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I can tell you how people can listen to it, they have to work somewhere where the new country station is played open to close. That's my situation at my otherwise awesome job. One of my many bosses who also is a rush fan and does not like country constantly checks the other stations to see if Rush is playing, and will flick it on for me, much to the disdain of my other boss who chooses the station.

Yeah, I always thought Alex should talk more during the concerts. I think it would be even better if there was stage banter between Alex and Geddy, and they could argue over something about the next song, or else trivial, and they would end it by asking Neil his opinion, and he would just shrug.

Went with The Weapon, the layering for that song was amazing. The Enemy within comes in second for it's catchiness and new wave sound. The other two tie for third, Witch Hunt though amazing live, does not sound great for the album version, and Freeze is good but a tad bit repetitive.

Two of my favorites, hoping that a five.one remix for Power Windows will come out.

Off the top of my head I always never wanted the soft part of Circumstances and the middle of Red Lenses and Mystic Rhythms to end, but Red Lenses. And then anything they extended live I would have loved to have in studio.

Sorry for your loss. You said the two of you enjoyed going to concerts together, did you go to many Rush concerts together?

Was happy to be there

I skip the long songs (not enough time), Tom Sawyer (heard it too much), The Body Electric (not a big fan), the live drum solos (sorry Neil), some of the tracks off their first couple of albums(prefer to hear their more polished songs, and the song that seems to be my iPod's favorite when shuffling...Animate (love the song, but it seriously appears one of every three shuffles it seems, have just heard it too much). If I have a longer amount of time to listen to my iPod, then I skip nothing, but on short walks to get slurpees or just flicking on my dock for a little bit, these are what I skip

Oh, and don't forget, happy birthday to the current lineup of Rush as Well

Here's to decade number 7

I sing, but not too loud, except where appropriate, for consideration of others. I try to do it so that I can't quite hear myself unless I focus, but I can feel my vocal chords vibrate.

To me I want keys to return, and no I don't think it will ever get back to the sound of power windows, I would love to see it as more prominent again. Of course there were hints all over CA of keys sneaking their way into the background, so I am hoping they will show up again in full on one track next go around.

Agreed, we need the album, or at least play emotion detector so we can hear all of it over all of our experiences

One more song from Power Windows and it would've been a real possibility. Yes, if they played one more PW song they would no doubt have been upset that they did not just give them the full album. It is after all one of their finest works.

I can't tell you what the actual line was like at the Red Deer Show, but yeah there was a shockingly large amount of women there too, and not only that, there were lots of teenage girls (Gasp), I counted at least 15 from where I was sitting (not that I am weird like that, the show was delayed and I was bored)

And Hope And Hope too :) Note the date of the original post, and all will become clear :) Ha ha, I made the classic mistake of not reading the date :P Ok, if this was posted in 2004, then why does it have so few votes and reply's, and why is it all of the sudden showing up now?

I forgot to mention this in my original post, but good job to the girl in section K who seemed to have the entire show choreographed whether it be sticking her fist out like superman when Geddy said the words Headlong Flight, or just doing large sways from side to side during Seven Cities. It was always entertaining to watch when I needed to move my eyes.

Oh that was you, I almost took your sign that you left behind as a memento, but decided not to, due to lack of space. haha shoulda grabbed it! actually I should have kept it too lol. were you the one sitting behind me who asked to see what it read by any chance? I just found this video that shows my sign, and Geddy greating the crowd :cheers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rENgf3zYdu4 No, I was in row 16, a shortish guy in a power windows shirt wearing Goggles

Yeah, I think he more implied how it had a lot of build up to no climax and could have been mixed better. I think it would be great to see them try it again live with a tiny re-write to capture what they wanted the song to be.

Oh that was you, I almost took your sign that you left behind as a memento, but decided not to, due to lack of space.

Oh it was the A set except for the limelight switch, so bravado, Seven Cities, and Manhattan

Before the Clockwork Angels tour it would have been a tough choice, but since my bucket list of Power Windows songs are almost empty, I must go with golfing with Alex. I enjoy golf a lot, and Alex would be hilarious to play with, and then of course as the time at the 19th goes on it will probably get even better. I would also try to persuade him to a game of my sport, mini-golf, if it was available on the course. Though I would enjoy a day with Geddy as well, for musician related questions, and his general personality, I don't drink and the game would not be the greatest time spent with him. As for Neil, though I bet we would have a great conversation over lunch, the rest would just be clutching to him for your life down back-roads, stopping for only the occasional picture. I think unless you have songs that you want to hear, the best choice is Alex's just because it has the most focus and time spent.

I remember in an interview with Geddy when asked what is one song that they will never play live, he answered Tai Shan, then said it was a song that they wrote for Neil because he really wanted to write about it and give it that special sound. Quickly on the topic of High Water, I like it, but it does not work as an album closer. Anyway, Tai Shan is alright, though never listened to except when playing the album through, which is often enough.

Very good songs? Good question. Amazing-ish-well musically anyway songs

Just gotta give my two cents to what was perhaps one of the greatest Rush Concerts ever put on. As everyone predicted the small arena made the Sound Quality spectacular beyond compare. Every note was crystal clear and not muffled in any way (not counting when it's supposed to sound muffled) and Geddy's voice was almost perfect, especially on subdivisions which sounded so close to the album it was mind blowing. Though the concert had a minor flub or two, and I had a personal bad experience with a drunk guy just getting into my car that would not leave and got grabby when I shouted for help (thanks mystery rush fans that helped), the concert could only compare to me hearing the set for the first time in Winnipeg under complete surprise. Other highlights include the fact that though the set was A, Limelight was played (Body Electric is not a personal favorite), and the other 3 songs (all of which I prefer their B variants by a tiny bit) were played magnificently (particularly the solo at the end of Bravado), the hall was more compact, so it had more hard-core Rush Fans (I swear I heard singing for their big hits), I had a seat which gave a full view of the lighting rig (it was really colorful for this show I realised) Alex's singing was audible a couple of times and it actually sounded pretty good, the unique Red Deer Shirt for sale was great, and finally, Geddy seemed to be having the time of his life at this show. I know he probably smiles the most of the three, but he just seemed so happy to do this show. Oh one last thing, Alex conducted the orchestra during YYZ and it was glorious. Apologies to everyone who could not make this amazing concert, and thanks to Rush for donating their time and efforts to everyone in Calgary. What did everyone else think of the show?