Rush-The Necromancer (Lyrics)

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Rush-The Necromancer (Lyrics)

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13 жыл бұрын

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!
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@mmasque2052 4 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.

@MisterMayhem727 2 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.

@joshuataylor283 7 ай бұрын

Same bud

@caligulapontifex5759 4 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.

@MrsDrGonzo1971 4 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.

@chancebuckman5556 4 жыл бұрын

Neil Peart has left us..... "Lessons taught but never learned. All around us anger burns". Still relevant!

@sygmoore 4 жыл бұрын

Yep! RIP Professor!!

@heimygloomstopin152 9 жыл бұрын

I cant believe this album was shunned in its time...its a masterpiece

@gardensup52 8 жыл бұрын

I agree

@go-goakins1489 7 жыл бұрын

Heimy Gloomstopin well said Its vintage rush

@brucedickinson12 5 жыл бұрын

my fav

@Durthii 5 жыл бұрын

definitely the best album. Fountain of Lamneth has effected me deeply, personally.

@ritastiles24178815 5 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!

@_Panda_Cute_43 10 жыл бұрын

I dont care what the critics think....This is a fine album. Unique and original. Especially for its time.

@zachjohnson637 9 жыл бұрын

What's "especially for its time" supposed to mean? The most unique and original rock music was made during this time.

@Greyswyndir 9 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.

@zachjohnson637 9 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.

@Greyswyndir 9 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.

@zachjohnson637 9 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.

@Augfordpdoggie 6 жыл бұрын

this album is so dark, but the guitar playing is incredible-especially 9 minutes on. that is such a beautiful melody

@denniscain7218 2 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 😀

@HeyZeus096 12 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.

@bronzebackblaine 4 жыл бұрын

One of the absolute best rock/guitar pieces ever recorded.

@surfeit5910 8 жыл бұрын

This song. Dark room. Headphones on. Sound turned up. Eyes closed. Bliss :)

@buddysherart1143 5 жыл бұрын

@panda44r Hell Yeah, it's always 420 somewhere. ✌😎

@maximilianoborges5920 4 жыл бұрын

I did the same. Wise

@jesayyyy 4 жыл бұрын

Rip the dmt pen and do this shit is magical

@Shazeen82 4 жыл бұрын

I had a trip last sunday! Shame on me to listen to this album too late but man! Im addicted to Rush!

@pasqualmontano1279 4 жыл бұрын

Just told my bro this...great advice, now if I could just find a chick that liked RUSH!!

@jjohnston94 10 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.

@tarheel2704 10 жыл бұрын

awesome story if it's true. The teacher might have known the song . . . lol

@markmeans3965 10 жыл бұрын

I taught for 30 years-know the song and would have loved the presentation! Automatic A....'-)

@jjohnston94 10 жыл бұрын

mark means Not even 5 points off for it being Canadian?

@castizodonkeykong282 8 жыл бұрын

+jjohnston94 what a legend

@go-goakins1489 7 жыл бұрын

jjohnston94 haha cool Story

@wiskyvet 4 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.

@Daemeon93 11 жыл бұрын

If a woman can remember and repeat an entire Rush album's songs, she's a keeper, no doubt

@MadameRevok13 7 жыл бұрын

Daemeon 93 That's me! :)

@orionmolaro3351 4 жыл бұрын

or a man??

@vickycerise 3 жыл бұрын

Well you Sir definitely have good taste!

@nickpropst4938 3 жыл бұрын

Well Hemispheres is only 4 tracks so I would hope she would remember that one at least

@heimygloomstopin152 9 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

@RockerChick 7 жыл бұрын

Heimy Gloomstopin YEAHHHHHH! I get what you are feeling dude!

@maximilianoborges5920 4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.... Geddy's voice awesome

@garn1177 4 жыл бұрын

I think it’s Neil’s voice doing the narrating.

@davidcarrington5182 4 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.

@joshuataylor283 7 ай бұрын

Just imagine all the talent shunned by record companies to promote what we've ended up with today!! Vanity blasphemy,

@grantcolwell1368 8 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!

@jasonvancura2139 7 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.

@pologolfalpha8747 6 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

@pazz6708 8 жыл бұрын

One of the most unique Rush albums ever. Live on in our hearts and minds forever.... Caress of Steel.Love this album.

@stevephillips2372 5 жыл бұрын

Rush os the greatest band that will ever grace us

@oldman9843 5 жыл бұрын

Favorite RUSH song , the skill of these musicians soar on this song .

@mongopipes 8 жыл бұрын

Caress of Steel,a much underrated album!

@tmcffg59 7 жыл бұрын

This tops my three favorite Rush album's...followed by Permanent Waves and A Farewell to Kings....definitely a masterpiece.

@henryolsen6248 7 жыл бұрын

Love this album :)

@sygmoore 4 жыл бұрын

LOVE Farewell to Kings!

@carmenmoore6223 4 жыл бұрын

Geddy's voice on this sends shivers down my spine....superb!

@danielparra6710 4 жыл бұрын

Best Rush Album Ever, EPIC, LEGENDARY, HISTORIC!!!!

@jamesthomason3303 5 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.

@dougburrell3584 4 жыл бұрын

@RockerChick 7 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.

@richinoable 4 жыл бұрын

Moby Dick was panned for years after its first printing. Genius isn't always recognized at first flower. F'n spectacular.

@tkoontz4038 6 жыл бұрын

my first concert was rush 40 years ago. their music is timeless best group ever

@carollockhart7463 4 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!!!!!

@beatthatscore3949 5 жыл бұрын

where has this band been all my life

@elephantsgerald9549 9 жыл бұрын

of all the great alex guitar solos, this one is the best.

@anthonybrown9373 8 жыл бұрын

+elephants gerald Im a strangiato guy but I grew up playing and learning guitar in his wake They are truly amazing

@pamelaj2112 4 жыл бұрын

Makes my soul soar ❤️

@steveshiner6961 8 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-goakins1489 7 жыл бұрын

Steve Shiner cool

@scaarefps 6 жыл бұрын

True but that doesn't really apply to this song, the 40 years part I mean

@cliffordarocho3850 6 жыл бұрын

I agree. Neil is definitely the best. Geddy and Alex are top 10, bass and guitar respectively.

@jjohnston94 4 жыл бұрын

ZZ Top is the only other band I can think of that can make the same claim.

@kevinhegg259 10 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 💙🤍💙🤍

@cliffordarocho3850 4 жыл бұрын

This is definitely one of their most underrated jams.

@TheCylrin 5 жыл бұрын

Caress of Steel is one of my very Favorite albums by Rush :)

@60leebee 5 жыл бұрын

Geddy Lee is a fantastic bass player!!

@inthegroove1531 9 жыл бұрын

Into Darkness -0:00 Under The Shadow - 3:48 Return Of The Prince - 8:40

@kevinblatter2369 3 ай бұрын

Part III is one of the sweetest rock tunes ever written.

@mwales2112 4 жыл бұрын

Great album... Love the tracks!!! RIP Neal. You will be missed...

@tinabergherm1537 11 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 !

@bryanmehr4483 3 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!

@funkophone 12 жыл бұрын

Caress of Steel is such a damn good album.

@mheatwole18 4 жыл бұрын

AGREED!

@rotory2002 11 жыл бұрын

I found her, Married her and we listen to this beauty of an album quite often....:)

@PortugueseKeto 12 жыл бұрын

A 12 minute, 31 second slab of satisfying awesomeness

@roncalvert7988 5 жыл бұрын

This is a masterpiece , It was my second Rush album after 2112. AWESOME.

@GratefulCarnivor 12 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

@dragondog5941 8 жыл бұрын

Love Rush.

@blown572hemi 2 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

@NetBoy2112 12 жыл бұрын

Dim the lights, plug the headphones in and turn the volume up.... total bliss!

@SicillianmanDon 6 жыл бұрын

In my top ten favorite albums every created

@michaelhollingshead838 5 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 😂

@georgekoutsourais7129 10 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.

@JMGarcia0303 5 жыл бұрын

Holy heck Neil Peart is godly.

@kramjell7335 12 жыл бұрын

got to be the best group ever .thank you you for such detail!!

@johnreger7135 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best of it's time. Not many knew it then, but we know now.

@Vlasko60 5 жыл бұрын

Damn, this holds up. Holy shit Alex!

@stevephillips2372 6 жыл бұрын

Greatest band 10 fold

@Frankincensedjb123 11 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.

@staylor537 2 жыл бұрын

Love this channel ! Once again, us musician types were brought up on this "Power Trio" R.I.P. Neil Peart....

@loumelillo1790 4 жыл бұрын

To me this was the pinnacle of Geddy's voice!

@Redragonfieldofgreen 10 жыл бұрын

Seen Rush five times and every show was wicked they never take a night off like some bands.

@reply7007 4 жыл бұрын

Love you Geddy, love you Rush, Thank you so much for this.

@winesap2 6 жыл бұрын

Loved this album when I was a kid. Sounds so good to listen to it again. Love fountain of Lamneth!

@dontvoteforanybody3715 5 жыл бұрын

I think it's the "River Don," not the "River Dawn." Because the Don River runs through Willowdale.

@maximilianoborges5920 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic and underrated album. This is where begins the progressive rock era in the fantastic Rush voyage

@Shazeen82 4 жыл бұрын

When I first listening to this track i got a trip. At the 3rd part! Incredible!

@joeblo4306 6 жыл бұрын

are you kidding me 14 dislikes???!! Unleash By-Tor!!

@leonardwillit8519 5 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 :-) :-) :-)

@lewisdevlin4163 9 жыл бұрын

8:38 is the best part for me personally love this song so much :)

@lewisdevlin4163 8 жыл бұрын

Yeah its all good just got Hemispheres blasting out!!!!! haha

@davidknows3320 4 жыл бұрын

On the bike, ripping up the highway.....this, cranked up. Sooooo much horsepower, so much speed. Perfection!

@jamescourtney2318 5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Rick Wakemans "Journey to the center of the earth". Both are awesome!!

@Songinor53 3 жыл бұрын

True, dat👍🏾

@jmomm 11 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-1776 2 жыл бұрын

Never listened to this album before…..It’s pretty damned good. Guitar sounds good.

@UPLANDPLAGUE 12 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

@jackaction7077 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this song

@mousaaldababneh6170 3 жыл бұрын

Such a masterpiece u have to listen to it more than once

@yardpiggies 8 жыл бұрын

such a fan of this started listening since i was 10...

@go-goakins1489 7 жыл бұрын

Suzanne Hanson Cool

@pozjetsfan1 8 жыл бұрын

return of the prince III was the precursor to the end on Hemispheres..

@screwpuppies 5 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite!!!

@adigiurgiu7312 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Neil Peart :(

@michaelledford4751 5 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.

@allanbaker456 5 жыл бұрын

This my absolute favorite Rush album, if you exclude "All the World's a stage".

@MrWhtgst 11 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.

@wiskyvet 7 жыл бұрын

7:01 on is so epic! 3 of the best doing what they do best!

@morum67 5 жыл бұрын

I've got to reference this in a D&D game someday!

@douglaspatrie2469 11 жыл бұрын

Love this song very much thanks for posting

@kevinmcnamara2082 4 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.

@cmorrow74 12 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!

@harveyschifeling9068 5 жыл бұрын

i was 14 when this came out loved it then and still today

@keithrichardson1109 4 жыл бұрын

It is a masterpiece! I put it in their top 3 myself!

@fucheduck 10 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.

@xsellsbrod 10 жыл бұрын

3 men of willowdale are : Geddy-Alex- Neil !

@Booklat1 10 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-goakins1489 7 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

@robertramos2856 8 жыл бұрын

prog gods,i am a disciple! i will follow till the last epic journey

@sniffnflowers 4 ай бұрын

Instrumentals in this are fantastic! And remember the meek shall inherit the earth! 🌍

@niarfe2001 12 жыл бұрын

Very good song and the album is outstanding, I think few people understood the whole concept...

@cjfink7227 3 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.

@stephenbowman4573 8 ай бұрын

First heard in 77, we have followed Rush from day 1

@richardbrairton4227 5 жыл бұрын

This song reminds me of something nostalgic that happened long, long ago.

@bronzebackblaine 4 жыл бұрын

This is so freaking good....

@jacobclark490 4 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.