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  • This song came out before the end of the cold war.. yet we're in more danger now than with the former Soviets. Not that people thought about it 24/7 but there was a sense of concern with Russia back then. now everyone is sidetracked with technology to give a f

  • These guys were big when MTV was born, and could not stand the wave of so-so music that followed. They decided that they had not the look; concluded that the look was of greater import than the music itself.Turns out, some of us respect music on merit, and not appeal.

  • @causeandeffect81 Thank you.

  • unbelievably amazing song...but video does not gel with it.

  • Get over it people. There is not going to be another Hemispheres (from the early days) or Moving Pictures (from the pinnacle years). That one band did both albums at all is amazing in itself.

  • @klstay that one band, did Rush, Fly by night, Caress of steel, 2112, A

    Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals, Grace under pressure........... Is amazing. So many different tunes, so much to love.

  • @weasel7763 no argument here. I have had all of those releases first on vynil, then tape, then CD. All great stuff, but Hemispheres and Moving Pictures still stand above the other releases from around those two periods. (Caress admittedly was an early hint that something as epic as Hemispheres might be simmering in the background...)

  • @klstay vinyl was the best why bother with the tape, just record it from vinyl on the old 80s tape deck, (Nakamichi), the 1st CD of this sounded horrid

  • How many bands can change there sound so many times over the years and survive?

  • @enduro250x None

  • Even though this is by far the worst period rush had, it is still much better than more or less any band of the period

  • @Thornography13 the last 20 yr was the worst period, nothing from the studio made any lasting impact or influence, all mostly studio flops. Best period was 1977-1987.

  • Is it really the best Rush album?

  • @TheNickmsk no

  • I love the sci-fi feel when I watch these video's. Very well thought up!

  • I remember watching this on Friday night live videos on MTV back in 83. I had just went into the military at 18'

  • Alex Lifeson is Serb, Aleksandar Zivojinovic.

  • I saw this video played four times from 5:30 am until 5:30 pm (0530-1730) on MTV on Jul 5, 1984, the day I went to Parris Island for boot camp. The memory of that day is still as clear as if it happened yesterday.

  • MTV 1984. I remember this video being played constantly. Neil and the rat-tail mullet behind the red Tama kit, Alex with his New Wave look rocking out on his red Strat and Geddy with the mullet rocking on the Steinberger bass looking the typical New Wave look with sneakers, sport coat, Miami Vice trousers. I wouldn't hear all of GUP until Christmas 1990 and still one of Rush's best albums EVER!

  • Incomparable talent.

  • This used to be a great prog band

  • @throwsand Still are as far as I can tell, and always will be!

  • @throwsand still are buddy

  • @throwsand when was it that they stopped being great?

  • @DrGarlic500 they never stopped being great and never will

  • @THECARS7879 Damn straight.

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  • One of the sickest guitars in Lifeson's collection. Red custom Strat with a Floyd Rose locking ,mirror pickguard and H.S.S setup with toggle to switch in the cut-away!

  • @DEMONSPEED2112 Alex Lifeson is the greatest guitarist ALIVE!!! GREATEST BAND EVER!!!!

  • what are we to do?

    have a great outlook on life

    it's real time 2011

  • hurt by comments...

    /watch?v=dh88QfzcaDY

    more sauaugsnig time with buttered up real kugelhoff eh

  • I wish Neil would bring back his old Drum Kit.

  • What does 'absolot' mean?

    No boys were hurt in the making of this video.

  • It's actually "Absalom", who was one of David's sons in the Old Testament. Although the way it's phrased makes me think it refers to the William Faulkner novel "Absalom, Absalom".

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  • Looks like 360p

  • This is pure adrenaline...

  • I. Want. Geddy's. BASS!!!!

  • this video is the SHIT, as is the song!

  • @samboy1288 Alright. How about you record yourself playing this song better than Rush, and while you're at it, get ahold of the the mid 80's technology used to make this video and recreate it better than the original. If you can't do that, then obviously you don't have a valid point.

  • @Xzonza1 i said THE shit, meaning it's AWESOME! you must have misunderstood

  • @samboy1288 Sorry! "The" is such a small word compared to "shit"!

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  • @fendergibs how about you try doing something better than this?

  • @fendergibs Interesting comments. Are you a musician? Grace Under Pressure was marked by a departure from Producer Terry Brown (Broon). The album was produced by RUSH themselves, and they worked long, grueling 14 hour days at Le Studio in Toronto perfecting what many consider to be a masterpiece and one of RUSH's finest works. Count me in as a huge fan of this album, and I am a musician 35 yrs experience. I find your critique of this work quite harsh and way off the mark.

  • @rkl17 again this is not comment on the musical material itself which is very good but rather the recording quality which is horrible. . Rush did spend a lot of time on his record but the recording still sucks. Brown had actually decent recordings which actually got worse after he left (except for power windows) despite so-called advances in technology. live recordings recently have improved as the high-definition has forced engineers to raise the audio standards to match.

  • @fendergibs Listen to the album.

  • @fendergibs Additionally, you mentioned Steely Dan's AJA, which was produced by Hollywood legend Al Schmitt, who has 21 Grammys under his belt, including for AJA. He is a great producer no doubt, but this album was produced by RUSH themselves. I do not hear anything at all that you claim in your critique. Red Sector A and The Enemy Within sound very dynamic and alive with broad sound. Maybe you should tell Geddy & Alex that they suck? Sounds like you have an axe to grind mate.

  • @rkl17 i have an axe to grind with bands that have the means & talent to play but blow off the recording as an after thought or that it doent matter ?? playing this record on any higher resolution system ( not your plastic computer speakers) immediately demonstrates the recordings severe limitations. This is not comment on the musicianship or quality of songs, is a comment specifically on the engineering and recording quality only. Steely Dan's AJA predates by 10 years and blows it away

  • @fendergibs Quality of sound on Steely Dan's Aja album was fantastic in 1977!!!!!!

  • @BLUESMANRONCHICAGO its still fantastic today 2011, still blows away 95% of rock recordings for production quality

  • @fendergibs Fully agree with you. that album is just smokin. Beginning to end, just like Vapor Trails for me and I really get into it.. And just think, if albums didnt differ then you guys wouldnt have nothin to bicker about if they all had the best sound. Remember. There isnt love without pain...

  • @rkl17 hmmm, Produced by Rush, nope dont think so. Peter Henderson was the Producer..

  • @rkl17 Peter Henderson was the Assisting as Producer.. Although they did work on it themselves because Steve Lillywhite backed out at the last minute.

  • @kennyplay should have waited for a real producer, the sound qualitty is marginal at best, the next rec PW, although not as good as grace in terms of content, has much better sound quality

  • @Xzonza1 mid 80 tec has nothing to do with it . Frank Sinatra recordings from the 50s & 60s blow away rush's rock recording in terms of production quality. there are great recording from every era that has more to do with the producer & sound eng than what decade they were made as a good analog recording will sound better than a modern digital one. u have no concept of sound & production quality, which has nothing to do with musicanship.

  • @fendergibs Who cares. Rush music still sounds great.

  • @fearsomesnow not really 

  • @fendergibs Then I'll just assume you're one of the people who disliked the video. >.>

  • @fearsomesnow how do u not care about sound quality with music. whats the point of having a well played crappy recording?

  • @fendergibs God...

    So you're telling me I shouldn't listen to Rush just because their recording is a little below average?

    Even though their music RULES.

  • @fearsomesnow I think what he's saying is that Rush plays great music but the poor recording can sometimes be too distracting.

  • @fearsomesnow I think what he's saying is that Rush plays great music but the poor recording can sometimes be too distracting.

  • @fearsomesnow no it just pisses me off that with all the money they just made from MP selling 5 million copies they could not find a producer and record P/G well. or they just didnt know any better or care?.. You can barely hear neil's drum frills as the sound is compressed into a lifeless flat pancake, the sound should pop out like in witch hunt. your only at your peak for a few yrs & this was in that era, once its gone all the remastering in the world cant save a bad recording

  • @fendergibs Go away.

    If you dislike Rush, stop listening to them. They make money because they have great music.

    Because none of us worry about the bloody recording quality.

  • @fearsomesnow BS, buy a decent stereo system & stop listening to music through your computer and u will care . get a turntable and some real speakers, stop playing mp3 files 

  • @fendergibs Nope. Still listening to music this way, without paying 500 bloody dollars for all the crap you speak of.

  • @fearsomesnow ur not really listening to music as your system is only playing noise, get a real system to hear what u have been missing

  • @fendergibs You are such an idiot.

    What do you listen to, Lil Wayne?

    I can hear this just fine.

  • @fearsomesnow do u think a guy who refrences a Frank Sinatra recording listens to crap like that, who's the idiot? go get a system like I told you, save up get a rega plana 1 TT and a 75$ MM audio Tec pick-up and some old min monitor dynaudio speakes and u will here rush for the 1st time

  • @fendergibs If you hate this, leave. I refuse to allow you to influence me.

    I won't do anything you tell me to, just because you're telling me to.

    Rush rules, and this video rules. It plays through my laptop just fine. Annoyance.

  • @fearsomesnow you never realy heard rush using computer speakers.

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  • @fendergibs No thanks. Please take me off your calling list. Thank you.

  • @fendergibs stop trolling on Rush videos. Us Rush fans are to smart for you!

  • @Haloplayer20 too

  • @fendergibs Fuck!

  • @Haloplayer20 you are not one of the smart ones

  • @fendergibs Indeed I'm not

  • the funny part is you're probably using a laptop and/or shitty headphone to listen to it

  • @OmgItsGaryBusey

    Even if you listen to it with poor quality speakers/headphones, you should be able to tell that it was poorly recorded. The guitars sound muddy and, at least in Kid Gloves, there is noticeable tape hiss (at least I think that's what it is, although I could be wrong). On the other hand, the sound quality can easily pass as listenable, unlike Vapor Trails, which I can only listen to a couple songs in one sitting.

  • @OmgItsGaryBusey

    Even if you listen to it with poor quality speakers/headphones, you should be able to tell that it was poorly recorded. The guitars sound muddy and, at least in Kid Gloves, there is noticeable tape hiss (at least I think that's what it is, although I could be wrong). On the other hand, the sound quality can easily pass as listenable, unlike Vapor Trails, which I can only listen to a couple songs in one sitting.

  • @poddish VT is consider one of the worst modern recordings of all time, compressed, loud, lifeless recording that even Alex wanted to re-record as all the remastering in the world coudnt save

  • @fendergibs

    Actually, what I meant was that Vapor Trails can't pass as listenable. Sorry about the confusion.

    I do agree that Vapor Trails can never be perfected without re-recording, but a remaster would make it much more listenable.

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  • >$7k

    lol

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  • um

    no

  • @OmgItsGaryBusey um, yes, get a job

  • i work at Applebee's

    try again

  • @Xzonza1 Lol, when someone says this is the s***, they are normally complementing it.

    This is the s***!

    This is s***!

    When someone uses "the", they aren't insulting it. Lol.

  • Underated album.

    

  • @Jorsalfar poorly recorded & produced, compressed sound with siblence horrible. power windows much better recording, then they went back to crap recordings in hyf, not sure why they had the money.

  • 4:00 :D

  • I wonder if that is Alex's son about the right age then.

  • @enduro250x I always thought it was Geddy's son, Julian.

  • The power chords in this tune and in several other RUSH songs sound like great surrealistic bells to me. GGOOOONNNNGGGG.

  • * RED~ALERT* !

    I will.....

  • Could a New Yorker confirm or deny that the ballpark @ 3:54 is Shea Stadium?

  • im not a massive fan of their 80's stuff, but i love this :)

  • man i love rush, it's my favorite band but geddy's haircut in this video deserves death penalty or life sentence at least

  • one of my fave rush songs :) though there are many lol

  • Melty-face Geddy from :53 to :56 is a little disturbing.

  • I have to wonder...What would this song have sounded like if it were produced like 'Vapor Trails' was...Okay now sure it isn't a good think but...YOU DO have to wonder what some of their other songs would've sounded like if it were produced like 'Vapor Trails' was you know.

  • holly shit... this Mr Peart (the drummer) is a martian... he is one of the greatest rock n roll drummer of all time ...definitly in the top 5 ....

    I understand Mr Harris - the bass player and leader of Iron Maiden - who say that is favourite band is no less than Rush! there's worst opinion i think !

  • @BohemianConspiracy

    Definitely the top one! To watch him work live convinces you that he is not there just to keep time. He makes you believe that percussion can be an instrumental consideration itself...

  • @clifdyvr so you're ready to hear again the multi-minutes drum solo into "In a gadda da vidda" (of iron butterfly) ... or the quite boring Toad by the Cream... but i imagine that Neil Peart knows (instinctly?) when to stop his pyrotechnic moves he is potentially more modern... The musical decade that i love the most is the 70s... but i've got to admit that some neverending solos were maybe a little excessive...and the weak point of that time

  • Some sexy studs right there. Geddy, I wasn't happy with my last name til I found out we shared it.

  • impressionant ! i never saw this video before... i always thought that i was not a fan of "grace under pressure" i don't have the album... but i've heard a few parts here and there...and i found it too commercial sounding... but this song is really good... i should give a real chance to the album...

  • Oooo the 80s! The big hair! The skinny ties! The gawdawful jackets! Love it!

    Am I the only one who thinks this video couldn't be made today? I mean, the kid riding on the missile, how VIOLENT is that?

  • @soundy106 Awesome jackets, you mean.

    Well the video never explicitly shows him getting blown up or anything. I agree with you, though. I'm not even sure if any of these new bands would even think about doing a video like this. I don't watch MTV or VH1 anymore, but I can't imagine any videos being introspective in this way anymore.

  • Oooo the 80s! The big hair! The skinny ties! The gawdawful jackets!  Love it!

  • It's Rush's version of Dr. Strangelove! Freakin' cool!!!

  • lotta love lotta love lotta luck. wink

  • Seems like the video is offbeat to the music. Great Band just needs work on the video

  • tip of the iceberg and i worry about you -

  • Alex lifeson is amazing every album has a different taste how many Guitarist and band's actually do that, Rush is Awsome!!!

  • Music from this P/G album is still fresh; it was really ahead of its time and pushing the envelope in '84. Overall, music & especially musicianship really hasn't advanced much in the last 27 years.

  • The song's great but I think this video's terrible.

  • @MaxtheMetalhead fuck you

  • @noisemore4 I'm just saying, couldn't the video be better? Like the band just playing the song?

  • @MaxtheMetalhead have you seen hip hop videos lately? those are terrible

  • @nickrapp2319 Yeah, but the music is also.

  • The badness of the video is equal to the awesomeness of this song.

  • @mathmss Actually I think this is their best video.

  • Alex did an amazing job at writing his parts for the songs on Grace Under Pressure.

  • you sometimes drive me crazy, but I worry about you!

  • Haha Peart didn't want the light flash across the eyes shot

  • Oh, geddy and his goofy bass. I read in an interview that he slowly began to hate the sound of that Steinberger, that it completely lacked the high-end attack he needed, and that he only preferred it because he'd be less likely to knock over his keyboard stand on stage. I never guessed he'd used it in a video.

  • Thank goodness Rush aren't known for their videos - The best band in the world let down by a crumbly video - Totally awesome guitars and percussion. Come on Rush, spend a few dollars on a worthy video production !!

  • @SGL1963 I have yet to see a good RUSH video. They do put on a great show though. Saw them live & they never disapoint.

  • got GUP on cassete in perfect condition

  • RUSH are bigger than a fucking breadbox!

  • IF YOU LOVE RUSH FRIEND ME!

  • @Rushguitarist1 I friend you!!!

  • I have that CD!

  • I remember watching this video on MTV back in the 80's.

  • Geddy Lee > Chuck Norris

  • geddy lee could sneak up on a glass of water

  • Nowadays i need glasses to watch these videos with Rush. I maybe longsighted...

  • 2 Russians afraid to pose as Rushian.

  • I always thought this song was funny.

  • When I became a Rush fan . . .

  • BRO ESTA ES LA QUE HE NECESITADO ESCUCHAR!

    LUEGO NO ME SE LOS NOMBRES...

    GRACIAS HECTOR!

  • alex always dressed profesional haha

  • grace under pressure wasn't one of their greatist albums but this is one of their best songs.

  • Have no fear of atomic energy, for none of them can stop the time. Bob Marley

  • The boy on rocket with sun above his head closes his left eye at the end of the video... Wink...

  • "You sometimes drive me crazy, but I worry about you"...

  • hey...those crazy bastards put that little dude on a rocket. are they mad? poor little guy....dont worry kid ill call the cops...helps on the way.

  • @dbeard451 It is definitely child abuse to put a child on a rocket like that.

  • @rpcarnell yeah...what the hell was Rush thinking? those loons!

  • 80s RUSH kicked ass!!! Long Live RUSH!! ☺♥

  • rush forever!

  • A classic!

  • Fantastic song. Great band.

  • Only one thing to say - PLAY LOUD.

    From Canada, with Love

  • I nominate Rush for the Hall of Fame next year!

  • brilliant musicians

  • Thanks for posting this, Rush are immense

  • Nice video, Nice quality!!! Congratulations and thanks to share!!!

  • Great video! I'll be sure to pass it along and share with others. Thanks for posting it!!

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