I guess Rush is so great that no one even mentions geddy's voive is shot. We all have to much respect but hey, just thought I'd mention it. I wish I could mess up that good!
I'm not going to justify a mistake made by Rush. A three man band of the most talented musicians in rock history that have been playing for close to four decades and still play to this day.
They just came in at the wrong time. Happens to everyone, especially after a long rest like that. The "trainwreck" lasted less than 2 seconds, I'm suprised you even noticed.
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It's not like these guys became gods, more like demigods; they still mess up during rehearsal and forget lines and stuff. But they can still make triple-platinum, incredible albums that show off their wonderful musicianship after being a band for FORTY-THREE YEARS (1968-2011), so they're allowed to mess up as often as they want :)
@Skiseler 1968 <<< When the band got together. It's not like they showed up one day and recorded an album and sold it. They'd been doing small gigs at bars for 6 years before they got their deal with Moon, not to mention writing the songs they'd put on it.
Has anyone considered that maybe this was done on purpose? Bands that play songs a thousand times sometimes like to have a little fun. That could be the case here. Unless I heard Geddy or one of the other guys admit to it being a mistake I would reserve judgement.
WOW it shows that RUSH are actual humans after all and not intelligent musical aliens LOL. Could have been a monitor problem that cut out......... or jet lag,?
I hardly think it's fair or even accurate to assail Alex's guitar playing ability. This is a superlative player who must play "double duty" by not only playing some truly memorable leads but often by simultaneously playing rhythm to cement the playing of Geddy and Neil. This man consistently ranks high in most guitar publications' "best of" polls and lists and is held in very high esteem by his peers such as Eddie Van Halen, Billy Corrigan, Tom Morello, and yes, Kirk Hammett.
Actually this mistake shows use how great musical understanding there is between them. Alex's timing gets wrong and Neil starts to correct him, while Alex has already corrected he's mistake.
LOL! Alex's fault! As he says himself: often times he has no idea what he's doing on stage, while Geddy and Neil are always nailing it. He says he always messes up things like Spirit of Radio and YYZ quick intro bits. xD XD
i feel like a drummer like neil would hear that right away and skip a beat and fix it. i think if this audio is not tampered with and was actually recorded live, then maybe there was some delay with the in ear monitors or something that they have. who knows...
but still, not a "train wreck" more like an "oh shit. my bad."
You call that a train wreck??? That's a small mistake. A train wreck is when the whole song is messed up, like when Dream Theater played in Minneapolis (long ago) and messed up Live Another Day so bad they had to stop and start the whole song over. That's not a slam on DT, it just happens sometimes. This? Hardly a hiccup!
@drummernezzy no it's Alex's fault, if you listen closely Neil and Geddy are together, Alex comes late, tries to make up for it my skipping some notes, and everything goes off track.
@devtrev I've been watching Rush since the 2112 era, and playing their music on guitar the whole time. In the 25 shows or so I've been to, there have been around 20 "noticeable" mistakes, but the point is, most of the people in the audience don't even realize they made a mistake. We musicians can pick them out easier. Having said that, the mistakes are rare and when they occur you don't even care because the other 99.99999% of the show was just around spot on :)
There is no RUSH train wreck EVER cause they can play anything they f-ing want and even if they make a mistake which all bands do RUSH somehow still sounds really good. That's right I just said RUSH could completely go off into musical mistaqke for 20 minutes and it would still be awesome.
@CockasaurusErectus Lifeson Formed Is the founder of Rush,And you have NO FUCKIN' CLUE about music..Go back to your Michael Jackson albums dumb ass! Ask any REAL guitar player to pick up a guitar and play ANY of his songs..Good luck with THAT!
In 1976, I was 16. I thought Alex was just lucky. Because he didn't have chops like John McLaughlin, I thought he was "less-than".
Now, I know it was just ignorance and the arrogance of youth. Music stores all over are filled with kids who could play rings around someone like "The Edge", but not one of them could replace him. It's not about the chops. It's about what you do with the ones you have. Alex is great. RUSH wouldn't be RUSH without Alex.
this is not a train wreck, more like a "missed stop." your assessment of the situation and premature use of hyperbole is the actual train wreck in this equation.
@InfinityEnterprises : Well, that's not true. Neil, Alex, and Geddy all have slightly different custom mixes of the same instruments in their ear monitors. It is done via a computer controlled mix board. Presets for every song in the set list. And at this part, they are all relying on visual cues for the most part. They could probably play it without even hearing it. They all can usually hear each other, but I am guessing that Alex's ear cut out, and he skipped ahead slightly.
@2333jim I happen to know that Neil's monitors only contain his drums and any time-based effects (samples, loops, etc). What I was saying is that because he couldn't hear the others, he couldn't be expected to correct it. Ergo, it's not his fault.
@2333jim Wait! I take that back! by this part of the song they are already in tempo. Neil clicks the off beats on his hi hat with his foot. Instead of 8 beats of rest he only counted 7. Therefore, Neil's fault!
@InfinityEnterprises this is true neil came in a beat early. the train wreck happened because he added a beat to correct himself, but alex and geddy were already following what he had originally done
@jfrockon Thats the most ridicules thing I have ever heard! And your 16 democrat sheep are even worse..Whats the matter with you?Thats like saying my tile floor is better than ANY set of coffee cups.
@runninonempiy Your tile floor IS better than ANY set of coffee cups and this STILL sounds better than ANYTHING Metallica EVER played or even thought of playing. You Metallica nerds crack me up. LMAO!
@jfrockon never heard of metalica, ive heard of Metallica, and thats a pretty damn good band, just people are jealous of their success, and whine like bitches all the time. lol
@c0rnp0p5 That's called a singing style. James is a great songwriter and guitarist, and Cliff Burton was an amazing bassist (influenced by Geddy Lee, incidentally). That's why people admire Metallica.
@jfrockon Better than Master of Puppets, Creeping Death, Orion, Call of Ktulu, Ride the Lightning, Fade to Black? Really? Low blow, dude. This is barely even a mess up.
It makes me feel good to know that Rush screwed up at least once live, it makes me feel better about screwing up my only fucking solo on my band's (so far) only studio album.
Anyways, the screw up still sounds pretty good. I'm sure if I were in the crowd I wouldn't have noticed.
@jtropeano : That is truer than you know. I think they screw up this song more than any other, but they still play it better than any one else. I have heard Alex screw up the "...and the meek..." several times, but that just adds to the fun. Alex plays by feel, and Geddy and Neil are very technical. Usually, they make up for one mistake by kicking ass on the rest of the song.
Life long RUSH FAN...if this is a "train wreck" as maxey5150 calls it?...I'll take train wreck LIVE over all the bullshit "in studio re-do and dubbed over CAAA-rap" that is put out now. No one can out do The Canadian Trio LIVE...and I mean NO ONE!!! They are as consistent as morning and night!
I bet they can count on one hand the number of times they've messed that part up. I know I've heard them play it countless number of times and it's perfect every time. A simple mental error.
@Ignore14 You are correct sir. Geddy and Neil both come in one count early. Usually Neil keeps very quiet time on his hi-hat w/his left foot as to prevent such "trainwrecks." In this performance however, I don't hear it. What gets me is that 2 out of the 3 Rush members were wrong. Geddy must have been watching Neil and came in when he saw Neil about to play the downbeat. I put 'em on a pedestal and now they're broken on the floor.
@drewper73 What I actually see is Neil just wanting to put an extra crash in to that part just to add something a little different, which ended up confusing Alex and Geddy with the timing. I can hear Neil use his hi-hat pedal, so I know he was keeping count.
@thessbmaster Maybe, but I don't think so. That's just me. I don't think Neil would add an extra crash there. There's never been one there before. Also, there's the possibility of something like this happening. Like I said in another comment, I think it just boils down to a mental error. It happens. Daydreaming, playing on auto-pilot, whatever. But hey, that's just this one dude's opinion. Rush rocks!!!
You know your band is the shit when a guitarist comes in at the wrong time, probably because he couldn't hear is monitor, it is called a "train wreck." And haters, stand the fuck down. I'm sure the guys were laughing about this one after the show, and it proves that even among these bad asses, no one is perfect... not even these icons.
@keviinmach The reason people notice when Rush fucks up is because they've come to expect perfection out of these guys. It IS a compliment that people notice the flaws, because there's so few of them to point out.
@keviinmach Alex was the only who came in at the right time. Go back and listen and count. Geddy and Neil come in one beat early. The only reason I can think of as to why Alex was the only one who got it right is that Geddy was probably watching Neil and came in when he saw that Neil was about to play. Usually Neil gives a subtle hi-hat cue that assures the other 2 of where the beat is, but I couldn't hear it in this performance.
I think you're wrong......Neil and Geddy came back in too early after the long pause. After the hit on 1, there should be a pause of 7 beats....2-3-4-5-6-7-8 and then all back in on 1. Neil and Geddy came back in on 8.
Alex came in correctly, but then cut his part short to make up for Neil and Geddy coming in ahead of him. That's why it sounds like Alex screwed up.
A few missed notes here and there, usually on the old songs, because when they do these old songs, they are usually in a good mood and goofing off so maybe Alex was laughing as something or who knows... I've seen this happen before live when they do old songs. Sometimes though they play it perfectly. Who cares! It's Rush!
You guys, THIS IS NOT A TRAINWRECK! So he didn't hit the cymbal when he should have, but he still kept the beat. They don't always play their songs EXACTLY as you hear them on a CD. A trainwreck is when the loss of a beat or rhythm causes the whole song to go splat. This was nothing.
@skifan07 agreed. @kidglowes whether something is a trainwreck or not isn't really relative. I bet most of the fans in attendance didn't even notice the fuckup.
I'm trying to figure out who is at fault, If they're playing this exactly per the studio version, then I think it's Neil who came in early and didn't fully count out the rest.
rush is my favorite band, and rush fans can proudly say that a mistake from rush only proves that they are one of the talented groups that actually plays music live on their instruments and not through itunes like ashley simpson.
This is more of a testament of how great Rush is. If this is the biggest mistake people can find out of all the performances they've done over 30+ years, they must be doing something right.
It happens to the best of them. Each Rush member has talked about this very thing in interviews. They just know how to fix it mid song like professionals. No biggie.
I think he's saying that the timing had sounded as if it bunched up like cars colliding?? maybe that's a musical term. I'm not a musician. But i hear it
Shows just how good they are by your desire to point out one obvious mistake on youtube
lbarto88 3 days ago
Just sounds like jazz... lol!
siriusisastar 1 week ago
I guess Rush is so great that no one even mentions geddy's voive is shot. We all have to much respect but hey, just thought I'd mention it. I wish I could mess up that good!
redc338able 1 week ago
oh they made plenty of mistakes
MichaelHansenFUN 1 week ago
That's called the Jazz version ;)
lvitch 1 week ago
They recovered really well actually.....
aliensporebomb 2 weeks ago
I'm not going to justify a mistake made by Rush. A three man band of the most talented musicians in rock history that have been playing for close to four decades and still play to this day.
No, I'm not going to justify a 1 second mistake.
CrabJock 2 weeks ago
Alex just spilt his beer and got distracted.
lonerworm 3 weeks ago
That's not a trainwreck! That's jazz!
Kurushal 3 weeks ago
@Kurushal haha!! my dad is a musician and he's always told me, "life is like jazz, its not whether you screw up but how you recover"
dirkadirkabro 2 weeks ago
They just came in at the wrong time. Happens to everyone, especially after a long rest like that. The "trainwreck" lasted less than 2 seconds, I'm suprised you even noticed.
RemorfChuket 3 weeks ago
Don't know the song, so I didn't spot the glaring mistake.
comedylaff 3 weeks ago
@comedylaff Trust me if you know the song it's glaring.
lpr5269 3 weeks ago
Trainwreck? Sounded like a pebble on the track to me, dramaqueen.
mikper7 3 weeks ago
if it was perfect every time, it would sound too mechanical.
troutmask1970 4 weeks ago
rush mistake = the other way they wrote the song
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SuperMegaUberGenius 1 month ago
nice one, you have to wonder how rush makes such a rookie mistake.
MrGlenntipton 1 month ago
That actually sounded pretty cool!!! Rush "mistake" = Cool live twist
hivoltage09 1 month ago 3
It's not like these guys became gods, more like demigods; they still mess up during rehearsal and forget lines and stuff. But they can still make triple-platinum, incredible albums that show off their wonderful musicianship after being a band for FORTY-THREE YEARS (1968-2011), so they're allowed to mess up as often as they want :)
GodofReapers 1 month ago
@GodofReapers 1974<<< when they first produced a album.
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@Skiseler 1968 <<< When the band got together. It's not like they showed up one day and recorded an album and sold it. They'd been doing small gigs at bars for 6 years before they got their deal with Moon, not to mention writing the songs they'd put on it.
GodofReapers 1 month ago
I got to play golf with Alex this past summer in Ontario. One of the funniest guys I've ever met.
Greenballed 1 month ago 2
Alex can do anything he wants, he is GOD!!
mtaygoldin 1 month ago
Playing in a band since 1975, when you play a song to an audience and play it perfect no one responds BUT when you fuck it up they CLAP, WTF
That's what it's like here in Halifax, strange
sumstuff46 1 month ago
Has anyone considered that maybe this was done on purpose? Bands that play songs a thousand times sometimes like to have a little fun. That could be the case here. Unless I heard Geddy or one of the other guys admit to it being a mistake I would reserve judgement.
rickyon 1 month ago
They messed up and the crowd STILL cheers.
That's awesome.
fearsomesnow 1 month ago
Train wreck. Really? Seems like a bump in the road at worst.
pablocoon 1 month ago
I wouldn't exactly call it a trainwreck.
I'm going to assume bad monitors.
CthulhuForCocoaPuffs 1 month ago
wait, where was the mistake?
shlbirdman14 1 month ago
@shlbirdman14 exactly
Ignore14 4 weeks ago
Must of been a bad night for Alex
LoganFiive 1 month ago
I wish my band could make a mistake that sounded this good.
soccaplaya3303 1 month ago 4
WOW it shows that RUSH are actual humans after all and not intelligent musical aliens LOL. Could have been a monitor problem that cut out......... or jet lag,?
edgroove7 1 month ago
neil peart, jeff paccaro, insley dunbar, where have they all gone to?
madtoytle 1 month ago
I hardly think it's fair or even accurate to assail Alex's guitar playing ability. This is a superlative player who must play "double duty" by not only playing some truly memorable leads but often by simultaneously playing rhythm to cement the playing of Geddy and Neil. This man consistently ranks high in most guitar publications' "best of" polls and lists and is held in very high esteem by his peers such as Eddie Van Halen, Billy Corrigan, Tom Morello, and yes, Kirk Hammett.
nightjammer 1 month ago
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nightjammer 1 month ago
sorry folks, I'm not hearing a mistake here, maybe you're just stupid
lowlander333 1 month ago
you can hardly call a missed note a trainwreck... nothing rush does is wrong
purehatred0 1 month ago 2
Actually this mistake shows use how great musical understanding there is between them. Alex's timing gets wrong and Neil starts to correct him, while Alex has already corrected he's mistake.
Uninfinityness 1 month ago 33
@Uninfinityness i do this so many times in bands haha. Usually with MUCH simpler songs bearing in mind
aidyspady999 3 weeks ago
Is Alex mistake, Neil has never miss a drum
Maniaca2112 1 month ago
This dude is known as Canadian white trash..
snaredrum110 1 month ago
wouldn't call that a train wreck...maybe by rush standards
weevilboy 1 month ago
why is metallica being brought up?
two completley different kinds of music
deadly2426 1 month ago
@deadly2426 yes, one is technical, amazing, and talented, the others are sellouts that haven't made a good album since their bassist died
Defenseman619 1 month ago
@Defenseman619 idk and justice for all to me was one of their best albums and that was with jason if u didnt know
there both talented to me its just opinion and what kind of music you like
deadly2426 1 month ago
their mistakes are still better than justin beiber at his very best
worldofwilfred 2 months ago
that wasn't really that bad, probably just the echo anyway
maggot1111666 2 months ago
You're kidding, right???
You call THAT a "trainwreck"???
Paleeezzee!!!
If that's the worst mistake that RUSH can make........
They're THE best band in the entire Milky Way Galaxy!!!
What's pretty funny is YOU, Maxey5150, for even posting this!!!
DOH!!!!!!
dibber43 2 months ago 2
huh........ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
43lochness 2 months ago
LOL! Alex's fault! As he says himself: often times he has no idea what he's doing on stage, while Geddy and Neil are always nailing it. He says he always messes up things like Spirit of Radio and YYZ quick intro bits. xD XD
MagellanOfBass 2 months ago
Trainwreck?
Hardly.
Minor screw-up, yeah, it happens.
hocuspokus1 2 months ago
i feel like a drummer like neil would hear that right away and skip a beat and fix it. i think if this audio is not tampered with and was actually recorded live, then maybe there was some delay with the in ear monitors or something that they have. who knows...
but still, not a "train wreck" more like an "oh shit. my bad."
Asparmann 2 months ago
You call that a train wreck??? That's a small mistake. A train wreck is when the whole song is messed up, like when Dream Theater played in Minneapolis (long ago) and messed up Live Another Day so bad they had to stop and start the whole song over. That's not a slam on DT, it just happens sometimes. This? Hardly a hiccup!
dcs002 2 months ago
Wait so that means....GEDDY LEE IS HUMAN!!!!!!! O_O
IceyFlame500 2 months ago
@IceyFlame500 This is news to me.
Anticrombie918 2 months ago
@IceyFlame500 It's Neil's fault (rare!) He came in one beat too early.
drummernezzy 2 months ago
@drummernezzy no it's Alex's fault, if you listen closely Neil and Geddy are together, Alex comes late, tries to make up for it my skipping some notes, and everything goes off track.
MagellanOfBass 2 months ago
@drummernezzy well actually ou may be right, but in that case BOTH Geddy and Neil came in one beat too early. Must've been looking at each other.
MagellanOfBass 2 months ago
@MagellanOfBass yeah, that's probably what happened cause I KNOW there's one beat missing. Oh well, 2/3 of them were tight!
drummernezzy 2 months ago
OMG, Rush is human. Who would have thought! At least their instruments are in tune, unlike Metallica.
buntingb2000 2 months ago
I think that's the first time I've ever heard them make a mistake. I guess they're entitled to one mistake in 37+ years of playing.
devtrev 2 months ago 53
@devtrev I've been watching Rush since the 2112 era, and playing their music on guitar the whole time. In the 25 shows or so I've been to, there have been around 20 "noticeable" mistakes, but the point is, most of the people in the audience don't even realize they made a mistake. We musicians can pick them out easier. Having said that, the mistakes are rare and when they occur you don't even care because the other 99.99999% of the show was just around spot on :)
JRCrowley 1 month ago
Neil fucked it up.. came in too early and tripped up big-Al.
dwilmer7 2 months ago
There is no RUSH train wreck EVER cause they can play anything they f-ing want and even if they make a mistake which all bands do RUSH somehow still sounds really good. That's right I just said RUSH could completely go off into musical mistaqke for 20 minutes and it would still be awesome.
THEPOCONOJOECHANNEL 2 months ago
Average guitar player?!? Dude, you don't know anything about playing guitar if you think that about Alex Lifeson.
bluesagg 2 months ago
Alex Lifeson didnt mess up. He changed it. Then he didnt like it so he changed it back later that day.
xPurpleDrinkx9001 2 months ago
@CockasaurusErectus Lifeson Formed Is the founder of Rush,And you have NO FUCKIN' CLUE about music..Go back to your Michael Jackson albums dumb ass! Ask any REAL guitar player to pick up a guitar and play ANY of his songs..Good luck with THAT!
runninonempiy 2 months ago
@runninonempiy Did you just diss Michael Jackson? Fuck you. MJ had just as much talent as Alex, if not more.
cursedswordsman 2 months ago
@cursedswordsman AAWWWW!!!!!And BULL SHIT!! dumb ass
runninonempiy 2 months ago
Train wreck? Blasphemy! Better to tear out your tongue.
d1duck 2 months ago
In 1976, I was 16. I thought Alex was just lucky. Because he didn't have chops like John McLaughlin, I thought he was "less-than".
Now, I know it was just ignorance and the arrogance of youth. Music stores all over are filled with kids who could play rings around someone like "The Edge", but not one of them could replace him. It's not about the chops. It's about what you do with the ones you have. Alex is great. RUSH wouldn't be RUSH without Alex.
ScottLoiselle 3 months ago
this is not a train wreck, more like a "missed stop." your assessment of the situation and premature use of hyperbole is the actual train wreck in this equation.
omarkaya42 3 months ago
This is not a trainwreck. It's an entertaining, but still small mistake.
BKA320 3 months ago
that wasn't a train wreck - you are for being an idiot
drummingfool83 3 months ago
Trainwreck??? Gimme a break. Despite the mistake, they did a hell of a job to recover - the train never left its rails.
If a listener was in the audience who didn't know the song very well, they more than likely wouldn't have even noticed this little botch up.
ihateonlinepoker 3 months ago 2
More like a collective brain fart.
Eiderwine 3 months ago
That's the beauty of live music. Never played the same twice. That's how I look at it.
JJMM33 3 months ago
Neil's monitor mix contain's only his drums, so it's not his fault.
InfinityEnterprises 3 months ago
@InfinityEnterprises : Well, that's not true. Neil, Alex, and Geddy all have slightly different custom mixes of the same instruments in their ear monitors. It is done via a computer controlled mix board. Presets for every song in the set list. And at this part, they are all relying on visual cues for the most part. They could probably play it without even hearing it. They all can usually hear each other, but I am guessing that Alex's ear cut out, and he skipped ahead slightly.
2333jim 3 months ago
@2333jim I happen to know that Neil's monitors only contain his drums and any time-based effects (samples, loops, etc). What I was saying is that because he couldn't hear the others, he couldn't be expected to correct it. Ergo, it's not his fault.
InfinityEnterprises 3 months ago
@2333jim Wait! I take that back! by this part of the song they are already in tempo. Neil clicks the off beats on his hi hat with his foot. Instead of 8 beats of rest he only counted 7. Therefore, Neil's fault!
InfinityEnterprises 3 months ago
@InfinityEnterprises this is true neil came in a beat early. the train wreck happened because he added a beat to correct himself, but alex and geddy were already following what he had originally done
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Sounds better than ANYTHING Metalica EVER played.
jfrockon 3 months ago 71
@jfrockon Thats the most ridicules thing I have ever heard! And your 16 democrat sheep are even worse..Whats the matter with you?Thats like saying my tile floor is better than ANY set of coffee cups.
runninonempiy 2 months ago
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@runninonempiy Your tile floor IS better than ANY set of coffee cups and this STILL sounds better than ANYTHING Metallica EVER played or even thought of playing. You Metallica nerds crack me up. LMAO!
jfrockon 2 months ago
@jfrockon What has Metallica even got to do with Rush? Also, how dare you mention metallica in the presence of Rush?
Numlocq 2 months ago
@Numlocq I beleive metallica tried playing rush songs.
werewolf9205 2 months ago
@werewolf9205 Well they should be shot for it
Numlocq 2 months ago
@jfrockon never heard of metalica, ive heard of Metallica, and thats a pretty damn good band, just people are jealous of their success, and whine like bitches all the time. lol
FalamsProductions 2 months ago
@jfrockon Well fucking said, I can't stand people who admire Metallica, James sounds like he's shitting out barbwire when he sings.
c0rnp0p5 2 months ago
@c0rnp0p5 That's called a singing style. James is a great songwriter and guitarist, and Cliff Burton was an amazing bassist (influenced by Geddy Lee, incidentally). That's why people admire Metallica.
VideoMask93 2 months ago 2
@jfrockon Better than Master of Puppets, Creeping Death, Orion, Call of Ktulu, Ride the Lightning, Fade to Black? Really? Low blow, dude. This is barely even a mess up.
VideoMask93 2 months ago
@jfrockon
Metallica plays music? Could have fooled me
SotR59 2 months ago
@jfrockon haha
BlackMaidenTallica 1 month ago
I've heard worse before........
NatsTown2K10 3 months ago
Alex slightly slow, but still in tempo. As if he waited for the second beat to start.
BaneOfXistence4 3 months ago
Ok, this is 'splitting hairs' to me. It was barely off.
jroach96 3 months ago
It makes me feel good to know that Rush screwed up at least once live, it makes me feel better about screwing up my only fucking solo on my band's (so far) only studio album.
Anyways, the screw up still sounds pretty good. I'm sure if I were in the crowd I wouldn't have noticed.
Xelerateband 3 months ago
So what.
I remember when some hated Rush because they claimed that they sounded "just like the record" when playing live.
Here is proof that they are human and they still sound good, but now some complain that they suck because they can't play live.
You can't please everyone all of the time. :P
fredturd 3 months ago
It's always Alex.
jtropeano 3 months ago
@jtropeano : That is truer than you know. I think they screw up this song more than any other, but they still play it better than any one else. I have heard Alex screw up the "...and the meek..." several times, but that just adds to the fun. Alex plays by feel, and Geddy and Neil are very technical. Usually, they make up for one mistake by kicking ass on the rest of the song.
2333jim 3 months ago
Alex piss drunk again, no doubt.
arnebarnard 4 months ago
Life long RUSH FAN...if this is a "train wreck" as maxey5150 calls it?...I'll take train wreck LIVE over all the bullshit "in studio re-do and dubbed over CAAA-rap" that is put out now. No one can out do The Canadian Trio LIVE...and I mean NO ONE!!! They are as consistent as morning and night!
TheStuport 4 months ago 2
Slight snag no big deal. Pulled it together like a real pro band does.
timstillinghast 4 months ago
this is a quite small trainwreck
LivingInTheLimeligh7 4 months ago
It probably wouldn't sound bad to someone that's never heard the song before. I bet a bunch of people in the audience didn't even notice.
Xanadu1115 4 months ago
I'v heard worse and,IT HAPPENS!
Chill out
humanoidunit1 4 months ago
I bet they can count on one hand the number of times they've messed that part up. I know I've heard them play it countless number of times and it's perfect every time. A simple mental error.
drewper73 4 months ago
OUCH!!
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drewper73 4 months ago
neil and geddy fucked up, alex was doing it right but they messed up the timing
Ignore14 4 months ago
@Ignore14 You are correct sir. Geddy and Neil both come in one count early. Usually Neil keeps very quiet time on his hi-hat w/his left foot as to prevent such "trainwrecks." In this performance however, I don't hear it. What gets me is that 2 out of the 3 Rush members were wrong. Geddy must have been watching Neil and came in when he saw Neil about to play the downbeat. I put 'em on a pedestal and now they're broken on the floor.
drewper73 4 months ago
@drewper73 What I actually see is Neil just wanting to put an extra crash in to that part just to add something a little different, which ended up confusing Alex and Geddy with the timing. I can hear Neil use his hi-hat pedal, so I know he was keeping count.
thessbmaster 4 months ago
@thessbmaster Maybe, but I don't think so. That's just me. I don't think Neil would add an extra crash there. There's never been one there before. Also, there's the possibility of something like this happening. Like I said in another comment, I think it just boils down to a mental error. It happens. Daydreaming, playing on auto-pilot, whatever. But hey, that's just this one dude's opinion. Rush rocks!!!
drewper73 4 months ago
@drewper73 amen, brother
thessbmaster 4 months ago
I wouldn't say trainwreck...more like rhythmic creativity
godzillafireman 4 months ago
like others have said, wow.. if this is a trainwreck for rush, then rush is one of the most skillful bands there is.
joeyrsl 4 months ago
7 seconds of mess up, 23 minutes of awesome :D
BaDmRkItTyS 4 months ago 16
@BaDmRkItTyS i agree dude buts its more like 7 seconds of mess up 40 years of rule!
kitplayer01 2 months ago
You know your band is the shit when a guitarist comes in at the wrong time, probably because he couldn't hear is monitor, it is called a "train wreck." And haters, stand the fuck down. I'm sure the guys were laughing about this one after the show, and it proves that even among these bad asses, no one is perfect... not even these icons.
keviinmach 5 months ago
@keviinmach The reason people notice when Rush fucks up is because they've come to expect perfection out of these guys. It IS a compliment that people notice the flaws, because there's so few of them to point out.
Scrapheap71 5 months ago 3
@keviinmach Alex was the only who came in at the right time. Go back and listen and count. Geddy and Neil come in one beat early. The only reason I can think of as to why Alex was the only one who got it right is that Geddy was probably watching Neil and came in when he saw that Neil was about to play. Usually Neil gives a subtle hi-hat cue that assures the other 2 of where the beat is, but I couldn't hear it in this performance.
drewper73 4 months ago
If 7 seconds of something not sounding like it should is considered a trainwreck thats pretty rediculous.
mrawsomeboy 5 months ago
Alex's fault as usual.. :D
arrondicesare 5 months ago
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vdrum1693 5 months ago
I think you're wrong......Neil and Geddy came back in too early after the long pause. After the hit on 1, there should be a pause of 7 beats....2-3-4-5-6-7-8 and then all back in on 1. Neil and Geddy came back in on 8.
Alex came in correctly, but then cut his part short to make up for Neil and Geddy coming in ahead of him. That's why it sounds like Alex screwed up.
vdrum1693 5 months ago
@vdrum1693 You are absolutely correct. I couldn't have explained it better myself, so I didn't.
drewper73 4 months ago
Trainwreck? Don't think so. Even if it weren't the right notes, it sounded pretty damn good.
HellFury420 5 months ago
Neil Peart totally did this on purpose. "The 7/8 feel to this part of the drum solo was more implied than actually played" There you have it.
Alistairvlog 5 months ago
@Alistairvlog LOL, awesome!!!!! Thats his quote from "anatomy of a drum solo" your the man. I swear I need a dictionary when listening to him.
dirkworld 5 months ago
dude, i bet nobody in the crowd even noticed the so-called trainwreck. so one of them glitched a little, big deal. i've seen bands collapse mid-song.
pantalaemon 5 months ago 2
If that's a train wreck, most other bands should just give up.
audikris 5 months ago 3
A few missed notes here and there, usually on the old songs, because when they do these old songs, they are usually in a good mood and goofing off so maybe Alex was laughing as something or who knows... I've seen this happen before live when they do old songs. Sometimes though they play it perfectly. Who cares! It's Rush!
Novaheart1998 5 months ago
this is susposed to be a joke. rush doesnt trainwreck. they are machines sent down from an alien race.
lordertai 6 months ago 2
If you've ever played in a band, or even solo live, you'll mess up at some point. It happens. I guess they're human after all.
lloydh65 6 months ago
@vicariousfellow For Rush, that's a trainwreck...
Legionbass19 6 months ago
Holy, how good is this band??? Even when they mess up it sounds crazy good!
TheGuines13 6 months ago 32
it was lifeson who was late btw
123Crazyfast 6 months ago
not a train wreak, just Rush infusing every single time signature into the same bar
123Crazyfast 6 months ago 2
So... its one moment of miscommunication out of how many other flawless performances? They're people, not robots.
LilDrummerBoy74 6 months ago
train wreck???...you're a fucking moron..this was no train wreck
michelicnek 6 months ago
You guys, THIS IS NOT A TRAINWRECK! So he didn't hit the cymbal when he should have, but he still kept the beat. They don't always play their songs EXACTLY as you hear them on a CD. A trainwreck is when the loss of a beat or rhythm causes the whole song to go splat. This was nothing.
skifan07 6 months ago
@skifan07 Rush goes to great lengths onstage to recreate what's on their CDs.
yourtunesfuckinsuck 6 months ago
@yourtunesfuckinsuck Regardless, this was NOT a trainwreck.
skifan07 6 months ago
@skifan07 For being done by guy's like Rush it is
KidGlowes 6 months ago
@skifan07 agreed. @kidglowes whether something is a trainwreck or not isn't really relative. I bet most of the fans in attendance didn't even notice the fuckup.
yourtunesfuckinsuck 6 months ago
@skifan07 It's not that he didn't hit the cymbal, they started at different times...
RushFan413 6 months ago
it's funny how this is the worst thing rush has ever done live
dloyug 6 months ago 2
CAN U BLAME THEM ITS SO HARD TO PLAY!! FUNNY THOUGH
justgiveitup86 6 months ago
I'm trying to figure out who is at fault, If they're playing this exactly per the studio version, then I think it's Neil who came in early and didn't fully count out the rest.
Every band has one of these, it's no big deal.
tonusaitis 6 months ago
rush is my favorite band, and rush fans can proudly say that a mistake from rush only proves that they are one of the talented groups that actually plays music live on their instruments and not through itunes like ashley simpson.
fixatedtruth 6 months ago 3
This is more of a testament of how great Rush is. If this is the biggest mistake people can find out of all the performances they've done over 30+ years, they must be doing something right.
CrownOfGemfire 7 months ago
It happens to the best of them. Each Rush member has talked about this very thing in interviews. They just know how to fix it mid song like professionals. No biggie.
Trekker1801 7 months ago
Ur dumb for posting this. Neil pearts poo can do better at life than u
LinamQB6 7 months ago
I think he's saying that the timing had sounded as if it bunched up like cars colliding?? maybe that's a musical term. I'm not a musician. But i hear it
crustyeyegoop 7 months ago
not really
maggot1111666 7 months ago
It isn't that much of a train wreck
LITTLELIFECRISIS 7 months ago
explane how its a train wreck? So Alex mis-counted the second part on the into part to 2112, big fucking deal.
TriDHasADDOhWhr 8 months ago
who is that guy in the picture, Silvio Berlusconi?
yepheth 8 months ago
@yepheth that would be your father (neil peart)
akerswizard779 8 months ago
@yepheth It's Kevin Spacey and Tom Hanks love child.
justentime77 8 months ago 2
This has been flagged as spam show
Mistakes happen. By the way, that's my photograph of Neil you're using.
timmyweb 8 months ago
Mistakes happen. By the way, that's my photograph of Neil you're using.
timmyweb 8 months ago
Why a pic of NP when it is AL who makes the slight misstake?
FLOWSONGS 8 months ago 2
Rush gets BORED from being perfect all the time, so they TRY to make mistakes to keep things interesting.
PANICBLADE 8 months ago
is it just me or in the corner of your eye does the relection of the cymbal look like a strange hair style for Neil
SamBAss42 8 months ago
It's usually Alex pissing about to wind the other two up. If not it means they are actual human beings who make mistakes...noooooooooooo!!!
Pistonhips 8 months ago
Rush vary ALOT from their different performances, maybe it wasnt even a mistake, but even if it was it okay because Mr.Perth is god
Taisythecow 8 months ago
@Taisythecow Mr. Perth???
vxJDvx 8 months ago
@vxJDvx I do apologize, *Mr.Peart
Taisythecow 8 months ago
it worked out, with neil, it always works out, understand? thumbs this up
sergeanddestroy1 8 months ago
where the hells the trainwreck?
edgray123 8 months ago
This is a rare frak up by Neil, from the sound of it. They recovered immediately, so it's not much of a train wreck.
dotsmurd 8 months ago
I don't know why this vid has so many dislikes. I don't get it.
raydenthetullgod 8 months ago
I honestly don't hear the screw up.
In almost every band, drummers like to dick around and have fun with it.
After the 1000th time playing that song I would want to mix it up a little too.
FrancisDaBadAssBiker 8 months ago