Rush ~ Workin' Them Angels ~ Time Machine - Live in Cleveland [HD 1080p] [CC] 2011
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"Workin' Them Angels" is the third track from Rush's eighteenth studio album titled "Snakes & Arrows", recorded at Grandmaster Recorders (Los Angeles, California) and Allaire Studios
(Shokan, New York) from November-December 2006 and released on May 1, 2007. The album was recorded in five weeks with co-producer Nick Raskulinecz, a fan of the group who was praised by each member for his approach and technique. It contains three instrumental tracks, the most of any Rush album.
In October 2004, Rush finished their R30: 30th Anniversary Tour and began a year-long break in activity. During this time they were involved in the R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour DVD, interviews for which revealed their intention to start on a new studio album in early 2006, their first of new material since Vapor Trails (2002). The group felt charged up having recorded their covers EP Feedback (2004), which saw them play simple and direct songs and record it live as opposed to their own more thought out and complex music. Such an approach was adopted for Snakes & Arrows.
Peart was inspired to write lyrics on various themes including faith, fear, the association of religion and war, hope and despair, and the religious billboards he saw on his motorcycle journey across the US which he detailed in his fourth book Roadshow: Landscape with Drums - A Concert Tour by Motorcycle (2006), written during the R30 tour. He was also inspired by Robert Frost's epitaph: "I had a lover's quarrel with the world" and used lyrical ideas that he had initially put down fifteen years prior.
Peart came up with the album's title as he worked on the lyrics to "Armor and Sword". He had researched several sources, including the ancient Buddhist board game leela (the Game of Self Knowledge), a precursor of modern children's game snakes and ladders (also known as Chutes and Ladders), and the quote "slings and arrows" from the Shakespeare play Hamlet. By the time the album was being mixed, the title was agreed upon. Peart wrote that the title was chosen to "describe the 'good' kind of faith as being armor, while the 'bad' kind of faith is a sword". He would always check a master list at a record shop to see if an album title had been used by another band, but this time he searched online and found out about the leela game which had also been called "the game of snakes and arrows". Peart then found a game board painted by Harish Johari which he presented to Lee and Lifeson; the three agreed to make it the front cover and worked with their longtime cover designer Hugh Syme to incorporate it into the sleeve layout.
In his book "Traveling Music", Neil Peart explains that while he was out for a road trip, he overheard an elderly black couple who had just come off the road. He overheard the woman castigating her husband who had been driving dangerously, saying "You workin' them angels overtime!" (meaning he was pushing his luck) Finding this phrase amusing, he adopted it himself. Peart has often spoken about the balance of risk and reward, particularly regarding many of his personal pursuits. Peart explains: " ... a certain level of risk in life seemed worthwhile for the promised return - excitement and treasured experiences".
Peart has mentioned his "daredevil" moments in all of his books, such as riding his bicycle "faster than safe speed" down a hill in West Africa, speeding and passing in traffic on his motorcycle in Ghost Rider and Roadshow. The lyrics in this song refer to these escapades.
"Workin' Them Angels" has Peart shifting between a 3/4 and 4/4 time signature throughout and suggested to have the choruses in 4/4 to take the "lilt" out of the track for a moment. The change forced him to become more creative and devise ways of switching between the two rhythms seamlessly.
A relatively simple song, "Workin' Them Angels" is, at its core, a folk song - as Lifeson's bouzouki interlude reveals. Nevertheless, Peart's strident drumming and Lee's bluesy vocal delivery give the song an interesting and unusual feel.
Alex Lifeson - Guitar, Bouzouki
Geddy Lee - Vocals, Bass
Neil Peart - Drums, Lyrics
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*Lyrics* *[Click on "CC" icon for Closed Captioning] (Lyrics on Screen)*
Driving away to the east, and into the past
History recedes in my rear-view mirror
Carried away on a wave of music down a desert road
Memory humming at the heart of a factory town
All my life
I’ve been workin’ them angels - overtime
Riding and driving and living
So close to the edge
Workin’ them angels
Workin’ them angels
Workin’ them angels - overtime
Riding through the Range of Light to the wounded city
Oh, filling my spirit with the wildest wish to fly
Oh, taking the high road, taking the high road to the wounded city
Memory strumming at the heart of a moving picture
All this time
I’ve been working them angels - overtime
Riding and driving and flying
Just over the edge
Workin’ them angels
Workin’ them angels
Workin’ them angels overtime
[Bouzouki Solo]
Driving down the razor’s edge between the past and the future
I'll turn up the music and smile
Get carried away on the songs and stories of vanished times
Memory drumming at the heart of an English winter
Memories beating at the heart of an African village
All my life
I’ve been workin’ them angels - overtime
Riding and driving and living
So close to the edge
Workin’ them angels
(Workin’ them angels)
Workin’ them angels
(Workin’ them angels)
Workin’ them angels overtime
Whoa, oh
Workin' them angels
(Whoa, oh)
(Whoa, oh)
Workin' them angels
I love this song. Alex playing the mandola solo is my favorite part 😎🎸😎🎸😎
The sound of Neil’s snare is second to none it is magnificent
Legends... Lee is nearly sixty in this video yet still able to belt it out for a whole concert, incredible.
Never heard that one, it was borderline incredible but what do you expect when you have enough power to control those angels while working them overtime. Excellent choice.
I hadn't heard it either until I got the bluray of this concert. This song has grown on me a lot since working with it here. "enough power to control those angels" ... that's a lot of power, David! I think we all a guilty of workin' them angels hard on a regular basis! I'm glad you liked the share, bro! 🤘
I always think of this song as a 6/8 4/4 thing. it's so good
I didn’t get this song then . I do now . Merry Christmas Rush fans everywhere
Such a great tune 🤟
It’s a track that I am not familiar with.
As I have said before, there are gaps in my knowledge of Rush.
Watched Alex play the bouzouki - memories of my holidays in Athens and Corfu!
The filming of the concert was excellent Dan.
Thanks again.
I wasn't that familiar with this song either, until I did the video and the research on the song. Now I find it quite interesting! I imagine that there have been many times that I've "worked them angels" pretty hard to keep me here. I'm not quite sure what my purpose here is at the moment, but it must be something I'm needed for in some way. I know for sure the angels were glad when I got past my teens!
This is the first time I've seen Alex play the bouzouki, or any instrument like it. I do wonder what put the thought in his head to pick that instrument up out of the blue! A bouzouki? Really? I've never even heard of such a thing! LOL!
Thanks for the kind words, BD.
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Love the expression “worked them angels hard”.
I became familiar with the bouzouki during my first visit to Corfu - there were ‘bouzouki night’s’ advertised.
I think I have seen another guitarist play one - but for the life of me I cannot think who🤔
Don't feel alone, I have gaps in my knowledge of Rush too! I wasn't familiar with this track until working with this video and doing some research. I do think its a cool track and the lyrics fit Neil with his lifestyle, especially on the road. I'm have no doubt I've worked some angels pretty hard in my lifetime! LOL!
How did you get to see Alex play the bouzouki? Was it at a concert? This is the only song I'm aware of that he plays it on.
Thanks for the kind words about the filming, BD. I do try! Some things come out great and others just average. It all depends on the source material as to what I can accomplish.
Peace my friend!
@@bd5933 The bouzouki is a totally new instrument to me. At first I thought he was playing a mandolin! LOL! I take it you saw Lifeson at one of the bouzouki nights in Corfu? Was he playing solo?
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Perhaps I didn’t explain myself that clearly.
I meant to say that seeing Alex play the bouzouki just reminds me of seeing other people play it when I was in Athens and in Corfu.
neil was the best. maybe not the fastest most amazing but the best at creating parts and executing them flawlessly
thanks Rush for this beautiful lyrics 😍
such an underrated rush song
Absolutely fn awesome...R.I.P. "Professor "
Dan
I fcking love you man, your posts and good words about neil make me cry
If Alex is gonna try to sing can u morons turn his mic on
I'm sad because I got into rush too late.. only seen them on time machine tour...
Hope some can invent a time machine..😅😅😮😢😮😊