GENGHIS? | FIRST TIME HEARING Rush "Xanadu" [REACTION]

[@piratelordgrumpy9659]

5yrs ago today RIP Neil you are greatly missed

[@johnathandavis3693]

YES -RIP to a MASTER...

[@mot0rdeth]

Hard to believe it's been 5 years already

[@GeorgeRoberts3rd]

Every Day Professor

[@1MadTrucker]

😥

[@rickschlosser6793]

RIP Neil.

[@dignan4]

JB- I’m of the opinion that this is the BEST live performance I’ve ever seen. Thanks for requesting it. I’m glad you guys dug this, and yes, more Rush is always a great idea!

[@MrToband]

Geddy Lee playing double neck bass, keyboards, bass pedals with his feet and singing at the same time, that whole band was super talented.

[@ilionreactor1079]

Neil Peart's drum solo from Frankfurt! YYZ from Rio!

[@tonyrogers5709]

Frankfurt is way overrated...The solo from YYZ in the A Show of Hands release is MUCH better. (in my humble opinion, as a drummer for the past 42 years) . YYZ Live in Rio is off the charts great!

[@LowcountryJoe2]

YYZ live in Rio. The two previous comments and the 29 thumbs up ain't wrong

[@sierraplumber]

Rush and Floyd will change your life. Their music is so evolved that there is still things I get from it after 45 years

[@Chamomileable]

Rush are so talented it'll almost make you angry lol. A lot of attention to Neal Peart gets paid, because he's truthfully one of the greatest songwriters and drummers to ever live. There are some awesome videos of him busting out 10+ minute long drum solos on his huge kit that's just arranged like a big fortress wall around him. We sadly lost him a few years ago but thankfully his talent gets to be preserved for future generations with reactions like this.

[@seanconnors1613]

5:07 the guitar sounds so much different there because Alex switches to the 12th string. That's a guitar that has 6 additional strings right next to each string. Geddy has a four-string bass on top and a 12-string guitar underneath. Plus Geddy Lee plays keyboards, and Alex plays Bass synthesizers with his feet.

[@guym2222]

Isn't Geddy's guitar a 6? (Bass is 4)

[@seanconnors1613]

@guym2222 upon further inspection guy you are correct

[@deadams]

@@seanconnors1613your original statement is correct, the guitar on the bottom is actually a 12 string.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately Pleasure Dome decree.. Where Alph, the sacred river, ran through caverns, measureless to man .. Down to a sunless sea... Samuel Coleridge

[@michaelhintz6187]

I’ve seen Rush 21 times from 1981. More Rush!

[@jeffcampbell668]

When you saw them for the 21st time did you get to sit in seat 12 or the 12th row. Cheers from a canadian RUSH fan.

[@dennisthigpen5614]

I checked out every tour starting with the Farewell to Kings Tour.

[@scottwilliamscreek2427]

This is based on a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Iron Maiden did a song based on another of his stories, rime of the ancient mariner

[@seanconnors1613]

These guys are the best kind of weird. Been a subscriber for 5 days. I have thoroughly enjoyed your thrash and Black Sabbath reactions❤ If you guys can hang with this kind of music, Yes is just around the corner.🤯 It's very rare in life that you meet people so excitable about music. I feel like I have made two new friends that I get to share the music I love with. Nailed the pronunciation of Xanadu by the way.

[@johnathandavis3693]

I like these guys, too. Real reactions...

[@Salmacis99]

You just witnessed the best three piece band EVER- showing how it's done. Rush are legendary for a reason!

[@yarsivad000.5]

Rush’s favorite band was The Police. Another amazing trio.

[@legolite45]

Working Man live in Cleveland 2011 gotta be the next stop. Yall will appreciate the ferocity of their playing even in their later years. The always put on a good show!

[@guym2222]

Excellent choice, the beginning of that is a lot of fun, then...BAM!

[@Matty0923]

Absolutely my favorite live performance ever!!! Definitely more Rush!!!!!!!!!!

[@charliemac64]

Been waitin' for the Rush to show up. These mofos were some badasses.

[@sotexsailor]

Rush deep dive my dudes!!! Let’s fucking go!!

[@CoronaMechanics88]

More Rush…Respect…

[@goldenretrieverdad]

Guy's I've been a Rush fan since 1980 and you will never see a better live band. Their catalog is expansive so buckle up and enjoy the Rush journey!

[@michaelinnj7439]

My favorite version of my favorite song ever. I was already a subscriber but if I wasn’t your appreciation for this would have won me over.

[@jewel_laughs]

I wasn't sure if you would like this one - so glad you did! RUSH's Working Man and La Villa Strangiato live in Cleveland are 🔥🔥🔥

[@chadleabo]

I got to see Rush a few times over the years. Always stellar. I'm really enjoying your reactions.

[@keithwatkins7908]

I think you are being built up to listen to "2112" by Rush, another epic by them!

[@ericwagner1824]

Or Any of their other lengthy tunes. Cygnus X1 Book 1 the Voyage Cygnus X1 Book 2 Hemispheres The Necromancer Bytor and the Snowdog The Fountain of Lamneth

[@keithwatkins7908]

@@ericwagner1824 I love all the 70's classics.

[@NoahJanaKimble-fy9rc]

One of my favorite bands....was blessed to see them live 3 magical times. RIP Neil, the professor.

[@garya7893]

Enjoy the ride

[@jeffreylauzon7630]

Rush are pretty amazing, you could almost mistake their live performaces for their studio recordings.

[@benf1111]

Theres a video from this concert for the song they played before this is called Trees and they transitioned from that song into Xanadu perfectly. Another great live performance.

[@jimtatro6550]

Gentlemen, you just witnessed one of the greatest live performances in rock ‘n’ roll roll history

[@xtrabiggg13]

Saw Rush at least a dozen times growing up in Detroit. Always an amazing concert. Saw them do 'Xanadu' at Cobo Arena. They played the entire 2112 album, THEN played their hits!

[@Sleepeaze]

I was never the biggest fan of Rush, but there’s no denying that these guys are Master Musicians.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Use to have chats with Geddy and Alex on their walks. In 1971, they stood in line to see YES. Roundabout by YES off the Fragile album is a masterpiece been dancing to it for 54yrs. Enjoy your YES journey 🍁🎶👑🎶🍁

[@lisasechler5714]

Thanks JB! RIP Neil Peart

[@CygnusKC]

They still killed it live later in their career, too. Check out "YYZ, live in Rio" and "Working Man, Live in Cleveland". Both of those will show you how awesome these 3 guys are live at EVERY stage in their career.

[@tjmasson1013]

Rush is one of those intellectual high level musicianship bands Top notch

[@drummerdaveRush7777]

Greatest band of all time lyrically and musically all 3 are virtuosos on their instruments

[@williamschrom1584]

Max Webster "Battle Scar"

[@scottlaughlin9897]

Yes, Ty for this. Rush is my band. Just 3 guys killin’ it. Great Musicians. Please do The Spirit of Radio next by them. You’ll love this track guaranteed!

[@lookmanohands1966]

Rush from first until Moving Pictures are pretty much masterworks. Great rabbit hole this one.

[@yarsivad000.5]

We had Sabbath, Rush, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Blue Oyster Cult, Led Zep, Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ect. all at the same time and we were happy.

[@InvincibleDead85]

3 Canadian Dudes with nothing better to do but rock the world.

[@shaneglover9583]

Funny them being Canadian, and not hitting in New Zealand

[@debbieplato5107]

Yes, it is only three of them. This song is one of their masterpieces performed brilliantly. Other recommendations YYZ live in Rio. Secret Touch from the Snakes and Arrows tour Cheers 🇨🇦

[@27thangel23]

Greetings from Canada. Kublai Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan (the Mongolian way of pronouncing is Ching- iz Khan). Peace, love and bellbottoms.

[@Michael-Philip]

He traveled far to find Xanadu , and found everlasting life. A thousand years came and went and Xanadu became his prison.

[@iMacMan54]

Considered by most as the greatest prog-rock song of all time. RIP to "The Professor"

[@winstonhewett6679]

Just before Geddy, the bass player/keyboard player, starts to sing, he is playing synth parts with his foot, Alex the guitar player does the same, playing simple synth parts with Taurus pedals! But Neil the drummer, RIP, is one of the greatest lyricist, not to mention his drumming! Phenomenol performance, 1981!

[@lindaward5376]

The Garden, Clockwork Angels Tour: the last song on their last album, and a fitting tribute to a great musician and a great man, who was taken much too soon. Rest in peace Professor. 🥁 🥁 🐐 🐐

[@michaelkeller6223]

Rush on! Much greatness awaits!

[@davemonds786]

RUSH LIVE YYZ in Rio another great!!!! The crowd is singing along and it is an instrumental!!

[@surfeit5910]

Here are a few for hearing how 3 guys could pack all the sound possible out of a single venue! It might not be everyone's "go to" list of Rush songs, but it shows how much sound they could pull out of their instruments! Roll The Bones - Rush in Rio Live Big Money - Live 1989 Turn the Page - Live 1988 Far Cry - Snakes & Arrows tour Animate - Molson Amphitheatre Digital Man - Live

[@danhill5619]

the guy on the drums writes all the bars and gave hiphop most of their beats RIP Professor

[@cityhonors1]

🤗 Back for more Rush Reactions! 🥂🎉 Happy New Years! 🖖🏿🥰🐰

[@kevincraycraft1473]

Great reaction!!! You obviously appreciate artistical musicianship. Rush is absolutely the best 3-piece band ever (quite frankly top five best band ever, no matter the members). Pure musicianship and fluid artistry in each of them and their instruments along with the pure chemistry between them. Welcome aboard the Rush Train!!! Now time to venture down the RUSH rabbit hole. I would suggest the songs below to add to your Rush journey and reactions. All of these are absolutely fire!!! Especially all of the LIVE instrumentals with Geddy’s Bass, Alex’s Guitar, and Neil’s percussive artistry. - La Villa Strangiato - Live in Cleveland from 2011 Time Machine Tour (Instrumental - custom "carnival" intro) - original was 1978. Pure musicianship!!! UNMATCHED - best instrumental EVER. - Working Man... Live in Cleveland from 2011 Time Machine Tour (original studio version was in 1974)...The pure sight and performance of three men in their upper 50's take control of the stage and perform and play like they were in their 20's. - YYZ…live from Rio in 2002 (instrumental)…original was 1981 - Best Intro Ever - Live version (R30 tour 2004) - various riffs from their 1970's songs leading into Spirit of Radio - original was 1980 - Closer to the Heart (Live 1998 Different Stages) - original was 1977 - Limelight...studio version - original was 1981. - The Garden (Clockwork Angels tour live) - original was 2012 - Subdivisions...studio version or live version - original was 1982 - Freewill... Live from Snakes and Arrows Tour 2007 - original was 1980 - Fly by Night - original was 1975 - Leave that Thing Alone - Live in Cleveland from 2011 Time Machine Tour (Instrumental) - original was 1993 - Malignant Narcissism (instrumental) and Drum Solo - Live 2008 Snakes and Arrows Tour - original was 2007 - Also...Neil Peart's Drum Solo Live from Frankfurt 2004. He was The Professor...a pure musician and percussionist...not just a "drummer". Be ready to be amazed by not just his hand coordination...but most of all his foot coordination...basically his feet being completely individual in timing from his hands during segments of this performance. He was the master of this technique.

[@BobbyW.771]

Fellas, the song "Home" by Dream Theater might be up your alley!

[@brianmayer3767]

Holy shit.

[@timeverett7476]

Absolute masters at their craft.

[@mjdaniel8710]

My first concert at 15, the Permanent Waves tour

[@Sid-gu5qk]

They're the best, especially live.

[@davemiii]

You guys will definitely love Passage To Bangkok, live from this same concert.

[@SteveMavronis]

Rush was so epic in every way.

[@mikepowers6659]

I saw this tour...just graduated high school...outdoor venue, tripping on lsd. 2 more times throughout the rest of their career.

[@iRenegade164]

RIGHT FUCKIN' ON! One of my all-time favorites from Rush. I regret that you didn't read the poem by Samuel Coleridge during an opium-induced dream (a literal pipedream), Kubla Khan, the inspiration for Neil to wright this masterpiece. A tale to be careful what you wish for - you just might get it! A fitting tribute to Neil on the date of his departure from this realm - he died today, 1/7.2020 (rest in peace, Neil, you're still one of my heroes...)

[@jacquesjrviens3384]

Greatest band ever, period !!!!!!

[@roberta7727]

Love RUSH❤ (RIP) Neil Peart 😢 Freewill is a banner and Fly by Night also but really all there songs Next level Greatness 💯🦾🥰🥁🎸🎹🔦🎸📀 More RUSH PLEASE 🤯🔥😍✌️LOVE YOU GUYS 🥰 GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS 🙏❤

[@stephenguill9651]

Yes, just 3 of them.

[@Chevymetal69z28]

La Villa Strangiato is the next obvious song Live.

[@CarlosGonzalez-vp2ms]

Now you have to react to "Natural Science" from Rush, live 1997/06/30 - Molson Amphitheatre.

[@markjohnson4217]

The promise of immortality is a fickle one...😅 Exactly the theme of the song! Dude is left in etermal night, never to escape and all is frozen in time..

[@ericmanning7348]

Hey! I had a friend (RIP Wilson Reece) who went to Mongolia. His Mongolian friend took him hunting for Deer with Trained Eagles!

[@catmanpc9166]

Your reactions are fire. Bravo! If you think Xanadu was good, you both will be knocked out by "La Villa Strangiato", from Exit Stage Left. Three virtuosos at their best! ✌

[@MikeMuelleder]

Rush Working Man Live from Cleveland is another great performance. Ah who am I kidding? Any Rush performance is worth it.

[@traviskelly4161]

What up men! Love love love u guys! U just saw them in 77? 78 ish? In their mid to late 20s. Check out Rush live in Cleveland doin the song Working Man. They’re in their 50s! It’ll Fkn BLOW u AWAY! I’m tellin ya!! Other songs u GOTTA chk are Spirit of Radio, Limelight, thers a live Vid of Neal Peart ( the drummer) from Germany u really really gotta see. So much more, one THE greatest bands of ALL of the times

[@sarastromseth-troy3323]

An amazing live performance! It's mind-blowing to me that only three guys created all of that sound! For a future reaction, I recommend a live performance from later in their career: 'Digital Man' live from the Snakes & Arrows tour.

[@stonerabbit344]

Hell, yeah! You guys can go to Xanadu. But its proper name is Shangdu and it’s located in the hills of Inner Mongolia, China. Shangdu was built as the summer quarters for Kublai Khan when temperatures in the capital soared during the summer. Kublai was the grandson of the great Genghis Khan. Don’t expect to see much of the city since Shangdu is mostly in ruins consisting of old city walls and foundations. But it could be worth the trip. It’s also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A restoration of Shangdu has been undertaken since 2002.

[@Fred-vy1hm]

One of? Maybe the best live performance by any band ever. Now that you've reacted to a couple of their "easy" songs give Cygnus X-1 Hemispheres or Natural Science a try. 😊🇨🇦

[@MichaelBrown-x1q]

Rush is just 3 guys that are Genius musicians!!!!

[@benf1111]

Seriously, one of my biggest regrets is never seeing them live.

[@louisenglish8069]

1. YYZ live in Rio.... 2. Where's my Thing live with drum solo 3. Working Man live in Cleveland

[@johntschuta5370]

Spirit of the Radio

[@jkovert]

I saw Rush on this this tour - phenomenal - Xanadu was the centerpiece, the highpoint. Alex channeled his inner Steve Howe in that intro. For an even more intense epic (were that possible), please review YES performing "And You And I" live - preferably either the Masterworks (Symphonic Live) version, or the Songs From Tsongas version.

[@patrickoneal8138]

A.good song by Rush is " Anthem " listen to the Studio Version. It's the First song the Drummer Recorded with Rush.

[@alsimons7925]

🌴🇬🇺 u not ready!! Sonically Next Level🌋enjoy the “ear-gasim”

[@beernmetal6964]

You gotta do By-Tor and the Snow Dog from this same concert! It's a battle between good/evil personified by the guitar and bass. Also, it show Mr. Peart's drumming quite well since they didn't include his famous drum solo in this video. The inspiration for the song was one their producer's dogs. "The white one's OK. The other is a biter (Bytor).

[@jeffmorrison2147]

Rush YYZ Live In Rio Neil Peart Drum Solo Live In Frankfurt

[@johnathandavis3693]

Some of the greatest bands had only 3 guys -Rush, ZZ Top, Nirvana, Motorhead, Cream, Bee Gees...

[@Feistygirl2024]

People think us Canadians just sit up here in our igloos, as you can see that's not the case lol. We have many legendary bands. Rush is an excellent example of that 😊

[@rohmarts]

Been waiting for this

[@tomtompkins7546]

Steely Dan..."Peg"

[@stewpot6998]

Rush is absolutely the best live band. Always great. Xanadu is the hot lazy summer day put on the headphones and watch the world go by song. The other best live performances are from Stevie Ray Vaughn.

[@glyngasson8450]

If you can still hear keyboards whilst Geddy is playing bass and singing it's because he's playing keyboards with his feet !!!

[@jeffwooten5205]

That drummer is putting in some work back there!

[@iluvitall2743]

Yes only three very talented musicians, and that is a double bass, played by lead singer Geddy Lee who also plays organ and foot pedals, The drummer is "The professor" the late Neil Peart and on guitar is the very underrated Alex Lifeson you need to do a reaction for 2112 be ready it's 20 minutes long kzbin.info/www/bejne/paSxXpd9qJeXaKM

[@kentonchristianson7261]

Need to go down the Rush rabbit hole

[@Kotic1959]

Welcome to the world of Rush. I have seen them 9 times the first time they played a high school assembly in 72. Neil arguably was the best drummer in the world. They sound like a 3 man orchestra. Goats all of them Check out xyz in brazil a huge rabbit hole

[@michaelbriefs9764]

Y'all should check out "A Passage to Bangkok" by Rush, from 1976!! You would LOVE that song!

[@aaronswartz4788]

Y'all are on the right path with respect to the song title & meaning. This song is inspired by the unfinished poem, Kuble Khan, by Samuel Coleridge that he wrote after an opium inspired dream, but was interrupted and never finished. In the poem, Kubla Khan is a mythical place... a paradise. I'm not sure why Neil Peart chose to write a song about this, but my interpretation is that he found something poetic about a poet trying to describe paradise... but ultimately being unable to get there (i.e. finish the poem). Anyway, as you can guess, these guys run deep. And, oh yeah, Neil Peart is widely considered one of the greatest (if not THE greates) rock drummers of all time. This is a deep rabbit hole (as is Tool btw).

[@jayedilts8612]

Time to enter the Rush rabbit hole… check out YYZ Live in RIO. It’ll blow your mind! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpjHiZJpeJyYr8Usi=eJL5p2-w-g9QWQVd

[@AKICITA]

Do you young Lads want to see a venue REEEALLY Rumble? Then you OWE it to yourself to do Rush YYZ live in Rio. You can thank me later! 😎 🔥🎸🥁🎤🔥

[@elishuk9942]

Great Reaction gents! Another amazing live performance -try "Working Man" Live from Cleveland. Great talented trio! Or Tom Sawyer-Live in a studio. Enjoy Rush!

[@jacobscreek1000]

Gentlemen, for more classic live performances check out Deep Purple with Child in Time live 1970 and Chicago with 25 or 6 to 4 live at Tanglewood. Be prepared to be warped

[@nodrush80]

The greatest!

[@kenhewitt7357]

They not only play the guitar and bases and normal keyboards they are also using foot controlled keyboards too!!