I am going through a Rush Revival of sorts. I had always loved 2112 (all 20 minutes of it) because the changes in mood and the tale that it told. I had't followed them as much past "Signals". The lyrics are as great if not greater than the music. If anyone claims that Eddie Van Halen is better than Alex, forgive them, They just don't get it. Rush songs could be videos for the blind.
Tried to play the intro of this song on bass about 20 times. I was about to drop it, but suddenly i got it and i felt like the greatest bassist ever, then i tried to play the rest of the song. I sold my bass.
@danielsd92 Yeah, I use to be able to play every single piece they ever wrote. And it really made me into a very well rounded bassist. But I haven't played for many years. Took up Celtic Harp and Guitar. I miss the bass sometimes. Keep it up! You won't regret the work!
i was so happy that i grew up in the 80's this band had so many kick ass tunes from the 80's.If any one has never has seen this band in Concert ohhh i strongly recommend it i have seen this band 7 times 6 here in Boston area and one time out in good old St Paul Minnesota .I wish they could play for 5 hours instead of 3 hours i promise you if see this band you will not be disappointed
I've watched a lot of Rush interviews, documentaries and the like. Many people say the Presto/Roll the Bones era music was very thin sounding. I disagree. Yes it may not be as in your face as some of their other albums but it has a different type of power. It features each instrument clearly and the keyboard backgrounds add to that. I think it is one of their better times as musicians, but who am I to say?
@CarMan792 I agree with you. Not only were those periods times of great music composition for the band but Peart was at a definite high point in his lyricism. The Pass? Incredibly real.
also when they once had long hair and cut it waaay too short (ex. roger daltrey, steve perry, etc.). It just screams "I'm older and not as wild and free-spirited as i used to be"...
Recuerdo la primera ves que vi este vídeo fue en una plaza acá en guadalajara, me quede apendejado cuando vi a Neil peart y Geddy en la parte media de la canción, increíbles!.
I agree. Most popular pop and rap songs nowadays are just one hit wonders. Other kids in my grade think it's wierd to have more than a few songs on their iPods by one band, while I have whole albums of all my favorites.
My friend says that RUSH songs suk. He suks balls I say. RUSH Rules and will live on forever in everyone, especially all the people that will pass RUSH on to everyone!
Re: Rush used to be better than this. How can a group get better than this? To quote Picasso,"As a child I learned how to paint as an adult, but, only as an adult did I learn to paint like a child". I hope you don't hate Picasso as well. Ignorance is bliss so I am told. Explore different directions of art!
Firstly, don't type entirely in caps. It makes you look stupid.
Secondly, Power Windows, and Hold Your Fire are great albums, just a different sound.
You can't expect every album to be the same sound, that gets boring and unoriginal. When they try new sounds, that is when they create a variety of great tracks. And their greatest hits, is a large variety of sounds for everyone. But a true Rush fan will like most everything, because it is all good material.
@MrDAVIDEO84 you might just not like Rush in the first place. i don't know how else you can dismiss every album from Power Windows onward. there are so many "musically interesting avenues" explored after Grace Under Pressure. if i had to be honest i would choose Test For Echo as their last really great Rush album. but considering their age, Neal's personal losses at the time, and the state of music in general post 1996, i don't blame Rush the band at all; just the times and...circumstances.
@waybent335 I actually dout they still remember how to play songs like the Fountain of Lamenth, but ask any musician that question & ou'll get the same answer. If you keep playing the same songs over & over again (practices or concerts) they eventually get infused into your head & will end up never forgetting them. Music is one thing that will always stand the test of time.
@DJmcRUSH they might not remember fountain, or stuff they dont play live like Take A Friend, Chain Lightning, or The Big Wheel, but as evidenced with their recent live performances of Presto, Entre Nous and Faithless, it shows they can relearn a song well quickly
@DJmcRUSH You're basically right, except that only good, true, and honest music will stand the test of time. I'm pretty sure anyone born in my generation (early 90's) can rattle off at least 5 to 10 famous rock bands over the past 30 years. When asked the same question about pop bands, they can only name one or two, if any at all. Name at least one pop band whose music will still be well known after 20 years.
@waybent335 it is amazing .. I used to wonder how too, but , as I write more and more songs, I find that you DO remember everything you write because the song is a real emotional part of you. But, man, that sure is a bip catalogue to remember ..
Me and some friends of mine are thinking of forming a band, and since the last year's summer we started writing some songs.
Some days ago I decided to ask my friends if they had the guitar tabs, because I wanted to check them out again and work more on them, because the song was awesome.
They didn't have them... but when I got home I decided to pick up my guitar and "voilá"! I remembered it.
I have seen Rush over 60 times, since I was 10 in 1978. My much older sister took me to it @ The Nassau Colesium, on Long Island, which was my first concert.
I was fortunate to have grown up in the 80s, and I was lucky that I have enjoyed that decade to its fullest. I feel bad for anyone that grew up with the seattle suicide bands of the 90s. Those bands were always like " Wooo is me ", who wants to hear depressing seattle bands, they want to hear rush.
I hate majority of mainstream music nowadays, I walk down the street to hear teenagers of my age singing lyrics about weed and fast cars and women, give me a Rush album anyday.
Did he use the Wal bass in the studio for this one? I have always assumed it was indeed the Wal, but maybe Im wrong? His bass live these days sounds horrible. Very little tone, and too much bottom end and thin sounding treble. But even his new material sounds great in the studio as far as the actual sound of his bass.
I love the sound of this album..it's like they wnet back to basics after exploring the 'synth sound' throughout the whole 80s...and just focussed on being a rock band again. Awesome!
@Headrush13 Sure they were, no synth--just guitar, vocals, bass, drums. Basic rock n roll. The style was different, sure, it wasn't as progressive because they took a more simpler approach with "Presto". It was awesome.
@Headrush13 Dude, Rush never was a static frozen band stuck in the 70's. And just cause you can't change with the times doesn't mean Rush and all their other fans are supposed to sit there with you trapped in the past. Evolve. It's music and it's art. If they didn't take chances then we wouldn't even have had the albums that are worth your praise. What are you complaining about anyway? Just listen to the 70's albums over and over then.
Everday I wish I could live in the 80's. I was born in '93 and these days everything seems to have basically gone to shit. Artists go into a studio and sing whatever into the mic then they put autotune and generic overused drum samples over it and get Lil Wayne to laugh into the mic and they turn it into an mp3 file and a bunch of kids download it for free online.
@OneLeggedPuppies2010 I am 40, you did not miss ANYTHING in the eighties they sucked. Music is much better know, there is so much variety and with the advent of technology (ipod,dvds, mp3) it is easier then ever to get and listen to your favorite music.
Gedlee1000 same I was born in 97' which I think thats the year Neil's daughter and 1st wife died. The 80's was the best. today's music is crap. I hope in the coming years people result back to the great wonder of Rock. Rush doesn't give a crap whats popular. They play whatever the hell they want to play
@bobthekiller32 i was born in 64 ,so i remember it all. but thats probably because im a drummer! i guess i had the best of the 70s and 80s. you dont find to many drummers that play with feeling like neil peart or dave matthews drummer, carter beauford.basically a jazz style type of playing.I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best thing about growing up in the 70's was having my teen years in the 80's. It was the perfect decade to grow up in. Had the best movies and music. Nothing today even comes close.
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I am going through a Rush Revival of sorts. I had always loved 2112 (all 20 minutes of it) because the changes in mood and the tale that it told. I had't followed them as much past "Signals". The lyrics are as great if not greater than the music. If anyone claims that Eddie Van Halen is better than Alex, forgive them, They just don't get it. Rush songs could be videos for the blind.
nattijeff 6 days ago
Tried to play the intro of this song on bass about 20 times. I was about to drop it, but suddenly i got it and i felt like the greatest bassist ever, then i tried to play the rest of the song. I sold my bass.
danielsd92 1 week ago 2
@danielsd92 Yeah, I use to be able to play every single piece they ever wrote. And it really made me into a very well rounded bassist. But I haven't played for many years. Took up Celtic Harp and Guitar. I miss the bass sometimes. Keep it up! You won't regret the work!
IamNemoN01 3 days ago
i was so happy that i grew up in the 80's this band had so many kick ass tunes from the 80's.If any one has never has seen this band in Concert ohhh i strongly recommend it i have seen this band 7 times 6 here in Boston area and one time out in good old St Paul Minnesota .I wish they could play for 5 hours instead of 3 hours i promise you if see this band you will not be disappointed
SHS854EVER 1 month ago
I've watched a lot of Rush interviews, documentaries and the like. Many people say the Presto/Roll the Bones era music was very thin sounding. I disagree. Yes it may not be as in your face as some of their other albums but it has a different type of power. It features each instrument clearly and the keyboard backgrounds add to that. I think it is one of their better times as musicians, but who am I to say?
CarMan792 1 month ago
@CarMan792 I agree with you. Not only were those periods times of great music composition for the band but Peart was at a definite high point in his lyricism. The Pass? Incredibly real.
ZeroHostel 1 month ago
also when they once had long hair and cut it waaay too short (ex. roger daltrey, steve perry, etc.). It just screams "I'm older and not as wild and free-spirited as i used to be"...
MsAnnieTyler 1 month ago
I love Rush, but I hate it when male rockstars with long hair tie it back in a ponytail when they're on stage...looks so dorky and uncool
MsAnnieTyler 1 month ago
Guys picking their wardrobe for the shoot:
Geddy: Hmm, i'll go with a nice leisure suit and a pony tail.
Alex: I'll borrow one of ged's suits *snicker* he won't notice
Neil:...I came in my tin tin shirt, and i'll wear my damn tin tin shirt!
shed412 1 month ago
I didn't know Carl Palmer was a news anchor.
jgworkstation 1 month ago
This song had an enormous resurgence in my mind back in 2002. Heard "Iraq has weapons of mass destruction" at least ten times a day back then.
jgworkstation 1 month ago
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jgworkstation 1 month ago
That inspiration in the middle of the song, one of the best performances together.
rikoleto 3 months ago
Thanks for the video man! The best band!
Raulcirilo 3 months ago in playlist Mais vídeos de DJmcRUSH
Recuerdo la primera ves que vi este vídeo fue en una plaza acá en guadalajara, me quede apendejado cuando vi a Neil peart y Geddy en la parte media de la canción, increíbles!.
rikoleto 3 months ago
@ Disembow1280
I agree. Most popular pop and rap songs nowadays are just one hit wonders. Other kids in my grade think it's wierd to have more than a few songs on their iPods by one band, while I have whole albums of all my favorites.
theivoryslapper 3 months ago 2
Geddy Lee looks like BIlly Sheehan in this video.
pro2go95 4 months ago
My friend says that RUSH songs suk. He suks balls I say. RUSH Rules and will live on forever in everyone, especially all the people that will pass RUSH on to everyone!
SkittlzNinja 7 months ago
I am so learning this bassline
SkittlzNinja 7 months ago
What ab underrated song!!!
MultiDannyboy89 8 months ago
presto é um album digamos que mais calmo, uma fase mais light do rush.
um album muito significativo na minha opinião.
não é um moving pictures nem um signals nem um 2112.......mas é rush mesmo assim rsrs
cosmonauta00 8 months ago
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Whoever compared dave matthews is correct. The dave matthews band is great at one thing - sucking ass! You are out of your league!
xenawolf 8 months ago
Re: Rush used to be better than this. How can a group get better than this? To quote Picasso,"As a child I learned how to paint as an adult, but, only as an adult did I learn to paint like a child". I hope you don't hate Picasso as well. Ignorance is bliss so I am told. Explore different directions of art!
xenawolf 8 months ago
Who delivers papers at night?
StellarJetman 10 months ago
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craigkreger 10 months ago
@StellarJetman Maybe it's b4 dawn. Stop being a douche and just watch & listen.
craigkreger 10 months ago
O álbum Presto é pouco citado quando se fala na discografia do Rush.Mas é um trabalho que curto bastante.
Maysticha 10 months ago
Screw this " Bull Shit ! " . RUSH use to be MUCH BETTER than this !
MrDAVIDEO84 10 months ago
Such a great song.One of my favorites from Rush.
WEINBAUER 11 months ago
This song is fun as shit to play on the guitar. Had no idea Lifeson used a 335.
Flailwielder 11 months ago
and i thought geddy lee was just the greatest bass player of all time, HES GOT MOVES TOO!!! 3:07 and 3:21
aDDiZZle99 1 year ago
AFTER ( 1984 ) : THE " GRACE UNDER PRESSURE "
ALBUM ; I COMPLETELY LOST INTERREST IN " RUSH " !
IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THEY LOST ALL THEIR CREATIVE
IMAGINATION , WITH NO MORE MUSICALLY INTERRESTING
AVENUES TO EXPLORE ! ! ! I HAVE GIVEN THIS CRITQUE
SERIOUS CONSIDERATION . AND IT BREAKS MY HEART TO
SAY, " THAT ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINALLY MUSICALLY
PROGRESSIVE BANDS ,OF THE MID 1970's - THE MID 1980's,
HAS LOST IT'S TRUE IDENTITY AND SOUL . "
MrDAVIDEO84 1 year ago
@MrDAVIDEO84
Hello mate,
Firstly, don't type entirely in caps. It makes you look stupid.
Secondly, Power Windows, and Hold Your Fire are great albums, just a different sound.
You can't expect every album to be the same sound, that gets boring and unoriginal. When they try new sounds, that is when they create a variety of great tracks. And their greatest hits, is a large variety of sounds for everyone. But a true Rush fan will like most everything, because it is all good material.
ZeldaFN 1 year ago 4
@MrDAVIDEO84 I disagree
2112movingpictures 1 year ago
@MrDAVIDEO84 you might just not like Rush in the first place. i don't know how else you can dismiss every album from Power Windows onward. there are so many "musically interesting avenues" explored after Grace Under Pressure. if i had to be honest i would choose Test For Echo as their last really great Rush album. but considering their age, Neal's personal losses at the time, and the state of music in general post 1996, i don't blame Rush the band at all; just the times and...circumstances.
rodge2001 8 months ago
about a thousand of these views are mind....I'm an 18 year old black guy and Rush is my favorite band...guess what my kids are gonna listen to?
ztmdrums 1 year ago
How do they remember every tune.??? incredible.
waybent335 1 year ago 9
@waybent335 I actually dout they still remember how to play songs like the Fountain of Lamenth, but ask any musician that question & ou'll get the same answer. If you keep playing the same songs over & over again (practices or concerts) they eventually get infused into your head & will end up never forgetting them. Music is one thing that will always stand the test of time.
DJmcRUSH 1 year ago 23
they better remember how to play Fountain Of Lamneth for the Clockwork tour or imma bust a knuckle
OmgItsGaryBusey 1 year ago
@DJmcRUSH The Fountain of Lamnet isnt bad either, just doesnt make so much sense as most songs.. And thanks for the vids
75coltfan 7 months ago
@DJmcRUSH they might not remember fountain, or stuff they dont play live like Take A Friend, Chain Lightning, or The Big Wheel, but as evidenced with their recent live performances of Presto, Entre Nous and Faithless, it shows they can relearn a song well quickly
MrPogeymanz 6 months ago
@DJmcRUSH You're basically right, except that only good, true, and honest music will stand the test of time. I'm pretty sure anyone born in my generation (early 90's) can rattle off at least 5 to 10 famous rock bands over the past 30 years. When asked the same question about pop bands, they can only name one or two, if any at all. Name at least one pop band whose music will still be well known after 20 years.
Spread the word. Rock needs a comeback.
Disembow1280 4 months ago
@waybent335 it is amazing .. I used to wonder how too, but , as I write more and more songs, I find that you DO remember everything you write because the song is a real emotional part of you. But, man, that sure is a bip catalogue to remember ..
GregERobertson 1 year ago
@waybent335 They practice tons, of course.
But take this as an example:
Me and some friends of mine are thinking of forming a band, and since the last year's summer we started writing some songs.
Some days ago I decided to ask my friends if they had the guitar tabs, because I wanted to check them out again and work more on them, because the song was awesome.
They didn't have them... but when I got home I decided to pick up my guitar and "voilá"! I remembered it.
Music comes from the heart ^^ .
BlastHardRock 1 year ago
@waybent335 ha..no..you do forget them..trust me..
JerryTheHeretic 5 months ago
This song is always finding it's way into my head. I remember when PRESTO was the NEW album. :D
SourdoughMusk 1 year ago
in the recording hes using his wal you can tell
Dthorn912 1 year ago
Love the sound of those toms. Big, huge drums tuned high. I wish more drummers used this approach
gd44 1 year ago
man, that bass breakdown-ish thing there at 2:46 to 3:32, with emphasis on 3:15.. people wonder why i look to geddy lee as an example as a bassist...
ipvideogames 1 year ago
I have seen Rush over 60 times, since I was 10 in 1978. My much older sister took me to it @ The Nassau Colesium, on Long Island, which was my first concert.
I was fortunate to have grown up in the 80s, and I was lucky that I have enjoyed that decade to its fullest. I feel bad for anyone that grew up with the seattle suicide bands of the 90s. Those bands were always like " Wooo is me ", who wants to hear depressing seattle bands, they want to hear rush.
The 80s ruled, no better time like it!!
Pumby0 1 year ago 3
@Pumby0 to all of the seattle suicide bands... listen to The Pass off of this same album
tmn1231 1 year ago 2
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Pumby0 1 year ago
What you're hearing is the awesome sound of the Wal bass on the recording and not the shitty Fender on the video. Yechhhh!
sleightofmike 1 year ago
@sleightofmike Agree! Although I don't dislike the Fender Jazz, I think the Wal kicks the shit out of it.
SpAnKYnation44 1 year ago
neils snares cut through pefectly
bcancun123 1 year ago
This song has a nice crunch to it. Something that Rush has always been good at, but haven't been doing nearly enough.
bluenote71 1 year ago
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RUSH1200 1 year ago
I hate majority of mainstream music nowadays, I walk down the street to hear teenagers of my age singing lyrics about weed and fast cars and women, give me a Rush album anyday.
Herow93 1 year ago 4
Rush still rules! Since 1982 I've seen them 14 times...
hawkmoon419 1 year ago
Did he use the Wal bass in the studio for this one? I have always assumed it was indeed the Wal, but maybe Im wrong? His bass live these days sounds horrible. Very little tone, and too much bottom end and thin sounding treble. But even his new material sounds great in the studio as far as the actual sound of his bass.
IMHO.
RallyCat909 1 year ago
@RallyCat909 It's the Wal. He didn't start using the Jazz again until Counterparts.
bluenote71 1 year ago
You never see these videos on T.V.
Stupid. All they ever show are the same concerts.
1dgkonig 1 year ago
This has got to be the last video Rush made where Geddy wasn't wearing glasses!
WeHaveExplosive 1 year ago
I love the sound of this album..it's like they wnet back to basics after exploring the 'synth sound' throughout the whole 80s...and just focussed on being a rock band again. Awesome!
sarkissamuel 1 year ago 19
@sarkissamuel
Rush's 'basics' were nothing like this.
Headrush13 1 year ago
@Headrush13 Sure they were, no synth--just guitar, vocals, bass, drums. Basic rock n roll. The style was different, sure, it wasn't as progressive because they took a more simpler approach with "Presto". It was awesome.
sarkissamuel 1 year ago
@Headrush13 Dude, Rush never was a static frozen band stuck in the 70's. And just cause you can't change with the times doesn't mean Rush and all their other fans are supposed to sit there with you trapped in the past. Evolve. It's music and it's art. If they didn't take chances then we wouldn't even have had the albums that are worth your praise. What are you complaining about anyway? Just listen to the 70's albums over and over then.
rodge2001 8 months ago
@sarkissamuel Presto was really more of a transiton album back to rock; Roll The Bones was the coup de gras.
BlackLink27 11 months ago
Everday I wish I could live in the 80's. I was born in '93 and these days everything seems to have basically gone to shit. Artists go into a studio and sing whatever into the mic then they put autotune and generic overused drum samples over it and get Lil Wayne to laugh into the mic and they turn it into an mp3 file and a bunch of kids download it for free online.
OneLeggedPuppies2010 1 year ago 59
@OneLeggedPuppies2010 I am 40, you did not miss ANYTHING in the eighties they sucked. Music is much better know, there is so much variety and with the advent of technology (ipod,dvds, mp3) it is easier then ever to get and listen to your favorite music.
rams1528 1 year ago
@OneLeggedPuppies2010 A-motherfucking-men.
RickPaniagua 1 year ago
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Ovningskora 1 year ago
Gedlee1000 same I was born in 97' which I think thats the year Neil's daughter and 1st wife died. The 80's was the best. today's music is crap. I hope in the coming years people result back to the great wonder of Rock. Rush doesn't give a crap whats popular. They play whatever the hell they want to play
Gedlee1000 1 year ago
@OneLeggedPuppies2010 i feel your pain, a 90's child as well. i wish i had been born in the 60's so i could have been old enough to appreciate it
bobthekiller32 1 year ago
@bobthekiller32 i was born in 64 ,so i remember it all. but thats probably because im a drummer! i guess i had the best of the 70s and 80s. you dont find to many drummers that play with feeling like neil peart or dave matthews drummer, carter beauford.basically a jazz style type of playing.I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
superdrummer1964 10 months ago
@OneLeggedPuppies2010
The best thing about growing up in the 70's was having my teen years in the 80's. It was the perfect decade to grow up in. Had the best movies and music. Nothing today even comes close.
Tiamat1156 10 months ago
@OneLeggedPuppies2010 yes it's gone to shit... but get all the good stuff from '67-'96 !
daddysevenpointfiver 7 months ago
@OneLeggedPuppies2010 Yeah I agree for the most part. But if you search hard for a while you find great little gems.
Annonymus121 5 months ago
very late 80s/early 90s look ged has goin on...
i think he looks better in a pont tali than he does without one. i know it doesn't realy matter at all but whatever....
Rago2112 3 years ago
perfect song for the current times!!
william194113 3 years ago
awesome...i love this album :) thanks
mywhiskySP 3 years ago