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  • I realize that it was the 80's and all, but Geddy needed to toss that Steinberger in the nearest receptacle and grab his trusty Rickenbacker.

    Those things just irritate me.

  • @kublakhen Why? That guitar is so many types of legitimacy.

  • I remember being shocked when this came out. It was so different from their sound just 2 or 3 years earlier(Tom Sawyer, Limelight, etc). Their look was alot different too. These mid 80's albums were ok, but nothing like their previous albums. I liked Presto. It was their comback.

  • Very few groups will i like every song they put out .

    Rush is one

  • Just a massively under rated band. If they were from California or the UK they would be better appreciated, but coming out of Canada they were just not respected enough. One of the alltime best bands lyrically, musically.  Just amazing what sounds these 3 could make.

  • @giantmidget08 They're bloody massive, what are you talking about?!

  • Alex's cherry red stainless pick guard fender is soooo sweeet!

  • One of the only bands where every song, on every one of their albums rocks. And their still going stronger than ever TODAY... Hope the next generation takes notes on this band. Because most of Todays noise is just that,,

  • @banzaimotorcross Y-gen musician here. We are, trust me.

  • awww man, I wanted to hear the spaceship sound in the beginning, lol j/k

  • Still get chills listening to this, though I have heard it hundreds of times.

    We are privileged.

  • i heard that the boy on the rocket was geddy's son, julian. Am I right?

  • i heard that the boy in the rocket in geddy's son, Julian!

  • El audio está pesimo

  • worst bass geddy has ever picked up

  • Thats a cool looking bass guitar!

  • Ce Son Passe à Travers Le Temps.... Timeless Tune... To Infinity And Beyond...jajajaja !!! No Crees Parse, Rush Manda, No ? Mi Agrupacion Mystica??? Have Listen To Rush Radio Sation !? Nice While Working I Tell Ya !!!!!

  • This just shows a side of neil thinking about how the world is going tobe troubled by.

  • This just shows a side of neil thinking about how the world is going to troubled by.

  • SOOOO 80's!!

  • whatever...they are the Beethoven of my time. and of my parents time. they alone control the time signature. who else has a bass player as a song writer and stage leader? I guess no one told them that they couldn't be that way. by the way GO LONDON, ONTARIO!

  • @krisccra hate to tell you but neil the drummer... the great one is the song writer

  • 3:02 -- The response of the two owls: "I'm high and what is this?"

  • watch?v=n12qVm_NrQY&feature=r­­elated

    unicorn and be cast out paste it

    i see you

    we're watching

  • Your bass-heavy audio to this sounds great! Love it!!

  • wow blast from the past!!

  • I don't know about you, but it took me about 4 and a half times of watching this to figure out that they were in some type of UN meeting center. :0

  • a kid on an areoplane, i look back to find this?

  • the beginning looks like that they're pedophiles lol, RUSH Forever and always!

  • I don't know why, but this is my favorite rush song. Of course that seems to be an ever-changing thing since there are so many great Rush songs to choose from.

  • "but I see the tip of the iceberg and I worry about you" .... Neil you are a genius! Always have the lyrics spot on....

  • Amazing when a band is tighter live than on the album.

  • I love the bass boost!

  • More vids to come. 10 facts 1.Your reading my comment 2. Now your saying/thinking thats a stupid fact. 4. You didnt notice that i skipped 3. 5. Your checking it now. 6. Your smiling. 7. Your still reading my comment. 8. You know all you have read is true. 10. You didnt notice that i skipped 9. 11. Your checking it now. 12. You didnt notice there are only 10 facts Copy and paste to 1 video, tomorrow will be your best day ever
  • @balabaluze Or you are a dumbass, and didn't realize That i knew you skipped three, noticed you skipeed 9, and knew you made 12.

  • The Canadians lag behind on guidance systems so they use a kid instead when bombing the United States. Or so Rush would have it in this odd fantasy.

  • thats some great parenting

  • I love the way the Steinberger bass looks.

  • @protsimer I agree with you there!

  • One of the best video descriptions in youtube.

    Thanks for the upload and the info. :)

  • NICE!! 

  • brilliance from Rush;-thanks for sharing!, another masterpiece

  • They set us up the bomb! - But It's okay because we have Rush in our final moments

  • This was one of my favorite songs as a kid. Today it still sounds as good.

  • This one of my favorite songs when I was a kid. Today it's still sounds as good.

  • Alex is awsome when playing vocals and guitar, Geddy guitar hero king, and theirs no stopping Neil he's the best drummer of all time.

  • @justindon57yahoo geddy plays bass.

  • @justindon57yahoo lol "Alex is awsome when playing vocals and guitar, Geddy guitar hero king" I see two problems there....

  • @justindon57yahoo I'd say he WAS the best drummer of all time. Slightly more recent heavy metal drummers are really showing some stuff these days. Jan Axel Blomberg, Kjetil Manheim, in fact, most well known extreme metal drummers. David Gray of Akercocke is a personal favourite.

  • I'm amazed to the point of tears, at how AMAZING this band is. I'm not even an old guy that knows everything about Rush. I'm a 16 year old girl that grew up on this, and I would listen to Rush all day and night, all the time if I could. My favorite band, period. This, and pretty much every other song they have, is more beautiful than any sound to ever exist. I'm being a little over-dramatic, but I'm having a moment.

  • @foreverbells haha i read you comment and you kinda sound like me except im a boy rush rules.

  • @TheSlevaslava That's cool. (:

  • @foreverbells whats you're favorite rush song?

    mine is subdivision i cant really pick though working man is badass .

  • @TheSlevaslava Do you really think I can pick a favorite? I have a list of favorites, and I think all of them end up on there. Lol. I've had Earthshine stuck in my head recently though. Amazing.

  • @TheSlevaslava Nevermind. I love Chain Lightning. (:

  • @foreverbells nevermind what?

  • @TheSlevaslava Hahaha. Nothin. (:

  • @foreverbells what ever you say missy :)

  • @TheSlevaslava Mine is lakeside park, it reminds me of when I was a kid. (you asked, although it probably wasn't me:)

  • @michaeldrennon01 how old are you know?

  • @TheSlevaslava I just turned 39.

  • You *hit the nail on the head* Tugster!!!

  • this is an awesome song but what dose it mean?? lol

  • I love RUSH...buttttt, you can sure hear the *Police* in the back of this one in the guitar and drums....just sayin!

  • @rome8899 def walking on the moon..that first chord hit

  • I wish space-Geddy would come visit me when im playing in the sandpit.

  • Rush has always been my favorite band. Now that I can access their videos is way better.

  • amazing sound for just 3 members, but thats just more money they dont have to split up!

  • THE BEST RUSH VIDEO

  • i have this on cassete

  • Great song, however they need to brush up on the special effects

  • Hmmm. Dumbass, what do you mean they haven't killed us off? It's early yet. Were you expecting that deforestation and the like would kill us off in an instant like a nuclear bomb? An instant in earth time is hundreds of years. Seriously!

  • One of my fave Rush tracks!

  • um..... im kinda obsessed wiyh 80's so im crazy and this his my daghter sepeaking um .............? this video WIERD

  • yo yo yo.....THAT'S GEDDY'S KID IN THE BEGINNING!!! And, you gotta love the nod to Kubrick when Ged's kid rides the bomb like in Strangelove......Just my 2 cents.

  • 80sness

  • WHOOOOO headless bass!!!!! that would be a pain in the butt to tune.

  • OMG!!!!! I could listen to this all night

  • drum fill at 3:04 makes me get goosebumps every time I hear it...not the most difficult,but..is emotional,ya know?

  • good song. too bad the video looks like a public access production

  • Absolom Absolom Absolom!

  • I like the ''hold on, the music's coming''

  • This song is outstanding. One of my top-2 favorite songs they did.

    As for the Grace Under Pressure album, it's my favorite album of theirs.

  • I've loved Rush for as long as I can remember, but I always found Grace Under Pressure depressing. No fault of the band... it was just a bad time in history, and this record reflects it.. so I do give them credit. The early 80's nuclear scare was pretty ugly.

  • Yeah, it's said to be their gloomiest album.

  • i agree, Rush's best music was from 1974-1981

  • No it wasn't scary, It was the damn best thing that happen. all the kooks from the left thought Reagan and Thachter would end the world. When we found out that USSR was a paper tiger. Be cool or be cast out!

  • @Issicra is grace under pressure red sector a

  • @CODking59

    Yes, Red Sector A is on the same album as this.

  • thanks so much for posting this...my dad got me into rush when i was a kid (im 23 now lol). i bought him the best of rush for xmas. we're from northern ireland i.e. rush has fans all over the world :-)

    cheers again

  • @manjikunoichi hello

  • @Ariannyishot hello :-)

  • Yes mate, it's one if not the most, succesfull band that's considered progressive rock band in history. They did great in all areas, super good songs and they even sold well.

  • cool, im from republic of ireland, love Rush

    they really should do another tour

  • So fucking 80's-awesome, right down to the freaky bass guitar.

    Favourite band, ever, bar-none. (Pink Floyd, best imho...but nevermind). Personal Favourite, Rush.

  • Rush were of an era. And that era was one where technology begun to work its way into music. Their song The Spirit of Radio highlights this. The thing they have going for them is their sheer talent and technical capabilities. Everything they do is precise and timed to perfection. The time signatures are all off-the-wall, but that just keeps you engaged.

  • @safcdude I totally agree with everything except that "Rush were of an era" they are just as relevant today as they were back when they hit big in the late 70's

  • @kindaaredneckkindaar Correct.  Rush represented many "eras". In some cases, Rush created the era.

  • Some of you need a history lesson. Any idea what the D.E.W. line is? Google it. It's the same name as this song, and for a reason. When this song came out I was stationed at Minot Air Force Bace in the heart of S.A.C. country during the Cold War. If you think it wasn't relevant - you're wrong, and too young to remember. The video is pretty cheesy, but the song is spot on. The Manhattan project by Rush is also about nukes (obviously). Another good one. Rush is a thinking mans hard rock band.

  • They said they wrote Countdown after being invited by NASA to watch a space shuttle launch. They said it was like watching a building taking off. Most people don't get that close to see how massive it is. I love this song as well.

  • rush is a thinking mans rock band agreed.

  • Going on with yourself, just like Yes (and Rush, though there were a few good ones) did in the 70s. Mind you: I am huge fans of both groups!! Just not their long drawn out songs.

  • @AirbrushRocks then that means your NOT a HUGE fan.

  • @junfn68 Not a huge fan of their 70s stuff no. Time moves on and so must everyone.

  • @Johnnywr do youlike there newer stuff

  • Seriously?

  • Good song... ridiculous message.

  • Seriously.

  • @AirbrushRocks

    Give it time! If the those who do not care or believe*cough cough* stay on the path they are on....who knows where we will be in the next 40 yrs!

  • @AirbrushRocks You mean yet right?

  • @mackeaveli sorry the thread must have gotten lost -- 'yet' to what?

  • @highonhayek

    As I have gotten older & better informed, my opinions have matured. I no longer am entranced with the paradigm espoused by Rush.. but they still ROCK!

  • @highonhayek

    I agree. as I have matured & become better informed I am no longer enraptured by the paradigm espoused by Rush.

    They still ROCK though.

  • @highonhayek Only the melting ice caps and sinking islands have, I don't know, a _real_ threat to them.

  • @highonhayek Whats "climatechange"? :)

  • @RaguelAngelofBalance global warming...which if anyone thinks isnt a real, already happening threat, then theyr ignorant.

  • @xGorefieldx Take Earth Sciences in University and tell me if you still believe in "global warming".

  • @highonhayek yeah since those things havent killed us yet, we definitely don't need to worry about them!

  • @highonhayek Good point. Maybe it's kind of a bell curve as far as reality goes, not as bad as many feared, nor as great as many expected/hoped for.

    But that's still not to say it's ok for someone to pollute my air, etc. Their right to spew particulates ends where my nose begins, etc.

    libertarian is NOT libertine. (Note the lower case "l")

    Rush 3 Sept. '10. I'm so there!

    BTW, great screen name you chose!

  • @masvx If the bell cure you are referring to is one indicating the magnitude of the severity of the situation when compared to the predictions that preceded 30-40 years ago then we would have to be in the at least five standard deviations to the left.

    And yes, a factory has no right to spew chemicals into your air any more than a garbage company's truck has the right to dump trash on your lawn. That is why libertarians support remedies through property, contract and tort law.

  • @highonhayek or could it be that we took steps to delay such a fate? *cough cough* gulf oil spill...

  • @mjohnson801 If anything, the non-disaster non-catastrophe gulf oil spill is the perfect example of how the media and politicians tend to hype environmental problems. Thanks for your help.

  • @highonhayek I'd believe the media over what is being said by the company that caused the whole thing. hows about you go eat some raw gulf oysters?

  • @mjohnson801 Look... the point I am trying to make is that predictions of slow global annihilation due to the oil spill from media pundits and politicians were mere scare-mongering and that such actions have been very common over the past 45 years or so. Should one write off ALL predictions of environmental doom? Of course not.... but you really should start to see a pattern emerging.

    Namely, that the news LOVES a great eco-scare story.

    I'll come back to this thread on April 20th 2011. c ya

  • @highonhayek There is more money to be lost by VERY powerful people by being environmentally conscious than any kind of motive for conspiracy from 90% (yes, that's an accurate number) of all global scientists with peer-reviewed, empirical evidence to have some sort of a conspiracy to make people scared. it just doesn't make any sense. Frankly I think climate change deniers are just looking for a philosophy to back up their own selfishness.

  • @mjohnson801 The question is really not whether the climate undergoes frequent change; certainly it does. The question is the extent to which humanity causes those changes. The answer is that science does not know the extent of humanity's impact, so this is the crux of the debate.

  • @Blndrfist The overwhelming consensus of earth scientists DO ACCEPT (believe is not even the right term) climate change. That big piece Greenland that broke off yesterday believes it. The thousands of dead jellyfish on the coast of both Spain and California believe it. How is making changes in what we know is going to harm us a bad thing? Whether your personal belief system accepts blame for it or not?

  • @mjohnson801 I'm fairly certain that the overwhelming majority of ANY group of scientists believe that the climate changes and is even changing now. This is because climate is not, and has never been, a constant. Once again, the question is whether these changes are man caused and, if so, is that a "bad" thing? So YOUR belief systems really don't matter at all; that climate change occurs in a "bad" way because of man is YOUR burden to prove not mine.

  • @Blndrfist lol...it IS proven! you just say it's a conspiracy of some kind.

  • @mjohnson801 Wrong; it is not proven, it is only claimed. Grand unified theories of climate change are filled with fail for several reasons. The proof falls short of the claims thus far.

  • @Blndrfist *sigh*....ok...you and your tinfoil hat know more than the scientists do. happy?

    and this song is great too.

  • @mjohnson801 Right...In other words, you're unable to prove your claim so you'll just just to stick your head in the sand. Sorry, man made global warming is not yet proven; it is suspected and there are indications of contribution. Yet the claim that man is the PRIMARY cause of global warming (the claim made by you warming fanatic types) has yet to be demonstrated; ever. Fail for you.

  • @Blndrfist whatever blows your skirt up. you're wrong, anyone that even does so little as to watch Discovery channel has more understanding of what's going on than you do by listening to Rush Limbaugh, but whatever. 90% scientific consensus versus your conspiracy theory bullshit.

    I pick scientific consensus.

  • @mjohnson801 You're pure imbecile to believe shit you see on TV. You're also wrong regarding "consensus" within the scientific community. There is no conspiracy theory moron. The grand global theory has yet to be proven; you can jump up and down all you like but it's not going to make it true.

  • @Blndrfist I can tell by your name calling how superior you are. how could I hope to compete with your greatness?

  • @mjohnson801 Quite correct; you cannot. Now run back and play in your puddle like a good child.

  • @Blndrfist lol

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  • @highonhayek we've beat off (lololol) species extinction by evolving. it won't last forever because we kinda fucked ourselves but we got alot more time left than we probably should have

  • @highonhayek I am a huge fan of the Austrian school, and I think nothing but libertarian thoughts, so we should be mostly in agreement.

    That aside, how the fuck can you something so fucking stupid?

  • @highonhayek I am going to pretend that you aren't as stupid as your comment suggests, if I don't then I will lose hope for humanity.

  • Another clever nuclear disaster/pop culture reference: doesn't the kid riding the missile remind you of the famous scene from Dr. Strangelove where Slim Pickens rides the bomb down on to the target?

  • What you all should remember is how at the time this video was made, the idea of all out nuclear war was always a real possibility. The "Reds" were still a perceived threat and the rhetoric between the "west" and the "east" was at an all time low point. An individuals hope was if they did drop "the big one" it would land right on top of your head since surviving the fallout would be a far worse fate to have to endure.

    Of course the weapons still exist............

  • this guys rock!!! what is it about trios!! zztop!!emerson lake&palmer!!!the list gos on &on,rush,etc

  • Wow Geddy is incredible playing the bass

  • I know he is amazing (see YYZ), but if you look at a tab of this, it is simpler than you think.

  • unbelievible!! so true!!!

  • and so does ur mum :)

  • That was quite the eloquent statement. It's always nice to hear opinions from young children with down syndrome.

  • @TrunkMonkay: Who the hell are you to say that? You suck! Rush sure kicks your little bunda there...

  • Brings back memories of watching Much Music on my satellite dish in the US. This was just after the channel launched with Chris Ward and JD Roberts (Now CNN's John Roberts) as the first DJs. What ever happened to music since those days? I need a time machine.

  • WTF...mindblowing, you mean CNN's John Roberts is actually JD Roberts of Much Music's olden days..wow. I just had a weird flashback of him and Erica Ehm!

    I like the "futuristic" instruments the guys used for this video..Steinberger bass and Neil had electronic Simmons pads..classic! Those pads suck btw.

  • Yup - same guy. Some place in my junk collection I may have a beta tape of him and Chris Ward busting through a paper barrier onto the Much set for the first time. JD Roberts always was the more serious DJ and did a lot of interviews. When He left Much he went to CBS for a time but when he was passed over for an anchor slot he moved to CNN.

  • 1984... 16 years old.... diggin' these guys on MTV!!!!

  • Hey! Neil you tricky devil, that fill at 3:17 is the same one from Natural Science!

  • "The world weighs on my shoulders, but what am I to do?" ah man, they really know what to sing about.

  • seems like a hard bass line to play while singing

  • no problem mate ..... geddy makes it look so easy ..... he certainly knows how to handle that bass ...

  • GO RUSH

  • Rush Rocks!!!

  • Gotta love dodgey 80's Rush

  • If Rush was dodgy in the 80s then its another reason I love 'em, who cares :-P

  • Yeah that's the spirit! Every 70s band was dodgy in the 80s but we still love em

  • @AirbrushRocks Saved us from disco, along with others. ;D

  • Geddy Lee got marry... nobody will die all alone LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

  • glad Sir Geddy binned the Steinberger!!

  • I grew up on fush.I like everyone of their songs.Timeless stuff.

  • Yeah Fush is Rucking awesome.

    Haha.

  • luv this video!! one my fav all time bands!! neil is the best drummer on earth

  • My first ever Rush concert was the Grace Under Pressure Tour at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, 1984. I always liked their stuff before that, but unless you've seen them live, you cannot understand the awesomeness.

  • geddy lee is jewish...

  • To get the best experience, turn on the HQ option in the video (if you haven't already enabled it in the Account settings) -- not only will you get a higher-quality video, but the audio is in Stereo... and it sounds AMAZING thru headphones, if I don't say so myself ;-)