JARG
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2 hours ago, FlowerbedPiano said:
Back after a long break. Episode Four! Hope the Rush fans here like it. Always delighted to hear thoughts and answer questions....
Oh hell yes.
A stunningly beautiful tribute to what, on the surface, is a fairly simple and unambitious song. Much like Pat Suzuki's cover of How High The Moon, your treatment of Closer to the Heart transcends and elevates the original. You've accomplished this not only in your arrangement, but also in your performance, bringing a dimension of tenderness not found in the original. Well done.
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14 minutes ago, TheGhostRider said:
And the coolest comment in the whole thread goes to you lol. That's amazing that you got to see that tour, and still remember some of the show.
I wish I'd been older. I saw the Hemispheres tour a week after my 14th birthday. It was my second concert (the first was Foghat, the previous year). I was still at an age where concerts were magical events and I didn't have the foresight to view them more analytically (the way I do now). I think if I'd been of the mindset that "some day you're going to want to remember this in as much detail as possible), I would've approached the whole thing differently. Ah well, hindsight is always 20/20.
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Thinking back to the announcement video where Geddy said he'd like to spend more time goofing off with Alex, and that being the main reason why they might use a keyboardist; there are a lot of songs where Geddy is singing while playing the keyboards, so even if they have a keyboard player on those parts, he's still not going to be free to goof off with Alex as he'll be tied to a mic.
So what songs have keyboard parts that don't have Geddy singing while he's playing them? The solo section of Marathon immediately comes to mind, as does the outro solo in Mission, and the solo in Red Sector A. What are some others?
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8 hours ago, Timbale said:
I take your point... when I saw vids from early on The Who tour, and saw that Simon Townshend was playing the rhythm part in Pinball Wizard, it helped make the decision to not attend this tour. I am a gigantic Who fan (and love Townshend's solo work), but to me that was indicative of the fact that they shouldn't be out there doing it if they can't, well, do it. I have extended that band a lot of grace over the years...but when rock's greatest rhythm player isn't playing the rhythm parts anymore, I feel ripped off. Or at least would if I had bought a ticket.
You probably should just stay home.
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54 minutes ago, chemistry1973 said:
I have wanted to see what the Cygnus X-1 film looked like, for DECADES.
If memory serves (and we're talking about me pulling up memories from 46 years ago), I seem to recall an image of sailing ship set amongst the stars for part of it.
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3 hours ago, Brava Doh! said:
Black Sabbath had a couple of shadow players on their “The End” tour as well. Ozzy brought them out of the background and introduced them during the show. I dont think anyone minded.
As did The Who. Shit, Pete's brother was the one to play the iconic strumming parts on Pinball Wizard. No one seemed to care. If you can't extend a little grace to those in their 70s and 80s doing what they can to share their music, you probably should just stay home.
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I'd be open to a 2nd guitarist who could take on some of the lead work in songs that are beyond 72-year-old Alex's ability, but I doubt Alex would be open to that. Those songs will either not get played or Alex will attempt to bluff his way through them (which is fine, as many fans aren't guitarists and so probably won't care/notice).
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26 minutes ago, Todem said:
Agree wholeheartedly with you. We may see an old intro video montage with Neil, play a few select songs with Neil montages on the rear screen (think Ghost Rider and The Garden).
I don’t think it will be cheesy or contrived.
And yeah the entire setlist is a tribute. He wrote all the lyrics sans Working Man or anything from the debut.
Not to pick nits, but...
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3 hours ago, bscsmkr said:
Still see the drum solo taking place after an instrumental as Geddy announces "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Professor on the Drum Kit" and the lights go dark and the video of Neil playing a solo is shown on the screens.
I would find that hugely disappointing. If I want to watch a video of NP playing a solo, I know where to go for that. I'd much rather see a live drum solo from Anika.
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11 hours ago, thizzellewashington said:
Would be a hell of a way to introduce a new drummer to start off the show.
Yup.
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49 minutes ago, blueschica said:
You know, I spoke too soon ! My purchase is in there, and the listing of my seats, but I can't access the actual bar code stuff. Do we have to down load them to Google wallet to be able to see them? I tried that and kept getting an error message. I have a help ticket in with Ticketmaster. I want to see them so I don't have to do a charge back. I think it's just my lack of mad skillz!
Sounds like there's something glitchy. The tickets in my TM app have a black button in the section below the pic of Geddy and Alex that says "View Ticket". Clicking that button displays the barcode. Maybe it's a network issue on your end? Are you checking while you're on WiFi?
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2 minutes ago, Todem said:
That's also a bombastic way to introduce Anika.
That would indeed be one of the reasons I was thinking it'd be a good choice.
It's a good way for Alex and Geddy to say to the audience, "see? she's no slouch!"
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50 minutes ago, ZachenFoot said:
The only prediction I'm going to make is that they're not going to roll with an opener everyone is expecting. Subdivisions and The Anarchist were very unorthodox choices none of us would lead our fantasy setlists off with, and I think they started to enjoy the challenge of surprising people.
One Little Victory might make a good show starter, for a number of reasons.
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13 hours ago, HemiBeers said:
I'll pick on your list, since it's the most complete.
As much as I like them, I think that you can cross off any where the guitar solos are complex. I don't think Al has the chops for these anymore. That being Analog Kid, La Villa, perhaps Xanadu (although he could fake his way through the solo flurry), perhaps Bytor (although that's mostly noise). I'd also cross off the meh tunes...Secret Touch, Vital Signs, Roll the Bones (ugh not again), Leave that Thing Alone and Dreamline. It be great if they dusted off some oldies from the earlier albums like In the Mood, Beneath, Between, Behind, Bangkok, etc.
The success of any live song Rush chooses to do is limited by both Alex's decline in his guitar playing facility and Geddy's decline in his vocal facility. That doesn't mean they won't attempt songs they have no business attempting, but it does mean there could be some cringe in our future.
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1 hour ago, Laurabw said:
Question only for people who got their tickets on Ticketmaster… Do you already have them in hand? Or electronically or on your phone? I know sometimes they delay delivery.
Yes, already in my iPhone Wallet.
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Someone mentioned Anika being able to groove. If that's the case I'm hoping for Alien Shore.
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2 hours ago, 9/4 said:
I've played guitar for 45 years. Not a believer in fine-grained ranking of guitarists based on technical skill. It's not STEM, and it's not a sport. Bottom line is that Alex came up with great complex music, and was able to play it very well on the guitar, both in the studio and live. Can't ask more than that of an artist/musician.
Coincidentally, a friend of mine - who LOVES Rush - was opining today that Neil wasn't a technically skilled drummer.
This isn't a discussion about whether or not Alex is a good guitarist. As I said, he's my favorite, and I think he's a fantastic guitarist. This is also not a discussion about the merits of being a technical guitarist. This is a discussion about whether or not the guitarist in the video is a better technical player than Alex. You don't think he is. I do.
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nm, my question was already answered.
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1 minute ago, 9/4 said:
Disagree. Odd time signatures, complex chords, melodic lines and solos that have nothing to do with anything pentatonic or blues. A harmonically and melodically innovative player, no one else like him in the history of rock. The guitar work on Hemispheres is incredible.
Yes, his work on Hemispheres is insanely good. But comfort in odd times and unusual chord voicings or having an ear for melody or the ability to solo are all available to players with low technical skill. From a technical perspective, I'd say Alex is in the same league as, for example, Gilmour, Young, and Gibbons (though Gibbons stays truer to his roots in his playing), and is not in the same league as Van Halen, Vai, Gilbert, Satriani, Bumblefoot, and many others.
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8 minutes ago, 9/4 said:
Better technical player? No way. Alex had mega chops. He was often underestimated as a guitarist because he was so musical and creative, rather than ‘look at me’ flashy. I rank EVH and Alex as the two best rock guitarists of all time.
Those are my top two favorites as well, but Alex isn't a particularly impressive technical player. At his core, he's a blues-rock guitarist who employs a few non-blues rock guitarist techniques (pinch harmonics, pick scrapes, whammy bar, notes that fall outside the pentatonic scale). I have absolutely no doubt that the guitarist in that video is a better technical player than Alex is.
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16 hours ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:
Umphrey's McGee is another pretty well-known jam band, who seem to be Rush fans.
That was cool. The guitarist is a better technical player than Alex. I really like the muting he did during the "YYZ theme" parts of the song, it really made those parts pop.
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29 minutes ago, Todem said:
6/24 Fort Worth Section 2 Row 5 (which is second row in section 2)
6/26 Fort Worth Section 3 Row 16 Alex side.
My son and I will be there along with a very good friend of mine who is a lifelong Rush fan.
Incredibly pumped!!!!!!
Wow, great seats!
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1 hour ago, 9/4 said:
No one can know for sure whether Anika's gender was a factor in her hiring. Even Alex and Geddy may not know, since bias in any direction is usually subconscious. Whether there was bias or not, I like that they selected a female drummer because it promotes the cause of equity for female musicians. My issue is that, knowing Anika's drumming quite well, I don't feel like her feel and tone are a good fit to play Neil's parts. Apparently, Geddy and Alex feel otherwise after rehearsing with her. Though I haven't heard her do it, maybe she's an adaptable drummer who can learn to sound like other drummers (some can do that, others always sound like themselves - I don't think Neil was an adaptable drummer, he was an original who always did his own thing). We shall see how it goes. I wish them all well.
Maybe one of the reasons they picked her is because she willing to sound like herself. Hiring a drummer to ape Neil's parts could be perceived as "treading on sacred ground". Rush's compositions are more than just hits on drum heads. Perhaps Ged and Alex feel that the compositions will sound good with a different drummer because the compositions themselves are good.
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2 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:
Congrats!!
Thanks!
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Which Song that has never been played live would you like RUSH to Introduce in the 50 Something Tour?
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