Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated:
1
00:00:10,361 --> 00:00:12,861
[crowd ovation build up]
2
00:00:18,085 --> 00:00:20,185
[crowd ovation increasing]
3
00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:28,074
www.fmsubs.com
4
00:00:29,780 --> 00:00:31,246
[mysterious background tone]
5
00:00:33,784 --> 00:00:36,752
[Geddy Lee] When I started
in this band I was a kid.
6
00:00:39,673 --> 00:00:41,640
Everything about
being a kid is hard.
7
00:00:42,793 --> 00:00:45,094
You know, life is kinda torture
when you're a kid.
8
00:00:45,129 --> 00:00:46,929
[soft wind chimes]
9
00:00:47,715 --> 00:00:51,266
And the band, is the thing
that saves you from that torture
10
00:00:51,301 --> 00:00:53,852
so it becomes your cocoon.
11
00:00:55,356 --> 00:00:58,440
Becomes the place
where you grew up.
12
00:00:58,476 --> 00:01:02,361
Becomes the thing that helped
you mold your identity.
13
00:01:02,413 --> 00:01:03,779
[soft mysterious music]
14
00:01:04,365 --> 00:01:07,249
And in some ways it's the thing
that gave you your identity.
15
00:01:09,003 --> 00:01:10,786
It's the thing that you...
16
00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,875
Got really good at and helped
you feel good about yourself.
17
00:01:17,094 --> 00:01:18,243
[birds chirping in the distance]
18
00:01:18,279 --> 00:01:20,963
[Alex Lifeson]
Ah... the ending.
19
00:01:23,334 --> 00:01:25,801
The beginning...
there's so much hope.
20
00:01:26,353 --> 00:01:29,271
And it's a clean slate
and you just go for it.
21
00:01:29,974 --> 00:01:34,476
The ending... never feels
like it's the right time
22
00:01:34,812 --> 00:01:35,694
to end.
23
00:01:36,147 --> 00:01:37,329
And...
24
00:01:37,731 --> 00:01:41,733
for all the reasons
that I'd like it to be over
25
00:01:42,369 --> 00:01:45,404
which are almost exclusively
physical things.
26
00:01:46,356 --> 00:01:48,440
In my heart and in my...
27
00:01:49,193 --> 00:01:51,126
mind, I'm not ready.
28
00:01:51,162 --> 00:01:52,161
[crowd ovation in the distance]
29
00:01:53,380 --> 00:01:55,130
We haven't really known
another life.
30
00:01:55,716 --> 00:01:57,649
[guitar chord in the distance]
31
00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:03,972
[Neil Peart] I don't think there is a...
really, an end.
32
00:02:04,008 --> 00:02:09,377
I have no fear of the future,
no regret, to the contrary.
33
00:02:09,396 --> 00:02:10,729
[soft wind chimes]
34
00:02:11,515 --> 00:02:14,683
It's just to me, fantastic
the thing we've done.
35
00:02:14,935 --> 00:02:18,954
And I feel great I was able to
sustain my prime for a long time.
36
00:02:19,423 --> 00:02:22,357
And keep improving to the level
that I wanted to get to.
37
00:02:23,244 --> 00:02:24,726
[cymbal smash]
38
00:02:24,745 --> 00:02:27,830
To go out on the top and not face
the diminishing of your abilities,
39
00:02:27,865 --> 00:02:29,181
that's what I couldn't face.
40
00:02:29,216 --> 00:02:30,782
[high toned guitar riff]
41
00:02:31,018 --> 00:02:33,752
If all that is true,
then you have to say that...
42
00:02:33,954 --> 00:02:35,838
ending is harder
than beginning.
43
00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:40,392
Because the beginning is
a place you've escaped to
44
00:02:40,928 --> 00:02:44,062
that's been a warm
and nurturing environment
45
00:02:44,498 --> 00:02:45,864
for over 40 years.
46
00:02:46,267 --> 00:02:49,868
[drums being beaten]
47
00:02:50,738 --> 00:02:53,672
And walking away from that is...
48
00:02:54,909 --> 00:02:56,308
[drums being beaten]
49
00:02:56,343 --> 00:02:57,759
not so fun.
50
00:02:57,778 --> 00:02:58,944
[crowd ovation in the distance]
51
00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:01,280
[high toned guitar riff]
52
00:03:02,333 --> 00:03:04,816
[guitars and drums in unison]
53
00:03:04,852 --> 00:03:06,118
[typewriter effect]
54
00:03:10,424 --> 00:03:11,823
[drums being beaten]
55
00:03:11,859 --> 00:03:13,709
[upbeat guitar riff]
56
00:03:45,309 --> 00:03:46,475
[bass guitar chord]
57
00:03:47,477 --> 00:03:48,794
[guitar riff slowing down]
58
00:03:49,163 --> 00:03:50,662
[typewriter effect]
59
00:03:51,081 --> 00:03:53,031
[guitar riff comes to an end]
60
00:03:54,151 --> 00:03:55,334
[Production crew member]
How's the set feeling?
61
00:03:56,036 --> 00:03:59,121
It's coming along, yeah
it's getting there. -Yeah.
62
00:03:59,757 --> 00:04:02,791
Ah.. -You guys are, actually
pretty good rehearsers.
63
00:04:03,260 --> 00:04:05,210
-Um...
-Well we're a...
64
00:04:05,262 --> 00:04:09,431
super nerdy like that. We've always
been over rehearsers [chuckles]
65
00:04:09,633 --> 00:04:12,935
The songs are complicated
and um...
66
00:04:14,772 --> 00:04:16,138
if we don't...
67
00:04:16,523 --> 00:04:19,808
get to the point, where you can
do it without thinking.
68
00:04:20,694 --> 00:04:22,344
Ah... then it's not good
69
00:04:22,363 --> 00:04:23,895
because then
if something happens
70
00:04:23,948 --> 00:04:25,680
during a show
or something goes wrong
71
00:04:25,699 --> 00:04:27,866
you can just deal with it
72
00:04:28,185 --> 00:04:30,869
much more easily
if it's engrained.
73
00:04:31,205 --> 00:04:33,121
So have you reached
muscle memory yet?
74
00:04:33,741 --> 00:04:35,624
On some songs, yeah I have.
75
00:04:35,859 --> 00:04:37,326
Some songs, I'm still...
76
00:04:38,862 --> 00:04:41,663
finding my place.
[chuckles]
77
00:04:41,698 --> 00:04:43,698
Stuff we haven't played
since the 70's
78
00:04:43,717 --> 00:04:45,217
is a little tricky.
79
00:04:45,252 --> 00:04:48,553
Songs that you've played even though
you haven't played them in ten years
80
00:04:48,589 --> 00:04:51,006
it's quite incredible
actually that...
81
00:04:51,875 --> 00:04:54,643
after not playing them
that long
82
00:04:55,229 --> 00:04:56,561
it's in there somewhere.
83
00:04:56,597 --> 00:05:00,015
-It's like stored in somewhere in your...
-Just accessing it
84
00:05:00,050 --> 00:05:02,684
Yeah, you know, it's faulty.
85
00:05:03,053 --> 00:05:04,152
It doesn't come back.
86
00:05:04,188 --> 00:05:05,687
You know,
it's like a digital copy
87
00:05:05,722 --> 00:05:07,555
that comes back incorrect
88
00:05:07,574 --> 00:05:09,391
but mostly there.
89
00:05:09,410 --> 00:05:10,659
That what it's like.
90
00:05:10,694 --> 00:05:12,411
We'd like to go back
into our past a bit
91
00:05:12,446 --> 00:05:13,912
to our first couple of albums.
92
00:05:15,065 --> 00:05:16,498
Now that everybody's
feeling in the mood.
93
00:05:16,533 --> 00:05:17,916
Are you in the mood?
94
00:05:17,951 --> 00:05:19,734
[crowd ovation reaction]
95
00:05:19,753 --> 00:05:21,536
Well this is called
"Fly by night."
96
00:05:21,571 --> 00:05:24,706
[guitar riff intro]
97
00:05:27,244 --> 00:05:28,710
[drums being beaten]
98
00:05:30,214 --> 00:05:32,264
[narrator] Rush have built
the reputation the hard way
99
00:05:32,549 --> 00:05:33,598
on the road.
100
00:05:33,801 --> 00:05:35,767
Their strange flavor
and singular sound
101
00:05:35,803 --> 00:05:37,703
ignited a deep connection
with their fans
102
00:05:38,005 --> 00:05:40,472
unlike anything else
in modern music.
103
00:05:41,875 --> 00:05:43,425
Rush never stopped recording,
104
00:05:43,444 --> 00:05:44,643
never stopped touring.
105
00:05:44,695 --> 00:05:47,062
And have been together
as a solitary unit
106
00:05:47,097 --> 00:05:48,613
for four decades.
107
00:05:49,766 --> 00:05:52,034
They're the last
of their generation.
108
00:05:52,369 --> 00:05:53,735
The end of an era.
109
00:05:53,770 --> 00:05:55,770
["Fly by Night"
playing in the back ground]
110
00:05:55,789 --> 00:05:58,323
♪ Fly by night
away from here ♪
111
00:05:59,026 --> 00:06:01,660
♪ Change my life again ♪
112
00:06:02,396 --> 00:06:05,297
♪ Fly by night
goodnight my dear ♪
113
00:06:05,332 --> 00:06:08,800
♪ My ship isn't coming
and I just can't pretend ♪
114
00:06:09,053 --> 00:06:10,001
[music fades out]
115
00:06:10,054 --> 00:06:11,670
[Brian Hiatt]
Big rock shows in the 70's
116
00:06:11,722 --> 00:06:13,955
seem like they were
a very different thing than now.
117
00:06:13,974 --> 00:06:17,142
It was what kids did
in the 70's.
118
00:06:17,177 --> 00:06:19,594
Rock was the language
of the youth.
119
00:06:19,847 --> 00:06:21,296
Tickets were like seven bucks.
120
00:06:21,331 --> 00:06:22,714
It was as much
the culture of youth
121
00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:25,133
as, you know
an EDM festival is now
122
00:06:25,152 --> 00:06:27,736
or maybe even more so, cause I
think it was more universal.
123
00:06:27,988 --> 00:06:29,971
There'd be a million
arena tours
124
00:06:29,990 --> 00:06:31,690
that you could get
an opening slot on.
125
00:06:31,742 --> 00:06:34,192
If you were willing to be
a lunatic and then play
126
00:06:34,244 --> 00:06:38,764
250 nights a year and live
under, really lousy conditions.
127
00:06:38,799 --> 00:06:40,866
Most people couldn't stand
sleeping in vans
128
00:06:40,901 --> 00:06:42,334
and doubling up
in motel rooms
129
00:06:42,369 --> 00:06:44,569
night after night after night.
That's a tough life.
130
00:06:44,605 --> 00:06:47,672
You know, I think people glamorize
it but it's a really hard life.
131
00:06:47,708 --> 00:06:49,207
[crowd ovation builds up]
132
00:06:51,178 --> 00:06:53,095
Thank you, we haven't got
a lot of time tonight
133
00:06:53,130 --> 00:06:55,514
but we'd like to do
something from our last album.
134
00:06:55,716 --> 00:06:57,599
This is called "21 12"
135
00:06:57,968 --> 00:06:59,718
[opening guitar riff]
136
00:07:03,023 --> 00:07:04,272
[song fades out]
137
00:07:04,308 --> 00:07:07,192
[Alex Lifeson] You know, we
played every day basically.
138
00:07:07,511 --> 00:07:09,060
And we travelled usually...
139
00:07:09,613 --> 00:07:11,730
300 to 400 miles a night.
140
00:07:11,782 --> 00:07:15,066
[guitar riff]
141
00:07:16,470 --> 00:07:18,136
[drums being beaten]
142
00:07:18,639 --> 00:07:20,439
Transportation was a big deal.
143
00:07:20,474 --> 00:07:22,958
When we started out,
we had a rental car.
144
00:07:23,193 --> 00:07:26,128
So there were four of us
in the rental car
145
00:07:26,163 --> 00:07:28,713
the three of us
and Howard, the road manager.
146
00:07:28,749 --> 00:07:31,416
[Howard Ungerleider] We were
doing 200 cities a year.
147
00:07:31,718 --> 00:07:33,718
Pretty grueling schedule.
148
00:07:33,754 --> 00:07:35,670
[Pegi Cecconi] Like six nights
a week, seven nights a week.
149
00:07:35,705 --> 00:07:37,088
50 weeks a year.
150
00:07:37,141 --> 00:07:39,874
There were lots of bars, lots of
high school, lots of everything.
151
00:07:39,893 --> 00:07:43,562
Basically sleeping with your head
against the... seat ahead of you.
152
00:07:43,597 --> 00:07:46,047
On occasion
Neil and Ged would drive
153
00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:49,468
but mainly myself and Alex
did a lot of the driving.
154
00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:53,288
And then we were promoted to a...
a station wagon.
155
00:07:53,323 --> 00:07:56,324
It was like, this is the
most amazing thing ever.
156
00:07:56,660 --> 00:07:59,861
Now I can sleep on the luggage
in the back
157
00:08:00,063 --> 00:08:02,614
and one of us would have a turn
sleeping on the luggage in the back.
158
00:08:02,666 --> 00:08:04,749
And you felt like
"Oh, tonight is my night!"
159
00:08:04,785 --> 00:08:06,067
[chuckles]
"I get the luggage!"
160
00:08:06,103 --> 00:08:09,020
[guitar riff
and drums being played]
161
00:08:14,094 --> 00:08:16,127
[guitar solo]
162
00:08:20,067 --> 00:08:21,333
[guitar comes to an end]
163
00:08:21,368 --> 00:08:22,767
[Howard Ungerleider]
We used to...
164
00:08:22,803 --> 00:08:25,270
barter things
or who's gonna drive, you know.
165
00:08:25,522 --> 00:08:28,390
I'll pay you 50 dollars
if you take my shift.
166
00:08:28,926 --> 00:08:31,276
And we did that
for the first ten years
167
00:08:31,545 --> 00:08:33,111
of touring.
168
00:08:33,146 --> 00:08:34,479
[guitar riff
drums in unison]
169
00:08:35,866 --> 00:08:37,899
[fast paced guitar riff]
170
00:08:39,036 --> 00:08:39,985
[guitars fade out]
171
00:08:40,037 --> 00:08:42,404
I remember
being in Saskatchewan and...
172
00:08:42,739 --> 00:08:44,406
Alex and I went out
to a parking lot
173
00:08:44,441 --> 00:08:46,992
and we were staring at this,
you know.
174
00:08:47,377 --> 00:08:50,128
This van, that had a raised
roof with a sleeper in it.
175
00:08:50,163 --> 00:08:52,831
[Alex Lifeson] It had this, sort of...
[twinkling magical effect]
176
00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:54,299
upper deck bed.
177
00:08:54,334 --> 00:08:55,917
Now this was just a big van.
178
00:08:56,286 --> 00:08:57,736
With a cap on it.
179
00:08:58,405 --> 00:09:01,907
Ah... a camper basically,
like a small family camper.
180
00:09:01,942 --> 00:09:04,092
"Dodge FunCraft" it was called.
181
00:09:04,127 --> 00:09:05,827
[guitar riff
and drums playing]
182
00:09:07,664 --> 00:09:09,281
[guitar and drums
come to an end]
183
00:09:09,316 --> 00:09:11,816
It was with great longing
that we wanted that vehicle.
184
00:09:12,336 --> 00:09:15,737
They were all so excited
about this "FunCraft."
185
00:09:15,772 --> 00:09:16,855
It was the most
ridiculous thing.
186
00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:19,691
This bright blue
and it had a roof on it.
187
00:09:20,110 --> 00:09:23,695
But we were younger, it didn't matter.
We were just crazy.
188
00:09:24,331 --> 00:09:29,034
Travelling around the country in
this stupid family van, basically.
189
00:09:29,670 --> 00:09:31,786
There was something quite
perverse about it.
190
00:09:31,821 --> 00:09:34,155
It was a... space.
191
00:09:34,174 --> 00:09:36,374
We could stick stuff
up on the walls and...
192
00:09:36,877 --> 00:09:38,627
you know,
I actually cooked in it.
193
00:09:38,828 --> 00:09:42,964
I think I made a tuna casserole.
[giggles]
194
00:09:42,999 --> 00:09:45,767
They were so looking forward to
taking off in their "FunCraft."
195
00:09:46,019 --> 00:09:49,187
I mean, the miles they put on in the
beginning I don't know how they did it.
196
00:09:49,222 --> 00:09:51,640
They were working
50 weeks a year.
197
00:09:52,142 --> 00:09:53,525
It was insane.
198
00:09:54,127 --> 00:09:57,062
♪ It's one for all
all for one, we work together ♪
199
00:09:57,097 --> 00:10:00,231
♪ Common sons, never need
to wonder how or why ♪
200
00:10:00,267 --> 00:10:02,233
[song comes to an end]
201
00:10:02,269 --> 00:10:03,535
I remember one night
202
00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:04,869
the guys at Thin Lizzy
203
00:10:05,455 --> 00:10:08,323
uh... challenged us
to a drinking contest.
204
00:10:08,575 --> 00:10:10,659
So of course, we had it
in the "FunCraft."
205
00:10:10,911 --> 00:10:12,494
We drank them under the table.
206
00:10:12,713 --> 00:10:15,480
But it's a little tiny table
on the "FunCraft."
207
00:10:15,515 --> 00:10:17,832
You know, it's got these
little happy curtains in it
208
00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:20,702
and this little
kind of fake table.
209
00:10:20,721 --> 00:10:22,704
And I used to look
and think
210
00:10:22,723 --> 00:10:26,374
this is like families go on
holiday in this little thing
211
00:10:26,393 --> 00:10:28,093
with the little kids.
212
00:10:28,145 --> 00:10:31,179
[screaming from inside the van] And here
are these kind of subhuman musicians
213
00:10:31,214 --> 00:10:34,432
all sitting around drinking
bottles of Chivas Regal
214
00:10:34,468 --> 00:10:35,734
until they puke.
215
00:10:35,769 --> 00:10:37,135
[chuckles]
216
00:10:37,170 --> 00:10:39,504
It's kind of a nice irony
to that.
217
00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,356
We went through three motors.
218
00:10:41,391 --> 00:10:44,909
We put 500 thousand
miles on it.
219
00:10:44,945 --> 00:10:45,944
Something like that.
220
00:10:45,996 --> 00:10:48,196
It was the ultimate
camping trip, I call it.
221
00:10:48,732 --> 00:10:52,417
[Liam Birt] Eventually though,
they bought a much larger RV.
222
00:10:52,452 --> 00:10:54,619
The crew got the "FunCraft"
and...
223
00:10:54,671 --> 00:10:56,621
Which we thought
was luxurious too.
224
00:10:57,090 --> 00:11:00,625
Uh... and eventually it developed
into buses but that all took years.
225
00:11:01,061 --> 00:11:03,361
[guitar riff
and drums playing]
226
00:11:04,965 --> 00:11:07,098
[guitar riff and drums
come to an end]
227
00:11:07,434 --> 00:11:09,834
[slow guitar riff]
228
00:11:11,171 --> 00:11:12,887
[crowd whistling]
229
00:11:17,027 --> 00:11:19,177
Thank you very much
goodnight.
230
00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,030
[Alex Lifeson] We've always
been very close and...
231
00:11:22,332 --> 00:11:26,434
ah... a lot of that
is through our humor.
232
00:11:26,470 --> 00:11:28,536
We share
a common sense of humor
233
00:11:28,572 --> 00:11:30,455
and it makes things
so much easier.
234
00:11:30,824 --> 00:11:33,024
You know, you really look forward
to spending time together.
235
00:11:33,060 --> 00:11:34,125
When it's like that.
236
00:11:34,161 --> 00:11:36,878
Alex is such a funny man.
237
00:11:37,297 --> 00:11:38,997
-You do a good Howard.
-I do?
238
00:11:39,049 --> 00:11:40,382
[Geddy laughs]
239
00:11:40,634 --> 00:11:42,500
He would get dressed up
on the Kiss tour
240
00:11:43,119 --> 00:11:44,836
as this character
called "The Bag."
241
00:11:44,888 --> 00:11:47,389
It was almost like
the unknown comic at the time.
242
00:11:47,424 --> 00:11:49,140
He used to
crack the guys in Kiss up.
243
00:11:49,593 --> 00:11:51,926
You know, and they always
wanted "The Bag", you know.
244
00:11:51,961 --> 00:11:55,230
Ace Frehley used to go "Hey, are
you gonna have the bag tonight?"
245
00:11:55,265 --> 00:11:56,514
[high pitched laugh]
246
00:11:56,566 --> 00:11:58,316
[imitating Ace Frehley] Hey,
bring "The Bag" over here.
247
00:11:58,935 --> 00:12:02,020
[imitating Ace Frehley] Where's "The
Bag?" Howie, where's "The Bag?"
248
00:12:02,572 --> 00:12:03,805
[both chuckle]
249
00:12:03,824 --> 00:12:05,256
"The Bag" was just like...
250
00:12:05,592 --> 00:12:08,560
would pop up every once and
a while not that often.
251
00:12:09,329 --> 00:12:12,914
It was just a face
drawn on a big laundry bag.
252
00:12:13,316 --> 00:12:15,583
You know, they had
these paper laundry bags
253
00:12:15,619 --> 00:12:18,536
in the beautiful holiday inn's
we used to stay in.
254
00:12:18,955 --> 00:12:21,372
And I would pull, you know
make two holes for eyes
255
00:12:21,425 --> 00:12:23,291
and draw a stupid face on it.
256
00:12:23,593 --> 00:12:26,511
And wear sweat pants and stick
my arms through the sweat pants
257
00:12:26,546 --> 00:12:29,297
so only my hands came out at the knee.
[Geddy laughing]
258
00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,099
And have the bag on.
259
00:12:31,134 --> 00:12:32,600
And "The Bag" would [imitates
The Bag] talk like this.
260
00:12:32,636 --> 00:12:35,887
[Geddy laughing] And "The
Bag" was always drunk.
261
00:12:35,939 --> 00:12:38,473
And really smart
and knew everything.
262
00:12:38,975 --> 00:12:41,693
And made a lot of...
263
00:12:41,928 --> 00:12:43,812
[Geddy laughing] you know,
suggestions to people in the room.
264
00:12:46,316 --> 00:12:48,817
And running commentary
for a couple of hours.
265
00:12:48,852 --> 00:12:51,903
Usually "The Bag" appeared
in Ace Frehley's room. -Yeah.
266
00:12:51,955 --> 00:12:53,822
Almost always in Ace
Frehley's room. -Yes
267
00:12:54,291 --> 00:12:56,624
"The Bag" would come over
and entertain Ace.
268
00:12:56,660 --> 00:12:59,744
Cause most everybody else would
be very upset with "The Bag."
269
00:12:59,796 --> 00:13:03,097
Well Gene would be upset. -Gene was
very upset, yeah. with "The Bag."
270
00:13:03,116 --> 00:13:05,383
And that made Ace
even happier.
271
00:13:06,202 --> 00:13:08,670
[imitating Ace and laughing]
Ah, baloney.
272
00:13:08,705 --> 00:13:11,389
Gene was straight,
he wasn't high like we were.
273
00:13:11,675 --> 00:13:14,041
So he had
a different sense of reality
274
00:13:14,060 --> 00:13:16,010
when he came
into Ace's room, you know.
275
00:13:16,045 --> 00:13:18,396
We were like
drinking and smoking
276
00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:20,014
generally being idiots.
277
00:13:20,851 --> 00:13:23,101
Ah...
and Gene came in one time.
278
00:13:23,153 --> 00:13:25,770
And there were these two girls
that were looking at "The Bag"
279
00:13:25,989 --> 00:13:29,190
like wondering [in drunk
voice] "Who's that guy?"
280
00:13:29,776 --> 00:13:32,443
[in drunk voice] "Why's he
got that thing on his head?"
281
00:13:33,113 --> 00:13:35,814
So one of them went over
and tried to remove it.
282
00:13:36,316 --> 00:13:38,416
-Well.
-"The Bag" went berserk.
283
00:13:38,451 --> 00:13:40,919
Well, when you try to remove
the bag from "The Bag"
284
00:13:40,954 --> 00:13:43,538
that's cause for immediate...
285
00:13:44,457 --> 00:13:46,875
ejection
from the hotel room, so.
286
00:13:47,177 --> 00:13:50,578
I threw them out and Gene
was very upset about that
287
00:13:50,597 --> 00:13:53,264
cause that's the only reason
he was in the room
288
00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,050
-was cause there were two girls.
-And it was Ace's room.
289
00:13:56,419 --> 00:13:59,137
[distant crowd ovation
and guitar riff]
290
00:14:05,645 --> 00:14:07,946
[narrator] A life in Music
is very unpredictable.
291
00:14:08,148 --> 00:14:10,431
When Rush went out on tour
in 2013
292
00:14:10,450 --> 00:14:13,034
it seemed at first
like simply another tile
293
00:14:13,069 --> 00:14:15,203
in the mosaic
that is an artist's life.
294
00:14:15,872 --> 00:14:18,122
But neither the fans
nor the band
295
00:14:18,158 --> 00:14:21,609
could've predicted this tour
might mean so much more.
296
00:14:21,628 --> 00:14:23,895
[increased guitar riff volume]
297
00:14:28,919 --> 00:14:30,117
[music comes to an end]
298
00:14:30,136 --> 00:14:31,669
[Neil Peart] I think
that album is the album
299
00:14:31,721 --> 00:14:32,837
we always wanted to make
300
00:14:33,089 --> 00:14:34,172
since we first got together.
301
00:14:34,224 --> 00:14:35,924
[guitar riff intro]
302
00:14:36,259 --> 00:14:37,475
The lyrics
and the drumming on there.
303
00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:38,726
The music that we created.
304
00:14:38,979 --> 00:14:40,094
[drums being played]
305
00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:42,096
♪ All the journeys ♪
306
00:14:42,432 --> 00:14:44,265
♪ of this great adventure ♪
307
00:14:44,568 --> 00:14:46,133
[music comes to an end]
308
00:14:46,152 --> 00:14:48,102
Working with a string section is
something we always talked about doing.
309
00:14:48,137 --> 00:14:50,605
[rock music builds up]
310
00:14:51,408 --> 00:14:53,241
♪ To what I felt back then ♪
311
00:14:53,276 --> 00:14:56,361
The size of the story and the
resolution of the story.
312
00:14:56,413 --> 00:15:00,531
♪ I wish that I could live it
all again ♪
313
00:15:00,834 --> 00:15:03,451
[unison guitar riffs]
314
00:15:04,454 --> 00:15:06,004
[song comes to an end]
315
00:15:06,039 --> 00:15:09,791
So I was at that point where that tour
and that album totally pleased me.
316
00:15:10,093 --> 00:15:11,209
And I've never had that before.
317
00:15:11,261 --> 00:15:12,877
It was
a huge accomplishment for us.
318
00:15:12,929 --> 00:15:15,013
[crowd ovation]
319
00:15:15,048 --> 00:15:17,932
[Ray Danniels] We took a sabbatical
after the Clockwork Angel's tour.
320
00:15:17,968 --> 00:15:20,134
[crowd ovation]
321
00:15:21,304 --> 00:15:24,188
So all of us agreed, we wouldn't
even talk about work for a year.
322
00:15:26,276 --> 00:15:27,392
Every tour we had done
323
00:15:27,611 --> 00:15:29,978
had been so successful
that it was "Okay,
324
00:15:30,346 --> 00:15:32,447
we'll go out next year
and do another 40 shows."
325
00:15:32,482 --> 00:15:34,148
We had for the first time
326
00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:36,451
in five years,
taken a year off.
327
00:15:36,486 --> 00:15:39,404
[mysterious background music]
328
00:15:43,109 --> 00:15:45,326
[Neil Peart] The sabbatical,
properly is a time to
329
00:15:45,361 --> 00:15:47,495
take on,
you know other projects.
330
00:15:47,530 --> 00:15:50,531
And for me, I got into book
writing and published my own book
331
00:15:50,550 --> 00:15:52,333
Clockwork Angels
graphic novel
332
00:15:52,368 --> 00:15:55,036
worked on a sequel to it Clockwork
Live with Kevin Anderson.
333
00:15:55,055 --> 00:15:57,055
I felt the sense of completion
and transition
334
00:15:57,090 --> 00:16:00,008
and I thought
"Hmm, so we have to talk."
335
00:16:00,043 --> 00:16:02,427
Those faithful words
"Guys, we have to talk."
336
00:16:02,479 --> 00:16:04,312
[drum solo]
337
00:16:06,816 --> 00:16:08,099
[drums fade out]
338
00:16:08,151 --> 00:16:12,737
[Geddy Lee] I think he loves
being a drummer of that caliber.
339
00:16:13,273 --> 00:16:14,839
But if you were to ask him
340
00:16:14,874 --> 00:16:16,541
he'd say
"It's too fucking hard!"
341
00:16:16,576 --> 00:16:18,059
[chuckles]
342
00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:19,944
And it think it's really...
343
00:16:20,730 --> 00:16:24,916
very fucking hard for him to
play at the level that he plays.
344
00:16:25,234 --> 00:16:29,037
Over a three hour show he's pumping
out an awful lot of energy.
345
00:16:29,072 --> 00:16:31,756
Um... it's gotta be
346
00:16:31,791 --> 00:16:33,708
extremely physically demanding
for him.
347
00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:35,343
Singing is the worst job
348
00:16:35,628 --> 00:16:37,211
but drumming
is the hardest job, you know.
349
00:16:39,015 --> 00:16:40,314
[exhales]
350
00:16:40,350 --> 00:16:41,666
Piece of cake, are you kidding me.
[off screen laughter]
351
00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:43,768
You know, the blister
on my little finger.
352
00:16:44,104 --> 00:16:46,020
No, singing, just to stand out
there in front of every one.
353
00:16:46,056 --> 00:16:47,555
We both recognize
354
00:16:47,590 --> 00:16:48,923
[no words coming out his mouth] Oh,
you don't know what's coming no, it's
355
00:16:48,942 --> 00:16:50,525
by far the worst job singing.
356
00:16:51,027 --> 00:16:53,244
But drumming is by far
the hardest job.
357
00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:55,380
He's an athlete,
he's 63 years old.
358
00:16:55,415 --> 00:16:57,115
He's playing a three hour set.
359
00:16:57,367 --> 00:17:00,267
And he won't do it unless he
can play up to his standards
360
00:17:00,286 --> 00:17:03,321
which is basically "I have to be
the world's greatest drummer.
361
00:17:03,373 --> 00:17:04,322
[drum solo]
362
00:17:04,374 --> 00:17:07,208
This is what
has been bestowed on me.
363
00:17:07,243 --> 00:17:08,459
This is what I do.
364
00:17:08,712 --> 00:17:10,444
I'm not gonna let it slip."
365
00:17:10,463 --> 00:17:12,246
[increasing drum solo tempo]
366
00:17:12,549 --> 00:17:13,915
[drum solo fades out]
367
00:17:13,950 --> 00:17:16,450
[Geddy Lee] By the end of every
tour he's got numerous ailments
368
00:17:16,469 --> 00:17:18,002
and they keep shifting.
369
00:17:18,054 --> 00:17:19,887
His body doesn't respond
very well.
370
00:17:19,923 --> 00:17:21,589
[increasing drum solo tempo]
371
00:17:21,958 --> 00:17:23,391
[Alex Lifeson] He gets
through it and he does it
372
00:17:23,426 --> 00:17:24,592
and he's very proud
373
00:17:24,627 --> 00:17:26,177
and feels good. And that's
the kind of guy he is.
374
00:17:26,396 --> 00:17:28,479
But it's killing him.
375
00:17:28,515 --> 00:17:31,733
[loud drum finale]
376
00:17:32,018 --> 00:17:35,603
[Ray Danniels] I accept the
fact that things can't stay
377
00:17:36,072 --> 00:17:36,938
as they've been.
378
00:17:38,307 --> 00:17:39,991
And I accept that fact that...
379
00:17:41,244 --> 00:17:43,745
the enemy here, is time.
380
00:17:45,498 --> 00:17:47,181
Go back
a little further historically
381
00:17:47,217 --> 00:17:50,701
they've all taken their turns where they're
not so sure about touring anymore.
382
00:17:50,904 --> 00:17:54,038
[heavy background beat
and guitar riff]
383
00:17:58,144 --> 00:17:59,811
You know 30 years ago
when they first
384
00:17:59,846 --> 00:18:01,112
you know,
first started having kids.
385
00:18:01,147 --> 00:18:02,847
And it became more challenging.
386
00:18:02,882 --> 00:18:07,051
More so, lately I'd say that
it was more on Neil's side.
387
00:18:08,054 --> 00:18:10,888
[Alex Lifeson] For a long
time he was tired of touring.
388
00:18:10,924 --> 00:18:12,990
He just didn't wanna
go on the road.
389
00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:15,827
He makes the best of it,
he rides his motorcycle
390
00:18:15,862 --> 00:18:19,097
as we all find our things
to keep us occupied.
391
00:18:19,132 --> 00:18:22,033
But for a long time I don't think
he wanted to tour anymore.
392
00:18:22,518 --> 00:18:23,801
That is what it is, I mean
393
00:18:23,837 --> 00:18:26,204
it's always taken
a little bit more convincing
394
00:18:26,239 --> 00:18:28,473
to get him to go back
on the road so...
395
00:18:28,508 --> 00:18:31,342
I think in a lot of ways this has
been brewing for quite a few years.
396
00:18:31,377 --> 00:18:34,245
[heavy guitar riff
and drums being played]
397
00:18:36,649 --> 00:18:38,015
[music fades out]
398
00:18:38,051 --> 00:18:39,851
[Neil Peart] By the first tour,
I was already pretty much over
399
00:18:40,086 --> 00:18:42,336
the touring life
as a life.
400
00:18:42,371 --> 00:18:44,639
And started reading at the time
and started writing.
401
00:18:44,674 --> 00:18:50,027
♪ I was born to believe
the universe has a plan ♪
402
00:18:50,864 --> 00:18:56,901
♪ We are only human
it's not ours to understand ♪
403
00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:59,504
[Neil Peart] I went to a pawn
shop in Little Rock Arkansas
404
00:18:59,539 --> 00:19:01,472
bought myself a type writer,
so I would write.
405
00:19:01,508 --> 00:19:04,509
It was 20 years before
I published anything
406
00:19:04,544 --> 00:19:06,444
but in the end-trim
I was learning how to do that
407
00:19:06,479 --> 00:19:09,514
and it was a part of my life reading
and writing long before drumming was.
408
00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:12,416
It was an evolving realization.
409
00:19:12,719 --> 00:19:14,685
It wasn't like at the end of
Clockwork Angel's Tour
410
00:19:14,721 --> 00:19:15,586
I said, "I'm done!"
411
00:19:16,923 --> 00:19:21,575
♪ All is for the best
believe in what we're told ♪
412
00:19:21,594 --> 00:19:25,730
Like you know what "I think that's
enough, for this old body."
413
00:19:25,765 --> 00:19:27,431
That's the athlete
that people forget.
414
00:19:27,467 --> 00:19:28,866
Yes, the creative artist
is one thing
415
00:19:28,902 --> 00:19:31,435
and certain drummers can play
until they keel over.
416
00:19:31,471 --> 00:19:33,604
In eight years,
I'll be 71!
417
00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,274
I could play Charlie Watson's
drum parts when I'm 71.
418
00:19:36,309 --> 00:19:38,759
I can't play Neil Peart's
drum parts when I'm 71.
419
00:19:38,778 --> 00:19:40,845
[concert music builds up]
420
00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,580
♪ ...Watch me too ♪
421
00:19:46,536 --> 00:19:47,785
[crowd ovation]
422
00:19:49,572 --> 00:19:51,289
[crowd ovation fades out]
423
00:19:51,875 --> 00:19:55,142
[soft drum beat]
424
00:20:00,466 --> 00:20:01,883
[mysterious beat]
425
00:20:01,918 --> 00:20:04,118
[narrator] There's an idea
that Rock and Roll musicians
426
00:20:04,153 --> 00:20:06,103
drink from
the fountain of youth.
427
00:20:06,489 --> 00:20:08,923
[electronic instrument]
428
00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:12,643
Like anyone else age has a hand
on the pen that writes the story.
429
00:20:13,913 --> 00:20:16,647
[electronic instrument]
430
00:20:16,983 --> 00:20:19,650
As their year away
from the stage came to a close
431
00:20:20,136 --> 00:20:24,071
Geddy, Alex and Neil gathered
to face their music mortality.
432
00:20:24,524 --> 00:20:26,640
[high pitched guitar riff]
433
00:20:26,659 --> 00:20:29,660
[Neil Peart] In November of that
year we all got together in Toronto.
434
00:20:29,696 --> 00:20:33,414
And I was quite prepared to say
"Guys, you know, sorry but I'm done."
435
00:20:33,449 --> 00:20:36,100
[Geddy Lee]
He was very much considering
436
00:20:36,135 --> 00:20:40,271
that maybe it was time he packed
it in in terms of live shows.
437
00:20:40,306 --> 00:20:43,657
And it's not like you just
get new members in a band
438
00:20:43,676 --> 00:20:45,960
and go for it.
Rush has never been like that.
439
00:20:46,162 --> 00:20:48,129
And we couldn't never ever
do something like that.
440
00:20:48,348 --> 00:20:51,616
We've always said that if the
three of us aren't on board
441
00:20:52,051 --> 00:20:53,517
we don't do a thing.
442
00:20:54,354 --> 00:20:56,287
And there have been
other decisions
443
00:20:56,656 --> 00:20:59,090
in our career where the three
of us weren't on board
444
00:20:59,125 --> 00:21:00,458
and we didn't do it.
445
00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:04,061
Now nothing is profound
as ending our touring life
446
00:21:04,564 --> 00:21:05,646
but fair enough.
447
00:21:06,716 --> 00:21:10,785
So one guys doesn't wanna
do that thing anymore
448
00:21:11,371 --> 00:21:12,870
that I love to do.
449
00:21:12,905 --> 00:21:14,455
That hurts.
450
00:21:14,857 --> 00:21:17,208
But there's nothing
I can do about it
451
00:21:17,243 --> 00:21:19,160
and that's
part of the agreement.
452
00:21:19,629 --> 00:21:23,881
I realized I was kind of
solitary misfit in that context
453
00:21:23,916 --> 00:21:26,751
of being the one
that wanted to pull that plug.
454
00:21:26,803 --> 00:21:29,287
I'd left one
little window open in my mind
455
00:21:29,322 --> 00:21:31,055
really that if anybody said
456
00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:32,957
they wanted to do it
one more time
457
00:21:32,992 --> 00:21:34,358
and didn't know
if they would be able to.
458
00:21:34,394 --> 00:21:37,561
It wasn't until we had the
conversations that we had
459
00:21:37,897 --> 00:21:40,898
that I started to think about
the end and...
460
00:21:40,933 --> 00:21:43,517
and wringing the towel dry.
461
00:21:43,552 --> 00:21:45,603
You know, it's easy to blame
everything on the drummer
462
00:21:45,655 --> 00:21:47,672
not wanting to go
back out on the road.
463
00:21:48,107 --> 00:21:50,207
But there's other factors
at play here
464
00:21:50,243 --> 00:21:51,575
that can't be ignored.
465
00:21:51,611 --> 00:21:55,279
And one of those factors is
Alex's arthritis,
466
00:21:55,331 --> 00:21:57,948
which is
a bit of a ticking time bomb.
467
00:21:58,234 --> 00:22:01,619
So, the bastard!
Pulled that exact card.
468
00:22:01,671 --> 00:22:03,871
Alex has got the arthritis
and that and
469
00:22:04,190 --> 00:22:06,957
um, and said, "You know what, I'd
really like to do it one more time,
470
00:22:06,993 --> 00:22:08,292
and I don't know
if I'll be able to.
471
00:22:08,328 --> 00:22:09,627
And then that night
in my hotel room
472
00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:12,463
I had the worst attack of
Tourette's you have ever heard.
473
00:22:12,498 --> 00:22:13,698
I was like
"Trap!, you know.
474
00:22:15,034 --> 00:22:15,933
[glass breaking] and stomping
around and cursing and swearing.
475
00:22:15,968 --> 00:22:18,302
[sound of smashing
a hotel room]
476
00:22:18,805 --> 00:22:21,555
But by the next day it is
what it is deal with it.
477
00:22:22,058 --> 00:22:24,892
♪ I get up at seven, yay ♪
478
00:22:24,927 --> 00:22:27,812
♪ And I go to work at night ♪
479
00:22:28,531 --> 00:22:33,818
♪ I got no time for living, yes
I'm working all the time ♪
480
00:22:34,370 --> 00:22:37,288
♪ It seems to me
I can live my life ♪
481
00:22:37,874 --> 00:22:40,241
♪ A lot better
than I think I am ♪
482
00:22:41,544 --> 00:22:43,744
♪ I guess that's why
they call me ♪
483
00:22:44,964 --> 00:22:46,580
♪ They call me
the working man ♪
484
00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:48,049
-This is the gymnasium.
-Wow.
485
00:22:48,084 --> 00:22:50,418
-So this...
-Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
486
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:52,253
Lakeside Park
is the opening act.
487
00:22:52,288 --> 00:22:55,406
We talked about ways
of doing a retrospective.
488
00:22:55,441 --> 00:22:57,475
I'm taking you... -This is supposed
to be amps on chairs right?
489
00:22:57,510 --> 00:22:59,343
Yeah. -No yours is...
Alex's is on a chair.
490
00:22:59,395 --> 00:23:00,311
Yours is standing.
491
00:23:00,346 --> 00:23:02,730
And the idea came up
well what if we...
492
00:23:02,965 --> 00:23:05,299
started with "Modern Day."
493
00:23:05,318 --> 00:23:06,567
The band as we are.
494
00:23:07,770 --> 00:23:11,939
And just went back in time
until we ended the way we began
495
00:23:12,191 --> 00:23:13,324
playing high schools.
496
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:14,608
[guitar riff]
497
00:23:18,231 --> 00:23:19,130
[guitar riff comes to an end]
498
00:23:19,165 --> 00:23:21,565
And it got very ambitious
very quickly
499
00:23:21,601 --> 00:23:23,367
which suited me fine.
500
00:23:23,419 --> 00:23:25,953
♪ Well they call me
the working man ♪
501
00:23:26,655 --> 00:23:28,155
[crew member] And Howard's
got lighting that's
502
00:23:28,174 --> 00:23:29,340
you know, very basic.
503
00:23:30,793 --> 00:23:32,543
When the song started you guys were
silhouette against the red curtain.
504
00:23:33,096 --> 00:23:34,795
-Cool.
-After, you got the double...
505
00:23:35,298 --> 00:23:37,465
It's a lot to put
on a Rush tour.
506
00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:39,500
It's a lot of work,
it's a lot of hours.
507
00:23:39,519 --> 00:23:41,802
[guitar riff
and drums being played]
508
00:23:42,638 --> 00:23:44,021
[riff comes to an end]
509
00:23:44,056 --> 00:23:46,474
[Neil Peart] It's not like every
tour, the sets get shorter.
510
00:23:47,727 --> 00:23:50,394
[Ray Danniels] It, there's none of
those things that they have done
511
00:23:50,446 --> 00:23:52,179
that most aging bands do.
512
00:23:52,198 --> 00:23:54,865
This designed to be
an endurance test.
513
00:23:55,485 --> 00:23:58,102
They'd made it this way
this is what they like to do.
514
00:23:58,371 --> 00:24:00,538
Wow, the next day there's gonna
be a whole lot of YouTube videos.
515
00:24:00,823 --> 00:24:03,124
Yeah. -Oh, everything
will be on YouTube, okay
516
00:24:03,159 --> 00:24:04,375
you guys go play.
517
00:24:04,794 --> 00:24:05,826
[crew member]
Go do a concert.
518
00:24:05,861 --> 00:24:07,578
[rock guitar riff]
519
00:24:11,417 --> 00:24:12,550
[riff comes to an end]
520
00:24:12,585 --> 00:24:14,084
[fan] I'm all the way
down here from Kitchener
521
00:24:14,504 --> 00:24:16,003
to see them on opening night
in Tulsa.
522
00:24:16,038 --> 00:24:17,838
[fan] Yeah I've been a
fan since seven grade
523
00:24:17,873 --> 00:24:21,041
and a... and I like to
see five or six a tour.
524
00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:22,927
[guitar riff]
525
00:24:24,847 --> 00:24:26,213
[fan]
Woo!!
526
00:24:26,232 --> 00:24:27,548
[production crew member]
Is this two generations?
527
00:24:27,567 --> 00:24:29,150
-Is this father and son?
-Yeah, yeah absolutely.
528
00:24:29,185 --> 00:24:32,853
-So it's his fault that you're a Rush fan.
-Yeah, oh thank you.
529
00:24:33,523 --> 00:24:35,823
No, I'm a musician.
I'm a guitar player.
530
00:24:36,275 --> 00:24:41,028
Um, and you can feel
the sincerity um...
531
00:24:41,063 --> 00:24:43,330
and the honesty and the truth,
the genuineness.
532
00:24:43,533 --> 00:24:46,116
[production crew member] What are you
expecting to see this evening or hear?
533
00:24:46,169 --> 00:24:49,703
[fan] I'm totally a blank slate
I have no idea.
534
00:24:49,738 --> 00:24:53,424
I've stayed away from trying
to snip it out on the web.
535
00:24:53,843 --> 00:24:56,460
I wanna be totally surprised.
I'm super excited.
536
00:24:56,963 --> 00:24:58,412
I'm not sure what to expect.
537
00:24:58,431 --> 00:25:00,097
I mean one time,
they got washing machines.
538
00:25:00,132 --> 00:25:01,882
The next time,
they got popcorn machines, like
539
00:25:02,101 --> 00:25:03,384
who knows what
they gonna really do.
540
00:25:03,419 --> 00:25:06,203
-Come on baby! opening night!
-R 40.
541
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:08,305
[growls]
542
00:25:08,341 --> 00:25:09,557
[rock guitar riff]
543
00:25:13,279 --> 00:25:14,895
[drums being played]
544
00:25:16,148 --> 00:25:19,233
[rock guitar riff]
545
00:25:19,268 --> 00:25:21,936
[crowd ovation]
546
00:25:21,971 --> 00:25:22,937
[base guitar riff]
547
00:25:26,926 --> 00:25:29,860
[guitars in unison riff]
548
00:25:39,071 --> 00:25:40,571
[high speed guitar riff]
549
00:25:53,085 --> 00:25:54,251
[music starts to fade out]
550
00:25:54,287 --> 00:25:56,904
[crowd ovation]
551
00:25:57,973 --> 00:26:00,324
[crowd ovation
drowns out then music]
552
00:26:01,477 --> 00:26:03,160
[Geddy Lee]
Thank you so much, Tulsa!
553
00:26:03,195 --> 00:26:04,161
[crowd ovation]
554
00:26:04,196 --> 00:26:05,446
We so appreciate it.
555
00:26:06,032 --> 00:26:07,748
And we hope
we'll see you again sometime.
556
00:26:08,817 --> 00:26:09,983
Take care, bye bye.
557
00:26:10,002 --> 00:26:12,453
[crowd ovation]
558
00:26:14,624 --> 00:26:17,791
[fan] The show number 27 for
me, I flew here from Chicago.
559
00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:21,128
I couldn't have been
more blown away.
560
00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:23,514
[production crew member] Amazing,
what was the high light for you?
561
00:26:23,832 --> 00:26:26,133
Um, I would say when they
stripped it down
562
00:26:26,168 --> 00:26:27,885
to like the high school level.
563
00:26:27,937 --> 00:26:30,387
And Geddy was
talking about Alex, like
564
00:26:30,439 --> 00:26:33,023
"Hey, here's our new electric
guitarist Alex Lifeson.
565
00:26:33,442 --> 00:26:34,475
It was awesome.
566
00:26:35,778 --> 00:26:36,944
When they started bringing out
the washer elements. -Right.
567
00:26:36,979 --> 00:26:39,980
And they replaced the back line
with the washer elements.
568
00:26:40,015 --> 00:26:42,816
I knew, I see what's going on,
it was fantastic. -Excuse me.
569
00:26:43,185 --> 00:26:46,487
The greatest concert I've seen
Rush put on.
570
00:26:46,522 --> 00:26:49,323
And this... number 42 for me. -I'm ready
to die baby, I can die right now.
571
00:26:49,575 --> 00:26:51,208
[laughing]
Die right now.
572
00:26:51,243 --> 00:26:53,527
[Michael Moore] This is one of the best
concerts I've been to in my life tonight.
573
00:26:53,546 --> 00:26:54,662
I had so many...
574
00:26:55,197 --> 00:26:56,664
things firing in my head
575
00:26:57,199 --> 00:27:01,702
during the whole cacophony of
whatever that was I just experienced.
576
00:27:01,721 --> 00:27:05,389
They've kind of gently
in their own Canadian way
577
00:27:05,424 --> 00:27:07,308
warned us.
[chuckles]
578
00:27:08,761 --> 00:27:11,478
Cause it would be an act of
violence just to come out and say
579
00:27:11,514 --> 00:27:12,879
"After this tour we're done!"
580
00:27:12,898 --> 00:27:14,732
It's just,
that's not very Canadian.
581
00:27:15,384 --> 00:27:17,651
But, but, but this could be it.
582
00:27:17,687 --> 00:27:18,552
This could be it.
583
00:27:18,571 --> 00:27:21,221
[background chatter
and noise]
584
00:27:25,611 --> 00:27:28,412
[narrator] The band's travelling
circus is shadowed by another.
585
00:27:28,447 --> 00:27:32,783
[electric guitar riff
and drums being beaten]
586
00:27:32,835 --> 00:27:33,867
Rushcon.
587
00:27:34,253 --> 00:27:36,403
Misfits of
the Rock 'n Roll world
588
00:27:36,422 --> 00:27:38,288
who asked themselves
589
00:27:38,341 --> 00:27:41,959
would this be the last time they gather
to celebrate the band of their lives.
590
00:27:42,011 --> 00:27:45,546
[Eddy Maxwell] I proposed to a group
of online friends, Rush fans.
591
00:27:45,798 --> 00:27:47,881
I said,
"We should do on convention."
592
00:27:47,916 --> 00:27:49,750
And we should go to Toronto.
593
00:27:49,769 --> 00:27:51,185
See all the Toronto Rush sites.
594
00:27:51,420 --> 00:27:53,387
And a... have some fun.
595
00:27:53,922 --> 00:27:55,756
[Jillian Maryonvich] And you're
gonna step over to that table
596
00:27:55,775 --> 00:27:57,891
and you'll have a raffle
ticket and a game. -Alright.
597
00:27:58,144 --> 00:27:59,143
Awesome, welcome.
598
00:28:00,596 --> 00:28:04,865
"Rushcon" is in essence a fan club
that meets once a year in a place.
599
00:28:05,434 --> 00:28:07,618
So you get all
these Rush fans from everywhere
600
00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:09,153
meeting in one place.
601
00:28:09,205 --> 00:28:12,289
Usually we try to time it around
a concert or some cool event.
602
00:28:12,658 --> 00:28:16,660
But really it just gets people out of
their parents basement. [chuckles]
603
00:28:17,580 --> 00:28:20,247
[fan] To Rush, the
greatest band ever made.
604
00:28:20,916 --> 00:28:23,250
[Jillian Maryonvich] My fandom,
especially in college,
605
00:28:23,285 --> 00:28:25,586
um, was such a fever pitch.
606
00:28:25,621 --> 00:28:28,839
I was just vibrating
with Rush fandom.
607
00:28:28,891 --> 00:28:32,476
Like I could not get enough. And
this way, this was before Facebook
608
00:28:32,511 --> 00:28:34,311
and before the internet,
so like...
609
00:28:34,597 --> 00:28:38,098
this was me cutting out
photos from magazines
610
00:28:38,133 --> 00:28:39,400
and like covering my walls.
611
00:28:39,435 --> 00:28:42,319
And it just got, it just got...
exhausting.
612
00:28:42,605 --> 00:28:45,439
I loved them so much
and I was so heavily inspired
613
00:28:45,474 --> 00:28:48,308
by everything,
it's my outlet for my "Crazy."
614
00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:50,977
[audience chattering] Show some
respect for the book, everyone.
615
00:28:50,996 --> 00:28:53,113
[crowd reaction with cheers]
616
00:28:53,699 --> 00:28:55,082
We have a bunch of games like
617
00:28:55,117 --> 00:28:56,583
game show style stuff.
618
00:28:56,619 --> 00:28:59,119
And then we have
a big charity auction
619
00:28:59,154 --> 00:29:04,157
where you can bid on signed, you
know, photos and posters and stuff.
620
00:29:04,176 --> 00:29:07,878
Like here's the thing, we need
to jump in a cab right now
621
00:29:07,930 --> 00:29:11,098
cause you guys are meeting the
band tonight. [fans go wild]
622
00:29:11,133 --> 00:29:12,683
[crowd goes wild]
623
00:29:14,136 --> 00:29:15,469
[crowd applause]
624
00:29:17,005 --> 00:29:19,523
You rarely will find someone who used
to be the high school quarterback
625
00:29:19,558 --> 00:29:21,842
to be a Rush fan
or the head cheer leader
626
00:29:21,861 --> 00:29:23,477
is rarely a Rush fan.
627
00:29:23,512 --> 00:29:25,896
But the band geek
that you knew in high school
628
00:29:25,948 --> 00:29:29,483
or the guy who was super good at
science is probably a Rush fan.
629
00:29:29,518 --> 00:29:30,851
[giggles]
630
00:29:30,870 --> 00:29:35,155
So we're a very smart, artistic
and intelligent bunch I'd say.
631
00:29:35,691 --> 00:29:39,660
But with that comes
maybe some social awkwardness
632
00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:40,794
[giggles]
633
00:29:40,830 --> 00:29:43,330
which I definitely
suffer from myself.
634
00:29:43,365 --> 00:29:44,798
[crowd chatter and noise]
Okay.
635
00:29:44,834 --> 00:29:48,252
Also Martin's being a wenus and
he needs to leave by five thirty
636
00:29:48,304 --> 00:29:49,870
so if you need
to hang out with Martin
637
00:29:49,889 --> 00:29:52,005
pop off and get books,
get stuff signed.
638
00:29:53,309 --> 00:29:55,843
He will see you over in his
little booth over there, cool!
639
00:29:56,228 --> 00:29:58,846
I was in advertising
for most of my life
640
00:29:59,098 --> 00:30:01,064
and I lived in Chicago
at the time.
641
00:30:01,317 --> 00:30:05,402
And I decided one day that I
could no longer make tampon ads.
642
00:30:05,437 --> 00:30:07,938
Like I was, I could not
stay in advertising.
643
00:30:07,990 --> 00:30:10,390
It was just crushing my soul
so I stopped going to work.
644
00:30:10,409 --> 00:30:12,259
[upbeat guitar riff
and dream beat]
645
00:30:12,745 --> 00:30:16,113
I joined the 2012 Obama campaign
and it was amazing
646
00:30:16,165 --> 00:30:19,366
and we won. And then I got
the job at the White House.
647
00:30:19,401 --> 00:30:21,335
♪ You can't
take back time ♪
648
00:30:21,737 --> 00:30:24,588
♪ Good look is the key
to good fortune ♪
649
00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:28,959
Every day I'm just like "How do they
keep letting me in this building?"
650
00:30:28,994 --> 00:30:32,629
[classic rock guitar riffs]
651
00:30:33,299 --> 00:30:34,264
[high pitched guitar riff]
652
00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:37,050
♪ Relax
get busy with the facts ♪
653
00:30:37,419 --> 00:30:39,469
♪ Those zodiacs
are all been axed ♪
654
00:30:39,889 --> 00:30:41,772
♪ Maniacs in polyester slacks ♪
655
00:30:41,807 --> 00:30:43,357
♪ Use the facts
gonna kick some... ♪
656
00:30:43,392 --> 00:30:46,360
Cause I think everyone
has their secret obsession
657
00:30:46,395 --> 00:30:49,863
and so everyone can kinda be
sympathetic, when I have to say
658
00:30:49,899 --> 00:30:53,817
like yes, I run a fan club and I
need to take off work to do it.
659
00:30:53,869 --> 00:30:55,736
But yeah, it's awesome
how supportive people are
660
00:30:55,771 --> 00:30:57,905
and how fascinating
they think this whole thing is.
661
00:30:59,074 --> 00:31:01,959
[Cartman] I'm Geddy Lee and I
will sing whatever lyrics I want.
662
00:31:02,211 --> 00:31:04,962
[Stan] Just start the song again
and this time do it right.
663
00:31:04,997 --> 00:31:06,630
[crowd ovation]
664
00:31:06,665 --> 00:31:10,467
[Cartman] Fine, and a one and a two and
a one, two, three a one, two, three.
665
00:31:10,502 --> 00:31:13,437
[band start playing]
666
00:31:16,392 --> 00:31:19,125
[Modern day warrior by Rush] ♪ Modern
day warrior mean, mean stride ♪
667
00:31:19,144 --> 00:31:22,229
♪ Today's Tom Sawyer
mean, mean pride ♪
668
00:31:22,264 --> 00:31:23,814
[electric guitar riff]
669
00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:26,299
[Jillian Maryonovich] Such a
likeable feature of the band
670
00:31:26,318 --> 00:31:28,352
is that like they're
super proud of who they're are
671
00:31:28,404 --> 00:31:30,687
and they never apologize
for who they are.
672
00:31:30,940 --> 00:31:35,075
And I think that sort of
inspires us as the fans
673
00:31:35,995 --> 00:31:39,496
to, you know kind of
be okay with who we are too.
674
00:31:39,832 --> 00:31:42,449
♪ He reserves
the quiet defense ♪
675
00:31:42,484 --> 00:31:44,918
♪ Riding out the day's events ♪
676
00:31:45,955 --> 00:31:47,604
♪ The river ♪
677
00:31:48,741 --> 00:31:49,840
[song fades out]
678
00:31:49,875 --> 00:31:52,042
[Brian Hiatt] There are
ways in which Rush
679
00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:54,144
are kinda like
The Grateful dead.
680
00:31:54,179 --> 00:31:56,480
And there are a lot ways in which they
are nothing like The Grateful dead,
681
00:31:56,515 --> 00:31:58,682
but their shows...
682
00:31:59,268 --> 00:32:02,636
and their tours have a
similar thing, which is just
683
00:32:02,671 --> 00:32:06,506
they are for...
the hard cores essentially.
684
00:32:06,525 --> 00:32:09,810
Um, they bond, the shows
bond them to the fans.
685
00:32:10,145 --> 00:32:12,029
[band start playing]
686
00:32:15,701 --> 00:32:17,200
♪ What you say
about his company ♪
687
00:32:17,236 --> 00:32:19,036
[Geddy Lee] They've kept
us going, they've given me
688
00:32:19,071 --> 00:32:20,370
the life I have.
689
00:32:20,739 --> 00:32:23,073
They've allowed the three of us
690
00:32:23,125 --> 00:32:28,879
the freedom to be confident
in our own way of doing things.
691
00:32:29,531 --> 00:32:34,017
You know, a lot of people say well pat us
on the back for not compromising in this.
692
00:32:34,219 --> 00:32:39,589
Well... we couldn't do that if our
fan base wasn't there for us.
693
00:32:39,642 --> 00:32:42,426
They've given us the freedom
to be us.
694
00:32:42,478 --> 00:32:44,761
[music intensifies]
695
00:32:45,264 --> 00:32:47,764
♪ Exit the warrior
today's Tom Sawyer ♪
696
00:32:47,816 --> 00:32:49,016
♪ He gets by on you ♪
697
00:32:49,051 --> 00:32:50,817
♪ And the energy you trade ♪
698
00:32:50,853 --> 00:32:54,988
♪ Right onto to the friction
of the day ♪
699
00:32:55,024 --> 00:32:57,224
[Neil Peart] We've shared
this lifetime of evolution
700
00:32:57,259 --> 00:32:59,225
and a lot of our fans
go back decades
701
00:32:59,244 --> 00:33:00,544
and they're bringing
their kids there now
702
00:33:00,579 --> 00:33:03,864
and, you know there is a
shared thing with a...
703
00:33:03,899 --> 00:33:05,799
with a... that they've passed
down to their kids too
704
00:33:05,834 --> 00:33:08,301
who are appreciating
what we're doing, right?
705
00:33:08,337 --> 00:33:12,422
Um, and that's important
in terms of the example set
706
00:33:12,458 --> 00:33:15,208
and in terms also
of the sense of resolution
707
00:33:15,544 --> 00:33:18,545
is the fact that yes, " Okay, we
all got here together." [exhales]
708
00:33:18,580 --> 00:33:20,213
I've been out
at brunch with friends
709
00:33:20,248 --> 00:33:21,882
and someone walks in
with a Rush shirt
710
00:33:21,917 --> 00:33:25,469
and I'm like, "Guys, sorry I have to go
talk to someone that I've never met."
711
00:33:25,521 --> 00:33:27,304
Like I have to talk to go and talk
to someone wearing a Rush shirt
712
00:33:27,356 --> 00:33:29,106
at a restaurant.
It's just what you do.
713
00:33:29,141 --> 00:33:31,808
The second you have that
acknowledgement of
714
00:33:31,860 --> 00:33:33,860
"Oh, we're in
the secret society together"
715
00:33:34,063 --> 00:33:36,863
its "Oh, how many shows
have you seen, favorite album."
716
00:33:36,899 --> 00:33:40,951
Like there's just so many levels in which
you automatically connected to someone.
717
00:33:41,186 --> 00:33:43,403
[Gerry Barad] The people that are Rush
fans this is their favorite band.
718
00:33:43,739 --> 00:33:45,122
This is a bunch of,
this is their band.
719
00:33:45,157 --> 00:33:46,490
They don't care
about anybody else.
720
00:33:46,542 --> 00:33:48,909
I could tell you the first
five rows tomorrow night
721
00:33:49,161 --> 00:33:51,411
that I've seen these people
at a 100 shows.
722
00:33:53,215 --> 00:33:54,965
There's nothing really like it.
723
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,417
[band playing]
724
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,420
[music intensifies]
725
00:34:01,256 --> 00:34:04,808
[electric guitar riff]
726
00:34:14,469 --> 00:34:15,969
[music starts to fade]
727
00:34:15,988 --> 00:34:18,939
[fan] Tonight is my 75th
concert seeing Rush.
728
00:34:19,141 --> 00:34:23,443
I saw them first in 1974
when they were an opening act
729
00:34:23,695 --> 00:34:25,829
opening for Nazareth
and Rory Gallagher.
730
00:34:25,864 --> 00:34:27,547
And I've seen every tour since.
731
00:34:27,583 --> 00:34:29,916
[music builds up]
732
00:34:30,352 --> 00:34:32,552
[crowd join in]
733
00:34:36,225 --> 00:34:40,210
121 for me
and eight for Emma.
734
00:34:40,629 --> 00:34:42,129
-Yeah, eight, okay.
-So that would...
735
00:34:42,164 --> 00:34:44,214
Yeah, I'm pretty sure
this is number 31
736
00:34:44,266 --> 00:34:46,016
-Okay.
-and it's front row bucket list.
737
00:34:46,268 --> 00:34:48,985
[music starts again
and the crowd interaction]
738
00:34:52,341 --> 00:34:55,976
I don't have the exact count right
now, I'm like 90 some shows.
739
00:34:56,011 --> 00:34:59,646
90 some shows? -Yeah, but I
did 37 on Clockwork Angel's.
740
00:34:59,681 --> 00:35:01,064
I lose track
from time to time.
741
00:35:01,116 --> 00:35:05,202
I think after tonight, it's about a...
number 170.
742
00:35:05,237 --> 00:35:07,154
Well, I know exactly
158 tonight.
743
00:35:07,189 --> 00:35:08,655
[guitar riff
and drums being played]
744
00:35:09,024 --> 00:35:11,491
[drums being played]
745
00:35:14,863 --> 00:35:17,397
[fire explosion
and crowd go wild]
746
00:35:19,368 --> 00:35:21,084
[Gavin Brown]
My first Rush concert
747
00:35:21,136 --> 00:35:22,886
was actually
"Grace under pressure."
748
00:35:22,921 --> 00:35:24,971
[crowd ovation]
749
00:35:25,841 --> 00:35:31,011
[cymbal smash] My father decided
to take my passion seriously
750
00:35:31,046 --> 00:35:32,712
and bought a couple tickets.
751
00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:37,517
And he and I went together and I think
I stood screaming the entire show.
752
00:35:37,936 --> 00:35:39,552
♪ Hey, yeah ♪
753
00:35:39,571 --> 00:35:41,021
[electric keyboard]
754
00:35:41,773 --> 00:35:44,074
He sat, fairly bored
the whole time.
755
00:35:44,276 --> 00:35:47,611
And then as I realized,
later in life
756
00:35:47,946 --> 00:35:50,497
uh... because of
the certain smells in the arena
757
00:35:50,532 --> 00:35:52,532
[crowd ovation]
758
00:35:55,403 --> 00:35:58,255
I think my father
got stoned at the concert.
759
00:35:58,507 --> 00:36:00,540
And I've never seen him
that way
760
00:36:00,575 --> 00:36:02,676
and on the way home
he really didn't say much
761
00:36:02,978 --> 00:36:08,899
in the car, except "Wow those three
guys certainly made a lot of noise."
762
00:36:09,151 --> 00:36:11,852
As a young person that power
drew me more and more
763
00:36:11,887 --> 00:36:13,553
into wanting to be in bands.
764
00:36:13,588 --> 00:36:14,921
[music starts up again]
765
00:36:14,940 --> 00:36:16,723
["Closer to the heart" by Rush]
♪ I will draw the chart ♪
766
00:36:17,776 --> 00:36:20,277
♪ Sailing into destiny ♪
767
00:36:20,979 --> 00:36:22,729
♪ Closer to the heart ♪
768
00:36:22,948 --> 00:36:24,430
[Gavin Brown] They
definitely stuck with me.
769
00:36:24,449 --> 00:36:27,317
[music fades out] ♪ Closer
to the heart I'll say ♪
770
00:36:28,704 --> 00:36:31,538
[tapping on the cymbals]
771
00:36:33,575 --> 00:36:36,459
[Randy Johnson] I'm a
fan of Rush and somehow
772
00:36:36,495 --> 00:36:41,631
wind got to ownership that you know,
Randy plays the drums, not really.
773
00:36:43,268 --> 00:36:47,120
They had a ceremony this year at the
ball park with the Arizona Diamondbacks
774
00:36:47,139 --> 00:36:48,822
where they retired my number.
775
00:36:48,857 --> 00:36:54,277
[Stadium announcer] Please welcome
starting pitcher number 51
776
00:36:54,746 --> 00:36:56,980
Randy Johnson.
777
00:36:57,649 --> 00:37:03,603
I'm told, "Well now you have to
go unveil this big huge box"
778
00:37:04,072 --> 00:37:06,172
about the size
of a garage door.
779
00:37:06,441 --> 00:37:09,042
I pulled off
one of the black sheets.
780
00:37:09,311 --> 00:37:12,212
It was the gold plated
R30 drum kit.
781
00:37:12,514 --> 00:37:14,881
Randy who is a fan
of Rock Music
782
00:37:14,917 --> 00:37:16,850
particularly the band Rush
783
00:37:17,052 --> 00:37:19,636
is being presented
this collectors drum set
784
00:37:19,671 --> 00:37:23,206
an exact replica of the one
used by Neil Peart
785
00:37:23,508 --> 00:37:25,909
on Rush's 30 anniversary tour.
786
00:37:25,944 --> 00:37:31,748
Only 30 kits were ever produced and feature
maple drums with gold plated hardware.
787
00:37:32,284 --> 00:37:35,085
Well got behind it did a
little drum fill for the fans.
788
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:36,002
[crowd ovation]
789
00:37:36,021 --> 00:37:37,771
[drums being beaten]
790
00:37:39,725 --> 00:37:42,809
It's much like going to...
the baseball hall of fame
791
00:37:43,061 --> 00:37:45,028
And looking at a glove that...
792
00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:49,532
you know, someone used
back in the 50's or 60's.
793
00:37:49,568 --> 00:37:51,851
It's just, it's something
cool to look at.
794
00:37:51,870 --> 00:37:54,520
I just think,
If I could play the drums
795
00:37:54,539 --> 00:37:56,656
think about the noise
I could make on this thing.
796
00:37:59,594 --> 00:38:01,611
One, two,
three, four!
797
00:38:02,281 --> 00:38:04,714
One, two,
three, four!
798
00:38:04,916 --> 00:38:06,532
[laughing]
799
00:38:06,551 --> 00:38:08,368
That's the most Rush
I know, right there.
800
00:38:08,904 --> 00:38:10,754
There's something
about the music
801
00:38:10,806 --> 00:38:12,222
and the iconography
of Rush
802
00:38:12,257 --> 00:38:15,208
that certainly attracts and
invites that sort of
803
00:38:15,243 --> 00:38:18,511
uh, 'geeky' for lack
of a better word, attention.
804
00:38:18,546 --> 00:38:22,098
The musicians in Rush
are so detailed oriented
805
00:38:22,150 --> 00:38:26,236
it invites that sort of detail
oriented appreciation.
806
00:38:26,271 --> 00:38:28,221
So, I think it's, uh, possibly
807
00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:30,657
a, you know, circle
of geekdom going on here.
808
00:38:32,861 --> 00:38:34,794
I am a husband
and I am a father first.
809
00:38:39,117 --> 00:38:40,917
But second on that list,
I'm a Rush fan.
810
00:38:42,204 --> 00:38:43,837
It's how I define myself.
811
00:38:44,289 --> 00:38:47,740
I think that's the difference
between someone who's just a fan
812
00:38:47,759 --> 00:38:49,843
and behavior of fanaticism
813
00:38:49,878 --> 00:38:51,928
is putting those feelings
into action.
814
00:38:58,586 --> 00:39:01,287
It was the MTV airing
815
00:39:01,323 --> 00:39:04,107
of the Exit... Stage Left
concert video
816
00:39:05,027 --> 00:39:08,645
was the first time
that they had my attention.
817
00:39:17,372 --> 00:39:20,657
And then I started to do the
work on my own of saying,
818
00:39:20,709 --> 00:39:23,710
"Okay, Well let me listen to some
of these albums that you have."
819
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,216
How many more albums
do they have?
820
00:39:30,802 --> 00:39:31,918
Well, I need to get all of them.
821
00:39:33,171 --> 00:39:35,505
Each of the folders in here are
labeled appropriately beginning
822
00:39:35,557 --> 00:39:40,009
from folder number 1, 1974
823
00:39:40,228 --> 00:39:43,813
up to 2015 in order
from January through December.
824
00:39:44,299 --> 00:39:49,736
Full length feature articles
of the band from 1979.
825
00:39:51,339 --> 00:39:53,823
Look at this spectacular ad.
826
00:39:54,543 --> 00:39:57,160
Rush Tour of the Hemispheres
827
00:39:57,195 --> 00:40:02,365
from Sounds magazine
dated April 1979.
828
00:40:03,485 --> 00:40:06,619
Spectacularly majestic.
829
00:40:07,255 --> 00:40:09,372
I have reached
a point in my fanaticism
830
00:40:09,408 --> 00:40:11,458
where I wanted to start
to reach out.
831
00:40:11,676 --> 00:40:13,209
I just wanted to know...
832
00:40:15,097 --> 00:40:16,129
Who else is out there?
833
00:40:16,164 --> 00:40:18,548
So I placed an add
in Circus magazine,
834
00:40:19,050 --> 00:40:21,267
in July, 1985,
835
00:40:21,303 --> 00:40:23,603
I anticipated
getting correspondence,
836
00:40:23,638 --> 00:40:25,388
but not to the level
I was getting.
837
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:26,890
So that's how I decided, well...
838
00:40:26,942 --> 00:40:28,508
I wanna let them know
what I have.
839
00:40:28,527 --> 00:40:31,361
Maybe we can trade. Maybe I have
something that I could trade with them.
840
00:40:31,396 --> 00:40:33,563
Maybe they have something
that they could trade with me.
841
00:40:33,982 --> 00:40:37,400
So I sat down and did a handwritten
version of my Rush list.
842
00:40:37,452 --> 00:40:39,786
And I would copy it
and send it to this people.
843
00:40:39,821 --> 00:40:41,237
I still maintain that list.
844
00:40:41,289 --> 00:40:44,824
That innocent
handwriting list in 1985
845
00:40:44,859 --> 00:40:48,828
has become this 91 page beast
846
00:40:48,863 --> 00:40:52,465
that still chronicles
my entire collection.
847
00:40:52,501 --> 00:40:55,452
All of this
is all Rush content.
848
00:40:55,487 --> 00:41:00,256
Enough nonsense to make the band
members themself clearly just cringe.
849
00:41:00,308 --> 00:41:06,229
Here are the Indonesian cassette
releases that are on my list.
850
00:41:06,264 --> 00:41:09,215
There's not much cooler
than these.
851
00:41:09,234 --> 00:41:14,187
I'm not sure that my sister knows that I
still have her copy of 2112 on 8-track.
852
00:41:15,407 --> 00:41:16,990
I promise I'll give it back.
853
00:41:17,025 --> 00:41:19,492
Rush: The Illustrated History
by Martin Popoff.
854
00:41:20,695 --> 00:41:22,245
I was contacted by Matvin
855
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:27,250
once my beloved list had
ended up in Marvin's hands.
856
00:41:27,285 --> 00:41:29,919
Martin called me on the phone
and said,
857
00:41:29,955 --> 00:41:34,574
"Ray, I've been sent a copy of this list
of yours, do you really have all of this?"
858
00:41:34,593 --> 00:41:35,925
Flip any random page
in the book...
859
00:41:36,261 --> 00:41:37,210
Ah, here are the...
860
00:41:37,245 --> 00:41:39,045
The Ray Wozniak collection.
861
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,747
I just like how pompous
is that sound quite frankly.
862
00:41:41,766 --> 00:41:46,970
I never think that I need reminder of
the role they have played in my life.
863
00:41:47,022 --> 00:41:49,639
But still,
here in this tour this...
864
00:41:49,691 --> 00:41:53,259
Adolescent enthusiasm
that I still feel
865
00:41:53,278 --> 00:41:56,196
is testament enough to me
that all these years
866
00:41:56,231 --> 00:41:59,282
of pledging my allegiance
to them has been worth it.
867
00:41:59,317 --> 00:42:02,368
Because here I am now in 2015
868
00:42:02,404 --> 00:42:05,238
still being
this enthused by them.
869
00:42:07,209 --> 00:42:08,324
They've never let me down.
870
00:42:08,376 --> 00:42:10,994
[rock guitars and drums]
871
00:42:12,747 --> 00:42:18,885
Maybe because they continue to feed
me with just such positive energy.
872
00:42:20,338 --> 00:42:21,888
I don't want to let them down.
873
00:42:21,923 --> 00:42:26,125
The least I can do is continue
to carry their flag
874
00:42:26,144 --> 00:42:28,511
and spread the word
and share it with others.
875
00:42:28,563 --> 00:42:30,396
[plucked string]
876
00:42:31,182 --> 00:42:33,683
[audience cheering]
877
00:42:33,735 --> 00:42:35,101
[Gerry Barad]
They have a cult following.
878
00:42:35,487 --> 00:42:36,853
It's pretty hard core.
879
00:42:38,473 --> 00:42:40,023
You don't take a shot
at this band,
880
00:42:40,075 --> 00:42:42,975
it gets very, very personal.
881
00:42:42,994 --> 00:42:44,611
Remember the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame?
882
00:42:44,646 --> 00:42:46,279
[drums]
883
00:42:48,450 --> 00:42:49,532
[Gerry Barad]
I remember I went to play golf.
884
00:42:49,584 --> 00:42:51,417
I'm driving along the
lakefront in Cleveland
885
00:42:51,453 --> 00:42:53,419
back to the hotel
and then to the arena.
886
00:42:53,455 --> 00:42:55,088
And the rock hall's right there,
887
00:42:55,123 --> 00:42:56,489
and there's 200 Rush fans
888
00:42:56,508 --> 00:42:58,007
[laughs]
out front protesting.
889
00:42:58,043 --> 00:43:00,426
Cause they haven't been inducted
in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
890
00:43:01,096 --> 00:43:04,013
♪ I can't stop thinking big ♪
891
00:43:04,049 --> 00:43:08,017
♪ I can't stop thinking big ♪
892
00:43:08,053 --> 00:43:09,302
[Martin Popoff]
What are the two things
893
00:43:09,337 --> 00:43:11,671
that the cognoscenti of the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
894
00:43:11,690 --> 00:43:12,889
or Rolling Stone magazine,
895
00:43:12,941 --> 00:43:14,507
which are one in the same,
hate the most?
896
00:43:14,526 --> 00:43:15,775
They hate progressive rock.
897
00:43:15,810 --> 00:43:17,026
They hate heavy metal.
898
00:43:17,062 --> 00:43:19,696
Well, Rush invented progressive metal.
They are both.
899
00:43:20,148 --> 00:43:21,314
Ladies and gentlemen,
900
00:43:21,349 --> 00:43:23,449
Here is the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
901
00:43:23,485 --> 00:43:24,534
Jann Wenner.
902
00:43:24,569 --> 00:43:26,235
[audience cheering
and applauding]
903
00:43:26,871 --> 00:43:30,156
[Geddy Lee] That moment at the
end, Wenner's induction speech
904
00:43:30,191 --> 00:43:32,609
tells everything you need
to know about Rush fans.
905
00:43:32,644 --> 00:43:34,077
From Seattle,
906
00:43:34,129 --> 00:43:35,712
the first ladies
of rock and roll
907
00:43:35,747 --> 00:43:37,463
and their back up man, Heart.
908
00:43:37,499 --> 00:43:39,215
[audience cheering]
909
00:43:42,087 --> 00:43:44,420
The man with the mighty touch,
the maestro,
910
00:43:44,472 --> 00:43:45,505
Quincy Jones.
911
00:43:45,540 --> 00:43:47,056
[audience applauding]
912
00:43:48,893 --> 00:43:52,145
[Geddy Lee] If you were in
that room, you understood
913
00:43:52,180 --> 00:43:56,316
what our music means to them
and what they mean to us.
914
00:43:56,351 --> 00:43:59,402
In one incredible...
915
00:43:59,437 --> 00:44:01,854
reaction
that I will never forget.
916
00:44:01,889 --> 00:44:03,406
[audience applauding]
917
00:44:04,242 --> 00:44:05,658
And from Toronto,
918
00:44:05,694 --> 00:44:07,276
[audience cheering]
919
00:45:07,972 --> 00:45:09,088
I...
920
00:45:10,592 --> 00:45:13,393
I am a... I'm just not gonna
tell you who they are.
921
00:45:13,428 --> 00:45:14,927
[audience laughing]
You, guess.
922
00:45:15,963 --> 00:45:17,764
The godfather
of progressive metal,
923
00:45:17,799 --> 00:45:19,766
the high priest
of high concept,
924
00:45:19,801 --> 00:45:20,650
Rush!
925
00:45:20,685 --> 00:45:21,734
[audience cheering]
926
00:45:23,938 --> 00:45:28,324
[Dave Grohl] From day one, the band
built its following the right way.
927
00:45:28,359 --> 00:45:30,943
No hype, no bullshit.
928
00:45:30,978 --> 00:45:33,079
They did it from the ground up.
929
00:45:33,114 --> 00:45:34,947
[audience cheering]
930
00:45:34,982 --> 00:45:38,201
Without any help
from the mainstream press.
931
00:45:38,253 --> 00:45:39,836
[fake coughing]
Rolling Stone.
932
00:45:45,043 --> 00:45:47,993
It's our honor to finally...
933
00:45:48,012 --> 00:45:49,262
[audience cheering]
934
00:45:54,669 --> 00:45:58,304
induct Rush into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame.
935
00:45:58,339 --> 00:45:59,355
[audience cheering]
936
00:45:59,390 --> 00:46:01,307
[rock music]
937
00:46:03,978 --> 00:46:05,361
[Geddy Lee]
So it's impressive.
938
00:46:05,780 --> 00:46:08,648
These guys put us
in the Hall of Fame.
939
00:46:10,151 --> 00:46:12,118
And they were celebrating
their moment.
940
00:46:14,372 --> 00:46:16,973
And I still get choked up
when I think about it.
941
00:46:24,198 --> 00:46:25,581
[drums joins in]
942
00:47:01,753 --> 00:47:05,755
[narrator] Halfway to the tour, the
band returns home to a hero's welcome,
943
00:47:06,124 --> 00:47:09,041
responding with one
of their best performances.
944
00:47:12,163 --> 00:47:17,099
Hello, Toronto!
My home town!
945
00:47:18,803 --> 00:47:22,638
I think the goal for any band
is to have that magical night.
946
00:47:22,690 --> 00:47:25,858
And it probably happens
for a moment here and there,
947
00:47:25,894 --> 00:47:28,644
but some nights,
it's just like...
948
00:47:28,696 --> 00:47:30,029
It clicks in.
949
00:47:30,064 --> 00:47:33,399
♪ One day I fell
I'm on top of the world ♪
950
00:47:33,651 --> 00:47:36,619
♪ The next
it's falling in on me ♪
951
00:47:37,188 --> 00:47:39,205
♪ I can get back on ♪
952
00:47:39,240 --> 00:47:41,741
♪ I can get back on ♪
953
00:47:41,776 --> 00:47:43,075
[Alex Lifeson] You are
not even in control of it.
954
00:47:43,110 --> 00:47:44,794
You just play.
955
00:47:45,163 --> 00:47:48,113
And every strum on the guitar,
956
00:47:48,132 --> 00:47:51,634
you feel with the kick at the
same time or the snare, you know.
957
00:47:51,669 --> 00:47:53,753
It's a magical experience.
958
00:48:01,896 --> 00:48:04,096
[Geddy Lee] There are probably
more of those shows on this tour
959
00:48:04,132 --> 00:48:05,865
than I can recall.
960
00:48:05,900 --> 00:48:10,069
The Friday show was
one of those nights.
961
00:48:10,104 --> 00:48:11,354
[Alex Lifeson]
We were in sync.
962
00:48:11,389 --> 00:48:13,789
Everybody played right
in the pocket.
963
00:48:24,702 --> 00:48:27,136
[Geddy Lee] The thing kind
of took a life of its own.
964
00:48:28,539 --> 00:48:31,140
And I...
I remember after each song
965
00:48:31,175 --> 00:48:33,676
I do a little kind
of status check.
966
00:48:33,711 --> 00:48:35,127
That was a good one.
967
00:48:35,162 --> 00:48:36,212
That was a good one.
968
00:48:36,264 --> 00:48:37,847
That was...
They kept coming.
969
00:48:37,882 --> 00:48:39,682
They kept checking them all off.
970
00:48:48,810 --> 00:48:51,210
[grand finale]
971
00:48:51,829 --> 00:48:53,913
[Neil Peart] Because we
knew the show so intimately
972
00:48:53,948 --> 00:48:55,982
in passages
like "Jacobs Ladder" and that,
973
00:48:56,017 --> 00:48:58,684
well, that is what I found,
suddenly I'd go deeper in it,
974
00:48:58,703 --> 00:49:02,571
and yes the unison quality
of all three of us taking that
975
00:49:03,708 --> 00:49:06,742
does become a breathing entity.
976
00:49:07,362 --> 00:49:09,662
[guitar riff and drums]
977
00:49:23,394 --> 00:49:26,746
[Geddy Lee] And you still have a
part of your brain that is free
978
00:49:26,781 --> 00:49:29,081
to kind of float away
from the moment
979
00:49:29,117 --> 00:49:32,284
and appreciate what
the audience is doing,
980
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,620
what your partners are doing.
981
00:49:34,656 --> 00:49:40,576
The context of your moment, like where am I,
what am I doing in the middle of this thing
982
00:49:40,611 --> 00:49:44,113
and I am playing all this crazy
shit at the same time. [chuckles]
983
00:49:44,165 --> 00:49:46,532
So it is a pretty sublime state
984
00:49:46,567 --> 00:49:50,453
and I find it such a challenge
and such a reward,
985
00:49:50,488 --> 00:49:53,956
when you hit
that golden feeling,
986
00:49:53,992 --> 00:49:56,325
that kind of perfect feeling,
987
00:49:57,462 --> 00:49:59,528
that it becomes a bit addictive.
988
00:49:59,964 --> 00:50:03,215
[guitar riff and drums]
989
00:50:07,922 --> 00:50:09,855
[drums solo]
990
00:50:15,329 --> 00:50:17,163
[bass solo]
991
00:50:23,888 --> 00:50:26,422
[Alex Lifeson] It is a very
complicated thing, playing a show.
992
00:50:26,457 --> 00:50:29,108
There are a lot of notes
in three hours of music.
993
00:50:29,127 --> 00:50:31,977
[guitar solo]
994
00:50:34,015 --> 00:50:37,083
[Alex Lifeson] And to play them all
in sync and correctly is a challenge.
995
00:50:37,118 --> 00:50:38,751
[drums solo]
996
00:50:41,589 --> 00:50:43,656
[Alex Lifeson] As a performer
I think that is the goal.
997
00:50:43,691 --> 00:50:45,925
You want every gig
to be that gig.
998
00:50:46,327 --> 00:50:48,961
[Geddy Lee] You know it took
months to get it to that point.
999
00:50:50,281 --> 00:50:51,764
Frankly, that is a reward.
1000
00:50:53,468 --> 00:50:56,485
That's the moment you are going, "this is
awesome, this is payback for all the work."
1001
00:50:56,521 --> 00:50:58,471
[crowd cheering]
1002
00:51:04,212 --> 00:51:05,544
[drumming and guitar]
1003
00:51:22,597 --> 00:51:23,612
[music stops abruptly]
1004
00:51:23,648 --> 00:51:25,915
[Geddy Lee]
Thank you so much, Toronto.
1005
00:51:26,551 --> 00:51:31,620
Thank you so much all of those who
supported us for over forty years.
1006
00:51:32,256 --> 00:51:33,722
We so appreciate it.
1007
00:51:34,826 --> 00:51:38,627
Maybe one day we'll meet again,
thank you so much.
1008
00:51:38,663 --> 00:51:39,929
[crowd cheering]
1009
00:51:44,268 --> 00:51:46,535
[fan 1] No, it is not
my first Rush show,
1010
00:51:46,571 --> 00:51:49,288
in fact it's probably
like my 30th Rush show.
1011
00:51:49,323 --> 00:51:52,124
-111th show.
-Oh!
1012
00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:55,161
-I said 30th, he said 111th.
-111th show.
1013
00:51:55,196 --> 00:51:57,463
He like won immediately.
1014
00:51:57,498 --> 00:52:01,050
[fan 2] I think it is about 75
shows I have been to so far,
1015
00:52:01,085 --> 00:52:02,551
that is my estimate, yes.
1016
00:52:02,587 --> 00:52:08,424
[fan 3] It is my 69th show and then
Los Angeles will be my 70th show
1017
00:52:08,476 --> 00:52:11,093
and hopefully not
my last Rush show.
1018
00:52:11,512 --> 00:52:13,312
[drumming]
1019
00:52:15,967 --> 00:52:17,766
[guitar and drumming]
1020
00:52:17,819 --> 00:52:19,852
[Intro to "Animate"]
1021
00:52:34,952 --> 00:52:37,086
♪ Polarize me ♪
1022
00:52:39,023 --> 00:52:41,390
♪ Sensitize me ♪
1023
00:52:43,194 --> 00:52:47,763
♪ Criticize me, civilize me ♪
1024
00:52:51,636 --> 00:52:53,886
♪ Compensate me ♪
1025
00:52:55,806 --> 00:52:58,040
♪ Animate me ♪
1026
00:52:59,844 --> 00:53:04,813
♪ Complicate me, elevate me ♪
1027
00:53:07,952 --> 00:53:15,007
♪ Complicate me, elevate me ♪
1028
00:53:44,906 --> 00:53:46,655
[song's finale]
[crowd cheering]
1029
00:53:54,599 --> 00:53:56,599
[stacatto]
1030
00:53:58,502 --> 00:54:01,153
[Ray Danniels] Literally
could not have gone better.
1031
00:54:01,172 --> 00:54:02,955
Almost everything
was completely sold out.
1032
00:54:02,990 --> 00:54:07,126
We have never been in that
position for their career.
1033
00:54:07,161 --> 00:54:09,812
We have had little pockets,
nights here and there,
1034
00:54:09,847 --> 00:54:12,331
but to have a run
that was so consistent.
1035
00:54:12,350 --> 00:54:14,399
Even people that you would not
necessarily consider fans,
1036
00:54:14,418 --> 00:54:17,920
other professionals who couldn't
wait to get in to see the show.
1037
00:54:17,955 --> 00:54:18,837
It is a dream.
1038
00:54:18,856 --> 00:54:21,106
We could put
20 more shows on sale
1039
00:54:21,142 --> 00:54:23,642
and I know what
the outcome is going to be.
1040
00:54:23,677 --> 00:54:26,362
You seldom know what the outcome
is going to be in this business.
1041
00:54:26,397 --> 00:54:29,148
You have a general idea, you know
you are going to be successful.
1042
00:54:29,183 --> 00:54:30,649
But not at this level.
1043
00:54:30,684 --> 00:54:33,235
I think if they did 20 more
shows, they would be...
1044
00:54:33,287 --> 00:54:35,520
18 of the 20
would be sellouts.
1045
00:54:35,539 --> 00:54:37,373
So count me in,
I would love to do it.
1046
00:54:37,408 --> 00:54:40,659
I know that if there is more,
there is not a lot more.
1047
00:54:40,695 --> 00:54:42,494
[drumming]
1048
00:54:46,083 --> 00:54:48,867
[Geddy Lee] Ray is our manager,
we can't get rid of him.
1049
00:54:48,886 --> 00:54:53,138
Since April of 1969.
1050
00:54:53,174 --> 00:54:58,978
I was 16 and I think Alex and Geddy
were 15 when we started out.
1051
00:54:59,013 --> 00:55:05,601
[Geddy Lee] Well, Ray began his
life as a cheap seller of fake pot.
1052
00:55:06,937 --> 00:55:08,988
And then he decided
1053
00:55:09,023 --> 00:55:11,156
maybe it's better
to be a booking agent.
1054
00:55:11,859 --> 00:55:14,660
So when he started handling us,
he was really an agent.
1055
00:55:14,695 --> 00:55:16,645
Yes, all the murderer jobs
were taken.
1056
00:55:16,681 --> 00:55:18,197
[chuckles]
1057
00:55:18,232 --> 00:55:20,916
I quit high school,
I had a little talent agency.
1058
00:55:20,951 --> 00:55:23,369
I was promoting
a couple of small shows.
1059
00:55:23,404 --> 00:55:28,173
Just trying to find a way to survive
and be in the music business.
1060
00:55:28,209 --> 00:55:32,845
One of his first and most profound
acts as the manager of Rush,
1061
00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:35,764
was to have me thrown out of the band.
Isn't that great?
1062
00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:37,716
I fired Geddy,
Geddy remembers this,
1063
00:55:37,751 --> 00:55:40,853
I don't remember this.
[chuckles]
1064
00:55:40,888 --> 00:55:42,287
[Alex Lifeson]
And then he ironed his hair,
1065
00:55:43,207 --> 00:55:45,007
-to celebrate.
-Yes.
1066
00:55:45,042 --> 00:55:48,444
I don't remember this.
It's folklore to me.
1067
00:55:49,530 --> 00:55:52,698
-That's why I love him to this day.
-Yeah.
1068
00:55:52,733 --> 00:55:56,735
Well, obviously we reversed it real
quick or we would not be here today.
1069
00:55:56,770 --> 00:55:58,320
[chuckles]
1070
00:55:58,372 --> 00:56:03,075
OK, guys, start moving forward, stay
up stage, now move towards on stage.
1071
00:56:10,084 --> 00:56:13,502
[Neil Peart] You are going to have to
see the map just to see where we are.
1072
00:56:14,972 --> 00:56:18,724
One of my tenets of life is: what is the
most excellent thing I can do today?
1073
00:56:18,759 --> 00:56:20,726
I am going to find
a nice way out through Idaho,
1074
00:56:20,761 --> 00:56:23,128
which is some of the nicest
riding in the country.
1075
00:56:23,147 --> 00:56:24,480
Never mind just in the west.
1076
00:56:24,515 --> 00:56:28,417
Motorcycle riding is to him tied
into being part of the tour.
1077
00:56:28,452 --> 00:56:32,354
Eighteen to 20,000 miles on this
motorcycle in between shows.
1078
00:56:32,406 --> 00:56:33,439
[chuckles]
1079
00:56:35,993 --> 00:56:39,912
It's very important that
he feels like his life is bigger
1080
00:56:39,947 --> 00:56:42,998
than just stopping at the
venues and doing a show.
1081
00:56:43,033 --> 00:56:48,253
That his life is ongoing and still a
kind of adventure apart from work.
1082
00:56:48,923 --> 00:56:50,456
I've got sea spray.
1083
00:56:50,925 --> 00:56:55,544
[Neil Peart] So now we are
going to look closer at Idaho.
1084
00:56:55,596 --> 00:56:59,715
And then I got a bigger time and distance and
I am going to arrive in a National park,
1085
00:56:59,767 --> 00:57:01,333
so I don't want
to be too late.
1086
00:57:01,352 --> 00:57:03,302
I will look up the mileage
another thing I do,
1087
00:57:03,337 --> 00:57:07,172
because ideally I have the bus drive
after the show for about three hours
1088
00:57:07,208 --> 00:57:11,160
and then park in the chateau
Walmart that we choose to park in,
1089
00:57:11,195 --> 00:57:13,228
because they welcome
overnight campers.
1090
00:57:13,264 --> 00:57:15,364
When you get on this highway at
the beginning you see:
1091
00:57:15,399 --> 00:57:18,484
"warning: 75 miles of
winding road ahead".
1092
00:57:18,736 --> 00:57:22,037
Oh, to a motorcyclist,
this is a promise not a threat.
1093
00:57:30,047 --> 00:57:36,084
This thing was that's the part of my day
I enjoy the most, is being on my bike.
1094
00:57:36,387 --> 00:57:39,471
If you take that away from me,
I really won't want to do this.
1095
00:57:39,507 --> 00:57:41,640
[Neil Peart] I can see lots
of interesting roads here.
1096
00:57:41,675 --> 00:57:43,892
The dotted lines are
unpaved ones, we like that.
1097
00:57:43,928 --> 00:57:46,211
So this is all beautiful
beautiful riding here.
1098
00:57:46,230 --> 00:57:48,313
Lola Pass, I know that
from previous tours.
1099
00:57:48,349 --> 00:57:52,851
It's a lot of challenging roads and certainly
there was fear and danger and all of that,
1100
00:57:52,886 --> 00:57:55,154
but on the other hand
peaceful and serene.
1101
00:57:55,689 --> 00:58:00,075
I was on my motorcycle from Sandusky, Ohio,
down to Bloomington, Indiana for the day
1102
00:58:00,110 --> 00:58:02,528
then back up to Chicago
for the next show.
1103
00:58:02,563 --> 00:58:05,481
And that day I was thinking, riding
through the country roads of Indiana.
1104
00:58:05,516 --> 00:58:10,486
Probably in the rest of my life there won't
be another day where the best thing I can do,
1105
00:58:10,521 --> 00:58:14,456
is plot a back road route from Sandusky,
Ohio to Bloomington, Indiana.
1106
00:58:14,492 --> 00:58:16,575
So, appreciate it a little more.
1107
00:58:17,645 --> 00:58:24,550
[band music]
1108
00:58:29,923 --> 00:58:36,895
[solo drumming]
1109
00:58:59,720 --> 00:59:01,136
[Neil Peart]
Whatever your weakest point is,
1110
00:59:01,171 --> 00:59:03,422
that level of exhaustion
is going to attack.
1111
00:59:07,428 --> 00:59:11,096
Starting in my 20's
my teeth would give me trouble.
1112
00:59:14,685 --> 00:59:16,985
Other tours it was ear
infections all over the place.
1113
00:59:17,021 --> 00:59:18,987
I had tendonitis
in one elbow one tour.
1114
00:59:19,023 --> 00:59:20,989
You know it is going to
attack you somewhere.
1115
00:59:22,493 --> 00:59:25,193
But of all the things I worried
about before this tour,
1116
00:59:25,246 --> 00:59:28,664
and I worried about my elbows and
I worried about cardiac arrest,
1117
00:59:28,982 --> 00:59:30,949
I did not worry about
the bottoms of my feet.
1118
00:59:32,953 --> 00:59:35,487
He has been riding a lot in
rain, his boots were wet.
1119
00:59:35,506 --> 00:59:38,790
It was just torrential rain,
it was brutal.
1120
00:59:41,712 --> 00:59:44,513
Neil's security guy
who rides with him,
1121
00:59:45,015 --> 00:59:47,966
come up to me
and he said he is killing me.
1122
00:59:49,336 --> 00:59:51,270
We just rode for nine hours.
1123
00:59:51,305 --> 00:59:55,474
I am 16 years younger, I can't keep up
with him and I don't have to play tonight.
1124
00:59:57,361 --> 00:59:59,962
And he developed
a fungus on his feet.
1125
00:59:59,997 --> 01:00:03,899
And then that grew into eczema, psoriasis,
bacterial infections and all that.
1126
01:00:04,301 --> 01:00:08,186
He applied one type of ointment to
it that only worsened the situation.
1127
01:00:08,205 --> 01:00:11,156
The recovery period
just took an eternity.
1128
01:00:15,346 --> 01:00:17,496
I assumed it would go away
and he would be all right.
1129
01:00:17,531 --> 01:00:19,631
Yea, he is such a stoic guy.
1130
01:00:19,667 --> 01:00:23,001
I can't believe that he played
through that anyways.
1131
01:00:23,220 --> 01:00:27,756
There was about two weeks of utter
hell for him, like really utter hell.
1132
01:00:27,975 --> 01:00:33,845
He could barely walk
for a couple of shows.
1133
01:00:35,215 --> 01:00:38,483
By the end of the second leg,
I was walking on two raw stumps.
1134
01:00:38,936 --> 01:00:41,036
So drumming of course
was agonizing.
1135
01:00:41,071 --> 01:00:42,371
[Liam Birt]
Roughly at the same time,
1136
01:00:42,406 --> 01:00:44,489
his hands started
cracking open as well.
1137
01:00:44,525 --> 01:00:46,158
You know,
if you have looked at his hands,
1138
01:00:46,193 --> 01:00:49,244
it's a mess of calluses
and blisters and cuts.
1139
01:00:49,279 --> 01:00:54,833
What drummer needs hands and feet, but
that is what he had to persevere through.
1140
01:00:55,419 --> 01:01:02,024
[solo drumming]
1141
01:01:03,027 --> 01:01:07,846
[drumming continues]
1142
01:01:07,881 --> 01:01:09,715
[Neil Peart] Actually one
moment before our second set,
1143
01:01:09,750 --> 01:01:14,553
I was standing on the stage as we were able
to do because of the front arching curtain.
1144
01:01:14,588 --> 01:01:19,424
I was standing looking around at everybody
having such a good time, except me.
1145
01:01:19,610 --> 01:01:23,528
I was like yes, I am suffering and I don't
want to do this, but I am going to.
1146
01:01:23,564 --> 01:01:26,148
Just like he did not want
to add more shows,
1147
01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:28,650
he was not going to back out
the ones that he had.
1148
01:01:33,057 --> 01:01:35,357
[Alex Lifeson]
He has played with tendonitis.
1149
01:01:35,392 --> 01:01:37,693
He's played with
horrible pain in his hands.
1150
01:01:37,728 --> 01:01:39,528
-Flu.
-Yes.
1151
01:01:39,997 --> 01:01:42,080
He never tell you
when he is sick, ever.
1152
01:01:42,416 --> 01:01:47,719
-Whereas we tell everybody we are sick.
-Especially me, immediately.
1153
01:01:48,255 --> 01:01:51,306
Alert the nation:
I have a cold.
1154
01:01:51,341 --> 01:01:54,125
[chuckles]
1155
01:01:54,144 --> 01:01:56,344
[Neil Peart] Alex and I joked one
night when I was not feeling well,
1156
01:01:56,397 --> 01:01:58,647
that I had this thing going
what if I had a heart attack,
1157
01:01:58,682 --> 01:02:00,232
and died right here
and wrecked the show.
1158
01:02:00,267 --> 01:02:03,134
And Alex laughed and said, "Whatever
you do, don't wreck the show."
1159
01:02:03,153 --> 01:02:06,488
And it felt like that, that was
the ultimate terribleness.
1160
01:02:06,523 --> 01:02:09,775
Not that I was going to die of a heart
attack, but I was going to wreck the show.
1161
01:02:15,082 --> 01:02:17,482
[Ray Danniels] If a sniper
had been in the building
1162
01:02:17,501 --> 01:02:18,917
and shot him
in the shoulder,
1163
01:02:18,952 --> 01:02:21,119
he would have
finished the stunt.
1164
01:02:21,154 --> 01:02:22,821
That is what makes
a professional, right.
1165
01:02:22,856 --> 01:02:25,140
There is no way you go up
on stage with your frailties.
1166
01:02:25,175 --> 01:02:28,977
There is no way you go up on there with
your regrets or resentments or anything.
1167
01:02:29,012 --> 01:02:32,380
Every night,
bring that commitment.
1168
01:02:34,802 --> 01:02:41,389
[crowd cheering]
1169
01:02:43,343 --> 01:02:50,198
[cheering continues]
1170
01:02:50,234 --> 01:02:55,470
[guitar stringing]
1171
01:03:01,979 --> 01:03:07,382
[drumming and guitar]
1172
01:03:18,428 --> 01:03:21,313
♪ In the house
where nobody laughs ♪
1173
01:03:21,348 --> 01:03:24,182
♪ and nobody sleeps ♪
1174
01:03:34,845 --> 01:03:41,416
♪ Rise from the ashes,
a blaze of everyday glory ♪
1175
01:04:36,223 --> 01:04:39,424
♪ No matter what they say♪
1176
01:04:39,459 --> 01:04:43,478
♪ No matter what they say ♪
1177
01:05:15,245 --> 01:05:21,082
[crowd cheering]
1178
01:05:24,771 --> 01:05:28,473
This is a song about a car,
this is called "Red Barchetta".
1179
01:05:30,027 --> 01:05:34,746
[crowd cheering]
1180
01:05:35,432 --> 01:05:39,451
[narrator] As the tour winds down,
from a distance one wonders,
1181
01:05:39,486 --> 01:05:43,154
will there ever be a relationship
between a band and a fan base,
1182
01:05:43,189 --> 01:05:46,875
that is so longstanding
and powerful.
1183
01:05:48,462 --> 01:05:52,631
So many lives wrapped up in
the work of three musicians.
1184
01:05:55,202 --> 01:06:02,007
[guitar and band]
1185
01:06:06,396 --> 01:06:07,879
[Brian Hiatt] The tours
have been utterly essential
1186
01:06:07,898 --> 01:06:09,514
to sustaining the band.
1187
01:06:09,549 --> 01:06:13,902
Because they were not chasing hits, they
were counting on building something.
1188
01:06:13,937 --> 01:06:16,237
They were in it
for the long haul.
1189
01:06:16,273 --> 01:06:18,540
It was always
a marathon, not a sprint.
1190
01:06:18,942 --> 01:06:24,362
♪ My uncle had a country place,
that no one knows about ♪
1191
01:06:25,415 --> 01:06:31,536
♪ He says it used to be a farm
before the Motor Law ♪
1192
01:06:32,356 --> 01:06:38,176
♪ And on Sundays I elude the eyes
and hop the Turbine Freight ♪
1193
01:06:39,296 --> 01:06:45,350
♪ To far outside the Wire where
my white-haired uncle waits ♪
1194
01:06:46,937 --> 01:06:51,606
[John Virant] The fact that Rush
became of age so to speak in the 70's,
1195
01:06:51,641 --> 01:06:54,442
and were on the road
as much as they were,
1196
01:06:54,478 --> 01:06:58,496
I think is very significant
as far as them
1197
01:06:58,532 --> 01:07:03,651
cementing a relationship
with their fans.
1198
01:07:03,887 --> 01:07:08,907
The obsession grew after I saw them,
the obsession just never stopped.
1199
01:07:08,942 --> 01:07:12,877
So 26 years later,
45th show, I was 16.
1200
01:07:12,913 --> 01:07:14,462
[chuckles]
1201
01:07:17,751 --> 01:07:23,021
[guitar and drums]
1202
01:07:23,490 --> 01:07:27,609
[Pegi] People would see them and
get really excited because they...
1203
01:07:27,644 --> 01:07:29,377
bottom line,
they play really well.
1204
01:07:29,746 --> 01:07:31,646
Whether you like them
or don't like them,
1205
01:07:31,681 --> 01:07:36,267
you go see a show and you walk out
going, "yeah, they are good."
1206
01:07:36,302 --> 01:07:38,636
I have dragged a lot of guys
to these concerts
1207
01:07:38,655 --> 01:07:43,158
and every time they come back hooked
because of the live performance.
1208
01:07:44,678 --> 01:07:50,498
♪ Run like the wind as excitement
shivers up and down my spine ♪
1209
01:07:50,534 --> 01:07:56,771
♪ Down in his barn my uncle
preserved for me an old machine ♪
1210
01:07:56,807 --> 01:07:58,773
♪ For fifty odd years ♪
1211
01:07:58,809 --> 01:08:04,212
♪ To keep it as new
has been his dearest dream ♪
1212
01:08:06,216 --> 01:08:07,682
♪ I strip away... ♪
1213
01:08:08,001 --> 01:08:11,352
[Ray Danniels] Touring is the
same thing to Rush today
1214
01:08:11,388 --> 01:08:13,138
that it was
in the early days.
1215
01:08:13,173 --> 01:08:18,359
That never changed, which is if you tour
and you go to people, you get a reaction.
1216
01:08:18,395 --> 01:08:24,365
You tour to sell records and you only
broke on reputation by being a live act.
1217
01:08:24,401 --> 01:08:26,384
And that is where
they sowed their oats.
1218
01:08:26,419 --> 01:08:31,990
[singing]
1219
01:08:34,795 --> 01:08:39,631
[Pegi Cecconi] I can remember in the
80's where Rush could go to the UK,
1220
01:08:39,666 --> 01:08:42,500
and sell a 100,000,
or 200,000 tickets.
1221
01:08:42,869 --> 01:08:44,836
But they couldn't sell
that many records.
1222
01:08:45,205 --> 01:08:51,476
A record is 20 Bucks and a ticket is 100
Bucks, it just doesn't make any sense.
1223
01:08:51,928 --> 01:08:55,513
To come and see them live is an
opportunity to get something
1224
01:08:55,548 --> 01:08:58,316
you cannot purchase,
other than the ticket price.
1225
01:08:58,602 --> 01:09:03,988
You can watch a video of them but it is
not the same as when you see them live.
1226
01:09:04,024 --> 01:09:10,695
It resonates in your body and it stays with
you for days, years, months, whatever.
1227
01:09:16,837 --> 01:09:23,424
[drumming and guitar]
1228
01:09:24,628 --> 01:09:30,765
[music continues]
1229
01:09:31,584 --> 01:09:37,805
[John Virant] Let's remember that Rush
did not break until the fourth record.
1230
01:09:37,858 --> 01:09:41,025
2112, think about other groups
too from the 70's.
1231
01:09:41,228 --> 01:09:47,098
Like how many records did Journey
have before they broke ahead?
1232
01:09:47,117 --> 01:09:52,587
Styx was another one, REO Speedwagon
and a bunch of these groups.
1233
01:09:52,622 --> 01:09:56,124
There were a lot of albums there
they were developing.
1234
01:09:56,159 --> 01:09:57,942
Fast forward to today,
1235
01:09:57,961 --> 01:10:02,297
so how many labels were going to
be able to stand behind an artist,
1236
01:10:02,332 --> 01:10:05,583
while they are
developing their craft.
1237
01:10:05,618 --> 01:10:09,003
We are going to do four records
with you, five records.
1238
01:10:09,055 --> 01:10:14,425
It takes those few albums to get to the place
where they can start to think about an arena.
1239
01:10:14,461 --> 01:10:19,964
What you are seeing more of is if it does
not work the first time, that is it.
1240
01:10:19,983 --> 01:10:21,766
[interviewer] How long
have you been a Rush fan?
1241
01:10:21,801 --> 01:10:28,239
1975, I'll tell you how old I am. I am
58 years old, so it has been a while.
1242
01:10:28,825 --> 01:10:31,392
I am not sure we are going to be
looking at 40 year careers,
1243
01:10:31,428 --> 01:10:34,662
other than a tiny percentage
of acts and maybe none.
1244
01:10:34,698 --> 01:10:38,333
It is just a different world,
you know?
1245
01:10:39,869 --> 01:10:45,873
[drumming and guitar]
1246
01:10:52,332 --> 01:10:59,137
[crowd cheering]
1247
01:10:59,689 --> 01:11:06,027
[cheering continues]
1248
01:11:06,479 --> 01:11:11,399
[cheering continues]
1249
01:11:11,818 --> 01:11:14,402
Ray is always
a pretty convincing guy,
1250
01:11:14,955 --> 01:11:19,741
and everybody just presumed that he would
be able to talk Neil into an extension.
1251
01:11:20,610 --> 01:11:23,645
Everybody was hoping that would
happen till the last leg,
1252
01:11:23,680 --> 01:11:28,333
and that is when reality starts setting in
that there was no way it was going to go on.
1253
01:11:29,052 --> 01:11:33,988
So you could see the mood changing
inside the band and inside the crew.
1254
01:11:39,195 --> 01:11:41,562
[Neil Peart] That makes it hard,
but we're not doing more.
1255
01:11:41,598 --> 01:11:43,331
We're not taking this to Europe.
1256
01:11:43,633 --> 01:11:47,168
That we're not doing
another 20 shows in America.
1257
01:11:47,404 --> 01:11:50,305
But the other side of that coin
was we almost had nothing.
1258
01:11:50,907 --> 01:11:53,174
So 35 is a lot bigger
than zero.
1259
01:11:53,376 --> 01:11:56,077
♪ Sweet memories ♪
1260
01:11:58,832 --> 01:12:02,200
♪ flashing very quickly by ♪
1261
01:12:02,786 --> 01:12:06,671
♪ Reminding me ♪
1262
01:12:06,923 --> 01:12:11,075
♪ And giving me a reason why ♪
1263
01:12:11,094 --> 01:12:14,662
♪ I know that ♪
1264
01:12:15,498 --> 01:12:19,767
♪ My goal is more
than a thought ♪
1265
01:12:20,070 --> 01:12:22,036
♪ I'll be there ♪
1266
01:12:22,372 --> 01:12:27,558
So, welcome to Rush count 15.
[crowd cheering]
1267
01:12:28,028 --> 01:12:32,397
Our first time in this
City of Angels as they call it.
1268
01:12:32,982 --> 01:12:34,765
When we initially
started planning
1269
01:12:34,784 --> 01:12:37,368
we were going to be like, "No,
let's just do Toronto. It's fine."
1270
01:12:37,404 --> 01:12:41,656
But then we heard L.A. is the last
show, we had to be at the last show.
1271
01:12:41,691 --> 01:12:45,460
We have to have our presence there and
do this group therapy thing that we do.
1272
01:12:45,495 --> 01:12:47,061
-Martin.
-Hey, George.
1273
01:12:47,097 --> 01:12:49,564
-How are you?
-Hey.
1274
01:12:51,434 --> 01:12:53,401
-You made it!
-Yes, of course. And you!
1275
01:12:53,436 --> 01:12:54,936
Yeah.
1276
01:12:54,971 --> 01:12:57,839
-This is my son, this is George from Scotland.
-Hello, nice to meet you.
1277
01:12:57,874 --> 01:13:00,975
-I like that. [chuckles]
-Yeah, yes.
1278
01:13:01,311 --> 01:13:02,877
That is really, really cool.
1279
01:13:02,912 --> 01:13:08,483
-It is his first time and probably the last one.
-Sadly, but, you know.
1280
01:13:08,885 --> 01:13:14,722
So if you have to leave it,
we just wanted to leave it big.
1281
01:13:14,758 --> 01:13:16,023
In the moment,
you've got to enjoy it.
1282
01:13:16,059 --> 01:13:16,924
Yes.
1283
01:13:41,701 --> 01:13:43,284
-Your seats?
-Front row.
1284
01:13:43,319 --> 01:13:46,254
Of course,
you're always front row.
1285
01:13:46,289 --> 01:13:49,557
Well, not always but... -I will tap
you on the shoulder. We're second row.
1286
01:13:49,592 --> 01:13:50,925
I try to do my best.
1287
01:14:01,070 --> 01:14:05,273
-That will be very emotional for all of us.
-I think so.
1288
01:14:05,308 --> 01:14:06,340
Uh, probably.
1289
01:14:10,280 --> 01:14:11,813
-Fantastic.
-Yeah.
1290
01:14:11,848 --> 01:14:15,500
What if it's the final Rush show
of this that they play?
1291
01:14:16,136 --> 01:14:18,970
If they knew it was the last
night, if they knew this is it,
1292
01:14:19,005 --> 01:14:23,341
never going to play live again,
people will be sobbing in the aisles.
1293
01:14:25,812 --> 01:14:28,679
[vehicle driving]
1294
01:14:30,900 --> 01:14:33,601
[talking on radio]
1295
01:14:34,554 --> 01:14:36,354
No, we can get on 405,
it's open.
1296
01:14:37,907 --> 01:14:39,824
[talking on radio]
1297
01:14:41,444 --> 01:14:45,046
[Arthur Mclear] I have been lead
driver for Rush since 1977.
1298
01:14:45,081 --> 01:14:48,332
I had no inkling that this
would last this long at all.
1299
01:14:48,368 --> 01:14:50,751
We were just in it
for the moment.
1300
01:14:51,538 --> 01:14:55,573
The first venue was in
Regina, Saskatchewan.
1301
01:14:55,592 --> 01:15:01,329
I can remember that because we backed down
into the venue right behind the stage
1302
01:15:01,364 --> 01:15:05,883
and the first thing I saw was Alex jumping
of the stage getting on my truck,
1303
01:15:05,918 --> 01:15:08,603
and shaking my hand,
welcoming me to the tour.
1304
01:15:08,638 --> 01:15:12,423
I have never seen that done
before or since.
1305
01:15:12,442 --> 01:15:15,643
My girlfriend was not too keen
about me going away for a year.
1306
01:15:15,695 --> 01:15:18,446
So I convinced her
to quit her teaching job,
1307
01:15:18,481 --> 01:15:22,950
jump in the truck with me
and we went across Canada.
1308
01:15:23,620 --> 01:15:28,406
[talking on radio]
1309
01:15:28,441 --> 01:15:30,774
After about,
the third year touring,
1310
01:15:30,793 --> 01:15:33,961
we were in Canada going across
in the middle of the night
1311
01:15:33,997 --> 01:15:36,297
and I was riding
with the band bus
1312
01:15:36,332 --> 01:15:38,216
and we decided
we were going to get married.
1313
01:15:38,418 --> 01:15:44,005
I get on the radio and told the news
and the only one left up was Alex.
1314
01:15:44,057 --> 01:15:47,058
And he heard it on the radio
and he had us pull over.
1315
01:15:47,510 --> 01:15:49,793
And Alex got out with
a bottle of champagne,
1316
01:15:49,812 --> 01:15:51,295
jumped in the truck
1317
01:15:51,314 --> 01:15:54,065
and rode with us for the
next three or four hours.
1318
01:15:54,484 --> 01:15:56,484
The two of them
drinking champagne
1319
01:15:56,519 --> 01:15:58,219
until Alex passed
out in the back.
1320
01:15:58,254 --> 01:16:02,023
It just shows you
what a great guy Alex is.
1321
01:16:02,325 --> 01:16:04,859
We are heading for the Forum,
the L.A. Forum
1322
01:16:05,361 --> 01:16:07,945
We are going to do
the last show of the tour.
1323
01:16:08,414 --> 01:16:10,814
But definitely does not feel
like just another show.
1324
01:16:10,833 --> 01:16:17,204
It is coming to a conclusion and it
does feel like the end of an era here.
1325
01:16:18,007 --> 01:16:24,679
[band music]
1326
01:16:25,682 --> 01:16:28,599
[music continues]
1327
01:16:30,019 --> 01:16:32,436
[Alex Lifeson] It was nice
to be back to a building
1328
01:16:32,472 --> 01:16:35,773
where I could
remember some really great gigs.
1329
01:16:35,808 --> 01:16:38,842
The audiences were great, we played
really well in that building.
1330
01:16:38,861 --> 01:16:41,395
So many other memories,
peripheral memories,
1331
01:16:41,431 --> 01:16:45,166
that were attached to being in Los Angeles
for those shows, all of that kind of stuff.
1332
01:16:46,736 --> 01:16:49,570
Did you make that? -No,
someone through them on stage.
1333
01:16:49,622 --> 01:16:51,539
I should go back and put
a question mark on there.
1334
01:16:52,375 --> 01:16:53,708
It was an emotional day.
1335
01:16:53,743 --> 01:16:56,410
A lot of our crew guys
were very emotional.
1336
01:16:56,996 --> 01:17:00,748
Some of our guys have worked for
us a long time, years, decades.
1337
01:17:01,134 --> 01:17:06,671
It is inconceivable to them
that this would be it.
1338
01:17:06,706 --> 01:17:09,640
So it is hard to keep
your emotions under control.
1339
01:17:10,009 --> 01:17:11,342
It is like a regular day.
1340
01:17:12,044 --> 01:17:13,344
Will I feel sad later?
1341
01:17:13,379 --> 01:17:14,845
Yes, I will feel very sad,
1342
01:17:15,214 --> 01:17:17,932
when I have to say
goodbye to my crew.
1343
01:17:20,937 --> 01:17:22,403
Oh, those guys.
1344
01:17:22,822 --> 01:17:25,523
I am not going to talk to them today
because I will just start crying.
1345
01:17:25,558 --> 01:17:29,527
You know, everyone is...
Well we've been such a family,
1346
01:17:30,613 --> 01:17:33,080
and now we are going
to be leaving.
1347
01:17:34,417 --> 01:17:37,034
It is kind of like
what is the point?
1348
01:17:37,537 --> 01:17:42,039
After all they are the nicest guys
in rock and roll, it is a shame.
1349
01:17:42,074 --> 01:17:43,457
This is it.
1350
01:17:46,262 --> 01:17:52,717
[drumming]
1351
01:17:55,238 --> 01:17:58,606
[solo drumming]
1352
01:18:15,875 --> 01:18:22,296
You sense this almost dread
that the end is coming.
1353
01:18:23,966 --> 01:18:27,251
[Geddy Lee] I could not hide from
it and I tried to hide from it,
1354
01:18:27,637 --> 01:18:31,505
but everyone kept coming up
to me saying: last day right?
1355
01:18:31,557 --> 01:18:32,890
[chuckles]
1356
01:18:33,159 --> 01:18:35,092
It is like, shut up.
1357
01:18:37,814 --> 01:18:42,933
I go into my zone
and I try to stay there.
1358
01:18:46,823 --> 01:18:50,107
People kept pulling me out of it
and I kept going back to it.
1359
01:18:51,994 --> 01:18:54,028
I want to be
professional to the last.
1360
01:18:54,430 --> 01:18:57,998
It is really important for me to give
the best show I can for the audience.
1361
01:18:58,034 --> 01:19:03,421
As hard as it is for Neil in his
way, it is very hard for me as well.
1362
01:19:03,456 --> 01:19:09,210
So, I did not feel I had room for that kind
of emotion, it would not do me any good.
1363
01:19:09,262 --> 01:19:11,479
People say you must be happy
there is just one more show.
1364
01:19:11,514 --> 01:19:14,331
No, no, no, there is still
one more show.
1365
01:19:14,367 --> 01:19:18,719
It is still a major campaign
to be waged here and conquered.
1366
01:19:18,755 --> 01:19:23,274
You know all those things are what have
to be inside of your dedicated mind.
1367
01:19:23,309 --> 01:19:24,775
[Alex Lifeson]
You have got work to do
1368
01:19:24,811 --> 01:19:28,195
and it is not easy playing
Rush music for three hours.
1369
01:19:28,531 --> 01:19:31,282
I just have to do my work,
I have to do my warm ups,
1370
01:19:31,317 --> 01:19:35,286
I have to do whatever it takes for
me to do and then get on stage.
1371
01:19:35,321 --> 01:19:40,241
And that is where I feel at home and
that is where I can express myself.
1372
01:19:41,377 --> 01:19:45,713
♪ The dancer slows her frantic
pace in pain and desperation ♪
1373
01:19:45,748 --> 01:19:52,169
♪ Her aching limbs and downcast
face aglow with perspiration ♪
1374
01:19:53,139 --> 01:19:57,808
♪ Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire
with just the briefest pause ♪
1375
01:19:58,043 --> 01:20:03,981
♪ The flooding through her memory
the echoes of old applause ♪
1376
01:20:08,921 --> 01:20:15,709
♪ She limps across the floor
and closes her bedroom door ♪
1377
01:20:17,997 --> 01:20:23,284
There has never been anything that they have put
in front of them that they did not do well.
1378
01:20:28,341 --> 01:20:35,095
♪ And he stares out the kitchen door
where the sun will rise no more ♪
1379
01:20:39,752 --> 01:20:41,285
[Ray Danniels]
These guys are so good
1380
01:20:41,320 --> 01:20:44,171
and yet they don't take
themselves so seriously.
1381
01:20:44,207 --> 01:20:45,556
That is a gift.
1382
01:20:47,093 --> 01:20:53,347
[song continues]
1383
01:20:56,319 --> 01:21:03,123
[song continues]
1384
01:21:04,777 --> 01:21:11,298
[song continues]
1385
01:21:15,137 --> 01:21:19,924
Be gone or be cast out.
1386
01:21:28,134 --> 01:21:30,451
[cars passing]
1387
01:21:38,227 --> 01:21:42,363
I have not really processed what it's going
to be like for me to be at the last show,
1388
01:21:42,398 --> 01:21:44,565
I am just full on
in planning mode.
1389
01:21:45,501 --> 01:21:49,003
[laughing and chatter]
1390
01:21:49,038 --> 01:21:51,288
Maybe when the lights go on
and I am in my seat
1391
01:21:51,323 --> 01:21:54,592
and I am finally thinking, like, "Oh
my god, is this the last time?"
1392
01:21:55,044 --> 01:21:57,628
I am going to jump out of my
seat when Geddy runs on stage.
1393
01:21:57,997 --> 01:22:00,464
Is this the last time,
then it will start hitting me.
1394
01:22:01,801 --> 01:22:08,005
It is going to feel like there's a
whole lack of progression in my life,
1395
01:22:08,024 --> 01:22:12,693
to have this thing stop that I
used to look forward to so much.
1396
01:22:15,064 --> 01:22:21,318
This is so important to me and it has been
such a part of who I've been for so long,
1397
01:22:22,788 --> 01:22:28,042
that closing this chapter
is going to be...
1398
01:22:30,529 --> 01:22:32,997
sad but good.
1399
01:22:33,749 --> 01:22:36,333
I am sort of in denial
about the whole thing.
1400
01:22:37,369 --> 01:22:42,556
I think once I experience it,
I will have to let it go.
1401
01:22:45,061 --> 01:22:51,815
[band music]
1402
01:22:59,358 --> 01:23:05,579
[laughter]
1403
01:23:07,416 --> 01:23:12,970
[cheering]
1404
01:23:25,468 --> 01:23:28,886
[crowd chatter]
1405
01:23:34,060 --> 01:23:37,511
[music continues]
1406
01:23:43,119 --> 01:23:48,989
[audience talking and cheering]
1407
01:23:49,942 --> 01:23:52,710
-We love you.
-We love you so much.
1408
01:23:54,413 --> 01:23:55,996
Lightbulb goes out really quick.
1409
01:23:56,048 --> 01:23:58,048
So only during
"Closer to the Heart."
1410
01:23:58,084 --> 01:24:00,084
-Like that, okay?
-Great!
1411
01:24:01,387 --> 01:24:02,669
[Jillian Maryonvich]
We all are like
1412
01:24:02,722 --> 01:24:04,421
what it is going to be like
for us to be at that last show,
1413
01:24:04,457 --> 01:24:07,958
but I am dying to know what it
is going to be like for them.
1414
01:24:07,977 --> 01:24:13,463
To be like, yes we have been doing this for
40 years and now that path is winding down.
1415
01:24:13,482 --> 01:24:17,651
That must be
extremely heavy on them.
1416
01:24:18,470 --> 01:24:23,240
[guitar plucking]
1417
01:24:28,364 --> 01:24:30,781
Shh, we are watching
"Antiques Roadshow".
1418
01:24:30,816 --> 01:24:32,816
[chuckles]
1419
01:24:32,835 --> 01:24:34,701
Looking for deals.
1420
01:24:37,506 --> 01:24:43,510
[guitar plucking continues]
1421
01:24:47,800 --> 01:24:51,668
We are coming up on five minutes,
there won't be any more holds.
1422
01:24:51,687 --> 01:24:53,837
[drum sticks clicking]
1423
01:24:53,856 --> 01:24:56,223
That is what you always say.
1424
01:24:57,610 --> 01:25:02,896
This is a painting
that my grandson did.
1425
01:25:05,201 --> 01:25:06,567
When he was four.
1426
01:25:06,619 --> 01:25:09,903
We put it on the floor,
we give him all these paints.
1427
01:25:10,406 --> 01:25:14,825
And we say do whatever you want,
use brushes, use your fingers,
1428
01:25:14,860 --> 01:25:19,663
use your hands and it's amazing.
1429
01:25:20,499 --> 01:25:26,887
There is his brothers, you know it's typical
of a kid, you know, happy smiling life,
1430
01:25:27,640 --> 01:25:30,724
whereas this is dark
and brooding.
1431
01:25:36,882 --> 01:25:40,184
[drum sticks clicking]
1432
01:25:40,219 --> 01:25:42,352
All right, let's go.
1433
01:25:49,561 --> 01:25:56,083
[noises in hallway]
1434
01:25:57,570 --> 01:26:04,491
[background chatter]
1435
01:26:09,298 --> 01:26:16,103
[crowd cheering]
1436
01:26:16,572 --> 01:26:20,340
[Neil Peart] Walking up to that stage
is like, so much can go wrong.
1437
01:26:20,843 --> 01:26:24,962
Any musician knows live performance
is the ultimate chaos theory.
1438
01:26:24,997 --> 01:26:27,931
There are things that happen that you
don't even know enough to worry about.
1439
01:26:27,967 --> 01:26:28,832
So I worry.
1440
01:26:30,219 --> 01:26:32,019
[crowd cheering]
1441
01:26:32,054 --> 01:26:38,859
[drumming and guitar]
[crowd cheering]
1442
01:26:39,562 --> 01:26:44,164
[music continues]
1443
01:26:49,838 --> 01:26:53,774
[Neil Peart] And every song, OK go
through that one, Oh not this one now.
1444
01:26:53,809 --> 01:26:57,411
And there is a whole monologue going
on in my head all the way through.
1445
01:26:57,446 --> 01:27:00,080
Coaching myself,
that is really what it is.
1446
01:27:00,416 --> 01:27:06,753
[bells chiming]
1447
01:27:06,789 --> 01:27:13,260
♪ Philosophers and ploughmen
each must know his part ♪
1448
01:27:13,295 --> 01:27:19,449
♪ To sow a new mentality
Closer to the heart ♪
1449
01:27:19,868 --> 01:27:23,120
♪ Closer to the heart ♪
1450
01:27:28,644 --> 01:27:32,312
[Geddy Lee] I thought we gave a
fucking great show, that last show.
1451
01:27:32,815 --> 01:27:35,849
[Neil Peart] And I tried to
absorb as much as I could.
1452
01:27:35,884 --> 01:27:39,052
The building,
the crowd, the lights.
1453
01:27:39,104 --> 01:27:43,690
I tried to be acutely aware
of everything that was going on.
1454
01:27:43,726 --> 01:27:47,477
[Geddy Lee]
And the crowd was unbelievable
1455
01:27:47,512 --> 01:27:50,964
I looked out and I saw signs
from all over the globe.
1456
01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:54,501
That made me feel good that so many
people have come from so far away.
1457
01:27:54,536 --> 01:27:57,154
All those places that I knew
we could not get to.
1458
01:27:59,742 --> 01:28:05,746
[drumming and guitar]
[crowd cheering]
1459
01:28:10,452 --> 01:28:12,653
[Neil Peart] And it really
has been a brotherhood,
1460
01:28:12,688 --> 01:28:15,188
a very deep friendship
within the band.
1461
01:28:15,824 --> 01:28:21,144
[Geddy Lee] Neil especially, he
knew it was the end for him,
1462
01:28:21,180 --> 01:28:23,063
so he gave it his all.
1463
01:28:23,098 --> 01:28:27,401
We did goofy things at the end of the
night behind this kid, to crack us up.
1464
01:28:29,905 --> 01:28:31,505
I love those guys.
1465
01:28:32,241 --> 01:28:36,743
They have been my closest friends
and family for four decades.
1466
01:28:37,162 --> 01:28:39,079
[Alex Lifeson] To work
together with the same guys
1467
01:28:39,114 --> 01:28:43,350
for four decades, to our mutual
satisfaction in every way.
1468
01:28:43,385 --> 01:28:45,752
You can't beat that,
you can't repeat that.
1469
01:28:45,988 --> 01:28:51,892
♪ I get up at seven,
yeah and I go to work at nine ♪
1470
01:28:53,345 --> 01:28:59,216
♪ I got no time for livin' yes,
I'm workin' all the time ♪
1471
01:29:00,519 --> 01:29:04,054
♪ It seems to me
I could live my life ♪
1472
01:29:04,790 --> 01:29:07,424
♪ A lot better
than I think I am ♪
1473
01:29:08,260 --> 01:29:10,944
♪ I guess that's why
they call me ♪
1474
01:29:11,647 --> 01:29:14,731
♪ They call me the working man ♪
1475
01:29:14,933 --> 01:29:17,284
[Geddy Lee]
We never timed that song,
1476
01:29:17,319 --> 01:29:18,919
but some nights it's
longer than others.
1477
01:29:18,954 --> 01:29:21,588
It was probably the longest
of the tour on that night.
1478
01:29:23,525 --> 01:29:26,226
That was part of us and we just
did not want to give it up.
1479
01:29:29,565 --> 01:29:36,236
♪ They call me the working man ♪
1480
01:29:36,772 --> 01:29:43,643
[last note continues]
1481
01:29:44,513 --> 01:29:50,751
[drumming continues]
[crowd cheering]
1482
01:29:55,758 --> 01:29:57,124
[Neil Peart] We had
agreed earlier on to add
1483
01:29:57,159 --> 01:30:00,444
16 bars of a song
from before '74, right.
1484
01:30:00,479 --> 01:30:02,162
So we're not going back
just to '74,
1485
01:30:02,197 --> 01:30:05,282
we went back to a song that was
never recorded, those 16 bars.
1486
01:30:05,317 --> 01:30:08,402
I think it's "Garden Road" or "Fancy
Dancer", I get those mixed up.
1487
01:30:08,437 --> 01:30:09,753
But I kept forgetting.
1488
01:30:09,788 --> 01:30:11,421
Then I get up
and walk away in rehearsal.
1489
01:30:11,457 --> 01:30:12,806
I even did it
in one of the shows.
1490
01:30:12,841 --> 01:30:15,125
So Alex happen to mention,
Oh I love it when you do that.
1491
01:30:15,160 --> 01:30:16,659
So I got an idea.
1492
01:30:16,678 --> 01:30:19,179
So each night I try to do something
different in that part of the show.
1493
01:30:19,214 --> 01:30:24,134
So that night I had it in mind that I am going
to photograph this audience of all audiences.
1494
01:30:28,524 --> 01:30:31,191
I had to get a picture
of the guys at work, right.
1495
01:30:36,331 --> 01:30:37,998
Thought it was perfect.
1496
01:30:42,971 --> 01:30:49,943
[drums and guitar]
1497
01:30:53,549 --> 01:30:55,782
[Geddy Lee] The closest I
came to losing it emotionally
1498
01:30:55,818 --> 01:30:57,250
was when I was saying
good night.
1499
01:30:57,920 --> 01:31:02,622
I got choked up
and I got momentarily overcome.
1500
01:31:03,759 --> 01:31:07,627
Thank you so much, Los Angeles.
1501
01:31:08,397 --> 01:31:12,799
On behalf of the greatest crew
and organization in the world.
1502
01:31:12,835 --> 01:31:17,904
And then Neil touched me on the
shoulder which totally surprised me.
1503
01:31:17,940 --> 01:31:20,557
All through the tours certain
parties have been asking me,
1504
01:31:20,592 --> 01:31:22,275
to go upfront and take a bow.
1505
01:31:22,311 --> 01:31:25,662
And I have just never crossed
the, I call it backline meridian.
1506
01:31:26,031 --> 01:31:28,849
I stayed behind my drums
and cymbals for 40 years.
1507
01:31:29,117 --> 01:31:31,485
Never go upfront,
never, it is not my territory.
1508
01:31:31,520 --> 01:31:34,037
And meanwhile I thought it
would be really cool if I did.
1509
01:31:34,072 --> 01:31:35,539
But I can't.
1510
01:31:35,574 --> 01:31:37,791
So eventually I talked myself into
it, but I wouldn't tell anybody.
1511
01:31:37,843 --> 01:31:42,045
Because it was up to me to screw my courage
to the sticking place and go out and do it.
1512
01:31:42,080 --> 01:31:45,265
I had managed Van Halen for eight years
where they did that every night.
1513
01:31:45,501 --> 01:31:49,336
They fucking hated each other,
some of them hated each other.
1514
01:31:49,538 --> 01:31:52,172
But they would do it and it was
scripted, this wasn't scripted.
1515
01:31:52,908 --> 01:31:56,560
Thank you so much, Los Angeles.
1516
01:31:57,563 --> 01:32:02,032
On behalf of the greatest crew
and organization in the world.
1517
01:32:02,234 --> 01:32:03,600
Wow, what a surprise
1518
01:32:03,619 --> 01:32:05,285
[Neil Peart] So it was totally
the right thing to do.
1519
01:32:05,320 --> 01:32:08,221
I went out there, it was a big smile,
beautiful photographs of the moment.
1520
01:32:08,257 --> 01:32:09,789
And the backline meridian.
1521
01:32:13,095 --> 01:32:18,415
On behalf of the whole organization,
thank you United States of America,
1522
01:32:20,302 --> 01:32:22,802
for 40 awesome years.
1523
01:32:23,972 --> 01:32:27,173
And I do hope we will
meet again sometime, bye bye.
1524
01:32:28,627 --> 01:32:30,927
[Neil Peart] It was really
sad that it was the last one
1525
01:32:30,963 --> 01:32:32,262
and that it was going to end.
1526
01:32:37,486 --> 01:32:40,220
And I know down the road
I will feel fine with it.
1527
01:32:41,290 --> 01:32:46,426
But I still lament the fact that it is likely
that we won't be doing a major tour anymore.
1528
01:33:06,014 --> 01:33:08,982
[background chatter]
1529
01:33:17,693 --> 01:33:22,779
♪ In this one of many
possible worlds ♪
1530
01:33:23,198 --> 01:33:28,318
♪ All for the best
or some bizarre test? ♪
1531
01:33:30,105 --> 01:33:34,791
♪ It is what it is
and whatever ♪
1532
01:33:35,360 --> 01:33:40,213
♪ Time is still
the infinite jest ♪
1533
01:33:42,234 --> 01:33:46,720
♪ The arrow flies
when you dream ♪
1534
01:33:46,755 --> 01:33:52,892
♪ The hours tick away,
the cells tick away ♪
1535
01:33:53,996 --> 01:33:58,748
♪ The Watchmaker keeps
to his schemes ♪
1536
01:33:58,784 --> 01:34:04,821
♪ The hours tick away,
they tick away ♪
1537
01:34:07,726 --> 01:34:14,698
♪ The measure of a life is
a measure of love and respect ♪
1538
01:34:14,916 --> 01:34:19,703
♪ So hard to earn
so easily burned ♪
1539
01:34:19,738 --> 01:34:26,710
♪ The measure of a life is
a measure of love and respect ♪
1540
01:34:27,012 --> 01:34:31,164
♪ So hard to earn
so easily burned ♪
1541
01:34:31,199 --> 01:34:34,534
♪ In the fullness of time ♪
1542
01:34:34,569 --> 01:34:41,307
♪ A garden to
nurture and protect ♪
1543
01:34:42,210 --> 01:34:45,578
[instrumental]
1544
01:34:53,705 --> 01:34:58,191
♪ In the rise and
the set of the sun ♪
1545
01:34:58,927 --> 01:35:04,497
♪ 'Til the stars go spinning,
spinning 'round the night ♪
1546
01:35:05,300 --> 01:35:10,970
♪ Oh, it is what it is,
and forever ♪
1547
01:35:11,239 --> 01:35:16,376
♪ Each moment
a memory in flight ♪
1548
01:35:18,146 --> 01:35:22,599
♪ The arrow flies
while you breathe ♪
1549
01:35:22,634 --> 01:35:29,072
♪ The hours tick away,
the cells tick away ♪
1550
01:35:30,041 --> 01:35:34,544
♪ The Watchmaker has time
up his sleeve ♪
1551
01:35:34,579 --> 01:35:39,949
♪ The hours tick away,
they tick away ♪
1552
01:35:43,622 --> 01:35:50,627
♪ The measure of a life is
a measure of love and respect ♪
1553
01:35:50,929 --> 01:35:55,465
♪ So hard to earn
so easily burned ♪
1554
01:35:55,500 --> 01:35:58,601
♪ In the fullness of time ♪
1555
01:35:58,637 --> 01:36:05,608
♪ A garden to nurture and protect,
(It's a measure of a life) ♪
1556
01:36:07,612 --> 01:36:14,617
♪ The treasure of a life is
a measure of love and respect ♪
1557
01:36:15,153 --> 01:36:19,222
♪ The way you live,
the gifts that you give ♪
1558
01:36:19,257 --> 01:36:21,958
♪ In the fullness of time ♪
1559
01:36:21,993 --> 01:36:28,531
♪ It's the only return
that you expect ♪
1560
01:36:31,770 --> 01:36:38,608
[instrumental]
1561
01:36:43,081 --> 01:36:47,217
♪ The future disappears
into memory ♪
1562
01:36:48,920 --> 01:36:53,156
♪ With only a moment between ♪
1563
01:36:55,160 --> 01:36:59,295
♪ Forever dwells in
that moment ♪
1564
01:37:00,398 --> 01:37:05,835
♪ Hope is what
remains to be seen ♪
1565
01:37:07,072 --> 01:37:11,674
♪ Forever dwells in
that moment ♪
1566
01:37:12,444 --> 01:37:19,282
♪ Hope is what
remains to be seen ♪
1567
01:37:21,987 --> 01:37:28,791
[instrumental]
1568
01:37:38,603 --> 01:37:45,341
[instrumental continues]
1568
01:37:46,305 --> 01:37:52,829
www.fmsubs.com128513
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.