhabit my earthly shell. Hoping to see them reunited some day in that great show in the sky, that's enough to make a person walk the straight and narrow path. It was a privilege to exist in these great times of music!
I was a drummer in a band in the late 70's. We covered this song and it was my FAVORITE along with Temples....most of us were self taught musicians but man could we rock it! Now at 60 it's pretty much the rockin' chair now rockin's to one of the best bands and drummers in the world! Funny how your mind can stay 18 forever.....
A true rock band. You can't help but feel great after listening to them. Only been to 2 concerts and was blown away both times. Any person who truly enjoys rock music has no choice but to be a Rush fan.
The Neil Pearts of this world don't die - they live in our hearts forever. Every time I hear the 2112 Overture I am brought back to pounding out every drum beat with drumsticks on pillows, memorising every nuance hundreds of times. In fact any object which produced some resonance (coffee cans, sofa cushions, wash tubs, etc.) I beat the hell out of them in tribute to RUSH, all thanks to The Professor! Thank you Neil for years of inspiration.
I'm glad to see someone else understands. We carry on the spirits of those who came before. Heaven is a state of mind/spirit. Like the ouroboros, the beginning is the end is the beginning...
I wanted that to continue. Rush never ceases to amaze me as I could never comprehend how three musicians could make every song sound like a seven piece band! Truly masters of their art and one of my favorite bands!!! Mesmerizing! 💙💙💙
It's so sweet to see this. TH-cam's crammed full of talented tribute bands who genuinely love and respect their idols; they work tremendously hard to perfect their cover versions of classic songs from some of the greatest names in rock, trying to get inside the minds of their heroes... And then the boys from Rush turn up and say, "You want us to what? Just play along? Oh, yeah, we'll give it a go..." Sheer class. ♥♥♥
Finally saw them live on the Snakes and Arrows tour-one of my favorite shows ever! They went out on top, with the 40th Anniversary Tour and Rock Hall of Fame. Class, all the way. So sad about Neil’s passing, but fitting that the band didn’t carry on without him. Nothing left to prove...
I saw Rush twice in Toronto. Moving pictures 1980 and then Signals in 1982. Maple Leaf Gardens. I was 15 and 17. That was the perfect age and time to see them. Thanks Guys.
Neil Peart, the best there is,the best there was,the best there ever will be! RIP sir the music world is quieter without your gift but you left us with so much. Still missed
@@graysinclair6572 Now the closest thing to real Rush that I went to see was a band called( Loutsland ) check out their song Marathon, you'll see what I mean. Saw them live , unbelievable.
Well, I’ve seen them more than anyone I know, but not nearly as many as you. I’m pretty fucking old too, so take good care and best wishes for many more....
My Grandma always said, "If you're gonna play Rush music, you gotta play 2112." Wise words.
Has to be the coolest grandma ever.
She was right 👍🏻😎
Good gramma
Ive always said our generation will be like no other when we hit the nursing homes
Imagine going to see uncle dipshit, and walking to his room and hearing blavk sabbath in one room, culture club in the next, guns and roses, and judas priest and on and on. The 80s generation had so many different types of music, and all that will play out in the old folks homes.😀
@@illegallystalked3119 l listen to to this and judas priest in the 70's
Three of the greatest musicians to ever have lived. EVER.
I TOTALLY COMPLETELY ABSOLUTELY AGREE BROTHER!!! ✨👏🏼😎✨
The fact the 3 of them found each other to make rush is statistically insane. They are so complimentary of each other. Lightning in a bottle for sure.
FOOK YEAH 🤘🏻👽
And all in the same BAND 👍
@@theshapeexists facts. Their first album with the original drummer was good but when they brought Peart on board, everything just clicked 💯
2112 is one of the best albums ever. It is a masterpiece of music. I absolutely love it. R.I.P neil🙏
To me, 2112 was their breakout album! It set them on the path to being a Mega-Superstar band and they never looked back.
I had the pleasure of being the sound engineer on this film. Alex took a very long time setting up his amps and getting the right sound. Geddy did about 4 or 5 takes and I actually got to hold (but not play) his Rickenbacker. Truly a dream job. I spent two days with the guys, just incredible. I did not want it to end. Finally on the last day I wanted one more take. Geddy said "No, I am going home and pouring myself a glass of wine" Bummer, but all good things come to an end. Later I flew out of YYZ airport back to the States.
Kansas City - I drove a limo for Rush once. It's mid-tour and they are tired and breaking for 2 weeks. After the show they mount up and we head for their private jet. On the way they want to know about me. For them it was who what how concerning me. They were the nicest guys. We know things come to an end but it is still tough to take but understand grief is selfish. Neal had the hard part and he is past it. I am grateful for 20 minutes they gave me during the ride. Thanks Neal. Thanks Rush.
I was sitting in a Guitar Center playing The Trees on a vintage classical guitar when my phone vibrated on my knee with the notification of Neil Peart's passing... It was everything I could do to make it to my car without crying in front of everybody in the store. That day I drove home from Columbia South Carolina crying my eyes out while blasting my favorite Rush tunes... I will never forget the emotional response that has been created by these three guys in my life. It all started with a random recorded tape that I found in my dad's garage when I was 10 years old. The tape was recorded off the radio in my dad's truck in the early eighties. That album was Hemispheres and it changed my life.
Very emotional here as well. I can appreciate your story and thank you for sharing that. Their music was how I got by some days. It was part of me and the drums were so different than in any other music of the day....I've come to realize how genius they all were but when he passed it was like something of a vacuum was created that day.
Yes
Loved that story. I can totally relate. Drove with my dad to the record store to buy a Grace Under Pressure cassette in.. the early 90s more or less. And I didn’t “get it” right away with Distant Early Warning, but damn did Afterimage stir something inside me.
In my thirties now and it never left.
I learned The Trees (by ear) back in about 1983 when I first started playing guitar. It was a huge milestone in my progress as a guitarist.
My younger brother introduced me to Rush. Best gift ever.
Rush will always be the greatest band in the galaxy. RIP Professor.
No one does a Rush cover better than Rush! Saw these guys in Amarillo in 1978. Wow.
That's not a cover...
Try this for a cover
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They actually came to Amarillo? That po-dunk town is where I was born.
@@TucsonDude I was born there too.
Yes! I couldn't believe it! UFO was the backup band and the quit in the middle of their first song and walked off the stage! After an almost riot.....Rush came out and more than made up for it. I'll never forget it. I was down on the floor about ten feet from the stage.
There will never be a band with as much talent as Rush EVER
So Pink Floyd doesn't exist?
@@thecrowing1989 nope
Maybe one day… a band will pick up what Rush has left to make new greatness. Might be a while though.
@@firemonkey1015 comparing megadeth to Rush just proves you know nothing about music. "nothing game changing at all"" he says LMAOO I love megadeth, but they're a one note pony show, lead by a uninspired man child that relies on the talents of his other more talented guitarist Marty Friedmen. Listen to Rush 2112 overture, or moving pictures, and tell me full heartedly that Megadeth is better.
@@firemonkey1015 the fact you consider them "metal" and fail to realize that they are in fact they completely revolutionized ''prog rock'' is astounding. The creative ideas they've put forth combining jazz, classical, traditional blues, and rock all in single songs is what they contributed to music. I understand you're only able to read tablature, which gives me the idea you actually don't understand much about music theory in general. The only band you've mentioned that I would consider in the same league as Rush is Pink Floyd. most of the bands you've mentioned are a typical 4 chord progression rock band that spew out different variations of a chromatic pentatonic scale. Again, you judging their influence by comparing Rush to Lynyrd Skynyrd tells me you been living under a rock and haven't explored much music. I feel bad that you actually think this, feel like you don't understand the true art of it all. Dave mustain play fast, he good music boogabooga
See you in heaven Neil Peart 😭😭😭😭
Canadian heaven
@@pheffrey9446 It's all Tuques and Backbacon ... th-cam.com/video/8Jm4LoOaAWI/w-d-xo.html
Sadly he was atheist
@L John What you say is brutal but accurate.. Maybe he was angry with God for losing his wife & daughter.. All the reading he did I wonder if he ever picked up the Bible?
He died from brain cancer guys
This song sounds larger than life. It's amazing that it's three guys simply playing three instruments.
I've never seen any other band where the musicians merged so flawlessly into one single musical being as perfectly as these three. When they hit that zone there was no Geddy, Alex, Neil, there was just Rush.
Alex might be the most underrated guitarist that ever strummed a guitar.
Sweet 16
Jeffrey Cianciolo certainly is he’s awesome 😎
Underrated? He has more awards and accolades than most people could ever hope to achieve!
Alex Lifeson is RUSH. The others try too hard for attention.
@@egobuilders415 You're not wrong
I'm reminded why being a kid in the late 70's was magical!
You know brother rush ...............
I never got a chance to see Rush live so I have been catching up on their live performances on DVD. I never realized how great their musicianship was. Top notch!
I sure was Jeff, we all could sing ever word, play every note & hit evey beat just like our heros Neil Geddy & Alex.
it sure was amigo! it was "all happening" back then...
Late 70's in my buddys basement jamming to this tune.....best time of my life !!! They were magical times !!
All I can say this era of Rush just makes me smile! Love It! Always will..Rip Neil…you guys are the best! Can’t imagine life without my three travelers, men of Willowdale
These guys should be in a band together.
Jonathan Beatrice 😂
they cant cause one of them died of cancer
@@doodooswaggy3825 Booo
Jaw hitting floor
@@timmcnamara4827 *Peart hitting floor
The Earth is billions of years old and I thank all the Gods that I was here at the same time as Rush! The storybook of my life.
I'm liking that comment let all the angels ... Take me to heaven before the devil knows I died
No doubt, don’t be sad it ended, be happy it happened. Saw them three times in the eighties, always great.
After all these years, it still gives me chills.
One of the cool things about Alex is with how complex his solos are, you think “he probably just improvised that and never plays it the same way twice” then he wows you by playing it note for note live
Just. Can't. Believe. It. I actually feel sick when I think of his loss. smh. God Bless the most humble of legends.
Me too. I've been feeling weirded out. I shed some tears
@@toothyfangface1583 Crazy and weird and being unable to find the words to express my bewilderment on mourning the loss not only my all time favorite drummer and lyricist of all time is the single fact that I never met the guy at all
Always knew the new guy wasn't in it for the long haul.
Levity is how I cope with loss. And Neil was a great loss. Thankful for all he was able to give while he was here.
Frank NStein
...... nicely stated !
@@atlucas1 Agree. Truth
Just freakin amazing. One of the most iconic pieces ever written, period. They were a vessel from another world coming thru them in the form of music. There were only a handful of bands that had it. Rush was one of them.
Geddy went back to his Rickenbacker for this. I haven’t seen him play that for years.
RIP Neil , you are sorely missed:
He did didn't he
The way they just sit there and make this anthemic song look so easy is incredible. In Beyond the Lighted Stage, Billy Corgan talks about how he sat in his basement for a year to learn this whole song. The chord progression is so strange. Haven't heard any other song quite like it.
When I was little my parents and I went to Canada to visit my dad's cousin and his family in Ontario and that is when I first heard Rush and was amazed by their sound. Its very similar to what many people have said, but we were at a neighbors house and all the kids went down to the basement, one of the older brothers there had a collection of albums and I remember streaming through that collection and seeing this Rush album and loving the cover and then I asked if we can put it on the record player and loved it from the start, I was a 10 year old kid not knowing who this bad was but I just loved their music and have been a fan ever since. Fast forward about two years later and we went back up to visit again and we went to a town called Niagara-on-the-Lake for some sight seeing and also visiting the different vineyards and fruit farms (peach orchards are big in Southern Ontario) and Alex Lifeson just happened to be there, my parents being immigrants really didn't know much about music or musicians, but I told him anyway, my dad tells me just go and say hi but don't bother the man too much but I was terrified...so of course my dad walks up to him and in a heavy accent tells him, "I don't know who you are but my son does and he would like to say hello.." I turned red like a beet but Lifeson had a good laugh about it, came over said hello and talked with us few a good five minutes, he couldn't have been nicer to a shy 12 year old.
Stevie M That’s amazing! I love the whole area of Niagara. Niagara on the lake is a really nice fun place.
@@VH103 my cousins lived in the Hamilton area, a small town called Winona, which first got incorporated into Stoney Creek and then into Hamilton. About 15 or 20 years ago my cousin moved down to Niagara-on-the-Lake because he loved it so much as a kid and recently purchased a bread and breakfast there too...haven't been in years but I want to go. Anyway when I met Alex Lifeson, it was during the peak of their popularity and I will never forget how nice a person he was. Usually when you think of these rock stars you think they are larger than life but what I remember most was how down to earth he was, and if you didn't know you would have thought he was just some regular guy, it was such great experience.
If I met him at my age now (53), I would behave just like you did at age 12. 😊 My dad would’ve also done the same thing as yours. Thanks for sharing such a great story.
Thanks for sharing, we each got out our memories of this iconic band, we were so lucky to have them
Cool story.
This song alone gave me hope as a young boy, struggling against the fact of barely surviving, drug addicted mother and hopeless social anxiety. These three guys were like my best friends for years. They said in songs what I'd always wished I could say, and thematically orchestrated the soundtrack of my teenage years. I will always be grateful. Rush literally saved my life, without being too dramatic about it.
+Regis Chapman haha sorry but your name sounds like a cross between a t.v show m.c. and a tub of Chapman's ice cream lol! i don't know what you were doing when you were growing up listening to rush but we used to sit in the basement at a friends house smoking pot and cranking tunes like rush then we'd drag out the ozzy and the Judas priest any of you american boys remember max Webster another good Canadian band the stampeders and April wine and lover boy how about the tragically hip awesome i didn't forget b.t.o. and the guess who.
The music itself was the escape. I didn't need assistance.
+Regis Chapman Rush lyrics are powerful and always tell a good story. Nothing else is needed.
+1
I believe whole heartedly that Subdivisions saved many lives as well !
I got to see them twice, once as a stoned 20 year old who didn’t remember much and later when my Son became a drummer and I wanted him to see and experience the best one in the world.
saw them is 86 bought the ticket at the arena door all by myself had to see them I was directly behind the stage i mean eye level but was looking at thier backs ,but I had a few joints that were laced with pcp ,I shared it with some kids I told them what it was wasnt gonna try to freak them out ,it was a great concert and the kids thought so too ,no usually dont smoke that stuff back then but when weed wasnt around i would ,it was very cool watching geddy hit all his pedals ,1 of the best concerts I have ever seen and ive seen alot !!!
"when my Son became a drummer and I wanted him to see and experience the best one in the world." So you took him to a Toto concert, how cool ...
My son is a drummer as well, took him for the very same reason...
Me after the first few seconds, "oh I've seen this a million times." Me glued to the video four and a half minute later, "damn, I might play that again."
guilty here also
Geddy’s Bass tone is unbelievable!!!!
What makes you think he listened to the song on his iPhone, you genius?
@dbltrplx you must be fun at parties.......
Spirit lives on, Neil! See you when my time comes.
@Prison Mike I figure if it's my afterlife... i get to ask the dude who's lyrics helped clarify my teenage and young adult years a few questions. That's gotta be a thing, right?
@Prison Mike what's the very worst part about prison?
The heart hurts for all of us today.
Bless Neil's family and his bandmates.
He gave all of us so much.
May he rest in peace.
1976. Fargo North Dakota 2112 tour. This changed me for life. I have RUSH in my veins for life!
I once went on a Holiday listening to Overture, The Temples of Syrinx, Discovery, Presentation, Oracle: The Dream, Soliloquy and the Grand Finale in a loop. The trip took 8 hours, to which I estimate that I listened to the entire thing 40x... and have never grown tired of it.
Oh, and nice to see Geddy using his old Rickenbacker 4001
RIP Neil ! A sad day in Canadian Rock music history :(
... for the whole world of music...
He's way bigger than that
a sad day in world music history.
your racism is not appreciated here!
They nailed the vintage tones! Even Neil’s drums have dead 70’s sound.
That’s because what they’re playing and what you’re hearing is two different sounds. This video has been edited with the original studio version dubbed in
@@G274Me A REAL drummer, not a drum machine.
It is hard to believe that I was here a week ago.... Rush was heavy on my heart that day and their music had been playing in my head. Three days later Neil Peart passes away. It's really weird to me and I'm deeply saddened by his passing. RIP to one of the greatest drummers ever. 😢
I think RusH is one of the greatest bands of all time. I put them right up there with Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
AMEN. And they are the greatest to tour with.
They do however bow to the Beatles...
@@tb9489 The Beatles, Rush, Zeppelin and Steely Dan are the very best bands.
@@marilynmansonisfat5226 The Rolling Stones, ACDC, the list of great bands goes on and on.
@@tb9489 the Beatles were medicore instrumentalists, no comparsion to PF, LZ and ofc the great Rush
I always try explaining to my son that I just feel today's music has no soul...
Rush was soooo good back in the day.. Thanks for the memories!
Yes, especially the drummer.
Right on I'm from the old school they still rocking out my window
Be careful with that. I am sure your parents thought that too.
Just like that old time rock and roll?
Except for Rush, most of the music back then had no soul either ...
This music is home to me. I grew up listening to this. Had the album. Every time I hear it I’m comfortable.
Theres not many albums that are perfect from track to track but this is one that is.... Never tire of listening to it
if anyone ever asks you "who is the best drummer ever?", just say.......
"you mean besides neil peart??".
@Laverne Johnson since we`re having a spelling lesson..uh...it`s capital
@@johnkennedy3970 lol!
I can actually name a few. Carl Palmer being one of them.
love neil, but I've since found Gavin Harrison
@@owdpotter7597 saw KIng Crimson last night in Nashville. He's great, but Neil's better in my opinion.
Simply the best 3 man band on the planet!
No, ELP. This guys are good but are only pupils from Yes and Zep
First time I saw them in concert, I was floored there were only three people on the stage. Those dudes rocked it !
@@pablomalaga4676 you dare mention either one of those bands in the same breathe as Rush?
@@pablomalaga4676 What do you mean by pupils, everyone has to draw inspiration from somewhere in order to make music like this. Yes for example never started out as a prog rock band and instead started out in the same field as The Beatles.
@@ghostofreagan3181 Of course. ELP is better. Besides, Rush doesn't stand a chance against the likes of Genesis and Yes.
Brits own the prog scene.
45 years old from South America and I grew up listening to this masterpiece many and many nights in the darkness and solitude of my room.
I was 11 when All the worlds a stage came out. That was my first introduction to Rush. I started playing guitar almost immediately. Alex Lifeson would become my favorite guitarist. To this day they will alway's be my favorite. Rest in peace Neil.
The BEST Rush album!! Bought this when it came out back in the late spring of '76... STILL listen to it all these years later...
Love Geddy's facial expressions... "I've played this for 40 yrs straight and I could play it better than anyone else while comatose and knitting..." It's sickening how good these guys are.
Geddy has such a unique plucking style on bass. It looks like it would never work to play the stuff he does but he always manages to perfectly nail the most complicated basslines! A true original.
Pure genius. It's a rare thng that people like this find each other to create magic on this earth. All the stars have to align. It was their destiny to meet.
At 1.33..Geddy is swelling with pride! Love the look on his face...a look of yes we rock....
Deaf people I guess.
Hahaha that's true! He's taking off
Hes thinking of blowing a guy but still jamming
in 1978, when I turned 16, my brothers and I went to our cousin's home in West Windsor, and he showed us the Album Cover of RUSH 2112 with a 5-pointed star visible thru some water, and, when we heard it played loudly thru his stereo system, we 'IMMEDIATELY' lost our minds! We purchased our own RUSH 2112 album the next day and became RUSH FREAKS! (LOL) ....my one brother playing Drums, my other brother on Bass, and me on Guitar learned each and every Rush Song and played each song passionately, and at the Battle Of The Bands Competition which was held in our City Of Windsor, we came in 2nd place out of 32 bands and we played Side One of Rush 2112...LMAO!! We were Rush Freaks for sure, well known by everyone in West End of Windsor, always wanting to meet the Members of Rush. Now, 40 years later, watching and listening to this video makes me smile! Miss those days! Cheers everyone!
Thank you RUSH for all the great music and times! Fan since 1974.
Oh, it kills me that we will never see them together again. So much a part of my life from 11 years old onward listening to my sister's brand new copy of Moving Pictures for the very first time. I will certainly miss you Neil...your words, your drums and you. Thank you.
I hear you man… My older sister used to give me a beating when she caught me listening to her RUSH albums… lol
Some people dont understand how talented RUSH is...a band made of 3 guys who focus on the music more so then the show antics itself.. yes they have stage antics like a popcorn machine, a few Dryers, a Rotisserie to cook chicken sometimes, and some great videos of them, but its the music that has the Fans Memorized, that is what Rush is about..
But you gotta admit the lyrics are so unique and awesome too.
These guys are true VIRTUOSOS and nothing less!!! I would love to take my buddy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a Rush show. He would be dancing in the aisle; just like ME... :-)
And Alex's insane kind of off key scream/yodeling solo in la-villa in Frankfort was genius taken to another level. Probably the best solo jamb thing ever IMO. Even made geddy and neil stop playing because they didn't know what he was doing.
There Can Be Only 1...and these boys are The One
Alex James Same here man they're super talented. At the top 5 best players on each ones instrument! !!(IMO)
I can't think of any other band, when discussing the best guitarists, bassists, and drummers in music, that all members of one band are talked about. To have three such individually talented musicians, and have them come together as one entity. Rush really is, and will forever be one the most amazing times in music history.
Rush is one of those bands that serious musicians know and are heavily influenced by, like Weather Report or Hawkwind... except they actually broke through themselves and became enormously successful, in a record business that shouldn't have allowed that from some D&D nerds from Toronto.
I used to listen to this in high School in the 70s. 2112, temples of syrinx, and Overture. We played it LOUD!🎸🎸🎶🎵🎼✌
Love that expression on Geddy's face at 1:33. he's like, "Can You Dig it?"
Yea I have to smile every time I see that too. I'm always playing along on guitar and I feel like I'm in the band and we both know a sweet part is coming up.
40+ years, still making awesome music, now this is what I call staying power my friends.
Still remember the first time I heard this. God bless the kid who turned me on to it. Blown away then and now 🤘
I heard on Lake Charles NOVA 104 the night it was released. Kind of static-y because I was just off my local KZOM 104.5. Was blown away thinking "GD, Lake Charles ROCKS, why don't we play this" then they announced who and i thought "They have changed a bit since 'Working Man'."
I have been blessed to see Rush enter the music scene opening for KISS in the 70s and one of the first LP I ever purchased as a pre-teenager. Geddy Lee was my inspiration to play bass guitar. I will say Rush were perfectionists and they demanded perfection from themselves and each other. I personally believe they were the 3 most talented musicians to date and they stayed true to each other and their music. I love you never heard stories of trashing hotels, groupies, partying and problems with drugs.
They wrote music they hope their fans would enjoy. The complexity of music they created, epic song writing and the ease they seemed to perform, I believe makes them the greatest rock band ever. If Rush isn’t your favorite band I bet they are your favorite bands favorite band. RIP. N.P.
Anyone who gives this a thumbs down doesn't deserve ears.
thats for sure man well said rock on
Or thumbs
@@fmj30069 Haha! 🤣
You're both right! 🙉👍
amen
no shit,
120 people have no idea what quality music is--totally brilliant performance.
Now at 151 clueless wonders
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except they are miming----duh
make that 249 by May of 2018. there are some ignorant people out there...
252 blinking idiots.
The first time I heard this was on an eight track in a 1974 Cutlass, light yellow with a black interior, loved them ever since that day.
Kirk Tingblad Yes! Just a Great Band. Don't analyse them, just enjoy them!
Kirk Tingblad How old were you at that time? I'm asking because I was 10 in 1976 and my friend's parent s bought a brand new Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham and we listened to many 8 track tapes in the car. I wasn't quite into Rush yet until I turned 15.
I was 16
Kirk Tingblad
Me too,16 in 1974
That's amazing you guys heard this album in 1974, considering it wasn't even released until 1976. Maybe you hopped in the Rush time Machine.
Saw this live at the Capitol NJ Hemispheres tour- 10+ EXCELLENT LIVE!!
A masterpiece of rocks greatest power trio as these guys wir in a different league such a unique sound well done Alex,Geddy & the dearly departed big Neil
that solo at the three minute mark was awesome, anyone else gets chills?
+nathan saunders I got a boner instead.
+Gary McMichael lol
a me!
Smoked my first duber listening to this ‘79 . ,,,,rock on
Spirit of Radio for me, a few months later in '80. ,,,,rock on and on :-)
2112 is an excellent album for firing up the ol' DuBois...
But my first was 'Obscured By Clouds' by Pink Floyd.
"Childhood's End."
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3 things in life..you always remember your first sexual experience, your first joint you ever smoked and the first time you heard rush. Great fuckin combination
Hey so many of these comments so I can totally relate towhen I saw a rush it's hard to explain the circumstances but I ended up having to take two girls on a datemy dad was pretty impressed with it he was the one that had to take us but just like so many other people man that they came out during 2112anyway you can go on TH-cam and listen to that concert they don't have the video footage but you can TH-cam Tarrant county convention center February 2nd 1980 you can hear that concert I was 15 years old and oh my God I never forgot that concert they were awesome then they're also awesome now Thanks.. really a heart felt thanks
I was jamming to this in 76 as a 15 yr old..a biggining head blown away by this and it still does at 58 !🤘
First heard this Summer of 76,I've been rocking Rush ever since. Absolutely sensational.
There will never be another Rush. Absolutely unique
FIRST HEARD OF THEM WAS BACK IN 1976.WAS 14 AT THE TIME. I LOVED THE SOUND,STILL DO.
I was 12 :) And they STILL rock!!
Greatest concept rock song ever. A seminal moment in the history of prog rock. And it's timeless; rocks as much today as I when I first dropped the needle down in '76.
I love Rush so much, and so proud they are Canadian, it means a lot to us. Alex Lifeson for me is my favourite guitarist of all time, so melodic, soulful and technically gifted, he's remarkable as are Neil and Geddy.
I was born in 1961, and started rock n roll about 13yo. I grew up with rush, the who zepplin etc. Today I still listen to all and have the 2112 cd that jams it ass off still today. Rip neil.
Have loved Rush for over 40 years and to this day 2112 is my favorite album and it kicks ass!!!!
Caress of Steel
And Signals
They are from s different planet
I love Geddy's look he gives the camera and how Neil takes some deep breaths after playing that part. You have to be a hell of an athlete to be a great drummer.
I love this teasee sooo much, I cry at the fact that I'll never get to see this while I currently inhabit my earthly shell. Hoping to see them reunited some day in that great show in the sky, that's enough to make a person walk the straight and narrow path. It was a privilege to exist in these great times of music!
I was a drummer in a band in the late 70's. We covered this song and it was my FAVORITE along with Temples....most of us were self taught musicians but man could we rock it! Now at 60 it's pretty much the rockin' chair now rockin's to one of the best bands and drummers in the world! Funny how your mind can stay 18 forever.....
Great band. Great song. I'm 69 years old. I saw them when they had the first drummer. Great show. I really like their first five albums. 🤘👏👍💪🇨🇦🇺🇸🎸
Can you feel the rush? I wore out 3-2112 albums, played it all day, ever day from July 1976 to July 1979, hell, I'm still playing it!!!!
A true rock band. You can't help but feel great after listening to them. Only been to 2 concerts and was blown away both times. Any person who truly enjoys rock music has no choice but to be a Rush fan.
The Neil Pearts of this world don't die - they live in our hearts forever. Every time I hear the 2112 Overture I am brought back to pounding out every drum beat with drumsticks on pillows, memorising every nuance hundreds of times. In fact any object which produced some resonance (coffee cans, sofa cushions, wash tubs, etc.) I beat the hell out of them in tribute to RUSH, all thanks to The Professor! Thank you Neil for years of inspiration.
I'm glad to see someone else understands. We carry on the spirits of those who came before. Heaven is a state of mind/spirit. Like the ouroboros, the beginning is the end is the beginning...
The energy contained between the notes could light the world for generations to come.
Rest in peace LEGEND Neil Peart
I wanted that to continue. Rush never ceases to amaze me as I could never comprehend how three musicians could make every song sound like a seven piece band! Truly masters of their art and one of my favorite bands!!! Mesmerizing! 💙💙💙
Watching this in half playback speed was the most legendary thing I have ever seen
It's so sweet to see this. TH-cam's crammed full of talented tribute bands who genuinely love and respect their idols; they work tremendously hard to perfect their cover versions of classic songs from some of the greatest names in rock, trying to get inside the minds of their heroes...
And then the boys from Rush turn up and say, "You want us to what? Just play along? Oh, yeah, we'll give it a go..."
Sheer class. ♥♥♥
RIP Neil! You and Rush moved many a heart and soul....
3 grand masters of their craft, PHD'S of music....legends !! Saw them for my 1st time at 12 yrs old in 76.
Me too..Maple leaf gardens Dec 31st 76...Thought I had fully recovered til I just saw this.
Finally saw them live on the Snakes and Arrows tour-one of my favorite shows ever! They went out on top, with the 40th Anniversary Tour and Rock Hall of Fame. Class, all the way. So sad about Neil’s passing, but fitting that the band didn’t carry on without him. Nothing left to prove...
One of the best drummers that will b drumming n heaven. Rip Neil.😇😥
I used to think that Neil Peart had six arms...
Pixtureske Like a hindu drumm god
I'm still not sure he doesn't.
The Drummer in my band years ago, could play anything by Rush and sing just like Geddy!! Just Amazing!!
WTF I could have used him in my old high school band!
on each finger
1:32 when Geddy smiles. Love.
And Neil rarely smiled........all business......
I saw Rush twice in Toronto. Moving pictures 1980 and then Signals in 1982. Maple Leaf Gardens. I was 15 and 17. That was the perfect age and time to see them. Thanks Guys.
Neil Peart, the best there is,the best there was,the best there ever will be! RIP sir the music world is quieter without your gift but you left us with so much.
Still missed
That's how my soul got corrupted, first time seeing Rush (2112 Tour) I considered myself lucky to have seen them 27 times.
A friend of mine saw them 90+ times
Saw them once and was blown away! Amazing musicians!
@@graysinclair6572 Now the closest thing to real Rush that I went to see was a band called( Loutsland ) check out their song Marathon, you'll see what I mean. Saw them live , unbelievable.
@@robertjakicic5878 Thanks Robert. Will do.
Well, I’ve seen them more than anyone I know, but not nearly as many as you. I’m pretty fucking old too, so take good care and best wishes for many more....
Neil with a smallish drum kit. God rest his soul, what a great man he was in so many ways. Rush forever.
Legends. 40 years and song is still being heard on the radio!! 80% songs no just come and go.
Hands down the best drummer ever.RIP Neil....Saw them in 79 at the Palladium in NYC and again in 2012,13,14.. What a great band ....
Once heard, never forgotten! This is a killer instrumental; perfectly coordinated with the true spirit of hard rock!!!
I still reember the day my brother brought this record home and placed it on the turntable..we were speechless
Everyone has a nostalgic story on every song they have heard and I would love to hear them all... Peace and love to all...
Listening to this album when I was 12 changed me forever.🙏❤️👍