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  • 3:51 Geddy says "We Suck"... lol

  • Hahaha at 9:00 alex straught up fuck off neil we dont use that!!! Haha

  • I've never laughed for 3 minutes straight while watching a live show before. OMG, I'm crying.

  • Alex must have lost 15 lbs sweating during that fail.

  • i was here when this happened, i was in the meet and greet immediately before this :)

  • I've seen Rush a number of times going back to the "Signals" tour; this is the best that I've seen Alex handle guitar issues. I've seen him absolutely flip out on his tech more than once.

  • what is this polka shit lol, this is hilarious

  • 3:00-3:10 was pretty bad guitar playing - Alex's focus was on the technicians - he really wanted to say screw you lol

  • I sooo do not want to be the sound man or the guitar tech after this gig.

  • @hevylevy1 Dude, he's not going to BE the guitar tech after that gig.

  • thinking about?

    /watch?v=-AfHWsdykRw&feature=r­­elated

    honey badger 2011 he don't care

  • Way to improvise these guys are PRO, and thet make me proud to be Canadian...

  • "I hate Rush. They are so boring. They play that stupid song for like 20 minutes."

    "It's like I'm from Primus."

    I love Lrxt.

  • @whiskeyandfeet I hope you're joking about Primus, he doesn't even mention them lol

  • @jeremykyleftw Yeah he does. At 2:16.

  • @whiskeyandfeet you're right. sorry!

  • @TotalyC09

    Probably TOO drunk to know what you're writing.

  • Steve Howe would never, *ever* handle such a trainwreck so beautifully. XD

  • I love how Alex just waved off the techies in the background at 3:10, lol. And this was the true epitome of professionalism.

  • real and straight

  • imagine what a bummer i would have been if they couldent play the encore

  • It looks like a the 9:00, Alex isn't happy with the song right then because Neil was doing his own thing....you can see him say to Neil,"We won't use use it."

  • @Mowac but in the studio version neil plays it that way, maybe there was something else

  • Only rush could play it off like this! Best band ever? I think so :D

  • This is just another reason I love this band!

  • 5:08 Why is dude flippin' off Rush? This isn't a Rage Against the Machine concert

  • When u take into consideration how many shows these guys play .. technical difficulties are gonna happen .. I saw them on this tour July 13th in Toronto at the Molson Ampitheater and Alex seemed to be having some 'tone issues' with his new rig .. nothing to this extent though ... but just about every professional musician has had technical problems and RUSH as awesome as they've been for decades,are not exempt. These guys are beyond amazing .. ROCK LEGENDS !!!

  • ...only a band like Rush can pull this off!! That was so entertaining and funny, they just kept it going, most other bands would have just been stood there in silence scratching their bollocks and looking like amateurs!

  • La Villa Strangiato? More like La Villa No Guitar......to

  • only they could pull this off.

  • And also 9:00??? What's going on?

  • @RushFan413 I think they all got lost and had to have a mid-song Rush meeting to sort things out. I bet it's hard for them to keep the beat when the time signature is 456/7

  • whats going on at 3:10 with Alex?

  • Alex you are a true professional!

  • HAHAHAH THERE IS ONLY ONE RUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Geddy Lee is so freaking sexy I can't stand it...

  • Sounds like the tune of 3 blind mice. For a bit while Alex is singing.

  • "I hate rush

    they are so boring

    they play stat stupid song

    for like 20 minutes

  • @tocanchoo your a dumb shit

  • @tocanchoo My bad lol i read that before watching the video

  • @tocanchoo unsuccessful troll is unsuccessful

  • @RoCk4LiFe90 those are the lyrics alex was singing

  • @Ignore14 yeah i listened closer a second time through and caught it lol

  • =b

  • Thanks for the HD

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  • 11 days before the concert I went to a Rush concert :)

  • Did Alex tell the guy with the camera to fuck off? @ 7:58

  • @jmanuelmendoza I would cry if my favorite guitarist screamed that at me :'(

  • Alex is fuckin hilarious. and hes got a beautiful guitar

  • Rush should do a Single of this new version of La Villa Strangiato!!! I absolutely love every millisecond of this song!!!

  • When I first heard of this... situation I figured it was like the milwaukee show where they just went on without him for a little bit. (note: in that show, Alex apparently had been having guitar problems earlier, and it finally gave out right before La Villa. They fixed it pretty quickly though)

  • well that was interesting!

  • lucky people in Boston, They got see one of alex's legendary rants :/

  • @chrispwns123456789 i still have my stub...was awesome

  • One of the best instrumentals ever. I LOVE LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!

  • i bet "still no guitar" ends up on Clockwork Angels

  • crowd: STILL NO GUITAR! STILL NO GUITAR!

    Alex: Hey guys! No Guitar!!!

    crowd: YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAH­HHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

  • I'm almost crying that's so funny. LOL

  • You know the band is doing well when the guitarist starts bashing the band xD That's so awesome, great to see that they're all so chill... I mean if Yngwie Malmsteen's rig got messed up like that he'd just destroy his techs..... and then go do more coke while eating a big mac.

  • Parrents took me to see them AGAIN in Baltomore. Found out a school acquantiance was seeint the Yankees and Orials game on that same friday.

  • @123Jus1 went to baltimore also...damn yakee traffic sucked didnt it

  • @execatty it most certantly did.

  • aaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha­

  • slappin da bass

  • To further add to the frustration of his guitar not making any sound, (once his tech did get it working), his first string was caught somewhere against the side of the bridge or bridge saddle, or wherever, producing that high pitched note, and you see Alex free it at 2:32.

  • lol the same thing happened during closer to the heart when i saw them...the video is 9/3/10

  • This is why they need to bring the rants back.

  • I hate Rush, they are so-boring

    Haha

  • I just saw these guys last night In Cleveland where it was being filmed and they were AWESOME. no disapointment except that I was hoping there would be another "still mo guitar" moment. But no :/

  • 2:40 geddy play yyz

    

  • RUZH r GODZ!!!!!

  • I'm sure Neil must haved loved playing that repetitive part over and over while they were getting this solved !

  • @jonvball23 He was probably reading a book or writing a new song.

  • Al bought his ES-335 with their big advance they got after 2112. He personally went to Gibson factory and picked it out. 335s and 355s are really awesome guitars, and Al has total taste in axes

  • @dwilmer7 No, he got his 335 in the late 60s (68 I think). His 355 was in the late 70s.

  • I would love Alex to do rants on LVS like he used to. I miss the comedic touch he places in that song. Such as in Rush In Rio, how his rant was so funny. I don't know, maybe that's just me.

  • @geddyleesangel101 You should listen to the one from the Vapor Trails tour!

  • cool rush covers at derekd2112 too

  • I've never seen Alex look so pissed off playing this tune. (don't blame him though)

  • You know I was kinda disappointed b/c in a way it tainted the show for me. Even the look on Alex's face at the end of the song/concert says he's disappointed. Seeing them in Cleveland in 2 weeks...LIVE and DVD'd.

  • @MrTBBiggs You sir... are... so... LUCKY!!! I wanna be on a Rush DVD sooooo bad man. I do understand how a huge technical problem like that can ruin a show. I totally know (I'm a performing musician) and it sucks when it happens. But you can notice in the video is even after all that they can still smile during the song. My dad told me that as a touring musician you will have the stellar, polished, golden shows along with the really rocky ones. Shrug it off, just a bad night. D.L.P. RUSH ROCKS!

  • this was my 15th time seeing Rush...and by far the worst. I was sitting just off the stage on Alex's side and they were working feverishly on his effects rack. Something died and affected the better part of the second half of the show.  We could hear Alex screaming at the techs. Won't stop me from seeing them as many times as I can before they retire, though!

  • Alex is also an Improv atrist too. This si the funniest thing ever!

  • my first ever rush concert!

  • This is fricking HALARIOUS! No other band could pull that off!

    What if they recorded it and put it on their new album? LOL

  • i was at this show. great show. love how they pulled this off

  • not that it matters, but Alex doesn't look amused even after his problems are fixed..

  • @ 4:14.. the famous Geddy Head tap!! :)))))

  • cool rush live covers at derekd2112 too

  • This was my first concert... and i don't think anything in the past, present, or future could even come half way close to topping this

  • @ParallaxDrums This way first concert too and it completely blew my mind

  • No pedals !!!!

  • Ahaha, I love how they took it all in good humor... this was hilarious!

  • I would have shit my pants if I was there whenever they switch from the humorous improv beginning into La Villa Strangiato.

  • @JsRf13 i was there bro..it was freakin awesome

  • @ MickAv8r

    thanks for the update in the vid description and the link to the interview.

    it's odd to see Lerxst downplay his tech issues. There's so many videos from this tour of his equipment glitches. He had major problems early in the Ottawa show where my wife and I saw them too. I thought he might be pi$ed for the rest of the show, but he was awesome. This show's problems were wicked and your coverage and posting of it is Epic.

    Thanks again, eh?

  • Alex is so embarrased that his AX is so out of tune

  • See video description for link to interview with Alex and quote about technical issues on the tour.

  • @MickAv8r What a great video. Thank you..........Good night.

  • This is why Alex is my favorite member of Rush. The guy is brilliant.

  • i met them right before they went on stage to do this with meet and greet. WOOT!!!!! I F'n love rush!

  • How fun it must be to work with someone like Alex

  • Alex still hittin the bass pedals as well

  • Funny. I wish the show I was at got a rant.

  • @thatonetallkid444 eh I doubt it. They're easy going guys, the fans love watching the guys goof around it doesn't matter if it's a mistake or not. Plus they arent really responsible for a battery pack or a wire failing.

  • That is, boys and girls, why they are considered one to be one of the best in the industry!

  • I love how the No Guitar song is better than 90% of the music out today.

  • @themongboy HELL YEAH MAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • @themongboy hahaa agreed

  • not fair...they got a lerxst rant and no one else did hahaha!

  • Watch closely starting at 8:50 where Alex begins to get Neil's attention to forget about the "rant" section. Then, at around 9:03, he gets through to Neil and tells Geddy at 9:06.

  •  it's the Rush Comedy show! Tonight's episode: 'That darn guitar tech!' With special guest, Jerry Lewis

  • Happened during the July 3rd show.

    I could have sworn that Lexrst was going to tell the guys to go into the "Rant" section of the song, seen in R30 and RiR Dvds.

    But sadly, no....

    He ended up switching to one of his Les Pauls quickly. Missed about 2 minutes of the song before coming back in....

  • Still no guitar...no guitar... I hate Rush...They are so boring...

    I love Alex, he is just so amazing. And Geddy and Neil's improv playing there was amazing.

  • My son and I saw this show from the front row (in front of Geddy), we were also lucky enough to meet Geddy and Alex before the show!!

    True professionals backstage and onstage!!

    They rock and so do the fans!!

    Excellent video quality MickAv8r!

  • "We're fixing the guitar." Hahahahahahaha

  • Is there a written version of this or any of his rants? Kinda hard for me to hear him and I want to know what he's saying!

  • Only the great and irrepressable ALEX could pull this off.

  • LOVE RUSH

  • LOVE RUSH

    

  • I like at 8:48 when neil does the melody on the drums and if u look closely alexs says "dont do that shit,i dont like it" and neil doesn't even look at him like fuck off.haha

  • @reidthedrummer It looks more like he's saying "stop after this", and then confirming that he doesn't want to go straight into the next song (Working Man) from this one. Could be wrong, but that's what it looks like to me rather than him being upset with Neil for some reason.

  • @reidthedrummer That's how the drum part goes. :S

  • it's been mentioned B4 but Alex @ 2:14 'what am I in? - I'm in Primus!' = LoF'nL

  • @SnowDogRedSectorEh god thats so hilarious thanks for pointing it out

  • What can you say. These guys make malfunctions fun !

    This song was zen for me at the July 13th show.

  • I was front row at Dallas. Best show of all time. But I saw they had several malfunctions. The video to caravan did not play right and I could see Geddy saying, "What the fuck?' to the techs. Alex's microphone did not work on Subdivisions. (not a bid deal since you barely hear him anyway) Also through the first song, Alex had to keep yelling at the moniter guy to turn his up. I hope they get a good one filmed for a DVD!

  • You did an awesome job preserving this for posterity!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

  • From what I've learned over the years, Alex has one hell of a temper. The "Fuck Off" at 7:59 seemed pretty real to me. To quote Geddy: "Alex can be totally rational one moment and totally irrational the next." The techs got their asses handed to them after the show, I can guarantee you that.

  • Equipment failures are no fun, but at least they handled with aplomb!

  • one show i will not forget!i dont care what happened at this point i was having the best show i ever been to.thank you rush.

  • alex was so pissed. i was sitting close on his side, he was so pissed at the crew

  • @rush4ever1 Note the "brush-off" at 3:12 directed at the crew. He WAS pissed.

  • I was at this show and I thought this bit was hillarious! :P I love how they take something that would usually slow a show down and make it into something entertaining for the crowd. THATS real talent.

  • This is so priceless :'D

  • I was there and we were all having a blast during this. The technical difficulties only kept us there longer and I had no problem with that!

  • @MalarkyingAround Me Too! It was Fantastic! And their jazzy working man was sick!

  • XDDDD Oh my god, I nearly died of laugh... XP Brilliant rant by Lerxst and and La Villa is always a pure pleasure to witness, brings back a lot of memories from last summer ^_^

  • Did anyone else notice that Neil is wearing a set of headphones instead of an in-ear line? O_O

  • @theevan117 yes Neil started wearing them at Red Rocks because his IEM's and earplugs while motorcycling were aggravating an inner ear infection. He describes it in his current blog.

  • @theevan117 He wore them when I saw them at PNC bank arts center on september 3 2010. Liked concert so much, parents took me to see them at Madison Square Garden on april 10 2011. Even took first grade sister. Didi mention i am only in grade six and i love RUSH? I find it interesting how everybody I go to school with likes this crap like bruno mars or justin be**r. The only person i know who likes Rush as much as i do is my music teacher and a neighbor.

  • @123Jus1

    I first discovered Rush when I was in 6th grade!! Awesome!

    Stick with playing Music!

    Who is Bruno Mars?

  • @dachlewis

    You don't want to know who Bru** M*rs is.

    He sucks.

  • Brand new song on Clockwork Angels: Still No Guitar :)

  • at 3:52 Geddy....."Who needs a guitar?" lol

  • 1:35 Hey guess what. No guitar :D

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  • LMAO!!!!! I love these guys!!!! I wish I would have been there!

    Most other bands would just walk off stage and wait until the issue was fixed but not Rush!!! I love their "the show must go on" attitude!

  • @cyberbri68 dude i was in 10th row,,it was classic shit

  • very good your videos

    you need to shoot the music presto!

    God Job!

  • Still the best Rush show I've seen. The technical snafu gives it character. Great recording too. I was up in the Loge, looking at it from alex's side and the flurry of activity sidestage was unreal.

  • @SE7ENHILLPSYCHO Sorry, I was in the promenade, not the loge.

  • Rush fans are the best. Except the people that were chain smoking in the row in front of me!!!!

    "Guess what... no guitar!" best line lol

  • HAHAHHAA i actually lol'd at 4:14 looking at Geddy

  • was there...the shoulg release a new hit"still no guitar

    '...these guys rock...three times this summer..i love rush!!!

  • omg i'm crying

  • twas' an awesome show.

  • Alex had technical problems at the PNC Bank Arts Center show too. It was ridiculous.

  • @ebrown2112 I was at that show. some of it was him though, he snapped a few strings on stick it out. that was when he was pretending to be an airplane, because he couldn't play. it was so awesome. I love this kind of stuff because they don't flip out, they just roll with it. true professionals.

  • @ericplayzbass2 Ah, I didn't notice that!

  • Love the audience participation. Rush fans are the GREATEST!!!!!!

  • at 7:58 he mouths "fuck off" if you look closely lol~!!

  • HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA

  • This footage is beyond priceless! Rush took a trainwreck and instead of freaking out and leaving the stage (like Axl Rose), they gave the fans a rare delightful moment. Thank you for sharing!

  • That's the most miserable I have seen Alex on stage ever. Great video though!

  • Excellent pic!! thks for sharing !!!

  • I saw them 08-05 in Salt Lake, first show of second leg, and they were perfect, no technical glitches. I feel really bad for Big Al. In it's own way you all witnessed something that doesn't happen very often, to that extent anyway. I love Rush. 

  • Still no Guitar!

  • I think I was in the row behind you-- this is the angle I was seeing and I saw a guy with a camera in front of us... THIS IS GREAT STUFF!!!! It was a classic moment and I'm SO glad you captured it. I described the incident to several people, but now I can send around the link. Nicely done!