Guitarist Reacts To RUSH!! Between The Wheels (Studio Version Reaction!) Part 1

[@rush2112flyer]

Favorite RUSH song PERIOD !!!

[@AutopsyMyDeath]

Rush has too many good songs to consider a favourite in my opinion but Between The Wheels is definitely in the top 10 songs for sure in my opinion.

[@TheCentralScrutinizerAgain]

The second part of Alex`s solo section is just triumphant.

[@carlgibbons5777]

Alex's best solo of all time. There....I said it. lol

[@rumourhats]

All of his solos around this era - just fit the pocket. every note was the perfect choice. like a ball in a glove.

[@carlgibbons5777]

@@rumourhats One of the reasons nothing tops the 80's era Rush in my book:)

[@Scottdrums]

Agree, and when the keyboard comes in you just fucking float away.

[@6lillium]

​@@carlgibbons5777I couldn't agree more....I thought that in '84 when I first heard it

[@k-popplayinklown5473]

Quite possibly my favorite Rush song of all time

[@dragonage2112]

Best song on the album!

[@eccehomer8182]

This song defines Grace Under Pressure... in any way you want it defined!

[@gregblunier5813]

So happy you did this one , one of my favs .. first concert 1976

[@Scottdrums]

When the keyboard comes in during the second half of the solo is magic.

[@michaelbriefs9764]

One of my favorite Rush songs! Massive, dark, twisted-yet-beautiful. Also, I believe it's one of Geddy's best vocal performances.

[@vampiriny]

I'm peruvian and NY was my town for 28 years, but MSG was my 2nd home, 30 concerts since 85 till 2014, so many bands but RUSH guys seen a Neil Peart is touching heaven of rock bcause to me he´s da best drummer of all times!

[@kevinkilduff2064]

This song and this album is an absolute masterpiece. And that is saying a lot when one considers the greatness of these guys. The brooding introduction, underscored by Alex’s guitar work sets the tone for a song with a serious message. Again, one of Rush’s finest songs. Alex never ceases to amaze by his uniquely unpredictable string work and solo. Superb!

[@jayhuber1744]

Three GOATS created masterpiece after masterpiece. It’s really remarkable.

[@toddashton9696]

If you get a chance to watch the live version of this track Make sure its the Stick Hits remaster of their performance in Germany. Unbelievable in SuperHD

[@vampiriny]

To me bands who play almost the same as their studio records: Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, Rolling Stones, Rush, Van Halen, The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Foreigner, Santana, etc. Greetings from Peru!

[@Junirorush]

Beeeest Rushian Reacter ❤

[@jeremyrueggeberg2816]

When I listen to Rush...and especially this song, I want everyone to be quiet. lol....

[@zerglilngvet5428]

somhow this is my fev rush song

[@jackteppo9633]

1 of my faves!! Gets me going.😮😊

[@Roddrummer]

The smile on your face says it all, this song is an absolute POWERHOUSE, a freight train, with one of the best lead breaks ever. It sends shivers through me every time, for 40 years....

[@geddeeee]

I was living in the U.S. when GUP was released. The local radio station broadcast the entire album the day before release. We had a cassette ready to record it. Great days. Still bought the album on vinyl though. It would be rude not to....

[@user-bv6ot3hy1h]

As a Sabbath fan since 71 Genesis fan since 75, Tull since 75 , Priest since 78 and Saxon since 80. My favourite bands of all time, I always wished Rush would go away. I had all of my favourite bands albums, had all of the Rush albums . Just go away already Rush. What a monumentally great band . Just quit it with your fantastic rock music. Now clear off.!! Respects to all Rush fans.

[@6lillium]

My ALL TIME FAVORITE ALex Lifeson solo!!!!!

[@newbiexo]

Fav Alex solo. Period.

[@michaeljones6948]

During the solo love Geddy’s bass before the keyboards taking over .

[@samuel_towle]

Between the wheels and Body Electric are my two favorite tracks from P/G album. I remember hearing them debut on the Boston radio station I listened to.

[@aloysius6937]

Rush the greatest Rock band that ever was!😢46 years of listening watching day and night Magnificent!

[@michaelkeller6223]

This song and body electric, even more so than usual, the drum part just propels the song forward on the choruses. I also believe this is one of Alex’s most emotive guitar solos. Sublime!

[@jonasscherman9522]

This song is like a big war ship coming out of the fogg. It is so masterful and brilliantly ❤️❤️❤️

[@TheCentralScrutinizerAgain]

One of the Classic Alex solos, truly awesome stuff!

[@mark-be9mq]

It's great.

[@adrianenglish3441]

Possibly my favourite live rush song. The force coming off the stage during this track was always incredible...Top tier Alex solo...Geddy full of emotion...Neil's lyrics bringing a tear to my eye...down to 'brother can you spare'

[@Scottdrums]

I know the force that you speak of very well. Great comment.

[@marcm2112]

"That's Nasty!", right?? Haha. Love that part

[@jacquesjrviens3384]

Hey Tim, please don't have wait too long before getting to Power Windows. I can't wait for you to dive into that record which closes my favourite rush period which I call the PW stretch, from Permanent Waves to Power Windows. I've been following you since the beginning so I can watch you react to that period and so far so good !!! You seem to enjoy the band more and more with each album so I can't wait for you to discover this most underrated Rush album. It is yet another masterpiece. Get to it !!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@carlgibbons5777]

Dude! At this rate, you will finish the Rush catalog sometime in the next century! lol

[@bronzebackblaine]

You nailed it. So many great songs and this one is top 5 for me by far!! Soooo underrated!

[@TB6791]

Well here we are at the end of side 2 😢. Tim with Power windows 🪟 coming and you being a proficient guitarist, can you listen to Alex on Big Money? I knew a very adept player as a teen we were 20 as it hit and he could play most everything by ear, but he couldn't seem get Alex in Big Money he swore that Alex could spread across the neck beyond his reach and couldn't hit the notes or chords he actually said he couldn't figure out how Alex did it 😮🎸🤯.

[@joemanning8416]

The Big Money is in a different tuning - F# standard. I just use a capo on the 2nd fret, but he had guitars setup for that tight of a tuning.

[@TB6791]

​​@@joemanning8416 Thanks, I know nothing to what you explained, as me being a wannabe drummer 😂. I do own the beautiful B.C. Rich Mockingbird in my picture... I just haven't the nerve quite yet to p/up n learn. But as a child of the 70's, Alex n Ace have been my fav's with Alex clearly the best ever. I know Geddy n Neil are the foundation and of course the lyrics 🤯, but I hear more of the message coming through Alex's expressive playing, with each note his soul screams out 🎸💯🤘

[@lionoftwo]

Chorus intro...Also, one of my favorite progressions EVER brotha...hits me in the feels every damn time. It's rock, emotion, minor key and major mixed...Geddy killing it on synths and vox, beautiful guitar (i play this shit often as a warmup)...man, I love the chorus passage super mucho. Plus the dark lyrics....amazing...you can go from boom to bust, from dreams to a bowl of dust. Metaphorically poignant stuff that could be used for plenty of 'world issues.' Happy to watch you react dude. I think you said your Pops turned you onto them? I'm trying to do the same with my kiddos. Peace and love

[@jhc2093]

It’s one thing to listen to it. It another to learn how to play it. And it’s an entirely different thing to be three friends and monster musicians in a room pumping out tunes like that on a whim. It was not “typical Rush”. This album, and Signals before it, cost them tons of fans. Those “former fans” missed out. Rush was just as tasty, just a progressive (I’d argue more so) and their prior work. It was just done on a more modern and concise package. Those who left, missed some incredible music.

[@dannychase1787]

Please watch R30 live version of this song. Even better then studio track. Fantastic performance!

[@ghendar]

GuP is not my favorite Rush album (far from it actually) but Between The Wheels is in my top ten list of Rush songs. Just incredible

[@paultarrants6192]

Let's get to Power Windows!!

[@samtaylor7762]

Musically such a magnificent song. Read deeper into the genius lyrics and you'll see historical and literary references that really bring more meaning to light in this song. Earnest Hemingway was a big influence on Neil and he slips in references to him in his lyrics.

[@bdc1117]

I remember getting Grace Under Pressure the day it was released. Fans were still adjusting to the new 80s Rush, and Signals had felt like a step down from Moving Pictures, though in hindsight it isn't. And everyone seemed to agree GUP was a step down from Signals, which I guess it is, but mainly it's a different tone, darker in mood despite all the exhilarating sounds that Rush always came up with. I remember thinking Between the Wheels saved the album. Brilliant song that hasn't aged. Peart's part is fire and Lifeson's solo is perfection. And what with there being no internet to distract me, I listened to the album around 100 times that month. :D

[@carlgibbons5777]

Saved the album? lol Between The Wheels is hardly the only great song on here. This is a top 5 Rush album:) Right behind Signals for the #4 spot on my list. lol

[@bdc1117]

@@carlgibbons5777 "lol" condescending a-hole

[@aloysius6937]

I was at college April 12,84 when it came out lunch time had it then recited the lyrics to the punk rockers and new romantics 😅😅😅 time flies!!

[@markferrett700]

You perfectly summed up how many Rush fans felt about Signals and GUP. I have to agree with you.....Between the Wheels IS the stand out song from the album,and like you it was the main reason I played GUP at all. I've been slaughtered by other Rush fans for saying this ,so it's good to hear someone else feels the same way.

[@bdc1117]

@@markferrett700 I'm not even saying it's a bad album or anything, but objectively, none of its tracks became top-of the-playlist for Rush. Between the Wheels deserved to. It's a solid and fascinating album like all Rush albums basically. The larger point is that Rush were recently minted superstars, so expectations were high, and Moving Pictures was tough to follow. You couldn't ask for a better follow-up than Signals, but at the time (I think people forget this) many Rush fans were disappointed and wanted the hard rock and fantasy themes back. Anyway, I think Between the Wheels is the only song on GUP on the same inspired level as the best songs on Signals. Arguably a top 10 Rush song and yet unrecognized.

[@wotrwoking]

not sure if you've gotten worn out rush... but you REALLY might want to peek under the hood of one of progressives rock's proven benchmarks??? this is a band the "boys from toronto" named as one of their inspirations.... for taking TRUE musicianship and storytelling to atmospheric levels. i'm talking about genesis. maybe try a start at "a trick of a tail" enjoy.

[@chops6416]

When are you starting a review of Power Windows?

[@bookhouseboy280]

Neil: "The idea of "Between The Wheels," it was really kind of the opposite of "The Digital Man," in a way. In the case where, the Digital Man, the character is running faster than life, you know, in the fast lane and all of that, just moving faster than, than real time. And then there's the other side of it, where a person is in harmony with time and their life moves along, well, that's very rare. The opposite of that is the people for whole life goes faster than they do, you know. That idea of being in the back water, or watching the action go by, or whatever, to where, the wheels of time, for instance that analogy, some people it picks them up and carries them forward, you know, and it seems to work for them as being mobile wheels. And other people in a real sense without being too melodramatic, are crushed by those wheels. You know, the wheels of change or time or circumstances or history or whatever just roll right over them, you know, obliterate them. So there's those two extremes of it, but in the middle, there are the people who are untouched by it, and the wheels of time just roll right past them, and that's what I was getting at with "Between The Wheels" was the fact that these people were neither hurt nor helped by it, but it just rolled, they were observers, sort of, it just rolled right by them and they were in a very sedentary position."

[@rladen1]

IMO the best song on this album easily. Kid Gloves 2nd.

[@robertcoogan733]

When are you going to have the power windows videos put up

[@inukshuksixtyfour1164]

♥️♥️♥️🍁🌟

[@rimskykorsakov2892]

Since you already know the song, maybe it would of been good to react to it live.. Which gives you a better appreciation of Alex's guitar work.

[@ikawpipa]

RUSH .... and everybody else.

[@MrRabbit43]

You gave up on Steely Dan ! Disappointed hoped to hear more of them . They have tons of fans . Cheers

[@MT-or7lv]

Damn right...RUSH! Another lost generation.,.

[@edwardilowiecki8925]

When do you start doing live reactions? If you're not listening LIVE, it's just not RUSH!!! They are an ARENA Rock Band FIRST!!!

[@jacquesjrviens3384]

... This is getting long.... POWER WINDOWS. The album is not even an hour... Come on Tim, you can do it 🤣😂🤣😂

[@daviddunn7294]

They were the most talented band on the planet for atleast a decade! Nothing comes close