Rare Rush interview from Le Studio, Quebec - 1981 (Part 1)

[74jailbreaker]

wow those glasses are eating his face!!!

[masterofdeath91]

@MrAmerica2012 Nickelback better than Rush? HA! That actually made me laugh.

[blake30615]

I wonder when they quited smoking. It's funny, but they look high.

[MoPower2112]

@blake30615 geddy quit in 83 :P

[blangfrd]

They put Natural Science together more or less on the fly, in the studio? That is absolutely amazing. One of their more complex tracks ever, and one of my absolute favorite.

[BalladOfThinMan]

This was late 1979; not 1981. They're mentioning tracks from Permanent Waves which was released in January, 1980

[MrAgitator]

Geddy lee. His real name is Gary. And i think his grandmother would call him for dinner when he was a kid and she had some strange accent and couldn't say it right. And all his childhood friends would ask him "why is she calling you Geddy?'"

[tranceofdances]

I love this....because they call Neil the "new guy", yet they ask him to explain their new album. lol Awesome.

[cdickenson64]

The greatest power band... Ever!

[metalzep786]

Funny how Neil says the Police, look at his Stewart Copeland look here!

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

the new clockwork orange albumnium

/watch?v=4lv6KfGoQ_w

according to the mayan calander regarding solstice of '12...

shall 2011 be the last Christmas?

Ever? Because at my age, I'm dropping out,too.

so uninvolved with life

the bald mountain witch hunter sparrow spacer sparrow

/watch?v=4lv6KfGoQ_w

enables my gefilter to be tebowing

[BaumerRichie]

Rush, the only band in the world where the rhythm section gets all of the love and the guitar player doesn't

[gotyurfugginassnow]

it's funny, cuz Neil looks like he's tweakin

[74jailbreaker]

Neil was such a fucking genius. Even back then.

[bikermann42]

Neil's wearing an "FM Blacknoise" t-shirt. Phazers on stun!

[JediMasterCheryl]

Damn...young Neil reminds me of another rather famous Canadian - Joe Sakic (Hockey)... so weird but cool too.

[redpaul79]

@JediMasterCheryl Peart is Virgo with Cancer moon—Sakic is Cancer, with Aries moon

[Calabamakid]

These guys did not strain against each other to make the music but strained to give birth to it like pulling it through the walls of time and space all together and one for all and it took almost more than they had to give but it came and was done like scripture in the good book! stretching the bounds of the human mind!and recording it as no others can!

[toastandjam1967]

I've never seen Alex more reserved!!! And no, they are NOT high! Trust me.

[IThinkYouLookLarvely]

Neil here looks a bit like Steve Hackett (Genesis)

[gsoltis29]

BOOMTOWN RATS? OMG?

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

poppy pped on my sofa king

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[SuperMegaUberGenius]

ok the difference between PASS THI JOBS BILL WITH TOURETTES

and find a way to get a job, hippy.

besides, um, socialism and athiesm end of october 2011 leading into...

steampunk?

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

bells of st mary

2011 last ditch

feedback 2

folding chairs and cat tails

In any economy choices must be made. Choice is necessary because human wants exceed available resources. That fact is what economists refer to when we talk about "scarcity." Dealing with the implications of scarcity is the basic purpose of economic science.

If we decide to reject market choices, choices will nevertheless be necessary. Economic scarcity will still be very much with us.

[Shadic159]

Please, can someone put subtitles?

[shaun3701]

they're so high lol

[studonator]

Priest, scorps madain, etc. Rush still my #1 band. 81 was like yesterday, shit.lol.

[mmaposter]

Age helped Geddy. A LOT.

[TheMartini1234]

Geddy looks like some kind of giant female bug... Lol

[getalife67]

wow i feel old now looking at these guys lol

[2hamboigahs]

Could you tell me what album thetre talking about? perm waves or moving pictures?

[gsoltis29]

DUDE - LOOK AT ALEX!!!!!!

[MrHypermoto]

@gsoltis29 BLAZED. I'll have what he's smoking, thank you.

[MetalSco703]

Pretty sure this is from 1980.

[gsoltis29]

I would guess a bit of cocaine...I know people will scream but back in the day......well....we kinda all did it......

[ashlar236]

@gsoltis29 With the size of Geddy's nose, he could snort all of Peru!!!!!!!!!!!

[gsoltis29]

@ashlar236 HA!!! No shit!!!! yhou crack me up....I can only think by their complections that there had to be something keeping them up all night? It wasn;t groupies!!!!

[74jailbreaker]

@ashlar236 hahahahahaha

[gsoltis29]

Look at those GLASSES!!!! they are HUGE!!!! I'm fucking rolling around laughing.....I love these guys.....I wish they would buy Le Studio......

[gsoltis29]

@gsoltis29 No shit me too!!! My girlfriend and I are seriously trying to make a try for it just as a house !

[gsoltis29]

@gsoltis29 I am still laughing myself!!!! They are HUGE!!!!

[MrHeitz17]

It's Pippin, King Theoden, and Arwen from the Lord of the Rings!

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

that's great guys.

led zeppelin kinda y'all?

/watch?v=vGH36AuYkF4

let me know when you get it

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

hold yourself as well as your alchemy can keep you from approaching single stream classic

[muddshshshark]

thats not yoko ono u nib thats Grizelda the Ghastly Gourmet!

[GTCooper223]

Neil is incredibly articulate in describing situations! 

[boblob2003]

I want an FM t-shirt like Neil's.

[repelghosts]

Alex I always push your dad's wheelchair for him as he live 4 floors above me with your wonderful mom, mille...they are always so nice to me and your mom loves to make you your fave meal on Xmas...roasted duck! all best J!

[baffinjigger]

@repelghosts cool

[diogoolivi]

who is this woman in the middle? yoko ono? kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk­kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk­k

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

Experimental Glamping

/watch?v=oIQ7YCTgtCk

Steampunk Athiesm Boogze

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

approachem 2 the heart

/watch?v=oIQ7YCTgtCk

gorge my innards out

clockwork theatres markets temples

[ladybluluv]

They aren't an ugly band. Alex is cute...and I like his curly hair here too ...and Neal looks good here too. Alex is so quiet in this.

[Goldigin]

at first i said... OMG NEIL WEARING A PFM SHIRT???

[JackFly91]

@Goldigin me too!!!!

[daddysevenpointfiver]

'that's the way ideas come oot' lol

[bearmare]

What is interesting in this interview is that Geddy pretty much runs the show. He tells Neil to speak, interjecting where needed. It's likely not planned, as this is their working relationship. Geddy speaks very easily, describing things with simplicity and humour. Alex? Where's Alex? Sleepy.

[balancepiston]

rush is an example of God blessing you to make up for what is lacking. rush is ugly as homemade sin but boy are they amazing musicians

[MrROTD]

haha these guys are cool cats

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

redefine very gret stain and very large sounds like songs of the humpback whales and truly the last final flight pillar...

complex and big boojewazoo

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

reading is a time machine let grow

grazing sheep and field that fatal flaw

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

add to the bells of st mary

[spadedace]

@yes90125 - you hit the nail on the head. He was never so shy before, which is the opposite of how life typically is. However, it's understandable with all the tragedy the man has been through.

Rush forever!

[Legionbass19]

This isn't very rare now. It's on disc two of the R30 DVD.

[VanillaIceCreamNao]

@splintercellfan2007

No pippin looks like Alex...

[faithandpractice]

Geddy Lee (such a talent) doesn't look unlike a witch.

[jabezscratch]

It's so refreshing to see real musicians discussing their music intelligently without any pretense or hubris.

[noodlesmealey]

Wow I'm older than them there now. Are they getting yonger or am I in a slime machination.

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

clockwork angels

/watch?v=oXMx8OW32Bs

[JM13121]

Thanks for the upload! Great interview.

[lestudiochannel]

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[FlametopFred]

takes me back. I can smell that studio air: a) one part herbal b) one part coffee c) one part cold pizza d)one part stale beer. Nothing minty and fresh in that room - except the musical ideas.

[neilzep]

@Onlyabill6 genius.

[duder6666]

Geddy Looks like a granmda!

[Cartoonkid111]

Geddy's glasses are da BOMB!

[TheHitman1990]

Neil had less than 30 years old and he already talked like a genius... Man, I finished growing up: Now I want to be NEIL PEART !

[ePhilosopher9]

love trippin giggling laughing

[ePhilosopher9]

hjonestly, your megalomaniac view

is repulsive still into 2011

yet my streeaming face

steams like a pile of guano

[Lydirius]

Geddy's like "You tell him".....I'm too fried to talk right now!!! LOL

[BitterBosh]

I love Neil's explanation on why he writes most of the lyrics. To be able to recognize those aspects of each of the band members & understanding the utilization of those attributes, they just knew what they were doing, didn't they?

[guitarification24]

does Geddy still smoke?

[Annonymus121]

@guitarification24 Nope, thank god his voice would be completely gone if he did, cause he is almost 60 and its obviously starting to leave him (happens to all singers at some point)

[Thermionman1970]

I love Geddy's glasses!!

[CptK96]

It's an honor to share the same first name as Lifeson!

[wreyoG]

@CptK96 it s an honour to share the same birthday as Lifeson hehe

[breyerhorselover1100]

u tell em!!!LOL

[jackwilson9000]

You can really tell the intelligence level of Ged/Neil especially at such a young age...no offense to Alex :)...and I love what Ged says after 4:17...."almost a 2 hour show"..MAN- little did they know that 30 years later, they would be pulling 3 hour shows, and touring on all continents! a real class act

[FenderUsa]

high as fuck

[fretlessman71]

Love the interview... but is it disrespectful to point out that they're clearly TORCHED?... ;-) No wonder Al's keeping his mouth shut!

[drumdude46]

wow, neil is so poised and deliberate here. pauses before answering to reflect for a second, thinking, pondering, he's clearly NOT nervous or anything. man, he just speaks really well, and his words carry weight. and........he's probably STILL that way i would imagine! lol! very nice.

[chucke1963]

Funny how they wrote Natural Science on the spot. It is the best track on the album.

[VirtualDynamite]

is geddy lee smoking? How the fuck does he maintain his voice?

[Moon27]

Ok I wonder if the interviewer thought Geddy was serious when he said that he and Alex can't read... it sure sounds like it....but I love their sort of come back at 7:19 XD "We don't...talk so good..."

[alwaysopen]

I like Geddy's huge 80s Disco Lady glasses

[burningxdimx]

@alwaysopen Disco is from the 70s. so are th glasses.

[102rush]

this is in the movie :D its awsome

[gwb911]

0:06 , poor neil... i once saw a news interview with peart in it where he was asked to name all these "dumb drummer" jokes... he prob learmed them ALL for geddy, lol!

[soopahsoopah]

love neil's FM shirt. that was a good band. 

[pavelow36]

only geddy has semblance to his old self. the two others are complete strangers.

[neckarsulme]

Geez Alex, don't be such a interview hog!

[zackjp]

LOL BUBBLES GLASSES

[2334Bananas]

Damn Geddy Lee is SEXY

[zackjp]

@2334Bananas agreed :D

[saugusg16]

Man, Neal looks very tired. All those tours and recordings taking a toll back then. This interview is from 1979 during the Permanant Waves recording.

[Codackussell]

"Some bands have gone back to basics but those are the bands cant do anything BUT play basics." Hooray for Rush name dropping Talking Heads, Boomtown, Yes, Bill Bruford, UK, Pink Floyd and The Police!

[aynrandgirl]

Those huge glasses of Geddy's are nuts.

[ascalia]

So sad the LeStudio is gone now.

[MrTeslasRevenge]

These guys are so fucking classy!!!! I love you RUSH!!!!!!!

[KevinFL]

Nowadays Neil is very uncomfortable with fans. He doesn't do the meet and greets. Alex & Geddy do all of the publicity tours. Remember, Neil's been through hell the past 5 years. I read his books & they are quite revealing. He's seems comfortable with the written word.

[rockymountainsunrise]

@KevinFL neil probably wouldn't be able to handle questions about the deaths of his wife and daughter. i know i wouldn't be able to.

[splintercellfan2007]

Oh my god, Alex does look like Pippin for Lord Of The Rings.

[MaestroInfernus]

@splintercellfan2007 LMFAO TO TRUE!!

[deejaybee]

Ok. One for the Lord Of The Rings movie fans - Alex is clearly rocking the permed 'Shire' mullet, but are we seeing the "Merry" or "Pippin" look in this vid? Either way, he's ahead of his time here. Again.

(See what I did there? Here? again? Here again? Ok. Sorry. Yes, I'm a lifelong Rush fan)

[Grizzam721]

Lord knows I absolutely love this group, but MAN, were they stiff, lol!!!

[anonymousputiador69]

wow Neil high with coke!!!!!!!!jajaja

[vectron12]

shit man look at massive glasses geddy has

[luciavalencia1]

Well, even ultra-baked they sound more articulate than most of us sober. Except for little Alex and his perm of course :D

[blumpkination]

It's funny cause they are so stoned! Alex is baked!

[Chrisdrumz]

Neil and Stewart Copeland look alike. I know Neil was a big POLICE fan so maybe he was trying to look like Stew???

[trottet]

they should name their next album "moving picture windows" and have those glasses on the album cover

[kurisutokaochan]

Amazing to see my childhood Gods so young. Beautiful.

[TMountainroad]

Geez. I think at that point they were at their best (P.W. and then M. P a little later). They were workaholics, and gave it all for their dream of perfection of kickass rock.

Unpretentious, relaxed, honest, mature - the stuff of greatness. As a life long Rush fan, this may be my favorite retro-video. 

[snapascrew]

my friends dads band Teaze was the next band to have studio time booked at Le studio after rush and then rush came back to do overdubs while teaze was in the studio so my friends dad met geddy and learned a few little tricks from him!

[Asymmatrix]

Nice window shades

[quantana927]

Oh yeah, they're stoned. All the best bands (and Rush is certainly one of the best) smoked a lot of pot to enhance creativity. Hell, listen to their song "Passage To Bangkok." Bands today need to adopt that formula.

[pluckhutma]

Are we sure this was in 1981? They were talking about Permanent Waves. That came out in January 1980?

[ghostgrabber]

poor alex looks baked

[jewellworks]

i had the honor and privledge to intern at Le Studio in Sept/Oct '90. i spent time in the vaults and even got a chence to put Witch Hunt up on the big board. i got to listen to each track... Neils drums, Geddy's bass... ferocious. Alex's Gtr sounded like shit... especially by todays standards.. but it was a thrill to be there none the less.

[Dthorn912]

someone should totally hook me up with those glasses man

[dbt07]

Neal look's higher then a kit here,must be all that soup...lol...all of them look it.

[guppypup]

Yes, it's from 1980, not 1981.

[wakaw07]

Love the fact that Neil is wearing an "FM" shirt.... Representing a great Canadian band!

[yes90125]

Amazing how times change.Here, Neil does most of the speaking and Geddy second while Alex says nothing.Today Alex does most of the talking Geddy second and Neil is usually not even there. How times change!!

[BitchBeTrollinHard]

@yes90125 thats cause hes fuckin wife and kid died and he never wants to talk about it so he never does interviews...

[yes90125]

@BitchBeTrollinHard Tell me something I didnt already know. What made you think that I did not take that into account? It was never a question of WHY times change but of a statement of HOW times change. As for Neil Peart never doing interviews anymore...........WRONG!

[BitchBeTrollinHard]

@yes90125 show me a fuckin interview by the media and not for some drumming video. then i will believe you

[yes90125]

@BitchBeTrollinHard Type in RMR: Rick and Neil Peart.There is also an interview on the Colbert Report with all three guys that has somehow disapeared. Both have nothing to do with drumming as a whole and both are Media coverage of the highest order.Sorry to burst your bubble. CHEERS. Remember there is a big difference between NEVER and SELDOM.

[BitchBeTrollinHard]

@yes90125 ok so rick mercer is a comedian with a tv show, and the whole interview is about drumming... i asked for a media as in news report.

[yes90125]

@BitchBeTrollinHard You have gone from, "NEVER DOES INTERVIEWS" to, "NEVER DOES MEDIA INTERVIEWS" to, "NEVER DOES MEDIA NEWS REPORT INTERVIEWS".Whats next, "NEVER DOES MEDIA NEWS REPORT INTERVIEWS WHILE BALANCING ON HIS HEAD"?Your at best.......................fun­ny. To think you havnt even seen the Colbert Report! Give it up,your bubble burst a long time ago.Go study some Objectivism then read my first comment again.You may see it in a different light. CHEERS!

[zackjp]

@BitchBeTrollinHard actully his sister died in a car accident and his mom got sick

[cbarrett34]

@yes90125 no, today geddy does most, alex 2, neal none

[BitterBosh]

@yes90125 Indeed, and as you probably well know, the events in Neil's life around the late '90s rightfully have a lot to do with that.

[wreyoG]

@yes90125 Peart has been through a lot in his personal life so it makes sense, him not being there nowdays

[Fritha71]

LOL Geddy and Alex at 3:16 :D

[ePhilosopher9]

crap, just said newness, but meant brightness of new birth

[ePhilosopher9]

wow, newness on seeing neil in an interview, brutus. congrats on tribecka tonite

[FlyingFooBalls]

i dont this is 1981 because theyre just finishing up perm waves, and that was recorded during 79, and in 81 they would have been finishing moving pics

[uhjigali]

@FlyingFooBalls Yes, thats what I thought. The time doesnt match up! I thought they were talking about Moving Pictures till they mentioned Natural Science.

[zackjp]

lol geddys glasses makes me think of bubbles from trailer park boys

LONG LIVE RUSH

[hy42]

hahahaha there so baked.

I LOVE RUSH:)

[expertgamerz101]

love the glasses :)

[BadRonald1]

Neil was only 28 or 29 yrs old. I still think this album sounds great and doesn't sound dated.

[burningxdimx]

this is 1980, they're talking about Permanent Waves

[Dthorn912]

Love the Glasses

[sonic540]

This is great! thanks for sharing. Good to see.

[ePhilosopher9]

puck, a typo from huck a goalie and friar timeless

[gorillabelly1]

@ePhilosopher9

Man... I thought someone booted your inarticulate ass off of YouTube long ago!

[ePhilosopher9]

high longhaired peeps from 2010, years arrrr maties. perhaps an album in 2011 avoy? chippy ? your last five year gap's not gonna happen now in the who dat xViv 44 who dat hockey alex out of the park.

[gorillabelly1]

Lifeson's a bit too domineering here. He should've let the other guys speak a bit more.

[driven43]

funny. actually he's too baked to speak!

[snapascrew]

@gorillabelly1 lol he must have been on something :P

[emobangs03]

@gorillabelly1 yeah. neil cant even say anything with that chatterbox around

[wmcoughlan]

@gorillabelly1 Lifeson says about two sentences during the whole interview. Neil Peart is the guy doing most of the talking.