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  • This song is best enjoyed on a kick ass system with it cranked up!

  • rush i love them they know the real issues and there soo clean with there music feels good to listen to them

  • Why, when I search for this song, does that godawful Beyonce song come up first?

  • That's what I love about skateboarding and Progressive Rock like Rush. It's so unique, it makes for such a good video, if you have the patience to work on the editing that is. I listen to Rush all of the time, and their music gives me literally hundreds of ideas for a new video.

  • And I know Rush is Canadian btw ;x

  • Hard to think that we no longer have a space program. ::sigh:: Rush, those were much better times then.

  • this sounds absolutely mind blowing amazing cranked up on a good stereo!

  • Its all about the passion and love for music.

  • This song has the best ending! The combination of the radio comm from the launch with the music is awesome!!

  • @tripslft your right, did he say velocity 6200 feet per second? there's very few that need a jockstrap of such magnitude. what balls!!!!!!!

  • it's been a year ago or so i took a day of from work to drive from HB to hollywood to see alex & gary accept Rush's star on the walk of fame...there were about 300 fans on the block, LAPD had to close 2 lanes of hollywood blvd...

  • Excellent groove on the bass! Nice job Gary...

  • I love how it finishes off with "we enjoyed the music, thank you..." "we enjoyed it, we just wanted to share some with you"

  • @SilenceIKissYou when the hell does it say that?

  • Still an amazing song.

  • @cyphrinfinity The best there ever was :)

  • Has anybody noticed this about this Rush album cover? The overlap of the 'h' above the top right corner of the picture exceeds the direct opposite 'R' by at least 2 millimetres...... Still said, a very very very good album.

  • Holy crap, I've always loved to watch the rockets take off from Cape Canaveral, either at 2 miles or 200, and while I may never get another chance to see another shuttle take off from our humble space sport, hopefully they won't be the last adventures we launch from Florida. This song makes me relive those days and makes me hope for the future to come.

    Otherwise, I'm just excited to discover a Rush song that mentions my home state :D

  • I love Rush!!!Just saw them for the first time ever in June of this year "Time Machine Tour" awesome concert. Analog Kid is one of the reasons I enlisted in the Navy....

  • You know what would be an interesting tour? I know this would never happen because Rush is too goddamn awesome to tour with anyone else, but it'd be neat for them to tour with Mastodon. That'd be interesting, somewhat of a father-and-son band relationship seeing as Mastodon is the next step in conceptual metal.

  • This Friday marks the end of an era...

    

  • @sheracad That brought you here too, huh?

  • epic build up, only from the greatest band in the entire multiverse existence 1:15

  • this might be my fav of this album ....alot of songs on this one are dope

  • I always thought "Losing It" should have been after this on the album, but this sounds so ultimate that it makes for a good last track. BTW Columbia should have called Rocinante after Rush witnessed its takeoff.

  • If Rush were to be inducted into the Rock n' Roll HOF, it would be best if they either ignored the invite or sent the invitations back unopened. Rush performing at the RnR HOF would be as misplaced as Elton John performing at Harley Davidson's 100 year party. Kind of ironic that rock music is supposed to be about non-conformity and the only way to get in its HOF is to conform to some ideal. Rush is the quintessential non-conformist band.

  • @wllrjstn1 THANK YOU!! ;) i couldn't have said it better!

  • To all those wondering why Rush is not in the hall of fame, wouldn't it be a joke if they were? Consider their lyrics, "But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity," or "Living in the limelight, the universal dream for those who wish to seem," or "For the words of the prophets were written on the studio wall, concert hall. And echoes with the sounds of salesmen." Seems to me to be a seething criticism of all the hall of fame stands for.

  • @wllrjstn1 you know, i never really thought about it like that. i guess you have a point. but, they deserve some kind of recognition. i mean, integrity is what Rush is all about! they've been the same 3 guys since 1974(how many other bands can attest to that??), and they've always delivered. sure, not everything they've offered musically has been favorably received, but that's the critics' problem. they've inspired so many people, myself included & from what i've heard they're very humble guys.

  • BAD ASS SONG!!! I like to hear this song with my eyes closed , I can see the images in my mind. Rush top five greatest bands ever to exist!! Like I " ve posted before Rush and the Police top 5 of all time!!!

  • @bernabe005 seriously?  The Police? No one in that band could play except for the drummer.

    That is a very dissappointing choice. Hardly better than Lady Gagag and the likes of her filth.

  • Rush influenced my life, it opend a alternative universe of "all things possible"

  • A friend of mine was on trash and heavy metal, then i gave him the Rush Chronicles 2-CD as a birthday present, 1 month later he said to me: "men, your present was the best thing that could happen to me, how come i never heard of this guys if i'm into rock and metal and stuff" the lesson here is not progressive>metal, it's about the search of new and great music that sometimes you can't find by yourself, so if you know great bands or songs, share them to the world with no fear at all.PEACE

  • @MaelstromGuy so true. That's what music is all about... Peace

  • @MaelstromGuy Exactly! So everybody go check out a band called "Ayreon"

  • I literally have not heard this song since 1982. I remember buying Signals because of New World Man when I was in seventh grade but ended up loving the whole album. This song was awesome because the initial Space shuttle launch of Columbia was still a recent event.

  • This should be the official NASA anthem.

  • @12guitdown

     I agree.

  • @12guitdown Hell yeah!

  • ...and we enjoyed the music Bob brought 'cha ..... Aw, we enjoyed it we just want to share some with ya!...

  • I have more respect for NASA for letting Rush us thier recorded communications.

  • How can anyone NOT like the synths, ffs cmon Rush fans listen to them there so good 4:31-5:02 and then its kicks down.....ahhh hahah so amazing i gotta go fap. AFK

  • Rush,,,,,,, Signal the Great Album.....!

  • rush is my favorite and

  • This whole album has the some of the nicest synth work Geddy's done, IMO.

  • love this song...popped it in on my way to kennedy space center one time to watch a launch!

  • I love the outro. What a great album. I love this one and the next three albums. Like a lot of listeners, I was put off at first by the synths. Now, I realize that I just had to deconstruct my mind from years of listening to stupid grunge and punk with meaningless lyrics and heavy distorion bar chordsto be able to be able to discover music that makes ME feel good. For me, the synths make it so I'll never get bored with the song because there's always some cool sound or chord to listen too

  • I wish my school wasn't full of a bunch of punk ass gangster wanna bees, fucking pisses me off.

  • Sure, David Bowie can write a song about space exploration but, These guys KILLED it!!!!

  • i play this for my high school students- they have no idea about the US first space shuttle launch...

  • I saw this tour back it the eighties in Toronto...they never fail ,always an killer show...I still have the first 14 albums on vinyl...can't let 'em go, never will !!!

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  • 1 person was too busy being awed to look where they were clicking and clicked the dislike button by mistake.

  • on oct 20 everyone go to 50 cents songs and hit the dislike bar!!!!!!!

  • UN CLASICO HUGO ZEGARRA LIMA PERU

  • @angeldemoniacoful i know they went to peru

  • I can't stop listening to this song!!!!! its so amazing! Rush will never EVER fail...

  • sounds a little like kansas

  • @babo430 you are crazyy!!!!!?????

  • slapp da bass?

  • @Stefaniee319 Ya mon, I like to slappa da bass!

  • the fact that they're not in the rock hall of fame illustrates the irrelevance and farce that the rock n roll hall of fame is. fan base, record sales, influence and staying power are the true measure of a legendary band.

  • The voice radio chatter in this song is with a Columbia crew. She is gone, DESTROYED with loss of all hands, by the cruel minions of the mass murdering Debt Syndicate. It pains my heart, to remember the Columbia Disaster. What a waste.

  • This song is IT! Too bad humanity is trapped in a prison, constructed by War Criminal mass murdering Debt Syndicate.

    Screw the BANKERS.  Who needs 'em?

    Let's get the Hell, off this rock!

  • PLEASE GOOGLE "NASA TOP 40" [SHOULD BE THE FIRST LINK] AND VOTE FOR "COUNTDOWN"

  • i launch my mind like a rocket, fast speed, faster and faster into outer space, every time i heard this song... im a rocket... im no longer here... closer and closer into the sun....closer and closer to the heart of all, understand me?

  • Great Peart drummin ' song!

  • Love this. It's like being 12 years old again...riding my bike home from Tower Records...album securely fastened to the rear rack...racing home before the heat warped my prized possession.

    Thanks for the post.

  • Love this. It's like being 12 years old again...riding my bike home from Tower Records...album securely fastened to the rear rack...racing home before the heat warped my prized possession.

    Thanks for the post.

  • is looking for the video to this they used to show on mtv...any suggestions???

  • countdown to rush`s decline in the 80`s!

  • @MeYouView

    No way!, I disagree, yes hemi and aftk and c of s bad ass of course. But if you give the 80's shit a chance, especially signals p/g, pw, uh and even hyf, you'll come to see the brilliance. Some of Liefson's best solos are from those albums.

  • no words :D

  • I play this for my high school teens, as they have no idea.

    Good job Neil!

  • Man it just angers me how underrated RUSH is. I mean they are seriously the best band on the Earth hands down! When you have the best bassist and best drummer along with such a passionate and great guitarist how can u not? People need to realize how great RUSH is and start listening to them more and mentioning them more!

  • I remember buying this album as soon as it came out . It had a hard album jacket and the record itself was red. :) I skipped school that day to buy it lol.

  • a "like" button is just not good enough for this song....it needs a "love" button...absolutely amazing imagery, it's as though I were there.

  • The last 49 seconds of this song just blow my mind! Fantastic

  • Rush is about great music, that's all that matters. Who cares about RRHOF, leave that for the pop stars.

  • THE INDUSTRY SUCKS ..... RUSH RULES

  • AWESOME SONG. THANK YOU FOR POSTING

  • Canadians write for all of us who dreamed of seeking the stars...well done boys!

  • there is a boys club for the rock-n-roll hall of fame..maybe rush does not fit the mold they like..neither does alice cooper..and there is a huge list of greats that have been passed over ...but madonna does...does this tell you the scope of the rock-n-roll hall of fame?..

  • Magnificent song !!!

  • Man, Geddy puts so much emotion into that simple synthesizer line(in the middle and near the end), love it

  • the quality is never out of the fashion

  • when I heard this song the first time, I felt cool

  • @Blabist  yes, but are you?

  • @loknloll maybe, yes, im cool according to all my friends, and other people I dont know. but yes, this makes me cooler lol

  • @Blabist well, rock on then brother.... i can be added to the list of people who think you're cool...

  • the first, THE FIRST song about Nasa,

  • FUCKING AWESOME!!! RUSH ROCKS!!!!!!

  • @LarrytheLumberjack they rock harder than rocks, anyways my sister likes AeroSmithand she keeps saying that rush is terrible and AeroSmith is a gift from god, its the opposite, RUSH is a gift from god!!

  • This album blew me away when I first purchased it as a student waaay back in 82 and it hasn't lost any of it's impact even listening to it 28 years on.

    In it's day, this stuff was ahead of it's time and even now, the production and quality shine through.

    This track is very powerful.

  • I grew up listening to 50% Rush, 50% everything else. Geddy, Alex, & Neil are the greatest friends I "never" met! Thank the universe for bringing together the elements of Rush!

  • This was the first Rush song where I knew exactly what it was about the minute I heard it, hehe, I was 15 then, and I felt cool.

  • One more thing, Rush went to NASA to get the tapes of the launch and NASA was shocked that a Rock Band was the first platform to introduce the Shuttle Program. I remember hearing this from AJ Jackson on MTV (you know, when they actually played music). It is forever immoratalized as the first song in history on the Program. Rush should be the band to write a song about the last launch, exclusive rights.

  • What people miss about this song is that it was the first song in history written about NASA's Shuttle Program. It's hard to believe that it was almost 30 years ago. Now that the Shuttle Program is near it's end to be replaced, the song has more significance.

  • Does anyone else hear this song and think, "Carnival music!" For me, it's strongest around 1:22, with the synth/drums.

    Love this song to death, though.

  • @Syynth I think awesome music

  • Geddy shines on bass on this bad boy!

  • os caras tocam demais...caramba pena ke eles nao vem aki em portugal....marcus vinicius -goiania -goias

  • Loved this for years! To think that Canadians wrote the best music to AMerica's launch?

  • Don't you think that when the aliens zap us that they won't give a fuck about what colour we are or where we come from?

  • Fantastic!!!!Crank er up,Boys!

  • My class is going to the Rock n' Roll HOF in 3 weeks, and when we get there, I'm going to raise hell!!! Why is Rush yet to be inducted? I mean they're only the worlds best band, not like that's a big accomplishment? :D

  • If you are going to raise hell make sure you're not wearing a RUSH shirt or paraphernalia. People around you will take you more seriously.

    Or

    Just subtly make a statement by wearing your favorite rush t-shirt, etc.

  • @redx880 Because Jann Wenner is a douchebag.

  • @redx880 give 'em hell!!!

  • @redx880 give them a good kick in the balls for me. they must be lost.this band excedes rock.another leval for sure.moving pictures reuion tour they are doing the whole album front to back..we got fairly good seats. thank god.seen them 7 times.just once i want to be in front.peace.

  • @redx880 clearly the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame doesn't have any credibility. I think Rush will be content knowing they're one of the most talented bands of all time.

  • @redx880 I dont think a film 40 yrs and 50 million albums sold .. is enough for the Hall Of Fame .. Grandmaster flash well deserved ..Its a joke I know

  • @cjf799 can you play a picolo you wish you can play gigs so shut up rush rocks

  • @ab12980 ur an idiot im being sarcastic . Ive seen rush 162 times

  • @redx880 ben fong torres is the reasons there not in the rrof he hates rush. he did the same thing whin he ran rolling stone mag. if you take a real good look there are

    no progressive rock bands there.

  • @redx880 I know this reply is late in coming, but after watching the documentary about Rush, I think the current thinking among us all Rush heads is that it's BETTER that Rush not be inducted. They're too good for R&R HoF. Rush is Rush because they've always been on their own special trajectory. It was more appropriate that they were inducted into Canada's Songwriters Hall of Fame - that actually has merit, whereas the R&R HoF really doesn't anymore. So, BOO to the HoF!

  • @bsbungie Yeah man, it's the Hall of Fame, not the Hall of Talent.

  • @redx880 Irrelevant my friend ...You,I and millions of other loyal Rush fans don't need commercial rock's stamp of approval to certify what we have known for a long time....RUSH IS SIMPLY THE BEST!!!!

  • @neckarsulme agreed..we dont need the rrhof lame acceptance...why would we want rush to be in the same class as madonna and al the other"rock stars"...they should erect a RUSH Hall of fame for others to be inducted into...fuk jan wiener...

  • @redx880 Don't worry. RUSH's next album is name..." FUCK the HALL OF FAME"

  • @dstrim2000 Well said my brother

  • @redx880

    So what happened?

  • @redx880 Ask Eddie Trunk why they're not yet inducted.

  • @redx880 Don't worry...... RUSH next album is called "Fu,, The rock&roll hall of fame:"

  • @redx880 My buddy and I used to call it the rock and roll hall of Lame when they inducted Van Halen before Rush. Grand master Flash? I mean Come on...

  • just to play this album almost all day long to the chagrine of my roommate at UCONN in '86....Challenger time

  • thanks for uploading this, i need it for coursework lol

  • n it came out years ago, simply awesome.

  • The riff at 2:52 is absolutely chill-inducing. That right there is pure Rush. No one else plays those chords, in that arrangement. It defines the genius of Geddy, Alex, and Neil. I'm a drummer, so can any guitarists tell me what type of progression that is? Just curious.

  • Great bass! Why do the bassists do not learn with this guy?

  • Great ending riffs for the last 45 seconds.

  • RUSH RULES !!!

  • keyboards are insane

  • this song and entire album was produced and arranged beautifully.

  • pure genius

  • The sound quality on your videos is amazing man. Good job papiecho18.

  • thanks

  • @papiecho18 I thought the same thing. Probably the best I've heard, actually.

  • i saw a night launch of some ordinary rocket ( lmao  ORDINARY!!), IT WAS INCREDIBLE!! LITE UP THE NIGHT SKY AS IF IT WERE DAY LIGHT!!!

  • I got a VIP access to a shuttle launch in 84. We sat where the family of the astronauts launching were at...as close as civilians were allowed to be at a shuttle launch..what an exhilarating thing to see. and I've seen 2 night launches...one totally stoned...

  • Wow....that must of been some trip!

  • As a guest of NASA, witnessed a nightlauch back in late 1997....AWESOME.....and had the song in my mind...all the time......words cannot describe The Feeling......

  • If I ever get the chance to visit Florida, it would have to be to witness a night-time shuttle launch!

  • i hav bn lucky enuf 2 c it at nyt tym n with low cloud as well which was an awesum image as it burst thru ! FAB !

  • Good luck, this song will be stuck in your head yes?

  • @hemispheres3 LOL I just said that on another thread that this song has been stuck in my head for the last day or so hahahaha.

  • Oh my god dude, this song has been stuck in my head for a while now, and I can't shake it, nor do I want to!!! That keyboard solo is the only thing I wanna hear like all the time!!!

  • "The shuttle has cleared the tower" Gets me everytime!

  • i love this song, every time i hear it, i remember when i saw the shuttle taking off. i was in navy boot camp in orlando, and we were able to see it. we were outside in the morning doing PT , and we all started looking up and cheering. that was THE ONLY TIME the company commanders lost control of us

  • awesome. i've been hoping to find this here for ages.

  • Buy the album!

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