That's loyalty Bro'...good on ya'...

Female fan here, saw them 37 times, first time being in 1981, and on my own accord!

You super lucky I feel blessed to have seen them twice

Saw them for the first and only time when they came through Nashville on their Clockwork Angels tour. So glad I went.

31 times from 1980-2015. So VERY fortunate to have grown up and been present during the time of Rush!

So underrated. Put him up there with the best.

And that's what makes him so great. Humble and not pretentions in the least. My number one pick as one of the greats!

john bonham is better

@@neilv577 You can`t say, Peart is better or Bonham is better. They both are excellent in their own style.

Me and a bass player have been having a go at YYZ and what is true for us, is that finding someone to do the guitar locally has proven to be near in impossible.....so Dave's point makes sense to me (it's amazing how many guitarists say "oh, Rush, no probs" until it's time to play and then suddenly they can't make the rehearsal ;) 😅 true stuff...

Agreed!! This is a great example of how great Alex is.

@@neilv577 - What ever you say. Opinions are like assholes, everyone and their dogs got one!

He is not with us but his life's work will never leave us....in a way, he is still with us

I know exactly what you mean. It is a little painful to think it's gone, and yet i am glad i got to see them a lot.

I look at these concerts and be grateful to have witnessed a master in his trade, a beautiful human being and a man who had the upmost joy with his lifelong friends.

yah... that three such geeky nerds who would have been almost lost without each other, managed to find each other, and band together, to make such brilliant noise... for so many millions to love... is still such inspiration to me... :) i don't like to think about people in terms of 'heroes/villains' so much these days, but... neil, alex, and geddy =are= heroes.

Today I’m driving to work cranking this song and all the sudden I just start crying 😢 knowing this maestro is no longer with us.

I know alex is crazy right?

Yeah.

I think it says a lot about a band that after 40 years they can still enjoy playing on stage and actually enjoy playing together. I think this is one of the reasons why they were so successful, as well as being great musicians, they were also great friends.

He wasn’t one to show too many emotions haha

I was thinking how great the "silly break" in the middle was. Like you said, so great to see them actually enjoying it still so much after all those years. Still alot of headshaking in disbelief on my part.

And that's fine because they were one of a kind.

Amen to that brotha

Very few bands that no one sounds like, bands that did their own thing and kicked total ass. Rush, Iron Maiden and Pink Floyd come to mind.

Well said...

How do you know?

Orion. To live is to die. The flame surrreal. yyz

@@thatoneguy2494 Nope. La Villa strangiato still better.

@@thatoneguy2494 YYZ is INCREDIBLE, absolute genius. And La Villa is even better!

@@ruthylopez not an instrumental alex was clearly singing

the rockworld has lost the best drummgod ever lived.my heart bleads. to de rest of the familys i give you all my regrettes...

His rants were some of the funniest stuff I've heard in years.

Lifeson better than Page!

mark ross agree full x7!

RUSH..so..so good..best band ever..

What sets him and them apart from others is that it's about the love of music, not notoriety.

AGREED!!! Freakin awesome!!!

Sense of humour unmatched too!

Its absolutely amazing!

USUALLY it's when he goofs up, lol. it happens to everybody. i remember the Presto tour in New Haven where he came out of the guitar solo in Freewill to the half time several bars early. Geddy and Alex spun around on him with a "HUH??" kind of look on their faces and Neil just pulled his head down into his shoulders with an "opps, i farted" grin on his face. the thing is, when gods mess up, it reminds us we're all human :-) RIP Neil. we miss you so much.

Neil laughing or smiling was just as rare as a Rush Swan...... Almost.

@@dnashofficial ❤💝💖💔🙏

Seeing Neil smile after everything he went through is a gift in and of itself

Alex is one humorous fellow

Three of the greatest in their fields ALL IN ONE BAND! Damn strait greatest band of all time!

You couldn't help feeling like you were one of their friends. It was just their presence and demeanor on stage.

@@michaelgeisdorf6641 yes, they're great...but; you're way overboard on this..ELP in their prime would blow them away. ..

@@rossb.4773 No, ELP are great but Rush has a way more extensive and impressive catalog

@@rossb.4773 stupid nope... deep purple already blew them out at 74 california jam

ABSOLUTLEY!

Well said

geoff- you are correct Alex and Eddie Van Halen.....MASTERCLASS.....

My top three influences in high school were Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Alex Lifeson.

Yes..you can put that up

I’ve said the same thing for fucking decades. He’s so under appreciated and is far more complex than the common lead guitarist who just shreds

They spoke very softly & carried a humongous stick

There's always been a thirst for these guys but now it seems like its almost unquenchable...

Neil will never die, we will keep him alive by sharing the music

@@toddmoore4887 Amen brutha!

@@ixcygnusxi9107 my God, what Rush groupies. ...

Nice post Dan!!

@@bluntforcetrauma1500 Thanks Carey - glad you appreciated it as I know all die hard - hard core RUSH fans will. When they said: "We have assumed control" - they weren't kidding because they did - and we were more than willing to let them! Long live RUSH! May their music forever Echo into eternity! God bless!

Dan, I loved your post. 9 months later and your post brought a tear to my eye.

@@michaelgeisdorf6641 Thank you Michael, I appreciate your reply. This was a special band - very special - and I know that all RUSH fans who truly appreciated this band and their depth, and their genius, and all they gave, and everything about them as personal people individually, and how much they appreciated their fans in how much they supported them - will never be lost on Alex or Geddy - never! This was always personal with RUSH with their fans - as it is with us with them. There is not many bands that has that kind of personal impact with their fans as this one has enjoyed. I think that not many do today. I always knew that if just one of them was gone, or quit for some unbelievable reason - it was never going to be RUSH again. I am thankful they remained together for as long as we have been blessed with them. But RUSH now belongs to history as it should be - but my 21 year old son cut his teeth on them and was raised with them. Long Live RUSH!!!!!!! May God bless you and all you love.

Dan Campbell they were indeed special. I knew they were something special in 1977 when I got my first Rush album and heard 2112 for the first time. BLOWN AWAY! I listened to that album over and over and each new album that came out I’d “Rush out” to get the next installment. But it wasn’t until I was on a US Navy destroyer in the middle of the Mediterranean that I really appreciated Farewell to Kings and drowned myself in Xanadu that the extent of their talent really set in. At my first port of call I went looking for a record shop and bought Moving Pictures and thought that there was no way they could top the recent albums but man was I wrong. ......... Now I’m getting old and I am moved with emotion listening to their mastery wishing I had seen them more than just once live. They will be remembered as the most talented rock n roll band in history!!

Alex was channeling his inner Thijs van Leer, apparently, that night... good to see Geddy & Neil cracking up...

Let alone behind the drum set

Primus anyone??

Just good guys and that is not rare for Canucks,😊

I guess you missed the part where Alex went into free will at 0:59 then tripped balls for the following 60 seconds 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Dear Alex Lifeson, I love you and your playing, but this is the first time I ever hear you stumble on the guitar. Ahh, never mind, eh.

Don’t be sad that it’s over. Be full of joy that it happened.

And that we saw them and have the DVDs and cds, cassettes, 8 tracks, vinyl etc

I can deal with not seeing them play again. We fans definitely got our money’s worth watching them play. What’s harder for me to deal with is the fact that Neil is no longer here.

Yeah, when you get the chance read or listen to his non fiction, you pick up a lot about him, I had just finished masked rider when he died, and I was in no shape to listen to ghost rider, audible gave away the recordings of his other travel stuff, a lot of fun, was much more able to process Ghost Rider last, despite it technically being #2 of 7

Who? 🎸🎸🎸

Que som fantástico 😉

Any body that dislikes this music needs to be committed

Tone deaf idiots they must be, Kickshaw..

totally disrespectful comment; i get it you're fan of rush but it's just not necessary everyone's thing

@Kickshaw68: It just doesn't speak to me. It doesn't pick me up, never has, if that's what you're wondering. Not that I downvoted the performance but it is what is is: Rush may be fantastic musicians but still not my cup of tea. And that's a good thing, you know ... different tastes and such.

actually, only Geddy and Alex went to school. Neil joined through an audition ad on a newspaper.

Agreed, It's always Neil Geddy Neil Geddy Neil Geddy Blah blah blah. Alex is the one bringing it to life.

When your bassist and drummer are the GOAT, it just gets a little weird. But, let us all Surrender to Alex's amazing and underlooked guitar skills! (BTW we would all sacrifice our first borns for a chance to play on that les paul)

Not underrated in my book. Easily in top 5 all time best electric guitarists.

@@yannick2047 I 100 percent agree, he is amazing

1/50th of his talent would be great.

Alex is perfectly rated through the musical world of perfection. He is a master of his craft. He is Rush.

all of these musicians who started in the 60's are dying off mostly from old age.Touring is a hard life and being a musician 24/7 was even harder. So, they are worn out by 60. Any more years after that is gravy. Which explains why Paul McCartney takes such good care of himself and has for years.

the best

That is what makes them so amazing..

I bet they have plenty of deaf fans. My only regret? That they can only see Rush and feel the sound waves of the music, but they'll never be able to also hear the music. I guess 2 out of 3 isn't bad.

Truth

They only listened to when lerxt sang 😆 deaf ears otherwise. I love alex nice to see him get his moment lol

@@plisskenationbackfromthede3657 Very well spoken!! It seem like Every time they play this song,that Neil Peart alway's laughs... Well actually they all do😅🤟🤘🤙🤟🤘🤙

Certainly way up there. Excellent musicians but you do understand a lot of the stuff is electronic, sequencers and loops. That takes a lot of talent to program though. Geddy is genius.

U 3 r all master musictions!