Rush Fan Day Interview with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson 

I can sort of relate...my Dad died 3 weeks after Neil passed...that was a rough January.

@@brianwolters7560same with my mother on February 13, 2020 unexpectedly in the hospital from what had to have been the covid virus. What’s really freaky is when I went to the hospital to the intensive care unit, they told me she was in room number 2112. No bullshit either. I had the nurse repeat the room number just to make sure I heard her correctly I take it as a sign that everything was going to be okay, despite all of that. Especially when the next day while at her house, I noticed a lone deer lying in the back yard as it was snowing. She lied there from around 7 in the morning until around 230 that afternoon. Deer normally seek cover in the foliage when it’s snowing. But this one lied there out in the snow with no cover Someone explained to me that the deer was her spirit animal, and for me to witness that was a sign that everything was going to be fine. Later that year, I came into a lot of money unexpectedly. I just wish that the United States was in good condition, unlike now, and all because of that incompetent and incontinent dipshit that calls himself a president that rigged the election. He’ll most definitely go to a fiery place one day But… that was that

Lovely story ❤😊

Exactly. I saw them 6 times and they were the best times of my life.

@@colkurtz4102 Nope. They always played what they wanted. Fly By Night was a concept they weren't sure would work, and they were right. But, luckily, the direction they went with 2112, Hemispheres etc got them the fan support that kept the record labels satisfied enough to allow them to forge their own path.

And made great new music for 40 years as opposed to so many other bands that just kept playing the same stuff over and over.

and they stayed friends that's rare!

@@colkurtz4102 Bowed? Caress of Steel? A producer or record company drove that? In fact the record company was upset. No. Fly By Night? No. Simply that they finally decided after 2112 that they didn't need a record company anymore to be successful, their talent made a place for them.

My respect for Tommy Shaw just elevated! ;)

Who the hell is Neil "Pearl?"

@@ENIGMVTIK I typed too fast.

Yeah, Tommy's post-Styx band, Girls With Guns, opened up for Rush during the Hold Your Fire tour.

@@johncalvo1743 I remember him opening.

Indeed. These guys seem like someone you could bump into, and have a chat with, unlike far too many other rock stars, or celebrities in general. Considering what great musicians they all are, that's quite impressive.

Yeah, totally agree. Whenever I have seen video of the Rush members together, I have always been struck by the evident friendship they share and continued to share even after 40 years together. We know stories of bands like the Beatles who I think were also mates when they started, but over time, those friendships broke down. That hasn't been the case with Rush and it is warming to see that three guys who made so much fantastic music over many years and have been through so much together are so normal and likeable. Sad for music, sad for Rush fans, sad for drummers and drum geek and I've no doubt so sad for Alex and Geddy to lose their friend Neil.

Wayne Manna Alex is a really quick wit. I don’t know why he doesn’t do some kind of chat show on CBC in Canada or something like that.

@@waynemanna1402 So true. As a huge rush fan, my absolute fave thing about them is how they are each a master of their craft, but yet so terribly humble about it. RIP Neil. These 2 goofballs might go off the rails without your voice of reason ;)

@@rklewis2 i pulled a couple of their shows(im a trucker) they were totally cool and laid back to everyone!!! Neil was known to be a little aloof but he just didn't like being put on a pedestal. If you talked to him and treated him like a regular guy he appreciated it greatly!!!

It doesn't matter that your comment was 3 years ago, what you said was true then, and is still true. Everytime, I watch something different with these guys, I am awed by their humility and grace. As a Vocalist and Bass player myself, and a Rush fan, I feel honoured to have existed on the same planet, in the same time as Geddy, Alex and Neil.

Beautifully said.

Stop your swearing blackguard! Show some respect.

@@zombywoof1015 not sure what that means. But have a nice fucking day. 😬

First rock tunes and riffs I learned on guitar, were his. Imagine that.

My older brother turned me on to Priest, Sabbath, and AC/DC and I lived and breathed every bit of it, but the moment I first heard the riff immediately after "And the meek shall inherit the earth".... That was the moment I knew I had to play guitar. Lerxst is King.

@@RW4X4X3006 Yessir.... "Best I can" and "In the End" were the first songs I learned to play. 30 years later they're still faves I go back to often.

@@lr6884 In my hood, everyone who could get one, got a guitar and started learning to play - because of Rush and all the other greats of the 70's. Hell yeah! It's a great productive out for the kids, learning musical instruments. Today, very few contemporary examples to guide them along.

@@RW4X4X3006 totally agree with you.!

Yyz bass lines are unbeatable

What are those little denim tabs that seem to hold leather belts at bay called on a pair of jeans.?

@@jadinwemette8251 Even 'Time Stand Still', which you might consider as Rush doing pop music, is an incredibly busy, detailed and spectacular bass line.

@@lebheidenstrm5392 oh yeah man, plus the lyrics are...timeless (lmao)

Well.... Let's not forget Les Claypool, Flea, John Entwhistle and one of Geddy's favorites, Chris Squire.

If every other musician was as great and classy, then they wouldn't stand out. The world needs Trainwreck rockstars, so that we may appreciate THESE gentlemen MORE. Cream Rises to the Top! Rush Will Rule The Galaxy Forever

Atka59 Nicely said. I could not agree more.

Well.... Neil could've been more giving of his time to those that gave him his career and success.

I'm from Jackson Michigan. My sister introduced me to Moving Pictures. I don't ever remember the radio station playing Rush before that album. Your Village is nice.I remember going thru that little village as a kid. So when I saw this I flipped cuz I live in DFW area. Have a good evening and enjoy VIRGINIA'S CONEY ISLAND.🇺🇸👍😁

How you get WTOL from Grass Lake? I met Arthur Penhollow years ago. Cool cat.

True story

They should simply have their nasty little thumbs CUT OFF! if you can't use them correctly, you should lose them... I am the Thumb Collector! Fuggers

They were something to behold.

Jason, you are beautiful !

I'm not a podcast guy, but THAT'S A GREAT FREAKING IDEA! I certainly would become a podcast guy for THAT! You are a GENIUS!

@@jackluminous6024 hey man, there are sooooo many great podcasts these days that you're probably already a podcast guy and don't know it yet lol. If the idea of a Ged and Alex podcast gets you excited, I can guarantee you that there are plenty of other pods that you would find that you like a lot. There is a podcast for like every topic or subject these days, so if you're on a long drive and don't wanna really listen to music, I suggest you try listening to a podcast instead. A lot of them are more or less the same as audiobooks at this point considering all the info you're taking in and processing in your brain. And of course, there are tons of mindless comedy podcasts out there too that will absolutely have you rolling laughing lol try it out sometime man!

Jason Lefler Roll the Bones!

Ryan Boshell I unironically believe Roll the Bones is good, and I know there’s plenty of Rush fans out here who’d agree!

Cygnus X-69 all of their music is amazing! Just some is more amazing than others.

@@ryanboshell6124 subtle joke, appreciate it lol

Cygnus X-420 I’d meant to reply sooner to this...pardon my delay... I was somehow growing slightly away from Rush with Dreamline. I was fifteen and I was starting to get into other things after a couple of years when I was listening intensely to Rush. I still felt well attached to them though. Just exploring. I avoided Roll the Bones for some years and was properly reintroduced by the mighty Rush in Rio dvd. Eventually I was giving the album a proper airing and reappraisal. The Big Wheel may be the standout track. There’s an enduring great feeling I get from that one. With time, I decided that the tracks needed reshuffling to really bring home the lyrical themes and give a clearer arc to a possible mood the album could’ve conveyed. My track order is... Dreamline The Big Wheel Where’s My Thing? You Bet Your Life Face Up Roll the Bones Neurotica Heresy Ghost of a Chance Bravado Dreamline is where they are in life, “birds in the last days of spring.” The Big Wheel harkens back to being a kid. Where’s My Thing? is more youthful energy preceding the bright music and budding awareness of how lives can be poured down the drain. Face Up is getting a bit darker as the game of life is engaged, perhaps with perfectionism, hesitation, a sense of risk, fear, and questioning purpose beginning to set in between Face Up and Neurotica (“hit the target or you’d better hit the ground”, “why are we here...because we’re here...”, “hide in your shell let the world go to hell, it’s like Russian Roulette to you...”), Roll the Bones takes it further and into darker territory. Neurotica nods to the questioning that occurs well into the game of life, perhaps even questioning participating in the game at all, and Heresy expands to the wider world’s games being lost with incredibly high stakes (I like the roulette reference in Neurotica preceding a song about the fall of Communism). Ghost of a Chance is finding love “through all that masquerade” and Bravado is the philosophy required in the face of losing it all one day, which proved to be a day coming way too soon for Neil Peart, RIP. Maybe I’ve missed the intention behind the song order on this album. I just prefer it as I’ve reshuffled it.

I know who he is, well....I owned a Rush record or 3 but its 2021 and everytime I read anything regarding his passing I cry. I think i understand the world lost a great human being

Yes

80' was a great year for rock and metal. Blizzard of Oz, Back in Black, Ace of Spades, British Steel JP came out just recently. You know what I'm talking about to be part of that amazing era.

@@markusantonio4866 Yes, still miss those Kerrang magazines I had from those times, 82-87..my Internet of those times, along radio stations from mediumwave (listening to UK AM stations with NWOBHMetal ; )..those times.

Nice...for me it was styx in 83.. Van Halen 84 and Rush 84 ...and then every Rush tour till the end.

Sure are! Thanks for sharing!!

I think it's just incredible to have seen them on two different tours from two of their biggest albums exactly a year apart. Those were definitely the days. When I got into them (Power Windows) they had moved to 2 years between shows. But they were an album/tour per year for a while there.

OneAndDone seeing Rush live for the first time in Los Angeles on the power windows tour the absolute multitasking that Geddy had... I think after that tour completed the decision was made to incorporate Jack secret

@@trevin1691 I SAID SISSY AND I SAW RUSH OVER 20 TIMES! GOOD DAY MADAM!

@@zombywoof1015 eesh so next trip around the sun you should stay warm😎

I was born in 70 so I was around 12 at that time too. My older sister had the only turntable in the house and she had Moving Pictures too. Man, I would wait until she was out and sneak into her room to listen to her Rush albums. I would try to put everything back just like it was so she wouldn’t know I had been in her room... she always knew! Anyways, I took many a beating from her just to listen to Rush... lol.

@@XHuntinatorX Wow, you and I really have a parallel existence! The only difference is that my sister knew I was using her stereo. I got Archives for Christmas one year and listened to that thing for hours. Luckily my sister was always at her friend's house. Thanks for sharing that! :)

There's a video of that somewhere

At least all three were there to make it memorable ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OjbvZJaxcbw.html

Yeah see 'dinner with Rush' more entertaining than this snorefest

Gregory Z -- have you not seen the dinner with rush vid?? Great stuff!!

Very nice...it is the same for me...7th grade..grace under pressure..and then onward..

@@heikkidtw5992 love the name. Most of the concerts were at Joe Louis and Pine Knob, I think Big Money was at Cobo🤔

The palace also....i had no idea you knew the area..very cool

@@heikkidtw5992 I grew up in West Detroit Brightmore area🤘

@@detroitrockscity i know the area well..i grew up at middlebelt and warren...and lived near rouge park and a few other towns..until the wifey said..enuff z nuff..and went to a sleepy town in SW wayne county..

His death was the only performer that I actually wept when I heard the news of his passing.

That's awesome! An author friend of mine was very close to Mr. Peart. Hearing stories of shows my friend Kevin had seen and some stories of Mr. Peart just gave me even more respect for and interest in all things Rush. I'd always been more a casual fan prior to that.

@@mikeshaffer4912 that's really awesome!! I think you would really appreciate Time Stands Still, it's a documentary on the final Rush concert!

They do know.

I know right ✌️

I would love that, I wonder if Mike Portnoy is doing anything right now

Now that'd be an interesting twist... but these three have pretty explicitly stated that Rush will never include any member changes/replacements.

@@BionicleSaurus They said that, but Geddy very much wants to play. Perhaps they'll use a different moniker but I wouldn't rule out hearing Rush songs with a new member or two.

@@BionicleSaurus Fine then call the new band RASH

They should give John Rutsey a call. He could probably use the dough

b mc saw them in 1976 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium with UFO. That was awesome...Alex and Michael Schenker on the same night. Doesn't get any better than that.

OMG, when i first saw that, i cried so hard from laughing!! Classic.

YOU DO US THE FAVOR OF SHARING THE VIDEO!

Smokes, boys let's go! Play that Diane Sawyer! Frig off, Ricky!

Unless it's Totem, from T4E... That song should have been kept in the Vault! Crikeys! satans and saviors? WTF!

Oh c'mon, you left out Danny Partridge!!

Happy Birthday!🎂

The moon label is rare very collectible .

Have you seen this, too? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iq3yjfoorsU.html :-))

Imagine how it was for Neil. The part of himself he used the most is what failed him. A terrible way to go...

He does that in his sleep, too! In the shower... On the bus ... While eating dinner... Everywhere he goes!

The word fan is short for fanatic. The word loon is short for lunatic. The word soup is short for superkalafragilisticexpealidocious

Hey, my name is Gene Stanley! We might be brothers! (not a kiss fan!)

Richard Morey The Anarchist right?

Well, when you just play by ear and don't read music - that is understandable. IIRC, neither Alex or Geddy could read much music. It was in their being.

And so does the world but thank you Canada for giving us these fellas.

Don't forget Honeymoon Suite!

Hatred for the Steinberger? really? Oh no so sad! Why?

@@DsantosGE4PA Because it looks stupid and sounds like ass. Not regular ass, but super hairy 70s moose thicket Rosie O'Donnell man-ass hairy.

Yes has always been my fave with Rush a close 2nd to 3rd, actually discovering Rush long before Yes as a kid. I think Geddy would be ok with me saying that. ;) So it was awesome to hear Squire mentioned.

Sadly yeah.

He wouldn’t have been here anyway. It totally was not his type of thing.

Neil wasn’t big on this kind of thing but that still may have sadly been the reason.

This was 7 years ago before he got sick. Had nothing to with his illness.

Yes. Amazingly I don't think Neil's name was mentioned once. But they did mention John Rutsey.

not really.