This is the best Rush in my opinion, they should play this live every tour in my opinion. They never play this one for some reason. Would love to hear this and Different Strings in the set list.
@MrDripping10 And, following on from what MrHistorian123 just stated, Rush are the most played band on Planet Rock...a real radio station for fans of real music!
Has anyone else noticed that the placement of the amps/mikes/overhead lighting/drums and speakers is completely ass backwards of how they set the stage up?? Look at it closely... The amps face backwards toward the crowd just like the mics do.
I know this is the live version, but the album (Permanent Waves) that this is from is to me one of those rare albums where every song is a gem. I love Rush, and most of my absolute favorite songs by them are on other albums, but I can put in Permanent Waves and listen to it over and over again. Fantastic!
first song I learned on bass, first time I broke a guitar based on frsutration
took me... how many days to memorize all the signatures?
in a friend FINALLY taught me how Rush could do what they did on composing, made me glad I never studied composing, that would make me want to kill myself :P\
This is why Rush is sick!! XD
Hope to see 'em on another tour before it's not too late
it was my first rush album i had. So many songs on it. they werent afraid to change . I want to hear the full Losing it, natural science and between the wheels
I love this song, I love this album, I love the album on which the song originally appears, and I LOVE THIS BAND. If anyone ever asks me what the term "brilliant" means, I'm going to play them this song, which is all that should be necessary.
Amazing imagery and mood of Rush lyrics... The clouds prepare for battle In a dark and brooding silence Bruised and sullen storm clouds Have the light of day obscured Looming low and ominous In twilight premature Thunderheads are rumbling In a distant overture Here's another example (The Necromancer): Shreds of black cloud loom in overcast skies The Necromancer keeps watch With his magic prism eyes He views all his lands And is already aware Of the three helpless travelers Trapped in his lair
@chemiah I agree. I also have to correct myself in the last line that I quoted from the Necromancer. It should be "Of the three helpless invaders trapped in his lair" NOT "Of the three helpless travelers..." This is a classic Neil oxymoron. He writes "helpless invaders." Usually an invader is someone active and in control - yet in this case Neil writes "helpless invaders." Neil is a poet as well as a first rate musician.
What the f? you can not compare Bon Jovi to RUSH. Like comparing a fire cracker to a atomic bomb . Rush is the best that will ever be. Behold the gods of Rock. 1000 year from now they will listen to rush when your Bon Jovi will be a dust.
First big concert I ever saw was the All the World's a Stage tour (aka the 2112 tour). Saw the hook, swallowed it whole and have carried it with me for nearly 35 years. The best addiction in the world.
Run DMC in the rock&roll hall of shame! How the fuck does that happen???? God Bless RUSH! top 5 greatest ROCK&ROLL bands in the world! What a joke the hall of shame!!!!!!!!!!!!
@megamanadam281999 Us rush fans know real music when we hear it. Lady gaga is crap like most of it. Giddy said it that sometimes people like crap. they like misic the just is looped over and over again with mindless lyrics, like lady google. show your ass and its art. only thing that comes out a ass is shit. thats most , of Hollywood. thats why Rush is from Canada.
We got a scumbag at Rollingstone,David Wild...I have been kicked from VH1 for just mentioning his name..That keeps Rush from the Hall...Him and him alone...Drives me nuts that one guy quoted"they will never get in while I am alive"..Ever seen this greaseball on Vh1?and they based the cartoon"the Critic"on him,no doubt..Its a mirror image...The rag that took votes while I was in highschool on best musicians,Neil #1,given..Geddy #1,given again..Alex top 5..Stone keeps them out..drives me nuts.
@xl0l0l0l0lx Bon Jovi hehehehhehehheehehehehhe your joking, ther plaing at the silver legacy reno (loser)
for 39 bucks to 100 people while RUSH is playing in Rio to 60000 . I'll kick your ass if your even try to compare the two bands, no talent vs true talent.
If I had to listen to only 1 song for the rest of my life, it would probably be this one. The whole song is amazing and the keyboard part at 3:38 is just insanely ominous and awesome!
@NannyWhip No instrument ever made an Arena RUMBLE like the Moog Taurus Bass Pedals!
Genesis and Rush have used them with dramatic effect!
I remember the foundation of the Spectrum in Philly shaking when RUSH did this song in 1980-1981 and Genesis in 1980 doing the intro to "Dance On A Volcano".
Yeah man, after hearing this song as a teenager I knew right then and there that I wanted an Oberheim OB-Xa, or a 4 voice or something. Analog synths always sound cool. Always.
RUSH is not in the RRHOF??? Well, for a band that has sold 50 million albums worldwide (if not more) and has sold out every damm concert for the past 30 years and cannot get in the RRHOF....it simply proves that Rolling Stone Magazine does not speak to/ nor represent the community of Rock 'N Roll. The people have spoken...ticket sales and album sales are the people!!!!
who's the fuckin idiot that doesn't like this song? speak up man and face the music. i apologise to all others for this lame pun, ya brittney spears loving freak. what the fuck are you listening to rush for anyway?
For the five morons who voted this down what planet are you from? This means that five idiots who do not know a dam thing about live music and what a "MASTERPIECE" this song is! See ya rusty
Absolutely! Best version I've ever heard. Out of all the songs on this live album, this one best represents the "power trio" sound, esp. when the foot pedals start kicking in!
@FContreras85 Even when i was a kid wearing out my vinyl I had a hard time believing this was a REAL live recording - I thought it was studio mixed to sound live - masterful!
@pluckhutma I don't think they are.... At least not for the shows they've played so far... But the setlist looks pretty incredible even without it. I guess it just goes like this - "You're never going to get all your favorites at a Rush show... There's just too many."
@Onerareviper U r right. They didn't play it. That's ok. The setlist as u said was really good without it. I read somewhere that they were rehearsing it back in April. Maybe it will appear on their Clockwork Angels tour.
Everytime i hear this song all i do is zone out listening to Peart never repeat a measure. A song in 11/4 about sunlight breaking through clouds, very prog, very beautiful. Oh and i've always enjoyed Lifeson's riff at 6:01, Tool writes entire songs around riffs like that...now i'll just wait around for Broon's Bane to start lol...
Best track on the album. Performances like this go to the heart of what the expression "power trio" really means, esp. when Ged's foot pedals kick in!
The Introduction is sublime .. Saw them on the Signals tour and Roll the Bones .. Still kicking myself for missing R30 though hopefully they'll add a European leg to the Time Machine Tour .. I heard a rumour that it will be in 2011 .. Can anyone confirm ?
@zackjp Thanks man but no it's not on any of those. As far as I know Jacob's Ladder is not on any of their live video releases... maybe there's an old bootleg out there somewhere but not likely since camcorders were pretty big back then ;)
@rockandroll4life1 so agree, Rush and Motley Crue should be in the RR Hall of Fame instead they inducted a bunch of lame asses like Madonna (who is pop not rock) My husband and I are going to see Rush in concert in June, cant wait!
@5killPaul That's why we erected the RUSH Hall of Fame a while back, inducted RUSH then sealed the doors permanently since no one else is worthy of entry anyway,
Rush is the music of the universe, that's forever. This song in my opinion is one of their best, along with 2112. This song just gives you a rush (hahaha no pun intended), the guitar is awesome, and 2112 never gets old with its description of a dystopian society and one man discovering music and loses his will to live right after it's destroyed
This song and "Xanadu" are RUSH at the pinnacle of their writing.
This song truly is one of my ALL Time favorite Masterpieces! And would ya just listen to the MOOG Taurus Bass Pedals starting at 4:40.
When I saw them perform this during the "Moving Pictures" tour at the Philly Spectrum the entire foundation of the Arena SHOOK!!!! True Power at it's very best! Long live RUSH!!
Jacob's Ladder refers to a biblical fiction,(isn't all of the bible fiction)in which there was a ladder to heaven,in which angels descended and ascended.
One can also see a Jacob's Ladder when a shaft of sun breaks through the clouds . . . like a ladder from Heaven. Everytime I see one, I think of this song. The description in the lyrics is perfect.
Drive through Big Sky country of the Canadien Rockies and witness a shaft of light breaking through the bruised and sullen storm clouds. This song personifies that feeling of catching Jacob's Ladder.
I waited in my darkened room to here the radio play this live version for the first time (before the album was released). It took me immediately back to P.W.Tour and I don't think I can ever return to the present!
Can someone of you explain why this song seems impopular with the band itself? I mean, it's on Exit, stage left, but hardly played on other occasions, like the R30 tour, for instance.
This is, as far as I know, the only version on YouTube from the band either.
@okkith64 I haven't a single clue :( Fingers-crossed that they play this at their next tour along with some other favorites they almost never play live, like Losing It.
the progression in this live tune smacks of inherent brilliance. rush merely signifies that i was born in the crosshairs of time and luck: the 2 prime movers in the universe. THANK YOU UNIVERSE...i'm "here" again and rush is not a dream.
epic song and the guitar solo is just fucking amazing!
mikecox 1 day ago
This is the best Rush in my opinion, they should play this live every tour in my opinion. They never play this one for some reason. Would love to hear this and Different Strings in the set list.
bassmanjoe 1 month ago
1 person thinks the song Roll The Bones is better....lol
bassmanjoe 1 month ago
good and trusty info
joakorush2112 2 months ago
isso é música!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gleison696 2 months ago in playlist rush videos
thank you mr historian great great
MrDripping10 3 months ago
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blutobelushi 3 months ago
is there any radiostation in the world who plays songs of rush? i live in belgium.
MrDripping10 3 months ago
@MrDripping10
Yes - Planet Rock! They're on the internet and they only play Classic Rock. I never listen to anything else.
MrHistorian123 3 months ago
@MrDripping10 And, following on from what MrHistorian123 just stated, Rush are the most played band on Planet Rock...a real radio station for fans of real music!
irena7777777 3 months ago
That guitar tone is god-like :)
MrBriceRussell 3 months ago 2
Has anyone else noticed that the placement of the amps/mikes/overhead lighting/drums and speakers is completely ass backwards of how they set the stage up?? Look at it closely... The amps face backwards toward the crowd just like the mics do.
CSXer 3 months ago
Gipped again!!!! F$#k the Rock n Roll Hall of Shame!!!
ratbatblu 4 months ago
I never saw them in concert but I have to say to me they are fuckin great
sarahpauline1993 4 months ago
tears to my eyes
RockPaperSmoke 4 months ago
Lot of respect for this song! And Witch Hunt for that matter. And don't forget about the other 90 or so.
driverofsound 5 months ago
This record cemented the fact that these boys could do whatever they wanted live!!!
baconpoptarts 5 months ago
2012 music.................
ampeg2012 5 months ago
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boabeh345 5 months ago
I know this is the live version, but the album (Permanent Waves) that this is from is to me one of those rare albums where every song is a gem. I love Rush, and most of my absolute favorite songs by them are on other albums, but I can put in Permanent Waves and listen to it over and over again. Fantastic!
moleman1976 6 months ago
The person who pressed dislike broke a rung climbing 'Jacob's Ladder'.
bearmare 6 months ago
@bearmare rofl
SilentLime 6 months ago
This is an old song, written by "T.C. Broonsie"...
bearmare 6 months ago
vinyl or 8 tracks are the best way to listen to Rush.
jolem5000 6 months ago 3
This is Rush!
thenutbar44 6 months ago
One of my favorite albums from Rush!
JM13121 6 months ago
Wow, haven't heard this song since highschool....
first song I learned on bass, first time I broke a guitar based on frsutration
took me... how many days to memorize all the signatures?
in a friend FINALLY taught me how Rush could do what they did on composing, made me glad I never studied composing, that would make me want to kill myself :P\
This is why Rush is sick!! XD
Hope to see 'em on another tour before it's not too late
FreyaTalhamn 6 months ago
Alright, who is the one dipshit that disliked this song...he must be so dumb...for real
Pauldogg1983 6 months ago 2
@Pauldogg1983 I'm gonna give him the benifit of doubt.... he musta hit the wrong button
missihhippi 5 months ago
it was my first rush album i had. So many songs on it. they werent afraid to change . I want to hear the full Losing it, natural science and between the wheels
magnumshifter 6 months ago
I love this song, I love this album, I love the album on which the song originally appears, and I LOVE THIS BAND. If anyone ever asks me what the term "brilliant" means, I'm going to play them this song, which is all that should be necessary.
dmreeoogdaq 6 months ago
bottleimp007 8 months ago
@bottleimp007 Neil Peart is truly gifted
chemiah 7 months ago
@chemiah I agree. I also have to correct myself in the last line that I quoted from the Necromancer. It should be "Of the three helpless invaders trapped in his lair" NOT "Of the three helpless travelers..." This is a classic Neil oxymoron. He writes "helpless invaders." Usually an invader is someone active and in control - yet in this case Neil writes "helpless invaders." Neil is a poet as well as a first rate musician.
bottleimp007 7 months ago
I saw 'Exit...Stage Left', 3 times in 1982. It changed my life.
sfchaas 8 months ago
check out Holst...the planets. its got the Starwas them on it. it is awesome i think thats it.
green66vw 9 months ago
Yes! I'm going to see Rush for the first time of my life here in Finland! Live ofcourse. Jacobs ladder is one of my favourites.
OnniR30 9 months ago
@OnniR30 same here
fetabeta 9 months ago
@OnniR30 same here
fetabeta 9 months ago
The sounds on this recording are incredible. Great performance, great song.
ginghuskhan2000 9 months ago
All at once, the clouds are parted.
Light streams down in bright unbroken beams...
Follow men's eyes as they look to the skies.
The shifting shafts of shining weave the fabric of their dreams...
xl0l0l0l0lx 9 months ago
I'd love to hear a Bon Jovi song about a thunderstorm. LOL
xl0l0l0l0lx 9 months ago
@xl0l0l0l0lx
What the f? you can not compare Bon Jovi to RUSH. Like comparing a fire cracker to a atomic bomb . Rush is the best that will ever be. Behold the gods of Rock. 1000 year from now they will listen to rush when your Bon Jovi will be a dust.
enduro250x 9 months ago
@enduro250x - It was an obvious poke at the biggest boy band ever dip - note the LOL dip
xl0l0l0l0lx 9 months ago
@enduro250x couldnt agree more my friend - ive been listening to rush since i was 14,now 45, seeing them as a15 year old was life changing.
summersavannah01 9 months ago 11
@summersavannah01 48 almost 49 know what you mean, what tallent!!!!! first band i ever saw, l
hearing this music, the memories come flooding back with fondness
mcdago62 7 months ago
@summersavannah01 Ditto
First big concert I ever saw was the All the World's a Stage tour (aka the 2112 tour). Saw the hook, swallowed it whole and have carried it with me for nearly 35 years. The best addiction in the world.
jbj9802 5 months ago
@summersavannah01 Was very life changing for me as well. Best band ever next to Floyd.
angelkid79 3 weeks ago
Brilliant music almost obscures the fact that lyrically they are as talented as they are musically.
xl0l0l0l0lx 9 months ago
@xl0l0l0l0lx I am with you. hope to see you at the time machine tour my brother.
enduro250x 9 months ago
Run DMC in the rock&roll hall of shame! How the fuck does that happen???? God Bless RUSH! top 5 greatest ROCK&ROLL bands in the world! What a joke the hall of shame!!!!!!!!!!!!
megamanadam281999 9 months ago
@megamanadam281999 Us rush fans know real music when we hear it. Lady gaga is crap like most of it. Giddy said it that sometimes people like crap. they like misic the just is looped over and over again with mindless lyrics, like lady google. show your ass and its art. only thing that comes out a ass is shit. thats most , of Hollywood. thats why Rush is from Canada.
enduro250x 9 months ago
@enduro250x Ha I love Lady Gaga and I'm a huge Rush fan.
InvaderPOE665 8 months ago
Esta cancion es buenisima
viajesmusicales 10 months ago 2
Its a shame on the US....Neil Young?..who else from Canada?
Tod661 10 months ago
We got a scumbag at Rollingstone,David Wild...I have been kicked from VH1 for just mentioning his name..That keeps Rush from the Hall...Him and him alone...Drives me nuts that one guy quoted"they will never get in while I am alive"..Ever seen this greaseball on Vh1?and they based the cartoon"the Critic"on him,no doubt..Its a mirror image...The rag that took votes while I was in highschool on best musicians,Neil #1,given..Geddy #1,given again..Alex top 5..Stone keeps them out..drives me nuts.
Tod661 10 months ago
@Tod661 I bet hes a big fan of Bon Jovi though.
xl0l0l0l0lx 9 months ago
@xl0l0l0l0lx Bon Jovi hehehehhehehheehehehehhe your joking, ther plaing at the silver legacy reno (loser)
for 39 bucks to 100 people while RUSH is playing in Rio to 60000 . I'll kick your ass if your even try to compare the two bands, no talent vs true talent.
enduro250x 9 months ago
Rush é simplismente show!
Alexads0303 10 months ago
Undoubtly THE best song by Rush! I first heard this song in 1980,
and probably have listened to it more than 2,000 times. Every time
a distance thunderstorm approaches in the late summer afternoon,
with light steaming down in bright unbroken beams, I think of this
GREAT epic song!! RUSH RULES.....now and until 2112!!
superbulldog81 11 months ago 2
@superbulldog81 and beyond
STRATCAT101 10 months ago
Dude
alandschmidt 11 months ago
Now that's what I call music! Brilliantly written, masterfully executed, this is the VOICE OF THE PLANETS, THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES.
Armando2012102 1 year ago 9
@Armando2012102 FUCK YEAH rock on dude
BenjaminBreeg942 1 month ago
@0:25 awrite! indeed sir, awrite.
ezernut9mm 1 year ago
If I had to listen to only 1 song for the rest of my life, it would probably be this one. The whole song is amazing and the keyboard part at 3:38 is just insanely ominous and awesome!
Mastosis11 1 year ago
@Mastosis11 Even more ominous when you realise it's played with their feet. Google Moog Taurus pedals for more information.......
NannyWhip 1 year ago
@NannyWhip No instrument ever made an Arena RUMBLE like the Moog Taurus Bass Pedals!
Genesis and Rush have used them with dramatic effect!
I remember the foundation of the Spectrum in Philly shaking when RUSH did this song in 1980-1981 and Genesis in 1980 doing the intro to "Dance On A Volcano".
NS9144 11 months ago 4
@Mastosis11
Yeah man, after hearing this song as a teenager I knew right then and there that I wanted an Oberheim OB-Xa, or a 4 voice or something. Analog synths always sound cool. Always.
RallyCat909 11 months ago
1 person didn't get to climb the ladder
Eep25 1 year ago
@69RebelSoul A justin beiber fan probably
superbulldog81 1 year ago
The best of all time and im 41 and only started listening to Rush Christmas 2011..
woodyatlarge 1 year ago
@woodyatlarge So you started listening to Rush in the future?
Mastosis11 1 year ago
It looks like one dumbass with a broken thumb got past security. Let's mend those electric fences better. that can't be happening.
Satonica 1 year ago
@69 rebel soul....probably Jann Wenner...
tmendyka 1 year ago
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Jacobs0s 1 year ago
listen to the POWER of the drumming in this song.....
and the intro build up is tremdous.
chumpkilla 1 year ago
god this song's chord progressions are unbelievable
BDizDaBest 1 year ago
Never did care for this song, but the begining is awsome. Song worthy. Either way, I love this song now.
axlslash808z 1 year ago
RUSH is not in the RRHOF??? Well, for a band that has sold 50 million albums worldwide (if not more) and has sold out every damm concert for the past 30 years and cannot get in the RRHOF....it simply proves that Rolling Stone Magazine does not speak to/ nor represent the community of Rock 'N Roll. The people have spoken...ticket sales and album sales are the people!!!!
StratGT 1 year ago
GREEEEEEEEEEEATTTTTTT ALEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
steamloco1705 1 year ago
I'm 49 years old and my metabolic rate has slowed down a bit.
PhilistineTheArtLuvr 1 year ago
I'm a drummer but I love the fuck out of this alex lead in the 1st section. computer just wont go loud enough.
MRCJCOLLINS 1 year ago
sorry my mistake
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TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago
This guitar solo is so underrated, I love it!
SHoryUken9 1 year ago
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"This guitar solo is so underrated, I love it!" Who underrated it?
gorillabelly1 1 year ago
Best live album ever!
keytarpimp 1 year ago
who's the fuckin idiot that doesn't like this song? speak up man and face the music. i apologise to all others for this lame pun, ya brittney spears loving freak. what the fuck are you listening to rush for anyway?
123dacat 1 year ago
whats geddy say after "written a long time ago by the"............?
hbomb1964 1 year ago
@hbomb1964 T. C Bruinzee (probably one of many Nicknames they use with each other) "Lerxt" is Alex Lifeson
NS9144 1 year ago
@NS9144 T.C. Broonsie is actually one of the nicknames they had for Terry Brown. Broon's Bane is also named after him.
lotrfreak324 1 year ago
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keytarpimp 1 year ago
@hbomb1964 Could be a nickname for Terry Brown, their producer at the time.
keytarpimp 1 year ago
\m/
cheezypuff243 1 year ago
@gorillabelly1
Agreed.
5killPaul 1 year ago
Moments after I searched this song out, our 2 month drought we're having (Eugene OR) came to an abrupt thunderstorm drenched end. I swear it's true!
UnderStoryProd 1 year ago
For the five morons who voted this down what planet are you from? This means that five idiots who do not know a dam thing about live music and what a "MASTERPIECE" this song is! See ya rusty
kg4vwy 1 year ago
Some ignorant douche-bag gave this masterpiece a thumbs down.
Moron.
Armando2012102 1 year ago 3
@Armando2012102
I know, I can't believe this either. MEGA douche-bag.
rushmontreal 1 year ago
i think this was recorded live at the glasgow apollo in 1981 n i was there yo ho rush r amazing.
derekkiltie 1 year ago
For me, this version is way better than the studio one.
FContreras85 1 year ago 15
@FContreras85 Absolutely right!!!
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UnderStoryProd 1 year ago
@FContreras85
Absolutely! Best version I've ever heard. Out of all the songs on this live album, this one best represents the "power trio" sound, esp. when the foot pedals start kicking in!
gorillabelly1 1 year ago
@FContreras85 Agreed!!
TheMusic292 1 year ago
@FContreras85 Me too... The Trees on this album also.. Earthshine too.... Check out the Rio version........But never Limelight.
guitarcrusin 9 months ago
@FContreras85 Even when i was a kid wearing out my vinyl I had a hard time believing this was a REAL live recording - I thought it was studio mixed to sound live - masterful!
xl0l0l0l0lx 9 months ago
it is indeed.i can't understand why this isn't on the exit stage left dvd.
jayfey77 8 months ago
@FContreras85 Oh yes, it is!!!!
mikezes 7 months ago
This song is so fucking complicated! I'm amazed they can get that bit from 7:45 so perfectly in sync!
ClockworkDuck 1 year ago
One of the sickest and most-like heavy metal songs they've ever created.
FalaMerda 1 year ago
I can't wait for them to pull this gem out for their Time Machine Tour this summer
pluckhutma 1 year ago
@pluckhutma I don't think they are.... At least not for the shows they've played so far... But the setlist looks pretty incredible even without it. I guess it just goes like this - "You're never going to get all your favorites at a Rush show... There's just too many."
Onerareviper 1 year ago
@Onerareviper U r right. They didn't play it. That's ok. The setlist as u said was really good without it. I read somewhere that they were rehearsing it back in April. Maybe it will appear on their Clockwork Angels tour.
pluckhutma 1 year ago
this song sounds like the tension before an intense battle....nonetheless it's amazing
litterboxplayhouse 1 year ago
ALEX RULES!!!!!
mdarrenmuller 1 year ago
That synth always gives me chills in the mid-section. I love Rush:)
narutozrasengan 1 year ago
Everytime i hear this song all i do is zone out listening to Peart never repeat a measure. A song in 11/4 about sunlight breaking through clouds, very prog, very beautiful. Oh and i've always enjoyed Lifeson's riff at 6:01, Tool writes entire songs around riffs like that...now i'll just wait around for Broon's Bane to start lol...
sainthubbins1982 1 year ago
Best track on the album. Performances like this go to the heart of what the expression "power trio" really means, esp. when Ged's foot pedals kick in!
gorillabelly1 1 year ago
Totally epic!!! What a great song!
dreambrew 1 year ago
The body of Rush's work is extensive and displays raw talent on every level!
fr714ed 1 year ago
The Introduction is sublime .. Saw them on the Signals tour and Roll the Bones .. Still kicking myself for missing R30 though hopefully they'll add a European leg to the Time Machine Tour .. I heard a rumour that it will be in 2011 .. Can anyone confirm ?
owainglyndwr16 1 year ago
@owainglyndwr16 I heard that too but not sure, I wouldn't get my hopes up
levipearl2112 1 year ago
I've seen Rush 12 times and have yet to see them do this one.
Tshaf37redux 1 year ago
Alex just announced that they will be playing this live on this summers tour.
Dwotal 1 year ago 2
@Dwotal nice
unctarheels321 1 year ago
@Dwotal
That's awesome! I'm going on my b-day July 9th! I love this song! One of my favorites along with "The Trees". Hope they play that one too!!
PAULNIEM 1 year ago
Wish there was some video footage somewhere of them playing this live
soopahsoopah 1 year ago
@soopahsoopah there are dvds of four of there live albums i think a show of hands r30 exit stage left and all the worlds a stage i might be wrong
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp Thanks man but no it's not on any of those. As far as I know Jacob's Ladder is not on any of their live video releases... maybe there's an old bootleg out there somewhere but not likely since camcorders were pretty big back then ;)
soopahsoopah 1 year ago
I saw Rush perform "Jacob's Ladder" on the Moving Pictures tour.
It was beautiful.
bobbypepper 1 year ago
3:04-5 vintage Alex!
mmttomb3 1 year ago
@mmttomb3 improv-tastic!
GalfRendun 1 year ago
Every other Rush song has live video.....how come I can't find any for this one? On the PW tour, this was stunning, with the fog rolling out....
Heartlander2 2 years ago
Not "every other" Rush song has a video. I can't find a live version of one of my favorite tracks, "Cut to the Chase".
But a live version of "Jacob's Ladder", with fog rolling out like you said, would be INDESCRIBABLY EPIC!!!
Armando2012102 1 year ago
they are the most underrated band
of all time.
rockandroll4life1 2 years ago 36
Agreed. HALL OF FAMERS 1000 TIME OVER.
blutobelushi 1 year ago 3
@rockandroll4life1
yes they are.they are .....the best...the best
blutobelushi 1 year ago
@rockandroll4life1
when they get ya its ....over...i LOVE EM!!!!!!!!!!
blutobelushi 1 year ago
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@rockandroll4life1
"they are the most underrated band of all time."
Underrated by whom? The R and R HOF? Who gives a fuck?!
gorillabelly1 1 year ago
@rockandroll4life1 so agree, Rush and Motley Crue should be in the RR Hall of Fame instead they inducted a bunch of lame asses like Madonna (who is pop not rock) My husband and I are going to see Rush in concert in June, cant wait!
jwamull 11 months ago
This is my favorite Rush song.
emobangs03 2 years ago
The rock & roll hall of shame is a joke. So is rollingstone magazine. Rush transcends these fools.
5killPaul 2 years ago 65
@5killPaul Not only does Rush transcend those fools, but so does most prog rock. Long live intelligent music!
gareebee 1 year ago 2
@5killPaul Totally agree 200%
CrawfordDrummer 1 year ago
@5killPaul
The important thing is that Rush couldn't give a shit!
gorillabelly1 1 year ago
@5killPaul That's why we erected the RUSH Hall of Fame a while back, inducted RUSH then sealed the doors permanently since no one else is worthy of entry anyway,
Satonica 1 year ago 2
@Satonica havn't heard this in 30some years,FEELS GOOD TO HEAR IT!!
riffraffsammy 1 year ago
@5killPaul Very much so
SuperMrMalibog 11 months ago
How these guys can be snubbed year after year by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is just plain criminal.
mjmroz24 2 years ago 8
Rush is the music of the universe, that's forever. This song in my opinion is one of their best, along with 2112. This song just gives you a rush (hahaha no pun intended), the guitar is awesome, and 2112 never gets old with its description of a dystopian society and one man discovering music and loses his will to live right after it's destroyed
13timmy30 2 years ago 5
rush belongs in the same class of floyd,zeppelin,the who ....ANY BAND PERIOD.they are just superb...
blutobelushi 2 years ago 3
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they are the best...
blutobelushi 2 years ago
i played music.!!!!! i did for over 20 years+++i could not play their stuff.they are too advanced.
blutobelushi 2 years ago 3
bass drum
vladtepes97 2 years ago
This song and "Xanadu" are RUSH at the pinnacle of their writing.
This song truly is one of my ALL Time favorite Masterpieces! And would ya just listen to the MOOG Taurus Bass Pedals starting at 4:40.
When I saw them perform this during the "Moving Pictures" tour at the Philly Spectrum the entire foundation of the Arena SHOOK!!!! True Power at it's very best! Long live RUSH!!
NS9144 2 years ago 3
@NS9144 Man, I couldn't agree more with you. Xanadu and Jacob's Ladder are definitly my all time favorite.
nuvemcaos 1 year ago
The lyrics, the mastery of each instrument, the creative drive, the hard-nosed precision of it all: RUSH RULES THE GALAXY
Armando2012102 2 years ago 4
This sounds even better than in Permanent Waves
Ugslap 2 years ago 7
This is by far the best version of "Jacob's Ladder" anywhere, ever. They kick some mean ass here!
RUSH HAS ASSUMED CONTROL...
Armando2012102 2 years ago 4
Jacob's Ladder refers to a biblical fiction,(isn't all of the bible fiction)in which there was a ladder to heaven,in which angels descended and ascended.
mongabella 2 years ago
One can also see a Jacob's Ladder when a shaft of sun breaks through the clouds . . . like a ladder from Heaven. Everytime I see one, I think of this song. The description in the lyrics is perfect.
Meilakepa 2 years ago 4
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vocalmaster1 2 years ago
The cover photo was taken in Buffalo,Ny,I was there,and was sitting in the exposed photo shot.Memorial Auditorium.Gold section.Pretty cool.
mongabella 2 years ago
what song is the guitar in the beggining from? sounds familiar
Diroccodoodleedoo 2 years ago
Drive through Big Sky country of the Canadien Rockies and witness a shaft of light breaking through the bruised and sullen storm clouds. This song personifies that feeling of catching Jacob's Ladder.
Meilakepa 3 years ago 2
I waited in my darkened room to here the radio play this live version for the first time (before the album was released). It took me immediately back to P.W.Tour and I don't think I can ever return to the present!
ensatina1 3 years ago 2
Can someone of you explain why this song seems impopular with the band itself? I mean, it's on Exit, stage left, but hardly played on other occasions, like the R30 tour, for instance.
This is, as far as I know, the only version on YouTube from the band either.
okkith64 3 years ago 3
it's probably because of the meter. the meter is 13/8
Cellisima9 3 years ago
@okkith64 I haven't a single clue :( Fingers-crossed that they play this at their next tour along with some other favorites they almost never play live, like Losing It.
OracleOfSyrinx 2 years ago 2
best comment of all time on youtube
ryslo2000 2 years ago
RRRRRRRRUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSHHHHHHH is more than good there GGGGRRRRREEEEAAAATTTT!!!!!
Domplum 3 years ago 2
the progression in this live tune smacks of inherent brilliance. rush merely signifies that i was born in the crosshairs of time and luck: the 2 prime movers in the universe. THANK YOU UNIVERSE...i'm "here" again and rush is not a dream.
jugger99777 3 years ago 4
thank you i love this song especially this live version
for one your fellow rush fans, never delete this vid.
alexmassacre123 3 years ago 9
Don't worry, I won't. ;)
GordonYYZ 3 years ago
eshe shuyoh??
sonicboom8792 3 years ago