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QUOTE (amish_ashaman @ Aug 1 2010, 02:02 AM) QUOTE (hughes&kettner @ Jul 30 2010, 09:28 AM) i'm NOT comparing rush to metallica. BUT- the way metallica is doing their sets in the states i think is refreshing. they have an outline of the set; songs they play every night in certain spots- and they have certain spots where they rotate songs. it adds a little excitement to shows. having said this, i will see rush 2-3 times every time they tour and i don't mind they play the same set each time. BUT, if they did the same thing as metallica are doing, mixing up the set a bit- it'd be cool, IMO. i know rush and some other bands keep a set list for a tour and vary from it very little to keep the same vibe going each night and keep consitency...can't blame them for that. ie: _______= fill in the blank with a different song.... spirit time stand still presto _______ _______ leave that thing faithless bu2b ______ ______ subdivisions moving pictures caravan love4sale ___________ ___________ farcry encore lavilla ________ working man I DO wish they had more than 2 tunes in the encore... I'm not too crazy about a couple of your choices to rotate. How about this: TSOR ________ Presto ________ ________ ________ ________ BU2B Freewill Marathon Subdivisions Moving Pictures Caravan Love 4 Sale ________ 2112 ________ La Villa Working Man That's what I do. so what are YOUR choices?

QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Jul 31 2010, 01:26 PM) QUOTE (hughes&kettner @ Jul 31 2010, 08:31 AM) hmmm. how about alice in chains opening for VH in the early 90's? saw that 3 times... metallica open for Ozzy in '86????????? are you kidding me?????? or: FREAKING PRIMUS opening for RUSH!!! on counterparts??? or Eric Johnson opening for RUsh on roll the bones 3 times?? Down open for Metallica in '09!! Jerry Cantrell open for metallica in '94 his band played the dark side of the moon...amazing! kinda cheeting: 95 lolapalooza- saw the ramones and soundgarden play before metallica. or monsters of rock in '88: metallica and the scorpions, then VH (i didn't forget to mention dokken or kingdom come; i just left them out...) those were some great openers! now, for the not so great!! worst ever: weedeater opening for Down. they were without question, the worst assembly of crap ever to attempt at playing music on a stage...just brutal. the melvins were between them and down, they sucked as well. down kicked all kinds of booty thankfully! lauren harris open for her dad's band... i was looking forward to hearing lamb of god open for metallica last year; i heard good things about them- they were weak. a bunch of recycled metal riffs and grooves... funny to me how so many of the newer metal bands are reaching for the heaviness of Pantera...too bad they will never get there. Speaking of System of a Down, what the hell are they doing? Damn, it's been way too long since we've had anything from them.....they kick ass woah, woah, woah... DOWN not system of a down. i was refering to REAL heavy metal band... don't tell me ya'll haven't heard of Down?!?!?!?

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hmmm. how about alice in chains opening for VH in the early 90's? saw that 3 times... metallica open for Ozzy in '86????????? are you kidding me?????? or: FREAKING PRIMUS opening for RUSH!!! on counterparts??? or Eric Johnson opening for RUsh on roll the bones 3 times?? Down open for Metallica in '09!! Jerry Cantrell open for metallica in '94 his band played the dark side of the moon...amazing! kinda cheeting: 95 lolapalooza- saw the ramones and soundgarden play before metallica. or monsters of rock in '88: metallica and the scorpions, then VH (i didn't forget to mention dokken or kingdom come; i just left them out...) those were some great openers! now, for the not so great!! worst ever: weedeater opening for Down. they were without question, the worst assembly of crap ever to attempt at playing music on a stage...just brutal. the melvins were between them and down, they sucked as well. down kicked all kinds of booty thankfully! lauren harris open for her dad's band... i was looking forward to hearing lamb of god open for metallica last year; i heard good things about them- they were weak. a bunch of recycled metal riffs and grooves... funny to me how so many of the newer metal bands are reaching for the heaviness of Pantera...too bad they will never get there.

i'm NOT comparing rush to metallica. BUT- the way metallica is doing their sets in the states i think is refreshing. they have an outline of the set; songs they play every night in certain spots- and they have certain spots where they rotate songs. it adds a little excitement to shows. having said this, i will see rush 2-3 times every time they tour and i don't mind they play the same set each time. BUT, if they did the same thing as metallica are doing, mixing up the set a bit- it'd be cool, IMO. i know rush and some other bands keep a set list for a tour and vary from it very little to keep the same vibe going each night and keep consitency...can't blame them for that. ie: _______= fill in the blank with a different song.... spirit time stand still presto _______ _______ leave that thing faithless bu2b ______ ______ subdivisions moving pictures caravan love4sale ___________ ___________ farcry encore lavilla ________ working man I DO wish they had more than 2 tunes in the encore...

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Jul 29 2010, 12:38 PM) QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ Jul 29 2010, 01:01 PM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Jul 29 2010, 12:53 PM) QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ Jul 29 2010, 12:31 PM) QUOTE (metaldad @ Jul 29 2010, 10:58 AM) QUOTE (GeminiRising79 @ Jul 29 2010, 09:54 AM) Its disappointing Rush won't produce a fan-tailored setlist. I agree. No reason they can't have an online poll on their website so people can vote. Iron Maiden is one of the bands that did it and the set was great. Just once they should do it. Yeah...that would be awesome! Make a setlist on Rush.com. That would be amazing...no reason why they couldn't step up and do it. Yeah, there is a reason why they wouldn't do that -- the fans would pick a bunch of songs Geddy can't sing anymore, and a bunch of songs they have absolutely no interest in playing. The only way that idea would work is if the band gave a list of the handful of songs that won't be played, and we had to choose from what's left. I know what you're saying 73, but I want to point out that I don't really buy the whole "Geddy can't sing" stuff. I mean, hear me out. These guys have been playing 2112 on basically every tour, and to me, the "Temples" section is one of the most unreachable songs in terms of how high Ged's voice gets. If he can pull off 2112 (which he can), I don't see how he can't pull off the other stuff. Yes, I understand that some songs may need to be tuned down, or whatnot, but it is possible. 2112 proves that it is still possible to have those tunes (which Ged can't sing) still sound awesome live. The same goes with Circumstances from last tour...it sounded great live, and I was happy to hear it. Don't get me wrong...I know they won't sound exactly as good as the studio recordings...but I would rather hear these awesome classic tunes in a slightly lower pitch, then not hear them at all. Hopefully this makes sense... Some songs sound good tuned down. "2112" is a good example. It still sounds like the song we know even though it's transposed down a step. Some songs don't work as well. "Circumstances" should have brought the house down on the last tour, but those signature riffs and chord progressions didn't sound right in a lower key. There's no way to know if a song will work in a different key until you hear it. That first chord in "Fly By Night" is instantly recognizable, to the point where you could name that tune after hearing just that first chord. That would get lost if they tuned it down, and Geddy would probably want to tune that song down to be able to sing it comfortably. it still sounds like rush, tuned down or not. the 2112 from test for echo tour- amazing, best 25 min. of live music i've ever experienced; plus if i want to hear 2112, i usually favor the diff. stages version- partially due to the extended discovery, but i LIKE the way it sounds in D: that's music-speak for them tuning down... circumstances sounded great on the snakes tour- different is not always bad. you've just heard the studio version too many times like me probably i think it sounds better than a passage to bangkok, which is in standard tuning, ged's voice is all over the place. if you listen to zep from the '07 reunion show, they played a lot of it tuned down as well. sounds different, but heavy as hell! especially the opener: good times bad times...

QUOTE (briremo @ Jul 30 2010, 07:14 AM) I have that same exact shirt that Alex is wearing! I'm gonna wear that and post a pic of me so I can be just like Alex where is it from..brand?

QUOTE (Tigershark2112 @ Jul 29 2010, 07:29 PM) Seeing how I had no idea that Alex had a solo this tour, thanks for posting it in the title for everyone to see.

it should be called something like : "grandpa's lullabye for baby" or "grandpa's little diddy"...cuz it sounds like something he maybe played for his grand babies. very "pretty" piece imo.

QUOTE (theoriginalfuzz @ Jul 27 2010, 06:19 PM) The garbage coming from his mouth is unbelievable... Don't you mean: "Gardiij" "that is no Gardiij, Gardiij is my friend from old country; that is the kafilter! a device of musical genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE (Necromancer @ Jul 27 2010, 05:42 PM) QUOTE (hughes&kettner @ Jul 27 2010, 06:33 PM) Necromancer: you are a moron. What you're saying (in effect) is that if someone takes their kid for a drive in the car, and some drunk causes them to get in an accident, it's the parents fault for taking the kids for a drive. and yeah i'm sure if you fall on someone's kid at a rush show, the parents (or security) would have nothing to say...cuz it's their fault for bringing the kids, and some jerk-off is too buzzed to maintain balance, and falls on someone???????good luck with that one:"...but your honor, the parents should have never brought their kid to a rock show, sure i was all f-ed up and fell on the kid, but at least I have a right to be there, right your honor???" not saying little kids need to be at shows like this. but it is a free country. what you're telling everyone around here is that if someone brings their kiddos, it amplifies your, well, douchebagginess?!?!? i thought pot made people more mellow- you take steroids too? Nope. No steroids and very rarely pot even. I'm arguing on the behalf of the people that do like to smoke it at a show. I haven't smoked pot at a show since... maybe 85 or so. But I might again at some point. Who knows? Would hate to decide to do so, and then see some snot nosed kid next to me wondering what i'm doing. It would be a total buzz kill. And yeah... maybe that's selfish too, but it's more in line with what happens at normal concerts. Having rugrats is NOT in line with normal behavior at a rock concert. This isn't KISS for crap's sake, it's A band who's been notoriously linked with pot since they came out basically. You folks haven't been to many concerts I guess. I've seen people get hurt because of the simplest of things. People walking through the seats to get to the aisle can slip. Drunk or not. And if they fall and hurt your six year old... who's f***ing fault is that? The person who slipped? I don't think so. You can coin me a douchebag... whatever... i don't care. You bring a kid to a concert and it's your fault if something happens. You KNOW what goes on at concerts, and it's not gonna stop just because YOU... the superparent... brought their kid. And if you EXPECT it to, you're delusional. Now maybe if you're ljr869, you can beat everyone one up and get them to behave accordingly. But the rest of us just aren't that tough, or that rich to get all the unruly people to comply with our wishes. so if someone slips on spilled pop in the aisle at the movies and falls on someone's kid- it's the parents fault for taking them to Toy Story 3, right?

Necromancer: you are a moron. What you're saying (in effect) is that if someone takes their kid for a drive in the car, and some drunk causes them to get in an accident, it's the parents fault for taking the kids for a drive. and yeah i'm sure if you fall on someone's kid at a rush show, the parents (or security) would have nothing to say...cuz it's their fault for bringing the kids, and some jerk-off is too buzzed to maintain balance, and falls on someone???????good luck with that one:"...but your honor, the parents should have never brought their kid to a rock show, sure i was all f-ed up and fell on the kid, but at least I have a right to be there, right your honor???" not saying little kids need to be at shows like this. but it is a free country. what you're telling everyone around here is that if someone brings their kiddos, it amplifies your, well, douchebagginess?!?!? i thought pot made people more mellow- you take steroids too?

QUOTE (jdouglas @ Jul 24 2010, 01:15 AM) QUOTE (hughes&kettner @ Jul 23 2010, 10:38 PM) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc9VWvlVsKo listen to 2:17 on the bend, how is stops ringing,and the bends at the end of the solo, he has to pick more than on the studio version... hollow body... He recorded the studio version with the same guitar, sounds like his finger just slipped a bit live IMO...plus it's next to impossible to match the studio tone actually with so many variables (mic placement, 100s of knob settings, and even temperatures). The HRF is just a semihollow Les Paul really, and semihollows are usually known to sustain more than a solid body guitar. The Les Pauls definately have newer and hotter pickups in them, that's why they sound....well more modern...but I like the vintage sound myself. I'm not a huge fan of the H&K either really. Kinda makes every song sound the same, and his solos lacked some definition because of them I think. Some just sounded messy I think. The H&K and the tele don't sound good together IMO. It's not the tele. but whatever...heavy is modern I guess. dude, is that your HR in your avatar? what about those strats?

QUOTE (CrazyYYZgirl...2112!! @ Jul 25 2010, 08:51 PM) QUOTE (kittengirl2112 @ Jul 25 2010, 07:54 PM) http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p454/kittengirl2112/Saratoga%20Springs%202010/089.jpg Alex now plays the synthenizer? I wonder if he really can play it. have you heard/seen time stand still live??

QUOTE (Zanadoo @ Jul 24 2010, 02:34 PM) is in the intro video when Neil says "Jesus, Mary and Joseph......" and when he does the sign of the cross. cracked me up at the show was that because the fat-suited lerxt had just farted?

QUOTE (trenken @ Jul 19 2010, 08:57 PM) QUOTE (crazygeo @ Jul 19 2010, 08:53 PM) I would say they were in their "prime" at this point.... I agree with you. That was when they were at their best, never as good since. that's bullshit. maybe the setlist hasn't been that good since...but their sound is like vintage scotch today...

listen to 2:17 on the bend, how is stops ringing,and the bends at the end of the solo, he has to pick more than on the studio version... hollow body...

QUOTE (jdouglas @ Jul 23 2010, 08:54 PM)I was sad not to see the ric, and either the HRF or one of the strats for some of the MP songs. The tele sounded awful in Vital Signs (and I like teles normally). The Les Paul Axcess are sweet guitars, but I was very glad to see the ES355 (reissue it looked like) come out at the end. I'm just not a huge fan of the Les Pauls, they are too dark for most of the songs IMO. So in summary, would it kill ya Alex to play the HRF on Tom Sawyer and the white strat for Vital Signs or Red Barchetta? Geddy, give us some RIC! Please make these changes for Allentown (haha)... the HR is uber-cool ,but not a TON of sustain: listen to the big bend towards the end of the tomsawyer lead on the Exit..Stage Left video (to hear example of the lack of sustain.) His les pauls sound awesome to me. With NO shortage of sustain. I wish he would play his black LP customs more actually. But he is really rocking his LP standards with lots of really nice tops! BUT: 1000% love the moving pictures-grace era strats comment. That would have been really cool. I also like the red with the mirror pickguard. The Hentor Sortscater is sweet too. Mix any one of those axes with the Ric...sAweeet! it would be nice to hear the exit...stage left bass tone; LOVE it And i 'd rather hear lerxt play through marshalls. I have access to a lerxt head; it's awesome, period. But part of it still "imitates" a Marshall anyways.

i never thought there would ever be chicks who had as many lifeson pics as i do/did. i mean, from ages 12-18 my walls were basically rush wallpaper, heavy on the alex pics. the one diff. is that for me it was guitar/rock n roll porn, and for ya'll, maybe more like real porn... but if ever anyone could make being a grandpa super-cool, it's alex.

QUOTE (Mr. Krinkle @ Jul 23 2010, 09:14 AM) It's the same old body with a new neck and pickguard. can you verify that?

QUOTE (cygnus_thegodofbalance @ Jul 22 2010, 01:37 PM) I REALLY don't think the crowd would go ballistic over Anthem. I'd say 60% of the crowd probably doesn't even know the song. based on what specific research?

QUOTE (tangy @ Jul 21 2010, 03:35 PM) QUOTE (hughes&kettner @ Jul 21 2010, 03:22 PM) Not sure where the weed/Rush relationship is. Geddy during R30 (i think) gave the little speech before earthshine: "...i hope you have all the substances you need to get through the night..." or something along those lines. I know he mentioned smoking while they made caress on the documentary, and other than lakeside park (drinking by the lighthouse, smoking on the peer) there are no other weed references that come to mind... A Passage to Bangkok? anymore?