Rush - Natural Science (Live in Manchester, 1980 / Audio)

[@scottshields113]

My Son "Dad why are building a time machine?" Me "So I can go back and watch Rush concerts whenever" RIP Neil

[@konakuzo]

I bet I've heard Geddy say, "Thank you, thank you very much" over a 100 times live. I've enjoyed every one.

[@jacko2049]

Only 54 for me Wish I could live it all again

[@Johnny-re9kg]

channeling his inner Elvis on the thank yous. :)

[@konakuzo]

@@jacko2049 yeah brah.

[@thebigsuperbeatle]

I think everyone in the front is getting crushed it looks like

[@charlesmoore456]

This has been my favorite RUSH song for the majority of my life. I think because the lyric about the honest man surviving annihilation is one of the most profound statements in music history.

[@Mr.CliffysWorld]

he IS, after all , the most endangered species !!!

[@rarerides]

One of my favorites as well. Such a fantastic song.

[@7landentertainment281]

Mine too, - "Art as expression, not as market campaigns" , that / these lyrics moved me the first time I heard them.

[@secretjourney4815]

Definitely in my top 3 Rush songs... My wife once said "Art is truth". Neil said "Art as expression, not as market campaigns" What a sizzling solo by Alex!

[@jb-yi4di]

Mine too!

[@AudioCDSound]

I was 14 years old when this came out. I remember my dearly departed mother buying this for me as I gazed at the cover artwork in K-Mart as they used to have a record section back in those days. I took this work of art home and upon the needle touching down I was mesmerized at the technical proficiency of these three incredible artists! As my dear Canadian mother would say, they are from Canada, of course they are good! I miss her every day! I miss Rush and I miss Neil. They are gone, but the memories can never be erased!

[@soopahsoopah]

Your mom sounds pretty cool :)

[@batman1169]

Time stand still at this memories!

[@aaron69420-u]

Finally a live version with the "Art as expression..." verse! Also, the sound of the synths are very captivating.

[@simo7393]

it is still a mystery to me why they got rid of this part later on...one of the few bands who can really shout this line with head held high! ❤❤❤

[@Lerxst68]

@@simo7393 The next line is NOT as "market campaigns"... Look at all the merchandise and the brand new Moving Pictures boxset haha! And that's what it's about ;-)

[@simo7393]

@@Lerxst68 i agree to the extent that sales&marketing are the organizers of the distribution but not the aim of the creativity (for Rush)...i may be naive though..i accept it

[@claygilchrist632]

This song NEVER gets old.

[@garyguthmiller9479]

It truly doesn't. 43 years ago this masterpiece was introduced

[@trinitytrin5265]

*Just gives me chills remembering the one and only Neil Peart*

[@batman1169]

trinity trin I love seeing and hearing more sisters 👯‍♀️ like you give Rush much 💕 luv! Where the female Rush fans at?! I know you exist! Shout out!

[@trinitytrin5265]

@@batman1169 *Oh yeah!! Nice to see love for a great Canada rock band* 🤘😎

[@Obstacle0ne]

I’ll never forget the first time I saw them. Being a bass player I was planning on watching Geddy the whole time. I ended up watching Neil for the entire 2 hours, literally could not look away. I owned every album to that point and had seen every music video and live VHS they had released; so I figured I had a good grasp on what seeing Rush in person was like. Wrong. Seeing how aggressive he could be at times, seeing those drums moving as he hit them, seeing the cymbals flail about, hearing the drums echo around the amphitheater, not to mention he was also pretty big guy….it was insane. The drum solo was everything I had imagined but what floored me the most was watching him play Animate…can’t really explain why, it was just on another level.

[@barbaragreer2976]

We got a big grin from Geddy at the last Chicago show when I yelled "I love this song!"

[@scottshields113]

I was at that Chicago show

[@ceice2248]

I remember reading about someone yelling the same thing in a different Natural Science comment section and he said "Me too"

[@barbaragreer2976]

@@ceice2248 I mighta put that up a few times

[@ceice2248]

@@barbaragreer2976 Oh that would make more sense.

[@sumnerwaite6390]

A top 3 Rush song.....I always get chills, so CRANK IT for Neil 😔

[@DC-jg8pl]

Best. Band. Ever.

[@shanelarker6631]

Wow. This is the music you play after u win that decisive battle

[@axbaquerizo]

This and Hemispheres my favorites, both on this anniversary edition .. I wanna cry!!

[@juandiegomarroquin4393]

For sure, it might be Rush's greatest song. It's the right blend of all the styles- progressive rock, New Wave. Tight songwriting, tight production, interesting lyrics. Lifeson in particular shines here, his chord progressions. Neil's drumming too is vaguely post-punkey as well? it's just got it all. A complete Rush track.

[@rogercardenas111]

Natural science a bookend song to an amazing album, permanent waves.🎸🥁👏😎😷🍺🎶

[@JeffreyMoon1974]

Perhaps one of the most underrated Rush songs in the catalog

[@axbaquerizo]

One of their 5 best. A real Hymn.

[@johnmccartney5342]

when I had mostly cassettes. I would use the ocean sounds at the end on most of my tapes to end the strand

[@scottshields113]

The moment I heard this song on the lp, you could just hear, this is a Rush masterpiece

[@rarerides]

RIP NEIL, I miss you

[@stenthesnake98]

I just listened to this album for the first time in awhile today randomly and I remembered how good this song is

[@joshcreasey]

One of the band’s best songs ever, and there are many that fit that description. The studio version is great, but live is even better.

[@bddrex]

One of my favorite songs of all time and my favorite version of this song as well. Thanks so much for the upload.

[@asymptomoflife6197]

I obsessed on this in high school, learning every part I could on bass and guitar. I must have been about sixteen, the same age as my son. Time to teach him these chords!

[@ELOworld2112]

So great to hear this live version when he was still playing both guitar solos.

[@nathanw32]

RIP Neil Peart, a true master musician

[@daleywhaley]

Where has this been hiding? Wow!

[@andrewtremain101]

At 19, my first Rush concert. 40 years ago today at Hammy Odeon, with my mate Hoz. Amazing - the best at their craft. RIP Neil.

[@wagnerribeirodesantana1651]

One of my favorite songs from that time! 🎸🎶🎧

[@pompouskatfish5402]

It’s enough to make a grown man cry, and that’s okay

[@RyeOnHam]

Teared up over here too. Solid.

[@rogercardenas111]

@@RyeOnHam me three gone but not forgotten. You are truly missed ,Neil Peart.( Pratt)😷🥁🥁🥁

[@MattStriker252]

Dude...Me too.....

[@chrispybattyone5937]

Same here

[@TimPimentel3006]

Damn it! 😢

[@pwayne3580]

Best song on the album.

[@armandovzpa7724]

Simplemente grandiosa!

[@englishoak69]

If you never got to see Rush live you missed one of the most awesome live bands ever !! ive seen hundreds of the best, from AC/DC to Zeppelin and can honestly say there was no one better who performed live, consistently well than this incredible 3 piece .. We shall never see their like again.

[@rileyhughes5613]

I was looking for Waves era live recordings literally two weeks ago. This is amazing. Incredible song off of an incredible album from an incredible band.

[@danbell3103]

The greatest rock band ever. Still very saddened by Neil's death.

[@doncampbell5976]

Exit, the Warrior.

[@richdrums6886]

The fact that every day since August 2, 2015 there hasn't been any existence of Rush ( in the case of new material, shows, etc).... my heart aches exponentially.....

[@richdrums6886]

But I have been able to rediscover my old love for them

[@MJLU280]

Holy shit is this good

[@geoffreyharold]

RUSH... AMAZING!!!!

[@frednunes8223]

WOW.... absolute masterpiece. One of my favorites!!!

[@rdhunkins]

1:22 "living in their pools they soon forget about the sea" - Seems to apply in 2020, no?

[@DonnieBuehrig]

Well played.

[@axbaquerizo]

A prophet

[@nickavenoso7851]

It’s crazy how much of Neil’s lyrics relate to our time now.

[@ceice2248]

@@nickavenoso7851 A prophet he was

[@davidtimms3201]

Awesome song from an awesome band. To write and perform a complex piece like this and then reproduce it to a tee live takes incredible cohesiveness and talent. Rush created the blueprint for progressive rock. Nothing like this had ever been done before, and hasn't since. RIP Professor.

[@seancompton8889]

One of my favorite song's all time lyrics awesome as usual

[@secretjourney4815]

I remember Dec. 1996, Nassau Colosseum Long ISland NY. 20 rows back, on the floor Center aisle. Suddenly through the din, I hear the intro to Natural Science...... wow.......

[@jeffdawson2786]

This was my favorite song on the studio album in high school. Nobody else liked it. Ha, I knew it was a classic already.

[@MatChew75]

Besides the Necromancer,lessons,digitalman& all of Grace Under Pressure this is my favorite Rush song. There will never be another brood like them. Canada's finest! Miss ya, Neil!

[@debrazawodniak1046]

Favorite Rush song ever, always gives me goosebumps

[@pedroivoalvarenga2167]

Best song and great lyrics

[@StatueMarvelsHYF]

Cannot wait for this release!!!

[@williamholmes9195]

My favorite song by far from this lp. Always loved the epic sons they did.

[@tacogladiator7503]

So far I’ve downloaded the three live cuts available off of iTunes. Freewill, Spirit of Radio, and Natural Science..all great live versions but natural science has officially been added to my Exit Stage Left playlist. By far the best live cut released with the these 40th anniversary releases. Can’t wait for Signals. We should get the best of Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and Signals live cuts hopefully.

[@nickavenoso7851]

@jilic, I hope they release live cuts from Moving Pictures, Signals tours, too. Both of those tours were great 👍🏻 I’ll be here waiting for the Moving Pictures and Signals, 40th anniversaries, if it gets released (I hope).

[@beeoehm3108]

Jeez I wasn’t sure if I wanted to pick up the 40th anniversary of this release but goodness me, I may have to check under the couch cushions for any spare ducats. This performance is telling me to donate blood as well.

[@ianswain6865]

Sounds amazing, what a performance!

[@dyne313]

"This is a little change of pace" Every Rush song is a change of pace from almost every other Rush song.

[@ceice2248]

I wonder what was before this one. My guess is maybe Freewill. (Definitely not because I listened to Freewill before this one heh.)

[@itcomesback]

for so many years we Rush fans had only bootlegs to listen to live Natural Science then suddenly decades later we find all this stuff in the vault

[@JohnMorris-ge6hq]

True man! We had no proper 1980 live stereo mix of NATURAL SCIENCE but we did have the live version from the 1998 Stages 3 CD set. And the live version from the Snakes And Arrow tour. And I think the newer live versions are better played and sang, which is not the case for LIMELIGHT, SPIRIT OF RADIO or XANADU. But YES, it is nice to have a 1980 live stereo version after 40 fucking years! But these were always around. They were not "lost tapes" LOL LOL. Rush had several shows from the Permanent Waves Tour recorded to 2 inch 24 track. AND many shows from the Moving Pictures tour as well. So for the 40th Anniversary release of Moving Pictures expect a nice 1981 live version of THE CAMERA EYE and VITAL SIGNS. The 1981 live version of VITAL SIGNS was released on a U.K. 12 inch 45. Working in my Uncle's studio for over 18 years. Trust me, these things aren't tossed away. They are marked and shelved. Rush could have released a triple live album back in 1981. For example: SIDE 5 - NATRUAL SCIENCE CYGNUS X-1 - Under 19 minutes. SIDE 6 - CYGNUS X-1 BOOK-2 LIMELIGHT - Around 19 minutes. Under 20 minutes which makes it really easy to cut. Anymore than 22 minutes and it gets harder. Good sounding 25 minute sides have been cut but only the best can do it . At this length you have to start compromising on bass and the top end. And the noise level goes up and the volume of the record goes down.

[@mojorisen74]

@@JohnMorris-ge6hq Todd Rundgren's "Initiation" is a perfect example. 32:00 on side one and 36:00 on side 2!

[@kahwigulum]

The first Rush song I learned on bass and the best song I learned on bass.

[@Brytons_Thoughts]

2:24 Proto-prog metal.

[@marksaenz6309]

One of the hidden classics!

[@mattdelany6799]

Neil is a monster. Snare and ride sound. Epic. The bar is set.

[@jollyj273]

One of my favorites!!! 👍✌️

[@robinbanks4257]

Thank you for your art and philosophy you have no idea how it's changed my life since I first heard Tom Sawyer in about 1984... Peace and love

[@MirkRobinson]

Why was this never released? Such a work of beauty, wonderful quality. Much better audio than the muddy Exit Stage Left...

[@ledjebguen0ah]

perfect !

[@martincruz2453]

Beautiful Song!!!!

[@diamonddave]

Awwww yeaaaaa!!!!! Definitely one of my favs' !!!!!!!!!!😊✌💎

[@northeden8661]

They were so awesome. Excellent post.

[@jorgemendozacasana]

NEIL PEART ES EL DIOS

[@tompricedrummer]

Awesome. Just awesome. #RIPNeil

[@timmoore1076]

If Rushs' music were paintings, their art would hang in the Louver.

[@rd-um4sp]

oh, those drums. shivers

[@lucst.martin2112]

Love this song❤️❤️

[@debbiespencer3390]

I can't along the beach without hearing the beginning of this song

[@sdthor27]

"Wave after wave will flow with the tide and bury the world as it does. Tide after tide will flow and recede leaving life to go on as it was."

[@MatChew75]

Perfection...... simplest way put

[@Michael-rm8xl]

Fun fact this was going to be on a live album that rush planned to release the following year but instead released moving pictures.

[@frankwalker2120]

BEST !

[@mateussouza-ri2ku]

Essa banda é a Lenda🔥

[@melvin9898]

This part really lightens up the song really well. 2:23

[@321bytor]

I was at this show!

[@colinmcdonald2499]

As I type this 632 likes and 3 dislikes. The dislikes must have only been able to hear the slightly sappy interlude in the middle... The rest is an absolute beast!

[@omegasalmonfish]

Sounds so good, RIP Neil

[@johnmccartney5342]

Rush was a jam band and most did not even know it. They may have been breaking new ground on progessive rock, but a jam band they were.

[@greyhawk-111]

Immaculate... each player.

[@steveprinty7759]

Great song

[@CarlsFlores83]

Great!!

[@grey-friar]

I did it... 21,112 views and 900 Likes LOVE RUSH!!!

[@flavy1000]

Rare to be in the first comments to a Rush issue... One of my preferred of your songs ever----Thanks for sharing! Always love you guys, your music gave and gives me hours of enjoyment and gettning into another dimension, and instructed me on what music is about, true music, and true friendship in a band is, and true talent and work ,,, You will always be my favourite band...no matter whichever new music I listen to now and ever!

[@highadventuremusic]

Where is Neil in the cover? I would love to know!

[@flavy1000]

@@highadventuremusic You are right...it's not Neil...!! But I had not the Vinyl so I never saw that man on the cover..And thought it will be some rare pic of him... sorry I'll correct my comment!

[@st0bbe]

Long Live Neil Peart, The Professor of Percussion

[@squamishfish]

Professor of percussion and Lyrics

[@paulczech]

"Our causes can't see their effects...NO!" Fucking awesome.

[@heatmyzer9]

Neil was on fire, tight and powerful. Per usual.

[@jacquiejackielynn8740]

2 wordz, AW! SUM!!!

[@halaszhalasz981]

Fantastic !!!!!! Remamber NEIL .

[@JF-kv1gm]

Happy Global Rush Day, everyone 21/12/21!

[@apolled1312]

I was there....this was beautiful

[@doncampbell7303]

Wonderful bootleg.

[@BonX]

awaiting.....

[@alexvargas3580]

Respeito e admiração Banda mais sincronizada do rock ✌🤘Brasil🇧🇷

[@bkzeppelin3215]

always been a rush fan, they should do one concert for Neil, I think he would love it, in his memory.

[@carbonlifeform666]

Who should they get for a drummer?

[@tylerpatterson4787]

Mike PORTNOY

[@stewartbrock1688]

Or Danny Carey from Tool

[@zendisciple3737]

Second solo better than the studio one...overall a brilliant version :-)

[@DonnieBuehrig]

Best live rendition of this song I’ve ever heard. The rhythm and tempo remains consistent with the studio version from start to finish. In the more recent live renditions, the tempo of Part III (Permanent Waves) is always slowed down a couple beats. I’ve always wondered why Neil was slowing down tempo in Part III when he’s such a perfectionist at his craft. Did he feel a slower tempo was better suited for the song in his later years, or was he just getting older and not so keen on keeping that tempo through the whole song? Thoughts???

[@Mr.CliffysWorld]

I think he was just in too much pain to do it night after night . Sorry . Man that is such a shame , but if he knew when he wrote 'The Garden' (as many believe) then that was released 2012 so probably written in 2011 almost 9 years is a lifetime with that aggressive type of a cancer . Imagine the first 4 to 5 years, trying to stay positive , trying to keep that "keep fighting, never give up" mentality . Then a couple of years of on the fence, then doubt starts to turn to dread as 5 years go by and your scans show little improvement ... Finally, when the outcome is plain, acceptance . That man went through the wringer the last decade of his life !!!! Makes me feel guilty to be a survivor, Gods Speed , Rest in Peace my friend . You are fondly remembered , greatly missed & much loved . Things will never be the same. I hope the powers that be help guide Geddy & Alex through the pain and tremendous sense of loss they must be feeling . Now you can finally give a few lessons to John Bonham . I've always want to hear Neil play ,Led Zeps ,"Good Times , Bad Times" . I would have gave almost anything to hear that !! A sincere goodbye to the man who wrote the soundtrack of my life. 45-ish years you put words to feelings I couldn't find a way to express . Been a long trip , and no matter what memory comes to mind , high school, college, my friends, my band mates, my girlfriends , my daughter. One thing is certain... It is inevitably always RUSH playing in the background. ✌

[@drummadave]

@@Mr.CliffysWorld Not trolling here- but are you saying Neil had cancer back in 2011? Neil's cancer wasn't discovered until June 2016

[@tompower3810]

exit the warrior...rip NEP

[@heikkidtw5992]

Integrity

[@jethronh]

I played this record to death when i was younger.

[@JorgeSM8]

🥁❤️

[@mitchellbolanos2856]

Cool