Rush never dissappoints.

What a timeless tune. Top 3 of Rush songs for me.

Not only are the lyrics great, but they remain utterly relevant. Great great song that will be around long after I am gone.

My favorite Rush tune. Great message. Sadly still needed today. "Neil Peart so concise on the lyrics and so chaotic on the drums" perfectly said. RIP

Rush: "We're just nerds playing for nerds." One of the greatest lines ever! Never think that you've heard the best Rush has to offer. Give "Roll the Bones" a listen. The true genius and sense of humor of Neil Peart to use the words "parallax" and "polyster slacks" in the same song!

RUSH has been making Canada 🇨🇦 proud since forever. Geddy Lee for Prime Minister.

"A PASSAGE TO BANGKOK" (the live version from the Exit Stage Left album) is one of Rush's greatest bangers. You must hit it eventually.

All the Rush songs are great, doesn't matter what you pick!

As someone still in high school, when this song came out, the lyrics are what completely blew my mind. To this day when ever I work in an office with stuffed shirts. I whisper the lyrics under my breath. 😅

What a real treat to appreciate! Thank you for checking this out, guys! You simply can't go wrong with Rush. Please consider of listening to "Lessons" from their 2112 Album. It's so Epic! ☮️

Some of Neil's best songwriting. Thanks!

Thank you Andy and Alex for playing my request. I was the one who called on the live stream via Instagram. This version is great and Rick Beato featured the studio version on what makes a song great. I did recommend on the Live Stream to check out the live version on the Different Stages album. There is a 2.5 min jam session at the end of this song that is purely amazing. Thank you again for having me live on the air and check the DMs I sent you on Instagram or DMs on Discord. I have some other suggestions that are bangers too.

This is the first Rush song Rick Beato shared on his "What Makes This Song Great" series. You will probably enjoy his presentation on that.

Bubbles (TPB) playing "Closer to the Heart" with Alex is a must watch. I must admit, I've shed a tear.

"Headlong Flight", from their final album is a MUST listen. You will not freakin' believe your ears! Thanks much for this one!🏆🏆🏆

I remember seeing them do this live. Alex Lifeson had an acoustic guitar on a stand that he would play the intro on, then step away and transition to the electric he was still wearing over his shoulder. It was pretty cool...

There is nobody quite like RUSH... God I love them!!!!!! This song is truly fantastic..

Rush would extend the ending of this song in concert because it's less than 3 minutes long. Not many lyrics but they are powerful! How about hitting the final cut off their last studio album? It's called "The Garden" and it makes me tear up every time. And we are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the release of 'Clockwork Angels.'

"A Farewell to Kings" is SUCH an amazing record!

The quintessential perfect rock n roll band. Next up….’Red Barchetta’

With over 170 songs in their discography, Rush has a wealth of very different types of excellence to choose from. You could probably find 20-30 songs that count as bangers.

This is one of my favorites from them. The lyrics are so good. I’d like to see more reactions for Triumph as they’ve had so many comparisons to Rush. I think you did “Lay It On The Line” but “Fight the Good Fight” and “Magic Power” would be reviews I’d be interested in. Love the channel!

This was featured in the Canadian comic masterpiece, Trailer Park Boys, as was Alex Lifeson. They're a music video featuring Bubbles from the show, as well as one of the Barenaked Ladies. Bubbles actually sings this song (along with the timeless classic "Liquor and Whores") at live stage shows. Just beware of Conky. He's a bit abrasive. Sebastian Bach has also been on the show, as well as the late, great Gord Downie (RIP) from the band The Tragically Hip. They had a ton of great songs, too, like "Bobcaygeon" and "The Darkest One," a video featuring the Trailer Park Boys trying to buy chicken for the band members. Seeing Gord and Alex as cops in one of the Trailer Park Boys movies is my everything.

This song put them on the pop charts in the US and UK for the first time and helped expand their popularity. The album this song came out on, A Farewell to Kings is a fine album. What is notable is that the album cover shows a demolition site in Buffalo NY (although one website indicates its Boston) with the Harbor Castle Hotel in Toronto in the background. A Rolling Stone magazine critic trashed this album when it came out. Said it was a waste of 37 minutes. As far as I remember, the magazine hated RUSH and never gave them any respect at the beginning and also into the 80's. But in 2015 they finally put them on the cover for the first-time just as they were retiring. No matter, fans loved the band, critics aside. And today they rank on many top 20 lists of greatest rock bands of all time. Take that old snobby music critics. I rarely take any critics reviews with any validity anyway. We are our own critics. It's all opinion.

A Farewell To Kings was probably their most radio aired song prior to Spirit of Radio. In this era few stations would play their more lengthy works 💪 each must know his part, closer to the ♥️

3 guys creating incredibly complex orchestration… After all these years of listening to them it’s still a thrill to really listen to the blending of poetry and music RUSH accomplished..

You can be the captain And I will draw the chart I fucking love these guys..

This song means more than ever to me as I overcome an "AFib" heart condition. This song is well-constructed!!

This one is a candidate for my favorite Rush song. I love the bells and chimes used in the song and the messages of the words is great.

"Trouble with Trees" Neil's BEST lyrics

It's not one of their most popular songs, but I would highly recommend 'Marathon'. It has one of my favorite bass lines of all time.

Underrated banger from Rush? "Vital Signs" all day.

Lakeside Park and Red Barchetta are right in flow with this Masterpiece.

RUSH had a knack for putting at least one song that could be played on radio off almost every album. definitely this one for sure. go back and look and check out the songs off each album that i’m talking about. and then you buy the album and you realize all of the other songs are even better

I've been listening to this song since FOREVER...but listening to it recently (2017- upwards) has always brought me to quiet tears, as the idyllic, hopeful, striving reality they point towards (in the song) is the literal polar opposite of where we are now. Great song; heavy heart listening to it right now (2022).

Sometimes people don’t realize that this is only a 3 piece band..Amazing sound..

I'm surprised they haven't heard Closer To The Heart yet! Please more Rush! They have so many great songs that you haven't heard yet. I think you should listen to Grand Designs next. It'd be a great taste of their 80's material.

Finally you’ve done another rush song! More often guys please! So many to choose from. You’re missing out 😂 The camera eye maybe? Armor and sword from snakes and arrows would be awesome! The title track from A farewell to kings. Good choice. Hope you’re well! 😊

The studio version is great, but the extended version on the "Different Stages" live album is my favourite. Geddy has a bass solo that is just magical.

Goosebumps as soon as Geddy starts singing! 🔥👊🏻

Peart on the chimes adds a new dimension to their sound.

I bought this album based on the cover when I was a kid. Loved every song on it. This and Queen - "News of the world" played a big part of my sixth grade life. I'm thankful.

After groovin to this one for decades I was surprised you had not heard it. It never gets old.

I'd forgotten just how great this song is and it took me back to my early teenage years when my older brother controlled the stereo and fed me a steady diet of Rush, Led Zep, Deep Purple and The Beatles. Those were good years.

The live versions of this song are great because they always jam out at the end. I think it’s time you guys checked out some later Rush:Headlong Flight off their last album Clockwork Angels. I challenge you to find another band who can rock this hard after 40 years. Fasten your seatbelts there’s a banger up ahead!

“It feels sinister that this song is less than 3 minutes.” Haha, love that.

“Rush IS Variety!” -fanboys, 2009.

Love this song…. Yeah!

It's hard to believe it's one guitarist in that solo because Alex Lifeson is a guitar god. It's so multi layered. The best band in the land.

Please do INXS - Devil Inside! I NEEEEED ITTT!

One of those timeless classics that just doesn't get covered.

"The Camera Eye" from Moving Pictures next perhaps. Someone from the livestream suggested the live video from Different Stages for "Closer to the Heart". You should check that out, it's very good and a couple minutes longer.

Rush is the best band to come out of Canada, followed closely by Heart, The Guess Who, & Bachman Turner Overdrive. When you guys re-vist Rush, from this Album Farewell To The Kings the Title Track: Farewell To The Kings".

A few years after this, in the early '80s, the mutual admiration between The Police and Rush had reached such a peak that they were starting to sound like each other. You can hear it in "Spirits in the Material World" and "Secret Journey" by The Police, and in "Vital Signs" and "New World Man" by Rush.

Great to see your appreciation for this! You all should consider getting out of the 70s Rush and reacting to some 80s Rush. There is SO MUCH to explore! "Early Distant Warning", "Time Stands Still", "Mission" (DEFINITELY Mission!), "New World Man", "Big Money", "Marathon", "Mystic Rhythms", "Camera Eye", and many more!!! Again, DEFINITELY "Mission"!!!!

This was a short one for them and got a lot of radio play because of it. Great song!

This is Geddy Lee at the height of his vocal powers

Alex you'll be interested in to know that Peart only wrote some of the lyrics. this is one of the only songs where they brought in an outside writer: Peter Talbot

Geddy Lee has said this is the quintessential Rush song

Awesome, guys. Glad you enjoyed it! As far as where to go next, maybe Jacob's Ladder? Or if you want to sample some synth-era Rush, Territories has one of Geddy's sickest bass lines. Plus lyrics that play well with today's topics (Ukraine, for instance)... Or if you'd like to hear their being influenced by The Police, you could try out Digital Man.

One of my absolute fav Rush songs. SO good.

Witch Hunt. Great song nobody ever reacts to. Blew my mind when they played it at the Moving Pictures concert in the 80s.

On this Rush Tour Tommy Bolin opened !!! 1) People People (76) 2) Dealwr (with Deep Purple) 76

To quote Jack Black: after 40 years they still had sauce! Watch the doc Beyond the Lighted Stage!

Another great song from my favorite band. A few other gems I’d recommend are “Jacob‘s Ladder” from Permanent Waves, “The Camera Eye”, “Witch Hunt” & Vital Signs” from Moving Pictures, and “The Enemy Within” from Grace Under Pressure. The latter is full-on 80s, but the bass work is excellent.

RUSH is TIMELESS.... pure MAGIC!

So does this mean Rush Wednesdays are back 🤯 Best reaction yet A⚡A "Gosh" !!!!

A Farewell to Kings released in 1977. The growth and maturity of their songwriting/ arranging is very evident on this fantastic album. Great review, guys. If I may, I recommend “Circumstances” for next one by Rush.

Rush is the best thing that came out of Canada 😋

Rush was my first concert too back in 1987 and they're the only band I've seen live more than once

The times I saw Rush in the eighties the whole crowd always sang the first part!

I use to run into Geddy and Alex quite a bit, they always had time to chat and they laughed at my jokes. Nice Canadian boys.

You guys should check out the live version from the South Park 25th anniversary concert. Both Geddy and Alex were there and they brought down the house.

Absolutely MORE Rush please

That bass line though, wow

A&A, for your 22nd Rush reaction, I'd recommend "Circumstances" from the Hemisphere album!

A Farewell to Kings was a message, the old 3 chord Rock N Roll must roll over and get with the times Rush was bringing in. This album came out in 1977!

I can candidly remember the ads for Rush coming to Detroit (often): "...the three man hurricane from Toronto..."

growing up on the west coast Rush was not on the radio untill this song came out. then the mainstream stations started playing just this song.

This album was the gateway drug to guy's my age and the discovery of the OLDER Rush albums!

My friends and I saw Rush in the mid - late 80s many times in concert (also the group YES) we knew it was incredible and we were so lucky to see them. Every time this song came on the whole audience would stand up and hold their lighters basically creating a see of light. We were part of something larger ( we had the lighters for smoke mostly though lol) and it was a statement of just recognizing the need for a world, "Closer to the Heart!" Great times

So much going on for being so short. Just amazing!

This was the first song I learned to play after buying my first acoustic 12-string. That was probably 36 years ago or so. I still love that song.

Drummer band with a great guitarist, vocalist, and bass player. But every song is a drummers song. Neil is the power of the band.

Rush - 'Ghost Of A Chance' off their 1991 album 'Roll the Bones' was a radio hit & is fk'n awesome.

It Never Gets Old, even for long time fans. And Even more fun with Alex and Andy.

So many great Rush tunes with this being one of them

"You can be the captain, And I will draw the chart... Sailing into destiny......" Fn brilliant!! Peace from PA ✌️

Rush was my first concert too. Head East opened for them back in 1978

Some of the best lyrics ever written

More Rush!! Best ever

Their Musicianship & creativity & producion is too good to ever have "too much" of this. More please. Different Strings or Jacob's Ladder. ?

Rush are master's at time changes and lyrics. Please do "Closer to The Heart" Live different stages. Rush playing this song through the decades. It's goosebumps great.

"It was the first Rush song to feature a non-member as a songwriter in Peter Talbot, a friend of drummer and lyricist Neil Peart" -wikipedia

Peter Talbot wrote this song with Neal Peart. Neal liked Peter’s writing and asked him to help write the lyrics to this classic.

It was so great being in High School when all this awesome music was coming out!! 👍👍

His guitar tone, epic, love it, more Rush please!

man nothing feels more 80's afternoon teenager than this........[i'm fiddy]

This song was a bass solo with really great bandmates.

My absolute favorite Rush song 🎵 ❤ Amazing lyrics ❤