First Listen to Rush - Working Man (REACTION)

Awesome song, Rush is becoming a favorite!
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[@toshibautoob]

This is from their debut album featuring John Rutsey on drums. A year later they had their new drummer and lyricist Neil Pert and began to evolve their music quickly. There is still some things to enjoy from this album.

[@zzremington]

Oh, what a rabbit hole you are going down, Rush is amazing.

[@nodrush80]

They have had so many influences, but no one sounds like them.

[@recyclerhopkins]

Neil Peart replaced John Rutsey, the original drummer of Rush and was always comically referred to as the New Guy. Was generally considered to be one of the greatest drummers of all time. He was also a great lyricist and wrote several books. His life was touched by tragedy when his 19 yr. old daughter was killed in an automobile crash and 10 months later his wife died of cancer. After this he took a sabbatical from the band and traveled unrecognized throughout North and Central America on his motorcycle, covering 55,000 miles.He wrote a book chronicling the journey. Eventually he returned to rejoin the band and they continued to record and tour. He died from brain cancer on January 7, 2020. Easily one of the most talented and interesting musicians of all time. There is a great documentary of Rush that covers all this in addition to the history of the band.

[@ksigruts5767]

don't ever get caught up in who is the best Drummer, Bassist, Guitar, thing. But once you attain MASTER status like these 3 have. They can be considered part of that best of all time group.

[@bobespirit2112]

The guys weren’t that much older than you when they wrote this song - about 19 in 1972/73 and recorded it in 1973. It’s about guitarist Alex Lifeson’s dad who would work 2 & 3 jobs to support his family. Getting home at 5 for him may well have been 5am. It was discovered by Donna Halper, a Cleveland WMMS DJ in April/May 1974. They got their US contract, Rutsey was replaced with Peart, and they hit the stage across the US. They wrote their second album, Fly by Night, on the road in late 1974, with Peart progressively taking over as lyricist. The rest is history. RIP Professor.

[@hazelbakerm]

Please, do yourself a favor and listen to this live in Cleveland some 30+ years later...mindblowing!!! Thank you for recognizing greatness! You have many, many more Rush songs to check out, too many great ones to recommend...enjoy!

[@CharCanuck14]

Spirit of Radio is one of my favourite Rush tunes. Give it a listen.

[@lefty5757]

I seen Kiss & Rush in 1975 on the same show in a movie theater before they got big.

[@dorarie3167]

Fantastic! Gestures always speaks glowingly and respectfully of KISS’s work ethic and respect for their fans, plus they treated RUSH very well and gave them a sound check when other headline acts wouldn’t. Though I wasn’t a KISS fan, big ups to the band for their attitude! 👍🏽

[@traceyc2576]

That's incredible!!

[@CharCanuck14]

Some people have said that if Jon Anderson from Yes sang a little raunchier he'd sound like Geddy Lee. Interesting bit here: When Yes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, during their performance Geddy Lee played bass for Chris Squire who passed away in 2015.

[@ksigruts5767]

you said the name right!!! yes he was the "professor". I was heartbroken when the day he died.

[@dgator3599]

Watch the live version of Rush: YYZ in Rio. The crowd will blow you away. But most Rush concerts were enthusiastic like this. I saw them twice in Nashville.

[@hifijohn]

One critic back then said geddy lees voice sounds like a fire alarm at 3 am.

[@scott4482]

Welcome to Rush. I'll let everyone else correct you about Neil. The band never hid the fact that their heros were Cream, Zeppelin, Yardbirds and The Who. This track is Zeppelinesque, it's what grabbed people in 1974 and got Rush noticed , and a record deal. It might be interesting to go through their catalog chronologically, perhaps a track from each album in turn. In which case I'd recommend By Tor and The Snowdog from the second album. Neil's debut album with the band.

[@zzremington]

Scott Bishop Rush started as a bit of a poor man’s Zeppelin and then grew into their own amazing band.

[@kevinmcfarlane2752]

Scott Bishop the first album reminded me of Zep, Deep Purple and Ten Years After.

[@edanielgreen]

Hey, Daniel. Another Daniel here! 😁 I, too, was 16, a young Canadian high school lad, when I first heard this. The difference being: The album this song is on, Rush's debut album, had just been released. (Side note: Neil Peart wasn't the drummer when this album was recorded, but he did learn all their material in two weeks for the tour to support the album). It was 1974, and I had NO idea of the multi-decade galaxy-spanning extra-dimensional ship I had just boarded. And I'm sure glad I did! Should you continue on: enjoy, young fella! You're in for one HELLUVA ride! 🤟

[@muddshshshark]

That's Rutsey on drums, they played our school

[@richgoebel882]

Every time I hear Rush with Geddy Lee singing, I am reminded of my mom, who discovered his voice when he sang the national anthem for Canada at the Major League All Star Game in 1993. She was 52 then, a rocker who loved male singers voices. You can't go wrong with Rush and a reaction. The video is on youtube, and is still a good listen in total acapella.

[@bigtoonz8467]

You made a great point about not getting caught in a loop...kinda like Bill Murray did in the movie Groundhog Day. It can lead to a huge waste of time and rob you of something better. Great review, keep it up, especially RUSH!!! Thanks

[@toddweiler6283]

As Buddy noted in his comment a year ago, Working Man provided Rush with its first entree into a major U.S. media market. That airplay led to a recording contract which led to a U.S. tour, which led to the departure of original drummer, John Rutsey. The replacement, forever teased as the “new guy” was Neil Peart, sought out for an audition by Rush’s then teenage manager (who continues to hold that role even today). As Alex Lifeson has explained in interviews, Rutsey was more into straight forward rock, such as Bad Company. Alex and Geddy were interested in moving in a more progressive direction. Peart was of the same mind and everything clicked from there. The point of this story is to strongly suggest to you that you react to Rush’s live version of Working Man, performed in Cleveland a few decades later, as the last encore for one of their last concerts there, on the Time Machine Tour.

[@salsaucedo]

Awesome reaction, i just joined your channel. This particular year "1974" was an awesome year, many new bands were formed like Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Scorpions, Triumph, AC/DC, April Wine to name a few of the best in the industry. So many great guitarist were around those times but one for me who stood out over all of them was a young German guitarist who started his career with Scorpions then went off to UFO, and started his own band in 1980 "MSG" The Michael Schenker Group. This dude was one of the greats that hardly got any recognition "Michael Schenker".

[@joconnell8145]

Amazing reaction....not only do you break down the basic lyrics which are self descriptive but you apply it to the music as well. VERY insightful, love it!

[@DiconDissectionalReactions]

Glad you enjoyed, rock on my friend, hope to see you around:)

[@joconnell8145]

@@DiconDissectionalReactions I won't be going anywhere anytime soon. I thoroughly enjoy your breakdowns and I have SOOOO many suggestions from other bands I want to drop in your lap...I really cannot afford to become a patreon, but I am strongly considering it with you and your channel.

[@DiconDissectionalReactions]

@@joconnell8145 Don't worry, I take requests from normal commentors as well:) I will likely get to it eventually, patreon is mainly a way to get priority, but I completely understand if you cannot afford it. I can't either:)

[@joconnell8145]

@@DiconDissectionalReactions Therein lies my dilemma...as I mentioned in one of the first videos of yours I watched there is a tune I have been trying to get several other reactors to do but no one seems to be interested. Maybe having some priority might get it out there....one of the other guys I watch regularly said he frequently checks other channels to see if a song has been done and if he doesn't see it he won't do it. SOOO much great music out there!!!!

[@DiconDissectionalReactions]

@@joconnell8145 Remind me what song it is? I'll try to get to it asap, and I also think that reactor's mentality is pretty stupid... "So you're only going to do what's already been done?" ect ect...

[@AudiophileTubes]

This was RUSH's first album, and a bit raw and 'Zeppelinesque'. It's good, but nothing near or like the epic, progressive sounds they achieved from the next album on, with their new drummer and lyricist, the inimitable Neil Peart. But it did get them on the map, when Donna Halper, a Cleveland FM DJ, got them airplay and noticed in major markets. If you're going to go down the Rush rabbit hole (and you MUST, LOL), check these music and lyrical bangers out: 'Spirit Of Radio', 'Freewill', 'Natural Science', 'Subdivisions', 'Distant Early Warning', 'Between The Wheels', 'Dreamline', 'Roll The Bones', 'The Pass', 'Nobodys Hero', 'Far Cry', 'Xanadu'... oh HELL, there are SO MANY phenomenal RUSH songs... this is just a start! You will have a blast with reacting to RUSH's catalog! I'm pushing 59, and have seen them 63 times live, in 6 states, over the decades. I first saw them at The Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ for the '2112' tour, and I never looked back. I knew even back then, that I would be 'hooked for life', and that they would be one of my favorite bands of all time. Cheers!

[@teatimedrinker1]

Fall of 1981 I was 14 And listened to Rush’s Moving Picture” for the first time. I then went backwards ( to this album). They blew my young monks. And I have not seen your reaction yet, but I am pretty sure they will do the same . All 3 of these boys ( Neil Peart:drums, Alex Lifeson:guitar and Geddy Lee: Bass/lead singer). What a fantastic band and some greats music you have to forward too Editing: okay- you already have knowledge lol

[@grahamkey8496]

Alex got his one and only mention in the Rolling Stone Top 100 Guitar Solos for his workout in this song. 40 years later he was still blowing people away and taking it to new levels in concert.

[@waynestumbo2408]

Rush started as a hard rock band but became progressive

[@benredmond6636]

Geddy has a unique voice and he delivers incredible melodies. Rodger Hodgson of Supertramp has a similar tone to his voice. Jon Anderson of Yes

[@waynestumbo2408]

make sure you listen to Judas Priest Victim Of Changes. off the studio version

[@gelsol]

The debut album rules. It rocks and get funky at times. Way more party jammers than their other albums.

[@kennygeorge4454]

You should check out the documentary Beyond The Lighted Stage. Awesome documentary on Rush.

[@dougnelsin1480]

Great song. I was about 13 when this was new and i have always loved it.

[@dorarie3167]

As Geddy 1888 says below, the live version from Time Machine is wonderful and shows middle-aged rockers can still rock. Worth a look, and it displays the powerful reggae influence of The Police. I also recommend the Live In Rio version of YYZ, the Exit Stage Left version of La Villa Strangiatto, The Spirit of Radio with the cartoon video, and the live (official?) version of Xanadu. For more recent fare, the very touching live version of The Garden and also Leave That Thing Alone. So many good songs to check out.

[@buddystewart2020]

In the Rush documentary Beyond the lighted stage, one DJ that played working man very early on recounted how after the song was played, people were calling the station to ask about the new Led Zepplin album. They told them, nope, not Led Zepplin, a new band from Canada...RUSH. "There would be no Rush without YES." - Geddy Lee, in his induction speech for YES into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.

[@lefty5757]

This was John Rutsey that played drums on this album, Neil Peart joined the band for the second album called, Fly By Night. John Rutsey had a medical condition that wouldn’t allow him to tour.

[@CharCanuck14]

The only time I've seen Rush was when John was drumming. That was around 1974 when the band was playing bars.....always amazing, then and now.

[@Geddy-xu3if]

@@CharCanuck14 wow. How can that be? If I'd seen them back then when they were playing small venues, I'd have seen them over a hundred times through the years. Really hapy for you man.

[@CharCanuck14]

@@Geddy-xu3if Saw Rush at the Colonial Tavern in Toronto. Yes....you read that right....a tavern! The guy I was dating at the time knew Alex from school so that was why we were there....to check them out and to say hello. If we had only known back then how incredibly famous they would become. I applaud Rush for being true to their musical beliefs and giving us so many years of amazing listening. Guess life got in the way (as well as finances) so seeing them at the big concerts was out of the question :-(

[@dougnelsin1480]

Check out Xanadu live from Exit Stage Left.

[@canadiantimberwolf1]

RUSH found some success in Toronto, but really found the true success in Cleveland OHIO, where the city adopted this song because of the hard workers of the time. As RUSH grew up as a band they just became alone in the music world as a Different type of music called Progressive Rock. In recent times even though John Rutsey played originally he was replaced by Neil Peart, who sadly lost his wife (to cancer 10 months after the death of their daughter) and daughter- ( Killed in a car crash in 1997) a little while back and then we lost Neil to Brain Cancer on January 7th, 2020. Great song... thanks for sharing..

[@erickrosito3659]

End so it begins, the journey into the Rush rabbit hole

[@Geddy-xu3if]

You shou2 watch the live version of this from the Time Machine Tour. It'll blow you away Let us know how you get on.

[@droopyofthenorthwestmounted]

Absolutely. A 60 year-old Lerxt shreds as well, or better, than his 20 year-old self. Dirk and the new guy are pretty good too.

[@motodork]

Neil Peart, the drummer for RUSH, was also their lyricist and he was a master at it. This song, however, is from their first album with John Rutsey as drummer. If you really want to dissect some excellent RUSH lyrics then have a go at my favorite song of theirs. Here is a lyric video for it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foS7dWxplLhpfLc

[@seanmiller7664]

So many Rush songs,but should check out Porcupine Tree - Anestetize live in Tilburg. . Alex Lifeson wrote the first guitar solo and the drummer is one of the best out there now (toured with King Crimson in 2018).

[@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! 💜💫✌🏼🎵

[@javablanca547]

It does have a little zepplin in it. Its was Rushs first album and geddy lee had not yet relaxed enough to use his "real" voice. Plus zepplin sold, so....

[@kennygeorge4454]

You react to Xanadu Exit Stage Left. Trust me !

[@mackeymintle66]

2112, The Necromancer, hemispheres... lots of “pop yet still prog” Radio hits and deep cuts to explore. Wait until you hear how good the guitar player got... this solo is pretty rough compared to where he evolved.

[@commentatron]

This song may as well be autobiographical. Regardless of the station in life, their level of success had them traveling and working for decades. Eventually you become your work; it tends to define you. So there's that to look forward to ;-)

[@rosempelfrey]

Rush is awesome! Saw them 4-5 times back in the seventies!!

[@christinerobinson548]

That's is because this is their first album, peart joins the next album. Geddy said they liked their first drummer but he was in to partying to much, and he and Eric were all about the music.

[@jann1800able]

i loved rutsey on drums and hard rocking rush. he was more into blues rock like bad company. its a shame after this album he stopped playing

[@JadeJuhasz-ln6kf]

Marc Bolan of T. REX also has very distinctive voice like GL. No one sings like him. Try the Slider LP(1972). One of my top 10 albums.

[@davidmonk4814]

If you are a guitarist, you really need to watch La Villa Strangiato🐒

[@joconnell8145]

Kirk Hemmet of Mettalica is quoted as saying the solo in La Villa is the hardest thing to play.

[@canadiantimberwolf1]

Led Zep and RUSH both entered the music world the same year... 1968 .. So influences by Led Zep for RUSH is the same as per Robert Plant saying about RUSH,,, they both enjoyed the others music over the years..

[@sylvainmclean1307]

Like you can hear geddy s voice more scratchy voice for 70s era and goes more soft after à farewell To a king To preserve his voice.. i was introduce To rush at 8years old by my neighbors 3 years older than me and he makes me listening To 2112... i was to young To appreciate at that time but later i became à big rush fan To rediscover those magical era of 70s

[@traceyc2576]

I did that Daniel. I sacrificed everything to pursue my dream. It was working well until I got stalked by a real sociopath. Yep. Online predator. Women really need to be cautious when meeting people on social media

[@buzzbomb67]

The singer from Budgie is very much like Geddy Lee, as far as having that high-pitched voice that is definitely an acquired taste, and the band Budgie is kinda similar to early Rush, as well

[@phillysher7]

Neil Peart aka the Professor!

[@garya7893]

The fountain of lamneth is one you can try

[@Itsjandz105]

Totally get a Black Sabbath vibe from this one.

[@josephvandiver6912]

Peart didn't write this song, or play drums on it. John Rutsey, the original drummer is. The more you know........

[@phughes4224]

The live version is sooo much better :)

[@cat-o-matic]

Is the working man complaining about his life or merely describing his life? In defense of the working class, a person can do a lot worse than having a job and a place to live. We've scratched out a living in spite of the circumstances in which we were born. Since the Great Recession of 2008, the top 9% of earners have seen their wealth increase some 25% while everyone else has seen their wealth fall 4%. When income inequality is sorted out, the working class won't be looked down on with pity.

[@ivankaleoniefuchs333]

giggles...Ja, of course RUSH was influenced by other popular Rock bands. Of course RUSH created their own unique style...Most every popular Rock band during that era did that. This ist why that era of music ist sooo worthy und loved. :-) Most Rock bands then exhibited musical composition from every music genre, used most every musical instrument, und every playing technique. They didn't limit themselves to the limitations of Blues music any longer...They left that far behind, as well later they had no inspirations to use faked synthesized music, und no voice enhancement,...only their own Rock music passion. Even the guitar solos had more passion than "most" of today's Rock music, und there ist NO comparison to current Pop music that ist quite faked music und singing, exhibiting NO passion for music, but only considers record sales.