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What I love most about the Live in Rio dvd is during the opening song "Tom Sawyer", the camera pans to a Brazilian local with his hand clenched together in prayer, thanking God for bring Rush to his homeland. This was Rush's first visit to South America and as an observer you feel the moving moment for that person.
"I went to a soccer match, and a Rush concert broke out!" A few more likely reasons for the washer-dryers on stage: they were washing t-shirts to shoot into the crowd at the end of the show; they were responding to a music critic who had said that seeing a Rush concert was about as boring as doing his laundry; after all those years of performing alongside Alex's hijinks, Geddy wanted to have some fun of his own; he wanted his voice to have that fresh, clean sound; he wanted to prove to his wife that he could multi-task by singing, playing bass, playing keyboards, and doing his laundry at the same time; like all Canadians, they liked their clothes fresh from the dryer. Great reaction; looking forward to Limelight and Side 2! 🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸 🔥 🔥 🔥
If you all haven’t figured it out by now, a lot of those synth sounds are Geddy playing floor pedals. No overdubs or canned audio. Rush does it all over with 3 guys.
Alex and Geddy both loved performing. But Geddy always looked happy on tour. He really enjoyed himself. Alex enjoyed himself too, and loved to goof around on stage. All three of them loved each other. Alex and Geddy have been best friends since they were in school. They still get together and hang out. You were essentially correct about the washing machines or dryers (I could never tell which they were. Maybe both?), but it is only part of the story. Geddy began to wire through the event sound system and no longer needed the amps. Alex on the other hand preferred his huge wall of amps, so Geddy added the washers or dryers on his side to balance out the stage look and as a joke. I think I remember hearing that Geddy joked that the amps looked like washers or dryers which is why he put them out there.
they were dryers because at the end of the concert Geddy and Alex would load up baskets and throw out t-shirts into the crowd. I got a Got Peart t-shirt
From what I understand, Getty switched to an in-ear reference system and did not need the on stage monitors any longer. As the technology caught up to them they started using more triggers so that is probably one of the reasons Niels drum set is missing some of the gear for specialty sounds. They were replaced with a few electronic drum pads and other trigger devices. I believe they all had triggers they were responsable for so that is why you see a lot of foot work form Alex and Getty. They figured out in the late 70's how to make the big sound they have with just the three of them. By the way, in most commonwealth countries, YYZ is pronounced (why why zed) and a fast camero is called a zed 28.
Masterful. Love that version of RB. Alex is always happy to play rhythm/harmonics and let Geddy solo over it. It’s one of the things that makes him a great guitarist and them a great band. Plus I’d like to call out Alex‘s skill bending notes mid run to give emotion instead of just pure shredding, very few can do that as well as he can. Rush on!
Geddy switched to a small amp (really small) that sounded wonderful through the PA system and decided to dump the stacks on stage. But because the stage looked so unbalanced with Alex's stacks, he brought the dryers in as a goof, but that has since morphed into popcorn machines, commercial rotisseries full of chickens, and several other things. Love these goofballs sense of humor!
On one tour Geddy had snack vending machines behind him fully loaded with snacks. You forgot one of the main reasons that Geddy decided to put commercial washing machines behind him…. Because Dirk and Lerxst have a real silly sense of humor. I can’t forget Pratt either. Neil also has a great sense of humor, but Alex and Geddy have a really goofy sense of humor that I love. Who else would stack washing machines behind them in place of the mountain of Ampeg SVT amps and cabinets? Only Geddy. Once line processors got good enough to reproduce the same high treble sound of the SVT 8 10” cabinet, Geddy would plug directly into the main mixing board. Our bassist used the same SVT set up and if you’ve never toted one of those 8 10” speaker cabinets they are a hernia in disguise. Those cabinets were heavier than even the bass cabinets for the forward system, which had one 18” JBL speaker, but that 8 10” were much heavier. I was so happy when we finally were making enough money to hire roadies to do the heavy lifting. When a garage band first leaves the garage, the musicians themselves have to also be the roadies.
@@RoarOfWolverine I didn't forget a damned thing, I just don't type hour-long diatribes out of over the top exuberance.... it's called TMI. What part of "and several other things" were you unhappy about? Not enough detail to satisfy your OCD? (Don't like my response? Don't contaminate my f**king comment. Do your own.) Many of you have some serious validation issues....
You nailed the explanation of the dryers that's exactly what happened. Geddy felt that it was weird looking having all of Alex's amps on one side and nothing on his side so he started thinking of funny things to put on his side to equal the stage out so first there was a vending machine full of Alex's inventions, then came the dryers after that came the rotisserie chickens because there were no hot chicks rushing the stage at rush concerts and then we had popcorn makers. Try to remember if I forgot one lol😂
Great version of RB. This version of YYZ has SOOO much energy. Seeing that crowd and their enthusiasm for finally being able to see Rush live never gets old. The woman and Rush thing really goes back to their 70's sound and music. They really had very few women as fans. That really started to change around Moving Pictures (give or take an album). Yes, when he started connecting directly to the stadium sound he didn't need the huge amps. but wanted something to balance the amps an Alex's side.
Lol!! I first heard Rush in 1976, (2112)..Of ALL the Rush reaction videos I've viewed thius far..It's always the ladies who are content with simply listening & not air drumming, air bassing, air guitaring..✌️
To Dev's point....FYI: I became a Rush fan pre-2112 (1975). There were 0 chicks that got into Rush. As the years went by, there were LOTS of chicks into Rush. I mean LOTS! You could see it at the concerts.
You are correct with the washer and dryer. I believe they actually wash and dry Rush t-shirts during the show and throw them to the audience at the end of the show. On another tour, they had rotisserie chickens in the background. At the end of the show, the chickens were eaten by the crew I believe.
Use fans always suggest this live version of YYZed because the size of the monster crowd and the fact that the fans are so familiar with the material they’re singing along to an instrumental. Where else can you hear that? This was in Rio and the first time Rush had ever toured South America. They weren’t even aware that they had so many fans in those countries, especially since they didn’t speak English as their main language. That was a soccer stadium and was holding a crowd over 60,000 excited Rush fans. This was in 2003! I went to my first Rush concert in 1980, on their Permanent Waves tour and I can’t imagine having to wait until 2003 to finally see them. That Rush concert was the best concert I had ever been to and I saw all of the great bands from the 1970s and 80s. After seeing Rush the first time, I vowed to never miss them again when they came to town. I went to over 30 Rush concerts. I can’t imagine how excited these fans were to finally get to experience Rush live? After being a fan for so many years and then suddenly having a chance to see them, I can see why they were so enthusiastic. Even after so many times I have seen Rush, I still got excited whenever they came to town again and “Rushed” to get tickets.
I remember seeing this tour (R30) at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, CO. At the end of Red Barchetta, in the outtro section, Alex and Geddy started riffing on "Day Tripper" by the Beatles! They threw in a few measures of the main riff, just for fun! We are freaked! Haha!
by the way, its YYZed, since Rush was a Canadian band. YYZ is alo the call symbol for Lester B. Pearson International airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...their hometown
My most loved song of their's and the live version I love the most...just perfect...the setting, the stage, the presentation of the song,the performance and all doing it as if it's so easy and enjoying the hell out of it! Simply the best🤘
Okay so I came to Rush late, having become aware of them in about 2005. I was lucky to have subsequently seen them in the Time Machine tour and Clockwork Angels. With Clockwork Angels I went with my then gf and my eldest daughter. Two things struck me from that amazing evening: 1. How multifaceted the audience was. Men, women, girls and boys of many ages all loving such a fantastic show. 2. How the band played more like best mates in their garage. Incredibly talented and perfectionist musician best mates, of course, but they had so much fun it was wonderful to see. Sure, Geddy's voice isn't quite what it used to be, but he still sings better than me and he was well in his 60s at that point!! In every other way I think they got better and better; seasoned and more skilful, even with the widely reported physical ailments. It still makes me cry when I hear Them play.....RIP Neil. You gave us so much and I thank you for it.
Great reaction! Love these tracks, love these versions. The Rio crowd gave it SO much energy - and indeed, who else besides a rabid football crowd could sing along to an instrumental?!?! I think each member is considered one of the best in their respective instruments. I know Neil Peart is lauded as one of the best rock drummers, Geddy certainly for bass, as is Alex for guitar (although he is sometimes overshadowed by the other two - but make no mistake - his guitar parts add so much texture, atmosphere & rhythm to songs, then he can absolutely shred with the best of them! For me, his versatility is nearly unparalleled!) Others have mentioned, once your done your foray into Moving Pictures, further tracks to check are the Exit Stage Left (live) version of Xanadu, the 'official' video of La Villa Strangiato (which is also live), and their magnum opus, 2112 (there is a great video done in 'graphic novel' format that perfectly displays the story of the song!). Keep the Rush coming!
The stage set for Geddy kept evolving, it started with a refrigerator in '96, then dryers, then a chicken rotisserie, then stampunk/sci-fi stuff to go along with the album theming, etc. This was their first trip to South America, and SA fans a very raucus anyway, so they were ready for Rush.
Best Live Performance RUSH - Xanadu - Live In Montreal 1981 (2021 HD Remaster 60fps) Alex Lifeson - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, pedal synthesizer, volume pedal; Geddy Lee - Vocals, bass guitar, 6 string guitar, foot pedal synthesizer, electric piano/synthesizer; Neil Peart - Lyrics, Drums, orchestra bells, tubular bells, wind chimes, crotales, timbales, timpani, gong, temple blocks, bell tree, triangle, and melodic cowbells. Based on Kubla Khan (Xanadu) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge composed his poem, ‘Kubla Khan’, in a state of semi-conscious trance either in the autumn of 1797 or the spring of 1798 and published in 1816. The whole poem is pervaded by an atmosphere of dream and remains in the form of a vision. The vision embodied in Kubla Khan was inspired by the perusal of the travel book, Purchas His Pilgrimage. Coleridge had taken a dose of opium as an anodyne, and his eyes closed upon the line in the book, “At Zanadu Kubla Khan built a pleasure palace.” But this opened his creative vision, and the poem of about 200 lines was composed in this state of waking dream. On being fully awake, he wrote the poem down. The theme of the poem is unimportant. It describes the palace built by Kubla Khan, the grandson of Chengis Khan, the great rule of central Asia. ua-cam.com/video/2byjJkN_nVY/v-deo.html
I agree 98%. Xanadu live 1981 is a must see. A chance to see them perform while they were at their prime. You have lost 2% when you said Geddy is playing the bass and the 6 string guitar. A common error, because the headstock of the Rickenbaker 12 string guitar is easily mistaken with the head of a 6 string.
@@alainrobillard4300 Geddy's Bass is a 4-string bass and a 6-string guitar: i.pinimg.com/originals/21/a0/f8/21a0f82ea5ea3003a4c2aa171b7f1f35.jpg i.pinimg.com/originals/a7/5c/55/a75c5557d60089cb5cd0f4897ffc6cae.jpg
I'm glad to hear you clear up the proper pronunciation of Barchetta. I'm not remotely Italian, other than my father's line, possibly coming from southwest Germany, only two or three hundred kilometers from Italy. That being said, I've always pronounced the word in my head with the "k" sound rather than the "ch" sound.
The washing machines are for that clean clean *RUSH* sound. Also, if you’re doing live recordings, you need to react to their greatest live performance ever, which is Xanadu from Exit Stage Left.
The Holy Triumvirate is compromised of 3 of the most underrated musicians in History. Eddie Van Halen was once asked in an interview (by Rolling Stone Magazine, if I remember correctly), “How does it feel to be the best guitar player in the world?” His response: “ I don’t know. Go ask Alex Lifeson”…
There were shirts in the dryers personalized to the show with the date I got this shirt from dryer#2 at....... They passed them out during La Villa Strangliata.
I believe a music critic once said listening to Rush was like watching clothes drying. Later in their career they had rotisserie chicken cookers on stage in place of the dryers.
Hey guys Great reaction as always. When I saw them in 2008 (my first Rush gig and it was incredible) they had chickens slowly rotating and roasting in machines alongside the amp racks and during Spirit of Radio a roadie came out and was casually basting the chickens while the band played. They knew how to put on a live show
@@MusicforBusyPeople haha after 2 hours on a high heat those chickens would have been very dry haha I’m pretty sure the washing machines would be emptied at the end of the show and their contents thrown to the watching crowd.
Almost all crowds outside of the US are like this. I'm sure there are some gigs in the US that get a bit wild but most of the crowds I've seen there have been quite reserved.
🤘RUSH🤘just good rocking music 🎶 no masks no make up no egos. Getty and Alex have know each other since they were 13 in high school and have been great friends still to this day getting together regularly for meals and what ever they like to do. Smiles 😃 from Canada 🇨🇦
Your comment about Geddy playing “lead bass” is dead on. Geddy and Chris Squire (of Yes, a major influence) both played incredibly fluent and melodic bass lines.
Keep on diving into more Rush especially some of the live shows DVD's. They've produced seven or eight great DVDs of various concerts. If you ever have an hour and 15 minutes to kill "Beyond the lighted Stage" is a really cool DVD from their beginning when Geddy and Alex were friends going the same shool togetger in 5th grade and all through their 45 years as Rush... and then they did another DVD on their final R40 tour knowing it would be the last tour.... it's also fantastic called Time Stands Still. If you want something quick and funny google dinner with Rush...its just the three of them when their older having dinner and just joking aroubd like they always do. Think about the fact that these guys were best friends in a 3-piece famous band for almost 45 years and remain best friends to this day. So unusual...all three were such good, funny, normal people, each still married with kids to their first and only wife, other than Neil due to his 1st wife's passing after 20 years of marriage less than a year after their only daughter was killed in a one car accidebt driving to her college campus in Canada when she was 19. Neil dealt with a lot of heartache, after he lost both his daughter and wife in less than a year he went in a 4 year motorcycle journey alone to deal with the loss. The band stopped and Geddy and Alex thought ut was the end, but Neil came out the otherside okay and they were back together as best friends and as Rush. An inctedible story.
Just to reiterate what others have said.... Geddy and Alex have been best friends since childhood. You should check out the documentaries on the band. You will see the friendship these 3 had. It was amazing.
Geddy didn't like the feedback from the big speakers behind him, but they thought they has to fill the big empty space so they found the washer kit at a place where they were playing and so it became part of their "equipment". Later they had rotisseries, huge ones.
Yes, Geddy started using the amps that the venue's supplied, but felt the stage looked "unbalanced" against Alex's huge Hughes & Kettner units, hence the dryers, chicken roasters, popcorn machines, etc, etc. As for Neil's kit, that is pretty much what he finished his career with.....maybe a few tiny tweaks. Oh, and there's even one performance where a guy in a full chicken suit comes out to check on the roasters. LOLOL. As always, RIP Professor.
Another fun reaction. Looking forward to when you two get to Rush's earlier albums. 2112, Fly by night, Caress of steel, A Farewell to Kings, etc, etc. Their albums are definitely worth diving into. Take care.
For a hot hot live performance Working man live in Cleveland is a must , See how three guys In their 50s in a three hour concert fire 🔥 🔥 🔥 , This performance is done in three transitions from mellow to kick ass no holding back
10:14 A big part of the tumble dryer joke is that many arena bands used to use rows of fake speaker cabinets and fake amp tops to fill out their stage. Kind of a macho thing. Fact is, you could get up there with a small, 5-watt guitar amp, and a small 15-watt bass amp and sound great, so long as your monitor/sidefill mixer was competent. But it would _look_ lame. There are even companies that manufacture fake Marshall, Ampeg stacks, etc. just for this purpose. KISS used to do it in their early days. Later, Van Halen had a whole elaborate stage set build to look like a futuristic speaker array. The funny part was that Van Halen wouldn't let the opening bands use their stage. When I first saw them, at _The Omni_ in Atlanta, the first concert I got dropped off to to by myself at 13, they had a regional support band open for them on a small stage in front of their stage, which was curtained off, with no lighting rig, just the house lights dimmed halfway. I was up in the nosebleeds-like *_SERIOUSLY_* vertigo-high up and couldn't really see or hear a thing. (The Omni was an oddly designed basketball/hockey arena known for its terrible concert acoustics back then. Especially in the many upper corners like where I was.) The opening band were playing covers, and I knew Van Halen did covers, and heard a swarming mix of mud, since I was up essentially in a bass-trap, was 13, and didn't know better, so I just assumed they were actually Van Halen. (I didn't even know what they looked like as I only had heard them on the radio, and had a copy of Van Halen II on 8-track, with tiny artwork.) When they were done, there was mild applause, and the house lights went up to full, so I was like "Well, I guess that was pretty cool? . . ." and almost got up to leave, until I saw that although many people were leaving their seats, there were just as many coming back, and thought "Oh, I guess that was 'intermission.' Guess they're gonna play some more." So I stayed seated. Then the house lights flashed and dropped to full darkness. (AWHUTTT??!?!?) Then, if I remember right, I heard a tape of some dramatic thing, and once the guitar and drums kicked in for _I'm on Fire,_ the whole arena exploded with light and sound, a humongous *VH* light-wall at the back of the stage, and the cheers from the crowd, now up on their feet, went up 20 dB. It was like a Spielbergian rock & roll UFO had landed, and it literally changed my life, even as bad as my seat was. I'd never seen such a spectacle. I'd on seen Southern Rock bands before, who dressed like they worked at a hardware store. And here was this California "thing," all bright lights, color, and movement, EVH in his red, stripey, "Wicked Witch of the East" stockings, and a singer with a massive, blonde lion's mane doing kung-fu moves and mid-air splits while he nailed the vocals. The circus was officially in town, and in my heart of hearts, I ran away with it. Of course, a lot of bands did continue to use rows of real amps on stage to get their stage volumes, but that's always problematic as every arena has different acoustics, esp. with and without people absorbing reflections in the audience from soundcheck to the performance. So, once monitor/sidefill mixing got sophisticated, people trimmed down their stage rigs, and filled the backgrounds with video screens. So Geddy's joke with the tumble dryers is a callback to that time in arena rock, which makes it all the funnier and greater. They are/were some very funny people some good friends of mine have worked with, over the years. RIP Neil Peart, one of the funniest of the bunch. Anyway, I appreciated the acknowledgment of the mispronunciation of "Barchetta" (and I'm not even Italian!) I like you guys! You're doing good stuff. Enjoyed the reaction, cheers!
There’s a video of their stage being assembled. They have an elaborate chain of speakers on either side of the stage. No need for speaks onstage. It’s fun to watch new music enthusiasts getting their real first doses of Rush music! $100 says you two will be listening this stuff for the rest of your days. These guys are the best in the business as far as I’m concerned. Mike obviously appreciates the musicianship. Dev (Space Girl) will definitely dig the Neil Peart stories. I feel smarter every time it hits me. I’m like, Now I know what he was talking about! I listen to the music and everything as a whole. I’m not trying to figure out exactly what he’s talking about. It’s so above my level of knowledge. Plus, I know you like drummers. You just found thee best drummer to hit the skins! Of all the people in the world. Why him?! He was nothing but good! RIP Professor.
My very first real concert with golden earring opening the show in Albuquerque New Mexico It was amazing. And yes Getty is definitely considered one best bass players ever.
initially Geddy got the washers and dryers put on stage to balance out the visual because of Alex's Marshal stacks on the other side. It became a running joke for over 20 years, lol
The best band :-) The Camera Eye is great from Moving Pictures also.(which I guess I'll check out right now lol). I think Rush should get credit for the term "laughing out loud"
Rush is excellent, and the other 3 member band from Mississauga Ontario is TRIUMPH. There is a debate that Both bands has pluses and minuses but some say TRIUMPH comes out on top, Gil Moore on drums has an angelic voice. Mike Levine on bass/keyboards also sings great. The guitarist Rik Emmett is an un natural tallent on guitar and his voice is a rocker version of Steve Perry. The stage presence is huge and electrifying. Check out Never Surrender, Follow Your Heart, Lay It On The Line.
Both fantastic choices for the songs! Great reactions! While not actual video footage, if you fancy a deep dive, there was a soundboard bootleg from their first tour with Neil that got titled "The Fifth Order of Angels". Really great sound considering it was recorded in the 70s. In particular the track "In The End" off of their Fly by Night album. Love the chunky sound of Geddy's bass in this and you can hear how hungry they are! And then of course there's the countdown ... :D ua-cam.com/video/3AZFW6fD7sc/v-deo.html
You still got it wrong, unfortunately there’s no video footage of it, but the best version of YYZ is the Exit Stage Left Live Album Drum Solo, I will not let this go, y’all better watch it if ya wanna be mind blownt, y’all are great tho, keep up the good work
There are about 4 million reviews of the Rio YYZ performance, and 4 million more of Neil's drum solo in Frankfurt (same concert as you featured here for Red Barchetta). If you want to react to a drum solo by Neil that NEVER gets reacted to, try this performance from the Buddy Rich tribute... ua-cam.com/video/aT9333XiR4U/v-deo.html
The Rush stuff is great, love it, but Presence baby Presence…. It’s all Jimmy on that one and JPJs extra instrumentation is curiously lacking, but it’s Jimmy’s last gasp at guitar compositional genius on the studio albums and some of the sounds he gets on the album are so haunting, it’s a totally underrated album for sure. After that one you can definitely take more of a break lol.
Geddy's voice sounded good through most of his career, but towards the R40 time frame, he was definitely struggling and didn't sound nearly as good. Hard to be too critical though given his age and 40+ years of challenging singing.
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The deeper you dive into Rush you will be amazed at what a truly remarkable band they were.
What I love most about the Live in Rio dvd is during the opening song "Tom Sawyer", the camera pans to a Brazilian local with his hand clenched together in prayer, thanking God for bring Rush to his homeland. This was Rush's first visit to South America and as an observer you feel the moving moment for that person.
very true 👍
"I went to a soccer match, and a Rush concert broke out!"
A few more likely reasons for the washer-dryers on stage: they were washing t-shirts to shoot into the crowd at the end of the show; they were responding to a music critic who had said that seeing a Rush concert was about as boring as doing his laundry; after all those years of performing alongside Alex's hijinks, Geddy wanted to have some fun of his own; he wanted his voice to have that fresh, clean sound; he wanted to prove to his wife that he could multi-task by singing, playing bass, playing keyboards, and doing his laundry at the same time; like all Canadians, they liked their clothes fresh from the dryer. Great reaction; looking forward to Limelight and Side 2!
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If you all haven’t figured it out by now, a lot of those synth sounds are Geddy playing floor pedals. No overdubs or canned audio. Rush does it all over with 3 guys.
World Class ROCK Drummer I lived IT,
Alex and Geddy both loved performing. But Geddy always looked happy on tour. He really enjoyed himself. Alex enjoyed himself too, and loved to goof around on stage. All three of them loved each other. Alex and Geddy have been best friends since they were in school. They still get together and hang out.
You were essentially correct about the washing machines or dryers (I could never tell which they were. Maybe both?), but it is only part of the story. Geddy began to wire through the event sound system and no longer needed the amps. Alex on the other hand preferred his huge wall of amps, so Geddy added the washers or dryers on his side to balance out the stage look and as a joke. I think I remember hearing that Geddy joked that the amps looked like washers or dryers which is why he put them out there.
they were dryers because at the end of the concert Geddy and Alex would load up baskets and throw out t-shirts into the crowd. I got a Got Peart t-shirt
@@jimmyluv10 Great!
Red Barchetta (still) is ridiculously fun to play.
That version of Red Barchetta is insane!
YYZ in Rio is one of the most iconic videos on UA-cam.
What legends! 🤘🤟
From what I understand, Getty switched to an in-ear reference system and did not need the on stage monitors any longer. As the technology caught up to them they started using more triggers so that is probably one of the reasons Niels drum set is missing some of the gear for specialty sounds. They were replaced with a few electronic drum pads and other trigger devices. I believe they all had triggers they were responsable for so that is why you see a lot of foot work form Alex and Getty. They figured out in the late 70's how to make the big sound they have with just the three of them.
By the way, in most commonwealth countries, YYZ is pronounced (why why zed) and a fast camero is called a zed 28.
Masterful. Love that version of RB. Alex is always happy to play rhythm/harmonics and let Geddy solo over it. It’s one of the things that makes him a great guitarist and them a great band. Plus I’d like to call out Alex‘s skill bending notes mid run to give emotion instead of just pure shredding, very few can do that as well as he can. Rush on!
Geddy switched to a small amp (really small) that sounded wonderful through the PA system and decided to dump the stacks on stage. But because the stage looked so unbalanced with Alex's stacks, he brought the dryers in as a goof, but that has since morphed into popcorn machines, commercial rotisseries full of chickens, and several other things. Love these goofballs sense of humor!
On one tour Geddy had snack vending machines behind him fully loaded with snacks. You forgot one of the main reasons that Geddy decided to put commercial washing machines behind him…. Because Dirk and Lerxst have a real silly sense of humor. I can’t forget Pratt either. Neil also has a great sense of humor, but Alex and Geddy have a really goofy sense of humor that I love.
Who else would stack washing machines behind them in place of the mountain of Ampeg SVT amps and cabinets? Only Geddy. Once line processors got good enough to reproduce the same high treble sound of the SVT 8 10” cabinet, Geddy would plug directly into the main mixing board.
Our bassist used the same SVT set up and if you’ve never toted one of those 8 10” speaker cabinets they are a hernia in disguise. Those cabinets were heavier than even the bass cabinets for the forward system, which had one 18” JBL speaker, but that 8 10” were much heavier.
I was so happy when we finally were making enough money to hire roadies to do the heavy lifting. When a garage band first leaves the garage, the musicians themselves have to also be the roadies.
@@RoarOfWolverine I didn't forget a damned thing, I just don't type hour-long diatribes out of over the top exuberance.... it's called TMI. What part of "and several other things" were you unhappy about? Not enough detail to satisfy your OCD? (Don't like my response? Don't contaminate my f**king comment. Do your own.) Many of you have some serious validation issues....
Every rock band *dreams* of an audience becoming an *additional* member of the band.
You nailed the explanation of the dryers that's exactly what happened. Geddy felt that it was weird looking having all of Alex's amps on one side and nothing on his side so he started thinking of funny things to put on his side to equal the stage out so first there was a vending machine full of Alex's inventions, then came the dryers after that came the rotisserie chickens because there were no hot chicks rushing the stage at rush concerts and then we had popcorn makers. Try to remember if I forgot one lol😂
Great version of RB.
This version of YYZ has SOOO much energy. Seeing that crowd and their enthusiasm for finally being able to see Rush live never gets old.
The woman and Rush thing really goes back to their 70's sound and music. They really had very few women as fans. That really started to change around Moving Pictures (give or take an album).
Yes, when he started connecting directly to the stadium sound he didn't need the huge amps. but wanted something to balance the amps an Alex's side.
40,000 Brazilians singing to an instrumental, amazing energy.
YYZ is the airport code for Toronto where the band is from. The audience is chanting YYZ. Check out Spirit of Radio if you haven't already...
Lol!! I first heard Rush in 1976, (2112)..Of ALL the Rush reaction videos I've viewed thius far..It's always the ladies who are content with simply listening & not air drumming, air bassing, air guitaring..✌️
To Dev's point....FYI: I became a Rush fan pre-2112 (1975). There were 0 chicks that got into Rush. As the years went by, there were LOTS of chicks into Rush. I mean LOTS! You could see it at the concerts.
You are correct with the washer and dryer. I believe they actually wash and dry Rush t-shirts during the show and throw them to the audience at the end of the show.
On another tour, they had rotisserie chickens in the background. At the end of the show, the chickens were eaten by the crew I believe.
Use fans always suggest this live version of YYZed because the size of the monster crowd and the fact that the fans are so familiar with the material they’re singing along to an instrumental. Where else can you hear that?
This was in Rio and the first time Rush had ever toured South America. They weren’t even aware that they had so many fans in those countries, especially since they didn’t speak English as their main language. That was a soccer stadium and was holding a crowd over 60,000 excited Rush fans.
This was in 2003! I went to my first Rush concert in 1980, on their Permanent Waves tour and I can’t imagine having to wait until 2003 to finally see them. That Rush concert was the best concert I had ever been to and I saw all of the great bands from the 1970s and 80s. After seeing Rush the first time, I vowed to never miss them again when they came to town. I went to over 30 Rush concerts.
I can’t imagine how excited these fans were to finally get to experience Rush live? After being a fan for so many years and then suddenly having a chance to see them, I can see why they were so enthusiastic. Even after so many times I have seen Rush, I still got excited whenever they came to town again and “Rushed” to get tickets.
I remember seeing this tour (R30) at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, CO. At the end of Red Barchetta, in the outtro section, Alex and Geddy started riffing on "Day Tripper" by the Beatles! They threw in a few measures of the main riff, just for fun! We are freaked! Haha!
by the way, its YYZed, since Rush was a Canadian band. YYZ is alo the call symbol for Lester B. Pearson International airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...their hometown
Simply the best band you will ever hear or see perform live. Absolute master musicians.
Absolutely considered one of the most influential bassists. I'm a bassist of 35+ years and know many bassists. Most all list him as a major influence
My most loved song of their's and the live version I love the most...just perfect...the setting, the stage, the presentation of the song,the performance and all doing it as if it's so easy and enjoying the hell out of it! Simply the best🤘
Awesome, thanks for using my remaster!
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Okay so I came to Rush late, having become aware of them in about 2005. I was lucky to have subsequently seen them in the Time Machine tour and Clockwork Angels.
With Clockwork Angels I went with my then gf and my eldest daughter. Two things struck me from that amazing evening:
1. How multifaceted the audience was. Men, women, girls and boys of many ages all loving such a fantastic show.
2. How the band played more like best mates in their garage. Incredibly talented and perfectionist musician best mates, of course, but they had so much fun it was wonderful to see.
Sure, Geddy's voice isn't quite what it used to be, but he still sings better than me and he was well in his 60s at that point!! In every other way I think they got better and better; seasoned and more skilful, even with the widely reported physical ailments.
It still makes me cry when I hear Them play.....RIP Neil. You gave us so much and I thank you for it.
Great reaction! Love these tracks, love these versions. The Rio crowd gave it SO much energy - and indeed, who else besides a rabid football crowd could sing along to an instrumental?!?!
I think each member is considered one of the best in their respective instruments. I know Neil Peart is lauded as one of the best rock drummers, Geddy certainly for bass, as is Alex for guitar (although he is sometimes overshadowed by the other two - but make no mistake - his guitar parts add so much texture, atmosphere & rhythm to songs, then he can absolutely shred with the best of them! For me, his versatility is nearly unparalleled!)
Others have mentioned, once your done your foray into Moving Pictures, further tracks to check are the Exit Stage Left (live) version of Xanadu, the 'official' video of La Villa Strangiato (which is also live), and their magnum opus, 2112 (there is a great video done in 'graphic novel' format that perfectly displays the story of the song!). Keep the Rush coming!
Thanks for getting back to YYZ in Rio. Also liked the live version of Red Barchetta. I had not seen that one before. Can't wait for side 2.
The stage set for Geddy kept evolving, it started with a refrigerator in '96, then dryers, then a chicken rotisserie, then stampunk/sci-fi stuff to go along with the album theming, etc.
This was their first trip to South America, and SA fans a very raucus anyway, so they were ready for Rush.
Best Live Performance
RUSH - Xanadu - Live In Montreal 1981 (2021 HD Remaster 60fps)
Alex Lifeson - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, pedal synthesizer, volume pedal; Geddy Lee - Vocals, bass guitar, 6 string guitar, foot pedal synthesizer, electric piano/synthesizer; Neil Peart - Lyrics, Drums, orchestra bells, tubular bells, wind chimes, crotales, timbales, timpani, gong, temple blocks, bell tree, triangle, and melodic cowbells.
Based on Kubla Khan (Xanadu) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Coleridge composed his poem, ‘Kubla Khan’, in a state of semi-conscious trance either in the autumn of 1797 or the spring of 1798 and published in 1816. The whole poem is pervaded by an atmosphere of dream and remains in the form of a vision. The vision embodied in Kubla Khan was inspired by the perusal of the travel book, Purchas His Pilgrimage. Coleridge had taken a dose of opium as an anodyne, and his eyes closed upon the line in the book, “At Zanadu Kubla Khan built a pleasure palace.” But this opened his creative vision, and the poem of about 200 lines was composed in this state of waking dream. On being fully awake, he wrote the poem down. The theme of the poem is unimportant. It describes the palace built by Kubla Khan, the grandson of Chengis Khan, the great rule of central Asia.
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I agree 98%. Xanadu live 1981 is a must see. A chance to see them perform while they were at their prime.
You have lost 2% when you said Geddy is playing the bass and the 6 string guitar. A common error, because the headstock of the Rickenbaker 12 string guitar is easily mistaken with the head of a 6 string.
@@alainrobillard4300 Geddy's Bass is a 4-string bass and a 6-string guitar: i.pinimg.com/originals/21/a0/f8/21a0f82ea5ea3003a4c2aa171b7f1f35.jpg
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I'm glad to hear you clear up the proper pronunciation of Barchetta. I'm not remotely Italian, other than my father's line, possibly coming from southwest Germany, only two or three hundred kilometers from Italy. That being said, I've always pronounced the word in my head with the "k" sound rather than the "ch" sound.
One of the coldest reactions to the greatest band that ever existed
The washing machines are for that clean clean *RUSH* sound.
Also, if you’re doing live recordings, you need to react to their greatest live performance ever, which is Xanadu from Exit Stage Left.
The Holy Triumvirate is compromised of 3 of the most underrated musicians in History. Eddie Van Halen was once asked in an interview (by Rolling Stone Magazine, if I remember correctly), “How does it feel to be the best guitar player in the world?” His response: “ I don’t know. Go ask Alex Lifeson”…
Great clarity. Wow…
There were shirts in the dryers personalized to the show with the date
I got this shirt from dryer#2 at.......
They passed them out during La Villa Strangliata.
I believe a music critic once said listening to Rush was like watching clothes drying. Later in their career they had rotisserie chicken cookers on stage in place of the dryers.
Hey guys
Great reaction as always.
When I saw them in 2008 (my first Rush gig and it was incredible) they had chickens slowly rotating and roasting in machines alongside the amp racks and during Spirit of Radio a roadie came out and was casually basting the chickens while the band played. They knew how to put on a live show
I hope the roadies got to eat the chickens after the show
@@MusicforBusyPeople haha after 2 hours on a high heat those chickens would have been very dry haha
I’m pretty sure the washing machines would be emptied at the end of the show and their contents thrown to the watching crowd.
Almost all crowds outside of the US are like this. I'm sure there are some gigs in the US that get a bit wild but most of the crowds I've seen there have been quite reserved.
🤘RUSH🤘just good rocking music 🎶 no masks no make up no egos. Getty and Alex have know each other since they were 13 in high school and have been great friends still to this day getting together regularly for meals and what ever they like to do. Smiles 😃 from Canada 🇨🇦
Best band EVER !!!
Yes Geddy is a Bass legend. They're all virtuosos x they are great pals.
The dryers contained T shirts they would throw into the crowd. YYZ is the airport ID code on the luggage tag in Toronto. Home...
Long live RUSH
Your comment about Geddy playing “lead bass” is dead on. Geddy and Chris Squire (of Yes, a major influence) both played incredibly fluent and melodic bass lines.
Keep on diving into more Rush especially some of the live shows DVD's. They've produced seven or eight great DVDs of various concerts. If you ever have an hour and 15 minutes to kill "Beyond the lighted Stage" is a really cool DVD from their beginning when Geddy and Alex were friends going the same shool togetger in 5th grade and all through their 45 years as Rush... and then they did another DVD on their final R40 tour knowing it would be the last tour.... it's also fantastic called Time Stands Still. If you want something quick and funny google dinner with Rush...its just the three of them when their older having dinner and just joking aroubd like they always do. Think about the fact that these guys were best friends in a 3-piece famous band for almost 45 years and remain best friends to this day. So unusual...all three were such good, funny, normal people, each still married with kids to their first and only wife, other than Neil due to his 1st wife's passing after 20 years of marriage less than a year after their only daughter was killed in a one car accidebt driving to her college campus in Canada when she was 19. Neil dealt with a lot of heartache, after he lost both his daughter and wife in less than a year he went in a 4 year motorcycle journey alone to deal with the loss. The band stopped and Geddy and Alex thought ut was the end, but Neil came out the otherside okay and they were back together as best friends and as Rush. An inctedible story.
Geddy Lee is a Guitar Magazine Hall of Fame bass player, just like his idol, Christopher Squire from Yes.
Just to reiterate what others have said.... Geddy and Alex have been best friends since childhood. You should check out the documentaries on the band. You will see the friendship these 3 had. It was amazing.
Geddy didn't like the feedback from the big speakers behind him, but they thought they has to fill the big empty space so they found the washer kit at a place where they were playing and so it became part of their "equipment". Later they had rotisseries, huge ones.
The Morse Code is for YYZ which they heard on a small plane as they were flying into their hometown of Toronto where YYZ are the airport call letters.
Yes, Geddy started using the amps that the venue's supplied, but felt the stage looked "unbalanced" against Alex's huge Hughes & Kettner units, hence the dryers, chicken roasters, popcorn machines, etc, etc. As for Neil's kit, that is pretty much what he finished his career with.....maybe a few tiny tweaks. Oh, and there's even one performance where a guy in a full chicken suit comes out to check on the roasters. LOLOL. As always, RIP Professor.
Another fun reaction. Looking forward to when you two get to Rush's earlier albums. 2112, Fly by night, Caress of steel, A Farewell to Kings, etc, etc. Their albums are definitely worth diving into. Take care.
Getty and Alex have been best friends for nearly 60 years...of course they still like each other!!
For a hot hot live performance Working man live in Cleveland is a must , See how three guys In their 50s in a three hour concert fire 🔥 🔥 🔥 , This performance is done in three transitions from mellow to kick ass no holding back
Women started showing up at Rush shows at about the 30 year mark.
Music from a better vanished time.
You should listen to their first instrumental from 1978, La Villa Strangiato.
Many of the percussion toys he used to have are built into what looks like an electronic xylophone. Its made by Kat percussion.
La Villa Strangiato Live in Rio has a funny and unique ending.
10:14 A big part of the tumble dryer joke is that many arena bands used to use rows of fake speaker cabinets and fake amp tops to fill out their stage. Kind of a macho thing. Fact is, you could get up there with a small, 5-watt guitar amp, and a small 15-watt bass amp and sound great, so long as your monitor/sidefill mixer was competent. But it would _look_ lame. There are even companies that manufacture fake Marshall, Ampeg stacks, etc. just for this purpose. KISS used to do it in their early days. Later, Van Halen had a whole elaborate stage set build to look like a futuristic speaker array.
The funny part was that Van Halen wouldn't let the opening bands use their stage. When I first saw them, at _The Omni_ in Atlanta, the first concert I got dropped off to to by myself at 13, they had a regional support band open for them on a small stage in front of their stage, which was curtained off, with no lighting rig, just the house lights dimmed halfway. I was up in the nosebleeds-like *_SERIOUSLY_* vertigo-high up and couldn't really see or hear a thing. (The Omni was an oddly designed basketball/hockey arena known for its terrible concert acoustics back then. Especially in the many upper corners like where I was.) The opening band were playing covers, and I knew Van Halen did covers, and heard a swarming mix of mud, since I was up essentially in a bass-trap, was 13, and didn't know better, so I just assumed they were actually Van Halen. (I didn't even know what they looked like as I only had heard them on the radio, and had a copy of Van Halen II on 8-track, with tiny artwork.)
When they were done, there was mild applause, and the house lights went up to full, so I was like "Well, I guess that was pretty cool? . . ." and almost got up to leave, until I saw that although many people were leaving their seats, there were just as many coming back, and thought "Oh, I guess that was 'intermission.' Guess they're gonna play some more." So I stayed seated. Then the house lights flashed and dropped to full darkness. (AWHUTTT??!?!?)
Then, if I remember right, I heard a tape of some dramatic thing, and once the guitar and drums kicked in for _I'm on Fire,_ the whole arena exploded with light and sound, a humongous *VH* light-wall at the back of the stage, and the cheers from the crowd, now up on their feet, went up 20 dB. It was like a Spielbergian rock & roll UFO had landed, and it literally changed my life, even as bad as my seat was. I'd never seen such a spectacle. I'd on seen Southern Rock bands before, who dressed like they worked at a hardware store.
And here was this California "thing," all bright lights, color, and movement, EVH in his red, stripey, "Wicked Witch of the East" stockings, and a singer with a massive, blonde lion's mane doing kung-fu moves and mid-air splits while he nailed the vocals. The circus was officially in town, and in my heart of hearts, I ran away with it.
Of course, a lot of bands did continue to use rows of real amps on stage to get their stage volumes, but that's always problematic as every arena has different acoustics, esp. with and without people absorbing reflections in the audience from soundcheck to the performance. So, once monitor/sidefill mixing got sophisticated, people trimmed down their stage rigs, and filled the backgrounds with video screens.
So Geddy's joke with the tumble dryers is a callback to that time in arena rock, which makes it all the funnier and greater. They are/were some very funny people some good friends of mine have worked with, over the years. RIP Neil Peart, one of the funniest of the bunch.
Anyway, I appreciated the acknowledgment of the mispronunciation of "Barchetta" (and I'm not even Italian!) I like you guys! You're doing good stuff. Enjoyed the reaction, cheers!
There’s a video of their stage being assembled. They have an elaborate chain of speakers on either side of the stage. No need for speaks onstage.
It’s fun to watch new music enthusiasts getting their real first doses of Rush music! $100 says you two will be listening this stuff for the rest of your days. These guys are the best in the business as far as I’m concerned. Mike obviously appreciates the musicianship. Dev (Space Girl) will definitely dig the Neil Peart stories. I feel smarter every time it hits me. I’m like, Now I know what he was talking about! I listen to the music and everything as a whole. I’m not trying to figure out exactly what he’s talking about. It’s so above my level of knowledge. Plus, I know you like drummers. You just found thee best drummer to hit the skins! Of all the people in the world. Why him?! He was nothing but good! RIP Professor.
They tossed T shirts from the dryers to the crowd. I have one. It says "I got this from dryer 3 at the Rush show"
My very first real concert with golden earring opening the show in Albuquerque New Mexico It was amazing. And yes Getty is definitely considered one best bass players ever.
When you get the chance, check out The Pass from the Presto album. It's a song that has literally saved lives.
Rush is like a three man ORCHESTRA!! Few 3 piece bands generated the Music of these 3 virtuosos. 🥁☮☘
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initially Geddy got the washers and dryers put on stage to balance out the visual because of Alex's Marshal stacks on the other side. It became a running joke for over 20 years, lol
It´s impossible to sing along an instrumental song!
Rio crowd:
Hold my beer
The best band :-) The Camera Eye is great from Moving Pictures also.(which I guess I'll check out right now lol). I think Rush should get credit for the term "laughing out loud"
You two should see the documentary on Rush "Beyond the lighted Stage"
Rush is excellent, and the other 3 member band from Mississauga Ontario is TRIUMPH. There is a debate that Both bands has pluses and minuses but some say TRIUMPH comes out on top, Gil Moore on drums has an angelic voice. Mike Levine on bass/keyboards also sings great. The guitarist Rik Emmett is an un natural tallent on guitar and his voice is a rocker version of Steve Perry. The stage presence is huge and electrifying. Check out Never Surrender, Follow Your Heart, Lay It On The Line.
You should check out the documentary Beyond the lighted stage it will give you a great insight into the band and I think you would really enjoy it
Geddy Lee stated that he had to adjusted his vocals as he gotten older.
This is same concert where Neil Peart done his famous drum solo that had over 13 million views on UA-cam.
Before each concert stop, Neil warms up on a smaller drum set
YYZ is the airport code for Toronto's Pearson International Airport.
the dyers remind them as kids jamming in the basement beside the dryers.
Both fantastic choices for the songs! Great reactions!
While not actual video footage, if you fancy a deep dive, there was a soundboard bootleg from their first tour with Neil that got titled "The Fifth Order of Angels". Really great sound considering it was recorded in the 70s. In particular the track "In The End" off of their Fly by Night album. Love the chunky sound of Geddy's bass in this and you can hear how hungry they are!
And then of course there's the countdown ... :D
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You guys love rush check out wheres my thing live with neal pearts drum solo they are gods
You still got it wrong, unfortunately there’s no video footage of it, but the best version of YYZ is the Exit Stage Left Live Album Drum Solo, I will not let this go, y’all better watch it if ya wanna be mind blownt, y’all are great tho, keep up the good work
Geddy learned of his pronunciation error a while after the fact, but figured it was way too late to fix it.
Hell hath no fury like UA-cam commentors when you watch the wrong video. 🤣🤣
Saw Rush numerous times from 1975 onward. In early days there were very few women. Just a bunch of high nerds.
I get the tours mixed up- which is the one that had the gorilla handing out popcorn?
Clockwork Angels 2012?
This guys are not playing any games!❤
2112, that's all I have to say.
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YYZ live in REE-oohhh, nvm
YYZ is Inspirede By Morris Code
There are about 4 million reviews of the Rio YYZ performance, and 4 million more of Neil's drum solo in Frankfurt (same concert as you featured here for Red Barchetta). If you want to react to a drum solo by Neil that NEVER gets reacted to, try this performance from the Buddy Rich tribute... ua-cam.com/video/aT9333XiR4U/v-deo.html
The dryers were smart. Probably doing roadies' laundry
I recommend you react to Lara Fabian in Paris, incredible relationship between artist and audience.
The Rush stuff is great, love it, but Presence baby Presence…. It’s all Jimmy on that one and JPJs extra instrumentation is curiously lacking, but it’s Jimmy’s last gasp at guitar compositional genius on the studio albums and some of the sounds he gets on the album are so haunting, it’s a totally underrated album for sure. After that one you can definitely take more of a break lol.
Appreciate your patience. Some things are worth waiting for, no?
Working Man Live in Cleveland reaction please.
Geddy's voice sounded good through most of his career, but towards the R40 time frame, he was definitely struggling and didn't sound nearly as good. Hard to be too critical though given his age and 40+ years of challenging singing.
The "Z" is pronounced "Zed," and not in the American fashion.
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Red barchetta Is Ferrari super car Model. Geddy lee uncle Red car.
way too much cutting/editing........................ cant really see your true reactions...................................... ♥
2112 in Rio next please. Nobody ever has the courage to react to it.
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Lmao, what are you talking about? Didn't you also say this on another video like a month ago?
@@StickHits so you DO know what I’m talking about.
@@thatsnice99 Actually, I really don't, maybe you can explain, I just know you are making noise
You Should check out By-Tor and the snow dog. Live