analog guy

Roll the Bones tour, penultimate night :) I was 15.

Trick of the Tail!

I'm trying to imagine Trevor Horn producing Rush........ Hello, "Art of Noise" samples on the Simmons!

Have to admit.... there was a point last night where I sat there thinking this may very well be the last time I see this happen, knowing that I was there on the penultimate night of this tour. But I also thought way back in 1992 that "gee, these guys have 15 albums out and are almost 40... they may not go too much longer". So I know nothing at all. If it is the end, then I am comfortable with it. The last two shows have been bonuses for me really... in 2007, I was living overseas and had only seen Rush once, a whole 15 years earlier, and decided to spend a heck of a lot of money on a second because I told myself I wasn't going to go through the rest of my life only seen them once. It just so happens I have a third and now a fourth to my name, and I am satisfied with that, especially since I've now taken my wife twice (and she got to see "Bravado" played).

Most of Counterparts.

I could get on board with shorter albums, I think, if they put them out more frequently. I would rather have an 8 song album every two years instead of a 13 song album every five. I don't expect Rush to do it now at their advancing ages, but it disappoints me that so many bands these days take so long to put out material.

Looks like Denver will be an "A" set. I am unhappy about that, but my wife should be ecstatic. I guess that's not a bad thing.

One of my biggest regrets is missing that tour. I had a conflict and couldn't go, and it stings to this day, especially since I didn't see them again for 13 more years. I did see the RTB tour on the penultimate night, and got The Trees and Xanadu; that was pretty cool. They also did a really cool medley in the encore that had some old stuff in it. I'd love to see them do like an extended instrumental medley again, sort of like the R30 intro. I know some people aren't into that, but they aren't gonna play these songs again any other way.

I love drinking wine... it tastes great, and it makes you feel funny. Understated, but accurate.

These are a fascinating read. Apparently, everyone thought "Roll the Bones" was actually going to be called "Rolling the Bones", and there were some rather creative interpretations of that title. "From what I remember, rolling bones is a method of divining the future used in many voodoo and Rastafarian religions." "Rolling bones is/was a method of predicting the future by Asian(big ?) priests/shamans." Interesting that a couple of people correctly predicted it would have an instrumental track on it.

I suspect most of the vocals on Exit...Stage Left are overdubbed but I have no proof. I generally prefer bootlegs for this reason.... honestly, I'd rather hear the mistakes.

imagine having a chance to work with rush and screwing it up over some dumb shit like swag. Sounds a bit like Bill Banaseiwicz. Yeah he was idiotic too He also couldn't write, plus was hopelessly enamored of his own perceived importance. Yep... I bought that book for the pictures when I was about 16 or 17. After reading it a couple of times, I decided that he was such a colossal, egotistical douche that I ended up drawing pictures in it and cutting out some of the photos. I don't even know what happened to it.

I think the last two albums are actually improving, sonically, but nowhere near the level of earlier records. The name doesn't lie.... I'm an analog guy, and those late 70s and early 80s albums to my ears just shine like diamonds.

That was his best sounding kit... too bad.

VT.... I'd give anything for them to record that whole thing again with no compression / limiting.

My own personal thoughts. CP is possibly Rush's best sounding record, but I don't like the songs quite as much. I find songs like Animate and Stick it Out to be discordant and gloomy and have never particularly enjoyed either one live. T4E is a great album musically but I find it to be Neil's worst effort lyrically and that makes a lot of the songs difficult to listen to. VT - no need to repeat what others have said ad naseum, but count me among those who finds it absolutely unlistenable on a production level and feels like some really wonderful music wasn't done justice. It's a shame that these things never lined up.... if you had Vapor Trails recorded and engineered like Counterparts was, that album would be such a f-cking incredible jewel, it's not funny.

My original Roll the Bones shirt disintegrated too. That appears to be a common problem based on what I'm reading here. I wonder if those were all poorly made. It was a white one with the album cover on the front, purchased at Alpine Valley Music Theatre which was my first concert at age 15. I too have the replica Signals 3/4 sleeve shirt and for me, nothing beats it.

If I have a criticism of Geddy's vocals these days, is that he doesn't seem to be finishing the words. I've noticed him dropping the s on a couple of plural words, for example. He's still right on pitch almost all the time though.

Is there anything more surreal than having Rush come right after Public Enemy? I mean, having Rush there to begin with was kind of surreal. I couldn't help but wonder what all the celebrities and musical establishment must have been thinking when Rush went up there. What a fascinating culture clash there was at work. Of course it got even more bizarre when these guys started rapping over that silly funk thing Geddy did.

Likewise, 3 and soon to be 4. It really should be more like 7 for me.... if you notice my signature, there's a 15 year gap between my first show and my second. I had some pretty bad luck.... I missed the Counterparts tour because I was on spring break, the T4E tour didn't come within 300 miles of where I lived (and at that time, I was 19 and in college so I couldn't just drive to one), and then of course they went on a five year hiatus. Then when they started touring again, I was living in Australia. Fortunately I've made up for lost time since then. I flew over to Colorado for one show, then moved here and saw another one, and now I've got one coming up on August 2.

Flew from Melbourne to Denver in 2007. I had planned on making a trip back but I moved it up six months and maxed my credit card out so I could come in August and see Rush.

Lee's parents were at Bergen-Belsen, not Auschwitz. Not that that makes a huge difference, but it's lazy journalism.

I've always preferred the Exit version of Bangkok, especially during the guitar solo where Geddy plays rhythm guitar and bass pedals. A cool effect. On none of the other live versions of the song does he do this. I've always felt the HYF tunes sound much better on A Show of Hands, due to a much punchier, fuller drum sound. "Turn the Page" is probably the best example.

First time I've seen him actually playing the teardrop. Nice. Love the 4" heels too Ged.

I actually am not a real big Counterparts fan, but I think the drum sound on that record is unreal. Power Windows has a good drum sound too. I haven't been enamored with the DWs on record, to tell you the truth.