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  • How come Led Zeppelin wasn't mentioned in that top 5?

  • I think I'am going bald

  • I love them SO MUCH. They are such genuine, caring, wise, and talented individuals. Hearing Alex Lifeson talk about meetin Jimmy Page was the cutest thing! :')

  • there is always that one hoe everywhere that is shouting "yaaa" thats down to smash everyone at once.. lol

  • Watch... at 2:54 when George asks if they had a plan for their success, it appears that Geddy senses a funny quip from Alex because he starts to smile before Alex relies "Exactly." I thought that was cool.

  • Somebody please tell me what Alex said at 5:18 after Geddy said "we still feel like outsiders". He said "just don't call us-something?" I couldn't hear him.

  • @ 1:00, Hmmmmm....

    what about Gene Simmons' claim that KISS is the All Time Gold Record Champion? I didn't hear them mentioned...

  • @wickedcurve i think the bands he listed were most all time gold and platinum records not just gold

  • @wickedcurve yes but gene thinks he is god all kiss is is a money maker for him rush do it cos they love it

  • I'm practically crying they're so incredible

    RUSH

  • The one thing that annoys me with Neil is that he seems full of himself. Rarely does interviews (and when he does it's almost never with Ged and Alex), claims he "doesn't care what people think" (total BS, everyone cares), and just generally has this snobbish air about him like he's trying to be some kind of Randian hero. It's kind of ridiculous and immature.

  • @ajl22586 Neil is not full of himself I have met the guy once he is really a down to earth guy. He developed this anti interview if you will after his wife and daughters death in a span of 3 months. He has never been comfortable with the folks who act like fans.

  • @ajl22586 He use to do them with Alex and Geddy all the time until he lost his wife to cancer and then a few months later his daughter in a car accident. It took him a few years to find his way back from that and the band decided at that time Alex and Geddy would do the interviews so he didn't have to constantly get asked questions about the losses in his life. He's recently been doing more interviews and when that question comes up quickly change the subject on the interviewer.

  • Holy s**t! George what?

  • lol 1:37

  • RUSH is not only an awesome band, but also a group of free-thinking, criticial, sensitive, funny, inteligent and brave people that has shown to many of us that its worth staying true to your ideals. My favorite musicians and people on the face of earth!

  • @lk47902 Amen!

  • These guys are always so spectacular. Still holding down the fort and fighting the good fight for all that is right in music. On a side note: It's a sad commentary when Ozzy Osbourne is better known in a lot of circles as some sort of reality TV tool and not the great front man of Black Sabbath.

  • Neil's got a seperate interview, where was he during this one?

  • @LSA2013 If he does interviews, he only does them on his own, that way he can say more and feel comfortable

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  • I AM FROM Detroit AND RUSH WAS LKE A BAND THAT WE FELT LIVED RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER-AND NEAL SHOPPED AT A DRUM SHOPPE IN FORT WAYNE..SO DETROITERS FEEL CLOSE TO THIS BAND-THEY CAME HERE ALOT BACK IN THE 70'S MICHIGAN PALACE,COBO HALL,MASONIC AUDITORIUM-MC MARREN AREA IN PORT HURON GOOD BAND VERY HUMBLE BUT I KNEW THEY WOULD GO FAR STAYING PROGRESSIVE AND DOING THERE OWN THING I SAW THE CARESS OF STEELE TOUR,2112,FAREWELL TO KINGS,HEMISPHERES,PERMANENT WAVES TOURS (LOL) THEN COLLEGE:o)

  • They went to my high school and Getty was my partner in gym for square dancing and health class he sat beside me but I know he wouldn't remember me, ha, ha...

    My typing teacher was the mother of the original drummer, John Rutsey, she was sad that her son was playing in a band that was playing in Yorkville and not going anywhere....boy was she wrong.

  • @Tarfy you mean GEDDY?

  • @TheStoneAlexander

    They played at the 'drop in' Friday nights at my high school & local spots.

    They went to my high school & were in the same classes. His grandmother couldn't say Gerry in English very well, sounded like 'Geddy'. Hence his name.

    They were just regular guys hangin' out.

    The original drummer John Rutsey left the band: then their real journey started!!!

    I saw them for free growing up and just a couple of years ago actually paid scalpers over a hundred bucks for a ticket.

  • Since the age of 12, I have followed Rush! It has been an awesome ride!

  • seeing them for the second time next april, can't fuckin wait

  • @lucci97 Yeah so am I, I'm going on my birthday. Its going to be amazing

  • Rush and George Stoumboulopoulos.. the two best things about Canada. Now if they were talking to eachother while passing around a puck, it would be even better.

  • 9:12

  • 4:18 - 4:44 HILARIOUS

    4:30 MICK JAGGER!!!!!!

    7:03 OZZY OSBOURNE

    7:24 I didnt know he was balding

  • neil isnt on here he explaines in the movie

  • What is that song called at 1:44 ?

  • @DDM8898 Limelight, one of my fave songs! :)

  • @tophereagle1 Thanks !

  • man, these guys are so kool,,,, great vid

  • I had no idea Alex was so bald.

  • What are they saying at 5:19, just before several of the audience cheer?

    I can't quite make it out.

  • @XoriRuscuv I think Alex said " Yeah, just so COOL a bit "..not sure though.

  • Man I could listen to them talk all day. Such great down to earth guys.

  • lol "Neil purt"

    it's "pe-urt"

  • "the drummer sucked"

  • Rush IS variety bitch!

  • rush are a boring interview. they seem most of time too serious. maybe that's why people don't get their music!!!

  • @MeYouView By people you mean you? With 40 million album sales and one of the most popular and recognized festival headliners people do get them. So if you don't like it that's ok, to you it may seem crappy and yes good and bad is a personal concept but when you live in a demmocracy you're tied eternaly to the majorities veredict. THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN BITCH!

  • @AndreSiraSebastian good for those people. live your life in the past. time moves forward not backwards you nostalgic fool!!!

  • @MeYouView What?..you can't change your argument like that; they ARE one of the biggest rock n roll acts and one of the highest grossing touring artists and festival headliners, FACT, and that IS of today..."nostalgic fool", BITCH PLEASE!

  • @MeYouView i dont think andresirasebastian doesn't get people. majority of people i know (16-20's) aren't big on rush, get it or even know them.

  • @MeYouView Dude, it's obvious that you have no ear for good music...go listen to your gay ass screamo/emo/punk/pop/rap/autot­une/newwave/alternative/grunge­ crap you kids today call music

  • George is a sell out you have to sell out to get your own show.

  • This George guy asked some pretty lame questions and talks too fast.

    He should focus on slowing down, being more concise, and asking

    more intelligent questions.

  • @dick91p I agree with you. This George guy is just a crony or puppet it is a shame to have great guess like that and not even ask one intelligent question. That's why I don't watch his show anymore especially after watching his documentary love,hate and propaganda. He only told half truths on that program it was very disappointing but, to be expected the corporate media doesn't want to or won't tell us the real truth.

  • 40 years of rock , and still going .. some people well never get how freaking awesome they are! ,, there's just way more to Rush then music.

  • The Rock and Roll "Hall of Fame" is the travesty

  • I think if you're a Canadian citizen and you can't properly pronounce "Peart," you should be deported.

  • Still great, still relevant

  • i just shot coffee out of my nose when ged said people thought he was Bono lol

  • This band is a legend, I love Neil Pert, he is amazing.

  • Alex is a funny fellow = )

  • These guys are awesome! A three-hour set! Lesser bands would never be able pull that off! I thank God for Rush!  I love Alex...he's so funny!

    I'm not dugging the mustache though!

  • Its not so much Neil is avoiding interviews, its just he lives in LA now and this interview was filmed in Toronto. Niel has always been more private and has often let Geddy and Alex handle that aspect of it.

  • George is able to get a slightly different response from a slightly different approach, making this a unique Rush interview, a gem.

  • That would be the ideal...yet the press is the press (Paparazzi) And They will dig to China if they can on anyone or thing. And I believe, being in the business for so long, Neil knows it and fades back a bit in regards.

  • rush rules.....agreed

  • @2112murphy I'm pretty sure that was a big factor in his avoiding interviews. I remember reading that interviewers would frequently ask him about his late wife and daughter, and to avoid having to bring back hard memories, Alex and Geddy stood in. It's a shame, really. I'd love to see more of him in interviews...

  • What is with Neil? Does he just not participate in the talk show thing? Prediction: Ben Foster, not Bono will play Geddy Lee in the movie about Rush. I was convinced that they play the same set every night of every tour. Were they indicating something different? These 2 ain't outsiders. Maybe Neil is. Guys with families who compost are not outsiders. Amazing how powerful these guys are but they seem like Buddhists from Northern California. Really nice people. They are very together and sane.

  • I love the overwhelming welcome the audience gives these two guys...if you watch the other interviews on this show, the audience does not clap or cheer as loudly.

  • it is canada, and it is a canadian band so...

  • @rhinehartd yes that was nice to see, and hear.

  • Thank you for this post. Makes me believe agin.

  • anyone know where to find that video, that part were it shows all of there gold and platnum records?

  • Rush Rules

  • true class acts.

  • "...it was a miserable failure." xD Geddy's awesome.

  • I bought my first album when I was 16 now I'm 18 and I have just about every song of theirs on my ipod and listen to them everyday. People think i'm weird

  • same here man. Hey just remember what Rush said "The spaces in between leave room for you and I to grow"

  • @Dthorn912 im 14 i heard the first rush song when i was 5 it was free will and i remember it sounding cool and different i bought my first cd when i was 12 it was a farewell to kings i bought my second one a couple mounths later it was retrospective 1 then exit stage left since then i have 17 cd's i cant find permanent waves :(

  • @zackjp I have most of their cd's. I got permanent waves at a gas station believe it or not. I need retrospective, caress of steel, and presto.

  • @Dthorn912 it aint weird to have good taste kid

  • @Dthorn912 im 26 right now and all my friends grew up on pearl jam, nirvana, smashing pumpkins, etc. i discovered Rush and felt like throwing every other album i'd owned away. My friends think i'm wierd, too.....but they, like your friends dont understand music past it's face value.

  • @Dthorn912 Not weird, a better wordchoice would be obssesive or if you want to put it in a nicer frame recurrent

  • @Dthorn912 rush is one of those bands eh

  • @Dthorn912

    You are, enjoy it!

  • @Dthorn912 I don't. I unfortunately just discovered them a little over a year ago and I'm obsessed. I'm 16 now.

  • @Dthorn912 your generations sucks

  • @Dthorn912

    buy their records like a true music fan

  • @McStooge99 and i quote: "I bought my first album"

  • @Dthorn912

    welcome the weird rush family. :-)

  • @Dthorn912 weird, but correct. haha its not even that you have good taste, but what ur doing is actually correct.

  • @Dthorn912 never care what ppl think of it... I was 12 with ELP on my Walkman and I didn't care who thought what about it. 26 years later, I got an mp3 player full of Rush, ELP, King Crimson, etc and it's all good!

  • @Dthorn912 It's okay bro, i'm the same way haha

  • @Dthorn912

    You're not weird, you just have exquisite taste, right? ;)

    I've loved them since I heard "2112" back in the good ole' 70's when I was a wee lass....lol.

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  • @Dthorn912 i think your cool

  • @Dthorn912 fuck the ''other people'' dig what you dig bro. Rush is fucking EPIC music ;)

  • @Dthorn912 Don't listen to them. Listen to 2112, because those kind of people are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx.

  • @Dthorn912

    They obviously haven't HEARD Rush. I find it odd that people don't do exactly that honestly

  • @Dthorn912 keep it up bro support real music.

  • Was this your plan?

    Exactly lol

  • just so u know this must be from like 07/08 becuase they have a new live album working men

  • As usual Neil's to good to show up.I love the Man but he needs to man up and show up with the guys on interviews.

  • You do realize that Neil lives in California, while Geddy and Alex live down the street from each other in Toronto...? I'm sure for Neil to be with the other two for all their interviews and stuff would be annoying for him. Neil does do interviews and appearances on shows, just not the same ones usually. You can find some on Youtube.

  • I bought my first Rush album when I was 13, Im 40 now. I still listen to them just about everyday.

    Im am still here because the kept me sane in the rough times. Thanks.

  • interesting.... i also bought my first Rush album at age 13... in 2009

  • i saw my first rush concert at 13... coolest experience ever

  • i am 13 hopefully they will go on tour in the next 2 years

    i will be the guy who camps out by the ticket booth lol

  • whats is the song rush is playing at 1:25?

  • Nobody's Hero - Counterparts

  • i wana hot dog

  • In the early days of Rush....

    ZEPPLIN mentioned the boys!!!!

    The Grasshopper BECOMES the MASTER!!!

    CLASSIC/AWESOME!!!!!

    \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/

  • they're funny guys

  • RUSH 2112 is a classic musical piece!!!

  • Geddy is still skinny. Always will be!

    =]

  • "people with Spanish accents think i'm Ozzy Osbourne" What a classic line hahaha

  • I listen to classic RUSH all the time. Just listened to "A farewell To Kings" last night in fact. STILL kicks my ass!

  • How much does Cygnus X-1 rule?

  • as much as the black hole itself....INFINITE!!!!

  • its song of the year, ALL YEARS

  • jesus, geddys got a little big.

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  • Does Geddy have a big gut here, or is there a pillow in front of him? I'm serious

  • Hey is Geddy Lee. If he wants to have a gut for a while he is entitled to it! XD

  • I think it's just the way the shirt is bunched up

  • Ya I think it is just the shirt that is bunched up.

  • RUSH is TIMELESS!!!

  • why is Neil Peart never at interviews? I mean I know before it was because of his tragedy that he suffered but hes remarried now and is expecting a child. I WANT TO HEAR HIM TALK

  • he's just uncomfortable sometimes in big crowds

  • I wonder if Alex's inspiration to have the moustache briefly was from Keith Richards in Pirates Of The Caribbean III. Richards did keep the moustache for awhile and then shaved it off.

  • Alex totally gets more badass with age lol

  • LOOK AT ALEX'S BALD SPOT!!!

  • Where do they live in Toronto??

  • One of my friends, who's mexican, thought Geddy looked like Ozzy. Conspiraqi!

  • id always imagind Alex had an accent before I'd seen my first interview with them, I don't know why

  • wheres niel

  • They play such serious and intense songs... but they have a sense of humour. I love Rush.

  • lol this is soooooo funnny haha !

  • shopping is fun lol

  • My favorite band for over 30 yrs...the reason I became a musician.

  • man these guys are my heros.

  • Great interview. These two are awesome guys. So honest, modest and funny. True Canadians! :)

  • these guys were my favourite band for so long

  • There is a degree of shyness to Peart.

  • are you crazy you krack pot neil peart is the best

  • Neil Peart doesnt like doing interviews because after his wife and daughter died he didnt want to do interviews because he was afraid that someone would ask him questions about it and he just doesnt want to talk about it.

  • Yeah, I know too.

  • makes sense

  • Neil has always been reluctant to interview, long before his wife and daughter died.

  • Peart is not shy, he just likes keeping to himself most of the time. Check this vid out if you want to see him joking around: "Neil Peart On The Rick Mercer Report" : watch?v=mNFz74nHw4Y

  • i just watched it ,what a guy,what a drummer!!!!

  • LOL. Bono, Ozzy Osbourne, John Lennon. Wow, he looks very alike!

  • What did Alex say that was edited out @ 5:20 & got a pretty good audience "whoop?" Must've been a swear word? Obvious splice there & I can't figure it out. Re "Just don't call it ****?" About being outsiders?

    Thanks

  • He (Neil) is a private man. He isn't shy - just private. Unfortunately, that's a difficult thing to be when you're "in the "limelight""

  • poor alex with his bald spot. camera guy had a field day with it.

  • hhahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!­! so funny .... but true

  • Rush not being in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame is a travesty!!

  • @bv1113 It.s a big laugh,world best prog-band

  • @bv1113 They dont care about the hall of shame

  • @bv1113 Yes in a way but I think it has helped them to have always been on the "outside" as George put it.

  • where's neil?

  • I'm sure he's on his motorcycle somewhere ;-)

  • i've heard he's a really shy person in front of the camera, so he tends not to do interviews.

  • They grew into their songs because they are timeless and speak a universal truth: specific or broad ideas, sentiments or emotion. Every song by RUSH is hand crafted.

  • Imagine Alex in total ah of Page. uh someone should clue him in that he's 10 times better than his idol.

  • LOL. So true

  • Keep dreaming. Alex is an incredible, incredible guitarist, but he's not the best. Clapton and Page are legendary. I think even Alex would admit that.

  • I would put David Gilmour and Alex above Clapton and Page in terms of their sheer originality in terms of concept and execution with their guitar-scapes.

  • i wish they would release the Counterparts DVD

  • For anyone who doesn't understand why so many of us love these guys, they need to watch this video clip. A quick history of the band, a complete, yet brief history of the bands many MANY achievements, and a look into their true musicianship and great sense of humor all tied up with a sense of humility and respect. What a great band and a great bunch of guys.

  • How awesome are these guys! Rock on Rush.

  • In My Humble Opinion

  • best.canadian.band.ever.

  • wrong......... best rock band ever!!!!!!! 2nd place Pink Floyd and 3rd place Stones & Black Sabbath. Hi from Venezuela.

  • in my oopinion they are the best rock band ever but realy the beatles are the best rock band ever.

  • better sales doesn´t mean better band.

  • uh..yeah they sorta do...

  • better bands mean better bands, rush is numba 1