@robertovelasquez5325 5 жыл бұрын
he even looks like Alex Lifeson...
@devilsoffspring5519 4 жыл бұрын
Hey, I was noticing that! Maybe he could make some extra cash as a stunt double :)
@MohammedSinghar 2 ай бұрын
I think it really is him tho
@extradutyfelt1 7 жыл бұрын
Alex is right up there as one of the top rock guitar players of all time..people who really understand, know how good he is..!
@execatty 7 жыл бұрын
yes we do...
@scottrempel7243 7 жыл бұрын
we sure do... That's why we're here :-)
@extradutyfelt1 7 жыл бұрын
amen!
@lisagy4354 7 жыл бұрын
.....that was epic .....love Alex and the boys ........they've been thru a lot .....especially Neil ......cheers from Mark
@angelarocho1098 6 жыл бұрын
kid gloves yep . Thats true !!
@Aintry1 7 жыл бұрын
That guy plays just like Alex Lifeson!
@palonazo 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but can he invent a chord?
@babarishka 5 жыл бұрын
palonero LOL!!!! When I played in a Prog band back in the 90's the bass player would occasionally ask me to come up with an Alex chord. In fact, the first time we met, we started playing In the End at the exact same time - kinda spooky!!!!!!
@sangaywangdi8641 5 жыл бұрын
😂🖒
@marywiggins2447 7 жыл бұрын
I think this guy maybe the closest cover.of this song I have seen poasted on youtube,
@TheMrCC21 7 жыл бұрын
You don't cover your own songs... *Shake my head*
@masonlloyd8934 7 жыл бұрын
please tell me youre not serious
@russmartin6763 7 жыл бұрын
Please tell me you don't think he was.
@MarcAndre1 7 жыл бұрын
He is giving a demo on the mechanics of the song. He is playing along with the original song for context... OY
@lostintime8651 7 жыл бұрын
did you see the part he messed up on??
@keeskapteyn314 7 жыл бұрын
this is guitar geek porn- watching a classic being played by the guy who made the song, no camera panning away, no switching to other angles- just pure watching him shred. I think I have waited my whole life for this lol- wonder if there is one like this for Limelight too...
@fobroth0236 7 жыл бұрын
"I think I have waited my whole life for this" Yup, I had tears in my eyes. Incredible.
@luminositymusicbrianpricka6357 4 жыл бұрын
Kees Kapteyn noticing this guitar was floating?
@doogle-gf3fi 4 жыл бұрын
luminositymusic BrianPRickard- Yup, kinda freaky. Maybe the body’s resting on something. Or he’s got a bespoke stand for it? Or, a rig like Billy F’s: Alex takes a step back for clearance..then Taadaa! he spins it 360 degrees like a propeller, grabs the neck, plays: not one beat skipped. That’s probly it...
@WilliBond0007 4 жыл бұрын
......No David Lee Roth getting between you and the guitar ......
@TheRealSlickRick63 7 жыл бұрын
Anyone notice when he played the intro riff how his fingers almost seemed to hover above the strings? He seems to play with a very light touch, yet precise and deliberate.
@davidmohr1920 6 жыл бұрын
like a good piano player their fingers tickle the keys and the strings literally dancing on them and that opening riff is fast and hard to play :-)
@alm5966 6 жыл бұрын
He's actually playing air guitar.
@akeeperofoddknowledge4956 6 жыл бұрын
Rick Hankins ; I think he pantomimed this
@magneto7930 5 жыл бұрын
@Rongle Bringer Interesting... I did notice how he was using his pinky where most guitarists would normally let their ring finger rest on that first string to change that note. His method gives it a bit more prominence.
@iplaygitar1125 5 жыл бұрын
I think its so he doesn’t pull the strings off the guitar making a high pitch sound. When i played this one of my first times, thats what happened to me.
@onyourmarkphoto 4 жыл бұрын
His talent as a guitar player is only outshines by how nice and humble he is. Proof that not everyone looses their mind with success and goes down the path of bitter excess.
@CruceEntertainment 7 ай бұрын
They almost lost their record contract until they came up with 2112! The rest is history.
@MrBigpoe 7 жыл бұрын
one of the best ax men of all time and maybe the most under rated
@michael_caz_nyc 7 жыл бұрын
I Agree. Alex Lifeson is a Beast and he is: Total Precision, when Performing Live. He plays all the parts on the recording Exactly ( or better ). This guy is a Monster on Guitar ( and a great guy too ) Not a conceited Rock Star. He remained humble & down-to-earth.
@ScruffyJones 7 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. And he probably doesn't even care. I can't wrap my head around his talent.
@tonypayne704 7 жыл бұрын
Scruffy Jones i
@BradyHiles 7 жыл бұрын
Untrepid One Rush is known as one of the best of all time, but Alex as a guitarist is super underrated. when you hear or see people talking about the greatest guitatist of all time, you rarely hear Alex Lifeson in there. Its usually EVH, Slash, Randy Rhoads, Dimebag etc.
@keeskapteyn314 7 жыл бұрын
Slash???? He's just a schoolboy compared to Alex.
@qrs_tuv1925 3 ай бұрын
Wow. This album was released when I was 15 years old. Absolutely changed our (friends and I) lives.
@turnleftaticeland 7 жыл бұрын
the way he bobs his head while playing that riff like it's the easiest thing in the world... god. damn you, lifeson.
@Chrillin___ 7 жыл бұрын
turnleftaticeland Ikr, it's absurd
@SluggerStark 6 жыл бұрын
turnleftaticeland Well guys....he is is Alex Lifeson afterall.
@Metal-Possum 6 жыл бұрын
To be fair, he's been playing it repeatedly since 1980. It's not even a matter of being a capable guitarist at that point, just good old fashioned muscle memory.
@timq6224 6 жыл бұрын
his capability lies in the fact that he has degenerative arthritis and can still pull it off. The guy sails through a complex sequence of riffs that most people will never play in their prime.
@daveneedley6321 6 жыл бұрын
Alex=guitar god
@hondapassportfan3094 4 жыл бұрын
Wow. It's such a difficult song to play, but he makes it look easy. He's a true virtuoso.
@ivyhallquist3159 3 жыл бұрын
No one plays guitar like Alex Lifeson. He is and always will be one of my favorite guitar players.
@maxxbenzz7842 7 жыл бұрын
they rated you at like 98 of top 100 guitar players???? you are in the top ten for sure. lead and rhythm not many can do. you and your chaps are the best band ever!!!!
@mr.smithgnrsmith7808 5 жыл бұрын
Top ten, no...top 25...definitely
@execatty 4 жыл бұрын
98 my ass top ten for sure
@jeogar2849 3 жыл бұрын
The dynamic of all three overshadowed his greatness,
@vaibanez17 3 жыл бұрын
Rolling Stone put him at #98, but Guitar World out Alex Lifeson #8
@paveantelic7876 Жыл бұрын
@@vaibanez17 rolling stone is smelly garbage
@dudefrombarrie 7 жыл бұрын
11 people shattering the illusion of integrity....
@eliasmg9144 4 жыл бұрын
Alex, if you're reading this, please never die 🥺
@joelmathiason5629 7 жыл бұрын
I love Alex's look at the end, it's like he's saying "and there you go....it's easy."
@severeweathercenterx 4 жыл бұрын
alex lifeson will always be my favorite guitarist spirit of radio will always be my favorite rush song take notes my friends this is how you play guitar and this certainly how you kick ass rush forever r.i.p neil peart miss you
@judesmash1596 10 ай бұрын
In my opinion, Alex Lifeson is the BEST guitarist of all time👍
@m_r__r_o_b_o_t 4 жыл бұрын
One of the most uplifting songs ever written
@LifesApologist 5 жыл бұрын
Humble Master of all time
@georgegonzales6137 5 жыл бұрын
Man. Unbelievable. Best guitarist ever in my book.
@pwkpilot 7 жыл бұрын
THE best guitarist on the planet................
@danhenderson783 7 жыл бұрын
Alex Lifeson = Guitar God
@lindapryor3747 3 жыл бұрын
Hail! hail! The golden man with the golden fingers and golden calluses. What a legend!
@sttvoyager1727 6 жыл бұрын
Alex Lifesone is one of the MOST UNDERRATED ROCK GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME. HIS UNIQUE SOUND COMBINED WITH. JUST INCREDIBLE LIVE PERFORMANCES RANKS HIM AS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME,
@brettlowton6961 3 жыл бұрын
Canada's finest rock band - period - and a very unassuming, but brilliant guitarist.
@kofiofosu9051 6 жыл бұрын
Brought tears to my eyes. I thought I could play the guitar before I saw this up close. Unbelievable
@MrSchmitty61 6 жыл бұрын
That is one awesome song, it's a great song to play to......
@KhalDrogo76 7 жыл бұрын
this is a master class of rock guitar....the riffs, the chords, the rhythm, the solo...all of it. such an under appreciated legend!
@frankvilla9401 6 жыл бұрын
Most underrated of all time.
@paulmorgan5841 Жыл бұрын
Alex Is so deliberate and precise in his strumming, fingerwork, etc.
@stormb777 5 жыл бұрын
Out of this world !!!
@steveo673 7 жыл бұрын
Echoes with the sound of salesmen, ... of salesmen ....OH SALESMEN!!!
@unknown50ct 7 жыл бұрын
Who knew salesmen could be so artistic... :,]
@sobrevida157 6 жыл бұрын
a very clever allusion to Sounds of Silence. Rush changed 'prophet' to 'profit' and 'sounds of silence' to sounds of salesmen'. Argh! Why can't I write a lyric like that???
@sldl04 4 жыл бұрын
Damned salesmen
@doogle-gf3fi 4 жыл бұрын
Richard Wagner-Agreed!! Lyrics worth selling yer granny for (maybe). Neil wrote some brilliant songs..gotta be a natural talent made huge by voracious reading if Good literature combined with plain old Hard Work. Miss you, Neil.😢
@tonygriffin6144 6 жыл бұрын
greatest band of all time.
@kellingc 4 жыл бұрын
one of my favorite parts is how smoothly the transitions are - so seemless. To go from a rock to reggae and back is masterful. Masterful because it sounds natural, not jarring.
@richsackett3423 6 жыл бұрын
Alex Lifeson is the best.
@mattd6086 7 жыл бұрын
3:42 is such a perfect Rush moment.
@plutpeter 7 жыл бұрын
Matt D totally...reminds me of Xanadu
@mattd6086 7 жыл бұрын
Cool name first off! This is such a difficult riff. Alex is basically doing a drum fill on the guitar. They were so tight rhythmically that they could pull this stuff off. You'll find it in YYZ, right around :37 too. Vintage Rush magic.
@Disciple_Of_Lerxst 6 жыл бұрын
My favorite part of the song.
@rationalmuscle 6 жыл бұрын
Yep... and seamlessly played. Nothing like 15/8 to brighten your day.
@magneto7930 5 жыл бұрын
That is a defining moment of the tightness of a band!
@charleswalas5635 7 жыл бұрын
Alex Lifeson is and always has been on a whole other level
@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOP 7 жыл бұрын
*OMG MR. LIFESON YOU ARE A MASTER. THANK YOU FOR SO MANY YEARS OF BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. GOD BLESS YOU.*
@gfunk63901 2 жыл бұрын
Those 3 were so gifted in so many ways and thoughtful
@shaunweiss438 7 жыл бұрын
Plus he looks like a genuinely humble down to earth person who always has time for fans
@randlerobbertson8792 4 жыл бұрын
Love this guy definitely one of my favourite guitarists.....none of this best stuff its about who you really like.
@Barry7777777 7 жыл бұрын
I think Rush was one of the very first groups containing ALL mega-super-talented musicians that was able to achieve huge commercial success, besides Yes of course and maybe just a few others - but Yes focused a bit more on "musicians' music" while Rush somehow brought much of the same previously noncommercial style into the mainstream. The fact that the drummer was also the main lyricist is just a great added bonus. I never was much of a Rush fan - but as a published songwriter and musician myself, it's impossible for me to ignore absolute jaw-dropping talent when I hear it.
@bacontrees 4 жыл бұрын
Wow! A legend.
@digdoug9678 5 жыл бұрын
This guy is just so unassuming! Absolutely refreshing.
@bigtex5536 7 жыл бұрын
fav band of ALL TIME!
@bsbabcock 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Alex for the career, the music and giving back this coolness for the kids with dreams sitting next to their amp.
@StruggleButtons Жыл бұрын
This guy’s covers are always spot on.
@creativeguitarstudio 7 жыл бұрын
What a killer tune... How could 7 people down-vote this ?!?
@timgood5771 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, no shit. Mastery.
@kellypatterson9456 6 жыл бұрын
Haters hate. Al makes is look easy. He studied music at university. As did his band mates. Canada is! America is too!
@gabriel_mendez 6 жыл бұрын
They're 28 *ssh*les right now
@julies1ify 6 жыл бұрын
30 thumbs down to the 28 assholes who gave this a thumbs down
@jackpast 6 жыл бұрын
creativeguitarstudio they are the dudes in the music store trying to play the beginning and know how much they suck.
@maxhenry9724 Жыл бұрын
I was annoyed by this song the first time I heard it. Second time around it moved close to the top of my favorites and remains there today.
@cristiannewbury2317 Ай бұрын
That's how it happens sometimes. This song is a gem
@AVB91 4 жыл бұрын
3:42 This part always gets me :D
@toddellwood8644 5 жыл бұрын
Share same comments as others! Not only my favorite band of all time, but Alex is top 5 guitar players of all time....on my list. Better than talent and skills is his humility, openness and calmness. Opposite of the typical over-indulging and self-centered guitar players you often see. Not aloof, but so real. You just wanna sit down and have a beer....or in this case, probably glass of wine! Thx for sharing
@davidmohr1920 6 жыл бұрын
I love that Alex does these its so awesome to see the actual guy who wrote it showing you how to play it and to watch him up close is the best if you want to learn these songs :-)
@bronzetheillfigure8720 3 жыл бұрын
Alex absolutely deserves to be mentioned with the great guitarists. He is undeniably one of the all timers...his exclusion from those convos only speaks to the all time great musicianship of his bandmates. The beauty of Rush was all 3 members were on the same level of unbelievably next level playing. Yet Alex is ALWAYS overlooked. Crazy.
@aaronchristopher812 7 жыл бұрын
so underrated... love hearing him play
@lifeson90 5 жыл бұрын
i literally spread my arms out in worship to this
@hf8913 7 жыл бұрын
There's never been a better band.
@jeffcharlton9660 3 жыл бұрын
And there will never be...
@hf8913 3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffcharlton9660 True enough, sadly.
@kevinkowalski9174 4 жыл бұрын
I love watching Alex play .
@PotterPurbright 7 жыл бұрын
13 people shatter the illusion of integrity yeah
@EXMORr 6 жыл бұрын
Nice , This is One of Their All Time Greats , Love This Song , Thanks Alex !!
@741ed 7 жыл бұрын
I miss you guys!
@superg3962 5 жыл бұрын
Wow some humans are just wired for SOUND! Amazing! Thank you!
@scottiedogg7813 7 жыл бұрын
Rush is the ALL TIME BEST 3 MAN BAND in the history of music!! Best bass player(+sings and keys, w/feet sometimes) Geddie Lee, and The professor on the drum kit.... WOW! nuff said
@dfou812 7 жыл бұрын
Rock and Roll, baby! The old dude has STILL got it.
@sldl04 5 жыл бұрын
This video was shot like 10 years ago
@1969stanpoulan 7 жыл бұрын
How amazing of Alex to do this for aspiring guitarist! Hvalla Alex!!!
@coheedandgeddy2900 7 жыл бұрын
Nothing better than an Alex Lifeson solo
@steves2609 7 жыл бұрын
Wow, that is sick! During one arpeggio he's casually looking away! Any practicing guitarist want to see the importance of barre chords, this is a perfect example!!
@phayzyre1052 6 жыл бұрын
Nothing like watching the master do this!
@marywiggins2447 7 жыл бұрын
I was joking people GEZZZ!!!!!! I know who Alexs Lifeson is I have been a RUSH Fan since 1979 I have seen them 7 times going back to the Signals tour and I have yet to hear anybdy to play it like him!!!!!
@smgrasser 7 жыл бұрын
got you beat, saw them on the "Permanent Waves" tour. $9.90 for floor seat 30 rows back. Just awesome. The opening bad was also a three piece Canadian band called FM. It was my first concert ever so I was confused when they started to play and I didn't know any of their songs. I thought they were Rush. Lol
@bodguard1988 7 жыл бұрын
SW627 Jeez what a "MARY"
@TinaReggie 7 жыл бұрын
Mary Wiggins people don't understand sarcasm - Rush on!!
@greglamb4079 7 жыл бұрын
When you include a tag you kill the funny. It's like explaining jokes. People either get it or they don't.
@davidjorgensen877 7 жыл бұрын
+Scott Grasser - I also caught the Permanent Waves tour, Winnipeg Arena, April 1, 1980. Saga opened that night. And, yes, it was also my first concert ever!
@bigdogpete43 Жыл бұрын
Such power and precision. Just pure talent.
@joynthis 7 жыл бұрын
Whatever. Another KZfaq guitar teacher who will never make it in a real band.
@joe4316 7 жыл бұрын
You are kidding right? This man is a guitar legend.
@udmbfckx2916 7 жыл бұрын
I think the comment had some sarcasm to it...
@tommyfender1968 7 жыл бұрын
no, not sarcasm. Jest, facetious, or joking. big difference.. LOL
@321mzzz123 7 жыл бұрын
this comment made me blow a little bit more air out of my nose than usual
@dalemcdowell9338 7 жыл бұрын
probably some high school dropout
@cshq177 2 жыл бұрын
Alex and Getty are noodling one night and Alex comes up with…THIS! God is Great
@johnupper7151 5 жыл бұрын
Nice -- SO much better than decades ago when the only way to learn this was by trial-and-error and Guitar Player transcriptions. Would be even better with a splitscreen of both hands during the lead/solo.
@joshroscher2534 6 жыл бұрын
One of the most under rated guitar players of all time. If you really listen to him he added so much sound to Rush. Great tune.
@johnjordan1873 7 жыл бұрын
genius pure genius
@picante403 11 ай бұрын
The way his fingers dance across the frets in the opening is unreal, like how the hell do you get that dexterous and precise, this man is the stuff of legends
@juanmanu9652 4 жыл бұрын
Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Lifeson... All in the same league and will never be equalled
@garyh987 4 жыл бұрын
David Gilmore as well.....
@IamAlic 4 жыл бұрын
I love you Alex. I miss you guys. I bet you miss you guys to. Music heals, so you and Geddy .. don't stay away from it too long :)💛
@madnessbydesign1415 4 жыл бұрын
Something looked strange, but I couldn't figure it out until almost the end: He's not wearing a strap - the guitar is on a stand. I don't know if that was for the camera, but it was interesting. Each member of Rush is an apex musician in their own right, and they always seem so down-to-Earth in interviews. Amazing... :)
@DeenDesperado 4 жыл бұрын
This is the song that turned me into a Rush fan in 1980, and have been ever since. It simply blew me away.
@lantholiday 7 жыл бұрын
awesome
@pillettadoinswartsh4974 Жыл бұрын
I can stil remember where I was the first time I heard this. After the depth and intricacies of Hemispheres, which I loved, it was a blast of fresh rock-n-roll air to hear RUSH kick out the jams on this song.
@PaulMcCaffreyfmac 7 жыл бұрын
There's a great lesson right there. You don't need to get your frets dressed every ten minutes. The guitar WILL work with fret wear
@timsharkey1993 6 жыл бұрын
The great ones make it look so effortless.
@user-rr2xp9mk6q 7 жыл бұрын
かっこいい
@rajrammbbs 4 жыл бұрын
What pure sweet melody.
@alexandergrande8310 6 жыл бұрын
I vote for this to become the anthem of Canada. I have a cover, too *cough cough* in case anyone may care xD
@Robmgwan 6 жыл бұрын
Much underrated guitarist ... Great piece of music
@dale8809 7 жыл бұрын
Alex playing a PRS through an H and K triamp....ah...those were the days.
@therealscarred2112 7 жыл бұрын
Dale daddy I was just thinking to myself "Self, his Gibson Les Paul Signature Model (make that a "Double Signature") is truly nice, but I miss the '90s period when he was playing primarily PRS CE models... he could truly get heavy, but his "Low-Gain Distortion" and "Clean" Tones were just fantastic. Plus, I thing they looked great on him visually... when I think of Alex playing live, the first visual that comes to mind is him with a PRS. ...plus, the idea of the sheer amount of wood touted from a Les Paul for a Floyd Rose (as opposed to the relatively small amount for a Kahler top-mounted Trem) just makes me very sad." 😨 And yes, his Signature H&K Tri-Amps looked great and sounded even better! 👍🏼
@eduardoselbach4668 7 ай бұрын
uma das melhores músicas !
@TinaReggie 7 жыл бұрын
God
@bocobob 7 жыл бұрын
No Alex !
@TinaReggie 7 жыл бұрын
ACELLOFAWARENESS I'll check it out!!!!! 🤘
@corbinchristian7915 Жыл бұрын
Man i love this guy, he seems to just breathe music and he really knows his stuff. I love these interviews
@fasteddie4145 7 жыл бұрын
with a little more practice and this guy might have something......
@1rcproductions 7 жыл бұрын
fasteddie4145 lol
@louisfriendhastaste 5 жыл бұрын
No chance ...he plays it nothing like I do
@ripp846 4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant musician and a really good sport for showing us this. I saw these guys six times in my area, when I was a teen.
@rebelsouls211 7 жыл бұрын
Do you think since he's obviously played this song a billion plus times,that as he's playing he's thinking of other shit he has to do during the day? Like I just think all of them are on auto pilot :) NO ONE will ever beat the 3 Wise Men
@mikeraia2605 5 жыл бұрын
Guitar players of today got it made! When I was young we had to listen to a record in slow motion to learn a song.
@arcticjeep 7 жыл бұрын
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah hehehe A few might get it
@playbungit 6 жыл бұрын
RnR Hall of Fame ceremony!
@fliqzywicksydoodledong7147 4 жыл бұрын
Speech thing yup
@execatty 4 жыл бұрын
We get it
@leehanson1416 Жыл бұрын
Love the closeup of the fretboard and his hands. Notice the fret wear - a guitar well loved.
@brithewineguy 4 жыл бұрын
Please tell me he at least warmed up first.
@jeremymcguire7069 6 жыл бұрын
What a nice guy! Thanks Alex, that was lovely.