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QUOTE (tripdad @ May 11 2012, 07:32 PM) http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k433/dad2trips/RushBoards.jpg
Cornhole Anyone??
You mean, Bags...
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QUOTE (Unobtrusive Companion @ May 11 2012, 12:52 PM) Hemispheres by a slim margin for me. Very close, but La Villa tips it Hemispheres' way 
Good point.
I didn't consider that.
Can I change my vote?
No, wait... Closer to the Heart packs a lot of rock juice into 2:53...
Hmmm. Doh!
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Great review, thanks for posting.
can't wait for the album to drop... (do we still say 'drop')
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Good Times, Bad Times - LZ
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QUOTE (Gompers @ May 9 2012, 12:54 PM) I got this release on cassette tape before the vinyl, back in my more immature years. Like CoS, the cover was great and more so the record paper sleeve.Seeing Neil's written lyrics was very cool. The little pictures he drew made me crack up too.
Fly by Night was a necessary progression for my understanding of the band. Rush rocks hard on this one and starting drifting from the Blues sound of their first release. I don't pick this up very often and when I do it is more to reminisce. There are some great tunes, but the overall experience doesn't keep me coming back anymore.
The Great
-Anthem
-By-Tor And The Snow Dog
-In The End
The Good
-Beneath, Between & Behind
The OK
-Best I Can
-Fly by Night
-Making Memories
-Rivendell
I rate FBN at a 5.'Fly by night' the song is just okay?
It used to get radio play in L.A.
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Twilight Zone.
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Body Electric.
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By-Tor made the cut in 02 and 04 so I think it's been upgraded from obscure, but I still would like to hear it live one more time.
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QUOTE (losingit2k @ Apr 3 2012, 04:51 PM) I was thinking of the CA Tour and began to wonder about Jacobs Ladder being introduced by Will Ferrel as Ron Burgandy taking over the Weatherman position! I thought that would be really funny!
What do you think?
Here's what I think the intro film should be.
Fade in:
It's the last night of the Clockwork Angles 'Farewell American' tour and Neil is in the middle of his drum solo when his set catches on fire and he spontaneously combusts....
SMASH CUT TO:
He wakes up a young man, he fell asleep working in his dad's part shop -- the entire RUSH career was a long dream.
Then...
A corvette pulls up out front....
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Three Stooges Intro
The Spirit of Radio
One Little Victory /Far Cry (alternating nights)
The Enemy Within
The Weapon
Witch Hunt
Subdivisions
Analog Kid
New World Man (leg 1) / Digital Man (leg 2)
Chemistry
The Trees
YYZ (with Drum Solo)
Intermission - Countdown with Space Shuttle Video
Caravan
BU2B
Clockwork Angles
The Anarchist
Halo Effect
Headlong Flight
Limelight
Freewill
2112
Closer to the Heart w/ Alex rant
Encore 1
By-Tor & The Snowdog
Xanadu
Finding My Way - In the Mood medley
Encore 2
Good Times, Bad Times
Fly By Night
Tom Sawyer
Thanks For the Memories Outro
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QUOTE (Alchemical @ May 8 2012, 01:05 PM) Which of RUSH's more overplayedpopular songs are you sick to death of hearing live?Do they ever play La Villa back-to-back?
It's one of my favorites, the song that got me devoted to RUSH when I heard it on a cassette player at summer camp in Maine.
But, I'd rather them break out Xanadu and By-Tor.
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QUOTE (kid-gloves @ May 9 2012, 10:25 AM)
I'll go even further and argue that reselling presale tickets for a profit is flat out unethical. If you are doing that you are part of the problem. It's also likely illegal, since the MT user agreement states, ""The sale or resale of a ticket, through unauthorized partners, for a price in excess of the original purchase price is not permitted."
That's how I pay for my seats.
I buy 8 and sell 4 at 150% mark-up. I've been burned, but most often I cover part of my expenses. Stubhub adds service and shipping charges that eat into the profit. It's a risk, and I've learned it works best when you're holding great seats. The ticket brokers set obscenely high prices, but I can low-ball them and get rid of the seats before the Credit Card bill is due.
Back when USC was doing great, we had season tickets, Scholarship Club, and we could cover over half the cost of the season by selling just two or three games.
Nothing unethical about offering your tickets to anyone willing to pay for them. Remember, I have to front the initial cost and be at the right time and place to get those good seats.
Tips: No one wants to pay $100 for a $45 crappy seat. (especially on the 2nd leg of the S&A tour) But people will pay $299 for a $125 great seat--first 15 rows, center.
If the show is sold out, (like the VH reunion tour) it's a sellers' market and don't be in a hurry to sell low. Hold out for a 200% markup (4x face).
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QUOTE (losingit2k @ May 9 2012, 10:31 PM) OK you got me, I made the thread just to create another set list! But I do believe they will give GUP the nod in some way on the R40 Tour if they have one!
Here it is:
Set 1:
R40 Instrumedley: (Finding My Way, Beneath, Between and Behind, The Necromancer, Something for Nothing, Cygnus X-1, Hemispheres-Prelude)
The Spirit of Radio
Red Barchetta
The Body Electric
The Enemy Within
Malignant Narcissim
Show Don't Tell
Test For Echo
Clockwork Angels
Dreamline
Freewill
Subdivisions
Set 2:
Limelight
Caravan
Bravado
Jacobs Ladder
Distant Early Warnings
Red Sector A
Mission
Between the Wheels
YYZ/Drum Solo
Alex's Solo/The Trees
Natural Science
2112 Overture/ Temples/ Finale
Encore:
Far Cry
Tom Sawyer
Headlong Flight
Enemy Within!!
I'm there. Love that song.
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QUOTE (Workaholic Man @ May 10 2012, 09:46 PM) OK, so here's the deal: I haven't been up front at a concert since I was 15 years old. I am 50 years old now.... 
....should I be worried about my hearing if I make it to the Front Row? I have some hearing loss in my right ear (higher frequencies), and I don't want to make it worse....
Just how LOUD is it? Should I bring ear plugs, or should I rough it? 
It's not loud at all. The house amps are over your head or behind you.
You're hearing the drums live -- not amped.
It's awsome.
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QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ May 9 2012, 08:25 AM) To be fair, I don't think it's ALL "trolling".
Some people simply don't like the new material, and make it known. This is a forum do discuss Rush, and although most is positive, some will obviously not be.
Now, are there some legit trolls? Yes...definitely. Like MD said, they come out, and once we hit June 12, you will see them here in full force. Believe me.
Others simply play it up...because they can. This is the Internet afterall...it's easy to say what you want.
As long as you like the material, that's all that matters. Besides, the negativity is far and few between. Of the 1000 posts a day, you see maybe 50 that have any negative stances to them, and most are from the same people.
Have fun...and just enjoy the ride. Even the negative posts make me laugh from time to time. New Rush is almost here...time to enjoy this ride, because we never know if this will be the last new album (though I certainly hope not!)Great points, I think you summed it up.
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Love the music, it rocks.
Lyrics are growing on me. Starting to hum them in my head.
Songs Rush should cover
in Rush
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Wouldn't NP want some winter solstice songs?
Are there any winter solstice songs?