RUSH - Passage to Bangkok guitar solo - 9/9/07

[logicalsum]

Its bang on too the recording, AWSOME!!! Thats fucking hard, BOMBS_AWAY

[Alvinegro1904]

I've read somewhere that on Snakes and Arrows tour or time machine ( I can't remember) Geddy played, in some concerts, A passage to Bangkok with his doubleneck, playing rhythm guitar during the solo. Does anyone know where can I find this on video?

[lachie10]

thumbs up if this solo gives you the shivers

[asl1095]

Amazing

[heroguitar1994]

shiiiiiiit great solo

[transformer01234567]

all three of them put on such a mesmerizing performance

[BlackwindSamurai]

alex lifeson.

one of the most underrated guitarists ever.

[Ryu12543]

Yeeep.

[glsingle]

@BlackwindSamurai Not only that, but he's up there as one of the BEST ever!!

[LuiG9]

@BlackwindSamurai I totally agree with you, Alex Lifeson is an awesome musician!. It's ironic, most of my top guitarists ever are very underrated. Brian May!, Alex Lifeson, Steve Hackett, David Gilmour (not too underrated but I think he is).

Today it's like "Let's see who can play faster than me" and then we got Satriani, Petrucci, Vai, Malmsteen... Technically amazing, but creatively empty...

Long life to Rock'n Roll my friends

[BlackwindSamurai]

@LuiG9 i actually happen to love satriani. extremely creative in my opinion. i'm not particularly fond of the (music of the) other three.

but i still think alex lifeson is the most underrated guitarist ever.

[LuiG9]

@BlackwindSamurai Well, I think everyone has their own musical taste... I've listened (not much) Joe Satriani, there are a few songs that I really like, I respect him as a musician and as an educator, but (for now) I can't feel the magic. Same thing happens to me with Yngwie Malmsteen (very good in classical style, Bach, Beethoven...) But I prefer all the way Dr. May, Lifeson, GIlmour, Page, Hackett, SRV... Cheers!

[crazyhorseriding]

@LuiG9 You're absolutely wright ! guitarplaying is technique but also composing !!

Listen to Malmsteen or Angelo.....Maybe the rock is still there...but the roll's gone !!!!

Lifeson. page, blackmore hey guys! Also JL Hooker, Buddy Guy, Hendrix...Rudolph Shenker !

[LuiG9]

@crazyhorseriding Exactly, if you sit and practice madly I bet you could play like all those virtuoso players... But to make wonderful music you coud spend a lifetime and produce nothing special; here's the beauty of music: creation.

Listen man, it seems you can apreciate good rock'n roll (Rush, Zep...) Try the first album by Queen (Queen - 1973) if you haven't heard it, I think you're gonna like it (Queen's era from 1970 to 1976 is astounding!) I hope you like it... Take care

[fabioproductions]

this song was awkward for me when I went to see them cause this song is pretty much about smoking weed so they have these videos of people laughing and smoking weed, so I went to the concert but my dad loves rush also so he came so it was awkward seeing all these people in the crowd smokeing while this song was going on but still RUSH IS MY FAVORITE BAND EVER!

[RockstarEnergy37]

Pretty much?!

[biped19]

People smoke weed at every concert. I was at a Police reunion concert at weed was in the air.

Weed to totally fine. But I wish they would get baked before the show, during intermission, or the end.

Any smoke in your face is NOT cool.

[AppleRecords140]

I like Alexs guitar solo on Chronicles version better but this is good.

[moltasonti]

well the bizarre thing about lifeson is he encompasses both ends of a style: prime example: YYZ. the whole beginning is alternate picking without hammer-ons or pull offs. Then the guitar solo I'm positive he picks the first note then just pokes his fingers around the fret board for that fluid like sound. crazy!

[RockstarEnergy37]

there wasnt a weed video when i saw them!

[logikos1]

Alex never got a break. The guy is simply amazing. If you hear what he does throughout their 20 albums or so, and see his depth, there would not be any question that this guy is at the very top of great guitar talents ever.

[transformer01234567]

agreed

[jcsonguitar]

Simply amazing. Just more proof that Alex has lost absolutely no skill from his early days, and he can beat the crap out of many young guitarists even today!

[transformer01234567]

hell yea id say hes one of the best in the world

[scribbydibbydoo]

i was here. great show!

[stupidpablo1]

If you notice, many of his solos have a flamenco influence. I was listening to "Red Barchetta" and found that the solo would sound like flamenco if it was an acoustic guitar, but on electric it just sounds like Lifeson!

[eyemty]

Rush loves the Herb. Rock on!

[stupidpablo1]

I don't think they do drugs. I mean, they're still alive. Most classic rock bands have lost quite a few band members because of drugs but in Rush they're all alive and I saw them play an amazing performance a few months ago; I doubt they do drugs.

[Darktree512]

Of course the members of Rush have done drugs. Every rock band has, and this song is a very obvious tribute to marijuana and opium.

Whether they still do or not is what's up for debate.

[stupidpablo1]

It's easy to assume they have but since they're still alive I say they don't. When they played in April they looked quite notstoned.

[Darktree512]

I'm not saying they still do, but they obviously have in the past.

[logikos1]

I have every Rush album, 200 songs worth. Not one Rush song sounds the same. How do they do it?

[andymanscar]

it's actually 163, but 200 is a good guess

[ACELLOFAWARENESS]

i'll tell you how...watch the video again and picture alex not only on stage playing, but in the scenes on the screen behind him!!!!!!!

[ACELLOFAWARENESS]

nice job getting the KING as well as the awesome video that makes you just want to fire one up!!!

[lpshredder64]

on the eighth day, god created alex.

[ACELLOFAWARENESS]

may have been the 10th day, after geddster and pratt!!!

[lpshredder64]

ya lol

[andymanscar]

no, they were all created at the same time... it was like BAM! Rush is born, now thou shall melt all faces and bust all guts with awesomeness to the 12th degree

[1rushinfan]

Iwas there

[1rushinfan]

I was there

[younglink309]

Alex Lifeson is God's gift to humanity

[rugeleyweb]

The best Guitarist ever. Simple

[kennyplay]

BEST GUITARIST EVER, PERIOD

[stupidpablo1]

People who think Alex sucks have to watch this solo. And that one in La Villa Strangiato, that's my personal favorite.

[andymanscar]

My best friend thinks they're awesome, but he somewhat despises Geddy's voice [but he's not a real fan yet so it's semi typical for people to say that], and he's very impressed with the solo, and yes, my best friend happens to be an aspiring guitarist

[stupidpablo1]

which solo are you reffering to? the passage to bangkok or villa strangiato?

[andymanscar]

La Villa Strangiato, but I love the bridge on Passage to Bangkok, one of the best ever, if not the best ever :P

[stupidpablo1]

Poor Alex is often overshadowed my Geddy's amazing bass abilities while playing the synthesizer and singing, and Neil's legendary drumming.

When people tell me Rush has a shit guitarist, I show them the guitar solo from La Villa and it leaves them with their mouths open.

[andymanscar]

or 2112, either one works, but La Villa is a very good example of showing Alex's secret skills that almost no one knows about, lol

[hostom]

agree.

[hostom]

totally agree.

[xhamlin]

The most underrated rock guitarist EVER.

[Octoman8888]

I agree! I love Alex Lifeson but hardly anybody I know even know who he is!

[andymanscar]

Same here dude, it's the emo music and rap that consumed the population from Rush's Godly music

[hostom]

totally agree.

[RobbinWakefield]

What an excellent guitar player he is! Cool to hear him playing it true to the original studio version as opposed to the version on Exit.

[reaperflynn3]

great album the whole thing

[bschmitt78]

Now that is some great filming!! And guitar playing by Alex, of course :)

[quixNYC]

EXCELLENT CAPTURE MY MAN!

[ePhilosopher]

jake from the office sent me. from the two toe tappoing twatdoooya scooba wanna play now? i wanna go on slow rants about slot machines, Socrates?

[74chef]

A shiny golden GOD!!!!!!!!!!

[celticsalmon]

Great clip-great solo-great song-great cocnert-Greatet Band!