Jump to content

GabesCavesOfIce

Members *
  • Posts

    9967
  • Joined

Everything posted by GabesCavesOfIce

  1. Rock stars except Neil Young, of course. He is nearly 70 and let's see...two studio albums in 2012, including a double studio album. A live album in 2013. Studio album with orchestra in 2014, and a cover album in 2014. Major international tour in 2014. 2011 live album and 2010 studio album. Just saw his 2011 film on Palladia, he can still hit the high notes on After the Gold Rush, with a full moon in his eyes...
  2. Family vacation scheduled for Syracuse NYS fair 2010. Saw that Rush was playing the fair(Time Machine tour). So decided to grab a single 8th row, decent price. Wifey works for utility and a big storm came within a hundred miles and her company called a code red. She had to work storm duty. Family vacation canceled. She insisted I go up and see the show. Not as far as some who traveled to see Rush from Adam Scott's homeland, but I did ride the train alone eight hours to see Rush. Worth every minute!
  3. Eddie Trunk teased the question while cutting to commercial. Is this it for Rush? In the background, Ged clearly shook his head no several times and mouthed the word no, when back from the break, Ged's official answer was "...I don't see why not." Either way, we are very close to the end. I can see them do a 3-5 show run in NY, LA and/or Toronto once every other year and that will be it. (Maybe a couple at Radio City, MSG and Jones, perchance to dream). Neil would get to be home with family 355 days a year. The family could even spend the week with him at the Penthouse at the Ritz-Carlton...It's ironic Alex has changed his opinion in the last year. He used to be Mr. Tour, now he is rumored to be in Camp Neil. It must not be easy playing those solos at 62!
  4. Interesting idea, however their music really worked for a teen growing up in late 70s, early 80s. Age, timing and the band's soaring popularity...a perfect mix of time and space. Now if we had that Time Machine and Fountain of Lamneth....
  5. Does Albums play corner or QB?
  6. Fixed it for ya. Not gonna rave about Snakes, but Larger Bowl was intense live. Will never forget message on rear stage screen, apparently an inverted message when displayed with those lyrics- Is there afterlife...trespass and find out. It's somehow so badly arranged... Such a lot of pain on this earth
  7. Rush first commandment, thou shalt not hate any Rush album. Been to every tour since '81, except HYF...What's that tell ya! That was the year they had buy one ticket, get the second at half price... We'll...I like HYF a lot less than the rest...
  8. Definitely voting for TS...if this becomes a poll. Tough part is am I voting for Tai or Tom?
  9. :clap: :clap: :clap: All hail Permanent Waves! :ebert: :ebert: :ebert: There is no denying that it is an essential Rush album, right at the crossroads of the two decades. There is a lot of 70s hard prog rock as well as 80s short form catchy tunes tinged with new wave and reggae.
  10. I second the above motion. All in favor, say "aye". Aye! Sorry, you're third. But Aye anyway... We should start recruiting an army of supporters. Aye! How bout those comin at ya from the opposite direction?? I'm with y'all putting Waves in the 70s, nothin beats Rush 70s, their best adrenaline fueled hard prog rock opus album after perfect album.... but Waves, as great as it is, it don't really fit in too perfectly in their 70s arsenal, some may say their 70s is so strong that it don't need no help. 70s Rush stands on its own. Waves with its fancy reggeaeae, new waving n loopy er fects in natreal scense. Plus, Alex specifically wanted Waves in the 80s as a bold futuristic record. We have that contractual obligation as fans to listen to Mr. L's instructions. Oh yeah that Alex dude- Where Steve Vai may make us say “I wish I could do that,” Alex Lifeson makes us say, “I wish I’d thought of that."
  11. FBN (a few months after Neil first joined) - get to hear some of the bluesy rock from Rush the album that was soon gone forever and hear a rookie NEP join The Show. Hemispheres - because it's Hemispheres...and hasn't been played in full in decades. And there is only one La Villa. MP - out of respect for their most popular album and Red Barchetta, Camera Eye and Witch Hunt are great live!
  12. The part from 4:53 to 6:39. Two minutes of pure awesomeness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d09-oSVY9iw What a song. I hope they find a way to work it into the set. Thanks for pointing out the 4:53 starting point. I intend the following with the most respect - that two minute stretch has to be the ultimate daydream music ever! Ah, a day to dream!
  13. I was also knee deep in Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and AIC at the time... What made early 90s Rush so interesting was that it seemed to fit in and be influenced by the Seattle scene. With the guitar it seems the focus was driving hard rock rhythm, less on the hooky synth melodies, but to me that harkened back to the 70s. How Rush albums flow into the next one other stylistically are important in context, and the changes are interesting. Strength of songs seems less important due to their virtuosity...the synths tend to hide a lot of their playing while the guitar albums tend to shine a spotlight on guitar and bass. (The drums are always prevalent!) I am a fan of all their albums, appreciated the synth period for the good tunes it generated, but grew tired of struggling to hear the bass and guitar. RTB and CP were a return to more of their fundamental influences.
  14. I'll add the wiki blurb about CP below, it is very similar to the RTB wiki and matches how I recall experiencing that early 90s era. In no way do I recall this was remotely possible that it was flukey singles driven. Fans were stoked to hear the guitar sound prominent again. In a big way. When the keys retreat the bass explodes. Take a listen to the bass on Dreamline and compare that to the synth era. That's power rock trio at its best, and fundamentally, that is what Rush is, without question. Not to mention his singing on that tune, among the best in his career. I think this forum is very cool, but it's extremely surprising to me how popular the over synth PoW period is here and how the amount of CP and RTB haters. Not that those are my fave Rush albums, but I clearly recall fans frustrated at shows and declining enthusiasm during the PoW / HYF stretch and big excitement as they pushed the keys back and moved towards their 70s guitar driven sound with CP and RTB. Guitar Rush vs Synth Rush, I thought was no contest, both from revisiting these albums lately and experiencing the era at the shows and on the radio. They played five NYC area arena shows for RTB in NYC, I can't recall that for any other tour, and all five were tough tickets. (I was at all five!!) Counterparts is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on October 19, 1993. It became the band's highest charting album in the US, peaking at #2 on the Billboard 200 (only behind Pearl Jam's Vs.).[2] 19 years later, Rush would later debut at #2 on the Billboard 200 again, with the release of 2012's Clockwork Angels. Atlantic Records has claimed that the album went platinum, although the RIAA has it listed as gold. Roll the Bones is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1991. The album won the 1992 Juno Award for best album cover design. Roll the Bones became Rush's first US Top 5 album since 1981's Moving Pictures, peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200. It also achieved an RIAA certification of platinum, the latest Rush album to date to do so.
  15. I don't think there were any of those accusations here, but it seems like there is a lot of luck involved. I have had some good luck, 11th row center in Newark, but the two NYC shows have been the most difficult tickets in easily 20 years. Immediate sell outs. Server overloads. I know tons of tricks. They have 'added' zero seats so far. Their first solid two night sellout (months before show time) in eons. Very fortunate for the good seats. When I searched for MSG, ticket masher had so much traffic there was smoke coming out of my PC!
  16. Not that I am a huge fan of the record, I would say better than average, better than some of their over synth records. Two distinct groups of people say it has merit. First Rush, as they routinely played three songs from that disc per tour. That was almost unheard of until the Power Windows Fiasco of 2012, which put thousands of Rush fans to sleep up to three/four nights per week. Second, Rush fans, seems to be one of their most popular post 1981 records. I'll turn it over to Wikipedia- . Roll the Bones became Rush's first US Top 5 album since 1981's Moving Pictures, peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200. It also achieved an RIAA certification of platinum, the latest Rush album to date to do so. Over Synth period attacked...BOOM.... ;-)
  17. Tool or Radiohead ;-) . I am big fan of both and agree with Radiohead for skipping Creep. I see TS as a similar song for Rush, it's just not that representative of their catalogue. (Hold on a sec, I am teaching my cat the TS keyboard line). Who cares that it got a lot of radio and the casual fan may want to hear that if they show up- is that who bands play to, their casual fans? I would be surprised if more of the casual fans show up this tour, since prices are through the roof. TS has great drumming(as most Rush songs do, so no big deal there), but TS suffers from exceedingly excessive vamping on the keys and it's light years from Alex' best work. It's also not even close to the best song on side 1 of MP. Of course they will play it, but really, is it so important - for the dude that is only going cuz a Rush fan friend had an extra ticket - that casual fan - to hear TS?
  18. I think it's actually live nation that controls most of the tickets, since they are the promoter, and they have the right to block off tickets for their major customers (ticket brokers). Since live nation merged with ticketmaster, technically they are under the same corporate umbrella. But historically the broker has always had the right to control tickets, since they front large minimum fees to the artists.
  19. Could you imagine attending a Rush show and wait 2 hours and 59 minutes until you heard a song from the 1980s? That is what the last tour was like if you wanted to hear a tune from the 1970s. The early 80s was a popular time for the band, but to almost completely ignore the formative, creative, hard rock and driven years was a harrowing experience for this fan on the CA tour during those 179 minutes waiting for ONE 70s tune (tiny exaggeration)! Didn't they just play Marathon 2 tours ago and half of the record it appears on the last tour? I do not recall fans raving about PoW when it came out, but I do recall Kings and Hemispheres being massively influential and creative records.
  20. Their keyboard material is good, but it's what we are missing when the keys are out front. The guitar is getting pushed to the background ("why do I have to find a new space") and the bass is gathering dust. With spring training here, a baseball analogy - We have two of the best home run hitters in the history of the game and we send them up to the plate to bunt!
×
×
  • Create New...