Rush - The Body Electric

[@AdamG1983]

There's two kinds of people in this world; Either you like Rush, or you're wrong

[@dankress8228]

Fuck yeah!!!

[@stephenburdell145]

Yeah, me troppo....

[@zerglilngvet5428]

yes! you right

[@Blu_2wheels]

Oh my god, ...You are so write and i'm not wrong.

[@eventhorizon2218]

Absof**kinglutetly!

[@jabezscratch]

An underrated song from a very underrated album.

[@retrogamelover69]

Drum Knight true to that

[@Gaderelli]

My 7th Fav Album of all time !!!! Met Geddy on this, my first Rush Show !!!

[@fjhgh100]

Drum Knight a lot of rush songs are very underrated including this one. , albums to especially from the 80-90 decades.

[@nb2k3]

From a very underrated band.

[@BillBrolse]

Not a fan of this song, but I I think songs like Afterimage, Distant Early Warning, Kid Gloves and Between The Wheels are among their best. I might be wrong, but I´m under the impression that Grace Under Pressure has become loved by fans, even fans of the prog years, in later years.

[@charlespastre6743]

I remember when this piece came out, nobody liked it. I kept listening and soon was brainwashed into loving the hell of it. Rush music grows on you. You hear and recognize things unnoticed previously, the more you study it.

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

holy shit yes Charles. I could not have enunciated better my friend. oh by the way..they are playing this on tour now

[@brunopagliaroli8255]

So true

[@russellleblanc1539]

Yeah, when I first heard it I loved it. Easily my favourite rush song. Don't know why it's so disliked.

[@bobtheyob]

I tried listening to rush a few years back and really couldn't get into them. I regret it so much now they have stopped touring and they are now by far my favourite band.

[@fjhgh100]

Charles Pastre the music of rush does grow on you , I was never crazy about the body electric , but I stuck with it and I grew to love this tune. ...

[@rodwhitfield3029]

Magnificent. Seriously, anyone who disdains this era 'coz keyboards!' has ZERO clue....

[@matthewleclair6817]

Exactly

[@hureak1456]

Dude if im honest, Even though im a die hard fan of the heavy prog era from 1976 to 1980, i also love this era of synths, its sounds as good as the other era

[@Jamaramlolz]

The problem for me is not the keyboards but the reggae vibe to a lot of material. I get that the Police was big a few years ago. I understand people cross that there is less bass/kg though.

[@tomg2217]

RIP Neil. A loss that you can't put into words.

[@ufciceman9584]

😭

[@jessecorona3076]

😢

[@Musician_Robert]

Neil taught me a lot!

[@michaeljones6800]

five words ...ripped my fucking heart out

[@floydsemlow8253]

​@@michaeljones6800😢 Absolutely 💯

[@JamesButler-cq9my]

Loving RUSH almost 50 years now

[@vincenzo2015]

40 years today and never got tired of grace under pressure!

[@shauntbarry]

The stars lined up together that one day in 1974 when Neil joined Rush One star has faded away, but never forgotten. RIP Neil Peart The Professor of the drumkit

[@sblaze4]

Neil joined Rush in 1975

[@shauntbarry]

@@sblaze4 Peart was born in Hamilton, Ontario,[5] and grew up in Port Dalhousie (now part of St. Catharines). During adolescence, he floated between regional bands in pursuit of a career as a full-time drummer. After a discouraging stint in England, Peart returned home to concentrate on music where he joined Rush, a Toronto band, in mid-1974, six years after its formation. Together they released nineteen studio albums, with ten exceeding a million copies sold in the United States. Billboard ranks the band third for the "most consecutive gold or platinum albums by a rock band".[A]

[@casanovafrankenstein8538]

@@sblaze4 yeah he's right, he joined mid 74 after Rutsey was "let go" for health reasons, they recorded Fly By Night in 75, that's Neil's first album with the band

[@seanmcgowan4083]

Neil was a God of Thunder ⚡

[@michaelloder5150]

A Men!!! ❤

[@DmitryKrasitsky]

The only band I never betrayed =) Love through all my life

[@Texturas75]

How come do you "betray a band"?

[@DerInspektor]

Maybe ripping theis music.

[@marcuswoods7793]

I betrayed them tell you why get a copy of 2112 play side one at the end were it says all planets of the solar federation play it backwards it says plan as day all sin for Satan they sold out and I know it and I've seen them live like 12 times always felt strange o not to mention there entire audience was fucked up on everything rush drug free yea right like passage to bangkok a song about dope at least other groups are honest about it

[@josephfalco3141]

@@marcuswoods7793 are you broken?

[@davehopkins8718]

Me too. I never swerved from my love of this remarkable group

[@superd222tube]

This is the quintessential sound of RUSH.

[@cozzconM]

I think this song has an iconic solo. Alex never seems to over play. When I taught guitar I used to pull out this solo as a great example of balance in composition.

[@rumourhats]

All of his solos on Singals/GUP were just sublime, unique, crafted, and economic... his solos just give the songs that extra thick slice of transcendence.

[@chrisware6324]

@@rumourhats 100% correct!

[@NicholasBerry-ku9rd]

It's fantastic that there's a sort of bass solo from Geddy that runs concurrent with Alex's solo. Neither of them trying to outdo each other, both complimenting their fellow's playing and not trying to drown their bandmate out or overshadow him. I can't think of another example of solos that work like this.

[@bengelder6577]

Will never be a chemistry like this again like ever 😢

[@jamestcallahanphotographer]

Grace Under Pressure is Alex’s chord solo album…so many great textural chord solos! This one’s more linear and with an Edge influence earlier on…love it. He’s just brilliant. ❤️

[@boilinghell]

This song is an unappreciated masterpiece

[@Brand73]

not every song can be a smash #1 hit, what do you want?

[@Stephen_Strange]

RUSH - each track resonates with me more and more because of the events that are unfolding in the 21st Century.

[@christilehman-starr4428]

Fuckin crazy prophetic. He read enough to recognize all the signs. Time stand still Lost but not forgotten, thus you are here with us! We listen to your words and heed the call. 👏💥❤️‍🔥

[@gianniconti69]

True dat😢

[@vicki328]

Right on!

[@itsjason54]

Dystopia was never more en vogue than in 1984.

[@southerninterloper4107]

Meh...1984 has nothing on 2024.

[@eeyorehaferbock7870]

I can’t be the only one here who really wants to see retro/“analog” Sci-fi aesthetics like in this video become popular again.

[@dejanhasecic9124]

The True Rush lover is THE one who likes them from A to YYZ!😍🤩👍

[@d_pat73]

These guys were genius. Musically. Lyrically. Prophetically.

[@Rengray2]

I remember exactly where I was when I heard this song for the very first time back in June 1984: A Spencer's Gifts store in Tyson's Corner Mall. Back in those days, we passed time by wandering aimlessly through malls. But this was different because while wandering aimlessly through the store - I heard Geddy's voice - and suddenly, I realized this must be NEW Rush!!!! We walked to the Tower Records, where I bought the cassette. (omg - I'm old!!!)

[@drewrosecrans9728]

Killer song 💯💯💯💯 takes me back to 1984 i was 17 years old 🎸

[@gianniconti69]

In 84 I was 19😮

[@toddbarta5054]

This was my first Rush concert at the old Met Stadium in Minneapolis. It was amazing and I saw them so many times after. I so miss Neal and the tours.

[@cada8394]

Alex's guitar work in the 80s will always be underrated- He plays a killer rhythm guitar to fit the song.And Neil's drums from 3:57 to the end drive me nuts.

[@Gaderelli]

Alex Lifeson is and WILL ALWAYS be the BEST ALL AROUND Rock Guitarist Ever !!!!!!!

[@mikegrant9441]

Savage!

[@fabriciodarkpanzer837]

He is a gigantic god!!!

[@nebula1924]

He plays guitar good

[@bradleydayton5906]

That drumming!

[@neighbourhoodwitch18]

Good god, I was 15 when this was released and it’s still one of my favourite albums 🥰

[@joe1972]

So you're 53 today. I was 12 when gup came out and am 50 now. Time flies just like neighborhood witches 😉

[@robertvolz68]

I was 16 and here I am 38 years later, sitting in my backyard and jamming this tune. Net benefit, my wife loves RUSH also.

[@RCAvhstape]

@@robertvolz68 You married a unicorn! lol

[@seanmcgowan4083]

16

[@andrewzepf7510]

I love Rush, but I personally much prefer Moving Pictures and earlier. This is one of the songs I liked on this album.

[@roberthayes9738]

Saw the video when it first came out in 1984 on The Beat, Channel 56 in Detroit. Never heard it on the radio ever. Never knew what album it was on. Had the song in my head for literally 30 years before I came across it on KZbin. So glad I did!

[@juanelorriaga2840]

“Memory banks unloading Bytes break into bits Unit One's in trouble and it's scared out of its wits” Love those lyrics

[@Inverse_Sense]

R.I.P. to an amazing drummer and writer, who's work has been a part of my life since I was kid.

[@floydsemlow8253]

Who's listening to this masterpiece in 2022? 💯🙋

[@bkbcpa]

How about in 2024?

[@floydsemlow8253]

@@bkbcpa I love it when someone replies back, bring me back to an awesome song to play all over again. Cheers from Ohio

[@ferdinandostorti3975]

io ciao

[@themechaniacal1558]

I rarely hear a Rush fan speak highly of Body Electric, some I know don't favor it at all. The entire album fits me perfectly. It has a very sharpe-edged darkness to it. Body Electric is amazing.

[@avidrocker]

it was they, slowly evolving, surely envolving, eventually involved.

[@christopherwright8811]

Bass tone is amazing - and a Steinberger, I believe/surmise?

[@57precision]

@@christopherwright8811 yes Steinberger L2. Geddy eventually retired it because he was unsatisfied with the bottom end he was getting with it.

[@ch8ch]

The lyrics to this song are perfect! Thanks Neil and RIP

[@skipcooled9884]

That bass fill with the 5-6-7-5 during the solo kills me everything. So creative and jazzy.

[@Sickofsociety1]

Always liked Alex's playing in this song. The subtle climbing/descending riff goes perfectly with the time signature. _-`-_ _-`-_ _-`-_ kind of thing.

[@santyrush]

all Grace under pressure is great... all songs, all in rush is good.

[@bluevictory1010]

One of my all time favorite songs from Rush!

[@christianvasquez8307]

Rip neil thank you for everything that you have done in this world.

[@bdr32965]

I had heard Rush every now and then and wasn't a real hardcore fan of theirs until I started watching Trailer Park Boys several years back. It was actually Bubbles that turned me into a big fan of Rush. TPB got me listening to their music, and the more I listened the more I realized how damn great they really are. It seems like almost every day I will listen to several Rush songs or watch Rush videos just to get my fix of their incredible music.

[@brendendesimone9278]

Do you like their song Diane Sawyer?

[@AlexColberg]

My favourite Rush tune has to be I Like to Rock@@brendendesimone9278

[@Friscorockhead]

​@@brendendesimone9278 Ricky, you can't just borrow someone!

[@FlyingPiper13]

3:56 That's the coolest groove ever! Neil is just flying off that drum kit!

[@brianruyack7632]

I love that groove also!! I've never seen this video, although I bought the album the day it came out!

[@IQonefitty]

Took TWO directors to throw that silent movie together....still get chills so many years later....

[@ArtbyPaulPetro]

The Professor's groove on this tune, especially during Alex's incredible solo and the various outro sections, is just awesome in it's power and precision.

[@rossmarvin584]

RUSH, is, and will always been the one band that I would choose to listen to only their music for the rest of my life, if I was ever forced to pick just one. I'm a new fan, only been following them since '77.

[@Sw-nv4hw]

Rush does not have one crappy song in their huge portfolio of work. The problem is trying to pick your favoirite ...good luck with that. Natural Science was the first rush dong i fell in love with. wow, then i opened the door.

[@davidk.7023]

Thank God for RUSH ! Pulled me out of Dark Days----- Lot of Desert Nights listening to RUSH. 1001001 SOS ---- The Body Electric- Grace Under Pressure----- Thank you to the RUSH TRIO--------Love You Brothers- RIP NEIL----- Still in our Hearts Forever-

[@stevenkramer8411]

You said it all sir you set it all.

[@stuartmiller9648]

Loved this era of Rush.......was at school,so diverse and original!!!!

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a song and video called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@drewrosecrans9728]

RIP the professor 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 and happy 40th anniversary of this iconic album 💯 1984-24

[@MsCygnusX1]

"A pulse of dying power, in a clenching plastic fist" This always reminds me of Roy Batty.

[@dilsondealmeida5270]

Yeah,someting like a Blade Runner vibe.I agree.

[@LeftHookLegend]

MsCygnusX1 This comment synced up with the song while I was scrolling

[@genogeno6643]

Roy died in 2019 and Rutger died in 2019.

[@bluevictory1010]

I agree!

[@CHodgy]

@@genogeno6643 🤯

[@CryssLuvsMuzik]

My fave Rush song.

[@DNR5586]

This song was playing on the radio the final time I drove out of my high school parking lot. I think of that every time I hear this tune.

[@drewrosecrans9728]

Technology today for sure!! Rush saw the future big time 💯

[@chrisdaniel5004]

This song brings back memories from the summer of ‘84 😁

[@fucheduck]

I sing the Body Electric. Geddy started "toning down" his voice after "Permanant Waves". Showing he had range even at a lower pitch(for him).

[@matthewleclair6817]

Absolutely awesome

[@rocinante6980]

RIP Professor, greatest drummer ever.

[@spock_elvis]

This video is precisely why we love Rush.

[@louiscsanko9322]

NEIL PEART, YOU INFLUENCED EVERY ROCK DRUMMER FROM 1980 UNTIL THE PRESENT TIME ( RIP)

[@100julesjordan]

An underrated song, from an underrated album, from an underrated group.....awesome

[@aaron69420-u]

I'm taking a computer systems course right now and I couldn't think of a better theme song for it than this. Oddly inspiring.

[@michaelofpetaluma]

I LOVE The Body Electric so much !!!!!!!!!!!

[@SweetPea4EVER]

I SING The Body Electric, baby.

[@michaelb.42112]

@@SweetPea4EVER Very cool !

[@markkeith9055]

That song is one of the reasons a whole lot of people like to forget the 80's yet, the very same people will say they miss it.

[@jerrystreet9542]

I've just always loved the different beats and everything else involved. Like secret meanings nobody can decipher for the better or worse of mankind. Almost like they secretly knew the answers to life and just gave us all musical hints that are and always were dead on, no pun intended. Hope that makes sense.

[@butterflygarden9098]

Saw this on MTV when it was new. Impressive. 😌

[@stevenkramer8411]

I don't know about you but I saw so many things on MTV in the '80s I graduated in '79 and the 80s was my joyful blissful decade of youth I know where you're coming from take care SK 🥰

[@ericjohnson6634]

It's a perfect '80s sci-fi mini movie.

[@marcieandrews3204]

@@ericjohnson6634 THX 1138 would like a word. :)

[@tootrue6529]

I'm not a Rush fan but this song has blown me away ever since I first heard it back in the 80s... The sound AL goes with on his guitar is just so perfect for the theme of the song: Cold, stark, apocalyptic. His riffing at 3:25 nails it. GL's background keyboards are spooky, bleak and atmospheric. And then of course you have The Master driving it all with his marching drumbeat; it captures perfectly the world "1001" is trying to escape from. Awesome, awesome tune...

[@andyberridge6455]

Great song and music video, wouldn't expect anything less from 🎸 Rush 🎸

[@vegasdevil627]

One of my favorite Rush songs.

[@StraimanNunes]

Rush often makes me think that they are time travelers, I often find myself with that feeling listening to many of their songs, this is one. What a unique and incredible band!

[@johnrodriguez9582]

My all-time favorite, I got to see this in concert. Bad bad!

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

This song got heavy airplay on the buffalo rock station I grew up listening to. This album was where I became a Rush fan. Then I discovered all their other gems!

[@santyrush]

The best era, a farewell to Kings, hemispheres, signals and Grace under pressure, my fav times rush, the best band on galaxy

[@hubbsllc]

Boy that Steinberger was a whole thing, huh? :) I like how, in these high-production Rush songs with keyboards etc. all over the place there will still be sections like the guitar solo in this song, where all of that gets pushed away and it's just the three of them taking flight, guitar/bass/drums.

[@PopCultureFan_]

Everyday is alway a good day for rush! :)

[@carlosalomar2211]

You're absolutely right!....

[@gloriagarzagalindo8889]

The most underrated song of Rush 😢

[@paralentor]

1980's MTV Nostalgic Bliss.

[@gintokisakata1917]

One of my favorite N.American bands and probably one of the only noteworthy Canadian contributions to modern society.

[@errolcuthbert1649]

One of my fave 80s tunes out of these musical behemoths!

[@woodshed_moments]

They never have enough Alex in the videos, ever!!!

[@jamesmartinez991]

My four year old daughter would repeat that binary sequence and sing with me. I was studying digital electronics in college and it was my theme song. What a great song and great time.

[@ColonelJessup]

One of my favorite Rush tunes and videos, even today

[@rhoadnaroahs]

Always loved this one because of the unique drum pattern. I love songs like that.

[@101Restoration]

Thank You Neil Peart for your drumming performances and your far seeing lyrics. Pure genius. RIP

[@68jeffrey72]

Thank you for posting this! I was 15 when GUP was released. This video was very popular at the time. Muchmusic played the Hell out of it.

[@shauntbarry]

My favourite track ever.. My parents bought me "Through the camera eye" on VHS for Christmas many many years ago and I couldn't believe there was a video for this song.. LOVE IT. LOVE RUSH

[@Awon2zip]

Underrated guitar solo!!

[@debbielynn7881]

'84 ..El Paso..chillin w some coolers in a swimming pool at an adults only apartment complex....this comes on the blaring radio station. I'm transported to another world...just struck me. Luv Rush. Great concerts!

[@jg11x11]

What's my favorite RUSH album you ask? Man, that changes everyday and as I get older. All of them the short answer

[@stratcaptain66]

Alex Lifeson rules!!

[@chuckcollins2349]

Very underated...In Neil's and Getti's shadow.

[@stratcaptain66]

well, I've played guitar for decades myself, Lifeson is an amazing guitarist , Neil Peart has said before that Alex is a musical genius, and that Alex is soo spontaneous and Neil himself is trying to learn to be MORE spontaneous, him and Geddy labour away on things and Alex just comes in and plays something great. Alex Lifeson is RUSH's secret weapon.

[@chuckcollins2349]

The "Dark Horse" of Rush...Just like George Harrison was for the Beatles.

[@Cash2112]

Lifeson puts on an absolute clinic on how to play rock guitar on this P/G album.

[@RCAvhstape]

What else can you say about the guy who started Rush in the first place!

[@bambijacobs9008]

Great song to listen to on October 1,2020. 1001 !✌

[@rottdogg8926]

Neil Peart is unquestionably the GOAT of percussionists. He also happens to have a genius IQ and is a libertarian. Look up Dr. Tom Woods and Neil Peart if you question this. Neil Peart The GOAT! one of the best concerts I've ever witnessed!

[@kevgamble]

Not saying this applies to you, but selfish sociopathic creeps get excited when they think they can claim Peart as a political soulmate, when in reality he he believes in the philosophical potential of libertarianism but not in the inhumane, avaricious practice of it that most of its cretinous adherents propose. "'For a person of my sensibility, you’re only left with the Democratic party,' says Peart" www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rush-neil-peart-geddy-lee-alex-lifeson-59586/

[@HarlinNeal]

This was the first Rush song I really liked. And let's face it...the marchy-beat tempo of this song, combined with the sci-fi theme in the video, made me really like this song. Plus...my appreciation for the bass guitar, as well as my desire to play one, makes me like this song. Neil Peart will always be one of rock music's iconic drummers. May he rest in peace.

[@EYTPS]

1001001 SOS 1001001 In Distress 1001001 This song is amazing

[@txmc62]

Hadn't heard this in years, and it just popped into my head... only song I ever heard that made me feel sad for a machine. Great writing! RIP Neil..

[@TheMoonchild1969]

Bows his head and prays to the Mother of all machines...now I get it Neil...now I get it.😔

[@jmasl7]

although whoever made the video didn't

[@WilliamGodat-z6f]

When will rockers and non rockers these guys are an enigma. Blessed to see them several times. Way above the rest.

[@RCSkunkWorX]

One humanoid escapee One android on the run Seeking freedom beneath a lonely desert sun Trying to change its program Trying to change the mode, crack the code Images conflicting into data overload 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 SOS 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 In distress 1 0 0 1 0 0 Memory banks unloading Bytes break into bits Unit one's in trouble and it's scared out of its wits Guidance systems break down A struggle to exist, to resist A pulse of dying power in a clenching plastic fist 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 SOS 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 In distress 1 0 0 1 0 0 Replays each of the days A hundred years of routines Bows its head and prays To the mother of all machines, all machines 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 SOS 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 In distress 1 0 0 1 0 0 It replays each of the days A hundred years of routines Bows its head and prays To the mother of all machines, mother of all machines

[@drewrosecrans9728]

Killer song back in 84& it still rule today in 2023 I'm so glad I got to see this tour 🤘🤘

[@Matt-mo8sl]

GUP, the album where Pratt started diving into electronic percussion and Dirk went to the Steinberger bass in which years later said he'd never play one again after that tour. The Rush sound changed here but like Ray Daniels said, every sound they tried, they were so good at it. I was always surprised Enemy Within never made any of their live shows after 1984.

[@jamesnoble8205]

Geddy played the Steinberger live on not just the GUP tour but Power Windows tour after that. He also had a white Steinberger bass as a backup during the Presto & HFY tour. I only saw it once in when I guess his Wal crapped out. He played Closer To The Heart with it.

[@1976P]

I remember there was one tour where they played all 7 sections of 2112 to close set 1 instead of the usual Overture/Temples. It would have been interesting to do the Fear Series live.

[@by-torsnowdog4348]

One of my favorites, and my favorite from this album!

[@RCAvhstape]

This video is super 80s cheesy, but I think it was inspired by the film THX1138. In any case this is a great song from a great album. Rush took the instruments and sound of the New Wave and schooled them all.

[@AlexColberg]

Well put. The Rushification of the New Wave sound.

[@moichuisbo]

Really? My first thought while watching this clip was THX 1138. Thanks for confirming my thoughts.

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

this just flat out kicks ass

[@Gaderelli]

Now it looks like bits from the Spielberg movie "Ready Player One"

[@Gaderelli]

Obviously

[@tonyogrinc6895]

Being Canadian this is our Led Zeppelin they are the greatest Alex is very underrated fantastic player seen them 3 times

[@how-to-linux.]

17 dislikes ? wtf ? unit one is in trouble and scared out of its wits...

[@AlexColberg]

The video really can't live up to the quality of the great music. It detracts from it.

[@gchance]

You made a difference, there are now only 16 dislikes.

[@AlexColberg]

18 and counting.

[@redbatzz]

there are 25 dislikes now and still counting.

[@littlelizardpsycho5178]

Ramee Cat add 2 more loosers to the pot. Get the fire going.

[@michaelloder5150]

The lyrics is a Masterclass to the future of computers from the past 60s Mainframes to laptops to AI but the Music for this song is speechless !! And this is why rush is the greatest band ever.!!

[@santinodemonte5616]

The escapee looks like John Rutsey

[@planetfh]

Santino DeMonte Ooh, you're right. I wouldn't be too surprised.

[@Spectres-VII]

It is.

[@timepoet77]

No, it's John Wesley Shipp from The Flash.

[@pablosantander5739]

Thx

[@joan-annebross9217]

@@timepoet77 That's not John Wesley Shipp.

[@AndrewSkinburn]

One of the greatest intro´s of all time...

[@JustinHmusic]

I just realized that Rush predicted the rise of AI 39 years ago

[@TimP-p3r]

Way ahead of their time for sure, they definitely had insight of what was to come..