Subscribe if you enjoyed the video as much as we enjoyed the song! Sorry I said the title wrong! 😭 Was a total BANGER! 🔥 World class track by a world class band! Cheers guys have a great day! 🔥🤟🏻

@Mar-yk6jp

4 жыл бұрын

Andy & Alex I see a few folks down below have recommended Red Barchetta. I greatly concur. Next time you dabble with Rush, Red Barchetta is a great story.

@kickinvideo333

4 жыл бұрын

Andy & Alex This band will blow your mind, guaranteed ✌🏼😎👍🏼 From 1970… Chicago "25 or 6 to 4" kzread.info/dash/bejne/m4l1u8eHY7XWYqg.html

@brianburns3763

4 жыл бұрын

Someday you should hear cygnus x1 off of hemispheres. It is a journey.

@manualboyca

4 жыл бұрын

listen to Red Barchetta, Limelight, YYZ, Freewill (to name a few)

@new_mercury5367

4 жыл бұрын

@@manualboyca oh yes all these get my vote!!

am I the only old man grinning from ear to ear with an eye welling up when I see young folks love this band?

@johnkear2268

4 жыл бұрын

Far from it. I'm in my early 50s,been a massive fan since about 1981. What's interesting is that people I know of a similar age to, including former work colleagues, have only really got into Rush in recent years. There will never be another band like them, though I'd love to be proven wrong....

@Poss1

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, no... I came back to watch this again after Andy's "Top 5 Songs" list and I'm grinning and bouncing in my chair right along with them. I can see 60 coming and I've seen Rush many times starting in high school. So many young reactors discovering so much good work, across the arts... A big source of a lot of happy!

@KathySandru

4 жыл бұрын

Hang Them For Treason No

@jasonk4323

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@Bassman64PlaysBass

4 жыл бұрын

Nope

Who else has heard this song a million times, but was grooving right along with Andy and Alex like it was their first time hearing it?

@irayoverirayover6382

4 жыл бұрын

Could have been any other way?

@rphnick

4 жыл бұрын

@Bradley Schroeder I've seen them twice... absolutely amazing each time!

@beadybaby

4 жыл бұрын

totes. rphcindy

@nickrice5819

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I've heard it way way way too many feckin times but I tried and succeeded to think back to then !

@crucify40

4 жыл бұрын

I heard it in January of 1980 but this made it new.

As a 50 year old woman, I don't think you guys can possibly understand how important radio was in the 80's. I literally woke up every morning to my favorite radio station as I did my hair. Calling into the radio station so they would play my favorite song, and have my cassette player ready to record the songs. the power of radio was very strong. For real.The power of radio really did make my morning move.

@melissabill1640

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't it though?! 😃 As soon as I woke up in the morning I had my Sony Walkman on (with the old style headphones)! I'm 54 now.

@user-rs6ln7nc4g

3 жыл бұрын

💯

@enprise7335

3 жыл бұрын

Calling in as well to all the contests too

@michelletittle4689

3 жыл бұрын

The 80’s? Imagine the 60’s and 70’s!!!

@edkarter7062

3 жыл бұрын

Ended up being a insider at the station this was written about ! CFNY a great station ! Rush was not on the playlist at that time many many years later ! The salesman part always makes me laugh ! One guy looked like a TV actor so we goofed on him a bit. He got me back real good one day !!

Spirit of Radio is an energy drink in sound wave form.

Seeing young people get blown away by the music I listened to when I was a teenager brings a tear to my eye.

@namechangedtoprotecttheinn6051

4 жыл бұрын

I was just telling my wife the same thing yesterday...honestly gives me hope for mankind

@r5photography

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. I feel terrible how the music business became more about the business than the music.

@hmmmph3650

4 жыл бұрын

Brings me back to the first time I heard it. So great.

@dopesensi

4 жыл бұрын

Their faces were just like mine - esp to that intro bit , when I bought this LP the day it came out. Headphones on....boom ! Went on to have a life in a totally different genre but Rush were a part of my life I have not heard since then till now. Still sitting with the headphones on every day blowing my own mind with sound . MUsic is the answer ! Never lose the faith in it.

@curtmichael7589

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Jay yeah, I went all punk and new wave in the 80’s and now a jazz freak but I’ll still go with Judas Priest , Rush and the like. Music is a miracle.

One of the greatest to ever sit behind the drum kit. R.I.P. Neil Peart.

@tomparshall2450

4 жыл бұрын

No way man , The GREATEST OF ALL TIME !THE PROFESSOR !!!!!!!! No one was even close Neil was the leader, you know he played Lead Drums , Alex guitar, Geddy vocals bass and synthesizers I dont know of any other drummer that is the leader of their band.

@CoachEgg

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomparshall2450Phil Collins was a drummer leader. Eagles had a drummer leader. Moon and Bonham are equal to Peart, just different styles. Peart was precise timekeeping and innovative fills. Bonham actually played alot of jazz rhythm as heavy as he could. Moon, like Peart, played lead bass. Fills all over the place.

@tomparshall2450

4 жыл бұрын

@@CoachEgg there ain't no freaking way that you can compare Phill Collins to Neil . However Peter Gabriel was the leader in Genesis before he went sole . Collins had no choice ,for Genesis to survive he became leader ,I believe a different situation than what Neil had . Bonhams was extreme but Everybody knows Jimmy Page was the real leader with a lot of competition from Robert Plant ! Any way you spin it we both mentioned some of the Greatest musicians of there time . There is a special place in my Heart for Rush ,I feel like I grew up with them and they grew up with me !!! REST IN PEACE NEIL PEART !!!!

@CoachEgg

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomparshall2450 I have tons of respect for Peart and Rush, and no one needs to defend their taste. When I mentioned Moon and Bonham I did to put them as equals to Peart. All great and all differently great. Moon with Rush would sound horrible. Peart with the Who would sound horrible. They were great.

@tomparshall2450

4 жыл бұрын

@@CoachEgg absolutely , no one can tell another what sounds better. Everyone has there own ears!

I am 59 and this band still gives me goosebumps!!

@tonyhomant244

2 жыл бұрын

58 here

@bryanfelitto9318

Жыл бұрын

I'm a 79yr young guitar player have seen Getty ,Neil and Alex in concert beaucoup times they simply ARE from another dimension.The lyrics are wonderfully complex yet insightful and The SOUND sweeps you away ..effing Genius Stuff

@JHPine

Ай бұрын

Same here! Every time, since 1980!

@FUBAR1986

Ай бұрын

62 years old fell in love with rush, 2112 album, then went back to their three album fly by night.

I'm 74 years old and still listen to the vinyl. One of the most under-rated groups ever.

@serge.l.1897

2 жыл бұрын

Pink Floyd and Rush are on top of my list, unmovable. They had fantastic musicians.

@Nightrelic

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure you can be underrated when you’re known as one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Rush is certainly the band that could conceivably achieve that, though.

@rjmidwest6911

Жыл бұрын

I'd have to agree that they definitely aren't underrated. All three are master musicians in their own rights and myself being a drummer Neil Peart was my biggest influence. if anything I would say the younger generation knows the songs but might not be able to put a name with it. They kinda laid low for many years, only 3 albums in the 2000s and weren't controversial figures.

@bretyoung3033

11 ай бұрын

On every radio station everyday. Not under rated.

@TD_JR

21 күн бұрын

Definitely not under rated -- easily in that tiny group of bands at the top of the Progressive Rock Food Pyramid.

Dudes, I am 62 years old, “Spirit of Radio” is still on my playlist.

@MarshallNOLA

4 жыл бұрын

52 years old here. Still on mine too!

@x00p3

4 жыл бұрын

64, never grow tired of it.

@franksmedley8619

4 жыл бұрын

59 here, and still on mine. Rush was the bomb when I was younger.

@davidarmstrong4743

4 жыл бұрын

First Rush song that I learned to play! I'll always love it!

@eyeofbass

4 жыл бұрын

Dan Hollifield I believe it was the first Rush song I ever heard, not long after Permanent Waves was released in the early 80’s. Definitely in the list of top Rush songs.

that was like watching 6-year-olds tear open presents on Christmas morning. great customer experience training video.

I’m in my 50’s and grew up with Rush as part of the soundtrack to my teens.... Yes, I promise you both, you will always love this song!

@ruperterskin2117

3 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@whenfatkillsfat803

2 жыл бұрын

I was born the year PW and TSOR came out and got into them in 2008 and haven't looked back . RIP Neil.

The fact that Alex knew who wrote the lyrics gives him gravity. Way to go, kid. But, the fact that Andy nearly threw his headphones into the air at the conclusion--man, you're my favorite musical pundit. This is what I want for my time. I've heard this music a hundred times, but you guys bring a whole other level of excitement. I wish you much success. I really need to get some swag from you guys--and I NEVER do that. I'm a scaly old rock musician with little patience for posers and pretenders. Rock on, my little brothers. And thanks for helping to keep the shit alive.

@MarcosHernandez-ne2jx

Жыл бұрын

Dude you comment was epic you captured it

"One likes to believe in the freedom of music. But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity." Best line in musical history.

@siucracos

4 жыл бұрын

Neil Peart is such a good poet

@jmcmurdo

4 жыл бұрын

That has been one of my favorite lyrics from Rush. Just met Geddy at a book signing a little over a week ago. Only got to talk to him for about 30 seconds and had so much to say but all I could ask was to sign it: "To Jym & Family, Take off you hosers! Geddy Lee". Rates up there with me meeting Stan Lee :)

@reccossu

4 жыл бұрын

glittering "guises" is what I used to hear. Are the lyrics published by Rush somewhere?

@basedbear1605

4 жыл бұрын

@@reccossu Glittering prizes and endless compromises. a quick google will get you the lyrics.

@duvetdancer

4 жыл бұрын

Along with ... " I can't pretend a stranger is a long awaited friend"

I had a huge grin on my face watching this knowing when the next transition was coming! Loved your reaction. You're right. This song stands up over time. It's almost 40 years old and I love it just as much if not more today as I did when it first came out. Keep it up guys! Red Barchetta and A Farewell to Kings are gems too. Cheers from Canada.

@andyandalex

4 жыл бұрын

@LisaMarie D Thanks Lisa! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video! And for the suggestions, cheers! 🔥

@alexfromandyandalex8032

4 жыл бұрын

It’s such a good song!

@descendantoffools9767

4 жыл бұрын

I agree! They would react to a transition and I kept thinking "Oh, were just getting started."

@Oxmustube

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I am 55 and I love to see young people going nuts hearing what we would listen to on commercial airwaves, something that wouldn't happen now. Looking forward to watch you react to Yes, Genesis and so on. Musicianship was at another level back then.

@riximus

4 жыл бұрын

@@Oxmustube Same

I’m 57 years old and today there are countless avenues of self-expression and creating content. We had FM radio and the albums we bought. That’s pretty much it. We are so emotionally connected to this music because that was all we had. This song took Rush from devoted cult following to superstars overnight. It was a huge freaking song for them. There are more impressive recordings like 2112 but this grew their fan base exponentially.

@CorePathway

Жыл бұрын

We would wait with a cassette in the boom box waiting for a new favorite song to come on so we would hit ‘record’. For like hours at a time. Getting paid $2.35 and hour and albums cost $9…we had to do it!

@SlitherWhisp

29 күн бұрын

This was the song that got me listening to Rush….. and I never looked back.

Guys, I heard this song for the first time when I was 14. I'm 55 now and still listen to this song on a regular basis, aside from listening to it with you reactors. :) It's one of the best driving songs ever, on a par with Rush's Red Barchetta in that regard.

Yes! More Rush! Red Barchetta one of the best driving songs.

@Mar-yk6jp

4 жыл бұрын

Al Rivers Masterpiece.

@Veggamattic

4 жыл бұрын

More Yes! Please rush! :)

@andyandalex

4 жыл бұрын

@Al Rivers We’ll probably do that one next! 🔥

@Jmriccitelli

4 жыл бұрын

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@mayge1234

4 жыл бұрын

Andy & Alex yes!!

"TEN! TEN! TEN! TEN!" That's right boys.....that's RUSH! Best rock band ever, out of the Western Hemisphere.

@stevehodder647

4 жыл бұрын

Out of Canada. Yes we had some kick ass bands.

"The magic music makes your morning mood." Love Mr. Peart!

I was 16 when I first heard this. It still gives me chills. This music was transformational for my generation. It established the bar musically for us.

Came back to watch this again for the millionth time. This tune rocks and the two bobble heads are a trip!

@liveagain1096

3 жыл бұрын

Lolololol!!!!

@edgarpacifico3421

3 жыл бұрын

me too!!!! rsrrsr

@amyswanson6951

3 жыл бұрын

Bahaha

@gregsteele806

2 жыл бұрын

Back for another listen myself. Clicked like on your comment. Then realized I'd already liked it last time I passed through. Here. Take a meaningless double like!

@liveagain1096

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the likes...I really dig these guys and their enthusiastic curiosity. They seem to genuinely respect artists and recordings from an age before digital everything took over the art...

I've got just one tattoo in my body: "one likes to believe in the freedom of music". It's on my back. This song changed my life. Thanks to Neil, Geddy and Alex for writing it.

@andrewball1898

4 жыл бұрын

P/G cover work was my first tattoo five years ago. My second was my best friends name. My third i got the day they announced Neil's passing "The Professor" wrapped around the Grace Under Pressure tattoo. Peace

@susanlynn770

3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE that! Bad azz

@susanlynn770

3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE that! Bad azz

@tammiea8552

3 жыл бұрын

Neil wasn't called The Professor for nothing.

Had the total privilege of seeing them live in '79 and '80 when this was out and they were in their prime. They nailed this, playing it live exactly like you heard it recorded. Being a musician makes me appreciate that talent that much more. I'm 65 and enjoy seeing you guys getting as giddy and goosey as we got back then. Enjoy your time travels!

@tommyboulden2125

2 жыл бұрын

Your reactions were the same as mine when I strapped head phones on back in the day

@dennisburke3187

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. Every time they came to the Capital Center!

This song is so full of rock tastiness that it literally defies description or even comparison.👍😁

@crocadillius6418

3 жыл бұрын

“Rock tastiness” is such a good way of putting it.

It was fun to see the joy on your faces.

@andyandalex

4 жыл бұрын

@Todd Kelly Glad you enjoyed it friend! 🔥

@alexfromandyandalex8032

4 жыл бұрын

Todd Kelly glad you enjoyed it!

@descendantoffools9767

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, it's cool to see someone get to hear it for the first time. My friends and I had the same reaction when the song came out.

@mojodojo5533

4 жыл бұрын

@@descendantoffools9767 Hearing it live for the first time is even better!!

When I was younger than you, I had the same reactions as you. 35 years later, it's still a ten. Boys, watching your faces as they changed time signatures or dropped into the reggae beat was PRICELESS. These are three of the most talented musicians and songwriters in modern history.

THIS is the absolute perfect reaction to this song - the song is so phenomenal, that literally after decades of listening to it and hundreds and hundreds of listens, it never gets old - it's infuckingcredible every single time. Well done, my brothers!

@donaldbraden2113

Жыл бұрын

I have been to 39 rush shows. Nothing like a rush show.

Neil Peart on The Spirit of Radio, “ The song itself, musically, is switching between radio stations, with a reggae section at the end, the second verse is new waves, I'm playing like a punk drummer there, and that was all intentional."

3 жыл бұрын

I know a whole album in this vein: The Spliff Radio Show. Sadly so unknown, especially in the English-speaking world. A german band (previously the backing band of Nina Hagen), but the whole album is, as the title says, like a show on the local (US) radio.

@testodude

Жыл бұрын

I have listened to this song hundreds of times for 40+ years, and have always loved the transitions, but it never occurred to me that it is emulating switching stations on the radio. Thanks for that. Fantastic stuff.

@jamessweet5341

Жыл бұрын

@ The official video shows an FM radio dial on Alex Lifson's guitar neck.

@CorePathway

22 күн бұрын

Well fuck me to tears, the song just hit a new level for me, I didn’t thing that was possible 🤷🏼‍♂️

I'm a 51 year old Canadian teacher who grew up with Rush. The way you appreciate great music is awesome! You guys make me so happy for the new generation. Great job guys!

@andyandalex

4 жыл бұрын

@Terd Ferguson Glad you’re diggin’ the content man cheers to that! 🔥🤟🏻

@pheeshankar4731

4 жыл бұрын

!!!!🤘🤘🤘🇨🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧🇬🇧🤘🤘🤘!!!!

@pheeshankar4731

4 жыл бұрын

!!!!🤘✌👍🇨🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧🇬🇧👍✌🤘!!!!

@pheeshankar4731

4 жыл бұрын

@barnabas c "" KOOL "" !!!! 👍🤘✌🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦👍🤘✌!!!!

@cmonster67

4 жыл бұрын

Alanis Morrissettte and Justin Beiber are Canadian too y'know, no love for your other brethren?...

I’m in my fifties, and have listened to Rush since I was a kid. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard this song-hundreds of times, probably. But watching your reaction to it was almost like hearing it for the first time again. So, thanks for that.

@sandybda

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with you..felt the same way.😉

@Snowdogkh

4 жыл бұрын

I just put up a post about this. I've heard this song so many times and it never gets old... but watching these two react to it like that. Priceless! I've never seen him react to a song like this one. Pretty cool

If I'm ever feeling blue or pissed off, I just watch this video.

@michaelmacintyre9643

3 жыл бұрын

When I hear my kid’s music or what they deem to be music, I do the same.

@adriennepender673

3 жыл бұрын

I've come back multiple times, myself. :)

@roseypeach8363

3 жыл бұрын

Jim, me too! Watching their reaction fills me with joy.

@Mannahnin

3 жыл бұрын

This and Lost in Vegas' reaction to War Pigs. Two videos of just perfect joy end to end.

@6teezkid

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! Same here! I have no idea how many times I’ve come here to watch/listen to these guys react while I’m loving it also. 👍🏼

Written for Toronto's CFNY 102.1 which at the time ran with the tagline "The Spirit Of Radio". Dave Marsden was it's visionary Program Director. The official video for this song is Rush's token of appreciation for the station's programming and its on air personalities.

There is NO BAND today who can hold a candle to Rush. Be glad that you were alive when Geddy, Alex, and Neil were. 😊

@basedbear1605

4 жыл бұрын

No band, ever. Rush is the single most underrated band in history. I'm a musician, and I've NEVER seen 3 guys who were all easily in the top 10 if not top 5 in the world at what they do. There is no better drummer than Neil, and the only writer that comes close is Roger Waters. Geddy playing bass + keys + vocals? That's off the charts insanely hard. As someone who plays guitar and sings, I don't know how he does it all. And Alex is easily a top 10 guitarist. His riffs are ALWAYS different... and yet you still know it's him when you hear it.

@thokim84

4 жыл бұрын

They were amazing live. Rocked my head for 3 hours straight. Still the greatest show I have ever seen.

@F3502000

4 жыл бұрын

@@basedbear1605 You covered that well! Exactly why they are the best!

@berserkers88

4 жыл бұрын

No doubt! I always get a kick out of exposing my young sons to new music!

@fgs2732

4 жыл бұрын

I love these band. They are Musicians’s musicians. Said this black guy that plays the bass.

Neil would get a kick seeing 2 new Rush fans carrying on like this.

@richardjohnson4071

3 жыл бұрын

Buuuuut he wouldn't want to meet these long awaited friends.

@susanlynn770

3 жыл бұрын

I sure did! I effing love it

@thomasaghotmail

3 жыл бұрын

😫😭 rest in power

@estebansteverincon7117

3 жыл бұрын

Aw man. That made me weepy.

Thanks for the video RIP Neil Peart. Young kids now have no idea of how much radio was apart of our lives back in the 60's and 70's. Rush best Canadian rock band ever. Lyrically, the song is a lament on the change of FM radio from free-form to commercial formats during the late 1970s. The Toronto-based station CFNY-FM-which had not abandoned free-form programming-is cited as an inspiration for the song, It's brilliant the transitions, is like changing the radio dial.

Every once in a while when I need cheering up I come back and watch this.

@itzel1735

3 жыл бұрын

10!

There is literally no fat on that song. Everything hits right when it should.

@TheJimtanker

4 жыл бұрын

And that's the magic of Rush.

@evankeal

4 жыл бұрын

Great description.

@Gman72400

4 жыл бұрын

{dropping the microphone}...

The song is not a 10. This song goes to 11.

@vernshumway5939

4 жыл бұрын

Why don’t you just make 10 louder?

@jaynefaulkner803

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. An 11 per Spinal Tap.

@ZomBMarketing

4 жыл бұрын

No, we're not going to fucking do "stonehenge".

@patknight9922

4 жыл бұрын

You spelled 10000000000000000011 wrong!

@nexusbrill

4 жыл бұрын

Right, across, the board...11...11...11...

God almighty this never gets old Phenomenal musicianship and arrangement

They say Rush is your favorite band’s favorite band. Criminally underrated for so long. They are a big reason why many consider the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame a joke because it took so long for them to be inducted. They should’ve been one of the first 20 acts in, maybe even 10.

I can’t believe how excited I get when you guys do. It’s the perfect drug. Reaction channels work really well when the reactors have heart and are open minded. You guys are both without a doubt.

@alexfromandyandalex8032

4 жыл бұрын

Martin Van Buren the best drug!!

@andyandalex

4 жыл бұрын

@Martin Van Buren So nice of you so say man, really glad you and many others are enjoying the content, that’s what it’s all about, cheers to music reaction culture done right! 🔥🤟🏻

@gotomymostpopularvideo3235

4 жыл бұрын

Martin Van Buren not just open minded. also “can still be open hearted”

@BlueGoat682

4 жыл бұрын

@@gotomymostpopularvideo3235 That was pretty punny :-). That being said I would also HIGHLY recommend " Red Barchetta" ( my favorite Rush song) and "Subdivisions". Both are freakin' awesome! Also, I don't know if you guys ever do full album reviews but if you do "Moving Pictures" would be the perfect one to review . CLASSIC album...

When I was in high school EVERYONE had Rush shirts. My yearbook was loaded with photos of students in Rush shirts.

@dougs7367

4 жыл бұрын

Yep Rush t-shirts and bookbags with Dungeons & Dragons books peeking out slung over back 😭

@generoberts9151

4 жыл бұрын

I first read, " when I was high in school" then had to read it again. But essentially both were probably correct 😜🤟

@BradCooney

4 жыл бұрын

@@generoberts9151 I don't follow you. Maybe not enough coffee this morning.

@spaceguy7777

4 жыл бұрын

What city was high school?....they have been my all time favs since 70s

@susanmaggiora4800

4 жыл бұрын

Gene Roberts I know I certainly was, about 75% of the time. In my Rush shirt🤣

I've watched this video countless times because their reactions to "The Spirit of Radio" is priceless.

Sometimes I get a little bummed out that I'm in my mid-fifties, but thanks to you guys I realized that the music I grew up with, music from the late 60s through the 70s and 80s, was truly the greatest music of all time! Every time I watch you guys enjoy a song that I love I get a sense of overwhelming gratitude. Keep up the wonderful work A&A!

"When we're in our 40's this is still gonna be there." - News Flash. I first heard this when I was 13 years old. Now I'm 53 (yeah, it's 40 years old in 2020), and yeah, it's still there. Not going anywhere anytime soon (or not soon). To quote Gene Simmons when asked what kind of music Rush plays: "What kind of music do they play?? Man.. it's *Rush* ".

@djm4457

3 жыл бұрын

Great quote.

@philstone3859

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Exactly!

@michaelmcmenamin5739

3 жыл бұрын

When Rush opened for Kiss, Kiss said "Man those guys really know how to play their instruments", and Rush said "Man those guys really know how to talk to girls".

You guys do this right, listen to the Whole song and then critic. The goosebumps Never End.

@loosilu

4 жыл бұрын

YESSSS!

I love watching people fall in love with Rush. As a diehard Rush fan for the past four decades seeing people experience them for the first time warms my cockles.

It’s still one of the very best single reactions out there that I’ve seen. Andy is barely hanging on and you Alex are visibly shook. I keep coming back to it. Spirit indeed, Spirit indeed.

Just had to watch this again after learning of Neil Peart’s death - I needed to see your joy

@AudiophileTubes

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, so a propos, despite the pall of sadness.

@timothydisinger9414

4 жыл бұрын

Right on Ms Sandra ; these guys being younger and loving Rush is heart warming to me as well 😊😊😊

@cynthiabroyles4890

4 жыл бұрын

Came back a third time for the same reason. Edit 7.

The joy is infectious - it's an absolute virtuoso riot of a song. A radio song about radio songs. RIP Neal

@valoriel4464

4 жыл бұрын

And Salesmen. lol

@loosilu

4 жыл бұрын

@@valoriel4464 oooooof SALESmen

@Tonyr0206

4 жыл бұрын

"The spark still flies, in another pair of eyes." N.E.P.

This is the third time I've checked out this reaction in the past year. Guys, I think it's my favourite of your reactions ... and I've watched a good many of them. Simply put, the joy you experience hearing this for the first time is infectious. It always gives me a lift.

I think this is the 4th time I've watch you do this one. Not sure if I already shared this with you two... Imagine being a 15 year old kid who's never been to a concert before and you're older neighbor at about 5 in the evening asks if you'd like to go with a bunch of other guys to a general admission concert to see a band called Rush and you've never heard of them before. Of course I begged my mother to go, I was allowed to go and the rest is history they became my favorite band instantly. It was the Permanent Waves tour with Spirit of Radio just blowing me away. How could three people put out that much quality sound it was just amazing to me. Stage presence for each was amazing.

There’s something to be said about watching people hear RUSH for the first time. Never ceases to amaze me

@chipchipperson1591

4 жыл бұрын

best reaction

@DiKusRa

4 жыл бұрын

So True Chris... so sad.. to hear RUSH first time in college. Wasted High school years... neglected by parents..no influential friends... but still hope for you, young men.. time learn and catch up. My son heard RUSH in primary school.

@susanlynn770

4 жыл бұрын

I love it! Fun

@livinaftermidnight9651

4 жыл бұрын

I only wish I could have recorded myself the first time I heard Rush!

@claudiamooney5489

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone remembers the first time they hear rush

Perhaps the cleanest, tightest, most upbeat, pretty much perfect rock song ever. Up for debate, but this one will always make the Top 5. RUSH just flat out rocks.

When I feel crappy, I rewatch this. The best reaction to one of the best songs ever written. SO MUCH FUN!

Still my favorite reaction on this channel. I liked when you guys sat closer to the camera.

@mstob1969

Жыл бұрын

Agree. I come back to it every once in a while.

From a 53 old mexican Rush fan, this was totally enjoyable. Go for Red Barchetta.

RIP Neil Elwood Peart (1952 - 2020). The Spirit of Radio is arguably the most quintessential RUSH track. It is everything RUSH wrapped in a radio-friendly package. And it summarizes RUSH's genius: complexity and creativity that is so easy (and fun) to digest. But if I had to pick my favourite RUSH track, and one that I humbly believe summed up Neil's life philosophy (in a poetic and dramatic way), it would be Hemispheres (Cygnus X-1 Book Two). Lyrically and musically 100% RUSH: "The heart and mind united in a single perfect sphere." It's something I recommend you guys should experience and react to in memory of The Professor.

33 live shows later.. they never get old.. i discover something in every album... RIP The Professor

This song has been the first track in my wake-up playlist for more than 20 years, and I still groove to it the same way you two did.

This song is one of Rush's greatest. It showcases everything great about Rush; incredible musicianship, creative time changes, and profound lyrics. This song speaks to anyone who truly loves music and spent their childhood/teenage years glued to the radio waiting for the bliss of hearing your favorite artists. That was a religion to me and this song its gospel truth 💙

@gregsteele806

3 жыл бұрын

This and Limelight feel like two movements of the same song.

Gentlemen. I thank you for the very cool content. Free content! What a killer Rush tune.

@andyandalex

4 жыл бұрын

@Martin Van Buren No problem man glad you’re diggin’ it!! 🔥

@alexfromandyandalex8032

4 жыл бұрын

It was our pleasure, what’s your favorite rush song?

@Mar-yk6jp

4 жыл бұрын

I’m thinking Red Barchetta is my favorite. Thanks for asking. You guys have a good rapport with us fans.

“Trear’d up”, “goosebumps”. Classic

The song was a 10 back when it came out too. My most favorite song ever hands down.

Rush wrote this song, "The Spirit of Radio," for a Toronto, Ontario, Canada, radio station, called, CFNY 102.1, their tag line was "102.1, the Spirit of Radio." It was a great station, that played new wave, rock, progressive, and broke new bands. This song is about that station. I used to love it, listened all the time, 70's and 80's. No play lists, they were "free form." Never a "commercial, playing the hits only," Station! CFNY had the "integrity" to play the new and the good. "Subdivisions" is good too.

@r.edward5701

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks for sharing! I just watched beyond the lighted stage again..I forgot that the beginning for YYZ is the actual code for Pearson

@photobearcmh

4 жыл бұрын

I miss radio from the 70s.

@mikeclarke1961

4 жыл бұрын

CFNY was a great radio station. I also loved listening to Q107 when I lived in Toronto.

@Ukeepthelies8471

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikeclarke1961, I lived in Western New York(outside of Buffalo) and used to listen to CFNY, and Q107. CFNY was great until it was sold, and became more Top 40.

@ripping6900

4 жыл бұрын

Dave Marsden, Headly Jones Reggae show..CFNY was great.

This song was really a victim of radio over-play for me over the years, but, just watching the joy on your faces experiencing this one brought back the feeling I had when it was a new song for me back in 1980. You made me go dig out 'Permanent Waves' and listen again after many years. :-)

@phantomdust9162

4 жыл бұрын

Skrid Tractor I feel the same way with Tom Sawyer. This song will never get old for me

@andyandalex

4 жыл бұрын

@Skrid Tractor Glad we got you feeling it again! 🔥🤟🏻🤟🏻

@crazyfingers19

4 жыл бұрын

Could not agree more. And yes, same with tom sawyer, and actually working man too.

One of my favorite songs by Rush, but it was an absolute must to hear in concert so in 1991 I waited all concert to hear this song and it was the encore and they played it for a good 10/15 minutes…. I could’ve died right there and gone to heaven.

So much fun watching you guys react to this (I've watched this video several times, first time commenting on it) ... because if I had a friend who had not experienced Rush and I had to pick just one song for that friend, this would be it. It is, quite literally, the PERFECT rock song. Thank you, Neil. You are missed, but your contributions to millions upon millions are not, and never will be.

@TheRjb2010

Жыл бұрын

This or Tom Sawyer.

When you listen to RUSH your vocabulary improves 😂 Shattering the illusion of integrity

@thomashumphrey4953

4 жыл бұрын

George Carlin helps in that area too... Now,Rock On!!!

This is the best reaction you guys have done yet.

@andyandalex

4 жыл бұрын

@Martin Van Buren So nice of you to say thank you!!! 🔥🤟🏻

@alexfromandyandalex8032

4 жыл бұрын

🙏🏼 thank you!

@maryannanderson1744

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@JimGeigerMusic

3 жыл бұрын

I still cue this reaction up when I feel like a jaded old man (I'm 53), and you guys bring the joy of music, and my favorite song from my favorite band.

Not Mary, but her husband Jeff commenting.When you ended with "10", no kidding. Watching current college students react to this song from when I was In high school is priceless. Heads bobbing like mine does to this day. Used to look alot like the long haired dude in this video, but now older and gray and balding, this song still evokes many memories. Rush rules! Glad you young guys appreciate the supreme musicianship that these 3 guys represent.

@ruperterskin2117

3 жыл бұрын

Well said, friend.

Greatest reaction in history I have watched this a million times 😆

@aWOKEn1445

Жыл бұрын

I also loved their reaction to Won't Get Fooled Again. Really authentic and joyful.

The song is written to mimic 'travelling the dial' on an old-time car radio, thus the drastically different styles. The lead is along the lines of the static you get between stations. And, yes, they are the high lords of transitions.

@TheSanityInspector

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! On paper, transitioning from skull-crushing power chords to a light reggae section would sound silly, yet they bring it off wonderfully.

The best line in the song to me is co-opted from Paul Simon's lyric in The Sound of Silence: "and the words of the prophets are written on the subway wall - tenement hall, and they echo with the sound of silence." Peart revised those lines into: "For the words of the *profits* are written on the studio wall- concert hall and they echo with the sound of salesmen."

@sophiecat14

4 жыл бұрын

Jim Geiger Music I was looking for this! Brilliant writing, as always, from Peart.

@sophiecat14

4 жыл бұрын

Can't believe I wrote this right before finding out we lost him.😢💔 My heart still aches. RIP, beautiful soul. ❤️

@jonathanlocke6404

4 жыл бұрын

One of the best plays on words while referencing another classic song ever...

@sophiecat14

4 жыл бұрын

JONATHAN LOCKE My personal favourite.❤️

Rush is my all time favorite band!!! I was rocking to them in the 80's and onward!!! Nothing but Love!!!

When I'm feeling a bit meh I click on this video and it cheers me right up!! This is possibly the best reaction video 😆 Cheers guys!

"But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity" - That is not your run-of-the-mill rock lyric...content OR composition.

@Yamaha-lr1hd

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yea awesome song # Trump 2020

@cecillegravelle2590

3 жыл бұрын

yep. 1st place for everyone..

@Yamaha-lr1hd

3 жыл бұрын

@@cecillegravelle2590 Trump 2020

@mikeg3439

3 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, Neil was probably one of the most vocal critics of his own lyrics. He definitely did not consider himself to be a writer of the ages, but then again, epic titans of talent often seem to think like that. Neil did write a few hilarious ones though (but I will always admire his genius anyway).

@donovanemery597

3 жыл бұрын

Rush wouldn't have liked Trump. Fact.

The tempo and style changes were them flipping through channels on the radio.....and yes, a hard 10.

@Mar-yk6jp

4 жыл бұрын

remohio Absolutely. Such a cool underlying theme of the song.

@andyandalex

4 жыл бұрын

@remohio Wow that’s amazing! Cheers friend! 🔥

@alexfromandyandalex8032

4 жыл бұрын

Never considered that! Thanks for the comment

@patrick3926

4 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh didn’t know that

@jongroubert4203

4 жыл бұрын

Wait; is that true? Or are you just making that up? Either way, VERY COOL take on the song!

As a 61-year-old male I cannot tell you how refreshing it is to see so many younger people appreciate all the fantastic music from the 60s & 70s (& early 80's). Specifically I most enjoy your reactions to my favorite band of all time...RUSH! My girlfriend turned me on to them in the Summer of 1974 immediately after the US release of their self-titled debut. The INSTANT the needle hit the vinyl I was hooked for life at the age of 14. The first time I saw them was on their All The World's. a Stage tour in January 1977. I was front row center with arms on the stage. There were no stage space/security barricades in the 70's & all arena shows were General Admission/ Festival Seating. You arrive hours early then run for your life when the doors open. To see my heroes play 2112 essentially just for me was incredible. I was 16 and attended solo. I could reach out and touch the band members (of course no one did).To this day (45 years later) the best concert experience of my life. And I saw 100's of bands front row. I also saw them in February 1980 on the Permanent Waves tour.. IMHO they are the greatest band of all time. When one factors in ALL of their contributions and attributes it is startling. Their musicianship is unmatched.

I was a young Marine when this album came out. It thrills me to see folks that weren't even born then really enjoying the music of my youth.

@loosilu

4 жыл бұрын

Right???? I reacted just like them.

@jvhsuasponte2918

3 жыл бұрын

Truth , Semper Fi devil dog 🇺🇸 totally agree! SUA SPONTE!!🇺🇸

1:39 in and I got chills and goosebumps! I've heard this song a bajillion times! Never gets old.

Just jumped from your live version of this song. My daughter has literally heard RUSH, Genesis, Yes, and others since the day she was born. She’s in her early 20’s now. She listens to and LOVES this song in particular. Gee… I wonder why 😂. She listens to everything but this is her favorite. Tell your kids, show your kids. We need to keep this music alive!

Once in a while a song comes along with perfect lyrics, perfect music and perfect subject matter.

I love how Andy couldn't even last 3 seconds into the opening guitar riff without expressing his amazement!

You guys are me when I was your age hearing Rush for the first time...and yes it will be in your rotation for the rest of your life...welcome!

Another old man grinning ear to ear. Genesis and Rush - my two all-time favorites. Great stuff. Still trying out his to connect with you on Patreon.

Written on the studio walls of concert halls, Echo with the sound of salesman!

"Limelight" should be your next Rush banger. (PS: When are you going to do "Close To The Edge" by Yes? Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush were such huge fans that they were chosen to induct Yes into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame.)

@andyandalex

4 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Ponce We need to do that one for sure! And wow didn’t know that about Yes! Cheers man! 🔥

@michaelyork4554

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Close To The Edge would be a 13 or better out of 10. Yes is the Pinnacle

@MrArcanaman

4 жыл бұрын

The whole Close to the Edge album, all 3 songs...lol Love that album!!! Do it!!!

@johnparker1290

4 жыл бұрын

For Yes also check out South Side of the Sky off of Fragile (the same album that has Roundabout).

@heatherk1200

4 жыл бұрын

Limelight is a fantastic choice for the next Rush track, but it's hard to make a bad choice with this band.

La Villa Strangiato. Do yourselves a favor and cue that up.

@aman2112

4 жыл бұрын

The live exit stage left version!

@jr-xs9tf

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure they could take it, lol!

@ric5210

4 жыл бұрын

Also Jacob’s Ladder

The best reaction -- and review -- of any song. Frankly, I react to the start of this song the same as y'all -- every damn time, and I'm as old as dirt.

I enjoyed watching your reaction today. I saw Rush the first time in 1975, my freshman year in college. Yea, I'm old, 65 years old. I continued to attend several more Rush concerts through the decades. It amazes me that 45 years later, Rush is still relevant. Toward the end of their playing years, the concerts were filled with hard core Rush fans and became fanatical as most people knew that Neil Peart was playing in extreme pain and the end was near for the band. Some of the wildest shows I have ever seen. I still listen to them on a regular basis, and it's great to see younger people appreciate this band. RIP Neil Peart, you rocked me throughout my life.

You guys are hilarious! I was a teen when this song came out. It's one of my all-time favorite RUSH songs ever. Hearing you say "When we're in our 40's..." I legit laughed. Like I said it came out in my teens, I'm in my 50's and have the same reaction to the song now as I did then, and Neil Peart is the reason I picked up sticks..... Seeing you as college students talking how you'll play it for your kids... I got my son into RUSH as a kid. He's now 20, and he happens to play drums now too.... THIS song and in fact MOST RUSH songs are timeless....

@andrewball1898

4 жыл бұрын

Almost exactly ditto. Peace

Love their reactions. But their comments make me realize my age. Their comment "I'm going to listen to this years from now, like in my 40's..."

@GT-mq1dx

3 жыл бұрын

My though exactly, I was 14 years old when this song came out and I heard it on radio for the first time. My 40’s was 10 plus years ago and here I am still rockin out to it. 😁😎

@stacyward4309

3 жыл бұрын

I'm right here with you at 60!

"When you are in your forties it will still be there!!" I'm in my late fifties and it's been there for 35 years!!!

I remember back in the day listening to all my dads cd's, Rush moving pictures being one of them, ever since then i have had a huge love for Rush.

I've always interpreted Alex's opening riff as the simulation of turning the knob to tune in a radio station.

@kevinhepp6604

4 жыл бұрын

Alan I never thought of that but now it totally sounds like that

@MysticRhythmsLive

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinhepp6604 For me it's the electronic signals going through the air carrying the music to the world.

@philstone3859

3 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what it is. The Jamaican breakdown is symbolic of changing the stations on the radio (not to mention the smoke influence)and getting that first good song of the day that sticks with you. It’s NEILS tribute to good radio and the trappings of success in it. Poetry, loud poetry.

@SombraPiloto

3 жыл бұрын

Thats what the little break at 4:48 is meant to simulate.

@billakers6082

3 жыл бұрын

The opening riff was actually a warm-up exercise guitar players use, dust in the wind is another one that comes to mind.

Seeing the music I grew up on and still love through new eyes makes my heart so happy. Rush is special

Out of all the reaction videos this came the closet to how I felt when I first heard Spirit. .

all of their songs, is like a movie, intro is elegant, building, they were genius' of how to write f'en great music