I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS SURPRISE! Rush - Red Barchetta | First Time Reaction @rush #firsttime #reaction

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[toddgambill]

This song is so well written that almost no one notices that it is missing a chorus! Musical phrases repeat, but never words. Pure Genius!!!

[mattwestenbarger]

The album is Moving Pictures. The movers are moving pictures, the bystanders are moved by the pictures. On the back cover, someone is filming the scene, taking moving pictures. Pretty cool.

[jons]

Alex is one of the greatest and also one of the most underrated guitarists. That just goes to show how good this band really is, when someone as amazing as Alex is commonly overlooked :-)

[derricktrottier]

Neil wrote this song after reading a short story about "after cars" in Road and Track magazine .. the short was called "A Nice Morning Drive" by Richard S Foster

[patricknicolucci]

The Red barchetta is a 1950 Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta Neil did own one of these beauties.

[norwegianblue]

More than any other song I can think of, this one sounds exactly like what it is about. Another 10/10 masterpiece by Rush!

[scotgregg]

The car represents freedom from tyranny of society and progress. How long before internal combustion engines are outlawed. More prophetic than I ever imagined.

[JB-rror]

This song is so cinematic to me. The narrative, the supporting music all create a visual to me that is the most cinematic of all Rush's songs.

[robertboyer]

"Red Barchetta" is an example of a Rush's story telling. Another is "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" musical ear candy and great story telling.

[madmexk]

I've been fortunate to see Rush in concert multiple times before Neil Peart passed away. Often when they played this song, they played a video of the actual car flying around country roads, and then the chase by the futuristic Police trying to chase him down and impound the car, arrest him, etc. All sorts of special effects came with that movie/cartoon, often accompanied with lasers and such. Definitely an experience to be had. Sadly it ended with Neil's passing. Rush is still one of my all time favorite bands. My son and I traveled hundreds of miles to see Rush and those travel stories go along with this story too, when I hear this and most any other Rush song. It is a father/son experience I cherish to this day. Thanks for your review!

[Gary-zqdr]

The name "Moving Pictures" refers to the elusive triple entendre. Movers are "moving" (verb) the pictures. The people watching are crying because they find the pictures moving (adjective). ...and the back cover shows a movie set recording the scene as a Moving Picture (noun)

[davidurban]

Red Barchetta is one of the greatest unknown rock songs and prediction that is near to reality. Thanks for the review!

[zenngaming]

My Absolute Favorite Rush song...I can cliterally close my eyes and see it unfold...Such Great Lyricism and Storytelling...

[BrakRulesAll]

I used to blast through the Santa Cruz Mountains in my red Scirocco with this song turned up to 11. Not quite a Barchetta, but a bright red scalpel that could slice up a mountain road with the best of em. Perfect song to accompany a sprint towards San Gregorio.

[Critical_Thinker]

Can I give your reaction and analysis more than one thumbs up? First, I agree that Alex really shows what he's capable of here. Beautiful performance all the way around. I have to say the combination of Rush's lyrics, chord progressions (i.e. the bridge section leading to the solo) arrangements, and production values (tip of the hat to producer, Terry Brown) are unmatched in my opinion in the Rock Era.  

Second, you've captured the essence of this story and the bigger questions posed about the relentless advance of technology vs. an unplugged, off-the-grid, simpler life and commentary on what we lose when we disconnect from that way of living, which has marked all but the past 150 years of human existence. Sadly, in many ways, too many have lost touch with each other, the natural world, and our shared history.  

It' also paints a dystopian future echoing works like Animal Farm, 1984, The Terminator, and The Matrix. And we are dangerously close to this police state type of reality 43 years after the release of this song. As a 12 year old in 1981, I never dreamed this kind of thing would ever stand a chance of becoming reality. But here we are.

[kenbourne]

Neil wrote this song after reading a short story in Road & Track magazine. He implemented elements of the story in the lyrics. Many years later Neil arranged to meet the author of the story and he accompanied them on part of a tour.
You are working your way through the best album recorded by the best band ever. They will continually blow your mind with their incredible music.

[jrbpit]

3:49 from a better vanished time… could not be more prophetic.

[NiravShah]

Every musical passage/tempo is designed to reflect driving a racing car.... the shifting & drifting... the chase!... the gears shifting up... the gears shifting down... sitting by the fireside with his uncle... just listen! These Rush guys are freaking geniuses!

[jrwardle]

Consider this : "back to the farm to dream with my uncle by the fireside". This is almost like a Norwegian Wood moment for me. Did all this actually happen, or is it a dream of the narrator? Is it the dream of a person in a government controlled state pining for the old ways, or a dream of a person in the current reality worried about what might happen in the future ? Or did all these events actually happen ? Kinda fits with the whole triple entendre theme of the album cover.
Thank you Rosalie for your wonderful commentary - you always come up with new ideas and insights into your reaction videos !

[naterater]

I don't think that there has ben a better reaction to anything.Ever. Rosalie you absolutely RULE! Great job GREAT song!