"Rush is for grown ups" OMG! that is something I wish I would have said to people that criticized this band and gave me a hard time for being a Rush fan. Great Comment!
Rush has music that everyone can listen to, but it's how their music is heard is where you could see a difference in the age of listeners. There is so much thought and detail put into the music that I think you could discover something different at every listen, but it could become an attention overload for some. #WiseUpAndListenToRush
I like to listen to Rush songs four times each. Once to key on the drums, once to key on the guitar, once to key on the bass and finally, one just because. 😁
The Canadian music scene was dynamic and talented in the 70's and 80's, but was mostly kept in the shade. Even today the maples are more shaded than the mighty oaks.🌳
Been a fan since 1979 and you're absolutely right Red! They're music has been 90% of my playlist since. It's shaped alot of who I am and alot of people don't understand. That's fine, I do
The number of odd time changes in that song are phenomenal. A masterpiece in an overflowing catalog of masterpieces. Adore your reactions and can't wait for 2112. On vinyl, side one is a single story being told. Another example of this is side one of Hemispheres (the first time I heard it at age 12, it nearly shattered my tender psyche, it was so technically marvelous).
Never has there been a better metaphor for class warfare and social injustice ever written! Another strong testament to Neil's prowess as a wordsmith!❤️💙🤘❤️🤘
Or you could say this song was about jealously, or the inevitable failure of regulation, or you could say this was about how enforced equality is destined to fail. Except that when asked what the metaphor or allegory in this song really was, Neil Peart said it was just a song about trees! If you want a still-timely song about social injustice, check out "Witch Hunt." Amazing!
Back in the 1970s, and up until Exit Stage Left, Neil would use actual wood blocks as part of an entire percussion kit also consisting of tubular bells, chimes, and a few other instruments; in later years, he'd simply trigger those sounds on his electeic drum kit, which IMO just doesn't sound the same. If you'd like to hear the original percussion sounds, I'd like to recommend Closer To The Heart, either the official music video or the Exit Stage Left performance, whose lyrics also carry an important message. Have a wonderful evening, and Rush on! 🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸 🐐 🐐 🐐
What makes the lyrics of The Trees so good is that they tell a story that's clearly an allegory, without it being at all clear what the moral of the story is. I've heard it interpreted in many ways, and have about a half-dozen of my own. But in the end, the message of all of them is that we need to figure out a balance to things consciously; because if we don't, like in nature, the balance will be restored in ways that don't pay any heed to the lives of the individuals involved. In short, think about balance, or people will die as a consequence.
You are just a delight! You make us all so happy in how you appreciate and “get” what makes RUSH so special. The Trees are one of my top 3 favorite RUSH songs. To me the different types of trees are representative of different peoples. And how if we don’t try to get along we will all have the same end and that is societal destruction. I still get weepy when I hear the boys. I miss my drumming hero and the lessons he taught us about life. Thank you RH Neighbor♥️
I love this whole album, Hemispheres (1978), one of the top albums for me, but of course I love everything Rush does. The Trees is a really cool song, I love how Geddy sings it and this live performance is even greater than the album version for me. La Villa Strangiato is the next logical song to listen to, it's right after The Trees on the album and it's also one of their best works, an instrumental even. Rush does for you what it does for me, I'm sure of it! lol 😄 Rush has opened my listening style and experience with music.
I hadn't listened to hemispheres for like 20 years, and a couple of months ago i put it on and holy cow.... i honestly think that was the peak of their creativity and power..
Rush... your favorite band's favorite band! You could say that instead of just writing music, they compose it. Every note of every instrument, every word, every pause... very deliberate and has meaning. I've been listening since 1982, and they still affect me with how profound they are. I would suggest the studio version of "2112" to react to because it is in it's origional form and it is performed as they were when they created it. They are awesome live, but to get the full effect of this masterpiece, i believe it is best experienced in it's origional form. Loving your Rush reactions! You have a new sub! 👍
THIS AS ALL THEIR STUFF IS FANTASTIC ❤BIRDS IN THE TREES THAT IS SO COOL AND FROGS ❤ THANK YOU RED FOR BEING THE BEST REACTOR EVER ❤ I LOVE HOW YOU ANALYZE STUFF AND YOU ARE SUCH A INTELLIGENT AND ARTICULATE LADY ❤#reaction #rush #rushreaction #geddylee #alexlifeson #neilpeart #redheadedneighbor #bestreactor ##redsarmy #beautifulfuncountrygirl #28K #heartofgolgwithmetalinhersoul
I first bought 2112 in 1978 when I was thirteen. It had a profound effect on my philosophical development and led me to explore Ayn Rand, starting with Anthem, then Atlas Shrugged and the Fountainhead.
Thank you hon for your reviewing of this incredible band of true brothers! Going forward, I recommend doing the studio album versions, but I just love that you are doing Rush regardless! ❤
SWEEEET!! I've always said studio version first but this is the best version I've seen of this song which is a Top 10 favorite RUSH for me!!! Great Channel Red ♥️ Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
F'n awesome RHN !!!! I started listening to them when I was 10 in 1975 so not really an adult. I was hooked from then on. Can't wait for 2112. It will be great no matter which version you do. Glad you are a new fan of the band. Cheers from the great white north eh !!! 🇨🇦
I love how you show your enthusiasm for Rush's music, just like I did in the mid-eighties when I discovered them and they changed my perception of music. Keep exploring, you won´t regret.
As a RUSH fan sinse 1977 take this advise... Please. Listen to the studio version first. Hear it the way the band released it then go watch a live version. You'll thank me. 😉
Geddy had a lot of triggers he liked to play with.. at the end, probably a shout out to his pups, rip dear fur babies... always loved seeing Alex with his tele, rumor was he wrote a lot of music on it. Can't wait for 2112, but i think my favorite period was A Fairwell to Kings through Moving Pictures. Love everything (well almost) they did but that period was just them at their best before tragedy struck. They have such a deep library, and why they are the soundtrack to my life.
2112 was the first Rush song I heard. I was so blown away and awe inspired. I went out and bought the album. That was in 1978. Instant Rush fan. Trees is one of top 5 favorite songs. Other great songs on the 2112 album Passage to Bangkok & Tears. ❤🔥🌳🌲🤘
A great, relatively short song that showcases what masters these guys were at each of their instruments....and then there's the lyrics making it even more amazing.
You are the perfect Rush reviewer - please keep going. Can't wait for 2112. And yes, Rush are for grown-ups. You have to listen many, many times to fully grasp what they are putting down.
If you do The Garden, make sure you do the live in Dallas from the Clockwork Angels tour. They had a string section on stage for that tour and the performance is magical.
LOVING your Rush reactions! May I suggest watching the animated story version of 2112 to better understand the story and to immerse yourself in it. It’s really well done. I’m going to see a laser show at our planetarium tomorrow night that features the entire 2112 album - cannot wait ✌🏻
Thank you for this one. I was one of the people who requested it and this particular performance. I feel The Trees doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. I’ve always seen it as a metaphor for class struggle. The “hatchet, axe and saw” could mean death as we are all equal in the eyes of the Grim Reaper. Then there is the metaphor about Canada (I’m Canadian) and the USA. On another note, I still have my original vinyl of 2112 and I was listening to it yesterday.
Ahoy young lady, another great reaction to the masters, I can't remember seeing you reacting to, "THE CAMERA EYE", yet ??? from their 'Moving Picture's', album. Obviously it's another master piece so be carefull when you try it. Prepare a nice chair and a tea or coffee for 2112, your feet are gonna leave the ground. Three cheers to you many thanks
I grew up in eastern Toronto at a time when Rush was one of the sought-after bands we got to play at our high school. Rarely saw them live after that until in the 90s when I saw them again in Toronto, where they pretty much liquified my insides at the Air Canada center. It was really bad accoustics, but I do love the band, as many songs reflected growing up in suburbia at that time. I have also become a Nightwish fan more recently.
Heh, yeah I knew this would be controversial. Some people like how the comic book version hand-holds the reactor through it, others figure that they should work it on out their own, and/or that the comic book portrayal cheapens the story. I think it'll be OK whatever she does, however, in the end it's still 2112.
Again great reacción, Shen you do 2112, the best for you Is the cómic boom versión and also have the lirycs close. I'm Shure that you be amazing and speechless. Love your reactions
I agree. For a reaction video, the comic book version is the best for all to view. If you are alone and listening for the first time, I recommend just getting the studio album and a lyric sheet
So fired up to see you're going to do 2112! Again the original version off the album is the one you should do with the animation video. You get the entire song with the words, it's really awesome the way they did it! You can always do live versions after you here the album version, but they leave out parts of the song when they do it live. You shouldn't feel pressure! It's RUSH! They make life beautiful!
You’ll appreciate the Garden - but be prepared that it has an element of sentimentality to it. It was the last song on their last studio album and has a very moving message. It will MOVE you… and maybe bring on a tear… as it did with me when I saw them for the very last time (saw them 5 or 6 times) before Neil’s passing. It was a perfect swan song. I really like your Rush reactions and it impresses me that you have gravitated to Rush so intensely. Reminds me of… ME! My life was changed when I first heard the Spirit of Radio… early in the wee hours of the morning on my paper route in 1980. I heard the song in a block of songs… so when they didn’t announced the song title, I raced home and called the radio station - because I HAD TO KNOW who performed it. They influenced my life in many ways. I know it is hard to listen to the trees for the 1st time and get the lyrics so I would urge you to listen to it again - studying the lyrics… because they are brilliant. Rush is certainly “essential listening” - to my musical taste.
I gave the lyrics for this song to my mom when the album came out. She was a junior high english teacher and she posted them in her classroom. Both poetry and societal commentary
Yes Rush is the meat and potatoes of rock and roll.They are also the greatest rock band that ever was or ever will be. Yes please listen to the Garden you wont be sorry but you may shed a tear that song is beautiful as are you. SO beautiful.
Ah yes, the Queen is holding court again. Splendid. Eventually you will want to do The Garden. The recorded in Dallas with the strings ensemble is the best version. A ballad and message for our times and yes, us grownups... and dreamers. Have fun with 2112.
I hope you see the many comments for “The Garden”. 2112… the very first song I listened to by this amazing band. Blew me away! You’re in for a treat with 2112. As a tribute to my introduction to Rush it’s part of my email address! As for “The Garden” have a hankie ready Peace out
Thank you :) don't be afraid of 2112, it's literally a move that unfolds in your head.. read the lyrics along... Personally i wouldn't do the animated video (the ending is wrong as far as i'm concerned) but it's all interpretation... P.S.... be afraid of hemispheres, not 2112 :) Do you read the lyrics when you watch these? really should with rush :) every song is a story...
The more times you hear a Rush song the more you understand what it means to you. It’s like digging for treasure only every time you dig you find new treasures. ✌️😎💕
Saw this at Glasgow Apollo (sadly gone now) in 1980 (I think?, was a long time ago!), but do recall my voice will be somewhere in the mix of Exit Stage Left ❤
When you do the Garden, please do the LIVE version from Time Machine tour. It is Neil's heartfelt lyrical masterpiece and was the last song on the last album and is the greatest ending to the best there ever was. Cheers! 😎
Old School RUSH, The Trees! 🙂 🌳🌲2112 is an absolute must! Don’t worry, it’s one of the very best concept albums of all time even though it’s only half concept (the first side of the record) You are going to love it, it’s so different from everything else, even in their own catalog! You never forget the first time you listen to 2112! I was 13 years old when I did, not long after it came out. Looking at the cover art alone the first time, I knew that this was something special. It’s a thing, a very RUSH thing. It might be THE MOST RUSH Thing. I predict you using the word WOW more than once. 😁👍 It’s a cool ride.
It's just occurred to me that every Rush song is interesting. There's always something going on, transitions, time changes, left turns, you name it. As you said you need some teeth in your mouth to appreciate Rush. Or indeed to have once had teeth in your mouth. 😂
Masters at work. Everything they do is carefully thought of. They often said that they always ask themselves if what they'd like to do really serves the song. If not, they'd leave it out.
I’m sure you will love “The Garden” by Rush from The Clockwork Angels Tour. The last song from de last album “For example, when these virtuoso artists on violin, viola, cello, and double-bass executed David’s plangent orchestration for ‘The Garden,’ there was not a dry eye in the studio.” Neil Peart
Love the trees, as @robchehowski4281 states it's now a intelligent" person band", lots of smart Rush gals out there. Natural Science, Jacobs Ladder, the wreckers, the anarchist...hint hint ❤
Rush music and lyrics is timeless in my mind, it's music I was captivated by at age 13 and still am at 58 and to my mind's ears it still sounds as fresh and interesting and has not dated like classical music, it will never get beyond its sell by date as it does not have one being pretty unique.
I wish that you had reacted to the official video because that is when they initially wrote it. I like to see the music of the time. This video is decades later. Still cool no doubt, but different. Please do not be intimidated by reacting to 2112. Once you experience the beautiful production and performance, you will realize that it is the quickest 20 minutes of your life. It will go by so fast and you will experience so many emotions along the way. Enjoy your ride and thanks again for what you do.
Good reaction………….CANADIAN GINGER 😜😜. I enjoyed your face while you were listening the song. I think now I put more attention to this version than before when this came out. Rush has been one of my music pillars since 1981( long long ago ) I was 12 when I started to listen and put my attention to other bands besides Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple ( the food and fight) for many of my generation, the constant war. This kind of music healed me a lot in my culture war. I’m a black male and I never liked the Cuban folk music so the rock music was and still is my medicine against the odds. It was too difficult for many of us to change the patterns in a Spanish speaking country where the Capitalist foreign music was the target for the Government and the whole country. Now after so many years I realize how in danger were the parents of many of us at the time of doing some parties or even in jamming times listening music with my friends. Those times for me were priceless and I so happy that my sons took the same path as me. LONG LIVE TO ROCK 🎸 🤘🤘‼️😈😈 🇨🇦 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️❤️😘😘
There’s another singers and band from Canada 🇨🇦 that I think you should try like Loverboy, Bryan Adams from the same period of time. Maybe now you are too excited to know that are many representing your own country but…………… catch this………..at the time when I was listened on the radio 40 years ago the host didn’t say “ this guy is from……. no”. For me every single person or group were the same…….. musicians, performers, entertainers. They made my day/ moment while listening or at any party. I never classify musicians by countries because the music is in everywhere 🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️❤️🎵🎵🎵🎵🤘🤘
2112 will feature the screechier side of Geddy's voice, but the complex story makes up for that. There is an excellent video version on UA-cam portraying it as an animated comic strip. It doesn't detract from the music at all, and I think it helps convey the story .
Nice reaction. Any version of The Trees is great, I especially love the one that's led into by Brooms Bane on their 1981 moving pictures tour. Did you do La Villa Strangiato yet?
I hope you see the many comments for “The Garden”. 2112… the very first song I listened to by this amazing band. Blew me away! You’re in for a treat with 2112. As a tribute to my introduction to Rush it’s part of my email address!
You should check out Alex's acoustic solo "Broon's Bane." It's the 1:09 intro to The Trees on Exit Stage Left. You will cry when you do The Garden, so have a hanky ready.
being an introvert and an outsider who could not conform and was cast out i would recommend the animated version because getty does a beautiful job with lyrics
If you love this one The Garden will melt your face. Like "The Trees" it changes your prospective, take a few steps back and look at society or yourself in a bigger picture. I think you will fall in love with The Garden because it's more introspective and has a way of morphing as your journey in life does, had a tough day put your headphone's on and play "The Garden" It is what it is and whatever Time is still the infinite jest
2112, the album was a turning point , it came after Caress of Steel, which was not well received. The record Co. wanted them making radio frendly songs, but the band decided were doing it our way, after 2112 the record co. never bothered RUSH again.
Rush was always called the thinking man's rock band.
Neil is considered your drummers favorite drummer! He's called The Professor because he puts on a clinic every time he does a show!
"Rush is for grown ups" OMG! that is something I wish I would have said to people that criticized this band and gave me a hard time for being a Rush fan. Great Comment!
I believe they are the only political lyrics Neil ever wrote. They are the best band in the world. Even in retirement. ❤
Awesome song, listen to the lyrics carefully , there is a social statement in this song
Rush has music that everyone can listen to, but it's how their music is heard is where you could see a difference in the age of listeners. There is so much thought and detail put into the music that I think you could discover something different at every listen, but it could become an attention overload for some.
#WiseUpAndListenToRush
I like to listen to Rush songs four times each. Once to key on the drums, once to key on the guitar, once to key on the bass and finally, one just because. 😁
Jajaja 🤣🤣... creí que era la única que hacía eso!!! ❤
BECAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, YOU MAY GET IT!!!! one of my favorite RUSH songs, lyrics and music.
You've hit the nail on the head with your comment about having to listen multiple times to Rush! Nothing will prepare you for 2112!
The Canadian music scene was dynamic and talented in the 70's and 80's, but was mostly kept in the shade. Even today the maples are more shaded than the mighty oaks.🌳
I feel like Trees is actually an excellent preparation for 2112.
Coolest song EVER about Trees universal themes and subjects that have always been and will always be.🤘🖖✌️🎸🥁🎤🎹
Been a fan since 1979 and you're absolutely right Red! They're music has been 90% of my playlist since. It's shaped alot of who I am and alot of people don't understand. That's fine, I do
The number of odd time changes in that song are phenomenal. A masterpiece in an overflowing catalog of masterpieces. Adore your reactions and can't wait for 2112. On vinyl, side one is a single story being told. Another example of this is side one of Hemispheres (the first time I heard it at age 12, it nearly shattered my tender psyche, it was so technically marvelous).
Never has there been a better metaphor for class warfare and social injustice ever written! Another strong testament to Neil's prowess as a wordsmith!❤️💙🤘❤️🤘
Or you could say this song was about jealously, or the inevitable failure of regulation, or you could say this was about how enforced equality is destined to fail. Except that when asked what the metaphor or allegory in this song really was, Neil Peart said it was just a song about trees! If you want a still-timely song about social injustice, check out "Witch Hunt." Amazing!
Back in the 1970s, and up until Exit Stage Left, Neil would use actual wood blocks as part of an entire percussion kit also consisting of tubular bells, chimes, and a few other instruments; in later years, he'd simply trigger those sounds on his electeic drum kit, which IMO just doesn't sound the same. If you'd like to hear the original percussion sounds, I'd like to recommend Closer To The Heart, either the official music video or the Exit Stage Left performance, whose lyrics also carry an important message. Have a wonderful evening, and Rush on!
🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸 🐐 🐐 🐐
What makes the lyrics of The Trees so good is that they tell a story that's clearly an allegory, without it being at all clear what the moral of the story is. I've heard it interpreted in many ways, and have about a half-dozen of my own. But in the end, the message of all of them is that we need to figure out a balance to things consciously; because if we don't, like in nature, the balance will be restored in ways that don't pay any heed to the lives of the individuals involved. In short, think about balance, or people will die as a consequence.
Liking the shirt 😎
IMHO, want early days Rush live. 2112 live at Capitol 1976
Great reaction and a video I've never seen.😮😮😮😮😊😊😊
You are just a delight! You make us all so happy in how you appreciate and “get” what makes RUSH so special.
The Trees are one of my top 3 favorite RUSH songs. To me the different types of trees are representative of different peoples. And how if we don’t try to get along we will all have the same end and that is societal destruction. I still get weepy when I hear the boys. I miss my drumming hero and the lessons he taught us about life. Thank you RH Neighbor♥️
I love this whole album, Hemispheres (1978), one of the top albums for me, but of course I love everything Rush does. The Trees is a really cool song, I love how Geddy sings it and this live performance is even greater than the album version for me. La Villa Strangiato is the next logical song to listen to, it's right after The Trees on the album and it's also one of their best works, an instrumental even. Rush does for you what it does for me, I'm sure of it! lol 😄 Rush has opened my listening style and experience with music.
I hadn't listened to hemispheres for like 20 years, and a couple of months ago i put it on and holy cow.... i honestly think that was the peak of their creativity and power..
Rush... your favorite band's favorite band! You could say that instead of just writing music, they compose it. Every note of every instrument, every word, every pause... very deliberate and has meaning. I've been listening since 1982, and they still affect me with how profound they are.
I would suggest the studio version of "2112" to react to because it is in it's origional form and it is performed as they were when they created it. They are awesome live, but to get the full effect of this masterpiece, i believe it is best experienced in it's origional form.
Loving your Rush reactions! You have a new sub! 👍
THIS AS ALL THEIR STUFF IS FANTASTIC ❤BIRDS IN THE TREES THAT IS SO COOL AND FROGS ❤ THANK YOU RED FOR BEING THE BEST REACTOR EVER ❤ I LOVE HOW YOU ANALYZE STUFF AND YOU ARE SUCH A INTELLIGENT AND ARTICULATE LADY ❤#reaction #rush #rushreaction #geddylee #alexlifeson #neilpeart #redheadedneighbor #bestreactor ##redsarmy #beautifulfuncountrygirl #28K #heartofgolgwithmetalinhersoul
I first bought 2112 in 1978 when I was thirteen.
It had a profound effect on my philosophical development and led me to explore Ayn Rand, starting with Anthem, then Atlas Shrugged and the Fountainhead.
Thank you hon for your reviewing of this incredible band of true brothers! Going forward, I recommend doing the studio album versions, but I just love that you are doing Rush regardless! ❤
SWEEEET!! I've always said studio version first but this is the best version I've seen of this song which is a Top 10 favorite RUSH for me!!! Great Channel Red ♥️ Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
@@allengray5748 2112 at a planetarium. That would be awesome.
F'n awesome RHN !!!! I started listening to them when I was 10 in 1975 so not really an adult. I was hooked from then on. Can't wait for 2112. It will be great no matter which version you do. Glad you are a new fan of the band. Cheers from the great white north eh !!! 🇨🇦
Funny. You nailed the birds. Neil is a full blow Birder… dude loves birds 😎❤️
I love how you show your enthusiasm for Rush's music, just like I did in the mid-eighties when I discovered them and they changed my perception of music. Keep exploring, you won´t regret.
As a RUSH fan sinse 1977 take this advise... Please. Listen to the studio version first. Hear it the way the band released it then go watch a live version. You'll thank me. 😉
Geddy had a lot of triggers he liked to play with.. at the end, probably a shout out to his pups, rip dear fur babies... always loved seeing Alex with his tele, rumor was he wrote a lot of music on it. Can't wait for 2112, but i think my favorite period was A Fairwell to Kings through Moving Pictures. Love everything (well almost) they did but that period was just them at their best before tragedy struck. They have such a deep library, and why they are the soundtrack to my life.
2112 was the first Rush song I heard. I was so blown away and awe inspired. I went out and bought the album. That was in 1978. Instant Rush fan. Trees is one of top 5 favorite songs. Other great songs on the 2112 album Passage to Bangkok & Tears. ❤🔥🌳🌲🤘
Love your reactions, thank you and cant wait for 2112
Hear! Hear! The 2112 reaction will be epic!
A great, relatively short song that showcases what masters these guys were at each of their instruments....and then there's the lyrics making it even more amazing.
when you have a chance, listen to la villa strangiato ....im sure you will love it
Those concerts were something else! They Really were! RUSH Night was special. No dummies in a RUSH crowd.
Going to sneak these in to satisfy the tree spirits. You're welcome. LOL “Passage to Bangkok” and “By Tor and The Snow Dog”. :)
You are the perfect Rush reviewer - please keep going. Can't wait for 2112. And yes, Rush are for grown-ups. You have to listen many, many times to fully grasp what they are putting down.
If you do The Garden, make sure you do the live in Dallas from the Clockwork Angels tour. They had a string section on stage for that tour and the performance is magical.
Bet my house you’ll tear up
The final masterpiece from the master song writer.
Ok let's go gorgeous redhead neighbor is reacting to rush again so sit back and enjoy the ride with rush. Cheers Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️❤️🍻
Yes, Rush is for grownups...INTELLIGENT grownups! So many of their songs have some deeper meaning to them.
Neil said of this song, what if trees acted like people.
Fabulous song!❤❤❤
I highly recommend “A Farewell to Kings” too. It also has a very important message.
LOVING your Rush reactions! May I suggest watching the animated story version of 2112 to better understand the story and to immerse yourself in it. It’s really well done.
I’m going to see a laser show at our planetarium tomorrow night that features the entire 2112 album - cannot wait ✌🏻
Most live versions don't even play the whole song. Not good for a first time listen...you don't get to experience it in its entirety.
Thank you for this one. I was one of the people who requested it and this particular performance. I feel The Trees doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. I’ve always seen it as a metaphor for class struggle. The “hatchet, axe and saw” could mean death as we are all equal in the eyes of the Grim Reaper.
Then there is the metaphor about Canada (I’m Canadian) and the USA.
On another note, I still have my original vinyl of 2112 and I was listening to it yesterday.
Thank you. I have never heard this version.
See? I KNEW you'd ❤ this one! 😉 Rush is a thinking man's game...🧠
For being just three people the sounds that they produce absolutely astonished me they are so good at the changes❤
ANIMATE from the same concert,,,, masterfull,,,,,,keep rockin,,,,,🤘🤘🤘
Ahoy young lady, another great reaction to the masters, I can't remember seeing you reacting to, "THE CAMERA EYE", yet ??? from their 'Moving Picture's', album. Obviously it's another master piece so be carefull when you try it. Prepare a nice chair and a tea or coffee for 2112, your feet are gonna leave the ground. Three cheers to you many thanks
I grew up in eastern Toronto at a time when Rush was one of the sought-after bands we got to play at our high school. Rarely saw them live after that until in the 90s when I saw them again in Toronto, where they pretty much liquified my insides at the Air Canada center. It was really bad accoustics, but I do love the band, as many songs reflected growing up in suburbia at that time. I have also become a Nightwish fan more recently.
Excellent reaction as always! The only difficulty you will encounter with 2112 is selecting the version for the reaction. Enjoy!
The best one for a newby is the comic book version. Its easier to understand the story and still take in the music. 😊
@@Fred-vy1hm Nope.
Heh, yeah I knew this would be controversial. Some people like how the comic book version hand-holds the reactor through it, others figure that they should work it on out their own, and/or that the comic book portrayal cheapens the story. I think it'll be OK whatever she does, however, in the end it's still 2112.
Again great reacción, Shen you do 2112, the best for you Is the cómic boom versión and also have the lirycs close.
I'm Shure that you be amazing and speechless.
Love your reactions
I agree. For a reaction video, the comic book version is the best for all to view. If you are alone and listening for the first time, I recommend just getting the studio album and a lyric sheet
So fired up to see you're going to do 2112! Again the original version off the album is the one you should do with the animation video. You get the entire song with the words, it's really awesome the way they did it! You can always do live versions after you here the album version, but they leave out parts of the song when they do it live. You shouldn't feel pressure! It's RUSH! They make life beautiful!
I play a gibson les paul standard model iced tea for nearly three years now. Fantastic guitar.
You’ll appreciate the Garden - but be prepared that it has an element of sentimentality to it.
It was the last song on their last studio album and has a very moving message.
It will MOVE you… and maybe bring on a tear… as it did with me when I saw them for the very last time (saw them 5 or 6 times) before Neil’s passing.
It was a perfect swan song.
I really like your Rush reactions and it impresses me that you have gravitated to Rush so intensely. Reminds me of… ME!
My life was changed when I first heard the Spirit of Radio… early in the wee hours of the morning on my paper route in 1980.
I heard the song in a block of songs… so when they didn’t announced the song title, I raced home and called the radio station - because I HAD TO KNOW who performed it.
They influenced my life in many ways. I know it is hard to listen to the trees for the 1st time and get the lyrics so I would urge you to listen to it again - studying the lyrics… because they are brilliant.
Rush is certainly “essential listening” - to my musical taste.
I gave the lyrics for this song to my mom when the album came out. She was a junior high english teacher and she posted them in her classroom. Both poetry and societal commentary
You got it... Thinking music
When they recorded this for the album, went outside with a mic to grab the birdies and frogs, too fun, too cool, too masterpiece.
Love your Rush reactions, and your genuineness👍👍🔥🔥🔥
Yes Rush is the meat and potatoes of rock and roll.They are also the greatest rock band that ever was or ever will be.
Yes please listen to the Garden you wont be sorry but you may shed a tear that song is beautiful as are you. SO beautiful.
rush makes you feel, that's the best way i can describe it.
Ah yes, the Queen is holding court again. Splendid. Eventually you will want to do The Garden. The recorded in Dallas with the strings ensemble is the best version. A ballad and message for our times and yes, us grownups... and dreamers. Have fun with 2112.
I hope you see the many comments for “The Garden”.
2112… the very first song I listened to by this amazing band. Blew me away! You’re in for a treat with 2112. As a tribute to my introduction to Rush it’s part of my email address! As for “The Garden” have a hankie ready Peace out
Thank you :)
don't be afraid of 2112, it's literally a move that unfolds in your head.. read the lyrics along... Personally i wouldn't do the animated video (the ending is wrong as far as i'm concerned) but it's all interpretation...
P.S.... be afraid of hemispheres, not 2112 :)
Do you read the lyrics when you watch these? really should with rush :) every song is a story...
The endings better in the comic book version imo. At least our dude survives. 😊
@@Fred-vy1hm spoiler :( but yeah, hope she doesn't see that before watching
NO COMIC VIDEO! Just soak in the music and fig the story out later
One of my favorites and the song which taught me they had a twisted sense of humor!
I used to sing it as a lullaby to my sons when they were young :)
Rush is one of those bands that nourishes the mind, for sure. looking forward to seeing your take on other Rush songs, they are my favorite band.
Well said. Rush is intelligent music for intelligent people!
The more times you hear a Rush song the more you understand what it means to you. It’s like digging for treasure only every time you dig you find new treasures.
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The mapples and the oaks .... Canada and the US .... worthwhile lyrics
Oaks = English Canadians Maples = French Canadians (minority)
Many have said RUSH is the thinking man's progressive rock.
That's some nerdy ass rock!!!!!!! And it is awesome.
Saw this at Glasgow Apollo (sadly gone now) in 1980 (I think?, was a long time ago!), but do recall my voice will be somewhere in the mix of Exit Stage Left ❤
Rush and Nightwish are both for thinkers!🤘🎸
When you do the Garden, please do the LIVE version from Time Machine tour. It is Neil's heartfelt lyrical masterpiece and was the last song on the last album and is the greatest ending to the best there ever was. Cheers! 😎
Amazing how 3 boys from Toronto can make so much noise.
Came for the music, stayed for the story.
Oh, and the look on your face when he said "hatchet"... priceless... lol
Old School RUSH, The Trees! 🙂 🌳🌲2112 is an absolute must! Don’t worry, it’s one of the very best concept albums of all time even though it’s only half concept (the first side of the record) You are going to love it, it’s so different from everything else, even in their own catalog! You never forget the first time you listen to 2112! I was 13 years old when I did, not long after it came out. Looking at the cover art alone the first time, I knew that this was something special. It’s a thing, a very RUSH thing. It might be THE MOST RUSH Thing. I predict you using the word WOW more than once. 😁👍
It’s a cool ride.
It's just occurred to me that every Rush song is interesting. There's always something going on, transitions, time changes, left turns, you name it. As you said you need some teeth in your mouth to appreciate Rush. Or indeed to have once had teeth in your mouth. 😂
Masters at work. Everything they do is carefully thought of. They often said that they always ask themselves if what they'd like to do really serves the song. If not, they'd leave it out.
I’m sure you will love “The Garden” by Rush from The Clockwork Angels Tour. The last song from de last album
“For example, when these virtuoso artists on violin, viola, cello, and double-bass executed David’s plangent orchestration for ‘The Garden,’ there was not a dry eye in the studio.” Neil Peart
Keep the tissues at hand.
@@williamdemerchant7295 for sure
Ah yes! That Gorgeous Fly by Night Tee! ❤ 😂 Omg Heaven! On you of course.. silly! 😂 😅 ❤
It is interesting that the lyrics is written one way to convey a message.
Love the trees, as @robchehowski4281 states it's now a intelligent" person band", lots of smart Rush gals out there. Natural Science, Jacobs Ladder, the wreckers, the anarchist...hint hint ❤
Rush's music is as you basically said, intelligent!! Musically and lyrically! R.I.P. Professor....
Rush music and lyrics is timeless in my mind, it's music I was captivated by at age 13 and still am at 58 and to my mind's ears it still sounds as fresh and interesting and has not dated like classical music, it will never get beyond its sell by date as it does not have one being pretty unique.
RUSH Shows a level of maturity in small ways...
I wish that you had reacted to the official video because that is when they initially wrote it. I like to see the music of the time. This video is decades later. Still cool no doubt, but different.
Please do not be intimidated by reacting to 2112. Once you experience the beautiful production and performance, you will realize that it is the quickest 20 minutes of your life. It will go by so fast and you will experience so many emotions along the way. Enjoy your ride and thanks again for what you do.
Good reaction………….CANADIAN GINGER 😜😜.
I enjoyed your face while you were listening the song.
I think now I put more attention to this version than before when this came out.
Rush has been one of my music pillars since 1981( long long ago ) I was 12 when I started to listen and put my attention to other bands besides Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple ( the food and fight) for many of my generation, the constant war.
This kind of music healed me a lot in my culture war.
I’m a black male and
I never liked the Cuban folk music so the rock music was and still is my medicine against the odds.
It was too difficult for many of us to change the patterns in a Spanish speaking country where the Capitalist foreign music was the target for the Government and the whole country.
Now after so many years I realize how in danger were the parents of many of us at the time of doing some parties or even in jamming times listening music with my friends.
Those times for me were priceless and I so happy that my sons took the same path as me.
LONG LIVE TO ROCK 🎸 🤘🤘‼️😈😈
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There’s another singers and band from Canada 🇨🇦 that I think you should try like Loverboy, Bryan Adams from the same period of time.
Maybe now you are too excited to know that are many representing your own country but…………… catch this………..at the time when I was listened on the radio 40 years ago the host didn’t say “ this guy is from……. no”.
For me every single person or group were the same…….. musicians, performers, entertainers. They made my day/ moment while listening or at any party.
I never classify musicians by countries because the music is in everywhere
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2112 will feature the screechier side of Geddy's voice, but the complex story makes up for that. There is an excellent video version on UA-cam portraying it as an animated comic strip. It doesn't detract from the music at all, and I think it helps convey the story .
Nice reaction. Any version of The Trees is great, I especially love the one that's led into by Brooms Bane on their 1981 moving pictures tour. Did you do La Villa Strangiato yet?
Zero pressure. Just hanging out to relive these first experiences. Great watch along and looking forward to 2112.
I hope you see the many comments for “The Garden”.
2112… the very first song I listened to by this amazing band. Blew me away! You’re in for a treat with 2112. As a tribute to my introduction to Rush it’s part of my email address!
This has always been a favorite Rush song of mine.
You should check out Alex's acoustic solo "Broon's Bane." It's the 1:09 intro to The Trees on Exit Stage Left.
You will cry when you do The Garden, so have a hanky ready.
Most music in the last 60 years seems mundane when compared to Rush in 2024... Enjoy the ride! A fan since 1976. RIP Professor.
As a very important note Neil is playing the drums from the back kit which is his electronic kit.
being an introvert and an outsider who could not conform and was cast out i would recommend the animated version because getty does a beautiful job with lyrics
subdivisions also has very compelling lyrics, distant early warning, marathon, big money, the camera eye... just to name a few
If you love this one The Garden will melt your face. Like "The Trees" it changes your prospective, take a few steps back and look at society or yourself in a bigger picture. I think you will fall in love with The Garden because it's more introspective and has a way of morphing as your journey in life does, had a tough day put your headphone's on and play "The Garden"
It is what it is and whatever
Time is still the infinite jest
2112, the album was a turning point , it came after Caress of Steel, which was not well received. The record Co. wanted them making radio frendly songs, but the band decided were doing it our way, after 2112 the record co. never bothered RUSH again.
I guess I'm an old soul, started listening to them as a 7 year old back in 74, haven't stopped.
Do the illustrated version of 2112. It helps the listener grasp the story. Love you joining us in the Rush rabbitt den.
Did you know, Alex Lifeson INVENTED that acoustic guitar stand, allowing him to play acoustic with his electric still on....