Rush v. Dirk, Pratt, & Lerxst

[Anguyen92]

Great show, aside from Geddy's aging voice, and very enjoyable.  That's all I got to say about that.

[KevShmev]

That first set really explodes when they play "Far Cry" - the only post-RTB song in there. It's a great set, with lots of unexpected gems, but it's crying out for something else with balls, like "One Little Victory" or "Animate".
 

I still don't think Far Cry is anything more than a pretty good song, so ending the first set with that was a bit anti-climatic for me, but I know many disagree. 

One Little Victory is rocking, but should never return to the live sets. 

As awesome as Animate is, it seemed to lack the power and energy of the original when they played it on the R30 tour, so if they are gonna bring back something from Counterparts, I'd rather see Cold Fire or Double Agent, or maybe finally play Cut to the Chase.

[Lucien]

That first set really explodes when they play "Far Cry" - the only post-RTB song in there. It's a great set, with lots of unexpected gems, but it's crying out for something else with balls, like "One Little Victory" or "Animate".
 

I still don't think Far Cry is anything more than a pretty good song, so ending the first set with that was a bit anti-climatic for me, but I know many disagree. 

One Little Victory is rocking, but should never return to the live sets. 

As awesome as Animate is, it seemed to lack the power and energy of the original when they played it on the R30 tour, so if they are gonna bring back something from Counterparts, I'd rather see Cold Fire or Double Agent, or maybe finally play Cut to the Chase.

[The Curious Orange]

They were just examples of slightly heavier songs. Animate really works on R30 for me, but yeah, +1 for Cold Fire, an overlooked classic.

[Nick]

FUCK.

Guy 3 ahead of me in line got the last Garden picture disc this morning. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK.

Off to ebay and stupid high prices I go.

[jingle.boy]

RUSH's "Clockwork Angels Tour" concert film will receive a television premiere on VH1 Classic on Sunday, December 1 from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Read more at https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rushs-clockwork-angels-tour-to-receive-television-premiere-on-vh1-classic/#sp3rfWRBsCfiBCcC.99

[ytserush]

You nailed it John. I was absolutely shocked up there in Manchester. Song after song I just couldn't believe that first set, not to mention how thrilled I also was with the amount of CA material and strings in the second set. And then to see as they rotated in even more great material on future nights... I just don't know how anyone can look at this and not at least say it's the best Rush tour (from a setlist perspective) in at least a decade.

I really wished I'd seen it. I definitely would have lost it.  I'd go farther and say this was a easily a top five Rush tour.

[ytserush]

-Rotating some of the songs that hadn't been played in decades was a terrible idea.  For one, rotating Manhattan Project with a song that has played a ton over the last 20 years (Dreamline) was a bad idea.  Given the look of the set list, rotating Dreamline with Red Sector A (another song that gets played a lot) would have made far more sense, and Manhattan Project should have been played every night.  I have seen the band on every tour since 1991 and still haven't seen that song.  Same goes for The Body Electric and Middletown Dreams, which inexplicably got rotated as well.  It would have made far more sense to rotate Big Money and Force Ten (two songs that have gotten more than enough love in the set list over the years), and then play both TBE and Middletown Dreams every night.  Fortunately, we got Middletown Dreams, the far better song, at our show, so I was happy there, but I would have taken The Body Electric over seeing another performance of either Force Ten or Big Money (two songs I love, but have seen many times already).

I agree, but it was even worse on the 2nd leg of this tour.  I saw the last two shows of the tour.  The spot that was trading The Body Electric and Middletown Dreams got Limelight BOTH of those nights.  That was disappointing.  It was great to see Manhattan Project one of those nights.  Hadn't seen it since the Presto tour.  But even though I had a great time at these shows, I was really wishing I had at least seen Middletown Dreams one of those nights.  While I've never seen The Body Electric live, I'm not as bummed about that.  But at least the Blu Ray has both of those on there.

I didn't mind that only because (luckily) I'm in a geographic area that allowed me to catch an A and B set.  "A" was definitely my favorite of the two and they did seem to get lazy (tired?) toward the end with Limelight, but the DVD covers all of that.

I've been thinking of making a Power Windows 7/8 live album and I just may do that. I may even revisit a Grace Under Pressure live album to see how much that improves on a good thing.

I was also surprised just how good The Big Money and Force Ten sounded. I'd kind of been burnt out on them a bit live but they really sound great.

[ytserush]

FUCK.

Guy 3 ahead of me in line got the last Garden picture disc this morning. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK.

Off to ebay and stupid high prices I go.

Don't do it.  There's a ton up there (morbid curiosity got the better of me) and they're all going for at least twice the price. Don't play that game.

I'll check back tomorrow and see if I can get one for you (They were very strict about limiting only one of the same title per-person.)




The VH1 Classic preview is just the second set.   The people that are expecting "the hits" will have to tune in at the end.

[Nick]

No worries John, a friend was able to get extras and sold me one at cost, I'm covered!

[Mladen]

I wandered into a CD shop today and saw the new DVD. I immediately had to go home and get some cash before someone else grabbed a hold of the thing. So far I'm really enjoying it. 

[?]

I just found this

[jingle.boy]

Sadly, that is the official video.  Ahh... the 80s.

[Orbert]

The video is silly, but it was meant to be.  Rush has always had that silly side to them, and I think that they were willing to try just about anything.  Also, the 80's.

But that's not the official video.  That's the "literal video".  It's a concept I find amusing overall, but this is one of the worst examples of a literal video that I've ever seen.  The voices need to at least be close, and these... are not close.

[King Postwhore]

I recorded it on it's "World Premier" on VHS.  To bad most of the tape never lasted.  I would have loved to take some of what I recorded over the years and transferred them onto DVD.

[KevShmev]

I'd like to thank MTV for never really playing that video, because I was knee deep in watching MTV in 1987, and had I seen that video then, it is possible I never would have taken Rush seriously.

[King Postwhore]

I'd like to thank MTV for never really playing that video, because I was knee deep in watching MTV in 1987, and had I seen that video then, it is possible I never would have taken Rush seriously.

Virgin.

Some were "Knee Deep" in other things as well.

[KevShmev]

 

[Phoenix87x]

That video always makes me dizzy as shit watching it.

Still love the song though.

[Anguyen92]

^^^ Ughhhhh, I agree.

Damn you, 80s.  I feel like I'm going to get nightmares after watching that video.  The song, as always, is good.

[jjrock88]

The majority of Rush's videos from the 70's & 80's are pretty cheesy.  This one may be the leader though.

[King Postwhore]

Mystic Rhythms is a great video.

[Lucien]

Mystic Rhythms is a great video.

Not to mention the song 

[Ruba]

I just found this

Rush videos are so terrible at times. This isn't half as bad as Distant Early Warning, though.

Mystic Rhythms is a great video.

Not to mention The Pass.

[ytserush]

The majority of Rush's videos from the 70's & 80's are pretty cheesy.  This one may be the leader though.

Clearly you've not seen Superconductor which was so bad that it was never aired when it was released (at least in the US).

[ytserush]

Anyone know when the anniversary edition of the first album is due out?

Tempus? Feel free to enlighten the flock.....

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Do we have an actual Rush thread? I feel like we must, but the A-Z index lists the old locked one, and several searches have turned up nothing. When the real Rush thread is inevitably found (darn you search function), please just merge it with this one.

Anyway, the point of this is that I've been listening to Roll The Bones quite a bit lately, and I've decided that it's my favorite Rush album.

[Lucien]

Power Windows is my favorite, due to stunning consistency, and my favorite Rush song is divided between Hemispheres and Emotion Detector.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

I've heard a lot of praise for Power Windows, but I've never cared for it that much.

[Anguyen92]

Well, this is technically the main thread I think.

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=33827.0

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Aha, thank you! I knew there was one somewhere!

curse you search function

I'll just report this one and ask to have it merged.

[Lucien]

Oh, yeah, I forgot about that thread 

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Whoa, that was quick.

PARTYTIEM

[Nick]

FYI, for easier searching, I often find the option "Search only in thread titles" to be VERY useful when looking for a thread that has common words in it that could be found in the bodies of a billion other threads.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

...I didn't even know that option existed.

I will make use of it next time.