analog guy

IN: Jacob's Ladder The Pass The Weapon Hemi Prelude/Armageddon By-Tor & The Snowdog OUT: Freewill Stick it Out Faithless LTTA 2112 (for me, only worth hearing when complete)

22 out of 25 is a pretty good deal. I'm not going to tear my hair out over (un-named song taken out of setlist). It would have been really nice to hear it, but it isn't a deal-breaker. I've only seen the band twice, so it would take a really, really weak set to keep me away.

Ged's jazz is different. Pickguard has a symbol on it and is off-white with a texture. And it is hard to tell but it looks like the solid black fret blocks are gone.

Curious to see if La Villa has "the rant".

Jacob's Ladder is why people are disappointed. I am disappointed, and I actually like the set list. Because of Alex's admission, people were expecting this, and really excited about it. So imagine the confusion and angst when it isn't there. That's the source of it.

I see. Interesting title.

.... scroll down... "LOVE 4 SALE" New song?

Major drumkit picture spoilers in those. I've seen it... all I can say is wow.

It's an 8.5 for me. I'm mostly happy with it. There are two or three songs out of 25 that I'm not particularly thrilled about. Otherwise, the rest are great. Worth the price of admission for me just to hear Camera Eye, as well as the set one closer which is my all-time favorite, and the encore tunes. And my wife will be really happy as just about everything she wants to hear is there, sans one song.

Incredible pictures. They seriously look like they could have been taken last night, not three decades ago. Thanks for sharing.

There are two songs in the first set that I'd rather not hear. Other than that, I'm mostly happy with it. My favorite song is being played, so it's all good with me. I'm also glad it isn't totally full of Snakes & Arrows material like it was rumored to be. I'm very happy with the end of the first set, pretty much the whole second set, and the encores. I love the encore. The one thing I am most confused and disappointed about is regarding those two songs that, perhaps somewhat controversially, didn't appear on the list.

Since MalNar and Jacob's Ladder aren't there, I'm a little skeptical. I actually don't think it's that bad. I could do without one or two of those, but they're never going to please everybody. The three things I really want to hear are all there, so I'm not too disappointed.

QUOTE (theworkingman @ Jun 27 2010, 01:23 PM) QUOTE (analog guy @ Jun 27 2010, 10:30 AM)Do I see a double-neck guitar there? If so, does that mean we could get Xanadu or Bangkok? (Both very good things). In which picture ? Also: http://arrowsmith-images.info/Arrowsmith-I...Machine.html#38 Hope? Actually, that photo. Although now that I look at it, it looks like it's just the electric on a stand and not a double-neck. So disregard what I said

Do I see a double-neck guitar there? If so, does that mean we could get Xanadu or Bangkok? (Both very good things).

1. Medley: -Finding My Way -Anthem -Bastille Day -A Passage to Bangkok -Cygnus X-1 - segue into: 2. Hemispheres - Prelude/Armageddon 3. Cinderella Man 4. By-Tor and the Snowdog - segue into: 5. The Necromancer: I - Into Darkness - segue into: 6. Xanadu 7. Different Strings 8. Subdivisions 9. The Analog Kid 10. Limelight ------------------ 11. The Camera Eye 12. The Weapon 13. New World Man 14. Turn the Page 15. Chain Lightning 16. The Pass 17. Tom Sawyer 18. YYZ (with drum solo in middle, circa 1981) 19. La Villa Strangiato 20. Far Cry

The more I think about it, the more I like the split idea. Do it like the record, between Limelight and Camera Eye. The opening of the Camera Eye just screams "second set opener" to me... do a short film of NY/London with the horns and then the quiet synth passage brings it in and builds. Plus Limelight is an outstanding first-set closer.

Don't mind it. Wife really likes it... since she's going for the first time this tour, I kinda hope they play more of the songs she likes over the ones I like, although in many cases they're the same anyway.

I'd be just fine with Marathon

Couldn't he just sing some stuff an octave down, or otherwise improvise or do spoken word or something... or even let the audience sing a couple of lines? Instrumentals work too... the R30 medley gives me goosebumps even though there's no singing in it. You could just about do Hemi Prelude that way.

I wouldn't complain if they played this whole album one day Hopefully we'll get 3 or 4 tunes from it this time around.

I've had it happen a few times to me, but NEVER at a Rush concert. I guess you could say that's because our fan base knows better The worst for me was seeing The Police in Melbourne... there were these four baby boomers in front of me who got absolutely sh-tfaced on expensive wine and kept doing this swaying motion back and forth, spilling their wine all over the place and occasionally throwing it in our direction. The worst was Roxanne... predictably that song got the biggest reaction from everyone, to the point where they kept singing "Roxanne.....Roxanne" in the choruses to the next 10 songs afterwards. Eventually one guy behind me got fed up and yelled "Roxanne was 10 songs ago, you dumbf-cks". At that point there was an argument and security tossed a couple of them out. Still have yet to see anything like this at a Rush concert. I'm bringing my wife to the next one, so everyone there better be good >:)

In general, the consensus seems to be: More 1977-1990 Less 1991-2007 I guess that would somewhat bruising to the band's ego, but it's only natural that most people like your old stuff better than your new stuff.

Cinderella Man Cygnus Book II: Prelude/Apollo & Dionysius/Armageddon The Weapon Turn the Page Chain Lightning War Paint Anagram (for Mongo) The Big Wheel The Speed of Love

Mystic Rhythms Roll the Bones Bravado Animate Driven Resist One Little Victory Vapor Trail Secret Touch Larger Bowl Spindrift Any cover 2112 Overture/Temples With 2112, I would prefer they either play the whole thing or none of it at all.

Subdivisions. Played too much for some, perhaps. For myself, personally, it isn't a Rush concert without it. Actually, THIS is the album they should be playing in full.