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The keyboard solo into the outro is such a great Rush moment in Countdown. It is by far my favorite part of that song. So f***ing cool. Edited by Todem
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One of the Geddy interviews before the R40 tour got going seemed to imply that Fly By Night, Jacob's Ladder, Chemistry and full Xanadu were going to be in the R40 set.

 

Well two of those were right.

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should have played countdown live

 

To me, that song is way too dated, and I'm pretty sure I remember reading a comment from one of the guys that the band felt the same way. I'm really glad they didn't play it.

Wow, that's about the silliest thing i've ever heard. awesome song, played WAAAYYYYY too little. i'd take that number over about 80% of the first set.
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should have played countdown live

 

To me, that song is way too dated, and I'm pretty sure I remember reading a comment from one of the guys that the band felt the same way. I'm really glad they didn't play it.

Wow, that's about the silliest thing i've ever heard. awesome song, played WAAAYYYYY too little. i'd take that number over about 80% of the first set.

 

No, it's not silly at all.

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should have played countdown live

 

To me, that song is way too dated, and I'm pretty sure I remember reading a comment from one of the guys that the band felt the same way. I'm really glad they didn't play it.

Wow, that's about the silliest thing i've ever heard. awesome song, played WAAAYYYYY too little. i'd take that number over about 80% of the first set.

 

I would agree with you. Especially the first half of the first set.

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I really enjoyed the flavour of "Oh, I can't sing that anymore? WATCH ME" in some of the setlist choices :D

 

yeah, I was one of the negative nancies who thought the set wouldn't have any songs before permanent waves besides CTTH, overture/temples and working man. I'm so glad I was wrong.

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The keyboard solo into the outro is such a great Rush moment in Countdown. It is by far my favorite part of that song. So f***ing cool.

 

That part of the song is very cool, along with the similar part in the middle of the song.

I like the progression they play at the end of that song. They use it earlier in the song too. Very catchy!

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I doubt Rush peruse the message boards for material but they do have many Rush fan friends.

 

Someone here said that they read somewhere that they did. And if you were here before the tour was announced, and lived through the endless setlist threads, and threads asking what they should play on their next tour, you might have a different opinion.

 

I'm not one to think that they look here, but after Tulsa, I changed my mind. They played everything we were clamoring for.

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With regards to JL, I think the band deserves many kudos for not only pulling it out for R40, but also for sticking with it. We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years. And on tours past, they might have dropped it completely after only a few shows or only played it in rotation with something else. But it stayed in the set for all 35 shows (more than you can say for YYZ, DEW and OLV among others). And I for one think that is awesome!
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We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years.

 

That was evident from the way Geddy introduced it. I don't know why they don't care for it, but I think it was selfless of them to do it for the fans who don't share their negative opinion of the beautiful song.

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We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years.

 

That was evident from the way Geddy introduced it. I don't know why they don't care for it, but I think it was selfless of them to do it for the fans who don't share their negative opinion of the beautiful song.

It really was phenomenal live, especially with the light show they put behind it. Hopefully that part is not completely ignored on the DVD.

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We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years.

 

That was evident from the way Geddy introduced it. I don't know why they don't care for it, but I think it was selfless of them to do it for the fans who don't share their negative opinion of the beautiful song.

It really was phenomenal live, especially with the light show they put behind it. Hopefully that part is not completely ignored on the DVD.

Even if it is, Tapehead captured it beautifully on her video. It is preserved, but I'm sure nothing beat being there and actually seeing it.

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We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years.

 

That was evident from the way Geddy introduced it. I don't know why they don't care for it, but I think it was selfless of them to do it for the fans who don't share their negative opinion of the beautiful song.

What I can gather is the tempo is boring for them. It's just a slow moving piece that makes people veg out...the band responds to energy from the crowd. My two cents
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We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years.

 

That was evident from the way Geddy introduced it. I don't know why they don't care for it, but I think it was selfless of them to do it for the fans who don't share their negative opinion of the beautiful song.

What I can gather is the tempo is boring for them. It's just a slow moving piece that makes people veg out...the band responds to energy from the crowd. My two cents

You're probably right, but I think the song has an intensity to it. At least for me it does.

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We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years.

 

That was evident from the way Geddy introduced it. I don't know why they don't care for it, but I think it was selfless of them to do it for the fans who don't share their negative opinion of the beautiful song.

What I can gather is the tempo is boring for them. It's just a slow moving piece that makes people veg out...the band responds to energy from the crowd. My two cents

I don't know about veg out. I certainly wasn't doing that. :LOL: But it's definitely about building mood and atmosphere beyond just the notes that are being played. In that respect, it's kinda like Witch Hunt live.
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Countdown was a dud live. It just didn't transfer. The mysterious energy from the studio version got totally lost. The vocals sound very monotone and if you listen to the boots from the Signals tour you can almost hear "I really don't want to sing this" in Geddy's voice.

 

Here's 12/6/82, Countdown is at about 1:25:55:

 

As to Jacob's Ladder, it's one of the simplest songs they've ever written. I've always wondered if they stopped playing it after one tour just because they got bored with it.

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