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  • Last time I got high I was scared shitless. Must be a necromancer nearby. Either that or I'm having LSD flashbacks when I smoke, which is entirely a possibility when you consider all the trips I brought on by smoking a joint 30 minutes after dropping a hit of acid.

  • Weirdest album ever.Its horrible.

  • I remember being 13 years old back in 1978 and playing this on my portable casete player , going as loud as it could go . with that solo at the end just lifting my spirits . making me want to spread the word to other people . at the time alot of people saw them as a led zeppelin clone . not as good as zeppelin . and they probably thought the same thing . i love both bands . as well as every other great band of the day . but Rush are the only band to get better with age .

  • best rush album ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    

  • This is brilliant and those without patience who didn't bother clicking the second part have missed out on the best sections (in my opinion) whoops!

  • hmmm , this solo sounds a suspicious amount like the one from child in time....

  • @TheBlitzkriegking If you start at 1:40 in this video and then at about 4:25 in Child in time there are some very vague similarities. Very vague.

  • motorcycleboy.... I think you mean to say that there is some other song that reminds you of this song. I'm sure that a great many musicians have been influenced by this unique and innovative masterpiece.

  • 3:52- this reminds me some song but i don't have idea which;/ sb helps me?

  • @themotorcycleboy17 Teenage Wasteland by The Who. "Out here in the fields, I work for my meals" Yep, same chord progression. ROFL Happens all the time, chord progressions by themselves cannot be copyrighted. Pachelbel's Cannon a baroque piece is a great example of this. Countless songs use that same chord progression. Look up "pachelbel rant" here on youtube, enjoy! 

  • @themotorcycleboy17 It could be Frankenstein bye Edgar and Johnny Winters,there is a few liks that do sound like that great tune indeed

  • Im an American whos spent the last 15 years of his life living in Canada (my wife's Canadian)....I was a Rush fan before but since living here Ive become a way bigger Rush fan than before. I saw them back in the eighties, recently I saw them In Vancouver and auburn Washington. The band is incredible regardless if ive been surrounded by Canadians for almost 20 years. More or less the best power trio of all time!!!

  • 3:13 - 7:01 is hope and triumph in musical form.

  • i hate how this is such an underrated album

  • @LuigieatsBabies I hear you, especially in 1975, Rush gets recognition from workin man, fly by night, then caress of steel comes out, Rush's most proud album at the time becomes a flop because people dont get it? I dont get people? Telling Rush to sound more like bad company? lol! Nothin against bad company but lets cut the crap!.. Rush's music from 74 til 81 is epic, bad companys no where near the power and beauty. in a final flash of glory the Rush' epic'ness comes to an end in 81,

  • @dannyhood66 Actually Danny, they have more fans now than they ever had - I think they are more epic then they ever have been. I suspect you prefer the Terry Brown years, and I can understand that. But you cannot say that their 'epicness ends'. Every album they have ever made, although different sounding, has the highest level of muscianship. They have been epic in every genre of music they have ever produced. You just don't like it all. But I do.

  • @dannyhood66 As well All The World's A Stage.is bye far the turning point in their career as well That album has the Proffesor on the drum kit live,Working Man.Beyond legend this band is the solo of three who still remain.To this day some 40 years As A Canadian this band can really start a party EHHHHH

  • I always look forward to 1:34. The evil moog intro to Alex's metal shred fest. lol

    They had to be listening to Deep Purple's 'Child In Time' when they wrote this.

    Just a balls out wicked solo.

  • As a dedicated rush fan...I seriously think this was some of their best work....too bad critics were so hard on the boys.....they deserve the best ratings...always and forever!

  • As a dedicated rush fan...I seriously think this was some of their best work....too bad critics were so hard on the boys.....they deserve the best ratings...always and forever!

  • " I would seriously kill the critics who wrote those things"

    Your words, not mine, douche bag. 

  • @tetonskier1

    Ever heard of a metaphor?? Or if you actually attain yourself to definitions, have you ever heard of a conjecture?? You're such an illiterate cretin. Get that one?? Or do you actually think I assume you don't know how to read and write?? Do you think you can judge me based on a single "snide" quotation from one of my previous comments??

    Give me a break. Everybody else understood what I actually meant, otherwise my other comment wouldn't have any thumbs up, would it??

  • the final part is copied from the theme "tangerine" by Ledz.

  • Critics are just assholes that think their opinion is more important then your own

  • This album puts me in another world..."Love Rush".. The Necromancer is their best off of this album.

  •  Can't wait to go see RUSH in a couple weeks! Rok on All RUSH Fans!!!

  • = TOOL + Phish

  • @Eternityflows your a faggot

  • @Eternityflows yeah i know bro they both make kick ass music.

  • on second thought, the implementation of the tambourine

    with roach clips flying off 2011

    circular thought still descending

  • your he he he he  reminds me of jack in (the shining)...

    come play with us danny ???

  • love this f`n song!!! RUSH RULES!!!!

  • this kinda remind of iron maiden little bite

  • far out. you cat's completely missed it. you gotta listen to the whole album.

  • Only Rush could ever create something like By-Tor & The Snow Dog and perform it, and then have the audacity to create a sequel to it that is equally as amazing, diverse, AND 4 minutes longer! haha

  • I agree, "Beyond The Lighted Stage" might well be one of the Best documentaries ever done on a Band!

    Major Props to the Boys for never compromising their musical integrity during the bleak years of 1975-1976. WE'RE all the better for them staying true to themselves!!

  • @NS9144 I totally agree that they paved their own way by not compromising during the '75-'76 era. Their attitude before releasing 2112 was we're either going out in a ball of flames on our own terms or this album concept will catch on and it will be so successful that we'll write our own ticket for now on. Thank god Rush had balls ! After the success of 2112 , they were untouchable toward any record company having any control of them ! And that's what makes Rush , Rush !

  • I saw "Beyond The Lighted Stage" again the other night and if you haven't seen it ,do yourself a favor,take a little time out and watch it. The documentary that Alex , Geddy , and Neil give about the making of "Caress of Steel is phenomenal !

  • Alex just killed it with this solo. Wow.

  • their was a time when great bards sang the tales of heroes and villians.these men were but in their musical infancy, and yet they wrote and played with all they had.it was more than enough to show us all they were and are truely......mystical bards one and all. i loved it.

  • whats lol??....please ,no lol....../...........

  • hey dude..........like jeff lebowski would say .... yea ,very,very cool dude....you should go pro..

  • i'm on it ....i'lll loook you up you persisent little buggger...........1 COOL KID

  • good job kiddo!!!!

  • @LegoBricKing ok your excused , now pay attention, Geddy's Rickenbacker , and an effects pedal (probably phaser) is being used to create that sound by scraping a pick up and down the E string , it's called an overdub , like the voice on telling the story that's an overdub also.-- i.e.- recorded sound on a separate track , edit in while cutting the album.

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  • i think this song had amasing potential, i don't know why people knocked it back, it's like sweet poetry meets heavy metal

  • gods say no more

  • Keep RUSHing !!

  • One thing to point out. I love how part 1 and part 2 almost have the same amount of views. Shows how attached you get and how they are such a cult band.

  • Devastating pick scrapes from Geddy1:31

  • @s0undch4ser : Like you, when I 1st heard Rush, I though Geddy used a pick. Never could figure out how he got that plunky pick tone using fingers. Until recently, I was watching a Rush concert on TV, I realized that Geddy would often strum a string w/ his index finger. Perhaps on the back stroke his finger nail contact on the string is what gave that "pick tone". Also; Maybe on rare occasion he did use a pick sometimes in the studio?? I suspect this has puzzled many bassists for years.

  • If I've said once I'll say it again , The R&R Hall of Shame sucks and they are NOT worthy of RUSH ! If anyone who watches That Metal Show , Eddie Trump goes off on the Hall of Shame with this issue and calls them every name in the book . He then stands up , flips them the bird with both hands , and says kiss my ass ! And I have to say that I fully agree with him ! All I know is that Rush is in my Hall of Fame !

  • Great track!

  • It's a shame Rush isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, though I doubt they really care; being free-thinking anti-collectivists and all.

  • 4:00 <333 srsly

  • Positivity is an energy that flows. Do not argue with modern music, produce real music and unleash it on the world.

  • Return of the Prince... First time I heard the Prince returned!! Nice!

  • 2 people have never met the Necromancer and desperately need to take By-Tor the Snow Dog out for a walk !

  • Prince By-Tor ,Knight of darkness ,was defeated by Snow Dog and retreated into hell. The Necromancer takes By-Tor captive and locks him away ,after long years he breaks free of the Necromancer spell and thus slays his enemy and becomes the hero.?

    I've always loved this song but the storys confusing , Snow Dog put his ass on the line to save the Overworld from By-Tor. Was By-Tor simply a good guy who was always under the control of the Necromancer?

  • wow 1:39 is like the earliest form of the Mars Volta. I love rush, we will never witness another band with the character they have

  • @camair2112 very little music today is original. i feel a lot if not most of the music produced today heavily borrows from bands like rush.

  • I was the 94th person to like this video, and randomly thought: who are the two idiots that dislike this song/video? LOL!!!

  • I was the 94th person to like this video, and randomly thought: who are the two idiots that dislike this video? LOL!!!

  • @jadethaistick Two people who are two low in life to harness this magic

  • i can't say enough about how amazing alex is on this albium. truly the best power-trio of all time. emphasis on the word 'power'.

  • I love their use of tamborines on this album

  • The album is still one of my favorites and this song is a pinnacle.

    Not a bad song on the album. It never got the notoriety of Fly By Night and since they were released so close together obviously Lakeside park made a more appealing to the masses less than epic song (still good)

    The 3 kings of of 3 decades of phenomenal music.

    Neal . Geddy and Alex Salute !

  • i'm serious about the tambourine, it makes rock, boogies shake, things rock. perhaps you lacked the time machine 2010 that futureland disallowed tambourine mans mister.

  • 1:40- 3:10 is like the best thing ive ever heard

  • @n1GibsonGuitarist fucking unreal stuff huh.........i paid attention to your 1:40 mark.........alex goes off!!

    this album is for dedicated true rush fans only...................just like it should be!!!!!!!!!!

  • @jeffsdolphin yeah idk why this was not one of their more popular albums... the guitar work is amazing. I like how you can hear the 3 individual instruments during his solo...its simple(sorta) and epic!! like how theres no overdubs or anything

  • @n1GibsonGuitarist most newer rush kids,dont even know this...........critics bashed it ....IDIOTS.

    there first 6 albums were superb rock........2112 has always been my #1

  • @jeffsdolphin hey im a kid lol. I agree their 70s work is where its at. I'd have to say my favorite 70s album would have to be a tie...........................­....... between all of em ;D

  • @n1GibsonGuitarist o.k ...now you have to have one that you impounds you. how bout xanadu/working man

    cmon

  • @jeffsdolphin i guess working man i have a few vids of me playing working man

  • @jeffsdolphin i guess working man i have a few vids of me playing it lol

  • @n1GibsonGuitarist

    ME TOO :-))))))))))))

  • @jeffsdolphin

    I'm a 17 year old Rush fan and I love this song. Its definitely in my top ten. But I have to agree that the critics bashed this song and album. I watched beyond the lighted stage, and they show what some of the critics said about their first works in general. I would seriously kill the critics who wrote those things. 8)

  • @naal13 dont kill anybody for christ sake.....this is really early ...im damn impressed wit -ya!!!!!!!! hemispheres has been in my car tapedeck for 4 months. (a huge recording task ..way out on a farm) heard it was really a huge huge,diffficult ordeal .2112 always is #1

  • @jeffsdolphin

    LOL I guess I should have said I'd metaphorically kill the critics. hehehe

    2112 is awesome too. love it!!

  • @naal13 good for you kiddo im 41 and you've got your head totally screwed on its the original masterstroke work that rush created and if you appreciate caress of steel you you have connected with the band and there music.................keep rockin dude and all true Rush fans

  • @MrKayaker69

    I appreciate the kind words. I'm now 18 and still listening to Rush constantly.

    I hope to be just as mindblown by Rush as I am now when I reach your age.

    Rush for life!! 8)

  • @naal13 You better watch what you write. It's just music. Anyone who would take somebody's life over what they said or thought about some music is just like that piece of shit who murdered Dimebag.

  • @tetonskier1

    and anyone who thinks that I actually meant what I said in my other comment must have some kind of mental retardation. Do you really think I would kill someone over a song?? I dream of becoming a doctor, so I would never even consider killing someone, seeing as I'm working my ass off trying to get into med school so that I can save lives. So why don't you watch what you write, before you offend people you don't even know?

  • @naal13 Where are all the critics that trashed Rush now? Probably unemployed or writing blogs for nothing. Rush? Still touring,making $ and the envy of every band out there. I want too see that justin beaver kid in 36 years(if he doesnt die of an OD when his 15 minutes are over)

  • @naal13

    no one cares about your age.

  • @metroidorx

    don't be such a troll. I merely mentioned my age because, nowadays, its incredibly common to see people who are 17-18 listening to crappy mainstream music with banal content, if any.

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  • @n1GibsonGuitarist  i tend to agreee

  • put on the headphones and smoke a blunt...this is good shit.

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  • @jeffs1000 truly, Rush's greatest smokin album

  • @Durandal1717 idk man, there's nothing like hitting the bong to hemispheres

  • @benlorenc there is no song ever made like hempisheres...greatest song ever made

  • how many times can i push the like button

  • get off your ass and jam thnk you god i love  you

  • oh canada

  • this is the first battle between By-Tor and the Snow Dog

  • @Zules1971 and the Professor is the referee.

  • @humbledrumah i love this album lol

  • @Zules1971 Heh heh

  • First "glimpse" of  the "Snow Dog"

  • No, they didn't play 2112 and then play this. Noooo they played this and then they played 2112. What's a record company want anyway?

  • there are two other songs i can think of that sounds like 3:10 - 4:26

    Teenage wasteland by the Who and Jungleland by Springsteen

  • Only a true Rush fan Is gonna love this!!

  • time to wake up a real RUSH fan

  • kiken azz

  • Perfect Song.

    Perfect Fuckin Band !!!!!!!!

  • uuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

  • The greatness of this band is immeasureable.

  • This whole album is fantastic! :D then again, i find it hard to find a Rush album that isn't :)

  • @PhilTheMetalhead I'll agree with you up to about Moving Pictures or Signals. I have a hard time with a lot of it after '81 or '82. Even my 15 yr-old loves older Rush. Awesome band to this day!

  • the rock snobs panned this stuff as contrived and pretentious. fucking retards.

  • The solo feels like the fight between the travelers and the necromancer

  • @davd2468 That's what it is.

  • @johnny10301968 Thank you Oh Great One, REALLY needed someone to confirm that for me

  • @davd2468 Caress Of Steel remains one of Rush's best storyline albums. 

  • Great Lyrics.......................

  • the voice over sounds like the adam02 guy on youtube that does the petrucci impersonations.. nice

  • can i get a "fuck yeah?" amen.

  • man that is one awesome bass riff all of that mans bass is godly and the lyrics

    uuhhh and the g tar and the drums blow me away the dream theater version is great to

  • the closing to "the necromancer" has a joyous tone, this is a champion's anthem; when he defeats his evil demonic foe. this isn't just rock n' roll... it's poetry even tolkien would be proud of!

  • @quidnick Ask Christopher Lee and the fellowship of the cast. (LOTR). Rush also reminds me of 'an emissary from the mists like a ghost of Tolkien on the set',( Viggo Mortensen). See 2941 3rd age. The white council drove the Necromancer out of Dol Guldur. Don't forsake Rivendell either.

  • @quidnick Yes, one of the great strengths of Rush is the total lack of defeatism and spiritual exhaustion in their music. The other night I had occasion to listen to The Smiths, and then to Rush. The contrast couldn't have been more stark. The Smiths: nauseating.

  • @quidnick Tolkien was an over-rated faggot. He hasn't got shit on this.

  • @bull068 yo mama sucks justin bieber cock

  • @quidnick Could not have put any better myself !!!!!!!!!!!

  • Finest Lifeson solo ever.

  • If anyone here is looking for new bands that are similar, soft, high pitched male force, strong powerful guitar, and extremely talented drummer to match, not to mention the telling of an amazing story, I suggest looking at Coheed and Cambria.

    I"m now a fan of both bands.

  • @KlydeShal and the mars volta. but not all mars volta, you have to listen to like 3 full albums before properly judging them, and 2 of those 3 have to be octahedron an deloused in the comatorium. and led zeppelin obviously

  • I was rocking on and then it suddenyl stoped hahaha

  • awesome song. Loved Alex's work here!

  • Still one of my favorite Rush albums.

  • if you look up interview material Alex didn't really like Neil that much at the audition.

  • WTF???

  • @odawg65 some of us have been rallying for over a year now. welcome! this is the best bake tune for the AM.

  • love how they break shit down .plus they have alot of change ups so progresssive.alex plays the last lead with so much feeling.peace and long live the legend of this band.

  • love how they break shit down .plus they have alot of change ups so progresssive.alex plays the last lead with so much feeling.peace and long live the legend of this band.

  • love how they break shit down .plus they have alot of change ups so progresssive.alex plays the last lead with so much feeling.peace and long live the legend of this band.

  • love how they break shit down .plus they have alot of change ups so progresssive.alex plays the last lead with so much feeling.peace and long live the legend of this band.

  • love how they break shit down .plus they have alot of change ups so progresssive.alex plays the last lead with so much feeling.peace and long live the legend of this band.

  • love how they break shit down .plus they have alot of change ups so progresssive.alex plays the last lead with so much feeling.peace and long live the legend of this band.

  • love how they break shit down .plus they have alot of change ups so progresssive.alex plays the last lead with so much feeling.peace and long live the legend of this band.

  • love how they break shit down .plus they have alot of change ups so progresssive.alex plays the last lead with so much feeling.peace and long live the legend of this band.

  • @mdelair420 amen on that last solo!! One of my fave Alex solos. I would lose my shit if they ever played this live.

  • what happened to the "random" setting for playlists? assist? thanks Rush Rules...

  • Once again Alex is absoultly exclient in this piece. Thanks Rush!!!!!!

  • the solo at the end of the song.. has been givng me chills for 30 years.. love it..

  • Again, thanks for posting. The editing is just fine. Much appreciated.

  • prob my all time favorite RUSH song.....evevything about this song is perfect,from lead and bass guitars to drum and vocals.I even got to see RUSH play it wayyyyy back in the 1970's when it was first released

  • Excelent! Rush the best ! arriba jose jose!

  • great room here and sick all the way out to 7:01!!!!

  • This is music. Rush is undoubtedly one of the best bands to ever exist. So innovative and different from everyone else. No other band can even come close. Basically, THEY FUCKING KICK ASS!!!!

  • @silverstein834yo As much as I respect your enthusiasm for this band, and I too loved RUSH more than any other band in my youth, it is said that RUSH had borrowed it's style from BUDGIE. a 60s/70s welsh rock band. try looking them up if you don't know them (Though Im sure you do). Geddy even looks like their singer and RUSH says BUDGIE and Zepplin was who inspired him and you can tell their is an element from both bands. But RUSH is still badass.

  • LOVE this too. The "Victory Music" is another one I learned while taking lessons. Great stuff.

  • the real raw rush

  • @beat4beat1 yup...this album fucking rocked

  • @beat4beat1  i like the bass line

  • What?

  • @GordonYYZ i dont know what the guy said ... rush still rocks :P

  • ????... they are anti-establishment. keep trying though. they are the band that others will say, "when music lost it's way every few years, they never did... Rush" peace

  • say wha???? they're still great dude.

  • mine was @ BiccusD. .... you're chill bro :) peace.

  • Yea, yall are right - I was just drunk lol. But, I gotta say I like their older stuff better.

  • ... and that definitely includes this song.... love it.

  • udamanmang! jah~