NEW REALM UNLOCKED!! RUSH - CYGNUS X-1 BOOK II: HEMISPHERES REACTION

[@NCNelz]

This was the first album I ever bought …$7.99 at a store called “Grants”….I played it continuously for a month…..it’s just as thrilling 42 years later

[@timcoombe]

Grants in Croydon by any chance?

[@JohnD.1969]

It was 2112 for me 42 years ago. I was 10 years old.

[@tomsyversen275]

Eric, I hear you. It's such an amazing, underappreciated album.

[@tomt714]

Mine too!

[@tomt714]

My very first album 💿 I bought and listened to it forever. Neil got me into playing the drums which I still do today. RIP Neil. The professor!

[@justineapril7922]

Imagine being 19 years old in 1978 and hearing this classic prog rock album for the first time. And these THREE musicians were only 6-7 years older than me!! Wow!! And this was only half the album. Side B follows with "Circumstances," the philosophical "The Trees" and closes with, IMO, the best song from Rush, their incomparable instrumental masterpiece, "La Villa Strangiato!!" This album was their last concept album until their swan song, 'Clockwork Angels' in 2012. And that record concludes with one of their best songs, "The Garden." What a glorious musical career from The Holy Trinity!! 😇😇😇

[@Bass17yl]

As someone who grew up with Rush when they were considered a joke by most of the public, it’s so gratifying to see a new generation discovering them and fully recognizing their raw talent and true uniqueness. It’s high time they receive the adulation they always deserved!

[@lewis9702]

I don't think the public ever considered Rush a joke. It's just that the masses couldn't grasp such complex incredible music.

[@Bass17yl]

@@lewis9702 It might’ve been a regional thing, but they were definitely the punchline to more than one joke about pretentiousness. Not to mention the things said about Geddy’s voice. Sure, people didn’t get it. But that’s when people usually get petty and vicious.

[@stevenmurano7863]

indeed...by this point they had made SOME headway with 2112, but it was still a cult following really . None of my friends liked them at all...mostly because of Geddy's voice i think. oddly...once spirit of radio hit many jumped on board...as did much of the world. to me, permanent waves was the end for me...i kind of lost interest after that

[@philstone3859]

It’s so weird when I here people say that. I’m from one of their favorite cities and we were with them from day one. One of the places that they first played on their first tour and came back every time after that. We loved them and they loved us. From day one San Antonio is a RUSH stronghold. The band has said many times that this is one of their favorite cities.

[@Bass17yl]

@@philstone3859 Yeah, I grew up in a much smaller Texas town where everyone liked southern rock or country. Rush were that weird band with the singer who sounds like a girl (or a dying cat, or a broken violin, etc). I was one of three fans in the entire town!

[@motodork]

There are four songs on this album and they are all great.

[@richardbland4303]

You are dope dude. From a lifetime Rush fan I appreciate you’re listening to several different types of music and seeing the beauty of the music. All props to you!

[@paulhaden8362]

The battle of the left and right hemispheres of the brain, emotion over logic, with the corpus callous as balance between the two. Number 1 on my albums to be shipwrecked with

[@murdoch691]

Best album they ever produced it's got a yes vibe about it

[@joconnell8145]

This is, by FAR, the most unique reaction I have ever seen. Quite a statement! We truly ARE fortunate to have lived at the same time Rush existed, well said. And what is completely ironic, my like gave this video 211 likes and there were 2 dislikes....2112...on a Hemispheres reaction. Couldn't be more epic than that!

[@artboula]

Presently as an old man I recall my first time hearing Rush ( 1976) and with each passing album it seemed my ridgid cranium failed to contain my ever expanding epiphanies of societal successes and failures providing a road map to be a better person than I was just yesterday, thank you my young friend.

[@guyshort9663]

Very,very well said ,good sir.

[@guyshort9663]

Very very well expressed good fan !

[@charliediottaviano3995]

It was a religious experience when I heard this for the first time. It's their masterpiece. You have described rush perfectly young dude!!!

[@batfang5583]

For Rush Mr Pope, might I suggest The Fountain of Lamneth. It's sort of a life journey.

[@Jollymon66]

Yes, Musical geniuses !! Masterpieces that take you on personal and spiritual journey sometimes !!

[@nodrush80]

The more you hear it the more you hear and understand the genius.

[@johnord684]

When i was 11 years old i told my parents i went to the youth club, But really i jumped on the x5 bus and went 22 miles away to see Rush on the Hemispheres tour at Newcastle city hall UK....I was 11 and my first Rush gig.....107 Rush gigs later including their last show ever.Glad i was alive when they were playing.

[@jeffschielka7845]

1980 Chicago Hemispheres Tour! Incredible show! 3 hours and they played the Hemispheres album in its entirety! R.I.P. Neil🥁

[@patricknicolucci5073]

I saw that tour in Oct 1979 amazing show.

[@jeffschielka7845]

@@patricknicolucci5073 Might of been '79. I remember my friend lost his ticket. We walked him back to the car and there was the ticket laying in tall grass a few feet from the car. He got lucky!

[@patricknicolucci5073]

@@jeffschielka7845 he would have hated to miss this show

[@jeffschielka7845]

@@patricknicolucci5073 Would of sucked sitting in the car for 3 hours!

[@nickavenoso7851]

@@jeffschielka7845 Definitely 1979. Permanent Waves tour was in 1980.

[@tomsyversen275]

Hemispheres is a beast of beauty and awesomeness to endure. Thanks for sticking in with it's absolute perfection.

[@kesleycottrell1416]

I'm proud of you. Keep Rush alive. Do it like we did it. Turn your friends on to it. Turn everyone on to it. Believe me you be looked at like you may have lost it. If you get one person to get it, it will be worth it.

[@botrbro]

Glad you are enjoying RUSH. There is a whole world in their back catalog, and so many styles over the decades they made music. Enjoy the journey!

[@philstone3859]

Ok, one more thing to add. Imagine being a teenager when this music came out. A pot smoking, beer drinking teenager who was totally into this music with all your friends and you all went to those concerts together. That was us. We were very fortunate. Stoned kids, loud RUSH concert! Can you imagine? It was a thing.

[@philstone3859]

I’ve said it before, not too many dummies in a RUSH crowd. I Love you all! It was a privilege going to these shows with you. It was so special every time. You know who you are! Ha Ha! RUSH ARMY! Air Superiority!

[@inspectorbudget]

You are the only one I've ever seen dance thru a Rush epic. They should've had you dancing to this in front of the Gods on Mt Olympus along with Cygnus!!!! 😂😂😂😂 Love it bruh! ❤️ They'da called you Groovus the God of Jammin' you shall be!

[@blondelebanese9922]

Grooves the God of Jamming. I like that, it has a ring to it. Shall we call this fine young man by that name, only when he plays Rush? Lol. I’m loving this guy, Pope I believe. He’s really intelligent and you kind of have to be intelligent to dig some of my generation’s music like Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd, early Genesis with Peter Gabriel, Zeppelin. The time signature changes, very complicated lyrics and excellent musicianship….I dunno, maybe it’s just me, finding the excellence almost overwhelming. It’s like I need a cigarette, as if it’s like sex, and it is. And I don’t even smoke cigarettes. Lol Annie

[@anthonypeterson5408]

This song is indeed from another world one of my all time favorites. I can never get beyond how only 3 men can make this powerful sound!!

[@m.ericwatson968]

"A stroke of genius", indeed, and keep in mind this was the most difficult song for them to compose and record, they followed up with Permanent Waves swearing off entire album side songs, though they did keep the epic Rush tradition with tracks like Natural Science, Jacob's Ladder and The Camera Eye; they didn't revisit a concept album until Clockwork Angels, which sadly became their final opus.

[@lalogarcia2212]

How in the hell do these guys remember all the notes and words always saw them when they came in concert definitely got your moneys worth now my nephew is hooked on them

[@JasonSmith-jr7jh]

I like how, from about 16:54 to 17:02, the ears on the bear are flapping in rhythm to the triumphant ending stanza. How could you not blame teddy?

[@POPE.]

He’s in the groove too 😂

[@Kashmir.820]

@@POPE. teddy bear has great taste in music !!!! Tell Teddy I saw Rush 6 times and they always knocked it out of the park!!!!

[@kma4444]

You sir, stir emotion in me, just watching you explore this magical music

[@POPE.]

Pure magic!

[@VG-iq8xq]

My favorite of Rush’s epics. Everyone shines of course but Geddy’s bass is so awesome on CX-1!!!!

[@avantprog6902]

Yeah, this is their crowning achievement to me. I discovered this when I was 13 in 1978.

[@philstone3859]

You are one of the best reactors for 2 reasons. 1, because you’re you. You instantly got it. You got brains kid. And 2, you are picking some of the very best Art Rock ever! That’s just another name for progressive Rock. I haven’t seen one other reactor who has a consistent song list even close to what you are doing. That’s why you are getting the O.G. love. We are impressed and you are doing it right. Respect. It’s just fun for us to watch someone who really gets this stuff these days and who truly appreciates what they are listening to. For those reasons you will have a formidable audience of the Old Guard, the Old Schoolers, the Rock Vanguard. Very cool and enjoy. 👍

[@debbieplato5107]

This for sure is one of their masterpieces. Brilliant!! Check out Fountain of Lamneth next. Cheers

[@PaulHilburger]

Hell yeah

[@Joecoylejr]

I have to give you credit. You reviewed and sat through the longest RUSH songs. 2112, CygnusX1, and Cygnus X2. There is so much more that you can discover. But wow...most people would have given up.

[@AutopsyMyDeath]

Seen them in their home town of Toronto at their very last concert in their home town of Toronto back in 2015. The first and last time I will ever see them ever again for all eternity.

[@stevenmurano7863]

for money this is Rush at their absolute best. i must have listened to this a thousand times and it still amazes. I saw this tour too....mind blowing. Three guys producing a WHOLE lot of music. geddy is singing, playing bass and playing foot pedals at the same time. how many brains does this dude have ??? great stuff....

[@jamesdonlon3763]

Another automatic like and comment to THANK YOU for bringing your excellent musical tastes to the Cygnus masterpieces!

[@POPE.]

thank you!

[@goldenretrieverdad]

There's a saying" don't be sad it's over, be glad you were there to see it" . Their music will live forever knowing the younger generations are discovering their genius.

[@KentBalzer]

I watched as you comprehended this and a tear came to my eye. You get it. Why I love Rush so much.

[@user-kp5yq2te3r]

My favorite band for most of my life. I have been saying your exact words for over 40 years. It still is and will always be the very best that music has to offer, or until I hear better, now way is that possible, at least not for me. I love when people find Rush and can appreciate the greatness.

[@jimtatro6550]

Only Rush could come up with a story/song that starts in space with a astronaut flying through a black hole and ending up as a Greek Demigod in Olympus. This blew my mind as a kid and still does as a 54 year old man.👍🎧🔥🤘🏻

[@execatty]

55 here and this song is arguably one of the best pieces of music every put to paper

[@scottshields113]

Neil Peart's hi hat work on this song alone can entertain you both sides of the brain.

[@tzakol]

The links between albums are there to find... in the earlier stuff but also some of the newer stuff, linking the ideas contained within over decades. The Garden was the culmination of Mr Peart's work and at least to me it will stand the test of time for a century of not more.

[@juliebrockett3471]

Great reaction!! Just monster musicians!! That opening chord was named the “Alex Lifeson Chord”. It allows them to move to just about any key from there!! It makes its appearance again years later in a song called “Far Cry”. He (they) are just musical geniuses!! Be well and God Bless… from Texas!!

[@necromancer6897]

Your microphone is so good I keep thinking someone is behind me or in my room it scares the shit out of me . That is a sensitive mic I have never heard one so clear and with depth just amazing!!

[@blondelebanese9922]

Saw Rush in Cincinnati about 1982. They blew our minds! Neil Peart wrote all the lyrics and he was one heavy dude. RIP Warrior drummer Peart. ❤️❤️❤️🙏❤️❤️❤️ Annie

[@jackteppo9633]

Thanks for the Great songs. Yes they are from another world. Fun video

[@nattijeff]

Music can make you happy. Music can make you sad. Music might encourage you to jump up and dance. RUSH can make your I.Q. climb.

[@TommyLMason]

I grew up listening to this band like a lot of others here when Rush wasn’t cool. I subscribed here because I saw you look at music differently, not only Rush, But everything you listen to and react to is from a different perspective than anyone I’ve seen from your generation. I greatly appreciate Your musical prowess and openness to new things. POPENYCO, you’re completely different from anyone else that reacts on KZbin. I can tell you’re an intelligent young man, and would consider it an honor to shake your hand. You’re way down the rabbit hole now son! Keep on diggin’! You ain’t heard nothing yet! #ALM 🤟🙏✌️

[@blacklight4460]

Your appreciation of greatness shows your good taste.

[@renegadefilms8068]

One of the best records and songs I’ve ever heard so happy to have an original pressing of it to get that raw sound

[@Mike80528]

I listened to this over and over and over and over again, and then listened to it some more. I first heard 2112, then started collecting all their albums up to Permanent Waves (Moving Pictures had not yet come out)...but I was hooked on this album for a long time. The themes just really struck a chord to teenage me.

[@terrys8690]

Hard core! love Geddy’s base, mammoth!

[@Astrobutch0901]

Your reactions to Rush is infectious..subbed..well done!

[@POPE.]

thank you!

[@paulfromt.o.7384]

This, for me, is my all time favorite Rush album which I find difficult to explain since Rush has had so many outstanding albums. But this song just was complete "face melt" when I first heard it. The opening instrumental, the soaring guitars, the syncopation of insane bass and drums, the off beat, strange time signatures complete with cymbal chokes and jazz hi-hats. The transitions, lyrics that told a relevant story... I was just like.... who plays like this and ALL three members all on the same musical page reaching limits of expertise and experimentation. And all of them barely 25 years old in '78... just wow. I fell in love with the band when I was 12 and now, getting up there at 53, I listen and still am like man.... no other band sounded anything like this at all. Sure there were influences, but Rush goes down as the most unique hard rock band in history. And seeing Rush reach a new audience, multiple generations, and seeing reactions like this.... I think my life and the way I am, and think, would have been vastly different if I hadn't been a pre teen lying in the floor in my bedroom in 1979 with my older brothers headphones on listening to this for the very first time. Weird how life works eh? Cheers everyone and so great to see people listening in to Rush 45 years later 😎

[@jeffjohnson8444]

Clockwork Angels is a Full Album Story, with an Accompanying Novel and Graphic Novel.

[@davidransom4703]

this music is like seeing heaven..

[@POPE.]

exactly

[@k-popplayinklown5473]

Favorite album of all time

[@HowardBobson]

"what planet are we going to now?" dude you are the best...

[@thegman8968]

And the "battle" between the heart and mind goes on, and it probably always will! THANKS!☮☮☮

[@jackteppo9633]

Rush on!! You got that reaction right down!!

[@cpmf2112]

Check out Beyond the Lighted Stage, the documentary about Rush.

[@33ordie]

Fantastic reaction! Cheers

[@frankwalker2120]

You have seen the light my friend......

[@leddygee1896]

Rush Take You To Mindscape Theater. You Know What I Mean? You Are The Captain Of Your Own Imagination. This Album Will Be Remembered Long After All Of Us Are Gone. The Whole Album Is A Perfect Musical Creation, And The Last Album Rush Would Make Like This. God Level!

[@MagsSprinzeles]

Haven't heard this in so long. Still awesome!

[@vincenttayelrand]

The birth of this album was long and arduous and even when it came out people didn't really know what to make of it.

[@stevolopez]

This song is a perfect metaphor with how divided today's world is with liberals vs conservatives: the battle of the heart and mind. The last part of this song: We can walk our roads together, if our goals are all the same. We can run alone and free, if we pursue a different aim. Let the truth of love be lighted. Let the love of truth shine clear. Sensibility, armed with sense and liberty, with the heart and mind united in a single perfect sphere! It's great advice to today's world!

[@9Prangster]

Great reaction I remember seeing them in 1981 on moving pictures they opened tt show with this song on the previous tour they opened with 2112 fantastic concerts.

[@Anthoman001]

I watched in appreciation at what looked to be a quasi "religious" experience. Thank you! [smile] It's nice to see the younger generation discover the music of ~my~ generation.

[@lordhytro]

It could be said that there are only two types of music, music for the neck up, and music for the neck down. Brain music and body music. To me, Rush is brain music.

[@whitebird357]

Awesome music appreciation!

[@paulhaden8362]

Not a planet but your own brain as one hemisphere controls logic and the other emotion with the "corpus callous" that mixes both sides for balence

[@davidransom4703]

and now rush is in the city of immortals marble white and purest gold

[@williamscott2097]

Well said!!!

[@nyokoSalome]

15:56 ... ;0 CREATE A NEW GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there is something incredibly moving and emotional about alex's guitar-work right up, isn't there?? :) i =love= how hard-rock the first "book" is... but, "book two" - and all of the rest of the album, especially "la villa" - are soooo notable as alex's most incredible moments, it seems! (for that matter, it could be the same for geddy and neil... this was sooo much the benchmark album for all three!)

[@bluespectralmonkey]

glad u got to hear this my man

[@bluespectralmonkey]

the mythology of these albums is a long sci fantasy of life’s struggles and the persistence of mankind. and they fucking rock :)

[@gilpetrovic5406]

Lifeson. every chord rings Maj/min + 4's or 6's or heavy 7's. genius.

[@IAmInfinitus208]

Yes!

[@jeffschielka7845]

No, RUSH. Lol!

[@cdnmetelhead4013]

My first shock was opening the record sleeve and seeing RED vinyl.

[@POPE.]

That’s cleannnnn

[@MonsterSound.Bradley]

You are a cool dude. Glad you like Rush. Best wishes going forward. 🤘😎👍🍁

[@Ailsworth]

This whole Apollo vs Dionysus thing goes back to Nietzsche's "Birth of Tragedy." Many philosophers and psychologists have discussed this, but the most thorough exploration of the issue is to be found in Camille Paglia's "Sexual Personae."

[@miguelbotelho2613]

Bro...that was most entertaining. You mimed all of hemespheres side 1

[@dominicdoyle2895]

Well said sir

[@robertmckinnon7245]

Check out by-tor and the snowdog.

[@rickbriefs8712]

Excellent reaction dude..I hope you were high! And I hope you got GOOD Headphones on under that Hoodie and are listening to it LOUD! Because, THAT'S the way you listen to Rush! THREE GUYS playing all that sound, AND THEY CAN DO IT LIVE!!! U.F.B!!! Saw that Tour in '79 when I was 18..and high!!..Keep up the Rush reactions Bro..

[@PromLesbian]

CYGNUS ✖-1️⃣

[@mikemcilroy4995]

Love your reactions and really like your discussions about the song and the band but this whole video was me watching the god damn dancing bear on your shirt lol

[@JoeZamecki]

Always need a towel after that one!

[@cityhonors1]

😍 Awesome reaction! 🤗 We back when you back! 😁🐰

[@philduoos2961]

Balance.

[@omicron2018]

That bear's ears were keeping the beat!

[@philstone3859]

Ha ha! Canada has bears! And RUSH!

[@sandrasimpson9673]

Another superior Rush reaction!! How about Far Cry or Analog Kid or The Weapon? Thanks so much for what you are doing❤️🇨🇦😁✌️

[@compnnburns8831]

Fab review

[@shawn6669]

This was the one that broke them for long complicated pieces (pretty much my fave too...) and as annoyed as I was at them changing some over the next 4 or 5 albums (the last album I liked all the way through by them was Grace under Pressure. After that they had some good songs but no more just solid amazing albums. FWIW.

[@zerglilngvet5428]

rush between the wheels please :)

[@jaywitt5171]

Cygnus X-1 Books one and two are not songs - they are together a story. It's bigger than us. The universe is bigger than us. We are not alone.

[@billyt7081]

Off Da Hook!

[@Lewis9709]

Love this song. IMHO far superior to 2112(also a classic, but I always felt was a tad overrated).

[@bevofrancis4309]

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦😎

[@brasco96wired67]

Incredible musicianship even if it's hard to sit though the whole song.

[@bwells6381]

Can you go back? After being on this journey of discovery, of listening to all these great musicians. Can you go back and still enjoy Hip Hop? Where most the music is sampled by artist who can not play any instrument. With simple repetitive catch phrase lyrics. yes there are bands that operate like this as well, repetitive chorus with the same catch phrase lyrics over and over again to music that is the same three chords throughout. But does Hip Hop have a Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, or Rush? I use to be a Big Kiss fan when I was 13 until I went to see them live, and Rush opened for them. They ruined a show I wanted to see all my life. Kiss live. I left a Rush fan, and could not bare to listen to Kiss's basic crap any more. No amount of makeup and flashy lights made up for actual talent anymore for me. I couldn't go back.

[@robertmckinnon7245]

When I first started listening to music, it was black sabbath, led zeppelin, and Rush. All my friends were crazy about Kiss,I couldn't stand them then,and to this day,I can't listen to them. They are the band I change the radio station when played

[@sylvesterstewart868]

You dont listen to RUSH you strap it on like an F-16.