Geddy Lee during Limelight is playing his Rick Bass, singing the vocal and playing the synth with Taurus foot pedals. It's hard enough to cover Ged's bass lines but then you factor in the other things he is doing and you just shake your head. That is Supreme Talent. I can't begin to describe how difficult it is for Ged to do what he does. Lifeson and those amazing chords of his. Believe me, those are HIS chords and that tone is just incredible. Ah the Professor; we all miss Neal but not as much as his bandmates. I'm sixty years old and I have seen and heard many many groups and artists. Neal Peart is the best drummer who ever roamed the Earth. That was a nod to one of Neil's books. Rush is in the Pantheon of the greatest bands in History. I can easily put them with the Beatles, the Stones, Led Zep, The Who and Kiss. Their fan base is second to none because with Rush, we always got more than our money's worth. No drama, no BS, no gimmicks. They just kicked your ass with incredible songs, tight rhythm section, amazing guitar chords and solos and certainly, the most incredible lyrics from the mind of the Professor. Thanks guys!
I consider myself pretty clever in review and presentation whenever I feel the need to articulate myself to a particular subject - especially when it comes to this band we know and love as RUSH. You took all the words out of my mouth -and then some. Well said - however. The Beatles, the Stones ( Led Zeppelin will receive a free pass for this one and a nod of recognition here ) The Who and Kiss will never come within a light-year of approaching the musical genius and talent of RUSH. RUSH only becomes RUSH when all three of these humble gentlemen take the stage together to play for their fans - scratch that - friends. This is how RUSH have always seen us and consider us. This is how Geddy, Alex, and Neil always saw us. This is deeper than their music and there is just not a lot of bands out there that enjoy this kind of relationship with their fans. I have always said: "RUSH will never be RUSH again without all three of these men together. If only one of them was gone - it didn't matter which one - RIP Professor Peart - it will not be RUSH; and I can't help but think that they know that too. Thank you for a great post to a great band. We love them - we miss them. Long Live RUSH!!!!
Neil was most certainly great and undoubtedly one of the most famous and influential drummers of all time. But the "best drummer who ever roamed the Earth"? Meh... you must not know very much about drummers and drumming.
These guys played the music that made all our lives... just a little bit better. We're so fortunate to live in a time where there was actual music like this.
My only talent was writing and literature. I'm 62 and confine my time writing comments on RU-vid. What wonderful music as a back drop for my writing. Wish I could have met John Steinbeck to me he was the greatest writer in the last century. Steinbeck and Rush What a combination for total happiness 😊.
Bands of this era are the best who ever performed. As a teenager when this was performed we had no clue at the time just how honored we were to be a part of It. The bands of the 60's 70's and 80's will never be replicated nor should they be. Graduated from High school In 1976. What a blessing....
@@jamesbills5998 100% agree, although I would add the 90s+ to those decades of marvelous music. Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Fiona Apple and one of my favorites Tori Amos ALL wrote some great music which I see as a continuation of the change the Beatle's Rubber Soul and Revolver ushered in. Or that Dylan began, if you prefer. Or someone else early- mid 60s. So much quality music to be inspired by.
He's excellent, but he won 2nd in Guitar player magazine multiple times. So I don't know about underrated. Frank Marino is a guy who's truly criminality under rated.
Thanks for list @oi5hkm! 1. 00:09 Limelight 2. 04:47 Tom Sawyer 3. 09:32 The Trees 4. 14:14 Xanadu 5. 26:58 Red Barchetta 6. 33:35 Freewill 7. 38:55 Closer to the Heart 8. 42:22 YYZ 9. 46:44 ...
Best concert I've ever seen. I remember in my high school days, we would go to our drummers house during our lunch break, get stoned and hear RUSH. Sometimes we make it back to school and sometimes not. Great times ❤😊.
Haha! We did the same thing during our free 2nd period. Went to Vin's house, smoked weed and jammed( we both play) to Rush and Zep. Got back to school for 3rd period English totally stoned and our teacher was also manager of a strip club who, as rumor has it, spiked his coffee with whiskey every morning in class! Can't make this stuff up. Good memories.
The difference between a Rush concert and a Taylor Swift concert is the music of Rush is the entertainment. No pyrotechnics, costume changes, dancers, stage theatrics. Nothing to divert your attention away from music that sucks.
I seen them 2002 Ames Ia Vapor Trails tour with the washing machines ‼️❤️🔥👍🔥💨 & that’s the only show I’ve seen that had 2 ladies on each side of the stage doing Sign Language, the whole time!!! Amazing. I think I watched the ladies the most.
Saw them in March 1983 in Greensboro, North Carolina on the SIGNALS tour. I have a bootleg cassette from that same show and it proves Geddy was singing about baseball during The Spirit Of Radio, and it was so funny and clever.
That shirt's probably worth ~$500 right now. Seriously. I've somehow ended up with a few grand worth of concert shirts, and all I did, my secret to success, was as follows: I liked the band and enjoyed listening to them with my friends; I bought some of their records and taped their other records from my friends (~$7 - $10/ea); I bought a ticket to their concert (~$10 - $16), and then - and I can't stress this enough - and then, once there, I bought not just a shirt but a 3/4 sleeve damn jersey. That's the one price I never remember, ~$20 maybe? Point being, nothing makes sense anymore, and I'd sooner burn my damn shirts than sell them. Go in peace, and may all your tickets be Gen Adm, may the opening band never suck as much as you thought they would, and may you always see the beach ball bouncing yonder, aloft yet still through the heavy blue smokey haze.
@@awarewolves1712 I totally hear you I do have the 1981 Original Moving Pictures shirt and the earliest shirt I have is a 1980 Van Halen invasion Tour shirt that is a Jersey from thinking Women and children first. I also saw Metallica open for Ozzy on the master of puppets tour still have that ticket stub and 2 shirts that were bootlegs with Ozzy on the front and Metallica on the back from that show, Ozzy on the ultimate sin tour with Metallica. Plus Van Halen in 1981 Judas Priest Turbo, Dokken under lock and key, girls girls girls from Motley Crue, Iron maiden from the power slave tour, Judas Priest from the defenders of the faith tour, 1982 ACDC for those about to rock, 1986 Van Halen 5150 tour, 1983 ZZ Top eliminator tour, And the very first show I saw was kiss on the kiss alive 2 love gun tour with ACDC opening but unfortunately I don't have the shirt from that, also the original shirt from the iron maiden somewhere in time tour, Dio from the Sacred Heart tour, I honestly do have all the ticket stubs from all those shows as well as some other shows that I did not buy a shirt from like slippery when wet Bon Jovi and Doctor feelgood Motley Crue, Accept both the metal heart and Russian roulette tours, and Kiss on the Dynasty Tour, and Black Sabbath on the born again tour when Quiet Riot opened, Poison opening for Ratt on the dance tour in 1987, Queen on the game tour in 1982 with Billy Squire opening, Styx on the rockin the paradise tour, white snake with Motley in 87 on the girls girls girls tour, journey on the Escape tour in 1980, Blue Oyster Cult, Foghat, man on and on, and will die before giving up any of that stuff, or the memories from those cherished, hallowed years 🤘🏻🍻
LOL...I appreciate your verve! They are GREAT musicians...But don't neglect ELP, Genesis, YES, Crimso, Gentle Giant and most of prog; The musicians in that genre are all "unparalleled" ...
This concert was my gateway to Rush. When MTV first launched, they had Friday night (Sat night?) concerts, and I can still remember seeing Exit Stage Left. I was blown away by the musicianship…. Neal with the incredible drums, Alex with the Red Barcheta solo, and Geddy playing three instruments at once (including voice). It wasn’t sex drugs and rock and roll….it was incredible musicianship and professionalism.
Three musical geniuses in one outfit, they pushed themselves and each other to the pentacle of perfection, they did it for themselves,, but it took all of us to another realm ,,
Permanent Waves my very First Concert, What A great day. Topped only by Moving Pictures. Shortly there after. True musicians at the height of there performances.
My first concert was the Texas Jam in 1984, it was Rush, Gary Moore, Bryan Adams, Ozzy and 38 Special. It was so damn hot but by the time Rush hit the stage is was night time and cooling off.
I saw Rush in March 1980 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. They kicked ass it was the Permanent Waves tour. They opened with 2112!They came to Oakland on this tour. I saw Rush 5 times they were always awesome.
This looks and sounds exactly like it was at oakland june 1981 wow good job . I wemt nuts both nights. Firat night stage right second night floor center. Fun times
Same here, but in the Boston Garden for the first show and the Moving Pictures Tour the year beforehand and thank God because We lost Neil in 2015 and I have never seen such a genius way of going back in time.2nd half was amazing cuz I’ve always loved them up until the Signals album straight from their humble beginnings-1982.❤
Exit Stage Left was my 1st concert ever(December 1981 at the Meadowlands). I was so impressed that I saw them 31 other times. My favorite was at the San Jose Arena (Roll the bones/ The Melvins). The show was so bad-ass they added a 2nd night which rocked just as hard!
I was walking thru a guitar ctr, and caught this out of the corner of my eye: the drum solo part of By Tor and the Snow Dog, all I could think was...'wow...no, seriously...wow.' From that moment, all those many years ago, I was hooked...
I was 13 years old at that time. Little too young to go see a RUSH concert. But when I got a little older, I saw RUSH Power Window World Tour in 1985 I was 17 years old in high school years. To me RUSH is a musical journey and I love all the RUSH songs etc. 🙏RIP-Neil Peart😢the Professor🙏
Born in april 68, I was 13 too... And ''Moving Pictures Tour'' was my very first concert experience, (first of many other shows that followed, I'm impressed when I take my ticket box out of the vault to check, once every decade...) I also saw ''Signals'', where Rush were at their peak of popularity ( caused by Moving Pictures album...) and something happened in my town (Quebec, Canada) for that show that was sold-out in 2 days... Tickets back then had a more cheap, school play look to them, so... Since they had sold the 14000 to fill the place, maybe 30,000 people or more wanted to see Rush. Some dudes had the great idea to print fake tickets, the same 4 tickets reprinted 20000 timesand they sold them in large batches for a fraction of the normal price (5$ vs 12,50$) So the night of the concert, 35000 wasted Rush fans expected to go in the Colisée to see their favorite band... You can all imagine what kind of a clusterf**cked shit show the evening turned out to be, with the vandalism, beer bottle projectiles , cops backups, and tons of arrests... Good old times, those crazy GenX 80's.. I sure miss 'em...
I saw this exact tour in Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum 1981 [I believe June? possibly?] age 19. What a concert it was! Sold out! The cool videos behind the band during Red Barchetta,and other songs [maybe not as sophisticated digital animation by todays over the top BS, but still cool nonetheless] --Truly a concert I never forgot even 43 years later. I had bought the cassette tape of Moving Pictures a few months earlier. Man! The 1970's and 80's were such great times compared with todays divided lunatic world.
I saw them early in 1981 in Milwaukee, then when I was stationed at Camp LeJuene, we took a special services bus to Fayetteville NC to see them in this little gym type venue. Heard Subdivisions for the first time that night! Damn Im old 😂
Rush fan here for 50 years. I watch this, and even to this very day, I'm not used to seeing Alex playing Hentor Sportcasters nor Fenders. Years later, Alex played Signature and Paul Reed Smiths. If that wasn't enough, Ged temporarily ditchted the Ric 4001's, Fender Jazz basses and played Steinbergers and Wals. I'm so used to Rush with that classic Gibson/Rickenbacker thing. Yes, they musta heard the Rush fans and guitarists feedback---Gibsons, Rickkeys, and classical signal chains and effects. However, yes, Alex did have Gibbies on stage and were played in the sets during Exiit Stage Left. Neil? I'm not a percussionist, but his kit ALWAYS changed, I know this and do respect The Professor. RIP Sir Peart.
NEIL PEART’S NARRATION ON EXIT STAGE LEFT DVD: There’s a tremendous ambiance about a concert hall…to even before a band starts playing…from the time the doors open..this place feels electric you know! That’s one of the things I like most about the road that feeling of standing in the hall when the doors open feel the excitement bursting into the hall. I must admit I feel very comfortable playing live a lot! The song satisfies and does have a modern day rocker persona about it. A very modern urban setting for that Tom Sawyer mentality and a very carefree stride and a very self-possessed kind of air. Xanadu: The question we tend to ask the most often is WHAT IF? I think of you had to simplify a motivation or simplify a moving force in our music that would probably…suffice! Red Barchetta: Well it seems to me a car is one of those handy metaphors and volumes have been written about the sociological and cultural impact of the car and what it represents but it also has a very fundamental sensual feel and it’s a metaphor for sexuality and freedom. We’ve certainly tried to guide everything by the principles that were interested in and the freedom of choice and the material we’ve been playing and expression of music that we found to be exciting would excite other people as well. If the songwriting is important and playing really well on stage is important it’s gonna make the difference between feeling good or not feeling good when I walk off stage feeling that I played as well as I can or as close to well as I can then I feel very satisfied and good for what you have done.
This was the first cassette tape I owned by Rush. basically all the songs I ever knew by them for about 20 years. I had just heard that Neil Peart was a drummer I needed to listen to. I figured a live album gives you a good sample of the music and I felt a live performance really shows what a band can do.
Fabuloso directo de Rush en vivo en su época de oro....y siempre fueron excelentes hasta el final, un power trio fantástico!..sensacional!!.. eso es Rush!!..gracias!!!
An amazing live album 👏 In the ’80s I'd listen to this "Exit Stage Left" & Jethro Tull's "Burstin' out" while reading the Lord of the Rings series. Such depth!!!🎶🎧🎶🔥✌️🧙🧝
I love everything Rush ever did but to me this is the best of the best. I guess I favor this tour the most because it was my very first live concert. There's nothing like your first time and what a time it was. The only other concert that to me compared to this was Iron Maiden Number of the beast tour . I was lucky enough to see Rush 5 times and Maiden 8 times.
Holy shit killer❣️🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🎶🔥 Played my faves . . . The Trees and In The Mood and Closer to the Heart and Xanadu. Like Limelight, too. Such musicianship and wisdom here!! ❤
1981 and this was the devastating act around. I was 19 years old and learning how to play the drums. Had no sense of musicality so played the drums. Neil Peart put paid to that. I had a crush on Neil and became proficient. Thank you Rush you saved my life and even made my dad pleased with my progress. Love you dad.😢
Rush Signals was my 1st concert at 15yrs old...mind blown.They were still using the Limelight and Rarchetta graphics on the screen behind. Seen them 7x total.
BEST modern rock concert EVER..remember these songs vividly being split up & put out on MTV back n da day seriously this WAS REAL rock once upon a time
I would like to take a minute to reflect on how awesome this band kicked ass for three men of epic greatness. Now many thanks for posting this epic concert footage that all my Rushies appreciate very much. Lastly, when CD’s were first born and released to the masses, yep, still have this CD and play it for my neighbors to enjoy Exit Stage Left with me. Loud and proud and still handling it with love and care.
I'd bet this was recorded on analog tape, though digital was around at that time. This production is the best of all their live releases it seems to me. Just warm and fat, like a good J.
I recall those voiceovers in-between the songs that were featured on the King Biscuit Flour Hour (1980). Somewhere I have that on TDK, but I like it digitized better. Thanks for your editing and synching!
I know we've all heard red barchetta a billion times...but that song is pure Alex and Rush. The clean chorus guitar and chords such a gorgeous sound. The 1st break that isn't a solo, then bridge then solo...intros and outros that don't care about pop timing.....magical.
There is so much to discuss but I'll point out one little gem. Neil's fill at 52:22 is just a beautiful piece of drumming. In the End is a work that few talk about but having heard it now again after all these years a smile came to my face. Melodic and powerful like much of the work of the Boyz.
The first concert that I went backstage was this tour in Spokane. I was a 16 year old Rush fan, and my dad knowing this acquired two all-access crew passes for me and a friend from one of his friends who ran the Coliseum. I have some great memories of that show, which I watched standing just offstage with Al's guitar tech. A magical evening.
