Alex lifeson first video children sor Filmed in 1970 or '71, this movie contains the oldest known recorded performance of Alex Lifeson
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@STRATCAT10116 жыл бұрын
Alex lifeson is one of the most amazing guitarists ever. My friends and i first seen the original rush with John Rutsey by city hall,we thought they were great even back then.We stayed till they were all packed up.I said to them that they were f***ing great.alex looked at us and said thanks.thats it,but i will never forget it,i love rush.
@bensherstinsky8 ай бұрын
Dude that's INSANE, really epic that you got to see Rush in such early stages like that
@stevejohnson54776 ай бұрын
I'm glad i'm not the only one that can appreciate that@@bensherstinsky
@Ren-Sousanz6 ай бұрын
Wow....that's a great story you'll always remember. Thanks for sharing. Lucky guy..😎👌
@rsd3387 жыл бұрын
alex a great guitarist and RUSH the tightest band in Rock LIVE....memories
@timothysmith160Ай бұрын
And Thin Lizzy.
@davidce3rash4 ай бұрын
Love this song, old footage Jam session and dancing. Alex is such a goofball.
@Driven2Beers5 ай бұрын
Imagine how much money I coulda made marketing the bong water as a souvenir! 🤑🤑🤑
@mda03715 жыл бұрын
Alex acknowledged in an interview that he took part in this documentary. So yes...that's him.
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
Geddys voice was cool in the old days, but I've listened to him the last 2 albums closely, and i think his voice sounds as good as ever. Not as high pitched as as 30 years ago, but I like how he sounds today on the Snakes and Arrows album. He obviously has made an adjustment as he's gotten older, but his voice has seasoned quite nicely.
@SnowDogRedSectorEh16 жыл бұрын
(excuse the 500 character limit) oh it's him. Alex Lifeson made his film debut as himself under his birth name (Alex Zivojinovich) in the Canadian movie Come on Children Filmed in 1970 or '71, this movie contains the oldest known recorded performance of Alex Lifeson. In the film, Alex performs "Run Willie Run" a Rush original written in 1969, on acoustic guitar with an unknown co-actor providing the vocals.
@user-hf9vf9kf8t3 ай бұрын
I love the introduction song in the movie.
@Sid-gu5qk2 ай бұрын
John Hamilton singing.
@SnowDogRedSectorEh16 жыл бұрын
We do get to see an argument between him and his parents near the end of the film, over his decision not to go to college! "I was involved with that. It was ten kids living on a farm together for ten weeks and the interaction between them, and the cameras were always on, like reality TV before reality TV. Allan King was the filmmaker and he had made a few films like that...I auditioned for it and there were about three hundred kids who went up for it.
@mikebell21125 ай бұрын
It sounded to me like he was dropping out of grade 12.
@666slink14 жыл бұрын
Yeeeesh! Thank god he joined Rush!
@atatterson69928 ай бұрын
He MADE rush
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
i clicked this last night, it works fine!
@ronbryan9694 ай бұрын
Rember watching this as a youngster loved when theyre spliiting up the hash
@74jailbreaker15 жыл бұрын
It was the early 70's man, I wouldn't be surprised.
@19nervousbreak14 жыл бұрын
As someone who has followed Rush plenty from their early days from small halls and even schools to stadiums it is always a laugh to read all the stuff people post who consider themselves experts on the history of this band. Despite most of the nonesence posted I expect they will keep performing anyway. Cool band!
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
This was recorded between January 7 and March 7 of 1971 at New Castle, Ontario. Canada
@GEDDY375 ай бұрын
Seems there was many camera, angles, kind of odd
@Sid-gu5qk2 ай бұрын
@@GEDDY37it's from a documentary, there was a crew.
@jumbleothia15 жыл бұрын
It's funny jams like these that escalate into more serious playing. Alex (in his younger days) probably had lots of fun doing this sort of thing, and probably realized the importance of free style jamming without all the rules! Good for him!
@littlecave12 жыл бұрын
i love this with the fiery passion of a thousand and one suns
@Jmier7514 жыл бұрын
i think its really cool at the start of the song his voice is really low and serous then he brings it up a notch it gos really will with the beat of the song. good video
@siitrom15 жыл бұрын
I was 2yrs old..... peace
@WRITERCAB17 жыл бұрын
That's so cool.......
@petervandebor18288 ай бұрын
I BELIEVE THERE IS A FUTURE FOR THAT ALEX LIFESON ,WAITIN FOR A GEDDY UP AND GO GIGGITY
@2kosher14 жыл бұрын
Great job on the recreation!
@TonyCota14 жыл бұрын
We all start somewhere!
@xyz32112315 жыл бұрын
The chick holding the cat looks really high. LOL
@areolaman14 жыл бұрын
If Alex's parents moved to Tenesee he might have ended up in a hillbilly band.
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
This was actually produced and directed by Alan King in 1972..a well known producer of Canadian documentaries and films.
@user-wm1js2no9x6 ай бұрын
You gotta start some where! RUSH WORLDS GREATEST 3 PIECE ORCHESTRA🥁🎸🎙🎼🎷
@curtisgtrdaddy14 жыл бұрын
alex still parties... you dont get arrested on new years eve straight!!! and he parties hard...
@auggielau14 жыл бұрын
@Gbeagle Yep...watch the "Beyond The Lighted Stage". Geddy and Alex both mention they were really high when they recorded "Caress Of Steel" ;-)
@thedancemusickidvinniemichael6 жыл бұрын
Jon Lauman Hahaha no way thats crazy ya i remember seeing it in the movie
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
Noreen you tubed a message to me this morning. I swear, I never expected that in a million years. I just want to know which one she is in the video. I assured her in my email back to her that we we're just Rush/Lifeson fans who saw this video and whether anyone had some insight in it. I was flattered with her response, but I feel I pissed her off or something. It's cool she responded, but I gather she wants nothing to do with talking to us.
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
I went to IMDB website and punched in the Alex's name. Yes, this apparently was released on Mar 21, 1973, no doubt done way earlier as noted here by the poster. It is Alex Lifeson. Saw the names of the other people who were in this video, yet IMDB gives no other info on these guys with Alex. Apparently one shot, one kill with these teens. Alex was the only one out of this group that made the big time. I doubted this at first, but now I realize this is him..Good find from the guy who posted this.
@jgweems6 жыл бұрын
I think I got a contact high watching this video. :)
@mortr80078 жыл бұрын
He might have a lil rock n roll career someday?
@Kiekhaefer63 ай бұрын
At one point in this film they drop acid and Lifeson does an electric guitar freak out 😂
@LiveOnQueen14 жыл бұрын
hahahah u bet they were prob all baked. im surprised ged's not there....hmm i wonder why. epic rare video. thanks for posting! it just made my day. :D
@SnowDogRedSectorEh16 жыл бұрын
also, if you don't think it's Alex, search for "Rush - A Farewell to Kings" Even though that's about 5 or 6 years later than this video you'll see the "Hippie" Alex.
@therealxraydude11 сағат бұрын
This clip is part of a movie by Allan King. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pJ54daiLmsiqdYE.html Shot in a Reality mode way before it's time. This was a social experiment to see how a group of teenagers would get along by themselves in a house. One of them happens to be a relative. Alex knew what he wanted to do even back then. He is truly one of the best innovators in Prog Rock and had a huge impact on generations! Long live Rush!!!
@choosky15 жыл бұрын
This is Lifeson's most brilliant guitar playing ever!! lol
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
yes it is John Hamilton. Noreen McCallum has responded to this video if you look back at the past responses to this video. Not sure which woman she is in the video, but she did email me and another poster many months back.
@bestsongevah554311 жыл бұрын
remember walls were so small that we could possibly bruise apples while juggling
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
ahhh..I see. Just got my tickets for Mohegan Sun...I'm so happy I could scream Run Willy Run...
@Tralman196515 жыл бұрын
If I was Alex Lifeson I would give up my fortune to make sure nobody ever sees this clip.
@MargDBX3 жыл бұрын
You dumb
@SnowDogRedSectorEh16 жыл бұрын
Although the only full song performed by Alex is "Run Willie Run", in another scene he is shown playing something like a Hendrix Tribute ("Star Spangled Banner") for a group of the kids, but no other complete songs are in the film. All in all it is a fairly boring film (see Alex's comments below), where Alex comes off as the most stable of the kids mainly because he doesn't talk very much.
@sickb22009 жыл бұрын
I'll bet that flute smelled...peculiar. "meow. meow. meow-meow."
@dalegribble608 ай бұрын
Ah pot is so much fun!
@SnowDogRedSectorEh16 жыл бұрын
It didn't turn out the way Allan invisioned it would. We weren't very interesting so nothing really happened with it. It kind of flopped as an idea. It shows up on TV occasionally; I've seen it, it was on a few months ago. I was going through the channels, and there I was and it was really shocking. It was nineteen-seventy. I was seventeen at the time." - Alex Lifeson, "Closer To The Art", Classic Rock, Oct. 2004
@jcfbell300110 жыл бұрын
interesting how precise his hand motions are
@JoeEmptySea14 жыл бұрын
alex admitted to doing hashish back in the day in one one of the tourbooks
@jarg211215 жыл бұрын
You might want to check out the lyrics to A Passage To Bangkok
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
Alan Dunikowsky, Ken Gibbs, John Hamilton, Jane Harrison, Lesley Henry, Noreen McCallum, Alex Lifeson,Joanne Lye.
@cscdfalls15 жыл бұрын
the guy sitting back kind of strung out is my uncle pete, he used to hang out with alex and them. this video apparently they had taken LSD. kind of apparent lol... but he doesn't remember being in this exact video however
@amore10116 жыл бұрын
Damn ePhilosopher, you have the most creative insults, putdowns, and hilarious comments on youtube. Keep it up lol. I love your comment on a fan video of From the Begining. " Burp What did I say..." AHAHAHHAHA LOLMFAO!!!!
@stuka5214 жыл бұрын
Those chicks are now grandmothers!
@cristobaldominguez17 жыл бұрын
from my old long vault
@rockston1113 жыл бұрын
@Gbeagle Terry Brown himself even illustrates that they break before the guitar solo was the sound of one of them puffing a joint.
@donottawaguitar14 жыл бұрын
cool history
@CSXer15 жыл бұрын
The thing that made me wonder is if this was pre-Rush, it would have to be in the mid to late 60's. Movie cameras WITH sound were quite expensive back then. Not something you'd expect to see kids playing around with. This film looks more like it's from the mid-late 70's.
@Shortpride7816 жыл бұрын
agree
@Vaughnrush15 жыл бұрын
They are so high right now
@AlexConley15 жыл бұрын
They never met Neil until he joined them in 74/75 I'm pretty sure.
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
People in the movie/video..Alan Dunikowsky, Ken Gibbs, Lesey Henry,Alex Lifeson,Joanne Lye,Noreen McCallum, Sharon Wall, and Richard McMullen.
@user-rh1ci8hi4x8 ай бұрын
I knew Joanne Lye - she went to Leaside High School, same as me. Same as Jeff Jones, who was the original bass player for Rush. Lye went on to become brainwashed by Scientologists and, well, you know the rest of the story. She was weird in the first place....
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
I asked Noreen in an email which person she was in the video, but sadly she wouldn't tell me. I sensed she was freaked we we're talking about a video she was involved with long time ago before most of us were around.heck, I was aroun 5 or so when this was just being recorded or created. Last I heard she was in the health care industry in British Columbia.
@paultown65728 ай бұрын
Should have been used on Caress of Steel
@d0gg0ds13 жыл бұрын
@xyz321123 I cracked up when you wrote this, because that was exactly what I was thinking!
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
Movie from 1971 called Come on Children. Go to Alankingfilms.come and click this name and it'll explain about the movie. There's a nice picture of Alex at the sight.
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
The girl Noreen in this video just sent me a you tube message, so I'm guessing she just watched this video. I asked her which one she was, but I haven't heard from her yet. Maybe she can shed some light on this video. I'd love to here back from her. I'm Vic, come on here Noreen and talk with us if you want.
@herostatus15 жыл бұрын
This is from the 1973 documentary "Come On Children"
@MargDBX3 жыл бұрын
Filmed in 71
@siitrom14 жыл бұрын
fucked up thing..... this is one catchy tune.....best sounding flute I ever heard peace
@theshortbusbully17 жыл бұрын
Its from a pseudo documentry filmed in 1971 called "Come on Children"
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
Go to the beginning of these posts and look for the website "muttville" mentioned. Do that and you get this same video with sound.
@sciencebase16 жыл бұрын
Is that Peart in the background with the 'tache twiddling with a piece of string or something? Surely not, this looks like late 60s...
@bsn66golf14 жыл бұрын
@OHanswerME4Hamlet20 this is a documentary from aa movie called Come on Children. Yes it is Alex and he's playing in the video. Go on Amazon or the website of the producer of this who sells these documenteries. I believe it costs around 3o dollars..to own. It was prodeuced in Canada..to my knowledge it hasn't been shown in the US. One of the girls on this video has posted on this, but has no interest in elaborating more about the video.
@MsBenlane3 жыл бұрын
was shown on the criterion channel, they show everything from arthouse stuff, goddard and such to grindhouse meister hershell gordon lewis.
@Roger817616 жыл бұрын
These were actually taken during the creative process of the Power Windows sessions. This was what was to become "Territories." If there was audio you would also catch a couple of references to "The Big Money." Cool Stuff!
@user-rh1ci8hi4x8 ай бұрын
Absolute nonsense. Fake news. What the hell are you talking about? Sheesh, some people are true idiots.
@atatterson69928 ай бұрын
Huh? Do you have any left? Will you share?
@870expressmag16 жыл бұрын
They look like they are from the manson clan lol
@bluesman7116 жыл бұрын
Clap on Clap off. Everybody now.
@bsn66golf15 жыл бұрын
that's intertesting. Ask your uncle or if you know which woman in the video is Noreen McCallum. She responded to this video long ago via an email to me. Tried to get so insight from her on this video she participated in, but didn't want to talk. I have heard the sound to this long ago and it's rather jovial.
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
were you one of the kids portrayed in this video? I posted some names I saw on IMDB, but not sure which name goes to which person in the video. They seem like good kids who were just having a great time. Has this ever been talked about with them as they became older and lived there seperate lives? It would be kind of neat to get a follow up on these kids who were with Alex. I wonder if they alll became RUSH fans or keep in touch to some extent with Alex. When i first saw this it gave me chills.
@weykooey14 жыл бұрын
No lie my friend. We went to Georges Vanier Collegiate on Don Mills Rd. north of Finch Ave. in North Willowdale, the outskirts of Toronto. We liked a girl named Janice B---well .... He will remember her, and my bet friend Cliff if you know him.
@SnowDogRedSectorEh16 жыл бұрын
not likely - this is at least 12 years b4 power windows! the clip with audio can be seen/heard by pasting this addy after a triple w dot and replacing the 3 spaces with dots film queensu ca/King/Movies/childrenSor html
@Hanysegh16 жыл бұрын
I think, that it is Alex. Because in 0:50, it looks like John Rutsey, the first drummer of Rush
@Roger817616 жыл бұрын
Uh guys...I was kidding...Jeeze. I'm not that dumb. These are clearly outtakes from Fly By Night sessions. If I was to guess what you are seeing here is probably the birth of By-Tor and The Snowdog.
@user-rh1ci8hi4x8 ай бұрын
wtf drugs are you taking? Totally out to lunch...
@MichaelHansenFUN11 жыл бұрын
on netflix in the saved section
@Raakiszh13 жыл бұрын
@skorziks I know your comment is nine months old, but I just have to correct you here. Psychedelics like shrooms and LSD are in no way hard drugs, they are in fact lighter drugs than weed. I know for a fact that Neil has done acid, it's in one of his books.
@garyschnitker66894 ай бұрын
Better than some of Rush’s early 80’s videos…Distant Early Warning with the kid riding the missle
@spaden211215 жыл бұрын
it's him
@bansheebot214 жыл бұрын
That was from the song "Huck Finn" later changed a bit and made into "Tom Sawyer" lol
@paltieri1115 жыл бұрын
would be so nice to know Alex thoughts on this video...:)
@littlecave12 жыл бұрын
hahah this kid is aweome
@journeyquest113 жыл бұрын
I think this is before Lifeson moved from the Ozarks.
@cciemail16 жыл бұрын
but when you click on that link, the video is missing there. it has a blank box.
@xyz32112314 жыл бұрын
Seriously guys, these guys smoked pot in the 70's and early 80's period! Watch the the permanent waves studio interview on youtube, they are way high and that is 1980 i think.
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
is that kid playing the flute or smoking out of it? I've heard the audio of this and he's blowing into it, but I sware I hear nothing coming out. Most likely they're all high in this video, I wonder if Alex is. Wouldn't hold it against him if he was being he's always been a straight up guy and overall good person.
@areolaman14 жыл бұрын
@MisterHuskey lol... you might have been in the band with him.
@weykooey14 жыл бұрын
I went to high school with him, and that doesn't look like him. He had blond hair and bad acne. Rush has been together since 1967-68 Last time I saw him was in my kitchen making peanut butter sandwiches on acid. "68
@ValentineGermaine14 жыл бұрын
i'm kinda thinkin' this is not a vintage clip... looks modern to me!
@Catnip1114716 жыл бұрын
Too bad there's no audio for this vid. I would love to hear the song!
@FreeMarketPatmo14 жыл бұрын
If you guys have ever studied Neil's lyrics, you know where his influences in objectivism come from. I'm no disciple of anyone, but I'm running a congressional campaign that will be based on those same philosophies. I'd be much obliged if you'd all critique my video's for my campaign. PS I also put a few of my old guitar solo's in there for you. Thanks Patrick Thompson
@bsn66golf16 жыл бұрын
according to muttville, she's in the health/care field or something. She has a you tube account, and has told me she was one of the girls in the video. Basically asked me who I was or who I knew. I was shocked to even get a response. Both muttville and I we're shocked she responded..wouldn't you be?
@JonNichols211215 жыл бұрын
Man..forget Geddy..he shoulda stuck with this guy!! lol..