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Quite honestly I don't have a problem with people not going to the shows. It helps keep the ticket demand, and scalper prices, down for the rest of us. Thanks!

That would be just sad. Like the 55 year old guy with the combover in the corvette.

 

Are there any other Corvette drivers other than 55 year olds with combovers? I haven't seen any.

 

A female comedian had a great line about that. Everytime she saw an old guy driving a Corvette, she'd yell 'sorry about your penis!' to them.

Another worst poll? Hold Your Fire!

 

Oh wait, that's not on the list. Ok, Rivendell then.

Feedback is ok. It's just an album of covers so it's not a fair comparison to their original work. I use it alot as a warm-up for playing my guitar, especially Crossroads. But other than Crossroads, I don't think I'd like them to waste concert time on any of the other songs.

Cut to the Chase

 

Garden Road would be a hoot...but that's really a stretch.

If you're not gonna enjoy it don't go. It's your choice, not an obligation. Someone who will enjoy the show will purchase your seat.

 

It's not like the guys aren't gonna get paid if you don't show up.

I don't like Countdown...always thought it was Velveeta cheesy album filler.

Popping back in here, I'm highly disappointed that Time Stand Still with 'drag and drop' Rush is leading the polls.

As stated modern technology can transform an ordinary six string electric into,acoustic,bass,12 string or any sound you like all in a small box.I use to have a double 12/6 guitar ,a Ibanez copy of the Jimmy Page model.It was a very cumbersome instrument to play not to mention keep in tune.Now i have one of those boxes that transforms my six string.It would be great to see the doubles of Alex and Ged back on stage one more time but then we would have to bus in Neil's wind chimes,tubular bells,gongs,etc( which can all be triggered by a drum pad these days).I believe the double Ricks were custom orders and were not something that you could walk into a store and grab off the rack.Anyway Rick Neilson has the Rush guys all necked out with his Hamer 5 neck monster.

 

I don't know anything about guitars or these little boxes but I'm trying to wrap my brain around how something can make a guitar sound like it has twice as many strings..??

modern technology my friend.

 

Al's Les Paul model with the Piezo pickups allow him to make the Les Paul sound like an acoustic. In years past he would have an acoustic mounted on a stand. That along with his almost endless amount of gizmos and effects to alter his sound would allow him to closely resemble the 12 string electric. For mortals such as myself, I hit my stereo chorus pedal when playing softer more acoustic-y parts so it takes more sound 'space' like a 12 string would. But I'm sure Al has more tools to do that than my simple stereo chorus box.

 

Bottom line is that Al doesn't have to use the double neck to be able to produce the 12 string electric sound. And it probably would be easier to stomp on a switch that to switch necks all the time in the song. Al's a pro...I have confidence he can figure this out.

I wonder what guitar Alex will use if they do play Xanadu; I highly doubt we'll see his double neck

probly his les paul with piezo's...i think the piezo's can give him an acoustic sound for the 12 string parts. Whatever he chooses, I'm sure he'll figure it out.

 

he's been relying on the les pauls for most of the last 2 tours. he's sort of developed that axxess model to be a swiss army knife guitar.

I'm betting on no double neck for Al even if they play Xanadu for R40. There's ways he can mimick the 12 string sound with effects. Really it doesn't matter to me...the double neck thing is kind of gimmicky IMO. I just want to hear Xanadu regardless of their choice of gear.

The book must be popular. The Backstage site is unresponsive for me right now. I was wanting to see if they had anymore pictures of the book.

 

 

The $995 & $495 versions are sold out.

Scalpers bought them up...duh.

meh...more merch. Assuming I had that money burning a hole in my pocket, I'd rather buy another guitar.

At the very end of Xanadu, when Alex is playing those "from heaven" passages on his 12 string, Geddy actually uses a guitar pick ( ! ) and plays the descending line on his "guitar" neck .... it is a magical ending to a classic song

I've been seing these guys live since Moving Pictures and don't recall seeing it. Some where this got asked, if they play A Passage to Bangkok and Xanadu will the double neck rick come out?

 

The double neck Ricky has been retired... as in permanently.

If you saw the MP tour you saw the double Ricky. Ged used it on Xanadu that tour for sure (See the ESL video for proofz).

 

 

ETA: 11:48 of this video you can see Ged's left hand on the 12 string neck and you can see him strum a chord right before hitting a key on the keyboard.

https://youtu.be/6ker-C8FE2c

I never played a double Ricky before but I imagine it's as heavy as hanging a couple cinderblocks from your neck.

rivendell.

 

such a polite start to a concert. :zzz:

We havent heard them open with 2112 Overture in a loooooooong time. Its usually at the end, so I'm thinking they will move that to the front. My gut however says it will be an Overture of greatest hits like they opened the R30 tour with. We will know soon!

 

This would make sense to me. They could open with 2112 and then segue into an overture of songs.

i think they save 2112 for late in the show because it's the most challenging for geddy's voice at this point. he can let it rip and not worry about 20 more songs to deal with. that being said, i'm guessing that 2112 will probably be late in the show.

Blech. Seriously does he HAVE to fill every non-vocal moment with more wankery? It got really tiresome after about 3 minutes then I gave it the needle rip on record treatment.

No contest for me. Cygnus X-1. Assuming you mean Book I.

Cygnus Book II is superior to 2112. Definately top 5.

 

Enjoy your cheesy book I. Don't slip on the velveeta.

 

The conversation when they wrote it was probably like "ok guys, we need to do a follow-up scifri thing that's sort of 2112y...but weirder."

 

When the guys really miss on something, which is not often, it ends up as an embarassing self-indulgent mess...like Book I.

 

AHHHHH BLACK HOLE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

They would need to create another Rush album for Geddy to write more lyrics. They haven't and Geddy hasn't.

 

They wouldn't want to upset the publishing rights apple cart at this point anyway. It's not just about words...it's about money.

Chipmunk-y?

I call your 'Chipmunky' and raise you 'Chipmunky on Helium'.

the side effect of testical disturbance.

 

sorry too many words.

 

nutcrushing. how's that?

Necromancer easily.

 

Cygnux X-1 sounds like Spinal Tap. All you need for the show is dancing midgets falling into black holes. Cheesy beyond Velveeta.

Neil has been quoted that he detests Cygnus X-1.

Garden Road just by a little bit. It has a better groove and I'll give Al some bonus points for some wicked wah.

Driven. When I hear that song, I imagine the video which is a good way to judge how effective the video is.

 

Rockin tune and the video is very Toolesque, so bonus points for that.

hold your fire...gas x