Rush v. Dirk, Pratt, & Lerxst

[The Letter M]

Holy Crap! 

I never realized the pun on the word "stage" in Different Stages.  There was live material from two different stages in their career, but I never put it together with "stage" as in "stage left".

Thank you, Marc

Also, All The World's A Stage! I always thought it was a missed opportunity to put "Stage" in their 3rd live album's title, but I like A Show Of Hands, being sort of punny in that they use "show" as a term for the concert as well, I suppose that implies a "stage" of sorts.

The closest thing to puns in the recent Rush live releases has been Neil's solo - "O Baterista", "Der Trommler" and "De Slagwerker" all being "drummer" in that country's native language, but of course, that changed with "Moto Perpetuo" and the current solo's name "The Percussor".

-Marc.

[TAC]

Holy Crap! 

I never realized the pun on the word "stage" in Different Stages.  There was live material from two different stages in their career, but I never put it together with "stage" as in "stage left".

Thank you, Marc

Not only was there two time periods represented, but the 97 portion was culled from many different shows from that tour.

[Orbert]

Ha ha, performances that took place on different stages.  They so clever.

[King Postwhore]

[Orbert]

(okay, but should have the red star on screen instead of the album title)

[ytserush]

Here's something I stumbled on that's not new, but some may have missed. It's mostly older clips that were shown on Canada Day 2002, but it goes well with the doc that came out a few years ago.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TwUp-TP350

[black_biff_stadler]

Does anyone know what's going on with that fast keyboard lick that's played throughout most of Vital Signs? I know it's played off a tape live but was it played by Geddy on MP and is there some effect that automatically gives it that tremolo pedal choppiness that makes it sound like 16ths while actually only being physically played as 8ths?

[Cedar redaC]

I just got Exit Stage Left on DVD. I really liked it.

[black_biff_stadler]

Broon's Bane is delightful.

[DebraKadabra]

I just got Exit Stage Left on DVD. I really liked it.

We about wore the video disc for that out back in the day.

[Big Hath]

Broon's Bane is delightful.

and so are you b_f . . . so are you

[DebraKadabra]

Broon's Bane WAS cool - only problem is that it's only on the album, not the DVD.
 
EDIT:  I realize now that I think I'm wrong about this.

[black_biff_stadler]

Broon's Bane is delightful.

and so are you b_f . . . so are you

[DebraKadabra]

Get a room.

[jammindude]

I just got Exit Stage Left on DVD. I really liked it.

We about wore the video disc for that out back in the day.

Not sure any of the younguns caught that.   You mean VIDEO DISCS???

You mean those things that were the size of a vinyl record and encased in a plastic housing, and you stuck the entire thing inside of a very large machine and it played video magnetically from a grooved disc and it looked like this?



THAT kind of Video Disc???

 

[DebraKadabra]

The very same - we couldn't afford a laser disc player, so that was the next best option at that time.  I should've put a after that post.

[King Postwhore]

I had the VHS of that and wore it out as well.  I got into Rush durring Moving Pictures as a 12 year old and I was immersed into everything Rush.

[Orbert]

Does anyone know what's going on with that fast keyboard lick that's played throughout most of Vital Signs? I know it's played off a tape live but was it played by Geddy on MP and is there some effect that automatically gives it that tremolo pedal choppiness that makes it sound like 16ths while actually only being physically played as 8ths?

It's a sequenced track, so Geddy probably never played it in real time.  The sequence of eight or 16 notes was entered, then programmed to play back in a continuous loop at a certain speed.  That doubling effect you hear is because the filter is being controlled by an oscillator with twice the frequency of the sequence trigger.  So even though eighth notes are being played, it sounds like 16ths because the filter swings up and down twice for each note.

I'm not sure how well that explains it.  Do you know much about analog synthesizers?  If you do, I can go into more detail, but that's the gist of it.

[jammindude]

I had the VHS of that and wore it out as well.  I got into Rush durring Moving Pictures as a 12 year old and I was immersed into everything Rush.

Precisely my story as well. Heard Tom Sawyer at my 6th grade graduation party in the spring of 1982...I was 12. I went home and begged my parents to let me buy it. Moving Pictures was the first album I ever owned. Rush was god for about 3-4 years after that.

[Ruba]

[SystematicThought]

[black_biff_stadler]

Does anyone know what's going on with that fast keyboard lick that's played throughout most of Vital Signs? I know it's played off a tape live but was it played by Geddy on MP and is there some effect that automatically gives it that tremolo pedal choppiness that makes it sound like 16ths while actually only being physically played as 8ths?

It's a sequenced track, so Geddy probably never played it in real time.  The sequence of eight or 16 notes was entered, then programmed to play back in a continuous loop at a certain speed.  That doubling effect you hear is because the filter is being controlled by an oscillator with twice the frequency of the sequence trigger.  So even though eighth notes are being played, it sounds like 16ths because the filter swings up and down twice for each note.

I'm not sure how well that explains it.  Do you know much about analog synthesizers?  If you do, I can go into more detail, but that's the gist of it.

I hardly know anything about synthesizers but I got where you were going with that 2:1 ratio thing. It seems similar in concept to notes that are exactly one octave apart since the higher note has 2 wavelengths for every 1 wavelength of the lower note. Also, I'm down for whatever knowledge you care to spout off since I find synths fairly interesting anyway. Thanks for the help

[Pols Voice]

*snip moving pitcher*

That reminds me. Why do so many people pronounce picture as pitcher? That poor C feels left out.

[Cedar redaC]

I just got Exit Stage Left on DVD. I really liked it.

We about wore the video disc for that out back in the day.

Not sure any of the younguns caught that.   You mean VIDEO DISCS???

You mean those things that were the size of a vinyl record and encased in a plastic housing, and you stuck the entire thing inside of a very large machine and it played video magnetically from a grooved disc and it looked like this?



THAT kind of Video Disc???

 

I know video discs. The local record store has Stargate and other movies on Video Disc.

[black_biff_stadler]

*snip moving pitcher*

That reminds me. Why do so many people pronounce picture as pitcher? That poor C feels left out.

Picture

Pitcher

[DebraKadabra]

I know video discs.

 
 

[Cedar redaC]

 

Now if I could just find a player, I'd have a reason to buy them.

[DebraKadabra]

Good luck on that - they've been dinosaured since VHS became a viable format.

[Cedar redaC]

The local thrift stores are usually great places to find that kind of thing. That's where I got my record player.

[DebraKadabra]

True.
 
ANYHOW... sorry for the slight derailing there, folks.

[?]

As you may have read in the FB group already, yesterday marked the first time I've ever heard a Rush album in full - I listened to Clockwork Angels. I did like it, and today I've had trouble getting the choruses of Caravan and The Wreckers out of my head! I was recommended 2112 and Moving Pictures, so I'll probably pick them up the next time I order something from a record store.

[Ruba]

I was recommended 2112 and Moving Pictures, so I'll probably pick them up the next time I order something from a record store.

And Permanent Waves, much better than Moving Pictures, IMO.

[Cedar redaC]

And if you want to hear a totally different, but equally awesome side of Rush, you can't go wrong with Power Windows or Hold Your Fire.

[Ruba]

And if you want to hear a totally different, but equally awesome side of Rush, you can't go wrong with Power Windows or Hold Your Fire.

Power Windows hasn't yet fully opened for me (Mystic Rhythms is awesome though), but I'll definately second the Hold Your Fire recommendation. Signals and Grace Under Pressure are also very good IMO.

And now I quit before I have mentioned every Rush album I've heard  .

[?]

I have listened to a couple of songs from the "synth era" and to be honest they are a bit too cheesy for my taste I think I should concentrate on the classic stuff, at least first.