Michael Portnoy... Seriously the most fluid drummer in rock... PERIOD!!!

@johnniehoats5426

3 жыл бұрын

Well, you know what they say about opinions! 😉

@felixoohr1928

2 жыл бұрын

For me Gavin Harrison 🙃

This is great. Don't understand how anyone can have a go at musicians covering one of Rush's most ambitious tracks. It's excellent.

Some people would probably think I'm crazy, but I would love to see King Diamond sing Rush

@duaneelliott2327

5 жыл бұрын

I never thought about that but ya king diamond could sing rush pre moving pictures material very good but would he when he has merciful fate and his own band when he wants to be in the musical mode.

The drummer is going to go far.... I have a good feeling... He'll do well.

@adolfogonzalez5477

4 жыл бұрын

The guitar kid is not too bad himself

I think the bassline is even greater than the guitar in this song. Still very glad to see Paul Gilbert play Rush, and it's not even one of their known songs. Love him.

Fact: No one sounds like RUSH but RUSH. That's why they're RUSH.

So great to have this material of Sean Malone

That was awesome! LOVE RUSH and Dream Theater, and Cygnus and the Seamonsters! ! ! :)

Apollo was astonished, Dionysus thought me mad! I love this. My favorite line of all time...

@fabiomunhozgomes

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Saldivar pure poetry

Geddy would sing and play those parts effortlessly.they were amazing.one of the greatest Progressive 3 piece Band's ever.

@CorbCorbin

4 жыл бұрын

Neil Santell Yeah, but he’s a rarity. Which is why they’re doing a tribute.

@joshfreedman9695

4 жыл бұрын

Not on this song though! Listen to all the live recordings. He's all over the place! They only played it for a very short time live

@CorbCorbin

4 жыл бұрын

Josh Freedman Good point. Hemispheres was my favorite as a teenager, but I almost never found live versions of those songs, especially on official live releases. After Geddy shredded his voice “that time,” and by the time of Moving Pictures, I’m very curious as to how often they played this song, or anything off of Hemispheres. I’m sure they’d pull Cygnus out for certain tours, but as you stated, his vocals weren’t flawless, and sometimes just bad, or he’d flux depending on the night. I mean that’s an issue for many Rock singers, and most aren’t playing bass and keys, as Geddy started doing back then.

@Scarecrow6459

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshfreedman9695 Yeah some of the live recordings you can tell it's an uncomfortable range for him to sing in consistently. It's even noted by Terry Brown that the whole record was about a half step high for Geddy. Must have been tough to do that night in and night out.

that was fun...that's a great song for sure

thoroughly enjoyed it

Really great to hear classic Rush played on a fretless bass! Isn't that Sean Malone of Cynic there holding down the low end?

@n0ah_m309

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir that is him!

So freaking awesome. Love all these guys. Can't believe they were a side band for awhile. Wow. .... hemispheres is my favorite Rush album. Way to take on this album guys!

Well everything is clear and The right volume 👏 singer Handles the range with great volume and tone !!!!!!

I think I am the only one who's here for Jason McMaster

I like it!

Increible!!!

awesome upload!

jason did great job. do you know how hard it is to sing live like geddy that high? without falsetto???? PROPS to JASON !!!!

@RogerBaxterYWGNYC

4 жыл бұрын

Alan G. Agree. There’s a reason they almost never performed this live. Ged himself hated singing in this register.

Gold.

Ambitious.

Any Rush tribute it awesome in my books! Even if its a 4 year old with an acoustic trying to sing and play spirit of radio- still AWESOME!!!

Maestro sean malone!!!!

someone who gets it!

That's what we call a good cover band!

Awesome ;-)

the music was unbelievable. so was the vocals, but for a different reason:)

the singer does very well! i would like to hear any of you do a geddy lee!

@joedirt688

4 жыл бұрын

We wouldn't try , and neither should have he. lol

The singer is Jason McMaster from Dangerous Toys.

Why all of the hate for these guys? They pulled it off just fine. The fact that then even attempted this speaks wonders about them. Yes the lead singer fellow has a few minor short comings, but hey, he did it ya know? No many are willing to undertake this song. Show a little respect fellows.

Kudos to Gilbert for staying true to the tone and tastefully being himself while paying respect to Lifeson..

9:03 I LOVE THIS RIFF !!!!

Paul NAILED Alex's tone on those ringing Lifeson Chords*. I've heard a lot of covers but nothing comes close. I've tried but I'm convinced that without an ES-335, it's impossible. Anyway, I love this. *The Holy Lifeson chord: F#maj sus4 sus7. From low E to high E: 2 4 4 3 0 0. Best played at maximum volume. 😄🤘

@ErrorMacros He was in both bands yes Watchtower first, but MOST people would know him from Dangerous Toys that's why I said Dangerous Toys instead of Watchtower. He is now the singer for Texas based band Broken Teeth.

G r e a t : best ever Tribute to RUSH.

Rush....Rush...Rush.....

Good stuff. This song its so hard to sing...and that do ok for that. Litle respect i ask:) Hard song...for all.

Crazzy bassist

where is Sean Malone? Put it in the title! D:

@ajaxrodriguez8956

4 жыл бұрын

And Jason McMaster!

They are a little more then a tribute band lol. Thank you for posting however. Gilbert and Portnoy are 2 of the very best.

@arongamman9360

4 жыл бұрын

Duh!

@bigolekern This is my favorite song of all time. I meant how it's not one of their hits like Limelight or Tom Sawyer. I kinda like how these songs don't get as much attention though because I like the sense of isolation. When I find someone who actually knows it, it's so exciting.

@MrBackoftheface

4 жыл бұрын

Same dude. Favorite track ever.

@CorbCorbin

4 жыл бұрын

Same. Hemispheres was the Rush album none of my friends had heard. I was looking for anything but pop music, and found this one at the 12 or 13.

I got on with other stuff while this played in the background and I completely forgot that it was a tribute. That's enough for me.

Mike's got Neil's mustashe! Ha!

9:04 this riff... 🎸😵

I thought that too (why couldn't they get a different singer), but hey he's hitting the notes and I think he did good job. I mean singing Rush material is now easy task and this guy did an admiriably and sounded good.

@maurorocks213 I agree!!

and dangerous toys

Give a brother some reverb!! Not the best singer choice, but he can scream those high notes for sure!!

@Intelligentia100 damn rly? just curious--why do you think he's overrated? never heard that before haha

Even Geddy can't pull off a Geddy any longer.

@sacredsynth2644

6 жыл бұрын

lieut89 bullshit

The more you say, the more you prove you don't know. Go ahead and keep talking crap on Portnoy, but the truth is... he is an incredible player and that's a fact, whether you accept it or not. Enough said now back to his Tribute bands epic rendition of an amazing piece of music bliss. :D

Who's the singer?

Guys paying tribute, no need to make comparisons or run anybody down.

@chimpvancleef Thank you sir may I have another !

The singer makes me want to pour hot candle wax in my ears.

@batman1169

6 жыл бұрын

Had to laugh at that out loud! They should has asked Ann Wilson from Heart to sing, That chick has pipes and you should see how she did Zeppelin's Plant! kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKlhssyvgtzYYKw.html

@stevej.1428

6 жыл бұрын

I know right, sounds like a cat being chased out the door with a blow torch up its ass. I think I might have heard that before somewhere.

@ArtisanSmithy61

5 жыл бұрын

Music sounds great, but the singer (?)....owwww....shoot that cat! :(

@larrystrick1862

5 жыл бұрын

The musicians more than make up for your distorted perspective.

@peakaboozen

4 жыл бұрын

Your ears are broken, this dude nails it and then some.

RUSH should never be duplicated........

@mrpants1971 I thought he sang it well. I usually ceinge at some Rush covers bcuz of the voice but this guy is hitting the notes and sounds okay.

I love it but... why do they have to play everything at breakneck speed ? thanks for the upload!

@couch63 it just them trying to keep up to the genious of RUSH

This fucking awesome! Gotta give credit, if you try to pull the whole thing live! And they just did it!

I don't understand the criticism. This rules hard IMHO. How often do you get the members of great prog/metal bands like Watchtower, Cynic, DT and Racer X on the one stage doing something as awesome a Cygnus Pt II? I loved it.

@Ryu12543 True nuff. That kind of knowlege separates the Rush-o-philes from the posers.

The guy can sing just not the right choice for Rush covers. Music is spot on!

@Intelligentia100 Nah, people saying something is overrated in internet are overrated.

@Ryu12543 If you know Rush, you know this song. They aren't exactly a top 40 band after all, they're an album rock band.

Feel sorry for the singer just standing there waiting for his part

why is the audio so low?

RIP drumpad

singer is struggling with geds high notes the bassist is in time the drummer is in time paul gilbert is giving it his all trying to play such a complex song and hes 1 of the top tech players today just proves how rush is light yrs ahead of other bands they are the benchmark of playing

@Ryu12543 yea not kown but way better than all their known

Who's here to hear Sean Malone ?

@joddeurter2448

6 жыл бұрын

i'm here to hear Bert Baldwin

that singer just can't pull off a geddy.

Even Geddy said the key this song was in was to high.

This is about as good as a cover gets IMO. Perfect? No but, live is almost never perfect. PG did a pretty damn good job. As a wanna be guitarist, that's what I pick up on the most. But, I can hear the drummer is damn good(hard to fill gods shoes) the bassist is obviously skilled even if the tone isn't quite Geddy.(wouldn't expect it to be) and the singer, again, it's Geddy lee we're talking about the guy did a good job. This song is what broke Rush. And probably messed up Geds voice. Well played though. Really good cover and I'm usually hard on covers of Rush.

@aheppner9750

6 жыл бұрын

I don’t think this song “broke Rush” it was probably a combination of all these high notes mixed geddy aging and also heavy drug use throughout the 70’s that hindered his voice and it was real bad in the 90’s but he got some range back surprisingly during clockwork angels. So I don’t think that the band ever died in fact I think they are more intelligent as musicians.

Dream Theater Cynic Watchtower Racer X

I think the singer does well. Give the guy a break fuck most of us couldn't sing like this.

Mike should have back-beated it a little ala Ringo. He played a bit too driving and fast, though honestly, it's a great rendition overall.

@4GuitarTrance

8 жыл бұрын

+Mike Cronis Rendition? It's as perfect as they wanted it to be. What are you hearing? Internet critics... BLAH! Can't play a lick of anything yet criticize everyone. Arm chair critics... I guess it's the next best thing to actually being a player... at least in some people's minds. Maybe you've been watching too many American Idol reruns, eh? Lol! People watch three episodes of "Idol" and think they're music aficionados. Stick to Idol, grasshopper... that which you speak of yet know not will not embarrass you! But, you ARE joking, right? Surely you're only being facetious, right?

@mikecronis

8 жыл бұрын

DT plays very tight. No question about that. Very accurate. My version of Tom Sawyer online, as well as other Rush instrumentals (I play all the instruments myself) is quite sloppy. I'm a critic, sure, but also a player of 35 years.

@MikePortnoyDT1

6 жыл бұрын

Hamish Giec hahahaha 🖕

@andreana2112 This should be the top comment!!! ahahahahaha sooooo jks

Love it portnoy killing it singer cant hit geds high notes even gilbert looks like hes struggling to do Alex's amazing chord changes very complex even for these amazing musicians oh yeah bass guys holding own

peccato se non cantava...

Those vocals....😟

Rush Music may be reproduced by great players, but hard to reproduce Geddy, this guy tried but failed miserably.

@Intelligentia100 Nah Paul Gilbert is the best.

@jossy2112

4 жыл бұрын

Adolfo J too bad he tried to much in copying Alex’s guitar sound, and as result sounds too damped

Amazing cover, except for the vocals, Sean Malone may play as good as Geddy Lee but no one can sing a Rush song like himself.

I thought he did a good job. Not amazing ott anything like that, but fairly good.

All those great players and that's who you get to sing? Weird.

I almost think, just get a female vocalist for this

If you want to be taken seriously when you talk rubbish online about someone...maybe avoid the word "biatch"

Fully satisfactory to me. I would prefer them to Rush if I could save few bucks on ticket.

The song was going great until the "singer" opened his yap. I didn't even make it as far as..."every soul a battlefield....he might work better in an Iron Maiden tribute band cause he sure as $**t can't sing Geddy Lee from 78. The only singer I've found that is close to the "original" is Arnel Pineda who replaced Steve Perry in Journey.

The singer is o.k but...... hum.. another would better.

kind of slow tempo.

Singer ruined it for me, i know it's Rush but come on...

Trust Portnoy to fuck this up as bad as he did. Look at him struggle with it... Everyone else is as tight as fuck though.

@hamishgiec2062

9 жыл бұрын

He cant even (or doesnt want to) pull off that trademark ride pattern at 6:06.

@farclebaba

9 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding? The internet frees everyone's inner critic I guess. I'm no Portnoy fanboy, but he covers this beautifully. Is it 100% perfect? Of course not. But it's close to it. The dynamics, metric changes and odd meters, and the actual beats and fills he pretty much nails. This song is probably one of the trickiest in the Rush repertoire and he flat knows this tune. He brings Peart's feel to this cover in a big way. I just couldn't disagree with you more on this. I think Portnoy covers this incredibly well. I'm being totally and completely sincere when I ask you this, but could you play this better than Portnoy? You're a drummer right? Most drummers would recognize this as being an excellent, and faithful cover of Peart's performance on this tune.

@4GuitarTrance

8 жыл бұрын

+Kent Porter asked, "You're a drummer right?" No... I think he just watches too many American Idol reruns! Heh! ;-)

@linuslittlefield2112

8 жыл бұрын

You obviously have no clue... Hemispheres is the most technical LP ever recorded in the history of any genre. Other than Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy is the youngest drummer to be inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame.

@linuslittlefield2112

8 жыл бұрын

The vocalist struggles more than any band member here... you're way off.

I'm not a fan of this singer's high range :/ sounds like he's straining himself.

The music was spot on but my lord that singing was horrendous. Ruined it for me. Sounded like he was just screaming everything.

It probably Gilbert an hour or so one day and a few minutes the next to learn this...... annoying.

@ElShogoso

8 жыл бұрын

He said in an interview he already knew the song when they played this, because he practiced it a lot as a kid :v

@Rushtallica

7 жыл бұрын

I think you're correct and that he and Portnoy have long been big fans of Rush and learned many songs long ago. I have, as well, but I'm still not completely sure I play all the chords to this and some of their other songs correctly even after a couple decades of working on them. :D

Totally wrong bass tone for this work of art. As for the vocal. yeugghhhh!!

I will never understand the big deal about Portnoy. Having chops doesn't make you great anymore than having a Derek Jeter jersey makes you a great Yankee. Anything Portnoy has ripped off was done 20 & 30 years ago and done better. Listen to Porcupine Tree's drummer for a creative, innovative progressive player. Shame I always forget his name!!!LOL! This is horrible!

@SonofHendrik

7 жыл бұрын

stevedrums Gavin Harrison