What I've always appreciated about Rush is how CRUSHINGLY HEAVY they can sound, while at the same time have deeply spiritual and sensitive elements somehow woven in to the fabric of their music -- that kind of combination is a very, very rare talent.
I live only 45 mins from rush. They are in my home town of toronto. I seen them live when I was in the states! One of the best canadian bands out there! They make my country proud! I love brasil too.
rush is the best ever.. its not the crowd of rio.. this scene is the same at every rush concert.. not taking anything away from the crowd.. they were insane.. but its more rush than anything.. awesome awesome band
yepp i think its bcuz they sweatie and hot in there clothes there wearing and change and throw the ones they had on into the washing machines i think:P:P
the washing machines are there cos geddy doesn't use amps he runs his bass rig thru the P.A. so he fills his side of the stage with anything he likes washing machines, fridges, rotisserie chicken oven anything really...........
The sound quality is sub-par, but this version captures the exuberant energy of listener involvement with a rock classic. Gotta love an entire audience doing back-up vocals!
What's really cool is that all these kids are mostly Brazilian and speak Portugese, but they know all the English lyrics. And I bet you dollars to donuts that alot of them not only know the lyrics, but they also understand what the lyrics mean! That's the power of music! RUSH ROCKS!
The kid at :33 with his fists over his eyes in astonishment is what Rush's music is all about: " . . The fascination, the real relation, the underlying theme . . ."
Only a great band can move masses of people, rush is because instead of playing a distorcioned ''e'' they make a progressive three instrument scale wich is much more dificult and the mix between the changes of neil and the stops wow it's just amazing, hey and another thing is they don't talk 'bout sex they are as pink floyd their songs are up into a unique sense of creativity.
It was in Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, November 2002.. One of the biggest Rush audience, if not the biggest ever.. I was there down in front of Alex.. Awsome show ever
geddy sings signature lead vocals, is a phenomenal bassist AND plays a nasty keyboard riff all in one song. neil is arguably the best drummer on planet earth and oh yeah, alex ain't exactly a potted plant on guitar....greatest band ever????? right up there with the best Hall of Fame!!!!
dudester you should go watch dream theater octavarium live. not anything against rush but you will see vocals bass guitar and keyboards much better then rush
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i am musician dream theater is way better. there is so much hidden in the actual music in dream theaters octavarium google octavarium anlysis if your bored. Dream Theater started being like 40x better the nrush when scenes from a memory came out. i will say anything before that is just a rush rip off tho. but wow everyone in dream theater is better then rush at there instrument.
dude...u cant compare bands from diff decades, its completly diff styles and skills. btw i love both bands rush and DT and main influence of DT was RUSH.
hero: You. have. no. clue. D.T. are technically proficient, but their songs are flat, lifeless deth-metal re-hashings U hear from about 1,245 bands. Rush is WAY more creative, inspiring, original, & they're still technically better than most. Other bands have nowhere near their soul & heart and ability 2 move people. Look @ the kid in the audience at :33-:34, far left. He's in SEVENTH HEAVEN, as r just about everyone there. Rush has that special something very few bands can attain.
"flat, lifeless death metal"? It's apparent to me that you've never heard "The Spirit Carries On", "Goodnight Kiss" or "Through Her Eyes". You need to something remotely resembling a clue before you go making statements like the one above.
DT's very good, yet there's just this air of formulaic "studiousness" about everything they do. This's also true of wide range of music; classical, some jazz, Broadway. (cont.)
It is no doubt due in part to their training at Berklee, which is not a bad thing, it's just that it is unusual to hear that kind of discipline in the rock realm. Yes, to me their is a flat, well-trodden aspect to DT, and James Labrie is clearly a Geoff Tate (Queensryche) wannabe, but not as good of a singer as Tate.
& please,"clue" me in on where 2 go 2 hear DT's drummer play anything that approaches Neil Peart's performances. re: virtuoisity-- Tony Levin, bassist (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) is a top-of-the-list, mind-blowingly great musician, & when working w/ great songwriters like Gabriel, Levin adds enormously to PG's songs. Levin plays circles around most great bassists, But I have to say, left on his own his other work sounds a bit like excursions into self-indulgent virtuosity.
There's not much depth to Levin's compostions; the whole point is to hear Levin's amazing bass figures. There's nothing wrong with this at all. I just think that it's best when musicians can combine outstanding musicianship with profundity on a lyrical, creative, heart level. DT has a heart, but perhaps it could be that a few acts go a bit deeper, as obviously Rush abd Peter Gabriel have.
Sorry 4 writing a book, but while I like some rock, I also like Loreena McKennitt, Enya, and a friend of Gabriel's named Kate Bush. Now if you want to hear some intensely moving music, those three ladies are like, Wow! Of course theirs is a totally different approach to music, and decidedly a very "feminine" approach at that. But "us guy musicians" could stand to absorb & maybe understand more of Enya's, Kate's and Loreena's styles, although most of us r simply not built to make music that way.
What's the matter? Can't process that many words? Where is it written that youtube is a bastion for ADD-types who freak over posts longer than one or two poorly constructed sentences?
Oh I can process the words, it's just when someone takes that amount of time to write out a novel on the youtube comment section of a single video, and when all of the comments are replies to ones that you posted it gets me wondering if you actually have bigger prioreties. (spelling)
There's no rule which states that youtube comments must be limited to one or two poorly constructed sentences. There's no rule that says that u can't extend your comments beyond 1 post. Just because most people have poor writing/spelling skills & short attention span doesn't mean that the rest of us should dumb ourselves down to the average level. I'm sure a lot of people are put off by Rush's lyrical content because it's not about sex, crime, revenge, etc. but actually requires some thought.
And it's rather ironic that I'm responding to your complaints on length of comments on a Rush concert post, don't you think? Hmm? Get it? If you don't then watch the clip of Rush interviewed on the Steven Colbert Report.
Hero, and another thing: Yeah you can find plenty of musicians who can play more notes per second, but that doesn't mean they can move someone the way Rush or Peter Gabriel or Enya or Loreena McKennitt or Baaba Maal or Kate Bush can.
You're seriously trying to say this piece of shit band's musicians can compare to geddy, alex, and neil? You're fuckin clueless man, Neil Peart has got to be a top 3 drummer of all time, Geddy Lee's in the top 2 bassists, and Alex Lifeson is probably in the top 10 guitarists. Find me another band who can match that, I dare you.
nickarpan. your wrong. just straight up. all of the people for rush are like freakin over 50 and they still play 4 hour long concerts without missing single beats. neil peart is the most efficient drummer their is. period. geddy lee... freakin awesome. alex is really really good but doesn't really have the outstanding ability that other guitarists have, but he is flawless at what he plays. this band rocks my socks, bigtime.
I like Rush more than DT, but those guys are just ridicuous. Technique wise is all im saying. Geddy plays more melodic than John Myung, but Myung can blow him out of the water with speed and precision. John Petrucci is like Alex; accomplished in all areas, only he can take it so much further (IE Sweep Picking). Don't believe me- watch the Rock Discipline DVD. Peart is better than Portnoy, ill give u that. Jordan Rudess is also a much better keyboardist- keep in mind im only talking technically
As a huge dream theater fan i'd say...well your still horribly wrong about all of that. Don't compare bands just don't. If it wasn't for rush we wouldn't really have the dream theater we know and love. Thats sort of like saying that mozart is better that bach, the argument is a mute point when your talking about skills of this level.
i am also a big Yes fan and kept hearing about Dream Theater, in fact, i was informed that they were the only band worthy enough of sharing the bill with Yes. so i couldn't wait to see their live show.....no offense to DT fans, but i felt like i was watching watered down, journey-laden queensryche. No comparison to Rush or Yes at all, not even close. and the beauty of geddy is he plays bass, keyboards AND vocals all at once....amazing!!!
No one should attack you. DT wasn't to your taste. They're not for everyone. I happen to love both DT and Rush. Yes was always difficult for me to get into. I like a few of the songs and there's no denying their musicianship, but I need something with a little more edge. Rush and DT provide that edge for me.
well actually no he plays eihter keyboards adn vocals or bass and vocals which kinda leaves things empty. try a studio recording of dt you cant have a short attention span though.
i am also a big Yes fan and kept hearing about Dream Theater, in fact, i was informed that they were the only band worthy enough of sharing the bill with Yes. so i couldn't wait to see their live show.....no offense to DT fans, but i felt like i was watching watered down, journey-laden queensryche. No comparison to Rush or Yes at all, not even close. and the beauty of geddy is he plays bass, keyboards AND vocals all at once....amazing!!!
Hero, Dream Theater started off as a Yes and RUSH cover band. Just look at videos of Mike P. imitating Neil Peart. Also, you might want to compare record sales to date and total albums produced. That might humble you a little.
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maybe they should only play major international destinations from now on; mexico city, rio, tokyo, syndey, shanghai, bombay, paris, london, berlin, and ottawa
There's a difference between 'gain' and volume...The freakin' gain is all the way up. I reiterate my opinion that they were short some equipment. I think they hired an engineer twenty years ago and never brought another one in. Besides, for a band such as this one they'd have to consult with some of their producers, ya know? Ya, the drums are totally vanished -puf!
Horrible editing on the 'rio' vid, they runied a good thing, its like trying to watch a fucking MTV video, not a concert. Rush were assholes for allowing it to be edited this way.
I used to hold the highest reguard for this band, but they just lost something. They now remind me of a Rush tribute band, who gets close to the days of excellence gone by, but.....just ain't happenin'! All you younger fans would have had to see them 25 years ago. the Moving Pictures tour, and back, were ON FIRE!
does anyone else ever get the impression that alex lifeson takes himself too seriously? i know hes the shit, but he seems like overexaggerate every one of his parts, where as neil sits back in his corner, and geddy just kinda plays his music.
I think Neil takes himself way too seriously, and since the horrible incident w/ his huge loss, he seems to just go thru the motions. I feel for him a LOT!, but c'mon bro, it's showtime!! Geddy's voice is only carried by memory of how it once sounded. Pitchy, crackly, unstable. I can't even deal w/ it anymore! I've seen the great demise of a once SLAMMIN" band!
..and you are probably a 20 year old talking out his @#$ who wasn't even born when I would go see Rush in concert many times. I know where there's fire, and I know when it's become burning embers. I was THEE #1 Rush fan, along w/ my buds. We ALL agree w/ what is true. While I still think there a good band (LIVE), their new material SUCKS, and they don't even come close to who they were! Listen to Hemispheres, or Farewell.., NO COMPARISON! Like apples and crap!
Whatever man. I'm 39 btw and have seen Rush over a dozen times. I don't think they're new material is crap (I loved Vapor Trials and the new album is wonderful) and they're live shows are still excellent. Fine, fret about the good-ole-days if you want, I'll be enjoying the show on June 27th in Mansfield Mass!!
I've been a neil fan forever, but as years go by, I have realized that he is not even close to MANY drummers out there! He is very one dimentional, can't swing to save his life, not great at jazz, and doesen't even play his own stuff w/ half the intensity he did on the stuff from '75 thru '81. He really just bugs the crap outta me, now. Watch Dave weckl. UN-REAL!
this is special cause it was the first time they played there..and people had sighns reading..rush is real they are not a dream!! crying there eyes out!! they love rush!! rush said on stage if we knew it was gonna be like this we'd been here a while ago!!
LOL. 0:37... All praise RUSH!
Makonu2 2 years ago
Watching those Brazilians get off is the highlight. Enthusiastic is an understatement =)
nongthip 2 years ago
Cool I just wished the audio wouldn't so like its been compressed about 20 times! lol
But even their music sounds still badass
Rockinnsk8inallday 2 years ago
yeah right? i was wondering why it sounds so fuzzy
Hatekrew1987 2 years ago
Its funny too, Geddy's Voice still sounds perfect!
Rockinnsk8inallday 2 years ago
Those Brasilian kids look so happy!
selatik1 2 years ago 3
What I've always appreciated about Rush is how CRUSHINGLY HEAVY they can sound, while at the same time have deeply spiritual and sensitive elements somehow woven in to the fabric of their music -- that kind of combination is a very, very rare talent.
selatik1 2 years ago 2
The Prozac had a lot to do with the bad crowds... plus a loss of media interest in instrumental music, maybe.
Kletterator 2 years ago
This audience puts americas to shame. unbelieveable. I think grung rock and crystal meth killed our crowds.
mellowtribe 2 years ago 5
I swear that guy at :18 and :35 has been in every rio concert video I've seen. He was in the Maiden video too
TKDCats312 2 years ago
Haa, the guy at 0:18
Thats one rockin' crowd!
EMBOBZ2112 2 years ago
haha. you will love rush. i have seen them 5 times.
they are amazing
izzyshreds 2 years ago
welcome to the world of Rush
rushdude67 2 years ago
I live only 45 mins from rush. They are in my home town of toronto. I seen them live when I was in the states! One of the best canadian bands out there! They make my country proud! I love brasil too.
bahamofo 2 years ago
A qualidade da bateria não é das melhores, mas eles me impressionam a cada dia
victorleed 2 years ago
This crowd rocks....much love from AMERICA!
xlth9267 2 years ago 3
May be petty but please correct the spelling on this video...it is NOT Tom Sayer!!! It is TOM SAWYER!!!
JMC01644 2 years ago 8
agree
Hbulcao 2 years ago
Rio best place EVER (i'm from Rio :D) We love everything that u guys like too, we're human, we listen to rock n' roll
Hbulcao 2 years ago 2
BRAZIL LOVES RUSH / RUSH LOVES BRASIL
warleyzg 2 years ago 6
not as much iron maiden does
Guiogo 2 years ago
rush is the best ever.. its not the crowd of rio.. this scene is the same at every rush concert.. not taking anything away from the crowd.. they were insane.. but its more rush than anything.. awesome awesome band
Milic23 2 years ago 2
GODS!!!!!! Fucking GODS!!!!!!!!!!!
szvook 2 years ago 2
Damn the Brazilians love Rush...who knew. React to Page andplant the same.
neilzep 2 years ago 3
You should see the performance of YYZ, the crowd was singing to an instrumental! Rio fucking has the best crowds
someguy810 2 years ago 6
yah this song and Rush are fuckin bad ass
onlymodestmouse 2 years ago
this is one of the greatest songs ever written
ThePigscanfly 2 years ago 2
Rush is freakin' badass! :D
roxmysox6024 2 years ago 2
best crowd of the world...
edumota 2 years ago 7
look at the crowd freakin out,lol id do the same.
letitan4ever 2 years ago 3
jesus check out the HUGE drum set!
letitan4ever 2 years ago 2
Come in back to BRazil
PY2TNT 2 years ago 3
fabuloso.. e a galera cantando junto....
alceuac 2 years ago
I love how all the Brazillians go nuts when they start the song.
Great concert, great band. :]
schellenator 2 years ago 3
É impressionante, ver estes caras mandando bem à vera, sem perder o pique do tom...sawyer - o batera é foda!
sostransitourbano 3 years ago
haha sayer.
juegas 3 years ago 2
que bobagem, o cara só deixou de digitar o 'w'...- mas, se v. observar, lá em cima , no canto direito está escrito : " tom sawyer live in rio"
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fuck you..............dice sayer its funny. Chinga tu madre perro.
juegas 3 years ago
are those washing machines in the background???
swweet21 3 years ago
sure are
chrismortloch92 3 years ago
They had rush tshirts in them and as the evening went on the band thru them into the crowd.
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yepp i think its bcuz they sweatie and hot in there clothes there wearing and change and throw the ones they had on into the washing machines i think:P:P
musicfreak9317 2 years ago
the washing machines are there cos geddy doesn't use amps he runs his bass rig thru the P.A. so he fills his side of the stage with anything he likes washing machines, fridges, rotisserie chicken oven anything really...........
keiran007 2 years ago
Brazillians loves "Tom Sawyer". It's magic.
maxlazaro 3 years ago 2
sawyer not sayer dumbass
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this is garbage
StengerProductions 3 years ago
The sound quality is sub-par, but this version captures the exuberant energy of listener involvement with a rock classic. Gotta love an entire audience doing back-up vocals!
unremoved 3 years ago 3
while we're talking about progrock, i just wanna say one word: YES
Zanman450 3 years ago 2
man did I really write all this? sorry . . .
selatik1 3 years ago
The3 only other band I know of that compares to Rush as far as musicianship goes, is Queen. Mabye Led Zeppelin, too, just because JPJ is a badass.
Zanman450 3 years ago
Jimmy Page? John Bonham? Robert Plant?
Obelix5150 3 years ago
all of them are great musicians at their particualar instruments, and otherwise. I'm talking cream of the crop of music in general.
Zanman450 3 years ago
What's really cool is that all these kids are mostly Brazilian and speak Portugese, but they know all the English lyrics. And I bet you dollars to donuts that alot of them not only know the lyrics, but they also understand what the lyrics mean! That's the power of music! RUSH ROCKS!
selatik1 3 years ago
The kid at :33 with his fists over his eyes in astonishment is what Rush's music is all about: " . . The fascination, the real relation, the underlying theme . . ."
selatik1 3 years ago
laundry+rush =awesome lol
rofllolz12 3 years ago
i prefer the who, i dont even like more than 5 songs by rush, but i got to admit they are fuckin brilliant musicians
xavierslowhand 3 years ago
fuck i love rush, best band on earth!!!
tumppi121 3 years ago
fuck yeah the greatest band ever
see ya july 12
southplnk 3 years ago
that is one huge ass drum set i love rushh fuck yea
emofred13 4 years ago
Not only is it a huge drum set, He uses EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF IT (Nothing is for show) And he can play very piece of it super well!
selatik1 3 years ago
Furthermore, You will NEVER, EVER SEE A WASHER and DRYER DOING LAUNDRY at a DT Concert!!!!
selatik 4 years ago 4
Only a great band can move masses of people, rush is because instead of playing a distorcioned ''e'' they make a progressive three instrument scale wich is much more dificult and the mix between the changes of neil and the stops wow it's just amazing, hey and another thing is they don't talk 'bout sex they are as pink floyd their songs are up into a unique sense of creativity.
hug from argentina
RaTMaM 4 years ago
Hi rocketlad123
It was in Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, November 2002.. One of the biggest Rush audience, if not the biggest ever.. I was there down in front of Alex.. Awsome show ever
lifeson2006 4 years ago
Hi rocketlad123
It was in Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, November 2002.. One of the biggest Rush
lifeson2006 4 years ago
what year was this ?
rocketlad123 4 years ago
this song is kick ass
fingersk8436 4 years ago
GOING TO THEIR WINNIPEG SHOW!!! MAY 24th - MTS CENTRE!!! FUCK YEAH
BlackSabbath4Ever 4 years ago
Does anybody know what type of amp heads and cabinets alex uses? Please let me know
smh32 4 years ago
hughes and kettner
switchblade series or x series
a7x6996 4 years ago
who ever likes rush out there there touring in 2008
CORNHOLLIOH 4 years ago
geddy sings signature lead vocals, is a phenomenal bassist AND plays a nasty keyboard riff all in one song. neil is arguably the best drummer on planet earth and oh yeah, alex ain't exactly a potted plant on guitar....greatest band ever????? right up there with the best Hall of Fame!!!!
wideawakeinotown 4 years ago 5
dudester you should go watch dream theater octavarium live. not anything against rush but you will see vocals bass guitar and keyboards much better then rush
heroftheday34 4 years ago
No he won't... If you were a musician like me you would understand...
not even Portnoy can play Rush... nor can Vai, nor Dave LaRue, Seehan, Squire or anyone else... they are above the best...
Rush > God
Jorinhu 4 years ago
i understand your point but learn how to spell sheehan right!
riceranger12345 4 years ago
I forgot the H, it happens... i just wish we could edit the posts...
bah... thanks for understanding
Jorinhu 4 years ago
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i am musician dream theater is way better. there is so much hidden in the actual music in dream theaters octavarium google octavarium anlysis if your bored. Dream Theater started being like 40x better the nrush when scenes from a memory came out. i will say anything before that is just a rush rip off tho. but wow everyone in dream theater is better then rush at there instrument.
heroftheday34 4 years ago
dude...u cant compare bands from diff decades, its completly diff styles and skills. btw i love both bands rush and DT and main influence of DT was RUSH.
Emochka88 4 years ago 4
hero: You. have. no. clue. D.T. are technically proficient, but their songs are flat, lifeless deth-metal re-hashings U hear from about 1,245 bands. Rush is WAY more creative, inspiring, original, & they're still technically better than most. Other bands have nowhere near their soul & heart and ability 2 move people. Look @ the kid in the audience at :33-:34, far left. He's in SEVENTH HEAVEN, as r just about everyone there. Rush has that special something very few bands can attain.
selatik 4 years ago
First, both Rush and DT are incredible, but,
"flat, lifeless death metal"? It's apparent to me that you've never heard "The Spirit Carries On", "Goodnight Kiss" or "Through Her Eyes". You need to something remotely resembling a clue before you go making statements like the one above.
LesPaul021 4 years ago
DT's very good, yet there's just this air of formulaic "studiousness" about everything they do. This's also true of wide range of music; classical, some jazz, Broadway. (cont.)
It is no doubt due in part to their training at Berklee, which is not a bad thing, it's just that it is unusual to hear that kind of discipline in the rock realm. Yes, to me their is a flat, well-trodden aspect to DT, and James Labrie is clearly a Geoff Tate (Queensryche) wannabe, but not as good of a singer as Tate.
selatik1 3 years ago
& please,"clue" me in on where 2 go 2 hear DT's drummer play anything that approaches Neil Peart's performances. re: virtuoisity-- Tony Levin, bassist (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) is a top-of-the-list, mind-blowingly great musician, & when working w/ great songwriters like Gabriel, Levin adds enormously to PG's songs. Levin plays circles around most great bassists, But I have to say, left on his own his other work sounds a bit like excursions into self-indulgent virtuosity.
selatik1 3 years ago
There's not much depth to Levin's compostions; the whole point is to hear Levin's amazing bass figures. There's nothing wrong with this at all. I just think that it's best when musicians can combine outstanding musicianship with profundity on a lyrical, creative, heart level. DT has a heart, but perhaps it could be that a few acts go a bit deeper, as obviously Rush abd Peter Gabriel have.
selatik1 3 years ago
Sorry 4 writing a book, but while I like some rock, I also like Loreena McKennitt, Enya, and a friend of Gabriel's named Kate Bush. Now if you want to hear some intensely moving music, those three ladies are like, Wow! Of course theirs is a totally different approach to music, and decidedly a very "feminine" approach at that. But "us guy musicians" could stand to absorb & maybe understand more of Enya's, Kate's and Loreena's styles, although most of us r simply not built to make music that way.
selatik1 3 years ago
Stop posting.
guitarguy93 3 years ago
What's the matter? Can't process that many words? Where is it written that youtube is a bastion for ADD-types who freak over posts longer than one or two poorly constructed sentences?
selatik1 3 years ago
Oh I can process the words, it's just when someone takes that amount of time to write out a novel on the youtube comment section of a single video, and when all of the comments are replies to ones that you posted it gets me wondering if you actually have bigger prioreties. (spelling)
guitarguy93 3 years ago
There's no rule which states that youtube comments must be limited to one or two poorly constructed sentences. There's no rule that says that u can't extend your comments beyond 1 post. Just because most people have poor writing/spelling skills & short attention span doesn't mean that the rest of us should dumb ourselves down to the average level. I'm sure a lot of people are put off by Rush's lyrical content because it's not about sex, crime, revenge, etc. but actually requires some thought.
selatik1 3 years ago
And it's rather ironic that I'm responding to your complaints on length of comments on a Rush concert post, don't you think? Hmm? Get it? If you don't then watch the clip of Rush interviewed on the Steven Colbert Report.
selatik1 3 years ago
Well there are some serious bands with good songs, such as Boston and Emerson lake and Palmer.
Obelix5150 3 years ago
Your Right about the kid...everyone is like thanking God that theyre playing this song
jj081693 3 years ago
Hero, and another thing: Yeah you can find plenty of musicians who can play more notes per second, but that doesn't mean they can move someone the way Rush or Peter Gabriel or Enya or Loreena McKennitt or Baaba Maal or Kate Bush can.
selatik 4 years ago
You're seriously trying to say this piece of shit band's musicians can compare to geddy, alex, and neil? You're fuckin clueless man, Neil Peart has got to be a top 3 drummer of all time, Geddy Lee's in the top 2 bassists, and Alex Lifeson is probably in the top 10 guitarists. Find me another band who can match that, I dare you.
TKDCats312 4 years ago 2
I like Rush alot more than DT, buy i hafta say
technically- not songwriting wise- dream theater is better
nickarpan 4 years ago
nickarpan. your wrong. just straight up. all of the people for rush are like freakin over 50 and they still play 4 hour long concerts without missing single beats. neil peart is the most efficient drummer their is. period. geddy lee... freakin awesome. alex is really really good but doesn't really have the outstanding ability that other guitarists have, but he is flawless at what he plays. this band rocks my socks, bigtime.
hunterdorsett 4 years ago
I like Rush more than DT, but those guys are just ridicuous. Technique wise is all im saying. Geddy plays more melodic than John Myung, but Myung can blow him out of the water with speed and precision. John Petrucci is like Alex; accomplished in all areas, only he can take it so much further (IE Sweep Picking). Don't believe me- watch the Rock Discipline DVD. Peart is better than Portnoy, ill give u that. Jordan Rudess is also a much better keyboardist- keep in mind im only talking technically
nickarpan 4 years ago
zeppelin?
sabbath?
boston?
there r alot of bands that i culd list but im not gunna cuz i dont got that kinda time....lol
ajracerex 4 years ago
As a huge dream theater fan i'd say...well your still horribly wrong about all of that. Don't compare bands just don't. If it wasn't for rush we wouldn't really have the dream theater we know and love. Thats sort of like saying that mozart is better that bach, the argument is a mute point when your talking about skills of this level.
Geddywoots 4 years ago
to me it would be
Rush = God
why..cuz u cant really put anyone higher than God right? lets think of Rush as a gift from God can we?
jj081693 3 years ago
i am also a big Yes fan and kept hearing about Dream Theater, in fact, i was informed that they were the only band worthy enough of sharing the bill with Yes. so i couldn't wait to see their live show.....no offense to DT fans, but i felt like i was watching watered down, journey-laden queensryche. No comparison to Rush or Yes at all, not even close. and the beauty of geddy is he plays bass, keyboards AND vocals all at once....amazing!!!
wideawakeinotown 4 years ago
okay, now all you DT fans are going to attack me....sorry, just was way underwhelmed.
wideawakeinotown 4 years ago
No one should attack you. DT wasn't to your taste. They're not for everyone. I happen to love both DT and Rush. Yes was always difficult for me to get into. I like a few of the songs and there's no denying their musicianship, but I need something with a little more edge. Rush and DT provide that edge for me.
LesPaul021 4 years ago
well actually no he plays eihter keyboards adn vocals or bass and vocals which kinda leaves things empty. try a studio recording of dt you cant have a short attention span though.
heroftheday34 4 years ago
i am also a big Yes fan and kept hearing about Dream Theater, in fact, i was informed that they were the only band worthy enough of sharing the bill with Yes. so i couldn't wait to see their live show.....no offense to DT fans, but i felt like i was watching watered down, journey-laden queensryche. No comparison to Rush or Yes at all, not even close. and the beauty of geddy is he plays bass, keyboards AND vocals all at once....amazing!!!
wideawakeinotown 4 years ago
okay, so how do you get rid of excess comments??? damn dream theater karma! LOL
wideawakeinotown 4 years ago
Hero, Dream Theater started off as a Yes and RUSH cover band. Just look at videos of Mike P. imitating Neil Peart. Also, you might want to compare record sales to date and total albums produced. That might humble you a little.
prr1361 4 years ago
Geddy Lee is 54 years old and
Neil Peart is 55
macanov12 4 years ago
boy does geddy have a voice or what?
LordRavenX8 4 years ago 2
One of the most talented bands in history...awesome
ahielp 4 years ago 2
um dos melhores show que eu vi na vida.
dhyegofl 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
maybe they should only play major international destinations from now on; mexico city, rio, tokyo, syndey, shanghai, bombay, paris, london, berlin, and ottawa
SCREW TORONTO
tubeguy2012 4 years ago
their canadian idiot!
ryanpianoman 4 years ago 6
in the words of carlos mencia....DEEEE DE DEEEEE!! i love ppl on you tube who have no idea WTF they are talking about
qeqo23 4 years ago
they live in Toronto, u dipshit, YYZ is the code for Pearson international airport hmm were's that? TORONTO!!
TOOCOOLFORYOUHA 4 years ago 2
yea i got proof they live in toronto: geddy lee ate at my dads restaurant :D
WhiteSabbath1 4 years ago
your an idiot
coole17 4 years ago
Leave it to the Brazilians to go crazy like it's soccer!! YAH!!
NeilPeartForEver 4 years ago
i like how in rio theres a whole bunch of people who are younger and older. when rush plays here, its a bunch of 50 year old men playing air drums.
You'd only find like 250+ people under 30.
nathan10X 4 years ago
im one of those 250 ppl :)
qeqo23 4 years ago
duas coisas incomparaveis o rush e esse povo carioca q apavora ,é animal, é absoluto, grilo paraty uiiiiiiiiiiiiii
tanilde 4 years ago
Not a bad video... wish i could go to a rio rush concert...
TKDCats312 4 years ago
what you say about his company is WHAT you say about society!!!
aya!!!
jazzmanEE 4 years ago
I can't hear his voice =/
Msuhlcke 4 years ago
There's a difference between 'gain' and volume...The freakin' gain is all the way up. I reiterate my opinion that they were short some equipment. I think they hired an engineer twenty years ago and never brought another one in. Besides, for a band such as this one they'd have to consult with some of their producers, ya know? Ya, the drums are totally vanished -puf!
tubepiss99 4 years ago
rush rocks!!!!
RUMELSKIN 4 years ago
yep. they're designed to be different from the normal ones sold.
i still have my counterparts one from the sna tour i went to. :D
qubeh 4 years ago
washing machines are there cause geddy started using straight to SB amps, so he needs to fill the space.
he chose washing machines. i love gary :D
qubeh 4 years ago
Call him by his preferred name ;) Geddy.
Mytownhomeboy123 4 years ago
NO.
qubeh 4 years ago
anyone who doesn't know this song should be shot, because it's the household rush song.
crazytom13 4 years ago
i would have been shot then had it not been for listening to this tune on a mixed martial arts highlight reel (sighs of relief)
jazman170 4 years ago
yea they put rush tshirts in the washing machines and then they throw em out into the crowd
rossta50 4 years ago
anyoe know y they have washer machines?? lol
JHendrix45 4 years ago
it's geddy's bass amp
justinrulesass 4 years ago
A washing machine is a "counterpart" to a dryer. I have a counterparts shirt that has a nut and bolt.
POOPFEE 4 years ago
Horrible editing on the 'rio' vid, they runied a good thing, its like trying to watch a fucking MTV video, not a concert. Rush were assholes for allowing it to be edited this way.
generatrix999 4 years ago
I was there!
lllRATMlll 4 years ago
yeah all you guys who are talkin gabout demise arent really rush fans then i think theyre still great
Magus260 4 years ago
Not any more!
4skorand7 4 years ago
Perfeito? Provavelmente...pena que eu perdi o show.
murilocd 4 years ago
I used to hold the highest reguard for this band, but they just lost something. They now remind me of a Rush tribute band, who gets close to the days of excellence gone by, but.....just ain't happenin'! All you younger fans would have had to see them 25 years ago. the Moving Pictures tour, and back, were ON FIRE!
4skorand7 4 years ago
does anyone else ever get the impression that alex lifeson takes himself too seriously? i know hes the shit, but he seems like overexaggerate every one of his parts, where as neil sits back in his corner, and geddy just kinda plays his music.
roadrashrobby53 4 years ago
I think Neil takes himself way too seriously, and since the horrible incident w/ his huge loss, he seems to just go thru the motions. I feel for him a LOT!, but c'mon bro, it's showtime!! Geddy's voice is only carried by memory of how it once sounded. Pitchy, crackly, unstable. I can't even deal w/ it anymore! I've seen the great demise of a once SLAMMIN" band!
4skorand7 4 years ago
Demise my ass! They are still terrific and you are a fucking idiot.
gellman 4 years ago
..and you are probably a 20 year old talking out his @#$ who wasn't even born when I would go see Rush in concert many times. I know where there's fire, and I know when it's become burning embers. I was THEE #1 Rush fan, along w/ my buds. We ALL agree w/ what is true. While I still think there a good band (LIVE), their new material SUCKS, and they don't even come close to who they were! Listen to Hemispheres, or Farewell.., NO COMPARISON! Like apples and crap!
4skorand7 4 years ago
Whatever man. I'm 39 btw and have seen Rush over a dozen times. I don't think they're new material is crap (I loved Vapor Trials and the new album is wonderful) and they're live shows are still excellent. Fine, fret about the good-ole-days if you want, I'll be enjoying the show on June 27th in Mansfield Mass!!
gellman 4 years ago
Cool for you. Enjoy!
4skorand7 4 years ago
they got ten more years...im glad i wont be seeing you at any shows.
raiderfan2112 4 years ago
You pay, I'll go!
4skorand7 4 years ago
tom sawyer th ebest song for the best band in the world. my favorite rush song. go RUSH!!! i cant wait to see these dudes in september 8th.
lalalasimba 4 years ago
I hope it's like this on July 6th!
BlackSabbathAlb 4 years ago
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, YEAH!
Codackussell 4 years ago
next to Live's Chad Gracey Pert greatest drummer ever
hamletp 4 years ago
it does not get that much better
8910snap 4 years ago
I've been a neil fan forever, but as years go by, I have realized that he is not even close to MANY drummers out there! He is very one dimentional, can't swing to save his life, not great at jazz, and doesen't even play his own stuff w/ half the intensity he did on the stuff from '75 thru '81. He really just bugs the crap outta me, now. Watch Dave weckl. UN-REAL!
4skorand7 4 years ago
Rush faz parte da minha vida desde os 16....tenho 46 .
Nucleot 4 years ago
Saw them live on this tour at Staples Center in LA.. Worst seats ever, best show ever.
zenitram980 5 years ago
what an awesome way to open an awesome show
SUNSNARE06 5 years ago
this is special cause it was the first time they played there..and people had sighns reading..rush is real they are not a dream!! crying there eyes out!! they love rush!! rush said on stage if we knew it was gonna be like this we'd been here a while ago!!
smog900 5 years ago
great the way the audience was singing along. Rush is an awesome band and all that sound with only three people!
oldrockfan 5 years ago
rush are the best band ever
dont monkey around
sergeantbash 5 years ago
POrra isso ai.. é stiloo e iradooo!!!
POhha naum tem iqual....
mito Foddda!
OoChaosZiNoO 5 years ago
Rush é muito bom!!!
fabiovolley 5 years ago
mierda!...
rush lo mejor del universo 4ever!
subdivisiones 5 years ago
great song, great band!!!!
samodra 5 years ago
Awesome! Rush is f**** great !
Tarantello 5 years ago
Gotta love the croud's backing vocals.
Tilaron 5 years ago
I first heard Rush in the early 80s and have loved their music ever since, Tom Sawyer is THE perfect Rush song!
ronnie4631 5 years ago
f*ckin awesome!!!
thanks dude!!!
rush rulz, best prog band ever!!
juanuchox 5 years ago