I didn’t believe you but then the two surviving members of Rush Joined Matt ant Trey on stage at the South Park 25 anniversary bash and played an electrifying rendition of closer to the heart. Before leaving the stage in a show of brotherly hugs and admiration. Now I think you might be onto something.
@@jorgethebest8217 oh shit, here we go again. 2 different drummers from 2 different musical universes. You can't really compare them, bud. They're both awesome
I find it funny that people call Alex the least talented of the band... He can play any genre of music, he also plays foot pedals and keyboards, and he also does backup vocals. I'm sure he could pick up a bass or sit behind a kit and still make the average person's jaw drop. Just because he doesn't do it publicly doesn't mean he can't... The guy's incredible.
Geddy Lee definitely has a 4 string. The style of the instruments suggests Lee-Guitar and Lifeson-Bass but count the strings. I can't really see Lifeson's guitar, maybe they are both playing bass
They aren't making fun of rush, the creators love them, they are even in the documentary "Beyond the lighted stage" which is about rush. The episode is about the Canadian princess getting kidnapped and all of canada is sad.
Alex was absolutely the right musician for Rush and to luckily be Geddy's best friend - they ALL pushed the music far ahead, and most importantly, were passionate and worked extremely hard. Talent is kind of a whiny word used by people who like to sit on the sidelines and compare and put people down. Hard work and vision are what is truly rare.
They were doing CANDLE IN THE WIND by Elton John. One interesting fact about this is that for the cardboard sleeve for the "cassingle" of the Rush song NOBODY'S HERO, there is a painting or photo of a candle being extinguished by a breeze. Well, what comes around.....
George Carlin once said something along the lines of "It's the job of the comedian to find the line, and deliberately cross it." Comedy is supposed to cross the line. Thats what makes it funny. I'd rather watch something outlandish like South Park, than listen to a bunch of overly tame knock-knock jokes.
Geddy is the only one with a nose. Ha ha. And yeah, Alex is definitely playing Geddy's Fender, and Ged has Alex's Gibson. Parker and Stone are hillarious. This is great.
Love how 'Neil' keeps drumming, even after 'Alex' blows his head off and 'Geddy' starts crying. Classic 'Rush'...well, at least how everyone else sees them anyway.
I actually learned about Rush from a movie that creators of South Park made. Orgasmo. in a part of the movie the photographer tells people to say instead of Cheese Geddy Lee , geddy who? Geddy lee the greatest bassist in the world. so i googled it and i found a treasure
FYI, Neil and Matt Stone (South Park creator) met through a common friend, Andrew MacNaughthan when Neil spent time in California after the tragedy with his daughter and wife. Stone is also featured in Beyond the Lighted Stage.
Canada was a British colony after the Seven Years' War, and became a Commonwealth of the British Empire in the mid-19th century. Today, Canada and several other nations who were once in the British Empire (such as Australia and India) are a part of the "Commonwealth of Nations", an organization of sovereign states. Thus, Canada shares the British Monarchy.
Not to mention the fact that he plays drums on the demos that they create, with a lot of his drumming actually being carried, by Neil, onto the record.
@amd0576 I couldn't agree more. I like to think that the guys from Rush understood what Aristotle meant when he said (paraphrased) that if something is too perfect to be subjected to ridicule or too ridiculous to be taken seriously, that thing should indeed be subject to the most conscious form of study. Besides that, Matt and Trey are huge Libertarians and if they didn't read Ayn Rand, I don't know who did! 'The Trees' is about as Libertarian a song as one can find.
...don't know what you mean by that, but i can say with huge confidence that the band Rush were the best trio ever to light a stage - and I saw them twice! - best night I had...wow, what a band.
guys... watch the episode, its not a "metaphor" about Alex Lifeson or any of that shit.... the creators love rush. The episode is about the princess being kidnapped and all of Canada is miserable, hence the suicides.
@londonkol the Precision Bass was originally styled similarly to the Telecaster guitar (and, after 1957, the Stratocaster), the Jazz Bass' styling was inspired more by the Jazzmaster guitar
Despite Neil being black and having hair, Geddy playing a guitar and Alex playing the bass, this is still pretty fucking funny. In real life, they all seem to have a great sense of humor, too.
I'm pretty sure that Rush signed off on this. They're worked with he creators of South Park before. Trey Parker and Mat Stone helped to create an Intro for Tom Sawyer a few years back where the kids from the show play the song before the real band jumps in. It's on youtube somewhere. Plus the Kick-drum says Rush. lol
I love how Geddy Lee is the only Canadian with a nose in this show
Have you seen his nose in real life
Geddy has a pretty big schnoz
He needed somewhere to put his glasses
Ike has a dot above his mouth for a nose
@@vita1ogy. There is a reason for that ;)
Rush actually likes and appreciates South Park
They are good friends. They even made them a short tom sawyer skit for live performance.
Diallo Banks I think Matt and trey were a influence on one of the instrumental tracks off S&A
Vice versa, matt and trey are tremendously gay for Rush. Since HS.
Do you know which one?
I didn’t believe you but then the two surviving members of Rush Joined Matt ant Trey on stage at the South Park 25 anniversary bash and played an electrifying rendition of closer to the heart. Before leaving the stage in a show of brotherly hugs and admiration.
Now I think you might be onto something.
I want a full version of Flower Breaking Wind actually done by Rush
They cant cause Alex Lifeson shot himself
You mean candle in the wind?
What the fuck is your pfp?
And the fart included! 🤣🤣🤣
If that's the title of the song I'm never going to look at Princess Diana the same again 😂
I love how Neil's still playing while Geddy breaks down.
A true professional, he was
He was the professor for a reason
As Neil keeps on drumming.
Yep.
Rest in Peace Neil Peart..
Better than Bonzo
@@jorgethebest8217 oh shit, here we go again. 2 different drummers from 2 different musical universes. You can't really compare them, bud. They're both awesome
Rest in Peace Alex Lifesson, he killed himself while performing in memory of the princess.
@@pavese1379 ironically he survived like South Park’s Governor did when she did the same thing.
0:07 at the bottom right corner the kid has a triangular head!😂😂
look the this dude! 😂
Imagine giving birth to that monstrosity
LMAO
Lmfaoooo
That's a normal canadian head shape you assholes!
If Rush breaks up I will drape myself in the Canadian flag and wave a box of Kraft Dinner in remembrance.
Same
+Liam Cronan Neil's retiring...get your kraft dinner ready
IguanaRain He's my favorite drummer. Now I hate my life. Thanks for informing me.
Cassandra Campbell Tell me about it, he's the man who inspired me to get behind a drum set.
IguanaRain He's the one who makes me beg my parents everyday for one.
From a Rush fan, this is the funniest thing I've ever seen. Just awesome!
South Park also opened for Rush in one of their tours for Tom Sawyer
What I love is that the background music perfectly reflects Rush’s style! The guitar sound, Peart drumming, that’s just spot on!
I find it funny that people call Alex the least talented of the band... He can play any genre of music, he also plays foot pedals and keyboards, and he also does backup vocals. I'm sure he could pick up a bass or sit behind a kit and still make the average person's jaw drop. Just because he doesn't do it publicly doesn't mean he can't... The guy's incredible.
In any other band he would be the star.
He technically di dpick up the bass on The Wreckers
Who said Alex was the least talented ?! If it wasn't for him, Rush would never have sounded so great ! He's awesome.
Nobody says that lol
I’ve never, ever, heard Alex Lifeson called the least talented member of Rush. Not at all. The lead guitarist? 😂
I love how Neil just keeps playing at the end.
Just hearing Geddy crying makes me burst out laughing. I don't why, it just does. XD
The translation of Geddy's jacked facial features to South Park's distinctive animation was impressive.
Distinctive Canadian animation
I don't wanna even think about what geddy would be like if alex DID die...
Brian Walker ...
@@xaviersanchez4114 lol
Well Neil is now dead so
@@owlofathena1247 you didn't have to, bro
I noticed that Alex is playing Geddy's Jazz Bass and Geddy is playing Alex's 355.
Neil is good friends with Matt & Trey; it's all in good fun. Love how they gave Ged Alex's guitar, and vice-versa.
I love that they're wearing their Order of Canada Medals
I love how they make fun of Rush and yet, the show's creator is a fan of them. I hate it when people take this stuff so seriously.
Rush was on southpark. Southpark was on rush. I feel complete.
"And it seems to me,
You live your life,
Like a flower breaking wind."
Ah Yes, Flower Years
Rush: the only band in the world where you can be like "Hey, there's Geddy Lee on bass! And Neil Peart on drums! And on guitar... eh... um..."
Alex Lifeson :)
fraroc You didnt get the joke xD
He meant its the only band in which nobody constantly gives credit solely to the guitarist.
What are you on about? It's Alex Lifeson.
TheBlackDemon1996 he has a point. peart and geddy are often called the greatest players of their instruments and people over look alex lifesons talent
Nunyer Bidness Me too, seattle?
Doctor: Okay you have 13 seconds to live
Me:
Anyone else notice that Geddy is playing the Guitar, and Alex the Bass?
Geddy Lee definitely has a 4 string. The style of the instruments suggests Lee-Guitar and Lifeson-Bass but count the strings. I can't really see Lifeson's guitar, maybe they are both playing bass
you can see 6 tuning pegs on alexs guitar, geddy clearly plays 4 string bass
Now, they’re on the South Park 25th anniversary concert.
Alex *shoots himself*
Geddy *cries*
Neil *keeps playing >:| *
The sad part is that Neil died first
Perhaps Rush can get it together one last time to give Queen Elizabeth II a proper send off.
Neil Peart died in 2020.
They aren't making fun of rush, the creators love them, they are even in the documentary "Beyond the lighted stage" which is about rush. The episode is about the Canadian princess getting kidnapped and all of canada is sad.
I don’t suppose it’s possible to both love them _and_ make fun of them, is it?
as a wise man once said, Geddy Lee can sing whatever lyrics he wants!
Did anyone else notice they're sporting their OC medals?
Really wish they had an actual video reaction from the band. 😂
I'm thinking they must have fell about the place the first time they saw this. The send up of Geddy's voice is hillarious.
I lost it after the breaking wind; lmao...This show is so hilarious
I like how Neil carries on.
Alex was absolutely the right musician for Rush and to luckily be Geddy's best friend - they ALL pushed the music far ahead, and most importantly, were passionate and worked extremely hard.
Talent is kind of a whiny word used by people who like to sit on the sidelines and compare and put people down. Hard work and vision are what is truly rare.
This has to be the most I have ever laughed watching something from South Park, and I enjoy the show. I'm surprised so many Rush fans disliked it.
I'm a huge Rush fan and this actually made me laugh out loud. Don't take life so seriously. Have fun.
Classic Neil keeps playing
They got the snare sound perfect and Alex’s guitar tone pretty decent Hahahaha
I'm a Rush fan and this was hilarious!
Bonus points for the 80s Rush sound and adding in the Order of Canada medals.
They were doing CANDLE IN THE WIND by Elton John. One interesting fact about this is that for the cardboard sleeve for the "cassingle" of the Rush song NOBODY'S HERO, there is a painting or photo of a candle being extinguished by a breeze. Well, what comes around.....
Neil what a trooper.
This still gets me laughing every time I hear Geddy "breaking wind."
Rip Lerxst
George Carlin once said something along the lines of "It's the job of the comedian to find the line, and deliberately cross it."
Comedy is supposed to cross the line. Thats what makes it funny. I'd rather watch something outlandish like South Park, than listen to a bunch of overly tame knock-knock jokes.
FUN FACT: RUSH is singing a parody of Elton John's song, Candle in the Wind.
love how peart is oblivious
As a huge fan of Rush I actually found this pretty damn hilarious x3.
laughed til it hurt. thanks for posting. long live rush.
Obviously Alex just finished watching 80's and 90's Rush music videos.
And the Drummer keeps in Rocking 😂👍
I was like half asleep the other night and woke up to this. It was like a fever dream.
This song should've been on Clockwork Angels. I'm sure it could've been incorporated into the album's story somehow.
Geddy is the only one with a nose. Ha ha. And yeah, Alex is definitely playing Geddy's Fender, and Ged has Alex's Gibson. Parker and Stone are hillarious. This is great.
trey and matt LOVE Rush, this was done in humour, people!
Regardless of what you think of Alex, HE is the longest standing member of the band.
So… should we start calling him Alex Deathson now?
Neil just keeps on drumming.
Love how 'Neil' keeps drumming, even after 'Alex' blows his head off and 'Geddy' starts crying. Classic 'Rush'...well, at least how everyone else sees them anyway.
I actually learned about Rush from a movie that creators of South Park made. Orgasmo. in a part of the movie the photographer tells people to say instead of Cheese Geddy Lee , geddy who? Geddy lee the greatest bassist in the world. so i googled it and i found a treasure
As a Rush fan I can confirm this is how people feel when they have never listened to Rush
As a rush fan I couldn’t agree less.
@@V.G.F. At least my Gen Z people would feel like that. People that have a good taste in music wouldn't because Rush is the GOAT
@@mikeloosemore6301 yeah
FYI, Neil and Matt Stone (South Park creator) met through a common friend, Andrew MacNaughthan when Neil spent time in California after the tragedy with his daughter and wife. Stone is also featured in Beyond the Lighted Stage.
Coming from a huge fan of Rush... I'm going to say this is hilarious.
@Mustainetor No it was spoofing Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" (which he sang in tribute to Princess Diana)
I LOVE Rush, but this is seriosuly cool, and I'm sure Neil, Alex, and Geddy love it too.
Nearly all canadians on South Park are portrayed as having Pac-Man-like heads with cylindrical bodies and say aboot instead of about.
Correction: EVERY Canadian has these traits in South Park.
I'm not gonna lie, I really like the way it's sung here
I think we need more Canadien celebrities betrayed in this style.
South Park and Family Guy may hate each other, but they both agree on one thing...
..."there is no f**king drummer better than Neil Peart."
Guitar sound is perfect with the open e and b strings 👌
The drums is what makes this awesome
yea, the rush dudes love southpark, they even start their concerts with southpark animations, they're both fan of each other's.
This is a song by Elton John people, also note that Alex is holding Bass while Geddy's holding Guitar.
Yeah, they were playing the end of 2112 @ Sirinx park.
Canada was a British colony after the Seven Years' War, and became a Commonwealth of the British Empire in the mid-19th century. Today, Canada and several other nations who were once in the British Empire (such as Australia and India) are a part of the "Commonwealth of Nations", an organization of sovereign states. Thus, Canada shares the British Monarchy.
not to mention that giddy lee and alex lifeson were on the first movie soundtrack singing with terrance and phillip
even when they try to make it sound like shit, Neil still sounds fucking amazing.
Not to mention the fact that he plays drums on the demos that they create, with a lot of his drumming actually being carried, by Neil, onto the record.
LOL. Oh,I SO WISH this clip was longer!!!
LERXST NO!!!!
It would be funny if Geddy voiced himself.
Cool how Geddy plays with a pick here and normally he plays with his fingers.
I'll bet Lerxst, Dirk, and Pratt all laughed at this.
if you didn't know, the creators of southpark are huge fans of rush and rush trio are all fans of south park, so...
As an excanadian I’m deeply offended. 🥴🥴🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rest in Peace Neil Peart 😢! You are always Missed 😞!
@amd0576 I couldn't agree more. I like to think that the guys from Rush understood what Aristotle meant when he said (paraphrased) that if something is too perfect to be subjected to ridicule or too ridiculous to be taken seriously, that thing should indeed be subject to the most conscious form of study.
Besides that, Matt and Trey are huge Libertarians and if they didn't read Ayn Rand, I don't know who did! 'The Trees' is about as Libertarian a song as one can find.
the spirit of radio
matt stone loves rush, he was in the rush documentary continuously praising them.
This sounds like a rip of Spirit Of Radio. They even got the guitar distortion right!
It's a parody of Candle in the Wind by Elton John
@@BL-zi9wb thats obvious you dunce. The music behind the lyrics is similar to spirit of radio. Thats what he's saying.
Don't worry. Neil can just play the Drum Solo of Life and bring Alex back.
Don’t see a watermelon around to make that possible
...don't know what you mean by that, but i can say with huge confidence that the band Rush were the best trio ever to light a stage - and I saw them twice! - best night I had...wow, what a band.
About damn time they guest starred the show! :D :D That was spot on!
guys... watch the episode, its not a "metaphor" about Alex Lifeson or any of that shit.... the creators love rush. The episode is about the princess being kidnapped and all of Canada is miserable, hence the suicides.
@londonkol the Precision Bass was originally styled similarly to the Telecaster guitar (and, after 1957, the Stratocaster), the Jazz Bass' styling was inspired more by the Jazzmaster guitar
Despite Neil being black and having hair, Geddy playing a guitar and Alex playing the bass, this is still pretty fucking funny. In real life, they all seem to have a great sense of humor, too.
"It seems to me/You live your life/Like a fart in the wind."
I'm pretty sure that Rush signed off on this. They're worked with he creators of South Park before. Trey Parker and Mat Stone helped to create an Intro for Tom Sawyer a few years back where the kids from the show play the song before the real band jumps in. It's on youtube somewhere.
Plus the Kick-drum says Rush. lol
Many consider him the least-talented? Man, to me he's always been the BEST part of Rush (and that's saying a lot).
Alex is so FUNNY- he and Geddy were on That Metal Show and Eddie Frunk asked them if there were drugs on tour. Alex said " Yeah- Corrg, Crestor..."
Scusr me - Eddie TRUNK. Sorry Eddie.
neil just keeps drumming