Rush - Kid Gloves 9-27-1984

[jonathandpalmer]

Did you speed this up?

[3845alex]

i wish i was at that concert

[1fred42]

hof is not hof without RUSH

[fordescortracer]

wish they would have released this.

[TheBgaddy]

Peaked? Peaked? Peaked? Give me a break. Yes if Rush was worried about album sales ,popularity, commercial success , hall of everbody fame,and fame itself instead of art and musical genius; you might have something .....YOU DONT!

[shavepate]

@TheBgaddy love to you.

[TheBgaddy]

A good song with a great guitar solo for Rush this is average which is better than most at their best!!!!The masters rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

[thegreenybeenyhazpie]

Why aren't these people in the rock and roll hall of fame?

[jimmygt4]

@thegreenybeenyhazpie that hall of fame is a joke. if tony bazil(oh mikky your so fine) can be in it, and not a credible band like rush, then you know it is rediculous, to say the least. what criteria is used to be inducted? it certainly isnt album sales, touring attendence, radio play, musicianship, influence on other bands etc., because these guys would have been in long time ago if it were. no, its if your liked by a select group of industy insiders and writers. they are to good for it.......

[waffelcone]

i think the best thing about Rush is how much people argue about WHICH Rush is the best; that is, they've had so many different sounds over the years that we fans can argue about which we prefer, kinda like how fans argue about their favorite band.

[fendergibs]

@waffelcone i dont think its much of an argument about when rush peaked, the fans/general population has already voted on that . From 77-87 was their peak influence as demonstated by objective sales data of new material and air play. Current & recent rush tours are reflective of their past glory as new younger fans only make up a fraction of the white male dominated 40-50yr ish old crowd. Very few fans show up b/c of any new material as documented.

[Bearnoevil]

Rush has got to be one of the best bands ever, probably the best, and this is one of their best songs... And a great recording of it... I think its just fantastic!! :)

[germanprog]

Killersong!

[steamloco1705]

that riff ending and drums at 3:05 its just perfect,another masterpiece on rush discography,just one more on easily over 150.its amazing.

[adam872]

Damn! I've never heard a live version of this song before. They absolutely tear through it as well and Alex's lead break is scorching.

[clauderoubillie]

parece facil en guitarra , pero no lo es

[stefets]

Audio is great !

They should play it at every show, because it's an awesome song.

[allenflx]

wow, this was my first rush show, 9/27/84 at the Capital Center, the audio here is awesome. thanks! i want it!~

[KevinFL]

I saw them at Radio City just before GUP was recorded. This was one of the tracks they were experimenting with onstage. It's one of my favorites.

[cakefu1]

audio is awesome

[rush2112pete]

Yo! I'll be at that Aug 13th show as well. Caught them in Toronto last month! Can"t wait!!!

[detlefmolt2112]

dang! soo fast! still an awesome song :D

[njbjsb96]

I saw them for the first time on the Signals tour and haven't missed them since on any stop they've made in Phoenix. I write down the songs in the order they play them and have yet to hear this one in concert. It is my favorite on Grace Under Pressure (still my favorite concert shirt). If I could pick one song for them to play in concert, it would be this one. I've been waiting for more than 25 years. They are the best!

[vinnykster]

I won't be suprised if Kid Gloves is part of the TIME MACHINE tour :-)

[detlefmolt2112]

@vinnykster I would love it to be :D I'm going August 13th. It'll be my 3rd show. Are you going?

[MrAceU]

@vinnykster

See you there ;)

[dwarfsid]

This is my all-time favorite Rush song, and I've never heard them play it live, even on the p/g tour (my first of 8). Gah! Thanks for posting.

[fcrim]

I like the faster tempo.

[imaballa252]

Greatest song ever. BY FAR.

[dwilmer7]

I heard that Superman, Aquaman and Green Lantern are long-time fans of Rush. Its cool that some of the Superfriends are into Rush.

[woowoo1967]

@dwilmer7 everyone is....... 

[ePhilosopher9]

still..... halfway up the hill

2010 best P/G albuminium ever

[XanaduNintendo156]

Hi Q + Kid Gloves = Epic Win.

[1980MF1980]

Love the keyboard chords

[GoldSilverLead]

Thanks for posting this. September 27, 1984 was my first ever Rush concert. I was up in the nosebleeds, but loved this concert. Just took out the ticket stub. $13.50.

[RustySacks]

still sounds damn good

[MARSHOMEWORLD]

GREAT audio on this. Thanx for posting.

[crimchessie]

They brought back BTW. Bring this back on the next tour. Please!!!

[Dthorn912]

As a Joke a Change it to Blue Gloves and I like to the Hand Jive to this

[bobelond32]

Is it me or is the beat really too quick compared to the studio version?

[vaportrails44]

This is how Rush played back then...no joke...they had 2 hrs to bang out everything and they flew through it all.

[beatsdddx]

yes the tempo seems a little faster than the

studio version.

[ParadiddleMaster]

And that's why Neil is my MAJOR influence in the Science of Drumming!!!

From Brazil!

[elizondo2249]

so amazing that everybody's soloing at the same time but they sound so great together

[lucilius54]

wish i could have heard this live!!!

[rasamalai108]

I love this song!

[monkeysmarts]

One of the greatest Rush songs.  This is a great recording of a great song!

[irocknj]

Great recording{and song/band of course}

[excitationzzz]

This song has transitions so smooth, for such a fast beat.

Love it.

Classic.

[excitationzzz]

Awesome musicians.

Respect.

[TheRealHeadBanger]

Top song. These guys write and play such brilliant music.

[scooter540360]

Awesome song,could see them bringing it back on their next tour.

[lobsterboy80]

i wish!

[bloodvicar666]

Fantastic; amazing performance and sounds. RUSH truly is the best.

[TheOriginalAnalogKid]

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!

This is SUCH a great performance of this song!

I am soooo crunk now!

[rammjamm0]

Jeepers Creepers folks, what a phenominal peformance of that song EH?

[M0oM0o1]

one of my favorite songs

[keymaker2112]

damn, 5/8 time.

[SuperChuck3]

Yup, 5/4 and 4/4 interchanging. This is my favorite song with an irregular time signature for sure :D

[keymaker2112]

Damn it is 5/4, now i feel like a dumbass for saying 5/8. oh well. definitely up there on the list for me as well.

[dirkdoggler]

There's some pretty cool 5/4 throughout Lateralis by Tool!  :D

[SciMasterGeneral]

I was at this show, this audio is frickin great, is there a boot' of this whole show?

[ratchetfan2007]

There is - well, close to the whole show. It does not include the encore, but otherwise has the whole show. Go to the Digital Rush Experience for some information on this show.

[lidoplace]

@SciMasterGeneral

Funny that you ask this. I was also that this show (in the way, way back!). I somehow tracked someone down and he recently burned a copy of the entire concert and sent it to me. There are 16 songs on the cd. Not sure if it includes the encore or not (the last song on the cd is Tom Sawyer). Let me know if you're interested.

[fendergibs]

@SciMasterGeneral lucky u saw them just at their peak, very few filler songs on the Signals or P/G tour. Now we have to painfully listen to crap from material made anytime after 2000 in tours today to get to the good stuff 77-87. the next tour should called 77-87 decade of greatness. the new stuff is unlistenable, despite the quality musicianship.

[younggotribe]

Hey Fendergibs - Go see the Time Machine Tour. 3 hour show including the entire Moving Pictures album, plus some wayback songs from every album in the catalog including, yes some of the newer stuff. You show open your mind and give the new stuff a few more listens, they are still making great music after 40 years.

[fendergibs]

@younggotribe yes I did at Mohegan Sun. The MP part was the best 35 min or so I have ever seen in concert, it flowed so well and the crowd was electrified. The Camera eye, a song I never thought they would play live again was probe the best song by any band that I have seen live. Since 1990 they put out some ok material, since 2000 it been unlistenable, except for a few tracks off S&A.

my main point is why play filler when u have 1st rate stuff to play from 77-87. play what 90% to hear .

[SciMasterGeneral]

@fendergibs This is not at their peak! They had already jumped the shark at this point! WTF are you talking about. The eighties were a terrible period for RUSH.

[SciMasterGeneral]

@fendergibs You have a point there!

[rushfan9thcmd]

@fendergibs Snakes and Arrows is a fantastic work. If Clockwork Angels follows Caravan and BU2B singles with this epic production it could be greater yet. As for using the term "flops' better check out some of the most successful tours in recent years and dont forget they are still in the top four for most consecutive gold albums. NOt only do they produce the quality studio album, they come out and do what they do live. Attendance also speaks for itself.

[fendergibs]

@rushfan9thcmd the records for the past 10 yrs have been complete flops. S&A was better yes, but pales in comparison to anything from 77-87. I did not say anything about the tour which I attended & it made money from the fact they played and highlighted the tour based on playing the entire Moving Pic record. The new material does not bring in any new fans as wittiness by the 90% attendance of middle age white males who grew up during rush's peak 77-87. Nothing wrong with this, the way it is.

[fendergibs]

@rushfan9thcmd . They had the right idea, tour without a full new release, many older band do that with great success, rush should do the same. BU2B is horrendous anyone with ears and a memory would have rather heard kids gloves or red lens, analogue kid, grand designs .....the list goes on......

[rushfan9thcmd]

@fendergibs PLaying Moving Pictures in full in order was a great idea and was amazing live. Hearing The Camera Eye in person on opening night and other shows was better than those you listed. Not that hearing those would have been ok. Considering they were not exactly on promo tour for the new album. BU2B sounds great as studio but it was was great live. Clockwork Angels will be another great work. I have not seen Kid Gloves live, but seen the others. Camera Eye stole the show.

[fendergibs]

@rushfan9thcmd Camera Eye has not been played live in over 15 years & I agree it was the best song I have heard live by any band. Clockwork Angles will sell the 1st week of release, then flop off the charts. I havent bought a studio release since TFE 1996.

[rushfan9thcmd]

@fendergibs The Camera Eye was played all last year during the playing of the entire Moving Pictures album in sequence. I only made 3 shows last year. To say it hasn't been played live in 15 years is inaccurate. They played it live all over the country last year and Europe and South America. You missed out I guess. They are touring again this spring with 13 shows then Europe and back into the US. Opening night in Florida on March 30. Seen 48 shows myself since 1982. Watch Camera EYE on YT.

[fendergibs]

@rushfan9thcmd gee wiz man your ADD must be kick into high gear, i said i saw them at the tour last summer (Time Machine Tour ) heard it for the 1st time ever at that show, prior to that show the last time it was played was i think 1984. Tour was good, hope they put it on Blu-ray. hoped they played more songs from the past, P/G had zero songs, bummer, which is why thet dont need to play new crap like BU2B, faithless, carvan, work'en them angles, also stick it out was a terrible choice. zzzzzz

[rushfan9thcmd]

@fendergibs DVD Cleveland filming is being touted for this spring. Snakes is is better work than HYF, PW and P/G, not discrediting any of those. Better choices from CP indeed. Wouldn't want to wager on your calling next tour and album a flop eh? Billboard stats speak volumes. Live Nation stats as well. NOt sure what show you attented, but all the women and kids now attenting the shows change that 90%male demographic much much lower. This trend has increased greatly.

[fendergibs]

@rushfan9thcmd hope they focus on sound production quality. HYF was considered kinda gay when it was released, rush even admitted they lost many fans at this time as there peak was fading fast. S&A is good but I stilll think mission is better than any song off S&A and it plays well live. Rush personally has bad taste, style art, thinking ect but are top musicans, this " bad taste " lead to the shift towards syth sound as they fired T.Brown & stated they did not want to make another MP like rec.

[rushfan9thcmd]

@fendergibs also for your enjoyment here is the title of the video here on YT. Camera eye at Red Rocks last summer. "Rush "The Camera Eye" Red Rocks 8/16/2010 - Time Machine Tour " search the title, just copy/paste.

[test4el]

@SciMasterGeneral

I, too, was at this show. My first of two GUP shows!

[allifora]

amazing song

[wowheed]

SUPERB 5 stars

[floouk]

Not one of their best.

[augfiggs]

this is lifeson's second favorite solo the first one is limelight and the third is freewill

[moses132049]

wikipedia ftw!

[taskerady]

o rush é perfeito sem palavras...

[stinkbomb13]

great version

[stinkbomb13]

no idea what you just said

[88Drumline]

This tempo is pretty darn fast compared to the studio version

[skaterewindnoah]

such a good song..

Lifeson's second favorite solo!

[4skorand7]

The part in the middle with the guitar solo is nice! The rest is wanna be new wave wanna be muck! YUCK! I think of older Rush, and then hear this, and I cringe! Geddy is the man, tho! Singing, bass, pedals, yikes!

[steamloco1705]

no doubt,this is the most powerful trio in the history of rock.

[santyrush]

esta cancion pocas veces escuchada en directo. few times I listened on live this song.

[chokfm]

Criss que cé bon!

[chokfm]

The drum intro is so awsome

[chokfm]

One of my favorite Rush songs. Rush is better live and this version demontrate it! Wish they play this again.

[Wayneman117]

what does the man in front of the star mean?

[jonpaulmoen]

Quote from album cover designer: ""What I did do with that particular cover was read their lyrics, and understand that there is a good force and a bad force: the good force was music, creativity, and freedom of expression-and the bad force was anything that was contrary to that. The man is the hero of the story. That he is nude is just a classic tradition ... the pureness of his person and creativity without the trappings of other elements such as clothing. The red star

[Wayneman117]

I'm not totally sure I understand what U mean....

[Delgift]

It symbolise the battle between the individual against the mass ( the Hero VS. the Red Star of the Solar Federation ).

[Attila709]

Grace Under Pressure is one of four Rush albums I could never live without. Thank you Geddy, Alex and Neil

[imaballa252]

The greatest song ever by the greatest band EVER!!!

[creekspeed]

Awesome version. Thanks for uploading!!!

[todaystomsawyer]

Awesome, I've never heard this song live before!

[AppleRecords140]

One of my favs! You know, all of their songs should have made more fans....... They are all great!!

[MasterODisaster100]

One of my all-time favorite Rush songs! I never thought I'd hear a live version of this. Thanks so much!

[sparky2842]

QUOTE:This song is a fun workout to drum to!

I agree, this is by far my favorite album of all time. When I first heard this album (yes album)I went nuts. And still do, I get goosebumps when I listen to it to this day. AWESOME!

[bgresham1]

wear can you get this footage live on a dvd? can you buy it??? thanks....i got the old video tape grace under pressure,kid gloves not on it.

[MrDeppness]

This song is a fun workout to drum to!

[Neelbeeten]

Nice! I've always wanted to hear this live. Grace Under Pressure is probably my favorite Rush Album.

[ePhilosopher]

O''ervhelemed bigh out-thought

[siitrom]

I saw them play this for the first time ever at Radio City Music Hall NYC, it was the warm up short tour they do before going into the studio. They also did Distant Early Warning and Red Sector A and spread most of the album out along the 5 nights they were there. What a show that was.

[Guyisthere]

Wow! I'd like to hear and own the entire show!

[ackerlaw2004]

Thanks for uploading this!

[ackerlaw2004]

Wow - how many times did they play this on tour before it was dropped! That was awesome. I have only heard the pre-GUP version before. They should have kept Kidd Gloves in the set. I'm going to google "ROIO "Tip of the Iceberg" and "rapidshare" right now.

[mycrate]

alex fair play... thoughtful solos always had soul listen to this....playing second fiddle to geds synth etc.. still coming up on top.. analog kid is the killer solo

[ruleta74835]

Good sounding performance of an obscure goody from Rush. I really don't care for Grace Under Pressure that much, and I thought that the 1984 tour was abysmal for the "singles" setlist. But even I this is a cool one. Neat guitar work. The mixing was better here than on the Moving Pictures Tour.

[thalinho2004]

Rush... is Rush!!! God bless Rush! The best rock band of all times...

[herrocker666]

They should play this live again. This would be a fun song.

[bigtretrnoftheprince]

Definately! This song and "Half the World" are my top wishes for live songs.