Rush - Between The Wheels | REACTION

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[@jamelakajamal]

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[@Particulator]

You said it man, "Rush, they just give you so much" Three musicians of exception that created exceptional music. Edit: Ontario, the province of origin of Rush has produced a new band sounding a lot like Rush. 2 guys only. Band: Crown Lands Song: Context: Fearless Pt. I

[@gerryweed7697]

Bro , React to Rush - Red Sector A ( with lyric ) = song about holocaust . Geddy Lee parents was survive to holocaust .. Neil Peart deep lyric ..😎👍

[@mcclane8812]

You are the best channel on KZbin. RUSH has been my favorite band of all time. I've seen them on every tour since I was 13 on Hold Your Fire. They've been with me through every facet of my life. Every album is a new chapter and a new stage of my life. They're musical virtuosity is unparalleled. Watching you react is not only incredible but it breathes new life into 40 year old songs. The quote is that you're talking about is another homage to Hemingway by Peart as the album Grace Under Pressure is what Hemingway penned as " courage is grace under pressure".

[@MaximumPower1K]

YESSSSSS JAMAL FAVOURITE RUSH ALBUM!!!!!! Do THE ENTIRE ALBUM much love brother

[@jonlennon3348]

Rush , ever changing but uniquely them for ever. Merry Christmas.

[@georgetaxi8179]

Great tune. This album (Grace Under Pressure) is probably their most underrated one of their catalog. Check out the "The enemy within" Great song with a ska feel and Great lyrics.

[@dickhurtz1862]

Grace under pressure is my favorite album. When it hit the planet I was 14 years old and wore out the cassette promptly.

[@kato0828]

@@Art-xp3sx both of these tunes, yes please.

[@jhamptonjr]

Agree wholeheartedly! Peace!

[@miconis123]

GUP is my favorite album overall. There's not a single filler song on it and the galloping bas line from The Enemy Within is so iconic! Even with Rush, it's probably the only song where the guitar supports the bass instead of the other way around.

[@lisaharrison1031]

I was so happy they worked this one into the set list on the R40 tour. One of my favorite RUSH songs. p/g is a fabulous album. 🤘🤘🤘

[@PipeMan1792]

"Between The Wheels" Alex's guitar solo is is just amazing, one of my all time favorites, and favorite Rush song...One of my favorite songs period.

[@TheCentralScrutinizerAgain]

the second half especially is peak Rush, the guys are just jamming on another level ...Alex is triumphant!

[@trenken]

I think its one of alex’s favorites too. I remember him saying that years ago.

[@SuperKettMan]

Perfectly composed.

[@pablozee6359]

Yes, such an intense song, and Alex’s guitar solo is so perfect. Definitely my favorite solo in that album.

[@bellabonnie3141]

Seen rush about 30 times. Started with grace under pressure all the way to r40. This IS one of the best songs in their careers

[@bronzebackblaine]

This Rush song is one of their absolute best!!! They have sooooo many but all around, this one is way deep!!

[@MrClassicmetal]

Agreed, great composition. GUP is such an awesome album.

[@brianvernon249]

You *know* how that rabbit feels. It’s the same feels I get from this song’s solo - chills

[@bluegreenglue6565]

Sees Rush, clicks on the video -- breaks down crying because this song is just too true, too real. The syncopated percussion in the chorus just feels like things you should be dodging - but you can't. You can't dodge, and you can't escape.

[@michaelbriefs9764]

True dat!! Well said!

[@DrMackSplackem]

You too, huh?

[@bilbobobbytoucansam]

The truest comment

[@chrisandersen5635]

Tears? What tears? Ohhh wait, it is a little misty in here too. This reminds me of Neil driving in his car and giving a twenty to a panhandler. The panhandler said God bless you, and Neil just said something like it's not about God it's between us. Interesting cat, much missed.

[@bilbobobbytoucansam]

@@chrisandersen5635 Yes, I love that story of his as well✌️

[@BillF1967]

This is one of my favorite hidden gems in the Rush catalog. I suggest trying "Afterimage" from the same album.

[@TodayImMaking]

You want to see him cry, eh?

[@christinerobinson9372]

The whole album.

[@klipkultur2951]

From the 1984 underrated and magnificient cold-war themed GRACE UNDER PRESSURE.

[@DrMackSplackem]

The kid rode the missile on the lead single. He was the New World Kid.

[@daviddunn7294]

Album is a missle gaining speed into space. Amazing

[@mongoosemotive]

The chord progressions when it talks about the wheels is so simple yet amazing I love it’s so powerful and gives you feels

[@andrade2129]

This is what RUSH is abou: building tension and relieve it on melodic lines. So good to my ears...

[@mongoosemotive]

Yes

[@jhc2093]

It’s synth heavy. Most of the record is and yet “brother Alex” still finds a way to shine. Dare I say Rush’s synth heavy period forced Alex to explore and broaden his style even more and create some truly incredible soundscapes and solos.

[@Bass17yl]

I’ve been saying this for years! His most exciting and innovative work for me was on p/g and PoW!

[@daviddunn7294]

Every second is measured perfectly

[@DionysusAlS]

The lyrics to this song come to mind often these days. God bless Rush for being so prescient.

[@mark-be9mq]

Indeed. And big kudos for using "prescient" well in a description. Rush tends to bring that out of ya

[@Jp421JP]

IMHO Alex's best solo. Brings me back to my first Rush show.

[@chriscollesano8463]

They played this at their fair well show I saw in Buffalo. I was instantaneously transported back to my childhood bedroom listening to this song with headphones on, on a hot summer night. When they started playing this song , my eyes welled up.

[@bluesaloon]

I remember seeing this tour at The Aud in 1984. I'm transported back to then whenever I hear this album.

[@chriscollesano8463]

@@bluesaloon many great concerts at the Aud.👍🏼

[@brulat]

Only music can do that. Good for you, Chris.

[@ischmidt]

In the 70s, Neil wrote great songs about fictional things. Starting with Permanent Waves in 1980, he switched to mostly writing about real things and real people, and the songs got more relatable and more powerful. I'd suggest The Enemy Within, Kid Gloves, and Middletown Dreams from the same period.

[@phiby123]

Brilliant suggestions, absolutely gems.

[@johndavis9196]

Great suggestions, add Analog Kid and this song and you have my top 5 Rush songs ( excluding the the epics ie. 2112, Cygnus I&II, Natural Science etc.) ✌️☝️☝️✌️

[@ronforeman2556]

Great list! Every song is essential listening.

[@Necromancer2112]

I've seen them 29 times since 79. That song blew my mind live

[@GregTheRushFan]

Did y'all notice Jamal experiencing "The goosebump effect" during the solo? Alex once said that his goal as a guitarist was to make the hair on the back of your neck standup.... He has succeeded exceedingly!

[@chiefbrody75]

Rush never fades. There since 1984 for me and will be til the day I draw my last breath. Their mastery, musicianship and greatness will NEVER be matched. 100% guarantee on that.

[@snowdog5895]

There will never be another RUSH 🎶🎸🥁🎸🎶🔥🙂

[@mannysainz9198]

As being a Rush fan for 40 years, the really deep cuts are the ones that move me the most. This and Middletown Dreams send chills up and down my spine. ( pun referring Red Barchetta intended) everytime i hear them. So do The Pass, Losing It, Afterimage, Bravado and many others. The guitar solo in this is full of so much emotion. Hands down one of Alexs' best.

[@christinerobinson9372]

Neil Peart was the Poet Laureate of our times. Canada needs to recognize him as such.

[@Darkalen]

Years since I heard this...wow thank you.

[@randystern5229]

More from "Grace Under Pressure"! So glad you're discovering this album. My all time Rush favorite. Check out the rest of this album. Its a true gem. Alex called it one of the most satisfying albums they ever made. Would also love to see your reactions to songs from "Signals", "Power Windows" and "Hold Your Fire". There's just something special about their 80s period. Thank you Jamel. God bless you.

[@michaelbriefs9764]

Jamel, this is one of my favorite Rush songs. It all really comes together on this song (just like it does on Tom Sawyer): the lyrics are amazing and they drive Geddy to new heights of soaring melody and intensity; Alex unleashes his searing tremelo bar pyro-technics and deep emotion to the lead and opening/closing sections; Neil is playing/driving/accenting like it's his last chance to make his mark in the world. This is a band on top of their game, telling the world to wake up! The Grace Under Pressure (GUP) album is a real "dark horse" in the catalog. It is dark of theme and tone. It has cutting edge Keyboard/synth effects (ala, proto-industrial; just ask Trent Reznor) and electronic drums (for the first time). It has a very guitar-forward style and mix -- Alex was making a statement after he was under-represented on the preceding Signals album. The band was really trying to prove themselves again, in a post-Moving Pictures world. Sure, they had become an Arena-act, consistently selling out the largest "Barns" in the world but the music they themselves were listening to was inspiring them to keep their sound fresh, urgent and relevant. The news of the times was much on their minds and in Neil's lyrics. Not only that, but the process of making GUP was brutal for the guys. They actually came close to calling it quits during the making of that album and the tension and passion really shows through, especially on songs like Between The Wheels. Great stuff!

[@wearetomorrowspast.5617]

Peart wrote the lyrics about Geddys parents' experience in the 1940's German camps. I used to hang out with a guy who complained about the sound of the keyboards, said they didn't sound nice. That is exactly how they should sound, Jarring. Metallic and sinister.

[@NyMyers64]

The "Grace Under Pressure" album is overlooked a lot of times in the Rush catalog but it's always been a personal favorite of mine. Although I have a lot of favorites when it comes to them.

[@bluegreenglue6565]

My "favorite Rush album" depends on what I need to hear on any given day.

[@ficklefingeroffate]

GUP has never been considered an overlooked album, it is actually held up (along with Moving Pictures) as the ultimate Rush album.

[@daviddunn7294]

❤

[@nattijeff]

RUSH Army is present and prepared for duty.

[@jonathanspahn7308]

This is one of my favorites, honestly. It's such a powerful song, and Geddy's singing makes it such a powerful statement 👏 I know you get trouble doing live stuff, but you should watch them doing this in concert. Watching the three of them do this live and sound just like the album is mind-blowing 🤯

[@philduoos2961]

While Neil writes the lyrics, Geddy mentions in an interview that he has to feel them too. Sometimes it takes Neil some time to explain them. And sometimes Geddy interprets them in his own way so he can "own" the lyrics and sing them with passion. (Hmm - isn't that the way it is with ALL music?) Also they need to be singable! Geddy said sometimes none of Neil's original lyrics make it! But the idea does. Geddy says something like "And Neil is so gracious. I think even if we don't use them, he is just happy that somebody read them."

[@B2BRestaurantReviews]

great song...... live version kills. Never get tired of Rush reactions

[@rushfan9thcmd]

For sure. Since it came out, it's been a great experience on stage.👍

[@christopherfoerstel9116]

Damn, the more I listen to rush, the more I love and respect The Professor. I mean not only is he a god on the skins, but wrote a majority of their music. Songs like this one make me sad, like the dude was just a legendary musician and storyteller😟

[@HansMcGruber]

He sure was. Neil wrote all the lyrics and Geddy / Alex wrote all the music, just sayin. It was a match made in rock heaven.

[@Bonafide-mg6sq]

One of my favorite songs from the classic Rush album Grace Under Pressure was "The Body Electric". It's fascinating to consider that song's theme when we think of today's discussions about artificial intelligence. Their previous album Signals (Great Album) had a song titled "Digital Man" which was also dealing with A.I., but in a much lighter manner.

[@robbesser1]

The Body Electric is my ring tone

[@Bonafide-mg6sq]

@@robbesser1 COOL! 😎

[@4tuneagent]

@@robbesser1 Cool.. I want that.. I had my Fly By Night ringtone for years..

[@el.aye.bee.4477]

I just LOVE Neil's drumming on this song (as in all of their songs, of course. LOL!) Those steady triplets on the hi-hats as he opens and closes them throughout the song, it's just so hypnotic.

[@ryanjamesbarr1465]

I’ll always remember the magical moment of hearing this live for the first time in Atlanta in 2008. Standing on top of the lawn, sun going down behind the amphitheater, sky pink and orange, and Alex hits that solo.

[@sergiof8625]

I just subscribed after viewing your love for Rush!

[@richnibbler7731]

RUSH fan since 81. Saw every tour sometimes multiple times since moving pictures. By far the greatest artists of all time!! Have you reviewed Oracle or The Garden? 2 of my favorites - simply amazing! Keep up the fantastic work!!!

[@444dkm]

This brings me back to the year the album was released. For me it was in high school, living on a military base that trained Canadian Air Force personnel to watch for potential ICBMs coming from the USSR. The music at the beginning of this one was similar to a warning sound we heard during bomb drills. Yes, it was during the Cold War. A good portion of us on that base wore out vinyl and cassette tapes of this album. Rush was a band that made us think as we listened. The lyrics didn’t preach at us, but challenged us to think. And unlike some of the glossy video driven pop music of the time, it didn’t talk down to us. I used to listen to the entire album without skipping songs. This album had the most emotional impact on me as a teen. Probably because of the daily reminders of the proximity of potential war. Not many of my high school peers felt it like I did. We military brats were a minority in our schools. I do confess one of my favourites was Red Sector A from this album. But part of that is knowing Geddy Lee had a grandparent who survived a concentration camp in WW2. The song personalized for me what was only lines written in a history boo. Made me feel a bit what it might have been like to be there. And it was where I started to reread history books and do more than rote learning of dates and places and names of leaders. It’s where I started to think deeper if the people living at those times. Rush was that kind of band. As always, I love this channel best of all the reaction videos. Jamel, it is a genuine pleasure to get notifications that new videos are up. Thank you again.

[@robertpinazza4043]

Great story here, thanks for sharing! FYI, Geddy’s parents were both survivors of the German holocaust, and actually met in a concentration camp when they were preteen. Amazing to think Geddy came out of that miracle, where both survived while other family members perished. Btw, GUP was my first Rush concert in ‘84 and I too wore out 3 cassettes that year; couldn’t get enough of it. These songs are imprinted on my mind and soul and clearly remember the horrors of possible nuclear war. Peace and health to you both in 2022.

[@Snowdogkh]

Yup, not a grandparent. Ged's parents!

[@surfeit5910]

Welcome to Grace Under Pressure. It's an album that will leave you weak-kneed and shell-shocked with more than half the songs on it. This same album has the WWII epic "Red Sector A" on it, as well as Afterimage and Distant Early Warning. Love the use of early century (20th) imagery on the song. "Lost generation" was what the WWI veterans were called, "Bowl of Dust" refers to the Dust Bowl in the midwestern states in the 20's-30's, and "Brother Can You spare" was a Depression era song from the 30's, and the mention of "cathode rays" immediately brings images of old black & white TVs and oscilloscopes from the late 40's and early 50's.

[@ryancraig2795]

Definitely one of their most emotionally powerful albums.

[@thetechsuppoort]

I'm SO glad you featured this song. It's brilliant both musically and lyrically. Between The Wheels and Pink Floyd's Time have always been the "canary in the coalmine" songs about not taking a single moment of your life for granted to me. The former warning my young teenage self decades ago that life comes at all of us fast and you will experience countless ups and downs - but time will march on with or without you, so get moving. I just turned 50 this year and I'm so glad I've had Rush with me along the way. I have their music on everything from 8-track to MP3 and have seen them many times live since the mid 80's. There are a LOT of amazing bands out there, but as far as Rush is concerned, there is no equal.

[@jimquicksilver442]

One of my favourite guitar solos by Alex. He's on fire here.

[@carlgibbons5777]

I got goosebumps on top of goosebumps in that middle section. My favorite Lifeson guitar solo period. This brings me right back to my first Rush show on Grace Under Pressure tour. Ears ringing walking out of the arena in a magical haze. Grace remains in my top 5 Rush albums to this day.

[@jamesyoung7560]

I've been a RUSH fan since I first heard them ca. 1978 so, basically since I was 10 years old and even against all the fantastic "classic" RUSH songs from that era this is ABSOLUTELY my favorite RUSH tune. This song is really deep, even for RUSH. The quote from "The Sun Also Rises" (published in 1929 relating to events in Hemingway's life from a 1925 trip) is just one of many references in this song to the era leading to and of the great depression, "Dreams to a bowl of dust" refers to agricultural boom and bust leading to the great dust bowl of the 30s, "brother can you spare another war.." is both a play on the song "Brother can you spare a dime?" which was written in 1931 to try to raise people's hopes during the great depression of the 30s and a reference to the fact that the true end of the great depression came about due to the wartime industrial boom of the 40s

[@inthebeast]

This song. May 1984. Grace Under Pressure. The Cow Pa,lace. Gary Moore opened. Had just moved from my hometown to Oakland in April. Felt like the beginning of a great adventure, and it was. Saw them five more times and lived in the East Bay 35 years.

[@BrickWilliamsGuitar]

Your Rush reactions are my favorites. The more the better. You’ve seen the light of how great they were and it’s awesome. Greatest band ever.

[@geneharland]

Love the 80's "synth era" (by the way, as an old bass player, I can tell you that, as a whole, Geddy's best bass playing on albums was done during this so called "synth era"). The albums Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows and the much maligned (and unfairly so) Hold Your Fire (Niel Peart's favorite), all of them a masterpiece in their own right. Rush in their PRIME! Would love to see you do more reactions to Rush from this era Jamel. I'm sure you'd dig it. "Digital Man" and "The Analog Kid" from Signals would be good or "Big Money" from Power Windows. Thanks for doing this one from Grace Under Pressure! Cheers and Merry Christmas good man!

[@ronforeman2556]

"Hold Your Fire," the album as a whole and the title track specifically, compelled me to reassess my life at that point: "Is entertainment industry PR really what I would choose to be doing and is LA really where I would choose to be, or have I been just "flowing in and out like the tide?' What about those "children growing up, old friends growing older'?"

[@marctowersap8018]

totally agree with you! I neglected Hold Your Fire, I was transitioning away from Rush towards punk and alt when it came out, saw the 'times stands still' video, thought it was a good song at the time, but just didn't give it a chance till decades later, put it on when I went jogging maybe 10 years ago, and re-discovered my love of Rush and this disk, long neglected by me, and loved pretty much every song. Seen every tour by them that I could till Rush sadly ended.

[@Mark_McC]

Always my favorite Rush song. BTW, they were doing killer live versions of this at the end of their career. Check out the Snakes and Arrows tour version on YT. Also Alex is THE MAN on this!!!

[@B2BRestaurantReviews]

I so agree….the outro especially Alex does some amazing ad libs

[@bedroom.headroom]

moving pictures, grace under pressure, hold your fire, and presto were in my headphones all throughout high school and middle school. I can literally smell the gymnasium watching this video, what a great throwback! Thank you!

[@stereoroid]

In the early 2000s there were some Rush mailing lists like The National Midnight Star, and polls about songs Rush had never played live. Between The Wheels was up there near the top, and the band heard about this and brought it back for the R30 tour in 2004.

[@DocRock71]

One of my favorite Rush songs. I was blessed to see Rush 4 times...once on this tour, twice on Hemispheres and once on Shoots and Ladders. The best 3 man rock band of all time! RIP, Neil wrote some of the best lyrics of all time. A true poet of our times. RIP, Proifessor!

[@joconnell8145]

Such an underrated release. I initially gave up on it shortly after it came out, but when I gave it another listen years later I was kicking myself. Talking about getting deep, another track off this release is called Red Sector A. Neil wrote it about the Holocaust...Geddy and Alex's parents survived that shit!!! Give it a listen. GREAT reaction, thank you!!!

[@kenqb5450]

Someone put Red Sector A with the footage from the HBO show "Band of Brothers" when they come upon a concentration camp. Emotional.

[@joconnell8145]

@@kenqb5450 Epic!

[@jibnation69420]

Sounds like a good show if they include rush

[@daneng3641]

Same here. I came to Rush with Moving Pictures and Signals and was discovering their back catalogue when this came out and this wasn't the Rush I wanted at the time. Many years later I realized that 80s Rush was just as venerable as 70s Rush and the variety and depth is what makes them special.

[@joconnell8145]

@@daneng3641 Absolutely, well said!

[@davidnickle9887]

I agree the chemistry is unbelievable !! I feel lucky to have seen them 3 times !!

[@MattKittredge2112]

I was lucky enough to see Rush play this gem twice, during their Snakes & Arrows tour in 2007 / 2008.

[@Wayne-mp7pk]

Me too.roterdam and Manchester in the same week.best week of my life.

[@justineapril7922]

"Between the Wheels" closes the apocalyptic album, 'Grace Under Pressure.' It's continuing commentary on the perils of war and how concentrating on "it" allows us to not notice the passage of time. Jamel! You now need to react to the live version! Just to see how THREE GUYS replicate this in concert!! This song and "Red Sector A" always give me chills. To think this song is 37 years old!!! ✌❤🎶

[@markdemell8056]

Time and unforseen circumstances befall us all .Ecclesiastes 9:11 is how I read this tune .

[@justineapril7922]

@@markdemell8056 You may SEE it any way you choose. Perhaps you should also listen to "Freewill," "Ghost of a Chance," "Faithless," and "BU2B...."

[@markdemell8056]

@@justineapril7922 I know every single Rush tune and I started listening to them at 9 yrs old with my older brother . Neil had his mystical views mine differ but I respect his amazing durability and musicianship. He was Masterclass.level indeed ! HalleluYAH !

[@justineapril7922]

@@markdemell8056 I've been a fan since the summer of 1975.

[@kben036]

I was introduced to Rush from their previous album Signals in 1982. I ate that album up. The local radio station had a song off their next album and I stayed up late to hear it. I was falling asleep when these keyboards started. I had what one might call a “nice fever dream”. It was beautiful and haunting! Still gives me goose bumps.

[@more-exposure-local]

Jamal, your lost for wordsness at the end of the track is a joy. I feel the same. That song has everything. Great watching you.

[@mikerosado5828]

It is SO hard to pin down a favorite for me out of all of their songs in all of their albums, but this song...man o man. It just doesn't get the hype it deserves. Has to be in my top 5 songs of theirs. SO under-appreciated.

[@gradypatterson1948]

This was a mind-blowing song live - first saw it performed for the "Vapor Trails" tour ... and this was one of the highlights (along with "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" and "La Villa Strangiato")! It is, of course, from the album "Grace Under Pressure" - which is strongly focused on hard times and bearing up under the seemingly impossible burdens life throws at us sometimes ... so that mysterious / melancholy feel is exactly what they intended!

[@andypearce5537]

So glad to be able to share this with you guys!

[@diggerbarnes5708]

Such a great album, Grace Under Pressure..Afterimage is a must for you to try Jamel.

[@UroboricNate]

This is more of a deep cut, so glad you reacted to this one! Thanks for the shoutout bro

[@MrSadsack56]

this song and working man and the camera eye the best and of all their magnificent song! all had this solid urgency throughout. and loved the lyrics!! also i never wanted that guitar to end!!!

[@davewright8546]

The only band that I had to listen to each track 3 times, in a row, so I could hear Alex, then Geddy, then Neil. And not necessarily in that order. Monster Musicians!!!

[@Vaticider69]

Been years since I heard this....thx for the reminder... such a timeless group...

[@stevedrums1675]

They initially played this in the 1984 ‘Grace Under Pressure’ Tour and that was it for 20 years. It became a forgotten live track until the R30 tour. Geddy had since said it became one of his favorite songs of the entire catalog and was played every other tour or so including the final R40 tour. I was 14 in 1984 and this song was SO haunting to me. Great song.

[@leemcintyre3943]

Jamel, Please do "Kid Gloves" from this album. It's a sleeper but deserves respect! Love your time and effort in every upload Dude!!!

[@paulhabat6338]

1st saw RUSH on the HEMISPHERES TOUR IN 78 ! ABSOLUTELY KILLED IT ! THAT'S OVER 45 YEARS OF SEEING RUSH LIVE. BUT MY 1ST EXPERIENCE WAS WORKING MAN IN 75

[@danjmcs]

Grace Under Pressure was the first "new" to me Rush album i bought on release day in 84 after i became a fan in the early 80s, so this whole record always has a special place for me. Hearing/seeing "Between the Wheels" live the first time was unbelievable. Great song and great reaction!

[@Kevin-Tigerfan]

This is one of my top 5 favorite Rush songs. So underrated. The time changes, the tempo play, it’s just phenomenal. Love this entire album.

[@megatop412]

Jamal it gave me great pleasure to rock out to this tune with you. And what a deep cut you picked here! I haven't listened to this album in quite some time. To see you get affected by the different elements of Neil's drumming, Alex's solos, the lyrics and how Geddy sang them, and how they hit you like a tidal wave brings me back to seeing them live the first time in 1990 and getting hit the same way while the dude in front of us went crazy playing the air drums for over an hour straight. Talk about magic. Thank you sir

[@kylekirchhevel9097]

Whoa... introducing me to Eric Johnson, plus Blue on Black and Between The Wheels... Jamel this really is Christmas coming early! Love the distorted, dystopian keyboards and Alex's guitar slashing across until his own twisted solo. Got to see it on the Snakes and Arrows tour and live this song is a BEAST.

[@panarchpete5637]

Thank you Jamal/Jamel for a wonderful year. Your videos have made the world a better place….. Merry Christmas from Toronto, the home of RUSH……..

[@TheEasyeman]

and I’m super happy I got to see them live every tour since 1985

[@davidbailey6397]

Awesome song live as well. Gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it live . Light show was crazy too.

[@careym3901]

Red Sector A is very intense & deep too. If you haven't done it yet you must Jamel!

[@ttocs68]

When that keyboard comes in during the second half of the guitar solo is musical beauty

[@brookehornback1896]

Thank you for this reaction. Awesome way to end the day and get some rest.Merry Christmas to you and your family.Your wife,2 brothers,mother,in laws, brother in law.Hope I'm not leaving any family out that was on the channel.Its been an honor keeping good music alive, promoting being a good human with this channel in 2021.✌

[@cjk5115]

I always loved this song and when I heard them play it on the R30 tour I nearly fell over - blew me away to hear it live! One of the amazing things about Rush songs (especially from the 80s) is how they are very much reflective of the times and yet remain incredibly relevant all these years later. Fantastic reaction as always, Jamel, and Merry Christmas!

[@Duh6666666]

Always one of my faves live, what a song!

[@TreysLosingItRapidly]

This song doesn't get enough love. Entire Grace Under Pressure album is genius! ✨😊😎

[@damonandrade9416]

Dude! You stir up so many of my memories it's part of why I appreciate you. I used to listen to this and much more in my room with headphones on just feeling every vibration from every instrument was and is still is awesome! Thanks

[@BalokLives]

That song is from "Grace Under Pressure" which was released in 1984. I have a hard time deciding which of their albums is my favorite. But this one is definitely up there. They finished touring from their "Signals" album in mid-1983 and they went right to work on "Grace Under Pressure in August 1983. They were the hardest working band in show business.

[@kingcruze1]

Thank you brother, you always make me smile. Peace. I've seen Rush live more than Forty times. My favorite band, amazing musicians, I am fortunate.

[@ThatFaceMelter94]

Distant Early Warning contains an open jam mid-late song and is one of my favorite Rush moments. A lot to take from Grace Under Pressure and my favorite “synth era” Rush album.

[@cygnia]

I was so happy to hear this live when I saw Rush in Toronto during R40

[@Original_Lurke_fromthe_Unknown]

Brother,sorry I have not stopped by in a long while, however I saw the title and had to check THIS out. By far one of my favorite “album tracks” for real!! Keep bringing back Rush and you’ll have my attention.

[@Joecoylejr]

Welcome to the deep cuts of Rush music. I'm proud of you taking on my favorite song from Rush. It's so powerful but so true to life.

[@aaronclift]

This is one of Rush's best songs. The lyrics and arrangement are incredible (especially that chorus - gets me every time). Thanks for sharing this track with everyone.

[@CrimsonKarl]

As you mentioned, "Lost Generation" was a phrase coined by Gertrude Stein to describe post WWI writers and poets (Hemmingway, TS Eliot, Steinbeck etc). In fact "another wasteland" is a reference to TS Eliot’s The Wasteland. “Dreams to a bowl of dust” ie.. the dustbowls in the 30’'s depicted in the Grapes of Wrath. ‘Brother can you spare a dime’ was a depression era song. Peart's lyrics are very dense and chock full of references.

[@michaelkeller6223]

Really really good! No joke! This song gets better every time you hear it. Unbelievable. Pearls grooves propel the song and Alex’s tone and choices? Crazy.

[@necromancer6897]

One of my favorite albums my mom bought it for me Easter of 84 way back there I was 16 and it blew me away I was a supper fan ever since

[@adrathemetaloutlaw754]

Rush are such legends. And all 3 fellas are such genuine humans and super cool to talk too. RIP Neal. Your missed

[@carlbusque1856]

Your first comment , these 3 have chemistry that are unmatched. Totally agree, great review, more Rush please!

[@baejiaoflying9434]

Love this song. Just awesome live too. ❤️❤️

[@jasonblake1759]

Great pick! Another one to listen to that has great relevance is “Territories” from the Power Windows album.

[@sumonjamal1653]

I saw them perform 'Between the wheels' on Rush's 'Snakes & Arrows' tour '07/ '08.... the song was released in 1984, when Rush was making the transition into the 80's and experimenting w/ synthesizers and electronic beats on the 'Grace under pressure' record. Despite their 80's records underselling, compared to their 70's and early 80's peak, Rush would continue on that path until 1987...Lifeson's guitars made a return in 1989 on the 'Presto' record.

[@enriquemora9272]

At last!! Rush!!! Please react to Bravado from the album Roll The Bones. Amazing uplifting lyrics

[@benkyle76]

Oh possibly that live version from R30? That solo is just epic!

[@timmerred5]

I absolutely love this song. I remember back in high school all of my band’s gear was in our basement. I was the bass player, so I learned that part, that learned the keyboard and vocal parts. It was so satisfying trying to emulate Geddy.

[@paulaschmitt22]

your charisma is surreal, and i'm not even one minute into the video... cheers from brasil! xxx

[@bilhamcobbly2957]

This song is an implosion of power and emotional matter.Highly underrated.

[@jamescarletta802]

Merry Christmas brother your love for rush is truly real I miss this band so much

[@Bagmanovich]

I was 18 when P/G came out. This song was my favorite. Then, and now.

[@mikebanko612]

Welcome to the world of RUSH! The best band ever! I just hope that you have seen there shows in person.