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  • Hell Yes they deserve it!!!!!

  • Olá amigo! Muito bom seu video parabens.

    Forte abraço é que Deus abençoi.

    Att.... Juvenil.

  • IT'S PEART (Peert) NOT PERT

    BAH!!!!

  • Notice she didn't talk about where the album debuted in the USA? That's because they're too dense to even understand the depth, skill, and musical ability of a musical ensemble who makes their top stars look like shit sniffers and butt tonguers. Lady GAGa? Snoop Dogg? Bruce Springsteen? OH PUHLEEEEZZZ! Too many Americans managing the musical world when they can barely manage to take a proper shit.

  • @tyme4mike They debuted at #3 in the US, as the headline states. The Billboard charts are the standard measure for the American recording industry.

  • @Just1Micky Lol, obviously you don't know RUSH very well! The old drummer, John Rutsey was only there for their first album, also called Rush. Before they even started touring for that album, they changed John Rutsey for Neil Peart. Therefore, their second album, Fly By Night, was made by Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee! :)

  • 'We asked Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson how they were able to be in the band for so long without member changes' - After showing a clip of them performing Flight By Night with their old drummer, before Neil Peart had even joined. Bad directing lol?

  • @Just1Micky *cough* That was Neil.

  • @savantiflag Lol yeh, don't know why I put that that wasn't Neil lol.

  • No, they DIDN'T COME BACK when they released a PHYSICAL album in 2002. That was GHOSTS.

    Great band....kind of a stupid news story.

  • If ever i ceace to love...

    /watch?v=KR5lANGWr8o

    then i am just swallowing my tail

  • the phrase" but is it a comeback?" is an insult

  • Fuck the Hall of Fame - Rush is better then anyone in that crappy hall. Rush got their Star in Hollywood (I was there for that) and they have the most loyal following and the biggest range of fans from the very old to the very young with new fans being born all the time. Rush is timeless.

  • why does alex have to carry his microphone?

  • Don't get me started about that Hall of Shame!!!.....

  • anyone know where to find this interview in full?

  • "Proving that their fans are as loyal as any in the industry"

    No. it proves that their music is accessible beyond their core fans. Metallica's albums don't do as well despite "their loyal (and far more numerous) fans." It's because their music sucks. Rush's has only improved over time.

    EVERYONE wants the newest Rush album when it comes out.

    The exchange at 2:14 is priceless. LOL

  • rush is great

  • The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a sham, and a joke, and are just a bunch of glad handing yes men reacting and acting only when the Nielsen ratings and record sales warrant an induction. They have no idea what Progressive Rock music is. Abba and Madonna are in on the first try, but bands like Yes and Rush have never been nominated? It's a joke, and I think that Geddy and the guys should decline the offer just on basic principles. And why in the hell is it in Cleveland and not Detroit?????????

  • This interview is hilarious... Alex looks so serious

  • Google "The Rush Hall of Fame Campaign Petition" . Then sign it to get Rush inducted into R&R Hall of Fame!

    Do it now!

  • @Blogalicious i got in an argument/debate online with someone claiming that grand funk railroad was the best power trio, i tried set them straight, but to no avail. im signing and posting it...thanks

  • @Blogalicious They're too good for it.

  • RUSH RULES

  • so his friend at the other end of this says...

    /watch?v=HTmK9NlTN8Y

    2010 time machine, no really, hehehe

  • wow!

    and you got me to lol, i didn't see Rush play live till

    1985 power windows tour. but i did see 19 shows after that.

    but i believe your glow in the dark hat came from their first tour in 1974. it was red with "RUSH" in big 1974 style letters. lucky guy! >:]

  • been a fan for thirty fives years.

    absolutely the best band ever!

    this year will be my nineteenth rush concert >:]

  • @vmkSAVAGEGUY you got 3 on me I'd let you wear My glow in the dark rush concert painters cap maybe you can help Me do you remember what tour I got it from I forgot so many so long so stoned

  • I fucking love Rush !!!

  • I fucking love Rush !!!

  • If you're gonna compare a RUSH Song, you compare it to every other song ever written and recorded... that wasn't made by RUSH...

  • I've read, I believe it was Geddy Lee, who said the band doesn't care if it's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and if they, as they band, don't worry about, why should I as a fan? I know how good they are... the band's longevity and consistent sales over a 35-year period speak of how appreciated it is... its awards over the years show the public's at-large appreciation. If it happens, Rush will have its "Limelight." If it doesn't, it's the music biz's fault.

  • Best band Ever.

  • omg say his name correctly its "Peeeeeeeart" not frikken Purt, it doesnt sound like the shampoo Pert Plus...jeez....

  • Say it with me lady, "PEART" like "fear" or "sear".... PEART, not PURT.

  • Rush isn't in the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame but Madonna is in there?!?!?!?! THE ROCK N' ROLL HALL OF FAME IS A FUCKING JOKE.

  • @ThatKrookedVulture Because Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone and the RR Hall of Fame, is an egotistical douchebag who personally dislikes Rush. That's why they will never be inducted.

  • @digitalavatar74 its because Rush quoted ayn rand and wenner is an avowed dyke and commie

  • despite what anyone says, i think snakes and arrows is a great album. they could have slowed down and started sucking, but instead they keep changing their style and evolving even though they're in their 40's and 50's. crazy.

  • i have tom sawyer as a download and i own 2112!

  • The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fucks are a bunch of flamers. This band should have been inducted YEARS ago. They have inducted so many no bodies and yet this band is ignored. Only two bands have had more consecutive gold and platinum albums...the beatles and the rolling stones. WTF HOF? Correct a wrong and quit being assholes.

  • there making a new album right now am i wrong I WILL BUY it to bad there not coming to vancouver

  • Guys we don't want them in the fucking R&R HOF If everyone knows about them the loyal fans will never get a seat in the gigs

  • See what happens when you stick too your music and dont make in the hall of fame, you stay together for for almost 40 years. They have lasted longer than 90% of bands and 70% of marriages. In my humble opinion Rush should RUN the rock n roll hall of fame, seems they are doing something right. I am glad they aren't in it and could care less if they ever get into that lame representation of god music. I didnt get into Rush cause I wanted to win some school popularity contest,and thats all that is!

  • There are a LOT of great bands NOT in the Hall... Rush is just one. Heart, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Kiss... but yet, Depeche Mode is in. Tells me that Rolling Stoned Magazine is running that mess.

  • @davework13 fucking Depeche Mode is in the fucking hall of fame? Don't get me wrong... I like Depeche Mode but to even mention them getting in before RUSH let alone LET them in before these guys, well.. I'm with everyone else in this thread. Fuck the R&R HOF.

  • A  comeback? they never left my radar ever since 1983, Rush fans don't give a shit about charts, they like good music!

  • Rock n Roll Hall of fame is not worthy of the mighty Rush. Therefore, fuck em

  • I don't think a Hall of Fame induction would do anything for them. Their joy comes from their loyal fans. I saw them last year and was lucky to be in the second row. Some lady in front of me sneezes. Alex plays around and pretends he is wiping her sneeze off his shirt, then goes and gets a Kleenex and hands it to her, all the while never losing a beat playing. These guys are class acts.. and funny!

  • I sooooo LOVE them ! Their kindness and TRUE PROFESSIONALISM that's it :)

  • Fuck the Rock Hall of Fame, they suck. Rush doesn't need to be inducted into it to prove themselves. They're talent and longevity speaks for itself.

  • nice

  • so incredibly happy for youze guys

  • screw advertisements seriously damn sell outs. Rush is awesome tho

  • Although I am a fan of their "Older" material and don't like their newer stuff (post-87), I am still a great fan. What makes me angry is these 70s bands are going on tour in the new millennium, Rush was the only big 70s band fighting the Pop phase, Grunge phase, etc. Now that 70s rock is somewhat coming back bands like van Halen are saying "Hey, let's go on tour." They should pay homage to Rush for being the only band fighting the battles in the 90s.

  • @Markcip1 i like every album the songs i like least that i've heard is mystic rythems and mission they were to pop sounding for me

  • Love that old footage of "Fly By Night". By the way, it's pronounced peert as explained by Neil himself in his book Roadshow: Landscape With Drums.

  • in canada its peert...Here in the US its pert

  • its pronounced "peert"!!!

  • So you pronounce pearl "peerl"?

    I'm sorry, it's pronounced "pert".

  • "the band's highest charting album since 2003"

    Wasn't that the last album released before S&A?

  • Is that microphone in Alex Lifeson hand or is he happy just to see Geddylee?

  • thats why thear not in the rock and roll hall of fame thear slackers that don't want a real job just hanging out making records with your childhood buddy how lazy can you get JUST KIDDING RUSH IS THE POUND FOR POUND GREATEST ROCK BAND IN THE WORLD

  • Yeah, before I saw the "fan" side of you comment I was going to say, go jump off a cliff a**hole, but since you were just kidding, high-five dude, Rush kicks a**, I think Rush and The Beatles are the only two band dedicated to music, clean lyrics, and good songs.

  • I would go to a concert, I hear theyre havin one in toronto omtario

  • someone besides Me must think Rush deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame?

  • No question about that

  • Fuck yes they do.

  • @sirlonghair

    They are in several hall's of fame as a group and as indaviduals[they werer even awarded the order of Canada] So there not in some little hall in the states....who cares

  • @irishpat1000 your right R&R hall of fame is not worthy of rush it's like how much is a grammy worth after they gave the first Metal grammy to jethro tull the year of mitallica's black disk jethro tull Isn't even metal

  • @sirlonghair - Yeah, what the hell is the sorry deal with the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?! I mean, Blondie was inducted and they didn't influence anyone. They were a mediocre new wave band at best.

    There's no justice. But I don't even think the band cares, and they shouldn't.

  • @sirlonghair I fuckin agree man.

  • @sirlonghair They absolutely do but The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame is jock anyway. That's why Ozzy turned it down twice.

  • @sirlonghair Yeah - I thought that Rush should have been in the Hall of Fame 35 years ago, and it's only been proven every year since.

    It's a hall of shame without them.... completely political and not musical!

  • DAMN RIGHT!!!!!

  • @sirlonghair They are way overdue.....!!!!!

  • @sirlonghair - I think they are better than the Rock n Roll HoF! They are at a higher level ! Rock on RUSH!

  • Is that a mic in Alex's hand, or is he just happy to see Geddy?

  • i like how geddy gets a mic stand but alex is forced to hold his...

  • Why was there no live video released between ASOH and Rush In Rio?.

  • @Colddeed If they're going to release video, they have to organize and plan for the taping. It's a lot easier and cheaper to record gigs in audio only. That's why the ASOH album is from different gigs, but the video was from one gig (Birmingham UK).

  • they record everything thear is no tape all digatal thear live engneer is as good at his job as anyone else is in the band is at thears he is great boy would I love to play in his toy box

  • Let me correct myself. Don Kirshner's In Concert is on You Tube and Neil is on the drums. I haven't seen the video since that time when I was a scatter-brained 7th or 8th grader.

  • I first saw them on Don Kirshner's "In Concert" in 1974 or 1975 with John Rutsey before Neil Peart joined the band. Been a fan from the git go.

  • Alex Lifeson answers that question the same way every time. It's a bit of a joke, but to get it you have to know how Paul McCartney answers that interview question.

  • i think geddy lee is the messiah people just dont know that yet

  • me and geddy lee, built tree houses together

  • Umm. it's peeert, not purt, you dumb ass reporter. The man himself pronounces it Peert.

  • Thank you Alex, Geddy, Neil, for all those glorious years !!!!!!!!!!!!

    pesquisar

  • You sound like a dumb bitch.

  • I read Neil's biography "Ghost Rider". To correct drumaonhigh, Neil's daughter (and only child) died in a car accident, and his wife died of cancer 10 months later. Not only that, then his fcking dog of many years passed away not long after that. Just a brutal time of his life. He took a hiatus and drove from Canada all the way down Calif coast thru the baja of Mexico and back all by himself. Excellent book and should be read by all Rush fans.

  • should be #1, fantastic album!

  • Of course!

  • geddy lee signature jazz bass: thats where its at.

  • Best Rock band of all time!!!!!

  • hey Alex, setlist request:

    Jacob's Ladder!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I've been dying to know for so long, where does Geddy get his glasses???

  • we also gave him a vinly poster that my dad made at his banner shop. that stinks he was camping with his friend though... that would have been cool if he was there.

  • i got a private tour on neils bus when i saw the bus in a seafood resturaunt and i yelled at my dad to stop. so we went into the resturaunt and saw the bus driver. then we asked if we could see the bus and he said okay. so that was cool. (this was 2nd to last concert they have played so far, which was in atlanta for the 2008 S&A tour and the bus driver told us about some of the rumors they have been talking about another tour in 2010. so im excited. but i wasnt able to meet neil. he was camping

  • saw the in ´07 .... in houston

  • no not its pronounced neil PEART not pert

  • Saw them in memphis last year. It rained the whole time and was miserable.

  • I went to the second leg of that tour =D

  • They are taking some time off to rest after their mega S&A tour. They have stated recently that they will probably be writing some stuff later this year and with a album and tour to follow. I really really hope this happens.

  • I hope so, I just happened to get into Rush during the S&A tour(and they will always be my favorite band!!!), so I haven't got to go to a concert, but I think it would be one of the best moments in my life.

  • And Ironically to the tour and my timing, I live near Atlanta.

  • Otaku, I can tell you from experience, seeing Rush live will be your best concert ever.

  • Great, I hope they do! I haven't been able to see them live, I recently got into them ( about 2 years ago) but didn't realize at the time they were on tour. sucks, hopefully they will come to Nashville or TN for that matter so I can see them.

  • Have they stopped playing?

  • Neil dosen't do interviews because people want to ask him questions about the loss of his wife and daughter.

  • Untrue...Neil has done interviews, but they have always been few and far between. He has rarely submitted to them since his first days with RUSH.

  • To be more exact, after his wife and daughter died they didn't want to have him do the "meet and greets" because he would have to endure the same questions over and over... So with S & A they left him out on purpose to spare him.

  • They both died in car accident, then neil had to take a break he then traveled for 4 years on a motorcycle. Then one day he went into the recording studio after 4 years and was playing better then ever.

    Cause he's the most Kickass person and drummer ever.

  • he doesn't do meet and greets at all for that reason, but rushnm8 is right he really didnt do many interviews in the first place, but he still does a few that are mostly private

  • why is neil never in any of these interviews??

  • ya seriously

  • After the death of his wife,and daughter, he wasn't very social since then.

  • I always knew they,d be back, Can,t keep them down.Mark demell from Aylmerqc.

  • why is it being called a "debut" ... I'm sure a "debut" album is the first release by a band?

    x

  • They mean that it came out at the top.

  • They have said it several times that they're going to record starting this fall.

  • Have they? Hm. I haven't seen anything about that on their website...maybe I need to look harder. Are there any sources you know of, maybe a video somewhere?

  • Geddy Lee Of RUSH Makes A Cameo Appearance In The Film "I LOVE YOU MAN" In Theaters On March 20, 2009 VERY COOL..........

  • saw them four times last year.

    Met them a couple of times, got their autograph.

  • what a a great band they are also their music will live forever

  • Well put

  • i wonder if/when rush will release a new album, if they do, ill get it in an instant

  • STUPID AD!

  • 4EVARUSH-RUSH4EVA

  • i didn't know Neil Peart lost his wife and daughter. that's so sad when you hear tragedy strikes, even in the rock world there is emotion no matter what you do. but I'm glad to see rush's new album is one of the top sellers on the mainstream charts, they had talent, and they always and forever will.

  • Vapor trails was the first album since Presto that I liked every song on it. Snakes and Arrows reminds me of Test for Echo and Counterparts. Same production sound with a couple of good tunes but mostly filler b-side sounding tunes. Vapor Trails lacked the good production sound of Rush's other albums to make it a perfect album. Still great though. I wish they would re-release it with all new production sound.

  • My favorite Rush music was all of their stuff from 1980 up to (and including) Counterparts, and some of their 70s stuff too. I haven't been quite into their stuff as much starting with Test For Echo.

  • I wish they would too, but unfortunately a lot of the damage was done as the tracks were being recorded. That sort of damage cannot be repaired, because the "data" for lack of a better term, is not there. They would have to re-record the tracks. Remixing and remastering would help some of it. Let's hope they'll at least do that. :(

  • long live rush!!!!!!!!!!

  • I'D LIKE TO SEE A THIRD PART OF CYGNUS.

  • Hemispheres kind of ended it.

    There really is nowhere for Cygnus to go.

    HOWEVER, Rush is going back to epics for their next album.

  • Really? Next album? Their releasing another? Where did you hear this?

  • oh lol i thought you meant cygnus ended it for rush's "good songs". You just meant the end of the story in the songs lol.

  • its pronounced P-ear-t

  • bring back the long hair!

  • good vid great band !!! super people

  • RUSH IS THE GREATEST!!!!!

  • THANKS FOR THE hOUE=SE THAT rUSH bUILT, TO GIVE......

  • No flippin keyboards? You dullard! Afterimage, Subdivisions, Marathon all have keyboards and that to me is the best Rush era, period.

  • Yeah, but what you've got to love (and understand) about Rush is that they change. That's the joy of listening to their stuff. Every album changes, and they have eras. I loved their keyboards too, but they've moved on, and considering they're still writing great music, we can't get too upset about it.

  • I suppose it's good for a band to change styles, but one of the reasons I like to keep listening to a band is their sound/style, and if a band is not consistent with that, then I'll likely only really like some of their music and not others. Rush is one of those bands. If a band keeps making good music consistently, then there's a higher chance I'd like all of their music.

  • Their designs have too many focal points and lack coherance now. What they have done is amazing, but I still hope they come up with a true triumphant piece of music that surpasses everything they've done like Beethoven did in his later years with the 9th Symphony.

  • The true Rush masterpieces were from Fly by Night to Hold your fire, peaking with A Show of hands before their music started to fade. The Rush outside of this is still good, but not as flawless as these albums were.

  • Conterparts and back is RUSH bring back Terry Brown and Peter Collens.

  • Keep it up you dynamic duo!! You sound awesome!

  • Man Fly by night and Closer to the HEart are thee best songs in the list of rock songs in my opinion

  • Yeah. They are such awesome songs.

  • and why? cause they RULE THE EARTHSHINE!!!:)

  • well im 11 and i've seen them 13 times.

  • Love the way they laugh about not wanting to get a job...lol!

  • Geddy is so beast he doesn't even need to hold his mic.

  • rofl

  • They've gotten lots of new fans, most of their fans are older than my parents.

    Yeah, I'm a teenager who likes prog, what of it?

    RUSH IS AWESOME

  • oh Fuck yeah. Im 17 and saw them last summer. Long Live RUSH!!!!!

  • I saw them when I was 14 in September, and I cant live without them

  • I saw them when I was 15 in 1979.

  • I saw them when I was 17 in 2007 XD Ah, good memories

  • I HATE it when people say 'Pert'. Pure ignorance.

  • its better the Pe-art

  • It's a good thing that Neil wasn't there because he hates that...

  • i like it how geddy i like "i ain't my mike"

  • RUSH is just too Cool!!! I think very HIGHLY of Rush. There are in my top five Rock acts, along with U2.

  • lol U2 should never be mentioned in the same sentance as Rush. =P

  • This is ridiculous! I can't go one day without offending people. You know, I am truly sorry for stepping on your feelings! Let me talk to the head of the You Tube site to "Permanently Remove" the Comments box at the bottom. God, People are just TOO DAM SENSITIVE! I didn't even say anything bad for crying out loud (rolling my eyes).

  • U2 suck.

    (lol)

  • I just said RUSH is cool, what the hell is your problem. I'm sorry I mentioned U2, I should have known better (sarcastic)! I am sure you have said far worse shit than I have. You Tubers are such pussies!

  • your right alot of youtubers take stuff too literally its annoying

  • lol lighten up, i wasnt serious, maybe your the one taking things too literally? its hard to express sarcasm through text comments but you dont need to essentially "flip out" about "not being able to go one day without offending people.."

  • chill it.