I gotta say I like the recent live versions of this song better than the studio version because Alex's guitar gets a much more promanent sound in the mix. It's a shame his guitar was put so far back in the mix in the studio version.
i love the ringing chord voicing at 0:26 !! Alex is so amazing, it seems like his pick hand never rests, even when the perfect chord is sustaining & sounding perfect, he is constantly grabbing another single note off of it or a full arpeggio of some sort. it's just a whole other level of musicianship. oh, and he is quite a cool character if you ever get a chance to be in the first few rows at an amazing RUSH concert!!!
Alex Lifeson is my favorite guitar player of all time. Original and expressive, I think Rush's 80's work, Permanent Waves through Hold Your Fire, and even Presto, is among some of the finest music ever recorded. Very unique writing and arrangements.
... I like how Alex's Strat tone here is cleaner & has some twang to it - works nicely w/ all the FX & meshes w/ Geddy's fat OBX & MiniMoog synths as well...
@cbfeeling - ha!! my brother and i used to have a favorite game at the arcade... shit, now i can't remember the name, but when the Subdivisions video came out and it was shown on there we 'bout shit ourselves... then smoked another doobie!!
This is SO cool!!! Mainly because the guitar track is in the background on this song. Wow, Alex really does some interesting work here, but after listening to this song hundreds of times, I can really appreciaite now. Thanks! Did you take this from Guitar Hero?
Cool video man! Normally you can barely hear the guitar in the mix.
ilikehairbands 1 week ago
Wow, it's amazing how different the guitar sounds when isolated from the mix. Good stuff
rictube11 3 weeks ago
I gotta say I like the recent live versions of this song better than the studio version because Alex's guitar gets a much more promanent sound in the mix. It's a shame his guitar was put so far back in the mix in the studio version.
buzzcrushtrendkill 1 month ago
i love the ringing chord voicing at 0:26 !! Alex is so amazing, it seems like his pick hand never rests, even when the perfect chord is sustaining & sounding perfect, he is constantly grabbing another single note off of it or a full arpeggio of some sort. it's just a whole other level of musicianship. oh, and he is quite a cool character if you ever get a chance to be in the first few rows at an amazing RUSH concert!!!
ACELLOFAWARENESS 1 month ago
fantastic (just have to learn it now DOH! ;-) although i can do a 1/2 arsed solo attempt :-)
racefaceec90 1 month ago
Alex Lifeson is my favorite guitar player of all time. Original and expressive, I think Rush's 80's work, Permanent Waves through Hold Your Fire, and even Presto, is among some of the finest music ever recorded. Very unique writing and arrangements.
ibanezman1025 1 month ago
... I like how Alex's Strat tone here is cleaner & has some twang to it - works nicely w/ all the FX & meshes w/ Geddy's fat OBX & MiniMoog synths as well...
BillDerBerg 2 months ago
Alex's playing and sound so fit the time in which it was recorded. This takes me right back to 1982 playing my Atari and looking toward the future.
cbfeeling 4 months ago 5
@cbfeeling Wow. That nails it. I had to take a minute away from my work after reading that.Thanks, man!
sixfingr 1 month ago 2
@cbfeeling - ha!! my brother and i used to have a favorite game at the arcade... shit, now i can't remember the name, but when the Subdivisions video came out and it was shown on there we 'bout shit ourselves... then smoked another doobie!!
ACELLOFAWARENESS 1 month ago
@ACELLOFAWARENESS Tempest
buzzcrushtrendkill 1 month ago
@buzzcrushtrendkill - YES!!!!!!!!!! thank you!! TEMPEST!! what a wickedly cool video game!!!
ACELLOFAWARENESS 1 month ago
@cbfeeling Loved Artari. I think we played Adventure or Space Invaders.
spike14501 1 month ago
This is SO cool!!! Mainly because the guitar track is in the background on this song. Wow, Alex really does some interesting work here, but after listening to this song hundreds of times, I can really appreciaite now. Thanks! Did you take this from Guitar Hero?
Olivierzz 5 months ago
This exact effect exists on my Mustang I amp... best distortion EVAR!
AkakuBen 5 months ago
It's flanger all the way!
CaseDskater 5 months ago 2
FIRST FOR THE FIRST TIME! alex is loving the chorus pedal on this one.
evildane 6 months ago
@evildane It sound more like a Flanger to me... I don't know... just my opinion!
RushFan413 5 months ago