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In my opinion, it is an absolute joy to watch three virtuoso musicians perform live. Rush live is a masterclass in musicianship, it takes the music to another level.
That always cracked me up. My marching band in high school would subversively slip that phrase into some of our songs at football games. That and the main riff from "Giant Steps".
Rush has been my all-time favorite band since 1975 but unfortunately I only got to see them twice. Snakes and Arrows and Clockwork Angels tours. Both fantastic! The sound from three guys is unmatched!
That 19 Hz -16Hz bass pedal (where you say oooooohhh!) at the beginning of the solo shakes and vibrates the concrete foundation of my home heater. I am running 2 HSU vtf-15h mk2's and it feels just like that when I felt it live. Sub sonic bass you feel not hear. It knocks the pictures off my walls! ha ha ha
Big Money always sounded great live. Good choice as an opener for this tour. Rush used the Three Stooges Theme for their intro on various tours during this time period. Maybe Signals through HYF. Perhaps even used it before Signals.
I wonder if this was the first time they were putting in that "earache my eye "riff at the end of the song. I believe over time they attached it to some other stuff as well but this is the first time I remember hearing it
I thought I was THE craziest MOST fanatical RUSH fan UNTIL I went to my first RUSH concert...in my mind I was and am...but wow insane and eye opening. Glad you're back up man.
Your reactions are genuine and fun. I get a kick out of your facial expressions. That being said, it warms my heart that you seem to genuinely like the band. By that, I mean the quirks. Right down to the promo code of DirkLerxst. Many reactors have done Rush. Most of them enjoy it. Very few actually dive into the band to the level you are. It's very gratifying for long time fans such as myself. It's like you are learning a secret that we've known for a long time. Cheers!
Rode my bicycle down to Wherehouse music back in the day. Rented this VHS twice! Changed my music life....these 3 dudes were miles above all the crap I was hearing in the 80's...then I dug deep and still going strong in 2023. Thanks Rush wow.
I know you have a full plate with going through the Rush discography, but you would get a good laugh at some of their concert video skits. When they changed their format to "An Evening with Rush" and stopped having an opening act. They started to add some videos to begin the show or start the second part of the show. The History of Rush part II and the like are pretty funny and they poke fun of themselves for the most part. Just a thought? Take care ✌
This tour brings back so many memories for me, I was in a rock band at the time and we dressed up and hired a limo to take us to this show in Dallas, the looks we got when we got out and went in was pretty awesome!! Cool ass show man!!
Great reaction! I had that on VHS. Bought it when it came out back then. About the intro music; it's actually NOT the three stooges intro music. Lee said in some interview that they made a "similar" type of music since they could not get the license for the actual music. Geddy: ""It's not the original theme because they won't let you use that," Lee explained. "So I hired my friend, violinist Ben Mink, who's a musician extraordinaire and a very big Three Stooges fan, and we had him recreate the original version. The three hellos you hear at the beginning are the three of us talking to him on the phone."" BTW, in the 2112 intro they messed the editing; Alex´s guitar changes black to white to black to white... :-D Perks of combining different days takes, LOL. Great reactions, keep them coming!
As an old graphic design/illustrator I can confirm the illustration style in the intro was considered super-hip in the late 80's. It was the tail end of the Esprit era when everything was super geometric and colorful with lots of calligraphy and painted (or in this case chalk) swooshes. Hugh Syme is yet again credited as art director and designer. That guy was a walking treasure trove of different art styles. Re: Alex and Geddy's stage moves, at this point the stuff they did together at center stage was always pretty much tongue in cheek. They took that seriously back in the 2112 days, but 10 years later they were obviously well over that kind of thing. By the 80's they'd often mess with each other -- touching the other guy's instrument, telling jokes, making funny faces, doing anything to make it more fun for themselves. Re: the Wal, I totally agree. Peter Collins was responsible for introducing Geddy to the Wal, although he was already a big Jeff Berlin fan so that also pushed him toward that bass. "Into the 80's his style became even Jazzier and Funkier. This is when his Wal had more Mid-presence and his playing style got even faster which was made possible with the Wal's low action and less tensioned lighter gauge strings." More info here: www.talkbass.com/threads/some-geddy-lee-info-about-his-wal-bass-and-jazz-fusion-funk-styles.989376/
I truly love watching these guys live. It's an absolute joy, but it also bums me out that I'll never get the chance to see them again. RIP Neil You will be missed but never ever forgotten.
I'm not sure if that Wikipedia info is entirely correct, especially the "no 70's songs" part: The medley at the end of the show actually _is_ all songs from the 70's! '2112', 'In The Mood', 'Finding Maw Way', 'La Villa Strangiato'.
I'm in the audience! It was a strange concert due to fact that Rush, who were regular visitors to the UK, left a gap of 5 years from 1983 to 1988. Some fans were under the impression that they'd split up, as the last tour was the Signals tour, full of classic songs. Since then, there had been 3 albums where the sound of the band had changed drastically, and there was IMO lukewarm reaction to some of these songs and fans were disappointed at the lack of the 'epics'.
I was there the night before and concur. When they next toured the UK in 1992 (Presto) I was shocked that the venue was approx 1/3 empty... There was something of a resurgence in the 00's ...they were bigger than ever!
I was there too. There was a period when they could only get to Europe every other album. Felt crazy in their latter years when they seemed to be here every 6 months (still feels like their last tour was a couple of years ago).
@@michaellynch2497 had gone to Wembley far too early expecting there to be a few shops. Nothing. By the time I met up with my brother to go in, I was exhausted and half starved. I span out during, I think, Fly By Night and had to get some air and a diet coke. Still felt a bit rough. Great gig otherwise.
Internet, A show of hands video, and we have assumed control T-shirt?🤯. Isn’t it interesting that you ended up liking three out of the four albums from the synth era? As far as the wal bass goes, us drummers can relate. Most of us don’t like the sound of Neils DW set he used in the late 2000s.
really??!! Let me check it out. Thank you for letting me know! It looks like it should be good... DIRKLERXST try all caps if you haven't already. Has anyone here who sees this bought a shirt and used the code and it worked???
I've got a second confirmation the code didn't work.... Ugghhh I'm gonna have to contact the company. I just tried it myself and yeah it's not working...this is not cool. I'm sorry. I'll make a community post when I get it figured out and it works. I'll buy a shirt myself to make sure it does.
As a guitarist, I disagree. I like the Wal simply because the individual notes are distinguishable from each other. The Jazz bleeds them all together into one tone, which has its own place, but not for songs where a person is going crazy essentially playing leads riffs in the thing! But anyway, THIS album is what changed me from "liking Rush" to becoming an actual fan. I heard a lot of the songs thanks to my friends at the time, and thought they were good, but I was listening to a lot of bands that used their "studio magic" to make their playing sound 10 times better than it was. I was sort of in the mindset that Rush sounded good, but it was thanks to all of the mixing and editing in the studio. When I saw them actually play the songs which I thought were impossible to recreate live I became an instant fan.
imo that's a different type of issue. Listen to Jaco play a jazz bass you hear every note he's playing. That's interesting and I get that. Later on in this album I poke the bear regarding how they do things live. This is a great sounding live album of them.
Thanks Jonathan ! Yes that does mean that but Uuuugghhh youre the second person I'm seeing now that it doesn't work which is really not cool. I'm gonna have to email these people or something, I'm not trying to false advertise!
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I hated the camera work on Show Of Hands... too many frenetic changes. Practically makes you seasick. By the way... that little ending is from Cheech and Chong's "Earache my Eye".
I am now 57 years old and I was at the last night of the power windows tour in California in May 1986 at the extinct Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre it was amazing
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In my opinion, it is an absolute joy to watch three virtuoso musicians perform live. Rush live is a masterclass in musicianship, it takes the music to another level.
The bass lines Ged pulls off while singing blows my mind every time!
Rush live performances are always off the charts!!!
Those few notes they play after the flourish at the end are a riff from Cheech & Chong’s “Earache My Eye.”
Tranquillado..
"Earache my eye! How would you like a butt ache!"
😅🤣😂
That always cracked me up. My marching band in high school would subversively slip that phrase into some of our songs at football games. That and the main riff from "Giant Steps".
Now that’s a T-SHIRT MY FRIEND!! 😎😎😎👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is where their songs come alive.
Great times - I was at the Birmingham shows 🤘😎
Me too. Great gig.
I'm enjoying watching Justin bounce back-and-forth.. He's diggin' it!😁
Rush has been my all-time favorite band since 1975 but unfortunately I only got to see them twice. Snakes and Arrows and Clockwork Angels tours. Both fantastic! The sound from three guys is unmatched!
They did three nights in Birmingham, and i attended every one!
That 19 Hz -16Hz bass pedal (where you say oooooohhh!) at the beginning of the solo shakes and vibrates the concrete foundation of my home heater. I am running 2 HSU vtf-15h mk2's and it feels just like that when I felt it live. Sub sonic bass you feel not hear. It knocks the pictures off my walls! ha ha ha
Manhattan Project from this concert has some cool accompanying animation that visually depicts the story of the lyrics.
It seems every song is bumped a notch or three played live. The good songs are great, the great songs are mind blowing live!!
Big Money always sounded great live. Good choice as an opener for this tour. Rush used the Three Stooges Theme for their intro on various tours during this time period. Maybe Signals through HYF. Perhaps even used it before Signals.
I laugh every time I see Neil stop and scratch his head it's so funny
I wonder if this was the first time they were putting in that "earache my eye "riff at the end of the song. I believe over time they attached it to some other stuff as well but this is the first time I remember hearing it
I thought I was THE craziest MOST fanatical RUSH fan UNTIL I went to my first RUSH concert...in my mind I was and am...but wow insane and eye opening. Glad you're back up man.
Saw them this tour 1-24-88, loved it!
Your reactions are genuine and fun. I get a kick out of your facial expressions. That being said, it warms my heart that you seem to genuinely like the band. By that, I mean the quirks. Right down to the promo code of DirkLerxst. Many reactors have done Rush. Most of them enjoy it. Very few actually dive into the band to the level you are. It's very gratifying for long time fans such as myself. It's like you are learning a secret that we've known for a long time.
Cheers!
👍👍🙏🙏
At the very end of the song, during the break before the final chord,
when Neil scratches his head…
Priceless!! Glad to see you back Justin😎
I think that was the riff from "Earache My Eye" at the end.
Rode my bicycle down to Wherehouse music back in the day. Rented this VHS twice! Changed my music life....these 3 dudes were miles above all the crap I was hearing in the 80's...then I dug deep and still going strong in 2023. Thanks Rush wow.
Excellent!! INTERNET!! Love the shirt! Greta performance!! What a beautiful day!! Be well and God bless… from Texas!!
I love the sound of the jazz bass too.
Welcome back to the internet 🙂 I do believe I like the live version of this better than the studio recording.
Lifeson , easily in the top 5 rhythm players ever. Seriously under rated.
Glad you are doing the live versions.
Every time I hear the start of this song it’s always: KEEEYYYBBOOOAAARRDDSS…KEYBOARDS….KEYBOARDS…KEEEYYYBBOOOAAARRDDSS!!!
I know you have a full plate with going through the Rush discography, but you would get a good laugh at some of their concert video skits. When they changed their format to "An Evening with Rush" and stopped having an opening act. They started to add some videos to begin the show or start the second part of the show. The History of Rush part II and the like are pretty funny and they poke fun of themselves for the most part. Just a thought?
Take care ✌
This tour brings back so many memories for me, I was in a rock band at the time and we dressed up and hired a limo to take us to this show in Dallas, the looks we got when we got out and went in was pretty awesome!! Cool ass show man!!
And he's back!
This is one of my favourite songs off Power Windows. I love when Neil stops and scratches his head. LOL Yes, Neil has a goofy side too.
Cheers
back in the saddle, internet.enjoy, i;ll wait for territories, cool concert,over 30 years ago and still badass.🤘🤘🤘
So much better live.
Great reaction! I had that on VHS. Bought it when it came out back then. About the intro music; it's actually NOT the three stooges intro music. Lee said in some interview that they made a "similar" type of music since they could not get the license for the actual music. Geddy: ""It's not the original theme because they won't let you use that," Lee explained. "So I hired my friend, violinist Ben Mink, who's a musician extraordinaire and a very big Three Stooges fan, and we had him recreate the original version. The three hellos you hear at the beginning are the three of us talking to him on the phone."" BTW, in the 2112 intro they messed the editing; Alex´s guitar changes black to white to black to white... :-D Perks of combining different days takes, LOL. Great reactions, keep them coming!
One of the few official live recordings where you can actually hear Alex.
This is going to be fun! I've heard the album but not seen (most of) the videos, so I'm kind of reacting for the first time too.
I had this on VHS. I also had Anthrax's NFV and Iron Maiden's Live after Death VHS. I had these 3 playing in rotation so much I wore them all out lol.
Live After Death has to be one of the best metal concert videos of all time.
Watch for Geddy's chicken dance throughout this concert!
As an old graphic design/illustrator I can confirm the illustration style in the intro was considered super-hip in the late 80's. It was the tail end of the Esprit era when everything was super geometric and colorful with lots of calligraphy and painted (or in this case chalk) swooshes. Hugh Syme is yet again credited as art director and designer. That guy was a walking treasure trove of different art styles.
Re: Alex and Geddy's stage moves, at this point the stuff they did together at center stage was always pretty much tongue in cheek. They took that seriously back in the 2112 days, but 10 years later they were obviously well over that kind of thing. By the 80's they'd often mess with each other -- touching the other guy's instrument, telling jokes, making funny faces, doing anything to make it more fun for themselves.
Re: the Wal, I totally agree. Peter Collins was responsible for introducing Geddy to the Wal, although he was already a big Jeff Berlin fan so that also pushed him toward that bass. "Into the 80's his style became even Jazzier and Funkier. This is when his Wal had more Mid-presence and his playing style got even faster which was made possible with the Wal's low action and less tensioned lighter gauge strings." More info here: www.talkbass.com/threads/some-geddy-lee-info-about-his-wal-bass-and-jazz-fusion-funk-styles.989376/
great info thanks for sharing!
Great song. There's no Rush like live Rush.
That little riff at the end is from Cheech and Chong’s up in smoke…. Just FYI 👍👍👍💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🤘🤘🤘
I truly love watching these guys live. It's an absolute joy, but it also bums me out that I'll never get the chance to see them again. RIP Neil You will be missed but never ever forgotten.
Yes, it took them a year to figure out that choreography! Lol
Very cool shirt!!
I'm not sure if that Wikipedia info is entirely correct, especially the "no 70's songs" part: The medley at the end of the show actually _is_ all songs from the 70's! '2112', 'In The Mood', 'Finding Maw Way', 'La Villa Strangiato'.
❤ ❤... ❤
Great t shirt!
I'm in the audience! It was a strange concert due to fact that Rush, who were regular visitors to the UK, left a gap of 5 years from 1983 to 1988. Some fans were under the impression that they'd split up, as the last tour was the Signals tour, full of classic songs. Since then, there had been 3 albums where the sound of the band had changed drastically, and there was IMO lukewarm reaction to some of these songs and fans were disappointed at the lack of the 'epics'.
I was there the night before and concur. When they next toured the UK in 1992 (Presto) I was shocked that the venue was approx 1/3 empty...
There was something of a resurgence in the 00's ...they were bigger than ever!
I was there too. There was a period when they could only get to Europe every other album. Felt crazy in their latter years when they seemed to be here every 6 months (still feels like their last tour was a couple of years ago).
They never came to Europe on the presto tour !!!
@@neilholding9227 Correct, it was Roll the Bones supported by Primus
@@michaellynch2497 had gone to Wembley far too early expecting there to be a few shops. Nothing. By the time I met up with my brother to go in, I was exhausted and half starved. I span out during, I think, Fly By Night and had to get some air and a diet coke. Still felt a bit rough. Great gig otherwise.
I love the wal bass sound, however, I own 3 jazz basses for a reason.
Was there first time seeing them was not dissapointed
Great live song, alot of drive , good mix of synth and deep riffs , not as tinny as some
Totally agree with the bass opinion. Not a go to tune, but nevertheless a live performance from Rush is always a treat. Thanks JP.
Nice shirt.
Internet, A show of hands video, and we have assumed control T-shirt?🤯. Isn’t it interesting that you ended up liking three out of the four albums from the synth era? As far as the wal bass goes, us drummers can relate. Most of us don’t like the sound of Neils DW set he used in the late 2000s.
Went to buy the shirt but the promo code doesn’t work.😢
really??!! Let me check it out. Thank you for letting me know!
It looks like it should be good... DIRKLERXST try all caps if you haven't already.
Has anyone here who sees this bought a shirt and used the code and it worked???
I've got a second confirmation the code didn't work.... Ugghhh I'm gonna have to contact the company. I just tried it myself and yeah it's not working...this is not cool. I'm sorry. I'll make a community post when I get it figured out and it works. I'll buy a shirt myself to make sure it does.
As a guitarist, I disagree. I like the Wal simply because the individual notes are distinguishable from each other. The Jazz bleeds them all together into one tone, which has its own place, but not for songs where a person is going crazy essentially playing leads riffs in the thing!
But anyway, THIS album is what changed me from "liking Rush" to becoming an actual fan. I heard a lot of the songs thanks to my friends at the time, and thought they were good, but I was listening to a lot of bands that used their "studio magic" to make their playing sound 10 times better than it was. I was sort of in the mindset that Rush sounded good, but it was thanks to all of the mixing and editing in the studio. When I saw them actually play the songs which I thought were impossible to recreate live I became an instant fan.
imo that's a different type of issue. Listen to Jaco play a jazz bass you hear every note he's playing.
That's interesting and I get that. Later on in this album I poke the bear regarding how they do things live. This is a great sounding live album of them.
No drum set Neil played sounded as good as the Ludwigs live. His DW live drum sound is not even close. Listen to these toms.
I bought a shirt 👕 but the discount code wouldn't work 🤷🏻♂️ That's ok though as I hope that just means you get more money 😁
Thanks Jonathan ! Yes that does mean that but Uuuugghhh youre the second person I'm seeing now that it doesn't work which is really not cool. I'm gonna have to email these people or something, I'm not trying to false advertise!
@@JustinPanariello All good, Justin. Sometimes, 💩 happens (haha) I know it wasn't your intent and I'm happy to support 😄
First comment, baby! lol
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I agree, didn't like the Wal either. Didn't have the attack the BP had.
Even though I still enjoy this record, I feel it’s the weakest of Rush’s live albums.
I have to agree!
I hated the camera work on Show Of Hands... too many frenetic changes. Practically makes you seasick. By the way... that little ending is from Cheech and Chong's "Earache my Eye".
I am now 57 years old and I was at the last night of the power windows tour in California in May 1986 at the extinct Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre it was amazing
did they just change the name to that place? Oh I see they demolished it then rebuilt it and name change?! I saw Dead & Co there several years ago.