Lock and Key - Rush (Official Video)

[chuckufarley1234]

This song was written for the signals album. Geddy vetoed it. Later it went on to H.Y.F.

[3353ian]

@chuckufarley1234 This would have been a good fit for signals.

[JimGeigerMusic]

@chuckufarley1234

Umm...no, it wasn't.

[TheStereosoul]

i like so this song

[deadhourse]

@skifan07 Only Canada can a band that perfect.

[OnePeoplesProjecttv]

I am watching Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage on VH1 Classic right now, and Neil Peart was just talking about how much he was into the Police, and you watch this video, there's a quick homage to that: the scenes of the band playing in a red room - like in the Police's "Roxanne" video.

[sergionanni]

It's Rush! Thx Neil for being the BEST DRUMMER EVER!

[thefatman69dude]

favorite rush song

[canonballbaker]

Is it me or did Geddy have the most clarity in tone when using his Wal basses? Not dissin' the Jazz Bass (have one m'self). Just wondering if anyone else noticed?

[21Rushisaband12]

@canonballbaker i would agree, i personally think Wals have the best tone out there, they have the warmth and great natural tone of a fretless bass but they have grit and punchy attack at the same time, just perfect tone in my opinion, my favorite example i think is from "territories" just such great tone

[bethshair]

@canonballbaker Yeah the Wal has a very "clean" sound which is what Ged was after at the time

[Annonymus121]

WAL BASS <3

[21Rushisaband12]

@Annonymus121 FUCK YEAH WAL BASS!!!!!!!!!

[easttcobb]

With everything going on in the world, especially since 9/11, I wonder why Rush hasn't played this song live? Musically it just might not hit home with them anymore.

[HollowGolem]

@easttcobb So many of their socially-conscious 80's songs mean a whole lot, still, to the world at large, in a way that a bunch of ideologically optimistic folks in the 80's likely thought they wouldn't in three decades' time.

This, Territories, Subdivisions, Between the Wheels, The Weapon, Red Tide, all still resonate with the modern world. And I think that's a shame, because those songs are not about how great people are, by any stretch.

[NoCheeseJustCrackers]

Tears in my eyes.

This was from the first Rush concert I ever went to in 1987. Never missed them since in the last 24 years.

[bigtwit]

@6cobaltblue1 Hey younger fans welcome to the rush club!!! Not I don't mind seeing family picnics at Rush shows.

[bigtwit]

Can anyone explain what all the video clips have to do with the lyrics?

[n5iln]

Best thing Geddy ever did was get rid of that Steinberger bass.

[dhibidy30]

I have been a Rush fan since thier first album. This is my favorite song of thier's EVER!

Well, mabye the trees. No wait, Red Barchetta! Thats still wrong.. Tom Sawyer? Afterimage? ARGH!!!!!! Too many completly awesome songs!

[weevilboy]

nice...I remember an edited version that would fade out before the bad ass drum fills...this is much better!

[10redjet]

Rush is not spelt R-U-S-H it's actually spelt E-P-I-C

[bdysrf]

I bet Alex wanted to kick Geddy's ass during this period.

[rockerfromhell32]

@Eternityflows Feel the same. I love Amon Amarth and Carcass but crap like screemo pisses me off. There is nothing to it. Thank jeebus for Rush man.

[mikeweit]

man i notice the sound/mixing difference on this album. Like geddy's voice is lower on this album and seems kind of naked no effects. Lifeson's guitar sits very low on this album, and pearts snare sound has a big room effect. I think this is the next sound they went for into the late 1980s and early 1990's, that they perfected on roll the bones. Anyone else agree, or am i thinking too much into 80's rush production

[bigtwit]

@mikeweit Hmm....in my belief their sound perfected at Presto. IMO that album had the most powerful sound of all. Then.....something took a turn for the worse at Roll the Bones where the sound and frankly, the music lost a lot of power.

[fearsomesnow]

I just realized that those red balls in the video are on the album cover o.o

[aegisgfx]

Thes guy will never fit nicely into any musical box, they are too diverse, too precise, too good to be pigeon holed in any way. Plus they make more sound than the next 3 bands put together, and they have been doing it over 30 years. Almost no other band in history can even come close to saying that.

[drewper73]

I remember actually seeing this video on MTV when "Hold Your Fire" had just been released. I was getting ready to go to school (9th grade) and BAM! there it was. I called my brother into the room and neither one of us could believe MTV was actually showing a Rush video! See, MTV was actually decent at one time.

[truckie449]

@drewper73 -I remember seeing it also when it came out. I was in 10th grade @ the time and I had been a DIEHARD RUSH fan for 7 years at this point. I was actually impressed that it was on Mtv since by then, they were playing more videos like Madonna, The Cure etc in the prime time slots. RUSH was banished to the "After midnight" lineup....didn't matter to me, I still listened to them either way. I actually remember when RUSH was played during the "prime hours" on Mtv....man, I feel old now!!

[MJLU280]

best part of this song is the drum wind up at the end

[SonicThunderBYG]

@MJLU280 That has always been my favorite, and this is one of those songs that you don't want to end when it does. Other examples of this is "Castles Made Of Sand" by Jimi Hendrix and "I'm Only Sleeping" by The Beatles.

[SilverSalros]

I get the killer instincts when it comes the screamo stuff. Good song =)

[guytitanic]

I got to play this Peart drum kit at a charity event recently at Lakeside Park where I'am from also.

[Nikki4903]

Guys, stop arguing about the band. Rush is the greatest band they are because of the simple fact that they want to be. They are driven by their desire to play and for the fans. There songs are unique because, unlike most bands, their music never sounds the same. Neil is the best drummer I have ever heard and that because he puts his feelings in the movements and he knows how to be fluent. Geddy is a great singer, bassist, and keyboardest and Alex is a great guitarist. Just leave it at that

[saulocpp]

@skifan07: "Geddy doesn't play all 6 of those AT THE SAME TIME". Maybe you have some difficulty reading, I didn't say that. A trained brain and, i.e., a good drummer can play 4 completely different patterns at the same time. Maybe it's impossible for you, not for everybody.

[darkahn22]

this song is awsome

[saulocpp]

@skifan07: 6man if you consider that Geddy sings, plays bass line with right hand, keyboard with left hand and a Taurus pedal at the same time in live concerts. :-)

[guytitanic]

KILLER!

[MrNotbadyou]

Awesome song. Alex Lifeson kicking ass as per usual.

[Johnnywr]

Blimey, 80`s Rush fans really got short changed! Oh well, at least Rush still released...um...music and stuff.

[azapro911]

Which is better? Rush's "Rock" era, or Rush's "Synth" era? Well, myself and my dad prefer their synth era from the '80s (which Lock and Key comes from), while my uncle prefers their rock era from the '70s.

[goonies3000]

@azapro911 All the above.

[azapro911]

@goonies3000 I can certainly see why, but it's 80's Geddy for me all the way.

[goonies3000]

@azapro911 Very true.

[jinzo637]

@azapro911 i prefer both but im more into the synth since i grew up to it. but listening to my dads old tracks of rush in the rock era i like them too. its all about which u listen to more and which one u grew up with.

[azapro911]

@jinzo637 There's truth in that. My Dad loves the Synth-era Rush, and I grew up listening to it on his stereo.

[heashon2000]

@azapro911 80's Rush is the Shiznit. I must say their composition skills in the 90's did improve, however.

[Kruegerisgod]

@azapro911 Both have their value.I can't choose it's fucking hard

[azapro911]

@Kruegerisgod Aha, and therein lies the beauty of my question. People spend so long thinking about this that in the end they mostly decide it's rhetorical, and decide that they simply love Rush either way! And I don't blame them...

[Kruegerisgod]

@azapro911 Rush kicks ass anyways

[fendergibs]

@Kruegerisgod True, but not in this song or record, keyboards dont "kick ass".

[Kruegerisgod]

@fendergibs why mention that I think that's what makes Rush unique.I love this song,one of my faves of the band.I love their 70's guitar-driven music too.

[Kruegerisgod]

@fendergibs this has a badass solo in it too.

[cutlassmountain]

@fendergibs in the 80's everyone was using keyboards.

[kelvisparsley64]

Retrospective 3 is the title of the CD/DVD I mentioned earlier.

[kelvisparsley64]

Check out their recent CD/DVD combo that has all their "hits" and videos from 1990-onward. Title escapes me at this time but Amazon has it.

[claytonjester]

holy shit, never knew this video existed........awesome!

[minion278]

me neither....whoa !!....

[pictureofuu]

This song is not off their Power Windows album. This is off their Hold Your Fire album.

[tomtomtomtam]

O crap lol thanks. When I put the details in all of the videos, I copied and pasted and changed the names. I musta missed that one