College Students' FIRST TIME Hearing - Subdivisions | Rush Reaction
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One of their best glad you boys liked it~
Red Barchetta or Fly by night Please.
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“The drums are so crisp” ... that’s because your listening to probably the best drummer in the world.
I second that.
not even close.
Best drummer in the world is an understatement. Best in the entire history of mankind, within this galaxy.
Probably my boo hyneys THE best !!!!!
@@ZZz3rDeYezZZ you obviously haven't heard many drummers...
When I listen to Rush, I have to listen three times. Once for every instrument.
That's usually more than three...
CN M
So True 👍🎹🎸🥁
And also once more to fully comprehend their great lyrics!
Great songs and great movies must be taken in at least three times to begin to be fully appreciated.
Add one for the lyrics. The lyrics in this song are so on point and powerful.
This song is a love letter to most of their fans at the time, the misfit and the dreamer
I was 15 when I bought this album. I'm 52, and it's on my phone. RUSH are timeless. Their catalog is phenomenal. It's refreshing to see today's youth being exposed to great musicianship. I think if you listened to the song without video, it would give you a more raw experience of the song.
You sound like me...I'm 52, and bought this album in 10th grade too.
Phil Cardenas
Nice! We grew up when MTV was new and Rock n Roll was awesome!
Phil Cardenas
Where did you grow up?
Yea man back in the Day ! Graduated 83' here
Got it at age 15 I believe. I'm 50 now. Rush never gets old
Be careful. Rush will change your life.
And in the best, most positive way. If you still have half a brain. Oh, those lyrics. So glad I got to see the HOLD YOUR FIRE tour at the San Diego Sports Arena. Man, was it 87? The RED Ballon drop at the end. Thousands of red ballons dropped from the celing to end the show.
Never heard of RUSH screwing up anyone's life. Too much positive to them thar lyrics
Since I listen Rush change my life true this days is my motivation to live.
I did mine in 1977/78 forever...
Too late for me
The meaning of this song still holds so true to even todays life.
I agree and it's rare to find a song where the message is more important than the music.
Great art is timeless. Rush fan since1975. One of Canada's greatest bands!
Groupthink...
@@xoxxobob61 so true. this is an anthem song. this is an anthem for all of those "not cool" outcasts out there. to think that a band like Rush created and played a song just for you!
Red Barchetta. It's an absolute masterpiece.
Yes! The story telling in this song is exquisite!
Indeed! The intro and outro are so perfect for that song.
True!
Totally agree. Love that tune.
Thier career is an absolute masterpiece. They are badass no matter how much shit people talk. There's a reason most musicians respect the hell out of these men. 🤟
This song resonated with me so much as a teen. I felt like I was the uncool guy and this song was perfect for me at that time! Thank you Rush for everything!
me, too.
You were......loser! just kidding...
My favorite Rush song. They recognized the bullying issue decades ago.
ruchem71 shut up or I’ll kick ur ass.
You also have to think in terms of what was happening in a cultural/societal sense in America mostly, Canada somewhat. This was 1982. The Interstate system was created into existence in 1956. This period, late 70s, was the beginning of the first full generations growing up in the suburbs/subdivisions that was a result of it. Before, we were all massed in cities and sprinkled small towns. Hence, drawn back into the cities. It amounted to a societal shift really.
I thought I was the only one. Also my fave Rush song, combo of musicianship, lyrics, and catchiness are top notch and timeless. Obviously there's many Rush songs that fit this bill, but Subdivisions is at the top for me.
Never thought of this as a song about bullying. Rather everyone trying to fit in, to sameness.
@@mikebetts2046 I took it to some literal sense, in that suburban sprawl was starting....loss of community...isolation to some extent. "Drawn like moths into the city......." where most of humanity had coem from the last hundred years or so. As we moved into the suburbs/subdivisions....well, so did our social circles as well. We became more subdivided.
This was my youth. Rush was way ahead of their time. Especially their70s and 80s music.
Epic song from my childhood.. Great days
@@execatty One of the greatest and most musically talented bands to ever grace the airways.!!
"The suburbs have no charms to sooth the restless dreams of youth" Yup.
Brilliant lyrics .....
And adulthood too. Was in high school when the song came out, grew up in the suburbs of Toronto left and never went back.
I was 17 when that song came out. It wasn’t exactly my situation but it still brings up so much emotion. Lit up like a firefly just to feel the living night.
Happy to see young crowd listening to this masterpiece from Rush!
"Losing It" from this album is amazing--lyrics are beautiful, poetic, heartbreaking.
Loosing It also has the greatest drum part of any Rush song. Period.
You are completely correct! It's an eerie yet beautiful song.
I quite agree they are an incredible band. Sadly having to retire.
I’ve been a fan from the start to now. I’m glad to see the younger generation enjoying their music.
THE WHOLE SIGNALS ALBUM PERIOD.
Agreed. "Losing it" is stunning musically and with profound lyrics.
Now watch Neil play this song on a drum cam, totally mindblowing. I love this band, grew up when they came out. I never knew a band then or since who inspired as they to air drum and pick up sticks, a guitar or sing as they. He made the drums sing, complimented the drums, keyboards, and singer...totally amazing band. RIP Neil!! Best drummer ever.
I watch it at least once a day. I can’t get enough of it.
My favorite song of all time. 66 y/o. Started playing drums at 53. The lyrics of this song are timeless. But Neil's drumming! Every single beat indelibly etched in my brain. Always sounds like there is more than one drummer. How can 3 guys do what they do?
*RUSH - ALL 3 of these guys were MASTERS at their craft! You will be hooked for LIFE!*
I'm 22 years old. Rush has been around since 1968, and I can't believe I haven't heard this song. They only have about 40 albums! Kids...lol
"Closer to the Heart" is a great RUSH song.
Manon DeMaagd ESPECIALLY the live Show of Hands finale!
As a Rush fan for over 30 years, I love seeing your reactions to one of the greatest bands there ever was and will ever be! Don't forget to experience the trip that is Rush 2112! :)
This song is so beautiful it makes me want to cry. Pure genius.
Signals is such an underrated album...you should listen to "countdown" too...epic song.
Listen to the entire album. Time well spent.
Got to see the perform " Losing it" 3 times on the R40 tour.
Countdown is superb!
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Countdown is great, I remember seeing them perform it live on the "Signals" tour, however, after Subdivisions, I would say Digital Man and Chemistry are my 3 favorites on the album...:)
I can’t imagine being a millennial and discovering the awesomeness that is Rush!
The Toronto city-scape of when this video was filmed brings me back. I miss those days.
Sam the Record Man - Younge St!
A&A's, Sams, Zanzibar, Brass Rail, The Big Slice...the Yonge St. heydays! And the action in the Temperance St. parking lot on weekends.
More built up now 😁
Would come in from Oakville to go to concerts.....wandering down Yonge St, going into head shops (glow in the dark posters and t-shirts), Sam the Record Man, the street vendors selling jewellery and concert pins. Heading into Maple Leaf Gardens, enjoying people watching and the excitement of waiting for a show to begin. I can't say how much I miss those days.
Look no further gentlemen- Subdivisions may be the single best song of all time- by any band- YES it’s really that great.
Everything about it. The lyrics, the layers, the meaning, the music.
It is without a doubt a musical masterpiece regardless of era.
Red Barchetta is awesome. Gotta do 2112. When you listen then You'll know
Definite DO, real FEEL GOOD song Andy!
There is a 1976, black and white performance where they simply nail it live, 2112 never sounded better than this live bit, it was slightly shortened for the gig due to multiple bands playing. But awesome nonetheless.
I was thinking the same exact thing. It's an absolute must. This was from my high school years but first time I've ever seen the video. I can't remember if MTV was even out yet.
Angel Gd yup yup. Seen it a couple 3 times.
Gotta do passage to Bangkok
Subdivisions and Tom Sawyer are my faves. Lyrics are deep. No three musicians are able to meld four instruments like these guys. Its a symphony.
ROCK ON GUYS !!!! My favorite band of all times !! I’m 51 years old and still rock to them !!! Saw them and they are awesome!!! 🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼
Being a drummer, this has always been one of my favorite Rush songs, as Neil absolutely puts on an ENTIRE DRUM CLINIC in just over 5 minutes. This track should be played for anyone wanting to learn to play the drums, and be told "THIS is how you do it!"
Totally - sometimes folks miss the intense work of the Professor during this period - also, some of the bass work is incredible - Ged was ripping even tho' he went a bit OCD on the keys for an album or two..
I'll probably get a lot of flak and hate...as in yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, but Neil Peart could stomp former Kiss drummer Peter Criss into Oblivion, when it comes to playing drums! Not saying that Peter couldn't play, but look at what happened to him after 1977. He puts out his own individual album in 1978, along with Paul, Ace, and Gene. What happens? It ended up being the lowest (& worst!) album of the four! Two years later, after establishing a very wild, uncertain tenure with the band, he was finally shown the door, and kicked out of Kiss! Meanwhile, Neil Peart's reputation as what I call the world's best drummer EVER continued to grow by leaps and bounds! He'll always be number 1 in my heart!
@@ronaldshank7589 Peter was probably my first drumming influence when I was young, but all it took was hearing my first Rush song to overwhelmingly demonstrate what a superior drummer actually sounds like, and also how embarrassingly average Peter Criss was. As far as the solo albums go, I appreciated each for what they were. Peter's obviously showcased the type of music that influenced him, and showed his individual personality, as each of the solos did for their respective members.
My son is a bass player and Geddy Lee is his main influence. He got me hooked onto Rush and I am 72
His drum kit is like endless with gongs, chimes and 2 row of drums he uses. No wonder he is god on drums
I'm 58 and I grew up with Rush.
Try "Spirit of Radio"
"YYZ"
I really enjoyed watching you guys listening to the song. Thanks.
We Canadians are cool because we're uncool! Our hometown boys...RUSH!
I like Canadian people. Y'all are so polite and kind.
Neil Peart's drumming is impeccable, Geddys base is so so good, beautiful song, unbelievable musicians.
It not only resonates with bullying issues, but in a way you almost miss, the MeToo issue:
"Subdivisions...in the backs of cars, be cool, or be cast out."
Check out Rush's Distant Early Warning.
I'm apologizing in advance if I have already suggested but "The Trees"
Chris Brugma awesome song! Now we are talking a Rush fan here!!
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Solid suggestion... The Trees and La Villa Strangiato are probably two of the best Rush songs from their catalogue
One of my favorite Rush songs of all time. I saw this live as a Freshman in HS and it became my song for the next ten years. The combination of music and lyrics is so powerful. Truly one of their best songs. Also, Rush got a lot of grief for Geddy introducing the keyboards into their music, but in this song, it really comes off well without losing their hard rock edge. Thanks for sharing. Keep exploring the Rush catalog. So many amazing songs. Would love to see you guys review YYZ. Do a live version where you catch a Neil Peart solo, it will blow your mind.
Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, and Signals are peak Rush IMO. The addition of the synth was fantastic. Brilliant albums by brilliant musicians.
A single listen does not work for a song as complex as Subdivisions. Due to its complexity, I think it's an acquired taste that takes many listens to understand. The syncopation, the incredible drums, the constantly moving bass line, the synthesizers over the top, the lyrics. Maybe the best Rush song of all time.
Or in my case listen a billion times over favorite song of mine ever
The would cover the entire Signals album.
I grew up with classical music ever present in the home, thanks to my dad. And I studied viola in school orchestra for 7 years. So I pay attention to the way things are knit together. That's why Rush music can hold my interest. It develops and evolves and soars like you're listening to a full orchestra. Oddly though, I didn't make an effort to listen to them fully until much later in life. And I don't pay much attention to lyrics in any music.
Rush music was never far away because I grew up in a similar subdivision as Geddy Lee grew up in, in North York, the suburbs of Toronto; just over a mile apart. Rush was just always on the airwaves.
You have to listen to this 4 times to take in each instrument !
A lot of Rush fans lost their minds during their New Wave phase, but there's no denying they're all just SHREDDING on this song. Another great video, guys. Have a GREAT weekend!
Spot on ... I'm a huge Rush fan from 2112 forward and never fell into the New Wave hatred phase. Dare I say, Subdivisions is probably in my top 3 Rush songs, period. Has everything, great bass lines, Neil is amazing, keyboards works here, and Alex and his harmonic solo intro is pure genious.
Wow believe it or not I had Rush on when the notification popped up on my phone. They opened with this when saw them and it is probably the best opening track of any gig I've been to. If you haven't tried limelight out that needs to be on the list. One of my all time favourite songs (also happens to be my ringtone and has been for years!)
As for later songs their last few albums are filled with gems but the title track from Clockwork Angels is awesome! Also Far Cry from Snakes and Arrows! (try a live one of that!)
@new mercury
Wow that’s wild! And I’ve heard Limelight is a good one!! Will make sure to put that on a poll soon! Cheers friend! 😁
'Limelight'. Yes!
One of Alex’s simplest guitar solos, but I think 🤔 it is his most beautiful and emotion filled one. BRILLIANT 🤘🏼
When you see Neil Peart live it's hard to believe the man has only four limbs.
There is just so many great rush songs to choose from.
Limelight,The trees,Twilight zone,
Something for nothing,natural science,Jacobs ladder,passage to Bangkok...i wanna keep going but I'll stop.
Great reaction guys.
Keep em comin
George Tourlos The Trees!!! True fan choice.
This was the sound of my high school years. I even looked like the guy in the video, and loved playing Tempest. First concert was Rush in 1982 at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. They were amazing live, powerful and charismatic, and with an appreciation for science and technology. Neil was at his peak then, I believe.
You are pretty great also as the voice of the Penguins 😁
This a great example of a timeless song that anyone can relate too; and jam as well.
I saw Rush during junior high school, four times in Detroit between 1981 and 1983. Arguably the peak for Rush, to hear/witness the live versions of all the classics from 2112 to Signals. Hard to imagine today, but they were extremely uncool back then, overshadowed by The Who, Zep, Pink Floyd, and The Police. I loved those other bands too, but we Rush fans, we knew. We knew what so many people were missing. Glad to see you are discovering them so many years later. From the Signals album, don't miss the Analog Kid and Digital Man. Play them back to back. Signals marks the industry's switch from analog tape recording to full digital recording - Killer guitar (and drums...and bass). Signals pretty much marks the end of Alex Lifeson's early sound. The 80s killed the guitar in favor of synthesizers. Rush lost their way after that for lots of reasons, but made a comeback in the late 90s and 2000s. Saw them live again in Denver at Red Rocks in 2012 - Holy Moly! Besides Geddy's voice, I think they might have sounded even better. What a run these guys had. Incredible!
This song basically describes Neil Pearts childhood.
jjfromthebigland mine too
Mine, too! I absolutely love the stuffing outta this song!!!
jjfromthebigland Really?? That poor guy!!! I think he also lost his wife and possibly a child very close to one another. I didn’t know about his childhood. Breaks my heart.
@@MissZiss His book "Ghost Rider" chronicles the events you describe in excruciating detail. I highly recommend it.
You GOTTA hear Limelight! It's my favorite song by them and I've heard every song they've ever recorded.
Limelight is my favorite song off of Moving Pictures, even above Tom Sawyer and Red Barchetta, both of which I love. It's also in my top 3 all time Rush songs.
Time Stand Still. That one rocks. About growing older and time flying away. We old timers and old souls can relate, more and more every day. : D : )
I was 16 when this jam came out and it was like they had a window into my personal life. My favorite band of all time and my favorite song of theirs as well. Neil Peart was the reason I picked up a set of drumsticks to begin with. RIP N. P.
Check out Analog kid from the same album. It's AWESOME
Okay, so every hair is standing up on my back lol! This song totally encompasses the 80's sound.
Your “Ooh!” At Geddy’s bass riff said it all.
Listen to the drums again and watch the live isolated drum video of Neal playing this song. The introduction alone will change your drum rating of this song. What he makes sound so clean and sooth, is actually very complex and difficult to play. Checkout Jacobs Ladder for an older lesser known song..
Yes! Favorite band.
Top ten Rush song for me.
@216trixie
Yeah it was seriously killer!
"Animate" from Counterparts.
"The Pass", from Presto
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"Bravado" from Roll the Bones
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One of my absolute favorite Rush songs ever. The lyrics speak to me as someone coming of age in college. Great reaction you two!
One of my favorite Rush songs.
This song grows on you and becomes a 10 with a few listens. I agree the keyboards are so smooth and the bass is great when it kicks in. Definitely a Geddy centric song.
Check out Limelight. Alex Lifeson says that is his favorite solo. And the lyrics are so spot on for a recluse type person like Neil Peart to write.
Neil joined Rush just months before the '74 tour.
Had to see KISS in Seattle Paramount ! Rush opened.
"What the hell is... that's awesome !" Of course KISS was spectacular, but I remembered Rush.
Met them at a tiny record store in Oct. '76 when they played Tacoma Bicentennial Pavilion. Horrible place. Was just a floor with a roof, but WOW !!! KISS was dead to me. Have since seen Rush almost 30 times ? Funny guys, great musicians, and the shows are always amazing. Gonna miss 'em !
Yes, I'm old. My first concert was Zeppelin in 1973. I was... younger. ;-)
Cool! I'm fortunate to have seen them on every tour from 1984-retirement. Been a few an since signals came out.. Incredible musicians!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do “Time Stands Still” by Rush (80’s) or “Ghost of a Chance” by Rush (90’s). Can’t go wrong with those two
Many, many years later, i will never forget the very first song i heard (on a sony walkman) The Camera Eye... Done for life....
Red Sector A. Geddy Lee is possibly the best bass player on the planet. Rush is just phenominal.
So... many people don't know it, but Geddy Lee's parents met in a concentration camp during WWII. Though he's basically an atheist, he's a Jew by heritage. Red Sector A was supposed to be another take on Concentration Camp life and an homage to his family on both his mother's and father's sides.
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@@Netopia40 Yes, I heard him speaking about this in an interview a while back.
Yeah but Geddy doesn’t play bass on Red Sector A 😜. It’s all synth
Between the Wheels from Grace Under Pressure is one of my favorite Rush songsfrom the 80's
The Garden is their swan song from their last studio album. It's beautiful yet heartbreaking. Other songs to consider. Closer to the Heart. The Spirit of Radio. Limelight. New World Man. Time Stand Still. Entre Nous. Prime Mover. The Pass. Presto.
I recall watching the premier of this video on MtV back in the day. After this played, we sat there in awe, broken when one of my friends said "Oh...I thought this was going to be a concert." A few months later I was at that concert and it was amazing.
Always played my brother's Rush 33s in the early 80s when he wasn't home. I'd put on the headphones and just dream and be astonished at the sound. Still listening today, but I remember when I first really found them...it was eye opening and an education in how different rock especially could be. I'd usually ease right into his Boston albums and even Van Halen albums from 78' to 82'. Man those were some good ear candy times. Dire Straits, Yes, Genesis, LZ, Black Sabbath, Molly Hatchet, Pink Floyd, Styx...I have to directly credit my older brother for having those albums for me to steal a listen on his Sears stereo and very bulky headphones. Thanks Al!
Listen to what Peart is doing in the intro with hi hat, ride, and snare.
Their final album, Clockwork Angels, brings everything that was Rush together--forty years of technical brilliance and a story that has Peart's philosophical interests, but also the emotional depth of someone who experienced painful losses--see his biography for details--and found a way to survive.
"Caravan"...…..straight fire.....
Lost in the Sauce was one of our sayings in the early 70's as was "Stop Grinning and drop the linen" and "It's no fun when the Rabbit has the gun." Lol brings back memories saw Rush in Detroit in the 70's and boy was it awesome.
1982, Signals is probably my favorite Rush album. I can listen to the whole thing start to finish. Brings me back to high school days.
"Nowhere is the dreamer, Or the misfit so alone"
Lyrically speaking this is one of their stronger songs. It speaks to a kind of suburban teenage angst in the cookie-cutter rapidly sprawling 80's suburbia. A subject that found its way into a lot of movies during the era and that Rush spoke to perfectly with this song.
Meant to be listened to at a full '10' !
"Limelight" next please. It's strong lyrical content is surpassed only by its even stronger musical production.
@Hillary's emails to Lorne The Suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth.
Give "Between The Wheels". It's a heavy hitter.
Godspeed Mr. Peart....I just watched this and was brought to tears...Love Rush and was first time I've listened to a Rush song in its entirety since Neils passing ...
I love watching these. They make me remember how much I love Rush, back to high school when I inherited my brother's vinyl collection. I remember playing this record nonstop. RIP Peart. Such a loss. One of my all time favorite drummers.
Headlong Flight is one of Rush's newer songs that's pretty good.
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Life in Toronto's suburbs in 60 and 70s great song
Been a RUSH fan for decades. Never get tired of their sound. RIP Neil Peart, was the best drummer in the world 🌍
Love you two! My daughter is 27 and my son is 38. They grew up on this music. I seen Rush in the early 80’s. They are fantastic in concert. I’m still ROCKN it. I’m 55 andjust this year have seen Zombie/Manson, Heart, Korn, and now I’m going to Louder Than Life in Louisville Kentucky. I love music! Plus, I’m my younger days I played bass. I love Getty Lee cause he plays bass. Much love to you both! 🤘🏼🎶❤️
We couldn't wait for the new Rush album to be released when this came out. My buddy and I skipped out of school and waited outside the record store that morning. We were in the store for about 60 seconds. Got to his house (better stereo than I had) and put the record on....and then my head exploded as this is the opening track. Every song after that, another explosion. The Signals album had a lot of Police influence in it, and we commented on that on the first hearing. Only +30 years later did I actually hear Neal Peart say that there was in fact a lot of Police influence on that album, especially on New World Man. The song Countdown, which is their reflection on seeing the first Space Shuttle launch is still thrilling, and I wonder if NASA ever asked the band for permission to use the song in STS-1 documentaries. Signals is one of my top 2 Rush albums, maybe my favorite.
Great to see the younger crowd appreciating Rush! And thank you for asking for suggestions about later material. I became a Rush fan at age 14, during the Permanent Waves - Moving Pictures period, so I love that era and all the stuff from before. But that stuff really gets overdone in these reaction videos, always the same well-known songs from Moving Pictures and earlier. And a lot of the later stuff just gets ignored.
So I'll suggest the song, "Armor & Sword" from the 2007 album, "Snakes & Arrows". Absolutely brilliant, and fantastic lyrics.
I'll add that you're the first reaction channel I've seen do Subdivisions. It was nice to see more-or-less current young generation respond to the lyrics. I was 16 years old when this song came out, and I grew up in a subdivision. Your reaction nailed the "bullying" thing, but in all honesty, the lyrics weren't about that, so much.
It's about the children of Baby Boomers, growing up under the expectations of their Boomer parents. After World War 2, there was this huge economic boom in the USA. My parents grew up in the middle of that. My dad liked to tell me how hard he worked to get to where he was, and how I should work just as hard as he did. I was a kid, I had no idea about history, so I just accepted what my dad said ... except I could never measure up. There was no outside help for me, I had to earn everything I got, because that's how my parents did it.
I don't deny that my parents worked hard. But as I've gotten older, and have studied history beyond the propaganda that was taught as "history" when I was in school, I can't help realizing just how easy my parents had it. They grew up during the best economic explosion America has ever seen. They just didn't realize it. Everything was cheap. My dad went into the military right out of high school in 1963, got out of the Marines without being sent to Vietnam, and after a few menial jobs got a government job that didn't pay a whole lot, bu was enough to support a family and buy a house. My parents expected that I'd do the same as them.
Not.
By 1984, when I graduated high school, all of that was a dream. A dream that my parents thought was real. Sure, my grandma simply worked her way through college - in the 1930s. My mom did the same in the early 1960s. Dad didn't go to college, he went into the military. But Dad's brother, who also went the military route, got his college education paid for by the US Air Force.
So 1984 rolled around ... and my parents had made no prep for my college education. They thought I could just get a job and pay for it. Not. I went to college in the early stages of today's nonsense. I got a whopping $500 music scholarship, and my parents thought that would cover everything.
And that is what "Subdivisions" is talking about. The disconnect between how Baby Boomers grew up and how we Generation X kids grew up (though "Generation X" wasn't invented yet). We were expected to be successful in the world they had created, but they didn't realize how impossible they had made it.
My dad had no idea how good he had it. Listening to the stories he told while I was a kid, it's obvious in hindsight that his family was one of the wealthiest families in his hometown. They had the first television in town, in the 1950s. Dad turned that into solid "lower middle-class" for us. He thought it was all his hard work that got us our lower middle-class lifestyle. No, it was because he joined the military, and when he got out, all of the people doing the hiring were WW2 veterans who would give a job to anybody who had been in the military. And my dad was so disappointed that I became a professional cook, which I still am to this day.
Andy and Alex, I don't know what you're studying, but I hope that it's something that can actually get you a paying job.
Loved this song so much as a teenager. Now as an adult I appreciate the brilliance that is RUSH!!
Not only is this the greatest song of all time, but there is so much more to this song than meets the eye. I personally know several people who have done their Ph.D. theses on RUSH and this song specifically. Aside from its OBVIOUS meaning (i.e. people who are not considered "cool" or "popular" being cast out from society), there is actually a "double meaning" to this song. The secondary meaning is the irony of people from the big city wanting to escape to where there is peace and quiet (i.e. the suburbs) yet the people from the suburbs want the "action" and want to go down to the big city to find it/experience it. Hence, we have subdivisions socially as well as geographically. It's almost the "flip side of the coin" kind of song. The more you listen to it, the more you appreciate its many, many layers and (as always) magnificent musicianship by the greatest band of all time. Not my opinion, but simply a fact of life.
Caravan, The Garden and Headlong Flight off of their last studio album called Clockwork Angels. These are Rush back to their roots.
This lyric from a different song:
"I don't believe in destiny
Or the guiding hand of fate
I don't believe in forever
Or love as a mystical state
I don't believe in the stars or the planets
Or angels watching from above
But I believe there's a ghost of a chance
We can find someone to love
And make it last..."
You guys are great!
This song came out when I was 21 and is by far my favorite Rush song. It is so exciting to see young guys like yourselves listen/watch this song for the first time. Your reactions are priceless. At 58, I still listen to this song weekly!
A masterclass in drum composition.
Limelight. Fantastic guitar riffs and great lyrics.
Rush is Zep meets Floyd. Something for the head, heart, and soul in every tune.
I'm in my 50s now and to this day, whenever I hear Subdivisions, I'm transported back to the early 80s when I was just a young kid starting high school. It spoke to me then and still resonantes today. I just love this band so much.
You know what's good about being 57 yrs old? seeing Rush live numerous times in Los Angeles and they always kickass! Go see them in concert and you'll get it! Rush in my top 10!!
"Ghost of a chance" is a feel good dream like song...it has a great poetic chorus and I love how Geddy sings it. It goes...
I dont believe in destiny, or the guiding hand of fate
I don't believe in forever, or love as a mystical state
I don't believe in the stars or the planets or angels watching from above
But I believe theres a ghost of a chance we can find someone to love
...and make it last...
Great reaction , I’m basically that guy who was laughed at in high school , subdivisions really resonates with me.. checkout “Earthshine” or “Secret touch” from the album Vapour Trails , released in 2002
Secret Touch, for sure.
Ankaa Black ‘secret touch’ is such an underrated tune, heavy guitar riffs .. definitely one of my favourites.
Absolutely. Secret Touch is an amazing listen. Earthshine and Sweet Miracle from that album are awesome examples of their later work.
The problem with Vapour Trails is that the mastering sucks. Secret Touch is a masterwork, but it's distorted all to hell in the recording. :(
Still... "the way out is the way in..."
53 this year. I still remember the day I first heard the trio. On the radio. June 17, 1981. I was 14. The Spirit of Radio. The cosmic tumblers clicked into place, and the world showed what is possible. Moving Pictures came then that year, and that was another cosmic blast to the senses. That was the beginning of many instances for years and years of waiting at the record store as they unpacked the boxes the day of album releases. The following year, I showed up at the record store "Music Scene" the day Signals was released. Bought it, took it home, and well, if you are still reading this, you know the rest. Thanks boys for decades of incredible music.
My all-time favorite Rush song! Its high school 1982
Freewill live at the Forum in 1980. The next song on the Signals album is my favourite, The Analog Kid.
Marullion opened for Rush in 1984 and 1985. Marillion's biggest album was 'Misplaced Childhood' in 1985. Their big hit was 'Kayleigh'. The album is two continuous pieces of music - Side One and Side Two. 'Kayleigh' is on side One. Listen to it, you'll love it - the guys from Rush did.
one of the greatest songs ever written ......been jamming rush since 1975 ...yeah baby
Animate. Far Cry. Leave That Thing Alone.
Between the Wheels, Vital Signs, Red Sector A
The Pass, Driven, The Garden
Honestly, this list could go on. These guys wrote a whole bunch of awesome songs during all parts of their career. Thanks for the great reaction videos.
wow I'm 57, i got a tear in my eye ,watching your vid i grew up listening to this....wow
@Mark s
Great song, glad you were able to resonate with our experience, that’s the whole idea! Cheers man! 😁
That China cymbal riding at the end gives me chills.
I’ll share this story for the 101st time…
I was 12 years old in 1982. The school I went to was actually 7th through 12th grade. Every new kid knew that you don’t talk to the upper class kids.
Every day on the bus, a kid who the bus picked up last would get on the bus with his boom box. I never thought anything of it until one day when I heard a song that was so moving, I was pushed beyond the rules of society.
I was going to ask him what the song was but I chickened out.
A few weeks later, my cousin, a little older than me, handed me a memorex tape and said, you need to rewind this to the beginning of side A and put on your headphones.
I got home and did what he suggested.
What did I hear??
I heard the keyboard opening of Subdivisions, the song that had greeted me every time James got on the bus!
I have been an undying, unrelenting fan of Rush ever since.
As a side note, our school store had been selling cardboard folders before any of this and I bought one that I saw because I loved the picture. It was of a Dalmatian sniffing a fire hydrant!