RUSH = The greatest, most talented and most intelligent band in rock history. Not my opinion, it's a FACT of life. Enjoy!

Greatest drummers to ever breath air

"I couldn't even bob my head correctly." LOL

Rush was no joke! All this sensational sound from 3 dudes (3 immensely talented musicians)!!

I love seeing you young cats experience the shit we stoners loved 42 years ago! More Rush!!!!

If you go back to 1:14, you will see a quick shot of foot pedals. And again at 4:31, shows the whole picture. When they play this live, Geddy Lee sings the vocals and plays bass. When a song has keyboards, he plays those as well. When he does, he plays the bass line with the foot pedals. Very talented musician. The drummer, Neil Peart, whose nickname is "the professor" is considered to be one of the greatest drummers ever. May he R.I.P.

3 friends making 40+ years of music.

1982. Neil Peart, considered the best drummer in Rock history (RIP)

Yes, it’s only three guys, Geddy Lee on bass, and keyboards, Alex Lifeson on guitar(s), and Neil “The Professor” Peart on drums and percussion. Sadly, Peart died 3 years ago this month at age of 67 from a brain tumor. He was also the principal lyricist of the band. Rush is considered one of the premier progressive rock bands of all time. If you really want to see some of their most amazing, complex pieces, check out “La Villa Strangiato“ from their album, “Hemispheres.”

Congrats! You've just been Peartified! by the greatest drummer in Rock n Roll history!.. (RIP) my friend..

they play multiple instruments at once, Geddy Lee plays bass, keys and sings at same time...

Neal Peart.... Your favorite drummer's favorite drummer. R.I.P. Professor.

Geddy Lee covers lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, and bass foot pedals to keep the bass lines going during keyboard parts.

Someone probably said this below already, but when Neil Peart (RIP), the drummer, was asked if he got sick of always having to play this tune in live shows, said no, because it was a really hard song to play, and he was thrilled when he didn't mess up his part.

Never heard Tom Sawyer????? Wow Missing out boys. Best drummer ever!

Rush - Spirit of Radio Perfection!

Yes boys welcome to our three Canadian masters..... 45 yrs of awesome music. Geddy Lee is lead vocals, bass, keys. The professor on Drums Neil Peart Alex Lifeson on guitar. You have no idea the rabbit hole you are embarking on. My boys my life would not be the same without them. Xanadu would be a great 2nd cut Cheers

You should watch the making of this song. They talk about the time signature and the drummer Neil Peart talks about how it's a hard song for him to play live.

RusH was composed of 3 compulsive perfectionist, and genuine good people that do not have any ego trips that have lead to the demise of many successful bands. Truly GREAT musicians that are also truly great friends.... Resulting in some of the cleanest, tightest most amazing music ever made.

I'm 56 years old, and I have loved Rush since 1983.. Xanadu is the best song. Look it up live. And there are so many more tunes.

Finally! You got to my boys. Hopefully, you will go down this rabbit hole. Rush is quite a unique band. Only 3 dudes who are masters at their craft. They have the unique ability to play with great musicianship, yet package it in a way where it's accessible to the masses. Another amazing thing about Rush is their deep thought-provoking lyrics. Which was written by their drummer Neil Peart. Sadly he passed 3 years ago.

Duuuudes...you guys are gonna FREAK when you see these guys play live. Heh heh heh Three dudes makin' a buncha sweet soundin' noise. Legendary band. Enjoy the ride. 40+ years worth of music from these guys.

Oh Canada 🇨🇦 baby! RUSHwas one of the most talented bands to ever do it...The Professor kicking ass all over that drum kit! Geddy on bass,vocals and keys and Alex one of the most underrated guitarist there ever was. This dropped in 1981.

Hey guys! One guitar player, drummer. The bass player is the keyboardist and singer. By the way, he plays all of those when he does this song live. This song has been sampled a lot. This drummer DOES touch all those. Neil Peart is considered one of the best drummers of all time, and many put him #1.

Drummer Neil Peart aka the Professor...considered by many the greatest drummer of all time...and wrote most of Rush's songs ...RIP

Rush in my opinion, Greatest band ever. Technically great and imaginative beyond thier years. At the time not many bands could hold a candle to them. Alot of fans also didn't quite understand alot of it either. Girls couldn't relate nothing they could consistently dance to, because of the constant time changes. They have 4 or 5 different stages of the band. Early 70's Prog Rock 80's more keyboards were brought in. 90's they found a perfect blend of keyboards and guitar. The 2000's thier final drive of just pure hard rock.

Check out Tom Sawyer live to see bassist Geddy play keys, bass, foot pedals and sing. CRAZY. Three of the best musicians.

Rush is unmatched and Geddy is a phenomenon he plays base plays keys and base with his foot pedals or plays base and keys with his foot pedals and sings to boot......unreal and on Xanadau he plays bass keys and vice versa with pedals and rythym guitar unreal they were one of a kind

Absolutely incredible trio!

wellcome to Rush, next could be The spirit of Radio... great tribute to the radio in the days and a critic of it too

Guys! It IS a THREE-player band... The guy on base (Geddy Lee) does Base, Keyboards, AND Vocals. He has a special set of pedals that do base when he is on the keys. And there is only ONE guitar player... All three members are world-class musicians, with the drummer (Neil Peart, RIP) being a lot of great drummers' favorite drummer. Even Metalica used to listen to Rush before they got started.It was a kind of Led Zep sound at first, then it morphed with the times into different vibes. From heavy metal to synth, to whatever stroked their fancies.

If you want to know about these 3 incredible people, find the video of them out for dinner together in Malibu. Humble, down to earth normal guys who hit it big . Great Great band. The drummer is widely regarded as one of the best ever. B.T.W, love your style enough to subscribe 😉

Yes, Geddy Lee is the bassist, keyboardist and vocalist with Neil Peart on drums and Alex Leifson on lead guitar. Check out their live performance of Xanadu. Probably one of their best performance videos and will be better seeing the band play in concert. They never wanted to create a song that the 3 of them could not play live, so you’ll see Geddy playing both instruments while singing at the same time. And you’ll see an even larger drum and percussion set around Neil!

This BAND WILL NEVER LEAVE YOUR EAR WELCOME TO RUSH!!!

I envy you fellas Hearing this song for the very first time Yes, it's only 3 people Geddy Lee sings, plays the bass and keyboards Alex Liefson is the Guitarist AND THE MASTER, Neil Peart, the hands down greatest rock drummer of all time Man, I grew up with this song, and it never gets old. Today, I do envy you discovering this gem

Buckle up and welcome to the rabbit hole of all rabbit holes!

Keep digging and diving into Rush! Three of the most talented musicians to ever play together. True legends.

As a drummer and timekeeper, it’s satisfying to watch a reaction video of progressive rock and the dudes reacting are bopping their heads on beat. My OCD gets triggers when the head bop is off - good job fellas and go Brew Crew!

Rush is the brass ring, the epitome of musicianship and Neil Peart set the bar for drummers. I'm so glad you're not familiar with them because this is gonna be fun watching you guys explore their music.

3 guys. The drummer is the GOAT! The singer plays bass, keyboards and sings.

Yeh don't forget [and for me it is almost impossible to believe],that this is now over 40 years old! Still magic!

😄 Back for my 1,000th re-watch! Your Rush reactions are like the dreaded "crack" to me! 😏 I ain't mad bout' it either! 🥰🐰

Rush, like Steely D., is an iconic band with a rich and long history. Their music has evolved over the years with a catalogue that ranges from epic concept tunes to more radio friendly tunes. Some of their early work is fairly experimental and can drift a little, but they honed their musical approach and became one of the premier pioneers of progressive rock. My choices for just a couple of essential reactions would be 2112, Xanadu, Natural Science, The Spirit of Radio, Freewill, Red Barchetta, Where's my Thing...so many more gems. Great Rxn!

Every now and again, I’m cool enough to hang out with my old man.

This band is seriously beyond words. Many of those commenting have tried valiantly, but I am sure they will all say their words are not adequate. Too much talent going on here, needs to be heard, can’t bd explained.

ONe of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time. Incredible.

Moving Pictures album from 1981

Cool react guys. Rush is my all time favorite band. Geddy Lee is my favorite musician. Dude plays the meanest bass lines, sings, and plays keys at the same time, even live. He's a fugging legend.

Recommended second Rush song: Spirit of Radio. if you want to see what they can do live, do Xanadu from Exit Stage Left.

Neil P👂t (P ear t ) I have been listening since the seventies and am proud of our Canadian gift to music. 🤘RUSH 🤘 🇨🇦

Neil Peart, one of the greatest drummers of all time. RIP Neil🎶❤ Please react to one of his drum solos...insane!!🎶

Greatest band ever, imo.

Such a great band. Rabbit hole begins. Enjoy fellas

YES!! Please keep the RUSH train rollin'! 🎵🎵🎵🎵

Geddy Lee played Bass,Keyboards, and Sang on this The drummer we lost sadly a couple years ago R.I.P. Neil Peart

I 'd like to introduce you to another artist/band that I think you will really enjoy listening to "Fire Lake - Bob Seger & The Siver Bullet Band" Bob Seger is most famous for his work as a rock musician . He has released dozens of albums and singles over the years, and his work has been widely praised by critics. Many of his songs have become rock classics, and he is considered one of the most influential artists in the genre of rock n roll. I would be surprised if you don't recognize some of his songs, because several have been used in movies, tv shows, and commercials. I really have enjoyed watching you two become fans of classic rock, and I hope you'll are enjoying the journey 👍🎶

Rush was all odd time signatures. Here we go boys. Rush-limelight Rush-spirit of radio

This album ("Moving Pictures") is one where you can do each and every song, and they're all GREAT! It's the best Rush album, IMO. 🧐🤘

Best live performance ever... Rush, Spirit of Radio, Live, Toronto 2003

2 new fans and a great intro into the Universe that is RUSH. Feb 12, 1981 was a great date for a RUSH ALBUM release

More than any other rock band, they helped create and refine a lot of the technology that you guys use every day. Edrums, sampling, foot triggers, even MIDI itself, they had a hand in it becoming the systems and DAW's y'all use daily. Drummer N. Peart had his hand in every triggered drum system from the beginning. Starting with Simmons and LINNdrum and working with Roland, Yamaha, Kat and every other eDrum manufacturers right up until his passing. Bassist, G. Lee, was the first "non-keyboard" player to be featured on the cover of Keyboard Magazine. They were using organ style foot pedals to play/trigger synth parts BEFORE MIDI was formalized. Working with Moog, Oberheim, Roland, Yamaha, Korg and other design teams to make MIDI the universal standard for conversations between digital instruments, sequencers and computers. And Apple was on top of it since the first Mac's came out. Which is why 90% of studio, and live sound, engineers still run their systems with Apple products. RUSH had a hand in that as well.

Rush ~ Xanadu ~ Exit Stage Left [1981] [Closed Captioned] saw them in 1980 in Dallas !!!! this song will blow ya mind \m/ Peace ;)

My every first Headliner concert. RUSH 1980 2112 TOUR. Awesomeness!

Geniuses fell to earth in Canada too. This trio,saw live 78,81,84……..they are in a class by themselves. Live- they melt your face.❤️❤️❤️🎼🎶❤️

(Edward Muñoz´s comment) I share your feelings towards that line.....I just trip on how Neil put together all those deep meaning thoughts in a way that he solely saw and experienced in his life...I mean...."the most endangered species, the honest man....", "Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand"......I can’t pretend a stranger is a long awaited friend"...."Big money, draw the flies"....."With a velvet glove and an iron fist we are sheltered under the gun"..... And so many more....like Dave Groll once said....."Heavy shit"....best band in the Solar Federation.......

Pure mastery!! Classic monster hit. 3 man band!!

When Neil gets going it's like the top coming off of the blender at high rpm. Shit flying everywhere!

You two are the best reactors on KZfaq you understand music better than the rest thanks

Rush is onlt three guys. The other guy you see playing the bass and the guy singing and the guy on the keyboards is all Geddy Lee. This is from their studio session, where they can play each track individually. Take it from a person who has xeen them lve 36 times starting in 1979, until they retiredaround 2016, they can perform this live with omly three guys. Geddy plays bass while singing, somtimes playing the keyboards with his feet on the Taurus pedals seen here in this video. He doesn’t play bass, but shreds the bass like few other bassists and all while singing and playing keyboards with his toes. It was amazing to see them live. Alex, the guitarist also plays keyboard samples with his feet while live. Neil Peart, who sadly passed away in 2020, also triggered synth samples with electronic drum pads, not seen here. It was a few years after this album and more around the time of Grace Under Pressure or Signals, that he added a complete electronic drum set behind his massive acoiustic drum set. During his solo, he would switch from the electronic to the acoustic by having the entire drum riser spin around as he changed sets. You canm find his drum solos on KZfaq. Look for his solo in Frankfurt, Germany. It is one of his most famous and recent solos. His solos are the stuff of legend. SInce 50% or more of the sudience were drummers and the rest just air drummers, the crowd would go nuts when his solo began. I am a guitarist, but when Neil was playing, I was just another air drummer. There is just something about his fills thagt makes your hands go, without even thinking about it. I bet if you played some Peart stuff in a retirement home, you see 80 year old grandmas air drumming to his most famous fills. Especially the one from Temple Of Syrnx. I think that even a corpse would automatically air drum that first fill? This is a dangerous rabbit hole of you have begin. It you dare to enter, you will encounter over 40 years of some of the most complex and epic rock songs you've ever heard. 2112, one entire side of the album follows one story, seamlessly moving from one movement to the next. It’s very unique, to say the least.

3 people, singer also plays bass and keyboards. The drummer writes the lyrics. Live, the singer sometimes plays bass, sings, and plays keyboards with his feet

It's a very deep groove. That guy gets it.

Gede Lee plays both keyboards and Bass, along with lead vocals. I think just for the video, they show him playing both at different times, because they want to convey that Gede plays both instruments in the Band. In the recording studio, he can play both instruments playing on different tacks, and then they are blended together. Also, remember "The Doors," didn't have a Bass player, because like with Rush, the keyboards have Bass pedals on the floor, so you can play Bass with your foot. Gede is one of the best Bassists in the world. Watch more Rush videos, and you can see for yourself. Thanks

Geddy Lee: bass, keyboards & foot pedal keyboards; Alex Lifeson: guitar, Neil Peart: drums Incredible band for 40+ years until Neil’s passing. Dig deeper please, they’re worth it

Rush started in 1968, but their main line-up until Peart's death in 2020 came together in 1974. Tom Sawyer is from their 1981 album Moving Pictures.

GOAT of rock drummers

If you really want to see Rush at the peak of their game, check out "YYZ" Live in Rio performance. It's unreal good.

Welcome to Rush guys. 1981 from the Moving Pictures album. The lead singer Geddy Lee was playing bass, keyboards and various foot pedals. Suggested next reactions; Spirit of The Radio - cartoon video Xanadu - Live video, Exit Stage Left 🤯 2112 - Animated story video 🤯 And what other Rush heads may suggest. Incredible band. Dive in!

Three nice Canadian boys who I use to chat with on their walks. Their favorite band is Yes and Roundabout is a must listen from 71.

The session was videotaped & layered showing Gedde Lee playing keyboards & bass as well as vocals at different parts.

And of course, the best technical drummer ever.

Canadian icons…..they have a deep, deep rabbit hole to explore!

Neil Peart and John Bonham are arguably the top drummers in rock history. There are others in that top 5 or 6 that are great, but usually the argument settles on these two for top top. He's unquestionably great, but he was also a great human being, and we should remember that also. He was the lyricist, and those poems are deep and meaningful. But he was also a drummer's drummer; a complete gear head, and technician. I remember one story about how his phone would ring (in Canada) and on the other end of the line was some complete stranger who found his number and decided to call, and they would talk for hours about drumming and everything related to it. He would not only answer any question but he would ask questions of the caller. I read that he would ask the age, and if the caller was young then he would ask the person if he could call him back. He did this because he knew the charges for long distance from the US to Canada was probably more than a young guy could afford and he didn't want him to get in trouble with the people who paid the bills. There are so many stories like that. Down to earth, great person. RIP

Three members: Geddy Lee: Bass, keys, foot pedals, vocals Neil Peart: Drums/Percussion Alex Leifson: Guitars

Don't believe your eyes, Rush is only three people. Three very amazingly talented people. Realize that this is the actual in the studio video of the actual recording. When they play live they reproduce this sound flawlessly with only three people. I've seen dozens of these Rush first reaction videos and without fail every single time those who are experiencing Rush for the first time are blown away.

Rush is a ten-man band that has three guys in it.

Deep rabbit hole here guys. Really you can pick any record, they are all worth a listen. :)

Great reaction!!! Rush. One of a kind. Like no other. Super unique.

Geddy Lee = bass, vocals, keyboard, badass.... Neil Peart.....on level and better than the most talked-about.,..driven! That guitar 🎸 player..Alex Lifeson..amazing.

Neil Peart was your favorite drummers favorite drummer, he has a solo that you guys can react to its amazing

I was lucky to see them in the 80's, back when we could afford tickets.

Heard this so many times as a kid when it came out revolved on the radio all the time, it fit the time the early 80’s dark and Smokey…ghostly

They're a trio😂😂. Geddy Lee the lead vocalist was behind those keyboards.

Saw them 4x, there are only 3 highly intelligent talented musicians.🔥✌🤘

Watch some live stuff. Geddy sings, plays bass, and plays keyboard all at the same time. Plus Alex, the guitarist is using peddles to cover some tones in-between. Insane, unique band. Of course the late great Neil Peart aka The Professor on drums and writing almost all the lyrics.

oh yes! another you tube chanel checking out RUSH . looking forward to it.

Rush are three master musicians and best friends from Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 They had a 40 plus year career. Geddy Lee Vocals, Bass, Keyboards and pedals Alex Lifeson guitar, mandola, pedals and later keyboards. Neil Peart drums, percussion and main lyrist Unfortunately Neil Peart passed away from brain cancer in January of 2020. Neil Peart is considered one of the best drummers in rock. Geddy Lee is a master bass player and Alex Lifeson has a chord named after him. Please check out YYZ live in Rio Working man live in Cleveland La Villa Strangiato official music video Xanadu from Exit Stage Left Digital Man from the Snakes and Arrows tour Natural Science from the Molson Amphitheatre Toronto Cheers

world class musicians.

Rush = perfection Check out Peart’s drum solo. There’s a reason he’s called The Professor.

I wish there was a double thumbs up option! 👍 👍 great reaction. We need a "spirit of radio" reaction

Neil Peart: Your favorite drummer’s favorite drummer. A few of my favorites: The Trees, Subdivisions, Red Barchetta, and the iconic 2112