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  • Ruby kenny

  • Time signature changes 55 times in this song

  • Man, I forgot just how great that album is! I bought it on vinyl when I was 15 after becoming a diehard Rush fan since the Fly By Night & 2112 albums secured their rightful place in my growing appetite for meticulous musicianship progressive rock. May they continue for at least another decade of bringing us faithful our delights of enjoying their talents!

  • "I will choose a path thats clear, I will choose freewill"

    Fuckin' Right!!

  • Alex's fingers are like spiders at 3:37

  • oh my god geddy's bass tone

  • 11 people did not choose freewill

  • Its now rock and pop trinity exam grade 8 song lol.

  • Why is every Rush video only in 240p?

  • And WTF! why is RUSH not in the HOF?

  • This just fucking rocks!

  • A band member is here at my work place! Too bad I'm not a fan...

  • @almankotb That's highly unfortunate...

  • @almankotb How the hell is it possible to not be a Rush fan?!?!?!

  • @almankotb Where do you work?

  • rush is ridiculous, soo dam talented, best ever, hands down. still rockin, rush rules the music world

  • OMFG!!! I'm sitting in the library trying to study for yet another stupid final, and I needed to re-vitalize my mind so I could keep working. The result is pumping this song with headphones on and jamming so hard that everyone around me is looking at me because I'm smiling like an idiot.

    This song just pumps you up sooooo much! Fuck it, I'm dropping out!

  • @ianoo11 LoL!!!

  • i <3 rush!!!!!! they have some of the most complicated songs to play!!! i play the guitar and i promise u i could never play this!!!! i love this song so much that i learnde the lyrics to this song in @ days!!!!!!

  • I do not but my daughter must listen to rush.

  • i bet mac miller cant do this...

  • God I wish HD was around in the 80's, lol.  Still, an incredible jam session at the 3-4 minute mark!

  • Chuck Norris kicked Neil Peart's bass drum! And it was good!

  • cd ou live même chose!! WOW!!!

  • 10 people forgot to turn mute off.

  • GEDDY LEE ATE MY GFs BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • i know this band from my big brother.! finally i like them too.!

  • Briliant.

  • thumbs up if you turn the volume up all the way

  • so ahead of their time

  • You just can't hate rush

  • i'm studying free will in philosophy right now

  • this ad in the corner says that im the 999,999th visitor to this site, but the video say im the 366,674 viewer........i think ill click on it

  • I first saw them in 1979 on the Hemispheres tour... greatest rock band ever!

  • Rush doesnt need our support. They are actually Gods who can maintain and create all the money in the universe. They simply make such beautiful, wonderous, kick ass music that, we make sure they save all that extra time to rock out instead, so we willingly give them money, which has no value in the face of such grace and divinity.

    So to the desscription, no. We do not support the greatest band on earth, they support us, and we provide them with our worldy goods as tribute.

  • The best placed karate kick in history: 3:41

  • I'm Choose Free Will !!

  • fuckin Eh?...oops meant Fucking A...dudes made some of the best songs of all time regardless of anybodies preferred genre of rock.

  • The best band in the whole world ever !!!....here in Lima, Perú, we are waiting so long for them. I´ll wait for them until I die. RUSH Is like listening a SYMPHONIC. So powerfull and also relaxed that makes music so fantastic !!! RUSH COME TO PERÚ.

  • Ironically, Rush is probably one of the ONLY bands that doesn't rush the tempo of the songs during live performances. I've seen a lot of bands live, and these guys are one of the FEW who didn't play the songs faster.

  • @SkullydogXXX well, if you search "Rush 4-8-1983" here on youtube, you will see that they rushed some songs like The Camera Eye and Digital man... but i don't know any other concert they did it

  • Permanent Waves was the first album I bought on C.D. I still love it so much that I'd quite happily listen to it sitting in my own shit rather than press pause & go to the toilet.

  • Why is Alex dressed like a desk clerk at the Ramada Inn?

  • I photographed Rush in 75 and 77. To see the shots go to 70srockphotos (.com)

  • Got to hear this played at the last Rush show I went to...30 years later these guys still tear the unholy shit out of this song.

  • GOD....they r jus tearin shit up in this song.. some of Alexs best guitar work here..and of course Neil n Geddy..well u know..

  • In fucking credible musicians.

  • Anyone who says Neil sucks is a moron

  • 4:14 - 4:34 Geddy singing like a FUCKING ANGEL.

  • @blica.....I say this who do you think drummers of today idolized?.....THE PROFESSOR!...Vinnie Paul Abbott said it best "Neil Peart?...God on drums!"

  • I would ask for this same person to post Passage to Bangkok , but they haven't been on their channel in 4 years!

  • This is as good as it gets with Geddy. Truly a seminole performance!

  • @InnisInc nonsensical troll is trolling.

  • @InnisIn how's that a-hole?

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  • Geddy Lee rips that Rickenbacker to pieces on the lead break.

    

  • Happy 58th Birthday Geddy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • You know. I'm 16. I play guitar. Alex Lifeson is my main influence. But he's still too good to believe!

  • @TheRobbyDeLuca I was heavily influenced by Lifeson when I was your age. He and Ler Lalonde were what made me learn guitar. That was 16 years ago and I'm still in awe of him.

  • @toddoconner Yeah man. I mostly got into Rush when I went to see them a couple years ago, and I just saw Alex play and said I want to play like that.

  • Classic trio lineup. All virtuosos on their instruments. Ahead of their time, as well. I'd say, one of the best rock n roll bands of all time. Then again, as someone who noodles around on the bass I am simply blown away by Geddy Lee who is in a different universe from me talent wise.

    Rock on!

  • Back in the late 70's and early 80's when I all I mostly listened to was Disco and didn't care all that for much for rock bands; I listened to these guys play and was totally blown away by the amazing talent, they were the first rock albums and rock concerts I ever purchased tickets for. Sometimes I don't even consider these guys to be rock---- its as if they were in whole another unclassified category of music. They are just that freakin good--they stand completely in a league of their own.

  • Who the hell could dislike this!?!?! Best band ever...

  • rush all the time

  • Seen these guys around this time at Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens can't recall who opened up for them, me and my cuz smoked a big bag of Pot, HA! Thats when grass was really cheap, HA!

  • I believe that there is considerably more footage from this show in Montreal and it should be released at some point. The official release has 60 minutes, counting other footage, so there has to be another hours worth of material out there. And what they should do is dump the recent remix and have Terry Brown do the mix. The problem with the remix is that much of the dynamics in the music was lost. The VHS version of this video has better audio, that's for sure.

  • this brings back great memories....i saw rush on this tour and freewill was the second song in the set, after 2112 overture. I was in the front row, next to the bass bins. the bass solo nearly took my head off!! agreed....rush are awesome musicians...and timeless

  • Watching this live last year I was dumbfounded. I couldn't even play air-bass, all I could do was stand there with my mouth hanging open like the lowly untalented fool I am, watching three rock gods tear up the soundwaves with three instruments, my brain oozing out my ears, unable to process the greatness before me, while little angels circled around overhead with their harps, sent my God to see how real musicians get it done.

  • @RCAvhstape i've seen them everytime they have came threw texas.. they are simply amazing.

  • @RCAvhstape cut yourself some slack. you need to follow Rush's own advice: those who wish to be, must move on from the alienation....get on with the fascination, the real relation, the underlying theme. any one can achieve genius. go for it friend!!

  • @RCAvhstape How stupid. You were confused by an overdose of LSD: it's just Rush, they're humans. Next time, watch sober and you'll remember what life (on Earth) is like. Otherwise, you'll never wake up.

  • @RCAvhstape I could NOT have said it better myself!!

  • Was that a drum solo, guitar solo, or bass solo?!???! Rush in the most talented band ever!!!

  • @throwsand YES THEY ARE !!!!!!

  • @throwsand It was a Rush solo. A compilation of some of the greatest guitar/bass/drum lines of all time.

  • @throwsand  D. All of the above.

  • Rush is one of all time greats , for a 3 peace band the sound is mind blowing and they ooze talent, it a shame that new bands dont take note of a music talent of 3 very musical minding men, new music has no hart and it a group of engines siting in a control room mixing crap then PR men selling it to the sheep like masses , by selling a image not the music,

  • lets keep it simple.  These guys are ridiculousy, marvelously, tremendously, horrendously, disgustingly fantastic. Is that simple enough?

  • cant help but smile during that solo

  • My favorite version is the one from Rush in Rio,,,, especially the kick-ass middle section

  • CANADAA!!!!! ^•^

  • @ally654123 this is my song

  • I busted a nut @ 4:01 Alot of talk about NP... who is the master!!!... but the bassline on this song is absolutely nothing short of ridiculous!

  • Eight people let someone else think for them.

  • Indeed..., engineers rule!

  • This song is SICK...and to pull it off this well live is even sicker. These dudes are beyond words!

  • Holy Bass Tone Bat Man!This sounds huge!

  • what kind of bass is he playing???

  • @i0like0cake Probably a Rickenbacker 4001.

  • ive been listening to rush for 5 years now (im seventeen). i am still absoultely blown away at this bands complexity and music skill. i dont understand how this is physically possible for this band to create music this so captivating and creative.

    i wish these three people would live forever and ever and ever so they can keep creating the most amazing music anyones heard

  • Neil was on Letterman the other night.

    What an awesome array of drums. Must have been over 50 in three different setups.

    He played masterfully and awed me and the crowd, Dave too. He's the best.

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  • This song ALWAYS gives me chills!! It's like watching a three-ring circus - each player a master at their instrument!!

  • Alex Lifeson is AMAZING and he's so hot too <3

    I LOVE Rush!

  • I still can't believe people say that Alex Lifeson sucks....I mean, this solo is absolutely ridiculous and it's not even his best one (I think La Villa Strangiato is his best work). Whoever thinks Alex sucks probably doesn't know anything about music or guitar and was probably born with an extremely small weiner

  • IT'S IMPOSSIBLE THAT HAVE 8 PEOPLE THAT DO NOT LIKE... I THINK THEY PRESS WRONG.

  • LOVE THIS.. but they are straight gettin it done from 3:00 -4:02..

  • What a shame that the "Rock&Roll Hall of Fame" still denies this band!Shame on them!

  • but if you really want to be impressed click on the YYZ or La Villa Strangiato links to the right

  • @aixacharles it's not playback, seen them live many times they are just that good

  • Jesus can anybody denigh the perfection of this Band.?

  • Jesus can anybody denigh the perfection of this Band.

  • @georgethan1 leern how 2 spel deny idiut! RUSH SUCKS! PLEASE EXIT STAGE RIGHT!!!

  • @RUSHSUCKS1000 hows it going there noah?

  • @RUSHSUCKS1000 Funny...You're funny. Let me fix it... "leern how 2 spel deny idiut!" becomes, 'Learn how to spell deny, idiot.' And I can't believe that you wasted enough time making an account only to bash Rush? Tool.

  • @3:00: OK guys, we're ALL going to solo for a bit. Should sound pretty cool, eh?

  • Best bass solo ever!

  • 3:00 i start to think that is playback,i mean HOLY SHIT IS THE F**KING SAME SOUND OF THE STUDIO VERSIONNNNNN !

  • PEOPLE, let's stop with that! Let's all make good feelings grow, stop saying swearwords, let's say: RUSH FOREVER!

  • He even bothered making a new youtube account just for that purpose?

  • @gabcooldude why do u assume I am of the male variety?

  • @gabcooldude u did the same thing but just to suck on rushes dack!

  • GEDDY LEE IS A TERRIBLE MUSICIAN AND NAME!!!

  • @RUSHSUCKS1000 why are you a retard

  • @RUSHSUCKS1000 fuck off

  • @MrAmerica1997 I will fuck off when rush fucks off!

  • I WISH I WAS AS GOOD AS RUSH BECAUSE THEN I WOULD BE THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD!

  • THIS IS THE WORST MUSIC I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!!! EXIT STAGE RIGHT PLEASE!!!

  • @RUSHSUCKS1000 If you hate Rush then why are you watching the video? Stop trying to get attention for yourself and go watch the terrible music you listen to.

  • @RUSHSUCKS1000

    i mean this in the most sincere way

    MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR DUMB@SS!

  • @bankruptfilly please dont feed the trolls

  • 3:00 to 4:02 is the greatest minute of music I've ever heard...Geddy layin down the bass...Neil in the back playing like a madman...and Alex playin like hes got 10 fingers on each hand....RUSH RULES!!!!!

  • fuck pink floyd

    RUSH

  • Rush forever, I will choose freewill!

  • 1006 people chose free will.

  • i don't care what anyone has said about Neil over the years, stating that he's overrated, that he's nothing special, and there are countless of other drummers who are technically better than he is.. to you i say this... you are ignorant, moronic, envious, disgruntled clowns who couldn't tell a good drummer from a poor one if they both came up and bit you on your scrawny ass..Neil is a God in drumming terms, and one of the most influential rock drummer/song writers of all time..case closed !

  • @blica1 Who cares what idiots THINK. Thinking's bad for their small pea-sized brains..

    What's important is that we know what IS. And fact IS - Neil Peart IS the best.

  • @blica1 Seriuosly? Neil's got this.

  • @blica1 -- Agreed, plus I challenge anyone to name a better lyricist/poet. I'll let him defend himself - "Ingorance, prejudice, and fear walk hand in hand"

  • @blica1 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA HahahahhaHAHAHAH hhahaahahahahaahaha

    HAHAHAHZHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAAAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHZAHAH­HAHAZHAHAahahz

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahah­aahahahahaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AA HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

  • @blica1 my musical tastes are firmly rooted in the punk-era, the Clash inspecific, but even I must salute your statement. Case IS closed!

  • If you choose not to decide whether you like this video or not you still have made a choice.

  • @dhbourion lol

    

  • @dhbourion iloveyour comment!!!!

  • This is my second favorite lyrical song of all time, behind Wish You Were Here.

  • Hehehe...Slappin da bass!!! XP

  • I wonder if Geddy or alex have ever melted their guitar strings from the immense friction that builds up when they are striking a million chords a minute

  • @rocker4u123 ikr? im glad rock band was given the honor to use their songs they so hard liked this band since i was 5 im 21 now =]]

  • I almost feel bad for faggots who disliked this video. RUSH FOR LIFE BABY!

  • I WILL CHOOSE A PATH THAT'S CLEAR.... I WILL CHOOSE FREE WILL!!!!

  • Best fuckin Rush song ever!!!

  • I first heard RUSH as a teenager in 81 or 82 with the release of "EXIT STAGE LEFT" and have been a huge fan ever since. NO ONE sounds like RUSH. Hall of Fame can kiss it. They are the best. I took my 10 yr old son to see them in Nashville TN on April 3 2011 and they still have no equal.

  • @tucodavis That awesome. Same for me. I took my 10 year old last summer @ Jones Beach in NY!!!!

  • rock that fucking guitar alex!

  • well that was state of the art back there in 81, so tech is outdated, but how about the music? I don't know about you but every time I hear this song it just sounds better, and better.

  • Great song, best live version (besides Rio lol) of it. Love Rush

    in fact they're a big influence for me and my band, and we cover this one :D

    check us out, you guy's will like "While It Lasts"

    search 10belowli under channels, that's us (it won't let me post a link, idk why)

  • One of the only videos i have ever seen where you cant see the red in the like/dislike bar.

  • The 7 people who disliked this video disliked this video.

  • Fuckin' Rush! Can't wait to see them 6/12 in Austin!

  • @kaminari1028 dude see you there man. itll be my first rush concert so im pretty stoked.

  • 7 people have been dealt a losing hand

  • I Can Play Any Rush Song on Bass.

  • @MultiWebweaver

    but could have written it in the first place?

  • @MultiWebweaver I Use Capital Letters In Where Unfit.

  • these guys are awesome

    

  • Me encanta esta cancion de Rush

  • I've always loved how Geddy has a voice like he's just swallowed about a billion heluim balloons but he plays a bass guitar.

  • @Interst890 Ha, never though of that :P

  • @Interst890 Good point but correction he doesn't just play bass, he SPANKS that bass lol

  • Religion is fantasy! Abolish the State!

  • I seen Rush twice when I was younger, and I'm trying to win tickets now to go see them in Montreal!! They are so fricken awesome and anyone who thinks their not, needs there heads examined!!

  • Coming to the Gorge again this summer!!

  • I live and die with bands like Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, etc., but Rush is just so good it is ridiculous. How is it possible to be that supremely talented--each of them--at what they do (and in Lee's case, all that he does)?

    The solo section is greatest display of talent in all rock music history. It's the Sistine Chapel of instrument playing.

    Breathtaking, humbling, and mind-numbing all in one...

  • @kandyno That's so very true. I seen Rush the other night and was just amazed at their precision. For the first time in my recent memory, I left a show feeling like I got my money's worth. All I can say is if anyone has the opportunity to catch a show on the Time Machine tour please do yourself a favor and catch it.

  • @kandyno Amen my friend

  • god damn does anybody else think they are 100000x better live

  • 3:00 What a groove!

  • I love this song! One of my first fave and i was born 1979! i guess that's how AWSOME that song is? A HIPPIE SONG FO YO ASS!!!! LOL

  • I love this song! One of my first fave and i was born 1979! i guess that's how AWSOME that song is?

  • Awesome song ! What would music be without them?

  • Nice pants there Geddy

  • I swear I have seen Neil Pert spin in a circle and play each drun in a rown. Was I dreaming.

  • @batmanofni i did see him do that in 79 ;)

  • 7 people who pressed dislike need to be kicked in the face.

  • @bearmare

    Such ones are not even worth commenting on. They are purely wind-up merchants. It's just not worth a reaction.