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So when did the "Hey!" in 2112 start?


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Just curious as to when crowds first started that at Rush concerts....anyone know? :unsure:

 

Also would love to know what everyone thinks of it and wanted to do a poll but can never seem to get them to work, so.....?

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Hard to tell because by the time they started it, they were pretty much done in my book ... safe to say I never liked the HEYs

 

And truth be told, the comedic **** they did onstage later on was another nail for me

 

The roasting chickens, the attempts at humor in the videos, the witch in Witch Hunt - not good

 

I like my Rush like I like my women - odd, articulate, and from outer space

 

 

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19971895905_7822a6ea48.jpg

 

http://photographersnature.com/rush/IMG_8509.jpg

 

WTF IS THIS

 

:LMAO:

Why, that's the Official R40 2112 "Hay" Horse, of course. I think Vancouver might have been the first appearance?
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19971895905_7822a6ea48.jpg

 

http://photographersnature.com/rush/IMG_8509.jpg

 

WTF IS THIS

 

:LMAO:

Why, that's the Official R40 2112 "Hay" Horse, of course. I think Vancouver might have been the first appearance?

 

It looks like Portland was the first appearance. http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?/topic/94952-silly-things-this-tour/page__st__20&do=findComment&comment=3655659 And hey, this thread came in handy!

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Back to the OP, I had heard the South American crowds were the one that started the "Hey!", and also the "singing along" to YYZ.

 

Thanks...I asked because not only was I curious but my brother asked. He told me when he saw them on the MP tour and also Power Windows that he doesn't remember hearing that, and PW is already 1985.

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I wish they'd gotten the HAY horse on the DVD but it didn't start until after they recorded it.

 

But to answer the OP's question it was a long time ago. I vaguely remember it around Signals.

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wow some people think humor is a bad thing, interesting

 

i started liking rush more when i realized they had a sense of humor!

 

I like humor too, but I do wish it were a bit more subtle sometimes, and without all the slapstick and rubber chicken-style stuff.

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wow some people think humor is a bad thing, interesting

 

i started liking rush more when i realized they had a sense of humor!

 

Woody Allen - now that's a sense of humor

 

Rush ??

 

nah

Can't hold a candle to Gene Simmons...

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Better than the audience Hey!!!, I loved Geddy doing Hey!!! in the late seventies/eighties.

 

So that would imply that Geddy may have kick-started it. I would have thought it was the fans.

 

If you listen to Xanadu from Cygnus Gold, you can hear him faintly yell it out in the background.

 

He really started with the heys in earnest in the eighties. And on a few bootlegs, he was humming along with certain songs. I think Subdivisions was one that I remember.

 

But I don't know when the audience started doing it along to 2112. They may have, as you already said, gotten the idea from Geddy. Maybe he used to do it during that part of the song? I'll listen to some bootlegs and report back.

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