Rush - A Farewell To Kings *OFFICIAL*

[PETESEYESBLUE]

Never seen this version and its absolute a legendary three they will always be and from Canada so all u jealous fukers who cannot produce something so great to still remain today is without a doubt a fine farewell as they progressw into epic masters of keeping it together as Canadas original three EHHHHH

[NukedBurrito]

4 people do not have the minds to lead us closer to the heart

[AudiophileTubes]

IMMENSE AND TIMELESS MUSICALITY!!!

[LifeUnderTheSwatter]

4:20 Hear that beat Kanye?! SUCK IT!

[LSDizzys]

GODS!

[Redlens73]

Now this is music!

[dakesh]

Why is this not on my Chronicles DVD?!

[TacoKid24]

geddy looks like jesus christ

[LifeUnderTheSwatter]

@TacoKid24 Just a whole lot cooler!

[rushfanatic15]

I really think that Alex is one of the most underrated guitar players in rock. He's amazing and creates great riffs.

[BeatlesForSale64]

Neil Peart.....there's no way you are human

[muzabs67]

Jadul banget yak... .

[BeyondNeptune]

I always thought that from 5:17 to the end, sounds like two mighty armies fighting with artillery one last day, until they give up and go home

[petertangptrtng]

Nobody makes real music like this anymore...not to mention playing like them...

[bigdipper117]

probably the most under-rated rush song, everything about this song is amazing

[NiravShah1982]

@bigdipper117  Agree! This is back when Rush was... RUSSSSHHHHH!!!!

[Osric13th]

3 ppl that make music for 3 billion happy ppl.....i call that an awesome accomplishment

[Spirit0fRadi0]

240p, we meet again

[ebonics4everyone]

Any so-called "religion" that worships a pedophile like Muhammad or a dead Jew on a stick like Christ can fuck off. No offense.

[RotnRoll77]

@ebonics4everyone Haha, yeah, no offense.

[redshirtcasualty]

@ebonics4everyone None-taken..................

[ebonics4everyone]

And no I am not a conservative. Jesus Christ is one of the biggest wimps, who ever walked the planet. I believe in paganism.

[bozolazic]

@ebonics4everyone Jesus would kick your ass!

[ebonics4everyone]

What I mean is what used to make Canada free was the way that it was 100 years ago, when a miner or some other tycoon could just annihilate an entire ecosystem of pristine evergreens and replace it with a barren, scorched piece of earth. Free market capitalism was a wonderful thing. Who needs trees?

[bozolazic]

@ebonics4everyone So the Maple formed a Union and demanded equal rights! The Oaks are just to greedy, we will make them give us light! Now there's no more Oak repression for they cast a nobility law.And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and saw.

[Rushfan3257]

I love Geddy's scream at 2:31!! Rush is the best!!!!!!

[EduardoParroquin]

excelente, todo un clasico, RUSH tiene que venir a mexico!!!!!!!!!

[THEBURDE]

@EduardoParroquin soy americano y comprendo!

[Dahgrostabphri]

I was 8yrs old in 1978 there was a place that printed labels on cassettes & all the mistakes got tossed in the dumpster. My friends and I dug through it and mostly found opera or something else we didn't want...but there was one tape with nothing but a big black bar where the track listing should have been...I put the tape in my ghetto-blaster and the first thing we heard was "Alright will you please welcome home...RUSH" and thunder came out of the speakers. I was hooked from day 1

[RoCk4LiFe90]

@Dahgrostabphri I was about that age when my parents got me that same album, All The World's A Stage, of course it was a cd because that was back in '98.

[jammerholic]

Neil Pearty taught me how to drum!!! I memorized every album up to and including MOVING PICTURES

Thanks Neil and Thanks Rush!

[TheRealQuester]

Oh...wait....it's already over?!?!

Ok. Again.

[pandemic902]

great track but can you re-up this in 360p at least?

[kurijaco]

もーRushがとまらん。。。この曲のPVは初めて見たかも。。­しかしこれ初めて聴いたとき、特に間奏にはシビレたねー。誰かあ­の譜割り書いてみて欲しい。

[dukeford]

Lerxt is a terrific guitarist, but he'd be the first to tell you that Jeff Beck's the best.

[MrNusecus]

@dukeford Who's Jeff Beck?

[dukeford]

@MrNusecus Surely you jest

[MrNusecus]

@dukeford No, i really don't. Also there are many of whom Alex would consider better than him, none of them are correct of course, but I doubt Jeff Beck would be his chosen favourite?

[dukeford]

@MrNusecus When Clapton, Page, Brian May, and David Gilmour (among many others) state that you're the best, that carries a lot of weight.

[MrNusecus]

@dukeford well whatever, all 4 you have mention have at some time been named the best guitarist. I havent even heard Jeff Beck, only heard of him and its only moderately good views on his stuff, therefore i never bothered listening to him.

Instead of saying 'well Jeff Beck couldn't play Alex's stuff' because that would cause an arguement i can't be bothered to take part in, i'll say this - Jeff Beck couldn't write Alex stuff, but Alex could write his.

[dukeford]

@MrNusecus "Haven't even heard Jeff Beck"? What are you, like 15?

[MrNusecus]

@dukeford no, im 18. Not like that would make a difference.

Pretty stupid comment if u ask me, if i didn't know better i'd say that you realised that last comment was correct and tried some form of offence to make yourself feel good, not that it worked ofcourse. For a 55 year old that was pretty immature i must say....

[dukeford]

@MrNusecus Look kid, I've forgotten more about guitarists and guitar playing than you'll ever learn. Why don't you grow up before spouting off on who the best guitarist is?

[MrNusecus]

@dukeford well clearly after 55 years of your so-called education you've forgotten about something called an opinion, maybe you should just take your head out of your arse and stop being such a mardy prick....

[ledboots2009]

@dukeford check out studio version of Jeff doing a tune called "Led Boots" and be changed.

[jamirosmajicrocks]

this is so gimmicky prog rock and sounds like a quest song, love it.

[MrViper8]

Jeff Beck wasn't good enough to even tune Alex's guitar.

[fearsomesnow]

Anyone else feel extremely nostalgic for... Something?

[RushLyricsOnScreen]

my channel

[barnabas50]

WOW! this is fantastic.

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

funniest part about this link is the name of the person who posted it

/watch?v=UQM8RbqSIcA

continued happy awesomeness

[ga41867]

Alex's guitar solo screams Jeff Beck! Rice Pudding to be exact!

[MultiFloyde]

@ga41867 Alex must love his Jeff Beck Rice Pudding!

[Breakingfatebass]

This is some real music! It's a shame how underrated Rush is just because they aren't some generic band. They actually have a passion for music instead of money, sex, and drugs.

[Andrewoid95]

Man, I wish they would at least ONCE appear in those robes again live. I personally think they're awesome and fit the prog rock theme! Long live Rush!

[2112rushfanforever]

@Andrewoid95 Agreed! And have Neil come back with his badass handlebar mustache ;)

[donottawaguitar]

heaven sent

[jbj9802]

I'm one of the lucky ones. I first saw Rush on their 2112 tour when I was 16 and have seen them another 12-15 times since then. Most of the tour videos I've found here are from tours I saw in person. It's been a great stroll down memory lane the last couple of days. So many amazing memories. And they're still working, still touring, still providing superb music. Long may they run.

[superunt43]

@jbj9802 2112

[SargNickFury]

More timely w/ todays headlines then ever. Interesting that another poster above targets "industrialists" as the men in "Kingly Guise". My guess is it would be more apt to represent Democrats and Republicans both today in the US. (a pox on both ) Neil was a huge fan of Ayn Rand....their lyrics while not promoting any one idealology usually show more of a libertarian bent. Part of what made RUSH lyrics great was not following right or left wings of thought, but rather rational thinking.

[ebonics4everyone]

@SargNickFury I concur. Primarily the whole "moral majority" strain in the GOP puts them at odds with Rush, while Rush definitely favoured keeping their entire earnings and paying nothing in taxes. That puts Rush at odds with the Democrats too.

[bozolazic]

@ebonics4everyone Don't forget that Rush are from Canada.

[ebonics4everyone]

@bozolazic Rush renounced all ties to Canada, when the socialist PM Trudeau turned Canada into a socialist, European-type state.

[bozolazic]

@ebonics4everyone My mind is not for rent! To any God or government!

[angmhalp]

Happy birthday Geddy, Thanx for all the years of joy  you have given me.

[2112rushfanforever]

Love the very beginning, with Alex playing the acoustic beautifully...ahh. Paradise...

[Tzerkit619]

I LOVE RUSH :)

[hiddenfire65]

I love this song but cannot get over three men dressing in robes to play rock music.

[BeowulfVids]

Youtube is pissing me off. Under every single Rush song they say 'Rush at Celeste Center, Columbus on Aug 3, 2011. They don't mean Rush. They mean the band 'Big Time Rush'. It's so damn annoying.

[TheSolSweeney]

Nice quality Rush - the best band ever; All these noobs with drum machines etc these days need to know real music...

[Rushaddict2112]

What else can i say? since i was a little boy me and my dad listened to Rush. Now i have all of their songs and i sing along with them! Thank you, you are the best Three guys around!

[thelenis]

every time I hear this album I think of my buddy's busty older sister that turned me on to it.....good times

[bupa2000]

By far my favorite rush song, besides the anolog kid.I LOVE THE BASS LINE IN THE CHORUS-his bass is talking,and at the beginning of the guitar solo. oh, and geddy's outfit :P. such an awesome song. now what i need is some friends who like rush..I am 22 and female, gee, this will be easy. any one looking to sell a time machine so i can go back and see this live?

[taxford]

why is there any dislikes? Why would you go to a Rush video if you don't like them? Were you expecting Justin Beiber? Didn't Rush play Rush well enough especially when this is a video of the album recording? I don't get it! If you don't like Rush then don't watch it!!

[RuskoE]

Scoffing at the wise

They were huge in my early development. (Gods to me!)

[119matburn]

i find my self taping a complex beat with both my feet

[MarkusFryd]

I love when he shouts "Why can we raise a raisin" at 5:03

[hacksack1]

i am in AWE! of this video and band, and they will always will be my fav band!!

[teamlkatkinsmith]

cool, but the audio is a little low quality really awesome though

[teamlkatkinsmith]

cool, but the audio is a little low quality

[lorus96]

WOW they were spot on with these lyrics,your lucky folks from outside britain,we still have snobby class divisive,useless royals sponging tax payers money for their life of luxury yes in 2011.Off subject i know but if you were funding royal snobs you might feel the same too.great song.

[MobiusRoom]

thats the stuff.....

[Renzonator]

Kudos to my favorite band from Willowdale! Please play Erindale High School again!

[grassy00]

The more i listen to their older stuff like this song, the more i come to the conclusion that nobody tells this band how to write music. I do definately think their music of today is ok, but doesnt come near this stuff.. BU2B clearly has no heartfelt melodies i personally think they should stop with the bu2b shit and get back to there roots.It will be interesting to note their next album.What do you guys reckon of their stuff today?

[kjm0227]

@grassy00 they're snakes and arrows album from 2008 was GREAT in my opinion...workin them angels, the main monkey business, etc. but the two new singles they put out from Clockwork Angels have disappointed me a little. Then again, when you have almost a 40 year history of making great music, it's kind of hard to complain. But you're right, their old stuff, lyrically and musically is unrivaled. Hopefully when they do come out with Clockwork Angels there'll be some more good tunes on there.

[drchocho9]

impresionante banda, tres virtuosisimos musicos en escena. los puede ver en Bs As en 2010. un lujo.....

[GrungeMetalRocker]

their GODS this is real music !

[BohemianConspiracy]

@Eternityflows and don't you forget UFO and why not Blue Oyster too ? ; p

[jasonpp1973]

Looks like Neil is playing w/ traditional grip at 3:18

[egemaster66]

awsome



[xRobbie1]

fuck album sales, what a band.

[hitopsful]

@xRobbie1 i agree but just for some facts, rush is 3rd in the US for consecutive gold/platinum albums, which is all of there albums so 24, and they are 79th for album sales, which is also pretty damn good, but i agree to hell with album sales and the rock and roll hall of SHIT

[xRobbie1]

@hitopsful i suppose but most of these 'critics' and 'writers' base there views on album sales.

[MrTrevd56]

THe Best by Far.... Thank you for all the great music...i would have wanted another band to call my favorite.

[Gungho228]

Thank you Dad for introducing me to Rush. I don't know what i would do without their music.

[nosamcuminhand1]

im 16...... best band ever.

[Denthedragon]

7/8 time during the little interlude with Geddy and Neil, yes?

[NolikargAven]

@Denthedragon your god damn right these guys are motherfuckers on times

[zetetic0void]

One of the best musical pieces but also one of the best lyrics full of political points. "Scheming demons dressed in kingly guise" ... Today, "Kingly guise" is "expensive business suits" .... how many of these politicians and others are workin for the 'peoples' interest and how many are working for their own gain. When you find out how many have secret interests in various oil, weapons manufacture (promoted by wars) or other situations, you really have to wonder.

[chaumont20]

@zetetic0void and when you find out how many Special Interests are involved in the Green Movement, you really have to wonder. The underlying theme of Rush to me was always Freedom and in the end that's what Neil was always trying to promote. Long Live Freedom !

[fuckamericanidiot]

@zetetic0void i still think the queen has more power than any suit, so this song is still relevant as it is

[Crust218]

I teach The Lord of the Rings, and I use this song in conjunction with Tolkien's The Return of the King, using it to compare kingly types like Theoden, Denethor, and Aragorn and connecting back to novels like 1984, Anthem, and Fahrenheit 451. Rush is a fantastic resource for literature teachers!

[VAFury]

@Crust218 Not to get off topic, but this is the type of creative teaching across disciplines that schools need!!! Ya know, instead of teaching to standardized tests and all..... Oh, and RUSH RULES!!!! :-)

[blacktrouble2009]

RUSH IN GREECE...PLEASEEE

[Bigalwannabe]

RUSH!!! A cult band which I"m a proud member there of... Rock on RUSH

[ThePass1967]

@Bigalwannabe i always like to say that there are those of us who get rush...and there is the rest of the world...rush is like a secret that you feel fortunate enough to know...the rest of the world if they only knew then we wouldnt be special for having these three guys in our lives...and Real Rush fans are special...

[Leah24ify]

@ThePass1967 I agree, you said it beautifully!

[ThePass1967]

@Leah24ify Thank You...

[93ym]

@ThePass1967 That's truth in words brother. Rush4life

[MrEASTLANDS]

NOT underrated in ENGLAND neither

[nimzomitch]

Ged looks like a freaken WIZARD! 

[ryanfrommchenry5]

@nimzomitch that's because he is

[unclechipper]

They're not underrated in Canada .

[bucky468]

Just the band we really NEED to have to save the crumbling halftime show of the Big Game, the Super Bowl. None of this Black Eyed Peas bullshit.

[snakekramer]

@bucky468 Yeah really how awful was that shit ha ha

[BitchBeTrollinHard]

eyes cast out on the path of least resistance

[idog4000]

Only REAL men wear Kimono's.

[NS9144]

To this day I'll still never forget the Sunday morning in the fall of 1977 when my brother and I watched this song, Xanadu and Closer To The Heart on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. I was 14 years old and in November of that year would see RUSH at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pa!!!

What an influence RUSH has had on my guitar playing all these years. Thanks Geddy, Alex and Neil for the Soundtrack of my Life!!

[jjeeffnneerroohardyy]

@NS9144 thats so funny cuz my dad says the same thing! he was 15!

[kovalevisgod]

@NS9144 I was 2 when this came out. However, that didn't stop my brother and I from discovering it in 1989 when I was 14. Went to see them a couple months later on the Presto tour. Haven't missed a show since then. Would have been nice to catch them on tour for AFTK, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves or Moving Pictures though. Those were the golden years of Rush.

[psychofunksoldier02]

@kovalevisgod Those were the golden years! Though I would say Snakes & Arrows might be the best album since then, and I have high hopes for Clockwork Angles given the how cool the track "Caravan" is. 

[Andrewoid95]

@psychofunksoldier02 Caravan's really incredible and I can't stop listening to it! I also like BU2B too, but I think Caravan's better.

[dinglenutzz]

"I'm Geddy Lee and Ill sing whatever lyrics I want!!!"

[guitarlad89]

@dinglenutzz ahhh snakes arrows tour.........good effin times!

[dinglenutzz]

@guitarlad89 XD

[BitchBeTrollinHard]

@dinglenutzz floatin down a river on a raft with a black guy

[kfsfkakf]

apparently 3 jonas brothers saw this n hurt their brain

[xanadu1987]

Canzone meravigliosa

Grazie Geddy

Grazie Alex

Grazie Neil

[moondog6969]

o ya!!! cold beer and the kings!!!

[acadianscorpio]

First concert i ever seen.

[MrsClippit]

awesome band! sexy guys too ;)

[zackjp]

i wish they still wore kimonos kinda sexy :D

[dmso12]

where did this come from??

[dmso12]

Would love to see Cygnus X-1

[BlackestEyes1963]

My one true love of music since 1978 - and they still are!

[Kynatics]

Fantastic intro! Such a meaningful song. I don't really like the electric part so much, but oh well

[cwodragon]

The first time I saw Rush was the Farewell To Kings tour in Toledo at the Sports Arena. I have been a fan since, and will be at the Time Machine tour show at the Huntington Center in April.

[mediblue9]

@cwodragon Is Toledo even around anymore?

[CouchKUSHion]

their to good for the rock n roll hall of fame. real rockstars hope to make it onto rush's sterio sometime

[ChevKen]

It's always cool to hear Geddy and Alex making fun of how they dressed in those days.

[cpljones69]

sweet picken man

[purplefiretruck]

4:20

[FeminaSapiensSapiens]

@TheManWithTheCan It's not hilarious, but only logical. "Mainstream" equals to "prefered by the vulgus". We all would love common people to listen to something really good (complex, enriching, inspiring, deeply touching, just like Rush) instead of garbage. So, if we want to make a better world and encourage others to think for themselves, let us invite our friends and relatives to listen to Rush!!! :))

[XavierExel]

This is some Bad-ass freaking tunage...if you can't hang,,then there is alot out there that maybe you can grind to..but this is kinda the deep vault of prog rock or...maybe what i'd call post- Beatles music .. dig it or fare thee well...

[1983Valhalla]

2112 to Moving Pictures is where I fit in!

[pars3451]

THIS BAND IS THOSE BANDS THAT NEVER GET OLD

[bobbyzuckerman]

I eat sleep and drink this band !

[MaxtheMetalhead]

@bobbyzuckerman That's what she said.

[zackjp]

i want both there guitars and kimono's

[zackjp]

@TheManWithTheCan yep

i am a live long rush fan im 14 first heard freewill when i was 5 loved them since any way i hate most main stream stuff we'll now a days

[rarakiri]

From the best album! \m/

[Moon27]

I wish Alex would stand out in my yard and play an acoustic guitar... XD

[nobodysfool454]

Dirk, Lerxst, and Pratt.!!!

[jazzmessenger8]

I listened to this album on cassette for four hours... talk about a nightmare

[fromvulcano]

NEIL PEART♥

[smb40]

rush need to bring back the silk kimonos :D

[misscarilynn12]

one of the best rush albums of all time!! always been my favorite rush song!!

[chrismitchell45]

If you like music, you have to like Rush. Granted Geddy's voice can get annoying but, you'll get over it.

[dtoliaferro]

@chrismitchell45 Annoying? WTF are you talkin' 'bout, dude? His voice kicks ass.

[Ronbo710]

First time I saw them was the Grace Under Pressure Tour. God I wish I could have been there for the '70's shows!!!

[MadSmokerBBQ]

@Ronbo710 I saw Moving Pictures tour and remember seeing guys with Farewell to Kings concert shirts and thinking that must have been forever ago, back in the day! I was like, 13.

[KillerMonkeys567]

when was this music video made?

[EvenFlowGaming]

@KillerMonkeys567 this album came out in 1977 so you do the math

[zackjp]

i want alex's gibson es 355

[jampitts]

@zackjp his name is Alex Lifeson

[zackjp]

@jampitts i know but the name of the guitar is gibson es 355 and i know that his last name is lifeson or if u want to be completlty right zivoyinovic probly spelt that wrong

[axlslash808z]

Friend="so, who's better, the first drummer or neil peart? Me="are u serious!!!???"

[MALCBAGGIE]

So Rush have never been accepted by the mainstream. Who cares-let us enjoy our cult band.

[MouseCaneta]

This guys get older and tired of long hairs hahaha, obviously Geddy Lee`s the exception...

[soloquieroquerer]

farewell so long ...!!!

[Kaiverfox]

Truly one of my fav Rush songs.