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QUOTE (Gilbertk @ Apr 20 2012, 08:52 AM) Even if he did, don't expect it on the road. He's already said it's to heavy and he can get the same tone out of the lighter Fender. Why people are so obsessed with him using that bass is beyond me. Did no one hear his tone on the last tour? for those of us who dig (and can tell the diff) the rick tone, we'd like to hear him use it...it's a nostalgic thing. i LOVE exit stage left ane that's pretty much all 4001.... it's the same with lerxt and marshalls for me. i prefer his tone with marshalls, but i do dig the HK sound he gets.

that is f-ing cool.

QUOTE (presto123 @ Apr 19 2012, 03:39 AM)but Headlong Flight makes 2112 sound downright wimpy. I am stunned the boys could pull this off at this stage in the game healdong flight is great tune, no doubt. but it's not full of angst and determination that launched a band into immortatilty, now is it? NO music can make 2112 sound wimpy- besides, wimpy is Popey's moochy friend.

QUOTE (snowdog2112 @ Apr 18 2012, 10:55 AM) Holy shit!! this

QUOTE (danielmclark @ Apr 13 2012, 07:45 AM)QUOTE (hughes&kettner @ Apr 13 2012, 06:04 AM) ironic that an archaic medium like vinyl still sounds better than any electronic one...1,000 times better. First, that's not irony. Second, that's only according to you and a small number of misguided people It's the definition of irony...plus vinyl sounds better only to those with ears. Are you 12 or something? Have you ever heard vinyl? Or are you just being a DB troll?

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Apr 16 2012, 02:50 AM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Apr 15 2012, 11:15 PM) The wait is part of the fun, savour the moment I say, it'll be old news before you know it... The new Astra album came out already a week or two ago, and people have virtually stopped talking about it. Personally, when things are truly fantastic (like the new Astra album), I think they should still be talked about for months, but for some reason others think all conversation after a week should grind to a halt. Well since rush is light years ahead of Astra that's a stupid comparison...people actually give a shit about CA now and will after it's release.

QUOTE (Tony R @ Apr 15 2012, 12:37 PM) Any Rush fan with good taste? I thought all rush fans have good taste...

QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Apr 15 2012, 07:33 PM) Indoors, lasers, Dreamline would be the perfect opener

QUOTE (losingit2k @ Apr 14 2012, 10:16 PM) Prove Far Cry wasn't a fluke! They still have what it takes to Rock hard and create meaningful prog-metal music! One of my favorite Rush songs live on TTMT! please stop using the "prog-metal" lable with this band- not just you, but everyone in the world...PA LEEEZE!!! no more "prog this" or "prog that" the word prog is latin for gay. it's f-ing rock and roll people! period.

love it. the only issue i have is that after seeing the TM tour 4-5 times, it was a song that signified not only that the moving pictures suite was over, but that the show itself was nearing an end...

QUOTE (presto123 @ Apr 13 2012, 03:05 AM) I have every album through about Power Windows on vinyl. +1

ironic that an archaic medium like vinyl still sounds better than any electronic one...1,000 times better.

Do you have an iPad? jammit is what you need. you can slow down the isolated guitar without changing pitch. this is a VERY cool application. if not- just youtube search for the song you want to work on with "isolated gutar" in the search titile... you'll find stuff like this: which is BADa$$

QUOTE (metaldad @ Apr 7 2012, 04:58 PM) QUOTE (hughes&kettner @ Apr 6 2012, 09:56 PM) Oh and...no medleys either. This and they need to stop opening with Radio, enough already Seriously ...they have opened with what, maybe 4-5 different songs in the last 35years.

QUOTE (metaldad @ Apr 7 2012, 04:58 PM) QUOTE (hughes&kettner @ Apr 6 2012, 09:56 PM) Oh and...no medleys either. This and they need to stop opening with Radio, enough already Seriously ...they have opened with what, maybe 4-5 different songs in the last 35years.

QUOTE (druid13 @ Apr 7 2012, 08:19 AM) Radiohead is a great band....no reason you can't like what they do and what Rush does.... Everything does not have to be lengthy arrangements of prog rock and singing about elves and trolls for Petes sake..... Frankly bands like Yes and Genesis in the later parts of their careers blow...nothing but efficient pop music pretending to be prog... Radiohead does some pretty cool stuff creatively.... Perhaps you were thinking of Coldplay...? I just bought tix for radiohead in June here in the r n r capital....so I really need no lecture on them or any other music from you broseph. They are a good band, rush is an elite band- that's all I was saying. No need to break out the progressive-rock-is-only-good-in-the-70's argument. You were probably not doing much besides sucking a bottle then anyways. A milk bottle that is, son.

QUOTE (the_necro_dancer @ Apr 7 2012, 04:38 AM) QUOTE (hughes&kettner @ Apr 6 2012, 09:23 PM) Is there a good radio head forum you can go to? And leave this one here too I mean. Never compare rush to radiohead again....in any way. Geddy likes Radiohead. Should he stop being a member of Rush? Yes he should then lerxt and the professor could seek out radiohead for a new bassist and vocalist. Rushhead or radiorush would be the new name of the band.

Oh and...no medleys either.

Please god let there be a new song worthy of opening this tour setlist...no more spirit or Dreamline.... Nice list though. Broons bane? Sign me up for that one there!

QUOTE (the_necro_dancer @ Apr 1 2012, 04:31 AM) Marketing ploy? Taking the piss more like. If this was Radiohead we would have had the record weeks ago. Is there a good radio head forum you can go to? And leave this one here too I mean. Never compare rush to radiohead again....in any way.

QUOTE (rtrushfan @ Jan 6 2012, 03:57 PM) How's this for a set: Set 1 2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx Show Don't Tell (last played on Counterparts tour) The Analog Kid (last played on Counterparts tour) Lock and Key (last played on HYF tour) Half the World (last played on TFE tour) New CA song Bravado (last played on R30 tour) The Trees (last played on S&A Tour) Nobody's Hero (last played on TFE tour) Mystic Rhythms (last played on R30 tour) YYZ Set 2 Caravan BU2B New CA song New CA song The Enemy Within (last played on GUP tour) The Weapon (last played on PW tour) Witch Hunt CA Instrumental OR MalNar/Drum Solo Alex Acoustic The Spirit of Radio Xanadu (last played on R30 tour) Limelight Encore Far Cry Cygnus X-1 (last played on VT tour) Tom Sawyer 2112 - 1 A Farewell to Kings - 2 Hemispheres - 1 Permanent Waves - 1 Moving Pictures - 4 Signals - 2 Grace Under Pressure - 1 Power Windows - 1 Hold Your Fire - 1 Presto - 1 Roll the Bones - 1 Counterparts - 1 Test for Echo - 1 Snakes & Arrows - 1 (2) Albums not represented: RUSH, Fly By Night, Caress of Steel, Vapor Trails (Only 9 songs from Time Machine tour) if you're gonna make a wish list, why the F would you have Far Cry as a bloody encore??????????????????? every hear of 70's rush??? 80"s rush??? sheesh...

i LOVE rik and triumph as well. but i do not like anyone covering RUSH. i appreciate the notion for sure, but you don't see anyone doing a "cover" of the mona lisa?!?!?!?!?! now do ya? glad folks are having fun with it, but if i wanna hear RUSH, i listen to the real thang.

QUOTE (fledgehog @ Dec 5 2011, 04:54 PM) QUOTE (reani14 @ Dec 4 2011, 01:17 AM) a few people say that alex was even lucky to get in it at all. I dont know why people dont respect him or even ever heard of him. hes great. Hes way better than kurt Cobain. Because realistically he isn't one of the 100 best guitarists in the world, nor did he break any huge new grounds stylistically. I'm not discrediting his guitar skills, I'm just saying there are at least 100 guitarists who are more deserving of a spot on the list. Unfortunately, most of those guitarists AREN'T on the list, and if they are they're improperly placed. On a different note, anyone who doesn't think Mark Knopfler is one of the finest guitarists ever needs to have their head examined. He's a master of subtlety, dynamic and tone...a lot of that is due to the infinitely more difficult finger-picking style he plays with. dude- you are talking out of your ass. not sure you are very well versed in the instrument to say the things you say. i like mark knopfler just fine, but is he groudbreaking? no way in hell. but for lifeson, how many players in the rock genre used a classical guitar live...in a sports arena?? let alone weaved an electric guitar sound so perfectly into a 3 piece band? hmm? not many as well as lifeson. there are less than 20 guitarists of any style who are truly groundbreaking. if you want to argue that, then you need to do some research on the instrument. then come back and admit you don't really know jack shit about the history of the instrument. it's pointless anyways to argue "he's better than him" or anything like that- what you can't argue is longevity. people still pay $ to hear and see lifeson play- after 40 f-ing years. you think dire straits could do a tour with no new album and go on for 2 years? maybe playing the HOB tour. my point is that lifeson is being dissed by being so low. that's all... not sure why so many delta bravos around here are not sticking up for lerxt- well, i guess it's due to them being delta bravos. if the nuts around here can't stick up for alex, then who will god damnit? "at least 100 players better than him" what an asshole...i mean- it's your opinion and this is the internet. but god, you just come off like such a little fuchtard saying things like that. i feel like lord helmet on spaceball 1...surrounded by assholes. "keep firing assholes!!!!!!"

QUOTE (PassTheAmmunition @ Dec 2 2011, 07:03 PM) So yeah, I dont post often. But driving home tonight listening to Signals remaster from the Sector 3 box set, I felt compelled to come right to the computer and opine. Now I was Christmas shopping online, and not overtly looking to buy myself something, but that darn Amazon.com has a way of suggesting things that it knows I like, right? So yeah in a moment of weakness I bought Sector 3. Yes, yes, I want Sectors 1&2 of course (Christmas hints, people!) but Sector 3 was beckoning to me mostly because I have long thought that Signals would be just so much more awesome if it (the original release) didnt sound like it had been recorded through cheesecloth. As much as I love Signals, I felt I would love the remastered release all the more. Boy, was I right. Now I read only bits and pieces of reviews online about the Sector sets, and in particular, Signals on Sector 3. A few people's opinions were that not only was the audio remastered, but there were "alternate" versions used for the vocal tracks as well. To this point I state no actual knowledge of truthfulness, but in listening to it tonight as well as last night on a "good system" (my imac and Sennheiser HD850's) Ive come to the glorious conclusion that Signals sounds unfuckingbelievablydelicious. Listening to The Analog Kid (digitally, ironically) I was just lost in sonic heaven. Gone is the cheesecloth, the muddiness and the lack of crispness Ive always wanted to hear in those songs and there are just some wonderfully mixed, crisp and rich takes on some of my favorite music, from a very memorable time in my life. I couldnt help but sit there, holding the "mini vinyl cd sleeve", flipping through the reanimated liner notes and listening to the songs over and over while thinking about that moment I first opened the Signals package and heard the first few notes of Subdivisions, quite literally "lit up with anticipation"..... and its funny how I recalled exactly where I was and exactly what I was doing. Funny how that happens, and so very cool when it does. After checking out PW and GUP, I can say with certainty that this was my most worthwhile Rush-related purchase (probably since I picked up the remastered Hemispheres CD) and that even for someone without a professionally-trained ear and the most expensive equipment in the world, it just sounds so obviously different to me. I truly wasnt expecting it to sound radically different. I guess in a world of iTunes downloads and EPs, Ive actually gotten away from listening to music this way. Ive gone and ripped my CD collection to iTunes and to my various portable devices, where I listen to them perhaps rather indifferently in a way. Take some time to hear theses songs in the Sector collection, I would love to hear your thoughts. great, now i have to shell out $$ for this box set or beg santa! thanks a lot dude!!