Not much to add to the accolades. I mean, this is just awesome. But how many bands can say each member is considered among the world's best at their respective instrument?
I learned Hemispheres on guitar - took me over a year - and now I'm trying to learn it on bass. Drums - forget it! There's only one Neil for a reason!
This song inspired a phew years ago very much into the science and beliefs of the two hemispheres. explore the gods apollon and dionysus,and watch deep inner game by david deangelo.you and the world will thank you!
when this album first came out i bought it, and it was red, wish i still had that, i bet it would be worth some good money, what a great band this is, i hope to be able to see them at least one more time.
Being as tight and perfect as they are, great to hear spontaneous variations, 'mistakes' etc. I guess they really grooved on Moving Pictures (as they developed it after Hem) 'cuz Hemispheres was rarely performed as far as I know. MP was my first tour, and it was very exact, Geddy even telling the same jokes in the same venue the following night!
Professor says, "I always love playing Tom Sawyer. Its so difficult that when I get it right, I'm ecstatic."
Anybody notice that Geddy screwed up the lyrics? He sang "The cities were abandoned" instead of "The people were delighted." in "Apollo" No criticism intended; he can sing their own song any way he likes. Just thought it was funny. Makes me feel better about all the times I screwed up my own lyrics on stage.
man neil pert is fuckin amazing drummer, if you can change time signatures at will, and your audience isnt aware of it, then you have something special!!!
possibly the greatest and most epic song ever composed....stairway to heaven???? gimme an overrated break...."but the winter fell upon them and it caught them unprepared...bringing wolves and cold starvation...and the hearts of men despaired..."..u cant compare zeppelin to rush...they dont hold a candle to them
WOW if this is cobo hall, it was my 1st rush concert. 11th grade in high school. up in the nose bleed section as far back as you can go, yet center stage...I LOVE YOUTUBE....THANK YOU.
I always liked how RUSH wrote and performed the way they wanted to. Not by some record company executives for the sake of trendy style or the latest flavor of the year.
They're a band you either love or hate for whatever reason. But you can't deny the fact that they broke a lot of bounderies and paved the way for many other hard rock and heavy metal acts of today or yesteryear..
@Chanurn thats rare, many people think its one of their worst and is often forgotten. Fountain of Lamneth is an incredible epic track. So much amazing complex mathy/proggy noodling in there, i love it. Dont think ive ever heard anyone ever mention it before :)
Get intae yur YES and yur Gates of Delirium, blows this prog wannabee (awesome, yet) crap out o` tha water. At least the Rush boys knew their place...YES ankle worshippers. Gawd bless Rush!
Probably my favorite Rush song, its got all the staples of a classic Rush composition but they just take it to the next level. I like how the music sounds like something off of Sonic the Hedgehog as stupid as it sounds it brings back childhood memories and almost brings a tear to my eye.
@snakekramer OMG I KNOW!! i still play sonic 2 to this day to this song even though im only 14 but rush and sonic kik ass and i wish i grew up in the the mid 70's to early 90's i hate my generation full of pricks and stupid pointless pop songs about strippers and how everything is technologic and somthing gets old in a month
LONG LIVE RUSH AND SONIC THE HEDGEHOG lol im a nerd
@zackjp Hey now there's nothing wrong with songs about strippers lol. Yeah this band rocks bud keep Rush and Sonic alive. Now I think its time for some Dokken and Kid Chameleon ha ha
@snakekramer yep and i think most songs today have the dumbest lyrics ever now u have to be damn smart to write a song about a black hole and another dimension
i think what this songs about i really dont know but it still kicks ass
@zackjp And a song that on the surface seems to be about trees that is actually a tale of discrimination and racism. Even though people aren't kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw. Even though that wouldn't be a bad idear
@snakekramer lol i thought it was about canada wanting equal power as the usa but thats seems to work perfect though and i dont think any new artist but rush can make a song like this damn i wish it was 1978 damn hate being 14 in a generation i hate
@zackjp Yeah but if it was 1978 you would've been around when there were those god awful hippies were there back in the sixties. Wouldn't want that now would we?
@snakekramer we'll there better then wannabe gangsters and people who think lady gaga is a awsome song writer when i hear them say that i want to put my ipod head phones and blast rush i bet they would hate it but yeah lady gaga sucks ass
@zackjp Yeah so far she is the pinnacle of shitty music in my books. Although the puff daddy years were pretty ruff too. Oh and how about kid rock stealing peoples music. That one song comes on and they're like hey its like lynyrd skynyrd and I'm like nope thats cleary Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London and then they tell me I'M wrong.
@zackjp Yeah people are like oh Mtv doesn't play music videos anymore, and I'm like yeah no shit because there isn't any music out there. Its all throwaway pop and shitty rap. All popular artists hardly play instruments. Alot of newer "bands" even use studio musicians they're just there to look cool and get paid shitloads of dirty money. I'll stick with Rush I think they were never in it for the money. Listening to The Necromance right now by the way \m/
@snakekramer yeah caress of stell or however u spell it is awsome i have rush to hemispheres on cd then moving pictures signals presto snakes and arrows working men ummm exit stage left rush gold retrospective 1 geddy lee my fav headache i have about 17 rush cd's
@zackjp and not one computer affects in the whole cd exept sythasizers echo affect in geddys voice and guitar affects that is real music not some computerrized crap if they remade a rush song i would commit suicide becuase ppl would like the crappy knock off not the original song
@zackjp I like all the albums up to moving pictures. Signals was pretty good too, but in the eighties they started sounding like some new wave band. I don't own any of those albums and I was honestly gonna check them out until I got the chronicles DVD with moving pictures and I seen some of that stuff it really blew my mind how they could ditch that proto-metal sound they always kind of had. Snakes and Arrows was pretty good though.
@snakekramer that is true but since i am willing to buy every album then i will buy those once i find permanent i can't find it anywhere and trust me i've looked
i have only seen hemispheres once in stores i saw it i am like i am buying this it is one of there best albums
@zackjp Yeah its probably my favorite, you can't find any Rush albums? Where are you from? You can get them used for like six bucks at the store. I bought Caress of Steel off of amazon for two bucks plus shipping and handling. Permanent Waves is pretty good. I like Natural Science the song and the field ha ha.
and i can get records for 1$ at the atique shop but i am to lazy to buy a turn table because i would have tor bring it home in a back pack the it could be broken and i dont have a credit card :(
@zackjp Have someone order them for you, I bet you could get all the ones you don't have for less than fifty bucks, that unless you want brand new ones. Amazon is a great place to buy music, I order shit off there all the time.
Rush like Renaissance Artists like Michelangelo and Botticelli admired that Ancient Greek and Roman ideals of the human body as a work. If you listen to the song that is about Apollo and Dionysus (regularly depicted nude) I think you might be able to make the connection). That is why Rush is the thinking man's band. If you want shallow lyrics and generic riffs all power to you.
@ballroomblitzkid1994 - Very true, I hadn't considered that. Besides Rush's Hemispheres and Yes' Going For The One, I wonder what other albums covers are adorned with pictures of guy's asses.
@1rushboy ....dood, believe me, I kick myself in the a** for it everyday...as a ray of hope, I did sell it to my best childhood friend, and MAY be able to get it back someday....
Geddy didn't mess around. Unlike most rock bands, his bass notes rarely just followed the guitar: mostly he went and did his own thing, and its hard to pick it out without a trained ear (which I don't got :( ).
im not a bass player, but i can understand what you're saying. Theres the 1 section of By Tor where Geddy just starts doin his own thing and im thinking
this has got to be really tough to play , hes sooooooooo Fast
My first Rush show . Snuck in the back door , walked along side stage left and plopped down in Tier A . Thanks for posting . Hard to forget this night . Cobo Arena was too cool !
The way Geddy plays today...how much he has enriched his tone...it'd be great to hear him again record and play live one of his Ricks....his jazz bass (his current favorite) sounds killer though...
Rush is great. No doubt. But due to my first encounter to Dream Theater, the overdrive used by Rush is kinda... not my style. They are awesome, but they sound kinda clean for me.
I was always under the impression that Rush fans were really intelligent people. But after looking at all the closed-mindedness in these comments, I feel sick to my stomach. I love Rush as much as anybody, I promise you, but music is still all opinion.
I have to say, Hemispheres was the second best lyrically made song that Neil Pert has done, but 2112 will always be first. Well, at least its the second best epic. The best short song would have to be "A farewell to kings" because of the lyrics. :)
someone said that peart's songwriting is richly awful tapestries of fantasy and science fictions steeped in an eighth- grade understanding of western philosophy. maybe an eight-grade understanding is all you need... hmm???
Plenty of thirteen year-old teenagers are intelligent, widely read, and have opinions based on more than just a superficial understanding of our world. I'd say that you're right. Peart once described himself as a self-made intellectual.
Frigging ridiculous! Back when music was really MUSIC (ie not made on laptops and samples) Great recording of the band at their artistic peak! Where did you find this? I love all the time signature changes and the crazy vocal range that pushes Geddy to the limit. One of my favorite Rush pieces of all time for sure. Shame it cuts off right after Prelude ends. Best 10 minutes of my day man! Thanks for that!
anyone who thinks neil peart is a bad songwriter knows nothing about music and musicianship. like give me a break, rush pushes it to the boundaries and delivers. Just listen to losing it, natural science, and freewill a few times while reading the lyrics and try and say neil peart is a bad songwriter/lyricist.
Thanks for the 'advice', but I didn't compare Rush to Eminem. But writing lyrics doesn't qualify as being a musician. I should know, I have been a professional studio musician for 15 years, and played for 26. So Neil Peart is NOT a songwriter. I believe Geddy Lee, and Alex Lifeson write most or all of the music..
@uiwqe This is more progressive than technical. If you think this is technical, you should hear technical death metal like The Faceless or Necrophagist, just saying. Rush is still the best band ever, they always will be.
Frankly, this is music history...this stuff needs to be locked down and deposited securely in Isac Asimov's Foundation Vault. This is a wonderful recording of early, rockin' Rush. I hope all you sound-check gurus from The Time keep coming out with this gold. Really, this is priceless.
RUSH: The Ultimate Rock Band. I shit you not, when aliens land to colonize us in a few years, the only thing they'll wanna hear will be RUSH. I shit you not. Spark da fatties..
I work in a Missle Complex, I cook. can only bring CD's. I have heard this song many, many, times over and over while cooking, and I must say I feel it just a little bigger than 2112. This whole Fucking Ablum keeps me from sticking my hand in the fryer at a missle silo.
Wow! I could have swore I had some comments posted on this clip yesterday and now they are gone. I didnt swear or threaten anyone. It amazes me how little effort it took to scare someone out of their belief in free speech. Anyway, this is a great clip.
Ah, Rolling Stone - vanguard of pop culture and all that is music - you've protected us valiantly from talent and muscianship for 40+ years. Good job - may you be the first to sink into the Atlantic when the Big One hits, followed by a plague of locusts, Napster pirates, and CHUDs, sapping your pop culture coffers dry and using your monthly rag as improvised aenimas - and as kindling so as to burn your wretched den of pop culture thievery to the ground. Rolling Chodes indeed.
Here's the quote about peart that I disagree with, #2 worst song writer,
Peart opuses like Cygnus X-1 are richly awful tapestries of fantasy and science fiction, steeped in an eighth-grade understanding of Western philosophy. 2112, Rushs 1976 , remains an awe-inspiring low point in the sordid relationship between rock and ideas.Worst lyric: I stand atop a spiral stair/An oracle confronts me there/He leads me on light years away/Through astral nights, galactic days (Oracle: The Dream
Not much to add to the accolades. I mean, this is just awesome. But how many bands can say each member is considered among the world's best at their respective instrument?
nitedrive 1 month ago
the best bass sound ever!!!!
yyz96 2 months ago
Hemispheres: easily my favorite Rush album.
UniformConfusion 4 months ago
excellent!!!!!!!!
AtirutNics 5 months ago
Such killer sound from that rickey!! His voice is stellar to!! My God...could it get any better...oh yeah...theres a part 2! Pure Gold!!!
truenewyorker101 6 months ago
I wish I could go back in time and see Rush on their Hemispheres tour in
1979.
superbulldog81 6 months ago 3
5 people realized this wasnt the Justin Beiber video they were looking for
DuctapePenguin 7 months ago 3
the only one who can play the prelude better than Neil is Hannes Grossman. No joke this dod is amazinng.
Num6a1gamer 7 months ago
I learned Hemispheres on guitar - took me over a year - and now I'm trying to learn it on bass. Drums - forget it! There's only one Neil for a reason!
stratovani 7 months ago
@stratovani
this song is so fucking hard on bass. Jesus christ...
ugoodHomeBoy 4 months ago
@ugoodHomeBoy - no doubt about it. So far I'm still working on Prelude. I'm not anywhere ready to move on to Apollo Bringer of Wisdom.
stratovani 4 months ago
It took me a long time to memorize all the lyrics, and it's the best track on Hemispheres, which is their best album!
BeatlesForSale64 8 months ago
thumbs up if your arms are sore from air drumming!
mc8lgm 8 months ago
This is a band of geniuses. End of story.
LeonBarmiteous 8 months ago
I saw this show in the toledo sports arena it was spectacular i love rush still do to this day.
kingdiamond69 8 months ago
This song inspired a phew years ago very much into the science and beliefs of the two hemispheres. explore the gods apollon and dionysus,and watch deep inner game by david deangelo.you and the world will thank you!
91Tribual 8 months ago
when this album first came out i bought it, and it was red, wish i still had that, i bet it would be worth some good money, what a great band this is, i hope to be able to see them at least one more time.
mcdago62 8 months ago
fapo....
MARCHBALI 9 months ago
The second row is calling me Apr 12 for me and my 8-yr old son. Damn, I wish my dad took me to a Rush concert.
1rushboy 9 months ago
@1rushboy i saw some lady taking her (i'd guess around 12 years old) son there, and i thought exactly that
wish my step dad took me to a rush show (he's even a rush fan)...then i thought, if i have a kid, and rush is still touring then, they WILL see them
so ..nice job on doing an awesome fatherly deed
banklikefrankwhite1 9 months ago
@1rushboy and i hope he appreciates it
banklikefrankwhite1 9 months ago
@banklikefrankwhite1 Alex gave my son a pick at the show Tuesday, He's still smiling. The most endangered species, the honest man.
1rushboy 9 months ago
@1rushboy i would be too...i'm a little jealous i must admit
banklikefrankwhite1 9 months ago
I saw the Rush documentary recently-great band,great guys. Very down to earth and likable.
Wartfacedfreak 10 months ago
Thank you Geddy, Alex, Neil. You have changed my life =). Can't wait to see u guys April 8th.
Mustachhe 10 months ago
@Mustachhe You are going to the Hershey show tonight then.
peakrider74 9 months ago
@peakrider74 i did. It was amazing
Mustachhe 9 months ago
love this album and 2112
bunnyrocks69 11 months ago 2
THANK YOU
cursedjeeper 11 months ago
this is it! this is the music people should listen to today!
91Tribual 11 months ago
This, combined with part one (Cygnus X-1), is my favorite Rush song of all time.
Legionbass19 1 year ago
the best
bouboutrix 1 year ago
I almost forgot, you must have two brains to sing such complex lyrics and play very complex melodic bass lines.
lionlr1 1 year ago
God Lee.
RushALMM 1 year ago
@lionlr1 He's got four hemispheres.
Legionbass19 1 year ago
I have the stubs from my dad when he saw the at the PHILADELPHIA SPECTRUM, 1978.
lionlr1 1 year ago
Only three guys making all of this noise!That's what always has amazed me about this band.
ChevKen 1 year ago 2
damn canadiens!!
jointmatch 1 year ago
these three dudes kick more ass then the rest of the world combined
xDroflmao1337 1 year ago
outstanding quality!
dmso12 1 year ago
Great, great, great!!!!
TheWhite1961 1 year ago
The ultimate expression of their conceptual period? And a tite live rendition!
wildblue2 1 year ago
yeah i love song....always!!
incrediblewild 1 year ago
Wow
what a gem
Being as tight and perfect as they are, great to hear spontaneous variations, 'mistakes' etc. I guess they really grooved on Moving Pictures (as they developed it after Hem) 'cuz Hemispheres was rarely performed as far as I know. MP was my first tour, and it was very exact, Geddy even telling the same jokes in the same venue the following night!
Professor says, "I always love playing Tom Sawyer. Its so difficult that when I get it right, I'm ecstatic."
Difficult for HIM??
2get2Terrapin 1 year ago
is this really live? Tight performance!
wildblue2 1 year ago
@wildblue2
Like one of those paintings that looks like a photograph!
2get2Terrapin 1 year ago
Anybody notice that Geddy screwed up the lyrics? He sang "The cities were abandoned" instead of "The people were delighted." in "Apollo" No criticism intended; he can sing their own song any way he likes. Just thought it was funny. Makes me feel better about all the times I screwed up my own lyrics on stage.
therealBlackwell 1 year ago
a Lerxst in wonderland.....
nobodysfool454 1 year ago
man neil pert is fuckin amazing drummer, if you can change time signatures at will, and your audience isnt aware of it, then you have something special!!!
ironwaffle100 1 year ago
AWSUM
egemaster66 1 year ago
rush is the ultimate secret to a music lover/musician. i hope they stay away from the hall of shame.
lordertai 1 year ago
the gods in human form.
lordertai 1 year ago
Thank you for this!!!!
This is my favorite album.......
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possibly the greatest and most epic song ever composed....stairway to heaven???? gimme an overrated break...."but the winter fell upon them and it caught them unprepared...bringing wolves and cold starvation...and the hearts of men despaired..."..u cant compare zeppelin to rush...they dont hold a candle to them
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execatty 1 year ago
WOW if this is cobo hall, it was my 1st rush concert. 11th grade in high school. up in the nose bleed section as far back as you can go, yet center stage...I LOVE YOUTUBE....THANK YOU.
MRCJCOLLINS 1 year ago
YES RUSH GENISESS AND PINK FLOYD ARE MY FAV PROG ROCK BANDS MOSTLY RUSH
zackjp 1 year ago
cant touch this
fanofgerryb 1 year ago
"Throw off those chains of reason, and your prison disappears..." I love that line...
beelzabubba 1 year ago
@beelzabubba
Oh yes me too :)
rushnerd 1 year ago
Just asking, what kind of moron votes this down?
this is a gem for Rush fans. All else can move along.
yerded1 1 year ago 31
@yerded1 people who clearly do not know good music.
Ganjateer88 1 year ago
@yerded1
Part deux, my friend??
2get2Terrapin 1 year ago
@yerded1 trolls or obama adherents
9caps2hell 1 year ago
@9caps2hell I think a McCain adherent is more likely to vote this down.
xDroflmao1337 1 year ago
@9caps2hell fuckin obama
YourNameHere136 1 year ago
I always liked how RUSH wrote and performed the way they wanted to. Not by some record company executives for the sake of trendy style or the latest flavor of the year.
They're a band you either love or hate for whatever reason. But you can't deny the fact that they broke a lot of bounderies and paved the way for many other hard rock and heavy metal acts of today or yesteryear..
sonorpaisteguy 1 year ago
y does geddy remind me of bill nye?
shoeme123 1 year ago
@shoeme123 - Always thought Geddy and Steve Oerry were related. lol
nailers99 1 year ago
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@shoeme123 - Always thought Geddy and Steve Perry were related. lol
nailers99 1 year ago
hey...geddy got the verses mixed up between apollo and dionysus! good times. :-)
timonicmusic 1 year ago
I still have the original cassette I bought back then and it still plays. I was Twelve.
Braunheim 1 year ago
Caress of Steel is still my favorite Rush album.
Chanurn 1 year ago 14
@Chanurn I still scare the neighbors when i crank up my Klipsch speakers to 12 for Necromancer.
1rushboy 1 year ago
@Chanurn thats rare, many people think its one of their worst and is often forgotten. Fountain of Lamneth is an incredible epic track. So much amazing complex mathy/proggy noodling in there, i love it. Dont think ive ever heard anyone ever mention it before :)
sizone 8 months ago
Gah! this is better than any acid, heroin, or weed!!
Rush my anti-drug...well actually just regular drug cuz i am addicted afterall.
ILLKRILLKILLER 1 year ago
@ILLKRILLKILLER Fuck that. Rush + weed = amazing. After all, they were high for most of their early career.
lawlz01 1 year ago
effing amazing! never heard this version of my favorite rush track before - bloody brill!
pngilman 1 year ago
Get intae yur YES and yur Gates of Delirium, blows this prog wannabee (awesome, yet) crap out o` tha water. At least the Rush boys knew their place...YES ankle worshippers. Gawd bless Rush!
Johnnywr 1 year ago
@Johnnywr ..hey I love Rush AND Yes...someone who has this kind of taste in music should dig both.
ArmorOfChrist777 1 year ago
Noooooooo
I love it!
WChaseII 1 year ago
Probably my favorite Rush song, its got all the staples of a classic Rush composition but they just take it to the next level. I like how the music sounds like something off of Sonic the Hedgehog as stupid as it sounds it brings back childhood memories and almost brings a tear to my eye.
snakekramer 1 year ago
@snakekramer OMG I KNOW!! i still play sonic 2 to this day to this song even though im only 14 but rush and sonic kik ass and i wish i grew up in the the mid 70's to early 90's i hate my generation full of pricks and stupid pointless pop songs about strippers and how everything is technologic and somthing gets old in a month
LONG LIVE RUSH AND SONIC THE HEDGEHOG lol im a nerd
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp Hey now there's nothing wrong with songs about strippers lol. Yeah this band rocks bud keep Rush and Sonic alive. Now I think its time for some Dokken and Kid Chameleon ha ha
snakekramer 1 year ago
@snakekramer yep and i think most songs today have the dumbest lyrics ever now u have to be damn smart to write a song about a black hole and another dimension
i think what this songs about i really dont know but it still kicks ass
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp And a song that on the surface seems to be about trees that is actually a tale of discrimination and racism. Even though people aren't kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw. Even though that wouldn't be a bad idear
snakekramer 1 year ago
@snakekramer lol i thought it was about canada wanting equal power as the usa but thats seems to work perfect though and i dont think any new artist but rush can make a song like this damn i wish it was 1978 damn hate being 14 in a generation i hate
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp Yeah but if it was 1978 you would've been around when there were those god awful hippies were there back in the sixties. Wouldn't want that now would we?
snakekramer 1 year ago
@snakekramer we'll there better then wannabe gangsters and people who think lady gaga is a awsome song writer when i hear them say that i want to put my ipod head phones and blast rush i bet they would hate it but yeah lady gaga sucks ass
LONG LIVE RUSH
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp Yeah so far she is the pinnacle of shitty music in my books. Although the puff daddy years were pretty ruff too. Oh and how about kid rock stealing peoples music. That one song comes on and they're like hey its like lynyrd skynyrd and I'm like nope thats cleary Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London and then they tell me I'M wrong.
snakekramer 1 year ago
@snakekramer lol then call them retards that don't know music
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp Yeah people are like oh Mtv doesn't play music videos anymore, and I'm like yeah no shit because there isn't any music out there. Its all throwaway pop and shitty rap. All popular artists hardly play instruments. Alot of newer "bands" even use studio musicians they're just there to look cool and get paid shitloads of dirty money. I'll stick with Rush I think they were never in it for the money. Listening to The Necromance right now by the way \m/
snakekramer 1 year ago
@snakekramer yeah caress of stell or however u spell it is awsome i have rush to hemispheres on cd then moving pictures signals presto snakes and arrows working men ummm exit stage left rush gold retrospective 1 geddy lee my fav headache i have about 17 rush cd's
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp and not one computer affects in the whole cd exept sythasizers echo affect in geddys voice and guitar affects that is real music not some computerrized crap if they remade a rush song i would commit suicide becuase ppl would like the crappy knock off not the original song
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp I like all the albums up to moving pictures. Signals was pretty good too, but in the eighties they started sounding like some new wave band. I don't own any of those albums and I was honestly gonna check them out until I got the chronicles DVD with moving pictures and I seen some of that stuff it really blew my mind how they could ditch that proto-metal sound they always kind of had. Snakes and Arrows was pretty good though.
snakekramer 1 year ago
@snakekramer that is true but since i am willing to buy every album then i will buy those once i find permanent i can't find it anywhere and trust me i've looked
i have only seen hemispheres once in stores i saw it i am like i am buying this it is one of there best albums
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp Yeah its probably my favorite, you can't find any Rush albums? Where are you from? You can get them used for like six bucks at the store. I bought Caress of Steel off of amazon for two bucks plus shipping and handling. Permanent Waves is pretty good. I like Natural Science the song and the field ha ha.
snakekramer 1 year ago
@snakekramer no not even on cd
and i can get records for 1$ at the atique shop but i am to lazy to buy a turn table because i would have tor bring it home in a back pack the it could be broken and i dont have a credit card :(
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp Have someone order them for you, I bet you could get all the ones you don't have for less than fifty bucks, that unless you want brand new ones. Amazon is a great place to buy music, I order shit off there all the time.
snakekramer 1 year ago
@zackjp, very well put.
ArmorOfChrist777 1 year ago
yeah i would to say this album and caress of steel are the best albums ....i remember getting baked and listening to this whole album...rush rules
cameraeye49201 1 year ago
Great song and album! My top five favorite artists: Rush, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, The Eagles, Supertramp.
Darryl0414 1 year ago 3
@Darryl0414 supertramp? how gay can you get
YourNameHere136 1 year ago
2:36 the triangle solo. Fucking brilliant.
Did Geddy fuck the lyrics up? I think so.
MartinJWillett 1 year ago 2
yap, he did! :D
tsuukami 1 year ago
What's with Rush and putting pictures of guy's asses on the covers of their albums? Kinda weird.
defaultuser404 1 year ago
Rush like Renaissance Artists like Michelangelo and Botticelli admired that Ancient Greek and Roman ideals of the human body as a work. If you listen to the song that is about Apollo and Dionysus (regularly depicted nude) I think you might be able to make the connection). That is why Rush is the thinking man's band. If you want shallow lyrics and generic riffs all power to you.
MYacono 1 year ago
@MYacono You said it
1rushboy 1 year ago
@MYacono You're exactly right. The Thinking Man's Band!
Kenny151 1 year ago
Yes did the same, too, on their album cover for Going For The One. Find it pretty hilarious if you ask me!
ballroomblitzkid1994 1 year ago
@ballroomblitzkid1994 - Very true, I hadn't considered that. Besides Rush's Hemispheres and Yes' Going For The One, I wonder what other albums covers are adorned with pictures of guy's asses.
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ballroomblitzkid1994 1 year ago
@defaultuser404 I think Pink Floyd also showed a guy's ass on Shine On.
ballroomblitzkid1994 1 year ago
@ballroomblitzkid1994 yeah but thats there logo starman kicks ass i want a shirt with starman on it but i guess a mving pictures shirt works
zackjp 1 year ago
This could have been on Caress of Steel!
One of Rush's most intrinsic, self-indulgent records by far!
They should have never gone commercial. Fuck the radio and the tone-deaf.
Old-school Rush is best!
drunksingsheep 1 year ago 3
untouchable!!
uiwqe 1 year ago
The bass is awesome on this, I love it along with the one in Big Money.
coffycup75 1 year ago
The imagination!
sneha1965 1 year ago
Geddy is awesome! Still my favorite player...damn, I should have never sold my rick...
ArmorOfChrist777 2 years ago 16
@ArmorOfChrist777 You Crack-head! Never sell the Rick! I bought mine brand new in 1977 for $650 and still have it.
1rushboy 1 year ago
@1rushboy ....dood, believe me, I kick myself in the a** for it everyday...as a ray of hope, I did sell it to my best childhood friend, and MAY be able to get it back someday....
ArmorOfChrist777 1 year ago
I had a look at the bass tab for this piece ("song" is too small a word).
INSANE!!!!!!
I won't be playing this one anytime soon.
eveningtsar 2 years ago 2
so this song is hard to play on the Bass ?
ACEBAKER911 2 years ago
You could say that ;)
Geddy didn't mess around. Unlike most rock bands, his bass notes rarely just followed the guitar: mostly he went and did his own thing, and its hard to pick it out without a trained ear (which I don't got :( ).
eveningtsar 2 years ago 3
im not a bass player, but i can understand what you're saying. Theres the 1 section of By Tor where Geddy just starts doin his own thing and im thinking
this has got to be really tough to play , hes sooooooooo Fast
ACEBAKER911 2 years ago
i would say so.
noles33 2 years ago
I was jamming excerpts of this piece today with my friend ... I thought: "no problem ... I know it" I ended up hanging my head in shame !
biotonk 2 years ago
Nothing humbles one like a Geddy Lee bassline, eh? ;)
I think I'll stick with "Louie Louie"
eveningtsar 2 years ago
Dude, The only way to do it is to try...
Learning this song is a journey... Difficult, but possible...
Give it an afternoon...
You'll be glad you did...
W-W
Wrongway1965 2 years ago 2
My first Rush show . Snuck in the back door , walked along side stage left and plopped down in Tier A . Thanks for posting . Hard to forget this night . Cobo Arena was too cool !
mat2112v 2 years ago
cobo hall arena 12-2-1978??...rock on!!
mariodeadonvoice 2 years ago
The tone of that Rick !!!
The way Geddy plays today...how much he has enriched his tone...it'd be great to hear him again record and play live one of his Ricks....his jazz bass (his current favorite) sounds killer though...
fabofx 2 years ago
Actually, most of early recrodings were with that old Jazz bass. He just didnt use it live a lot back in the day.
bohs1984 2 years ago
Rush is great. No doubt. But due to my first encounter to Dream Theater, the overdrive used by Rush is kinda... not my style. They are awesome, but they sound kinda clean for me.
saskwachi 2 years ago
Looks like Alex hit up his grandma for the loan of her blouse.
69drummerdan 2 years ago 3
great upload, awesome to hear this live version!!!
Cant wait for the proposed new album and tour next year!!!!!!!!!
JuicyDangler999 2 years ago
I was always under the impression that Rush fans were really intelligent people. But after looking at all the closed-mindedness in these comments, I feel sick to my stomach. I love Rush as much as anybody, I promise you, but music is still all opinion.
NR92CP 2 years ago 2
GLEET ty
twingats16 2 years ago
I have to say, Hemispheres was the second best lyrically made song that Neil Pert has done, but 2112 will always be first. Well, at least its the second best epic. The best short song would have to be "A farewell to kings" because of the lyrics. :)
HowlTheGrayWolf 2 years ago
Such bass lines.
SKOTHAI 2 years ago
This is so great, thanks so much for posting this!
UltimateRushFan 2 years ago 2
Great find. I love this era from Rush, they were in their prime. When I first heard 2112 I thought these guys were beemed down from another planet.
Where did they come up with this shit! Awesome!
chucke1963 2 years ago
someone said that peart's songwriting is richly awful tapestries of fantasy and science fictions steeped in an eighth- grade understanding of western philosophy. maybe an eight-grade understanding is all you need... hmm???
SpiritOfRadio2112 2 years ago
Plenty of thirteen year-old teenagers are intelligent, widely read, and have opinions based on more than just a superficial understanding of our world. I'd say that you're right. Peart once described himself as a self-made intellectual.
SKOTHAI 2 years ago
I saw Rush on the next night after this concert at the Toledo Sports Arena, they were magnificent, they get better every tour.
cwodragon 2 years ago
Frigging ridiculous! Back when music was really MUSIC (ie not made on laptops and samples) Great recording of the band at their artistic peak! Where did you find this? I love all the time signature changes and the crazy vocal range that pushes Geddy to the limit. One of my favorite Rush pieces of all time for sure. Shame it cuts off right after Prelude ends. Best 10 minutes of my day man! Thanks for that!
freddytheham 2 years ago
the best song ever! I guess time has dated my thinking but this music RULES!!
morats8up 2 years ago
anyone who thinks neil peart is a bad songwriter knows nothing about music and musicianship. like give me a break, rush pushes it to the boundaries and delivers. Just listen to losing it, natural science, and freewill a few times while reading the lyrics and try and say neil peart is a bad songwriter/lyricist.
singlarity 2 years ago 2
Niel Peart isn't a songwriter--he writes words. That rules, but don't ever discount the musicianship of 'musicians'. Mostly drummers are drummers.
Eminem writes lyrics--is he a musician? No, he is a hip hop artist.
Rock on
gobbler6 2 years ago
Em is a WIGGER....NOTHING more...and ALOT less!
Please, next time you try to compare muscians, use REAL ones!!
And DEFINITELY NOT in the catagory of Rush!! Who not only OWNS most so-called musicians, but little wannabes like Eminem! Next!!!!
negtype13 2 years ago
Thanks for the 'advice', but I didn't compare Rush to Eminem. But writing lyrics doesn't qualify as being a musician. I should know, I have been a professional studio musician for 15 years, and played for 26. So Neil Peart is NOT a songwriter. I believe Geddy Lee, and Alex Lifeson write most or all of the music..
gobbler6 2 years ago
music was alot more technical back then
uiwqe 2 years ago
@uiwqe This is more progressive than technical. If you think this is technical, you should hear technical death metal like The Faceless or Necrophagist, just saying. Rush is still the best band ever, they always will be.
Ryu12543 1 year ago
I love the part at 9:18 thats such a crazy little jam
starkmeister2 2 years ago
Yeah. Nice time sig change there - from 4/4 to 2/4 back to 4/4 I think. Anyway Rush is famous for that stuff Starkmeister.
freddytheham 2 years ago
AMAZING!! Fucking fantastic!!! Thank you SO much for this :))))
silddx 2 years ago
now THAT'S what music can do
ArthurBoz 2 years ago
Frankly, this is music history...this stuff needs to be locked down and deposited securely in Isac Asimov's Foundation Vault. This is a wonderful recording of early, rockin' Rush. I hope all you sound-check gurus from The Time keep coming out with this gold. Really, this is priceless.
darcsaster 2 years ago 2
RUSH: The Ultimate Rock Band. I shit you not, when aliens land to colonize us in a few years, the only thing they'll wanna hear will be RUSH. I shit you not. Spark da fatties..
darcsaster 2 years ago 2
Absolutely, The Elder Race of Man is going to return from space and listen to Rush all day long.
RodrigoVegaIII 2 years ago 2
If they only would've done this at their last concert... my life would then be complete.
Favorite song ever.
noiseinbloom 2 years ago
how the fuck does geddy sing at the same time as playing these blistering fast passages with countless time signature changes?
Even after listening to this song over and over in my lifetime, this still never ceases to amaze me
how could anyone consider neil peart the second worst lyricist in rock? hes one of the ten best, if not the best inmy opinion
Rago2112 2 years ago 3
I work in a Missle Complex, I cook. can only bring CD's. I have heard this song many, many, times over and over while cooking, and I must say I feel it just a little bigger than 2112. This whole Fucking Ablum keeps me from sticking my hand in the fryer at a missle silo.
darcyUSA21 2 years ago
I cook only shit with this music...llloooooll
redbaron863 2 years ago
in the interests of world peace I implore you to keep listening to rush-will send emergency supplies over from here in australia if needed. :)
steveperry2112 2 years ago
@ togue777 and others.
No offense, but if this turns into an argument I'll just disable comments.
Think what ye will.
yerded1 2 years ago 2
@yerded1 You arse...
stelvans 1 year ago
Wow! I could have swore I had some comments posted on this clip yesterday and now they are gone. I didnt swear or threaten anyone. It amazes me how little effort it took to scare someone out of their belief in free speech. Anyway, this is a great clip.
togue777 2 years ago 2
Finally you make an excellent point
fendergibs 2 years ago
neil peart a bad songwriter, give me a freaken break.
lastbefore1st 2 years ago
Ah, Rolling Stone - vanguard of pop culture and all that is music - you've protected us valiantly from talent and muscianship for 40+ years. Good job - may you be the first to sink into the Atlantic when the Big One hits, followed by a plague of locusts, Napster pirates, and CHUDs, sapping your pop culture coffers dry and using your monthly rag as improvised aenimas - and as kindling so as to burn your wretched den of pop culture thievery to the ground. Rolling Chodes indeed.
I like Rush, btw.
Poopookachew1 2 years ago
Here's the quote about peart that I disagree with, #2 worst song writer,
Peart opuses like Cygnus X-1 are richly awful tapestries of fantasy and science fiction, steeped in an eighth-grade understanding of Western philosophy. 2112, Rushs 1976 , remains an awe-inspiring low point in the sordid relationship between rock and ideas.Worst lyric: I stand atop a spiral stair/An oracle confronts me there/He leads me on light years away/Through astral nights, galactic days (Oracle: The Dream
fendergibs 2 years ago
always I listen Hemispheres ,remembre me to the winter from many years ago..... whan I was a young .... one of the best history music rock albums.
santyrush 2 years ago
A tour I got to see (Palladium in NY (R.I.P.) where they shook the chandelier).
Wherever you found this, old,dead, Rush fans are grateful.
nonthere 2 years ago 2
Nope, this isn't the Black Forest version. I haven't heard the Detroit show but this isn't Black Forest...I know it very well.
rlmcentee 2 years ago
Black Forest, Germany 1979
Not Detroit 1978.
hydrashok556 2 years ago
Dont care much about the anti- establishment crap anymore- but love the band, and it is great to hear different performances from them
plhnelson 2 years ago
gran cancion
la adoro
al igual que a 2112
ElGolpeatambores 2 years ago
cool how they used farewell to kings in this song speaking of cyngnusx1
mdelair420 2 years ago