goingbald

One day it will be true.... :7up:

Very solid, I'll have to pick this up. It's been a while since I took a good listen to AIC. Hard to imagine Jerry with short hair...he looks like a really cool high school math teacher...but it's all good. Really liked the riff in Stone...definately a headbanger

 

The test for the AIC old schoolers is imaging Layne's vocals singing these tracks. I think they pull that off, but it seems like there's more 'dual' lead signing/harmonizing than when Layne was here.

It's pretty bad when you stick your own name on your band (Geoff Tate's Queensryche) and you still have to act like a total d*ck to get noticed. If he took my phone like that, I would have done the old Metalica fan trick the rest of the concert...turn your back on the band and hold up the double bird

 

His sorry excuse for Queenssuck is coming to a town close to me...if it didn't cost money I'd go and heckle his sorry a$$

Geddy wouldn't lower himself to sing on those crap shows. That would be as likely as Anne Murray singing AC/DC.

yyz, cygnus x-1 book ii and xanadu in that order. I go back to the late 70s early 80s heyday when Alex did alot of unconventional chords...challenging to figure them out by ear when all you could do is drop the needle and play 20 seconds at a time over and over.

 

You kids and your internet tabs have it way too easy these days. :codger:

Going Bald, thanks for the blast from my past. I had forgotten Kansas ever existed. Checked out the set list and took a trip down memory lane - some good, some bad - "Fight Fire with Fire" represents one of the best and worst years of my life. Good to hear they are still around.

 

Since you are (were?) a trained classical musician, you must've liked the Moody Blues in the late sixties/early seventies. After that, when Mike Pinder left and Tony Clarke (their engineer) left as well, it was downhill for them. They never sounded the same.

 

Thanks for your response. I had the same response when I saw the concert listed "Kansas?!? They're still around? Hey I used to really like them...".

 

I'm not a classical musician anymore...had enough of that when I graduated H.S. and turned to the dark side (guitar). I can't really say I was much of a fan of the Moodys...older stuff was interesting but overall just a little to tame for my tastes.

It would be awesome if they could work that last instrumental section of Lakeside Park into 2112 on the current tour like it was on ATWAS. Start out real quiet and then build it up. People would first think...hey what's that sounds famalier...then it's "hey lakeside park! woooo!".

I'm a member of the 8 track fanclub. Nothing like listening to Foghat's Greatest Hits when it jumps to another track mid-song.

Yeah I was really bummed out last fall when they played TSOR instead of the song I was expecting. It totally threw off my night. :eyeroll:

The blah speech was funny...but I think it's played out. After you hear the same joke 10 times, it sort of looses it's appeal. :eyeroll:

Steve Walsh, the singer/keyboardist, did struggle with the singing at times. Since he's in his early 60s, he's got the same issues Geddy has with declining range. But he was a trooper and still put on a good show. I'm not fond of singers, but I listened to their set list before we went and man, he had a great voice back in the day.

Who cares if some stupid ***ts from 35 years ago act like you salted their tampon?

I would like to place my order for an R40, please.

 

You're Jeep should be a Caravan ;)

I think I read somewhere that Jacob's Ladder is one of the harder songs for them to play at this point. So I would guess they had a hard time getting it 'clean' in rehersals and dropped it. The time signature changes are a bit tricky especially in the last 1/3 of the song. Get those one of those changes wrong and you have a trainwreck on your hands.

Kansas is out on a casino/amphitheatre tour. My wife and I caught their show in Battle Creek last night and were very impressed.

 

Back in my childhood and teens in the 70s, I was a classically trained musician (piano, viola), so I migrated to the more classically oriented prog bands like Emerson, Lakd & Palmer and Kansas. The concept of violin in a rock band was the berries, although admittedly on the extreme nerdy scale. After discovering Rush and having Kansas turn more pop oriented and less proggy, I kind of turned my back on Kansas in the early 80s.

 

This tour has mostly original members with the exception of the violinist/guitarist, who has been with them off and on for the last ten years. They put together a short (1 1/2 hours) but solid concert. For being the same age as Rush (early 60s) they still definately have the chops to pull off a tight show.

 

Tickets were dirt cheap. I got a 2 for 1 deal, so it only cost about $40 for both of us. The seat location, well, it sucked (stuck behind the sound/video board) but at least there were screens on either side of the stage to make up for the lack of sightline. I had pretty low expectations...oh it's a casino, only gonna be half full of drunks and people there to kill time, etc. But the 2000 seat ballroom was 90% full and the crowd was very into it and appreciative. I wish I was able to get better seats to avoid the drunk chatty women in front of us and the drunks wondering aimlessly in the aisle. But, hey, it's the Indian casino crowd.

 

The setlist is posted below at this site. It had only 12 songs, but a good mix of the 'popular' songs and some deeper tracks. I definately could relate to Kansas as a Rush fan...lots of key and time signature changes out of the blue...somewhat difficult to follow especially for the non musician, but it makes it interesting. My wife who is not a Rush fan still enjoyed the show. The set list is pretty standard on this tour.

 

http://www.setlist.fm/setlists/kansas-bd6b5ea.html

 

For more info on their tour check out their site below. And, no, I'm not a paid 'promoter' of the band or tour, just a fan who forgot how much I liked them back in the 70s.

 

http://www.kansasband.com/

It's not necessarily a male or female thing.

 

Rush fans - like to think, dissect, understand, look under the surface

non Rush fans - like to not think, dissect or understand, superficial impressions are good enough.

 

So am I implying that since females are usually not Rush fans and that they're superficial, well they are the ones wearing the makeup and talking about how cute the singer is.

We booed Jan and then interrupted him, geeze we are so rude. Hahahahahaha.

 

The smiles on Geddy and Alex alone were worth it.

 

The applause meant:

 

Mr. Weiner, thank you for letting our band in. Now shut the F up and get off the stage.

Is it true Wenner is bilingual?

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

 

Hahahahahaha.....

Does that mean he has sex with mexican boys too?

They must have had some of Geddy's blah blah blah tshirts left over from last tour

 

http://rlv.zcache.com/geddy_lees_blah_blah_blah_t_shirt-r49a4281ef5c34738896a6200f8758451_va6lr_152.jpg

Critics hate Rush:

 

1. Because they don't have the musical intelligence to understand their music.

2. Because they don't have the musical ability to to play their music.

3. Because Rush's music can't be put in a neat little 'box'.

4. Because Rush doesn't give a rat's about critics.

5. Because Rush's fans are rabid, loyal supporters dispite what the critics say.

6. Because Rush are 3 boring nerdy guys and not the brooding, troubled artists that critics love.

7. ...and most of all...Rush minimizes the critic's influence by being successful on their own terms.

 

My ex's mother had a wonderful saying that sums it up:

F*** 'em if they don't like ya.

:facepalm:

 

Alex needs to do a blah blah blah interview with them. Since he's the 'singer' maybe he can sing blah blah blah.

Nothing special here, sorry. This is a still from the show (I cropped it from the inflatable figure in the intro).

 

http://s22.postimg.org/n88ixp1u9/Rush_QR.png

 

If you scan that, you will be directed to rush.com.

Well at least I know now. Thanks alot. I was really hoping there would be a joke like the extremely long link to alex's gear in the tour book.

 

I thought it was a weekly special on soup...2 for $3

Dear Ray Daniels, please let Abby have a backstage pass. She plays a mean ax and cleans her room on a semi-regular basis. Sincerely, TRF.

 

Ok guys, sign the petition.

 

15 year old female Rush fan...why weren't there any girls this cool when I went to high school?

I have a 81 Ibanez Artist solidbody that I've had for years (my first electric). While I love it to death, the one issue is that the bottom strings have always felt 'sloppy'...not as much tension as the top strings. I was thinking of trying a set of the balanced tension strings and was wondering what other players have found. I also have a strat, so has anyone tried them on a strat?

 

I usually use Ernie Ball 10s, but I'm not very fussy about strings.

They will play The Necromancer from beginning to end...then Geddy will say...'hey RRHOF....suck it!' and they'll storm off the stage.

 

Then I woke up.