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Ben Mink joined them for the gig in Toronto for the R40 tour, but the best version of this song was with guest musician classic violinist Jonathan Dinklage (Rush fan and brother of actor Peter Dinklage) , who was formerly part of the Clockwork Angels Ensemble, a strings ensemble who played with Rush on the previous tour.
Thanks! I started listening to your Rush Reactions every morning. Great way to start the day with a Rush song, and a first-time listener's honest reaction. There's a lyric from Clockwork Angels album that always hits me hard. It goes like this: "All the highlights of that headlong flight (into Rush) I'm holding on with all my might to what I felt back then. ... I wish that I could live it all again" Your song-by-song reactions are as close as I can get to feeling what I felt back then, and living it all again. So ...THANKS MAN!
Thanks for posting the muted version. I synced the song to your reaction and it worked just fine. This is one of my favorite tracks of the album. Maybe THE favorite. They played this a couple times during R40. I saw the R40 in Atlanta and was praying they would play this live since I had never seen it live. Sadly I found out they played it live with a guest violinist the next night in North Carolina. I was so pissed lol. Not sure who played each of the 5 shows but they had a guest who's name escapes me and Ben Mink did play on stage with them in Toronto on this song.
Also saw them for R40 in Atlanta and was disappointed that they didn't play this one. But they played so many others that I had never had the opportunity to see live that I was still very happy.
When this album came out this was the only song I didn’t like, I was a 15 year old kid, now as a 55 year old man I love it, it’s beautiful and heartbreaking.
I had skipped the 'Xanadu' intro 90% of the time when listening to 'Exit...Stage Left' during my late teens - Now, at 54, it bugs me how Alex is rushing through the intro in the studio version 😄
Yeah I’m glad you posted it anyway. I honestly never researched how they produced that sound during the instrumental so reading the comments was great.
When they did this song live on the R40 tour they had either Ben Mink or Jonathan Dinklage come out on stage as guest musician to play the violin part.
I was at one of those 5 R40 shows that played this tune, the one in their home city, Toronto. IT was an incredible performance, so glad I got to witness this!
Pro-tip, viewers: If you start the official TH-cam vid for Losing It in another window when Justin says "Bam!", it syncs perfectly with his reaction. Not much else to say. This song hits my heart, musically and lyrically.
Peter Dinklage the actor who played Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones his brother John Dinklage played electric violin on 4 of the 5 live 2015 dates while Ben Mink played live with Rush on the Toronto date it’s a shame this got blocked I really don’t understand why only one Rush song would get blocked unless it’s because Ben played on it ?? But Aimee Mann sang on “Time stand still” and that didn’t get blocked!! I’m baffled 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Yes, it's because of Ben's peeps blocking it. Aimee Mann's peeps obviously don't care about Time Stand Still. The same with Hugh Syme's keyboard parts on 2112: Overture, Tears, Different Strings, and Witch Hunt.
wish we'd been able to hear the song, but glad you loved it... they had a few guest violinists on their final tour to join them... only times they played it live
This is one of my favorite Rush songs. It, and honestly all of Signals, gets progressively better with more listens. Which is really true for all post Moving Pictures albums now that I think about it. Glad you're digging side two of the album!
Ben Mink played in Toronto for the R40 tour. It's on the R40 Bluray. FM toured with Rush for the Moving Pictures tour. I went to the show in Toronto that year.
Reaction received. I listened to the song in another window while watching. I LOVE this song - some of Neil's best lyrics. It has inspired me for decades. One of Neil's mottos was, "What is the most excellent thing I can do today?" I ask my self this nearly every morning to avoid the "bell tolling" for me which has made all the difference. I saw them do this live for R40 in Denver (awful seats). I'm not sure who was playing violin on stage, but they had a large string section seated behind the band that played "The Garden" and I thought also played on this song. EPIC CONCERT! I really appreciate the journey you're taking me on, Justin 💕
One of very few songs that doesn't have a bass guitar track on it. When played on the R40 tour Geddy came up with a bass line to actually use his bass and it was kickin'.
I love this song. And it took on a whole new meaning when Neil retired because his body just couldn’t handle the live 3 hour shows anymore. He felt he couldn’t be 100% so it was not fulfilling for him. It relates right back to the meaning behind this song. Between this and The Garden which is the very last song on their last album, hard to listen to them without getting a bit emotional.
Great reaction… lol!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! This is one of my favorite’s! I think it’s “Ben Mink” that gets blocked..lol! Such great writing in this. Neil had said he was moved by a story about Ernest Hemingway who had gotten an invitation to a formal banquet and he stood there and could not compose an answer… his Alzheimer’s had taken it all away. So glad you enjoyed!! Be well and God bless… from Texas!!
Deep lyrics, intricate and creative music which matches the mood of the lyrics, and add the violin which took guts for a rock band especially back then and you have a winner.
I saw Jonathan Dinklage play this at Madison Square Garden for their R40 tour. I've heard the live recording with Ben Mink, and it's really good, but they use the recording with Jonathan Dinklage for their yearly Cinema Strangiato showing at the theaters. After seeing Jonathan live (and in Cinema Strangiato) and seeing the Ben Mink recording, I think Jonathan's was far more mind-blowing. When they started playing this song during the concert, I thought "Wow. This is a real treat and surprise!", but during the violin lead, it got so intense and dramatic, my jaw was dropping. It was one of the best things I had seen and heard! So intense! It was nothing short of amazing!
In my opinion, you picked the best way to do this. I was able to start playing the track, in sync with you, and it made little difference, in truth. 👍🏽
Yes. Its Mink. Caught their last show ever in L.A. it was done amazingly. Blew me away. Was also a message to all Rush fans that they were done. Unofficial retirement. There were whispers that this was their last show so I flew out to L.A. to see them. Sad but true.
Ben Mink was a collaborator and producer for k.d. lang's multi-platinum record Ingenue in addition to his work with F.M. and Geddy's Solo record My Favorite Headache.
One of my favorite Rush songs. I remember listening to this album on my Walkman when it came out, I was a teenager. This song always stood out to me because of the lyrics. We were studying Hemingway in school and I remember thinking how cool it was that Neil was making a reference to Hemingway, not your typical rock band at all.
I saw them play it live at the Vancouver R40 show. Ben Mink joined them on stage. It was one of the highlights of the show for me, as I never expected to see them play it live. Astonishing performance, too. Too bad you had to mute the song for this. It’s one of my favourite tracks on Signals.
Love Losing It. FM were pretty cool for a bit back in the 80s here in Canada, had a few singles on the radio. Nash the Slash was bizarre, appeared on stage in bandages a la the Invisible Man. He died a few years ago. In the odd old interview, you can see Neil wearing an FM tour shirt, they & Rush toured back in the late 70s
Short Bio for Ben Mink, with a small edit from me. Benjamin Mink (born January 22, 1951) is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer best known as a longtime collaborator of Canadian singer k.d. lang and progressive band FM. He plays several string instruments, notably the guitar, violin, and the mandolin, and is a music producer. He lives in Vancouver. There is a great cover video and you can see visually just how great this violin piece is. - Losing It (cover by Brody Dolyniuk & Nina DiGregorio) Neil Peart tribute.
Losing It is a very different track for Rush. One cannot help thinking back to the lyrics of this song in reflecting on Neil's physical struggles towards the end of Rush's touring and his subsequent battle with cancer. It is another rare song that has an outside musician. Ben Mink is featured on the electric violin which takes a central part of the song. Ben Mink would return to assist Geddy with his only solo album in 2000, would also provide strings on the 2007 Rush song "Faithless" and Ben would make a special live appearance on the R40 tour to play violin on this song. Losing It was only played live a handful of times on the R40 Tour in 2015.
I was hoping when my son, daughter and I saw them in Greensboro during R40 that we would be one of the lucky venues to get "Losing It", but no cigar. Still one of my fave Rush tracks...
Glad you like it after your view on Tears thought you would like this one. I always thought the composition of this album is amazing. Countdown is unique, although I am gealous they were vip guests to see Colombia take off.
I happened to be reading Neil's book _Ghost Rider_ last night and the section where he visits Hemingway's memorial includes some interesting comments about this song. "Next morning I started out riding eastward on the Sun Valley Road, pausing for a moment at the Hemingway Memorial, a bronze bust, in a grove of trees by Trail Creek. Ernest Hemingway ended his life in 1961 with a shotgun blast to the head in the front hall of his home in Ketchum, Idaho, near Sun Valley. He is buried under a plain stone slab in the local cemetary beside his fourth wife, Mary. At the end he was ill, feeble and suffering from paranoia and the effects of electroshock therapy. Earlier that year, he had spent _days_ trying to write a simple reply to an invitation to John F. Kennedy's inauguration, and perhaps he decided that if he couldn't write any more, he couldn't live anymore. A Rush song "Losing It", from 1982, opens with a verse inspired by Hemigway's sad end, attempting to express the frustration of no longer being able to do something which, to him, was more important than life itself: "Sadder still to watch it die than never to have known it."" I've always liked this song. Yes, so different than so many other songs, but I like it when the change it up and do something slower, softer or unique like this. And as a p.s. the book is not an easy read as he's on the road motorcycling while working through his grief at losing his daughter and his wife. You might think the gentle professor is all kindness, but he was really quite angry and I do understand his grief, so some of his comments are rather dark and mean. I'm glad he made it through and came out the other side, but I still have a ways to go in the book so...
Let me be clear, I agree with bands having the right to block their music being used for free but we all know that 99% of the time they are not the people claiming copyright infringement and blocking TH-cam Reactors videos.
Watch right around the 7:20 mark JPan. Remember that guy? The one who was curious about a performance on R40?! At least react to that one bro! Keep up the great work. And the Comments section! ... thanks for the shout out!
Per Neil, The dancer is no one in particular, though partly inspired by the movie The Turning Point (starring Shirley Maclaine). I believe the writer in the lyrics was Hemmingway.
The LIVE version of this on the R40 Tour is awesome with Ben Mink playing one of the concerts and John Dinklage (Brother of Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones fame)....just awesome!!!
Peart also wrote lyrics about writer Hemmingway and his decline in his later years. One story Neil recalled was Hemmingway was invited to the JFK Inauguration and it took him hours to find the words to answer back on his acceptance reply. The words no longer came to him freely.
Sorry the song got blocked. I suspect it's the label of the violinist, because Rush's folks do not block anything (at least not that I've ever seen). About the song itself, it is for sure a favorite from their library. Very poignant lyrics and the music matches the words perfectly. The slow build up in intensity helps describe the frustration and anger of the second character.
@@martydavis547 I do, it's not on my list at all for as far as I scroll... If I search specifically for losing it reaction videos none of them are of the studio version (or any that are have also muted audio).
They allowed the video through but the audio portion of the song was muted. No probs. I just synced up the actual song in a separate tab and got to witness your reaction as though the audio was not muted. As for playing this live, Ben Mink actually joined them on stage for those five performances.
I always pictured Neil struggling with writer's block after writing Soo many epic song lyrics, and deciding, "why don't I write about my own writer's block?" And the rest, as they say, is history. Love this song!
Ben Mink was seriously channeling his inner Eddie Jobson for that solo. His work in FM (their album Black Noise is considered a prog rock classic) never quite reached these heights. Oh, and if you want to seriously get lost down the rabbit hole of obscure Canadian pop music, check out the career of Ben's predecessor in FM, Nash the Slash. Like many teenagers, I was a bit "meh" on this song when the album came out. It's a real outlier in terms of style (other than that solo section), and the mere notion of Rush putting something this contemplative on the album caused many to disregard it. Now, of course, it's considered a classic in the catalog, and I'm just glad Rush were finally able to play it live before they called it quits.
@@thannaske5371 Yup, sorry if my comment was ambiguous. Ben joined FM for the Surveillance album (which is also pretty cool). For some really old FM, pre-Martin Deller: th-cam.com/video/0IdixlSChAw/w-d-xo.html (NtS also played electric violin, by the way)
Don't know who Ben Mink is? Hrn you MUST do a reaction to Geddy Lee's MY FAVOURITE HEADACHE. It's Geddy and Ben Mink. As well as Matt Cameron , Pearl Jam, SoundGarden and others mainly on all drums except one. You'll really here Ben's Guitar sounds. Killer!!
The write up is wrong, I saw this performed live in Toronto on the Signals tour, with FM as the opening act and Nash the Slash (Ben Mink in mummy wrap) playing violin. BTW why does this particular track get blocked, it's owned by the same corps. as the rest of the album.
Wow! Who would have thought that song could sound so good telepathically! I'll bet you caught the lyrics to this one pretty clearly from your end too. You will never hear a song with this kind of an overtone from Rush again untill you enter, "The Garden" but that's a bit of a trek from here. Countdown, to this day, sounds like nothing I've ever heard. It probably wouldn't surprise me if you found a way to relate it to some kind of Culture Club song somehow though. Lmao!
Was it blocked because of Mink’s participation on the track or what? It’s strange that this song out of all the previous songs done is the only one blocked. Hope it’s not a foreshadowing of things to come because I don’t know the reason.
How many Rush fans would say The Analog Kid is not up to par? lol No offense Justin, but I imagine that number is like 1%. ha Many Rush fans feel it's the best song on the record. Glad you liking the underrated track Losing it. Before Neil's tragic cancer diagnosis shortly after Rush's last show, I pretty sure Neil was going to hang up the sticks to avoid actually living the lyrics to this song. His quote was something like " I can easily play Charlie Watts drum parts at an advanced age, but playing Neil Peart's drum parts is a different thing altogether.
Sorry you had to mute it, and it's a bit weird watching your reaction without the song! I admit I watched on 1.75 speed after a while, but it's still worth including it. This is one track I go back and forth on, but I like it well enough - certainly top half of the album.
Yup BLOCKED ! WTH ? WHY is this the only Rush song that gets blocked ? I don't understand that anyway! That's like recording a song hoping to be a big hit on Radio then saying you can't play this on Radio.
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Their is a live version of this song on YT with the violinist but the sound quality is poor
Ben Mink joined them for the gig in Toronto for the R40 tour, but the best version of this song was with guest musician classic violinist Jonathan Dinklage (Rush fan and brother of actor Peter Dinklage) , who was formerly part of the Clockwork Angels Ensemble, a strings ensemble who played with Rush on the previous tour.
Thanks! I started listening to your Rush Reactions every morning. Great way to start the day with a Rush song, and a first-time listener's honest reaction. There's a lyric from Clockwork Angels album that always hits me hard. It goes like this:
"All the highlights of that headlong flight (into Rush)
I'm holding on with all my might to what I felt back then.
... I wish that I could live it all again"
Your song-by-song reactions are as close as I can get to feeling what I felt back then, and living it all again.
So ...THANKS MAN!
Aaayyyy Thanks Mike!! 🙏
Thanks for posting the muted version. I synced the song to your reaction and it worked just fine. This is one of my favorite tracks of the album. Maybe THE favorite. They played this a couple times during R40. I saw the R40 in Atlanta and was praying they would play this live since I had never seen it live. Sadly I found out they played it live with a guest violinist the next night in North Carolina. I was so pissed lol. Not sure who played each of the 5 shows but they had a guest who's name escapes me and Ben Mink did play on stage with them in Toronto on this song.
Same
Also saw them for R40 in Atlanta and was disappointed that they didn't play this one. But they played so many others that I had never had the opportunity to see live that I was still very happy.
When this album came out this was the only song I didn’t like, I was a 15 year old kid, now as a 55 year old man I love it, it’s beautiful and heartbreaking.
I had skipped the 'Xanadu' intro 90% of the time when listening to 'Exit...Stage Left' during my late teens - Now, at 54, it bugs me how Alex is rushing through the intro in the studio version 😄
Always favored this song. The lyrics and music drip with that sadness and painful loss.
Thanks for giving it a whirl.
Glad you enjoyed! Wow.. amazing song. Only Rush.
Very emotional song for me seeing my brother pass from brain cancer at 46.
"Some are born to move the world
To live their fantasies"
Rest in Peace Neil
Very missed
Yeah I’m glad you posted it anyway. I honestly never researched how they produced that sound during the instrumental so reading the comments was great.
For the live version it was the only song that they ever had a 4th musician onstage with them
When they did this song live on the R40 tour they had either Ben Mink or Jonathan Dinklage come out on stage as guest musician to play the violin part.
Cool - My 3rd fav song on the album. You already did my fav Subdivisions and still have to do my 2nd fav Countdown
I was at one of those 5 R40 shows that played this tune, the one in their home city, Toronto. IT was an incredible performance, so glad I got to witness this!
Pro-tip, viewers: If you start the official TH-cam vid for Losing It in another window when Justin says "Bam!", it syncs perfectly with his reaction. Not much else to say. This song hits my heart, musically and lyrically.
Bam!
Peter Dinklage the actor who played Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones his brother John Dinklage played electric violin on 4 of the 5 live 2015 dates while Ben Mink played live with Rush on the Toronto date it’s a shame this got blocked I really don’t understand why only one Rush song would get blocked unless it’s because Ben played on it ?? But Aimee Mann sang on “Time stand still” and that didn’t get blocked!! I’m baffled 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Yes, it's because of Ben's peeps blocking it. Aimee Mann's peeps obviously don't care about Time Stand Still. The same with Hugh Syme's keyboard parts on 2112: Overture, Tears, Different Strings, and Witch Hunt.
FM did a tour run with Rush, In
1981. saw them at the Oakland
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wish we'd been able to hear the song, but glad you loved it... they had a few guest violinists on their final tour to join them... only times they played it live
This is one of my favorite Rush songs. It, and honestly all of Signals, gets progressively better with more listens. Which is really true for all post Moving Pictures albums now that I think about it. Glad you're digging side two of the album!
Ben Mink played in Toronto for the R40 tour. It's on the R40 Bluray. FM toured with Rush for the Moving Pictures tour. I went to the show in Toronto that year.
I saw FM open up for RUSH in the 80's at one of their concerts
Reaction received. I listened to the song in another window while watching. I LOVE this song - some of Neil's best lyrics. It has inspired me for decades. One of Neil's mottos was, "What is the most excellent thing I can do today?" I ask my self this nearly every morning to avoid the "bell tolling" for me which has made all the difference. I saw them do this live for R40 in Denver (awful seats). I'm not sure who was playing violin on stage, but they had a large string section seated behind the band that played "The Garden" and I thought also played on this song. EPIC CONCERT! I really appreciate the journey you're taking me on, Justin 💕
This is another Rush song that has always resonated with me. It leaves me with a haunting melancholy feeling...
Thank you. This song means a lot to us fans.
One of very few songs that doesn't have a bass guitar track on it. When played on the R40 tour Geddy came up with a bass line to actually use his bass and it was kickin'.
I love this song. And it took on a whole new meaning when Neil retired because his body just couldn’t handle the live 3 hour shows anymore. He felt he couldn’t be 100% so it was not fulfilling for him. It relates right back to the meaning behind this song. Between this and The Garden which is the very last song on their last album, hard to listen to them without getting a bit emotional.
Great reaction… lol!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! This is one of my favorite’s! I think it’s “Ben Mink” that gets blocked..lol! Such great writing in this. Neil had said he was moved by a story about Ernest Hemingway who had gotten an invitation to a formal banquet and he stood there and could not compose an answer… his Alzheimer’s had taken it all away. So glad you enjoyed!! Be well and God bless… from Texas!!
Deep lyrics, intricate and creative music which matches the mood of the lyrics, and add the violin which took guts for a rock band especially back then and you have a winner.
Love this song the drums in this is killer!
Its a song everyone can relate to...as we grow old...Great song, great lyrics.
I saw Jonathan Dinklage play this at Madison Square Garden for their R40 tour. I've heard the live recording with Ben Mink, and it's really good, but they use the recording with Jonathan Dinklage for their yearly Cinema Strangiato showing at the theaters. After seeing Jonathan live (and in Cinema Strangiato) and seeing the Ben Mink recording, I think Jonathan's was far more mind-blowing. When they started playing this song during the concert, I thought "Wow. This is a real treat and surprise!", but during the violin lead, it got so intense and dramatic, my jaw was dropping. It was one of the best things I had seen and heard! So intense! It was nothing short of amazing!
In my opinion, you picked the best way to do this. I was able to start playing the track, in sync with you, and it made little difference, in truth. 👍🏽
Yes. Its Mink. Caught their last show ever in L.A. it was done amazingly. Blew me away. Was also a message to all Rush fans that they were done. Unofficial retirement. There were whispers that this was their last show so I flew out to L.A. to see them. Sad but true.
Ben Mink was a collaborator and producer for k.d. lang's multi-platinum record Ingenue in addition to his work with F.M. and Geddy's Solo record My Favorite Headache.
One of my favorite Rush songs. I remember listening to this album on my Walkman when it came out, I was a teenager. This song always stood out to me because of the lyrics. We were studying Hemingway in school and I remember thinking how cool it was that Neil was making a reference to Hemingway, not your typical rock band at all.
I saw them play it live at the Vancouver R40 show. Ben Mink joined them on stage. It was one of the highlights of the show for me, as I never expected to see them play it live. Astonishing performance, too.
Too bad you had to mute the song for this. It’s one of my favourite tracks on Signals.
With the volume high enough, I could hear it through your earphones enough to be able to keep up. Great track!!
😂 wow nice hack!
@@JustinPanariello A bit of a jump scare when you’d voice over, though. My hearing will return to normal in a few weeks. 😀
Love Losing It. FM were pretty cool for a bit back in the 80s here in Canada, had a few singles on the radio. Nash the Slash was bizarre, appeared on stage in bandages a la the Invisible Man. He died a few years ago. In the odd old interview, you can see Neil wearing an FM tour shirt, they & Rush toured back in the late 70s
Beautiful jam..the intensity of it fits so well..I have seen a guitarist play this solo and it actually works…
Always liked this song. I think it was Ben's violin that really grabbed my attention.
I could have sworn they played this on the Clockwork Angels tour when I saw them in Toronto, using the whole string ensemble.
Short Bio for Ben Mink, with a small edit from me. Benjamin Mink (born January 22, 1951) is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer best known as a longtime collaborator of Canadian singer k.d. lang and progressive band FM. He plays several string instruments, notably the guitar, violin, and the mandolin, and is a music producer. He lives in Vancouver. There is a great cover video and you can see visually just how great this violin piece is. - Losing It (cover by Brody Dolyniuk & Nina DiGregorio) Neil Peart tribute.
The electric violin really pushes it over the top for me. And the arpeggios and airy space is beaufiful.
Jonathan Dinklage played live. I got to see it in Houston in 2015. Wonderful.
And yes he is the brother of actor Peter Dinklage.
I was at that concert. Losing it was not performed at that show.
Losing It is a very different track for Rush. One cannot help thinking back to the lyrics of this song in reflecting on Neil's physical struggles towards the end of Rush's touring and his subsequent battle with cancer. It is another rare song that has an outside musician. Ben Mink is featured on the electric violin which takes a central part of the song. Ben Mink would return to assist Geddy with his only solo album in 2000, would also provide strings on the 2007 Rush song "Faithless" and Ben would make a special live appearance on the R40 tour to play violin on this song. Losing It was only played live a handful of times on the R40 Tour in 2015.
I was hoping when my son, daughter and I saw them in Greensboro during R40 that we would be one of the lucky venues to get "Losing It", but no cigar. Still one of my fave Rush tracks...
Glad you like it after your view on Tears thought you would like this one. I always thought the composition of this album is amazing. Countdown is unique, although I am gealous they were vip guests to see Colombia take off.
I happened to be reading Neil's book _Ghost Rider_ last night and the section where he visits Hemingway's memorial includes some interesting comments about this song.
"Next morning I started out riding eastward on the Sun Valley Road, pausing for a moment at the Hemingway Memorial, a bronze bust, in a grove of trees by Trail Creek. Ernest Hemingway ended his life in 1961 with a shotgun blast to the head in the front hall of his home in Ketchum, Idaho, near Sun Valley. He is buried under a plain stone slab in the local cemetary beside his fourth wife, Mary. At the end he was ill, feeble and suffering from paranoia and the effects of electroshock therapy. Earlier that year, he had spent _days_ trying to write a simple reply to an invitation to John F. Kennedy's inauguration, and perhaps he decided that if he couldn't write any more, he couldn't live anymore.
A Rush song "Losing It", from 1982, opens with a verse inspired by Hemigway's sad end, attempting to express the frustration of no longer being able to do something which, to him, was more important than life itself: "Sadder still to watch it die than never to have known it.""
I've always liked this song. Yes, so different than so many other songs, but I like it when the change it up and do something slower, softer or unique like this.
And as a p.s. the book is not an easy read as he's on the road motorcycling while working through his grief at losing his daughter and his wife. You might think the gentle professor is all kindness, but he was really quite angry and I do understand his grief, so some of his comments are rather dark and mean. I'm glad he made it through and came out the other side, but I still have a ways to go in the book so...
Awesome, I'm glad you didn't cut up the song to pass the copyright, you said "BAM" I hit play and it synced perfectly... F U Copyrights lol!
Let me be clear, I agree with bands having the right to block their music being used for free but we all know that 99% of the time they are not the people claiming copyright infringement and blocking TH-cam Reactors videos.
Did the same thing. Worked like a charm.
Watch right around the 7:20 mark JPan. Remember that guy? The one who was curious about a performance on R40?!
At least react to that one bro! Keep up the great work. And the Comments section! ... thanks for the shout out!
Just watching your reaction to this song. It's one of the best songs, by Rush, no one ever gets to hear.
Per Neil, The dancer is no one in particular, though partly inspired by the movie The Turning Point (starring Shirley Maclaine).
I believe the writer in the lyrics was Hemmingway.
This song hits way different now that I'm 53 then it di when I was 13.
The song reminds me of my brother who passed away from MS. He was an artist and lost the ability to draw.
I just realized - Countdown is up for the day sls (maybe) launches...
What a great coincidence
The LIVE version of this on the R40 Tour is awesome with Ben Mink playing one of the concerts and John Dinklage (Brother of Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones fame)....just awesome!!!
Muted is better than no video. I could have lived with a cropped version too.
Peart also wrote lyrics about writer Hemmingway and his decline in his later years. One story Neil recalled was Hemmingway was invited to the JFK Inauguration and it took him hours to find the words to answer back on his acceptance reply. The words no longer came to him freely.
When I saw the small orchestra I yelled out “Oh Sh**! We are gonna hear Losing It!!!”
I think Ben Mink plays guitar on Geddy's solo album, "My favorite headache".
More than that. He co-wrote a bunch of the songs and co-produced the album.
Yah, watcha gonna do, haha! 😄 I think this blocks because of the violinist, not because Rush wants it. It's a great song 🎵
Sorry the song got blocked. I suspect it's the label of the violinist, because Rush's folks do not block anything (at least not that I've ever seen). About the song itself, it is for sure a favorite from their library. Very poignant lyrics and the music matches the words perfectly. The slow build up in intensity helps describe the frustration and anger of the second character.
I wonder if it’s block by the Hemingway people for the line from his writings?
@@gritter2112 That's a possibility as well.
@@gritter2112 I think it’s blocked because of Mink.
I opened up a different TH-cam channel and listened to the single at the same time
I don't understand why one song out of 100's gets blocked. Maybe because of Mink?
I see other people reaction to this song not blocked
@@martydavis547 Where?
Type in rush reaction
@@martydavis547 I do, it's not on my list at all for as far as I scroll... If I search specifically for losing it reaction videos none of them are of the studio version (or any that are have also muted audio).
The guy I saw had to stop and start thru the song sorry about that. Should have listen to the whole thing!
They allowed the video through but the audio portion of the song was muted. No probs. I just synced up the actual song in a separate tab and got to witness your reaction as though the audio was not muted. As for playing this live, Ben Mink actually joined them on stage for those five performances.
The Best...
A violinist comes on stage when they play it live.
Hint, Open up another tab on your computer with Losing It cued up and when Justin says BAM start the 2nd tab video and enjoy. You're welcome. lmao!
I always pictured Neil struggling with writer's block after writing Soo many epic song lyrics, and deciding, "why don't I write about my own writer's block?" And the rest, as they say, is history. Love this song!
That part of the song is actually about Ernest Hemingway.
Well the video is up but I don't see the other comment I just posted
Ben Mink was seriously channeling his inner Eddie Jobson for that solo. His work in FM (their album Black Noise is considered a prog rock classic) never quite reached these heights. Oh, and if you want to seriously get lost down the rabbit hole of obscure Canadian pop music, check out the career of Ben's predecessor in FM, Nash the Slash. Like many teenagers, I was a bit "meh" on this song when the album came out. It's a real outlier in terms of style (other than that solo section), and the mere notion of Rush putting something this contemplative on the album caused many to disregard it. Now, of course, it's considered a classic in the catalog, and I'm just glad Rush were finally able to play it live before they called it quits.
Mink became a member of FM for their second album. The electric violin was previously played by Nash the Slash! (I think Nash played on "Black Noise")
@@thannaske5371 Yup, sorry if my comment was ambiguous. Ben joined FM for the Surveillance album (which is also pretty cool). For some really old FM, pre-Martin Deller: th-cam.com/video/0IdixlSChAw/w-d-xo.html (NtS also played electric violin, by the way)
Have you ever checked out Jobson's "Zinc (The Green Album)? It's great... and posted on youtoob...
Ben showed up!
Why does this song get blocked and the others don't
Don't know who Ben Mink is? Hrn you MUST do a reaction to Geddy Lee's MY FAVOURITE HEADACHE. It's Geddy and Ben Mink. As well as Matt Cameron , Pearl Jam, SoundGarden and others mainly on all drums except one. You'll really here Ben's Guitar sounds. Killer!!
Unfortunately it was blocked.
I Agree with Enrique completely Ben Mink did great on the record and live in Toronto but Peter’s brother was even better!
If you understand what the song is about, then you understand why RUSH never played the song live until the very end.
The write up is wrong, I saw this performed live in Toronto on the Signals tour, with FM as the opening act and Nash the Slash (Ben Mink in mummy wrap) playing violin. BTW why does this particular track get blocked, it's owned by the same corps. as the rest of the album.
That was definitely weird watching a music reaction to a muted song. Lol.
Wow! Who would have thought that song could sound so good telepathically! I'll bet you caught the lyrics to this one pretty clearly from your end too.
You will never hear a song with this kind of an overtone from Rush again untill you enter, "The Garden" but that's a bit of a trek from here. Countdown, to this day, sounds like nothing I've ever heard. It probably wouldn't surprise me if you found a way to relate it to some kind of Culture Club song somehow though. Lmao!
Sounds like I Want You To Want Me.
@@JustinPanariello Okay. I can deal with Dirty Trick.😘
So why did this get blocked ? Was that you, Ben Mink, what's your problem ?
Was it blocked because of Mink’s participation on the track or what? It’s strange that this song out of all the previous songs done is the only one blocked. Hope it’s not a foreshadowing of things to come because I don’t know the reason.
i assume. idk. I had been warned for awhile that this song gets blocked and it did.
Any idea who the dancer is?
Song is muted by TH-cam copyright
How many Rush fans would say The Analog Kid is not up to par? lol No offense Justin, but I imagine that number is like 1%. ha Many Rush fans feel it's the best song on the record. Glad you liking the underrated track Losing it. Before Neil's tragic cancer diagnosis shortly after Rush's last show, I pretty sure Neil was going to hang up the sticks to avoid actually living the lyrics to this song. His quote was something like " I can easily play Charlie Watts drum parts at an advanced age, but playing Neil Peart's drum parts is a different thing altogether.
Ben Mink was a huge collaborator with KD lang
Sorry you had to mute it, and it's a bit weird watching your reaction without the song! I admit I watched on 1.75 speed after a while, but it's still worth including it. This is one track I go back and forth on, but I like it well enough - certainly top half of the album.
Violin solo...
Yup BLOCKED ! WTH ? WHY is this the only Rush song that gets blocked ? I don't understand that anyway! That's like recording a song hoping to be a big hit on Radio then saying you can't play this on Radio.
Here's the live version from MSG for anyone wanting to hear the song. th-cam.com/video/IAQIIR1RA7I/w-d-xo.html
Add on Ben Mink co-wrote constant craving with KD
Yup the song is muted
Here's the live version with Ben Mink th-cam.com/video/yuJ5Lr-WnPg/w-d-xo.html
Blocked. Glad ýou enjoyed the song!
Sucks this was muted only got to see your physical reaction and then what you say at the end☹️😣😖😫😩🥺😢
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If it's blocked, or we can't hear it, WTF? Put it up on Vimeo or Patreon or something, dood-man!!
I did a community post about this days/week ago... asking people what they prefer. This was consensus.
@@JustinPanariello okilly dokilly, chief.
Try pausing a song a few seconds, that's how other TH-camrs are getting around their videos being blocked
Justin since you had a bit of BenMink try ,, constant Craving KD Lang
Well that sucked