Guitarist Reacts To RUSH!! Jacob's Ladder (Studio Version Reaction!) - Part 2
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- Today we check out Jacob's Ladder by RUSH off of the Permanent Waves album. Lots of requests for this one lately so here we go! This band is full of subtle complexities that make them so awesome to listen to!
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The camera eye from moving pictures is overlooked in my opinion, one of my personal favourite rush songs.
Camera Eye is my absolute all-time favorite. So descriptive in lyrics, so thunderous in music, and I fucking cried like a baby when I got to see them play it live in 2011.
I agree! The Rickenbacker bass rips your heads off!
Hemispheres side One. You will not be disappointed
Second that. John Petrucci of Dream Theater refers to the opening chord of Hemispheres as the "Alex Lifeson Chord." It's that wide sound he uses often employing just the right combination of fretted and open strings. I believe the voicing Alex uses at the start of Hemispheres is the fretted F# -C#-F#-A# plus the open B & E strings.
Impossible to pick one song as their "best" but without a doubt 2112 is THE essential RUSH song. 🎶🙂
I am a HUGE Rush fan... and have been since first getting Permanent Waves in 1979... I was almost 11. Seeing your facial expressions at certain points of the songs I’ve seen you react to says it all! You get as excited on the first listen as all of us long time fans hearing it for the millionth time do... and we know what’s coming!!! Anyway, keep listening and keep discovering what many of us already know... and don’t pass over the 80’s, 90’s and later era. It is definitely not the same as their earlier offerings. As a musician you want to grow and not create the same thing over and over. It’s still heavy and crammed with lots of cool riffs, fills and licks!!! Happy exploring!!! I look forward to checking out your original works too.
Jacob's Ladder is one of my fav songs. It's so compositional and interesting, it feels almost like classical music. I like how you said it has a different feel than other things you listened to. I remember reading a critic's review of one of their last albums, and they said that Rush wasn't so much a band as much as a genre. He described them perfectly. Rush has a unique sound, but they define their own genre. They're hard rock and gutsy with things like 2112 and Natural Science and Tom Sawyer, or they're contemplative with things like Jacob's Ladder. They have so many different styles they dip into, their songs are all over the place in terms of mood. One thing I would recommend is to not let yourself get limited to the old stuff. There's a wealth of GREAT things from their full career! Their last album has one of the most energetic songs they recorded: Headlong Flight. Malignant Narcissism is a short awesome jam that got them nominated for a Grammy. "Vapor Trail" is a song that feels melancholic and sad, but has incredible drumming and truly dramatic moments in its climax, "Territories" sounds very different from their other songs, yet still is Rush. A good one I could recommend from a later point in their career is the "Different Stages" version of "Dreamline". The first time you hear that song, it should be the "Different Stages" live version. The studio one is nice, but they tweaked it and amped it up in the live version, and it's one of my fav concert songs. I'm so glad you're getting into them!
Awesome recommendations!
Dreamline then Dreamline then more Dreamline. Honestly, the best path might be to just listen to every album opener starting from 1980. The Spirit of Radio, Tom Sawyer, Subdivisions, Distant Early Warning, Big Money, Force Ten, Show Don’t Tell, Dreamline, Animate, One Little Victory... Rush were masters at kicking off a record with a smash.
@@nathanfreeman681 Yeah, all their openers are great. I brought up the "Different Stages" version of "Dreamline" though because I think there's a bigger difference between the studio and live versions. Their live versions are all great, but the studio version of that one sounds subdued by comparison. With their music, I can listen to either studio or live versions and love it, but the live version of that one ruined the studio one for me. LOL. It's like they were practicing playing it for the concert and said "the song really needs to kick it up a few notches in these parts."
I would suggest a double reaction of Cygnus X1 Books I & II
Alex is is that " wall of sound " everyone talks about when listening to Rush
"The Camera Eye" from Moving Pictures Album is INCREDIBLE... please give it a listen
Alex is the best. He also made the best Rock and Roll hall of fame acceptance speech ever. My favourite band and have been for over 40 years.
I was a late bloomer, my first show was the Signals tour, Golden Earring was the opening act, Fantastic show, I went both nights, and the last time I missed a show was in 2005 and I was in Iraq and just couldn't make the date in Germany, so I had to sell my tickets. Great show was the Grace Under Pressure tour in Dallas at the Iconic Cotton Bowl at the Texas Jam!!
Hey Spooks! Brother I was at that show in the Cotton Bowl Right up in front. Man that was a great experience in my Rush life! For some reason I vividly remeber them playing "Red Lenses" I was simply mesmerized at that moment in time..lol
Nice. I'm one of those old guys who got sucked into Rush in 1975, & although you don't really need to hear it, listen away & enjoy the genius of Rush. I for one am proud when younger people show appreciation for my favourite band. Love to hear you appreciate Alex as well; although I know he doesn't care, critics have overlooked him for far too long. One of the things I love about Rush is that each member gets the chance for their instrument to shine in the course of any given song. That's not something that happens often with other bands, I can remember back in the day that the Who or Yes also did this, but to a smaller extent, I think. People might listen to Van Halen for Eddie's guitar or DLR's vocals for example, but the bass & drums might as well be provided by machines for all the attention paid to them. I love to hear each part of Rush's sound as they wind in and out with each other.
I love watching the younger folks getting into Rush. Rush was my FIRST rock concert in 1978 when I had just turned 14. I just recently looked up their concert schedule in 1978, and Oh My God! They played something like 187 shows that year, coming through my town, St. Louis, twice that year. Good Lord! All that traveling, and their road crew... working their asses off day in, day out, tearing down the stage, packing it up, moving to the next town, uncrating it, setting up the stage, again and again and again and again and again and again....
If you want to hear another "ominous sounding" Rush song, try Cygnus X-1 from "A Farewell To Kings." You ought to try By-Tor and the Snow Dog from "Fly By Night," and you cannot go wrong with their very first song on their very first album - Finding My Way. And it goes without saying, their classic work of art - 2112. That song put them in competition with Beethoven and Mozart.
Thanks for listening to Rush, its much appreciated. We were all laughed at 40 or so years ago so its great to see a new generation gettin it! Cheers, Paul
Check out some of their newer stuff. The Garden, Far Cry, Headlong flight etc
Hi Tim--I get that you're discovering how amazing each song is. That's really cool because I love all of these songs, too, and have been a Rush fan for 40 years. But I want to issue a challenge to you: Listen to their final studio album, Clockwork Angels, from start to finish--don't stop. There are many individual songs that are fantastic, but overall I feel like the album is their best playing and most creative compositional structuring in decades. And the lyrics and story hold together as an epic journey over a lifetime. It's crazy to listen to it and think that these guys were in their 60s when they laid the tracks. I keep playing it thinking--"Every band needs to hear how Rush lays down the gauntlet here and proclaims that they are the baddest of them all." Please do it. You will be rewarded for the effort. Cheers!
I enjoy “The Weapon” or “Chemistry” from their album Signals; both phenomenal songs with very different guitar solos
It's an unpopular opinion, but I think Signals is some of their best work. Alex took a very unique approach to his guitar solos on that record. Great stuff.
roubador agreed! And as a result I would say Signals is my favorite album by them!
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signals is a masterpiece
I remember hating on it on release day because they went a little synth heavy , (back in the day there was a hated shift towards synthesizer stuff from all bands , all genres) but it's RUSH imo at some of their finest work
The whole Signal album is great. Recently I found out that Geddy wanted more synth. Keyboards in songs while Alex hated it because it fills the same freq. as guitar (mid range).
Also Signal is the last album produced by Terry Brown.
I also recently (like 10 yrs ago) found out how important Terry was to Rush n IMO after he left, Rush suffered in quality but if it weren't for the trio's genius the band would have faded away quickly. ... I now think it was a bad decision to let Terry go.
If you disagree just think ..they brought some dude from England who had never heard of Rush and was producing garbage like Madonna (or heavy synth.music of 80s n No guitars). ...I mean come on... Rush was almost holy to me and Terry was like the 4th member..
(I Didn't know he sang along in Limelight until Rick Beato's vid.)!?
@@reallymysterious4393 I see what u mean
I think Getty also hinted that "...the fans kept up with us and were curious about progress of the band...".
So I kept the faith and bought the albums went to every concert and kept up with Rush until now. But I wished they had gone back to Terry as soon as they saw the drop in number of fans.
Btw... Has anyone listened to 2112 side B lately? It's just great.
I love the echo of Geddy's voice saying... light streams down in bright unbroken beamsssssssssssss....
Seems it goes on forever...
Alex Lifeson plays the best arpeggios. He restrains them so perfectly
I especially like these two part videos ... we get to see you appreciate the songs, but then also get to hear a more in-depth breakdown - - very well done... THANKS!!
I love watching you experience Rush the way we did when we were younger. I'm very happy to see another generation become fans of those boys from up north...
I really enjoy hearing your reaction to Alex's guitar. As a bassist, I've always focused my attention first on Geddy's fret work. And of course Neil gets the lion's share of attention for his drumming (deservedly so). But, it's nice to hear someone go a little deeper with Alex's guitar technique and style and hearing you describe what he brings to their overall sound. I mean I play guitar too. So, it's not like I don't pay attention to what Alex is doing; but bass is my primary instrument. So historically, I've always tended to key in more on what Geddy was doing. Thanks for the additional insights.
Just a thought. I first was exposed to Rush listening to the Moving Pictures album in my brothers room in our parents basement. I was 11 at the time. To fully appreciate the music, I recommend following along with the lyrics. A lot of the time, you can't fully appreciate what's being sung unless you follow along. Understanding what the song relays lyrically adds another layer to their musicianship, and the genius of Neil's writing. I recommend you do a video of Red Barchetta, off the same album, while viewing the lyrics. Mind blown! I guarantee it!!
You may want to listen to the live version of Xanadu off Exit Stage Left to really see them pull off a sweeping epic song in person. And another favorite is "Red Barchetta".
Also, don't sleep on their post-Moving Pictures music, through the rest of the 80s, 90s, and into the 2000s. There are a TON of great songs that are less popular because they were out of the "Classic" time period of their catalog. For example, check out "Animate" from 1993, or "Earthshine" from 2002.
I never was into harder rock in High School. I was/am a big Fleetwood Mac fan. Our HS drama club had an afterparty from one of the school plays we did. I brought my sound system to the party. My dad is an audiophile so I didn't have the typical teenage system. I had a kickass little set up. At the party, a guy asked if he could play his RUSH "Permanent Waves" album. I rolled my eyes but I couldn't be a dictator of music so I said go ahead. "Spirit of Radio" was the first song side 1. I was blown away!!! This was 1981 and RUSH is still and always will be my favorite band. Yes, I still like Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood and McVie are probably the 2nd best Bass & Drum duo, just different type of music. Lindsey Buckingham is no slouch on the Guitar either. Keep up your journey, I'm love watching your expressions!!!
Another great song by Rush! That's the thing about rush, if you dig it, there is so much substance there. You could spend days talking about the lyrics, about the drumming, the guitar, the vocals, the composition, the transitions and so forth. They are in a league of their own. Granted it's not for everyone as it challenges your brain a bit and forces you to temporarily suspend what you know about music but if you do get what the are trying to do... There is nothing like Rush. Rush is rush baby!!!!
Great to see a new generation discover Rush! Ignore the haters. Check out Hemispheres side one when you have the time!
Not that I want to make myself old[er] than I already am, but sometimes I wish I was ahead by another decade, so I could have been wandering the halls of high school with Neil [my claim to fame, as it were, we went to the same high school many years ago]. Always a pleasure to listen to anything/everything they do.
No particular song request, other than... "all of them" ;)
“Xanadu”, Live from “Exit Stage Left”! Studio production are amazing but their live performances will not disappoint!
Tim, I'm glad I found your channel. A couple of points I want to add to your insights:
1-If you notice, Alex's arpeggiating is sometimes used as a vehicle to keep time. He is most famous for his arpeggiating and signature riffing.
2-If you are familiar with their material, you will notice that each album has a different feel and personality. You can listen to a song at random, and just by the way it sounds, you can tell which album it's from. Every song within a specific album has the same...flavor if you will.
Their most complex album is Hemispheres, and on that album there is a short song (by their standards) that no one talks about: "Circumstances". It kicks off Side Two. Listen to the bass line during the verses. INSANE. And Geddy pulls it off while singing at the same time. On the video you can see him struggling to hold himself together as he is doing the verses. He kind of rolls his eyes as if he's really stressed and thinking deeply about what he's doing. Please check that out with us.
I agree with the Camera Eye suggestion; tremendous tune. Also, as a 40 year Rush fan, I really appreciate you giving Alex the love he so deserves.
Keep up the great work!
Rush is my all time favorite . But I'd love to see your reaction to some early day Kansas. In particular, " Magnum Opus " , "Closet Chronicles" , "Lightning's Hand" , and "Song For America".
I absolutely love your reactions to the Rush videos. I am a Canadian and have been a fan since my teen years. I love that you are a millennial and are enjoying them. I am in my late 50’s and appreciate your reactions and commentary. Keep up the great work.
"Headlong Flight" from their last album Clockwork Angels is a great tune, , it seems to me that it has elements of all their records plus the kitchen sink thrown in.
One that's a favorite of mine that doesn't get brought up as often is "The Manhattan Project". I think it is one of Neil's best lyrical works ever - the story of the development (and impact) of the atomic bomb, told in sheer poetry, with Rush music to accompany and amplify the words. I'd recommend checking that one out with the lyrics readily at hand, so you can appreciate how beautifully Neil wove the words together. Rush fan since the early 90's, and I love what you're doing!
Try and stop me. LOL 🤘🤣👍 I love that! 🟥🍁🟥
Tim, no improvements necessary whatsoever. Your reactions, headshaking, smiling and just seeing you blown away is a pleasure to see. I've said in previous comments you remind me of my younger self hearing these songs for the first time, feeling the exact same emotions. Brilliant reactions buddy, keep it up! Not going to recommend anything as you'll get round to any and all my favourite tunes "somewhere down the road" Thanks for providing me with the time machine to go back and re-live those emotions once more.... Peace ✌️✌️✌️
I've been enjoying your reactions to the first time hearing these truly sublime pieces from Rush! It takes me back to the first time I heard them some 40 years ago.
Just like you, I was kind of "meh" when I first heard Jacob's Ladder. I rediscovered it several decades later, and this piece is in my top five, from any band, not just Rush... It's an amazing piece of work.
Listen again, and again, and dig on the lyrics. Describing the crepuscular rays after a storm as "Shifting shafts of shining"... Brilliant.
And, yeah, the mixing of time sigs... The last instrumental interlude alternates between 6/8 and 7/8, yes, but the pounding transition going into "Follow men's eyes..." is actually in 4/4... Give it to Rush to make odd time sigs sound natural, and common time sound crazy complex...
Anyway, I dig your stuff... Keep up the great work!!! 😁
When I was a kid I read a lot of sci-fi. That was my escape and loved it. Then one day in 8th grade I discovered Rush, Moving Pictures. Tom Sawyer, to be specific. I heard that song and I put down my sci fi book at the time and thought, wow, the book has come alive in music. I then listened to the rest of the album and realized, OMG, the entire album is that good. From there I went to 2112 and the rest is history. Rush help me escape to a cool and adventurous world every time I listen to them. My favorite band of all time.
Alex plays the 6 string, 12 string, and bass pedals. Geddy plays bass, bass pedals, keyboards, vocals, and at times 6 string. Neil plays drums and percussion (does it make a noise when you hit it? Neil probably has it on his kit somewhere), and writes 95% of the lyrics. Each member has an equal part in the creating and writing the song. If one guy isn't doing something the other two don't like, he will be told to try it a different way, or may even receive suggestions of what to try.
All three of them are not proud, and are open to suggestion on how to improve. This is how they make a big, full sound with three guys, and produced great music over forty years.
And they like their fans. The video Alex and Geddy put out a few months ago - "The Spirit of Radio" to the 1979 "Permanente Waves" version - was a tribute to their fans, the DJs and radio stations that gave their first hits air time, and a tribute to Neil. Best video of all time.
This a band to study and reflect on how to produce great music, and work as a team, no matter the type of music a band plays.
Glad that someone is really loving on Alex’s guitar playing. Probably my favorite guitar player.
Alex used Hiwatt heads and Marshall combos in this album and Moving Pictures. Remember, his guitar WAS METAL back then! This was F-ING HEAVY at the time!
I can just imagine them learning this song and messing it up again and again and messing with each other every time they screw up..and trying to play it while high. LOL.
Since you are making your way though some of their longer epics, I suggest the Camera Eye next. More polished, but no less riveting. The nine minutes will go very quickly!
Hey Tim. I'm 58 years old and I've been listening to Rush for over 40 years. When some millennial like you comes along and reviews them, I think it's AWESOME! Keep going and enjoy!
I appreciate your commentary on the band's technical abilities, and in particular Alex who is often overshadowed by the other two.
One thing I think that should be discussed in this song is the opening chord progression. Yes, it's arpeggiated, but the chords themselves are very cool. This is no I-IV-V wonder. This was Rush in their experimental phase, and you can't argue with the results.
Next songs to review? Please consider:
The Trees,
Witchhunt,
Red Barchetta
Cygnus X1
Nice one and you’re right. The song has a repetitive melody which is somewhat atypical for Rush, but note that in each instance how it’s played is changed and builds in intensity. You’re also correct about Rush being able to draw a straight line through the changes in time and tempo. Masters of transitions.
You mention Lifesons attack and his use of arpeggios. I love how he employs the extra strum after the down beat. It lends weird weight to the preceding note or chord and it’s something I don’t hear many players do with regularity, but as a three piece and needing to fill sonic space, it’s just genius.
Lastly, and I know you can’t win with this, but do yourself a favor whether on the channel or not, have yourself a listen to the live version of this off exit stage left. The musicianship is off the charts as both Geddy and Alex play their primary instruments while both playing synth pedals with their feet, counter melodies and harmonies abound. You ask yourself how do three guys pull off that sound so tightly. It also shows how ridiculously tight Geddy and Neil are as a rhythm section. As live records go, there is little crowd noise or energy, but on this record you don’t want it anyway because it allows you to focus and really hear how tremendous they were as a live band. Keep it up!
I have always wanted to pick one great song from each Rush album, that no one does, not even Rush, but is hella to play. Off the top of my head I'm thinking of Cinderella Man off of the Farewell to Kings album. (The base line on that is just not what you'd expect from Rush, but whenever I played it everyone freaked out and their jaws dropped to the ground). This is that list:
Before and After
Anthem
The Fountain of Lamneth
A Passage to Bangkok
Cinderella Man
Circumstances (although Hemispheres is my #1 ranked Rush album and I learned the entire thing from beat one to beat last)
Natural Science (and again, I learned the entire album, it's my #2 fav Rush album with Caress of Steel being #3. My absolute fav song to play and sing is The Spirit of Radio)
and then when you get to Moving Pictures It's impossible to pick 1 song, but I'd go with Red Barchetta. I learned YYZ verbatim from the studio album (but added a neck bend on the harmonics which freaked people out) and it never fails to slay, but this exercise was to pick a great, underplayed and somewhat forgotten song off of each album.
The Analog Kid
Between the Wheels
Marathon
Turn the Page
Superconductor
Face Up
Cut to the Chase
Driven
and yes there's three more, but I haven't picked those yet :D
By Tor the Snow Dog medley from Exit stage Left 1981 awesome reaction
I have to recommend the other Canadian power trio at this point...Triumph. While they didn't turn out quite as many hits as Rush (how many bands did?), Triumph certainly turned in a great body of work through the late 70's through the mid 80's. Songs such as Hold On, Fight the Good Fight, Lay it on the Line, Magic Power, World of Fantasy, Spellbound, and Blinding Light Show are all classics! They are a different experience too, being more of a hard rock band rather than prog. Rik Emmett's vocals are easily a match for Geddy's, perhaps a bit better even. He's also an outstanding guitarist in his own right. Their drummer, Gil Moore, shared lead vocals and provided a steady beat and great fills. Their bassist, while not as proficient as Geddy (few are), still laid downs some great licks and provided keyboards too. The three harmonized well together, adding a vocal element that was missing from Rush's music. I think you will enjoy them.
Tim, great insights as usual. Alex’s use of arpeggios and open string chords really fill a big space with such a busy rhythm section. A lot of what he does in the verses is subtle but tastefully played just doing the job. When he gets to a solo he gets to showcase a little more of his metal chops. Another great point you made was how effortlessly they make changing time signatures sound. I heard in an interview by Neil Peart that he often plays over the bar to smooth out the transitions so the listener is hearing a jarring change in time. He never counts time but feels the pivots and is able to smoothly transition between time. That is so key to not disrupting the flow of the music, which was another great point by you. I would suggest Digital man or Vital Signs for a look at their more reggae and ska influenced sound.
I’m watching your rush videos with my 6 years old daughter. I’m a big fan of rush and she really love them already. Thanks for your reviews. We are writing from Chile!. Brs
love your technical explanation as to how Alex gets his sound
Cygnus X-1 and Countdown are two incredibly underrated Rush songs.
Great reaction. You're at Rush's peak, next stop Moving Pictures album for more peakage. Then go old school and listen to early Rush (2nd album, cut "By-Tor and the Snow Dog) or check it out live on their 1976 double live album.
Yes , but i suggest if you do By-tor and the Snow Dog to check it out on the "All the World's a Stage" live album.
As a non musician, I’m really enjoying your perspective. Keep it coming.
At 1:53 you speak of how Rush deals with time signatures. Someone once said that they always throw a lifeline to the listener so they don't get lost. So they can follow. It's hard to make difficult music sound simple.
Alex - Master of the arpeggio, harmonics, complex chords, and he can shred when required! You were pretty sharp to pick up on the fact they were switching to different odd meters. They always get me - “Ok this part is 7/8. Wait, that was two bars of 9/8. And now back to 7/8”. One cool thing about using odd meters is if you switch to something like 4/4 or 6/8 in the chorus it gives such an open feel. Like you hit the straightaway and can put the pedal down. I’ve listened to so much Rush, I love a 7/8 or 7/4 beat. It’s like alternating bars of 3/4 and 4/4. Or like 1-2-3 1-2 1-2 or 1-2 1-2 1-2-3. A very poetic Rush song in 5/4 is Losing It. Cheers!
Love Jacobs Ladder as it's the best musical depiction of a passing storm I've ever heard, so when you say it's a different "feel", to me it's entirely as it should be for what it's describing. It is a masterclass by Neil in building atmosphere, and there's very very few repeated patterns in it (although not obvious on first couple of hundred listens).
On another note: if and when you do Limelight... I recommend, in-between your parts 1 & 2, checking out Rick Beato's breakdown of it (YT sometimes doesn't like links but do a search of "rick beato what makes this song great #63"), where he isolates the parts using ProTools and discusses things like Alex's chord selections, etc … very enlightening.
Enjoying the reactions. :)
I love your reviews! Been a Rush fan and guitarist since late 70s. Your in for a long haul of masterpieces from these guys. The Camera Eye is one dear to me. But I also am looking forward to when you get to hear how they evolve through the years. Digital man, Analog kid, Between the wheels, Afterimage, it's a very long list. I hope you go through them all but be open to change. If you expect the same from them you will be disappointed. If you expect a band to keep morphing through the years with the same intensity and creativity, your in for a treat!
Enjoyed the insight! I enjoy the breakdown. There's a cool new interview with Alex by Paul Reed Smith. I think you'd enjoy that... I did. Alex is just a cool cat. I really feel that he has all the skills
Just found your channel. You do a great job.
Regarding the time signatures. You may or may not know that Neil could play one with his feet and another with his hands at the same time.
RIP Neil. You will always be the best in my mind. It saddens me that I will never get to see you play again. You were an awesome musician and even more awesome as a person.
You should check out Force Ten, the opening track from Hold Your Fire. It was the last song they recorded for the album since it was on CD and they found they had about 5 minutes left to fill. So they did it in one take.
To reiterate: you have a unique presentation to your reactions that I both appreciate and enjoy (and, no, they’re not the same). The bulk of my notes are in Part 1 of this video. Be well! 😎
Hey Tim!! I think it’s great that you are reacting to this music that was such a big part of my life. My thought is, our generation, that got to grow up with music like this, should be grateful that you (and others of your generation) are really listening to this music and appreciating it for what it is! Just pure, honest, classic rock and roll that needs to be passed on to the next generation! With all the new techno crap and auto tune, there will never be music like this again!! I love your reactions!! This is a great song, but I really think you should check out “By-Tor and the Snow Dog”! I think you would really like it. It’s a lot harder than this and the transitions are great! I also think you should check out something off of their “Caress Of Steel” album like “Necromancer”. Enjoyed the reaction!! Keep it up!!
I really enjoy all your RUSH reactions, thank you! Keep going
Another great review, love your reaction, keep it up. Alex’s guitare sound on the leads are just st awesome!
Live version of Bytor and the snowdog. I am a serious Rush fan and this is one of my favorite songs.
Oh yeah: Bytor. Of course.
Bytor live from All the World's a Stage is worth reacting to. So effing good!
Camera Eye or YYZ from Moving Pictures should be up next. RUSH is just scary good and tight. Seen them 7 times and never a bad show!! Sound is perfect and not too showy.
Great stuff Tim you can make a career out of Rush songs, there are so many brilliant compositions. Great content (Obviously haha) but great delivery.
I always felt that Rush got better when they stopped going for these "epics". I can appreciate all of their music, but it wasn't until Grace Under Pressure, that they "got good", in my opinion. Neil stopped going for these fanciful, flighty lyrics and focused on the more personal, inspirational themes, and musically, by Grace Under Pressure, they allowed each instrument equal time in the spotlight at once. Songs like this always have that feeling of competition between the instruments, for which one your ear should be listening to at any given point in time. By the mid 80's and on, they learned how to make each of them all share that space equally.
How about "The Fountain Of Lamneth" off of the "Caress Of Steel" album?
Yes! A must!
If you aren't already familiar with Liquid Tension Experiment (a Dream Theater side project), I highly recommend reacting to their song Paradigm Shift.
If you want to stay with Permanent Waves and get more of Alex, try Freewill... 3 soloists, 1 song.
Definitely like the fact you’re doing reactions in two parts. If it were possible to do, maybe you could illustrate some of the things you’re talking about with clips from the song. Quite a lot more work for you but I think it’d be worth it.
Mate, put some playlist together, like a Rush one so we can easily find all your reactions to certain band.
Great idea! Thank you for the suggestion. Don't know why I didn't think of it already. 🤘
If you want something else ominous, I would suggest Witch Hunt off of Moving Pictures. But the one that had a great impact on me as a teenager was Subdivisions off of Signals. It isn't a huge trick/technique/over the top song. It was one that really hit home reflecting on being an outcast/outside the cliques in High School. It really made a lot of us feel like we weren't alone. And to the RUSH elitists who are giving you crap about reacting to their music, just know that RUSH themselves would tell such self-important jack-offs to "take off" themselves and real RUSH fans just want to share the love of a great band.
In the world of super heros Alex would be known as "The Arpegiator".
The ultimate version of this song for me its on Exit Stage...Left !
Since you enjoyed Jacobs Ladder I'm sure you would appreciate Witch Hunt. Unfortunately, Neil's lyrics are still relevant. In fact I would say more relevant 30 years later. Witch Hunt has those crunchy rock jams that showed that Rush could rock with the best of them yet there was more to explore. As far as haters? Haters hate. Their sad loss. 'nuff said.
The best band in the GALAXY..try the last PROFESSOR song :THE GARDEN live version. I did cry remember Neil at Boston show..R.I.P Master Neil peart
Emotion Detector is my favorite Rush song. They never played it live, as it's even too complex for them. Check it out, dude.
naw man, any new RUSH Fan is good, 23 times live. This was a fav, and although it's strange to watch new people react to something I know note to note, word for word. It brings me back to the same feeling I had as I learned most of this when it was new. I mean we are talking almost 50 years, and you describe some of the stuff I heard way back then.
How do you document the life of a thunderstorm? Write a song call "Jacob's Ladder".
And those who say you aren't allowed to do it need to gk back and really listen to "The Spirit of Radio" along with "2112". The isea of Rush is sharing of music for everyone, not a a certian group of people only can listen and comment on certain music. The priests of the Temple of Syrinx tried that.
Having a broad range of fans is always a good thing, and for the artristy and joy of listening to music to survive, new people need to be exposed and allowed to express how they feel and think about the music.
What I like is you can learn things from almost any of the major groups - Led Zepplin is a good example of how to do innovative things with the blues. Pink Floyd is a prime example on how to.paint with music. Rush is a good way to learn how to integrate various components to make a cohesive sound.
Naw, screw the people who say you can't do this - they can go somewhere else.
Camera Eye from Moving Pictures
You should definitely check out The Camera Eye from Moving Pictures
You should check out Wishbone Ash, The King Will Come from Live Dates. These guys are Awesome.
Great videos! I'd like to see you tackle 2112. Or By-Tor and the Snow Dog. I think the studio versions are the best for those 2 songs. People may argue, but I think that you need to do the studio versions first so you have an idea how the song goes. That way you are even more impressed with the live performances.
You're missing Rush if you don't take a time trip to 2112
Great Reaction.If You wanna hear som live then chek out Rush in Molson Ampl.Theatre.Songs like 2112,Natural S,Test For Echo and others.Think You like it👍
Hey dude...grab the misses n fast forward to waken 2013 (open air concert) ....nightwish....everdream is the song...symphonic metal genre....I'm 60 n cant get enough...
A farewell to kings is a most go. You should listen it.
you like tempo switches, great transitions, odd time signatures and a hall of fame bass player?
listen to the band Yes.
i would start with "roundabout" or "heart of the sunrise"
new fan here and i really like your reactions!
I'd love to see your and the wife's reaction to Cody Johnson's Nothing on you. He's country but I think this should be in the blues category, and she might start dropping clothes off. The Acoustic version.
Nice breakdown and I concur with your take on the song. I like the song but not on my Rush hits list. In regards to Big Al, many guitar players have studied AL style of playing. He in my opinion has the most important job in the band because he has to fill the empty space with melodies and big sustained chords. Interesting fact was when the synth became a big part of their sound during the late 70's and 80's. Alex and Geddy argued about this. The reason being the guitar and synth occupy the same musical space and are in competition with each other. This is why and how AL became a better player, he had to find his way to co-exist with the synth. Don't get me wrong, he was a great player before but got better. This is why many pro musicians have studies AL and Rush as an influence.
I agree. Alex became 100 times better once he had to use his creativity as a musician, without relying on traditional "guitarist instinct". As a player for 27 years and a Rush cover band member in the past, I can tell you that Mystic Rhythms is 1,000 times more difficult to master than a song like Anthem or Closer to the Heart! How the Hell he came up with most of his structure and melody is totally mind boggling and each note fit precisely where it should be! Even after they left the keyboard era behind, it was a skill that he kept for the remainder of their albums.
@@surfeit5910 I play drums and guitar as well and you're just the guy to ask this question. For me before I learned to play guitar about 10 yrs back, my favorite songs had a magical quality. Pink Floyd was one of my favorite bands growing up but I noticed songs that I adored, sort of lost that magic and appeal once I learned how to play it. Just wondering if you feel the same way? Certain riffs of Alex Lifeson I will learn but never the whole song. I like not knowing how to play Rush song, mostly because I want the song to always stay magical, if that makes sense. By the way, love Mystic Rhythms, Neil Peart's drum riff/groove to that song is just killer, another song that reminds me of MR is "Scars". The way NP plays that riff and does minor changes for each verse is so cool.
@@JeromeDukes Early Rush did that to me. It was easier for a 3 piece band without a decent singer or keyboardist to make it through their earlier stuff, so I learned a lot of his style for that. It lost its appeal once I played it to death. Closer to the Heart, Anthem, Fly By Night... all of those traditionally driven 3-piece songs.
I also learned a lot of other classic Rock songs by the Eagles and Tom Petty and lost interest in hearing that music too, once i learned it.
Once thing Alex always did though, was keep it interesting. I even bought a 12 string guitar and learned "Hope", Alex's solo guitar piece off of Snakes & Arrows, but his playing had become so advanced at that point that I still miss all of the little nuisances that I hear whenever I re-listen to it!
@@surfeit5910 I know what you mean with the nuisances, when ever I hear a song I know by heart and years later I'll be like why didn't I notice that before. Cheers.
Try some later tracks, Caravan, Far Cry!
Do Far Away- Breaking Benjamin
And Ashes of Eden- Breaking Benjamin
Best of this album is Spirit of Radio
I like that you didn't go to the typical route of radio friendly RUSH songs like Tom Sawyer and Limelight , etc.
Although great songs.
We could do a list of all the main hits .
Tom Sawyer being their biggest hit.
Technically, what makes a hit a recognized "Hit" on the charts is to place in the Billboard's Top 40 list. Only one Rush song has ever achieved that. Nope, it's not Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio, or Closer to the Heart either :)
New World Man
Rush
Peaked at #21 on 10.30.1982
Officially, Rush is a "one hit wonder" LOL
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Tom Sawyer made it to 44. Close enough I guess , lol
Here's 4 Rush songs I dont think you have done. By-tor and the snow dog, necromamce, mystic rhythms and digital man
Hi. Can you react to Iron Maiden - Paschendale ( live version )? It’s one of my favorite songs and I really want to know your opinion. Thnx