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different styles and so forth. So with that said I want to do a vocal coach
reacts to Rush the song is called "Tom Sawyer". Now I did do a Rush song with one
of my students I'm gonna put that in the description for you to check out to see
how we did with that said let's just go ahead react
to Rush and it looks like this is in 2003 at the SAR Stock Festival or
something like that so. Haven't seen it but I'm gonna see it now with you. Here
we go.
Lot of people there .Wow.
Lot of people man. Here we go. Here we go, here we go.
and so before it begins I know I've said
this before when I talked about Van Halen. I've know I've said this before
about other three-piece bands like this whether it's Emerson Lake & Palmer
whatever it is. Rush three guys, think about that.
Three guys now I said Van Halen Val Halen's three-piece band but there's David Lee
Roth as a singer. This is three guys only and like I said ELP and other other
bands like that that it's just triumph you know just amazing speaking of
Canadian bands but amazingly talented band so we're gonna check this out and
keep in your back your mind, there's only three guys making all this sound okay
here we go.
Alex Lifeson on guitar, first Neil Peart on drums. Geddy Lee bass, lead
vocals and keyboards. Look at all those people man that'd be terrifying.
I don't mean to be mean about this but I'm looking at Alex Lifeson. He could just be like some guy you're sitting next to
the bus on right or something he doesn't you know he's so unassuming and just so
humble and he's just walking out there doing his thing and what's interesting is I've
read a quite a few articles on these guys and they're really down-to-earth. I
mean they've been spend best friends through the whole lives and you know I
remember when 21:12 came out you know Temples of Syrinx. I'm like gosh what
planet are these guys from, most of those vocals screaming high. Man I couldn't even
touch those vocals if I wanted to back then. I can now but back then it was pretty
crazy but again just very unassuming, very casual you know they're not trying
to be big rockstars though they are and just phenomenal musicians so.
and unique, very unique sound.
Listen to all that sound from three guys.
They sound great man.
Now this is from memory so you guys put in the in the comment section I'm could
be wrong at this but from what I remember I remember that they had
started out and they wanted to be this progressive band and they were doing all
this progressive stuff and labels were just going forget it we want nothing to do
with this and they just stuck to their guns and they held by what they believed
in. Lot of admiration for that because a lot of bands would have
probably you know either folded or gone a different direction musically and they
just stuck to their guns and kept doing what they what they loved and that's
what made them successful it was the very thing that people.. labels were
trying to change about them was in fact the very thing that made them successful.
So do the math of that it's really important let that sink in because um
that's what made Rush Rush so.
Playing foot pedals, playing keyboards. Singing and playing bass you know.
Moving around on all those instruments, pretty impressive.
Some of that reminds me of John Entwistle a little bit.
and Chris Squire like a combination between the two. Chris Squire played with a pick though not
his fingers as much.
Neil Peart man. You know and again when you really think about it
like Alex Lifeson had his own very unique guitar sound right but you look at
Neil Peart and how many drummers now again it's mostly progressive drummers
that like him John Bonham, guys like John Bonham and then more progressive the Dream
Theater guys like Neil Peart but it's interesting because he literally carved
away and pioneered a whole completely different new sound in a time where
it just wasn't that popular and then that became very popular because a lot
of people went wow that's really cool, really hard to do. All these different
rhythms he was able to pull off and all the flavor that that brought to the band
and character that it brought to the band. I know I at one point I was talking um
I did a Styx reaction and the song I did was "Lady". I'm not sure when I'm gonna
release all these but it was interesting because I mentioned how Dennis DeYoung
had this keyboard part that he did back in 72 I guess he said it was and that's
what started the band was that one song right but if you listen to that one
little riff that he did it's this real pretty light you know piano kind of
thing and then when the band kicks in you know it changes the whole dynamic
and the whole everything about the the sound and the energy and just the the
personality of the song. Well that's true with Neil Peart on drums and just
everybody as they bring in their their instrument into the.. as a collective in
the band, it really brings out the personality of the band as a whole and
not just one individual in the band. So that's awesome.
It raises the game of other
players in the band too.
A lot of great energy man.
I know this is silly. I don't know why didn't notice those before. The washing machines
in the background. I forget I think it was my brother Lance told me they did all these
crazy things like that and I that obviously has a meaning with the song.
Would you guys remind me I remember I can't remember what that is but there's
a reason that they have washing machines in the background. So please you guys put
in the comment section what that's for but yeah that's hilarious. Anyway you
know it's a bummer too we talk about the great musicianship and stuff and and
I guess Neil Peart is you know no longer gonna be drumming because of his issues
that he's got and then Geddy Lee you know is having trouble vocally and it
would have been great if maybe he had taken some lessons to get to maintain
and keep his range over time that would have been really cool so.
The guy almost had the lyrics at the end he was like
what's next.
phenomenal man. Listen to how tight those guys are.
Ay. For my Canadian friends out there.
Pretty tight ay.
Wow listen to those timed signature changes.
That was cool.
Is it over. Yes it's over.
That was awesome. Yeah again like I said early on 2112 again that was a big album
for me, Temples of Syrinx all those songs in that were there and then you
know what's also interesting about this group is very few bands get to live out
their career legendary status over this many years and these guys would just
sell out arenas for just decades. Like how awesome is that and how awesome is
it to to stick to your guns like I said be able to write your own ticket on what
kind of music you want to do and then have such a faithful, loyal audience that
just follows you, kind of like the Grateful Dead you know wherever you go.
So just absolutely amazing. So anyway gang if you like what you heard please like
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thousands of singers in there. We're all talking about all this stuff and how to do
it, it's really cool and until next time you know oh by the way this is done by
request so if you guys have something you'd like to hear or hear me react to,
please feel free to do that and please remind me of why those washing machine
were on stage. I know they had a whole bunch of stuff they did like that
so if you guys can remind me of that that'd be great too. Alright alright untill next
time God bless you gang peace out.
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