singh99

Alex is much looser and playing with precision the longer the tour goes. It's great to see him having so much fun!

No biggie. I was just responding in the spirit of your post that totally took what I said out of context. If you can watch any of the shows on this tour and truly believe that the interactions are the same as "the old days", then I'm happy to agree to disagree. Fair?

Reading comprehension. It's not for everyone. Some people insist on using a sledge hammer to drive in a thumb tack.

I knew there would be over reactions. lol Carry on.

I was watching this excellent boot of that show from TapeheadToo when I decided to to make this thread.

It seems very strange to me. I've seen full shows of almost everything except Mexico on YouTube because they were very limited and mostly sounded horrible. I just don't ever remember them interacting this little with each other, well, ever. Not saying it's "a thing". But I wondered if anyone else has noticed it. They both (especially Ged) interact with Anika a lot. But but seem to stay almost exclusively in their own sides of the stage.

I have no issue with Anika not liking drum solos. Although a tasty minute or two of riffing into the solo in YYZ wouldn't bother me a bit. She doesn't sound exactly like Neil. But there's not one thing about her as a person or the job she's doing that I don't love. What a treat this has been.

It will be interesting to me what a live performance video will sound like. I'm an Alex Lifeson truther. He's by far my biggest influence as a guitarist. But the arthritis has really effected his playing at this point. Every video I've watched from this tour has tons of mistakes. Especially in the solos. I can't help but wonder if they will have to fix a lot of it in the studio, or will just release it as a document of them at this time. Please don't get angry. But as a musician, even though I understand it, and am reveling in all the videos of them doing what they love, I can't unhear it.

I'm far more concerned with them struggling to do over 80 shows health wise than the impact of a couple shows that might not be fully sold out. I just want them to feel good and have tons of fun playing. Not struggle in pain like Neil did on R40.

I just watched this. I love how she described Geddy's aggressive right hand as a badger claw digging a hole.

Geddy's voice is sounding better than I could have imagined, and Al is really finding his groove. Anika and Loren are doing great.

Just making a guess of one way this could happen. With all the cameras feeding the big screens all night, and the fact that digital recording these days with the pro gear they're using is so easy and cheap (compared to the film/analog tape days) it wouldn't surprise me if they were recording the whole, or at least a lot of the tour so they can pick out the best performances. That way there's no pressure to get it all at once.

The drums (from the videos I've seen) sound good to me. I do miss the higher tuned toms sometimes. But it doesn't effect my enjoyment. She's a phenomenal talent.

Yep. Heartbreaking story. Found by by a Sony talent scout when busking at 19 yrs old. Signed, and begins working on a debut album. Starts having debilitating health problems that halt the recording of his album. Long story short, he spends most of the next 7 years bed bound and only making music in his bedroom when he felt well enough which wasn't that often. Basically gets diagnosis of Chronic fatigue and psychosis. 7 years later he he was diagnosed with Lyme disease which ran unabated for 7 years. Doing massive damage to his immune system and brain. A stem cell transplant finally gave him enough improvement to work on his music again. But the damage to his body remains. He is currently in Canada receiving intensive treatments to rebuild his immune system and help reverse the damage to his brain. Knowing he would be in Canada for up to a year, in 2022 he recorded 2 albums worth of music. One hip hop/rap album, and one with more conventional song. He's currently releasing his rap type stuff about once a month and it's been really great. Here's a couple of favorites from his recent past that I think are great.