MarKo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SFA5ScV7cU Nice work....tops it off nicely.

very special !

Pah...even later for us Europeans.....it's got to be done though!! I'm still holding out for a possible mini Euro leg of the tour next year with 2-3 nights in maybe 3 venues.... Belfast, Dublin and Cork will do just fine...... :hockeygoon:

As long as we still get the Periscope feeds? Are these reveal threads the place to go for the periscopes? Or is there a separate thread for those? Well they started on the "Up Periscope" thread and then moved to the individual show threads....As long as they're up here somewhere I suppose it doesn't really matter.....

As long as we still get the Periscope feeds?

Sorry guys, but I'm dipping in and out of this thread and watched a few feeds earlier on in the tour..... I'm waiting for the East Coast gigs so I can watch them at a reasonable hour. Have the Periscope links stopped coming or are they posted somewhere else? Thanks...

I think this does drag a little, but I think the reason is the lyrics..... Sometimes if you play a song too fast the vocalist can't get the rhythm and breathing right. The lyrics on WYD are almost like a blues rap.... If you haven't done the song in a while then it can be hard to get it right. We do some covers in our band and some we speed up a few BPM....but some you just can't do it cause of the way the lyrics are structured... Try and do You Shook Me All Night Long by ACDC even 5 BPM faster.... You'd pass out trying to sing it....

Yea. The crew were able to move them around quiet quickly. It didn't look like they were plugged in.

Oh man.....my stomach is still hurting from laughing.... :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO: Alex..... probably your finest hour.... I was waiting to see what he'd do. Beats the "Dozen Eggs"...speech by a mile.....

QUOTE (Jomboni @ Sep 30 2012, 04:25 PM) He did just confirm in an interview that Headlong Flight and Carnies are tuned to an E chord like the original poster guessed. Any idea which interview that was in ?

QUOTE (irish_matt @ Sep 24 2012, 02:26 AM)all the backing vocal samples are triggered using their pedals. Sometimes the vocal is in-bedded with backing guitar and keyboard riffs. Check out "The Wreckers" on the youtube video http://www.youtube.com/user/RTMorasonMD2 It looks and sounds like Alex is actually singing the baking vocals live !! Can't see any pedal triggers going on ..... Perhaps it's just certain parts he can't sing...perhaps the higher register harmonies... Really great video as well.... Still waiting for a good quality one of Middletown Dreams....

QUOTE (Don'tMeetInBars @ Sep 23 2012, 03:12 AM)QUOTE (MarKo @ Sep 22 2012, 07:00 AM) During Carnies and Headlong Flight it looks like he's using a guitar tuned to an E chord, which if that is the way they're recorded explains why those songs have a slightly "different" feel... Wow good eye/ear, I checked it out you're totally right! It's interesting how they're triggering whole phrases, not just individual notes from the bass pedals. They can hit it once, it plays, then they're on about their business rather than being tied to the pedalboards. Looking at the sidestage YouTubes it's still amazing to me how they make the pedal 'dance' look so effortless! I'm not 100% on this but I think that all of the triggers are programmed for each song and they get loaded up in between numbers so that the pedals change for each song. Geddy mentioned in an interview once that sometimes the wrong programme gets loaded and samples for other songs come out.....and the fun begins. Other bands like U2 have samples triggered by MIDI so they don't have to manually trigger pedals. At least Rush play the samples "live" as such. I remember seeing one post on this forum by someone who had all the triggers worked out for each song and who triggered them.... Neil also triggers some samples apparently when the other two don't have time etc....

I've been scouring some of the youtube vids looking at what Alex is doing on some of the songs.... On Middletown Dreams during the intro he does not seem to be playing all of the arpeggio sections that for me, really are why I love that song...a bit disappointing. That plucked high chord just before the lyrics come in seems to be triggered as is the long sustained note a few bars previous to that. It sounds just like the studio version. Perhaps it's just not possible to get the other accented chords going as well?? The performance of rest of the song is great. During Carnies and Headlong Flight it looks like he's using a guitar tuned to an E chord, which if that is the way they're recorded explains why those songs have a slightly "different" feel... During The Garden they also trigger the rhythm piano chords in the piano section. The triggered piano is playing long before Alex gets around the keys to play that nice little melody section. Geddy is standing there waiting to sing the lyrics....Could Ged not be playing (or even pretend to play) those rhythm chords on the piano while Alex does the other part? Ged was also not playing the keys intro to Camera Eye on the last tour. That kind of bummed me out at the Dublin show as I could see him just leaning on the keys and not playing at all... That part of the song is a really original use of keys and it would have been nice to see it done live. They've always used triggers live and it doesn't bother me that much as I'd rather they perform songs like Camera Eye and make compromises if necessary. As a musician, figuring out how Rush (particularly Alex) actually play their songs is a real challenge...... like a puzzle.... It's part of the buzz of a new album and figuring out the songs. When you wait to see how a particular piece is performed live and you find out that it can't be done (sometimes after spending hours trying to figure out if it's an overdub or not) can be a little exasperating... ....part of the challenge I suppose Of course there are some parts that blow you away live as you would never have dreamed they would do it "that way" or a solo was in that position or whatever.... I'm on the "love it" side of the live setlist debate and just glad that they're touring. Some of the drumming and bass playing off Power Windows is incredible and much underrated due to it being spun as a "keyboard phase" Still hoping for a Dublin date, but that seems a remote possibility at this stage. Anyone else spot other triggered parts yet or interesting trivia ???

QUOTE (dayglow76 @ Sep 8 2012, 11:46 PM)Quoting "jonnyj"Seriously I look at some these songs as parallel or relevant to whats going on the World right now. Whether Rush is thinking this or just coincidence doesn't matter. I think it's great we're getting to hear any Rush in 2012. Territories. Worked then and is definitely working now on social level as well as World stage. Manhattan Project. Written during the "Cold War" still seems relevant and stills seems like there's plenty freezing on the political front, and the wars going on right now might be more hot than cold but still a cold war. Body Electric. Look what's happening to us all in the Digital World. We may find ourselves panicking for 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-SOS sooner than we can see Rush play this song ever again." Bingo, I thought of this exact thing last night and made a chart based on the setlist with their song meanings,and yes there is a very strong undercurrent of humanism vs transhumanisim (i.e humans merging with machines) war and staying true to yourself. I am a researcher,radio talk show host and documentary filmmaker and I can tell you the world is coming to a place where sci-fi is becoming real life,and we all are going to be faced with that dichotomy of humans vs machines and the dilemma of what you give up when you become immersed in technology mind body and soul. This combined with the steampunk theme which is a different world of technology tells me that yes this setlist is designed to speak to you if you have the eyes to see and ears to hear. i actually like this setlist now that this has come to light. Here is my theme chart for the setlist(drawn from the bands own words in almost every case let's not start an argument over the disagreements of song meanings here i understand songs mean different things to different people) this is just simply to make the point of the setlist theme. 1.-conformity and how it is seen as "normal" 2.-the power of the rich 3.-overcoming obstacles and accepting failure 4.-the power of materiality vs the expression of the soul 5-Machines having feelings(souls) 6-how countries and states divide humanity(travel) 7.-Longing for a bygone era 8.-action without attachment to outcome 9-instrumental 10-the road to hell is paved with good intentions 11.the youthful and idealistic excitement of seeing the world for the first time 12.machines worshiped as gods 13.wanting for the things one lacks in life 14.the carnival as a metaphor for life(game of chance) 15.-what we think is our savior can sometimes be our doom. 16.-reflection on the past 17-projecting who you want someone to be on them and being disappointed when they aren't that person 18.-letting go 19-the summation of what is really important in life in the end 20-the creation of the first atomic bomb 21-the horror of holocaust concentration camps. 22-Morse code for Toronto airport(travel) 23-the plight of the blue collar person 24-the non conformist spirit of youth 25.-purity of music vs the commercial and sales potential of it,staying true to yourself People didn't know for years Neil's solos were telling a story(the history of drumming etc) and I think that the lack of a full drum solo may also reflect this new setlist storytelling. Yep, Rush definitely have a theme to their setlists. It's not just about the music or the era for them. It's as much about them as "Artists" making a statement. You've a nice way with words..... Nice post