Hi everyone. I just wrote an article on my blog, just for fun (no money involved) about My Top 10 Favorite KZread reactions and Daniel is on it, so I'm including a link here, if any of you are interested in reading it, including Daniel of course. Hope you like it Daniel. I promise I only said nice things about you, hah hah : ) lightmane321.wordpress.com/2020/08/07/my-top-10-favorite-youtube-reactions-to-music-we-grew-up-listening-to/?fbclid=IwAR2HH82-k1JXHU9lHrarkS1s_jgYmVPr3wMoXjVtx13W1Ne6wwzbmKVlpZk

@DiconDissectionalReactions

4 жыл бұрын

I love it, thank you for doing this!

@Lightmane

4 жыл бұрын

@@DiconDissectionalReactions you're welcome. Glad you liked it. Now react to U.K. hah hah : )

@patrickomalley1465

3 жыл бұрын

Great list, would have Ask Jamal #1, Andy/Alex #2,. Daniel would be 3rd!

@Lightmane

3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickomalley1465 that was a while ago. I had just heard Daniel a little at that point. He only made it cause of Close to the Edge, LOL : )

@patrickomalley1465

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lightmane I bet he'd be farther up the list now!! I really enjoy his reactions, he puts so much thought in to them!

Children growing up, old friends growing older...gets me every time. Perhaps Rush’s most commercial pop song, but still with their typical depth and quality.. Neil’s drum phrasing adds so much to the song’s momentum..

I think this is the first time Rush had a guest singer involved with a song. The guest singer is Aimee Mann who had a big hit called 'Voices Carry' with the band Til Tuesday.

@benoitdesmarais2948

4 жыл бұрын

She is actually better know, nowadays, as the solo artist she became. Did the song score for Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia, and did very good albums on her own - my favourite being Bachelor No. 2. Check it out if and when you want to get into singer-songwriter stuff.

@don-o-seven1437

3 жыл бұрын

Love voices carry

The woman is Aimee Mann of the band Til Tuesday (Voices Carry song). Her vocals are featured on Time Stand Still by Rush during the chorus:)

@nitro_001newman2

3 жыл бұрын

Carl Gibbons I never knew that was her voice. How cool!

@SergioSBloch

3 жыл бұрын

The only time Rush brought in a guest vocalist.

This song always makes me well up. When it was released my father had recently died, and he used to comment how Rush (and Genesis)were the only bands whose albums I played, that he could appreciate. Our last family holiday before he died, I had been paying Exit Stage Left on cassette in his car all the time, and he used to hum along to Spirit of Radio. A year or so after he died, I was playing this song, and my mum came into the room with tears in her eyes saying "Your dad would have loved this song"

This is a song you revisit in 20 and spontaneously start tearing up 😢

@cityhonors1

3 жыл бұрын

Try being 57. I'm bawling my eyes out! 😂🐰 #ENRGYZRBunny

@jeffreybennett8893

Жыл бұрын

20?

I'm getting pretty old almost 60 and not very healthy pretty sure I don't have many summers left anyway I had a daughter when I was 53 the love of my life I always wanted that kind of unconditionall love like she has for me and me for her but lately she's been coming up to me hugging me and crying saying I don't want you to die I need you and I just tell her I'm not don't worry but I know I'm am and feel bad for what she's going to go through and I try to freeze all my moments with her and make sure she knows and never forgets how in the last years of my life having her has made me the happiest I've ever been and she made me feel more loved than I thought was possible. Anyway rush has been apart of almost every stage of my life and has gotten me through a lot with their music and words. Now I'm playing all of my favourites for her hoping they help her like they did me and thank her everyday for being my daughter. But right now I wish time would stand still and I take each hug and kiss and moments with her a lot more important and precious because my experiences are slipping away and I want her impressions of me to be a little bit stronger so she always will know that she's my hero.

@josephhester6760

4 жыл бұрын

It's not too late to get healthy! Find a trainer. You can do it.

I think he was referring to experience as in the moment, not as something that happened in the past or a future event. He had a true understanding of time and it’s constant passing. Each moment a memory in flight.

Holy mother ! You are the best reaction channel that I've just found I'm sorry to found you this late but your comment and analysis of every song is greatest wish your channel got recognise.

@DiconDissectionalReactions

4 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that! I just started which is why you've just found me, but we're growing fast. Rock on, and thanks for watching, hope to see you around:)

I really enjoy listening to your lyrical breakdown. Great job!

You are extremely intelligent and articulate. I'm enjoying your journey into this Rush rabbit hole. I was a couple of years younger than you when I first discovered them in the early 80s. They became my all time favorite band. I saw them live many times. Id suggest a couple of other Rush tunes. "The pass" (Geddy used to call this his favorite song). Also, "nobody's hero"

This song takes on extra meaning when considering that Neil always assumed he would have the time to enjoy retirement years. Fate had other plans. For all of Neil's accomplishments and achievements, Neil had his share of tragedies and then some. Take time to stop and smell the roses people. You never know how much time you have. Prioritize what's REALLY important.

@bobespirit2112

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, not many years later his daughter and wife were gone. He knew better than nearly everyone how important it is to appreciate the moment.

@RushfanUK

4 жыл бұрын

This song resonates more the older I get, I am nearly 60 now and over the last 5 years have lost my 3 best friends who were all younger than me, the "Old friends getting older" line really hits home.

@lisafanninghowe

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it better!

Great and thoughtful analysis 👏

I always interpreted this song as Neil saying, "Hey, Time...would you stand still, dammit?!!! I want to slow down and absorb and enjoy things and people around me more! "

To answer your question on Xanadu - Exit Stage Left Geddy plays (bass, 6 string guitar, synth, pedals and vocals)

That is what I love about music .. it can be interpreted from your own experiences/viewpoint.. Artists may say what it meant to them .. how we perceive it may be different. All interpretations are subjective.

"Experience slips away" could also mean...as one event leads to the next in a fast-paced life, experiences can get lost or not fully absorbed. As for 2112, the album wasn't an F-U to the record company in particular, though they were under pressure. It was more of a "We're just gonna do what we would have done either way and if it doesn't work, so be it." The album isn't a reaction to the pressure, but the insistence on staying true to themselves is.

@don-o-seven1437

3 жыл бұрын

Very much my feelings. Experiences happen and, as time goes on, the details fade. We want to pause and take it in a bit more. Follow this with Chain Lighting. Talks about experiences being enhanced when shared with someone else (reflected in another’s eyes).

Neil was a big fan of personal interpretation of his lyrics, even though he took a lot of time and care with his lyrics, he thought it was cool that someone could come out with a totally different interpretation, fun fact this is Neil in his Ludwig (Drums) phase which IMO sounds way better than the DW's.

The Garden live. This is about taking care of nurturing things in lfe

When I used to listen to it, I only had a LP vinyl record player, so I only saw the music video many years later on VHS.

One if my favorite Rush songs, and the wonderful Aimee Mann 🎵 on vocals! You pay attention to lyrics, so I highly recommend the Rush video of "Early Distant Warning"!!! That will give you amazing lyrics to react to. And you mentioned Rick Beato! Great that you watch his videos. He is a musical master in guitar, production, and many other facets!

"Experience slips away..." Sad but true really. There is plenty of stuff I've experienced that I can remember like yesterday. But lots that slips away. Sometimes it just pops up out of nowhere. WHOA! I forgot about that!

You should watch Xanadu Exit Stage Left to see all three of them playing multiple instruments. Neil has basically the entire percussionist's arsenal. Both Geddy and Alex play double-necks, etc. Plus, you get to see them have FUN in a live setting. Alex even plays keyboards in some songs (for instance, The Garden). Three amazing musicians.

Zen masters would say to the students live as if your hair was on fire. While young, time seems to stretch out forever. When older it starts to compress. It's not negative, it's about urgency and passion. My opinion

"Learns to live as every step is the end" is simply appreciating every moment and experience. "Summer going fast, nights growing colder, children growing up, old friends growing older" is just the passage of seasons and time. You're a young guy, so check out"Dreamline", kind of similar theme, but u may connect with it a bit more as it speaks to "when we are young". Neil sure got u thinking though, as he did all of us. What an incredible artist he was, RIP professor.

I recommend checking out the US Army bands tribute to Neil Peart which was a beautiful cover of this song. You won't regret it! 😁

@davidelkins7110

3 жыл бұрын

I agree this version of it was incredible, as a vet I sometimes wish I would have looked around myself more stationed in different parts of the world and was more lively with my fellow soldiers

one of the most late 80s music videos ever produced. im pretty sure they hired this kooky director who wanted to go crazy with green screen effects. they didn't really care about the production of music videos and only did them cuz it was part of the business so they let other people put them together

@DiconDissectionalReactions

4 жыл бұрын

Heheh, yes indeed:)

@HansMcGruber

3 жыл бұрын

Seemed like they had fun doing it They were just being goofy

If you've never gone on a pilgrimage or mission trip, then you haven't experienced that moment that feels like an end unto itself, when you simply pause and time stands still. For example, I've taken youth on mission trips to work on Native American reservations. We all pack into vans, the youth give up their phones and for 10 days, the whole outside world doesn't exist as they form intimate Christian community. Every year, the trips are similar, yet completely different. I have photos of all of them. There's the we're getting ready to leave and we don't know each other, followed by the funny van photos as they are getting to know each other. Then there's the arrival photos at the reservation... finally the I'm so glad to be home photos. Each one of those weeks are a time stand still moment. Same when you go on pilgrimage. Each stop at a vista, a church, a museum, a holy site, an amusement park, a new baseball stadium has that moment of arrival when time for a moment stands still and you breathe in and say, I've arrived. Then you move on to the next stop. And, yes there will be a moment when I can't treasure the youth on Mission trips. For my father it was after 38 years. Great pick-up on the camera trying to capture them. Beginning of the digital age.

My take on the song is that yesterday is gone, tomorrow isn't guaranteed, so cherish today for all it's worth.

@generoberts9151

4 жыл бұрын

Now if he just could have summed up that thought in under 10 minutes

@stephenwebb921

3 жыл бұрын

@@generoberts9151 lol

For a guitar fix, check out "Bytor and the Snowdog" on their 1st live album entitled "All the world's a Stage." You gotta hear this version 1st!!! Been my #1 band since '77. Oh yeah, that's when it was recorded in Toronto. Unbelievable in the middle of the song. You have a wonderful start to some wonderful music from true, humble virtuosos. Enjoy!

You are a very smart and very perceptive dude. I always thought the video was just a cheesy 80’s vid. But u are right they are in motion and she as she sings time stand still tries to capture the moment. Thanx. Also your description of their songs having a sense of longing is dead on. I would also add righteousness to the mix which for some is off putting.

He's wishing he could "freeze the moment", make "the experience" last a little bit longer, but time just keeps moving and all of our "experiences", that we experience, just slip away into the past. If only we could make time stand still, just for a little bit. Freeze this moment "a little bit longer". Make each sensation "a little bit" stronger. Just a little bit. The video is kinda silly, but the song is beautiful.

@guidosarducci

4 жыл бұрын

I concur with you...........

@nitro_001newman2

3 жыл бұрын

That’s it! Brilliant! 💡

@Lightmane

3 жыл бұрын

@@nitro_001newman2 awe, thanks. Figured it out all by myself, I did :-p

I've mentioned that music is subjective. This a perfect example of that. Age, career choices, and life experiences are so different for everyone that this song means many different things. When I get a chance to just sit and enjoy the company of the people in my life. I wish I could make time stand still. "As if each step was the end" A career in EMS definitely let me know that tomorrow is not a given. "Experience slips away" Career wise we all begin to lose our edge over time. Idk? I just know that it's best to enjoy life and the people in it while you can, because before you know it life has passed you by. Enjoy your breakdowns. They're refreshing✌

oh yes, you'll learn a ton from Rick Beato's channel. Watch his video "What Makes Sting Uncopyable?"... epic master class

Wow! I love the way you deal with the lyrics, considering different possible meanings. Peart was a great lyricist as you know. You videos have become part of my day now. I get excited like getting a letter from a good friend, wondering what surprises it might contain each time. Such a wonderful way of enjoying the moment. By the way, I really like this song. Then again, there are so many of Rush songs that I like...

The lady singing was invited to this song. You can hear her in the song “Voices Carry” from ‘Til Tuesday. Amazing singer.

Yep, you called it. A total mockery of Video Cheese. I always picture Neil Saying " what, you want us to make an MTV video, OK you got it."

Your analysis of Peart's lyrics are generally great. I want to suggest that you look at his songs more from a broader, conceptual sense before picking apart individual lines. One can put to much emphasis in singular lines.

Neil Peart was a genius lyricist as well as, in my opinion, the most amazing percussionist of all time. Always an adventure with Rush.

Great review. This song really connects with me. I have thought about Neil's lyrics many times throughout the years during those moments in life I want to remember vividly when I am unable to do them one day. I first heard this song in 1988 when I was 17 and saw them for the first time during the Hold Your Fire tour.

My good man, you really 'get it' for one so young - and that is impressive! And seeing as you get it, you will absolutely LOVE Rush, and all that Neil has to offer lyrically! His social commentary has mostly been on point, especially through the 80's and after. The 70's had a bunch of sci-fi/fantasy inspired epics, which were great, don't get me wrong, but especially staring with 2112, Neil began his analysis of the human condition. Keep up the GREAT reviews. Just based on your Rush reviews alone, you've found a subscriber!

Another yap! I'm in my 50's. I think this song is more about "old friends growing older". Hard to have see friends that you experienced your youth with have moved on. And you have moved on. You try to stay in touch but it gets harder as time goes by. You will get it as you age.

Love what you do and 98% of your perspective. I'm glad your enjoying Rush so much. I've been following them since the 70's. They truly tried to be as good of masters at their skill as life would allow.

How many jobs does Geddy have, you ask??? - sings - plays bass - plays keyboards - plays bass pedals while playing keyboards - arranges And most importantly, he came up with all this shit! Ultimate professionalism

I am writing a second comment as my initial comment was at he beginning of the video and I want to touch on one of the things you pointed out how "experiences slip away"... and how you say that most of us think of experiences as things that we accrue... and I agree but want to add that as we live our lives linearly and go from one experience to another that we can lose experiences or to say it another way, we can forget things that we've learned or experienced we've had. I also think people conflate "wisdom", "knowledge", "intelligence", "experiences" and sometimes just "data"... these are all distinct words or constructs worth understanding the unique definitions. Great video again, Thanks! Joe

This is a song you would love to hear at a wedding or graduation. Experience slips away is what you thought you knew when you were younger and know you are stepping into the real world, but you want to remember the things you have grew up on that was wonderful. It's about growing up.

Right on bro , I just learned this on my guitar killer song!!

I just got a glimpse of your brain, its brilliant. Great reaction to Time Stand Still.

Never learned much theory, but could play MANY musical instruments. No idea why or how but from early childhood music just made sense! Love your deep dives & analysis as well as your humility! It’s easy for people from my era (late 70s) to be critical of how newer generations examines music LOL! We grew up probably from grade school listening our favorite musicians over & over pulling them apart trying to define the core of what moved us. Stoner, Motor Head, Jock, Drama Geek etc WE ALL DID IT! Defending the “looming threat” POV, when you’ve lost enough friends or family it becomes a conscious thought to pop its head up & occur-and serves a good reminder... Appreciate what you have, while you have it, remaining ready for what’s to come!

I love 2112 but this is my favorite Rush song. When you start loosing friends and family members time takes on a new meaning. Can't wait to see them all in Heaven...

Have to agree with Lightmane I do enjoy your reactions, the fact that you take time and thought into your interpretation into the lyrical content, now saying that I know others and myself have recommended "Xanadu" however; an album that often gets overlooked is Vapor Trails, personal fav off that album (Funny how us old guys still refer to them as albums) is the song "Earthshine" I think you could really dig into the lyrics, if or when you get the chance to listen to it try to listen to the remix as the original mix had audio issues, great album with only a couple of clunkers.

Till Tuesday - voices carry is an awesome freaking song.. she's a great singer!

This song will have much more meaning to you in 20 or 30 years. I was your age when this first came out and the older I got the more I liked it. Experience slips away is talking about going over the hill and regressing in your abilities.

I think I agree with a previous post that focussed on how moments and experiences are fleeting, and once felt they rapidly fade. The excitement and multitude of other emotions and sensations any of us might feel in a particular moment of great joy, excitement, or other experience are never repeated in quite the same way, even if similar circumstances arise, and our memories of even our most extreme experiences fade and pale into insignificance against the intensity of being 'in that moment'. For me then, "Time Stand Still" is Neil's, possibly sad, acknowledgement of the ephemeral nature of our experiences - make the moment last a little longer, make the feeling a little stronger - make my memory of the moment somehow more potent so that when I try to recall it, to re-experience it, it isn't quite so distanced from the initial instant of experience. We can never achieve that of course, but for Neil, who lost both his first wife and his daughter in the space of around a year I can easily see how one might wish for a more complete ability to recall the moments spent with loved ones or experiences of magical moments...like seeing Rush in concert ;-) I know this song predates Neil's losses in that regard, but knowing what then later happened to him I can't help but feel the connection. Really interesting seeing your reactions and hearing your thoughts - I echo what others have said...and hopefully not in a patronising way, but for one so young you certainly think more than I ever did at that age ;-) Long may that continue!

THE experience slips away. One of those few precious moments that take your breath away and you want it to last forever but time doesn't stop and it slips away. Like getting to listen to my daughter sing along along with Lady Gaga as she drove us through the night back toward our home after learning her cancer was back for the third time in less than 2 years. (They were wrong. It was a false positive but it still cost her another surgery and 6 agonizing weeks of recovery.)

I think you did a great job on this one! :) You mentioned family in regards to old age and things slipping away... I never thought it'd be almost two years since I've hugged my daughters :( There are times when life just seems to eliminate every opportunity to get together - ahem, COVID!! Lol One aspect Neil didn't touch on are those memories you wouldn't mind let slip away - I guess that's a whole other song! :)

It's a great band to be considered a favorite because they have SO much music to enjoy. 40+ years and they haven't had a bad song.

Great video as always... So many RUSH songs... LaVilla LaStrangiato is great but no lyrics... great song and one of my all-time favorites!

Yes, the "innocence" is the belief that there will be a tomorrow. There's another Rush song that touches on the same theme (i.e., the perspective gained from aging), and the line from that song is "learning that we're only immortal for a limited time". You learn exactly that, and you learn that thinking that tomorrow is guaranteed is somewhat of an innocent (almost naive) view.

This was always about getting older for me. We always talk about how there just isn't enough time in the day to do all the things we would to do. I can only imagine what lights world be like being in a band. Having to go on tour, in one city today, and another tomorrow. Never getting to see the world you're traveling through; because you have travel, setup, practice, and play live, before packing up and leaving again. No time to enjoy life. No time to enjoy your family, friends, even the music you are making. Life is too short, so time please stand still. The line you are hung up on; I don't think it means what you think it does. You have to remember; Neil was a literary genius, are thinking the line a little too literally. It's kind of like the line; "live as of every day was your last", which tells us you make the midst of our time. In this case; I think if every step is the end of one journey. What what's comes at the end of a journey, a new journey begins. Even experience must end, but new ones add awhile just around the corner. So you embrace each new journey or experience as if it will end soon; as time doesn't give us the time to stop before the next one begins. That being said; if you sit around to long, you just might miss new experiences that await you. You are thinking it's the end of life. I'm thinking the end of one journey.

Of course your 1st reaction to this song is now recorded, no matter times someone watches it it will always be your 1st reaction to it. If it never gets deleted it could make you immortal. By the way Aimee Mann is a talented singer/songwriter in her own right, I have her first 4 albums albums plus a collection of later songs. Her 1st is "Whatever" and her 2nd is "I''m With Stupid".

@MichaelJohnson-st4mj

4 жыл бұрын

Aimee Mann is also the lead singer and songwriter for Til Tuesday. "Voices Carry" reached #8 on Billboard in 1985.

@SM-xt5gl

4 жыл бұрын

Aimee Mann is married to Michael Penn brother of Sean Penn . Here a single off his '89 album that might be remembered by some out there . kzread.info/dash/bejne/e6yfrKqRZ9jRe6g.html

the songs about spending each moment and not waisting it. he wants to live in this moment and not always constently busy or not getting a break in life. that each step as if the last meaning make you life the best you can.

Keep thinking about it! That is exactly what Neil wanted the listener to do when he wrote theese lyrics!

Learn to live as if each step is the end, means anything could happen anytime, so enjoy and love every second is how i see it.

I read an article written by the “creator” of this video (guy who produced the final product). He wrote that during this time he was in the middle of a closeted drug addiction and mentioned he blew of this (and other) work until just prior to the deadline. He admitted this was a lazy, last minute job and he regretted it. I so wish I could remember the article so I could provide a link, but it escapes me.

William Blake’s dichotomy was innocence versus experience.

This song was on the album for the first time I saw Rush live. I was hoping Aimee Mann would make a surprise cameo but this is North Carolina and that shit just don't happen here. They did play the song but her part was piped in.

I LOVE THIS SONG... And I think this video is amazing !! 8:38, How many instruments does Geddy Lee know how to play ?? As far as I know; the bass guitar and the keyboards..

I think that what is meant by the ‘step is the end’ relates as an actual truth. Think about it metaphorically, each step (experience) you take will never happen the same way again. That moment is forever lost you can’t rewind or make time stand still so once you take the step you can freeze spacetime so it remains eternal and that step you take will end. So live as it will and try to be better aware end of the step as you were of the beginning. Thinking about it a little more I believe that it also 'the step' refers to the decisions we make. So make your decisions well because one you make a decision "tale a step" it you; to some extent, can't change it. The step and choice of decisions ends.

I was 14 when this song came out. I'm 47 now and I feel the same as I did when I was younger. I was an emotional kid and nostalgic about past summers. More than other kids my age are strangely I was like that at age 7. I do have a better understanding but I always thought like an old man before my 20's. Made some poor choices and wasted years of my life. You don't get those years back. You can work at improving your health. But addiction just takes and if you go too far, your lucky all that's wrong is type 2 diabetes. Addiction to drugs, unhealthy foods, gambling, sex etc... Takes it's toll. Nothing wrong with any of those things in moderation. I know this song isn't about that. Personally for me from listening to this song and band most of my life. I can't side step 15-20 years of my life wasted on destroying myself slowly and at the end fast. Either stop or die. This tune makes me want to live and be my best self. I can still play drums. Now I just gotta quit smoking cigarettes.... expensive disgusting habit...

Hey fella, you said the theme of the day....it got me thinking you should react to a lesser known Paul Simon song titled Book Ends today as it would certainly fit with your two videos today....just saying!

This song, like a few others, becomes a little more relevant day by day. You may find you lose touch with friends from high school, you may not. You may get wrapped up in your world, see a bit of gray in your hair in the mirror one morning, and wonder how THAT happened. "Summer's going fast , Nights growing colder. Children growing up, Old friends growing older". When I first heard this song in the 80's, I assumed it was talking about the end of one particular summer. It hit me later on, the "Summer's going fast", may be the approaching of middle-age, and "night's growing colder" may be an increasing awareness of one's mortality. Most of all, I love the refrain, "I'm not looking back but I want to look around me now." We are who we are, as a result of every choice we've ever made, and as a result of some experiences that we beyond our control. You can't be truly at peace with yourself unless you accept all that you've done... including various faults, mistakes, things that you used to say "man, I wish I had that one back to do differently." You have to accept this was all part of becoming who you are, in this place, this instant. But I still want to look around me now.

Nice..Rush are in my top 3 all time

i kind of stopped following rush after permanent waves, but they still did quality work and this song is fantastic. ...and bringing in the immensely talented Aimee Mann is icing on the cake!! bravo

Daniel I've been listing to rush sense I was 15. I'm now 55 and there music has always brighten my day, I was lucky enough to have seen them 5 times live,something I will always cherish. Listen to ( no bodys hero) it is a real good song about bigotry.

God. I love this song so much. When you dive deeper in your music love, you will explore the solo music of Aimee Mann. She does the background vocal, here. This song makes me so HAPPY!!!!!

When this song was released I was under 20. I remember trying to picture times in my life and mentally capture them! I still remember them now to some extent, so I must have been somewhat successful. I was fortunate enough to see Rush 13 times live. They have gotten me through some rough times in life and help me celebrate the great moments. Guess you could say soundtrack to my life! I love other bands also, but not like these guys

RUSH! you are wkcome from CANADA!!

The moving elements (Alex, Geddy and Neil) of the video represent our physical journey through time. Time doesn't stop, it keeps moving. The backgrounds move less to reflect our inability to capture the essence of each moment - whether time spent enjoying nature, or spending time with friends. Ultimately its about how we need to be present in our lives to enjoy our friendships (see more of the people) and enjoy the moments of creation (make each sensation a little bit stronger). Just look at that line - See more of the people and the places that surround me. How do you think you see "more" of someone you already know? See them more frequently? Or perhaps get to know them better? Understand their fears, what makes them happy? Still think Rush is pretty straight forward? lol

The meaning of this song was summed up by Ferris Bueller. “Life Moves Pretty Fast. If You Don’t Stop And Look Around Once In A While, You Could Miss It.”

Does anyone know how Rush got together with Aimee Mann, to put her vocals in this song? Why did they choose her?

This is a direct and simple song about a significant and powerful aspect of life. Come back to it in 30 years when your kids have grown and good friends have come and gone. You'll get it then.

Once again, if you have talent in abundance you can play any style of music you want to. Many of the prog groups of the late 60’s and 70’s were able devolve with their audiences as the 80’s progressed. Yes and Genesis also managed to move in this direction.

As far as I know, the only criticism of the music and broadcasting industry that Rush put into their music was the last part of The Spirit of Radio. Starting with the mention of "glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity" to the two closing verses that talk about the "words of the profits* are written on the studio walls" and also "they echo with the sound of salesmen". Both of which, by the way, are a nod to Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence". (* I think it is "profits", because that would be a clever pun and also make sense in context.)

Very poignant song. I loved it when it first came out for the music - I was in my 20s and had my whole life ahead of me. Now in my 50s it has different meaning. In the last week, I just lost my uncle, college friend and high school buddy. Thoughts fly back to many years ago and I can picture them (and many other people and events so clearly). The morale is time flies and it’s best to appreciate each moment in life (good, bad and in between) as precious moments. Experience more, do more, love more, and try to make the most of the time you have. 🙏🤘

"Is that him?" (singing) 😂 4:03 how crazy would that be? 😅

Go back and listen to the passage of Subdivisions about losing the race to rats. Time and life can get away from you. You spend so much time building a life you forget to stop and enjoy it. You're a young guy. While you're building it, don't forget to stop and enjoy the people that matter to you. The song has always resonated as a lament to me. Neal Peart's promise to himself to stop working so hard and slow down and take the simple stuff in more.

Inosense is when you don't experience a cigarette, or alcohol, or sex. If you never experience those things. You will never need or crave. Who draws you to them ? "Your friends " love your thinking, that's why I can't stop watching you! Peace ✌

You should DEFINITELY review Aimee and Til Tuesday's COMING UP CLOSE.

I may be mistaken but I believe Neil Peart wrote these lyrics after learning that he was dying! That's a man coming to terms with his own mortality and accepting that he is running out of time and experiences of this life!

I take "the innocence slips away" as also your ability to perceive a thing as it truly is, without any jadedness, without any automatic filters, without preconcieved notions.... that slips away. It's not impossible. But it can become harder to do as you get older. You might even find yourself pre-filtering and pigeonholing things around you without even realizing that you've done it. There's certainly other aspects to innocence, other definitions of the word. But I think that's the connotation here. It's harder to hold that openness to events as time goes by.

The definition of experience here is a life event, not the other one--sum total of knowledge and ability. For example, a first kiss, hitting a home run, a child's first steps, etc. As for the video, this was during the height of the MTV era. Every song release required a video for tv. This floating band style was used a few times, notably for the first time by Sting for the song, "Love is the 7th Wave."

I don’t think you’ve lived long enough to understand what he means but one day you will. I’m talking about the part living each moment like it’s the last. I am impressed that you understand Rush at your age at this time when young people are not so impressive, good job I enjoy your channel.

Trippy 1980s MTV video .... it meant nothing ... it was just movement on a screen so that you could SEE something while you listened to music - - it was new ... until MTV, you had no images to go with the musical sounds you listened to on radio ... it was just a new 'fad' ...... How many instruments does Geddy play?? More than anyone has any right to .... he is just AMAZING!! With music .... you're never 'wrong' - - music is something that you experience individually, and interpret through your own lense of experience .....

As I'm watching your reactions to Rush, I find myself wishing even more that Neil was still around. As the lyricist, an author, and IMO, a philisopher, I would have loved to have him respond to your personal interpretations of his words. I think he would have cherished your thoughtful outlook, even when it varies from his intent.

Geddy plays bass, keyboards, and synth pedals, oh yeah he sings also haha. They were as talented as they come, RIP Neil

💥THE GIRL WHO LISTENED TO RUSH💥 From the back of the stadium She’s easy to see Standing up at the stage In her Starman tee From Anthem to Limelight To YYZ She’s the girl who listened to Rush And all of the rockers And all of the heshers Well they dreamed of the day That they might get her And drive her away In a Red Barchetta She’s the girl who listened to Rush Philosophers and ploughmen They can’t resist her call They cannot choose Not to decide So they've got no choice at all They've gotta love her No she doesn’t say "Pert" And she doesn’t say "Part" Yeah, she knows it’s "Neil Peert" ‘Cause he’s close to her heart Say a prayer for John Rutsey He was there at the start She’s the girl who listened to Rush Philosophers and ploughmen They can’t resist her call They cannot choose Not to decide So they've got no choice at all They've gotta love her Why don’t girls ever listen to Rush? (X a lot) But she listened to Rush! The blacksmith and the artist They can’t resist her call You cannot choose Not to decide So you’ve got no choice at all No you’ve got no choice at all You’ve gotta love her

Not one of their best songs, this. But wait till you get to 2112. That's the deal. You will love that one. It's not just a song. It's an experience. And it doesn't slip away. They could make a movie based on that song. P.S. That song has lyrics, it's a story set to music.

@handebarlas6248

3 жыл бұрын

'It's an experience and it doesn't slip away'. That's simply brilliant'!!

@johnfoster5295

3 жыл бұрын

@@handebarlas6248 Glad you got what I was doing there. 😉

Great song, but this video is cringeworthy at best...solid reaction and if you continue down this path you will discover that Neil Peart was one of the great minds of his generation.

That's no woman. That is modern day goddess Aimee Mann.