Rush- Red Sector A

[renesmee1997]

i had to make a slideshow with this song for the holocaust unit we did let me tell u some of the pictures u cant even tell what it is so u cant decide if ur gonna be sick from horror or not...lets just say we hope history doesnt repeat itself

[StarWars501stACDC]

Why aren't Rush in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Does the Rock Hall even care about all the Jews that were killed during the Holocaust? Or is the rock hall nothing but a bunch of selfish jerks? Damn the Rock and Roll Hall of Selfishness.

[TheBlueBandYTAccount]

@StarWars501stACDC Wtf has Rush to do with the holocaust? >.<

[StarWars501stACDC]

@TheBlueBandYTAccount Perhaps you're not paying attention to the terrifying lyrics of this song. It's one of the most powerful songs ever to address the Holocaust, and even such a dramatic song as this doesn't convince the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that Rush are worthy of recognition. God, the Rock Hall must be laughing their asses off.

"I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate, are the liberators here, do I hope or do I fear?" -- definitely a Holocaust song...

[TheBlueBandYTAccount]

@StarWars501stACDC Wow. You're right. I've just searched for the lyrics. I'm so sorry. Thanks man. Appreciate it. Spread the word, man.

Warm greetings from Holland.

[mr5exywolf]

Imagine the material girl or any so called pop diva trying to pronounce the lyrics of a rush song let alone sing it. lol.

[karlmoles65]

Grace Under Pressure just keeps growing on me. As a young Rush fan I didn't think a lot of it compared to their older stuff, but the more you listen the richer the album gets.

[jordi88able]

@karlmoles65 I hear you. Took me many years to comprehend as well. They will always be way ahead of their time. Cheers!!

[karlmoles65]

@jordi88able Cheers! And agreed.

[tinfoilhatter]

god dang...what he does with that guitar-how does he do that? i need a guitar with a whammy bar-but that stays in tune!

[jellymonkey1]

loved this track & rush themselves...20 (plus) years ago... nobody yet has got the lyrical ability with the genuine talent rush have

[wibbersda]

Apparently Geddy Lee didn't like this album. What's not to like????

[wibbersda]

Nazzzzzzi Bastardsssss

[tamatamrogers]

astral and heavenly and cp30 and thanks!

[RockNBurner]

@ AssaultFireThreat Never mind, I THINK you meant Rage For Order. If not, I'm stumped again...

[RockNBurner]

@ AssaultFireThreat What is RoF? I'm looking at their entire discography N can't find anything like that. In fact, the ONLY title I can find where the last word starts with an F is Hold Your Fire...

[RockNBurner]

@ Rowdymax1 I'm sorry, it IS Vital Signs. I didn't see someone had answered you, Googled it N it came up Dog years. I THOUGHT it was older than Test For Echo...

[RockNBurner]

@ rowdymax1 Dog Years, from the Test For Echo album...

[fearsomesnow]

I try to get someone to listen to Rush... He says it stinks just because I listen to it..

LOL He's losing so much more than he can comprehend.

[bgagnon1123]

Wildly underrated.....

[pashton45]

i love how lonley the guitar is in the mix :D

[jamminjim247]

The lyrics of this song paint such a vivid picture, you can literally see it your head. These guys a great!

[Ballad3r]

Canadians had so many brilliant bands and musicians such as this group. They were one of the few groups from the 70's to bring Progressive music to the mainstream for one of the Rock elements. These guys have so very good talent, for a three piece group. I'd say "One of my most fav bands of Progressive rock/metal music." :)

[rowdymax1]

Can somebody tell me the song where Geddy sings "An ounce of prevention, a pound of obscure....weave in the fiction, fact is it's friction..."?

[Legionbass19]

@rowdymax1 The quote is slightyly off, but "Vital Signs" from Moving Pictures :)

[Skaternick911]

I don't understand what the album cover is..

[apacolypseday]

@Skaternick911 well when a mommy and daddy love each other very much.....

[copsondonuts]

theres maybe a handful of old bands which can instantly transport me back to my childhood upon hearing their music, rush is definitely one of em. awesome lyrics aside, this music makes me think about playing in the yard/woods with my star wars figures and various other toys. what a great band.

[Ancientmirrors1]

Hi Ho hi ho to the fema camps we go,The gov't is voting on NDAA today,looks like posse commatitus is dead.your papers please until we chip you will be the norm

[Butteroux]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This rocks!!!!!!!!

[londosdan1964]

i was at the concert for this album in Buffalo, N.Y. at the Aud. it was the best show i have ever seen. been to hundreds.....dan

[funzobunzo25]

I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate

are the liberators here? do i hope or do i fear?

very meaningful and awesome lyrics. favorite song from GUP

[Jamcad01]

@funzobunzo25 It was actually about Geddy's mother who was a prisoner in a nazi camp.

[funzobunzo25]

@Jamcad01 i know, and the personal connection to the subject must have helped with conveying the great lyrics

[TO3A11]

The BEST of RUSH period!

[EDRT5Y124]

@TO3A11 i know right 1974 - the present is the best period of rush

[Legionbass19]

@EDRT5Y124 I love that period :D

[Connor117McCrae]

@TO3A11 no it is not ... rush is never in a bad period

[northstar173]

I LOVE ALEX LIFESON'S PROCESSED GUITAR SOUND!!! HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A LOT OF NOISE WITH EFFECT TOYS!!!

[rainbowXXdaemon]

gotta love those canadians from <3willowdale.

[rainbowXXdaemon]

@rainbowXXdaemon *shoots down that heart* just cause.

[rainbowXXdaemon]

@rainbowXXdaemon XDD

[legofreak1011]

his voice is like no other

[shuglee1]

luv it, what a voice,GEDDY!.loved the band from the start,and still do "RUSH FOREVER"

[londosdan1964]

i love Rush!! seen e'm 5 times live. 2112 was my first concert.... WOW!!

[MultiFloyde]

So freakin AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

[ClockWorKRuptured]

wow never really listened to rush in depth...but this is a really good song... i think i may look for more :D

[09Libertarian]

@ClockWorKRuptured ... You should, you'll probably be astounded at what you will find

[rainbowXXdaemon]

@09Libertarian i know i always am.

[fearsomesnow]

I like this music, but man, this album has really negative lyrics.

[TheJameslehr]

Song title came from the name of the VIP section of the Cape Canaveral Space Station.

[MrBernibest]

Rush is the Best!!!

[ButtcrackObama]

If you love this song and album, you must hear Rage For Order by Queensryche. It's an entire album of moody, melodic, harmonious awesomeness.

[AssaultFireThreat]

@ButtcrackObama RoF is my favorite Ryche album of all time....great, no, AMAZING guitar work, and absolutley jaw dropping vocals. Truly a work of art. RUSH RULES

[Heartbeats2song]

Both of Geddy Lee's (The bassist, singer, keyboardist, and sometimes composer) parents were holocaust survivors who met on the way home. He was raised in a Jewish, Polish home. When Neil Peart (the drummer and percussionist) decided to write a song about the holocaust, he consulted Geddy. This was a personal, difficult song for the both of them, but one of their deeper pieces.

[donjlegacy]

When I went to see Rush last summer, and this song was not on the set list, it broke my heart... Pretty good show though, it was at the ACC in Toronto.

[joshmatica]

I think this is my favorite rush album!

[Skaternick911]

@joshmatica I can't say which Rush album is the best. There all amazing.

[TheHelionite]

@joshmatica 2112 dude...

[johnzarcone]

@graveroot999 queensyche is beast man :) rock on!!!!!!!!!!!!! btw u might also enjoy zebra- who's behind the door.

[Gonboo]

Can anyone suggest some songs either by Rush or any good band that has lyrics either similar to this song or as lyrically heavy as this song. I mean this is some pretty heavy stuff lyrically.

[johnzarcone]

@Gonboo Nevermind just listen to queensryche silent lucidity. The other ones suck, i made mistake.

[Gonboo]

@johnzarcone I know who Queensryche is and I love that song. Haven't heard any of these stuff post Empire though.

[EmmyZombie]

@Gonboo Check out more albums by Rush. Most of their albums have exceptionally genius lyrics as well as a full sound.

[Alex55448]

Lyrics amazing-break bread

[Frank777]

Love this song. Thanks for posting.

[jerrythepotato1919]

I had this song stuck in my head all day!

[bowman7171]

@jerrythepotato1919 haha same here i used to sit in class and air guitar all day 2 this song!!! rush rocks!!!!

[HALEMAIDEN]

4o\m/

[quadlekku]

Has anyone seen the 2000 film "Battlefield Earth" starring John Travolta? I heard it won the Golden Raspberry award for "Worst Movie Of The Decade". It's said to be quite a bad movie, but the movie's theme is future war, which is what comes to mind everytime I hear this song. Life is short so enjoy every single moment of it.

[Locoroco2fan]

@JonnyMr3330 LOL no way man, you know nothing

[elementdude12022]

this whole album is about nuclear war......I cant believe anyone could miss the obvious references, esp. in the videos

[TheDodger1988]

@JonnyMr3330 prove it

[sangfreud]

The drumming in this song is so heavy!

[BeowulfVids]

The red army did not free either of Geddy's parents.  The Western Allies liberated camps which they were captive in (Bergen Belson for the mom, Dachau for the dad)

[qualestorm2112]

3 people should go to a prison camp and then stop being dickheads and press like

[6KingCooper6]

Definately one of the more underrated Rush songs.

[racrx32]

@JonnyMr3330 this song was written buy neil pert about geddy lee's mother being in a prison camp before the red army freed them.

[ProjectDingmans]

@JonnyMr3330 You are wrong and there is no way in any other universe in any other parallel realm that you could have been more wrong and more of a dumbass.

[mrmkowals2]

@JonnyMr3330 no it's not... the whole album was inspired by his parent's having both been held in concentration camps.... in world war II..

[arkee71]

this is my fav rush tune

[Rush4Caz]

wish theyd done this on this years tour

[AgentMarathon1]

3 people have decided to disrespect RUSH & the memory of both those who died & those who survived the Holocaust.

[AntiSemantic1]

@AgentMarathon1 Do you know for a fact that is why, schmuck?

[xFadexToxNeonx3]

Wow! I just heard this song for like the first time and I'm blown away. Rush is one of the best bands ever! :-D

[prsplayer210]

yeah its a slap in rush's face when you post crap about nickelback.... come on people nickelback sucks there untalented there just like acdc all there shit sounds exactly the same. and posting things about slayer on this song is just plain wrong. nickel back is terrible, i said and i will continue to say it if you want to debate that statement then your an idiot who knows nothing about art and music

[CaptGage]

Lotsa cool comments here!

[Thunderstud69]

Too much political discussion. Enjoy the art. There's no right or wrong, Just an form of entertainment of which this is at the top of the heap.....

[soundy106]

When I see watch the opening sequence of the first X-Men movie (Erik Lensherr/Magneto in the prison camp watching his parents taken away), I hear this song in the background...

[xenawolf]

Close Guantanamo as promised now ,Yes it is that simple Obama. Stop the creation of an empire that will fail like all the others.

Nickelback is awesome at sucking ass!!!

[powertriofan3]

Yeah, Alex's dad was in prisoner camps... BOTH of Geddy's parents were survivors. They basically showed some class with this tune, which is one of my favorites off what some would say is a forgettable CD.

[xenawolf]

Please stop insulting RUSH by in some way linking them to nickelback & slayer.I will give you a nickel to shut up! If you know anything about Rush you would keep your stupid comments to yourself. Both Geddy & Alex have prison camps in their heritage.Neil has suffered his own traumas. Let's be thankful they have devoted themselves to comforting our traumas. Possibly the greatest band on earth. It's like if Bach had a "band". Which one Bach?All of them!!!

[xenawolf]

Please stop insulting RUSH by in some way linking them to nickelback & slayer.I will give you a nickel to shut up! If you know anything about Rush you would keep your stupid comments to yourself. Both Geddy & Alex have prison camps in their heritage.Neil has suffered his own traumas. Let's be thankful they have devoted themselves to comforting our traumas. Possibly the greatest band on earth. It's like if Bach had a "band". Which one Bach?All of them!

[xenawolf]

Please stop insulting RUSH by in some way linking them to nickelback & slayer.I will give you a nickel to shut up! If you know anything about Rush you would keep your stupid comments to yourself. Both Geddy & Alex have prison camps in their heritage.Neil has suffered his own traumas. Let's be thankful they have devoted themselves to comforting our traumas. Possibly the greatest band on earth. It's like if Bach had a "band".

[uofksteel]

Great song!

[bferraro14]

the lead singers mother was a survivor in the holocaust, so this is close to his heart

[melly12123]

@bferraro14 And his father.

[concars1234]

@bferraro14 you could even say its CLOSER TO THE HEART of Lee than neil or alex...

[GTA4Gaston]

@bferraro14 this song is actualy written because of geddy's mother. It was her point of view in a song.

[mrmkowals2]

@GTA4Gaston actually niel wrote it based on a book he read written by a woman who was sent to a concentration camp at 13 along with her father brother and mother. the part about helping her mother stand up straight was from a part in the book where she describes how she and some other girls in the camp would stand next to her mother, holding her up so that she would be deemed fit to work that day at role call

[MrHeitz17]

@bferraro14 Not just Geddy's mother, but his father too

[Legionbass19]

@bferraro14 Weren't both of Geddy's parents holocaust survivors?

[dpchiko17]

@Legionbass19 Yes they were, I learned that the first time I heard this song, my father, a big fan of Rush, told me that. Geddy decided to write a song about that.

[ancilodon]

@bferraro14 Thanks for posting. As if Geddy isn't fucking cool enough already! Even his history is amazing.

[whatthe1234100]

@bferraro14 dont you mean closer to his heart?

[mitchsquires66]

@bferraro14 Geddy's father was also a survivor of the holocaust, he passed away when Geddy was just 12

[jtfreeme]

RUSH rules..nuclear war ,the AIDS crisis,cancer....all pertinent to the lyrics...the holocaust is one of many..

[Tab2120]

Geddy is ok but not as good as Justin

[MaxtheMetalhead]

@Tab2120 Excuse me sir but you can suck my dick. Thank you.

[Tab2120]

@MaxtheMetalhead wha ever thats wat u do

[TheClockworkDevil]

@Tab2120 Can't tell if troll, or just tone-deaf.

[english2me]

@TheClockworkDevil Can't tell if grammar, or just first-grader.

[rbc666]

rush is so far above what most bands can even comprehend..

[fijiboy68]

A very under appreciated album cover art work.

[youallschallack]

RUSH-UCKs

[bowman7171]

who did the album cover? the artwork is beautiful!!!!!

[ePhilosopher9]

Red sector, eh?

/watch?v=Q1KAlHDy6os&feature=p­layer_embedded

[PAMAROSHOUSE]

RUSH is the boss forget justin beiber

[123rushfan1]

@PAMAROSHOUSE

We could forget about him easier if people stop mentioning him on Rush videos.

Great song, btw.

[cocolukia21]

@PAMAROSHOUSE Why would you even bring that parasite up on a RUSH video. FUCK OFF

[PAMAROSHOUSE]

@cocolukia21 jb is a rush fan

[cocolukia21]

@PAMAROSHOUSE And that makes him good or worth mentioning because....oh wait, it doesn't.

[digenovafilm]

@PAMAROSHOUSE uuugh, stop saying that word, you people are ruining the vibes here and in every comment section. Everybody PLEASE vote down these stupid comments, vote them down until they are trashed or spammed..!!

[PAMAROSHOUSE]

RUSH is the boss

[Dimeconquienandasya]

God damnit, man, you are a great band. Keep growing up

[GalfRendun]

@ the1134steve...Power Windows is one of my favourite albums, Mystic Rythms one of my fave songs..after watching Beyond The Lighted Stage I find Lifeson's comments interesting..he felt pushed to the side by the keyboards and yet some of the guitar work on this album is awesome...the solo's in Marahton, Big Money, the main riff of Manhatten Project for example...

[bademoxy]

@GalfRendun -agreed.how is it that bands like pink floyd(which are fine bands)got a whole movie to strut their sounds, yet rush haven't?

manhatten and mystic instrumentals could make great soundtracks for big screen films with lots of special effects (like fellow canadian james cameron's avatar,for example

[the1134steve]

how does anyone not like power windows?!! mystic rythms may be the greatest song in this huge catalog that is Rush

[foreverbells]

This album amazes me to no end. There is no band as great as Rush. They have such a variety of music, all of it at a ridiculous level of amazingness (I don't think that's a word). Honestly, if I could only listen to one band or artist for the rest of my life, I would choose Rush. I think I'm gonna have my dad find his Grace Under Pressure CD tomorrow...

[Androgenny]

Great stuff here. What a band!

[robpen954]

I was one of those people that grew up listening to the "old " RUSH and this was definately a turn in their musical direction at that time. I remember,destinctly, running out and buying this album and then feeling sorely disappointed by it. But now 26 years later (HOLY SHIT! Has it been THAT long?!?),this is one of the songs from that album that has always lingered in my memory. I love it when I put down music and then rediscover it's genius years later,makes it worth loving them all over again.

[digitaliesan]

While I was into this song upon it's release, I find it interesting that my appreciation for the music may not be simply nostalgic, as your post intuits it is timeless.

[Brickdump]

@robpen954 I started because i got Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures. but than i liked there 70's stuff. (YES! i'm getting fly by night today!) but than i introduced my friend to rush and he liked there 80's stuff. than he showed me how awesome this stuff is.... still dont really like power windows

[TravenV]

I've kind of felt how this song describes, these guys are genius.

[maidenanthrax]

so great love this could jam and play this kind of shit everyday

[hippypower69]

O we'll all be free 

[pizzy1969]

AWESOME

[JayXec]

For 2 people, it's too late.

They didn't help their mothers stand up straight.

[SpiralsHappen]

This is going to be my song for when the dollar collapses and all hell breaks loose. Marshall law, Fema camps, Police state and eventually cyborgs looking for me with my new RFID chip.

[chitoryu12]

@SpiralsHappen

I want a future with cyborgs.

[Critica1Acclaim]

@SpiralsHappen conspiracy theorist

[dudemanbearpig]

@Critica1Acclaim And one who can't spell at that.

[bayhorse01]

Hey Dr.

I'll take your advice, thanks a bunch. Later, Dude

[DrLangMusic]

This song makes me think of the few who escaped Jones town.

[bayhorse01]

Nickelback can't hold a candel to RUSH. This is the only song I can think of to address the Holocaust.

[DrLangMusic]

@bayhorse01 You need to listen to The Wall.

[chitoryu12]

@bayhorse01

It's actually supposed to be from the perspective of a lone human survivor in a post-apocalyptic wasteland prison camp. However, they drew on the experiences of Geddy's parents in Nazi concentration camps for the proper emotional feel.

[joeodntuno]

@bayhorse01 Never Again by disturbed, good song, i recommend it.

[MetroidFan621]

@bayhorse01 EEEEEEEEW! You mentioned Nickelback on a Rush comment board.

[fantasticfoil92]

@bayhorse01

(1) Woody Guthrie's 1948 "Ilsa Koch"

(2) Bob Dylan's "With God on Our Side"

(3) Captain Beefheart's 1969 "Dachau Blues"

(4) Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys' 1973 "Ride 'Em Jewboy"

(5) The Indigo Girls' 1994 "This Train Revised"

[southport97]

@bayhorse01 Nickelback is shit and piss compared to Rush. The end.

[sonicboomgio]

@southport97 Their names shouldn't even be in the same sentence.

[dpchiko17]

@southport97 Maybe, but if he likes them, that's his thing... and BTW I listen to Nickelback too, problem?

[duke2757]

@dpchiko17 Yea they suck ass

[dpchiko17]

@duke2757 That's what YOU think, piece of shit

[duke2757]

@dpchiko17 Yea it is, great comeback cockface

[pizzy1969]

@dpchiko17 Nickelback is chick music. The only D-Bags that listen to that shit can't get pussy to talk to em without a concert ticket.

[dpchiko17]

@pizzy1969 lol

[dpchiko17]

@pizzy1969 I'll say one more thing 'cause you're very funny. So, what I see here is that you are judging me on the fact that I listen to some Nickelback. Right?... I'm a douchebag JUST because I do? Well then, I must be one of the greatest then, because you know... I like to listen too some Amon Amarth, some Dimmu Borgir, Children Of Bodom... Just try to say they are douchebag's bands, and a shitload of people will want your head.

BTW, Rush rocks

[pizzy1969]

@dpchiko17 Spoken like a sanctimonious bitch-boy name-dropper. LEE SKLAR WAS THE BEST BASSIST EVER SO THERE< MYEAHH!!!!. LOL. Whiney fuck.

[sonicismybrawler]

@dpchiko17 I dont like any of those bands, but you have a fair point.

I dont hate you, you seem like a really cool guy. I just hate the music ^-^

But any Rush fan has taste in my book.

[dpchiko17]

@sonicismybrawler Now that's someone cool! Thanks dude

[pizzy1969]

@dpchiko17 And they'd get it too, right? By reaching through he monitor and grabbing me? Still being a douche nozzle name dropper wannabe. For shame.

[dpollock777]

Pink Floyd (ie, Roger Waters) wrote many songs addressing the Holocaust. I love the lyrical and musical content of Rush. I am not attempting to detract from them, but other artists have approached the same subject, sometimes to greater depth.

[gapingmaw20]

@bayhorse01 someone SERIOUSLY thought nickelcrap was a match for Rush 0_o? Where the fuck was I?

[MultiTruther]

without a doubt, rushs' best friggin album...never tire of listening to it!

[MultiTruther]

my all time favorite rush album..possibly favorite of all albums..this is some bad shit!

[D33veeoss]

Just so we're clear, that's a guy watching a boat about to get smashed into a rock right?

[Jmasonhorton]

Wow...from Bastille Day in there drug days to being this intense....WOW....te best band ever!!! I MEAN EVER...how can they do this for 30 years????

[MsRushfan1]

This is a great song. The lyricist (no doubt, Neil Peart) does some deep thinking. He knows something in this world isn't right and that something needs to be done. In due time, Neil, in due time. Their song really do make a person think. I like their music because it ROCKS and I love the lyrics because they aren't all love songs. I get sick of love songs. Rush's songs are about life. Good stuff!