Join the Ohio State University Marching Band as we salute Rush, one of history’s great rock bands. We play lots of the band’s hits including “2112,” “YYZ,” “Tom Sawyer,” “Limelight” and more! Hope you enjoy! #GoBucks
The horns got featured plenty too. I would love to have had to wail on this stuff 38 years ago in high school. I would have played in college if I'd had the chance to play Rush!
This band has performed some stunning half-time performances. This one sets a new bar. Skip the half-time tailgating folks. Stick around and watch this group of dedicated students. This RUSH fan is mighty proud.
I am a Rush fan AND an OSU alumna! Thrilled to see them continually raise their bar of perfection. Prog rock is no easy genre to emulate with a marching band. Kudos to the band directors/arrangers and amazing hard work by the band itself. You have to realize these kids probably had no idea who Rush even was when they were given this assignment!! Well!! They know now!! Thanks to TBDBITL!!
I’ve been a Rush fiend since my first listen to Caress of Steel. I was also born and raised in Cleveland. Mighty fucking proud indeed! TBDBITGalaxy! Major props to THE Ohio State University’s marching band! TBDMBITL!!!👏👏 RIP Professor 🥁😇🕊🌹☮️ Addendum: If you listen to The Garden, and you don’t shed a tear, YOU AIN’T HUMAN 😢
@@alexanderpatrick4866 What would be really fun would to be on campus after this and the band members inundated with enthusiasm from us crazy, old aficionados who are busting with happiness!! What an amazing learning experience for them!! I suspect Prog Rock (in general) just got a fuel injection!!! ;-)
1) 0:30 Spirit of the Radio 2) 2:35 - Limelight 3) 4:10 - Closer to the Heart 4) 5:02 - Red Barchetta 5) 5:22 - Fly By Night 6) 5:34 - YYZ / Drum Solo 7) 6:45 - Tom Sawyer
As a band director and a huge fan a Rush for 40 years, I never thought their music could be brought to the field and do it justice. Boy was I wrong. Congratulations to the members and staff of the OSU Marching Band. What a wonderful tribute to Geddy, Alex, and Neil (RIP). This performance had me smiling from ear to ear.
I'm a Rush fan for 40 years and I would have never thought that I would ever see a marching band doing anything like this. I couldn't stand my band teacher in high school and he would have never done anything similar to Rush. This is fantastic and thanks to everyone involved !!!
Well, it was in Cleveland where their American career first took off, so an Ohio school honoring them works. Fitting that it’s the best Ohio marching band giving them an honorable tribute.
I'm Canadian. This warms my heart to the core. I can't imagine the man hours of practice that took to pull off. Time invested in tribute to a great rock band, seemingly more popular south of the border than I ever thought. Props to the Ohio State University Marching Band
Michigan and Ohio have always supported Rush at a truly scary level ! about 1/2 the rockers of northern Michigan will just scoff at you and walk away if you "dis" Rush at all , the other part will beat your ass ! :) haha With Cleveland being the station that started their American "ride" , Ohio will always be a huge part of it too ! Kinda like Kiss and my home town of Cadillac - Ya, that town , with the Parade and 1975 Homecoming CONCERT ( dance ). This was absolutely fantastic ! Great Job to all !
That's an ultimate tribute to 3 thoughtful, brilliant dudes who created some unforgettable tunes. The world would be a lil better if we all read some Neil Peart and listened to each other.
I'm a double Masters degree holder in Music, education & Performance. Went to a very good school with a very good faculty for Band, orchestra & Etc. My gosh the work these kids have done. Utterly awesome. Heart in my throat. How proud the Professor would have been. This is why RUSH will live forever.
Being a Rush fan for 47 years, this was awesome. I have never watched a marching band more intensely, than this one. How in the hell do these band members remember which way to go? Simply incredible!
l was thinking this was nice until they played Limelight, and formed Neil on his motorcycle. Then it became sublime. Somebody at Ohio State REALLY KNOWS about Rush and their music.
@@underthetrees4780 me, too. I am glad I wasn’t the only one. They showed immense respect for these icons of music. I am tearing up again just writing this.
@@robertleslie2467 Cleverly said. Because this is Ohio, there is a lot that might make Neil turn over in his grave, but I won't go there. This is without question the greatest half-time performance EVER! BIg love to everyone who made it happen.
@@Chickenpatty878 Cleveland was instrumental (pun fully intended) in launching Rush to superstardom, and there has always been much love between the band and their Ohio fanbase. Nevertheless, Neil was not a fan of the trumpanzee cult, and Ohio is infested with that biohazard.
No fancy lasers, no hanging on a rope flying into the stadium, no sky-high amprows, no drones and super troupers in Coca Cola coulors. There s no hydraulic stage, no woman in very short dresses, no helicopters and no overpaid superstar. There's no backup and computers taking over if singer's miss the song tune. No safety net But there's hours of practice. There's real heartfelt respect. Perfection in honour of Neil Peart. The finest that they could deliver. And boy, how they delivered. I like the idea, that Mr Peart would have loved it. Of course not visible for them, if he were there. He would be in the last lane, hidden from the crowd, with a Basecap, smiling and a cigarette. From there he might have had smiled. He wasn't the one who liked so much attention, but he had an understanding of mastery. That's what we see here. Masters in their own field, lifting their hats in respect Just stunning and very touching. 👍
I was there. Rush has always been my favorite band, so my jaw was on the floor when they announced a tribute to Rush and Neil. I was sobbing like a baby by the end.
This is a first- a marching band has made me sob. Even though he was an enigma, losing Neil felt like losing a close friend. I’ve never felt like that with the passing of any other celebrity.
It's amazing how this evokes true heartfelt emotions that reflects the intelligence of Rush fans! This moved soooo many people because of the authenticity of these musical geniuses. Rip Neil. Thinking of you brother! Neil now generates drum rolls on stormy thunderous nights. Mad love to OSU for their intellectual production of brilliance and how honoring this band that we truly love.
As a dedicated Rush fan from Toronto, I can honestly say that was one of the most spectacular videos I've ever watched. Absolutely spectacular!! I was clapping and cheering right here in my own house! (weird eh!) What an incredible tribute by the OSU Marching band, to honour Geddy, Alex, and Neil (RIP) in such profound and beautiful way. Bravo!! Bravo!! Ohio ROCKS!! Cleveland ROCKS!!
Yanuri- well, it was the SECOND most spectacular video I've ever watched. This next one is my favorite: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_KLuYXT6QMU.html (and I was there in person that night to enjoy it.) Cheers! Love live Peart.
@@Schlick Amen brother! The response from the audience at the word "Toronto" said it all! You are a lucky star to have witnessed that moment in person. Long live Peart! Cheers!
Without WMMS in Cleveland as their major push in the Midwest, I'm not sure it would have happened. But push they did and Ohio was Rush's true beginning in the States, about 1975.
Spot on, 👍 In my humble opinion, the last good one was Paul McCartney back in 2004 I think at Reliant stadium Houston, May be doing some acts an injustice but I know where your coming from👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
Who else had a few tears swell up when they formed Neil? The marching was impeccable and total respect to whoever arranged the music and of course to every one of the musicians. Just shows that great music works in any form. Just a beautiful tribute.
It was amazing. It is nice to see that respect for our beloved band. It really impresses me and renews my faith in people. This is respectful admiration for those incredible performers.
As a Canadian,and lifelong fan,i've watched this on my phone,computer and had to cast it on the big screen..weepy every time..so well done and a beautiful tribute!
@@NotTheBot yeah you're right. The magnitude of the tribute and respect with the motorcycle really got me too. To those who know the significance of the relationship between Neil and his motorcycle, that was so poignant.
Yeah, the Neil-on-drums and on his motorcycle really got me, too. Not only is their music amazing, but knowing Neil's life story and the fact that he's no more made me really cry.
That is totally the best halftime show ever!!! The NFL should take note and have music like this for halftime show. Better than ALL that junk they bring out every year. Awesome job Ohio State Marching Band!
The musical tribute alone would have been satisfying enough, but with that choreography it ascended to the level of utter brilliance. Precision and creativity personified. Just as Rush did so have you all done, and well done indeed! ❤
Ok. I'm the biggest Michigan fan but I love the OSU marching band. As a huge fan of Rush, I was almost in tears when they showed Neil on his bike. Well done everyone!
Am I the only Rush fan who was tearing up when they formed Neil on the drum kit?!? 😥🥁 I've been a fan since the summer of '75. I'm glad I was "only" able to see them 8 times live beginning in '81. RIP Professor
Emphatically you are not the only one Justine and then when the vid was over I started reading the comments and my tear ducts just couldn't catch a break! I too have been a fan since 75 when my cousin took me to see the holy triumvirate during the COS tour. I still love that crazy album, especially the Fountain of Lamneth. I still remember every word which is amazing since I forget everything else these days.lol
You were certainly NOT the only one who was tearing up, Justine! So was I! I have been a huge Rush fan and Neil Peart fan ever since I first heard Free Will way back when! This is definitely one of the coolest tributes I have ever seen, and easily the coolest marching band performance ever!
This is absolutely extraordinary. Made this Rush fan swell with pride and love for the music, and musicians, who keep Rush going strong, including obviously the boys themselves. Here's to Neil, and his memory, who lit the fires under so many, Geddy and Alex for the same, and these amazing musicians for this incredible tribute. And to all of my fellow Rush fans, who I view as brothers and sisters.
As a 50ish former marching band member, I just watched this in awe. I couldn't imagine trying some of the stuff they did here. And they get bonus points for doing Rush.
Made my husbands day watching this, he cried he did. Biggest Rush/Neil Peart fan ever! Thank you so much for spectacular performance. It was fantastically done & bitchin to watch!! Well done everyone 😁
@@sqidvishus he chose me for his wife cuz i knew who Rush was and didn't mind listening to them, he never met a girl that liked them b4 🤣 been together 30 yrs.
Saying it publicly: that moved this Rush fan to tears! KUDOS!!! That was the culmination of what I know was tons of hard work by everyone involved and it was beyond incredible. Somebody raised those kids right!! 🤘🏻
A show worthy an Olympic openingceremony! I can't even think about being one member and what they have to have in their heads... Best figurative performance I've ever seen! -By faaaar!
The 46 people who thumbed this down so far must have no taste in good music. Seriously, this was great. It brought a tear to my eye. What a great tribute to one of the greatest bands ever.
Currently standing at about 1 for every hundred likes. That's pretty much the error rate I get on my tablet when I go to press an up-thumb on a small screen with big clumsy fingertips and hit down-thumb by accident. It happens.
As a Texas Aggie ‘05 and former member of its Corps of Cadets and a Nigerian kid who discovered Rush in 1998 in Abuja and finally attended my first Rush concert R40 in 2015 in Dallas ... all I can say is WOW, this brings so much joy to my heart and very well done OSU. Like very well done. A lot of class OSU, lot of class!
As a fellow Aggie, class of '92, my heart swelled with pride reading your post! All the posts are fantastic. These students are kicking it! Fantastic tribute to a fantastic band. Cudo's to this marching band! This video made this RUSH fans day! Whoop!
Considering Donna Halper, formerly of WMMS in Cleveland, helped discover Rush and gave them airplay, it's makes sense for this to be done by Ohio State..
Long time Rush fan here. Thank you for that. The motorcycle reference was not lost on us. I am now a lifetime fan of the Ohio State University Marching Band.
As an IU grad, I am predisposed to dislike all things OSU. This was a stunning, brilliant performance, both musically and choreographically. I am an OSU fan today.
Hats off to the band leader/director for putting this together and motivating a group of young adults to pay homage to a hall of fame rock band! Well done!
I have a very high standard for marching bands/corps and this absolutely floored me. The drill, the complexity of the time signatures, the arrangements. Wow I can't think of a better way to honor Rush with a field show than this. Bravo!! Standing O!! Encore!!
Rush fan here and drummer inspired by Neil. This was perfect. Such a fitting tribute to an outstanding musician and person. I'm sure the drum line had the best time on this one
This type of tribute is imo much more touching and emotional than any trophy or hall of fame. Just think of all the time it took to practise the playing and all the movements by heart for each member. Insane, beautiful show!
It's one thing to learn an instrument well enough to be in a band like this; it's another thing to learn to march in sync with everyone else and keep accurate time as you do it.
In 1974, Donna Halper, a music director and DJ at rock station WMMS in Cleveland, Ohio. She added "Working Man" to the station's regular playlist and the song's blue-collar theme resonated with hard rock fans in the predominantly working class city. 🤘
It's October 12,2021 - there are 1070 comments - I have gone through quite a few. It seems like at least half were brought to tears (I'm in that half). The emotional connection to Rush is truly a reflection of the Human Sprit.
@@betsysommer7142 BETSY....Oh how I have missed You! Really hoping you and your Crew are as fabulous as ever in these times we live in now! The Ohio State Campus is only 20 minutes away from my Mansion( 😂 ) and when a buddy alerted me that The Buckeye's Marching Band was going to honor RUSH at the halftime of their Homecoming game...I was Stoked! Couldn't wait to see the "Show"! We BOTH know that The Professor, Lerxst and Dirk were moved to tears as ALL RUSH FANS were! I miss seeing and hearing The Boys Style and Profile on Stage....but we were the Lucky Ones to have been able to Share The Air with them at Live Shows in our time! I miss seeing your typed words as well Betsy! You Stay Safe and Strong and Keep Strutting! Cheers From Ohio
Humility, even in NCAA rivalries, is a gift! Coming from a UCLA Bruin who has respect for a USC marching band that was featured on Fleetwood Mac's Double Album, Tusk!
Geddy and Alex should see this. It will probably bring a few tears to their eyes, remembering their dear departed friend. Rush has always been my favorite band of all time. I love everything they ever did. I could sit and listen to their music for hours on end, and never get bored. So, if anyone can send this to them, I,think they will appreciate it.
You're a lifelong Rush fan and still misspell two of the band member's names??? It's GEDDY, not Getty, and NEIL, not Neal. C'mon do a little research next time.
I'm a RUSH fan this brings tears to my eyes . I wish the guys in the band could see this . ( and see the look on their faces ) . I watch it all the time .
The amount of work it took -- from people at all levels -- to plan and execute this thing astounds me. What a beautifully-done tribute! Genius-level work, done with soul! Thank you, OSU Band.❤️❤️❤️
I got choked up while watching this! Neil would have been so honored to know that they did this. Especially since they added his love for motorcycles. The choreography is incredible! The way his head drops just before acceleration? Just amazing!!!
Fantastic. I've never watched the whole OHIO formation before. What an unbelievable work of art. In USMC boot camp they asked if anyone was in the marching band. Now I know why. The discipline and work ethic it takes to do that is 100% Well done OSU. And that's coming from a Pennsylvanian.
Timing, precision and feel just like Rush - wonderful stuff - loved the professor on the motorbike part! Would love to see Geddy and Alex's reaction to this
As a 40 year fan who has seen many Rush concerts I have nothing but pride and admiration for the sights and sounds of this amazing spectacle !! RIP Neil Peart.
Amazing. I am in Canada. I can't imagine what it would be like to be a current living member of this band and see this. As musicians and a members of a band, they mostly just create songs that they like, and see what happens. This has to be beyond their wildest dreams. I wish Neil Peart could have seen this.
These guys just got mad respect I am not into sports, but holy shit….this is a pure honor. Noting like meeting Rush back stage in 1989……best part of my teen years…
WOW!!! Words escape me!! Been a Rush fan for many years and this might be the BEST tribute I have ever seen to Geddy, Alex and Neil. Thank you so very much for doing this!! BTW, I'd love to hear the backstory of how this came to be. :)
My town is halfway between Ann Arbor and Lansing. I am sending everyone in the Ohio State marching band 100% love and admiration today for their moving tribute to one of my favorite rock bands that continues to inspire me to this day. You guys are awesome! 🎶
@@lerxtlifeson4232 No, Brighton. Which is geographically closer to Ann Arbor, but I see about the same degree of support for U of M and MSU on the neighbors' lawns.
I was in marching band in HS. It took months and hours and hours to get some fairly basic patterns down. I’m super-impressed with the amount of practice behind pulling off that set. Bravo!
@@creamydistortion Ha! During the game, I was sitting in the stands with a baton twirler playing handsies with her under the blankets. But yes, I quit after sophomore year and got a drum set, rocked out in bands and got even more girls! Definitely a good call.
@@creamydistortion m8, good music is good music and there doesn't have to be any competition between different paradigms of music ~sincerely, a French horn player and rock pianist
@@bryanchandler3486 I met Southside Johnny backstage once. His band, The Asbury Jukes, was a perfect mix of horn players and rock guys. Chicago was another great one, but The Jukes were the best. Just saying, most "bandos" the marching band guys, are extremely lame and have nothing original to offer. American football is the sport of the illiterate. Good rock writers, good rappers, etc, offer music for people who can read full sentences, not people who get college money for banging other guys in the locker room.
That was fantastic! Too bad TV doesn't cover halftimes like they used to, and shown at least some of this. The band director must be a fan of RUSH music. I've been a RUSH fan since Neil Peart became the drummer, God rest his soul. At the start when they spelled out RUSH, it brought tears to my eyes. What a great tribute. Way to go OSU marching band! 👍
WOW… kudos to the musical director of this fantastic band AND to the musicians themselves…!! They F**kin killed it!!! The percussion section had to do their homework on this one trying to keep up! And to my fellow RUSH Fans… All our hearts are warmed up…
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The best marching band in the land does a great job with the great music from Rush. Thanks for the great performance. It could almost make me an Ohio State fan.
Give it time Marty, follow tOSUband performances...Then stay tuned football game sometime...😃 or visit in person you will not be disappointed with gameday there 🍸🍺
