I did not write this song and I do not intend any copyright infringement. Rush-The Necromancer from the 1975 album 'Caress Of Steel'. Enjoy! Check my channel for more Rush lyrics videos.
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@mmasque20524 жыл бұрын
Music critics of the day called Rush, “too loud, too long.” Most radio stations didn’t, or couldn’t play their songs. It didn’t stop people from buying the albums or going to their shows. I’m pretty sure those critics never thought Rush would last ten years, let alone over 40. Just goes to show, pay no attention to your critics.
@MisterMayhem7272 жыл бұрын
I am 44 years old and my first time hearing this and I have goose bumps. I can't believe I have slept on the lesser known Rush songs my entire life.
@joshuataylor2837 ай бұрын
Same bud
@caligulapontifex57594 жыл бұрын
This song and album is pure Rush. While other bands sang about getting laid and drugs, Rush was creating music utilizing deep source material. They take their listeners on amazing journeys. A thinking persons band.
@MrsDrGonzo19714 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more. They were the first band I saw in concert when I was 15, it was the Grace Under Pressure tour and they opened with Spirit of Radio. I will never forget it.
@chancebuckman55564 жыл бұрын
Neil Peart has left us..... "Lessons taught but never learned. All around us anger burns". Still relevant!
@sygmoore4 жыл бұрын
Yep! RIP Professor!!
@heimygloomstopin1529 жыл бұрын
I cant believe this album was shunned in its time...its a masterpiece
@gardensup528 жыл бұрын
I agree
@go-goakins14897 жыл бұрын
Heimy Gloomstopin well said Its vintage rush
@brucedickinson125 жыл бұрын
my fav
@Durthii5 жыл бұрын
definitely the best album. Fountain of Lamneth has effected me deeply, personally.
@ritastiles241788155 жыл бұрын
I totally agree!
@_Panda_Cute_4310 жыл бұрын
I dont care what the critics think....This is a fine album. Unique and original. Especially for its time.
@zachjohnson6379 жыл бұрын
What's "especially for its time" supposed to mean? The most unique and original rock music was made during this time.
@Greyswyndir9 жыл бұрын
Zach Johnson This was just way different then everything else at the time. Rush took the fork in the road no one else had traveled before.
@zachjohnson6379 жыл бұрын
Greyswyndir I love Rush to death, but it wasn't really entirely different from everything else. There were many other progressive rock groups making similar forms of music at the time, although each had their own unique sound of course.
@Greyswyndir9 жыл бұрын
Zach Johnson Well, I didn't mean so different as to be unrecognizable from everything else, just very different from the pop scene of the time. Unfortunately Rush has really gone downhill in the past 25 years. I find their most recent albums to all sound the same (production-wise). I get ear fatigue almost as soon as I start listening to it. I'm a big fan of the work they did in the 70's and eighties, after that I stopped listening (though I didn't mind Roll the Bones or Presto, everything after that is just a challenge to listen to for me). I'd like to see Rick Rubin or another good producer lead them back to some of their earlier styles. I know Rush doesn't like covering the same ground (so they say) but all of the newer material just seems so thin and lifeless that I cannot get into it. The past five or six albums sound the same to me.
@zachjohnson6379 жыл бұрын
Yeah the production is bad...Very brickwalled and 'loud'. But as far as the quality of the music itself is concerned, I think Vapor Trails, Snakes and Arrows, and Clockwork Angels are great.
@Augfordpdoggie6 жыл бұрын
this album is so dark, but the guitar playing is incredible-especially 9 minutes on. that is such a beautiful melody
@denniscain72182 жыл бұрын
Haven't listened to this in years. I forgot how sick that jam was @7:06. And then transforming into the beautiful Return of the Prince. It's like discovering a new Rush song again 😀
@HeyZeus09612 жыл бұрын
This is one of those albums that when I pull out the headphones I feel like I just went through a veil between worlds, and am completely drained, slightly dazed, and highly satisfied with the experience.
@bronzebackblaine4 жыл бұрын
One of the absolute best rock/guitar pieces ever recorded.
@surfeit59108 жыл бұрын
This song. Dark room. Headphones on. Sound turned up. Eyes closed. Bliss :)
I had a trip last sunday! Shame on me to listen to this album too late but man! Im addicted to Rush!
@pasqualmontano12794 жыл бұрын
Just told my bro this...great advice, now if I could just find a chick that liked RUSH!!
@jjohnston9410 жыл бұрын
When I was a junior in high school in 1983, in our English class our assignment was to tell an American legend. Most of us told stories about Paul Bunyan, John Henry, etc., but one crazy guy got up there and told the story about three travelers from Willowdale and the Necromancer. In the end, they defeated the Necromancer by recording "Caress of Steel". The look of horror on the teacher's face lasted about a second when she realized that it wouldn't do any good.
@tarheel270410 жыл бұрын
awesome story if it's true. The teacher might have known the song . . . lol
@markmeans396510 жыл бұрын
I taught for 30 years-know the song and would have loved the presentation! Automatic A....'-)
@jjohnston9410 жыл бұрын
mark means Not even 5 points off for it being Canadian?
@castizodonkeykong2828 жыл бұрын
+jjohnston94 what a legend
@go-goakins14897 жыл бұрын
jjohnston94 haha cool Story
@wiskyvet4 жыл бұрын
Three of the best musicians in history! Never mind Neil's artful lyrics. Never seen a three man band like this and never will again.
@Daemeon9311 жыл бұрын
If a woman can remember and repeat an entire Rush album's songs, she's a keeper, no doubt
@MadameRevok137 жыл бұрын
Daemeon 93 That's me! :)
@orionmolaro33514 жыл бұрын
or a man??
@vickycerise3 жыл бұрын
Well you Sir definitely have good taste!
@nickpropst49383 жыл бұрын
Well Hemispheres is only 4 tracks so I would hope she would remember that one at least
@heimygloomstopin1529 жыл бұрын
Alex Lifesons guitar gives me goose bumps...absolutely mind blowing talent. Geddys voice....BROOODING IN HIS TOWERRRRR...WATCHING OVER HIS LANDDDD....FUCKKKK AWESOMEEEE
@RockerChick7 жыл бұрын
Heimy Gloomstopin YEAHHHHHH! I get what you are feeling dude!
@maximilianoborges59204 жыл бұрын
Totally agree.... Geddy's voice awesome
@garn11774 жыл бұрын
I think it’s Neil’s voice doing the narrating.
@davidcarrington51824 жыл бұрын
It's OK to not like this album but I bloody well love it. Screw the record company and concert promoters. This album invokes so many emotions and memories. It hit me when I was 14 and still does now in my 50s. What a body of work Rush produced.
@joshuataylor2837 ай бұрын
Just imagine all the talent shunned by record companies to promote what we've ended up with today!! Vanity blasphemy,
@grantcolwell13688 жыл бұрын
I was introduced to Rush with the album Caress of Steel when I was 16 years old. I was surprised to learn that for Rush, this album was almost their last. Rush stuck to their guns and made the music they wanted to make. Rush On!
@jasonvancura21397 жыл бұрын
CrAsh CanuCk I heard that this was almost their last album, and their producer wanted them to write more radio friendly songs. They went on to record 2112, and that album went gold.
@pologolfalpha87476 жыл бұрын
Right there with ya CrAsh, 'cept I was 18. Rush was one of the first bands I saw live, in fact the CofS tour which almost bankrupted them. Those shows were so freakin fantastic I decided then and there to make live sound my career. 40+ years on I never did work with Rush but have had a helluva ride which ain't over yet
@pazz67088 жыл бұрын
One of the most unique Rush albums ever. Live on in our hearts and minds forever.... Caress of Steel.Love this album.
@stevephillips23725 жыл бұрын
Rush os the greatest band that will ever grace us
@oldman98435 жыл бұрын
Favorite RUSH song , the skill of these musicians soar on this song .
@mongopipes8 жыл бұрын
Caress of Steel,a much underrated album!
@tmcffg597 жыл бұрын
This tops my three favorite Rush album's...followed by Permanent Waves and A Farewell to Kings....definitely a masterpiece.
@henryolsen62487 жыл бұрын
Love this album :)
@sygmoore4 жыл бұрын
LOVE Farewell to Kings!
@carmenmoore62234 жыл бұрын
Geddy's voice on this sends shivers down my spine....superb!
@danielparra67104 жыл бұрын
Best Rush Album Ever, EPIC, LEGENDARY, HISTORIC!!!!
@jamesthomason33035 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe it’s been 45 years since I bought this on cassette as a new release. Still have a copy on cassette, but it’s the 3rd or 4th one. Wore out many before it was released on CD. A Masterpiece of an album.
@dougburrell35844 жыл бұрын
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@RockerChick7 жыл бұрын
I LOVED listening to Caress of Steel. The storytelling, the voice, the drums, the guitars, all from 3 amazing guys. This song brings back beautiful memories.
@richinoable4 жыл бұрын
Moby Dick was panned for years after its first printing. Genius isn't always recognized at first flower. F'n spectacular.
@tkoontz40386 жыл бұрын
my first concert was rush 40 years ago. their music is timeless best group ever
@carollockhart74634 жыл бұрын
I listen to this album with the volume up so that my neighbors can hear it too. Sometimes they throw things through my windows so that they can hear it better!!!!!
@beatthatscore39495 жыл бұрын
where has this band been all my life
@elephantsgerald95499 жыл бұрын
of all the great alex guitar solos, this one is the best.
@anthonybrown93738 жыл бұрын
+elephants gerald Im a strangiato guy but I grew up playing and learning guitar in his wake They are truly amazing
@pamelaj21124 жыл бұрын
Makes my soul soar ❤️
@steveshiner69618 жыл бұрын
Rush is a all star lineup no other band has three all star musician's plus 40 years together so grab headphones a CD and a puff it's the best
@go-goakins14897 жыл бұрын
Steve Shiner cool
@scaarefps6 жыл бұрын
True but that doesn't really apply to this song, the 40 years part I mean
@cliffordarocho38506 жыл бұрын
I agree. Neil is definitely the best. Geddy and Alex are top 10, bass and guitar respectively.
@jjohnston944 жыл бұрын
ZZ Top is the only other band I can think of that can make the same claim.
@kevinhegg25910 ай бұрын
I’m 57…seen rush twice live so no expert. Decided to listen to albums 1 to whatever this morning. Ultimate band and you just feel their development in every song. Thank you and RIP to the ultimate drummer Mr N Peart 💙🤍💙🤍
@cliffordarocho38504 жыл бұрын
This is definitely one of their most underrated jams.
@TheCylrin5 жыл бұрын
Caress of Steel is one of my very Favorite albums by Rush :)
@60leebee5 жыл бұрын
Geddy Lee is a fantastic bass player!!
@inthegroove15319 жыл бұрын
Into Darkness -0:00 Under The Shadow - 3:48 Return Of The Prince - 8:40
@kevinblatter23693 ай бұрын
Part III is one of the sweetest rock tunes ever written.
@mwales21124 жыл бұрын
Great album... Love the tracks!!! RIP Neal. You will be missed...
@tinabergherm153711 жыл бұрын
sweetness !!!! reminds me of the d&d days and all the great times i had with family and friends listen to rush 24/7 !! and always a rush fan !! speaks my language !
@bryanmehr44833 жыл бұрын
Yes! I’m fortunate enough that this is the music we cut our teeth on in the late 70s! I urge y’all to listen to every Rush record, they’re ALL masterpieces up until Moving Pictures, when they moved into a more radio-friendly direction and created records of songs instead of conceptual art!
@funkophone12 жыл бұрын
Caress of Steel is such a damn good album.
@mheatwole184 жыл бұрын
AGREED!
@rotory200211 жыл бұрын
I found her, Married her and we listen to this beauty of an album quite often....:)
@PortugueseKeto12 жыл бұрын
A 12 minute, 31 second slab of satisfying awesomeness
@roncalvert79885 жыл бұрын
This is a masterpiece , It was my second Rush album after 2112. AWESOME.
@GratefulCarnivor12 жыл бұрын
This album was pretty much the soundtrack to the 8th grade..... Loved it then, and still love it today - every note, every chord, every drumbeat is sheer perfection. As Forest would say, that's all I've got to say about that
@dragondog59418 жыл бұрын
Love Rush.
@blown572hemi2 жыл бұрын
So blessed that my neighbor didn't like the fly by night album and gave it too me. It was inevitable though because when "subdivisions" hit night tracks on TBS, I was already hooked
@NetBoy211212 жыл бұрын
Dim the lights, plug the headphones in and turn the volume up.... total bliss!
@SicillianmanDon6 жыл бұрын
In my top ten favorite albums every created
@michaelhollingshead8385 ай бұрын
Back in 1978, I bought my very first album and it was "All the a World's a Stage". I loved it so much that I ran out and bought "Caress of Steel." I have been a die-hard faithful follower of this extremely talented band since that day. There is not a day that goes by that I don't hear some rush, especially when i'm walking my dog Gus. All he wants to do is sniff everything, and listening to rush helps keep my sanity 😂
@georgekoutsourais712910 ай бұрын
8:38 until the end may be my favorite movement in music I have ever heard. I love listening to Caress of Steel not only for the memories but also because you know you are probably one of about 7 people in all the world listening to it. Caress of Steel is an exclusive Rush club.
@JMGarcia03035 жыл бұрын
Holy heck Neil Peart is godly.
@kramjell733512 жыл бұрын
got to be the best group ever .thank you you for such detail!!
@johnreger71352 жыл бұрын
One of the best of it's time. Not many knew it then, but we know now.
@Vlasko605 жыл бұрын
Damn, this holds up. Holy shit Alex!
@stevephillips23726 жыл бұрын
Greatest band 10 fold
@Frankincensedjb12311 жыл бұрын
The guys loved this album, and Neil mentioned how they thought there were really getting somewhere with what they accomplished on Caress of Steel. Geddy said that they were all high during the recordging. lol One of my favorites.
@staylor5372 жыл бұрын
Love this channel ! Once again, us musician types were brought up on this "Power Trio" R.I.P. Neil Peart....
@loumelillo17904 жыл бұрын
To me this was the pinnacle of Geddy's voice!
@Redragonfieldofgreen10 жыл бұрын
Seen Rush five times and every show was wicked they never take a night off like some bands.
@reply70074 жыл бұрын
Love you Geddy, love you Rush, Thank you so much for this.
@winesap26 жыл бұрын
Loved this album when I was a kid. Sounds so good to listen to it again. Love fountain of Lamneth!
@dontvoteforanybody37155 жыл бұрын
I think it's the "River Don," not the "River Dawn." Because the Don River runs through Willowdale.
@maximilianoborges59204 жыл бұрын
Fantastic and underrated album. This is where begins the progressive rock era in the fantastic Rush voyage
@Shazeen824 жыл бұрын
When I first listening to this track i got a trip. At the 3rd part! Incredible!
@joeblo43066 жыл бұрын
are you kidding me 14 dislikes???!! Unleash By-Tor!!
@leonardwillit85195 жыл бұрын
I don't know about all you guys but this song kicks it you got a little bit of everything yep I'll repeat you get a little bit of everything Adventure storytelling and a style of the music can't beat those three guys the power Trio :-) :-) :-)
@lewisdevlin41639 жыл бұрын
8:38 is the best part for me personally love this song so much :)
@lewisdevlin41638 жыл бұрын
Yeah its all good just got Hemispheres blasting out!!!!! haha
@davidknows33204 жыл бұрын
On the bike, ripping up the highway.....this, cranked up. Sooooo much horsepower, so much speed. Perfection!
@jamescourtney23185 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Rick Wakemans "Journey to the center of the earth". Both are awesome!!
@Songinor533 жыл бұрын
True, dat👍🏾
@jmomm11 жыл бұрын
There are female Rush fans! Just saw them on the 9th here in CT and they rocked! It was my 12th show and Caress of Steel is my favorite. I have to drag my husband to the shows
@Richard-17762 жыл бұрын
Never listened to this album before…..It’s pretty damned good. Guitar sounds good.
@UPLANDPLAGUE12 жыл бұрын
I have been a Rush fan since 1984. I'm glad to find some songs I haven't heard in years. You did a totaly outstanding job here. Thank you
@jackaction70774 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this song
@mousaaldababneh61703 жыл бұрын
Such a masterpiece u have to listen to it more than once
@yardpiggies8 жыл бұрын
such a fan of this started listening since i was 10...
@go-goakins14897 жыл бұрын
Suzanne Hanson Cool
@pozjetsfan18 жыл бұрын
return of the prince III was the precursor to the end on Hemispheres..
@screwpuppies5 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite!!!
@adigiurgiu73124 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Neil Peart :(
@michaelledford47515 жыл бұрын
Im 75 years old & watched the birth of Jazz Rock fusion that is Rush become mainstream rock,is there any better guitar solo in any genre of music ? I think not ,the sheer complexity of the tones Alex uses in this piece make it a nightmare for even the most accomplished guitarist to pull off in 1 shot sitting in a pratice chair let alone live,some comments were left that claimed this album was " underrated " when it came out but that's not what i recall,i recall Rolling Stone magazine raving about the levels & depth of composition while all the Rock radio stations in Detroit played the entire song on heavy rotation because the DJ's couldnt bring themselves to edit a masterpiece like they did to Yes Roundabout.
@allanbaker4565 жыл бұрын
This my absolute favorite Rush album, if you exclude "All the World's a stage".
@MrWhtgst11 жыл бұрын
Caress of steel has to be my favorite album of all time because of the necromancer and fountain of lamneth. Rush amazes me you could take away lyrics and still get a feeling of the mood they are making music is not like this at all anymore.
@wiskyvet7 жыл бұрын
7:01 on is so epic! 3 of the best doing what they do best!
@morum675 жыл бұрын
I've got to reference this in a D&D game someday!
@douglaspatrie246911 жыл бұрын
Love this song very much thanks for posting
@kevinmcnamara20824 жыл бұрын
Going through comments below and I’m seeing stuff from 3-4-5 years ago... who would’ve thought huh ? We’d lose Neil. Blaaaah great album! Great band and a great loss for rock n roll.
@cmorrow7412 жыл бұрын
This is one of those obscure songs that only hard core Rush fans know anything about, but that doesn't make it any less great! Thanks for posting. I had a blast listening to this!
@harveyschifeling90685 жыл бұрын
i was 14 when this came out loved it then and still today
@keithrichardson11094 жыл бұрын
It is a masterpiece! I put it in their top 3 myself!
@fucheduck10 жыл бұрын
I believe this is a part of the Lord of the Rings lore I do not recall it being in the books nor was it in "The Hobbit" book but it is in the new movie. The Necromancer is part of the Silmarillion. maybe instead of messing up the Hobbit story(movie wise) Peter Jackson needs to focus on making an unabridged Silmarillion since he liked doing long epochs. That will give him a good decade or so of movie making fun.= I'm not joking, I don't much care for addins to great stories, but the Silmarillion is so long and biblical he will have a field day trying to roll it out on the big screen I would love to sit through six or so hours(per movie) of the Silmarillion he could make dozens of movies a series of them out of it. and be richer than any man on Earth too.
@xsellsbrod10 жыл бұрын
3 men of willowdale are : Geddy-Alex- Neil !
@Booklat110 жыл бұрын
the necromancer of dol-Guldur, is no one else but Sauron. he is mentioned in the hobbit right before they enter mirkwood. only later then it's discovered who he really is ( after the events of the hobbit )
@go-goakins14897 жыл бұрын
fucheduck Haha you are so right a time traveling trio This song always makes me want to play d&d And roll the eight sided bones
@robertramos28568 жыл бұрын
prog gods,i am a disciple! i will follow till the last epic journey
@sniffnflowers4 ай бұрын
Instrumentals in this are fantastic! And remember the meek shall inherit the earth! 🌍
@niarfe200112 жыл бұрын
Very good song and the album is outstanding, I think few people understood the whole concept...
@cjfink72273 жыл бұрын
No band in history tells stories like Rush. On top of that, I think Neil Peart could've been the best Dungeon Master DnD had seen.
@stephenbowman45738 ай бұрын
First heard in 77, we have followed Rush from day 1
@richardbrairton42275 жыл бұрын
This song reminds me of something nostalgic that happened long, long ago.
@bronzebackblaine4 жыл бұрын
This is so freaking good....
@jacobclark4904 жыл бұрын
At 9:20 in the song, tell me this isn't the same riff used in "Beast of Burden" by The Rolling Stones. The Necromancer came out in 1975, Beast of Burden came out in 1978.