Ultimate Rush Tribute

What did this thread used to be? B Ever see a couple of octogenarians fighting with a couple of nonagenarians over the TV remote control in an old folks home? Off topic but who is the girl in Tenacious T's sig?

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Aside from the music being great because it is Rush and the songs selections, what did Rush do that made you love the live experience. Looking for both the big things and the nuances. I think their videos and introductions were always creative and fun. I liked the silly stage props the washers, the rotisserie chickens and even the time machines. Neil's kufi's and tour kit. Rotating stage back in the day, Alex's Hot chicks (barbies) and dinosaurs. In addition to these obvious things what am I missing? I yield to the experts in the room.

I can tell you this... I was never a big fan of Witch Hunt (Donald Trump's new theme song) or Vital Signs back in the day. But I have a new found respect for them because they are not easy songs to play live. We just decided to do the full Moving Pictures album for our shows and they are surprisingly hard to pull off. Not sure if its because we are just learning them and have played the others for years or not but they are taking some work. Never-the-less they are still down on the rankings because the rest of the album is so good. ALL of the MP's songs are super fun to play. 1. Red Barchetta 2. Tom Sawyer 3. Camera Eye 4. YYZ 5. Limelight 6. Vital Signs 7. Witch Hunt.

Since there is no longer a Rush Con, I recommend we have a RushForum Con, an opportunity for all forum members to get together live in one place. I recommend Orlando Saturday October 6th. Coincidentally our band is having a show that night and it is the perfect meeting place for out of town guests. Lots of other fun things to do in Orlando in October. Tickets are $39 but with the promo code: xanadu the tickets are only $21.12. Who's in?! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ultimate-rush-live-at-the-abbey-tickets-47965987560?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

A cute story from 2017 in case you missed it... where is the one with glasses? lol http://toronto.cityn...h-band-members/

Here is our attempt at the R30 Medley...

I had the Spirit of Radio up here a while back, the sampler and Jacobs Ladder I just got. Just wanted to get a little broader sample. Sorry if it is a little redundant.

Hope everyone is doing well, haven't had a chance to post is a while. Looking for some feedback on our Ultimate Rush tribute show and what better place that with Rush fans. I have three videos from our first ever show in February. Since then we have been tightening up and learning some new tunes. And when I say new tunes I mean old. lol. Anyway, let us know what you think. The first video has excerpts of Spirit of Radio, Subdivisions, Limelight and Entre Nous The next video is the full Spirit of Radio with multiple camera views. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoMY2_lzqvo The last one here is Jacob's Ladder - I personally thought it came out pretty good for our first time playing it live. It's a tough song.

Over the years I was with the majority and loved the album except for the last two songs. But now my band has decided to do the entire Moving Pictures "album" for marketing purposes... Come see Ultimate Rush featuring all of the greatest Rush songs fro 1976- 1983 (including the full Moving Pictures album) So within the last two weeks I have been learning these two songs and man they are way harder to play correctly then they seem. Alex does some great chords phrasings and fingerings in both and some of the timing issues are challenging. I now have a new appreciation for these songs which actually raise my overall rating of the album.

You know you're a Rush fanatic when you find yourself the guitar player (alex) of a Rush tribute band.

Changing it up a little... adding Witch Hunt and Vital Signs so we now do the entire MP album. I think that is a good marketing point. Set 1 Space Odyssey 2001 Spirit of Radio Subdivisions Dreamline Closer to the Heart* Entré Nous Analog Kid Broon’s Bane The Trees Xanadu Set2 Tom Sawyer Red Barchetta YYZ Limelight The Camera Eye Witch Hunt Vital Signs R30 Overture----- Drum Solo Freewill Distant Early Warning Overture/Temples of Syrinx Jacob’s Ladder (Encore) La Villa Strangiato * R30 Overture" (instrumental medley representing excerpts of 6 songs from the band's first 6 albums; the songs were "Finding My Way", "Anthem", "Bastille Day", "A Passage to Bangkok", "Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage", and "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres")

From Farewell to Kings to Signals keyboards were being introduced more and more but Grace Under Pressure was a Paradigm shift in the use of Keys and a big transition in Alex's guitar parts and sound. Presto was the return to more guitar oriented.

These were my three as well.

La Villa Strangiato It was the first song of theirs I heard and to me still the epitome.

For the next gig we are a little tight to learn too many new tunes so I stuck with Distant Early Warning, Dreamline, Time Stands Still and Red Sector A. If any of you live anywhere near Orlando the show will be in June. Still finalizing the date but it will be a Friday or Saturday night! Will keep you posted. Set 1 Space Odyssey 2001 Spirit of Radio Subdivisions Limelight Entré Nous* The Camera Eye* Dreamline New World Man YYZ Jacob’s Ladder Set2 R30 Medley Tom Sawyer Time Stands Still Closer to the Heart* Broon’s Bain* The Trees* Xanadu** Analog Kid Freewill Distant Early Warning Red Barchetta Overature/Temples (Encore) Red Sector A La Villa Strangiato

The same time Broon's Bane got changed to Broon's Bain. ;) And "Entree Nous" sounds delicious. It's a fun one to play even though I can't spell.

Wow That is like 36 songs to have rehearsed and tight. Not sure what your A/B/C's are representing. Different shows?

Kind of hard to start set 2 with Xanadu if you are doing Broon's Bane and Trees leading into it. We don't have to do it that way, but that's how they did it on Exit Stage Left. So we thought that was kinda cool at least for that gig.

You can tell it wasn't my pick. ;) although I do like it. (and fixed)

Ok this is actually a real situation and I am looking for serious help. Humor is accepted also The set list and order for our first show is shown below. Since then we have added Distant Early Warning and Dreamline. So my questions to you are; 1) Would you enjoy seeing a band play this set list? 2) Where would you add the new songs with this basic format? 3) What format and order do you think would be optimal? (i.e 1 long show, 2 sets, 3 sets, and what order would you put them in.) 4) What songs would you add and what songs if any would you remove? Have at it. I look forward to your comments and suggestions. We are getting ready for our second gig which we are hoping with be at the Plaza Theater in Orlando sometime in June and I will be basing that show on what I learn here. Set 1 Spirit of Radio Subdivisions Limelight Entrée Nous* Camera Eye* New World Man YYZ Jacob’s Ladder Set2 R30 Medley Tom Sawyer Closer to the Heart* Broon’s Bain* The Trees* Xanadu** Analog Kid Freewill Red Barchetta Overature/Temples (Encore) La Villa Strangiato New Songs added since: Distant Early Warning Dreamline

Nearly all tribute bands won't touch anything before Signals and many of those stop at Moving Pictures. so as a rule I won't bother with them because that's not exactly my idea of a good time.. I think you mean after signals? You raise an interesting point about tribute bands. Their reluctance to play the snyth years says something. Not sure what it is though.... Means they have taste...

Nearly all tribute bands won't touch anything before Signals and many of those stop at Moving Pictures. so as a rule I won't bother with them because that's not exactly my idea of a good time.. I don't understand your statement at all. Won't touch anything before Signal? and stop at moving Pictures? Moving Pictures was before Signals so you already cancelled that out with your first statement. So all tribute bands play Signals and only Signals. LOL I am in a Rush Tribute band and we play MOSTLY songs before Signals. We are looking to add a few of the post Signals songs but the audiences we play to seem to like 2112 through Signals. We can play Dreamline, Distant Early Warning and Red Sector A but that is about as far as I can go. I love our setlist! Set 1 Spirit of Radio Subdivisions Limelight Entrée Nous* Camera Eye* New World Man XYZ Jacob’s Ladder Set2 R30 Tom Sawyer Closer to the Heart* Broon’s Bain* The Trees* Xanadu** Analog Kid Freewill Red Barchetta Overature/Temples (Encore) La Villa Strangiato*

Camera eye was the last over 10 minute rush song and is a favorite of mine, especially to play. But music box is a classic. So from a prog rock perspective box wind.

While I certainly agree that the lyrics to I Think I'm Going Bald are cheesy, the tune itself is pretty good. Wouldn't make my bottom 25 list. But when you listen to the rest of Caress of Steel the feel of that song is just all wrong. IMO It is a typical sounding 70's classic rock song with cheesy lyrics. But when you compare that to the rest of the album, it really falls short. Is all I'm saying. And I don't hate any of them, but when you look at a body of work, there will be the best, the middle and the worst. No matter how impressive the body of work is. These songs are just the least impressive in my book.