I'm 57, the era from 2112 to Moving Pictures 2112, A farewell to kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, is arguably 5 the most spectacular, consistent, untouchable group of albums produced in the 20th century.
I had heard Limelight on the radio once, when my brother told me he had extra tickets to see Rush on the Moving Pictures tour. I was AMAZED at how perfect a match they are to the albums. I was, and still am hooked.
Amazingly brilliant song & performance. Thanx God this show was filmed. A testament to the world of Rush greatness. Thanx for the music. Neil Peart- rest in peace & bless his heart ☦️
Rush are one of the very few that have a "sound" - when you hear them, you know it's them. Pantera, Iron Maiden, and Jinjer also have it. Rush paved the way for composition and creativity that has touched so many aspiring musicians. They played together for 4 decades and never compromised their vision of sound.
One story I like to tell is when I was driving and listening to the radio. A song I had never heard came on. It had a heavy, power-chord-laden opening, then segued into fast-paced guitar, bass, and drums. I was immediately bopping my head thinking "Man, this sounds great. I really like this. I wonder what it is. If I didn't know any better, I'd say it was Rush." Then the vocals started and I immediately recognized Geddy and flipped out because the song was Summertime Blues and I realized that Rush had just put out a new album and I was hearing from it for the first time. That's one thing I'll greatly miss..... hearing a Rush song for the first time.
A power trio of three virtuosos. Can you believe all that sound came from three guys? Best sounding band I’ve heard live, hands down. Working Man live in Cleveland next. Their energy is incredible.
So, the Lead Singer also plays the meanest bass I’ve ever heard ( apart from Chris Squire from Yes and the Motown and funk genre had some great bass vibes. The heart of funk is the bass ) and he also plays the keyboard and the synthesizer. And don’t forget he also had a complete foot pedal keyboard for when he is playing keyboards and he can’t play the bass. The foot pedals was like having the bass even though he wasn’t playing the bass
Just to give you the 411 on this: YYZ - Canadian pronunciation Why-Why-Zed - is the International Airport Code for Toronto's Pearson International Airport; in Neil's introduction, he's tapping out YYZ in morse code, which is what they heard being transmitted in the cockpit as Alex, a certified pilot, was flying them back home from a European tour; on subsequent tours, whenever they saw YYZ on their luggage tags, they'd know that they were headed home. And now for another epic crowd, I recommend The Spirit Of Radio live at Toronto's Downsview Park from 2003.
@@jenniferlucas3540 It's YY Zed. Just like Australia, Wales, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, England (all of Great Britain) and Canada say YY Zed. Most Americans are clueless when it comes to the letter Zed. The teachers don't even know about the letter Zed so they're spreading the letter Zee to the students, instead. When you're spelling with the letter Zee, it sounds more like C. Americans did not create the alphabet and Zee was not the original last letter of the alphabet.
I was in Jr High in 81 and you had to pick sides at my school, Led Zeppelin or RUSH. I was team Led Zep at the time so I didn't really get to appreciate RUSH until High School
3 guys make these sounds. Just 3. Best live band I ever saw, they really enjoyed doing what they did, and it shows! RIP Neil, you wrote the soundtrack to my life.
This Rush concert in Rio was the last date on their world tour, for their Vapor Trails CD (2002). This CD was the first album they had done since 1996 (Test for Echo) because of the family tragedies that Neil Peart went through. He almost didn't survive (read/read about his book "Ghost Rider" for more info) and when Rush got back together in 2001, it was so uplifting for all fans around the globe. You guys should watch this whole live DVD! The Rio crowd never lets up and neither does Rush!! It's so inspiring to watch!
I saw them on this tour in San Diego. Indescribably Awesome!!! Have the DVD as well. It was in an outdoor amphitheater in Chula Vista. When it was just getting dark, Tom Sawyer exploded from the stage with Lazer lights and incredible sound. I was no longer on Earth for three hours. 😎👍👍👍👍👍🎵🎶🎵
Canadian Ed here, seen them 7 times from Hold your Fire tour 1987 in Moncton, NB to the final '40' tour in YYZ Toronto. I am blessed to have had them to turn to in difficult times in my life, as well as the single reason I started playing drums in '87 at the age of 17. I am now 52, and still play almost every day. Watching you both react to this video made me smile all the way through. RIO was a special moment in time captured perfectly, and it was awesome watching you discover it. Thank you, and keep up the great work. Love your videos.
A crowd of 40k+ SINGING an INSTRUMENTAL in unison, and Rush just kicking back, doing what they do best, which is showing everyone EXACTLY HOW ITS DONE!🤘🖖✌️🥁🎸🎹🥇🇨🇦👌👍
This was the first time Rush ever toured South America. They didn’t even know they had so many fans in Brazil and the other cities they toured in SA. They were selling out soccer stadiums all over the county. There was something like 65,000 at this concert. Those South American fans were pumped. They had been huge Rush fans, even though Rush never put them on tour. That happened over many nations. They didn’t even realize what a world wide sensation they had actually become. I have been to over 30 Rush concerts over the years and have never heard a crowd actually singing the melody to YYZ or any other instrumental. I saw them on the Vapor Trails tour in Tampa once and I was amazed that nearly every fan was singing every lyric to every song, even some of their deeper cuts, so even though it was the only Rush concert I have ever been to that didn’t sell out, it was some the most dedicated fans I have experience d at a Rush concert. It was a bit annoying though because that many people singing ever word to every verse was almost loud enough to drown out Geddy’s voice I always enjoyed hearing his voice live because he always sounded just like the records, which always fascinated me. His voice began going out on him, but that was by the time he was over 60 on his last couple of tours. In his prime, he could nail every note he hit in the studio.
I saw a lot of reaction of this song (and I mean A LOT, cos' I was there and I never get tired) and yours is the most emotional, energetic one. Thanks a lot, greetings from Brazil!
I would’ve given ANYTHING to have been there that night. It’s a legendary show that gives me chills every time I see and hear it. They were at the top of their game and the crowd was epic! RUSH was my love language. R.I.P. Professor.
Ok, but I have to warn you two. Rush's concerts on the Time Machine Tour (Live in Cleveland) were "An Evening with Rush", so they had played for almost 3 hours by the time they get to Working Man. They were in their late 50's at the time too, so consider both of those facts when you react to some tired old men. (Hee, hee)... The song Freewill on this concert is the best version of that song too especially the insane breakdown in the middle! I saw them live 27 times between 1984 and 2015! I really started liking your reactions when you introduced her to Jinjer a while ago (over a year?).
Xanadu live from their Exit...Stage Left video and Neil Peart's drum solo, Der Trommler live in Frankfurt during their 30th anniversary tour are just a couple I would recommend if you're gonna dive down deep in that Rush rabbit hole.
I just discover your channel and I'm so happy to see someone else react at a base sound like I do. Most of the people hear guitar and drums but just like you, I hear the bass... and Geddy is an amaising bassist. New subscriber for you ;)
One of my favorite things about this capture is the way that super energetic into it crowd become still and focused on the stage when they know the bass fills are coming soon lol.
Ahhh yes u guys! Our three Canadian masters. 1980 Having my first baby that's now 41..... Welcome to the world of Rush its an awesome ride.... Spirit of the radio, 2112. Cheers
There is no logical explanation for Rush. You don't just listen to the music you experience it. Rest in peace Professor we will miss you and all the amazing music you didn't get a chance to make
I know it’s been a while since you posted this but I wanted to bring some context on what you were seeing. The song from Moving pictures was great in and of itself to my generation (class of 81) but decades later when the Guitar Hero craze was introducing an entirely new generation to exceptional Rock n Roll, the Zenith of the game (I think in Guitar Hero II) was to conquer Rush’s YYZ. SO….. what you are in-part seeing here is the culmination of that video gaming frenzy for YYZ and the new generations new found love for RUSH! That’s the context to this unbelievable scene in Rio 2002!
They move! The drive! The comment I left on your last review... About an airplane lifting off... Then they did this ^ We have lift off and we have landing. Smacked with groove.
RUSH had inexplicably never toured there before. South America is Big Time into Rock. Those people had been waiting literally all their lives to hear their favorite band. Years, decades went by. It looked like it was never going to happen. They were never going to see them live. And then….it happened. They went BALLISTIC!! Actually blew the band away. These concerts were released on a dvd package years ago titled RUSH IN RIO. One of the very best concert videos of all time!
Welcome to Rush. The rabbit hole is deep, wide and full of 40+ years of music. Some of the best music ever, imo. Made by 3 Canucks who've been friends since the '60's and '70's...Enjoy the ride, with the best 3-man rock band ever.
Great reaction! Next in your Rush journey, I highly recommend La Villa Strangiato (1978 Live remaster) and Xanadu (Exit Stage Left tour - 1978). Both are masterpieces!
They would do a three hour show with only a ten minute break in the middle. In later tours Alex and Geddy would get a short break during Neil's drum solo, and they would give him a short break right afterward by playing _Resist_ as a duet on acoustic guitars.
@@wizardsuthwhen I first saw them in 1980, Permanent Waves tour, they would have an opening act, I believe it was Saxon on that leg of the tour. Even still, they would pay for about two hours, which was much longer than headlining bands typically played. That went on through the eighties and nineties. I think the last tour I saw them with an opening act was either Counter Parts or Test For Echo. I remember that Candle Box opened for them on Counter Parts. Then there was the sad five year gap, but when they came back with Vapor Trails, they had no opening act and Rush paid for over three hours. Neil took a short break about half way and Geddy and Alex did a couple of acoustical numbers, both Alex and Geddy on guitars. The first half of the concerts were mostly their most recent songs, but then the last hour and a half was most of their classics, likeLa Villa Strangiato, Xanadu, By-Tor And The Snowdog and much of the early stuff before 2112. What a show. That format continues for the rest of their tours until they retired. I loved the last tour, where those stage hands kept making their amp stacks smaller and smaller until they got to the earliest material and the back ground was made to look like a school auditorium, with basketball hoops and all. By then, Alex and Geddy only had two small amplifiers propped up on folding chairs. It was their entire history in reverse. The older their material, the smaller the stage became. Who else does something Ike that? That was so Rush. Just as goofy and crazy as those guys actually are. Three really close friends who enjoyed each other’s company, no infighting and drama like so many other bands. That is why they were able to make such awesome music for over 40 years. Most legendary bands can’t stand each other and only tour for the money, even though they hate the other guy on the other side of the stage. I’m just happy that Rush were never that petty and juvenile. That’s why there are so few groups like them. How many other bands can tour for so many years and not hate the sight of each other. Alex and Geddy have been best friends since high school, which is why they still thought of Peart as the new guy, even after touring with him for more than 40 years. He had the same goofy personality so they all got along. I’m sure that Neil’s death really hit them hard, like losing a brother. RIP professor, you are a legend and your music will continue ‘till the end of time
I love seeing the next generation of music lovers like these reactionists fall in love with this masterpiece instrumental like I did the first live experience in the early eighties. Seen so many reactions to YYZ. Best reaction yet. I still get chills when I hear this song written in reference to the airport from the city I was born in. RIP NP. ❤
I am lucky to be old enough to follow them from their first album, seen them twice live. World class musicians, all of them. You guys have a great channel, cheers
Rush are/were three maestros. Both Geddy and Neil are widely regarded as the absolute best at what they do/did. And Alex is fantastic and probably the most underrated player of his generation. Their back catalogue is crammed full of awesomeness! Interesting fact: Alex played the first guitar solo on the album version of Porcupine Tree’s Anesthetize.
Love your reactions to a band i grew up with. Saw my first Rush concert in 1980 at the age of 12 in Toronto and from 16 on traveled across Canada and The U.S to watch them perform. Every concert was like they took you on an epic journey . 3 guys that had incredible talent. There will never be another band like them.
As others have said. Working Man Live in Cleveland is incredible, but so is anything from Live in Rio. The Holy Trinity aka Rush had no idea how popular they were down in South America. So when they finally went, they were blown away. I believe their concerts drew 40 and 60k fans. I may be off on those numbers, but not by much. Enjoyed your reaction! Take care ✌
BECAUSE IT'S RUSH. LOL. We were the original crazy crowd. My first concert with them was in 79. THEY ARE SOOOO GOOD LIVE. WE SAW THEM YOUNG. They sound just the same. SOOOO GOOOOOD.
August 24, 2002 at Fiddlers Green in Denver for this tour for me... so great seeing people still finding the energy of the magnificent trio of Rush. Gotta love a crowd singing and dancing to an instrumental. These guys & Iron Maiden were the two bands i've seen the most times live and found the energy always just amazing... truly a communal experience.
I've been really enjoying your reactions to Rush. Great you go with live versions and get stuck into the music without too much talk beforehand You two are terrific fun, clearly passionate and I've been enjoying watching your journey of discovering this incredible band! If you want more Rush which I'd love to see check out Vital Signs, The Enemy Within, Red Sector A or Witchhunt from their Grace under Pressure tour 👍
I would give a whole bunch to have been part of that crowd. My favourite crowd video of all time. I'd love someone to give me an example of a better crowd. They were singing a song with no lyrics. How cool is that!?!
We are not worthy! 3 dudes making those sounds. THREE. Watching your energy watching the crowd's energy brings me right back to seeing them live. Alex's bluesy guitar is so underappreciated.
I'm 57, the era from 2112 to Moving Pictures
2112, A farewell to kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, is arguably 5 the most spectacular, consistent, untouchable group of albums produced in the 20th century.
Supertramp did pretty good between Crime of the Century through Breakfast in America
A farewell to kings, is my favorite.
I had heard Limelight on the radio once, when my brother told me he had extra tickets to see Rush on the Moving Pictures tour. I was AMAZED at how perfect a match they are to the albums. I was, and still am hooked.
I love that the crowd was so loud they basically couldn’t mix them out!
This concert was in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The largest crowd they ever played. I lived there for 3 years and they LOVED RUSH !!!
Everyone assumes it was in Rio, I don't know how the Rio tag got applied, it was Sao Paulo when it first came out
It’s a pretty good sign a crowd loves your music when they enthusiastically sing along to your instrumentals.
You made me smile
Brazilians are a passionate people the music flows through them
RUSH Army is present and prepared for duty.
The crowd is singing to an instrumental ..AMAZING
Its in Brazil, rock in Rio 🎉
*Rush Live in Rio@@jeancarlohenrique5399
When you see a live performance the music flows on you like the wind 🎶
Amazingly brilliant song & performance. Thanx God this show was filmed. A testament to the world of Rush greatness.
Thanx for the music.
Neil Peart- rest in peace & bless his heart ☦️
Rush are one of the very few that have a "sound" - when you hear them, you know it's them. Pantera, Iron Maiden, and Jinjer also have it. Rush paved the way for composition and creativity that has touched so many aspiring musicians. They played together for 4 decades and never compromised their vision of sound.
One story I like to tell is when I was driving and listening to the radio. A song I had never heard came on. It had a heavy, power-chord-laden opening, then segued into fast-paced guitar, bass, and drums. I was immediately bopping my head thinking "Man, this sounds great. I really like this. I wonder what it is. If I didn't know any better, I'd say it was Rush." Then the vocals started and I immediately recognized Geddy and flipped out because the song was Summertime Blues and I realized that Rush had just put out a new album and I was hearing from it for the first time. That's one thing I'll greatly miss..... hearing a Rush song for the first time.
Don't forget Meshuggah on the heavier side of metal. Just saying. :)
@@markb.2112 They all have a sound, when you hear it you know it. No comparing, they're all different bands. I listen to them all, a lot.
Props for mentioning JINJER. I haven’t been inspired by Prog metal in 20 years, they pulled me in.
LOOK OUT!!!😳😳😳😳 Thier gonna break the stadium!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Best live band Ever. I saw them 6 times in the late 80s and early 90 and they were phenomenal. I wish you guys could have seen them.
A power trio of three virtuosos. Can you believe all that sound came from three guys? Best sounding band I’ve heard live, hands down. Working Man live in Cleveland next. Their energy is incredible.
You ask the local seismologists and they say that performance was a 10.0 on the Richter Scale!!!
So, the Lead Singer also plays the meanest bass I’ve ever heard ( apart from Chris Squire from Yes and the Motown and funk genre had some great bass vibes. The heart of funk is the bass ) and he also plays the keyboard and the synthesizer. And don’t forget he also had a complete foot pedal keyboard for when he is playing keyboards and he can’t play the bass. The foot pedals was like having the bass even though he wasn’t playing the bass
Just to give you the 411 on this: YYZ - Canadian pronunciation Why-Why-Zed - is the International Airport Code for Toronto's Pearson International Airport; in Neil's introduction, he's tapping out YYZ in morse code, which is what they heard being transmitted in the cockpit as Alex, a certified pilot, was flying them back home from a European tour; on subsequent tours, whenever they saw YYZ on their luggage tags, they'd know that they were headed home. And now for another epic crowd, I recommend The Spirit Of Radio live at Toronto's Downsview Park from 2003.
Pretty sure it is pronounced: -. - - - . - - - - . . 🤔
@@jenniferlucas3540 It's YY Zed. Just like Australia, Wales, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, England (all of Great Britain) and Canada say YY Zed. Most Americans are clueless when it comes to the letter Zed. The teachers don't even know about the letter Zed so they're spreading the letter Zee to the students, instead. When you're spelling with the letter Zee, it sounds more like C. Americans did not create the alphabet and Zee was not the original last letter of the alphabet.
@@LastLetterisZed702 Way to miss the joke. The point was, YYZ is in Morse code (which was invented by Americans 😝) I posted the Morse code for it. 🤦♀
D Music - your reaction says it all!
You have been Rushed.
There's no going back.
R.I.P. Neil - and Thank You!
I went to high school in the late 1970s … it was RUSH, pot and muscle cars!
Blessings
I was in Jr High in 81 and you had to pick sides at my school, Led Zeppelin or RUSH. I was team Led Zep at the time so I didn't really get to appreciate RUSH until High School
I don’t do as much of the muscle cars as I did back then. ;)
Me too man! INGLESIDE ONTARIO FOR THE WIN !
If you are not BLOWN AWAY at Rush....you really do not understand music. Subscribed. And yes we did go nuts at the concerts......
I was so lucky. I grew up on this music. I played the hell out of this cassette tape. And record.
2112 will blow your minds. Side A is a 20 some minute epic symphony/orchestra story.
This is TRULY the only time I've EVER heard a crowd sing to an instrumental song. Fucking amazing.
These guys were above YA'LL!
THEY WE'RE ABOVE US ALL!!!❤
Glad you hired them, in your little time on EARTH 😢!!
This has to be the BEST reaction I’ve seen of this live performance for this song… 👏👏👏👍🏻👏👏
When you are a pro and a legend, that's what you are...
3 guys make these sounds. Just 3. Best live band I ever saw, they really enjoyed doing what they did, and it shows! RIP Neil, you wrote the soundtrack to my life.
abso-fucking-lutely. could not say it better.
YYZ in Rio is pure gold✨and Rush is magical
This Rush concert in Rio was the last date on their world tour, for their Vapor Trails CD (2002). This CD was the first album they had done since 1996 (Test for Echo) because of the family tragedies that Neil Peart went through. He almost didn't survive (read/read about his book "Ghost Rider" for more info) and when Rush got back together in 2001, it was so uplifting for all fans around the globe. You guys should watch this whole live DVD! The Rio crowd never lets up and neither does Rush!! It's so inspiring to watch!
I saw them on this tour in San Diego. Indescribably Awesome!!!
Have the DVD as well. It was in an outdoor amphitheater in Chula Vista. When it was just getting dark, Tom Sawyer exploded from the stage with Lazer lights and incredible sound. I was no longer on Earth for three hours. 😎👍👍👍👍👍🎵🎶🎵
Rush was always amazing in concert. That's why we fans were so loyal for all those decades.
This is why we love RUSH!
Neil Peart, the greatest drummer/lyricist to grace rock and roll. The Professor… Rest In Peace maestro
What's cool about this Brazilian crowd is they're chanting The Melody of the instrumental...
Canadian Ed here, seen them 7 times from Hold your Fire tour 1987 in Moncton, NB to the final '40' tour in YYZ Toronto. I am blessed to have had them to turn to in difficult times in my life, as well as the single reason I started playing drums in '87 at the age of 17. I am now 52, and still play almost every day.
Watching you both react to this video made me smile all the way through. RIO was a special moment in time captured perfectly, and it was awesome watching you discover it. Thank you, and keep up the great work. Love your videos.
Thanks Edgar. Keep up the drumming!
We are so lucky here 😘🇨🇦
Mind blowing. Watch Working Man live in Cleveland :)
Neil's ride symbol is legendary.
A crowd of 40k+ SINGING an INSTRUMENTAL in unison, and Rush just kicking back, doing what they do best, which is showing everyone EXACTLY HOW ITS DONE!🤘🖖✌️🥁🎸🎹🥇🇨🇦👌👍
Awesome video and reaction!! Another live one please, La Villa Dell Strangiato, iy's based on a nightmare Alex Lifeson had, I can't make that up,lol
This was the first time Rush ever toured South America. They didn’t even know they had so many fans in Brazil and the other cities they toured in SA. They were selling out soccer stadiums all over the county. There was something like 65,000 at this concert.
Those South American fans were pumped. They had been huge Rush fans, even though Rush never put them on tour. That happened over many nations. They didn’t even realize what a world wide sensation they had actually become. I have been to over 30 Rush concerts over the years and have never heard a crowd actually singing the melody to YYZ or any other instrumental.
I saw them on the Vapor Trails tour in Tampa once and I was amazed that nearly every fan was singing every lyric to every song, even some of their deeper cuts, so even though it was the only Rush concert I have ever been to that didn’t sell out, it was some the most dedicated fans I have experience d at a Rush concert. It was a bit annoying though because that many people singing ever word to every verse was almost loud enough to drown out Geddy’s voice
I always enjoyed hearing his voice live because he always sounded just like the records, which always fascinated me. His voice began going out on him, but that was by the time he was over 60 on his last couple of tours. In his prime, he could nail every note he hit in the studio.
Goes To Show That The Awesomness Of Rush , Can Have An Affect On anyone.
They write there own music for instruments separately and mash it together, that's why it sounds wild
Fantastic enthusiasm. Great reaction. This is in their top 3 performances.
2112 in Rio is their #1 performance all time.
Totally agree
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@@alien-k4w Hardly
Neal Peart will forever be the best drummer…RIP🙏🏻👍🥲
R.I.P. Professor
The greatest band ever !
I saw a lot of reaction of this song (and I mean A LOT, cos' I was there and I never get tired) and yours is the most emotional, energetic one. Thanks a lot, greetings from Brazil!
I would’ve given ANYTHING to have been there that night. It’s a legendary show that gives me chills every time I see and hear it. They were at the top of their game and the crowd was epic! RUSH was my love language. R.I.P. Professor.
Just scratched the surface!!!!!!!! Get reaction!!!!!!! The Holy Trinity!!!!!!!! More Rush. Just subscribed
Love watching the two of you beautiful people reacting to this incredible trio which is unfortunately down to two rip Neal
When the crowd is louder than the band
Please watch Working Man Live in Cleveland next. You won’t regret it. Saw these guys 3 times live. Unbelievable!
Ok, but I have to warn you two. Rush's concerts on the Time Machine Tour (Live in Cleveland) were "An Evening with Rush", so they had played for almost 3 hours by the time they get to Working Man. They were in their late 50's at the time too, so consider both of those facts when you react to some tired old men. (Hee, hee)... The song Freewill on this concert is the best version of that song too especially the insane breakdown in the middle! I saw them live 27 times between 1984 and 2015! I really started liking your reactions when you introduced her to Jinjer a while ago (over a year?).
Xanadu live from their Exit...Stage Left video and Neil Peart's drum solo, Der Trommler live in Frankfurt during their 30th anniversary tour are just a couple I would recommend if you're gonna dive down deep in that Rush rabbit hole.
yessssssss
Hi you guys, music wins again. Composition, DELIVERY. Rush make it so so easy to love what they do.
“Music wins again” Love that!
When I hear this song I close my eyes and it feels like I am going through a airport
I just discover your channel and I'm so happy to see someone else react at a base sound like I do. Most of the people hear guitar and drums but just like you, I hear the bass... and Geddy is an amaising bassist. New subscriber for you ;)
II is undeniably the most absolute expression of ST's power... Worship®
One of my favorite things about this capture is the way that super energetic into it crowd become still and focused on the stage when they know the bass fills are coming soon lol.
You know you made it when you have a sing along to your instrumental tracks.
Ahhh yes u guys! Our three Canadian masters. 1980 Having my first baby that's now 41..... Welcome to the world of Rush its an awesome ride....
Spirit of the radio, 2112. Cheers
There is no logical explanation for Rush. You don't just listen to the music you experience it. Rest in peace Professor we will miss you and all the amazing music you didn't get a chance to make
The people of Rio sure showed up for this...really a perspective changing moment. Singing to a RUSH instrumental in South America. Yeah...WOW.
What's with the shitty attitude?
I was there !☺️👍 At least 80.000 people ( at the biggest soccer Stadium of the World) singing an instrumental note by note ! Nice reaction 😊😊✌🏻
Loved your reaction! Well done. Many great live videos from rush..Analog Kid live I highly recommend..
I know it’s been a while since you posted this but I wanted to bring some context on what you were seeing.
The song from Moving pictures was great in and of itself to my generation (class of 81) but decades later when the Guitar Hero craze was introducing an entirely new generation to exceptional Rock n Roll, the Zenith of the game (I think in Guitar Hero II) was to conquer Rush’s YYZ.
SO….. what you are in-part seeing here is the culmination of that video gaming frenzy for YYZ and the new generations new found love for RUSH!
That’s the context to this unbelievable scene in Rio 2002!
FYI! Alex has an album coming out in April with a newer band
They move! The drive!
The comment I left on your last review... About an airplane lifting off...
Then they did this ^
We have lift off
and we have landing.
Smacked with groove.
BEST...BAND....EVER..... Three absolute masters come together and create another level ...
How epic must a band be to have the crowd chanting in unison (YYZ) for an "instrumental" song!
RUSH had inexplicably never toured there before. South America is Big Time into Rock. Those people had been waiting literally all their lives to hear their favorite band. Years, decades went by. It looked like it was never going to happen. They were never going to see them live. And then….it happened. They went BALLISTIC!!
Actually blew the band away. These concerts were released on a dvd package years ago titled RUSH IN RIO. One of the very best concert videos of all time!
If we can't have Opeth.( about time)...this is next best thing ... Good work as always and a big high 5 from London
To show Rush's fan base...that's a Canadian band in Brazil.
Welcome to Rush. The rabbit hole is deep, wide and full of 40+ years of music. Some of the best music ever, imo. Made by 3 Canucks who've been friends since the '60's and '70's...Enjoy the ride, with the best 3-man rock band ever.
Great reaction! Next in your Rush journey, I highly recommend La Villa Strangiato (1978 Live remaster) and Xanadu (Exit Stage Left tour - 1978). Both are masterpieces!
Their live shows are at least 2 1/2 hrs of that perfection. Every note and movement. Life changing and I only saw them once
They would do a three hour show with only a ten minute break in the middle. In later tours Alex and Geddy would get a short break during Neil's drum solo, and they would give him a short break right afterward by playing _Resist_ as a duet on acoustic guitars.
@@wizardsuthwhen I first saw them in 1980, Permanent Waves tour, they would have an opening act, I believe it was Saxon on that leg of the tour. Even still, they would pay for about two hours, which was much longer than headlining bands typically played.
That went on through the eighties and nineties. I think the last tour I saw them with an opening act was either Counter Parts or Test For Echo. I remember that Candle Box opened for them on Counter Parts.
Then there was the sad five year gap, but when they came back with Vapor Trails, they had no opening act and Rush paid for over three hours. Neil took a short break about half way and Geddy and Alex did a couple of acoustical numbers, both Alex and Geddy on guitars.
The first half of the concerts were mostly their most recent songs, but then the last hour and a half was most of their classics, likeLa Villa Strangiato, Xanadu, By-Tor And The Snowdog and much of the early stuff before 2112. What a show.
That format continues for the rest of their tours until they retired. I loved the last tour, where those stage hands kept making their amp stacks smaller and smaller until they got to the earliest material and the back ground was made to look like a school auditorium, with basketball hoops and all. By then, Alex and Geddy only had two small amplifiers propped up on folding chairs.
It was their entire history in reverse. The older their material, the smaller the stage became. Who else does something Ike that? That was so Rush. Just as goofy and crazy as those guys actually are.
Three really close friends who enjoyed each other’s company, no infighting and drama like so many other bands. That is why they were able to make such awesome music for over 40 years. Most legendary bands can’t stand each other and only tour for the money, even though they hate the other guy on the other side of the stage.
I’m just happy that Rush were never that petty and juvenile. That’s why there are so few groups like them. How many other bands can tour for so many years and not hate the sight of each other. Alex and Geddy have been best friends since high school, which is why they still thought of Peart as the new guy, even after touring with him for more than 40 years.
He had the same goofy personality so they all got along. I’m sure that Neil’s death really hit them hard, like losing a brother. RIP professor, you are a legend and your music will continue ‘till the end of time
I love seeing the next generation of music lovers like these reactionists fall in love with this masterpiece instrumental like I did the first live experience in the early eighties. Seen so many reactions to YYZ. Best reaction yet. I still get chills when I hear this song written in reference to the airport from the city I was born in. RIP NP. ❤
Alex Lifeson(the guitarist) played the solo in Anesthetize buy Porcupine Tree, around the 4 minute mark
I am lucky to be old enough to follow them from their first album, seen them twice live. World class musicians, all of them. You guys have a great channel, cheers
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What’s up Jim! Thanks for the like hope all is well with you
Hi Jim! 🌀🌀🌀👋👋👋
Name a more iconic trio. 🤘
RIP Neil Peart
Rush are/were three maestros. Both Geddy and Neil are widely regarded as the absolute best at what they do/did. And Alex is fantastic and probably the most underrated player of his generation. Their back catalogue is crammed full of awesomeness!
Interesting fact: Alex played the first guitar solo on the album version of Porcupine Tree’s Anesthetize.
This was recorded in Rio in Brazil 2002 explore every live DVD track that was recorded you will not be disappointed
Love your reactions to a band i grew up with. Saw my first Rush concert in 1980 at the age of 12 in Toronto and from 16 on traveled across Canada and The U.S to watch them perform. Every concert was like they took you on an epic journey . 3 guys that had incredible talent. There will never be another band like them.
Working man live in Cleveland they put a amazing spin on the song I was there and it blew my mind it was so good
Welcome to the world that is Rush. The only place you will a crowd singing an instrumental.
I came here for the YYZ reaction video but stayed for the Donnie Darko t-shirt. : D
As others have said. Working Man Live in Cleveland is incredible, but so is anything from Live in Rio.
The Holy Trinity aka Rush had no idea how popular they were down in South America. So when they finally went, they were blown away. I believe their concerts drew 40 and 60k fans. I may be off on those numbers, but not by much.
Enjoyed your reaction!
Take care ✌
70k to precise
Rush never disappoints.
Rush always delivers the goods.
and they said that their recording studio was up in the mountains and they used the natural reverberation from the mountains!!!
BECAUSE IT'S RUSH. LOL. We were the original crazy crowd. My first concert with them was in 79. THEY ARE SOOOO GOOD LIVE. WE SAW THEM YOUNG. They sound just the same. SOOOO GOOOOOD.
Rush must have influenced all of the newer prog metal bands. I would suggest la villa strangiato for the next Rush song.
I know that Thomas Haake (the drummer of Meshuggah) mentioned Rush as one the inspirational bands.
What do you mean must have? Welcome to prog rock before anyone even knew what it was.
YES the crowd is the star.
Awesome reaction to an Awesome performance, RIP Neil thanks for the drums, excellent
August 24, 2002 at Fiddlers Green in Denver for this tour for me... so great seeing people still finding the energy of the magnificent trio of Rush. Gotta love a crowd singing and dancing to an instrumental. These guys & Iron Maiden were the two bands i've seen the most times live and found the energy always just amazing... truly a communal experience.
Rush is 🇨🇦🔥
Try Limelight or Spirit of Radio.
60,000 fans singing to an instrumental. Rush visited there for the first time and thought they might have a few fans in Brazil!
Rush in Rio is the greatest live album of all time. I'll fight you!
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I disagree: "All the world's a stage" by Rush from 1976 is. Raw, dynamic and epic. By tor and the snow dog live alone is unbelievable.
They were amazing live! Saw them a few times and Rush is King
I've been really enjoying your reactions to Rush. Great you go with live versions and get stuck into the music without too much talk beforehand You two are terrific fun, clearly passionate and I've been enjoying watching your journey of discovering this incredible band! If you want more Rush which I'd love to see check out Vital Signs, The Enemy Within, Red Sector A or Witchhunt from their Grace under Pressure tour 👍
Since 86 - I've gone to all their shows- always ace - crowds always cool - great fans. Miss Neil - so happy I got to see them so many times.
I feel ya man there just are no words to describe how good these guys are
I would give a whole bunch to have been part of that crowd. My favourite crowd video of all time. I'd love someone to give me an example of a better crowd. They were singing a song with no lyrics. How cool is that!?!
Thank you for doing rush!!! They are truly one of the greatest of all time
We are not worthy! 3 dudes making those sounds. THREE. Watching your energy watching the crowd's energy brings me right back to seeing them live. Alex's bluesy guitar is so underappreciated.