drgrendel

For the longest time in my life Rush did occupy the top spot. Now they get mixed in with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, and Marillion.

I have some mixed feeling about this. I may never seem them live again after the Buffalo show, but I have their music all around me. If this is it, I am glad they are going while still a decent act to see live. I do say decent because musically they are still there, but hearing Geddy struggle is rather sad to watch and hear at times. IMO, their last great tour was TFE. I really did not appreciate, as I have stated several times, the last two tours and their insistence on jamming back to back to back to back songs from the most recent album down the crowds throat. It is not tat I do not like the albums, it was the fact hey chose to present it in an aggressive way. Now they are starting R40 with 3 tunes from CA? REALLY? I suppose that is what killed the magic for me. But alas, there are other live acts out there putting out killer material ad touring in support of it. Life goes on...

I think the important question to ask is why so much for CA stuff and the skipping of two other albums which fans are clamoring for? I really do not understand their logic when it comes to this stuff. First, stuffing back-to-back songs from one album down our throats and then starting the same way on this tour and skipping popular albums in the process. In some respects, I am glad they are done touring in this magnitude. They suck at putting a set together. Don't give me the crap about "they play what they want, they are the artists." Yeah, they got famous by us shelling out the gold, now give me the benefit of a reach-around before you (Rush) do me again.

I was thinking of skipping this tour myself. Quite frankly, I find it repulsive that they decided to bore the living hell out of the audience by doing their back-to-back crap they did on S&A and CA. Mind you, I went to multiple shows on each tour, but I found a way to avoid the excessive sleep music. I would have been able to digest the amount of new material if they would have sprinkled it nicely throughout the show. However, their means of jamming the stuff down my throat like that really made me think about who is doing the thinking there. Yeah, they are my favorite band, but that does not mean I have to bend over and take it up the arse just because they are Rush and hey are slowing down. I am keeping y 4th row Buffalo tickets. I love the crowds.

It is my belief that if one wishes to "avoid knowing," living alone in a cave might be the best way to do just that. If not, you get what you get. In the larger scheme, it is not a huge deal one way or another. There are more significant things in life...'ya know?

I was going to settle with the tickets that I have for Buffalo (300 level), but decided to poke around and ask some of my contacts in the area if there are any seats to be had. Within two hours I receive a cell message with an attached picture of two second-row floor seats or face value. M reply was- Send Them! A few minutes later, I received another text - "There are plenty of good seas available - they are just floating around. Need any more?" Pretty sickening!

True dat! I prefer to see the whole show. I have had my time up close - really prefer to be off the floor.

Missing a show because you cannot get a seat you want? Seems pretty lamo to me! <shakes head in wonderment>

The formula for happiness is easy: Buy ticket + Go to show = HAPPY HAPPY!!!! Look, last tour I had font row center at the Pittsburgh show. This time around I have level 3 in Buffalo. Guess what? I am HAPPY simply because I am going!

This time around I took what was there and was done with it. Luckily there are some big name bands out there who really care for their fans by making sure really good seats are available through pre-sale. The VIP packages offered are a joke in comparison to others. The fans got them into the RRHOF and this is what they give back? I belong to other fan sites and the pre-sale tickets offered there are 100x better than what has been offered here. I feel bad for the common person on this one.

Thankfully bands like Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath are trying t make things better for their fans. I know each time I go for a ticket (fan pre-sale) to a Maiden show, pit tickets are first option. Now that is fan love! If they can do it, why can't this band? I can understand the OPs position. Best way to deal with it is to have the masses refuse the product. Just don't buy until reform. Fans pay salaries - no fans - no $$$$$$$$$!

Ok...I have put my heart back into my chest. I am going to let my buddy in Buffalo get tickets. I am willing to take the best we can get in order for him to take his three kids along with us. I have been really spoiled the last three tours with seats no worse than 10 th row (1st row Pittsburgh being best). I am looking forward to sitting back a bit and taking in the whole thing. Just thankful this is happening!

OOOOOOOOPS! I forgot to get ticket! Where was my email regarding pre-sale code????? OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The last time around, the Pittsburgh show had a dismal attendance. By comparison, Buffalo was a sell-out. Pittsburgh has always had a visit from them; sometimes hitting the Burgh for both legs of a tour. Buffalo missed out on Time Machine Tour, so I think Buffalo is getting I just desserts this time.

There are some bands that do justice for their fans by releasing EXCELLENT PRIME seats in their pre-sales. It is too bad that this band does not do the same. For the band that I will never mention here, I have had PRIME standing right in front of the stage for the last 5 tours they have done without fuss nor worry. So it is not all bands that do this, just the greedy ones.

If they went this direction, which I think is really not a bad idea (would cut down on those insipid videos), I would post another vote for MARILLION! When it comes down to it, the supposed "three-hour show" (minus videos and break) clocks in well under three hours. So a well orchestrated two-hour music fest would be more to my liking than the current "An Evening with Rush" format. It was pretty cool the first few times they did this, but like most anything else that starts off large, it is losing its punch. Before the slam fest begins on this, I have attended each and evey tour since 1978. Their first "Evening with...." was by far their BEST ever. IMO

I have finally stopped laughing hard enough to manage a post here. All of this based upon what? How many times in the past has Alex ranted off about doing this or doing that? He is as credible as __________________________ (insert best simile here). Thanks for the humor - I did need it!

The Counterparts (Pittsburgh, PA) and T4E (NJ x2) tours were by far my favorite rush tours. The setlists were well mixed and there were no stupid films to sit through. It really is a shame that we will never get to have our own copy of the T4E tour. I will have lasting memories of watching both shows in NJ though (Continental Arena and PNC). It is possible to pleaase both worlds, but alas, i think it has become a lost art.

I do not think they should continue with "An Evening With Rush" thing. Get a decent opener, cut out the stupid videos and put out a solid two-hour show. Mix it up a bit and don't slam all the new stuff into a single dose. I am not convinced that doing so is a great idea.

Agree with most of the posters above....OUTDOOR is where it is at!

Very nice work indeed! Hope you continue to hone your talents. I did not place a vote for you though.

Being front row is an awesome experience. You get great poses and interaction. Having said that, I have found that being further back provides a much beteer overall concert experience. You see more of the whole show as opposed to concentrating on a member or two on stage. I loved my front row experience as well as all the other shows that I have been within the first 10 rows. For future shows, I will get seats further back. As others have pointed out, if you can swing it, it is worth it to experience it at least once. You will not regret it!

CA - 1st Row Pittsburgh/ Time Machine - 10th Row Pittsburgh - 3rd Row Jiffy Lube (back to back shows)/ S&A - 5th Row Pittsburgh; 5th Row Buffalo; 8th Row Pittsburgh (second leg) - I have 3rd row for Hershey but may not go.

I'm glad I'm not aging like that and I am pretty old. When I had problems with my leg I could not stand for very long, and went to about four rock concerts that year. I didn't feel the need to tell everyone in front of me to sit because I had to. How selfish is that.... When it comes to Rush I'll take the consequences of standing for three hours, I don't care if it hurts, it's Rush. The band is older than I am and look what they do night after night during a tour, I'm sure they feel it, so it's a little wussy for us to complain about just standing there. Or if other people stand, or fist pump or head bang, because some people don't want to, no one is supposed to do it? Huh? And then there were the times I took my mother to see Manilow and Neil Diamond, there were elderly women standing the whole time, waving their arms and squealing like teenyboppers. LOL, now those are fans. Again, it comes down to planning. Try asking a 6 or 8 year old girl (daughters) to stand for three hours. As well, I personally need a hip-replacement and don't have health insurance for what would amount to a $35K procedure. So there are days, not that often, but they do occur, where it is literally impossible for me to stand for 3 hours. If you're sitting up front, expect to stand, that's all there is to it. What I don't get is when people buy first row seats in the 2nd or 3rd levels and then stand the entire show and then get upset when an entire section, not just one or two people, are inconvenienced simply because they don't prefer to stand ... BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO, otherwise and except for a couple/few people standing in the front, to see the show just fine from where they are. I sat for over 90% of the show in B-more and had a FANTASTIC time!! I actually wanted to stand more, but you know what, I didn't because I looked behind me and realized that if I did then either A, an entire group of people behind wouldn't be able to see well, or B, that they would then stand too and I figured that since they were ALL sitting that they preferred it that way. So what did I do, I sulked, rehashed this conversation in my head, pouted, and got PO'd!!! NOT!!! No, instead, I sat there in my front row 2nd level seat and had a fan-f'n-tastic time!!! My legs were moving the entire time! Honestly, how does anyone claim that it's impossible to enjoy a show or that we somehow owe something to the band and that by not standing we violate such idiotic premises! It's funny, Rush has all these songs that focus and center around the greed and selfishness of people, yet here's an entire thread dedicated to me-first thinking. Think that thru the next time you or anyone else wants to insist on standing everyone else be damned. Again, don't get me wrong, there are sections where people should, reasonably, be expected to stand, like the entire floor first and foremost, but after that, that's simply not categorically the case by a long shot. I'm glad I'm not aging like that and I am pretty old. When I had problems with my leg I could not stand for very long, and went to about four rock concerts that year. I didn't feel the need to tell everyone in front of me to sit because I had to. How selfish is that.... When it comes to Rush I'll take the consequences of standing for three hours, I don't care if it hurts, it's Rush. The band is older than I am and look what they do night after night during a tour, I'm sure they feel it, so it's a little wussy for us to complain about just standing there. Or if other people stand, or fist pump or head bang, because some people don't want to, no one is supposed to do it? Huh? And then there were the times I took my mother to see Manilow and Neil Diamond, there were elderly women standing the whole time, waving their arms and squealing like teenyboppers. LOL, now those are fans. Again, it comes down to planning. Try asking a 6 or 8 year old girl (daughters) to stand for three hours. As well, I personally need a hip-replacement and don't have health insurance for what would amount to a $35K procedure. So there are days, not that often, but they do occur, where it is literally impossible for me to stand for 3 hours. If you're sitting up front, expect to stand, that's all there is to it. What I don't get is when people buy first row seats in the 2nd or 3rd levels and then stand the entire show and then get upset when an entire section, not just one or two people, are inconvenienced simply because they don't prefer to stand ... BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO, otherwise and except for a couple/few people standing in the front, to see the show just fine from where they are. I sat for over 90% of the show in B-more and had a FANTASTIC time!! I actually wanted to stand more, but you know what, I didn't because I looked behind me and realized that if I did then either A, an entire group of people behind wouldn't be able to see well, or B, that they would then stand too and I figured that since they were ALL sitting that they preferred it that way. So what did I do, I sulked, rehashed this conversation in my head, pouted, and got PO'd!!! NOT!!! No, instead, I sat there in my front row 2nd level seat and had a fan-f'n-tastic time!!! My legs were moving the entire time! Honestly, how does anyone claim that it's impossible to enjoy a show or that we somehow owe something to the band and that by not standing we violate such idiotic premises! It's funny, Rush has all these songs that focus and center around the greed and selfishness of people, yet here's an entire thread dedicated to me-first thinking. Think that thru the next time you or anyone else wants to insist on standing everyone else be damned. Again, don't get me wrong, there are sections where people should, reasonably, be expected to stand, like the entire floor first and foremost, but after that, that's simply not categorically the case by a long shot. By far the BEST post on this stupid thread!!!! Bravo!

Ah, DrGrendel, assuming you took your name from the Marillion song and not just Beowulf in general, you and I are practically neighbors ostensibly with a similar taste in music (bolstered by your Lemmy quote). Your post was pretty rude for no reason. Be nice. Sorry to have offended you. Was just pointing out that: Life is full of disappointments; you took a chance and it did not work out. As my 10 year-old daughter (who loves Lemmy) would say, "suck it up and move on." My reaction stems from an observation of the forums becoming a huge wine and cheese party. Sorry, hope life treats you better in the future.