Distant Early Warning - Rush

I wasn't satisfied with the sound on this video so I took my bass-heavy version of "Distant Early Warning" and dubbed it onto the audio track... it starts off more or less in sync but I know at the end it gets off track... but it doesn't start til about 10 or 11 seconds into the video so BE PATIENT... and yes it does get quite loud! To get the full effect of the expanded bass and mid-ranges, turn it up nice 'n LOUD! :-)

"Distant Early Warning" is a song by progressive rock band Rush. It deals with the pressure of nuclear holocaust. It is one of Rush's most well-known songs due to being featured on multiple compilation albums as well as many of their live albums.
In a 1984 interview Neil Peart describes writing Distant Early Warning:
"The main theme of the song is a series of things, but that's certainly one of the idea[s] (our very tense world situation), and living in the modern world basically in all of its manifestations in terms of the distance from us of the threat of superpowers and the nuclear annihilation and all of that stuff, and these giant missiles pointed at each other across the ocean. There's all of that, but that tends to have a little bit of distance from people's lives, but at the same time I think it is omnipresent, you know, I think that threat does loom somewhere in everyone's subconscious, perhaps. And then it deals with the closer things in terms of relationships and how to keep a relationship in such a swift-moving world, and it has something to do with our particular lives, dealing with revolving doors, going in and out, but also I think that's generally true with people in the modern world where things for a lot of people are very difficult, and consequently, work and the mundane concerns of life tend to take precedence over the important values of relationships and of the larger world and the world of the abstract as opposed to the concrete, and dealing with all of those things with grace. [more of the song is played] And when I see a little bit of grace in someone's life. Like when you drive past a horrible tenement building and you see these wonderful pink flamingos on the balcony up there, or something like, some little aspect of humanity that strikes you as a beautiful resistance if you like." (1984 Rush Backstage Club newsletter) [Info courtesy: wikipedia.org]

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[justindon57yahoo]

Alex is awsome when playing vocals and guitar, Geddy guitar hero king, and theirs no stopping Neil he's the best drummer of all time.

[kindaaredneckkindaar]

@safcdude I totally agree with everything except that "Rush were of an era" they are just as relevant today as they were back when they hit big in the late 70's

[POPCORN454545]

@kublakhen Why? That guitar is so many types of legitimacy.

[heashon2000]

@kindaaredneckkindaar Correct. Rush represented many "eras". In some cases, Rush created the era.

[kublakhen]

I realize that it was the 80's and all, but Geddy needed to toss that Steinberger in the nearest receptacle and grab his trusty Rickenbacker.

Those things just irritate me.

[bradfordpestservices]

I remember being shocked when this came out. It was so different from their sound just 2 or 3 years earlier(Tom Sawyer, Limelight, etc). Their look was alot different too. These mid 80's albums were ok, but nothing like their previous albums. I liked Presto. It was their comback.

[CelebrityEndorsement]

@giantmidget08 They're bloody massive, what are you talking about?!

[DamitDaisyMae]

Very few groups will i like every song they put out .

Rush is one

[giantmidget08]

Just a massively under rated band. If they were from California or the UK they would be better appreciated, but coming out of Canada they were just not respected enough. One of the alltime best bands lyrically, musically. Just amazing what sounds these 3 could make.

[Piggreenbag]

Alex's cherry red stainless pick guard fender is soooo sweeet!

[Seishinbunretsusho]

@banzaimotorcross Y-gen musician here. We are, trust me.

[banzaimotorcross]

One of the only bands where every song, on every one of their albums rocks. And their still going stronger than ever TODAY... Hope the next generation takes notes on this band. Because most of Todays noise is just that,,