Rush - 2112: The Temples Of Syrinx ( Grace Under Pressure )

[FasTzerOoO]

Who will the fuckin retard that will dislike this? lal

[FasTzerOoO]

owned

[17primemover]

We've taken care of everything, muthahfuckaz (NWA tribute to Rush)

[GeddyRules2112]

Thumbs up if you were rockin' the Neil Peart tail in 1984. ;-)

[nljuggalo]

@GeddyRules2112 I was in 1990.

[bikesandboards95]

Its one for all and all for one, we work together common sons never need to wonder how or why. pure genius

[bearmare]

Hairstyle and image comment:

Alex looks like a refugee from a Simon Le Bon look alike contest

Geddy could be mid-80s Bono.

Neil...ummm...that guy from Kajagoogoo.

[bdysrf]

way too fucking fast.

[remfanbeforu]

And then their were <3! And I love 'em, let them into the Rock 'n Roll HALL OF FAME!

[HGFEEDC]

80's pop version?

[SuperMrMalibog]

I wonder how much Geddy was paid to play that piece of crap

[nailers99]

@SuperMrMalibog He later said he hated playing it because he couldn't hit, or had trouble hitting all of the frets.

[GETTOPOJKE]

the singer has such a powerful voices!

[hannibal710]

woot i'm going to see them on the 5th wooooooooooo

[TheMaster8061]

red is great color to use on a stage if u stop it at 0:49 u can barely see neil drums lol

[mvs784]

like the song ..played way 2 fricking fast tho ..:(

[MistyxxxBlue]

My very favorite by Rush.

[Pedro2112tm]

one of their greatest songs (but theyre all great) :D

[ehren27]

Wow, Wow I wish I could have seen this live, but I was only 7 then... I couldn't have appreciated it. One of my favorite songs from a favorite band.

[Forbiddenevil1986]

@ehren27 I saw them play this last night! It they're coming near you, i highly recommend you go. It was one of the best concerts i've ever seen!

[Gregsynth]

I'm seeing them April 17th!

[CosmikDebrisFZ]

@Gregsynth They're excellent. Seen them several times in the 80's and 90's.

[Gregsynth]

Yeah, the concert was awesome! I even got a recording of the show!

[execatty]

@Forbiddenevil1986 6 shows this tour and your correct...the best..

[taskmasster]

I've seen rush 26 times since 1980 i'm 46 now, every time they are JUST better and better, a different sound, but still true to what they started. and i'll keep going as long as they keep playing live.

[xyz321123]

Man the tempo is really hauling @ss. I love the way this song has morphed and they still play it today.

[EMBOBZ2112]

I love Neil's drumming in this ... greatest band of all time, sucks so much that i wasnt around back then to see them in this era .. hope they tour again :)

[Gregsynth]

OK, this song is in the SAME KEY as the original recording. It's 1984: Geddy still had all his range intact. The reason for him not shrieking the high notes here, is because one: He was TOLD to stop (he was going to permanently damage his voice), and second: His middle register was far more powerful so he could sing those notes without sounding "thin."

[Annonymus121]

@Gregsynth He never shrieked on the MP tour, he sang cleanly he stopped shrieking because after during the hemisphere's tour he became very good at just singing.

[Gregsynth]

Thanks for the info!

[Annonymus121]

@Gregsynth Well his voice did drop after 82 as well and he stopped shrieking because he became a very good singer during the hemispheres tour. 

[Gregsynth]

That's correct!

[ChefGroovy2]

Rush disbanded in 1981 as far as I'm concerned. everything after is an abortion.

[pikminhero]

though i do agree they aren't as godd as they were in the 80's but they still put on a good show with lots of energy for their ages.

[neilzep]

lol

[neilzep]

lol...70's was great for the boys. The Master gave these boys too much talent to last this long,they shine in all the decades!

[HeartAttackMan74]

they're playing it so fast it sounds like Iron Maiden.

[EMBOBZ2112]

Brilliant .. pure genius!

[jakes2II2]

this sounds so cool spead up like this. better than the studio recording

[slsmgrz]

Geddy has lost his range and his great vocals are not so great at the high end. The band instruments are still good.

[Suddiefats]

geddy himself said that they preform the temples of syrinx two octaves lower than the studio recording otherwise he'd blow hi svoice halfway through the concert.

[TOTOSK8R]

haha two octaves lower? i think you mean one key lower. two octaves lower the string would be like wet spaghetti.

[Suddiefats]

Meh. My bad. but you understand what i mean?

[RushRulesRock]

lol

[Lacrimae13]

@TOTOSK8R Hahahahahahaha!!! 

[indi626]

lol I think you mean one key lower;)

[nocturnezero]

Lost his range? This was in, like, '85.

[neilzep]

its call ageing...ask RObert plant

[NateYBarra]

I wish i could have seen them back then. It sucks to be a teenager and not grow up with such an amazing band. Ive only seen them once at the last snakes and arrows tour, one of the best nights of my life.

[losingitrush]

that is excacty how i feel.

[Chasela511]

I know how you feel man. Couldn't have said it better myself.

[bearmare]

I wish Geddy would play Steinbergers again. They were one cool guitar.

[ExplodingKitty94]

geddy's the bassist

[bearmare]

Bass GUITAR. A bass is still a guitar when though it's a bass.

[ExplodingKitty94]

oh yeah sorry and your right thats one of the coolest basses ive ever seen

[doctube126]

I saw the Grace under Pressure concert in Montreal...what a show. These guys are the true pros

[grbr78]

Vengan a chile porfavor

[drocks22]

whats that bass called? i forget it the one without the headstock.

[cooolman]

portable bass

[Ginnagan]

Steinberger

[fassaalbrecht]

It's a Steinberger.

[Mahjoun]

I KNEW IT! Rush used to play fast live like normal humans!

[bobfranke95]

brilliant

[Michael55443]

Ahh, 80's fashions and hairstyles. I actually owned those same red Simmons electronic drums. They were absolute junk, but all that was available at the time. I saw this tour actually, my one and only time seeing Rush live.

[RumbleGuts2112]

That was the only time i saw them as well - at the edinborough cattle market of all places

[grbr78]

RUSH!!!!!! (L)

[mattfeest]

I don't think it has anything to do with losing the octave ,i think it's just the tempo

waaaay too fast

[PumpkinlordEzmar]

It has some to do with that. He plays it a whole step down nowadays, (maybe more) making it sound like a Heavy death metal song at the very beginning. :P

[QuasiSane45]

I don't like the vocal version of this song here, but I know Geddy's lost that high octave voice like most singers do in time.

Rush, still one of my favorite bands of all time.

[soltyspoland]

full of energu spectacular piece!!

[ma41094]

hehe, i just learned how to play this on guitar. i feel rly special =P

[Jags6523]

Geddy's mullet. You know what they say, business in the front, party in the back.

[Antiks72]

LOL!  Yeah, he had a champion mullet.

[hoyhoy136]

WTF is with Geddy's headstock?

[cygnuxman]

its a steinburger bass. they have no headstocks, most of them anyway. he used them back then to stop hitting his bass on his keyboards and stuff.

[Guyisthere]

Best Rush era, where is the entire recording of that show!

[fanofthemusic1090]

haha, they're thinking, "we've played this thing on every f***ing tour since '76. Let's have fun with it, and see how fast we can play." I wouldn't be surprised if that was the truth. You gotta give them a little credit, it must get boring to play the same material at ever show five tours.

[dudleythemoose]

STIENBERGER!

[scottmackeen]

yeah...WTF?? THis was from 1984, which was only eight years after the 2112 studio version and Geddy has already lost his high vocal range..I don't get it

[moses132049]

i think they used some kind of efects because his vioce is amazingly high in the studio version

[faxius]

haha yeah. i love when geddy jumps in the beginning.

[blafls]

holy shit he sounds different than in the studio version.

[deegirlshopping]

the best at what they do snd that canadian they are and they are proud of it loke me self

[dandan981981]

there canadian weirdos...... that i love

[legojunk53]

@dandan981981 well aren't all Canadians, I can say that because I am. I am feeling the Rush

[dandan981981]

Same here mate.

[HexagonicDistortion]

Hmm... anyone know what this song is about??? Syrinx is as far as I know a nymph in greek mythology, but Iv never herd of any temple in her name... Any idés are welcome!

[myrushsongs]

A "Syrinx" is the vocal in a bird that allows it to sing/chirp if that helps.

[asuniko]

the "temple of syrinx" is just a sci-fi metaphor for an authoritarian communist society. the song is basically a very anti-communist message, it's pretty evident from the lyrics.

[damswedon]

read the book anthem by Ayn Rand thats more or less what the song is about.

[miced]

dispite the clothes and steinberger the playing @ this gig is crushing. watch the whole concert and see. of note is: weapon, vital and new world (specially the ending. tight as shit)

[matzchase]

Disgusting compared to the original

[cooolman]

...

[bisque]

that might be true in some cases, but i'd like to see anyone who can sing this song and be as good as this, let alone the original

[frantic21]

Fantastic....

[gozac123]

they say geddy's voice lowered after screaming so much on 2112....

[darkmousy12777]

i shall agree with that

[rbjax2001]

Love this! I forgot they had the whole miami vice look going for this tour :-). Then again who didnt back then?

[2dogzmom]

I know it was the ultimate 80's cheez, but I always loved Neil's rat-tail.

[carver12345]

i think geddy sounds better in the studio.

[dufusbug]

Agrees....HANDS DOWN!!!

[darkmousy12777]

he is still so good

come on

who sings exactly the same as they do in the stage?

[dufusbug]

absolutely NO- ONE has the same singing voice as Geddy Lee, well, at least that I've ever heard!!!

...and this album with its theme, great lyrics and well played instruments will always be much appreciated by myself!!!

[4skorand7]

Check out the Rush inspired bass and drum solo, by typing in "bass and drum solo- Leisenring and Lupin". Check out related videos, also. 7 different ones. Slammin'! Enjoy!

[stabileownzwow]

the live version is so much better in my opinion

[mrsiix]

thats fast

[daniel2742]

Aha, I love Geddy's jumping at the start.