we who lived to feel the music of the times know that nothing comes close to touching it today or tommorow!!! rush, early genesis, pink floyd, and countless others...
@bagorush hahaha Have to Agree 100% To Me this is Rush! Not that synthesized newer crap after Moving Pictures.This stuff is so Raw and Powerful & still Blows away most stuff from today! LoL
I remember when this album was regarded as a "forgotten " rush album. Now...all these years later..it is now considered a classic..and more appreciated...funny how people"s opinions can change over the years
I really like this song and album, but I can understand why many didn't. Just think of the situation at the time: young band, still trying to build a fanbase, it's only their third album, each new album so far has brought major changes... I wasn't quite born yet, (1979), so as a time traveler from the future I have the benefit of already being a huge Rush fan and already being used to listening to really long songs. (cont.)
@BeefBoullionaire So it's easy for someone like me to go back and listen to this and say "hey, this is actually pretty good!", but it sure as hell wasn't going to be the song to sell people on the very concept of 20-minute songs back in 1975. That would have to wait until 2112.
It's no knock against Lamneth, 2112 was just that freaking awesome that it was able to overcome that barrier and set a precedent for rock epics.
Had this one bootleg 8-track courtesy of the local pawn shop. I think I was in the 5th grade. I also recall buying "Hemispheres" on red vinyl soon after. Ah, memories...
Something i would like to be played at my funerail. i would be proud that my close friends hear it once .. maybe i will give them this passion that i was.
This album's flow has weed written all over it. I always thought of Rush as a weed band up until the mid 80's. You have your coke bands, drunks, but FBN-MP had that connection to THC I believe. 2112 was probably the zenith.
I believe Rush was never heavy into many vices which is why the are still intact and look intelligent and health.
This is by far the worst Rush album of all! It is absolutely dreadful rubbish!!!! I am a big fan of Rsuh and own many of their classic albums such as Permenant Waves and Moving Pictures.
Well I gues that their first stab at doing the big, mega, epic works didn't pay off. I mean this stuff sounds like crap thrown in the washing machine and put through a mangel. In later albums they really perfectecd the Sci-fi epics but this is awful.
@thegreatbasher FIRST of all, i am a big fucking rush fan, SECOND of all, the classic albums are ones like caress of steel and fly by night and a farewell to kings, how the FUCK can you think this sounds like crap thrown in a washing machine? i mean seriously crap is soft and mushy and wont make any noise in a washing machine but rush is just FUCKING GENIOUS this song brings me closer to the fucking heart...fuck you yuor not a big fan of rush if you dont like all there albums, so fuck off
If you are a Drummer, bass or guitarist that learned this stuff when you were young, I bet you like this album. It was the beginning of better things to come, but it was part of that movement through Hemispheres.
I have never met a hardcore fan and musician that grew up with Rush that even came close to disrespecting them, much less calling their classics "Rubbish".
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@hitopsful Ooooh mummy's little boy has a hot temper! And to tell you the truth your just an arogant twat! I LOVE Rush very much. I love the epic guitar solos, the complex layered keyboard sounds, the furious drum playing from Neil, the eic bass parts from Geddy. Just don't take my first comment too seriously! One doesn't have to like everything they did to be a fan of the their beautiful music.
I did not right **** in capitals just to get my useless point across. I have sense unlike you.
@thegreatbasher Dude, shut the fuck up. Idk if you're a troll or what, but I don't see how this album is rubbish, unless you've written a few albums yourself you'd like to share?
I have seen Rush 8 times live... it was the best collection of the greatest times recorded in my lifetime....building memories... tales to tell about RUSH.
read this.once u started there is no turni back. a little 10 year old girl was raped and murdured in 1945. her body was not found untill 1947.then a boy last week read this and did not copy and paste this message. the dead girl appeared in his room haunting him and killed him. if ou do not copy and paste this onto 10 videos in 30 minutes the dead girl will appear in your room tonight and haunt you and kill you. well you better start to copy and paste if you want to be safe
My all time favorite band and all time favorite song....ever. I try not to play favorites, but this just is a masterwork that goes beyond. So hard in spots, then so beautiful and soft. It really just does not get any better then this musically for me. Thanks for this really clear audio. My Klipshchs love it :)
@Andrewoid95 On the contrary. They DO know "shit", and a lot more than YOUR generation will ever know. However, this is not your fault because public school (read indoctrination camps) really sucks. It sucks that you have NOT been educated in the correct context to understand Rush and their music. You and your ilk really need to get together and study the classics, because these are what will allow you to think your way out of your dire situation.
@TheWNMan Are you kidding me? I get educated on my own time, not from the school's. I'm actually independent enough to formulate my own opinion and study on my own free time. I was saying they don't because this album is such a beautiful wonder. Man, there was no need to flip out there.
@TheWNMan I think you misunderstood Andrewoid95 here friend...he was referring to the critics who "don't know shit". And I agree 100% with him. And before you go off on me as well, I AM educated, both in the real world (I'm 54 years old and been there, done that), as well holding bachelor's degrees in both History and Classical Literature, as well as a holding a Master od Education. I will share something with you that I share with my students: Read, think, read again, THEN speak.
@YesRushELP If you're responding to my comment, then both of us know perfectly well what we are talking about. You very well know that there is an ethno-political agenda in our public schools. And spare me the long list of degrees in the humanities and classics, as we both know, that these have been totally appropriated by DEGENERATE left wing "scholars" who make utterly ridiculous and unproven claims about, for example, the sexual orientation of great Western writers and artists. :rolls eyes:
I wish Rush would re-release all their albums in one box anthology. I was born in the wrong generation so I have missed my chance to collect them all. I have only been able to find 8 in any worthy condition. Probably because all rush fans hang on to them. Drats!
I love this song so much. truly. beautiful. I'm 17 years old and i enjoy all of the new music that is coming out these days, but NOTHING will EVER compare to the beauty and art that is RUSH.
What I always liked about Rush is that they would get influenced by someone then they would show that someone how it was supposed to be done! Then they got bored with that. Now the masters cant be touched and never will !!!!
My two favorite bands are Rush and Yes. Both for music style (and talent) and for lyric content. I love the early concept albums! Anyone who has seen Rush live and is not blown away by their talent and showmanship is blind and deaf. Who else could get kids to read Ayn Rand's Fountain Head and Anthem!
@Moonchild7o7 I agree with you. Remember when rush got slagged off cause they said they were Zepp rip-offs?Zepp ws an inluence and you could hear it in some of this stuff. Good ear you have. I agree totally.
@Moonchild7o7 I agree with you. Remember when rush got slagged off cause they said they were Zepp rip-offs?Zepp ws an influence and you could hear it in some of this stuff. Good ear you have. I agree totally.
The colour of the caress of steel album was supposed to be a metalic silver colour,but something went wrong so thats why it looks like it does.It still does not matter,it's whats in that sleeve that counts.Caress of steel is still one of my favorite Rush albums.They all are.
Rush in everything its ever created, is the essence of music...they were never scared of how they sounded in the ears of mainstream, not one of there songs has a guidline set by a greedy producer, and everything sounds like nothing i''ve ever heard....and yet there so under-rated....guess its just cuz they''re canadian :P
@undoubtfulldemise Dude there not underrated. There like in the top 5 record sellers just behind the likes of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Its cause there not regurgiated all over the Radio and commercialised like the crap now a days. I live 40 mins from Toronto and hear Rush all the time on the Radio. But your so right on everything else brother!!
@dinglenutzz I live in toronto, and I strongly feel theyre underrated. They're a hidden gem of canadian culture, just like the tragically hip. Travel to america and check out who really knows who they are down there. You'll be appalled. In toronto they are very famous, because they're from ontario.
They're underrated because you so rarely hear about Rush today. Everyone knows Aerosmith and The Beatles, but if you go up to a random kid on the street they couldn't tell you a thing about Rush. I only hear them on classic rock stations, while Bieber, Taylor Swift, and Katy Perry all take over the airwaves with corporate-written pop. A new young star appears every day, and we always hear about them. But not a 30-year-old genius trio that still makes millions today.
@chitoryu12 they are only underrated by those who don't know the true depths of their music..to those of us who know the secret that is Rush?...they are godlike...
@rockrocks66 This song wasn't about LotR. God knows what it's about (the band members themselves said they are almost certain they were high when they wrote this track). The Necromancer was about Sauron, and therefore LotR.
@ThePersonTalking Okay to make one thing clear, just because it's called The Necromancer doesnt mean its about Sauron. That is pure assumption. He talks about By-Tor, who is a character from another song so it's safer to say its a continuation of the earlier stories. There is a possibility it could be inspired by lotr, but to say it "was about sauron" is basically saying you know its absolutely about that, which you dont know as a fact.
@Eishinryujoe Umm the band explained this in an interview. Parts 1 and 2 are about Sauron, and part 3 was something they wrote in early '75 that never made it on "Fly By Night" so they put it on Caress of Steel.
@rockrocks66 Don't forget YES. They have also wrote some LOTR based songs. Particularly Jon Anderson. Apparently back in those days--the 70's--it was a good way to get you laid. :)
@choi4816 Interesting you would say that as I commented somehting very same similar the other day on part two, and it really is sad how the majority can't see the beauty in the caress of this steel...
I guess I WAS on acid - lol - I swear something happened one time when I listened to this - like a different song was put in the middle somewhere. I SWEAR! Lol
I met Alex Lifeson last night at the 2010 Billboard Touring Awards where Rush received Billboard's highest touring accolade. Great guy! During my brief introduction I exclaimed, "Thanks for inspiring me as a guitar player. In high school I learned every song in the Rush Complete Songbook--- even [and the first song that popped into my head was] 'Didacts & Narpets.'"He looked puzzled. Maybe that's because it's the drum solo in Fountains of Lamneth!??!!?. Man, I'm an IDIOT!
Rush had to make Caress of Steel so they could go on to make albums like 2112 and Hemisphere. In the Beyond the Lighted Stage doc it's pretty clear their record company was pushing them as lightweight Zeppelin clones (not that they were lightweight, or sounded much like Zeppelin). Caress of Steel flopped, but it was the necessary mindfuck so they could stretch out creatively into longer song forms. It also gave them a chance to send a big fuckyou to the record company in the form of 2112.
@blablabla9ish its not that big and speaks of his heritage and perhaps even makes up a large part of his wonderful vocals. be careful what you might wish for.
@blablabla9ish I lost my copy of it.... It was a very sad day indeed because Lakeside Park is one of my all time favorite songs by them :( This whole album is awesome!
The intro is so damn good! Not the the rest of the song isn't, it's freakin' fantastic. But that first minute... wow, what a way to start a 20 minute masterpiece!
I keep finding more songs by Rush....and I end up at least liking if not loving all of them to some extent. They don't have a single song that's not good!
@tnc1221 if this album was cheaply recorded then i don't know what i would do if i heard a cleaned up version. i may install a record player in my head and let this album play permanently.
@tnc1221 A remix would be a sacrilege. I understand your sentiment, but this version needs to be let alone. It's a wonderful song in and of itself, a testament of early Rush and the concept albums they made 'famous' through their pure genius. If a remix is needed, then why not remix '2112', 'Cygnus X-1', 'Hemispheres' and the like? Unless the originators themselves do so, I say nay to any remixes. The original music is too perfect to profane it otherwise.
@deathrib id just like the sound to be crisper is all. i've owned this RECORD (yeah vinyl) since 1982, and i always thought it sounded like it was recorded in a trash can. just my humble opinion.
@tnc1221 Sorry if it sounded like a jab; I certainly didn't mean for it to be. I have respect for those that admire this album in particular, which is considered by some to be their worst for their early works. Rush called it the 'Down the Tubes' tour, and I have met a few folks, musicians and non-musicians, who deem this album unworthy of respect, as opposed to their previous works, let alone the one directly after (most people concur that 2112 was an answer to the 'failure' of this album).
@deathrib read the latin on the inner sleeve. basically translates to something like "our final work". great album, just sounds cheaply recorded. and i have no problems with you, i like discussing music.
@tnc1221 I honestly can't agree with you on it sounding like 'cheaply recorded', as recording was primitive, comparatively. The music was, and still is, lovely for its day. I don't even think they used click tracks until much further on in their career, but still managed to record remarkably given the methods used at the time. As I've said before, I'd love it if Rush decided on remaking this classic album; especially since it is considered 'lesser' as far as its contemporaries are concerned.
this song can kind of relate to subdivisions how the character needs to find his way out of the valley to get to the foutain and thinks the grass is greener on the other side and this kind of relates the the suburbs escasping to the better side of town
@zackjp True that it has overtones to Subdivisions, but to an even greater extent; 'Subdivisions' is like the song 'War Paint' in myriad ways. It speaks of the challenges of growing up, but in differing circumstances. This song is a kind of trilogy, one that traverses a complete life experience in search of a goal, determined by the protagonist. Where 'Subdivisions' and songs like it are cut short (length-wise only) of what is required for more epic themes, they are still great. :D
@deathrib true also circumstances off hemispheres also relates to this topic but also true this song is about life and wanting to evolve to a greater place
Funny that this album was almost the death of the band. After the relative success of "Rush" and "Fly by night" They came out with this album and thought it would be their big breakthrough. But most people found it too long and confusing but I like it more than 2112 just because of the "No one at the Bridge". I do wish they would re mix it as it is kind of muddy sounding. But maybe that is why I like it?
@xxSUPERCORNxx Its about a man trying to fulfill his dream, even when things dont end up going his way. eventually he succeeds only to realize his dream is part of a bigger plan.
I think. im most likely wrong, but thats how I interpreted it.
@GamerBaron and thats why its so great. Rush's lyrics aren't strictly decisive they mean something different to everything and that makes them more accessable and personal to each individual listener.
I saw Rush 4 times in the early 80's nothing will ever take their place in my heart . These old songs are fantastic .. Thanks RUSH for making me who I am ..
Why didnt this album do well?!
I like it better than 2112..., early RUSH was so goood.
popceed 2 weeks ago
@popceed So did I, but no one will admit to it. Thank You for stating the obvious!!!
turdel 4 days ago
Had to pick my face off that floor after it was melted by that drum solo.
blueridger28 3 weeks ago
carress....of steel...oh the beauty...
vanzantlives 3 weeks ago
I love this song. Long, complex, and beautifully written. Best 20 minutes of my life.
LtZerge 1 month ago
@3xWink
Well said, my friend! I agree 110%!!!
If you have RUSH, what else could you need?
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rikoleto 2 months ago
we who lived to feel the music of the times know that nothing comes close to touching it today or tommorow!!! rush, early genesis, pink floyd, and countless others...
bagorush 2 months ago
@bagorush hahaha Have to Agree 100% To Me this is Rush! Not that synthesized newer crap after Moving Pictures.This stuff is so Raw and Powerful & still Blows away most stuff from today! LoL
stiehlreddog 1 month ago
I remember when this album was regarded as a "forgotten " rush album. Now...all these years later..it is now considered a classic..and more appreciated...funny how people"s opinions can change over the years
2afel 2 months ago
man, rush is so... i have no words.
rodrigomengaoBR 2 months ago
The bass part reminds me of Genesis! It sounds like Watcher Of The Skyes! I really like it
GiorgioRocker92 3 months ago
ACASO EXISTE ALGO MEJOR???
Photo3Dpe 3 months ago 4
thats what i thought it was befor i saw it big
119matburn 4 months ago
around 4:18 i flipped over that solo!!!
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i see the face.. ing to the right
MultiRushfan 4 months ago
does anyone else see the face in the picture?
OddMusicality 5 months ago 2
@OddMusicality If I squint, yes, I can see one in his robe.
unholyimage 4 months ago
@OddMusicality Yes! A profile. That's really cool. Wonder if they meant for it to look like that.
iheartgeddylee 4 months ago
LISTEN
dipshit776 5 months ago
I really like this song and album, but I can understand why many didn't. Just think of the situation at the time: young band, still trying to build a fanbase, it's only their third album, each new album so far has brought major changes... I wasn't quite born yet, (1979), so as a time traveler from the future I have the benefit of already being a huge Rush fan and already being used to listening to really long songs. (cont.)
BeefBoullionaire 5 months ago
@BeefBoullionaire So it's easy for someone like me to go back and listen to this and say "hey, this is actually pretty good!", but it sure as hell wasn't going to be the song to sell people on the very concept of 20-minute songs back in 1975. That would have to wait until 2112.
It's no knock against Lamneth, 2112 was just that freaking awesome that it was able to overcome that barrier and set a precedent for rock epics.
BeefBoullionaire 5 months ago
@BeefBoullionaire
What are you talking about? Yes were doing 20-minute epic when Rush were still in their diapers...
Nonetheless, awesome album!! One of my favorites by Rush. High school was fun only because of music like this!
Spyes23 1 month ago
Had this one bootleg 8-track courtesy of the local pawn shop. I think I was in the 5th grade. I also recall buying "Hemispheres" on red vinyl soon after. Ah, memories...
hotfingersandwich 5 months ago 4
Something i would like to be played at my funerail. i would be proud that my close friends hear it once .. maybe i will give them this passion that i was.
treegt 5 months ago
I just listened 2 the Rush Greatest hits album which does not include this song their best song
czech698 6 months ago
This is such an underrated album! It's so awesome! Only TRUE Rush fans like it. No one else even knows it exists.
devilsfan1986 6 months ago
@devilsfan1986 no one else knows Rush exists -_-
RyHarr22 6 months ago
@RyHarr22 I think you are overreacting. Rush is one of the most popular and respected rock bands of all time.
VirtualDynamite 6 months ago
@VirtualDynamite Was a joke dude, work on that sense of humor...
RyHarr22 6 months ago
Gosh, I LOVE THEM!!!
Galadrielsweet01 6 months ago
This album's flow has weed written all over it. I always thought of Rush as a weed band up until the mid 80's. You have your coke bands, drunks, but FBN-MP had that connection to THC I believe. 2112 was probably the zenith.
I believe Rush was never heavy into many vices which is why the are still intact and look intelligent and health.
PookieDooky 6 months ago
This is by far the worst Rush album of all! It is absolutely dreadful rubbish!!!! I am a big fan of Rsuh and own many of their classic albums such as Permenant Waves and Moving Pictures.
Well I gues that their first stab at doing the big, mega, epic works didn't pay off. I mean this stuff sounds like crap thrown in the washing machine and put through a mangel. In later albums they really perfectecd the Sci-fi epics but this is awful.
thegreatbasher 6 months ago
@thegreatbasher FIRST of all, i am a big fucking rush fan, SECOND of all, the classic albums are ones like caress of steel and fly by night and a farewell to kings, how the FUCK can you think this sounds like crap thrown in a washing machine? i mean seriously crap is soft and mushy and wont make any noise in a washing machine but rush is just FUCKING GENIOUS this song brings me closer to the fucking heart...fuck you yuor not a big fan of rush if you dont like all there albums, so fuck off
hitopsful 6 months ago
@hitopsful
If you are a Drummer, bass or guitarist that learned this stuff when you were young, I bet you like this album. It was the beginning of better things to come, but it was part of that movement through Hemispheres.
I have never met a hardcore fan and musician that grew up with Rush that even came close to disrespecting them, much less calling their classics "Rubbish".
Loud mouth over the top bold comments due to the comforts of anonymity.
PookieDooky 6 months ago
@hitopsful Ooooh mummy's little boy has a hot temper! And to tell you the truth your just an arogant twat! I LOVE Rush very much. I love the epic guitar solos, the complex layered keyboard sounds, the furious drum playing from Neil, the eic bass parts from Geddy. Just don't take my first comment too seriously! One doesn't have to like everything they did to be a fan of the their beautiful music.
I did not right **** in capitals just to get my useless point across. I have sense unlike you.
thegreatbasher 6 months ago
@thegreatbasher Dude, shut the fuck up. Idk if you're a troll or what, but I don't see how this album is rubbish, unless you've written a few albums yourself you'd like to share?
alldayerrday4200 6 months ago
@thegreatbasher I seriously hope your washing machine is working properly.
DeftCrowMk3 6 months ago
@DeftCrowMk3 yes it is actually! We recently bought a new ultra modern one- haha. but they missed the mark with this one though.
thegreatbasher 6 months ago
@thegreatbasher really, serious...
abaddatom 6 months ago
@abaddatom Yes!
thegreatbasher 6 months ago
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thegreatbasher 6 months ago
I have seen Rush 8 times live... it was the best collection of the greatest times recorded in my lifetime....building memories... tales to tell about RUSH.
Dahstin 6 months ago
Hall of Fame
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read this.once u started there is no turni back. a little 10 year old girl was raped and murdured in 1945. her body was not found untill 1947.then a boy last week read this and did not copy and paste this message. the dead girl appeared in his room haunting him and killed him. if ou do not copy and paste this onto 10 videos in 30 minutes the dead girl will appear in your room tonight and haunt you and kill you. well you better start to copy and paste if you want to be safe
Madnessfan34537 6 months ago
This is a clasic rush song it should of got a gold album
2112dolphins 6 months ago
My all time favorite band and all time favorite song....ever. I try not to play favorites, but this just is a masterwork that goes beyond. So hard in spots, then so beautiful and soft. It really just does not get any better then this musically for me. Thanks for this really clear audio. My Klipshchs love it :)
sralmy 7 months ago
Why does critics hate on this album?
randomstofil 9 months ago
@randomstofil Cause they don't know shit.
Andrewoid95 8 months ago
@Andrewoid95 probably... It's not really Rush strongest effort, but it's atleast above average.
randomstofil 8 months ago
@Andrewoid95 On the contrary. They DO know "shit", and a lot more than YOUR generation will ever know. However, this is not your fault because public school (read indoctrination camps) really sucks. It sucks that you have NOT been educated in the correct context to understand Rush and their music. You and your ilk really need to get together and study the classics, because these are what will allow you to think your way out of your dire situation.
TheWNMan 7 months ago
@TheWNMan Are you kidding me? I get educated on my own time, not from the school's. I'm actually independent enough to formulate my own opinion and study on my own free time. I was saying they don't because this album is such a beautiful wonder. Man, there was no need to flip out there.
Andrewoid95 7 months ago
@TheWNMan I think you misunderstood Andrewoid95 here friend...he was referring to the critics who "don't know shit". And I agree 100% with him. And before you go off on me as well, I AM educated, both in the real world (I'm 54 years old and been there, done that), as well holding bachelor's degrees in both History and Classical Literature, as well as a holding a Master od Education. I will share something with you that I share with my students: Read, think, read again, THEN speak.
YesRushELP 7 months ago
@YesRushELP If you're responding to my comment, then both of us know perfectly well what we are talking about. You very well know that there is an ethno-political agenda in our public schools. And spare me the long list of degrees in the humanities and classics, as we both know, that these have been totally appropriated by DEGENERATE left wing "scholars" who make utterly ridiculous and unproven claims about, for example, the sexual orientation of great Western writers and artists. :rolls eyes:
TheWNMan 7 months ago
pure genius
MrKayaker69 9 months ago
@MrKayaker69 i agree,,what a thing of beauty,,pure.
mummylips 8 months ago
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i have all albums till signals
spindriftbu2b 9 months ago
i have all alubms till singals
spindriftbu2b 9 months ago
I wish Rush would re-release all their albums in one box anthology. I was born in the wrong generation so I have missed my chance to collect them all. I have only been able to find 8 in any worthy condition. Probably because all rush fans hang on to them. Drats!
mmmpancakesmmm 9 months ago
@mmmpancakesmmm Try ebay.
xraycortina 9 months ago
I love this song so much. truly. beautiful. I'm 17 years old and i enjoy all of the new music that is coming out these days, but NOTHING will EVER compare to the beauty and art that is RUSH.
SnowPANDA686 9 months ago
most under-rated album of all time. genius masterpiece in my opinion.
lucidrummer 9 months ago
this album is great
unstable0 10 months ago
this is it people the birth of prog rush , you can hear in this all that they will become ,the baby takes its first steps .....AWESOME......
zepxdt 10 months ago
What I always liked about Rush is that they would get influenced by someone then they would show that someone how it was supposed to be done! Then they got bored with that. Now the masters cant be touched and never will !!!!
TheBgaddy 10 months ago
My two favorite bands are Rush and Yes. Both for music style (and talent) and for lyric content. I love the early concept albums! Anyone who has seen Rush live and is not blown away by their talent and showmanship is blind and deaf. Who else could get kids to read Ayn Rand's Fountain Head and Anthem!
TheLilwildhair 10 months ago
the firsts epics of rush were pretty strange...
Akron162 10 months ago
This rocks! The closest to Zeppelin Rush got to!!
Moonchild7o7 11 months ago
@Moonchild7o7 I agree with you. Remember when rush got slagged off cause they said they were Zepp rip-offs?Zepp ws an inluence and you could hear it in some of this stuff. Good ear you have. I agree totally.
hyperdog67 10 months ago
@hyperdog67 Yeah in my opinion they didn't develop their own persona until Permanent Waves.
Jalreal 10 months ago
@Jalreal fly by night , a farewell to kings ,2112 ,caress of steel,what are you talking about
danmor1000 9 months ago
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@Moonchild7o7 I agree with you. Remember when rush got slagged off cause they said they were Zepp rip-offs?Zepp ws an influence and you could hear it in some of this stuff. Good ear you have. I agree totally.
hyperdog67 10 months ago
The colour of the caress of steel album was supposed to be a metalic silver colour,but something went wrong so thats why it looks like it does.It still does not matter,it's whats in that sleeve that counts.Caress of steel is still one of my favorite Rush albums.They all are.
STRATCAT101 11 months ago
2 Dislikes. - Seriously!!!
adenunzio2000 11 months ago
between 4:20 and 5:10 almnost reminds me a little of zappa
tugster19 1 year ago
In this song you can certainly hear the Rush to come. Signs of Signals, Hemispheres, Moving Pictures and such. Peace!
probrojeffro 1 year ago
I think i'm going bald!
katrinak73 1 year ago
My single biggest influence on the Bass guitar of all time.
katrinak73 1 year ago 22
@katrinak73 check out my only video! im heavily influenced by lifeson
DeanVisserGuitarist 1 year ago
@katrinak73 Mine was Jean-Jacques Burnel.
xraycortina 9 months ago
Powerfull stuff!!!!
katrinak73 1 year ago
Rush in everything its ever created, is the essence of music...they were never scared of how they sounded in the ears of mainstream, not one of there songs has a guidline set by a greedy producer, and everything sounds like nothing i''ve ever heard....and yet there so under-rated....guess its just cuz they''re canadian :P
undoubtfulldemise 1 year ago 4
@undoubtfulldemise Dude there not underrated. There like in the top 5 record sellers just behind the likes of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Its cause there not regurgiated all over the Radio and commercialised like the crap now a days. I live 40 mins from Toronto and hear Rush all the time on the Radio. But your so right on everything else brother!!
dinglenutzz 1 year ago
@dinglenutzz I live in toronto, and I strongly feel theyre underrated. They're a hidden gem of canadian culture, just like the tragically hip. Travel to america and check out who really knows who they are down there. You'll be appalled. In toronto they are very famous, because they're from ontario.
DeanVisserGuitarist 1 year ago
@dinglenutzz
They're underrated because you so rarely hear about Rush today. Everyone knows Aerosmith and The Beatles, but if you go up to a random kid on the street they couldn't tell you a thing about Rush. I only hear them on classic rock stations, while Bieber, Taylor Swift, and Katy Perry all take over the airwaves with corporate-written pop. A new young star appears every day, and we always hear about them. But not a 30-year-old genius trio that still makes millions today.
chitoryu12 1 year ago 12
@chitoryu12 they are only underrated by those who don't know the true depths of their music..to those of us who know the secret that is Rush?...they are godlike...
ThePass1967 8 months ago
@chitoryu12 Correction. 58-year-old's. :)
LegionOf3 6 months ago
@chitoryu12 You hit the nail right on the head chitoryu12.
MultiFloyde 5 months ago
it is simply fantastic at 4:18 O.O great neal peart!!!!!!!
valty991 1 year ago
I am in love with Rush, it's all the more worse because I have OCD but I would still be obsessed with them if I didn't! I think.
TheRockerStat 1 year ago
@TheRockerStat Counitng out their rythyms gave me OCD!
bstensland 1 year ago
@bstensland - LOL. It's complex!!
TheRushBravado 1 year ago
@TheRockerStat - LOL
TheRushBravado 1 year ago
5:55 is just pure cool
joeymann603 1 year ago
only now noyiving 21,1120
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
How many bands are there that make songs about LOTR? Hardly any! Rush and Zep are the only ones I can think of.
rockrocks66 1 year ago
@rockrocks66 This song wasn't about LotR. God knows what it's about (the band members themselves said they are almost certain they were high when they wrote this track). The Necromancer was about Sauron, and therefore LotR.
ThePersonTalking 1 year ago
@ThePersonTalking Thanks. Well, I think there are a few other Rush songs about LoTR. It's still a kickass song.
rockrocks66 1 year ago
@rockrocks66 Rivendell
GregERobertson 1 year ago
@ThePersonTalking Okay to make one thing clear, just because it's called The Necromancer doesnt mean its about Sauron. That is pure assumption. He talks about By-Tor, who is a character from another song so it's safer to say its a continuation of the earlier stories. There is a possibility it could be inspired by lotr, but to say it "was about sauron" is basically saying you know its absolutely about that, which you dont know as a fact.
Eishinryujoe 1 year ago
@Eishinryujoe Umm the band explained this in an interview. Parts 1 and 2 are about Sauron, and part 3 was something they wrote in early '75 that never made it on "Fly By Night" so they put it on Caress of Steel.
ThePersonTalking 1 year ago
@rockrocks66 wtf u talking about? blind guardian wrote half their songs based on tolkien's works :S
MaRaX93 1 year ago
@rockrocks66 Don't forget YES. They have also wrote some LOTR based songs. Particularly Jon Anderson. Apparently back in those days--the 70's--it was a good way to get you laid. :)
SilentWingsOfFreedom 1 year ago
4:18 all i have to say
EvenFlowGaming 1 year ago
isn't okeefenokee swamp from a disney cartoon or woody woodpecker????
humbledrumah 1 year ago
@humbledrumah okeefenokee swamp is in georgia, southern part
Dillbob1 1 year ago
I can't believe this album almost ended their career. It is full of depth and pathos. I feel like I went on a journey after hearing this album.
choi4816 1 year ago
@choi4816 Interesting you would say that as I commented somehting very same similar the other day on part two, and it really is sad how the majority can't see the beauty in the caress of this steel...
SolarFederate 1 year ago
RUSH FOREVER!!!
bananamonkeyking5 1 year ago
I guess I WAS on acid - lol - I swear something happened one time when I listened to this - like a different song was put in the middle somewhere. I SWEAR! Lol
ALxtreme 1 year ago 3
8:37 is my fav part of all
great solo
SuperElectricPower 1 year ago 2
I met Alex Lifeson last night at the 2010 Billboard Touring Awards where Rush received Billboard's highest touring accolade. Great guy! During my brief introduction I exclaimed, "Thanks for inspiring me as a guitar player. In high school I learned every song in the Rush Complete Songbook--- even [and the first song that popped into my head was] 'Didacts & Narpets.'"He looked puzzled. Maybe that's because it's the drum solo in Fountains of Lamneth!??!!?. Man, I'm an IDIOT!
BruceAlanR 1 year ago 2
@BruceAlanR lol
MaidenFloydTallica13 1 year ago
Rush had to make Caress of Steel so they could go on to make albums like 2112 and Hemisphere. In the Beyond the Lighted Stage doc it's pretty clear their record company was pushing them as lightweight Zeppelin clones (not that they were lightweight, or sounded much like Zeppelin). Caress of Steel flopped, but it was the necessary mindfuck so they could stretch out creatively into longer song forms. It also gave them a chance to send a big fuckyou to the record company in the form of 2112.
tomthezebra 1 year ago 2
Everyone form a circle, and pass the joint.
splintercellfan2007 1 year ago 2
@splintercellfan2007 you stoners aren't good for anything else!
2112Metal 1 year ago
@2112Metal That's not very nice. :(
splintercellfan2007 1 year ago
I wish I could just sit around all day smoking pot and listening to this album!
sagamoreboy 1 year ago 2
@sagamoreboy Me Too!
adenunzio2000 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
What the hell happened at :56? Some angry crappy punk music snuck in there.
ALxtreme 1 year ago
@ALxtreme what are you talking about?
papiecho18 1 year ago 43
@papiecho18 hehehe haha
jumalas 1 year ago
@papiecho18 i think (s)he is talking about 4;56
krwatt92 10 months ago
@ALxtreme is u on AHHHSID
MaidenFloydTallica13 1 year ago
@ALxtreme you high dude....you high
glueforall 1 year ago
@ALxtreme YOU ARE A RETARD!
CptK96 1 year ago
@ALxtreme Are you high?
MrFish711 1 year ago
@ALxtreme he's probably talking about 1:56 it sounds a bit punk-ish
but ain't crappy at all
turbomaximus1966 1 year ago
@ALxtreme What the hell are you talking about?!
jerrythepotato1919 11 months ago
@ALxtreme What the hell are you talking about meatpuppet? posting on the wrong link perchance? Now stop interrupting my listening pleasure
Nikkodemis 11 months ago
@ALxtreme wat
Razsteroid 10 months ago
@ALxtreme i think i see what you meant,,it wasnt negative,,i dont think
mummylips 8 months ago
Geddy Lee has a beautiful nose.
BeefBurgers 1 year ago
With a nose job!!!!!!!!!
blablabla9ish 1 year ago
@blablabla9ish its not that big and speaks of his heritage and perhaps even makes up a large part of his wonderful vocals. be careful what you might wish for.
chinaman1013 1 year ago
If i died and came back to life I would want to be Geddy lee!
blablabla9ish 1 year ago 3
Progressive rock??? Rock and roll......Ther'es only one way to rock!!!!!! They ROCKED!!!!!!!!
blablabla9ish 1 year ago
It's sad that so few Rush fans know this album!!! I'd say,that in my opinion this may be some of their best work ever!
blablabla9ish 1 year ago
@blablabla9ish I lost my copy of it.... It was a very sad day indeed because Lakeside Park is one of my all time favorite songs by them :( This whole album is awesome!
Reardenlife1957 1 year ago
@Reardenlife1957 Ya can buy em on e bay all day long. Break a twenty and buy one, will ya.
godbluffvdgg 1 year ago
The intro is so damn good! Not the the rest of the song isn't, it's freakin' fantastic. But that first minute... wow, what a way to start a 20 minute masterpiece!
zohasreturned 1 year ago
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1337JAP 1 year ago
I love Didacts and Narpets!
ironman1055 1 year ago 2
I keep finding more songs by Rush....and I end up at least liking if not loving all of them to some extent. They don't have a single song that's not good!
TheChugulator 1 year ago
@TheChugulator See if you can still say that after Rivendell or Madrigal.
h100spfld 1 year ago
@TheChugulator ya they do
ThrasherJesus 1 year ago
@tnc1221 if this album was cheaply recorded then i don't know what i would do if i heard a cleaned up version. i may install a record player in my head and let this album play permanently.
CygnusX1BookII10 1 year ago 2
Rush are the dogs bollocks....
markaqua64 1 year ago
They are the greatest!
Mr29roses 1 year ago
So amazing.
jmpilcher 1 year ago
i wore the vinyl out on this one. just trying to figure out what it meant. very underated tune. and i agree a remix would do it justice.
tnc1221 1 year ago
@tnc1221 A remix would be a sacrilege. I understand your sentiment, but this version needs to be let alone. It's a wonderful song in and of itself, a testament of early Rush and the concept albums they made 'famous' through their pure genius. If a remix is needed, then why not remix '2112', 'Cygnus X-1', 'Hemispheres' and the like? Unless the originators themselves do so, I say nay to any remixes. The original music is too perfect to profane it otherwise.
deathrib 1 year ago
@deathrib id just like the sound to be crisper is all. i've owned this RECORD (yeah vinyl) since 1982, and i always thought it sounded like it was recorded in a trash can. just my humble opinion.
tnc1221 1 year ago
@tnc1221 Sorry if it sounded like a jab; I certainly didn't mean for it to be. I have respect for those that admire this album in particular, which is considered by some to be their worst for their early works. Rush called it the 'Down the Tubes' tour, and I have met a few folks, musicians and non-musicians, who deem this album unworthy of respect, as opposed to their previous works, let alone the one directly after (most people concur that 2112 was an answer to the 'failure' of this album).
deathrib 1 year ago
@deathrib read the latin on the inner sleeve. basically translates to something like "our final work". great album, just sounds cheaply recorded. and i have no problems with you, i like discussing music.
tnc1221 1 year ago
@tnc1221 I honestly can't agree with you on it sounding like 'cheaply recorded', as recording was primitive, comparatively. The music was, and still is, lovely for its day. I don't even think they used click tracks until much further on in their career, but still managed to record remarkably given the methods used at the time. As I've said before, I'd love it if Rush decided on remaking this classic album; especially since it is considered 'lesser' as far as its contemporaries are concerned.
deathrib 1 year ago
Rush ROCKS! Thank you uncle Dave for exsposing me to RUSH! 1984, I was born in 78.
parabola714 1 year ago
this song can kind of relate to subdivisions how the character needs to find his way out of the valley to get to the foutain and thinks the grass is greener on the other side and this kind of relates the the suburbs escasping to the better side of town
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp True that it has overtones to Subdivisions, but to an even greater extent; 'Subdivisions' is like the song 'War Paint' in myriad ways. It speaks of the challenges of growing up, but in differing circumstances. This song is a kind of trilogy, one that traverses a complete life experience in search of a goal, determined by the protagonist. Where 'Subdivisions' and songs like it are cut short (length-wise only) of what is required for more epic themes, they are still great. :D
deathrib 1 year ago
@deathrib true also circumstances off hemispheres also relates to this topic but also true this song is about life and wanting to evolve to a greater place
zackjp 1 year ago
Didacts and Narpets = Class.
111chazz 1 year ago 12
Funny that this album was almost the death of the band. After the relative success of "Rush" and "Fly by night" They came out with this album and thought it would be their big breakthrough. But most people found it too long and confusing but I like it more than 2112 just because of the "No one at the Bridge". I do wish they would re mix it as it is kind of muddy sounding. But maybe that is why I like it?
2xjimmy 1 year ago
My favorite Rush SONG! This was also my first album that i got.(although it was only a year or two ago xD)
TrevorsaurusRex 1 year ago
Can some one tell me what the song is about. I understand till the panacea part
xxSUPERCORNxx 1 year ago
@xxSUPERCORNxx Its about a man trying to fulfill his dream, even when things dont end up going his way. eventually he succeeds only to realize his dream is part of a bigger plan.
I think. im most likely wrong, but thats how I interpreted it.
GamerBaron 1 year ago
@GamerBaron and thats why its so great. Rush's lyrics aren't strictly decisive they mean something different to everything and that makes them more accessable and personal to each individual listener.
espChris93 1 year ago
@xxSUPERCORNxx It is the story of a mans journey through life towards a sort of enlightenment.
barrycw1 1 year ago
Sweet :-)
rustylegiron 1 year ago
I saw Rush 4 times in the early 80's nothing will ever take their place in my heart . These old songs are fantastic .. Thanks RUSH for making me who I am ..
mycatwilatackyou 1 year ago
At 5:31 my song starts!
darkmatteruniverse 1 year ago