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my dad and i were talking about that. my theory is that they maybe did, probably to get the crowd hyped up i guess?
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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.

I remember doing it when I first saw them for Power Windows. I'll always remember them hitting the stage lights when all of the arms went up in the air. :haz: Edited by ILSnwdog
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My first show was the the p/g tour and it was there. I have a few friends who attended St. Louis shows on the Signals tour (10.12.1982 and 10.15.1982 - the apparently played a show at the University of Illinois in between those dates) who say they remember it - but they were perpetually stoned back then, so who knows. I asked a few folks in Texas who likely attended Signals shows in Texas (March, 1983) and they think it was there, but they were likely also perpetually stoned, so who knows. The boots I have suggest it did not show up until around Signals, but it could have been earlier I guess.

 

As for the love it or hate it notion. I tend to love it. Corny? Sure. Cheesy? Yep. Fun? I will go with yes. My kids loved it (as well as the hand claps for TSOR) when they were old enough to go to shows, so that brings back warm memories.

 

My son in later years, though, pointed out the "heys" are an odd sort of message of collective obedience, which is interesting in the context of 2112. That is probably not the message the band was going for with it, but it is an interesting thought.

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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.

I remember doing it when I first saw them for Power Windows. I'll always remember them hitting the stage lights when all of the arms went up in the air. :haz;

 

Well this is my brother so I am sure his memory was also a bit clouded by alcohol. :LOL:

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As for the love it or hate it notion. I tend to love it. Corny? Sure. Cheesy? Yep. Fun? I will go with yes. My kids loved it (as well as the hand claps for TSOR) when they were old enough to go to shows, so that brings back warm memories.

 

My kids love it too. :LOL:
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My first show was the the p/g tour and it was there. I have a few friends who attended St. Louis shows on the Signals tour (10.12.1982 and 10.15.1982 - the apparently played a show at the University of Illinois in between those dates) who say they remember it - but they were perpetually stoned back then, so who knows. I asked a few folks in Texas who likely attended Signals shows in Texas (March, 1983) and they think it was there, but they were likely also perpetually stoned, so who knows. The boots I have suggest it did not show up until around Signals, but it could have been earlier I guess.

 

As for the love it or hate it notion. I tend to love it. Corny? Sure. Cheesy? Yep. Fun? I will go with yes. My kids loved it (as well as the hand claps for TSOR) when they were old enough to go to shows, so that brings back warm memories.

 

My son in later years, though, pointed out the "heys" are an odd sort of message of collective obedience, which is interesting in the context of 2112. That is probably not the message the band was going for with it, but it is an interesting thought.

Collective celebration, more like. Collective nonetheless.

 

 

For the record, I like it.

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There's 6 notes leading up to the "hey" and there's 6 syllables in the phrase "what does a gay horse eat".. coincidence.. ??

 

I think we might be saying it wrong..

 

Neil wrote it ok I'm just sayin..

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There's 6 notes leading up to the "hey" and there's 6 syllables in the phrase "what does a gay horse eat".. coincidence.. ??

 

I think we might be saying it wrong..

 

Neil wrote it ok I'm just sayin..

Actually, there are 7. ;)

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There's 6 notes leading up to the "hey" and there's 6 syllables in the phrase "what does a gay horse eat".. coincidence.. ??

 

I think we might be saying it wrong..

 

Neil wrote it ok I'm just sayin..

Actually, there are 7. ;)

 

Dammit I thought I nailed that one. I think there might be 8 even.. shit I'm way off..

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My first show was the the p/g tour and it was there. I have a few friends who attended St. Louis shows on the Signals tour (10.12.1982 and 10.15.1982 - the apparently played a show at the University of Illinois in between those dates) who say they remember it - but they were perpetually stoned back then, so who knows. I asked a few folks in Texas who likely attended Signals shows in Texas (March, 1983) and they think it was there, but they were likely also perpetually stoned, so who knows. The boots I have suggest it did not show up until around Signals, but it could have been earlier I guess.

 

As for the love it or hate it notion. I tend to love it. Corny? Sure. Cheesy? Yep. Fun? I will go with yes. My kids loved it (as well as the hand claps for TSOR) when they were old enough to go to shows, so that brings back warm memories.

 

My son in later years, though, pointed out the "heys" are an odd sort of message of collective obedience, which is interesting in the context of 2112. That is probably not the message the band was going for with it, but it is an interesting thought.

 

collective obedience for fucksake, it's just a fun concert thing.

 

sheesh some people want to read something sinister into EVERYTHING.

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My first show was the the p/g tour and it was there. I have a few friends who attended St. Louis shows on the Signals tour (10.12.1982 and 10.15.1982 - the apparently played a show at the University of Illinois in between those dates) who say they remember it - but they were perpetually stoned back then, so who knows. I asked a few folks in Texas who likely attended Signals shows in Texas (March, 1983) and they think it was there, but they were likely also perpetually stoned, so who knows. The boots I have suggest it did not show up until around Signals, but it could have been earlier I guess.

 

As for the love it or hate it notion. I tend to love it. Corny? Sure. Cheesy? Yep. Fun? I will go with yes. My kids loved it (as well as the hand claps for TSOR) when they were old enough to go to shows, so that brings back warm memories.

 

My son in later years, though, pointed out the "heys" are an odd sort of message of collective obedience, which is interesting in the context of 2112. That is probably not the message the band was going for with it, but it is an interesting thought.

 

collective obedience for fucksake, it's just a fun concert thing.

 

sheesh some people want to read something sinister into EVERYTHING.

 

I'm ok with a touch of collective obedience at a Rush show.. jus sayin

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It sounds to me like it started on the Signals Tour. The Hey's are missing from the following bootleg recordings:

 

- Hemispheres - Nov 20, 1978 - Tucson -

- Hemispheres - May 28, 1979 - Frankfurt -

- Permanent Waves - Feb 14, 1980 - St. Louis -

- Moving Pictures - Jun 16, 1981 - Anaheim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW_VMkzqlkQ

 

However, the Hey's are clearly audible here:

 

- Signals - May 25, 1983 - Edinburgh, UK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EkyiKoBw60

 

So I suspect it was Signals tour when the Hey's started.

 

-Mark

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It sounds to me like it started on the Signals Tour. The Hey's are missing from the following bootleg recordings:

 

- Hemispheres - Nov 20, 1978 - Tucson -

- Hemispheres - May 28, 1979 - Frankfurt -

- Permanent Waves - Feb 14, 1980 - St. Louis -

- Moving Pictures - Jun 16, 1981 - Anaheim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW_VMkzqlkQ

 

However, the Hey's are clearly audible here:

 

- Signals - May 25, 1983 - Edinburgh, UK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EkyiKoBw60

 

So I suspect it was Signals tour when the Hey's started.

 

-Mark

 

Yep. That's when I remember it. When I saw them on the Hemispheres and Moving Pictures tours they weren't doing it yet.

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It sounds to me like it started on the Signals Tour. The Hey's are missing from the following bootleg recordings:

 

- Hemispheres - Nov 20, 1978 - Tucson -

- Hemispheres - May 28, 1979 - Frankfurt -

- Permanent Waves - Feb 14, 1980 - St. Louis -

- Moving Pictures - Jun 16, 1981 - Anaheim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW_VMkzqlkQ

 

However, the Hey's are clearly audible here:

 

- Signals - May 25, 1983 - Edinburgh, UK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EkyiKoBw60

 

So I suspect it was Signals tour when the Hey's started.

 

-Mark

Thank you for the research. Some of the claims in here have been laughable and, no doubt, based in "hazy" memories.

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It sounds to me like it started on the Signals Tour. The Hey's are missing from the following bootleg recordings:

 

- Hemispheres - Nov 20, 1978 - Tucson -

- Hemispheres - May 28, 1979 - Frankfurt -

- Permanent Waves - Feb 14, 1980 - St. Louis -

- Moving Pictures - Jun 16, 1981 - Anaheim - https://www.youtube....h?v=KW_VMkzqlkQ

 

However, the Hey's are clearly audible here:

 

- Signals - May 25, 1983 - Edinburgh, UK - https://www.youtube....h?v=2EkyiKoBw60

 

So I suspect it was Signals tour when the Hey's started.

 

-Mark

 

Ok...quick follow up on this. I found a recording from one of the early dates of the Exit...Stage Left Tour, and the Hey's are clearly audible here.

 

- October 31, 1981 - Deeside, Wales

 

So I guess it was the ESL tour when the Hey's started.

 

-Mark

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It sounds to me like it started on the Signals Tour. The Hey's are missing from the following bootleg recordings:

 

- Hemispheres - Nov 20, 1978 - Tucson -

- Hemispheres - May 28, 1979 - Frankfurt -

- Permanent Waves - Feb 14, 1980 - St. Louis -

- Moving Pictures - Jun 16, 1981 - Anaheim - https://www.youtube....h?v=KW_VMkzqlkQ

 

However, the Hey's are clearly audible here:

 

- Signals - May 25, 1983 - Edinburgh, UK - https://www.youtube....h?v=2EkyiKoBw60

 

So I suspect it was Signals tour when the Hey's started.

 

-Mark

 

Ok...quick follow up on this. I found a recording from one of the early dates of the Exit...Stage Left Tour, and the Hey's are clearly audible here.

 

- October 31, 1981 - Deeside, Wales

 

So I guess it was the ESL tour when the Hey's started.

 

-Mark

 

Nice!

 

Didn't know about this show. Going to listen to it now. I always figured it began in the UK.

 

Thanks for putting this up.

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It sounds to me like it started on the Signals Tour. The Hey's are missing from the following bootleg recordings:

 

- Hemispheres - Nov 20, 1978 - Tucson -

- Hemispheres - May 28, 1979 - Frankfurt -

- Permanent Waves - Feb 14, 1980 - St. Louis -

- Moving Pictures - Jun 16, 1981 - Anaheim - https://www.youtube....h?v=KW_VMkzqlkQ

 

However, the Hey's are clearly audible here:

 

- Signals - May 25, 1983 - Edinburgh, UK - https://www.youtube....h?v=2EkyiKoBw60

 

So I suspect it was Signals tour when the Hey's started.

 

-Mark

 

Ok...quick follow up on this. I found a recording from one of the early dates of the Exit...Stage Left Tour, and the Hey's are clearly audible here.

 

- October 31, 1981 - Deeside, Wales

 

So I guess it was the ESL tour when the Hey's started.

 

-Mark

Nice work, New Guy! :clap:

 

 

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I've been here quite a long time. Since 2004 in fact. I just do more reading than posting.

Now that's quite the understatement!

 

:laughing guy:

 

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It sounds to me like it started on the Signals Tour. The Hey's are missing from the following bootleg recordings:

 

- Hemispheres - Nov 20, 1978 - Tucson -

- Hemispheres - May 28, 1979 - Frankfurt -

- Permanent Waves - Feb 14, 1980 - St. Louis -

- Moving Pictures - Jun 16, 1981 - Anaheim - https://www.youtube....h?v=KW_VMkzqlkQ

 

However, the Hey's are clearly audible here:

 

- Signals - May 25, 1983 - Edinburgh, UK - https://www.youtube....h?v=2EkyiKoBw60

 

So I suspect it was Signals tour when the Hey's started.

 

-Mark

 

Ok...quick follow up on this. I found a recording from one of the early dates of the Exit...Stage Left Tour, and the Hey's are clearly audible here.

 

- October 31, 1981 - Deeside, Wales

 

So I guess it was the ESL tour when the Hey's started.

 

-Mark

 

This is a pretty good show. At first I thought I had it, but I have the November 2, 1981 show which sounds similar.

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It must have been sometime relatively recently but I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure they didn't do it when I saw Rush in 87 for the hold your fire tour. After that I don't think I heard them play 2112 but I only remember it for the most recent tour. Edited by New_World_Man
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