Rush - Mystic Rhythms 8-18-2004

[alkimst13]

Neil Peart - the best lyricist EVER. not bad on the drums either! 

[Zombieman27]

@alkimst13 not bad? dude hes better on the drums than he is writing lyrics...

[Drumbalaya]

Nice video! Great quality too!

[Tod661]

Its Rush..What more needs to be said..No explanations..No anything..Its Rush and they will keep going:)

[chimab]

RUSH just shows you what is wrong with a lot of music today. No overproduced studio sounds, vocalizers or sampled crap. Just 3 solid musicians who create and play great music no matter where they are. A dying art.

[shawn88143]

God in heaven...this sounds incredible! I love this song and this performance kicks ass! Rush is the best! Dirk, Learxst and Pratt rule!

[MrNickdrummer]

In the 1994 video you needed 4 brains to play this on the drums. In 2004 you need 8. Peart managed to make it even more dificult... triggering those sounds with his left foot.. I GIVE UP! LOL

[ralachapelle]

@MrNickdrummer I guess you could say this is why Neil Peart is considered the best!

[AK2927]

Do they still play this live? I hope so - I'm going to see them in a few weeks and I love this song.

[ralachapelle]

@AK2927 Just saw them in Toledo last night & no they do not play it. I was so disappointed!

[kelvisparsley64]

OR, @ 1:54 is Ged signaling to lower ALEX in the mix? ...He does point in Alex' direction.

[AK2927]

@kelvisparsley64  Just in his own monitor I'd say, not the mix the audience hears.

[jr55ful]

shame these guys aren't a little better instrumentally. wow,i just puked in my own mouth from posting that. guess i deserved it.

[psk295]

Neil Peart is the best drummer of all time. I saw them years ago at the Forum and it was Freakin Awesome!!

[jamesmorgan583]

They just get better. The whole 8-18-2004 should be checked out. A different clock indeed.

[BigCrash78]

very great drumming !

[1devo6587]

damn, neil pert is so good, he sounds like a drum machine

[Annonymus121]

@1devo6587 He is my freind LOL

[1devo6587]

@Annonymus121 cool!

[jberlotti]

@1devo6587 Neil is not good, he is F**king EPIC! And he IS a drum machine :oD

[boibad12]

i hope if i see the time machine tour this is performed

[rush4ever1]

Rush= FREAKING AMAZING, i dont know any band better than these guys. i love them all so much, Amazing music, Amazing lyrics, Amazing Voice. Freaking amazing Drums and Bass lines. and Freaking amazing guitar riffs, cords, etc.. Rush Forever!

[joeylegacy2000]

Did Geddy ever marry or have children/? Never heard much about his personal life?

[scarfacedan09]

@joeylegacy2000 He is currently married and has several daughters i think

[lovebites73]

Yes he is married. He has 2 kids.

[WishesNetwork]

1:54 - What is Geddy doing?

[RollTheFemers]

I think someone said on here that he's signalling for the techs to lower the drum volume on his in-ear monitor.

[WishesNetwork]

Probably, he appears a little agitated by what ever it was. I would guess that even that he is a talented multi-instrumentalist, shit can go wrong and he needs to get his concentration back.

[Jabarichonicles]

@RollTheFemers

lol he looked really pissed that it was so high

[yes90125]

@RollTheFemers I think you might be right cos Neil is really the predominant instrument here. In an earlier interview Geddy actually said Neil is the loudest. That said, the mixing must still be accurate.Neil shouldnt be too loud!! CHEERS!

[ParallaxDrums]

Possibly my favorite rush song.... Makes me feel good inside every time i hear this.

[MiscellaneousMedia1]

omfg! i remember walking right past radio city when my family went to NYC a few days ago!

[pryt86]

fuckin amazing song amazing concert saw them on this tour it was great. Thanks for postin this and all ur videos

[VegasRage]

Damn! the quality of these vids are fricken awesome

[TheBigAlShow]

0:31 AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NismoDJ20]

love this song,first heard it on the Chronicles VHS

[shaggy160]

Yeah, he likes to kinda dance to the rhythm of the music.

[jberlotti]

Rush never ceases to amaze me! These guys kick royal ass. Pisses me off I have never seen them live. Everytime they came around I could never get to see them. If I have to fly across the country, I will see them before they stop touring.

[sampsont]

Would love to party wirh Geddy and then have them jam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SAND1447]

saw these guys live at the San Antonio Coleseum in 1990.A brilliant show by 3 of the most intelligent and talented musicians the genre has to offer...

[CesMan83]

@SAND1447

Hear hear, brother! I'd give both pinky toes just to see 'em live!!

[charliehustle141]

@CesMan83 that's it?

[rushlover56]

what the hell is geddy doing at 1:56? is something wrong? lol

[KuzinRob]

Signaling his roadie to turn down the drums in his monitor. Funny enough, someone asked the same question of the Natural Science 1996 video that was just posted. Geddy taps his head and points up meaning, "Turn up my vocals."

[KaoKun1990]

Gotta love how he does it in time with the song, as if it were completely normal.

[superhomsar2112]

i know, right? right in beat with those hipnotic drums. almost, in an obscure kinda way, reminiscent to what he does at that part in the actual music video.

i like this version. the Geddy Lee Fender adds some crunch to the song. although the chorus is not as full as the origional song. seems kinda bare. great song none the less!! my fave from their synth driven era.

[KaoKun1990]

I love everything out of the synth era. Signals, P/G, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire are their best works in my opinion. The complexity of the songs, especially on HYF, has always amazed me.

[superhomsar2112]

i truly love their synth stuff as well. i'm not sure if it's my faveorite era (it's so hard to choose!!!) but everything they've done is amazing. as a bassist i am always awestruck when it comes to geddy's playing. HYF has some of his most challanging works on it. force ten and turn the page tend to make my fingers spontaneously combust when trying to play. and the fact that he sings AND plays synth/pedals at the same time is beyond amazing.

[TheBigAlShow]

i can play this song on drums but it wud be better if i had a better electric drum kit but u can still tell the song

[TheBigAlShow]

ya same with subdivisions i think my uncle was retro sike that lol ide have 2 c a pic

[Makonu2]

It also shows how Rush are indeed musical perfectionists when it comes to the quality of their live performance.

[RollTheFemers]

Whoa, that's cool!

[burningxdimx]

Geddy probably didn't enjoy this as much because he's stuck behind the keyboard the whole song