QUOTE (Geddycrazy @ Apr 3 2011, 02:30 PM) QUOTE (The Gorsk @ Apr 3 2011, 01:32 PM)
Great review! Nice not to hear anything negative about the setlist, etc. Can't wait to see the pics! Only 75 more wakeups till Rush comes back to Phoenix!! Nice Spectrum reference! That was where I saw my first Rush (and Yes and Genesis, etc,etc..) show on the Moving pictures warm-up tour in '80.
Great review! Nice not to hear anything negative about the setlist, etc. Can't wait to see the pics! Only 75 more wakeups till Rush comes back to Phoenix!! Nice Spectrum reference! That was where I saw my first Rush (and Yes and Genesis, etc,etc..) show on the Moving pictures warm-up tour in '80.
That's all well & good but truth be told- there were 3-4 weak songs in the 1st half of the show, the sound was far from perfect & Geddy's voice was off in his upper register- for a band like RUSH THAT IS ALL ABOUT PERFECTION & SOUND this is unacceptable. The second set however, was astonishing & the way the entire show should have been, period. Even the most die hard fans should be able to recognize when things are not going %100, however that doen't take away from RUSH being one of the greatest & most enjoyable bands on earth! Even when not perfect there are still miles ahead of most bands.
Got to agree with my friend GeddyCrazy. The sound in the arena was not great...though better in the second set. The outdoor arenas have much better sound....'cause there is somewhere for the sound to go, rather than bouncing around a closed stadium! Geddy's voice was great, accept he couldn't hear himself. He kept putting his hands to his ears and then would return to perfect pitch. Hard to do that through a whole show when you have to play bass, keyboards...etc!
And I don't know why...but he cannot sing Subdivisions anymore (pains me to say this). I have seen them 3 times on the TM tour and every time he struggles...but he is still a MACHINE!!!! Though this sounds negative it was still a great show!! The +'s waaaaaay outweighed the couple of -'s!!
