Drum Teacher Reacts: RUSH! - ''Working Man'' | Time Machine Tour 2011: Live In Cleveland
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Just 3 Guys in their late 50's showing today's youth how its done... 3 hours into their set.
There is a terrific RUSH documentary called Beyond The Lighted Stage that goes into more detail, but Cleveland is where RUSH first started getting serious airplay on Rock radio with this song so there has always been a special place in their hearts for Cleveland.
Right on, the birthplace of Rock and Roll. Oh and myself.
God, I miss Rush. Life's not the same without a Rush gig to look forward to.
I've seen this a hundred times and am never not moved by their genius. But I tear up every time at the end when Geddy says "I hope we see you sometime down the road" because we never will again. Love and miss these guys so much.
Was just thinking the same thing.
That different bit at the end was a few bars of their song Cygnus X-1, which is a great song in its own right.
And the first song they did with Neil, so that’s why they inserted it there, at the end of the Time Machine.
@@mikewoodrow5878 Cygnus is from 77. Fly by Night (75) began with Anthem. They are similar riffs.
@@sammarsh3679 when you’re right, you’re right- appreciate the clarification
You can imagine, since this was off their debut album, they have played this song SOOOO much, that for this tour they just had a talk and said; "Lets do some things to change it up and go NUTS! (and add the Reggae part) . . . and so they did. OVER THE TOP :D.
- WE miss you Pratt 🥲
These 3 guys have created some of the best music there is. They are absolutely brilliant, there sound is so clean and crisp, from guitar to bass to drums.
These 3 gentleman were living their absolute best lives growing old together and doing what they love.
You should do a comparison of what Neil plays here with the original recording, featuring John Rutsey on drums.
Here is a live version with John Rutsey (RIP) in 1974. ua-cam.com/video/SZYr_J9H54I/v-deo.html
@@abdjones That whole show from what looks like a St. Catherine's gymnasium is an incredible time capsule. I'm glad it has been preserved on UA-cam.
There is a video of Rutsy playing live. Contrast that with Neil on All the World's A Stage. The other option are some bootlegs from Rush's first tour, which is after Rutsy left and Neil was hired.
This is one of the greatest live performances ever in my opinion. Alex is next level here.🔥👍
Rush has a special relationship with Cleveland, as if I remember correctly, they were discovered in the US on a local radio station there, with this song that resonated with Cleveland, as it is a hard working manual labor city, so as I guess that as a thank you they played this song last, but it being much more of a straight up rock song from their beginnings, that they have played hundreds of times, they decided to make it into a complex prog piece and go crazy with it.
Yep, Donna Halper was the DJ who helped bring Rush to America. They’re good friends with her.
Donna Halper, the DJ who played 'Working Man; on a Cleveland radio station, is an interesting person: She was the first female DJ on her college radio station in the late 1960s and it took her until her senior year to convince the powers-that-be to hire her, because they didn't think women sounded good on the radio. Donna got her PhD at age 64 and became a college professor in media studies. There are some UA-cam videos of her talking about the history of radio; she is a great public speaker, humorous and entertaining. There is also a video of her doing the Q&A portion of Geddy's book tour stop in Cleveland.
Once, an old friend and I were hanging out, and she had brought a new bf along. He and I were talking, he saw my Rush tshirt, and told me his college professor was responsible for breaking Rush in the US.
I kinda rolled my eyes and said, "Really? I always heard they were discovered by Donna Halper at WMMS in Cleveland."
"Yeah," he responds. "Professor Halper."
My jaw hit the ground.
Halper works at Emerson College now.
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
@@MrRezRising that's an awesome story! I thought she had been working at Lesley University most recently? I follow her blog (Dialogue & Discourse). Unfortunately, she found out she was being laid off, along with some other professors. Their loss, I say; even just from watching some of her lectures and talks here on UA-cam, I would have loved having her as a professor!
Goosebumps city. ❤❤❤
I watch this video at least once a day. I've been a Rush geek since 1974. When Neil joined, that changed my whole perspective of how music was done correctly.
There will never be a band quite as talented as these three Guinness's.
We all love and miss you Neil.
Last song of about a 3 hour set, and he still just beats the hell out of the drums.
The drums are very most probably on his 360 spinning riser
Boy I miss seeing these guys live in concert
Me too. Got teary...
man, what a show man that would have been immense live great pic have a great day man
I seen rush in Dayton Ohio back in the day at Hera arena. It’s gone now. The cult opened up for them the place was about the size of a bar
Ah that would have been great
Also a Rush fan (favorite band) who also really liked Iron Maiden...love the reactions.
I believe the reason NEIL shook the sticks at Alex and Geddy...is because they sped up the tempo and he had to adjust to them! Too funny!
From west coast Canada 🇨🇦, peace.
It is still amazing what 3 talented musicians can do together. What a performance.
This one is real good
Sure is 👍
Yep, John Rutsey on the album. Really worth checking out the drumeo. A very great drummer, wrongly totally over shadowed by NP. I love them both. ✌️❤️
The boys really went nuts on this particular performance. The rendition of "Working Man" on 'Rush In Rio' is closer to the original. Plus "By-Tor And The Snow Dog" from the same show is killer.
I was there. Floor on Geddys side. One of my 20 shows. I miss Rush....
20 Rush gigs!?
Wow!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums not nearly enough. Lol. Met Geddy and Alex on the Snakes and Arrows tour
When you have been playing a song since 1974 you like to change ut up a bit. LOL
Brillant performance!
5:26: In my mind Neil is looking at Alex, thinking, "What in the actual eff is he doing?!?"
Neil said in an interview that one of the songs he was most proud of was “Bravado”. This was exciting for me because it has been one of my favorites for a long time. The live version from “Rush in Rio” is my favorite for the mix, the performance, and the camera work. Absolutely worth checking out.
I’ll have to check it out
I saw this tour and Working Man always a crowd favorite… RIP NEIL PEART and long live the Mighty Rush
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Assuming Drumeo transcribes the original album, you would not be hearing Neil on Working Man since he joined for their second album.
The og track is on the way!
One of the few songs that Neil did not write....this was during early Rush that had John Rutsey on drums.
Neil has used some bars from One Little Victory in some fills, I recommend checking this song out. It is amazing.
Neil did not wrote that song... it was one of the first one from rush... with John Rutsey as the drummer.
John Rutsey was the drummer on Rush's debut album which featured a harder rock arrangement of Working Man. Due to health concerns Neil replaced Rutsey for Rush's first American tour. I specifically enjoy Working Man/Finding My Way from their All The World's A Stage (1976) live album which features a drum solo from the young Professor.
RUSH & Cleveland had a special relationship. Cleveland was the city that broke RUSH; RUSH's management started sending 45's of this song to local rock stations; Cleveland's started playing it when no one else was (it was a long song, and the DJ who started playing it used it as a "bathroom song"), and even before they had a record deal, they had a US following in the Midwest that wanted to buy their records. Soon, they were opening for Uriah Heep; it was the thing that launched them on the US stage...
Working Man was the first Rush song I heard in 1975. This version is nothing like the original. Original has John Rutsey on drums. Neil joined the band a few months after the release of this album. Fly By Night, the first album with Peart is absolute gold.
You should try reading the book “My Effin’ Life” by Geddy Lee. It dives deeply into the history of Rush as well as their complete time together. It’s a very good read and includes lots of photos.
Love your rush reviews man!
I appreciate that!
Are you pulling my leg, Andrew? You've never seen this before? Oh my this is gonna be fantastic!!! Ok friend, I've got my tea and I'm ready to go. This is gonna be great! Thank you in advance for this one.
Just amazing 👏
Rush is one of best bands & Neil Peart is one favorite Drummer. And that song they were doing is not the original where they usually do it. Working man
Almost of Neil's kit stands are screwed into the riser, rather than free-standing on feet. He has done this since the early 80s. That's why you see the entire kit kind of jiggling as one. The riser is on a turntable (as you saw in the Frankfurt solo), it's not completely bolted down and immovable.
That is my favourite version of Working Man. Just brilliant.
I was at this Kick Ass concert😊
Guitar towards the middle of song always reminded (4:00 on) me of Black Sabbath sound
Was reading this comment as that riff hit🤘
And yea it’s got serious Sabbath vibe
You can tell how much fun they are having. Awesome
The reason why Neil's drum set moves so much is because there is no rack. His kit is literally sitting on a 'forest' of hardware (see this: ua-cam.com/video/bHPfy7cRA_U/v-deo.html and ua-cam.com/video/g2R7vf3uZVA/v-deo.html). There are very few horizontal linkage. So when he works on his kit, all that forest of hardware just move around independently.
absolutely brilliant musicians period
Drumeo only has the original recordings transcribed, which means the transcription of Working Man they have is John Rutsy, not Neil. Working Man was on the first Album which Neil did not play on. Neil only played it live and Drumeo does not have any live material transcribed, which is a shame. I would love for them to transcribe Neil's solos. And if you want to hear an even better version of Working Man drumwise, listen to the version on Different Stages which can be found on Rush's UA-cam channel. Although keep in mind it cuts off at the end abruptly because it is a live recording and on the CD it was part of a melody with Fly By Night and In the Mood. But it is my favorite version.
lee lifewson. the previous drummer was supposed to write lyrics showed up said he did not so they had to hastily write the lyrics for the 1st album.
sure a deep dive would be interesting. go for it
And this song came at the end of three hours of some of the fieriest entries in their catalogue. They were working men who knew that their job was to put on the best show they were capable of and consistently delivered.
@andy rooney- looked at your Rush playlist, you must look @ By Tor and the Snow Dog. Both from their first two live albums
Doing bother looking for the transcription for this one. It's from the Rutsey days and Neil added a lot. This version was a jam session. The reggae intro was a joke as was starting La Villa Strangiato with a polka beat. It's just them having fun with the older material. I want cook work it when I was at the show, but I can see it and laugh today.
It's so cool to hear how they rewrote parts of the song This song was off their first album with a different drummer and it was heavy as hell Listen to the original and the solo is pure Toni Iomi Great performance although they had to change the key to suit Getty's voice But hey after signing like that for 40+ yrs the voice just gets naturally deeper ✌️🤘🧐
I know I’m being a Nudge but I’m eager to see you cover Tom Sawyer on the drums you said you were going to post. Thanks love your content!
Seen every concert up to and including A Farewell to Kings. Thought went to commercial at that time. They did how break away from under the label's thumb.
Rush fans know this but some may not. A DJ from Cleveland Ohio played the song working man and she was flooded with calls asking when is this new Led Zeppelin album coming out. The rest is history.
I imagine the drum set was tight and solid when they started
As big of a Rush fan as I have been my whole life this is the first time hearing this version. That was rad as shit. They do the covert reggae feel here and there but they wore dreadlocks that night in Cleveland. I'm gonna go smoke some pot!
Yes Rush started as hard rock, that first album is still one of my favorites forever.
You need to listen to more 90s forward. They have so much material and with time became better musicians
😂 Deep Dive or we Riot! 🤯 Amazed at how fascinated "children/kids" are by following the music along for an instrument on a video to a song. 🤗 I show them your stuff all the time and they now recognize when a 🥁 drum roll is coming up. ☺️ They love Neil & Rush. 🥰🐰
A thriller!
Working Man was from their self titled Rush album. The original drummer was John Rutsey. He left the band due to severe diabetes and Geddy and Alex were very concerned about his health.
its such a great idea as an established band who're playing the same songs year in and year out to do extended progressive medleys of their own songs. You could literally add new stuff and it wouldn't be weird at all.
As long as the audience gets hear those key parts come in like that, they'll be blown away.
The drumeo version will be entirely different, if it's the album version. It's from Rush's first album, on which John Rutsey was the drummer. Also, the reggae opening was new for this tour. In short, it was a far simpler track, back then.
So sad that Neal checked out way to soon, he had a good 10+ years left in him!!❤❤❤❤
I don't think you know what a physical toll drumming took on Neil, especially in 2015. He had a long list of ailments, including a bad foot condition that made even wearing shoes painful, much less playing.
Drumeo note-for-note transcriptions are insane. No reason for a drummer not to learn how to read charts. I remember learning these songs by CD and then buying the Rush songbook and seeing it all laid out. Crazy levels. Now you can get it all on your phone. boomer moment.
I never understood the angry look Neil gives Alex toward the end. He's either saying "Nailed it!" Or "That hurt!"
I think it was a brotherly “take that”. I think he felt he nailed it. I’ve always found that look as Neil absolutely loving what he was doing, and expressing it.
By the way, they played this song immediately after playing La Villa Strangiato, to which you've already reacted. It was a two-song encore.
to me...this is Rush tapping into The Police. Both bands are great
This version is my favorite of Working Man. I love the album version, but I really love what Neil adds to it. Plus, Alex and Geddy go the eff off!
Instead of the drums moving so much it might have actually been the overhead camera mount being a little wobbly and sympathetically vibrating.
RUSH WORLDS GREATEST 3PIECE ORCHESTRA🥁🎸🎸🎙🎼🎵🎶
R.I.P. NEIL PEART💔 YOU ARE MISSED, RUSH ON😂 The drums are shaking, because their SCARED😳
HAHA LOVE IT
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Neil’s kit moves around a lot because if you look closely, none of the stands have the normal tripod leg bases; instead, the stands screw directly into the riser. I’m guessing this allows for much more space around his feet.
Wow finally getting to this amazing performance. This one has a bit more focus on Bass and Guitar, rather than drums. Neil has modified this drum part from the original created by John Rutsey. Nice to see Rush back on the channel.
Neil's kit did wiggle due to just the post of the stands fit into holes in his drum riser. The stand themselves had no base or feet. That way, he was not competing as much for floor space and could pack more in. Because of this, the stand posts would wobble a little.
this studio recorded song was written before Neil joined the group. This song was originally played by John Rutsey (original drummer, also no longer with us, Rush clearly wear out their drummers!) no doubt Neil has embellished his drumming parts but not 1 I would say is worth diving into from a drumming perspective.
This is in my car CD player at the moment. Yes, people still have those. Regarding the reggae, they were well into The Police, back in the day.
After listening to the studio version for decades, I was never able to get used to this. IMO vocals on the original are significantly better.
They didn’t play Nashville on the final tour. I didn’t go to Atlanta or St Louis to see them (cities I had travelled to before to see them). Regrets, I have a few.
Hey Andrew another good Reaction. I have been subscribed to your channel for quite a some time. You have viewed and introduced me too many drummers. There is one drummer I notice you have not reviewed or reacted too. Please check out Trey Williams of Dying Fetus. Monster drummer. He has many drum cam videos. Any one you choose would be just fine by me. Big Love from Canada. Keep doing it man I will keep watching.
Thanks for the support and the tip!
That was cool
I wish you would check out the drummer for Arch Enemy... Daniel Erlandsson... He's amazing.. they did a good quality video in Japan with a good drum solo on it..
When you've been playing the same song night after night for over THREE DECADES at that point, you do WHATEVER you can to make it interesting.
To me drumming is an artform, have you ever watched the Sky series "The Art of Drumming" it really breaks down who influenced who, and the styles they adopted. Since attending Live concerts since late 1969, the one thing I admire about class act was always their drummer, sat silently behind, did they have the stamina?, especially those I saw for the first time back in the 70's where a long drum solo's were the norm, I would wonder how they put the in the fills and spills in to an act, yet maintain a tempo throughout say for 20 minutes plus, one such track I listened to recently going through my collection was the live track "Dream Sequence" from the Mountain Flower Of Evil album, the Drummer was a Canadian named Corky Laing, play it with Drumeo, Neil is good I grant you that, but having seen both Live I personally think Corky was slightly better.
DUDE WAS HUGE IN THE 80'S U BEEN STUCK ON THAT TINY ISLAND
So I haven't checked the comments but I'm sure people have told you..Neil did not write any of this song was not in the band when they wrote this song...this performance is much different than the original studio version...yes alot to unpack...great reaction🤘
Great live performance by the Holy Trinity, but I think this highlights Geddy and Alex more than Neil. One thing you should know. This is completely different from the studio version. On top of that, Neil isn't the drummer. He joined the group after this album. John Rutsy was the drummer on their first album.
Always enjoy your reactions. ✌️
They would often play about with older, “easier” songs to make a new arrangement more challenging and for a bit of fun!
Random observation: (not-so-dubious speculation)
If you've ever heard the bootlegged (leaked and released on the "black market") live studio performance, Rush live at Electric Ladyland (also known as Rush Live at Electric Lady Studios), which was a live performance that was perhaps broadcast live on the radio or was a private showcase for music business execs (not sure. Possibly both), then you may have noticed the extended jam they did in Working Man, that included riffs that were obviously excerpts from a song they were working on, called, By-Tor and the Snow Dog, which would be on their second album (their first with Neil), Fly By Night.
What I'm trying to say with that very, very long sentence is that it is clear to me that By-Tor and the Snow Dog was written by jamming out Working Man when Neil first joined the band. I've never heard it said that this is the case but it is plainly obvious when you listen to that performance of Working Man, which took place before they recorded Fly By Night.
I bust out laughing every time I see that "Canadian middle finger" meme 😂Now I get to sit back and listen to Alex's mind-blowing guitar solo. This happens to be the very last song they ever played in 2015, since it's the tune that started it all, before Neil (he didn't write these lyrics, and the reggae intro was just for entertainment value since all fans know the song and I'm sure it came as a fun surprise to them)
The song is pretty straightforward as it was originally a John Rutsy version. The reggae intro was first played in the previous tour. For this tour, they extended it much longer….making many of us uncomfortable. 😂
Not the toughest drum work for Neil, but still dun.
They were already perfirming a reggae intro by 1981: ua-cam.com/video/elJCPtdFKY0/v-deo.htmlsi=8v7TgXNsMCIyof_7
This is FUN. Don't put yourself out over this one by being overly analytical. This is more like a history lesson. I'm guessing it was requested to put you in one of those rare "Rush" moments. He probably wanted you to see them "out of character" and to appreciate a rare approach by them. Rush has always strived to play their music in a fashion that is true to the original recording while also trying to lend some spontaneous highlights in certain parts. *This is not that*.
It was rare for them to do something like this. (but not THAT rare. They've done some crazy versions of Closer to the Heart and In the Mood, etc over the years, mainly because it got so boring to play those songs over and over again over so many tours. But they HAD to play their hits, so they changed 'em up to make it fun for everybody involved. Including themselves.)
This is Rush being creatively and uncharacteristically spontaneous (although planned) doing one of their oldest and most popular songs that Neil didn't record with the band originally. In order to do a deeper dive into this one, listen to the All the World's a Stage version (which has a drum solo) and also the original John Rutsey version from the first Rush album in '74. Back in the day, Geddy rarely (hardly ever) had things to say to the crowd. He didn't blow smoke up their ass or make chitchat to the audience. He would sometimes introduce a song in a goofy, comedic manner, using funny voices and such but it was mainly serious business. Play the songs and melt faces. They kept the goofing around to a minimum. It was later on (around the Signals tour) that they felt more comfortable trying to "relate" to their audience. Geddy talks about that in his book, My Effin" Life. Great book, BTW.
This song is from their first record pre-Neil so it's a very straightforward hard rock thing that most people thought was Led Zeppelin the first time they heard it. Once Neil joined they immediately started changing it to be more interesting to play so this version almost 40 years later has not much of the original song left except the lyrics and the signature riff.
How do three guys pushing 60 end a three hour long show? I know they will just lay down a performance that will blow people's minds for generations to come. P. S. Neil didnt write this one, it's from their first album when John Rutsey was the drummer.
you should react to avery molek
Cry every time!!!!