Don Quixote

FWIW - I contacted a Rich Dalton of St. Louis radio station fame sometime back and asked him about the 1980 show. I specifically asked if the radio stations had the full concert and to his knowledge they did not. It's too bad Rush isn't going back to the venue that the 1980 show is from - it's been renovated and reopened, and the acoustics are much better than the Scottrade Center, which is primarily a hockey arena (excepting right now).

Finding My Way - to remind those assclowns that the first album came out in 1974.

QUOTE (LedRush @ Oct 5 2012, 12:48 PM) I think the explanation is simple - Geddy can't sing the 70s stuff anymore and he likes the 80s stuff more. I am looking through my CD pile and can't tell - which 80's albums are 2112 and Working Man on again?

I live in the area; I'm wondering if they could have done the show at Peabody Opera House instead. They've played there before (if you have the 2-14-1980 bootleg it's from there) and the sound is a lot better there. The venue they were in is designed for hockey and sounds like it.

I've read on more than one occasion that Alex's guitars are all standard tuning with one or two exceptions for Drop D. The changes in his sound are with effects and pickup configurations.

QUOTE (drbirdsong @ Sep 23 2012, 01:17 AM) The GPS said the venue was a mile away and we had free parking on the street so we hoofed it. At least it was daylight - no way in hell do you make the walk from the Tap Room to ScottTrade in the dark.

Just got home...wasn't planning to go but ended up there. I'm wondering if the show was taped - there were several guys with huge cameras at different points in the venue. Good show - although I think Middletown Dreams just isn't that great of a live song. I was happy to see the string section comes through nicely - they're mic'd up and you can easily hear them. Headlong Flight just SMOKES live. Wow.

Ok...if they can play Working Man there are other things from back then they could have put in. Ending with "In The Mood" would have been a total jaw dropper but no...

If then can drop tune Circumstances and butcher the crap out of it, they can try AFTK.

After watching the 2nd disc of Beyond the Lighted Stage, I'd place a vote for Between the Sun & Moon. Great energy on that track and Alex's guitar sounds nasty as hell on parts of it.

I could see them doing the new album in entirety in the first half, but after a couple of familiar songs. David Gilmour did this very thing with his tour for "On An Island" - early in the tour he was opening with the new album in entirety, but after a handful of shows he changed the setlist a bit and moved the Dark Side of the Moon stuff to the beginning. Then after intermission he pulled out the standards. The "Remember that Night" DVD is spectacular.

QUOTE (Workaholic Man @ Apr 12 2012, 09:19 AM) They might be stealing a page from Tool....... Putting in short periods of strange sounds in between songs...... Just to add to the mystique...... Alex has been on record more than a few times that he's a big fan of Tool so you might be on to something.

QUOTE (Cyclonus X-1 @ Apr 10 2012, 08:39 PM) Looks like A Farewell to Kings is making a lot of lists. It almost made my mine. It's a shame that Geddy (by his own admission) can't do the vocals for it anymore. When did he say that? Just asking...I've never seen / heard anything about it. If they can butcher up Circumstances they can try A Farewell to Kings.

I'd love to see them blow everyone off the map and open with Finding My Way or Anthem...Ged could hit either one of those early in the night and dropped a half step it would sound uber crunchy.

QUOTE (BigBob @ Jan 23 2012, 12:28 AM) Here Again! The whole bluesy guitar solo is just awesome Heard that on the radio Sunday - it had been years since hearing it at all, as I don't have the first album on CD and the cassette is long trashed. I forgot just how good of a song that is.