This song and video makes a good history lesson that should be shared in high schools. BTW, I saw the original Enola Gay B-29 aircraft on display in the museum in Virginia.
My turn to praise Peart's ridiculously and absurdly awesome lyrical abilities. The weaving in of legitimate historical events and ideas is, to my opinion, the best thing that's going on here in the song. I mean, "...to build the best big stick, to turn the winning trick..." Working Teddy's "Speak softly and carry a big stick" into the song just impresses the Hell outta me
Thats Great Mario. If I can, I would suggest the book, Now it can be told by General Leslie Groves. He was the man in charge of the Manhattan Engineer District otherwise known as the Manhattan Project. You can't get a better source when it comes to the story of the bomb. Also, The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kierna. It's an amusing story about what life was like working on the nuclear reservation in Oakridge, Tennessee during the project. Enjoy.
It says monumental things about Rush, Neils writing abilities in particular..to take something as monumental and "nerdy" as the Manhattan and make it into a song this awesome!!, There will never be another Rush!!
Your videos are awesome! I'm an English teacher and regularly use Rush's incredible music in my class. I stumbled on this video to show my students "The Manhattan Project". They loved it.
Between this and Red Sector A, I have shed a million tears...those pictures of exterminated concentration camp victims contain many of my slaughtered ancestors...
"The release of atomic power has changed everything except our way of thinking ... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker." (1945) Albert Einstein
Einstein as history records wrote a letter to then President Roosevelt convincing him that the U.S. needed to develop an atomic bomb as it was well known that Hitler was possibly ahead of us and God forbid they got it first. Later it was shown that the Nazi effort under Dr Heisenberg was not close at all and the nazi's weren't really trying all that hard. They had not even achieved a sustained chain reaction as yet. Their laboratories were paltry and they had one atomic pile (reactor) which was not sophisticated enough to produce plutonium.
@@usethenoodle I was just reading about this for the 1st time this morning on the wiki page for the topic. Seems consensus is Hitler/the Reich basically shot themselves in the foot before starting due to the racial laws they enforced thinning the academic ranks of those with the necessary knowledge, and many of these who managed to make it out of Germany prior to 1939 making their way to the west. It also sounds like they would have never had enough of certain necessary materials. Amongst some of the scientist who remained in Germany where some who (fairly) accurately predicted how long it would take the Allies to build a legitimate functioning bomb. I enjoy reading and learning history & it's an odd coincidence to me that I come across your comment not even an hr after leaning of Germany's feeble attempts for the very first time
I heard this on the radio when it first came out and became a Rush fan on the spot. Picked up Power Windows on cassette and played it until it died (which took quite a while)!
I think one of these days this album will get the cred's it deserves. Every song is pure Rush. This song and Marathon are my two fav's from PW's. But this entire album is excellent.
A great old video. Masterfully done, politically neutral and historically correct. I was quite saddened to learn of the passing of Neal Pert- The Professor. Another great one is Countdown.
I never realized what Neil meant by "shot down the rising sun." One day it hit me that the Japanese flag of war is called The Rising Sun. Only took me 31 years to get it. ;)
@@MrRoboskippy lol, serious or not, that was pretty funny. but it is really cool when you've heard something all of your life and finally one day, much like you're saying here, from totally out of nowhere, from a few planets away from left field, something comes together for you, and FINALLY it appears as though you just might possibly be on the same page as everyone else
Just finished watching "Fat Man and Little Boy". Had to put this on right after. Until I heard this song I always thought the Manhattan Project was a detailed tutorial on the making of and history of the cocktail. Build over ice 2 ounces rye whiskey 1 ounce sweet vermouth 2 dashes Angostura bitters Garnish: brandied cherry (or lemon twist)
One of Rush's greatest 80's songs. I always liked Neal's line "To build the best big stick, to turn the winning trick", slyly using hockey terms in a song about the birth of nuclear weapons.
Canadians love their Hockey. Did you know Neal Peart authored a couple books? I believe he wrote one about his leisure traveling on a motorcycle. I haven't read them but they sound interesting. He was a very deep thinker.
I believe the last footage is from "Ivy Mike" which was the first test of a hydrogen device. Showing just how powerful these weapons would become. It made "Little Boy" look like a firecracker
Robert Rivers I saw the pilot of the Enola Gay interviewed on a tv show called the Shulman Files back in the 70’s. Paul Tibbets I believe was his name.
At my school, we just had nuns. There was never a need for any silly desks.to hide under or behind, not with that much concentrated evil darkness roaming round freely
If this question has been asked & answered previously then my apologies for asking again. Can someone please tell me what movie (so I assume it is anyway) is playing at 3:17 into the vid, when it goes into color? thanks a lot in advance
EnsoniqDude1 If you are a Veteran I thank you for your service. If you are a critic, I thank you for your feedback and hope that when you post your video you will share the link here so we can all watch it.
Gen 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Gen 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. Gen 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Poor taste and lack of historical knowledge having Einstein on camera just as the lyric "..would be sure to do their worst". Einstein actually tried to talk both Roosevelt and Truman out of using the bomb.
AustraliaRealEstate.mobi Rush to judgement and misinterpretation often lead to incorrect assessment. If you watch the vid Einstein is nodding in agreement with the phrase “whoever found it first, would be sure to do their worst”. Thanks for watching and commenting though.
What a disappointment! I really love this band! But to write a song as a compliment to the biggest terrorist attack in the history é very, very disappointing! I am talking about the bombing of thousands of innocents in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What a chame!
This is simply stupid! It's what the criminals who did this want you to think. Killing innocent people is wrong period! If they would kill innocent people going through the ground, it would be wrong anyway. And one thing is to kill innocent by accident. Another is to kill deliberately thousands of people, like in any other terrorist attack.
If your only options are evil, choose the lesser. Nuking Japan was the lesser. It showed Japan that we could wipe them out without having to land troops in their territory. They wouldn't even be able to die honorably. But, had we invaded Japan, millions more would have perished. Hell, Hiroshima has a population of over 1 million now. Seriously. After we nuked them, we basically rebuilt their country. Although that probably had more to do with preventing Japan from going communist than being nice to them, we still helped them to rebuild. Yes, killing innocents is wrong. But no one is innocent in war. Not a single person. Have you been told of the tens of thousands of soldiers or the major factories in those cities? They were strategic targets. Most terrorist attacks barely kill anyone. The most deadly terrorist attack is 9/11. What you're forgetting is that Japan and the US were fighting a war. Terrorism involves one party doing minor damage to another, war involves one party doing major damage to another. Japan lost millions in the war, only about one or two hundred thousand to the atomic bomb. Ironically, the atomic bomb has caused the least number of deaths of perhaps any weapon... Only a few hundred thousand, compared to millions from guns and other weapons. The bottom line is this: more people die every year from traffic accidents than the number of people who died in the atom bombings of Japan.
Alexandre N. Machado Hey Mr Macho man, if it weren't for Truman your ass may very well be speaking Japanese and German right now. So shuddup ya liberal douche.
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This song and video makes a good history lesson that should be shared in high schools. BTW, I saw the original Enola Gay B-29 aircraft on display in the museum in Virginia.
An absolute incredible song. What a video of the times this world has gone threw. Love Rush 40 yrs of great music
still banging it out for Neil. Rush, the greatest band to ever grace us
3:05 always gives me goosebumps
It's a great song.
damn 9 years ago you had a mad RUSH infusion !!! glad to see it , i love RUSH and miss Neil so much ..... Long live the Kings !!
My turn to praise Peart's ridiculously and absurdly awesome lyrical abilities. The weaving in of legitimate historical events and ideas is, to my opinion, the best thing that's going on here in the song. I mean, "...to build the best big stick, to turn the winning trick..." Working Teddy's "Speak softly and carry a big stick" into the song just impresses the Hell outta me
Thats Great Mario. If I can, I would suggest the book, Now it can be told by General Leslie Groves. He was the man in charge of the Manhattan Engineer District otherwise known as the Manhattan Project. You can't get a better source when it comes to the story of the bomb. Also, The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kierna. It's an amusing story about what life was like working on the nuclear reservation in Oakridge, Tennessee during the project. Enjoy.
@@usethenoodle Thank you very much for the suggestions. They sound extremely interesting.
It says monumental things about Rush, Neils writing abilities in particular..to take something as monumental and "nerdy" as the Manhattan and make it into a song this awesome!!, There will never be another Rush!!
Your videos are awesome! I'm an English teacher and regularly use Rush's incredible music in my class. I stumbled on this video to show my students "The Manhattan Project". They loved it.
Modern-Day Warrior Wish my teachers would do things like that. Props to you.
There is yet hope for us all.
Modern-Day Warrior Wow, that's very flattering! Thanks so much!!!
Modern-Day Warrior I wish you were my English teacher! Awesome!.
You made science a real world thing for your students. I have a degree in chem from the U of Arizona. I love history more though.
Between this and Red Sector A, I have shed a million tears...those pictures of exterminated concentration camp victims contain many of my slaughtered ancestors...
Once again...wow. Wow!!
Liz Kylin Thanks a lot!!
"The release of atomic power has changed everything except our way of thinking ... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker."
(1945) Albert Einstein
Einstein as history records wrote a letter to then President Roosevelt convincing him that the U.S. needed to develop an atomic bomb as it was well known that Hitler was possibly ahead of us and God forbid they got it first. Later it was shown that the Nazi effort under Dr Heisenberg was not close at all and the nazi's weren't really trying all that hard. They had not even achieved a sustained chain reaction as yet. Their laboratories were paltry and they had one atomic pile (reactor) which was not sophisticated enough to produce plutonium.
@@usethenoodle I was just reading about this for the 1st time this morning on the wiki page for the topic. Seems consensus is Hitler/the Reich basically shot themselves in the foot before starting due to the racial laws they enforced thinning the academic ranks of those with the necessary knowledge, and many of these who managed to make it out of Germany prior to 1939 making their way to the west. It also sounds like they would have never had enough of certain necessary materials. Amongst some of the scientist who remained in Germany where some who (fairly) accurately predicted how long it would take the Allies to build a legitimate functioning bomb. I enjoy reading and learning history & it's an odd coincidence to me that I come across your comment not even an hr after leaning of Germany's feeble attempts for the very first time
I heard this on the radio when it first came out and became a Rush fan on the spot. Picked up Power Windows on cassette and played it until it died (which took quite a while)!
I think one of these days this album will get the cred's it deserves. Every song is pure Rush. This song and Marathon are my two fav's from PW's. But this entire album is excellent.
Again love the bass drum beat RF,, great vid again love this song live-on SOH dvd especially Alex behind thvwall of light beams ,,good effect
Awesome !!! Rush on !!
A great old video. Masterfully done, politically neutral and historically correct. I was quite saddened to learn of the passing of Neal Pert- The Professor. Another great one is Countdown.
You have the best Rush videos on the Internet. I'm a huge Rush fan. Thank you for doing what you're doing.
I never realized what Neil meant by "shot down the rising sun." One day it hit me that the Japanese flag of war is called The Rising Sun. Only took me 31 years to get it. ;)
Japan is known as "the land of the rising sun".
Yes... Japan is the Land of the Rising Sun (to Westerners) Nippon literally means "the sun's origin"
Yes. It can also mean the end of our days -- no more sunrises. Good symbolism has many meanings, which gives it a resonance and beauty.
I'm 48 and only recently figured out Mick Jagger is talking about cocaine when "She blew my nose, then she blew my mind". I figured he had a cold.
@@MrRoboskippy lol, serious or not, that was pretty funny. but it is really cool when you've heard something all of your life and finally one day, much like you're saying here, from totally out of nowhere, from a few planets away from left field, something comes together for you, and FINALLY it appears as though you just might possibly be on the same page as everyone else
Simply, I love it
Just finished watching "Fat Man and Little Boy". Had to put this on right after. Until I heard this song I always thought the Manhattan Project was a detailed tutorial on the making of and history of the cocktail.
Build over ice
2 ounces rye whiskey
1 ounce sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Garnish: brandied cherry (or lemon twist)
Before you go see "Oppenheimer" listen to the band who sang about him!
Los mejores!!!!
One of Rush's greatest 80's songs. I always liked Neal's line "To build the best big stick, to turn the winning trick", slyly using hockey terms in a song about the birth of nuclear weapons.
Canadians love their Hockey. Did you know Neal Peart authored a couple books? I believe he wrote one about his leisure traveling on a motorcycle. I haven't read them but they sound interesting. He was a very deep thinker.
Awesome song...one of my favorites!
EXCELLENT RUSH!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
Bitchin! Frickin Bitchin! Loved it!
the videos you made for the Rush songs are an awesome compliment to the songs. your work is amazing!! Rush on!!!
Thank you!!
Very good
awesome song and video! This is just Rush!
Renato cardoso Thanks!!
Excellent stuff, I think it would be excellent to see you do a video for The Trees and see what you come up with. Great work on the videos.
Thanks ! I have a few projects in mind but limited time to work on them.
All kept equal by hachet, ax and saw
A new favorite for me.
One of my very faves by RUSH! ❤️
Great song how sad good song are very rare today.
Thanks!!
This is fucking amazing. The story is enhanced so perfectly. Thank you so much.
I believe the last footage is from "Ivy Mike" which was the first test of a hydrogen device. Showing just how powerful these weapons would become. It made "Little Boy" look like a firecracker
Holy shit this is amazing! Looks like I need to go listen to some Rush on vinyl!
***** Thanks!!
Glad you liked it !
Who were the scientists shown from 2:24 through 2:27?
Does anyone recognize all of (or ANY of) the films, the excerpts of which were used in this video?
Your videos are just mind blowing, totally spot on, thank you 😆
Karen Wilson Thanks so much!!
👍His smoke didn’t brake from the shockwave:)
Thanks !
Thank You !
Amazing job! I get chills every time... Pilot of Enola Gay!
Thank You!!
Robert Rivers
I saw the pilot of the Enola Gay interviewed on a tv show called the Shulman Files back in the 70’s. Paul Tibbets I believe was his name.
Must see dvd,,,,,the Atomic bomb movie
That chilled my bones to the fucking core
outstanding video!
Best post production thru internet ever. Y. ..W........
LOL Nice! Thanks !
Love your videos. Looks like you’ve taken a hiatus. Would love to one day see you mix vapor trails to 9/11 footage
School desks, known for their nuke stopping capability.
At my school, we just had nuns. There was never a need for any silly desks.to hide under or behind, not with that much concentrated evil darkness roaming round freely
Actually it was to protect them from the glass in the windows as it got blown out by the shock wave.
THUMBS UP !!
この歌詞を創られたNeal PEARTに敬意を表します RIP
Damm
always remember
movement is the key
Ernest O. Lawrence @ 1:12
why is this age restricted!? it's history!
If this question has been asked & answered previously then my apologies for asking again. Can someone please tell me what movie (so I assume it is anyway) is playing at 3:17 into the vid, when it goes into color? thanks a lot in advance
+Mario Sanchez Thanks for watching... the movie is called "Fat Man and Little Boy"
+Still Kickin, thanks a lot man!
Neil Peart is just too fucking intelligent!
where in the world do you get all of this black and white footage?
R.I.P. Roger Hildebrand
I wonder what the next 'big stick' will be?
Shawn Lux Hopefully not religious extremism.
Asteroids.
GAS PUMP
this sounds like a worn out cliché but those who don't learn from history is doomed to repeat it.
Somebody should sit Trump & Rocket Man down & show them this!! This song is so TODAY!!
And the wanna be Czar Vladimir.
We are not perfect, we are human. When it comes to destroying evil.............
There's more where that came from.
Not sure why they had a clip of US Soldiers in Vietnam...
EnsoniqDude1 If you are a Veteran I thank you for your service. If you are a critic, I thank you for your feedback and hope that when you post your video you will share the link here so we can all watch it.
why is this flagged as something may offend people the truth should not be censored, the past should be shown in order to learn from the mistakes
Anybody else read the comic?
Gen 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Gen 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Gen 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
202 views? W T F? Awesome Group !
....duck & cover.
457
Now reading about the Nazi nuclear program,,
I miss the Cold War....sigh.
9-11
longevity
to king
Let's boycott 2020 Radioactive Olympic Games.
Poor taste and lack of historical knowledge having Einstein on camera just as the lyric "..would be sure to do their worst". Einstein actually tried to talk both Roosevelt and Truman out of using the bomb.
AustraliaRealEstate.mobi Rush to judgement and misinterpretation often lead to incorrect assessment. If you watch the vid Einstein is nodding in agreement with the phrase “whoever found it first, would be sure to do their worst”. Thanks for watching and commenting though.
What a disappointment! I really love this band! But to write a song as a compliment to the biggest terrorist attack in the history é very, very disappointing! I am talking about the bombing of thousands of innocents in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What a chame!
yeah and the people at pearl harbor deserved what they got an the millions of jews as well. idiot.
This is simply stupid! It's what the criminals who did this want you to think. Killing innocent people is wrong period! If they would kill innocent people going through the ground, it would be wrong anyway. And one thing is to kill innocent by accident. Another is to kill deliberately thousands of people, like in any other terrorist attack.
If your only options are evil, choose the lesser. Nuking Japan was the lesser. It showed Japan that we could wipe them out without having to land troops in their territory. They wouldn't even be able to die honorably. But, had we invaded Japan, millions more would have perished. Hell, Hiroshima has a population of over 1 million now.
Seriously. After we nuked them, we basically rebuilt their country. Although that probably had more to do with preventing Japan from going communist than being nice to them, we still helped them to rebuild.
Yes, killing innocents is wrong. But no one is innocent in war. Not a single person. Have you been told of the tens of thousands of soldiers or the major factories in those cities? They were strategic targets.
Most terrorist attacks barely kill anyone. The most deadly terrorist attack is 9/11.
What you're forgetting is that Japan and the US were fighting a war. Terrorism involves one party doing minor damage to another, war involves one party doing major damage to another. Japan lost millions in the war, only about one or two hundred thousand to the atomic bomb.
Ironically, the atomic bomb has caused the least number of deaths of perhaps any weapon... Only a few hundred thousand, compared to millions from guns and other weapons.
The bottom line is this: more people die every year from traffic accidents than the number of people who died in the atom bombings of Japan.
Well...I'm not so sure Neil wrote this as a "compliment" as you put it.
Alexandre N. Machado Hey Mr Macho man, if it weren't for Truman your ass may very well be speaking Japanese and German right now. So shuddup ya liberal douche.
Worst Rush song of all.....
I mean I think the lyrics say otherwise but it is your opinion.
Thanks!