Three of the finest musicians ever to grace this planet 😁

One of the greatest pieces of music ever written

This is the greatest rock instrumental ever recorded in my opinion.🔥🤘🏻

One of the best most complex instrumentals ever written and executed. Multiple time signature changes throughout. Classic. Thank you for reacting to one of my favorite songs.

Well thats awkward watching my favorite reviewer not getting the sheer musical genius of my favorite band playing my favorite instrumental but Rush was never mainstream, it wasn't something you could dance to because of the myriad of time changes, or play along to because of how incredibly difficult this piece of music is to perform. Rush is next level, music for musicians, and these three guys were the very best at their chosen instruments and that's what endeared them to their legion of rabid fans for over four decades. The best power trio ever and arguably the best live band as well. I miss these guys so much especially these days where people sing their autotuned crap to prerecorded schlock and pass it off as music. These guys were the real deal.

The yawn was priceless.

As soon as I saw the song, I knew you wouldn't care for it much. This is back in the day when we used to sit around listening to highly complex songs that winded their way through multiple key and time signatures. I'm a multi-instrumentalist, who's been playing Rush, Zep, Floyd, etc. for many a decade. You'd either have to grow up with this music or be a musician from that era yourself. Certiainly not for everyone.

This album is TOTAL GOLD!!!! Brings back so many late teen memories! Thank you!

I feel that in order to fully appreciate the amazing complexity and skill required to play it, you need to see them play it live. It's not the same experience , at all, imo.

I was five years old when this came out, and it has always been one of my favorite instrumentals. Cheers from a Generation X'er in northeast Ohio.

Perfection.

i appreciate the honesty. it's one of those tunes that when i first heard it, i could only relate to bits and pieces of it. it took a long time before i could go back and listen to it and those other parts started to make sense.

Thing is they will play it exactly live in concert multiple times

Yeah, that solo part is a real snooze... 😂

Most excellent t-shirt!

This is from an era when musicians were actually musicians. I don't know any women that listen to Rush and only a few in my life have actually thought some of it was "ok".

One of my fav RUSH song's Lakeside park is my fav

You MUST do this live!!

Just one of MANY masterpieces! from the Prog Gods

A lot of so-called musicians can't play the same way twice by themselves but they're doing it night after night in front of 25,000 people

By far their greatest composition. Saw them perform this live back in the day. Also saw them perform “Tom Sawyer” as they said to the audience, this will be on our next album, to be released soon. The Hemisphere’s album is a personal favorite. 🤘😎

There are a lot of rush songs you'd love this is just a unique song

I respect your reaction

Love 70s rush

Oh man, it really helps to be taking some shrooms when listening to this epic

"Never turn your back on a monster" is excellent advice 😂

Relentless

This is music chess....It's hard to grasp until you start playing.!

Rush is one of my favorite bands - but they're not for everyone. A couple of the songs you might like would be Subdivisions and Limelight. The lyrics from Neal Peart are superb. Thank you!

Your shirt is perfect for this song, I can just see them writing it out on a chalkboard without lots of equations and formulas with some music science thrown in and a whole lotta skill, thanks Angela!

Best Live Performance RUSH - Xanadu - Live In Montreal 1981 (2021 HD Remaster 60fps) Alex Lifeson - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, pedal synthesizer, volume pedal; Geddy Lee - Vocals, bass guitar, 6 string guitar, foot pedal synthesizer, electric piano/synthesizer; Neil Peart - Lyrics, Drums, orchestra bells, tubular bells, wind chimes, crotales, timbales, timpani, gong, temple blocks, bell tree, triangle, and melodic cowbells. Based on Kubla Khan (Xanadu) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge composed his poem, ‘Kubla Khan’, in a state of semi-conscious trance either in the autumn of 1797 or the spring of 1798 and published in 1816. The whole poem is pervaded by an atmosphere of dream and remains in the form of a vision. The vision embodied in Kubla Khan was inspired by the perusal of the travel book, Purchas His Pilgrimage. Coleridge had taken a dose of opium as an anodyne, and his eyes closed upon the line in the book, “At Zanadu Kubla Khan built a pleasure palace.” But this opened his creative vision, and the poem of about 200 lines was composed in this state of waking dream. On being fully awake, he wrote the poem down. The theme of the poem is unimportant. It describes the palace built by Kubla Khan, the grandson of Chengis Khan, the great rule of central Asia. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aMipna2cs8XSho0.html

You need to watch the original video from the early 70s and you will see just how impressive RUSH was even in the early years playing this incredible song 🎵.Smiles 😃 from Canada 🇨🇦 🤘RUSH🤘

Always a pleasure to listen to Rush beautiful music 🎶

Wow! Goes to show some people that are just used to drinking iced tea and are asked to taste test a fine wine while chewing bubble gum. This is a masterpiece and to ask someone who doesn’t listen and appreciate this music is so unfair.

Song is so good…..

I've said it before somewhere else...we've gotten to see Mozart x3 in our time..Never again will we see such talented musicians

Who ever recommended this for Angela to listen too, You through a newbie too deep in the Rush abyss. I think you have to start her out on thier more contemporary stuff. Fly by night, Roll the bones etc. Rush and YES beyond some peoples initial conception of how good these musicians really are. Or am I just talking out of my butt?

Wasn't hard to guess how you felt about this song by the annoyed look on your face. You have to appreciate the musical talent sometimes instead of waiting on lyrics. It really is a great, intricate song.

I suggest "Sandra" by Barry Manilow

RUSH isn't for everybody DayOne, RUSH fans are smart people that thrive on awesomeness and know epic quality music when they hear it, and trust me when I say that RUSH was a band heads and shoulders above the others. Hell, I've known that since first seeing RUSH back in 1978. If you didn't love this classic RUSH masterpiece DayOne, then please don't do anymore RUSH reviews because you won't like any of it.

Very complex and very diverse, elements of classical, rock and jazz in there.Pop a hit of acid and you will get it. LMAO

Awe ! Wish you had done the live performance from the Exit Stage Left concert! Time for some live Rush! Try Natural Science from the Molsen Amphitheater concert !

Just do your homework. This is next level music.

My homeboys…. Wish you would have chosen the live version to see how cool they looked back then. And the incredible musicianship 🇨🇦

RUSH is awesome! Epic, as are many of their tunes, they just have a knack for interesting instrumental interludes. Another to consider is Xanadu, a 70s masterpiece that is just as good live as studio, check it out, you will be smiling by the end! Great to see you again and hope you are enjoying your musical voyage. I know I enjoy seeing you and other reactors having fun with all kinds of great music from yesterdays. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶

With that excellent t-shirt you just have to listen to 2112, an epic rock opera. In it Geddy sings both sides of an argument in entirely different voices. Of course Alex is masterful on the guitar and Neil rules his mega kit.

Welcome to the magic of Rush.

It's a little hard to dance to, but I like it. 🙂 You might not like it the first few times you hear it, but after a while your brain will crave it.

yeah, RUSH!!🏆🏆

I totally understand your point of view on that it’s really not for everyone that is the reason why progressive rock exist it’s for new experimentation pushing the bouderies of rock they were the goats 🐐 at it because they are 3 masters musicians they have pushed so much the the qualities and dexterity of a musician who wants to develope himself

You're wearing the right shirt listening to Rush. Nerd rock

This is an instrumental based on a series of nightmares that guitarist Alex Lifeson experienced.

Rush recorded this song in ONE TAKE!

Their best years most creative

Thanks, Angela, for giving your honest opinion. I like this song, but it took a few listens, just like when I first heard early 70s Yes. I bought Classic Yes on cassette because I liked Your Move. Started playing it and my mind didn't know what to make of it. I figured, oh well, a wasted purchase and put it to the side for several weeks. Well, I gave them another shot and they grew on me and then I bought all their albums.

Come to the Dork Side we have pi? The other side of that album is filled by a song about a black hole, iirc. The song from that album that you might like more is "The Trees".

Center part that you weren't is crazy about has to be taken into context I don't know if they told you when they requested this song that this is a nightmare unfolding, so it's going to take some really weird twists and turns.

U really should see the video to this song 😅

This Canadian band sounds somewhat like the UK band YES! That is when the vocals are implemented! This song itself just drags on! Doesn't light my fire! Later! I can tell by the expression on your face that you don't dig it that much either! You're a trooper, and I really admire that! I can imagine me having a You Tube channel! The natives and savages would tear me to pieces, but I don't want to find out! People can be viscous and mean with their words! I'm done, goodbye again!

Where is the video ??? This is youtube not youaudio.

I mentioned in another of your videos comments to try The Garden by Rush. Do the live version so you can see how great these guys were. I don’t think you can avoid a good cry when you listen to the lyrics. Time Stand Still is another one you may like.

Fantastic musicianship. But didn't grab me as some of their other works do.

I saw that yawn about 7:32....

Come on how could you not feel blown away by this I feel like you just don’t understand it. I don’t think you understand the amount of talent and musicianship it takes to be able to pull off a song like this. But here’s the thing I know for a fact that chicks really don’t get the whole thing with rush. The truth is Rush’s fans are 90% male dominated. It’s because chicks don’t understand or get progressive rock. It’s because it’s not music that chicks can fucking dance too or shake their ass too. And that’s the kind of shit that pisses me off because it’s music like that, that is ruining and destroying the integrity and the brilliance of music. I hate to come off as a bit of an asshole but it’s just I have very strong feelings about this stuff. And not only that but I’m very passionate about rush it’s a passion that was passed on to me for my father. I think you should just keep listening to rush nothing but rush so that you can get a full clear understanding of them or at least try too. And if you can’t then it’s your loss. I think you should check out another great Rush masterpiece the camera eye.

You gotta do One Little Victory or Far Cry by RUSH and do More video reactions to Rush please

Hey you can't like everything Angela, maybe you'd be more impressed by 'Entre Nous' 'A farewell To Kings' 'lakeside Park' or 'Witch Hunt' completely different to this, and each other.

A song YOU will like better would be Malignant Narcissism.

C4yourself play the live version if it's change it's only intentional

Rush mainly attracts a male following. Mostly guys in IT 😂 but they are a band’s band. That said, they are not for everyone and I could already tell you weren’t going to be cray about the song. And that’s OK.

Wow, you were soooooo bored. Lol

Women generally don't get into Rush too much. Most of their fans are male.

Maybe not be fiddling around with your phone. Your heart wasn't in it.

Circumstances, the Trees, & Cygnus X1 Book 2 are better. But…, La Villa Strangiatio, like pretty much all Rush is magnitudes better live.

This is playing a little too fast

Clumsy intro outro spoiled the terrific solo. Was never a Rush fan got the first album 2022? Vinyl.( Led Zep rip off?) And Exit Stage Left. Was never really prog.

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I can tell by your face: you didn't get it.

Not everyone gets it, or even should. It’s fine. Move on.

You don't understand this music..... and its not within you to know its depth..... Not sure why you would do a reaction video to this song... its not you....

U look so bored Angela, lol

This is just about the most bored I’ve seen Angela when reacting to a song. But that’s OK…..I’m Canadian and love Rush…..but it’s not for everyone.

she looks bored

Looking completely disinterested

Another boring eye roll react

Definitely not dance music hon lol😂😂😂