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Absolutely love this song, musically and lyrics. And it's a rare occasion we see Alex using a Telecaster.

Rush: Take a Friend FBN: Best I Can CoS: The Necromancer 2112: Lessons AFTK: Madrigal Hemi: Circumstances PW: Entre Nous MP: The Camera Eye Signals: New World Man GUP: Red Lenses PoW: The Big Money HYF: Tai Shan Presto: Chain Lightning RtB: Neurotica CP: Alien Shore TFE: Dog Years VT: The Stars Look Down SnA: Spindrift CA: BU2B2 (if that counts) or BU2B

I always hear how Rush developed parts of their sound from Led Zeppelin, but I never understood it until I took a deeper listen to "Ramble On" and hear how the bass work resembled that of Geddy's early baselines. What are some other examples? Just curious as relatively new Rush fan...

I can consider agreeing with 6-10, but not 1-5

S&A: Circumstances, Digital Man, Between the Wheels, Natural Science TM: La Villa and Working Man CA: Grand Designs and The Garden R40: Where do I even begin? How It Is, Losing It w/ Jonathan Dinklage, Red Barchetta, Jacob's Ladder, Hemispheres, Cygnus X-1 w/drum solo, Xanadu, the entire encore

Granted I'm no expert on the subject since I've only been to three tours, the R40 drum sets were my favorite sounding drums. I liked how thunderous they were, especially in Jacob's Ladder and Hemispheres.

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what she said. Mick I personally liked the sound of the R40 drums more than either CA Tour or TM Tour, since those are the only concerts I've been to.

So close! From 2009... "We tried to rehearse A Farewell To Kings on the last tour and I couldn't successfully sing that without hurting myself, so we gave up." You know, I can't imagine that "Anthem" or "Lakeside Park" are any easier to sing. But I'm not Geddy Lee... I always thought Geddy actually sounded decent on those during R40, which seemed to be a miracle.

Can't choose just one. Vapor Trails, because it is the first album I purchased, and all of the songs hold a sort of "fight or flight" feel (certainly because of Neil's situation) that I can associate with. Clockwork Angels, because it was the only album released when I was a Rush fan, even though I wasn't nearly the fan I am now. Power Windows, simply because of the powerful lyrics.

Here's mine: Set 1: Subdivisions from CA Freewill from TM Limelight from TM Force Ten from R30 The Wreckers from R40 Leave That Thing Alone from Rio Mission from S&A Armor and Sword from S&A Digital Man from S&A The Analog Kid from CA Set 2: The Spirit of Radio from TM Hemispheres: Prelude from R40 Moto Perpetuo from TM Resist from Rio The Garden from CA Losing It w/ Dinklage from R40 Red Sector A from CA Jacob's Ladder from R40 Xanadu from R40 2112 from R30 Circumstances from S&A The Pass from Rio Witch Hunt from TM Encore: La Villa Strangiato from TM Natural Science from R40 Working Man from TM An extremely long and taxing concert on the boys, I would assume, but I would imagine very pleasurable to those in the audience. Also, it was foolish of me to only include 21st century concerts. Go ahead and use 20th century ones as well.

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If you were to take songs from Rush in Rio, R30, Snakes and Arrows Tour, Time Machine, Clockwork Angels Tour, and R40 to create one super concert, which songs would they be and in what order? Create a Set 1, Set 2, and Encore.

I've only been a "superfan" for about a year now, a normal fan for about 3, and it had the same effect.

Oh don't tell me that. Now I'm sorry I looked at this thread. My dvd arrives on Friday. So Amazon is saying. i always thought that The Garden was the perfect ending to the last Rush album. The song says it all. But that's how the doc ends??? Oh, no, of course not, definitely not.

There are so many layers to what makes Rush special to me. The music is always innovative, interesting to listen to, heavily layered while still maintaining the integrity of a three-man band, and, perhaps most important, sounds amazing. The lyrics aren't the stereotypical rock lyrics, but also aren't dreadful to listen to. Each set of lyrics present a fun story, or a deep theme, or a self-realization while still keeping the grace that lyrics need in order to flow. The interaction between the music and lyrics, in everything from baselines to solos, only adds to the general effect of the song. The way they play live brings an amazing energy that isn't brought out in other bands. Rush doesn't play live so we can hear their songs from the studio in an arena setting. They play live one, because they enjoy it (⅔ of them at least), and two, so we can see a performance, a show, and be entertained. Rush puts on a helluva show, regardless of what songs they do or do not play. That's what makes Rush special.

The combination of Geddy and Alex walking back and The Garden was powerful.

All of Losing It, which is my favorite song lyrically. The way he conveys the sense of desperation after losing a perfected art is amazing, and in a way explains why he wants to retire before he can't play his songs anymore. The Garden is also a personal lyrical favorite.

Obviously, the drums are different, but it seems like they changed a lot of the song, while still maintaining its original integrity. It's pretty cool, but I don't think it flows as well as the original. I think the biggest factor that makes it feel darker is that it sounds like Grohl used effects pedals to get an overdrive, whereas Alex (correct me if I'm wrong) would have just used the drive created from the amp and cabinet.

Is the second set potentially the best set Rush has ever played, top to bottom? "Tom Sawyer" "Red Barchetta", "The Camera Eye" or "YYZ" "The Spirit of Radio" "Natural Science" "Jacob's Ladder" "Hemispheres" "Cygnus X-1: Book 1" "Closer to the Heart" "Xanadu" "2112"

I gotta say, I found myself with two tears running down my cheek in the last two or three minutes of the show, at the end of Working Man, and hearing the three of them saying "last" and "the end" so much. What really got me was seeing Geddy say his final words, slowly backing off the stage, taking everything in like he would never see it again. And finally, Alex and Geddy walking arm and arm back to their private room, all while "The Garden," a very climactic, seemingly "final" song if that makes sense, played in the background. For context, I'm a fifteen year old male, a demographic that's not "supposed" to cry.

What was the very first time you heard a Rush song? For me, I have two "firsts," so to speak. When I was younger, about six, I played YYZ on the game Guitar Hero II. It became one of my favorite songs on the game, but I still had no clue who Rush was. It was probably three years later, 2009ish, when my dad put Chronicles in the cd player in the car and turned on TSOR, saying "This is going to be on the new Guitar Hero (full circle, I guess)." My first thought was how in the world am I going to play this song, given that the first part already seems impossible. I ended up loving the song, and I listened to the rest of that side of Chronicles that day. That's how I was introduced to Rush, and it's become an obsession now.

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It is what it is, and forever...

Mystic Discovery Clockwork Motion Red Paint Jacob's in the Mood Ghost Key The Hemisphere Mission The Garden Electric