PA music prior to show start

[Broncos730]

First off, long long time since I've posted here! Saw the show in Phoenix and here are my favorite moments -

 

1. Xanadu (double necks and double bass drum double wow)

2. Hemispheres 2 and 1

3. Jacob's Ladder

4. The Anarchist. A surprisingly strong opening song.

 

Does anybody know the 'setlist' for the songs playing prior to the show start? I know Neil personally picks those tunes and I recognized some Tull and Genesis. There were some pretty good songs and I'd love to check them out.

[toymaker]

Also some Yes and Supertramp in there.

 

See http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?/topic/94560-pre-show-music/

Edited July 31, 2015 by toymaker

[EagleMoon]

Same music they've had for the past several tours.

[Jaminbenb]

All good stuff... I think some Gentle Giant was stuck in as well....

[custom55]

Heard the following ( and remember ) at MSG show

 

The Who - Live at Leeds - Young Man Blues

Genesis - Selling England By the Pound - I Know What I Like (in your wardrobe )

[EagleMoon]

Heard the following ( and remember ) at MSG show

 

The Who - Live at Leeds - Young Man Blues

Genesis - Selling England By the Pound - I Know What I Like (in your wardrobe )

 

There must be quite a bit of Genesis. I also remember Man of our Times and Behind The Lines. Also ELP's From The Beginning.

[Disembodied Spirit]

We heard Aqualung Twice in it's entirety in New Orleans...over 70 minutes inside,,

[EagleMoon]

We heard Aqualung Twice in it's entirety in New Orleans...over 70 minutes inside,,

 

That's right I remember hearing that too.

[ytserush]

Some variation of this maybe?

 

This is an old list from Time Machine I think.

 

 

 

Time Machine Tour 2010 Pre-Show music

 

Tommy Overture - The Who

School - Supertramp

Hells Bells - Bruford

Dancing With the Moonlit Knight - Genesis

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

I Ain't Superstitious - Jeff Beck Group

Peaches en Regalia - Frank Zappa

Knife Edge - ELP

I've Seen All Good People - Yes

One of These Days - Pink Floyd

What is and What Should Never Be - Led Zeppelin

Cross-Eyed Mary - Jethro Tull

Journey From Mariabronn - Kansas

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

In the Dead of Night - UK

Speed King - Deep Purple

Watcher of the Skies - Genesis

A Quick One While He's Away - The Who (Live from "Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus")

In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull

Fool's Overture - Supertramp

Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin

The Prophet - Yes

Young Man Blues - The Who

Spanish Castle Magic - Jimi Hendrix

I Know What I Like - Genesis

Hush - Deep Purple

From the Beginning - ELP

Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas

Roundabout - Yes

Time - Pink Floyd

Thick As a Brick - Jethro Tull (10 min. live version)

[EagleMoon]

Some variation of this maybe?

 

This is an old list from Time Machine I think.

 

 

 

Time Machine Tour 2010 Pre-Show music

 

Tommy Overture - The Who

School - Supertramp

Hells Bells - Bruford

Dancing With the Moonlit Knight - Genesis

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

I Ain't Superstitious - Jeff Beck Group

Peaches en Regalia - Frank Zappa

Knife Edge - ELP

I've Seen All Good People - Yes

One of These Days - Pink Floyd

What is and What Should Never Be - Led Zeppelin

Cross-Eyed Mary - Jethro Tull

Journey From Mariabronn - Kansas

All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

In the Dead of Night - UK

Speed King - Deep Purple

Watcher of the Skies - Genesis

A Quick One While He's Away - The Who (Live from "Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus")

In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull

Fool's Overture - Supertramp

Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin

The Prophet - Yes

Young Man Blues - The Who

Spanish Castle Magic - Jimi Hendrix

I Know What I Like - Genesis

Hush - Deep Purple

From the Beginning - ELP

Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas

Roundabout - Yes

Time - Pink Floyd

Thick As a Brick - Jethro Tull (10 min. live version)

 

Some of those were there for sure.

[troutman]

I remember Kansas and Supertramp.

[EagleMoon]

I remember Kansas and Supertramp.

 

Every time I hear Fool's Overture now it takes me back to the feeling I had before each Rush concert. I think I've heard it every show I've been to for the past few years.

[cygnify]

In Philly, I recall many of those mentioned above, but also UK "In the Dead of Night"

[cygnify]

back in the day, I wrote to Neil via Modern Drummer magazine and asked him about two specific songs that I had heard on the Hold Your Fire and Roll the Bones pre-show tapes. Those tours were back in the day before the internet, sound hound, shazam - so identifying strange songs (that not so many Rush fans were aware of) was difficult. I described the songs to Neil - and this is how he replied:

 

http://www.andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/writing/postcards/images/pc2back.jpg

Edited August 12, 2015 by cygnify

[EagleMoon]

back in the day, I wrote to Neil via Modern Drummer magazine and asked him about two specific songs that I had heard on the Hold Your Fire and Roll the Bones pre-show tapes. Those tours were back in the day before the internet, sound hound, shazam - so identifying strange songs (that not so many Rush fans were aware of) was difficult. I described the songs to Neil - and this is how he replied:

 

http://www.andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/writing/postcards/images/pc2back.jpg

 

I'm not familiar with either of those songs offhand. Have to check them out. And I remember the days when Neil used to write his fans. Boy are those times long gone.

[goose]

back in the day, I wrote to Neil via Modern Drummer magazine and asked him about two specific songs that I had heard on the Hold Your Fire and Roll the Bones pre-show tapes. Those tours were back in the day before the internet, sound hound, shazam - so identifying strange songs (that not so many Rush fans were aware of) was difficult. I described the songs to Neil - and this is how he replied:

 

http://www.andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/writing/postcards/images/pc2back.jpg

 

I'm not familiar with either of those songs offhand. Have to check them out. And I remember the days when Neil used to write his fans. Boy are those times long gone.

The Sugarcubes is where Bjork got her start. I saw then open for U2 back on the ZooTV tour in Oakland...where they were booed off the stage. :(

 

They're biggest hit, aptly titled..."Hit"

 

[EagleMoon]

back in the day, I wrote to Neil via Modern Drummer magazine and asked him about two specific songs that I had heard on the Hold Your Fire and Roll the Bones pre-show tapes. Those tours were back in the day before the internet, sound hound, shazam - so identifying strange songs (that not so many Rush fans were aware of) was difficult. I described the songs to Neil - and this is how he replied:

 

http://www.andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/writing/postcards/images/pc2back.jpg

 

I'm not familiar with either of those songs offhand. Have to check them out. And I remember the days when Neil used to write his fans. Boy are those times long gone.

The Sugarcubes is where Bjork got her start. I saw then open for U2 back on the ZooTV tour in Oakland...where they were booed off the stage. :(

 

They're biggest hit, aptly titled..."Hit"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5fAWpv_axs

 

I can certainly see this being played, or something like it, much more than that Kraftwerk song.

[ytserush]

back in the day, I wrote to Neil via Modern Drummer magazine and asked him about two specific songs that I had heard on the Hold Your Fire and Roll the Bones pre-show tapes. Those tours were back in the day before the internet, sound hound, shazam - so identifying strange songs (that not so many Rush fans were aware of) was difficult. I described the songs to Neil - and this is how he replied:

 

http://www.andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/writing/postcards/images/pc2back.jpg

 

I'm not familiar with either of those songs offhand. Have to check them out. And I remember the days when Neil used to write his fans. Boy are those times long gone.

 

 

 

He still does, but it's more of a collective now rather than individually.

[EagleMoon]

back in the day, I wrote to Neil via Modern Drummer magazine and asked him about two specific songs that I had heard on the Hold Your Fire and Roll the Bones pre-show tapes. Those tours were back in the day before the internet, sound hound, shazam - so identifying strange songs (that not so many Rush fans were aware of) was difficult. I described the songs to Neil - and this is how he replied:

 

http://www.andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/writing/postcards/images/pc2back.jpg

 

I'm not familiar with either of those songs offhand. Have to check them out. And I remember the days when Neil used to write his fans. Boy are those times long gone.

 

 

 

He still does, but it's more of a collective now rather than individually.

 

Right. Not personalized anymore. :)

[cygnify]

back in the day, I wrote to Neil via Modern Drummer magazine and asked him about two specific songs that I had heard on the Hold Your Fire and Roll the Bones pre-show tapes. Those tours were back in the day before the internet, sound hound, shazam - so identifying strange songs (that not so many Rush fans were aware of) was difficult. I described the songs to Neil - and this is how he replied:

 

http://www.andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/writing/postcards/images/pc2back.jpg

 

I'm not familiar with either of those songs offhand. Have to check them out. And I remember the days when Neil used to write his fans. Boy are those times long gone.

The Sugarcubes is where Bjork got her start. I saw then open for U2 back on the ZooTV tour in Oakland...where they were booed off the stage. :(

 

They're biggest hit, aptly titled..."Hit"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5fAWpv_axs

 

I can certainly see this being played, or something like it, much more than that Kraftwerk song.

 

It was this song - on the Summer Roll the Bones tour (unrelated note: I won front row tickets at the show in Mansfield, Mass - by bringing a can of soup to a food drive that the band was sponsoring!)

 

"Tour de France" was in the pre-show music for the Hold Your Fire tour, which I think works in an odd way.

 

A couple other early pre-show songs I remember (though I can't verify exactly which tour) - "Big Generator" by Yes, "Cult of Personality" by Living Colour, and "Inertiatic ESP" by The Mars Vola (that one was recent - S&A?)

[Catch The Mystery]

The HYF tour was my first Rush live experience. I don't remember anything about the preshow music though ;) But that Kraftwerk track is really cool. I just saw them a coulple of weeks ago when they performed their whole Tour de France album the night before the Tour de France started here in The Netherlands (in Utrecht). And with Neil being a cycle fanatic back in the day it's an obvious song for him to pick :)