Caress of steel is criminally underrated, it’s my favourite album, period! Heavy, beautiful chaos, in my opinion the Necromancer ranks up there as one of their best songs, and the fountain of Lamneth part two ‘No one at the bridge’ is my favourite song! Enjoy this gentlemen, this is one heavy album!
I was in a band in high school and our drummer was amazing. He started a Rush cover band that was successful and went on to have a great career as a pro drummer. He ended up getting to know Neil Peart through co-authoring drumming books with him. Cool story. He also has nothing but effusive praise for all the guys in Rush in how humble and cool they are/were. RIP Neil.
They opened their shows with this song for a few years. It was the first song i ever heard them play, at my first Rush gig in ‘77 when i was a 16yo kid cutting class with my buds to go up to Port Huron to see Rush. Snuck in a backstage door and watched the soundcheck even. Magical Youth! I met Neil twice in ‘79, if you could call handshake “meeting”. 😎 Even in ‘79, you could tell that Neil wasn’t into meeting the fans. Nary a smile to be found on his face. Geddy was pleasant, Alex was talkative. Gregarious even. There’s one for Che to look up! 🤣
When I was a kid, I had the caress of steel cassette, I thought it was a Canadian day. We didn't have the internet, so I couldn't just go look on my phone. All I knew was they were from Canada, so I figured it was a Canadian day.
"Lessons taught but never learned all around us anger burns..long ago the mold was cast". People, excesses & troubles. Peart had a gift for seeing those themes in life and history. Reading is fundemental.
I learned about Bastille Day because of this song. A friend of my older brothers heard me listening to it one day, and asked if I knew what it was about. Which I didn't, so he `fixed` that for me. Funny too, because he was about 16 at the time, and he's now been a history professor for decades. I guess some people are born to it.
You guys are exactly right. My friend who was also a guitar player and in my grade in junior high turn me on to rush by listening to 2112 and hemispheres on 8-track tape on his little Boombox one night. I immediately fell in love but several months later I remember going out and buying this album which is earlier, and I immediately had to learn that chord progression for this song. With the barre chords, it's so fun to play. I think that I had heard of the Bastille before and I knew it had something to do with French history but that's about it. And just as you say, I had to go look it up. And of course we didn't have the internet to look up lyrics or anything but luckily the lyrics were printed on the sleeve in the record album. Once it dawned on me that they were talking about cutting off people's heads for treating them so poorly for so long, I remember thinking wow, this is pretty cool.
"It sounds patriotic" this is why i love you guys. That made my week hearing that comment. You guys get Rush and that is amazing. Im so glad i found your channel
I learned about Bastille Day in 8th grade history class the local radio station played the full albums at midnight when they came out we were by the radio in a trance listening to this one
You guys might not believe it but Rush's most underrated and quiet possibly their best song is also on this album the Necromancer it is straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 and will blow you away.
Thank you very much 💯👍 I love your reactions to the music that has been the soundtrack to my life and times 🤘 Rush lyrics got me to read many more things than I might have otherwise been exposed to. Tioraidh an-drasta 🏴
Back in the day, Bastille Day and it’s historical significance was known globally. And yes, it is indeed recognized as the start of the French Revolution. Back in the 80s, I think I first encountered Bastille Day in junior high or high school history textbooks. Maybe that’s no longer curriculum though. 🎉Great stuff, guys! It’s always uplifting to see people get blindsided by just how fundamentally talented this band is, at all levels. Great to check in with this song again. I was playing D&D in the early 80s, in high school when I was introduced to the Caress of Steel album, into which this tune is literally etched. It brought back memories. And yes, Neil Pearl’s lyrics here are, as per always, insightful, impactful and moving and they do force you to ponder and wonder and yes, you sometimes have to look up a word or phrase or historical or geographical reference. Not a lot of bands do that for me. These three Canadian dudes will continue to impress you on your journey with them. I’m both happy for you and a bit jealous of the sonic thrill ride of awesomeness you’re about to experience!
I'm old and they taught us this in elementary school. It was easy to remember because they equated it with our 4th of July. It is also evident by the lyrics, with any inkling about the French Revolution (Marie Antoinette said let me eat cake, the guillotine etc...). It began with the storming of the Bastille and some beheadings. I actually found it quite interesting, even as a grade schooler. I don't know what they're teaching in History over the past couple of decades. I can only imagine.
Thanks guys for picking classic songs, especially from Rush!! Because I love Rush, but more of a fan of the earlier albums! Once again a pleasure to watch your show!!!
I used to stare at this album cover, listen to the music, and get transported to another world. The Necromancer on this album is one of my all-time favorite songs. I’ve blown a few speakers listening to it. For some weird reason it just sounds better the louder it gets. The 70s had tons of cerebral hard rock/proggy music that, you would put on your headphones, turn out the lights, and journey to other worlds and other eras.
Another Rush classic! Thanks for the reaction 😊. The song Anthem- off the Fly by Night album (2nd album with Neil Peart’s debut) is also a great song to hear.
I do know what Bastille Day is. It is the day the people of France took their country back and excuted the corrupt monarchy. I do believe they celebrate it in Quebec since they are the French province in Canada. This album was the one their record company hated and they wouldn't promote it. I really like this album and one of my faves off the album is The Fountain of Lamneth. Banger song about a man's life. Cheers 🇨🇦
Great stuff guys. I rocked out to this album more than once, all those years ago. BTW, the great Geddy turned 71yrs young July 29th. He can be seen quite regularly at Blue Jay games. He sits behind the plate 3 rows up and 4 seats from the left. He's very approachable. Later...
Bastille Day is a French holiday the commemorates the opening of the prisons to let out the poor peasants during the revolution. It was followed by the beheading of the king and queen and all their loyal followers. The resulting chaos led to the rise of Napoleon as the next dictator.
Caress of Steel. First Rush album I ever owned-on 8 track no less. Still my favorite. I wore that 8 track out. Remember when you get to “Diadacts and Narpets” to play the song immediately afterwards-” No one at the bridge.”
You really can’t play just one movement of The Fountain of Lamneth. It would be like play one movement of 2112, or The Necromancer. It just wouldn’t be right.
Oh, and I’ve always loved Didacts and Narpets. Carrying around a small 8-track player and a few albums on 8-track was a bit of a commitment, but at least you could have good music with you.
A good friend of mine was a huge Rush fan early on. He was like an obsessive disciple, going on and on about Bastille Day and By-Tor and other seeming nonsense. It took me a little while longer; 2112 is what really blew me away and got me listening to what came before that. Sometimes your friends are right.
Listening to Rush can make you a smarter person about so many subjects. I know it did for me. Rush fan Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) once pointed out that he noticed a Rush album - 2112 I think - was dedicated to Ayn Rand, so he got and read a copy of Rand's book 'The Fountainhead'. He asked, how many bands do you know who got their fans "all fired up about literature"?
Back in the day, I would put the headphones on to listen and open the album/jacket to read the lyrics along with the songs-much as you are doing today! At 15, I knew less about a Necromancer, than your brother did about the French Revolution. A dictionary was a must.
Back in school when they used to teach history. We learned about the French Revolution. Everyone I knew were familiar with the lyrics. Also read “A Tale of Two Cities”. Especially like the lyrics pertaining to the paupers being on their knees when the king walked by and then the Kings were later on their knees. In other words, placed onto the guillotine. You were put in the guillotine stock and were kneeling when you were (beheaded) executed.
This album is approaching 50 years old! I saw them in late 1974, before this album or Fly By Night were released, in 1975. It wasn't until I heard 2112 in 1976, that RUSH blew me away! I saw them 5 more times in the next 5 or 6 years.
Right on! All of the stoners that I grew up with learned about history because bands like Rush and Iron Maiden sang about real stuff. They/we sure weren’t learning about it in school.
NICE!!!! Guys please do some stuff from their first (and best) live Album...."ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE" Excellent versions of all their best oldies..This, Anthem, Something for Nothing, By-tor and the Snow Dog...What you're doing and the LIVE version of 2112 is KILLER!!! An Amazing record that my Brother used to play literally EVERY Day after school in the 70's...My MOM hated it so much haha.
This was another of my 8-track tapes. Still own the vinyl. The music was so incredibly good we didn’t feel like we had to fully understand what they were talking about. As long as we got the gist of it, we were good. Better than good, great. This whole album is great, and I especially like The Necromancer. Check it out!
There was a lot of fluff but there was also a lot of knowledge in the 70’s. Thought provoking lyrics, tight intricate musicianship. Lucky to experience it.
Another great reaction!! One of the most underrated albums of all-time. Many more great cuts off this album....The Necromancer, The Fountain of Lamneth and a little deep cut, Lakeside Park. Give them a listen...see what you think.
We didn't download in 75! Lol. We went to the library or asked our history teacher about Bastille Day. Peace from a small town in Ontario, Canada. Where Neil's family roots are.🤟😎🍻🇨🇦
Love you guys and big big Rush fan from Canada. Here is a list of some earlier epic tracks you should check out. "By Tor and the Snow Dog" from Fly By Night "The Necromancer" and "The Fountain of Lamneth" from Caress of Steel "Cygnus X-1 Book I" from A Farewell to Kings and "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" from Hemispheres. Thanks La and Che!
If you guys ever want to do a live Rush album then I recommend All The Worlds A Stage. This is the opening track. It was recorded on their 2112 tour. Fantastic record.
School was different when I was growing up. I knew the basic history when it came out. Granted you at least I, had to give a crap. I'm 65, still like learning about history and science, never cared too much for artsy, language stuff. Takes all kinds, I'm certainly glad Neil, Geddy and Alex did.
Caress of steel was definitely the dark horse album in Rush’s catalog, it was really despised originally by most. Through the years it has become a cult classic, and I have always loved it.
Hey guys this is the start of their progressive rock explorations, then you had 2112; Neil Peart was their main lyricist who was big into science fiction and Ayn Rand.
The famous quote from Marie Antoinette, "Let them eat cake" is a very well known phrase related to the French revolution. There was literally no bread or wheat left to feed the hungry mobs, but these lords and aristrocrats happened to have alot of cake, Lol!! So, we better give them the cake! It must have been a surreal scene when royalty, the despotic overlords were all lined up to get their heads chopped off, one after the other... chop chop chop...no more monarchy..
This is music for psychopaths 😂 That's what my work buddy said,when I put this on in the car,driving home. He's a singer of dutch folk music. A smile and a tear music ,we call it. I hate it ,and he hates my music. So,I think I'm a psychopath. This is a verry nice reaction, thanks guys, from a crazy dutchie. 👍😁💪
I know little about France but I bet a lotta French people would dig this as a national anthem. Real French music fans, anyway. Neal should've tried to write the USA a new Anthem, too. (The Rush song "Anthem" doesn't count! That's a straight up party song...)
'Bastille day' was a popular Rush song from what is arguably their worst album in their catalog - 'Caress of steel' (1975) ... Both Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson later admitted that the band was high on recreational drugs and apparently lost focus while making that record... and it sounded like it. Neil Peart (drums) started writing the band's lyrics from their 2nd album 'Fly by night' ... so that Geddy and Alex could focus on the music more... Peart got bolder on their 3rd album 'Caress of steel' and wrote these grand fantasy concepts w/ 'The Necromancer'... 'The Fountain of Lamneth'... He was proud of his work, but people did not get it. Rush was struggling to find an audience on tour and 'Caress of steel' was not a popular record upon release... the band recalled playing to small, empty venues on tour... making no money... and getting deeper into debt. Returning home to Canada penniless, Rush wanted to make another album and their managers had to beg their label Mercury Records not to drop the band... They convinced label heads that the next Rush album would be "more commercial" and it was make-or-break time... Peart said that the trio felt strongly about the music for their next album and were under pressure to deliver something more commercial... Once the label gave the OK to record their 4th album, Rush were angry... they felt everyone was against them, so the album '2112' was inspired by the trio's solidarity and belief in their music... They would not compromise their vision... they would not bend to the will of anyone outside the band... and they did not care what other thought about them. Peart wrote the epic track '2112' inspired by the works of writer Ayn Rand and it was about a bleak future ruled by religious extremists... and in this future, someone discovers a musical instrument from the past and begins playing music to change people's perceptions... and the musician is reprimanded for his music by the rulers. However, his music does inspire change and a revolution as a result... The '2112' record was what resonated w/ rock fans in 1976/ '77 and it sold platinum in the US (3x platinum to date) and saved Rush's career... and, more importantly, gave the band their creative freedom... The success of '2112' actually pushed sales of 'Caress of steel' past gold sales (half million copies)
My high school buddies would joke, “Hey! The new Rush album is out! Get a dictionary and an encyclopedia and check it out!
Lmao
The early live version of this from "All the World's a Stage" is massive.
I always suggest for any reactions up 2112 use the live "All The World's..." version.
@@O_Towne_Bear agreed
Listening to RUSH makes you smarter! 😮
A clinically proven fact!
They called Neil Peart "The Professor" for a reason. Schooling humans, in music and thought, forever! Thanks, gentlemen. another great review.
One of my favorite albums from them Old Rush for me any day
Rush is THE GREATEST BAND EVER!!! So many more songs of theirs will blow your mind!!!!
Caress of steel is criminally underrated, it’s my favourite album, period! Heavy, beautiful chaos, in my opinion the Necromancer ranks up there as one of their best songs, and the fountain of Lamneth part two ‘No one at the bridge’ is my favourite song! Enjoy this gentlemen, this is one heavy album!
The Fountain is the shit
agree, prob my favorite Rush record,
Love no one at the bridge
My only problem with all of those songs is that they are too short!!! 😂
They should do By Tor and the Snow Dog 1st since he returns in The Necromancer
I was in a band in high school and our drummer was amazing. He started a Rush cover band that was successful and went on to have a great career as a pro drummer. He ended up getting to know Neil Peart through co-authoring drumming books with him. Cool story. He also has nothing but effusive praise for all the guys in Rush in how humble and cool they are/were. RIP Neil.
They opened their shows with this song for a few years. It was the first song i ever heard them play, at my first Rush gig in ‘77 when i was a 16yo kid cutting class with my buds to go up to Port Huron to see Rush. Snuck in a backstage door and watched the soundcheck even. Magical Youth! I met Neil twice in ‘79, if you could call handshake “meeting”. 😎 Even in ‘79, you could tell that Neil wasn’t into meeting the fans. Nary a smile to be found on his face. Geddy was pleasant, Alex was talkative. Gregarious even. There’s one for Che to look up! 🤣
When I was a kid, I had the caress of steel cassette, I thought it was a Canadian day. We didn't have the internet, so I couldn't just go look on my phone. All I knew was they were from Canada, so I figured it was a Canadian day.
I hope you dudes do a full album reaction to Rush's first live album (All the worlds a stage) some day. It opens with this record, rocks.
All the World's a Stage is my favorite. I got to go, Chicago 🥰
"Lessons taught but never learned all around us anger burns..long ago the mold was cast". People, excesses & troubles. Peart had a gift for seeing those themes in life and history. Reading is fundemental.
I learned about Bastille Day because of this song. A friend of my older brothers heard me listening to it one day, and asked if I knew what it was about. Which I didn't, so he `fixed` that for me. Funny too, because he was about 16 at the time, and he's now been a history professor for decades. I guess some people are born to it.
Like Justin and bullshit.
You guys are exactly right. My friend who was also a guitar player and in my grade in junior high turn me on to rush by listening to 2112 and hemispheres on 8-track tape on his little Boombox one night. I immediately fell in love but several months later I remember going out and buying this album which is earlier, and I immediately had to learn that chord progression for this song. With the barre chords, it's so fun to play.
I think that I had heard of the Bastille before and I knew it had something to do with French history but that's about it. And just as you say, I had to go look it up. And of course we didn't have the internet to look up lyrics or anything but luckily the lyrics were printed on the sleeve in the record album. Once it dawned on me that they were talking about cutting off people's heads for treating them so poorly for so long, I remember thinking wow, this is pretty cool.
Like Sebastian Bach of Skid Row, Rush's 2112 inspired me to read Anthem by Ayn Rand as a teen. That is amazing for a rock band.
Loved him in the Trailer Park Boys.
The Necromancer should be next! Off the same album, it’ll blow you both away. IMO it’s the closest they ever got to Sabbath.
To be honest, I don't think they would like that one. That song is only for hardcore Rush fans.
@@georgetaxi8179 let these gentlemen judge for themselves, they’re on a journey. I happen to think they will indeed like it!
i 4th this
Excellent guitar work from Alex on the necromancer
@@georgetaxi8179 They're pretty attentive though. I can picture them really getting into the heavy transition. Especially Alex's wicked solo.
😊 I can't stop smiling! Knew you'd dig this song! 🥰🐰
"It sounds patriotic" this is why i love you guys. That made my week hearing that comment. You guys get Rush and that is amazing. Im so glad i found your channel
"Fountain of Lamneth" & "The Necromancer" are monumental.
It makes life so much easier if you take 1 minute and read the lyrics before listening to the music / song. Much easier to comprehend...😊😊😊
This is another Rush favorite of mine! I play this especially loud every July 14th!!
Caress of Steel is what made me love Rush...Fountain of Lamneth is KILLER!
❤😊
I learned about Bastille Day in 8th grade history class the local radio station played the full albums at midnight when they came out we were by the radio in a trance listening to this one
And Congratulations on 60 mates! Yall earnt that every step. Great channel guys ☘️🇺🇲
You guys might not believe it but Rush's most underrated and quiet possibly their best song is also on this album the Necromancer it is straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 and will blow you away.
Thank you very much 💯👍 I love your reactions to the music that has been the soundtrack to my life and times 🤘
Rush lyrics got me to read many more things than I might have otherwise been exposed to.
Tioraidh an-drasta 🏴
Back in the day, Bastille Day and it’s historical significance was known globally. And yes, it is indeed recognized as the start of the French Revolution. Back in the 80s, I think I first encountered Bastille Day in junior high or high school history textbooks. Maybe that’s no longer curriculum though.
🎉Great stuff, guys! It’s always uplifting to see people get blindsided by just how fundamentally talented this band is, at all levels. Great to check in with this song again. I was playing D&D in the early 80s, in high school when I was introduced to the Caress of Steel album, into which this tune is literally etched. It brought back memories. And yes, Neil Pearl’s lyrics here are, as per always, insightful, impactful and moving and they do force you to ponder and wonder and yes, you sometimes have to look up a word or phrase or historical or geographical reference. Not a lot of bands do that for me.
These three Canadian dudes will continue to impress you on your journey with them. I’m both happy for you and a bit jealous of the sonic thrill ride of awesomeness you’re about to experience!
"Damn. This rock band has got me all fired up about history".
I'm old and they taught us this in elementary school. It was easy to remember because they equated it with our 4th of July. It is also evident by the lyrics, with any inkling about the French Revolution (Marie Antoinette said let me eat cake, the guillotine etc...). It began with the storming of the Bastille and some beheadings. I actually found it quite interesting, even as a grade schooler. I don't know what they're teaching in History over the past couple of decades. I can only imagine.
All The World's A Stage, live, highlights their instrumental and vocal prowess well.
Bastille Day is a banger, as is 2112.
That is what I was thinking. Love that album and saw them 3 times during that period.
That opening...the 1st few moments...just makes me "hype" up every single time.
Thanks guys for picking classic songs, especially from Rush!! Because I love Rush, but more of a fan of the earlier albums! Once again a pleasure to watch your show!!!
I used to stare at this album cover, listen to the music, and get transported to another world. The Necromancer on this album is one of my all-time favorite songs. I’ve blown a few speakers listening to it. For some weird reason it just sounds better the louder it gets. The 70s had tons of cerebral hard rock/proggy music that, you would put on your headphones, turn out the lights, and journey to other worlds and other eras.
Check out the necromancer from this album. One of rush best songs.
Another Rush classic! Thanks for the reaction 😊. The song Anthem- off the Fly by Night album (2nd album with Neil Peart’s debut) is also a great song to hear.
I do know what Bastille Day is.
It is the day the people of France took their country back and excuted the corrupt monarchy.
I do believe they celebrate it in Quebec since they are the French province in Canada.
This album was the one their record company hated and they wouldn't promote it.
I really like this album and one of my faves off the album is The Fountain of Lamneth.
Banger song about a man's life.
Cheers 🇨🇦
Do The Fountain Of Lamneth next, it's the progenitor of 2112. 😊
Great stuff guys. I rocked out to this album more than once, all those years ago. BTW, the great Geddy turned 71yrs young July 29th. He can be seen quite regularly at Blue Jay games. He sits behind the plate 3 rows up and 4 seats from the left. He's very approachable. Later...
Need the live version from "All the World's a Stage"
Bastille Day is a French holiday the commemorates the opening of the prisons to let out the poor peasants during the revolution. It was followed by the beheading of the king and queen and all their loyal followers. The resulting chaos led to the rise of Napoleon as the next dictator.
Caress of Steel is a great album released 7 months after Fly by Night. Both came out in 1975.
You guys just made my day. Possibly my week.
French Canadians know all about Bastile Day. It's replaying at the Olympics right now. Necromancer next please.
Caress of Steel. First Rush album I ever owned-on 8 track no less. Still my favorite. I wore that 8 track out. Remember when you get to “Diadacts and Narpets” to play the song immediately afterwards-” No one at the bridge.”
You really can’t play just one movement of The Fountain of Lamneth. It would be like play one movement of 2112, or The Necromancer. It just wouldn’t be right.
Oh, and I’ve always loved Didacts and Narpets. Carrying around a small 8-track player and a few albums on 8-track was a bit of a commitment, but at least you could have good music with you.
A good friend of mine was a huge Rush fan early on. He was like an obsessive disciple, going on and on about Bastille Day and By-Tor and other seeming nonsense. It took me a little while longer; 2112 is what really blew me away and got me listening to what came before that. Sometimes your friends are right.
lol 😂 La & Che, “if you want to stay dumb and not learn, don’t listen to Rush”!!!
Listening to Rush can make you a smarter person about so many subjects. I know it did for me. Rush fan Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) once pointed out that he noticed a Rush album - 2112 I think - was dedicated to Ayn Rand, so he got and read a copy of Rand's book 'The Fountainhead'. He asked, how many bands do you know who got their fans "all fired up about literature"?
Back in the day, I would put the headphones on to listen and open the album/jacket to read the lyrics along with the songs-much as you are doing today! At 15, I knew less about a Necromancer, than your brother did about the French Revolution. A dictionary was a must.
Back in school when they used to teach history. We learned about the French Revolution. Everyone I knew were familiar with the lyrics. Also read “A Tale of Two Cities”. Especially like the lyrics pertaining to the paupers being on their knees when the king walked by and then the Kings were later on their knees. In other words, placed onto the guillotine. You were put in the guillotine stock and were kneeling when you were (beheaded) executed.
This album is approaching 50 years old! I saw them in late 1974, before this album or Fly By Night were released, in 1975. It wasn't until I heard 2112 in 1976, that RUSH blew me away! I saw them 5 more times in the next 5 or 6 years.
Very nice pick guys. One of this Canadians favourites
Might I suggest Breadfan by Budgie
Pls keep up the good work
Right on! All of the stoners that I grew up with learned about history because bands like Rush and Iron Maiden sang about real stuff. They/we sure weren’t learning about it in school.
Rush is Progressive Rock throughout their careers.
I was just thinking yesterday that I need to add this song to my playlist.
NICE!!!! Guys please do some stuff from their first (and best) live Album...."ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE" Excellent versions of all their best oldies..This, Anthem, Something for Nothing, By-tor and the Snow Dog...What you're doing and the LIVE version of 2112 is KILLER!!! An Amazing record that my Brother used to play literally EVERY Day after school in the 70's...My MOM hated it so much haha.
Thank you…you guys remind me of my youth daily…Respect…
AND RIGHT AFTER THAT LA IS A BANGING 2 MIN. DRUM SOLO FROM NEIL !😊 ( DIDACTS AND NARPETS )👍YOU SHOULD JUST WIND UP DOING THE ALBUM FOR SURE!
Classic Rush Banger!
They used to open with this song back in the day!
you need to stay with this album and do the songs The Necromancer and the Fountain of Lamneth
Was waiting for this one 😊😊👍👍
This was another of my 8-track tapes. Still own the vinyl. The music was so incredibly good we didn’t feel like we had to fully understand what they were talking about. As long as we got the gist of it, we were good. Better than good, great. This whole album is great, and I especially like The Necromancer. Check it out!
There was a lot of fluff but there was also a lot of knowledge in the 70’s. Thought provoking lyrics, tight intricate musicianship. Lucky to experience it.
Another great reaction!! One of the most underrated albums of all-time. Many more great cuts off this album....The Necromancer, The Fountain of Lamneth and a little deep cut, Lakeside Park. Give them a listen...see what you think.
You guys are the best reactor's for music ever !
Rush started out as a Hard Rock Band and became a Progressive Hard Rock Band over time..
Canada being of English and French, we all knew what Bastile Day was. Back then, they taught history. We used to do a cover this in the 70s ✨️🎶✨️
Probably my favorite Rush album. Found my first copy in a discounted cassette bin at the gas station for 3$
We didn't download in 75! Lol. We went to the library or asked our history teacher about Bastille Day. Peace from a small town in Ontario, Canada. Where Neil's family roots are.🤟😎🍻🇨🇦
Neil was a voracious reader.
it's actually how he got the nickname "Professor"
Yep, love Caress.
Love you guys and big big Rush fan from Canada. Here is a list of some earlier epic tracks you should check out.
"By Tor and the Snow Dog" from Fly By Night
"The Necromancer" and "The Fountain of Lamneth" from Caress of Steel
"Cygnus X-1 Book I" from A Farewell to Kings and
"Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" from Hemispheres. Thanks La and Che!
Didacts and Narpets from the same album. Greatest studio drum solo ever, I guarantee.
Classic Prog day with another killer Rush song and Styx
Hell Yeah!
If you guys ever want to do a live Rush album then I recommend All The Worlds A Stage. This is the opening track. It was recorded on their 2112 tour. Fantastic record.
School was different when I was growing up. I knew the basic history when it came out. Granted you at least I, had to give a crap. I'm 65, still like learning about history and science, never cared too much for artsy, language stuff. Takes all kinds, I'm certainly glad Neil, Geddy and Alex did.
A good history lesson, thanks guys
As we used to say.....cool beans!
Rushaholic since 75`
Look up the lyrics? Ya, we pulled out the magnifying lens and looked on the inside of the cassette cover 😂
We need a another Bastille Day. Right here, soon
Caress of steel was definitely the dark horse album in Rush’s catalog, it was really despised originally by most. Through the years it has become a cult classic, and I have always loved it.
Hey guys this is the start of their progressive rock explorations, then you had 2112; Neil Peart was their main lyricist who was big into science fiction and Ayn Rand.
Laa and Chee!!! You found the guitar rush! Got to do the whole album! 2112 Ang earlier is prime guitar progressive rock!!
and that’s why Neil’s nickname is “ THE PROFESSOR” he be teachin.
Working man
The famous quote from Marie Antoinette,
"Let them eat cake" is a very well known phrase related to the French revolution. There was literally no bread or wheat left to feed the hungry mobs, but these lords and aristrocrats happened to have alot of cake, Lol!! So, we better give them the cake!
It must have been a surreal scene when royalty, the despotic overlords were all lined up to get their heads chopped off, one after the other... chop chop chop...no more monarchy..
Love it, gotta do the stuff live!
I would highly recommend the live album 'All The worlds a Stage'....Rush heavy before they went 'too prog'.
IMO this is where Rush started to transcend to the next level. This album is in the top 3 for me and that top 3 continues to rotate.
Yes, three men made all this sound. Also, if you dig history......Iron Maiden!
This is music for psychopaths 😂
That's what my work buddy said,when I put this on in the car,driving home.
He's a singer of dutch folk music.
A smile and a tear music ,we call it.
I hate it ,and he hates my music.
So,I think I'm a psychopath.
This is a verry nice reaction, thanks guys, from a crazy dutchie. 👍😁💪
I know little about France but I bet a lotta French people would dig this as a national anthem. Real French music fans, anyway. Neal should've tried to write the USA a new Anthem, too. (The Rush song "Anthem" doesn't count! That's a straight up party song...)
💯Nice work!
'Bastille day' was a popular Rush song from what is arguably their worst album in their catalog - 'Caress of steel' (1975) ... Both Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson later admitted that the band was high on recreational drugs and apparently lost focus while making that record... and it sounded like it.
Neil Peart (drums) started writing the band's lyrics from their 2nd album 'Fly by night' ... so that Geddy and Alex could focus on the music more... Peart got bolder on their 3rd album 'Caress of steel' and wrote these grand fantasy concepts w/ 'The Necromancer'... 'The Fountain of Lamneth'... He was proud of his work, but people did not get it.
Rush was struggling to find an audience on tour and 'Caress of steel' was not a popular record upon release... the band recalled playing to small, empty venues on tour... making no money... and getting deeper into debt. Returning home to Canada penniless, Rush wanted to make another album and their managers had to beg their label Mercury Records not to drop the band... They convinced label heads that the next Rush album would be "more commercial" and it was make-or-break time...
Peart said that the trio felt strongly about the music for their next album and were under pressure to deliver something more commercial... Once the label gave the OK to record their 4th album, Rush were angry... they felt everyone was against them, so the album '2112' was inspired by the trio's solidarity and belief in their music... They would not compromise their vision... they would not bend to the will of anyone outside the band... and they did not care what other thought about them.
Peart wrote the epic track '2112' inspired by the works of writer Ayn Rand and it was about a bleak future ruled by religious extremists... and in this future, someone discovers a musical instrument from the past and begins playing music to change people's perceptions... and the musician is reprimanded for his music by the rulers. However, his music does inspire change and a revolution as a result...
The '2112' record was what resonated w/ rock fans in 1976/ '77 and it sold platinum in the US (3x platinum to date) and saved Rush's career... and, more importantly, gave the band their creative freedom... The success of '2112' actually pushed sales of 'Caress of steel' past gold sales (half million copies)
🤘🏼F Ya ! You two are awesome !
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