Rush - Xanadu | Reaction

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[@ay_ay_ron2112]

Shout out to Stickhits for taking the time to enhance the video resolution. A noticeable improvement from the original.

[@halcyon289]

Absolutely !

[@iKvetch558]

I concur...thank you for everything, stickhits!

[@rattan3793]

Geddy's doubleneck is 4 string bass and 12 string guitar. When Alex starts his outro solo around 11:25 Geddy switches to the 12 string to play rhythm guitar behind the solo and stays there for the remainder of the song.

[@denislatulippe8997]

6strings

[@rattan3793]

@@denislatulippe8997 Sorry but no. It's a 12 string, Rickenbacker model 4080/12. Well documented in Geddy's Book of Bass p.386. Whenever he used a doubleneck for Xanadu it was always a bass and 12 string. There are 12 tuners on that small headstock, 6 on the sides and 6 on the back. Just look up images of just about any Rickenbacker 12 string headstock and you'll see.

[@Fred-vy1hm]

Greatest Band ever, especially live. This song is about as perfect as it gets and showcases just how multitalented all three of these guys were. 😊

[@terminallumbago6465]

I’ve always said nobody will ever be as good at anything as these three are/were at making music.

[@paulstewart6203]

This is one of those songs that get better and better every time you hear it.

[@Kotic1959]

I saw Rush 9 times first in 74 at my high school. This is the best concert I saw for this song. Neil is like an orchestra Temple blocks, Triangles, Chimes, Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells, Bell Towers and lyricist he is "The Goat" "The Professor", Geddy Bass, Keyboard, Vocal, Rhythm Guitar "Goat" Alex the most underated guitarist top 5 easy. There is no other 3 man band that is even close...Canada Rocks!!!!!!!

[@64bdchaney]

A Rush masterpiece, to see the true joy the 3 have in this concert. I was lucky enough to see them in 1981 on their moving pictures tour. Xanadu was played exactly like this video. Notice the brotherly love each have in playing together. Pure talent in rock history. To note the performance, at 10:09 Neil breaks a stick and throws it over his shoulder without any miss in the song.

[@WHADDAFACK]

Thanks for doing the reaction!! If you REALLY want a good bass solo you NEED to listen to Leave That Thing Alone, Live in 2011. Geddy goes NUTS!!

[@JoseMorales-hr3kw]

There will never be an another Rush!! Absolutely incredible 🤘🏼

[@debbieplato5107]

The song is based on a poem about a man who searches for Xanadu and immortality and he finds it and it is not as wonderful as he thought. Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee have been best friends since they were 13 when they met in junior high. They started playing music together when they were 16 in 1968. Neil Peart joined the band in 1974 as their original drummer had health issues and couldn't tour. The three of them were like brothers. Three down to earth family guys who happened to be musical geniuses. Unfortunately Neil Peart passed from brain cancer in January of 2020. Geddy and Alex are still best friends and Geddy just put out a book called my Effin Life. Suggestions for a bass solo. YYZ live in Rio Maglingant Narcissism from the Snakes and Arrows tour Cheers

[@RottenPoliticians]

Great comment, Miss Debbie!

[@debbieplato5107]

@@RottenPoliticians Thanks! ☺️

[@codyjamesreacts]

Wow. Very cool. Thanks for the info.

[@leddygee1896]

Thank you debbieplato for being such a staunch defender of the faith. I've noticed you in many reactions throughout the years. Rush's music needs to be heard by each successive generation as possible. I think their legacy in music history is secure, But It doesn't hurt to help it along! Geddy's book is a tear jerker at times, But oh so good...

[@rolandobacamartinez5391]

Everybody talk about the skills of proffesor Neil Peart in drums, but no one seems realize that Geddy sings at the microphone with the mouth, plays the bass with the hands and plays the keyboard with the feet, all at the same time. And besides the virtuosity of Alex Lifeson in the guitar. What a such talented musicians!!

[@stephenpublicover8818]

Hey, my friend, I saw RUSH in the late 80s, (Power Window Tour) Best live band ever!!

[@l.thomas4268]

110 db in your face. Imagine 15 hz to 20mhz wall of sound and bass frequencies you can't hear but feel through your body (anyone who experienced Xanadu live knows what I'm talking about)

[@donhadfield2835]

Geddy is multi-tasking here, vocals, bass, rhythm 6-string guitar, keyboards, and bass pedals. Neil has a whole orchestral percussion section and Alex has ONLY a 6-string and 12-string guitar and whole bank of effects pedals. Just standard Rush...

[@rattan3793]

Geddy's black doubleneck is a 12 string guitar on the bottom.

[@GoblinGuy333]

At the end Alex was also playing bass pedals....

[@donhadfield2835]

@@GoblinGuy333 In later years, Neil managed to have keyboard samplers triggered off of some of the pads in his kit. As if he didn't have enough to do already.

[@PromLesbian]

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[@martydavis547]

My favorite band amazing!

[@pendermanager3739]

😂❤ greatest band of all time period

[@EdwardRushMan]

Best Live Performance of all time RUSH - Xanadu - Live In Montreal 1981 (2021 HD Remaster 60fps) Alex Lifeson - 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar, pedal synthesizer, volume pedal; Geddy Lee - Vocals, bass guitar, 6 string guitar, bass pedal, taurus pedal, electric piano/synthesizer; Neil Peart - Lyrics, Drums, orchestra bells, tubular bells, wind chimes, crotales, timbales, timpani, gong, temple blocks, bell tree, triangle, and melodic cowbells. Based on Kubla Khan (Xanadu) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge composed his poem, ‘Kubla Khan’, in a state of semi-conscious trance either in the autumn of 1797 or the spring of 1798 and published in 1816. The whole poem is pervaded by an atmosphere of dream and remains in the form of a vision. The vision embodied in Kubla Khan was inspired by the perusal of the travel book, Purchas His Pilgrimage. Coleridge had taken a dose of opium as an anodyne, and his eyes closed upon the line in the book, “At Zanadu Kubla Khan built a pleasure palace.” But this opened his creative vision, and the poem of about 200 lines was composed in this state of waking dream. On being fully awake, he wrote the poem down. The theme of the poem is unimportant. It describes the palace built by Kubla Khan, the grandson of Chengis Khan, the great rule of central Asia.

[@rattan3793]

Geddy's doubleneck is bass and 12 string guitar, not a 6. Geddy's Book of Bass p.386, it's well documented.

[@RottenPoliticians]

Hey, Mr Edward...this is a really badass comment from you...damn. My comments on Rush are just "ripples in the pool" compared to yours (know what song that's from?)

[@mjm5081]

In a 40 year career filled with amazing moments, this just might be Rush's finest! ❤❤❤ 🙏❤🌹 Neil 🌹❤🙏

[@RottenPoliticians]

Thanks a bunch, again, Muscleman James, for creating the time, from your job & hittin' the heavy-ass weights, for a speedy reaction...you're quick, articulate & very good with the musical world of others, thanks.

[@codyjamesreacts]

Lol. Muscle man James.😆. No problem. And thank you so much man.

[@paulluongo2756]

I'd like to see you do a reaction video to the closing medley on this.... If I can remember.... ... Bytor and snow dog to Grand Finale.... Mega jam session...

[@user-ej7xs2zd7x]

Xanadu is a song about an unfinished poem!

[@toddashton9696]

Thanks for a great reaction

[@phantompower]

Wow that's some in depth analysis.

[@mikejanssen6344]

Geddy’s voice yep, you know it’s Rush but, same for percussion, base, guitar, synth… I only need to hear one instrument and I can tell it is Rush, there is, no other that compares. Three absolute Legends of their craft.

[@jimtatro6550]

This is one of the greatest life performances ever in my opinion. The first concert I ever saw was these guys on the signals tour which came out a year after this tour. I was lucky enough to see them another 14 times.

[@lindaward5376]

If youd like to hear two of Alex's best solos, I'd like to recommend Limelight and Freewill from this same show; if you'd like to see another performance with a wicked bass line, I'd like to recommend Leave That Thing Alone from the Time Machine Tour. Cheers from Toronto! 🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸 🐐 🐐 🐐

[@G-MAN1958]

🏆🏆🏆🏆!

[@mirandarights5566]

When they were in the studio they did this song in one take... pretty impressive to say the least

[@chrisredlich7075]

Light em up

[@geraldhartley]

Good reaction, but I expected more. Having grown up with the mighty Rush, I guess you had to be there. Put yourself back in 1977 when this was released at the HEIGHT of the "disco era". This was the furthest thing from mainstream pop music. This was complex... majestic... and philosophical... all while being interesting, and extremely pleasurable to listen to. This was before backing tracks too. EVERYTHING you heard was being played live by THREE guys. 3 extremely brilliant human beings.

[@victorjohnson7512]

This song was on the "Farewell to Kings" album in 1977. (I had it on 8-track tape back in the day). Neil Pert based the lyrics on the poem Kubla Khan, written in 1797.

[@norwegianblue2017]

Yes, Geddy has a very unique voice. But I think you can also identify the band by the style of the individual instruments as well. Nobody's style of guitar sounds like Alex's, nobody's bass sounds like Geddy's and nobody's drums sound like Neil's. Only the truly great bands can you identify them immediately with a signature sound.

[@paulluongo2756]

Good video... A lot of people keep stopping and talking a little too much sometimes... Once in a while is ok but every two - three minutes no..... I like seeing the younger generation watch these videos... Good reaction video....

[@pendermanager3739]

😂

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[@scottwilson7835]

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[@halcyon289]

An "interesting" reaction :)

[@Buds1own]

:) Maybe check out NEIL PEART Buddy Rich HONOR?????!!!!!!!!! :) ♥AND, or... Victor Wooten bass magic????????? :) “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~ Romans 15:13

[@uroktim]

Welcome to the RUSH family bro!!!

[@cogline]

StickHits is always the best version. Thanks for keeping the video the star (large)