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What song was the BEST song on R40?


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As great as they all are and as much as I loved hearing the obscure songs they played, I got really excited for Distant Early Warning. It's weird, because I love the song, and I have never seen it live while actually knowing the song. I saw it on S&A Tour, but I didn't really know 3/4 of the songs, because I wasn't a big fan of the band yet.

 

So even though I hadn't seen it live as a fan of the song, I still wasn't too excited to hear it live. But I saw it on 3 of the 4 shows I saw, and I sang my ass off to the chorus all 3 times and the crowd just really enjoyed it. Even my co worker who came with me to the Montreal show who isn't a fan of anything post Moving Pictures loved it live. It just has a certain energy about it.

 

Seeing it at MSG in New York was phenomenal. I was singing at the top of my lungs, but yet I could hear the entire crowd singing over me, and even over Geddy. I stopped singing for a moment, closed my eyes and just listened to the crowd singing that chorus with the brilliant musical mastery. It was an amazing outer body experience.

 

I kinda forgot about that. That's an excellent point about MSG. I have been to over 30 Rush shows, watched all of their concert videos, many periscopes (even the legendary LA show), and hours upon hours on you tube...

 

I can not recall ever hearing a crowd singing an entire song so loud, OVER GEDDY, the entire song, as DEW at MSG R40. It was beyond strange. And fun. To consider how loud Rush was this tour, that was no small accomplishment.

 

Sure, we have the clapping in SoR, and the horses hay on 2112, but that stuff is expected at Rush shows. DEW at MSG was weird. And fun. Why THAT song?

 

Edit... I did not see Presentation mentioned yet. It should be. It was unplayed almost 20 years. Killer solo. It deserves mention. Presentation.

 

 

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Saw them front row in Columbus. But when I was periscoping the Toronto 2nd night show and Geddy said, "We are gonna change things up a bit...welcome Mr Ben Mink to the stage..." I truly felt the urge to scream like a lil' girl. That was Epic to me. Best two moments were that and Jacob's Ladder in Columbus.
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I'm torn between Xanadu, TMMB, Closer To The Heart, and Jacob's Ladder. I guess Xanadu because it's my favorite Rush song and they had the double necks :)
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Seeing Natural Science, the Hemispheres Prelude, and Xanadu was a dream come true for me.

 

Top 3 tunes right there! :fistbump: the holy trinity of Rush songs IMO :LOL:

Yes! I totally agree! You really do have amazing taste in Rush :D
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Seeing Natural Science, the Hemispheres Prelude, and Xanadu was a dream come true for me.

 

Top 3 tunes right there! :fistbump: the holy trinity of Rush songs IMO :LOL:

Yes! I totally agree! You really do have amazing taste in Rush :D

 

 

Why thank you :D

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Xanadu took the cake for me. Wish I could have seen the sets with Losing It and Nat Sci...Although I probably would have wept during Losing It, I will say, Lakeside Park was quite a treat as well.
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Best moment for me was when they went back into Cygnus X1 after the drum solo.

I didn't expect that at all.

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So many great songs they played. If I had to pick I'd say Jacob's Ladder since I'd never seen it played live before (first tour I saw was Grace). Hemispheres prelude would be second for the same reason. They didn't play Losing It in San Jose. Would have loved to have seen that.
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Xanadu. Although Roll The Bones was a hoot, and Losing It was a darned closed second. But Xanadu, which I view as the highest achievement of Rush's prog era and still one of the greatest songs they ever wrote and recorded. When that deep synth base note rattled Rogers Arena, it was like the venue became a Prog Cathedral, and in that moment I thought "I can now die happy."
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Cygnus X-1 (especially the last 1.5 min.)

That was amazing, for sure.

 

ETA: Still bummed Alex and Geddy didn't change into kimonos during the drum solo.

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Cygnus X-1 (especially the last 1.5 min.)

That was amazing, for sure.

 

ETA: Still bummed Alex and Geddy didn't change into kimonos during the drum solo.

On occasion Alex will wear his to the Blue Jays game :eh:

 

What would be really funny is if they do a skit with the kimonos on for an extra on the DVD.

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Xanadu. Although Roll The Bones was a hoot, and Losing It was a darned closed second. But Xanadu, which I view as the highest achievement of Rush's prog era and still one of the greatest songs they ever wrote and recorded. When that deep synth base note rattled Rogers Arena, it was like the venue became a Prog Cathedral, and in that moment I thought "I can now die happy."

Yes! No one gives the Taurus Pedals enough credit on that song!
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Xanadu. Although Roll The Bones was a hoot, and Losing It was a darned closed second. But Xanadu, which I view as the highest achievement of Rush's prog era and still one of the greatest songs they ever wrote and recorded. When that deep synth base note rattled Rogers Arena, it was like the venue became a Prog Cathedral, and in that moment I thought "I can now die happy."

 

Yes, yes, yes! :D

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