This is the best bootleg dvd I've seen so far, captured by tapehead2. This is the intro video, "The `REAL' history of Rush - Don't Be Rash" For those lacking a sense of humor, keep yer comments to yerself :PPP
Saw them front row in Sheffield, i felt sick with excitement when this was playing .. screaming my heart out when i saw Geddy walk on stage i almost had a heart attack! Greatest night of my life ever!!!
Neil getting down with the disco version is PRICELESS!!! It is so cool that Rush has such a GREAT sense of humor. How can you not love these guys? One more thing...are Neil and Tom Hanks long lost twin brothers?
Ok so I can’t stop thinking about the fact that they had to go record spirit of radio with accordion and tuba for this. Not only that but several different versions! Did they call Weird Al? That must have been surreal for whoever did it. But they pulled it off. How could you do that without cracking up?
I just finished Geddys Effin Life book and had to come looking for this. Damn I miss the band.. Thank you for the lifetime of memories from a gen X'r..
I was at the "time machine tour" when they were in Toronto, and they played this after every break. I was half deaf by the time the concert was done and IT WAS AWESOME!!! You can't duplicate this stuff with any other band. EVER.
@mrthundaboots Actually, Neil's playing the part of an Irish cop. Listen carefully when he says, "Jesus, Mary and Joseph" - he's saying those words with an Irish accent, not a Scots accent.
Oh my God.... That was so awesome... that they don't take themselves so seriously after all these years... best RU-vid video ever. You even got Neil to act!! AMAZING!
@superunt43 That is definitely true. The world never truly appreciated the skill and talent of one of the GREATEST bands to ever hit a stage. I put them on a par with the Who, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, Stones, etc: The real heavy hitters of rock history. They have forced themselves into the mainstream through sheer talent. The fact that they are funny and make fun of themselves just makes them even cooler. The world thinks of them as hockey jocks, but you and I know better. Rock On superunt43
steviea427 I’m not sure if I should be happy or to regret, but being 41 im only discovering them now, and Its like first love, they are just incredible !! Where I was ?
Played in Vancouver, BC Canada on Thursday June 30th - wow!! Vignettes are sooooo funny!! Neil's solo killed!! "Closer to the Heart" made water leak out my eyes, eh! Almost 40 years and they still don't suck so bad! Rash rulez!!
@superunt43 The Stones definitely pale in comparison, but they are very influential, which is why I listed them. The Beatles and the Who are very influential also, and were creative in evolving over the years like Rush has done. That is why I listed them. Rush and Pink Floyd have much in common: they both put out complete theme albums which explore the human condition, they both have very heavy lyrics, and they both are awesome in musical creativity. I like other groups, but I LOVE Rush.
Dare I say that this is on par with Monty Python? And this is members of a major rock band having fun in this way. This is epic fun. And they're pretty good musicians too!
What makes it funny is they all make fun of their individual heritage: Geddy,the Jewish sausage man,Alex,the fat Yugoslavian and Neil the Scottish cop! Too funny!
I saw them and Don kirshner's Rock concert when they open up with temples of syrinx into soliloquy and so on and for some reason I cannot find it anywhere
Absolutely hilarious... I missed the whole Time Machine tour but I am glad to see that the "holy triumvirate" are still willing to ham it up. Also loved the "Clockwork Angels" troll scenes. Hmmm.... maybe they can retire as the New Three Stooges after all? (Die hard Rush fan)
This is indeed the best version of the intro video - but it's too bad you didn't leave in even a few seconds of the ACTUAL "Spirit of Radio" just to show the transition... Thanks for posting, though.
So wait. The cop is Peart, Gershon is Geddy, and _ is Alex, and in the second film the director is geddy and the owner is Alex, but where is Peart in the second movie?
@rocka985 I heard rumor it could be his daughter Kyla, but, nothing confirmed yet. I'm waiting for the dvd due out in Sept (hold yer breath, may be we'll get it before new year 2012!) which would likely have the cast credits.
I have the Rash tshirt that Getty Lee has and at my high school, only one or two people knew that it was related to Rush, people this generation, make me sick... smh -_-'
@superunt43 The greatest who ever lived? That is a TOUGH one. I will have to take some time and think it over. Rush is definitely in the top 3 though. They will probably come out as number 1 but I want to keep my options open. Rock On Bro.
@steviea427 You may indeed be correct? Talent does have the tendency to gravitate? May I humbly ask why the guys not own the hall, let alone reside there? Well, they are Canadian, world views them as only hockey jocks? Go figure?
