Reverend Jax Posted October 12, 2002 Share Posted October 12, 2002 Well, I just came back from a 3 hour plus Rush concert (2 sets of 90 minutes with a half hour intermission plus an encore). They played at least one song from every one of their albums expect two (15 out of 17) including several instrument songs (Yyz, La Villa Stragiato, Leave That Thing Alone, the 2112 Overture, the intro to Cygnus X-1, and the incredible drum solo, The Rhythm Method). Great sets, and some nice extended solos. Lots of great sing-a-longs since like everyone in the audience knew all the words to all the songs (the songs that had words that is). The light show was great. They had some great footage on the big screen for each song. During By-Tor And the Snow Dog, there was this hilarious cartoon of Alex (guitar) and Geddy (bass, vocals) fighting, first as beach body builders having a flexing competition, then as dogs, then and giant robots (transformers style) having a dance-off, all the while Neil (drums) was sitting in a chair reading a book, only to end with Neil beheading them both. Hilarious! And in the middle of La Villa Strangiato, Alex went into this Tragically Hip-inspirited story (goes something like this: "So like, then I walked into this aquarium and there was all these fish, like yellow fish and blue fish but the scariest fish there was this huige flying shark..." and on and on like that.) Truely an amazing show. I know alot of you guys have written of Rush, but you are truely missing out. If I find pictures, I'll post them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Snake Posted October 13, 2002 Share Posted October 13, 2002 I didn't like Vapor Trails and they don't sound like I'd like em musically but 3 hours is a serious fucking gig, glad you'd a good un! :approve: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted October 13, 2002 Author Share Posted October 13, 2002 In retrospect, recommending Vapor Trails was a highly flawed decision on my part. That like recommending one of Tolkiens other books (besides The Hobbit or LOTR) to get someone into Tolkein, or recommending a Hook or AI to get someone into Speilberg. Not that I think Vapor Trail was bad, just not universal, and only for those already into Rush, and since it was just coming out, I was really excited about it. You have heard their classics like Tom Sawyer and The Spirit Of Radio, right? 3 hours plus a half hour encore ::trying to remember all the songs they played:: ...26 songs, I think, give or take 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 Well i must admit that i didn't like Vapor trails, but three hours, i would say that their Guitarist has developed some meaty callous'!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted October 15, 2002 Author Share Posted October 15, 2002 I don't know how any of them do it. Not just is it heavy guitar, but Rush songs tend to have very aggresive bass structures and intricate drum fills. Geedy Lee not just sings and plays bass, but plays all the synthesizer parts too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 lmao posting in a rush thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Bump RUSH My guts been busted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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