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What are the 3 best songs on Clockwork Angels?

Caravan
71 (12.2%)
BU2B
46 (7.9%)
Clockwork Angels
85 (14.6%)
The Anarchist
44 (7.6%)
Carnies
19 (3.3%)
Halo Effect
11 (1.9%)
Seven Cities of Gold
21 (3.6%)
The Wreckers
46 (7.9%)
Headlong Flight
87 (14.9%)
BU2B2
4 (0.7%)
Wish Them Well
16 (2.7%)
The Garden
132 (22.7%)

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Re: Rush v. Dirk, Pratt & Lerxst
« Reply #1750 on: December 21, 2015, 12:34:17 PM »
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: Rush v. Dirk, Pratt & Lerxst
« Reply #1751 on: December 21, 2015, 02:26:27 PM »
Playing it now...

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Re: Rush v. Dirk, Pratt & Lerxst
« Reply #1752 on: February 01, 2016, 02:00:26 AM »
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« Reply #1753 on: February 04, 2016, 08:15:56 PM »
The Grace Under Pressure Tour is one of my favorite tours.

Just finished listening to the 5/12/84 Reno show (before they dropped Afterimage) Not sure if I can remember listening to a bad show from that tour.

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« Reply #1754 on: February 14, 2016, 01:46:14 PM »
Strangely, Moving Pictures is 35 years old and I don't really feel inclined to listen to it.

Chose Pain Of Salvation's Road Salt I instead.

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« Reply #1755 on: February 27, 2016, 02:13:25 PM »
Rough beginning but it gets a little better as it goes on....

https://soundopinions.org/show/535



This one is much better because Alex is having fun with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0alyfQl4J-E

The Mike Levine, Dee Snider and the drummer from Klaatu were also pretty cool too actually.

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Re: Rush v. Dirk, Pratt & Lerxst
« Reply #1757 on: March 09, 2016, 05:42:37 AM »
Confirmed by Alex.

https://forgottenguitar.com/2016/03/08/alex-lifeson-confirms-that-rushs-touring-career-has-come-to-an-end/

Not surprised about this, at all. It would have been great to see them in europe one last time, but i think everyone saw this coming.

I think they should do another studio album though!

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« Reply #1758 on: March 09, 2016, 05:47:55 AM »
That is just confirming as of right now.  Alex and Geddy are hoping Neil will change his mind on a small tour down the road.  I'm hoping that will be the case at some point.
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Re: Rush v. Dirk, Pratt & Lerxst
« Reply #1759 on: March 09, 2016, 06:23:00 AM »
Yeah, like a 6-10 city mini-tour or something.  Or a couple of nights in 3-4 cities.... Toronto of course being one of them no matter what. :biggrin: 

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Re: Rush v. Dirk, Pratt & Lerxst
« Reply #1760 on: March 09, 2016, 07:34:08 AM »
If it is just a retirement from touring, I hope they still have at least one more album in them. Studio albums are a band's real legacy.

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« Reply #1761 on: March 09, 2016, 08:02:38 AM »
They are obligated to do one more studio album so we've got that.
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Re: Rush v. Dirk, Pratt & Lerxst
« Reply #1762 on: March 09, 2016, 09:05:35 AM »
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, here, but as a person that played sports into college (hockey) and played competitive men's softball up to about two or three years ago, if he's having physical issues NOW, and if playing to 100% is his big concern NOW, "dusting it off now and again" is not going to be any easier, in fact it is going to be harder.   As painful as it might have been for him, and certainly up to a certain point (on a 18-month tour you just get flat tired out), the regular routine of playing a couple nights a week for a couple months likely made it hurt LESS than it could have been. 

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« Reply #1763 on: March 09, 2016, 10:25:21 AM »
It would be really awesome for them to release one more album.

But if they do, it needs to be really awesome. They had Clockwork Angels in them, so I'm optimistic.
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« Reply #1764 on: March 09, 2016, 10:43:18 AM »
It would be nice to have one last album, even if they didn't tour it. Something to lis ten to at least..
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Re: Rush v. Dirk, Pratt & Lerxst
« Reply #1765 on: March 09, 2016, 03:19:05 PM »
Even if they don't make another album (I live in hope), Clockwork Angels is still one hell of a way to bow out.

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« Reply #1766 on: March 09, 2016, 07:40:52 PM »
I am still on the side of the fence that hopes Clockwork Angels was their last recording.  The Garden is such a perfect finisher to their career in the studio, just like the last tour was the perfect finished to their career as a touring band. 

Like I have said before, Geddy and Alex have great reputations in the industry and can likely work with just about anybody, so I'd love to see them work with some others and see what they come up with, together or apart.

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Re: Rush v. Dirk, Pratt & Lerxst
« Reply #1767 on: March 09, 2016, 08:52:47 PM »
I would of course love new Rush music, but if Clockwork Angels is the last, well, it would be tough for a band as tenured as they are to possibly go out on a higher note.

I do look forward to Geddy or Alex doing things in the next few years, together or separate.
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Re: Rush v. Dirk, Pratt & Lerxst
« Reply #1768 on: March 12, 2016, 04:56:40 AM »
:iagree: with the above two posts.  I really don't know how they could top CA as their swan song, with The Garden as the final track.  It's just so perfect for the album, and their career.  Gives me chills everytime I hear it.  And dat solo!   :hefdaddy
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« Reply #1769 on: March 20, 2016, 11:52:43 AM »
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, here, but as a person that played sports into college (hockey) and played competitive men's softball up to about two or three years ago, if he's having physical issues NOW, and if playing to 100% is his big concern NOW, "dusting it off now and again" is not going to be any easier, in fact it is going to be harder.   As painful as it might have been for him, and certainly up to a certain point (on a 18-month tour you just get flat tired out), the regular routine of playing a couple nights a week for a couple months likely made it hurt LESS than it could have been.

That's why I stopped playing hockey (Well that and the arthritis)

If you play Sunday and you're still feeling it on Thursday, Friday you give what you're doing some serious thought. Mondays REALLY sucked for a while near the end too.

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Re: Rush v. Dirk, Pratt & Lerxst
« Reply #1770 on: April 01, 2016, 01:17:44 PM »
Happy 40th anniversary to 2112 :metal
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« Reply #1771 on: April 01, 2016, 02:08:52 PM »
Happy 40th anniversary to 2112 :metal

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« Reply #1772 on: April 01, 2016, 02:26:25 PM »
A video comic-book version of 2112 will premiere on Rush.com at 6:00 am pst. Until Monday at 6am pst.

Here's Overture

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« Reply #1773 on: April 01, 2016, 06:59:52 PM »
Can't believe it's been 40 years. Still rocks as good as any modern album!  :metal
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« Reply #1775 on: April 15, 2016, 12:14:33 PM »
you beat me to it.  All in all, the episode was very well done and I would recommend it even to people who don't regularly watch The Goldbergs (I don't.)

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« Reply #1776 on: April 15, 2016, 12:35:21 PM »
That's not even a top three TV Rush sighting.

1. the "Robin Sparkles - Behind The Music" episode of "How I Met Your Mother"
2. Archer, the running joke with Kreiger (Archer: "So you can play YYZ?"  Kreiger:  "First of all, it's 'Y-Y-Zed, and second of all, no.")
3. Their appearance on the Colbert Report ("Question:  you've been touring for years now; do you ever get tired of being so awesome and kicking so much ass?")

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« Reply #1777 on: April 15, 2016, 01:53:14 PM »
1. the "Robin Sparkles - Behind The Music" episode of "How I Met Your Mother"

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« Reply #1778 on: April 16, 2016, 09:59:23 PM »
That's not even a top three TV Rush sighting.

1. the "Robin Sparkles - Behind The Music" episode of "How I Met Your Mother"
2. Archer, the running joke with Kreiger (Archer: "So you can play YYZ?"  Kreiger:  "First of all, it's 'Y-Y-Zed, and second of all, no.")
3. Their appearance on the Colbert Report ("Question:  you've been touring for years now; do you ever get tired of being so awesome and kicking so much ass?")

I've seen all of those.  First, you can't compare to when the band themselves are there on tv.  Second, it's way better than your #1 and #2.  (Those were both very funny for sure.)

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Re: Rush v. Dirk, Pratt & Lerxst
« Reply #1779 on: April 16, 2016, 10:47:50 PM »
have we so quickly forgotten the majesty of Chuck vs Tom Sawyer?

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« Reply #1780 on: July 02, 2016, 09:13:40 AM »
Fun question:

On the six tours from 2002-2015, Rush played 86 of their 165 original songs from the studio albums (a handful or so in abbreviated form), but which five songs are you most surprised didn't make the cut on any of those tours? 

Note: I don't mean what songs do you wish they would have (which should eliminate anyone saying The Necromancer or something like that :lol), but songs you think would have gotten played by them at some point, but for whatever reason they didn't.

I will go with:

Vapor Trail - seemed like one of the most natural and obvious songs to play from Vapor Trails, yet it never got played. If you had told me before the last tour that they were gonna play a song from it that they never had before, I would have bet good money on this one, not How It Is.

The Enemy Within - The short shelf life of this in the 80s doesn't surprise me, since they weren't doing "evening with..." tours yet, and you only had so much time in the set list, but this seemed like a no-brainer to come back at some point this century.

Nobody's Hero - When I first heard this song, I thought, "This will be one of those songs that they play on nearly every tour till they retire."  Boy, was I wrong. After getting played at every show on the CP and TFE tours, it never saw the light of day again post-hiatus. I wonder if that first line being so lyrically jarring for a rock band was something they looked back with regret on.

Test for Echo - While I am happy it was never brought back - solid tune, but not one I ever needed or wanted to see again - I will admit to being shocked that it was a "one tour and done" song.  Nearly every Track 1 from the studio albums got played a ton over the years (except for a couple from the 70s and Show Don't Tell), but this is the only one that got the "one tour and done" treatment.

In the Mood - Has not been played since the Presto tour, which really surprises me.  Not that it's a noteworthy or great song or anything, but it's a simple, crowd-pleasing tune, that is easy to bust out in abbreviated form in a medley.  I think once Working Man became their go-to song from the first album on the tours this century, this one never stood a chance.

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« Reply #1781 on: July 02, 2016, 09:43:53 AM »
I definitely agree on In The Mood. A couple months ago I was going through some of their live performances from the 80s and that was something I noticed: no matter how 80s the setlist was (like Hold Your Fire) they always closed with In The Mood. Even if it was just a short little abbreviated version, they would still play it. I'm assuming they just got tired of playing it for 20 years, and since it's not a hit like 2112 or Tom Sawyer they knew they could get away with not playing it. I'm not particularly worked up about them never playing it post reunion, but it does seem suprising that it never made even one appearance.

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« Reply #1782 on: July 02, 2016, 09:52:03 AM »
Didn't know In the Mood was that much of a staple.

They eventually played it on the R40 tour, but I'm surprised it took so long for them to play Jacob's Ladder. Is there any story behind that? It seems like it'd be easier on Geddy's voice and a huge crowd pleaser. An opportunity for them to go proggier without having to do the more vocally demanding stuff. Is there a list somewhere of the songs played live since 2002?
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« Reply #1783 on: July 02, 2016, 10:01:54 AM »
https://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/setlists.php

Regarding Jacob's Ladder, they rehearsed it for the Time Machine Tour back in 2010, but was not played because, according to reports, the band wasn't "feeling it."

I never walked away from a concert thinking, "I wish they would've played In the Mood," but after being such a staple in the 70s and 80s, it was just a little surprising that it was ditched after the Presto tour, never to be seen or heard again.  Ironically, I have seen them on every tour post-Presto.

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« Reply #1784 on: July 02, 2016, 02:19:43 PM »
"In the Mood" wasn't exactly a hit, but it did get a lot of airplay in the Midwest.  I know I remember hearing it.  When All the World's a Stage came out, and they made a medley of "In the Mood" and "Fly By Night" it kinda made sense, as those were their two minor hits.