Truth. There’s A LOT of sound these three guys make. I was always blown away by how efficient and skilled each of them are at their respective instruments, yet they make them fit hand in hand with each other. Like the OP said, THE gold standard for sure
I saw Rush 23 times , have every ticket from all the tours. Honestly haven't accepted they were done till Neil's passing. It's hard to accept but I'm thankful I was able to enjoy them through my life. Very fortunate to seen them as much as I did. Enjoy your retirement Geddy, Alex and RIP The Professor you guys will always be my #1
I saw them 10 times... The first time was Moving Pictures April 1981... I was 17 Ticket was $9.95 San Antonio, Texas Hemisfair Arena I'll remember it til my dying day Greatest Rock 🎸 Band in the Galaxy ❤️🇨🇦❤️
I really don't understand how Geddy can sing it without breaking down. I couldn't. It's about his very family written by a musical God in my humble opinion.
I remember when I first heard this song thinking he can't be talking about what I think he is. Clutch the wire fence until their fingers bleed. Are we the only human beings to survive? Are the liberators here? Do I hope or do I fear? Yeah, he was talking about exactly that. Beautiful song that breaks your heart.
Awhile back I actually met an Auschwitz survivor in my local community. I was in the Navy at the time on my way home. I was in my camys and I came out of the store and met this extraordinary lovely lady. We were talking and thanked me for serving and of course I said, no problem. She was telling about Auschwitz and my heart sank. She even showed the number tattooed on her arm. When she hugged me she wouldn't let go and people walking by looking at us. I didn't care though cuz I was very honored to hear her experience and stories. That's how I was trained to comfort, represent, and serve but every now and then give a hug or two. There's more to this but ill never ever forget this lovely lady.
I was noticing that on another live performance earlier today.... I never had taken the opportunity to see them live.... a big RUSH fan, just neverwent to anyone's concets..I will regret that to my dying day.
Yes as you should. So happy I saw at least 10 shows maybe a couple more. Last one was snakes and arrows at red rocks. Always an amazing show. Sat so close I could smell the chicken roasting.
They are true professionals and have always given the effort to make the concert experience worth their fans' $. Open air, arena, smaller venue, their sound was always spot on.
Im 44. I got this CASSETTE used for 5 bucks in 1984. I was in 9th grade. I wore it out complete and 2 after that until cds came along. All due to Red Sector A. I love Rush. Awesome.
The guitar is so subtle, Alex is able to pull off such a great sound without a ripping guitar solo. His use of bends and harmonics are amazing. It's great seeing him bend a whole chord as part of the solo ...amazing.
For me it´s not subtle at all. I totally agree with you but, actually, the guitar is bringing forward all the intensity, the drama and feeling of the song. I haven´t heard many song with such power and atmosphere, so ethereal and yet so strong and intense. It really blows my mind...
@@allanmacbadger5692 Talking of Hackett, gives me the chance to say I never knew his track Shadow of the Hierophant, which is of course tremendous. But when I heard Brazilian due Fleesh cover it on UA-cam I nearly fell over.
I always loved Rush and knew they were Canadian but before I read Geddy Lee's autobiography had no idea they were from Toronto and that Geddy Lee was Jewish like me. There were a lot of Holocaust survivors in the Jewish community of Toronto when I was growing up in my grandparents' generation. A lot of my friend's grandparents were survivors and one of my friend's parents was a hidden child during the war. My mom remembers sitting and listening to the stories of the family members that her parents and grandparents helped bring over to Toronto after the war and having nightmares that the Nazis would come to take her away in the night. Even though Canada is known for its politeness and Toronto is known for being a very multicultural city now at the time the antisemitism Geddy speaks about was very prevalent and accepted. My Mom said people would ask to see her horns and her tail because they actually believed Jewish people had them (and this was the 1950s!) It' amazed me to read about this. I always thought of the places I knew or where I grew up or the community I grew up in as the furthest thing from rock and roll. Shows you how wrong you can be to assume.
Not sure there's any more emotional Rush song than this one - jeeeez...Geddy is extra amazing for being able to get through this one without breaking. RIP Neil - genius!
All that we can do is just survive All that we can do to help ourselves Is stay alive… Ragged lines of ragged grey Skeletons, they shuffle away Shouting guards and smoking guns Will cut down the unlucky ones I clutch the wire fence Until my fingers bleed A wound that will not heal - A heart that cannot feel - Hoping that the horror will recede Hoping that tomorrow - We’ll all be freed Sickness to insanity Prayer to profanity Days and weeks and months go by Don’t feel the hunger - too weak to cry I hear the sound of gunfire At the prison gate Are the liberators here - Ao I hope or do I fear? For my father and my brother, it’s too late But I must help my mother Stand up straight… Are we the last ones left alive? Are we the only human beings To survive?…
Even during the Synth Period of 1982-1987, there is still immaculate work by Lifeson on every album. This song is a guitar tour de force. The feeling and anguish that he wrenches out of that Stratocaster is unbelievable.
This period is by far the best rush to me. They where too "rough" for me when they first started (and no it is not because I cannot appreciate complex arrangements or heavy music - I like slayer, marilion, genesis, dream theater. For me, it worked best here. I love the 80s chorus guitar. And those drums. They came into their own here.
@@mattaki Lol, .like it or not, Rush was influenced by bands like Ultravox, the Police and Talking Heads in this period, and those are not Gibson bands.
Rest in peace our brother, no more pain . Thanks for all the joy and happiness you have brought to us all these years. You will always be be in our hearts. Rush lives on in our memories forever !!
because of countless hours of practice. when other people were partying, getting high, watching tv, or some other bullshit....they were practicing their assess off. and they developed their amazing talent. nobody is born that good......it always takes incredibly hard work and dedication to develop great skills in anything. be it music, heart surgery, computer programming, plumbing, baking, or anything else.
noobyliw how is that irrelevant I don't think you know how to use that word . Geoff tate and Dio are both extremely good live making them relevant to what you said about geddy you pompous fuck
“Don’t feel the hunger, to weak to cry” such a heart and gut wrenching lyric. Neil did THE duties of a song writer, to take the personal and make it universal, and to take the universal and make it personal
Neil was the best drummer in the world Even so he still had a coach who was trying to make him better What dedication And all his loses through his career He is another Canadian hero Love you neil
As a Drummer myself, the last thing I need is someone telling me what to do!!!!!! Drummers are free spirits and the only person we need to listen to is, ourselves. Neil was technically proficient, not great. With all due respect to RUSH fans, they are too clinical and sterile for my taste in Rock music. it's too clean and careful. A lot of Canadians and Amerians probably aren't very familiiar with English Rockers STATUS QUO, they are massive everywhere else in the universe. I recommend you listen to their massive album output from 1968 to present day. 33 studio albums. Their double LIVE album released in 1977 is the best LIVE album ever recorded. Francis Rossi on Lead Guitar and vocals, he plays with soul Rick Parfitt is the best and greatest Rhythm Guitarist in history and a great singer. From psychedelic Rock in the 60's to Stoner Hard Rock of '70 & '71 to Hard Rockin' Boogie all thru the 70's and into the highs and lows of the 80's and 90's then to hit back with some of the greatest Rock albums ever made in the Noughties and 2010's. Superlatives cannot describe how great STATUS QUO are. Honest, genuine, sincere tight punchy raw Rock n Roll that's STATUS QUO!!!! The Sex Pistols liked STATUS QUO because of their attitude to the music industry and the world in general. The QUO basically said ' if you don't like what we're doing then you can get fuck#d!!!!!!' Being technical and intricate doesn't make you a great Guitarist or Drummer. In fact it lacks warmth and feeling and humanity. RUSH fans need to listen to RAW POWER by THE STOOGES from 1973. The production and mix is dirty and mirky and really filthy. It is a 'thing' of great beauty. On STATUS QUO albums you can hear the boys yelling to each other and making real human sounds whilst they record 'LIVE' in the studio. QUO don't do 50 over dubs like REO SPEEDWAGON. or RUSH. Punk n New Wave was a mule kickin' against the sterility of bands like RUSH
it pains me so deeply that i will never get to hear emotional and brilliant tracks like this played live, after hearing every person who's seen Rush live tell me that they're even better than you think they could possibly be live, i envy all of you who have been there
+Angus George They really are. I've seen them twice, first in '96 and again in '08. Wish I could've seen them in the mid-80s, but I was young and probably wouldn't have appreciated it anyway. I'm heartbroken that I'll never get to see Pink Floyd or Prince. 😞
Jenny N I know the feeling! Just too late to the game! Floyd live would have been incredible, I've still heard that David Gilmore puts on one hell of a show and from what I've seen on tv it looks it!
Waited in line the night before tickets went on sale in Tucson Az in 1980. yes kids you actually had to be present to get a ticket back then. Not get cut in line by some Bot! 2nd row for Exit Stage Left. was 3 feet from Alex and made eye contact with him. One of the greatest memories of my life. and yes i am an old fart. Sue me.
I read in an old rock magazine that he can actually juggle tennis balls at the same time as well. But he only does that in practices. He never wanted to bring it on stage. Thought he would look like a show off.
The lyrics are very personal to them. Geddy's parents were Polish holocaust survivors who met at Auschwitz. They were separated and moved to different camps, but promised to find each other again, and indeed did after the war. Geddy related the story to Neil, who wrote the lyrics.
*How fortunate we are not to experience "Shouting guards and smoking guns"* All that we can do is just survive All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive All that we can do is just survive All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive Ragged lines of ragged grey Skeletons, they shuffle away Shouting guards and smoking guns Will cut down the unlucky ones I clutch the wire fence until my fingers bleed A wound that will not heal, a heart that cannot feel Hoping that the horror will recede Hoping that tomorrow, we'll all be freed Sickness to insanity Prayer to profanity Days and weeks and months go by Don't feel the hunger, too weak to cry I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate Are the liberators here, do I hope or do I fear? For my father and my brother, it's too late But I must help my mother stand up straight Are we the last ones left alive? Are we the only human beings to survive? Are we the last ones left alive? Are we the only human beings to survive? I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate Are the liberators here, do I hope or do I fear? For my father and my brother, it's too late But I must help my mother stand up straight Are we the last ones left alive? Are we the only human beings to survive? Are we the last ones left alive? Are we the only human beings to survive?
About 6 years ago I was walking in downtown Toronto when I notice this awesome drum kit in a store window, I went inside to find out what they were about, it was one of Neil Peart's drum kits and for $5 you could sit on the drum stool and pretend your playing them, so I got my picture taken with Neil's drums, the drum kit had NHL hockey logo's all over them, they were raising money for a charity, also one of Alex's and Geddy's guitars were on display. Red Sector A is one of my favorite Rush songs. Life long Rush fan
Saw them live at the nec in Birmingham on this tour - grace under pressure - heard them sound checking to this while we were outside - quite life changing for a 13 year old !!! Remember it like yesterday when I see and hear these songs on you tube . What a band . And I’ve seen a few .
This song is coming back around as being very timely in these soon-to-be trying days. The whole Grace Under Pressure album is worth a dusting off and listening to.
On July 2nd 2021, Geddy's mother, Mary Weinrib has passed away to who this song was dedicated to along with her husband. Rest easy, and thank you for giving us Geddy miss!
First heard this one during a day on the beach with some high school friends. Someone had a radio that was tuned to a classic rock station making its way through a "500 best rock songs of all time" Memorial Day Weekend countdown. The grim-sounding lyrics and intensity of the music were so out-of-place with my surroundings that they couldn't help but grab my attention. I was already familiar with a couple of Rush's "greatest hits", the ones that were/are standard radio fare, but that was the moment when I realized that there was a lot more to this band.
For people saying that Alex wrote the lyrics, it was actually Neil who composed them, though he got some of his inspiration from the first-hand account of Geddy's mum who was a holocaust surviver.
Alex never wanted to be a lyricist in Rush after 2112....However, in this song, the emotional loud fury of the music is all Alex with Geddy the glue welding the lyrics, tone, and melody together to evoke the subject of the song.
Myself and two friends were at this concert. We had arrived in New York about a week earlier from England and saw that Rush were on tour. We had to ring the record company to find out where and when they were playing and how it fitted in with our itinerary. We contacted the ticket agency and booked our tickets then continued on our trip. The gig was on a Saturday. On the previous Thursday we arrived at Niagara falls and did a 5 hour excursion to Toronto to collect our tickets then returning to Niagara. No internet in those days!
Neil is at the height of his powers as a drummer here. My god he's incredible. Unparalleled as a drummer for about 15 years I reckon. Sure, there are some who could surpass him now but back then he was KING.
Look at the professor with his hat on backwards, headphones on, and eyes closed. I'm so glad for the few times I got to see Rush live. Thank you Neil for your wonderful lyrics and for helping Geddy and Alex get me through my teens way back in the 80s. I have not gotten tired of your music yet and don't plan to in the future.
These three men are the gold standard of what professional musicians are nobody will ever top them
agreed.
Not even close
Truth. There’s A LOT of sound these three guys make. I was always blown away by how efficient and skilled each of them are at their respective instruments, yet they make them fit hand in hand with each other. Like the OP said, THE gold standard for sure
Can't argue with that
Fuckin A
I saw Rush 23 times , have every ticket from all the tours. Honestly haven't accepted they were done till Neil's passing. It's hard to accept but I'm thankful I was able to enjoy them through my life. Very fortunate to seen them as much as I did. Enjoy your retirement Geddy, Alex and RIP The Professor you guys will always be my #1
As I often say.
The soundtrack of my life.
I saw them 10 times... The first time was Moving Pictures April 1981... I was 17
Ticket was $9.95
San Antonio, Texas
Hemisfair Arena
I'll remember it til my dying day
Greatest Rock 🎸 Band in the Galaxy ❤️🇨🇦❤️
I saw them 11 times; from P/G in 1984 to R40 in 2015. RIP, Perfesser.
Rush fans are very loyal!
Mi máximo respeto por vos ❤.
I really don't understand how Geddy can sing it without breaking down. I couldn't. It's about his very family written by a musical God in my humble opinion.
That's probably why he took a deep breath at the end of the song, he made it through the song without breaking down
I tear up every time I hear it. He really goes into detail in his book too.
I remember when I first heard this song thinking he can't be talking about what I think he is. Clutch the wire fence until their fingers bleed. Are we the only human beings to survive? Are the liberators here? Do I hope or do I fear? Yeah, he was talking about exactly that. Beautiful song that breaks your heart.
Geddys parents are both Holocaust survivors who moved to Canada shortly after the war.
And his mother experienced just that
@@nicj99 and his dad.. they met in Aushwitz or some other Nazi concentration camp..(can’t remember specifically which one)
They have a video which is coupled with scenes from Band of Brothers....outstanding and heart wrenching
The most Poignant Rush song ever.
RIP Neil Peart, the master on the drums.
Johnny Rotten I agree!!!!!!
Not a master a god
Yes....still hurts a lot 😢🥺
The Professor of Drums and Drumming
Neil was more like a life force than human
No guitarist can make the guitar feel the way Alex does.
Awhile back I actually met an Auschwitz survivor in my local community. I was in the Navy at the time on my way home. I was in my camys and I came out of the store and met this extraordinary lovely lady. We were talking and thanked me for serving and of course I said, no problem. She was telling about Auschwitz and my heart sank. She even showed the number tattooed on her arm. When she hugged me she wouldn't let go and people walking by looking at us. I didn't care though cuz I was very honored to hear her experience and stories. That's how I was trained to comfort, represent, and serve but every now and then give a hug or two. There's more to this but ill never ever forget this lovely lady.
Amazing story...God bless you for your service!
Good for you.. Dx
Thanks for sharing that awesome experience, & thank you for your service !
what an act of kindness you gave, this women, you took your time to listen to her story.
Hugs are good❤️
RUSH is one of the few groups that sounds just as good live as compared to the studio version
I was noticing that on another live performance earlier today....
I never had taken the opportunity to see them live.... a big RUSH fan, just neverwent to anyone's concets..I will regret that to my dying day.
Yes as you should. So happy I saw at least 10 shows maybe a couple more. Last one was snakes and arrows at red rocks. Always an amazing show. Sat so close I could smell the chicken roasting.
They are true professionals and have always given the effort to make the concert experience worth their fans' $. Open air, arena, smaller venue, their sound was always spot on.
Can confirm this seeing them live.
Yes, genesis,
The Triforce.
Neil is Wisdom.
Geddy is Power.
Alex is Courage.
It totally works.
Silly and nonsense lol
alex is goofdom and happydom
Nerd and perfect comentary, I love it
Nerdy af I like it lol
Wow! 💗
Alex is just sublime in this song, holy...
Rush will never truly be gone. We carry the legacy in our hearts.
"Geddy, how many keyboards do you need?"
"Yes"
Lmao!
Geddy loved him some keyboards
So, a Rick Wakeman amount of keyboards?
g funk nah that guy is on another level of keyboard playing
@@gfunkk Maybe, but maybe we're talking Jeff Lynne levels here. Frankly, at this point, we just don't know.
Dear God, I first listened to this song 30 years ago, I was in my teens and still gives me goosebumps. A true classic
Same here.
Im 44. I got this CASSETTE used for 5 bucks in 1984. I was in 9th grade. I wore it out complete and 2 after that until cds came along. All due to Red Sector A. I love Rush. Awesome.
Cecilia Fernández I get chills when I hear this evert time
The Gods smiled
Hey Cecila, you have a great ear..... such a powerful song....
The guitar is so subtle, Alex is able to pull off such a great sound without a ripping guitar solo. His use of bends and harmonics are amazing. It's great seeing him bend a whole chord as part of the solo ...amazing.
paul young It’s so subtle yet perfect. There’s not many who can do it
Very similar to Steve Hackett who also uses a lot of bend cords and harmonics
so great
For me it´s not subtle at all. I totally agree with you but, actually, the guitar is bringing forward all the intensity, the drama and feeling of the song. I haven´t heard many song with such power and atmosphere, so ethereal and yet so strong and intense. It really blows my mind...
@@allanmacbadger5692 Talking of Hackett, gives me the chance to say I never knew his track Shadow of the Hierophant, which is of course tremendous. But when I heard Brazilian due Fleesh cover it on UA-cam I nearly fell over.
Probably one of their best songs not many have heard.
It's exceptional.
This song gives me chills. Three outstanding musicians. Neil Peart will never be forgotten.
This is a perfect example of what it was like to live in the 1980's. It was an awesome time, made even better by music like this.
Music is about how it makes you feel . I feel so happy that Rush has been a huge part of my life’s musical journey.
I always loved Rush and knew they were Canadian but before I read Geddy Lee's autobiography had no idea they were from Toronto and that Geddy Lee was Jewish like me. There were a lot of Holocaust survivors in the Jewish community of Toronto when I was growing up in my grandparents' generation. A lot of my friend's grandparents were survivors and one of my friend's parents was a hidden child during the war. My mom remembers sitting and listening to the stories of the family members that her parents and grandparents helped bring over to Toronto after the war and having nightmares that the Nazis would come to take her away in the night. Even though Canada is known for its politeness and Toronto is known for being a very multicultural city now at the time the antisemitism Geddy speaks about was very prevalent and accepted. My Mom said people would ask to see her horns and her tail because they actually believed Jewish people had them (and this was the 1950s!) It' amazed me to read about this. I always thought of the places I knew or where I grew up or the community I grew up in as the furthest thing from rock and roll. Shows you how wrong you can be to assume.
Rush studio work alone is great but it's even better to see live 🤘🔥
Not sure there's any more emotional Rush song than this one - jeeeez...Geddy is extra amazing for being able to get through this one without breaking. RIP Neil - genius!
Personally, I'd have to say Nobody's Hero is probably the most emotionally gripping of all their tunes, but this one is a very close second.
All that we can do is just survive
All that we can do to help ourselves
Is stay alive…
Ragged lines of ragged grey
Skeletons, they shuffle away
Shouting guards and smoking guns
Will cut down the unlucky ones
I clutch the wire fence
Until my fingers bleed
A wound that will not heal -
A heart that cannot feel -
Hoping that the horror will recede
Hoping that tomorrow -
We’ll all be freed
Sickness to insanity
Prayer to profanity
Days and weeks and months go by
Don’t feel the hunger - too weak to cry
I hear the sound of gunfire
At the prison gate
Are the liberators here -
Ao I hope or do I fear?
For my father and my brother, it’s too late
But I must help my mother
Stand up straight…
Are we the last ones left alive?
Are we the only human beings
To survive?…
I’ve seen rush 4 times, waay back in 76 my father took me I was 11, didnt see them again till 87, I still have the set list
Even during the Synth Period of 1982-1987, there is still immaculate work by Lifeson on every album. This song is a guitar tour de force. The feeling and anguish that he wrenches out of that Stratocaster is unbelievable.
He never should have switched from a Gibson!
Fuck the haters, 80's Rush Rules!
This period is by far the best rush to me. They where too "rough" for me when they first started (and no it is not because I cannot appreciate complex arrangements or heavy music - I like slayer, marilion, genesis, dream theater. For me, it worked best here. I love the 80s chorus guitar. And those drums. They came into their own here.
@@mattaki Lol, .like it or not, Rush was influenced by bands like Ultravox, the Police and Talking Heads in this period, and those are not Gibson bands.
@@brianshaffneraclc It is true. The band would never stand still, even when what they were doing was perfect.
neal wrote this song to honor geddy's parents, who were both concentration camp survivors during ww2
Rest in peace our brother, no more pain . Thanks for all the joy and happiness you have brought to us all these years. You will always be be in our hearts. Rush lives on in our memories forever !!
Alex wrote this album
Thank God they survived and reunited to gift the world with Geddy.
mike KROFT pretty cool did not know that, but it makes sense
So were Lerxst's parents! Check your history
how is this band so perfect??
they are aliens gods!
We'll there Canadian yeah?.. ;)
Because its RUSH. Do you really need to ask?
Red Lenses is perfect
because of countless hours of practice.
when other people were partying, getting high, watching tv, or some other bullshit....they were practicing their assess off. and they developed their amazing talent. nobody is born that good......it always takes incredibly hard work and dedication to develop great skills in anything.
be it music, heart surgery, computer programming, plumbing, baking, or anything else.
Alex Lifeson is ALWAYS on point. Always.
I think this is one of Neil's best moments lyrically. it is extremely intricate yet flowing, and really does a Great job of portraying the story
Daft Doggo
Didn't Geddy Lee actually write this one?
Christopher Suchy that would make the most sense considering it seems practically written from the point of view of his grandmother
Actually his Mother....His father was also in a concentration camp..
It is an homage to Ged's family, some who perished in the camps...
His name is Gary, his Nana pronounced it Geddy, true love!
That's Some Good Rush.....
Thanks for everything.
R.I.P, Neil Peart.
REST IN PEACE MR. NEIL PEART. THE MAIN LYRICIST AND THE POWER DRUMMER EXTRAORDINAIRE OF RUSH.
Alex Lifeson is the Bob Ross of beautiful textural soundscapes! Happy little vibrato chords everywhere!
I love this comment
I've never been so impressed towards a lead singer's voice from recording to live performance, it's just so good.
Have you ever heard of Dio Queensryche ...
Alexie30 irrelevant
noobyliw how is that irrelevant I don't think you know how to use that word . Geoff tate and Dio are both extremely good live making them relevant to what you said about geddy you pompous fuck
Dplm I have to agree, they were more precise and geddy could still hit all the notes back in the 80s. Still love them.
Dio be dead
The musicianship of this entire band blows my mind beyond comprehension. Neil is flawless
This song has made me cry like a baby on numerous occasions.
One man bands, each one of them!
“Don’t feel the hunger, to weak to cry” such a heart and gut wrenching lyric. Neil did THE duties of a song writer, to take the personal and make it universal, and to take the universal and make it personal
What other rock group has ever addressed the Holocaust or the evils of totalitarianism.
Rush makes rock fully relevant.
Neil was the best drummer in the world
Even so he still had a coach who was trying to make him better
What dedication
And all his loses through his career
He is another Canadian hero
Love you neil
Even if he is 11, it doesn’t make him less of a fan than anyone else
As a Drummer myself, the last thing I need is someone telling me what to do!!!!!!
Drummers are free spirits and the only person we need to listen to is, ourselves.
Neil was technically proficient, not great.
With all due respect to RUSH fans, they are too clinical and sterile for my taste in Rock music.
it's too clean and careful.
A lot of Canadians and Amerians probably aren't very familiiar with English Rockers STATUS QUO, they are massive everywhere else in the universe.
I recommend you listen to their massive album output from 1968 to present day.
33 studio albums. Their double LIVE album released in 1977 is the best LIVE album ever recorded.
Francis Rossi on Lead Guitar and vocals, he plays with soul
Rick Parfitt is the best and greatest Rhythm Guitarist in history and a great singer.
From psychedelic Rock in the 60's to Stoner Hard Rock of '70 & '71
to Hard Rockin' Boogie all thru the 70's and into the highs and lows of the 80's and 90's then to hit back with some of the greatest Rock albums ever made in the Noughties and 2010's. Superlatives cannot describe how great STATUS QUO are.
Honest, genuine, sincere tight punchy raw Rock n Roll that's STATUS QUO!!!!
The Sex Pistols liked STATUS QUO because of their attitude to the music industry and the world in general.
The QUO basically said ' if you don't like what we're doing then you can get fuck#d!!!!!!'
Being technical and intricate doesn't make you a great Guitarist or Drummer.
In fact it lacks warmth and feeling and humanity.
RUSH fans need to listen to RAW POWER by THE STOOGES from 1973.
The production and mix is dirty and mirky and really filthy. It is a 'thing' of great beauty.
On STATUS QUO albums you can hear the boys yelling to each other and making real human sounds whilst they record 'LIVE' in the studio.
QUO don't do 50 over dubs like REO SPEEDWAGON. or RUSH.
Punk n New Wave was a mule kickin' against the sterility of bands like RUSH
A role model. Be your own hero.
Alan Strom, I would have to disagree. I think there's enough room in the Rock universe for this amazing band
@@alanstrom2221 these bands you named can’t hold a candle to Rush
it pains me so deeply that i will never get to hear emotional and brilliant tracks like this played live, after hearing every person who's seen Rush live tell me that they're even better than you think they could possibly be live, i envy all of you who have been there
+Angus George They really are. I've seen them twice, first in '96 and again in '08. Wish I could've seen them in the mid-80s, but I was young and probably wouldn't have appreciated it anyway. I'm heartbroken that I'll never get to see Pink Floyd or Prince. 😞
Jenny N I know the feeling! Just too late to the game! Floyd live would have been incredible, I've still heard that David Gilmore puts on one hell of a show and from what I've seen on tv it looks it!
+Angus George For sure! Delicate Sound of Thunder is one of my favorite concert videos ever.
Angus George: I was at this very show about 5th row, on Alex's side.
Waited in line the night before tickets went on sale in Tucson Az in 1980. yes kids you actually had to be present to get a ticket back then. Not get cut in line by some Bot! 2nd row for Exit Stage Left. was 3 feet from Alex and made eye contact with him. One of the greatest memories of my life. and yes i am an old fart. Sue me.
It's 2021 listening to these guys is like therapy..teamwork at its best
2022 Reprise ✌😿🤘
100%
noboby can ever compare to these guys
2024
Geddy Lee. The guy that can sing, play bass, and keyboards all at the same time! 😳
So true
I read in an old rock magazine that he can actually juggle tennis balls at the same time as well. But he only does that in practices. He never wanted to bring it on stage. Thought he would look like a show off.
You forgot guitar(double neck...2112 and Farewell), PLUS bass pedals AND synthesizers !
Alex as well!
True talent, born for it
And manipulate the microphone with his shnoz!
Alex is such an Underrated guitarist one of the best !
My favorite Alex solo 😊
All that they can do is just survive, all that they can do to help themselves is stay alive...
Seen them in Buffalo in 1985. Still one of the best concerts I've ever seen. Marilion opened for them. Absolutely magical.
Impressive
Seen the them in Vancouver Canada 🍁 86.. best concert ever.. unbelievable 👍
i saw them in montreal when marillion was opening for them. what a duo.
You know it's one of the alltime best when Marillion opens for you
Marillion as in Kayleigh marillion?? What a throwback…
This is up there with my favourite Rush songs. The lyrics still gives me chills.
The lyrics are very personal to them. Geddy's parents were Polish holocaust survivors who met at Auschwitz. They were separated and moved to different camps, but promised to find each other again, and indeed did after the war. Geddy related the story to Neil, who wrote the lyrics.
I will never ever forget those laser lights in the background,as long as i live.This was a defining moment in my life.
Me too
Same here, this was the first video i ever saw of rush, i was blown away
Saw them live in Dallas,Tx headlined this same tour. First time age 15. Lasers were cool
Early during the piece, the lasers flashed, along with a crash, immediately upon mention of a gunshot. The effect is very powerful.
This is one of my favorites of the best band ever
+Mario the Plumber My favourite album of Rush. Best band ever, yes!
Very underrated album. It's in my top 5 rush albums.
Same, a gem amongst gems
*How fortunate we are not to experience "Shouting guards and smoking guns"*
All that we can do is just survive
All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive
All that we can do is just survive
All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive
Ragged lines of ragged grey
Skeletons, they shuffle away
Shouting guards and smoking guns
Will cut down the unlucky ones
I clutch the wire fence until my fingers bleed
A wound that will not heal, a heart that cannot feel
Hoping that the horror will recede
Hoping that tomorrow, we'll all be freed
Sickness to insanity
Prayer to profanity
Days and weeks and months go by
Don't feel the hunger, too weak to cry
I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate
Are the liberators here, do I hope or do I fear?
For my father and my brother, it's too late
But I must help my mother stand up straight
Are we the last ones left alive?
Are we the only human beings to survive?
Are we the last ones left alive?
Are we the only human beings to survive?
I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate
Are the liberators here, do I hope or do I fear?
For my father and my brother, it's too late
But I must help my mother stand up straight
Are we the last ones left alive?
Are we the only human beings to survive?
Are we the last ones left alive?
Are we the only human beings to survive?
About 6 years ago I was walking in downtown Toronto when I notice this awesome drum kit in a store window, I went inside to find out what they were about, it was one of Neil Peart's drum kits and for $5 you could sit on the drum stool and pretend your playing them, so I got my picture taken with Neil's drums, the drum kit had NHL hockey logo's all over them, they were raising money for a charity, also one of Alex's and Geddy's guitars were on display. Red Sector A is one of my favorite Rush songs. Life long Rush fan
Money well spent
Saw them live at the nec in Birmingham on this tour - grace under pressure - heard them sound checking to this while we were outside - quite life changing for a 13 year old !!! Remember it like yesterday when I see and hear these songs on you tube . What a band . And I’ve seen a few .
This song is coming back around as being very timely in these soon-to-be trying days. The whole Grace Under Pressure album is worth a dusting off and listening to.
Indeed - I think I will shop online for this CD tonight.
Mine never collected dust to begin with 😀
One of my favourite albums.
It should never have dust on it!
@@karlregan5276I bought the CD on Amazon a few months ago after hearing this song. Very compelling on so many levels!
On July 2nd 2021, Geddy's mother, Mary Weinrib has passed away to who this song was dedicated to along with her husband. Rest easy, and thank you for giving us Geddy miss!
Saw this concert in 1985. Rush is the GOAT.
Rest In Peace Professor Peart❤️
One of the best songs ever
June 16, 1984
Kansas City, Missouri
Kemper Arena
I was there!
Rush R40 was Geddy's mullet even more amazing in person?
If you're referring to the video. It was filmed in Toronto
Me too it was AWESOME! Are you saying this video was shot at Kemper? Very cool
steve lee This concert was shot in Toronto.
@@medmac2112 ok thanks!
Alex Lifeson, what a six-string wizard!
What an incredible band that was! thank God for saving Geddy Lee's Mothers from the Evils hand and make this trinity union possible!
After seeing evil up close. They were asking: Are we the only good people left in this world?
Don't let it happen again.
It's happening right now, sadly
R.I.P. NEIL RUSH FOR EVER \m/ Rush is soundtrack of my life
I miss these guys a lot.
Such an underrated, even maligned, album. I don't care who you are, but that's not right. This album is great.
Probably my favorite of the "synth era".
I was at the show I think I was 13 boy did my life change after this show three absolute wizards in their craft
was privileged to see them in Texas on this tour it was beyond amazing they are true artists in every way😊
This is Rush in their prime! Alex is on fire,Neil stroken on the skins and Geddy showing off his chops on the keyboards. Damn!
RIP Neil!!!!
Rush, a super band formed by extra-terrestrial musicians
I think this is the pinnacle of the synth era of Rush.
NP greatest drummer ever, RIP.
I love seeing the comments by people over the years and how they still love the music and years and years later.. we still love it.
What's so scary is that they make this look EASY!
Unbelievable talent
First heard this one during a day on the beach with some high school friends. Someone had a radio that was tuned to a classic rock station making its way through a "500 best rock songs of all time" Memorial Day Weekend countdown. The grim-sounding lyrics and intensity of the music were so out-of-place with my surroundings that they couldn't help but grab my attention. I was already familiar with a couple of Rush's "greatest hits", the ones that were/are standard radio fare, but that was the moment when I realized that there was a lot more to this band.
Geddy sure was singing well during that period. Wow.
This was when they peaked in my experience as a follower.
Hey kiddies, open spot for the greatest Drummer alive!
For people saying that Alex wrote the lyrics, it was actually Neil who composed them, though he got some of his inspiration from the first-hand account of Geddy's mum who was a holocaust surviver.
I've always felt such a personal impression from this song. Then learning of Geddy's mom's story...it's just raw and ripping and pure.
Alex never wanted to be a lyricist in Rush after 2112....However, in this song, the emotional loud fury of the music is all Alex with Geddy the glue welding the lyrics, tone, and melody together to evoke the subject of the song.
@@johnkeller9738 beautifully said
Individually superb, collectively brilliant.What a band. Never to be repeated.
Sometimes I really wish I was either 10 years older or a time traveller back to 1984 to have gone to this concert.. Adore them
I was so fortunate to see Rush for both the Signals and Grace Under Pressure tours -
One of the best memories of my adolescence
Justo look at these three you would not think they were rock royalty. With one of them being one of the best drummers in a rock band rip neil
Thank you RUSH for everything
I'll Always Love my Lincoln Continental
The power of the human spirit astonishes....
Rush was way ahead of their time.
A very emotional song, a true gem !
I am from Brazil. With this song, it was in 1984 that I discovered that Rush was a trio. It was jaw-dropping, LOLLOLLOL...
That drummer is doing such a great job.
The best job, ever.
It never ceases to amaze me that it only took 3 musicians to make this music.
Myself and two friends were at this concert. We had arrived in New York about a week earlier from England and saw that Rush were on tour. We had to ring the record company to find out where and when they were playing and how it fitted in with our itinerary. We contacted the ticket agency and booked our tickets then continued on our trip. The gig was on a Saturday. On the previous Thursday we arrived at Niagara falls and did a 5 hour excursion to Toronto to collect our tickets then returning to Niagara. No internet in those days!
Neil is at the height of his powers as a drummer here. My god he's incredible. Unparalleled as a drummer for about 15 years I reckon. Sure, there are some who could surpass him now but back then he was KING.
1984 rocked. I wish we could have this music again.
Neil is killer in this...love his playing in this one!!..
His lyrics were great too! This is easily one of Neil's best tracks!
Me also.
The best guitarist ever.
How can you put such beautiful music and beats to such heart breaking lyrics? Only Neil Peart and Rush can!
Eye really Love America's C.I.A.
From Dearborn, Michigan I am
Neal " P.J." Fry a.k.a.
HIGH PRIEST.
This song was always soooo gut wrenching. Best song on GUP.
This song is pure ecstasy, a mixture of aweness, sadness, goosebumps, rapture, etc
One of the most powerful songs out there. As a huge Rush fan, this is my favorite song from my favorite album ! Miss you Neil 😢
I like seeing the deep breath he takes at the end of the song. I perceive it to be a result of how deep and personal the lyrics are to his family.
That light flash/crack - epic!
What a great fucking song. Still can’t comprehend the hating the synthesizers . Squares!
Look at the professor with his hat on backwards, headphones on, and eyes closed. I'm so glad for the few times I got to see Rush live. Thank you Neil for your wonderful lyrics and for helping Geddy and Alex get me through my teens way back in the 80s. I have not gotten tired of your music yet and don't plan to in the future.
" R.I.P. SOLDIER "
"I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gates are the liberators here, do I hope or do I fear" Epic
Thanks to Neal Peart.....and to Geddy for allowing his heritage to become the basis for this song.