Rush - La Villa Strangiato Rant 10-22-02

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

life story with a turn of the wrist

/watch?v=mJf7JC_wiEM&feature=r­elated

it's 2011 love it

for echo's preservation

ladi? niagra fals? my thing on my tongue with perforations? it's like decades later dude

[BitchBeTrollinHard]

i havent laughed that hard in a while

[Jick769]

Anyone know if there's a full version of this performance of this song on youtube anywhere?

[throwsand]

Alex is hilarious

[Stevied229y]

@super.. Wow man. Lay off the amphetamines. ;) RUSH are badassmofos

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

and then mongo comes in with his plastic saw gitar jew harp and it gefilters the fuck out of the first amendment but new orleans daiquiris theme song...wondering wandering,.,, the mighty arms of babylon ..and shadows on the earth

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

i left overture my peart in anton fig's officianadeaux with the mardi gras beads...

little buddy and skipper and mongeaux sonagram for gilligan's island but YOU mught theink UR the beatles but um

no, monkeys in time machines, stop halt

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

what i have in my brain is creature features and would be desperados

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

hoarmoan toad a slave sproket de brilliance /

it's like taking the word nigger out of huckeberry finn.

tis a far tripe from the spam we thought....

dear neil.

we thought.

just comply with the world powers act and obey the cowfart constitution that we cornered beef hash bows to flow flight force forgotten

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

put your versitile heads ina pillow and twist your nexulus of smirkovoblitch slobinoverdebasmon.

and thats how the eastern resurrection carved away the stoners.

thought sew, like my lovely echo chamber at fans expenseaux

victors geaux the meekly weekly

sense o'clock news

[ludwigviper4468]

Oh Alex. What a card.

[MrBassmasta1995]

2 people don't have anything in their brains when walking around.

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

@MrBassmasta1995 are the oblivious?

[OmgItsGaryBusey]

haha suave debonair fellow

[muttville1]

1 of his best rants for sure!!

[jocovo84]

I wonder if Alex likes Frank Zappa?

[EDRT5Y124]

Alex: oh sorry thats your brain

Lmao

Alex:Only 4 strings might i add

[Natalya1sFit]

best band ever!!!!

[lifrson]

Alex definitely has a great sense of humor, a friend of mine from my church met him and said he was the nicest and coolest guy:-)

[shammadamma]

This is HILARIOUS!

[Antmasesan]

everyone thinks of them as a very serious unhappy band. But man they have a slammin good time. I cant wait for the time machine tour this year!!!

[acent2112]

I like Rush and hope they keep well for this next tour.

[kmurnane1]

He closes his eyes. Wonder if he's still having stage fright after all these decades? I LOVE ALEX!!

[rushfan000]

my hero

[rod262martin]

my hero, this guy is uber cool

[DawnenAut]

Lerxst - what a knucklehead !! This is too funny XD Thanks for posting (I'm still laughing!)

[katskahnne]

::sigh::  I love Alex's personality. All of them.

[HighwayToHell2112]

Alex has got some balls!

He is so cool and funny =]

[gitoffmahporch]

It's like he's hi-jacking our show! The random bends mean he's coming, and there's nothing we can do!

[ledzeppelinfan9393]

Hahahahahah he's still singing when they go back into the song. I love Rush.

[undertakerfreak1127]

I love how he opens it with the random bend notes. LOL

[Drummerwithagroove]

Is there a full version of this song for this particular date?

[bewitchedblonde]

lol hes still singing lmao

[jode72]

I remember a Guitar Player interview from the 90s that opened with Geddy and Alex walking through the LA Guitar Center. Geddy notices a PRS (Paul Reed Smith guitars) display and says, "Hey, don't you use those?"

Alex says, "Yeah."

"What's PRS stand for?"

"Penis Reduction System. But they don't work so good." :D

[einarabelc5]

Any relation with the ALD syndrome?

[FreedomZealot]

@einarabelc5 To judge from the H&K stacks at Alex's back, I'd assume he's LONG over ALD.

[einarabelc5]

@FreedomZealot I dunno. Last time I saw him he was in Crazy Killer Drag with a baby.

[onlymodestmouse]

alex is a fuckin hoot

[Railfan59]

Alex is just as funny in real life as he is on stage. His crazy off the wall sense of humour always has people cracking up, but that is the way he really is. I asked Charlene (his wife - Mrs Lifeson) one time how does she put up with Alex. Alex just looked at me and said "She puts up and shuts up." I had to duck because I though a cast iron frying pan was about to go airborne. What a waste of a frying pan that would have been.

[OrkSlayer3434]

when the hell did you meet them

[Dilanadu]

funny shit lmao =]

[DJmcRUSH]

I love when Alex does his lil rants.

[ironrushscorp]

they better do la villa rants on the next tour

[CSXer]

That was cool! I've seen them 14 times since A Farewell to Kings and never saw them do anything like this.LOL! I'd love to just see Alex do a 5 minute solo like Eddie VH does.

[Truehorn99]

Which rant is it when he talks about "The Meat Bees"

[zigzaghookie]

the first words he says sounds like homer lololol

[Moosixman]

Does Alex do a voice on South Park? I could swear I've heard his voice on there at least once.

[craigg747]

Seeing as they're big fans of the show, probably.

[rainbowmonkey27]

neil peart is friends with matt stone and trey parker

[udontknowyourabcs]

Damn; what a sence of humor Alex has, funny as always! Lol.

[pelagic6]

you unlocked the secret to the chronicle's tape!

[an04RoadKing]

So many fans wish they'd still do the rant, and this clip is a great example of the entertainment value of it (note to Neil: "that's entertainment!").

Mr. suave debonair...La Villaaaaa Strangiatoooo!

[starkmeister2]

alex should have played the joker in the dark knight

[ePhilosopher]

ithinkalex would sound better witha skullcap, just walking around looking for the bathrhom badaadass farflunglory

[Rush4Life70494]

hey you, bigshot on the drums! bass with only 4 string mind you!! what do u think about when yuo're walking around with nothing in your brain? rofl i love Alex! He has to be the funniest person on earth!

[SpiritOfRadio2112]

rofl

[MickAv8r]

with ONLY FOUR strings mind you! ROFL

[dood901]

OMG!!!!!!!! i was at this show!!!!!1 i peed my pants laffing

[nbmack25]

"hey, how about you there, big shot on the drums!"

[mandalay71]

ALEX! ALEX! ALEX!; bring the Rant back!

[luckyspirit07]

yep...alex is realy cool...he plays ...and is...closer to his heart!!!! ;-)

[rushfanatic16]

Alex is the coolest person on Earth!

[BigStupidFingers]

Next to Neil... ha ha

[ErikMogan]

Next to Geddy, you mean. :D

[tdiddy705]

Alex had a beard!!! that's why he's so funny!......

what a weirdo

[Fjeern]

"oh, sorry, that's youre brain"... Alex is amazing.

[aftguitar94]

why coulnt they play this on the snakes and arrows tour. damn this is purely amazing.

[shrederiffic2380]

Geddy's washing mashines only make it better

[shrederiffic2380]

wtf lmao

[Musicosm]

Possibly the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. BRILLIANT! :)

I particularly like the "Meat Bees" rant when they played Concord.

[rushringleader]

I love alex...

[RollTheFemers]

Too funny! LOL!

[mjfrattaroli]

I get a kick out of Alex sometimes...

[raff2112]

lifson is one of the best guitarists in the world...

[TheRushiac]

and not a bad improv-er to boot

[xXBR4D3NXx]

Man, every time I see one of these I always have a smile on my face throughout the vid. They better do this at the April,26th concert.

[raff2112]

lol smile i laughe my ass off lol specialy in the other rants when he goes LA LA LA! LALA LA! LALA LA! LALA LA! screaming really loud its so funny

[ePhilosopher]

Stupid Cosmic Door! high Rush, thanks for the jan 18 2008 announcement for nola 4/19 to rewind the 8/14 of 2007 to coincide with the adding one we don't have a problem. Back to the POV lyrics, revisionist historian says: in that digital man song how you doing out there should lyricize from the fans, back regarding what we hear out here, is: first versuasso or so, last line or so oh: "with a complacent point of view" see rocky vaccarella

[burningxdimx]

..what?

[WORMED3]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[HlokGol]

aahahahahha

[ePhilosopher]

watch?v=m_WRFJwGsbY

[ePhilosopher]

just walkng around with propay

IdentityCrisisBH† : know knot reAlly

[stupidpablo1]

there are better guitarists in the world, but iv never seen a funnier one

[andy432105]

what ever hes on i want it!

[svartmetall]

lol villa strangiato

[davetheguitarplayer]

oh, yeah - and the line "with only FOUR strings, mind you." Alex should have his own TV Show. :)

[davetheguitarplayer]

ONE OF HIS BEST!!!! "Hey, big shot on the drums!" I think I peed myself - just a little bit. Then he killed me when he accidentally played over Neil's part and said, "Oh, sorry. That's YOUR brain." Lifelong heroes of mine, BRILLIANT musicians, and funny-ass! :)

[VitaminTom]

LAAAA-VILLAAA-STRANGAITO!

Abso-freackin-lutely hilarious!

[aelon1]

Lerxt is awesome. I think it takes a highly developed sense of humor to "get" him.

[xbeatensoulsx]

Alex rules. Period. He's such an underrated guitarist...

[stupidpablo1]

touché

[doubleYZ]

wow, thats awsome. I love that drum beat he plays

[ePhilosopher]

jumped, humped, born to suffer,

made to underess in the wilderness,

no what do you think

[ePhilosopher]

watch?v=TW0Sz_e8POg

[ePhilosopher]

out the timing, they , one day, could be dash rip rock, ha. so anyway Market how hoakie is this the Truman show. etc. la la

[ePhilosopher]

all i have , alex, is ben mink in my juiced, so vhat's the stupid foreskins

[gcwr3]

LMFAO that was some funny shit. Hilarious.

[Flemmingdoerken]

Neil smiles all the time.. You just have to pay attention ;)

[muaddib96]

LMFAO

[ePhilosopher]

i have in my brain that how awesome that dr goopta is , even now, what by-gone flotsom and jetsons maid isnt she sexy as alex la la song, socrates?

[BreakingStuff]

I would say he did improv and drama. Just a thought

[BreakingStuff]

Neil smiled!

[mommyofzuzu]

LOL! How could anyone not smile, Alex is such a hoot!!

[burningxdimx]

where'd you get all these

[HBK026]

LMFAO HOLY FUCK I love him he is sooooo funny

[ryan1499]

LOL!! Alex is so funny.

[ePhilosopher]

but who could lay that blame, good puppetering is the key to good ventriloquist week. too many words for a youtube rant, eh> let me stick it to me<K SO BUBBLES FOUND IT BACKWARDSso what retardntityCrisisBHt holds the red star proudly high in ...high in hand...a sanctuary for common seals...e is no tall at starbucks

[bummer2112]

did anyone else hear Al say holy fuck when the music started to pick up again?

[cthirsty15]

lmao, i just checked it and yes, he does say holy fuck!!! ROCK ON RUSH!!! WOOOT!!

[420captain]

bro! i think you're weed is to strong for you. you are hearing things. alex is fucking hilarious though,and rush rules.

[Jrallig1]

acually i thought i heard that 2! haha

[AlexanderDavidEhler1]

I heard it too, and it made my day!!!

hahaha

lerxt is amazing thank god for that soup hahahaha

[Toyomo16]

pointless...

[paukenmeister]

Proof that Neil Peart is a *VERY* disciplined drummer.

[copychops]

geeeez what a dork!!!  I love Rush, but WTF Alex??? LOL =)

[MrDeppness]

this was great..

which got me to thinking.. where are all these bootlegs coming from anyway? i want them!!!

[ePhilosopher]

pretty easy to walk around in your brain , no care in the world, when you are trippuing, can you write a huge fucking check to me, alex? lol .. just 5 zeros. dont want to be greedy? beez? no zeros? japanese? omg ww2

[geddy666]

haha classic shit