Red Barchetta - RUSH | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION! 

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When "Moving Pictures" came out, everyone was all about "Tom Sawyer." "Red Barchetta" is the one that got me hooked on Rush.

No one sounds like Rush. They created their own genre. Every song is an opus. Rhythmically complex yet catchy as hell. 100 years from now Rush will still floor people.

You know it's very very rare that the guitarist is the least talked about in a rock band. Props to Alex Lifeson. Damn beast.

This is a song that sounds better the more times you listen to it.

Neil Peart's lyrics always painted a very clear picture in my mind. Like a little movie with every song.

I gave this a 10 first time I heard it. 38 years later, I still rate it a 10.

Yet another generation that gets it.

Moving Pictures is a masterpiece. This song is a masterpiece within a masterpiece. One of the best albums of all time! And one of the best songs of all time!

This is still Rush's perfection album to me. Not a weak moment from start to finish. Beautiful production and balance. This track is perfectly placed after Tom Sawyer and before YYZ on the LP

wtf mad tune my first time hearing it too

This song has put me in danger of speeding tickets many, many times!

One of my all time favorite Rush songs is “The Trees”.

This song is like a good bottle of wine it gets better with age

It has been 40 years for me, and I NEVER tire of hearing this song... or anything on this album.

Red Barchetta is a song about an imagined future where gas-fueled cars are outlawed (Motor Law), so the "old machine", preserved for "fifty odd years", is taken out for a "weekly crime". Understanding cars isn't really necessary as much as just appreciating the power of a gas-fueled engine that cannot be duplicated by any other known technology. Also, regarding Getty's voice. He sings in this range because it's the only range of the audio spectrum where there's room for him in the guitar/bass/drums mix. This is why a lot of vocalists throughout the 80's began singing in such high ranges.

Peart did some of his very best writing here,such a cool song RIP.

You summed it up well saying Rush are Musicians Musicians, proven over decades by great Musicians staring it. If you can play Rush you can play anything.

While they are playing this in concert, they show the windshield view of a car on the screen behind them doing exactly what you talked about: just flying through some mountainous turns on the road. Good tune. Every once in a while I have to remind myself that it's a 3 man band...even though I've seen them live.

"Exit Stage Left" changed my music listening life forever...

I love how these guys just close their eyes and let the song flow through them like The Force!!!

One of my favorites , for me it was a totally rebellious song , sneaking out the car speeding , outrunning the police , making it home safe . Im glad to see the younger guys appreciating the art in the Rush Songs .

Limelight is a "banger" I think I'm too old to use that term

It's hard to believe those sounds come from just 3 guys.

Just listen to the entire Moving Pictures album. Definitely Rush’s best album (to my taste at least) and possibly the greatest album ever, by anyone.

Camera Eye is a great one too.When the guitar starts playing at about 2:10 into the song, it reminds me of an action/ adventure movie theme. It's 11 minutes long, but well worth it.

Closer to the heart great song by Rush

Love how the bass almost had the lead on this one. The perfect album u should dig into.

Have you guys watched Beyond The Lighted Stage documentary yet? I highly highly recommend it. It tells their story perfectly. My wife who isn't even a fan loved it.

I’m firmly convinced that Neal Peart could visualize each note in his head as he wrote them. I think some people can visualize music in their mind, that’s why they are such exceptional songwriters and musicians.

go back to their older catalog of songs and check out ANTHEM!

👍 👍 For those who like to read... The following is from wiki. "The song was inspired by the futuristic short story "A Nice Morning Drive", written by Richard Foster and published in the November 1973 issue of Road and Track magazine. The story describes a similar future in which increasingly stringent safety regulations have forced cars to evolve into massive Modern Safety Vehicles (MSVs), capable of withstanding a 50-mile-per-hour (80 km/h) impact without injury to the driver. Consequently, drivers of MSVs have become less safety-conscious and more aggressive, and "bouncing" (intentionally ramming) the older, smaller cars is a common sport among some.[1] Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart made several attempts to contact Foster during the recording of Moving Pictures, but Road and Track did not have an up-to-date address, and Rush were forced to settle for a brief "inspired by" note in the lyric sheet mentioning the story. In July 2007, Foster and Peart finally made contact with one another. Foster later posted on his website an account of their journey by motorcycle through the backwoods of West Virginia between stops on Rush's 2007 Snakes & Arrows Tour. A sporty red two-seat convertible facing right at a mild three-quarter orientation to the viewer, parked in front of a light brown wall "A brilliant red Barchetta from a better, vanished time ..." Barchetta, literally "small boat" in Italian, is the diminutive form of barca ("boat" or "craft"). In the automotive industry, the term is used for a two-seat car without any kind of roof. The proper Italian pronunciation is Italian pronunciation: [barˈketta], although it is sung with /tʃ/ by Geddy Lee. [2] Neil Peart's favorite car is the 1948 Ferrari 166MM ″Barchetta″. [3] Lyrics The song's lyrics tell a story set in a future in which many classes of vehicles have been prohibited by "the Motor Law". The narrator's uncle has kept one of these now-illegal vehicles (the titular red Barchetta sports car) in pristine condition for some "fifty-odd years" and keeps it hidden at his secret country home (previously a farm before the enactment of the aforementioned Motor Law). Every Sunday, the narrator sneaks out to this location and goes for a drive in the countryside, which he describes as "his weekly crime". During one such drive, he encounters a "gleaming alloy air car" that begins to chase him along the roads. A second such vehicle soon joins the pursuit, which continues until the narrator drives across a one-lane bridge that is too narrow for the air cars. The song ends with the narrator returning safely to his uncle's farm."

A great older Rush song is A Farewell To Kings. Absolutely beautiful song -- one of my favorites. It's also got lyrics which apply so much to today's environment.

What a great album brings me back to my days of high school where Rush ruled the airwaves. But your Rush reactions won’t be complete until you listen to LIMELIGHT probably their biggest song to get the most radio airplay. You won’t be disappointed

It's about time you got to this jam! Definitely one of their best in my opinion! Just beware, don't crank this up while driving. You'll find yourself doing 100mph without even realizing! Haha.

One of the most succinct explanations of rush ever. They make complicated music sound simple and digestible. That’s exactly it. They don’t want to labor your brain, they do the work for you. All great explanations. That’s because they’re generous and kind Canadians, who don’t want to out you out. So they do all the work, scrub the floors, and all you have to do is sit back and marvel at their craft. I was lucky enough to be into them in 1976 and to see them close to 40 times. There will never be another band where all three musicians are virtuosos like they were.

Moving Pictures is Rush's Dark Side of the Moon!

I love this album, for me this was the peak of their career, every song is a winner

I'd say for the next Rush reaction do Limelight. It's one of their more popular radio friendly ones.

Ginger Baker of Cream and Blind Faith (and other bands) fame passed away Sunday...one of the greatest drummers of all time...RIP Ginger

I always feel like I am driving through forest roads when listening to this. Such a wonderful break in the day to take a mental vacation.

This is one of Geddy's best vocal performances IMHO. Voice never stronger than here.

Rush is one of those bands that you can't ask someone to judge based on one song. Back in the day (the 70s), we'd buy an album and listen to the whole thing. Maybe young people today still do that, I don't know. But that's how we'd decide if the newest album was good or not. By the way, Andy, that t-shirt just screams 70s. Good one!

In the music, I can hear the tires squealing, the gears shifting, and the wind blowing through my hair. The sounds of freedom, even if only a brief moment. I am ready for the sequel.

Imagine running countryside to these Rush songs ! All you see is cows eyes at night gazing at you. RUSH 4real !!

Rock songs about a car: “I’m In Love With My Car” by Queen comes to mind. And “Red Barchetta” is based on a Sci Fi short story; Neil Peart lists it in the liner notes on the album

Oh man, 'Moving Pictures' is such a great album! This is the best part of your channel when songs like this that I haven't heard in some time make me re-visit these old albums that I loved back then. Thank you!

39 years later, still as good. I remember listening to that whole album over and over back in '81. Great work, and a riveting story.

and do not forget gents... 3 musicians only! Playing multiple instruments simultaneously !!! Just WOW!... Neil Peart !!!!

Ok, now you have to do Bastille Day to add to the list of Rush bangers.

Cygnus X-1: Book One: The Voyage Prologue

When “Moving Pictures “ was released, I was working on my first car, a ‘69 Mach I…yes with my uncle because my dad hated the car said I would get killed in it because it was so fast. So this song just captured my feelings and fantasies about this car, as well as the special relationship I had with my uncle. So yeah, the song would be relatable to someone who liked to dream about their awesome car and all of the possibilities…the dreamy ending just really did it for me. Plus the fact I was 16 made it very special and this song…and my first car and my uncle…will forever have a unique place my heart.

YES!!! I knew you guys would luv it. Thanks for doing it! Truly an amazing song. What I love about it is that not only do the lyrics tell the story, the musical arrangement does as well.

"Witch Hunt", from the same album....

I actually prefer listening to all the Moving Pictures songs together. Thematically, they don't need to be, but I always think of that album as a whole. That said, you guys need to listen to Witch Hunt.

One of my absolute favorites of their songs, in a list that contains, well most of their songs, but this one grabbed me from the first second I heard it...When I heard it on Exit Stage Left and then saw them live(my first ever concert)it went right to the top! Glad to see you guys "get" not only the music but also the greatness of Rush!!

Rush's best song, and one of the top 3 rock songs ever, IMHO.

Love how you guys hang on and listen to every single last note, there are subtle amazing things in the fade out of this one and you caught them all! Great reaction to a timeless classic for sure. This album was one of the perfect rock albums ever made I feel, everything about Rush that is great came to being on this album and it was their best produced album as well! Every tone is amazing. Same album, longer song with many moods but the most incredible orchestration of rock I have ever heard is "The Camera Eye". You guys would flip trust me! And the guitar solo at the end is one of the most ridiculously composed solos ever written, pure genius and mastery. Hope you guys react to The Camera Eye sometime soon! Not commercial, but a prog/rock/epic masterpiece.

Every song on this album is amazing! Love this. Odd that it’s your Mom’s favorite song and you never heard it!

Finally finally finally you guys put on red barchetta God bless you boys! Be prepared for a real treat!

I agree with everyone. Limelight def Limelight. We ALL play air drums to Limelight. Welcome to my youth. I still like to re-live those days.

I had this on at work today! Fantastic album

Thank you for your reactions. This is a really important song for me, and you both get it. And I'm....many years older than you.

Nice work guys!! You've been picking some pretty awesome songs this week! Red Barchetta is a true classic. Always brings back fond memories of my adolescence, but never so much as to ruin the song in the moment. Rush and The Who were the two bands who most made me want to learn guitar and start a band. Been playing for 35 years now, lol. If you do play, getting this song right is an incredible achievement for any trio. Geddy's bass timbre is insane. This may be my all time favorite Alex lead, shortish but so *incredibly* melodic. Neil... well has he ever had even one boring moment? FWIW, this has my favorite bass fill ever on it. It's the fourth one during the fade out, under Alex's beautiful natural harmonics. It's a triplet of F#'s, then a triplet of: F#, F#, G... the way he reaches for that G, it just rings so beautifully, and the chorus sweeps perfectly as the note is resolving. It's so incredibly *hopeful*. I'm always waiting the whole song for those perfect six notes! Keep up the great work guys!!

I love the way you both just close your eyes to get into the music and concentrate on every nuance. Keep going!

Gotta do Natural Science guys! If you think The Spirit of Radio is a 10 then Natural Science will be an 11 😉

Guys trust me on this all 4 are 10's Marathon, Natural Science, The Camera Eye, By-Tor and the Snow Dog. I'm am so enjoying watching you guys hearing these songs for the first time. It makes me relive how I felt the first time I heard them which was usually same day as release 🙂 I've seen them 57 times total since Hemispheres and twice in the front row.

You hit the nail on the head at the end ... everyone always talks about how great of a guitarist Alex is and how great of a bassist Geddy is. But honestly, and this album is full of this, what makes them great is how they construct the guitar melody and the bass counter melody during the instrumental sections of the song. The counter melody bass work in this song, and Limelight too, is just second to none. It's the two parts together that really, really make their sound ... with Neil's great drumming too of course.

Your choices are killer. Your comments and observations, a complimentary blend of newness, and appreciative knowledge. This got good airplay back when, given the advent of genre evolution at that time. Much Love.

Perfect album. I would listen to Natural Science next dudes!

I bought this album when it came out I had a kick ass Yamaha stereo that I just sold last year. Cost over 2,000$ in 1979. Should have bought stock. Haha This is my favorite song on album. It predicted the green movement and loss of freedom to a tee. When you rate Rush turn it up to an eleven.

Thank you Rush for so many great jams. Thank you Canada for bringing lsome great bands to us and especially for bringing Rush to us. And...Thank you Andy & Alex for bringing back the memories of jamming to Rush in my kiddo years ( I was 5 when this album dropped). My mom (who is 63) enjoyed your vid too.

The production on this record is excellent. Every sound is outstanding, and all can be heard so clearly in the mix. I liked where the gentleman on the right remarks on the bass sound in the intro - he’s right on, that’s a truly great bass sound.

“One of my moms favorite songs”. LOL your mom is cool.

Almost all of the songs on Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures got some radio play in the early 80's. Rock radio was a much different animal back in those days.

Seeing this live more than oh 8 concerts seriously blows your mind...yes I.m a fan but that being my last concert was Foo Fighters so I am well versed in good music...oh and I am a musician as well! Great channel....keep it up and you know I subbed!!

You two were grooving with minds blown just like my friends when we were teens and this album came out!

Drunk reaction! Awesome 😂

Another album. Sampling only one or two songs you will miss out. Put it on your list to come back to this one big time. Enjoy!

Love your reactions to this song! The more you listen to rush the better it gets!

La Villa Strangiato and Red Barchetta are my absolute top 2 favorite Rush songs. So glad you guys loved it. Read the lyrics sometime. It's a cool sci-fi dystopian story

If you haven’t done it yet -- I think you’re next ‘must’ hear Rush song should be “Jacob’s Ladder”

Closer to heart boys a must listen 😍🇨🇦

Dudes! You guys continue to kill it here with not only your great and honest reactions but choice song selections 🤘🏼 “Red Barchetta” 10.0 - I am subscribed to a bunch of reaction accounts and yours is the only one that doesn’t disappoint. Please keep doing what you’re doing A++ 👍🏼

New roommate asked, "Can you play 'Red Barchetta' " ? "I'm gonna try." (I knew it well.) Played it perfectly for him. With all the harmonics and such. ;-)

Suggestion: A live double shot from Rush in Rio: Leave that Thing Alone/O Baterista. A later instrumental plus Neil Peart drum god festival.

It's been said many times but Limelight should be next. It's one of those songs that will just just suddenly pop into my head randomly no matter what I'm doing!

Great Choice Gentleman. For A long time this was my favorite RUSH tune.

All of us Rush fans are so happy that you've found and love Rush. One of the greatest rock bands ever.....and just 3 dudes!

play Rush Distant early warning

Alex Lifeson's natural harmonics, to me, are what give this song its unique personality. I hate that Alex has always lived in the recognition shadows of Geddy and Neil, because he is absolutely top notch.

I always love it when you do rush reactions your faces say it all

When I saw you kids doing this song, I just cleared off the table and put my feet up. Glad you got to hear it, glad we got to see your eyeballs wiggle.

This rush song won’t get requested much compared to the others but please listen to Rush a passage to Bangkok

You two are hilarious- and sooooo cute ! That’s how I look when I listen to RUSH too ❣️🤣

Favorite Rush song, love your tastes for such young guys. Refreshing to know that good music will continue into the future. keep exploring the music of all ages....

By-Tor And The Snowdog!

Rush was transitioning from a prog band to a more conventional sound during this time. Moving Pictures represents some of their best songs in terms of writing and tight musicianship imho. Of course, their prog masterpieces are in a class by themselves.

Good vid lads. The live version of this off R30 is just fantastic. Geddy has cited this as one of the most difficult to pull off live. Complex bass line, lyrics, keyboards and taurus pedals all used.

Awesome as always! I love this song! It's a 10 for me because of the storytelling. All Rush songs have something to say but this for them is just a story. Most of their songs are very cerebral and have lots of meaningful gems in them, they make you think. This one was just sit back and let us tell you a story.