professornutbudder

This story mirrors mine so much it's like listening to myself describe how I first discovered them. My first show was the Signals tour. I too bought a baseball jersey(and a tourbook!). I went to the GUP tour next, and have never looked back since. I am so grateful to have had the joy of seeing Rush 18 times since '82. They've been one of the constants in my life, and I will always have a spot in my heart for all three of them. I've been playing bass since I was 14 thanks to Geddy. Now my son, who is 14, is playing bass, because of Geddy. I got to share 2 tours with my boy and he has taken up the mantel of a serious Rush fan like his old man. I hope we get to see them again, but I'm not gonna hold my breath. A new album would be even better in my opinion because it will last forever, unlike another show. Either way, I cannot feel anything but happiness and gratitude to those 3 guys from Canada. They have made my life much more enjoyable, and if I could say just one thing to them, it would be "Thank You."

I think you can throw almost all of Power Windows and Clockwork Angels onto this list. After Neil's comment in the interview the other night that was something like "well that album was well represented last time, so we'll leave it alone this time" I'd be surprised to hear more than 2 songs total from both albums combined.

Is it just me, or is that mallet Kat bigger than usual? And I can't imagine any of us walking out disappointed in what Neil plays on that kit. Which by they way is plenty big enough to play whatever he needs to play.

One of my favorite moments out of all the Rush shows I've seen was them opening with it on the VT tour. Hearing right off the bat with the sun shining on them at Riverbend in Cincinnati is a memory I'll never forget.

I began trying for tickets for Columbus at 10 a.m. I still have not been able to get anything. I tried different number of seats in each section, and nothing! I'm pissed, but hopeful the regular sale will go better. I so wish we could still camp out overnight for tickets. So much easier! I've never been able to get closer than row 20 for Rush and was really wanting to this time so my 13 year old could get close to his new favorite band once. Oh well.

QUOTE (jjgittes @ Oct 17 2012, 06:42 PM) Don't worry about the tears. It is healthy. After Kurt cobain killed himself and there were a couple of suicides as a result, one of the cable news stations had a (hot) psychologist discussing how people get so connected to a band. For whatever reason, they are like family to you. Be happy they only make you cry. But I am worried about the professornutbudder there. Rush second best to his kid being born? My suggestion is tell the wife she was wrong, you were happier than both the kid and seeing Rush when you met her for the first time. Okay, so maybe seeing Rush is better but we won't tell anyone if you don't. Ha! Just told my wife what you said. Her reply; "I know where I stand. I'm glad they make you happy. But you guys(us on this forum) are weird!" See, she understands perfectly!

At the Indy show, at the end of the second verse of Subdivisions(on lighted streets on a quiet night) I had tears in my eyes. The thrill of seeing my favorite band for the umpteenth time overcame me with joy. My wife told me she had never seen me look as happy as I did at that time except for when our son was born. I guess you could say I was pretty damned happy. By the way, i'm 45 yrs old and don't care who hears me say the above!

Not to be a d##k, but I heard a better version of this at the talent show at my kids school.

I've been learning Geddy's bass lines since I started playing back in '82. I can hold my own playing them, but singing them too, never. Throw playing Taurus pedals/keyboards in there too, forget it.

QUOTE (substancewithoutstyle @ Oct 3 2012, 11:28 PM) QUOTE (professornutbudder @ Oct 3 2012, 11:19 PM)The problem is the fans that have aged along with the band but stopped growing and became crotchety old men. Do you mean like this Rush fan who hasn't liked anything since Signals? http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s410/datura67/3272833e.jpg Yep, that's the one!

The problem is the fans that have aged along with the band but stopped growing and became crotchety old men.

The first time I saw Rush, at the height of their popularity, on the Signals tour, the show started at 7:30. Well, that's the time listed on the ticket. First, we were "treated" to 45 minutes of The John Butcher Axis. That was followed by around 30 minutes of watching their gear being broken down and the unexplained nothing after that. Rush came on a little before 9:00 and played til just before 11:00, a few minutes more than 2hrs. This was when they were all still a little less than 30yrs old and like I said above, at their popularity Zenith. Now 29 years later, they are playing longer and better as musicians (IMO). Even though I paid $100 more this time around, I walked out just as impressed and happy as then, and I didn't have to listen to some band that will fade into obscurity 3 months later! That beats the hell out of the 1hr45 minute show I saw the Eagles play on their reunion tour that cost me 40 bucks more. Or the Van Halen show I paid the same amount as I did for these Rush shows I recently saw where the playing was awful, and they were nothing more than shadows of their past selves. I think in this day and age(and especially at their age), Rush shows blow away most everything out there. But I sure would like to pay $12 again to see them play like I did in '83!

QUOTE (drgrendel @ Oct 1 2012, 06:54 PM) to be honest, I think some folks around here embellish things a little. Do the math and you will see that they ain't doin' no 3 - 31/2 hr show with Geddy singing. On average the shows start at 7:45 and are done by 10:45. This has been a posted fact. So there is your 3 hours....drop the 3.5 hrs thing. Next, Factor in about another 1/2 hr for videos and the break between sets. We are down to 2.5 hours. Is it just me or are these Evenings With Rush getting shoerter and shorter by the tour? OOOOOOOPSIE....cannot forget the obligatory Drum Solos and the Instrumerntals....how long is Geddy singing a night now? Longer and better than you, me, or anybody else on here will be when they're pushing 60. Everybody needs to lighten up and enjoy them while we can.

Ok, here we go in no particular order Scars Lessons Test for Echo Red Lenses Chemistry Stars Shine Down Different Strings Cinderella Man Countdown Beneath, Between, and Behind

The crowd definitely erupted after that solo in Indy and Columbus. Actually, that may have been the most raucous the crowd became all night in Indy, except for the opening keyboards to Subdivisions.