Rush - Vital Signs (Live "B"-side)

[@haloeffect44]

Rush needs to do an anniversary edition of Exit Stage Left and include this and every other song left out from the Moving Pictures Tour.

[@brentbuffington2206]

I know

[@Cpayne30]

Buff guitars - that would be awesome!!

[@MJLU280]

Amber R Maher they do this awesome reggae intro on Working Man from the Dec 81 Hartford show. Prob my favorite bootleg.

[@cosmicjazzman4817]

Michael Lomenzo they did that from Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures tours. The reggae intro to working man! Awesome isn't it! The Anaheim California boot leg has the best sound and performances. It's funny hearing Niel screw up on 2112 overture and Free Will. He hits the cymbal in the wrong place and they have a mini train wreck and get it Back in 1 second. Then Free Will after the first chorus Neil forgets the fill! Alex and Ged play Straight threw and Neil wacks the cymbal out of time then jumps right in... The rest of the show including the 2 with mistakes,is amazing

[@peartfaldo]

AND a dvd/blu ray of the ENTIRE show. I know the drum solo was filmed... you can see Neil playing it during his talking part on the video.

[@TheEarlymtv]

this should have been on the album,,

[@michaelbillypec]

Not to mention living in the Limelight

[@MJLU280]

@@michaelbillypec yeah that version of Limelight is incredibly good.

[@nigelpisswater484]

by tor/in the end/ in the mood/ grand finale is the best medley they have done.

[@elevateclan4780]

Best version of this song I have ever heard. Been listening to RUSH since 1983.

[@fundament]

yesss, great version worthy of Exit Stage Left. discover them in 1980. love them since.

[@tiagomendes5505]

"the fact is this friction, will only be worn by persistence" :) Rush rules.

[@bassfingers]

The way Geddy sings the very last line gives me goosebumps every time. My favourite version of Vital Signs. ✌🏻❤️

[@BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

@KaoKun1990 totally agree, one of the very best Rush songs that is often overlooked, along with Witch hunt from the same album, the one which really got me into Rush back in 1981, and for 30 years now i stand by the words, "they are the best band i have EVER seen or heard"

[@javiermejia5233]

Also, the camera eye is great as well. Three great songs in perfect order on the "B" side of a wonderful Album.🍻

[@DamienDrake]

The second half of the album beats the first for me.

[@thereverendgypsy]

Are they nuts leaving this off Exit...? The keys sound amazing and the guitar is very prominent in the mix, THANK YOU.

[@Augfordpdoggie]

and the keyboard is incredible-really prominent

[@Thompsongs]

It's really sad that the guitar wasn't this clear on the entire ESL album. It seems like, on all the other tracks, the guitar has a "blanket muffling the amp" quality.

[@maziu27]

They left out YYZ and the solo on the dvd lol

[@rogersanderscustoms8121]

@@davidandrew477 Yeah, I was thinking it was something like a time issue. Serious consideration had to be made when planning out LPs back in the day. The younger gens of course do not have or understand that kind of dilemma. I would like to see it added to any further digital re-issues of ESL maybe even an additional LP vinyl of extras from that era.

[@teddygraciano9629]

Another timeless track from the greatest band in this hemisphere! Most bands would give there balls to write a track like this.

[@mpc3po]

rush was just simply ON FIRE in this era....top of Mount Everest in their career...chills...what a special time

[@GenONeillSG1]

We’ll drag this dream into existence.....would love another live album from them....

[@pryt86]

this has to be my favorite version.

[@brandonlondon5887]

I agree that they should add this version of Vital Signs to ESL. This sounds great!

[@angelacohen85]

This is gold!!!!

[@tonywilson2254]

The greatest song of all time. Pure brilliance

[@calvinmark2112]

Excellent mixing! Can’t believe they left this off…

[@daviddiamond1128]

ran out of room on the live album

[@petergavaris5134]

I had the vinyl......B side to New World man. I think it was an import. Incredible version and mix!! RIP Neil Peart.......and thank you!

[@daviddiamond1128]

u are correct, I have it also and bought it at an import store in the mid 1980's here on Long island.

[@petergavaris5134]

@@daviddiamond1128 Dude..didn’t you attend Nassau Community College?

[@daviddiamond1128]

@@petergavaris5134 hey close was at Suny Farmingdale then CW Post for under grad.

[@gregcormier2379]

I would have sacrificed CTTH for this to have been included.

[@santyrush]

for me, this is one of the best Cover Album in History of music Rock of all times. is fascinant, the entire scene.... Para mi, este es uno de las mejores portadas de albumes en la historia del rock de todos los tiempos,es fascinante,la escena entera.... a Rush fan.

[@tomaspertuz5252]

That End... Awesome!!!!

[@keithnice4391]

Best. Version. Ever. Ged's vocals amazing!

[@carldavies3295]

New World Man; the first single purchased, and never looked back, Vital Signs was the clincher for me. Although at 11 years of age you may forgive me for confusing them with YES.!!!

[@analogkidt4e]

I forgot about this live version. It sounds awesome...thanks for posting!

[@glennnowe2052]

Rush needs to do a B sides tour

[@robertpinazza4043]

Brilliant!

[@lostnascarfan]

Growing up we'd stop at the local Pizza Hut that had this on the jukebox. What makes pizza better? Listening to RUSH!!! Hope for R50 maybe???

[@DannyBoi2112]

RUSH will never tour without Neil

[@RichNosowicz]

I recently fell in love with this song after seeing it on the GUP DVD, then I listened to it on the album and memorized the lyrics. Great song, should've been on ESL instead of "Beneath, Between, Behind".

[@greengoddessmika]

Well. I think I'm going to replace the album version with this version on my ipod! Love the bass noodle towards the end, and the "Everybody's got to"s at the end.

[@mpc3po]

nah, it was the b-side to New World Man, i actually have this album single... I was so pumped for finding it back in the 90's...couldn't wait to hear vital signs live...

[@jimmytaaffe]

So much better than today.

[@ultramimo]

Thank you so much for uploading this.

[@MichaelLark]

Actually, I had this on 12" vinyl back in the day - I was in high school when this stuff came out! Wish I still had it - it was the B-Side to the "Countdown" 12". (The live version that's on some editions of "Rio" is as good as this one.) Now if we could just get a good live version of "Camera Eye", I'd be a happy man.

[@rushkicksass]

listen to that bass line..epic!

[@mightyV444]

I was today years old when I heard this version for the very first time! 😳

[@donbut3056]

What a great song!

[@glennorange]

Geddy's voice really was in it's best form back then. And of course it's the Rickenbacher on this song!!!

[@mpc3po]

i definitely agree with KaoKun...i would have much much preferred vital signs over bbb, .... i mean they were promoting MP at this time, not freakin fly by night, you need to have those new tracks representing and promoting the new album.. don't know what they were thinking there...

[@playinggames7478]

They should have released more *previously unreleased live b-sides especially for lesser documented tours like Signals and Caress. Signals 40th anyone?

[@vonCHUGHES]

The best

[@turydragon]

great song, man I wish i had this version

[@metalfiend124]

@KaoKun1990 Wow, I love both Beneath, and Vital Signs, it would have been a tough choice between the two.

[@pryt86]

@feather0926 yea they should def release this version its great

[@franciscosaldana5186]

jesus, I listened to whole double album!

[@nopast68]

This sounds incredibly close to the GUP live video (recently put on DVD)...I thought for sure it was at first.

[@levig384]

How can he sing and play that

[@curragh4635]

It really is amazing

[@eber66]

Geddy is a super talent! :-)

[@MrRoller77]

So true, this is the best live version, they did it on their Time Machine tour, and Geddy just can't sing those high notes anymore, what a shame. Age gets to all of us, eventually.

[@faxius]

god i love this song!!

[@SciMasterGeneral]

@mpc3po This song is a full two minutes longer than BBB, that's why! That shit mattered on vinyl.

[@david95766]

@michaelbillypec he's not saying anything about it like it is bad, someone asked who got into it first, rush or the police

[@jonathanmoor7035]

that bass sounds like the jazz bass on this song

[@jeffreygrove]

I think everything on/from Moving Pictures was the Jazz bass...

[@jonathanmoor7035]

sweet

[@jedw]

Jonathan Moor no, it's Rickenbacker. All of stage Exit Left is Rickenbacker. The studio version on Moving Pictures is Jazz bass. In fact, this right here is the only time I've heard Geddy play vital signs with the Rick.

[@jonathanmoor7035]

jedw oh okay i thought it was the jazz bass

[@jonathanmoor7035]

J Grove thank you i have to agree with you

[@maxearlsexed]

RIP Neil

[@johnIZaUWL]

A wee crisper than I expected with a lack of some vocal effects but SWEET for this era😎😎😎

[@Taylordude-Productions]

This has a much better guitar sound then GUP Tour. GUP was kind of the beginning of a thin guitar sound.

[@feather0926]

This should of made it to Exit....Stage Left why not rerelease it now on cd and include this?

[@zddoodah]

If only the rest of "Exit" were mixed this well!

[@medmac2112]

I think it was

[@MJLU280]

They cleaned it up a few years ago

[@bostonstrat]

Frankly I have no idea why they wouldn't release this song as a bonus track on the current ESL CD or at least at iTunes.

[@FatManRedemption]

4:02 listen to Geddy's vocal riffing on that phrase. That's some diva shit right there.

[@josephkittles9926]

I concur

[@DinoCovelli]

Yeah Rush was really good at absorbing whatever was current and doing it their own way. This was a conscious effort on their behalf, and probably one of the reasons they stayed relevant for their entire career aside from their cult following. They dabbled in Grunge in the 90's...

[@menom7]

@metalhead75 AGREED!!

[@Thompsongs]

not to mention the bass tone!

[@marked95128]

BEYOND

[@DannyBoi2112]

"Everybody gotta evelate from the norm”

[@pingvuiini]

Any vids of Camera Eye from the ESL tour??

[@deaddadd]

Geddy's bass never again sounded as good as this era.

[@MagellanOfBass]

THANKS for sharing this. :) Please, I want the mp3 of this, as this single is probably out of print now (and has been for a long time!). Where can I get it??!??!? Or I could send you my email address and you email it there... Please? Thanks!!

[@RatSaladBuffet]

Oh Yeah~~~

[@michaelbillypec]

@ToolsnFire so what? zeppelin did, too...

[@tomaspertuz5252]

3:50 Awesome

[@maxearlsexed]

Rip Neal

[@Scottdrums]

Pretty much the only thing that wasn’t re-recorded in the studio were the drums on this album. So live is not really live.

[@ruthylopez]

I don’t believe you are correct about that. I’m as big a rush fan as they come. I’ve read/heard practically everything there is about Rush, and I’ve never heard anything about a studio “re-record”. Where did you hear this?

[@ps3wizard45]

i wish they left it on ESL

[@maxearlsexed]

Rip neil

[@pryt86]

@mdelair420 true that

[@michaelbillypec]

who got into reggae first, rush or the police, just curious?

[@DannyBoi2112]

RUSH were highly influenced by The Police.

[@michaelbillypec]

@@DannyBoi2112 I think it went both ways

[@TM-qj6io]

Not the original album b side

[@ripley450]

you can convert these to your ipod for free

[@FatManRedemption]

I spoke too soon. More like 4:29

[@EmptyMindlessSpectre]

bruford's sample and hold /watch?v=q0EzRnAKfPo&feature=related harmless and random like cool and remote dancing radon gas

[@wienerphil]

It's stupid really. Exit.. could've/should've been the perfect 3 album set. And to make matters worse, when this was initially released on cd (the version of which I have) they cut yet another song, Passage. Idiots (not the band...)

[@santyrush]

is this song from Exit Stage left tour? is from the concert album??'

[@DannyBoi2112]

Exit... Stage Left was recorded on the Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures tour.

[@indi626]

how can you do that?

[@diegomorales8616]

Barely audible guitar? Yep, it belongs on Exit Stage Left.

[@jimallenmultimedia7435]

I might be mistaken, but I think this is finally [OFFICIALLY] being released on the just announced 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Moving Pictures. Version just released on Spotify sounds pretty much the same.

[@pryt86]

I think that version is different than this one

[@mrburpler]

I think this is a different version. The version on the 40 anniversary was recorded in Toronto. This was recorded (I think) in either Glasgow or Montreal- based on the fact that the rest of ESL was recorded then, and this was a "reject" from ESL.

[@brentbuffington2206]

On Exit Stage Left they shouldve replaced A Passage to Bangkok with this or Limelight

[@pryt86]

na

[@brentbuffington2206]

pryt86 y

[@davidkidd4106]

Brent Buffington Bankok is the best thing on ESL! It's not my favorite song, but that version is stellar!

[@brentbuffington2206]

Yeah, it is the best live version of bangkok anyway

[@timlazar2821]

+David Kidd the Deluxe Edition of 2112 has a much better version. Didn't like the ESL version.

[@n2112bytor2112p]

why does b side mean

[@DannyBoi2112]

The B side is the flip side of a vinyl record. B side is usually used to refer to the other song of a single released on vinyl. You have the single, printed on the A side, but you also have the other side too. There isn't much point in just using one side, so the other side is also used... the B side.

[@jarretgrathwol4790]

Mix not the best. Can see how they kept it off. If you remember Passage to Bangkok was not on the CD.

[@brandonlondon5887]

I agree that they should add this version of Vital Signs to ESL. This sounds great!