Rush - Supercondutor

[Rudster2012]

They're talking about how the Media moguls manipulate society. Notice the Socttish Rite emblem at 2:37. Neil knows what he's talking about. Brilliant piece of music/art!

[alphatoddio]

Good song video...meh!!!

[TheMav41]

Could do without the lame audience choreography, but still a great RUSH song.

[tapkae]

Waitaminniit! How did Alex and Geddy get on the wrong sides of the stage?

Ah... a song about the Republican bid for presidency in 2012... sentimental ease...they know the fantasies that you romance to.

[azspecialk]

@tapkae RRRRRight...more like Obama. "We've taken care of everything The words you read, the songs you sing The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes It's one for all and all for one We work together, common sons Never need to wonder how or why Look around at this world we've made Equality our stock in trade Come and join the Brotherhood of Man Oh, what a nice, contented world Let the banners be unfurled Hold the Red Star proudly high in hand." Neil as inspired by Ayn Rand. Obama???

[weavieray]

I forget they did a video for this, cool posting!

[jazzypatsan]

It's so strange seeing Geddy on our left and Alex on our right.

[TheJameslehr]

This was the closest Rush ever came to doing someone else's song. It sounds a little like YOU BETTER, YOU BET by THE WHO during the chorus. Still it is not that close in similarity or in quality.

[roman14032]

1. musically this is another masterpiece

2.lyricly,this is the most reveiling comment show buiness has ever made about itself.

[tomyop12]

I don't see how this is regarded as bad, I mean its no 2112, but I still like it :D

[bnsf9379]

@tomyop12 AGREED and it was Awesome when played live!!!

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

ePhiloso 1984. After a while, said Hannan, "Every time he saw me, he'd simply say, `New Orleans! New Orleans!'



[rudi1966]

why have geddy and alex swapped stage positions?

[bethshair]

@rudi1966 hahaha good question!

[terrorofdeath93]

@rudi1966 HOLY SHIT MOTHER OF GOD

[bnsf9379]

@rudi1966 you have to know RUSH's humor.

[virginiuspaiva]

bons tempos que numca mais tinha visto esse video classico valeu

[David71294GR]

Haven't u ever felt that rush albums from Power windows (1985) to Test for echo (1996), remind u of christmass?, thats what i fill when hearing this song. Thumbs up if u had.

[75coltfan]

Lucky me being only `15 and owning every single Rush album ever put out... Proves my Dad loves me for introducing me to them

[Legionbass19]

I actually liked the Presto album from the first time I heard it, on one of my dad's old cassette tapes. I need to get the CD or something soon, but I want to get Clockwork Angels too.

[viss001]

And to top it all off this vid was directed by Jerry Casale of Devo.

[JCfromWA]

Why in the world haven't I seen this before!?  Thanks, DJmcRUSH!

[alicat496]

jjjjj



[alicat496]

love Rush!!!!!!

[ramp67]

his voice iz hip notic

[The61769]

very magical Rush record

[BuddhaBot]

3:01 when I was a lil kid and I first thought whatever Rush songs I heard were song by a woman. THIS IMAGE WOULD HELP DEFEND MY CASE. lol.

[static1994]

why does the old guy start to panic?

[hairyboosh]

my favourite Rush album.

[strontiumdog9]

...best band in the galaxy...

[GutsyguyPrime]

no dislikes? AWESOME :D

[craigkreger]

Ahhh, it's Rupert Murdoch on top of the stage!

[DSCRAPRE]

Who told Geddy and Alex they could switch places?

[TheFourStringViking]

Alex needs to sing more. He's got a rocking set of pipes. Also, after listening to his bass work in most other songs, I was beginning to think that Geddy Lee was incapable of playing a simple eighth note rhythm.

[jasman71]

@TheFourStringViking I think that's Rupert Hines's voice, who produced the album :)

[frododarg]

SAW THIS TOUR IN PHILLY -THE SETS AND AND REAR SCREEN VIDS WERE

OUT OF HAND - VIDEo AT 2;25 WAS FROM A HELICOPTER STRAFING A TWISTING RIVER IN THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS AT AN INCREDIBLE SPEED

[MrXSpeaks]

"pin the donkeys on her tal

fantasy for sale

that's entertainment !"

[juanabotacio]

Rush.... nobody and nothing like them. The most amazing mix of gifted musicians along with mature and inteligent lyrics, is just the perfect combination. Their music will outlive them and also all of us.. RUSH!!!

[kazodrummer]

this song is soooo great! i was 10 years old when i first heard it. im 25 years old now and i rock this song in my car all the fuckin time! people look at me weird but i dont care.

[00poet]

@BlackLink27 Sorry, forgot the 27. But you are still bang on.

[00poet]

@BlackLink Exactly! To both your comments.

[BlackLink27]

I like how on Presto and Roll The Bones they went back to the rock n roll sound.

[00poet]

Saw them on this tour, Presto, 1990. Blew me away! One of the few bands that manged to keep changing, and yet stay the same.

[BlackLink27]

@00poet Like circumstances?

[abridgedfan107]

ah, the only Rush video vixen!

[holycrapitsalex2112]

Opposite sides of the stage o:

[iyouknownot71]

Yup.

[mcintoshamps]

look at the freakin size of the speakers!!!!!

i want that im my room to listen to them

[static1994]

@mcintoshamps

i know what you mean. i wish my room had them too, but i have nowhere to put them... :(

[minion278]

@static1994 that's entertainment !

[static1994]

@minion278 you know it. :) id hook up all of my stereo crap to those. I wonder if there would be deja vous from "Back to the future?" lol

[WiseOldTabbyCat]

The crowd reactions crack me up everytime

[WiseOldTabbyCat]

The crowd reactions crack me up everytime

[alexsp216]

great tune

Presto isn't my fave album but chain lightning, the pass and this song are the best on this album in my opinion.

[glennorange]

Wow...look how long Alex's hair is.

Wow...Alex still HAS hair in this!

[2112movingpictures]

ITS THE SEVENTH SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE! GEDDY AND ALEX SWITCHED SPOTS!!!

[STATIC666FORCE]

@2112movingpictures SAVE THE CHILDREN!!! infact SCREW THE CHILDREN WE ARE ALLLL GUNNA DIIIIIEEEE!!!

[1nativeaustintexan]

Music sucks so bad today.Kids listen to shit.This is the real deal for great music.

[strontiumdog9]

...why aren't these guys in the rock and roll hall of fame????...such a disgrace...

[OmgItsGaryBusey]

cuz they don't wanna

[redwonder]

Rush making fun of their own fans...

[Drewski2112]

The role becomes the actor

She's addicted to applause

The stage a world because

She never leaves it.

Lady GaGa, anyone? This somewhat lackluster Rush song is better than anything that tramp has ever made.

[2112movingpictures]

@Drewski2112 Or her sister Justin Bieber!

[bnsf9379]

@Drewski2112 Lackluster??? you obviously have never heard this live in 1990 or 1991 tours? 

[Fangthane100]

@Drewski2112 Lackluster? You have me throughout your comment until then. This tune played live in concert is a standout of awesome. (Although you have to push me pretty hard to believe that anything they've done is even borderline lackluster) "Put you in a soft place, sentimental ease, they know the fantasies that you romance to..." That's entertainment my friend.

[pquirk777]

@Drewski2112 Lackluster? I think not.

[brotheregghead]

If it's 7/4, does that mean it alternates 3/4 and 4/4 for the first part?

[muggy2112]

@caulinrocker I missed the tampa show....which sucks cuz I live in Carrollwood....but they did switch the last time I saw them....

[uspsionic]

this was prob my least fav off presto, but yesterday I really connected with the drums...and the time signature just blew me away,,,anyone know what time this song is in?

[minion278]

@uspsionic it's definitely compound time !...i'm going to go for broke and say 9/8, since the pulse hits about three times per measure, briefly " goes awkward ", starts a new measure and continues....that's my bet anyway !

[minion278]

@uspsionic others feel that it could be 7/4...i'm too sleepy to debate it !

[uspsionic]

@minion278 thanks! I wont debate it, its fun trying to figure these things out! Thanks for the reply!

[minion278]

@uspsionic no problem !...i think it is 7/4...9/8 would indicate plenty of 8th notes, which there aren't alot of...;sorry, i was sleepy !

[zackjp]

@uspsionic this is the reason i bought presto

[muggy2112]

if you see them live they do switch sides of the stage tho

[muggy2112]

Geddys on the wrong side of the stage

[LifesonFan4Life]

@muggy2112 ... so is Alex .... lol .. first thing i noticed as well.

[GangstaLink]

I justrealised. The Audience is NOT real. They aren't even playing in front of an audience. It's a lapped green screen.

[GangstaLink]

Might as well just left it a live music video. -___- I hate music videos like this,

Awesome record though! Rush ftw.

[minion278]

@GangstaLink that's entertainment !

[drjn8]

Cheesy music video, but a decent song to listen to evry once and a while.

[gsruler]

Presto had got to be my favorite album, just above GUP,

Catchy, cheerful beats, that you can dance to.

[biped19]

If people are judging the quality of this song on shitty youtube, then you have no idea what you are missing.

[Woblesavvy]

Its interesting that so many Rush fans hate Presto even though its by far their most guitar orientated album since Moving Pictures. I do dislike the tiny, weak production values of this record though.

[AuntJemima46]

Man look at how crazy Alex's hair is xD

[SciMasterGeneral]

Damn this album sounds like shit, I hate Rupert Hine

[David71294GR]

my favorite from presto

[OneLeggedPuppies2010]

0:00 to 0:06

Damn I did not need to see that!

I don't know why most Rush fans hate this album this is my favorite of theirs.

[ultramanhayata1]

NICE!!! I think this and "Chain Lightning" are the only upbeat songs on a predominantly lukewarm album(Though "Scars", "The Pass", and "Red Tide" are killer songs too!! By the way, come MTV never played this, "The Pass", "Stick It Out", or "Noboby's Hero"??? Finally, I think it's time Canada's finest release a DVD of all the promo videos they've accumulated, since they released Chronicles!!!

[kmurnane1]

I LOVE ALEX!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE HIM!!!! But I am bass player. ??

Wonder why Geddy and Alex are on the "wrong" sides of the stage?

Did I say I love Alex?? :)

[ultramanhayata1]

@kmurnane1 Good observation!! That is peculiar that they would swap sides for an entire song/video!!

[reedlover]

OMGZ, they're on teh wrong side!!

They are so goofy, LOL!

[DJmcRUSH]

@ryslo2000 Geddy is usually on stage left, or on audience right; in this video him and Alex are on the opposite side that they are usually on.

[ryslo2000]

@DJmcRUSH i know. WHY? it's killing me

[TheMilford]

@DJmcRUSH

Haha... that was the first thing I noticed! funny how used to Rush's habits we are.

[addyr100]

this video is funny

[TheMaster8061]

i heard their gonna play the whole moving pictures album. It's gonna be one heck of a concert. I really want to hear Witch Hunt.

[evrgrnn5280]

@TheMaster8061

i cannot wait for the concert... im goin to red rocks to see it. i love rush.

[ACDCfan4ever]

I would love for them to put this song on the setlist for this year, I think it would be pretty funny

[superconductor69]

simply an underrated group by far, I have every one of their cd's and this is one of my favorites.....................­....Looking forward to 2011 when they put out their new cd. Going to Pittsburgh in fall to see them live once again, # 5.

[bmuscotty88]

One word. Excellent. :)

[emetts2112]

once i got presto i did not like it at first. i listened to it over and over about 9 or 10 times that day. it has become one of my favorites. it's so different and unique. i think its one of those transition albums between eras of rush music..you guys are the best!!

[minion278]

@emetts2112 that's the odd thing i've found about rush's music...the stuff of theirs i don't like, i probably won't feel that way for long....

[19RazorsEdge90]

@emetts2112 This album was the same for me--- this became the album--after tearing apart the lyrics--that made me a RUSH fanatic- havent missed a tour since-- This was my first rush concert San Diego- 1990 and the Sports Arena-- this is definitely my favorite album Rush or otherwise!

[slashsdevil]

It took me about 5 times hearing this song before i appreciated its musical genious. great job guys!!

[samjacksonswig]

It took a couple of really good listens to fully apprecite just how accomplished "Presto" is. Whilst this is a fair track, it is unfortunatley oneof he weaker on the disc.

[malcolmX213]

I think I know what you are getting at, but it's a REALLY good song.

[samjacksonswig]

Oh man, the weaker Rush tracks are miles better than anything else that exists in music!!!!!!!

[minion278]

@samjacksonswig target mass appeal !

[ThisisfromUzi]

@samjacksonswig Just like Beatles music, eh! The worst Beatles album is better than anyone else's worst album!

[astrophysics123]

@samjacksonswig what weak songs?

[spaden2112]

i noticed that too!

[hershism]

so funny how ged and alex switched sides!