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  1. Ashes to Ashes, Dust To Stardust, Rest in Peace David. Thanks for everything and more.
  2. It's Weird, uncomfortable, and I love it. Great drum and bass in it, and the pop vocal in the middle is a nice little break for the middle section.
  3. Best thing for me was in Minneapolis during 2112 where Alex wandered over to Geddy's unguarded microphone and yodeled (impressively I might add) into it where Geddy's vocable normally is in the song. He didn't to it in Calgary, but he did sing with Geddy during What your doing in a comedic way
  4. It's certainly too bad that you couldn't get on the floor (which is like a mini rush-con, especially when you attend by yourself, and have nothing to do but talk to your seat neighbours). Fact is that a good chunk of people in the bowl are beyond their years of going crazy for concerts, or simply people looking for something to do by going to see a band with enough familiar songs. Its too bad you were at the Vancouver show from an audience perspective. From my experience on the Time Machine Tour, Vancouver Rush fans are more lethargic (cough-cough-pot-cough). Now Winnipeg and Calgary on the other hand have been fantastic, with Winnipeg's strong hipster youth supporting the crowd, and Calgary's general rowdiness, those two shows had the lower bowl standing the majority of the night. Side note, at the recent Calgary show, John Mellencamp was playing the same night, and helped add to the crowded C-Train. Fact is most tour bookers don't look into who else is playing in a night (especially in big cities with 10+ venues, because there are too many touring bands to provide exclusivity, so One Direction played the same night as Rush...I highly doubt there is a large crossover in fan bases there. Welcome to the forum.
  5. Yeah, I was glad to make it back to Alberta again, its a fun province. It is very interesting to see the difference in audience north and south of the 49th. For each of the Canadian Rush shows I have been to, (Vancouver (11), Winnipeg (12), Red Deer (13), and now Calgary (15)) the audience was a nice blend of people, from different cultures and social groups (in particular, the Winnipeg Rush show was swarming with hipsters (that's a good thing)). St. Paul though seemed to be the poster child for the stereotypical Rush concert. Every attendee a white male, most of them over 40. On the drum kit, I never actually knew that the hockey kit was going to be there, but other fans pointed it out to me (it was right at the entrance doors I had picked), and since I was one of the first ones in the building, I ran for the line, and was in and out in under 3 minutes. I got a great shot and it will be a great memento. Sorry the line was so long for you. I assume they avoided mentioning how long it has been since they last played Calgary to avoid mentioning the flood (so to not remind them of the tragedy, or boast that they played a benefit concert)
  6. I quite enjoyed the show, it was nice to hear set B (or the deep cut set as I call it). I am not sure whether I preferred this show, or their St. Paul show better (Set C), as both had their own fun moments to them. I definitely thought the crowd was better in Calgary though, a much more responsive crowd with a better age and gender diversity, with lots of people to have friendly chats with (The Minneapolis show was surprisingly full of older men who seemed to keep to their group from perspective). Did anyone here get a picture with the hockey kit?
  7. I saw set C. I would remove Clockwork Angels, What Your Doing, and Far Cry (or The Main Monkey Buisness, one or the other, doesent matter), I would insert Test For Echo, Prime Mover and The Big Money
  8. One of my favorite moments is when Alex yodels in Geddy's Mic during 2112
  9. In The Mood Fly By Night Lakeside Park A Passage to Bangkok Xanadu La Villa Strangiato The Spirit Of Radio Vital Signs Subdivisions The Enemy Within The Big Money Prime Mover The Pass Dreamline Cold Fire Test For Echo Vapor Trail For What Its Worth Malignant Narcissism The Anarchist
  10. I think (if I remember correct) that the Twin Cities was "Because Two is better than one"
  11. I voted Meh, but only because they skipped not only Power Windows (which sadly was to be expected), but also Hold Your Fire and Test For Echo, both of which I really like. Overall though we were all spoiled with the great stuff they brought out. Only other complaint is the lack of delay between the end of the main set and the encore, because that just felt weird.
  12. Heads up to everyone asking if they are on a set A,B,C system. I am not sure if they are doing that this tour, since inside the tour book The Big Money receives a video credit, so that song may show up at some point in the set. Additionally, I wouldent be surprised if the band is ready to play a different song from Moving Pictures every night.
  13. The fact that you think confetti is essential to a good time makes me think we would be awesome at a concert together! Only way to top it would be baloons. Well it wasn't just the confetti that made the concert awesome, that's just the bullet point of it. Yeah Balloons would be great, except if its in a smaller venue where the popping could disrupt the music for some. The Confetti though, there was 75 Pounds of it (or as they put it for my Canadian mind, a bit more than 30 kilograms). People were making snow angels in it after the show. Meanwhile on top of that, they also had a bubble machine, they did Q&A's with the audience while the stage hands prepped the stage for the next song. The front man did an acoustic song in the middle of the audience. They did a really good cover of Raw Dog despite it being completely out of their genre, and for the encore, they recreated a dance they did for one of their music videos live, they wore white jumpsuits and played white instruments that when black light was turned on would turn their clothes and instruments and...oh yeah, CONFETTI. There was so much, a couple pieces actually flew into my mouth throughout the night. If you ever get the chance to see OK GO (and you like alternative pop rock) go for it.
  14. Off the top of my head, I think New Town Burnout (by Anima Collective) is a pretty good title to meet your requirements. It gives some perspective into what the song is about and it never is sung in the song. Another one I really like for a title is Last Night at the Jetty (by Panda Bear). For one thing, it inspired me to look up what a jetty is (its a dock that juts out from land rather and be parallel to it.) The title describes the song perfectly and once again is never sung
  15. I suppose the most boring concert for me was The Bare Naked Ladies, but that probably was due to the fact that I was 11 when I saw them, and only knew about five songs. It was also Christmas time so they played a few holiday songs that I was bored by. But none the less, the show was fun. Beyond that everything else I have gone to has hit the nail on the head: Rush (Duh) Weird Al (Talk about stage presence) Great Big Sea (The most rocking celtic band you can find) They Might Be Giants (Hilarious, and engaging) OK GO (The most fun concert I have ever been too (SO MUCH CONFETI)) and last but not least Panda Bear (Mesmerising vocals and visuals. Amazing feat to perform mostly unreleased material and make it feel like they are already your favorites (and this was an electronic show)
  16. Fixed Glad u liked it. I like all their stuff, but love 70s. The extreme imbalance of CA setlist was challenging. Well, Power Windows was my favorite album, and I love the 80s stuff, so that's where my Bias comes in. Thanks for taking my edit in stride.
  17. My first Rush concert was ruined by knowing the setlist. It was the Vancouver show on the TM tour, second last show of the second leg. I did not think I would get to see the tour, so I spoiled to setlist on opening night in the first leg. As glad as I was to see Rush, knowing every song that was coming next was kind of dull. For the CA tour, I only suffered from two spoilers thanks to the youtube suggestion feed, however they were obvious songs that there was no denying would be played (Tom Sawyer and Headlong Flight). In order to prevent spoilers (I only have to avoid them for four days thank goodness) I simply avoid anything from this forum, avoid all articles about Rush, and use a direct link to my subscription feed in youtube to avoid the recommended for you tab. As an extra caution, I won't watch any live clips from any band remotely related to Rush. Finally to cap it off, I will make sure I don't read the tour program until the end of the show (seeing how the Time Machine program flat out printed the setlist right in it as if the book was the program for an orchestra)
  18. I have for the longest time found Animal Collective (and solo member Panda Bear) as well as They Might Be Giants to be undeniably superior to Rush in my books. Beyond that, Rush falls into a weird ranking that is ever changing with my mood about how I feel about them compared to the rest of my top ten.
  19. Beck, The Smashing Pumpkins Need I Say More?
  20. The weeklong stands sound like not a bad idea, but I always thought the next best step for them in slowing down would be to start playing festivals. Considering that festivals are one off gigs, they can schedule a couple a year, and have their stage set in storage in between them. They wouldn't be exhausted by them due to their one off nature, and the time restraints of festivals would give them a legitimate excuse to play a shorter set. Sure they wouldent fit in at the trendy festivals like Coachella, but they would fit right in at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and Summerfest. Not to mention the Ottawa Blues Fest which they have played a couple of times already. Heck, they even tested a few festivals out on the CA tour to see how they like the shortened set feel.
  21. I feel the push and pull of restless rhythms from afar. Also this lyric is not a Rush one, but none the less I think it describes me pretty well (from an artist named Courtney Barnet) "...I'm not suicidal, I'm just idling insignificantly"
  22. Rush-Most Meh Fly By Night-Most Potential Caress Of Steel-Most Pretentious 2112-Most Overrated A Farewell To Kings-Most Experimental (for them) Hemispheres-Most Scattered Permanent Waves-Most Recommended (as a first album) Moving Pictures-Most Accessible Signals-Most Variety Grace Under Pressure-Most Cohesive Power Windows-Most AWESOME, Wonderful, Amazing, best instrumentation, writing, playing, ...(The fan boy went that way ->) Hold Your Fire-Most enjoyable through repeat listens Presto-Most Unfortunate Producer Roll The Bones-Most Disappointing Counterparts-Most Balanced Mix Of Songs Test For Echo-Most Underrated Vapor Trails-Most Noisy Feedback-Most Unneeded Snakes and Arrows-Most forgettable Clockwork Angels-Most Needed return to form
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