RUSH - Cygnus X-1 Book One & II | The Voyage - Hemispheres

RUSH - Cygnus X-1 Book One & II | The Voyage - Hemispheres | FINALLY!!!!

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@GorgonTheHybrid 2 жыл бұрын

HOLY SHIT, YOU FINALLY FUCKING DID IT! Ok, now to listen to the reaction! Thanks, guys! I might have requested Hemispheres once or twice or thereabouts. ;) edited: Yay, you mentioned me! You finally took a pebble (so to speak). Totally love you guys - Woohoo! ~ Gary

@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, don’t hold back, Gary. It’s fun to see their reaction and then yours 👋🤪Thanks for pushing for it. ☄️👨‍🚀💫

@markalexander6655 2 жыл бұрын

Gary, happiness! 👍❤️‍🔥

@NicknLex 2 жыл бұрын

Haha! Your reaction was as we had hoped! Lots of love and thanks again!

@GorgonTheHybrid 2 жыл бұрын

@@michelemichele3375 Michele Michele, the woman so nice, they named her twice!

@scotttolson8179 2 жыл бұрын

I thought of some other Rush lines when you were talking about GorgonTheHybrid's persistence..."Leave out the fiction, the fact is this friction will only be worn by persistence, Leave out conditions, Courageous convictions, Will drag the dream into existence". Powerful lyrics written by the great lyricist...Neil Peart, from the song Vital Signs.

@Gary-zq9dr 2 жыл бұрын

Are you a left brain person or a right brain person? "Sensibility, armed with sense and liberty, with the Heart and Mind united in a single, perfect Sphere." Who writes lyrics like that? Neil!

@mvunit3 2 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY! :D

@enzolumare5680 2 жыл бұрын

As much as I love the lyrics, scientifically there is no such thing as left brain or right brain person. Both sides of the brain act together to perform actions. Other than that, Neil’s lyrics for Cygnus-X1 are perfect. Sorry for being that guy…

@guyshort9663 Жыл бұрын

Great courage warrior maiden

@guaporeturns9472 11 ай бұрын

@@enzolumare5680trust me pal , you’re not that guy , ok ..? you’re not that guy

@racebiketuner 11 ай бұрын

Not just a great lyricist. He was a poet.

@jons3808 2 жыл бұрын

Rush actually is better than everyone else 😀

@jameyw98 2 жыл бұрын

Rush is the Mozart of rock music. A cut above the rest.

@winstonlane708 2 жыл бұрын

🐐🐐🐐

@lawrencefine5020 2 жыл бұрын

Hemispheres is a perfect album. Listening to that brought a tear to my eye at the end. "Let the truth of love be lighted, let the love of truth shine clear..sensibility." Hit ya in the feels..

@MrBaiter65 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, me too!!

@user-nb2xs3ss1g 2 жыл бұрын

It really is a perfect album

@craigmanning467 2 жыл бұрын

I Like a Farewell to Kings. But Hemispheres is also awesome.

@k_spats 2 жыл бұрын

30 minutes in and I'm crying... Rush means so much to me - I can't explain it. Just knowing that a younger generation is listening and appreciating their gift of music - fills my heart with joy! When I use the emojis 💜💫✌🏼🎵 It means, "Love, light, peace and music (joy)!!!" Thank you for all that you do for us! It's more than you know! Sending BIG LOVE!!! Kelly 😊

@jasonwilliams6005 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Rush, for this and everything.

@motodork 2 жыл бұрын

Alex’s tone on Book II is just fucking majestic.

@Kang2112 2 жыл бұрын

RUSH The greatest rock band that ever was or ever will be.

@rmac8008 2 жыл бұрын

Growing up in Toronto in the 70s Rush and Max Webster were our hero’s (all my prog rock friends) 2112, farewell and hemispheres Came out Race down to Sam the Record Man to get the album Then line up for tickets to the show at Maple Leaf gardens Epic shows So glad you did these back to back As we did on the turntable in our smoke filled basements

@raymondsenecal8943 2 жыл бұрын

Il was at the Montréal Forum for the Farewelle to a King tour the first part was Max Webster, Wow.

@mickeyd6444 2 жыл бұрын

The drumming here is absolutely breathtaking. Neil was a fucking giant. I've heard this before but sitting here listening to it again has me shaking my head in utter amazement.

@Test4Echos 2 жыл бұрын

Neil Peart was (and probably still is) THE best compositional drummers ever. I remember this album just blew me away when it came out, and I was already a huge Rush fan since 2112. I'm watching NicknLex reactions to this and chuckles a bit - just wait to have your minds blown when you connect the whole tale in the lyrics, from Cygnys.X I to Hemispheres ... 😄

@cano21 2 жыл бұрын

Preach! I always forget how hard he goes off in this "song." My shoulders are sore right now from trying to keep up on my air drums! 😄

@jeffr7275 2 жыл бұрын

This album and A farewell to kings are magical

@kevinmcfarlane2752 2 жыл бұрын

Kings was my first proper introduction to Rush, so it will always have a soft spot for me. I had previously heard one song from the first album before that without knowing who they were.

@Southbound63 11 ай бұрын

I saw them on A farewell to kings and twice on the Hemispheres tour. Both were fantastic. I prefer 70’s Rush.

@michaelmcgowen8780 2 жыл бұрын

My first ever concert was Rush on 12 February 1980 in St. Louis, Missouri. During the concert, Rush did play Cygnus X-1, Books I & II together as one song. Rush also opened with 2112.

@sonofnothing8723 2 жыл бұрын

Fuck dude that must have been wild!

@ianferraro9640 2 жыл бұрын

That’s outrageous! Must have been incredible.

@WS-1638 2 жыл бұрын

One of the high points of your life, for sure.

@jonathanblair5255 Жыл бұрын

I’ve heard this a millions times and it never gets old. Power, force, subtlety and energy. gives me chills every time. Thank you for this, it honors the memory of Neil.

@davecole2561 7 ай бұрын

Spot on, sir. As Geddy sang on Afterimage, "I feel the way you would". I think of Neil often, nearly 4 years after his death, and suspect I always will. They're a band for the ages.

@Tannhauser62 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see you tackling these two epics. Neil's drumming is absolutely ferocious on Cygnus X-1 and Geddy's voice could cut glass. I love Alex's solos on Hemispheres.

@patrickbeintema9184 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for all the Rush songs you do. Did it ever occur to you that they were only in the beginning of their 20's when they wrote this?! It's beyond my belief. They were so freaking ahead of their time. Just from another planet.

@jamietabor1200 2 ай бұрын

Not another planet. The centre of the universe, according to some Torontonians. 😂 Inside Canadian joke 😅

@markgettemeyer1145 2 жыл бұрын

The music is technical and very proggy. The lyrics are poetry beyond most anything else in modern rock music. It is the marriage of the two that makes Hemispheres a supreme masterpiece.

@GorgonTheHybrid 2 жыл бұрын

When I got into Rush in 1981, they had a ton of fans, but they were also hated by a lot of people, and being a Rush fan could be rough as a kid. Such amazing vindication to see them in the RRHOF, and to see generations of people who weren't even born yet back then get into and fall in love with their music. Also, back then it was pretty much white guys in the audience, so to see so many women and POC do reaction videos and totally love them is heartwarming, as it should be music for all people who appreciate quality soul-stirring music! Rush on! Peace & Love! ~Gary

@jonathanblair5255 Жыл бұрын

There are so many people who just cant wrap their brains around the complexities of Rush. MY girlfriend and I aren’t on the same page on Rush, and she considers just heavy metal, grouping them in with everything hard rock but Rush only fits into their OWN genre, and they RULE forever!

@GM-MarkOfExcellence 2 жыл бұрын

Literally, Music of the gods. My first concert ever, 1979 in Saginaw, Mi. 9th grade. When I first heard it (literally like a week after the album was released) I thought, "This is nothing like Cygnus X1, Book I" but it did not take long for Hemispheres to become my all time favorite album from any band.

@afaflutfi 2 жыл бұрын

How could only 3 guys made this kind of music

@winstonlane708 2 жыл бұрын

🐐🐐🐐

@brianhall6403 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much - this was a massive “memory lane” thing for me. Remembering lying in bed, Walkman in, drumming on my chest. I owe so much to this band. Thanks guys! 💙

@cogline 2 жыл бұрын

Hemispheres will always be my favorite song

@RiquezaEmGotas Жыл бұрын

We know the bass, voice and drums are sensational but the guitar sounds, textures, overlapped notes and arpeggios created by Alex are simply otherworldly.

@philsmith2444 2 жыл бұрын

I think one of the most amazing parts of Hemispheres is that smooth overture that presented the themes and motifs you hear throughout the song.

@kevinmcfarlane2752 2 жыл бұрын

I think Hemispheres is musically superior to 2112. But 2112 is more iconic (and concert-friendly) because of where they were in their career when it came out.

@WendellRush2112 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Nick and Lexi for sitting through the entire set of masterpieces. That was so awesome guys. It took me back to 1977-78, when I first played those albums. I put on my headphones 🎧 and went on another incredible journey that touched my heart and soul. It started with Caress of Steel and 2112 than continued on with these two albums and everyone after that. To see you both enjoy, appreciate and share some of those same feelings that I experienced is so precious. You have a lot more Rush to explore and I will be right beside you enjoying it with you. Thanks again for doing this for us. 💖

@mikeminer1947 2 жыл бұрын

That opening monologue to Cygnus X-1 scared the crap out of me as a kid (and still creeps me out a little as an adult)!

@cobbycaputo3332 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! I was like 14. On the same day I bought The Shining (book) and Farewell to Kings. I was reading the book listening to the album in the house alone. I flipped it to side 2 and kept reading. The book had me scared pretty bad and all of a sudden my stereo started with those tubular bells and the distorted voice. I literally screamed, threw the book up in the air and fell off my bed.

@terrys8690 2 жыл бұрын

Hemispheres was my favorite Album in High School. I went into the Navy in 81, and was at Sub School in New London CT in Jan/Feb of 82. I was very homesick, by myself in the barracks , looking across the roof tops of the base, on a cold, wet January Day., probably a Sunday. “A boy alone so far from home, endless rooftops from my window. I felt the gloom of empty rooms on rainy afternoons” from Circumstances played through my mental jukebox(Neil phrase). I felt it so deeply it’s hard to explain. Rush laid the soundtrack to my life after that. Hemispheres will always be one of my favorite Albums.

@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine having Book I on one album and then you had to wait for the release of the next LP to hear Book II?! And Rush named Cygnus X-1 a “Black Hole” before Science was able to make it official. In 1974, Stephen Hawking made a bet with Kip Thorne that it was NOT a black hole but he really hoped they could prove that it was. The wager was settled in 1990 but there’s more info still surfacing about Cygnus X-1. Rush was ahead of the curve on the Science. Thanks. ✨☄️🤪

@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын

Healing energy to Alexia’s back. This was epic. Thank you, gf! Even Marley had to Space-walk to have a stretch 💫 👩‍🚀🪐👨‍🚀🔉

@tedalfred9516 2 жыл бұрын

Good job guys and bravo to Alexia for dealing with your back pain through that epic. Amazing to end Farewell to Kings with Book 1 and open Hemispheres a year later with Book ll...crazy concept. Really looking forward to you two getting into their 80s to early 90's stuff in the future. Even as their sound changed somewhat they still produced a bunch of great albums/songs. Presto and Roll the Bones are fantastic albums throughout, while Power Windows, Grace Under Pressure and Signals etc. all had mulitple good tracks. Geddy's voice matured a bit as they evolved as a band and their musical influences changed. That's what made Rush who they were...a band that could change with the current influences of the times throughout the decades and keep producing good music that was relevant at the time..and maybe moreso 40+ years later. Kudos to you both.

@aaronwentzel6174 2 жыл бұрын

Holy smokes. So happy to hear the two of you react to these classics. Hemispheres is Rush’s prog masterpiece. This record was incredibly difficult to record. That difficulty led to Permanent Waves and an attempt to be more powerful in shorter songs. Significantly important to the development of the band. Now, I highly suggest a live stream reaction to the Clockwork Angels album in it’s entirety. This is Rush’s final album, their only true concept album, the album they’re most proud of and a damn masterpiece. The Garden will have you (and all of us) in tears. Lastly, Lex is a warrior! Although, I would suggest she stay off that horse. He obviously wants no part of being rode! Appreciate the perseverance Lex! Thank you both once again for a great testimony!

@ten4thebguy 2 жыл бұрын

out of a ton of unbelievable music, truly this era was some of rushes best work imo ❤️

@jsgdrum 2 жыл бұрын

YESSS!! I'm so glad you guys finally got to Hemispheres and seemed to love it! It's A LOT to digest in one sitting.... A LOTTTT. But, from here on in, listen again and again and again but you NEED to be analyzing the lyrics. It's beyond genius - it makes a perfect piece of music even more perfect. I promise, you will be shedding a tear (or many) reading the story as you get to the acoustic ending. Read the story and analyze the meaning before getting to figuring out all the music themes and such. It's well worth it, trust me!

@lvgelfling72 2 жыл бұрын

Some of Neil's best lyrics. Actually, for me, book II is maybe my favorite. Just reading the lyrics is pure poetry. Love love love. Gottaread so you can understand what is happening in both songs. 😊

@kevinmcfarlane2752 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, his lyrics are superb here.

@lvgelfling72 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmcfarlane2752 yes indeed 😊

@kph1034 2 жыл бұрын

I had the extreme pleasure of seeing them play this ( both books ) on their '78 hemisphere tour in London. It was the most incredible experience. They were just young men ( just a little older than me) and they were note perfect. The crowd were in awe and going crazy. Possibly Geddys most powerful vocal

@lindaward5376 2 жыл бұрын

Neil's lyrics to Book 2 were a reflection of how he was always striving to balance his logical, rational, thinking left brain with his sensitive, compassionate, feeling right brain, similarly to how I've been striving to balance my sensing/thinking left brain with my intuitive/feeling right brain. And Lex, I feel your pain; I have recurring lower back pain myself, and what I've found to help includes sleeping on my left side with my knees bent towards my chest, and doing yoga twice a week. I hope you feel better soon!

@willsjames31 Жыл бұрын

I had privilege of seeing this live in 1978 in Austin Texas. This is my favorite album and best tour I saw. Saw them live 35 times between 1977 and 2015 and every show was amazing.

@timothywills5548 2 жыл бұрын

One word. Awesome!!!! Thank you! saw the Hemisphere tour at the Spectrum in Philly. never forget it!

@scott4482 2 жыл бұрын

Finally, indeed. You're missing The Necromancer from the Rush epics.

@alrivers2297 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Followed by The Fountain of Lamneth on Caress of Steel

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 2 жыл бұрын

@@alrivers2297 No One at the Bridge is one of my all time favorite Rush songs.

@onelove5727 2 жыл бұрын

Fountain of Lamneth a truly epic tale but 2112 gets all the credit

@chrislegner4816 2 жыл бұрын

Very ambitious and cool to absorb both in one sitting. These guys were like musician competitive athletes at this stage of their career. Pushing the boundaries of their own prodigious abilities.

@stevenorgate4307 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for reminding me how fucking amazing these songs are....great way to ease into a Sunday! You guys are awesome! And thanks to Gorgon for his persistence !

@user-nb2xs3ss1g 2 жыл бұрын

These 2 songs are as classic as Classic Rush gets. Thank you for the reaction, great stuff!!

@davecole2561 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reaction you two. Glad to hear you say they sound(ed) like no one else. To me, they're not prog rock, rock, hard rock or whatever label people throw around. To me, they're just Rush and have enriched my life musically more than any other band I've heard... and I've heard quite a few! I also appreciate how you've watched Beyond the lighted stage, as it's given you a deep insight into these three wonderful Canadian gentlemen. R.I.P. Neil Elwood Peart - never forgotten.

@IAmInfinitus208 2 жыл бұрын

To this day, that is the highest note Geddy has ever reached in his career near the end on Cygnus X-1 Book 1! Also that opening chord on Hemispheres (F#7sus4 or Lifeson chord) is John Petrucci of Dream Theater's favorite chord!

@BlueDragonBot 2 жыл бұрын

Another KZfaq group I watch (Sea of Tranquility, if you want to check them out) has a member on it named Butch and he refers to it simply as “the chord.” Now, anytime anyone mentions hemispheres on the channel, they say, “Remember guys, THE CHORD!” Lol

@adam872 24 күн бұрын

One of the greatest chords in recorded history

@peterz4427 2 жыл бұрын

Although nothing tops 2112, in a lot of ways this tops 2112. Cygnus is a little more intricate, a little more refined, both are just epic! Great reaction, you two!

@tswizard13 2 жыл бұрын

The constellation Cygnus (The Swan) is real and is where the first black hole was detected. The only thing to escape a black hole, so far as is known, is x-rays.

@DocRock71 2 жыл бұрын

The Hemispheres tour was my first Rush concert. They played the entire album, and it was as amazing as you'd expect. Also saw them on Moving Pictures, Grace Under Pressure and Time Machine tours as well...kicking myself for not seeing them on the R40 & the Snakes and Ladders tours! But 2112, Hemispheres, Moving Pictures and GUP are still my favorite Rush albums.

@leehanson1416 2 жыл бұрын

The perfect soundtrack for a movie that was never meant to be made. Rest easy, Professor.

@michaelzack5581 2 жыл бұрын

Hemispheres as an album is RUSH's masterclass. Perhaps not as popular as Moving Pictures or Permanent Waves, but the album is a perfect 10 in every way. Hemispheres as a song is simply breathtaking. This song really shows how under-appreciated Alex Lifeson truly is. From the pinch harmonics in Prelude to the ripping solos to his amazing dissonant chord structures... just truly brilliant. Listen to it a few more times, loud and with headphones on.. you'll discover something new every time you listen to it.

@johndoh5182 Жыл бұрын

Well, a perfect 6. Side one is crap that I can't listen to with anyone else without them wanting to get out of the car but side 2 is a masterpiece. Cygnus X-1 and 2 while being technical, have some interesting bits, etc.... is not something I can play with my wife in the car. Trees and La Villa Strangiatto on the other hand are. I used to listen to Gentle Giant in the 70s. I found that none of my friends likes it though regardless of me finding their music very technical. I've never listened to them since. In the end music is art. Most people with a good background in music will listen to La Villa Strangiatto and be highly impressed. I mean I went out and bought every Rush album after I heard that (the album just came out). My background in musical taste is classical, jazz, rock, prog rock, fusion, new age, R&B and more. I can listen to ELPs live album "Welcome Back my Friends......", especially to the song Tarkus which on that live recording is 27 minutes long. I find it 27 minutes of bliss. But 5 minutes into any Cygnus crap and I want to wipe it off the disk but it's there because I have whole albums on my playlist. This isn't the kind of music a reaction video is good for. People make money off of their content. There needs to be some appeal to the music and it's only Rush die hards that tolerate these kinds of songs. Not a good way to start building a following.

@davidgale7384 2 жыл бұрын

Three phenomenally talented, inspiring and generous musicians. Rush has given us do many incredibly diverse pieces of "awesomeness". The percussive nature of the music is truly unique.

@davidlawson7026 2 жыл бұрын

Sitting here about 10 minutes in thinking, “wait til you read the lyrics…” 😂

@gregcormier2379 2 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate the effort by both of you. That's a long reaction to commit to but I think you'l agree it was well worth it. Book II was their most ambitious undertaking as well as the entire Hemispheres album and it led them to write more concisely while still delivering all you would expect in a Rush song. Thanks for taking me along on your journey through all your great reactions!

@cityhonors1 2 жыл бұрын

🤯 Still blows my mind that this is what I did homework to 😳 in High School! 🥰🐰

@KWE.ECLECTIC 2 жыл бұрын

Rush was huge back in the day in the Chicago area. Nobody was ashamed of being a fan here. I think most, if not all of my friends owned a copy of 2112. I was lucky enough to see these guys live (twice) back in their heyday.

@garylagstrom3864 2 жыл бұрын

RUSH is THE PERFECT EXAMPLE of the fluidity of MASTERING TIME SIGNATURES! I play drums and there are a few things that you need to know about Neil Peart’s ( pronounced PEER-T) character: First he writes the lyrics so he knows in advance what TYPE of song it’s meant to be ie ballad, driver, etc. Second he COMPOSES on the drums… like a carpenter who looks at a set of blueprints before building the object. Neil lays out a SKETCH in his mind of the VOICES of the drumset and builds the song from there. He is also a great LISTENER knowing when NOT to step over Geddy’s singing or Alex’s solos! Finally, he had perfect timing and fluidity of time changes. He said himself that it’s not about COUNTING the time signatures as much as fluid motion to change the tempo without counting: in other words it should FLOW! He hates repeating the same drum patterns in the same song meaning if he plays a fill one way the first time around he will play it differently the second time around. IE. Rolls down the toms the first time around and triplets or quads (all four limbs) the second time around. In short there will NEVER be another like him on planet earth 🌍 🌏 🌎! REST IN PEACE PROFESSOR! With heart felt admiration and sincerity! Gary

@davecole2561 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for your drumming insight. Neil was an extraordinary musician, lyricist and man. Of course, as a Rush fan of many years, I greatly mourned his passing but now thoughts turn to gratitude for his life and his art. I'll always love Rush...

@johnord684 2 жыл бұрын

When i was 11 years old i told my parents i went to the youth club, But really i jumped on the x5 bus and went 22 miles away to see Rush on the Hemispheres tour at Newcastle city hall....I was 11 and my first Rush gig.....107 Rush gigs later including theire last show ever.Glad i was alive when they were playing,and my kids got to see them.

@goodnewsryan3363 2 жыл бұрын

Loved youre reaction to cygnus been a rush fan since I was 14 I'm now 56 still get the who are rush by people who have never heard them in th uk they dont know what they are missing.thank you

@erniecortez5790 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic reaction guys. They are geniuses, masters, etc. of music, and lyrics. It was great that you played them back-to-back. Bravo! Hasta la próxima!

@rodneygriffin7666 2 жыл бұрын

What an adorable couple you are. You are both very special. Plus, you have great taste in music. Rush is a 3 man orchestra.

@GorgonTheHybrid 2 жыл бұрын

They really are totally adorable, aren't they?

@timjones8377 2 жыл бұрын

Can we get Lex a massage chair to sit in at the reaction station?😏 Thank you so much for doing the two books this way! Y"all are the best! 🤩

@rakeshadhin 2 жыл бұрын

You have just reacted to the most proggy Rush song and a classic in the genre. Their creative peak in my view. The song opens with Alex' signature chord. “It's the opening chord from Hemispheres by Rush,” John Petrucci says. “It's the F sharp major with the added 4th and the flat 7. That should really be named 'the Alex Lifeson Chord,' because he invented that.”

@winstonlane708 2 жыл бұрын

🎸🐐

@kph1034 2 жыл бұрын

John bonham was a amazing rock drummer Neil was an awesome artistic rock drummer - the Professor ❤️

@richierich398 2 жыл бұрын

You guys may wanna consider doing a second reaction I was just the lyrical breakdown of these songs. Once you know the story it makes a song that much better! Love your reactions as always! Also cool to shout out JP. I think his reactions are awesome as well!

@PNW_Sportbike_Life 2 жыл бұрын

Hemispheres is a straight-up masterpiece

@dsl6547 2 жыл бұрын

There’s a certain kind of music lover that gets into RUSH. People either love them or hate them. I’m pretty sure it was 1977 with “Closer to the Heart,” that I got hooked. Then came “The Trees,” and so on… So I’ve been a RUSH fan since I was 12 and I’m 57. Wow!

@rush2112flyer 2 жыл бұрын

yall the best... cause U love RUSH

@johnnorman7180 2 жыл бұрын

Great reaction guys, now read up on the story and re-listen you will be amazed how much more you get out of it, because the music is great, but the marriage of the story and music is the true genius of Rush. That is what makes them the greatest, followed closely by DT. DT matches (at least) musically, but no one matches Neil lyrically.

@richarddobson815 2 жыл бұрын

To see the two of you look at each other, and then hold hands, was beautiful. This is what music can do. The spark still flies Reflected in another pair of eyes There is no other band like Rush; not only unique music and lyrics, but three inventive, articulate musicians who found each other in different ways and became friends who cared for and loved each other. Lex, take care of your back please. The livestream and now this marathon? You are a trooper! The Show must go on!

@kenratliff7822 2 жыл бұрын

You summed it up perfectly when you said "what a perfect everything"

@ALTEREGOWORLD617 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the eighties, I used to play along with this masterpiece mostly on the Alex Lifeson guitar parts. But I couldn't resist the Geddy Lee bass riffs on so much of it. Many years later I have forgotten most instrumentally after years of other things. But those times were awesome and this brings back a spirit in me for Rush. Thank you for appreciating and communicating your experience of this whole piece. It is awesome!!!

@markstromberg1148 2 жыл бұрын

I love both of these great pieces of music. Book I impresses me for the ways in which Rush used music to evoke the sense of drifting in the serenity of space, the looming terror of the concentrated forces of gravity at the edge of the black hole as it absorbs all, descending into the chaos of the event horizon as seen from the perspective of the venturers, and then - post-cataclysm - the eternal desolation (and seeming quiet) of space with its gravitational violence rehidden. Book II is, to me, more like an opera, with the introduction of the musical themes, before introducing the conflict between reason and love, and its resolution by Cygnus, the bringer of balance. The musical storytelling is only rivaled by Neil Peart's poetic lyrics. When you consider the other songs on "A Farewell to Kings" and "Hemispheres", which the Cygnus duo straddles, it is no wonder that the band, was exhausted after completing "Hemispheres," and that these two albums continue to be, for many Rush fans (self included) among the greatest albums of all time, not just for Rush but in general.

@jackteppo9633 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see you both back!! Hell of an album!! Mystical to the hilt. Rush On!!

@tammiec4937 2 жыл бұрын

Lex thank you for sitting through this what a trooper I applaud you. This is incredible and your reaction said it all. Love your channel.

@Frankincensedjb123 2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, the concept and message is relatively simple: two hemispheres, logical/emotional, a concept that has been used in literature since the dawn of time (I'm a college professor/ musician, music aficionado); but the music is beyond inspirational. Very unusual compositional structure with great variation in keys, dynamics, rhythms, time signatures---not for your average top 40 fan, but for the ages.

@jorgegonzalezobrgegon4193 Жыл бұрын

Nothing better than having someone that clicks with you listening Rush and as I mentioned in othe Rush reaction once you get it you just can't help it you just start to do the air drumming is the Peart Effect, magic

@tmznt 2 жыл бұрын

The next song from that album is Circumstances. That’s my fav.

@NicknLex 2 жыл бұрын

We did that one before. It's on the channel 👍

@alekhidell 2 жыл бұрын

Book two will always be my favourite. I saw Rush a gazillion times, and once saw a tribute band play “Cygnus” in total. Until they did I didn’t realise. To listen to the piece as a whole, you begin with book 2, and at a certain point it blends into book 1. Book 1 is played all the way through, and then you segue into book 2 to the end. As soon as I got home I glued and pasted from the albums and made it myself. Next time I saw the tribute band I gave them a copy of it. Love your reactions to the stuff I grew up on. More ELP please (try Pictures at an Exhibition, live. Mind blowing. First vinyl LP I ever bought). Kudos to the seated warrior. I have mild back issues so I know a little of what you’re experiencing.

@josephgallagher945 Жыл бұрын

Rush can play every song they have ever recorded in concert. On this tour, they had a movie screen behind them that had a starship getting sucked into the black hole. 🚀 Cygnus is def one of their heaviest songs. Hemispheres is right up there with Close To The Edge.

@TacomaPaul 2 жыл бұрын

"Rocinante"... in Don Quixote... "It's a broken down horse". ;-)

@RGRG3232 2 жыл бұрын

So glad you're doing these. Cygnus X-2 is my favorite track of Rush's massive catalog. 😃

@winstonlane708 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!!

@alrivers2297 2 жыл бұрын

Love both books, but especially 2. They have two other epics, both off their Caress of Steel album from 75. The Necromancer at over 12 minutes closes out side 1 and The Fountain of Lamneth at almost 20 minutes takes up all of side 2. They don't both need to be listened to in one sitting for the sake of Lex's back. Hope your back gets better

@t0dd000 2 жыл бұрын

A Farewell to Kings. My favorite album of theirs.

@bmac1205 2 жыл бұрын

No idea that Lex had back issues. Kudos to Lex for sitting so long! 👍👍 Maybe a lumbar pillow for you lower back will help?

@NicknLex 2 жыл бұрын

I have one already! Thank you for your concern! ❤️

@nikwthetemper7753 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work you two I love you both Keep doing what yer doing 👍 Total genius music Excellent! Must listen rock n roll Progressive mastery Exquisite Rush rules!!! ✌️

@Lee-lm7pk Жыл бұрын

Rush, what a band they are simply stunning and set the bar high for rock music they was never be forgotten r.i.p Neil, for you two guys listen to this for the first time I can honestly say that you have been RASHed, sorry private rush joke

@rushfan9thcmd 2 жыл бұрын

Great, i was waiting for you to notice the heart beat in the background at the end of X1 in those cords. Fun stuff!! Xanadu and Cygnus coming out on the same album, whoda thought👍👍

@maximilianodelrio 2 жыл бұрын

Both in one sitting? Awesome!

@Shigawire 2 жыл бұрын

Rush is my #1 band ever. And this song is amazing. Your reaction is amazing. Alexia, I am so sorry to hear about your back problems. 😞 I have a small request, for an amazing band whose drummer recently died in a traffic accident: Could you please react to "Moron Police"? It's an amazing prog rock band from my country (Norway). Requested song: "Moron Police - Beware the Blue Skies." Very sadly, the drummer died in an accident in january of this year, electric scooter hit by a car. 😞At the very young age of 34. So I think, at least for his very amazing talent, we should pay tribute to him. He was AMAZING. Definitely the entire band was "rising star" in every sense of the word. Best album of 2019 in my opinion is "A Boat On The Sea" by Moron Police. You should also check the band's youtube page, as they have some camera footage from the drummer's perspective.

@attila7092 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite album of all times. Thank you guys. Thank you Alexia! (-:

@winstonlane708 2 жыл бұрын

I must agree!!!

@therealspooks 2 жыл бұрын

I really hope you enjoy the lyrics, as I sat here singing them to myself...this is some of the best early Rush! Geddy really used his voice to it's fullest, using vibrato on many high notes shows his vocal talents alone in just these songs! I'm a rhythm guy, drummer, so I always had major respect for his vocal chops as so many dismissed him!! Thank you both and GREAT JOB Lex!!! That is HARD!!!

@gregj1295 2 жыл бұрын

Then all at once the chaos ceased, a stillness fell, a sudden Peace. Enough said!

@steveshute3810 2 жыл бұрын

Love this - it's so cool you did them together! These are two of my all-time favorite Rush songs. The story and musicianship are so epic!

@mackymintle7806 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought of Cygnus X-1 book II as Rush’s Close to the Edge.

@mvunit3 2 жыл бұрын

NICE! Great analogy :).

@toddashton9696 2 жыл бұрын

Book 2 really requires multiple listens to appreciate its greatness. Enjoy many more experiences with Cygnus!

@billyt7081 2 жыл бұрын

Among your best reaction vids, and you have many great ones. Thanks!

@WS-1638 2 жыл бұрын

Watching you both enjoy Rush is an emotional trip for me. Thank you.

@scottreading7767 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you guys getting to this, wish you could have seen them do these live absolutely amazing...

@davidpeters44 2 жыл бұрын

Alex Lifeson is a hero.

@ruthylopez 2 жыл бұрын

Alex is always underrated. He is my favorite guitarist by MILES. I love all his work, but I think hemispheres album is his overall greatest. (Except I love the rest as well). Someone else said it: hemispheres is just as big a masterpiece as Moving picture. Man, from hemispheres to moving pictures was just so perfect