amylovesrush

Narps, I love your animated avatar. Did anyone ever figure out who JMT was (high scorer)? Super, my brother and I "discuss" these things and haven't disinherited each other.... yet.

Didn't mean to imply that a person should ONLY like Rush. A teenaged boyfriend got me into the band when I was 15. You know those hours spent listening to every album on vinyl.... yeah. After that none of my boyfriends liked Rush; they either hated Rush or were not that into music at all. Would just be nice to have this in common with someone, is all. I'm fortunate to have a lot of friends who I in turn turned onto Rush or met on the 'Net 20+ years ago so that when I have gone to other cities for shows there have always been friends there.

I'm wondering if I should put it in a personal ad... ;) I am the real deal. I've met several guys (as friends!) over the years at gigs and now that I'm free.... no more gigs. :( My 75-year-old mother took me to my first gig when I was 15,and sent me the news of Geddy's 62nd birthday. We are a Rush family! lol

I'll start by saying I've been a part of the Rush online community for nearly 25 years. I'd always intended to hold up a sign at a concert that said "looking for Rush fans to date!" lol (well not really, but...) Only there aren't going to be many more concerts. Sooo... have any of you met a Rush fan and started dating? I'm completely serious, but I also would never ever attract someone who's already committed. My real name is Amy and some of you may remember me from TNMS.

Yes, it makes you wonder if it's something they remembered from their journeys, or something Neil saw from his motorcycle! Yep - I'm guessing that these are landmarks they've seen on their travels. :)

Bit odd that they chose the Luling Watermelon Tower as Austin's symbol when Luling is an hour's drive away. I'm guessing they drove by it at some point since it's on I-10 and if coming from Houston, it's not the shortest route but an okay route to Austin along US 183. There are also tons of long-distance bicycle rides held out in that part of Texas.

Had to miss my hometown gig due to an extremely rare life event that took me out of town. Was watching for another show to catch, and Denver fit into my schedule. Sooooooo glad it was good. I'd never been to Denver before (though I travel a lot) and had less than 24 hours there. The financial and physical toll of making that trip were huge, but I just could NOT miss this tour. Geddy is in EXCELLENT shape. It's so hard to think of retiring altogether from the road.... when they are this strong live!

That's an excellent spot to be. :)

I'd love a Rush guy, so much so that I'm considering going to Europe for the Rush shows next year because a Dutch or English Rush guy would be ace. (At my age, I know what I like.) I have had exactly ONE Rush-fan boyfriend - the one who converted me 30 years ago. Since then all boyfriends and husbands have hated Rush. My current boyfriend loves the Stones, but I'm =meh= about them. The Beatles are the better band if you are a musician.

I listened to "Tears" for the first time in many years and it was almost like hearing it anew but with all the sentimentality that 30 years accumulates. And I noticed the mellotron in much more detail than I had. Indeed, the chorus uses the strings voice, and verse 1 uses the flute voice, but at 2:08 a different solo voice comes in. This voice doesn't have the vibrato that the others have but I'll be damned if I can identify it! For your listening pleasure and fun, go to: http://www.mellotron.com/soundframe.htm where you can listen to the invididual voices. The closest Mellotron match I can find is French Horn. What do you think? This is a 30-year-old argument along the lines of "it's dogs barking" "no it's bowling balls and pins" at the beginning of Dreamline..... Help!

Muse are already there IMO - consistently excellent live - a trio; thinking man's lyrics; and excellent musicians. Sound familiar?

QUOTE (Del_Duio @ Jul 1 2010, 04:44 PM) QUOTE (shaun3701 @ Jul 1 2010, 12:34 PM) QUOTE (Funky Chicken @ Jul 1 2010, 12:33 PM) Kyla was born in 1994. As they say on Match Game- "BLANK-bait". hmm only a couple more years to go I can just picture Geddy perusing this forum and then getting to this post: O_O Nah - her parents have brought her up better than to fall for one of you lot. She's far more modestly dressed than the girls who are part of the "terrible pun" video.

Was the above picture taken in Albuquerque? There were a noticeably higher number of women and girls in attendance - and they were very cute! OTOH, if I'd posted a pic of a guy I thought was hawt, what would the reaction be? and if you were born in 1970 as your user name may indicate, you are really robbing the cradle here. ;-)

Alex really did look to be struggling with arthritis or some form of joint pain - as I mentioned elsewhere, he was warming up on the side with the TSOR opening riff. It is a distinct possibility that some of the setlist may have been chosen with the wants and needs of the band in mind. Geddy did peg "Free Will" last night, but they still drop-tuned 2112. I'm a bass player, not a guitarist, but I saw that Alex did simplify solos and often got a bit behind on the really fast licks. I was "playing" along, and despite being in the dry desert and me being a good 10+ years younger, found that my own finger joints were having a tough time keeping up. Perhaps he was intentionally kept down in the mix while they assessed his playing. At any rate - we'll have another batch of telegrams coming in from KC tonight and I wish I were there!

At the beginning of what turns into La Villa, Alex is doing an oom-pah tuba with pedals and eventually it drops into the Strangiato theme.

QUOTE (druid13 @ Jul 1 2010, 08:47 AM) I am still wondering if anyone noticed the girl playing Geddy the bartender's daughter...she looks like Geddy's real daughter...and it would not surprise me if she made a cameo appearance. Yes, I do believe that was Kyla.

Alex's guitars were way down in the mix so that you couldn't hear him do the awesomely loud riff we're used to hearing at the beginning of the song. He was watching the intro video from the side of the stage and rather nervously fingering the riff as if to practise before he went on! Opening night jitters? Possibly. I don't understand all the negativity about the improv. It's a few minutes out of hours, and the mood was so laid back at that point. At the beginning of "Working Man" it almost sounded like they were going to improv "Distant Early Warning" instead. Aren't we fortunate that they have such a deep catalogue? No one is going to like everything they do live, but if you're in the audience I cannot possibly see how you would hate it. There's too much else to love.

It was excellent - Ged did have to concentrate very hard but pulled it off magnificently. Similar concentration required for "Witch Hunt" but again - RESULT.

QUOTE (savagegrace26 @ Jun 30 2010, 10:01 PM) Listening to Presto from the boot. It sounds magical. Glad they're playing it. Unless you hate "Presto" as a song, you will not be disappointed live. And do be aware that at least part of some songs have been rather creatively re-arranged. Listen to the song that's played as the crowd exits. ;-)

The new LED technology is awesome. As ever they are pushing the technical envelope. Have faith!

QUOTE (mountaineeroflamneth @ Jun 30 2010, 03:04 PM) Best sound for any Rush show I have seen, really loud but really clear. They had great energy and where having a great time. I was sitting on the aisle of the rightmost section (stage left) about 15 rows from the stage. The main speaker tower, suspended and waving a bit in the wind, was deafening. The clarity was terrible, to the point that it sounded like bad pickups, bad mikes on the drums etc - and possibly a ton of compression dropouts. Alex's electric guitars were never loud enough. I'd love to hear from someone right up front or on the lawn to see if the sound was better there. Neil's drums were suddenly crisp and amazing during "The Camera Eye" but nowhere else. The band was looser than usual, but Geddy at least was aware of the sound problems and at one point stopped being a perfectionist and just had fun rocking out. You could SEE that they were overplaying to make up for some of the sound issues. The opening night freshness more than made up for any of the above!

To each their own, but I was thrilled to hear "Presto" and "Marathon" live, because the first has a lot of personal meaning to me - as does the second, in addition to the massive swell of choir/orchestra/band/bass pedals. There were some sound issues during "Marathon" with keys and FX which diminished the enjoyment a bit, but it was still awesome. "Time Stand Still" has a lot more meaning now that I'm older, and in a way, plays into the Time Machine theme. And some of the songs had some interesting new arrangements. It'd be a shame to miss the tour based upon what appears to be - but isn't - an uninteresting setlist. Some of the choices will seem more relevant if you've seen the new documentary.