I'm a 73 year old female musician, and I have always LOVED Rush! I've played their music. Their talent is immense. I know plenty of other females that feel the same.
I am a woman and i like rush. Tom sawyer is an awesome song. It's one of my favorites. I took off my additional comment about my other favorite songs just not to confused people.
@@FreiherrDinkelacker She never said they were all Rush, those are simply all songs she likes. I get how it could be confusing. I find typing my thoughts directly will often lead to something that isn't as clear as it was in my mind...
I am female and Rush is my favourite band. I must admit I didn't get into them until much later. No older brothers to turn me on to them when I was younger 😉
@debbieplato5107 I didn't get them until Neil died then I was listening to progressive stuff and I'm like they are really good. Wish I was into them like my brother when I was younger.
I've been a long-time loyal Rush fan since I was a 16-year-old girl. Not of just the most-played commercially successful songs that most people recognize -- I have all their albums and loved their musical experimentation and growth. And two of my BFF gal pals are also Rush fans. When Rush was touring, I saw plenty of women at shows. So we're out here in droves! Miss you Neil! 💗
I count myself a fan, but there was SO much good music in the 70’s and 80’s, my album collection was classic rock, pop and iconic women singers. So my limited concert dollars went to other artists. 🤷🏻♀️ I wish I had seen them live.
Their early work tended toward sci-fi and cerebral, which just didn't really attract many women. There are few absolutes, but generalities exist for a reason. That started changing around Spirit of Radio and really changed with Moving Pictures.
How many other female fans have you met? Have you gone to any of their concerts? If so, how many women did you see? The idea came from a stark reality that the percentage of female fans has been so minuscule for so long. If they existed, they never made it known, and they never showed up for the concerts.
As a Rush fan, Time Stand Still has always been one of my favorites because it’s some of Neil’s best storytelling: a man wishing that a good life wasn’t passing so quickly. It hits so much harder now that the great man is gone. Aimee Mann’s voice adds the right amount of wistfulness and depth, and it’s just perfection.
Agreed...I'm 61 now, but in the early 80's just out of high school I had several female friends who rocked out to RUSH....maybe a little technical for simpletons....but we all jammed with RUSH!!!!!
@@ProfessorofRock I get that it's a meme, just surprised I have never heard it before. In my circle of friends, Rush was either appreciated for their ground-breaking sound or dismissed because they were not metal.
(Male here) Closer to the Heart always sounded like Rush's appeal to women. It's an emotional song, sung from the heart, and musically direct - no stunt performances, just honest music. Red Barchetta is similar. Spirit of Radio has that HUGE mass crowd feel, like moving everyone together. I think Limelight is just so universal. I'm saying I think (in my limited male understanding of any female generalizations in music) these make sense as songs that might appeal to women more than something like Hemispheres or La Villa Strangiato or By Tor & the Snow Dog. And YES, I know I'm just guessing, and I'm probably wrong, but if I were to guess, I think I would have guessed those songs might be favorites among female Rush fans. (Unleash the flames.)
Yes!! I agree. Aimee Mann is a very talented and underrated Artist and I am surprised her solo albums weren't bigger 'cause I love 'Whatever', 'I'm With Stupid', 'Lost In Space' and 'Bachelor No. 2.'
I'm a 63 year old female who grew up in Jersey. I was a fan from the get-go and when my girlfriend and I would go to bars (the late 70s) the band playing would typically ask if anyone wanted them to play a request -- and I'd always yell out, "Rush!" They would look back at me, roll their eyes, and say, "Yeah, right...no one can do Geddy's voice." No one ever remotely tried. But...I've been a full-on prog rock fan since the early days of Genesis with Peter Gabriel. Would love to see you do more bands of that nature here...and to talk about Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull. If you did one about either of those two, I definitely missed it and I've been reading your content for at least a year or so and also binge watching your older things. Love your in-depth analysis; no one does it better than you in my opinion.
I liked your comment. The only compliment I ever got from my brother was I did a good Geddy Lee impersonation. If you want to hear someone that does a great job sounding like him (I assume it must be intentional), listen to the bridge of the song Bottle Rocket from Guardian.
Holy heck! I just discovered that Aimee Mann was a member of Ministry before 'Til Tuesday was formed! I never in a million years would have guessed that.
Adam knew that statement would generate a lot of comments, because OF COURSE there are many female RUSH fans! I get it though. The men I've known who were RUSH fans were pretty obsessed, like they would celebrate Neil Peart and Geddy Lee's birthdays... for a week, kind of adoration! They remind me of the Swifties level of devotion. Maybe we should call those men "RUSHIES"!
Rush concerts are filled with more dudes than Amon Amarth. It's a fact. But it's a great fact. Ladies are welcome and a welcome sight, but the fact the sound and lyrics Rush created simply and mainly attracts men, is like totally, organically cool.
"Time Stand Still" is such a great song ... funky video too, LOL. But, Rush does have 1 female fan. My ex-wife loved this band. One of our favorite concert going experiences was Rush - Roll The Bones Tour. Such a great band. (R.I.P. Neil Peart).
My first concert was Rush. I was 13. I love them. They are one of my favorite bands and I am a female. I have many female friends who absolutely love them as well.
Rush was a very slow burn for me. I didn't like them for years, until I listened to the song "Trees". The lyrics pulled me in and I've loved them ever since.
I'm a female and I have loved Rush since I first heard the album 2112 in 1977. As a matter of fact, the very last song of the album "Tears", I taught myself to play on my first guitar. I listened to that song and literally played until my fingers bled. I couldn't read music and did NOT know about different tunings so I literally had to figure out each note and chord progression by myself. But man oh man, when I finished and could play it, note for note with the record, that was a day!!!
My daughter was raised on RUSH as well as many other Prog Rock greats, like PinkFloyd, SAGA and YES! My own music is rock but is sub genre'd as Prog Rock. I've seen every concert of RUSH since Moving Pictures. My wife also loves RUSH. And she is a former fashion, hair and makeup model. Regardless of WHY they have lacked female fans over the years, there is no doubt, as the saying goes, "You may not be a big RUSH fan, but your favorite band probably is"! Long Live RUSH and the incredible body of work they have Gracefully Under Pressure, left us to enjoy for generations to come! RIP Neil Peart.
Time Stand Still is one of my all-time favorite Rush songs. It may not be as iconic as some of their others, but it just gives a great feeling when you hear it. It's a great reminder to live in the moment and enjoy when you have when you have it. Also, my mother was a HUGE Rush fan and introduced me to them.
That "Xanadu" opening with Olivia Newton-John rollerskating was kind of spine tingling too back in the day. (I did buy "A Farewell To Kings" and other Rush albums.)
You're not alone there, I saw Rush for the first time at the Hammersmith Odeon on the Permanent Waves tour, at the time I had the ATWAS live album and possibly the current album at the time so much of their late 70s stuff was new to me. That intro is just so atmospheric, it was like nothing I'd ever heard before.
@@shiroibasketshoes I've never seen that film, I'm assuming that as you referenced AFTK and a few others one might be Hemispheres and you do actually know what we're talking about. Do I forgive you.
@@crowdpleaser10 I bought "Hemispheres" too. I have most Rush albums. "Permanent Waves" was first, then I went backward from there, then forward. I know what you're talking about.
I distinctly remember this video. Vertigo inducing if you were not sober. 🤣 Aimee Mann had an angelic voice. I loved her work in Til Tuesday. Thanks for this one, Professor. Grateful to see this one. Everyone have an awesome day. ❤️
My daughter went to see her first rush concert with me on the snakes and arrows tour. She was so excited to be able to hear them live with her dad. She was young and so short she had to stand on her seat to see and take pics of the band. Time stand still was and still is a favorite for both of us . Fast forward to now, she is grown up and married. Time stand still means more now to me than ever. And yes, there are female fans !!
moving pictures tour we stood right below geddy highlight encore entire 2112 ironically never saw them again we could see geddy work his foot petals see and hear neil just a few feet back geddy shook our hands other fans also
@@BrentCox-m3ryeh we were like 18 one of the most memorable encores i ever saw think was my second maybe third we got there early wasnt too big of an audience so got up front molly hatchet only other can recall same 83 also epic encore dreams second or third arena show meant
friend and i were like how can geddy sing play bass keyboards and footpedals all st the same time dynamic musician same neil alex i think they played subdivisions also a neil solo tangent
Saw the Rush Counterparts tour in 1994. It was exceptionally good. They always put on a great show. Everything they produce is gold. I could listen to them all day.
Ahem... Max Webster and Kim Mitchel l have entered the chat and would like to bring your attention to 'Battlescar'. Though I guess technically that was a Max Webster song that Rush guested on.
@@ProfessorofRockHold Your Fire is my 2nd favorite album in all music history. Second only to Tales From Topographic Oceans. Yes, Rush's biggest peak was in 1987.
I knew a female DH who bought the Rush "Moving Pictures" album, and KJ a female music director of a Canadian radio station who sent me their extra Rush "Time Stands Still" 12 inch single, which is with my Rush albums.
@@guntherdawg Hows abouts teh Mahogany Rush dens, total Gunther dawg? Meh did not likes teh Rush Limbaugh, meh had to plays "Rush, Rush" by Paula Abdul on radio repeated repeated, but not by Debbie Harry meh preferred, dat was different song. Wishing you off thats tights leash!
@@guntherdawg Meh bobdavis4848 alias just gave POR some info on them as answer to his request, thoughs meh knows is no guarantees he wills feature thems.. Hoping your strange dreams are saucy too, as teh Frank Marino guitarist would wishes, toos!
Slayer are the only platinum selling band with "zero" (literally under 200 at any time) female fans! And they have earned that with the masculine magic (Black Magic) of their music 🤘You can see PLENTY of chicks rocking out to Rush in South America in several videos here on YT.
Thank you for explaining to this old man why he's still a bachelor! All along, I thought there was something specifically wrong with me. I've owned all of their albums, yet I've never been to a Rush Concert. (I know I'm deprived, it freaks out my friends who know me.) Yet I can tell you that I've attended the equivalent of a tailgate party many times in smoky basements and all I can say is that I wish I had a girlfriend of my own that was cool as the great women who were at those parties. I think it's more of a quality over quality thing. I know to this day that if a woman told me that her favorite group was Rush, I'd ask her out on the spot.
As a female Canadian, I am very proud of the accomplishments of this band but, yeah, except for the single ‘Take Off’ with Bob and Doug MacKenzie, I can’t say I have been able to listen to much of their music. More’s the pity for me!
I remember seeing the video of Time Stands Still with Aimee Mann and a lot of hardcore Rush fans didn't like it but I really liked it though and I liked Aimee's band Til Tuesday also thanks for more memories of Rock n Roll Professor.🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶
As a kid. I saw Rush open for Montrose and Robin Trower. At the Spectrum in Philly, they weren't even mentioned on the bill. They went on early and I walked to the front of the stage. I remember after they played, I thought those guys really rocked. I had no idea. LOL
Another female fan here! That brings up to... (**interwebs headcount**) a baker's dozen? 😎 I didn’t recognize the female voice was Aimee Mann. So ethereal on TSS. Matt Stone and Trey Parker of South Park are big fans and have tipped their hats to them in multiple episodes and even jammed with them at the show's 25th anniversary concert.
I’ve been to a lot of Rush concerts starting in the 80s , and definitely saw an increase in female attendance over the years. I even took my daughter to one.
I'm a bass player. That "slappin' da behs" line got really old, really quickly... 😂 I do love Rush, and regret not being able to see them live before the Professor passed away. Fortunately, the music lives on!
I played 2112 and Fly by Night faithfully into the tropical balmy breezes of Guams plumeria scented night air in the 70s. All my friends male and female would walk or skateboard over and we would just uhhmmm roll up listen to the whole album play on my little Sony multi unit / 2 big speakers stereo (that thing was loud and clear, well made). Air guitars and drumming, 70s nerding it big time. What a blast!! It was definitely a moment, on base loved Rush it overflowed to the locals and we in turn, love Kalapana. Stateside, A Farewell to Kings came out, saw them in concert several times and I've just been a Rush fan ever since. I Read Neal Pearts well written travel books and cried during one even though he didn't want anyone doing that you could tell, his heartbreak came through but so did his 🙏🏻🫂 healing later. He is missed. I am a bird watcher too and I loved that 'a rock god' rode his bike looking in trees for a certian 🐦 species, thats great! 😁 Looking forward to reading Geddys new book. This band is like a soundtrack to my youth and early adulthood, they grew right along with us. I don't know if they are not getting new female fans but in my day they had plenty. Young sisters, don't miss out. Huge Aimee Mann fan also. 🎸🦋✨🐉🦅🐦🔥☄️🌟🌠🥁🎤💽💜💫. Love this YT channel BTW!!! 🙌🏻💯 Thank you.
My wife attended five Rush concerts with me. After my son was born, she would stay home and let him go with me. She attended one more with me and my son, their second to last ever concert in California. After she read Geddy’s recent book, she became much more interested in them. Rush is my now 22 year old son’s favorite band. Hope his kids like them as well.
"Time Stand Still" is a part of my regular rotation on my iPod, Rush being one of my favorite bands. Plus, Aimee Mann is a very underrated musical talent.
I liked Til Tuesday when they came out, but I loved Aimee's contribution to Time Stands Still so much that I used her spelling of her name for my daughter.
Funny, l grew up where the guys from RUSH did, still live there now, and I’ve been to many of their concerts, and come to think about it…I don’t recall seeing any woman at those concerts. 🤔 Geddy’s mom gave out whole chocolate bars at Halloween. Back then that was a rare thing. I went to the same high school and had some of the same teachers too. FYI, Howie Mandel grew up a couple of black away from Geddy. Teacher did mind the boys from RUSH, but hated Howie. A while back, I was watching a documentary on RUSH, I found out that RUSH’s first concert was at the church I go to. My son thought that was really cool.
The boys went to a few of the High Schools in my area. My school was Northview Heights secondary school, in North York, which is part of the GTA, Greater Toronto Area. Just in case you were curious. I They were not known to be great students, and were kicked out of those schools for non attendance. Don’t get the whole, “Your not coming to school. Fine, as punishment, you can’t come to school”. Yeah, that just doesn’t make sense to me.
As an 80s guy Rush fan, its been especially gratifying to see the world change their view on Rush in the last decade or so. No longer the band critics love to hate, but now a hall of fame all time legendary band. The proliferation of reaction channels fawning over Rush is nice to see.
I wish I could argue, but I can't. Been to a couple Rush concerts, but never saw many (if any) women. Had plenty of girlfriends (and two wives) who enjoyed music, but not one appreciated Rush. I know they're out there somewhere. Somewhere. Somewhere.
Neil's lyrics are thought-provoking and earnest, about the fragility of the moment and persistence of memory. Aimee's voice is so beautiful and adds a haunting quality to the melody, softening out Geddy's already quite high range and emphasising the delicate quality of the lyrics. Proper genius songwriting and music production.
That’s an accurate statement. I’m female & never was a fan, but during the golden age of MTV…I heard their songs & kinda liked them. But I never was into them. A few years back I found myself revisiting their songs & I found them relaxing & enjoyable. I have an affinity for them I never had! 🎸 😎
I discovered Aimee Mann because of RUSH. I was in JR high when that album dropped. All I listened to was rock radio. I started off right, RUSH, Black Sabbeth, Led Zeppelin, and Iron Maiden.
Time Stand Still is just a great song and a short diversion for the band. Love the music. Love the sentiments. Aimee Mann added that extra cherry on top.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. I love Rush!!! I am a female and I have always loved Rush! One of the first albums in my collection was 2112! I was almost 14 when it came out. I love them for the complexity of their music. Tom Sawyer is my favorite! Aimee Mann is a crossword puzzle clue I get once in a while, but never knew who she was until this video. LOL. Thanks! Now I know who she is. 😊 Thank you for another great show! Have a most awesome day!!! 😊. ❤️ To everyone!
Rush was always an amazingly wonderful prog rock band making such a big sound with only three musicians. I think they are one of those bands where new generations will keep rediscovering them and their greatness.
I am a female fan in my late 20s. I like a lot of Canadian Classic Rock bands like Rush, Harem Scarem, Triumph, April Wine, Loverboy, The Headpins, Kim Mitchell, The Guess Who, Chiliwack and Trooper. I am also a fan of Aimee Mann and 'Til Tuesday and have all her solo albums.
I've seen Rush dozens of times over the decades in the different parts of the country I lived in. And honestly, as the years went by, I noticed more and more females in the crowds and more "obvious" female fans, singing along and even air drumming. However, part of that is that when I was younger, ticket prices were MUCH cheaper, so groups of "duuudes!" would buy the tickets and go together to party. I'd see a sea of dudes and maybe one or two guys would bring their girlfriend. As I got older, the ticket prices skyrocketed and also I became a family man. The last time I went to see Rush was at Red Rocks 4th row and I brought my wife and sons ( at that time aged 11,his 3rd show and 6, his first). Was surprised at how many entire families were at that show, and of course, a few groups of "duuuudes!", most of them in their 40s and older and high as a kite, lol.
In 1980, seated around the break room, there were several women who were fans of Rush. Admittedly, the biggest fan was a guy. Hearing them discussing Rush got me to give them a listen. Not my favorite band but I appreciate their music. ☕️☕️🎶🎵🎶
I ran a bar co-owned by Alex, on a trip to London my Ex and I got to go see Rush at Wembley stadium. After the show back stage my wife asked the guys “do you know what the best part of a Rush show is?” “ no lineup in the women’s washroom”’.
My first concert during the Moving Pictures tour. Bought my ticket from a scalper who was asking $15 but said he couldn't make change so I paid $20. My older brother's first concert during the Farewell to Kings tour. That's when he turned me on to Rush. My younger brother's first concert during the Grace Under Pressure tour.
I am a proud female Rush fan, lifelong. Every Rush concert I went to had plenty of female fans in the audience. I don't know what this is all about. Great episode anyway, Adam, thank you so much!
Female fan HERE!❤.....I NEVER turn off Tom Sawyer!...and I never knew that was Aimee Mann until I saw a video many years after 1st hearing...they did have great taste to choose her!
