By-Tor and the Snow Dog - Rush | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION!

[@andyandalex]

We recorded this the day before we heard about Neil Peart’s passing, was amazing to check out this slightly deeper cut by them, fantastic track, what’s next?! Cheers my friends. RIP Professor Peart. 🔥🤟🏻

[@lowrider4266]

Ghost of a Chance, and Roll the Bones are good ones.

[@traceyb9443]

Manhattan Project, Presto, The Pass, Marathon

[@brianburns3763]

Cygnus x1 book 2: Hemispheres. It's a journey.

[@Drummingvulture]

@@lowrider4266: "Ghost Of A Chance". Nice.

[@HairFarmer]

Need to listen to Cygnus X-1 Book One from A Farewell To Kings before Hemispheres.

[@redarmysoja]

A Neil Peart joke. How many drummers does it take to do an awesome drum solo? Five. One to actually do the solo, four to sit around and talk about how much better Neil Peart would do it.

[@Jeffrey.Seelman]

So well said and so true

[@Jeffrey.Seelman]

You hit the nail right on the head, joke or not.

[@susanmaggiora4800]

So Geddy is By-Tor & Alex is Snow Dog. This was a dueling instrumental thing that was fantastic live. And The Necromancer is another deep cut you guys will really dig. Some of the heaviest playing they’ve ever done.

[@jamiewilson2088]

Susan Maggiora the necromancer would be amazing for the guys to do

[@manualboyca]

Im all for the Necromancer! Also...I think it’s the sequel to By-tor & the Snowdog

[@scottshields113]

I just listened to Caress of Steel last night. I'm going through each album. 2112 on the menu tonight. But the Necromancer never gets enough love.

[@jamiewilson2088]

Scott Shields remember my mind getting blown when I was 16 listening to it, used to save my money and buy a rush cd every chance I could get, before Spotify and that shit

[@scottshields113]

@@jamiewilson2088 The same but it was vinyl days here. I was 14 in 82 and introduced to Signals. Then learning there was much back catalogue, I would proceed to take my allowance I earned and would by a record every week or 2 ( the double live albums required 2 weeks of savings ). The first one I bought was Permanent Waves, I can still remember the order I bought them in week by week. Some things will never leave us

[@jamesreed8322]

The Camera Eye off moving pictures! Mind blowing!

[@sec2112]

Anything on the B side of 2112. I suggest "A Passage to Bangkok."

[@Geddy-xu3if]

Tears is a beautiful track also. Gets me every time.

[@phantomdust9162]

Yes this needs to be the next rush Wednesday

[@amys7215]

Yes! And Twilight Zone... they used real story lines from the TV show. 💜

[@pedrox96]

B side of 2112 is pure GOLD!

[@POWER-LINKS]

🍁Rush🥁 "A Passage To Bangkok" good ole Canadian stoners {LYRICS} kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaqalKB9rrCqm80

[@garylagstrom3864]

My favorite song off Fly By Night on an album of Spectacular songs!

[@phantomdust9162]

This is in my top 5 favourite rush songs! Glad you guys reacted to it. Rip Neil you will be missed

[@johnkominar8417]

Losing it is a wonderfully sad song by Rush

[@manhattenman6075]

RUSH - CYGNUS X1 Book 1/Book 2 Are an excellent Saga. Cygnus X1 Book 1 is the last song on the Album A Farewell To Kings And then continues on The next album Hemispheres Both are brilliant lyrically and musically all the way through I definitely recommend this.

[@Thievius333]

Seconded. Both are quintessential Rush, or at least early Rush and really need to be heard by anyone who considers themselves a fan of the band. Required listening.

[@michaelmalone3089]

Agreed 100%

[@rbue]

Cadan Richards . Couldn’t agree more

[@pedrox96]

Book 1 is a masterpiece! One of my favs from the Rush catalogue for sure

[@KentBalzer]

I agree. Cygnus X1 and Hemispheres are the quintessential defining Rush songs that truly demonstrate who they are. Period.

[@chrisofnottingham]

I think 'a punk band that knew how to play instruments well' is a perfect description for the energy at the start of this song

[@zekegregory3129]

My buddy in high school did an oral book report using this song.....got an A.

[@mikeelton3686]

Nice! Lol

[@mikeembleton8713]

A very deep cut classic Bytor and the Snow Dog I've also been raving about this song for months the live version of this from All The Worlds A Stage live album is even better. This track always reminds me of Led Zeppelin Dazed and Confused. The drumming is world class I can taste the whiskey from here guys my fav whiskey is Red Label. Stay lucky stay safe Mike UK.

[@alexfromandyandalex8032]

Mike Embleton red label is a great choice

[@islaypeat9798]

Yes you definitely hear the youthful exuberance in a live setting. So raw and powerful. Alex actually whips out a bow in honour of Jimmy Page during his solo. Chill inducing...

[@2dashville]

You gotta hear the live version for sure.

[@Tralman1965]

The all the world’s a stage version of Bytor is my favorite Rush song ever!

[@patking1225]

@@alexfromandyandalex8032 Please tell me you're not drinking Red Label, lol.

[@Every_Day_Adventure]

Necromancer and fountain of lamneth

[@bobcarn]

Wow. Talk about a deep cut. That was the first album they all played together, and ByTor was really experimental, with them trying the mutli-part approach. When I first saw them back in '77, that was my favorite song. It's since been supplanted as one of my favorites by others, but I still have a huge soft spot in my heart for it. It's so weird to hear the "Fly by Night" version again. I always listened to the live one from "All the World's a Stage". I think on FBN, they were just discovering the different sound effects and techniques and style, and by the time they did their live album, they totally mastered it. Everything sounds so much more... MORE! The atmospheric affects are much richer and broader (you can hear how that laid the groundwork for later songs like La Villa Strangiato), the guitars more driving, the bass is so much more intense. Even the vocals are richer (I think Geddy's voice kept improving, and the early albums show a less-trained and rougher version of him). If you ever have time, give the one from All the World's a Stage a listen to. It's amazing! It's probably my favorite live album from them because it's so raw and pure!

[@hoff2112]

Little known but fantastic number from their first album: 'Here Again', always loved this song and it has a long, slow building guitar solo

[@brownale1000]

RUSH - The Garden

[@Xanadu424]

YOU HAVE TO DO CYGNUS X1 BOOK 1-THE VOYAGE, THEN CYGNUS X1 BOOK 2- HEMISPHERES!!! PLEASE. ITS NOT OF THIS EARTH. BESTEST EVER

[@TANehls]

MasterZM10 Hemispheres just crushes it! When I heard of Neil’s passing, came home went to the basement and cracked open a beer and cranked up Hemispheres. Love that album, opens with Book II and finishes with La Villa, nothing beats it.

[@crazy224488]

Cygnus C1 Book 2 - Hemispheres is my personal favorite track by Rush!

[@amydavidval]

I SECOND THIS!!

[@kennygeorge4454]

You got to check out In The End Live or studio.

[@Xanadu424]

Kenny George i know everything by rush lol they’ve been my favorite band for over 10 years. I know “in the end” honestly though it’s my least favorite track on Fly By Night :/

[@mikesheahan6906]

When I was a little kid, back in the 70's, I used to lay on my back on the living room floor in the pitch dark with the headphones on, and listen to this album over and over. Rush was a huge influence im my youth.

[@josephsoto8294]

I did the same thing many days in the late 70s and early 80s. I get it. 😎👍🙏

[@liftme225]

same!

[@joannecunliffe8067]

Me too at 11yo with the Rush triple album. It was a privilege growing up (70's, 80's) with - Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds", Magnum "Storyteller's Night", Renaissance - "Song for all Seasons", Led Zip 4, Jefferson Starship, Boston, Deep Purple, Supertramp, Kraftwerk, Tubeway Army, Mike Oldfield, Jean Michelle Jarre and so many more. On holiday, walked up Cadair Idris at 10yo with a best friend (also 10yo) and his Dad (family friend). Us kids listened his Jethro Tull "A" album on the way back with mouths open and eyes like saucers. He made us laugh. "What's up my little goldfish", he said, "have you just discovered real music?". So good 🥰

[@TrevRockOne]

Now do The Necromancer. Prince By-Tor appears in that song too, but he's the hero this time. No one knows why.

[@susanmaggiora4800]

TrevRockOne Lol, yep. I remember going back to listen to em both, trying to figure out who was supposed to be the ‘bad guy’🤣

[@lisaw5604]

May as well keep the theme going.

[@crazyfingers19]

Whose to say a hero can't spend a little time in the underworld. 😈 I've often thought that maybe By-Tor was able to defeat the Necromancer because he was familiar with the vagaries of the underworld.

[@generoberts9151]

Never got the impression one was " gooder" than the other just that Snow dog won. By+Tor makes his mark be banishing the Necromancer. I know everyone love the big jam at the end but my favorite part of Necromancer is the beginning. So mysteriously cool and epic guitar playing by Alex.

[@madmanmoon4038]

It’s a redemption story. By-Tor, once a villain, now stands for the people and rescues them from an even greater evil. It’s not exactly uncommon in stories.

[@RobertErnestLewis]

One of the great RUSH songs .... it is amazing on the live album too. Thank you Neil for all the amazing work and letting us escape to your world a little bit along our way.

[@warrensereda4782]

Rush - Anthem. 😀🥂

[@peterquinones3522]

I was on a discussion panel with Neil Peart in 2007. Cool dude.

[@Xanadu424]

5:11-5:30 Has, is one of my 500 favorite displays of Rush’s awesomeness. That note by note deconstruction of a rhythmic&melodic beast riff, until the last note acts as a climax to the song thus far and ushers in the next section so smoothly

[@Thievius333]

Just to be clear: when I called out the over saturation of hits, it was a commentary on the audience picks, not on you guys. Another great track would be Cygnus X-1 Book 1: The Voyage. (Book 2 is the title track of the following album Hemispheres and is also amaze-balls.)

[@andyandalex]

@Thievius333 Yeah no sweat man we were just teasin’!

[@scottshields113]

So you are the one mentioned and happen to totally agree with you. A few songs never get recognition. Something For Nothing, Cinderella Man and the entire album of Caress of Steel to name a few

[@rbue]

Dudes, y’all have to Cygnus X-1 Book 1 and 2. Personally I like 2 better but both are awesome. Love y’all’s the reviews y’all do.

[@strings53notlob50]

The thing is for a lot these younger dudes the whole band Rush is a deep cut.

[@tristramcoffin926]

Yeah. Those two really should be taken in together kinda like 2112.

[@nick92065]

Rush Aferimage is a good one to do. It has more meaning now that Neil is gone.

[@Geddy-xu3if]

A definite banger.

[@KentBalzer]

I believe Fly by Night has more meaning now that Neil is gone. "This feeling inside me says it's time I was gone."

[@adam872]

An absolute banger to be sure. Even more poignant now.

[@k_spats]

💥THE GIRL WHO LISTENED TO RUSH💥 From the back of the stadium She’s easy to see Standing up at the stage In her Starman tee From Anthem to Limelight To YYZ She’s the girl who listened to Rush And all of the rockers And all of the heshers Well they dreamed of the day That they might get her And drive her away In a Red Barchetta She’s the girl who listened to Rush Philosophers and ploughmen They can’t resist her call They cannot choose Not to decide So they've got no choice at all They've gotta love her No she doesn’t say "Pert" And she doesn’t say "Part" Yeah, she knows it’s "Neil Peert" ‘Cause he’s close to her heart Say a prayer for John Rutsey He was there at the start She’s the girl who listened to Rush Philosophers and ploughmen They can’t resist her call They cannot choose Not to decide So they've got no choice at all They've gotta love her Why don’t girls ever listen to Rush? (X a lot) But she listened to Rush! The blacksmith and the artist They can’t resist her call You cannot choose Not to decide So you’ve got no choice at all No you’ve got no choice at all You’ve gotta love her!

[@ccohen1965]

Thank you so much for finally playing this masterpiece. A couple of thoughts. First, this is the transition period from a "normal" rock album (their first with a different drummer) to progressive rock (with Neil). This song would never have existed without bringing Neil on board. He finished the jigsaw puzzle required to compose and perform this song. Second - you must listen to the live versions of this song. Rate them on your channel. Rush live is a a whole new level from their albums. I would evaluate their live performances so you can add another dimension to your reviews (performance and the music). Thanks, guys!

[@stevet5266]

That was good, but “The Necromancer” is a deeper and better cut imo. (And also features Prince By-Tor).

[@manualboyca]

Steve agreed!!

[@pedrox96]

Up!!!

[@3beard]

Caress of Steel... Sooo many people didn't understand what the band was trying to do. Story telling to music, in a way their generation would listen.

[@TheCanuck1962]

They also need to do The Fountain Of Lamneth. Its their 2nd longest song and really the final precursor to 2112

[@m.gideonhoyle409]

The Garden. Last song, last album. Fucking beautiful.

[@brianolson879]

You're right. This album was Neil's swan song.

[@lisaw5604]

A&A - Reaction, right on! It was like "really good" punk at beginning. Drums insane. However, the guitar solo... Exquisite! All hail the victorious Snow Dog. This was so fun! Remember this reaction & approach all your Rush reactions this way. Music does NOT change. The only variable is the presence or absence of the artist(s). It's the family who will mourn Mr. Peart now, but the Fans will lift them up in celebration. Great day to ya, fellas. :)

[@lisaw5604]

Neil Peart will always be playing for us "beyond the gilded cage"...

[@tallykev6608]

hey Lisa! That guitar solo is one of my favorites by Alex! Sounds like the lyrics should be from some mythology, but I know they're not. Very creative.

[@lisaw5604]

@@tallykev6608 Totally agree, Kevin. Would add, Alex's guitar is literally singing to us... Creative, indeed! :)

[@johndef5075]

Anthem or In The End. Serious bangers.💓🎵Lessons is a killer too.

[@sharonstratis2846]

I had not heard this one until now. Thanks for doing a deep cut. More deep cuts!

[@j.j.h.atemycereal]

“Distant Early Warning”. It’s a banger.

[@rokkkrinn2793]

Back in the 80's I had this on cassette, and my auto-reverse tape player was losing battery juice. It played the wrong side backwards. The growing sounds you hear are actually backward talking. By-Tor is narrating the fight..

[@tlarson7991]

"Snow Dog is victorious" ! I "Rush" to the A & A channel on Wednesday to see what great cut they'll play next from this awesome band. And thanks for listening to the community ~ good suggestions from all directions! You guys rock! 🤘

[@V7avalon]

In 1975 RUSH was the new blood, rock music needed. I was on board from the start. My 13 yearold brother tattooed RUSH in big bold letters down his forearm. 🤣 By-Tor was Victorious and he ruled my days. 🤘

[@susanmaggiora4800]

V7avalon He’s not the victor in this song. However, Stealthily attacking, By-Tor slays his foe. The men are free to run now, from labyrinths below. The wraith of the Necromancer, shadows through the sky. Another land to darken, with evil prism eye.. Whoa ooh oh.. (Legendary Alex lead)

[@V7avalon]

@@susanmaggiora4800 yes ok I'm sorry. The snow dog was Victorious and By-Tor returned to hades. But what I meant was this song By-Tor and The Snow Dog was like an anthem that ruled my youth.

[@POWER-LINKS]

Small crowds? Little air-time early on? Not in St.Louis! K-SHE 95 gave them air-time AND gigs. 🍁Rush🥁 "Fly By Night" @ K-SHE 95 Kite Fly, Forest Park, St.Louis 1975 {80,000+ people} kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3mTiYmro558n5I

[@anthonymanduca660]

With Neil passing away AFTERIMAGE would be a great reaction. From the first line to the last image it is so eerie and almost takes on a new meaning. You will need to refer to the actual music video!

[@bosstime2010]

What I love about watching you guys is seeing the pure joy in your face while listening to great music. That's what Rush is all about.

[@TheRedWaltz24]

If you want a Rush ballad, listen to "Closer to the Heart".

[@cadanrichards2615]

Excellent song First rush album to Feature Neil Peart and Already his lyrics of Fantasy and tales like this are Epic. The whole band are playing Brilliantly. RIP. If you want a long epic story Try Cygnus X1 Hemispheres Book II. The Cygnus X1 saga is Epic

[@erikberg5363]

They should listen to both parts in a row

[@Lightmane]

@@erikberg5363 here's hoping they do

[@Kasino80]

It's incredible how much his presence is felt compared to the first album. The lyrics and the drumming are levels above.

[@lipsterman1]

Neil said he was stoned when he came up with the lyrics to Bytor.

[@65sheilakay]

YES! I mean...RUSH! Haha. This song is a speed demon, then brings you down to Nirvana, then brings you back again! Pure ROCK. Love it. Next is Fly By Night. I don't think you guys have done it,? But it is SPECTACULAR. Also, my feelings wouldn't be hurt if you did some YES.

[@mahammack8323]

P.S. Try YES South Side if the Sky, Going for the One, And You and I or Yours is No Disgrace (great live versions on KZbin 'Yes Songs from Tsongas' They're videos, but the studio versions are great, too. (Watch the videos!!!!) )

[@amydavidval]

Or Siberian Khatru. Or Tempus Fugit!

[@proudarmymom8657]

“Closer To The Heart” and “Fly By Night”

[@kph1034]

That solo by Alex....just incredible

[@desertfan]

An under appreciated gem for sure. Tough though when there are 20 albums worth!

[@gmstango3657]

Thank you....one of my most favorite songs, masterpiece

[@mattharvey968]

Ahhhh yes !! Early years of Rush!!! Check out Anthem from them! Straight up rock n rock roll from them with no keyboards! You should watch their video from 1975 so you can see them play and check out Neal in a smaller kit and still killing it!!

[@POWER-LINKS]

Small crowds? Little air-time early on? Not in St.Louis! K-SHE 95 gave them air-time AND gigs. 🍁Rush🥁 "Fly By Night" @ K-SHE 95 Kite Fly, Forest Park, St.Louis 1975 {80,000+ people} kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3mTiYmro558n5I

[@rcfred_689]

great song live, especially when Alex gets that feedback going during the solo part - and they do have a lot of fun playinig it.

[@RYANDEOROCK]

RUSH - GHOST OF A CHANCE. Do it!!!

[@surfeit5910]

Definitely!!

[@francesco1455]

Yes please!

[@lowrider4266]

Definitely. Awesome song.

[@DJMaul1031]

Great, GREAT song. Voting it up!

[@rusher1977]

Great song. I approve this recommendation.

[@Jeffrey.Seelman]

Great review. An absolute classic. Everyone loves a movie or song about good versus evil. And of course snowdog is victorious and the land of the overworld is safe again. Thanks guys as always. 1st saw RUSH during the 2112 tour when I was 16 years old. We left the theater after we finished spitting what was left of the tickets out of our mouths. They were that devastating. Almost blew us right out of our seats. Been a fan ever since and now I'm 61 years old. Still a fan.

[@MikeSchmidt]

Finally! Yeah, you guys get it! Next (repeat after me), 'The Necromancer', then "The Fountain of Lamneth". >>>By-Tor is the villian in this one, but the hero in 'The Necromancer'.

[@thinkforward1162]

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (with Clapton on guitar)

[@tripdad]

Great reaction! An early headbanger with Neil Peart at the helm is the song "Anthem". Awesome song.

[@oscar_anderson_beats_4399]

Rush’s first epic!

[@robertsimmons3336]

For a Rush slow song check out Tears! The lyrics are great and Geddy's voice is so pure. It was on the B side of 2112. Truly a work of art! Again thanks for more Rush. I can't see why anyone would besmirch your journey and song choices. You said it best when you said you buy the album for the catchy more commercial songs and then you become a fan because of the deep cuts that lay within the album (paraphrasing). Could not have said it better!! Keep sending the sauce!

[@shack8110]

Tears is one of the most moving songs ever.

[@Jeffrey.Seelman]

This song is actually about good versus evil. Bought the album the day it came out so many years ago. Saw them play on tour so many times. Always a crowd pleaser. Thanks for the wonderful review and thank you so much for playing some of the old Rush songs that really started it all for them. It gives me great pleasure as a 60-year-old man to hear younger people listen to the songs that I grew up with and played and requested at every party I went to in high school. Rock on. Great show.

[@BB-fr4ic]

You Guys should react to “FIRTH OF FIFTH” And “THE CINEMA SHOW” by GENESIS!!!

[@michaelmalone3089]

Early Genesis .....Incredible so different from the hit machine they became(respectively I say)trick of the tail album, off the scale ripples one of my favourite all time genesis songs 👍

[@manualboyca]

I totally agree!! I’ve been pushing for Firth of Fifth for a while now. I think you guys will love the guitar solo...it’s life-changing.

[@michaelmalone3089]

@@manualboyca nice one Michael 👍

[@herbhill7591]

Firth of fifth would be an awesome choice.

[@ianross5970]

Firth of Fifth - Amazing. Saw Steve Hackett do the whole of Selling England a couple of months ago in Edinburgh. The solo on Firth of Fifth live was mind blowing. The sustain and vibrato Hackett achieves is second to none. One for the guys to play for sure. 👍👍

[@Jaybird-zl9ve]

Love the Rush songs! They were my favorite band growing up. 2112 was my introduction to them. Side one is one song with several movements or parts telling a story. It's Rush at their heaviest, if you ask me. My next favorite was Budgie. Their songs have been covered by Metallica and Iron Maiden just to name a couple. My suggestion would be "I can't see my feelings"on Bandolier album.

[@mindfuzz2470]

You guys did Xanadu way back and I remember people asking for the live Exit stage left version.. One of the most beautiful live performances ever captured in video. Rush is just a whole other beast live (R.I.P. Neil)

[@jcncharge]

Thanks guys. Enjoyed kicking back and reminiscing.

[@manhattenman6075]

Also If you want other songs - Rush - Mystic Rhythms is A masterpiece Best song off Power Windows and Not a lot of people really know it or have reacted to it. And even though it was made in the 80s it’s still a Brilliant song

[@goshrx]

Cadan Richards . Jerry Casale from DEVO directed the video, which is cool.

[@scottshields113]

I'm here with you today. The legend has so many tributes. Here with the new guy Neil Peart on drums and their first long song on Fly by Night. Whatever you are drinking, this Elijah Craig toast is for Neil, you guys and all the Rush brothers and sisters here...

[@cabansinleaf8867]

Thank you for appreciating not just Rush but music in general. You guys get it. Ballads Still loving you by The Scorpions My personal pic for you would be 'Million Miles Away' by Rory Gallagher

[@michaelmellum4318]

I'm 59. Had this 8 track in 76. Looking back..... I am still amazed by RUSH. Thanks for what you're doing

[@mtn7224]

Didn’t even watch before “liking”. Just happy you chose to do this.

[@wendytipton6260]

This is actually my favorite song by them. Cool to see you guys enjoy it.

[@VinE83656]

The Necromancer, Bastille Day, Anthem, Something for Nothing, A Passage to Bangkok, Cygnus X-1 Book 1 and the masterful Xanadu would make a list of my suggestions for your next reactions.

[@bobdelp2023]

YOU GUYS ARE DOING BY-TORRRRR!!! YAYYYYYYYYY, RIGHT ON, THE NECROMANCER GOES WITH IT SO! :) RIGHT ON YOU GUYS

[@meak84]

I still say for some great B side stuff Passage to Bangkok

[@leemartinson9732]

I love that you 2 are Rush fans. I have been a fan since 1975.Both my nephews are huge Rush fans. Keep digging for deep tracks. "Whitch hunt" anything on the "B" side is awesome. Keep up the good work guys.

[@lindas2606]

My favourite Rush song is a ballad: “The Garden”. It’s the last track on their final album. Worthy of a listen. If you’d like to pay homage to Neil Peart I’d go for his drum solo in Frankfurt.

[@randallreece3636]

they did kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5q9k6Gppt2nbdk

[@randallreece3636]

but, The Garden, the live version is stunning

[@lindas2606]

Randall Reese, yes, I realized that after the fact. Thanks.

[@patriciagoodwin1922]

There ya go guys! I so enjoy your energy, we have such a great community here, you guys bring it every single time. It's always fun to have some hecklers in the crowd, LOL!! just kiddin...... all in good fun because we're like a family and all the kids want their songs played first LOL!!

[@andyandalex]

@Patricia Goodwin Haha thank you for the kind words Patricia!! ❤️😁

[@davidmooney2512]

When are you two get out of your comfort zone and react to groups you haven't heard that are just as good like. Uriah Heep, Moody Blues,ELP, Ten Years After like the song "STANDING at the Station" another group Savory Brown and Golden Earring. Try them check em out. Ten Years After played at woodstock, they have a song One of these days, like Pink Floyd but different song

[@Kotro]

Ten Years After is amazing, Alvin Lee is one of the original guitar heroes.

[@Every_Day_islike_Sunday]

The definition of "banger" to include ballads and such was very helpful!

[@peck404]

Good pick....indeed...

[@WarrenCromartie2]

ByTor is a classic. I've not listened to this album for ages. I remember the day I bought this album on vinyl. It was just before Christmas 1985, and it was snowing and cold. This is one of my 'winter albums' I remember getting home, putting this album on and listening while watching the snow falling in the early evening light. I'd discovered Rush backwards really, from Moving Pictures, so this was first experience of very early Rush. It didn't disappoint, and to this day remains my favourite 'Chapter 1' Rush album.

[@paulriopelle2962]

Alex and Andy remember this that this song was recorded in 1975 Neil first Album and Geddy, Alex and Neil where about the exact age that you are now. My opinion on what song to play next mine would be all RUSH songs because they are all bangers to me.Try #Tears off 2112.

[@jvkrause]

Aw, man. I have never heard this. Thanks for this. So effing good. Cheers!

[@sirajaxl]

Hey guys good choice here. Would still like to see you do more YES. It’s a shame someone suggested “owner of a lonely heart” as your second yes song. Just stick with the stuff from the 70s.

[@CA-tz2sg]

So agree....Astral Traveler is incredible... especially the live version!

[@sirajaxl]

Cat Jones And you and I and Siberian Khatru are my go to sounds.

[@Every_Day_islike_Sunday]

They did "owner of a lonely heart" and didn't go for it at all. A&A know their music!

[@jeremydraper733]

The yes album, fragile, and close to the edge is where everyone should start with yes.

[@jimedwards4576]

So glad you guys did this. I recommended it to you a while ago

[@arturo_2112]

Such a banger, man. You guys gotta react to The Necromancer from the Caress of Steel album, one of my favorite Rush songs.

[@barryleighton2324]

Hey y'all! Just watched your reaction to By-Tor and the Snowdog. Like always I dug it. I'm a 63yr old hair down to my ass lead guitarist. In all the band's I've been in we played Rush songs. To those who never seen them live, I am truly sorry for you! Their sound is excellent but their timing is truly impeccable. By the way I'm still rockin.

[@nicholasrooney1632]

The “fountain of lamneth” off of caress of steel is a long, fantastic, underrated track for rush

[@yauy]

Fun fact: this is the final cut on side one of the vinyl release and Neil's chimes at the end play on an infinite loop in the lead-out groove.

[@layer13]

ANTHEM is a great "young" Rush song! Your next *live* reaction NEEDS to be this love song by Ted Nugent. Song: Wang Dang Sweet Poontang Album: Double Live Gonzo 110% guaranteed BANGER Please

[@layer13]

Agree with other posters you Must do Rush Cygnus X1. ( parts 1 and 2)

[@johndef5075]

Or Stormtroopin. That solo is insane!

[@christophercrowder872]

Live Ted Nugent reaction *must* include "Stranglehold".

[@jeremydraper733]

Madness in the air, crazies ev'rywhere I know what you know It happens ev'ry night, I gotta take a bite Ev'rybody's Gonzo

[@Rand_Althor1966]

awesome tune guys. i'm still waiting for lessons. and beneath between behind is also a banger

[@Reno_Slim]

The Fountain of Lamneth.

[@GM-lq4eu]

Beneath between and behind is another great deep cut, one of my favorites🤘 RIP professor 🥁😔

[@strings53notlob50]

Pease do the album Caress of Steel. A forgotten album sometimes it seems. The track Lakeside Park a favorite of mine. Geddy’s voice when he starts the line, “Everyone would gather on the 24 of May”, is beautifu,l then being able to give grit and gristle on other tracks. To me an awesome album. Still having that uncanny banshee vocal of Lee it was still new. Peart second album in feeling his oats from Fly By Night ready to keep showing us what a drummer really is. Alex, we know him now. It’s been a while since my older brother called me into his basement bedroom room to let me hear the Working man on the radio. It was on a Philly station WYSP or WIOQ I think. Maybe WMMR. My 9 yo ears perked up. Now it’s Bastille Day and the other tracks not disappointing at all. It just kept getting better and better. 2112 and A Farewell to Kings was yet to be.

[@Holmesmeister-oo2uc]

Sharing the love for Caress Of Steel. Fantastic album.

[@jonpage8667]

Excellent video again, thanks guys. I've seen Rush 9 times, was more upset than I had imagined myself being when I learned that Peart passed away. I was at the beginning of a three hour drive when I found out and happily the local radio station scrapped their schedule and played nothing but Rush for the next few hours. If you're looking for more deep cuts, I would suggest either Chemistry or Between the Wheels. Both are personal favourites of mine which never get any air time. They're short, around the 4 min mark, but amazing songs.

[@scotts6702]

lol this one. reminds me of a mid 70’s Saturday morning cartoon them song . 👹❄️

[@ricknsheri]

I can’t help but feel bad for you poor buggers, your parents deprived you of all this joy !! My sons listened to 20+ years of these classics. ❤️

[@dawnpatrol700]

It's time to discover jazz-fusion guys - Al Dimeola - Race With the Devil on Spanish Highway is a banger in every possible way. You will thank me

[@unklscrufy]

"I'll be back." LOL...that's classic, Andy. That pretty much sums up the 70s in three easy words. I first heard this on "All The World's A Stage." I won the live album on a radio giveaway along with a pair of concert tickets. Never heard of Rush, so I kept the album and gave the tickets to my next door neighbor. I've been kicking myself in the butt ever since. Rush doesn't need to be analyzed to death. It just needs to be enjoyed, preferably in the dark with a bit of liquid encouragement. Good job, guys! (P.S. Digging the new set-up, too. Much better.)

[@dougboerman3927]

The Garden, try one of their newest songs

[@romonabrown7330]

Great call on a deep cut....but hearing them pull this off LIVE was a whole different level of OH MY GOD!

[@gerardrinaldi5874]

Big money , kid gloves , red sector A , HEMISPHERE'S, vital signs , Scars ,!!!!!

[@gerriepimm5063]

Thanks guys from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 !! The Necromancer or on their last album “Headlong Flight”. Either end of their catalog. Thanks guys. Brilliant job as always. 😀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😀

[@sicko_the_ew]

Huge vote here in favour of a Rush Wednesday series. That way I get to hear more of that Rush I've missed out on over the years. (After finding Tom Sawyer years ago, I made a mental note to find more of this, but have been much too slow with that. Ja, so thanks, guys.) Seeing as I think I've recommended all the Rushes I know, I'll just stick to suggesting other things. Maybe here, I'll recommend some *Cardiacs* again, because that "in the sauce" moment made me think of some of their songs. (They quite often highlight some minuscule little sound). The kind of song I'm thinking about is the kind where the band almost forces you to listen to tiny little sounds (like those little bells) that you wouldn't normally heed much. So then a quick one with a little bit of the "mouse musickz" in it would be *Eden on the Air* , which runs about 2:20, and has a bit of tinkling silence to hang on, attentively. kzbin.info/www/bejne/baOVimBqn82af9E

[@sicko_the_ew]

And then to go with some more freak guitar, there's an entire *Freak Kitchen* playing a song that states the obvious fact that a *Heroin Breakfast* isn't generally such a good idea. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYvUoWBqnLJmbbs

[@sicko_the_ew]

If your immediate response to *Beautiful Girls With Ugly Guys* is that you're not really into listening to strings sooth you today, just wait for about 50 seconds (or less) and you'll be pleasantly "sparked off heavy" by *Sparks* . kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp_KgaaopbeZra8 OK, so that's not up to the "zapped by Zappa" level. Sparkled by Sparks? (Although that narrows down the range of their possibilities. Sparks is many bands sometimes fighting to the death in the minds of the Mael brothers).

[@sicko_the_ew]

What? *Frank Zappa* , you ask? ... Yes ... Yes, indeed ... *Frank Zappa* ... indeed, yes ... Well he does have a few more songs than I've mentioned, and not all of them are silly. For instance, from way back in the day, when he was still just a little girl, he had a song called *Friendly Little Finger* that you may like, if you're into something instrumental - or whenever that impulse arrives. Yes, the idea that he was somehow once a little girl is perhaps a bit silly, but the song isn't. Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6ndYX6YqtZqlac

[@sicko_the_ew]

Long ago, my friends, *Sterbus* made probably the greatest song ever written about the *Caucasian Wingnut* (the photos from their clip explain everything). This was from before the days where they were famous in Civitavecchia, and had access to all the big studios, the big producers, and dozens of musicians to add more flavors to their tasty progressive power pop of present times, but the recording is pretty good, considering. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3W2ZWuvmtmIm9U

[@sicko_the_ew]

One thing I think I forgot or omitted when I last mentioned *Split Enz* is that for a while they seemed to specialise in songs about unrequited love, like *Iris* kzbin.info/www/bejne/pneaY3WOi5ekq9k It's a bit sentimental, a bit pop, maybe a bit New Wave (the new wave that once washed up on a Pacific beach oh so long ago), but you might like it. At very least they managed to achieve a unique sound.

[@ragley1980]

Rush - The Camera Eye. I'm 60 and this was the music I was listening to when it first came out. I'm impressed with your critiques. Great job guys. New Subscriber.