@bansheebot2 RIGHT ON I did the same NFW. this album was just pure rock n roll Raw yet superb Les Pauls Waylin Marshall Stacks Screamin Rickenbacker bass in Stereo. I bought the album when I saw the record cover because of the way the stage looked ..and thought these guys must kick ass ....and from Bastille day on it did
I forgot what the date was but I think during the counterparts tour. I was in the upper seats with a girl (who didnt want to sit through the melvins) and I could see someone threw a hat on stage. I got a bootleg video of the show and it shows it.
what a wonderful man. i seriously recommend watching "beyond the lighted stage'. you get the sense that these three guys are genuinely really nice guys.
I'm 14 and I'm performing there with my 5 piece band who are all symilar ages , Ive been described as the next jimi Hendrix by many , and the band has been described as the next beatles, because we write our own music instaid of playing covers , were all really excited to be playing on the same stage as legends like rush , cream , bob Dylan , Hendrix ect :D
It is their best live album, because they were not only spot on in their playing, but even added on certain things that made their songs even better. Their playing was heavy, raw, and honest, full of energy, yet they played with very very good quality without any over production. For those reasons it IS their best live album to date, and probably will always be. I know "artist" or perfectionist like themselves are very crucial about themselves, but really, it is their best.
Geddy: "So I bought one ticket..." Oh my god this is genius! Thank god for Jack Bruce. Geddy woke up that day and we were blessed with Rush. I HAVE TICKETS TO SEE THEM IN IRVINE. 6th row baby! See you all there!
Its the same with me... I cant get any of my friends as excited about the Rush tour as me... there starting to flake on me. I hope they turn their attitudes around...I dont want to go to the show alone, but I will if I have to! Rush is the greatest band ever!!
@Cheese71 they flaked on me tonight, for example. The Documentary permiers and they are just last age sellouts, rather to see it when it comes out on pink risk.
i love the orange oil as it weakens with the sunlight on the plankton shure. As soon as the 'skimmers' gurgle their water with their corroded bottom lip, the're wont be Art. Ever. And the unheard Tree in a Forest Union is loud as sheppking foxhen Dogs. In the immortaL WORDS OF jAMES vcaRVILLE
....I forgot to mention feel and atmosphere for the albums I mentioned. They really had a certain feel to them, and the whole atmosphere was sureal, and the audiences were great.
IMO, All The World's A Stage is one of metals or heavy rocks best 3 all time live albums, which includes Live Evil by Black Sabbath, & Live After Death by Iron Maiden, with The Live Gonzo album by Ted Nugent & If You Want Blood...by AC/DC as honorable mentions. These albums had the perfect balance of honesty, rawness, and quality & professionalism, and captured these bands at their primes.
It is their best live album, because it was not only captured them in their most powerful and energetic era, but wasalso their most honest of all recorded live performances while actually sounding pretty much on cue and professional too. Then to top things off they actually improved certain parts of their songs with either added on and really interesting and guitar parts that added depth to the mood, along with being heavier and faster. Hands down, ATWAS IS their best live album.
you too? remember that huge rain storm,the sky was black.some people said the world was going to end.We went to the first and last show.RUSH were amazing,the best part was that we were there for the recording of ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE,A major part of the history of RUSH.
Always has been my favorite live album! I know it affected many listeners other than myself profoundly so its amazing to hear about Geddy' s experience with the venue and recording. Good stuff.
Geddy is one good-looking gentleman, I must say - despite him being 39 years older than me. XD I am a newly-born Rush fan, fifteen years old...and not ashamed to admit that! \m/
You are not the only one, my friend. :3 Call me crazy, but it's true. He stands out to me more than Alex and Neil, somehow. ^_^
Why wouldn't we see Mr. Lee as attractive? He has intelligence, talent, a love of family and love for his bandmates, and so much more than that. x] So what if he's way older? XD I don't care, I love him anyway! \m/
XD Your logic is as close to flawless as I think anything could be, we'll just leave it at that ;) And I'm pretty sure you're right about Geddy once again, he'd probably be flattered and modest, but possibly also slightly disturbed... I mean, I think I would be if I were him. XD
Why, thank you for agreeing with my logic. :p I am certainly not flawless, I have never claimed to be. ;)
Hmmm...perhaps he would be slightly disturbed. But it's not like we are getting crazy, exclaiming, "OMG! Geddy's so freaking hot! Don't you think?!" XD We are teenage females, but we behave. ^_^
True, true. With as much admiration and respect I have for Geddy and his bandmates, I would never become rabid. :p There's no place for that. I believe Geddy would agree with me on that. "Don't go crazy over me!" XD
All I know is that I could never have conversations along those lines with any of my peers; mainly because no one has any idea who the hell RUSH is. ^_^ It's a shame. \m/
It's so sad, I only have one friend who knows who the hell Rush is... and absolutely it's a shame. It will puzzle me forever how my peers can overlook Rush in all their glory!
Don't you worry, mi amigo. I do not care if you are late. :3
Shame, shame, shame. "Shame on you!" XD Anyway...I don't even know any pals of mine who would connect with me in terms of my "RUSH fever." :p I never asked, probably because my search would come up fruitless. :/
The person who got me into RUSH is my father, who has been a fan since the 70s. I've been a fan since November 2009 - or two months. Impressive, huh? XD He's the only one I know who will have a meaningful conversation. :3
I've been a fan since about last November... right after the Snakes and Arrows tour. Such awful timing D: Oh well, that's so cool to have someone you know be a Rush fan... neither of my parents like then that much :P
Yes, I am now in my "RUSH fever." I have named it so because whenever I come into fascination with something, it will not leave my mind until it's indulged as far as it can be indulged. Hence I have a "fever." XD
If only we could have been born twenty, or even thirty, years earlier - when RUSH was in their prime. Not saying they are anything less than incredible now, but still. Dammit...Why do we have to be so young?! XD
XD I know exactly what you mean by "fever" like that, the exact same thing happens to me XD
I must also agree wholeheartedly with that- why did we have to be born into this frigging generation? D: Being born some thrity years earlier would have been btter for sure... I mean, I'd have liked to be around when Rush wore kimonos XD
It's good to know I am not losing my mind when I say I have a "fever" for anything, especially a band. ^_^
I KNOW! >:( What little "music" still exists in our generation today just sucks in comparison to the Rock gods of RUSH! \m/ And sucks is an understatement. :p
*Giggle* Yeah, like in the video where they played "Tom Sawyer" on Rock Band. Geddy: "Where's your silk kimono?" XD
I am not going to ask about what just passed through your weird mind XD Well, if by stalking you mean actually getting up early and following him around I am by no means a stalker! >.>
Yeah, it's best you don't ask. XD I am far stranger and crazier than you can ever imagine. O.o
Yes, that's my definition of stalking. If you and I were to get up early and follow him around, then we would be stalkers! ^_^ But since that is not our behavior, we may rest assured that we are not fanatics or stalkers.
Yes, if you could figure out where he lives, I'd go along with you. But I think we'd stalk him in a good way, nothing perverted or anything. :p We'd stalk him because we're huge fans that would love his company. Hopefully. ^_^
Dude, if he were disturbed before, when we gossiped about how attractive he is, then he'd be twice as disturbed now. XD He'd be thinking, "I'm just gonna walk away now." XD
Seriously, how demented am I to think the way I think - about Geddy Lee, no less? :p
I will tell you if I ever figure that out XD But I'm afraid I didn't realise it was possible to stalk someone in a good way ^^ Lawl if he read this he might decide to like, move to antartica or somewhere not populated by psychotic teenage fangirls XD And believe me- you can't be nearly as demented as I am on that front. ;)
If Geddy ever were to move or not be a part of RUSH anymore, the world might stop spinning for me! :[ But you gotta do what you gotta do to get away from psychotic teenage fangirls. XD
I'm not nearly as demented as you? Oh, really? Are you so sure about that? ^_^ If any of the three RUSH guys were to know what I thought on a daily basis, they'd start becoming afraid of their fans. ;p
We'll see about that. How demented are you, my friend? XD
I'll tell you this- I'm NOT demented enough to publish my demented thoughts on YouTube XD Thank God Neil, Geddy or Alex (particullarly Geddy ^^) can't read thoughts (as far as I know O.o) because if they could I think they'd move to Antartica and never look at a seemingly innocent 14 year old the same way again.
My dear old papa first got a RUSH album in 1976 - when they had reach their first high of success for the album "2112." The album he had, and blasted on his sterio system, was "All the World's a Stage," the live album Geddy discusses here. Quite coincidental, eh? XD
He has loved them ever since. I'm not sure about my mum, though I would think she knows them from being with my dad for 20+ years. So...yeah. ^_^
ANSWER: I was almost 14 years old at the time. I had longer hair then, much skinnier and was wearing a Kiss T-shirt at the concert if I remember correctly. So long ago.. I am 47 now with less hair, more weight but I will still listen to Kiss.
I was at the June 12th show. For the encore they played "Best I Can" with Geddy using his teardrop Precision Bass. I was standing at the front of the stage. At one point I leaped up into the air right in front of him with my hands punching the sky. Geddy looked right at me and leaned into this awesome move and the photographer snapped a photo which made it into the album's liner pics. I will never forget that moment now captured in history.
@1qaz4u very lucky for you, I was in presto tour in 1990 in allpine valley in the front row and I spend the same with Geddy and Alex greetings from madrid-spain.
if you take a look at the 2 record set, he must have been using 2 basses for those 3 days...because the book visions shows his precicion bass before it was made into a teardrop, but you can see both basses in the photos on the fold out.
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The most annoying band and even worse geddy lee has got to be the most hateful voice in all of rock....especially canadian rock...no one says you have to like what I have wrote ....just deal with it....I went last year to see this crap and I put this right up there with tom cochrane....pure garbage
I took my 4 year daughter and 6 year old son to my 53rd show, and we all sat in the 2nd row. Alex actually yelled at me for letting my son's ear plugs fall out during the show. and he pointed out his barbie dolls to my daughter.. Hilight of my rush experiences.. no doubt.
Great to see Geddy so at ease. Have LOVED this band since my boyfriend took me to see them in 1980 (I think). I still wear that shirt to every tour since then, and wave to Geddy - imagining he actually recognizes me. (Just wishful thinking) Have taken my kids to the last two tour shows. Thanks RUSH!
Best live recording (as far as audio) = Exit Stage Left. Best live video = GUP Tour & Rush in Rio...This is one of those bands that is very tough to get a decent recording out of. IMHO Vapor Trails wasn't recorded properly...
That is the story of my life... I've seen rush 54 times. But I've bought 150+ tickets to those 54 shows, and I've been paid back for maybe half the "gifts" i've given my unworthy friends. lol.
Wow, Geddy described the last 5 years of shows I experienced. None of my friends really wanted to go see RUSH, I went alone to their last show at Summerfest! It was worth the $800 for 2 tickets I bought! LOVE RUSH more than they'll ever know!
I would agree that ATWAS was my favorite live album. It was so raw. it sounded like they were playing inside your livingroom, Live albums at that time seemed to have an 'intimacy' to them. Live albums nowadays, even though I like them, are so much more polished, maybe even too much.
A most excellent band and "the boys" are all great.
At the R30 show, I realized that the only reason I had not seen them all 30 years was because I was 8 when they started. From the time I hit 16, I have been to every tour and have always wanted to go see them in Toronto.
Even in my worst seats, it was the best show ever.
Nice to see Geddy remembering the early years and the importance of the place for Rush as a newcoming band then. Great band, great music, great members, one of a kind.
Egad, but I do love Geddy and Rush. Best band ever, and holy crap is All the World's A Stage the best live album ever released. Oh, now I'm waxing all geeky.
ya I'm a bass player have many cover vids here at youtube. I've been playin Rush for 33 years. This was the first taste of Rush for me and still love jammin to it.
I think the first show I saw at Massey Hall was John Entwistle (bassplayer of the Who). He had a solo thing going in 1975 in a band called "Ox". THE LOUDEST SHOW ON EARTH! Even the headbangers were shouting for him to turn it down. To which other headbangers shouted back, "Up your f%$# #$%!"
My first show was seeing them in Cleveland, opening for Aerosmith (toys in the attic tour) on the 2112 tour in 1976. That show was from this tour. I haven't missed a show since. Long live Rush!
my story of becoming an official Rush fan is similar to yours. the first Rush show I attended was in 1990 and I believe it was the Presto tour. I would have been 7. the first Rush recording I ever owned was Roll the Bones on cassette. not counting the Counterparts tour, I have seen them every tour. wouldn't miss them for anything, and they're still my favorite band! :D
I am only 14, and my first rush album was... well I first listened to some select songs but my first real album was permenant waves... I love rush. I saw them play live in pheonix, 3rd row, and I got Alex Lifeson's Pick!!!
Unfortunately no. I saw them on the second leg. At the time of the first leg I was unable to see them, which really sucked because they came to my city on my birthday... -.- When I did see them though it totally made up for not seeing them the first time they came.
Exit Stage Left was my first and still my favorite. Especially the Jacob's Ladder through Xanadu passage, man talk about tying some great music together.
when i first got hold your fire i was confused cause i wasn't sure if it meant like "hold your fire" as in dont shoot, or hold your fire as in like dont drop your fire, actually i still dont know
all of those meanings apply. if you look at the themes of the different songs on that album, you'll see the phrase "hold your fire" take on different meanings from one song to the next.
my first Rush CD was Counterparts. it was Christmas of 1993 and I got my first CD playing home stereo, and a handful of CDs to go with it, including Counterparts. that was a really good Christmas!
My first was Exit Stage Left, then Signals. Rush was my first concert. San Diego Sports Arena '84. Golden Earring opened. Both bands were awesome. I saw Rush on the next three tours as well... Oh and I learned to play the bass.
Best Rush live album hands down!
bassmanjoe 1 day ago
Wow, that was a genuinely enjoyable five minutes. Thanks Geddy, thanks Massey Hall :-)
2112jonr 1 month ago
what's the song that starts at 2:27? Thanks in advance.
drummer2474 1 month ago
maybe destroying long the zither
like barry sanders lost in taste
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one sheless joe, please?
floated
SuperMegaUberGenius 2 months ago
@citysonicTV you should do The Tea Party at Metropolis.
BadMotorFinger92 3 months ago
seconal
tenement hall
/watch?v=p3LrW96OIos
SuperMegaUberGenius 3 months ago
This is how a true musician values and talks about music. This is what we need more of in the world today.
MrDeppness 4 months ago
Should throw some old stinky rugs up from petco for damping cause when I was there in 86 the acoustics sucked. But I love the kitchyness
noodlesmealey 7 months ago
Bastille Day is my B-day! I love that song!
Yamasenshi 7 months ago
@Yamasenshi joyeux anniversaire!
italianstllion93 7 months ago
@Yamasenshi merci!
Yamasenshi 7 months ago
Thanks for this post.
RallyCat909 8 months ago
Geddy Lee is still one the greatest and coolest bass players ever in music. RUSH RULES !!!
MRGXX64 8 months ago 3
Geddy Lee and RUSH are MASTERFUL musicians, and wonderful people!
AudiophileTubes 8 months ago
Just dont sit in the gallery - unless you amputate your legs before sitting.
BuzzyFredrick 10 months ago
What's the song at 2:26?
BlueNinja150 1 year ago
I played there last Wednesday !!!!!!!
13Musicmachine 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this!
lastdaysguitar 1 year ago
Man, I wore this tape out when I was a teenager in the 80's. The version of By'Tor and the Snowdog is the best.
bansheebot2 1 year ago
@bansheebot2 RIGHT ON I did the same NFW. this album was just pure rock n roll Raw yet superb Les Pauls Waylin Marshall Stacks Screamin Rickenbacker bass in Stereo. I bought the album when I saw the record cover because of the way the stage looked ..and thought these guys must kick ass ....and from Bastille day on it did
RIFFRAFFB 1 year ago
is it just me or does bastille day sound a bit like the temples of syrinx
psycho705 1 year ago
Anybody know what song is at the beginning???
aquaman1227 1 year ago
@aquaman1227 The song is "Bastille Day",from the album "Caress Of Steel".
If you get a chance,grab that album...great stuff!!!!
irvan36mm 1 year ago
I forgot what the date was but I think during the counterparts tour. I was in the upper seats with a girl (who didnt want to sit through the melvins) and I could see someone threw a hat on stage. I got a bootleg video of the show and it shows it.
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago
Wish I was there for the concert! Amazing!
bytor765 1 year ago
what a wonderful man. i seriously recommend watching "beyond the lighted stage'. you get the sense that these three guys are genuinely really nice guys.
long live rush
123dacat 1 year ago
I'm 14 and I'm performing there with my 5 piece band who are all symilar ages , Ive been described as the next jimi Hendrix by many , and the band has been described as the next beatles, because we write our own music instaid of playing covers , were all really excited to be playing on the same stage as legends like rush , cream , bob Dylan , Hendrix ect :D
13Musicmachine 1 year ago
@13Musicmachine
what's the band
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13Musicmachine 1 year ago
It is their best live album, because they were not only spot on in their playing, but even added on certain things that made their songs even better. Their playing was heavy, raw, and honest, full of energy, yet they played with very very good quality without any over production. For those reasons it IS their best live album to date, and probably will always be. I know "artist" or perfectionist like themselves are very crucial about themselves, but really, it is their best.
TitaniumByFire 1 year ago
happy 57th birthday geddy!!!
ieetemos4breakfast 1 year ago
He looks like John Lennon.
rentamobtv 1 year ago
you can hear the snare snap on "Temples..." if you listen closely
also a guitar string broke during the solo for "working man"
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago
oh yes i remember Geddy gets mistaken from Ozzy
is this from "Beyond the lighted stage"?
also Mike Meyers brother was yelling "Nighthawks" during the album and can be heard.
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago
is he ozzy?
MultiSillyputty 1 year ago
I was there.Awesome concert.
Mystashyft 1 year ago 14
@Mystashyft
me too...absolutely fantastic !
lerxst1963 9 months ago
@Mystashyft me to ... if it was the show that Max Webster opened ???
Spiboy 6 months ago
Geddy: "So I bought one ticket..." Oh my god this is genius! Thank god for Jack Bruce. Geddy woke up that day and we were blessed with Rush. I HAVE TICKETS TO SEE THEM IN IRVINE. 6th row baby! See you all there!
instantbrother 1 year ago
i remember that tour....the nosebleed section actually was named after that era. Snortlaughing at the 2010 Time Machine mass evian @prestige
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
Wow geddy looks more like a Man now a days, he looked way more ummm... feminine back in the day.
Antmasesan 1 year ago
So was Geddy Lee's greatest influence Jack Bruce???
GrungeRocker1000 1 year ago
@GrungeRocker1000
yes. if you hear the goodbye album, you can hear Jack Bruce playing like you wouldnt believe!
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago
What Paganini was to violin Geddy is to the bass ...A GENIUS!
Ronbo710 1 year ago
@Ronbo710
keep in mind there chops got better with time.
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago
beautiuful long version,,tell jack bruce to go doen to the polecat, tell Brutus
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
what a feeling of a life time ...
igirl4fun 1 year ago
Its the same with me... I cant get any of my friends as excited about the Rush tour as me... there starting to flake on me. I hope they turn their attitudes around...I dont want to go to the show alone, but I will if I have to! Rush is the greatest band ever!!
Cheese71 1 year ago
@Cheese71 they flaked on me tonight, for example. The Documentary permiers and they are just last age sellouts, rather to see it when it comes out on pink risk.
i love the orange oil as it weakens with the sunlight on the plankton shure. As soon as the 'skimmers' gurgle their water with their corroded bottom lip, the're wont be Art. Ever. And the unheard Tree in a Forest Union is loud as sheppking foxhen Dogs. In the immortaL WORDS OF jAMES vcaRVILLE
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
....I forgot to mention feel and atmosphere for the albums I mentioned. They really had a certain feel to them, and the whole atmosphere was sureal, and the audiences were great.
TitaniumByFire 1 year ago
IMO, All The World's A Stage is one of metals or heavy rocks best 3 all time live albums, which includes Live Evil by Black Sabbath, & Live After Death by Iron Maiden, with The Live Gonzo album by Ted Nugent & If You Want Blood...by AC/DC as honorable mentions. These albums had the perfect balance of honesty, rawness, and quality & professionalism, and captured these bands at their primes.
TitaniumByFire 1 year ago
It is their best live album, because it was not only captured them in their most powerful and energetic era, but wasalso their most honest of all recorded live performances while actually sounding pretty much on cue and professional too. Then to top things off they actually improved certain parts of their songs with either added on and really interesting and guitar parts that added depth to the mood, along with being heavier and faster. Hands down, ATWAS IS their best live album.
TitaniumByFire 1 year ago
anyone know who opened up for rush at massey
humanity6fl9 1 year ago
@humanity6fl9
the opening act was "Max Webster"
anyone heard of LOCOMOTIVE GTO or BLOODROCK?
Locomotive GT
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago
@TEMPmichaelhansen -duly noted, thank you sir!
humanity6fl9 1 year ago
MY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VEROSEXTASY 1 year ago
i cant find all the worlds a stage but i do have exit stage left which also is a kick ass live album
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp
do yourself a favor and find it . It't's nonstop raw rock when they were at their hungriest . By tor and Snowdog with the extended middle is awesome
you may want to check out the bootleg, fifth order of angels for downlowd- it's also top notch hard rock
pm3181 1 year ago
@pm3181 i try to find these things but i am not allowed to vancouver so the hmvs i am aloud to go to suck
zackjp 1 year ago
and he don't like change...
as an unsocialistized health care
would every week when i mow the lawn,
flibbidigibbet and he dont like delta
to me, dougatprestige
darking bogs where the
3crazedcat raw vs pure cygnificults
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
Geddy Lee is my favorite bass player. Rush has so many songs with great melodic bass lines you cannot help but play air bass too.
keytarpimp 1 year ago
CitySonicTV Great video, Geddy Lee is such a great spokesmen for this immortal rock band. He's exactly what rock should be, reverent and humble.
chaumont20 1 year ago
this is so rad.. but when is the rush movie going to be released???
dwilmer7 1 year ago
What a guy! .. they're all so humble. Good to see :-)
I saw then in London for the Hold You Fire tour - it was a life changing experience.
I was living in Taiwan at the time. I heard they would play at Wembley Arena - so I sold my motorbike to buy the plane ticket and I was on my way!!
It was probably the best concert I've ever seen. The light show was amazing!
Splodgo 1 year ago 31
Great live rock and roll record. Working Man was incendiary. Priceless memories of that album and that era.
senator9870 2 years ago
are those sun glasses ???
they look awesome !!!
rockandroll4life1 2 years ago
In my opinion I believe that All the Worlds a Stage is one of the best live albums. I am also partial to this statement because I saw this tour.
davidquickel2112 2 years ago
you too? remember that huge rain storm,the sky was black.some people said the world was going to end.We went to the first and last show.RUSH were amazing,the best part was that we were there for the recording of ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE,A major part of the history of RUSH.
STRATCAT101 1 year ago
Always has been my favorite live album! I know it affected many listeners other than myself profoundly so its amazing to hear about Geddy' s experience with the venue and recording. Good stuff.
spookysoaky 2 years ago 2
The opening song Bastille gives you the chills Alex's sound is the BALLS Les Pau lMarshall stacks Rickenbacker stereo bass.PRICELESS
RIFFRAFFB 2 years ago
Geddy LEE = GOD of bass
nickthecomedian 2 years ago
Wrong..Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart..the three kings of rock!?
long live the three kings
TheY2kstudios 2 years ago
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rush can suck my balls
evmister94 2 years ago
Geddy Lee Is God!!!!!!!!!
rockandroll4life1 2 years ago
Always great stuff from Geedy Lee.
Myself, I've been to Massey Hall for the following shows. Anybody else out there attend any of these show?
Simple Minds - 1982 - New Gold Dream tour
Ultravox - 1982 - Quartet tour
ABC - 1982 or 1983 - Lexicon of Love tour
Devo - 1981 and 1982 - New Traditionalists and Oh No, It's Devo tours
cobbcon2001 2 years ago
Geddy is one good-looking gentleman, I must say - despite him being 39 years older than me. XD I am a newly-born Rush fan, fifteen years old...and not ashamed to admit that! \m/
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks that! ♥ I'm 14, there's about a 42 year difference there... :(
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
You are not the only one, my friend. :3 Call me crazy, but it's true. He stands out to me more than Alex and Neil, somehow. ^_^
Why wouldn't we see Mr. Lee as attractive? He has intelligence, talent, a love of family and love for his bandmates, and so much more than that. x] So what if he's way older? XD I don't care, I love him anyway! \m/
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
Why thank you :) And I quite like your logic!
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
And thank *you*, Miss Emmeline. x]
I find my logic to be flawless. Well, not necessarily flawless, because nothing is flawless. But...yeah. XD
I wonder what Geddy would think of this discussion. He'd probably be very flattered, but terribly modest; knowing how much of a gentleman he is. :3
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
XD Your logic is as close to flawless as I think anything could be, we'll just leave it at that ;) And I'm pretty sure you're right about Geddy once again, he'd probably be flattered and modest, but possibly also slightly disturbed... I mean, I think I would be if I were him. XD
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
Why, thank you for agreeing with my logic. :p I am certainly not flawless, I have never claimed to be. ;)
Hmmm...perhaps he would be slightly disturbed. But it's not like we are getting crazy, exclaiming, "OMG! Geddy's so freaking hot! Don't you think?!" XD We are teenage females, but we behave. ^_^
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
No problem! Yes, that's true, we aren't being rabbid or anything... yet. XD I have had conversations that go along those lines though ^^
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
True, true. With as much admiration and respect I have for Geddy and his bandmates, I would never become rabid. :p There's no place for that. I believe Geddy would agree with me on that. "Don't go crazy over me!" XD
All I know is that I could never have conversations along those lines with any of my peers; mainly because no one has any idea who the hell RUSH is. ^_^ It's a shame. \m/
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
Oops, too late for me there XD
It's so sad, I only have one friend who knows who the hell Rush is... and absolutely it's a shame. It will puzzle me forever how my peers can overlook Rush in all their glory!
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
Don't you worry, mi amigo. I do not care if you are late. :3
Shame, shame, shame. "Shame on you!" XD Anyway...I don't even know any pals of mine who would connect with me in terms of my "RUSH fever." :p I never asked, probably because my search would come up fruitless. :/
The person who got me into RUSH is my father, who has been a fan since the 70s. I've been a fan since November 2009 - or two months. Impressive, huh? XD He's the only one I know who will have a meaningful conversation. :3
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
Ha! XD
"Rush fever" sounds like an accurate term...
I've been a fan since about last November... right after the Snakes and Arrows tour. Such awful timing D: Oh well, that's so cool to have someone you know be a Rush fan... neither of my parents like then that much :P
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
Yes, I am now in my "RUSH fever." I have named it so because whenever I come into fascination with something, it will not leave my mind until it's indulged as far as it can be indulged. Hence I have a "fever." XD
If only we could have been born twenty, or even thirty, years earlier - when RUSH was in their prime. Not saying they are anything less than incredible now, but still. Dammit...Why do we have to be so young?! XD
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
XD I know exactly what you mean by "fever" like that, the exact same thing happens to me XD
I must also agree wholeheartedly with that- why did we have to be born into this frigging generation? D: Being born some thrity years earlier would have been btter for sure... I mean, I'd have liked to be around when Rush wore kimonos XD
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
It's good to know I am not losing my mind when I say I have a "fever" for anything, especially a band. ^_^
I KNOW! >:( What little "music" still exists in our generation today just sucks in comparison to the Rock gods of RUSH! \m/ And sucks is an understatement. :p
*Giggle* Yeah, like in the video where they played "Tom Sawyer" on Rock Band. Geddy: "Where's your silk kimono?" XD
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
Yes, I am also rather glad I'm not the only one who is that crazy. If crazy is the right word XD
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
Oh, believe you me: we are not crazy. It's one thing to be a little nutty, and a whole other thing to be insane. ^_^
At least we're not psychotic fanatics stalking Geddy at every available opportunity, or something like that. XD
*Then* we would be crazy. :p
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
*cough* Well, depends what you mean by "stalking" XD
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
*Giggle* Indeed, it does. :3
How do you define "stalking"? ^_^
*Long silence* Holy crap, I've got a weird mind! XD
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
I am not going to ask about what just passed through your weird mind XD Well, if by stalking you mean actually getting up early and following him around I am by no means a stalker! >.>
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
Yeah, it's best you don't ask. XD I am far stranger and crazier than you can ever imagine. O.o
Yes, that's my definition of stalking. If you and I were to get up early and follow him around, then we would be stalkers! ^_^ But since that is not our behavior, we may rest assured that we are not fanatics or stalkers.
Or...fanatic stalkers. XD
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
Ditto XD
Alright, so maybe I'm not actually a "stalker"... but I would be if I could just figure out where he lives... <.<
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
*Giggle*
Yes, if you could figure out where he lives, I'd go along with you. But I think we'd stalk him in a good way, nothing perverted or anything. :p We'd stalk him because we're huge fans that would love his company. Hopefully. ^_^
Dude, if he were disturbed before, when we gossiped about how attractive he is, then he'd be twice as disturbed now. XD He'd be thinking, "I'm just gonna walk away now." XD
Seriously, how demented am I to think the way I think - about Geddy Lee, no less? :p
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
I will tell you if I ever figure that out XD But I'm afraid I didn't realise it was possible to stalk someone in a good way ^^ Lawl if he read this he might decide to like, move to antartica or somewhere not populated by psychotic teenage fangirls XD And believe me- you can't be nearly as demented as I am on that front. ;)
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
Yup, you can stalk someone in a good way. :3
If Geddy ever were to move or not be a part of RUSH anymore, the world might stop spinning for me! :[ But you gotta do what you gotta do to get away from psychotic teenage fangirls. XD
I'm not nearly as demented as you? Oh, really? Are you so sure about that? ^_^ If any of the three RUSH guys were to know what I thought on a daily basis, they'd start becoming afraid of their fans. ;p
We'll see about that. How demented are you, my friend? XD
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
I'll tell you this- I'm NOT demented enough to publish my demented thoughts on YouTube XD Thank God Neil, Geddy or Alex (particullarly Geddy ^^) can't read thoughts (as far as I know O.o) because if they could I think they'd move to Antartica and never look at a seemingly innocent 14 year old the same way again.
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
Hmmm...I see. XD
I am not that demented, either, so you should not worry about me...yet. ^_^
Indeed, we may *seem* innocent, but Geddy, Alex and Neil have no idea. :p That's probably for the best, however. XD
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
My dear old papa first got a RUSH album in 1976 - when they had reach their first high of success for the album "2112." The album he had, and blasted on his sterio system, was "All the World's a Stage," the live album Geddy discusses here. Quite coincidental, eh? XD
He has loved them ever since. I'm not sure about my mum, though I would think she knows them from being with my dad for 20+ years. So...yeah. ^_^
But DAMMIT! Why are we so young?! D:
EntustinMeYourLife 2 years ago
Massey is indeed the best venue. I saw Steely Dan there 3 weeks ago, fantastic show. Third row, centre aisle. Brilliant. Magical.
BeeRich33 2 years ago
Nobody rocked Massey until you ,Geddy. ATWAS is the best live rock album, ever. Fuck that!
dbytor 2 years ago 2
ANSWER: I was almost 14 years old at the time. I had longer hair then, much skinnier and was wearing a Kiss T-shirt at the concert if I remember correctly. So long ago.. I am 47 now with less hair, more weight but I will still listen to Kiss.
1qaz4u 2 years ago
I was at the June 12th show. For the encore they played "Best I Can" with Geddy using his teardrop Precision Bass. I was standing at the front of the stage. At one point I leaped up into the air right in front of him with my hands punching the sky. Geddy looked right at me and leaned into this awesome move and the photographer snapped a photo which made it into the album's liner pics. I will never forget that moment now captured in history.
1qaz4u 2 years ago 31
Wow! What a story. I feel happy for you.
ajittffcure 2 years ago
how old are you?
santyrush 2 years ago
@1qaz4u Awsome !!! Which "Kid" are you? Pic on the upper left or flip, 2nd down from upper left ?
twostrokeornill1 1 year ago
@1qaz4u very lucky for you, I was in presto tour in 1990 in allpine valley in the front row and I spend the same with Geddy and Alex greetings from madrid-spain.
santyrush 1 year ago
@1qaz4u
mike meyers brother was there screaming "NIGHTHAWKS" and it can be heard on the album.
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago
@1qaz4u
you should make a video of that I have the vinyl.
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago
@1qaz4u
if you take a look at the 2 record set, he must have been using 2 basses for those 3 days...because the book visions shows his precicion bass before it was made into a teardrop, but you can see both basses in the photos on the fold out.
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago
@1qaz4u
That's cool.
NorthStar20121 1 year ago
Geddy Lee, you are my bass playing hero!!!!
adamm442a 2 years ago
wow geddy is a really nice guy i hope i could meet him
BassDude50000 2 years ago
Great vid. Awesome actually. Thnx.
mazrio128 2 years ago
This is top notch. Thanks to whoever posted this.
Flamesfan7 2 years ago
Geddy lee is god
nickthecomedian 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
The most annoying band and even worse geddy lee has got to be the most hateful voice in all of rock....especially canadian rock...no one says you have to like what I have wrote ....just deal with it....I went last year to see this crap and I put this right up there with tom cochrane....pure garbage
bone196666 2 years ago
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stb72 2 years ago
We'll have to agree to disagree then.
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
I took my 4 year daughter and 6 year old son to my 53rd show, and we all sat in the 2nd row. Alex actually yelled at me for letting my son's ear plugs fall out during the show. and he pointed out his barbie dolls to my daughter.. Hilight of my rush experiences.. no doubt.
kevbelz 2 years ago
Great to see Geddy so at ease. Have LOVED this band since my boyfriend took me to see them in 1980 (I think). I still wear that shirt to every tour since then, and wave to Geddy - imagining he actually recognizes me. (Just wishful thinking) Have taken my kids to the last two tour shows. Thanks RUSH!
ohtina2 2 years ago
Best live recording (as far as audio) = Exit Stage Left. Best live video = GUP Tour & Rush in Rio...This is one of those bands that is very tough to get a decent recording out of. IMHO Vapor Trails wasn't recorded properly...
FredBarchetta 2 years ago
That is the story of my life... I've seen rush 54 times. But I've bought 150+ tickets to those 54 shows, and I've been paid back for maybe half the "gifts" i've given my unworthy friends. lol.
kevbelz 2 years ago 2
54 times?! Holy crap! I`m so jealous!!
SunflowerEmmeline 2 years ago
Wow, Geddy described the last 5 years of shows I experienced. None of my friends really wanted to go see RUSH, I went alone to their last show at Summerfest! It was worth the $800 for 2 tickets I bought! LOVE RUSH more than they'll ever know!
bldhed69 2 years ago
Yo Ged....I had a similar experience in '76 buying a solo ticket to see my favorite band..."Rush"...at the :Kiel Opera House"...in STL....
lowend60 2 years ago
Awesome piece of film, thanks for sharing!
robertnobody 2 years ago
2:33 LMAO
jamiemate 2 years ago
I would agree that ATWAS was my favorite live album. It was so raw. it sounded like they were playing inside your livingroom, Live albums at that time seemed to have an 'intimacy' to them. Live albums nowadays, even though I like them, are so much more polished, maybe even too much.
myway43 2 years ago
A most excellent band and "the boys" are all great.
At the R30 show, I realized that the only reason I had not seen them all 30 years was because I was 8 when they started. From the time I hit 16, I have been to every tour and have always wanted to go see them in Toronto.
Even in my worst seats, it was the best show ever.
sdwinslow 2 years ago
Rush is the best band EVER! I am so in love with Geddy...
qtmail 2 years ago
またツアーに行きたいな。
unotan 2 years ago
Good to know I am not the only nut who will go to a concert alone. Love you Geddy! Love you Rush! Rock on!
L80Kyra 2 years ago
What do you guys think????
I bet......they have a VIDEO of that show! That will be just the coolest when it gets released!
kennyplay 2 years ago
Nice to see Geddy remembering the early years and the importance of the place for Rush as a newcoming band then. Great band, great music, great members, one of a kind.
JUANCARLOSDULCET 2 years ago
Ah Massey Hall...awesome. Saw Rush on both legs of the Snakes and Arrows tour and man they rocked. Rush fan for life!
Andytheminstrel 2 years ago
Long Live RUSH !!
clownhate 2 years ago
Egad, but I do love Geddy and Rush. Best band ever, and holy crap is All the World's A Stage the best live album ever released. Oh, now I'm waxing all geeky.
ChrisGonJinn 2 years ago
Vive RUSH!!!!
bigmars72 2 years ago
ya I'm a bass player have many cover vids here at youtube. I've been playin Rush for 33 years. This was the first taste of Rush for me and still love jammin to it.
jamzales 2 years ago
Los mejores la verdad, la pena es que no vienen a tocar a ESPAÑA.
The are the very best,BUT I AM SO SAD, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER COME TO SPAIN....
pepepellicer2009 2 years ago
I think the first show I saw at Massey Hall was John Entwistle (bassplayer of the Who). He had a solo thing going in 1975 in a band called "Ox". THE LOUDEST SHOW ON EARTH! Even the headbangers were shouting for him to turn it down. To which other headbangers shouted back, "Up your f%$# #$%!"
TrueBeginner 2 years ago
Geddy has been my hero since 1981. Rush is not just a rock band, Rush is rock!
jcvano 2 years ago
My first show was seeing them in Cleveland, opening for Aerosmith (toys in the attic tour) on the 2112 tour in 1976. That show was from this tour. I haven't missed a show since. Long live Rush!
dabigbeav 2 years ago 2
Started off with Roll the Bones when iwas bout 7 myself, and went from there. Best decision I've ever made!
TheRushiac 2 years ago
my story of becoming an official Rush fan is similar to yours. the first Rush show I attended was in 1990 and I believe it was the Presto tour. I would have been 7. the first Rush recording I ever owned was Roll the Bones on cassette. not counting the Counterparts tour, I have seen them every tour. wouldn't miss them for anything, and they're still my favorite band! :D
Thompsongs 2 years ago
my first two cd's was in my dad's collection back when i was 11 or so, they were moving pictures, and 2112.
Overture2152 2 years ago
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Very cool stuff. Thank You.
NYatheist 2 years ago
I am only 14, and my first rush album was... well I first listened to some select songs but my first real album was permenant waves... I love rush. I saw them play live in pheonix, 3rd row, and I got Alex Lifeson's Pick!!!
KillerWombat2112 2 years ago
welcome to the club kid.
jimmynorton1001 2 years ago
very cool! were you able to make it to both legs of the Snakes and Arrows tour?
Thompsongs 2 years ago
Unfortunately no. I saw them on the second leg. At the time of the first leg I was unable to see them, which really sucked because they came to my city on my birthday... -.- When I did see them though it totally made up for not seeing them the first time they came.
KillerWombat2112 2 years ago
Rush is the best progressive rock band ever! Lime Light is my favorite song! And of course best album Moving Pictures.
But of course ... This concert in '76 "Rush ★ 2112". I've missed something !
Five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
masterprojectgenesis 2 years ago
Exit Stage Left was my first and still my favorite. Especially the Jacob's Ladder through Xanadu passage, man talk about tying some great music together.
But I will say that ATWAS is definitely second.
I can never get enough of these guys.
jcruenv 2 years ago
why does it seem like everyone's first album was ATWAS? usually for most of us noobs it was moving pictures
moses132049 2 years ago
I heard em all from Rush to Roll the Bones, but my first cd was Hold Your Fire, back in 96 when I was 6 years old...
Codackussell 2 years ago
when i first got hold your fire i was confused cause i wasn't sure if it meant like "hold your fire" as in dont shoot, or hold your fire as in like dont drop your fire, actually i still dont know
moses132049 2 years ago
As you know, Neil loves wordplay, and a lot of their album titles have double meanings. I believe this one does too.
jfulton58 2 years ago
Absolutely it's both! The "secret sauce" in Neil Peart's lyric cooking, found in most Rush songs.
Hold your fire --
Keep it burning bright
Hold the flame
'til the dream ignites --
A spirit with a vision
Is a dream with a mission
drsloan 2 years ago
all of those meanings apply. if you look at the themes of the different songs on that album, you'll see the phrase "hold your fire" take on different meanings from one song to the next.
Thompsongs 2 years ago
i dont think so, where does the phrase hold your fire come in on time stand still?
moses132049 2 years ago
It doesn't.
dogknob01 2 years ago
ezactly
moses132049 2 years ago
no, I didn't mean that the phrase "hold your fire" literally showed up in every single song on the album.
Thompsongs 2 years ago
my first Rush CD was Counterparts. it was Christmas of 1993 and I got my first CD playing home stereo, and a handful of CDs to go with it, including Counterparts. that was a really good Christmas!
Thompsongs 2 years ago 2
My first was Exit Stage Left, then Signals. Rush was my first concert. San Diego Sports Arena '84. Golden Earring opened. Both bands were awesome. I saw Rush on the next three tours as well... Oh and I learned to play the bass.
dogknob01 2 years ago
Man, that's awesome. I can't imagine what it would have been like to see them in 1984,
Thompsongs 2 years ago