I doubt we will ever see another 3 piece rock group like Rush. They eclipse all other bands by a massive margin in technique, skill, creativity and especially longevity. Natural Science is an absolute classic from the mighty Permanent Waves album from 1980 & was the first album I ever bought. I don't use the term rock gods if I can help it but I'll make an exception for these guys.

The biggest compliment I can give this three musical genuises is that they always had a great time playing despite the complexity in what they are performing on stage.The seem so loose and at ease while playing and the smoothness that they can change between time signatures is sublime.

“I don’t know how they do that?” They can do that because they’re Rush. 👍🔥🎧

Three virtuoso musicians writing and performing music at the absolute top of their game. It simply doesn’t get better than this. It’s no wonder that Rush received the longest, loudest standing ovation in the history of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when they were finally inducted.

"Each one of them are the very best of what they do. They're like a supergroup." Yeah, that pretty much nails it.

Neil was once quoted as saying (paraphrasing), “my drum parts are like running a marathon and doing calculus at the same time.” That’s why he looks so serious!

Best band in the history and future! RIP Neil "The Professor" Peart.

Alex and Geddy are best friends. They’ve been in a band together since the 8th grade. And even after the sucess and the ability to live anywhere on the planet, they’ve never lived more than a couple of blocks from each other for nearly 50 years. It’s a real life long friendship and musical partnership.

I grew up in a Black neighborhood and was into Disco and old school rap. Moved to the Bronx in 1980(was 16) Met a friend that I'm still friends with till this day. He gave me pot and played This song studio version blew my mind.

Neil, Alex and Geddy are great guys. Down to earth with good wit. Serious about the music and not the ego trip of fame. Intelligent with talent and creative instinct from the cosmos. They gave us 40 yrs of masterful progressive rock. They were ahead of their time. And still are. Enjoyed your reaction. More please.

That was spectacular! Yes, 2112 and Hemispheres...technical masterpieces. Workin Man Live in Cleveland is the version of that one you want. Nice job guys! 😎

The loudest concert I ever attended was Rush in '91 at the Philly Spectrum on the Roll the Bones tour. It was an absolutely incredible concert. Three masters at their craft. I think my ears might still be ringing. Thanks for another great reaction George and Alex. Be well.

Glad you like our Canadian trio - Ambassodors of Rock

Hey guys, Rush is always best served LIVE! They have a 167 songs. So GET TO WORK!!!

Molto bene grazie Evitaeterna.Grande rush-

So very good, they really do epitomise the prog rock feel, with the best musicians playing together. And how fancy having the lyrics scroll up the video, love that! I just saw before this that Les Claypool, a monster on bass himself and huge Rush fan, is touring performing the '77 Rush album A Farewell to Kings. He did a similar thing with Floyds Animals album a few years back and it was awesome. You should try to get tix so you can tell us poor Aussies with no live music how good it is! Great video, really enjoyed it, more please!

This live version is a shortened version of the original. They left out the crucial second guitar solo. But it still rocks none the less. L8

Damn Geddy's voice sounded good in this show!

You should react to "The Camera Eye" by Rush next. Great song, great lyrics, mindblowing guitar solo by Alex at the end!

Such an awesome song. Thanks gentlemen.

Came back for Rush, thanks guys

Yes, back to some Rush! I'd recommend more songs, but I imagine my recommendation list is very long already. Just, once again, try to do the animated version of 2112 while it's available on YT.

Neils mom asked him why he never smiles while drumming and he said mom, because it’s hard !!!

rush between the wheels

Check out the live version on the song “Analog Kid.” Won’t disappoint.

Natural Science is peaceful for a bit; then the humans enter. Each musical movement reflects this.

Please guys. Watch Neil's drumsolo from Frankfurt. It will blow you away. Please!! Great channel 👍

Great reaction guys! Digital Man off the Signals album would be a great song to react to.

Great reaction, as ever. 2112 is historically a really important track for the band, but if Alex wants a big technical opus then “Cygnus X-1 Book 2” from Hemispheres is the business, but I don’t know of a live version where they played the whole song through. If you want some of the more accessible tracks, then I would recommend some of their later stuff, like “Far cry”. There’s a degree of maturity in the songs on the Snakes & Arrows album that few bands have matched - some great rock songs in which three middle-aged men write about proper grown-up subjects without needing to strike poses. “Clockwork angels” from their final album is also terrific.

La villa strangiato- rush- official music video..... Extremely technical

Hemispheres Album will blow your mind as well.

Great reaction Lads.. This was the same concert they played 2112 it was a great 20 minutes.. Alex shows how great he is... Cheers...

This looks to be from 1997, only weeks before Neil Peart's (pronounced "Peert")) daughter was killed in a motor vehicle accident. It wasn't very long before Rush went on an indefinite hiatus. Back to this concert: two very good shorter songs should be here, "Nobody's Hero" and "Cold Fire." Both will show you a facet of Rush that you may not have heard yet. And the performances here are top drawer.

all right... subscribed My second fav Rush album behind Hemispheres Caress of Steel is my 3rd then Moving Pictures (and the stones are thrown at me) then A Farewell to Kings

Got into Rush a little late in my life and never looked back ! They are simply awesome ( and addictive in a good way).. Great song, great informative reaction guys.. How about reacting to "Mission" the live version....

One of my last few shows in Dallas, blown away they played this one...was so blown away!! Think it's loud with headphones? You felt it in your soul!!!!

The hat Neil wore is a kufi from Africa, where he cycled for a month visiting various villages to learn African drumming.

Great version absolutely. What’s funny is every time I see them perform live I always say “that’s them at the height of their powers” regardless of the era but they’re always at the height of their powers aren’t they? Lol. If you’re looking for some more technical prowess, you can check out “Freewill” off the same album, Permanent Waves. It’s actually a radio friendly song that got some play in the day so it’s kind of atypical of their other, longer progier techie tunes... Anyhow, it definitely packs a punch and will give your brain a cramp trying to keep up when all 3 go virtuoso at the same time. Definitely worth a listen, and it’s short enough that you can fit another reaction in. Though you might need time to compose yourselves afterwards!

Seeing this particular live performance brings back some fond memories of the very first Rush concert I ever attended -- in October 1996.

Seeing Natural Science live was amazing... was lucky enough to see Rush 10 or so times live, twice on the final R40 tour and these guys only got better with age as musicians, just masters at the craft. They had so much together on stage, Alex and Ged have such great chemistry. To be besties since high school and play together had to be so cool. They always took it as a challenge to try to crack Neil up since he was usually Mr intense during a show. Great reaction guys.

Awesome reaction to an awesome live version. Neil Peart is the reason I play (attempt to play) drums....he inspired me and countless others I'm sure. I have watched Neil "mount" his drumkit....it was a tight squeeze with a section of hardware that sort of "swung away" like a little door. It is entirely possible that one of those 32 channel mixers is solely dedicated to the drums. 2112 is really cool....many would consider it their masterpiece. On the other hand, Hemispheres is probably what I would consider their "Magnum Opus" track. It has a sound and feel that is very similar to Natural Science.....2112, while proggy, no doubt, has a bit more of a 70"s hard rock vibe. Hemispheres was so difficult to pull off that there are hardly any full "live" versions out there.....it literally made them change directions musically and was the last time they would create a song of that kind of length.

2112 is a concept album. It was what wrote their ticket to musical freedom. Once it sold well, the record companies pretty much left the to their own devices.

Oh man, that drum fill a third in. One of my favorites from Peart and that’s saying a LOT! You could write a whole Philosophy course on this song. , and the structure of the music echoes the lyrics and theme. DEEP!

They are underrated and need to be explored. Loved then for 40 years, more Rush please.

Its da da Bomb! Beautiful!!

🤗 Subscribed to #TToo & 👍🏿 Liked all the videos. Good luck with the new channel. Will take a listen later. 😍 Right now it's all about 👩🏿‍🔬 Natural Science! 🐰

Here is a short list of awards to Neil Peart from Wiki: Peart received the following awards in the Modern Drummer magazine reader's poll:[27][112] Hall of Fame: 1983 Best Rock Drummer*: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2006, 2008 Best Multi-Percussionist*: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 Best Percussion Instrumentalist: 1982 Most Promising New Drummer: 1980 Best All Around: 1986 1986 Honor Roll: Rock Drummer, Multi-Percussion (* - As a member of the Honor Roll in these categories, he is no longer eligible for votes in the above categories.) Best Instructional Video: 2006, for Anatomy of a Drum Solo Best Drum Recording of the 1980s, 2007, for "YYZ" from Exit... Stage Left Best Recorded Performance: 1980: Permanent Waves 1981: Moving Pictures 1982: Exit... Stage Left 1983: Signals 1985: Grace Under Pressure 1986: Power Windows 1988: Hold Your Fire 1989: A Show of Hands 1990: Presto 1992: Roll the Bones 1993: Counterparts 1997: Test for Echo 1999: Different Stages 2002: Vapor Trails 2004: R30 2007: Snakes & Arrows 2011: Time Machine 2012: Clockwork Angels

What I most admire Rush for is their drive to be the best they can be without an ego. They give the fans the best music they can make.

They must have a great sense of humor to last as long as they did. In fact they never chose to break up Neil just passed. Apparently they work hard to keep the sound of the album. In play on stage

I've got to track down this show. It's one I've never seen before. 😍 Edit: if you want to see Rush "go off" you want La Villa Strangiato. Edit2: I see you've already done it. How about something by Karnivool, maybe 'Aeons' live in studio?

Hi guys, when 2112 comes up, Please do the version from this same concert!! You won't be disappointed. ☮☮☮

In some ways "Natural Science" is more "technical" than "2112", even though it's shorter. IMO, Rush songs in a similar vein would be "La Villa Strangiato" or "Red Barchetta".

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You should check out the best intro ever. They do a medely of like the 1st songs off their 1st 6or7 albums but play it out as one piece. It's absolutely amazing. They are probably the best you will ever see or hear live. More often than not They sound better live than they do in studio. And yall said working man live in Cleveland awesome they have some fun with it. And a similar one is closer to the heart different stages. They have some fun with that one too.

Great reaction. So looking forward to 2112.

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There is a KZfaq of the boys having dinner together having fun, hanging out getting a bit tipsy and being themselves. Check it out, what you see on stage is what they are.

You mention the amount of equipment/mixing boards they have/use. I either read it or watched a interview piece once that said they’ll set up two entire identical rigs for each one of them in order to ensure if something fails in one set up they’ll have that fail safe to fall back on. So they’re only really using half of what’s there in terms of speakers, amps effects and such. I forget the technical term of something redundancy, but yeah that’s what you call complete, super professional set up.

There is more going on in the first 10 seconds of any Rush song than the entire song catalog of Kiss.

More instrumentals by Rush? Leave That Thing Alone ( Time Machine 2011 DVD ) and Where s My Thing?/ Here It Is! (drum solo) - Live in Dallas

🙋🏿‍♀️ May I suggest 🏎️ 'Red Barchetta' or 'New World Man' before the epic 2112 as a fill in? 🤗 This was so much fun & well worth the wait! 🤯 Plus we got the live version! 😁 Awesome! 🐰

Geddy, and Alex both play foot pedals. Cyngus X-1 is a good technical piece as well.

Rush reached their pinnacle of Progressive playing on Hemispheres. The first side of the album is Cygnus X-1, Book II and that is an amazing continuation of Cygnus X-I from A Farewell to Kings. On the flip side, the instrumental track La Villa Strangiato is a 9+ minute instrumental song that they tried to record in a single take and couldn't pull it off. So it might have out-Rushed, Rush. Anyway, that song might be the pinnacle of the complex playing for Rush. It's amazing. They tend to show off when they perform their instrumental songs, so La Villa Strangiato, YYZ (live in RIO if you haven't done that one), Where's My Thing? Leave That Thing Alone, Malignant Narcissism (short, but good), etc. I know I have given you a long list of Rush tunes to react to in the past and you mention a lot of them in the videos. One not to overlook would be the Analog Kid, especially the live version from the R40 tour in Dallas. A great recording. You guys are mentioning 2112 and it's really good. They finally played the whole suite live in 1997. It's on a album called Different Stages (I'm in the audience for the version they used on the album! One of 25 Rush shows I fortunate enough to go see). If you choose to react to the studio version, watch the comic book tale, but don't try to show the comic book tale because it often gets blocked on KZfaq. Oh, and one last thing. Cinema Strangiato! In Cinemas one night only - September 9th, 2021! Trailer here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMuGd86I3M62pas.html Trailer with mostly Neil: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gJtnpqheuZqXYok.html

"OK, how many time signatures were in that track"? All of 'em? lol

2112 from the same show.The whole Molson Consert is great Animate,Test For Echo etc.

Yall gotta check out best intro ever. Rush . You will never see bettet musicianship anywhere!

There were eight time signatures in that song..... 2/8 3/8 7/8 12/8 3/4 4/4 5/4 7/16

Do the studio comic version of 2112 around 2.6 million views , you need the lyrics ,for 2112 , and yes Working man live in Cleveland just to see how after three hours they can still rock it out

rock gods..... period

Give yourselves a treat and do Cygnus X1 book 1 (Farewell to Kings) followed by Cygnus X1 book II (Hemispheres) back to back.

I was at this concert. Remember it well. Unfortunately shortly after this concert Neil Peart lost his first daughter in a car accident.

The Necromancer is a longer story &musical piece where Geddy uses diff tones of voice beautifully w Alex Giutar telling the story along from struggle to triumph. Where to start? Animate live. one of Neil's favs. Bastille Day. By Tor, or In The End Live. The Pass many said saved them from very dark place?? Bravado, not a love song but a song about love; Different Strings, Digital Man, Available Light, Workin Them Angels, The Way the Wind Blows, The Garden. It's a feast, where to begin? Up to you. But hope you enjoy. Certainly enjoy watching. One caveat, the lyrics are truely a works of art, and often profound, having you give them a read even just a couple mins, after would greatly enhance your and our enjoyment of the song in its full. Peace guys.

You need to go to next Cygnus X1 book 1. The Necromancer.

You're ready for 2112. Do the comic book video version. It has the lyrics and it does a great job telling the story. You can block it for us out here though to be safe. I'm pretty sure you guys did the later version of Working Man though. If you aren't ready for 2112, pick something from Clockwork Angels, their last album, a full concept album. All the songs are great. Headlong flight gets a lot of requests. I personally like 7 Cities of Gold, buy they are both great. Or! One Little Victory Live in Rio. Great performance. Grest reaction!

Hemispheres next please!

Great reaction guys. But, 2112 is the track that set them on their way to autonomous control over their music. Much to the chagrin of the record company, it was their last shot to make a more commercially friendly record. This was their response....it is based on a Ayn Rand novel, but the characters represent them and the record company. Pure BALLS!!! And the rest in history after 1976.

Geddy and Alex went to middle school together, what are the odds!

"How do they get him into his drum kit?" LOL, they lower him down from the rafters. 😛

The song Freewill !!!!

When you do 2112, do the official Vevo version (studio recording) - it's a comic with lyrics and lets you fully understand the story being told in pictures whilst hearing some amazing music. It's ok if it's blocked from our view - as long as we can hear it.

A live rendition of Freewill would fit the bill!

When are you gonna do a reactionvideo to NESTOR and the song 1989? Brings the childhood back Into my mind❤❤

This version is cool, but the studio version is king.

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Here's your extended prog pieces: from the very beginning Working Man By-Tor And The Snow Dog The Necromancer, and the Fountain of Lamneth 2112 (the greatest work of Rock ever created) Xanadu and Cygnus X-1 Book I, Book II: Hemispheres You just listened to Natural Science The Camera Eye

2112, the studio track

I LOVED Shaun of the Dead!

When we find a band better than Beatles, is really hard to believe LOL

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La Villa Strangiato.

If you do every song rush ever did....you will reach 20 000 subscribers in a heartbeat. Rush is a cult band.

Please another Finnish band Battle Beast Noora Louhimo.Familiar Hell official video.

Strictly my own opinion......never listen to a live version of anything for the FIRST time. So much is missed on a live version compared to a studio version.

Hallo! Blind Channel (from Finland) "Balboa", please! New musicvideo"! Have fun!

Rush's greatest song second only to Hemispheres... Re: Neil's kit...they lower him in with a hoist. ;oP Technical? 2112..yes, but no... Rush 2112 (Graphic Novel ver) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rZuaqtujudfTdXU.html I've been playing Rush since 77 (guitar) and can play both these songs as well as the one you just reacted to (and 90% of the rest of the discography). Their Magnum Opus is their technical pinnacle (IMO). Rush - Cygnus X 1 - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kMuBf7mpp8neco0.html Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gJlxfbib2b24l5c.html

Closer to the Heart Live 1998 Gonna keep spamming you

wow do i not like this version...baffling

I'm making this comment 2 months or 2.5 months after you guys put this video out, but George and Alex please do me this favor: please DO NOT play the entire 2112 piece! It is roughly 22 minutes long, and it was the entire "A" side of the vinyl album 2112 when it came out. Why not? At the risk of being stripped of my Rush fandom, the entire piece is not that good. There, I said it (ok, everyone, pelt me now with rocks and garbage!) The first two sections of 2112 (the Overture, and Temples of Syrinx) are FREAKIN' AMAZING!!! The rest just isn't nearly as interesting, my opinion. If you want to go do a 20-minute-plus video from 2112, play the entire "B" side of the album -- much more enjoyable (but that's in my opinion, again.) Cheers!

Sound is not very good, it is flat and confused. It doesn't do justice to this phenomenal track.