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if the wifi in the arena sucks, just attach messages to carrier pigeons.

So please enlighten me. Why is Xanadu so revered by so many? I like the track, don't get me wrong. I'm just wondering why it's such a hallmark for so many. They have better tunes, IMHO. :)

 

It incorporates all the elements that make RUSH who they are in one song. Creativity, Metal, Odd Time Signatures, Synchopation, Sound, Extensive percussion, Its a lengthy Epic and the Words.

...and the Milk of Paradise. I wonder if it's chocolate.

 

word

I fail to see the problem. women putting on make-up while driving? now THERE's a problem.

Washing Ray Danniels limo.

 

"oh you think this is your last tour huh? Don't leave any smudges and I want a full detail on the interior!"

I dont get that at all dude, its a beautiful song.

The Trees Part 2- The Battle for Sap

I missed this...I like it. Nice touch.

it is what it is and whatever

 

i think blah, blah, blah would have been deeper.

Either that or they'd give me the five grand, tix and mg passes just to shut me up and get rid of me.

 

it's that simple? who knew! ;)

in all seriousness, vancouver has a ton of cheap floor seats on stubhub. Seattle looks pretty tight. Portland also has a ton, so you may get decent floor seats for reasonable cost closer to the concert date.

 

Personally, I'd do the 2nd show in vancouver if it was cheap and in your area if you have the bucks and time.

hmmm...let's think out of the box on this. they're also playing seattle and vancouver. so probably for less that what you'd pay for the fourth row seats, you could afford a 2nd show in your area.

 

or let your wife have one of the crappy seats and you buy one of the fourth row seats. you know she's probably just going along for the hell of it.

they make money on tours. they're lucky to breakeven on album sales these days. Given the money dynamics, I wouldn't expect much of an album if they're not willing to adequately tour with it. Maybe a 4 song EP or soundtrack work at best.

oh this is the thread where you get volunteers to stick a piece of paper with 'flame me' on their back.

 

i'll keep my guilty pleasures to myself. but thanks for asking.

there's no selection for ambivalent. :zzz:

....in other news, the rodeo will be town next week at the Tulsa Arena, followed shortly thereafter by Monster Truck Madness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgQO36YVSlA

 

Utterly perfect for the show...

AGREED THIS WOULD BE A GREAT SHOW OPENER!!!

 

:D

 

It's American Dorkstand.

 

When the people that work at the bank want to dance and party on Friday night, please destroy any video.

Even if I played much more and was a much better player, I think I'd stick to guitars that were cheaper than most of my cars.

 

For that price it should include Al's sperm speciman for reproduction.

meh...we all know the story. why bother.

Not sure why they picked Tulsa. Probably they needed an arena to camp out for a week for dress rehearsals.

Bingo. The only competition for the Tulsa arena was the rodeos and occasional monster truck show.

I've noticed that sometimes bands open tours in smaller markets. I remember Van Halen opening a tour in Shreveport, LA back in the 80's. Aerosmith kicked off their Get A Grip tour in Topeka, KS in 1993. I believe it's so the band can have a show to work the kinks out before playing some bigger cities.

if you're lucky, they'll have a little tech breakdown and you'll catch the Al Comedy Show.

Why does anyone actually care unless they need tickets? As long as I'm in, I couldn't care less if they sold 10 or 10,000 tickets.

 

Well, if they only sell 10 tickets then they won't be coming back if they tour again. Filling up an arena is a good sign that your city will support a big arena rock show whether it be Rush or someone else. This makes it more likely that bands will want to play that particular region if good crowds are drawn for concerts. Plus, a sold out crowd is always a nice thing to be a part of.

 

I wouldn't worry about the attendance for Tulsa. It's the opening night of the tour and it more than likely will "sell out". There are probably a good amount of people who are waiting until the last minute for whatever reason. Those 600 tickets that are available will probably be sold by show time. Some people are probably waiting for the resale prices to go down and they can snag some good seats real cheap because the prices usually drop as the show draws nearer.

you'll get some last minute buyers.

 

hey honey what do you wanna do friday night? i heard rush is in town. what the hell, let's go.

I was mildly optimistic for Cut to the Chase. I was really optimistic for Xanadu. But other than that the list that's out is ok with me.

Bastille Day/Headlong Flight mashup :haz:

alex - Peter

geddy - brian

neil - stewie

Ray Daniels - quagmire

They opened the signals tour with

TSOR --->

TS

 

It was a bit of a medley in that the last note of TSOR was the opening note of TS.

 

Check it out on the boots or youtube.

hmmmm...i could see them starting this tour like that.

...i had this horrible dream...

 

I was at the Rush concert front row at MSG. Great day! The intermission starts. I shut down. Fall asleep. I wake up, and THE CONCERT IS FUDGIN OVER! WHAT THE HELL?! Now I'm upset. Is it a vision of the future? :bang bang: :o :fuckinputer:

relax...in your dream they played hold your fire and presto in entirety...you didn't miss anything.

Geddy's #1 and Al's ES355...both from my hometown Kalamazoo.

 

From what I've seen in local pawn shops these days...nothing with quality of Ged's #1. Mostly junk.

 

That seems to be typical since the dawning of the digital age. The pawn brokers go online to check out prices so finding great deals is almost impossible anymore.

Yes, Pawn Shops are more savvy. But you can still occassionally find some desparation deals on Craigslist. At least private buyers are easier to negotiate with.

Geddy's #1 and Al's ES355...both from my hometown Kalamazoo.

 

From what I've seen in local pawn shops these days...nothing with quality of Ged's #1. Mostly junk.