Simon

It might be different as Bowie was a solo artist. Given that Ged and Alex are still alive, they may well have a say over future releases.

I think a tribute concert would be wonderful! If Ged and Alex are up to it, they could do something like the Freddie Mercury tribute concert, where the remaining members of Queen performed with different singers, only this time it would be with different drummers. They could have a video of Neil doing his solo, and 'all three' of them could play YYZ. It could be a fantastic tribute to a man who was loved, worshipped, and who brought so much pleasure to so many. :)

Would they have had the funeral already?

A hero of mine too. Rush have always been a part of my life, ever since I first heard 2112 in the late 70s. They haven't always produced albums I've fallen in love with, but the ones I do love will always be with me. I was privileged enough to see them twice in the UK, once on the 1983 Signals tour, and at the O2 in 2015. We all knew that Rush as a band had finished, but it's such a tragedy that Neil's retirement was spent battling this monstrous condition. My thoughts go out to his family, and those others closest to him. It must have been hell keeping this quiet for all this time. RIP The Professor. Your memory lives on in your music.

According to reports, Neil had the condition for three and a half years, in which case he may not have been aware of it in August 2015 when Rush finished touring, If this is so, it's an exceptionally cruel turn of events for this monstrous disease to have struck when it did. Neil, and those surrounding him, did bloody well at keeping this quiet for the last three and a half years. It's good that he eventually got out of the limelight that he was often uncomfortable in, and had a peaceful, if tragically short, retirement.

Maybe they could get a guest singer in to do some of the early stuff? Just a thought... Set 1: Force Ten Spirit of Radio Analog Kid Time Stand Still Clockwork Angels Manhatten Project Grand Designs The Anarchist Marathon Mission Carnies Freewill The Trees Subdivisions -- Set 2: Distant Early Warning Between The Wheels Red Barchetta The Wreckers Emotion Detector Available Light Natural Science Headlong Flight (+ Drum Solo) A Farewell To Kings By-Tor and The Snowdog Beneath, Between and Behind La Villa Strangiato The Garden -- Encore: 2112 (Overture / ToS) Tom Sawyer YYZ

Saw them last 30 years ago, on the Signals tour in London, and the 80s era was my favourite, so good to see a strong presence from Power Windows. Love the first set, but would have replaced Body Electric with Enemy Within, and Territories with Emotion Detector, and would have also liked to have see Available Light in there somewhere. CA isn't the pinnacle of their career, so would have liked maybe four or five, but not all those. The Garden and Wish Them Well are not really concert material. I'd have been happier with Caravan, CA, Anarchist, Carnies or 7SoG, and HF to finish the set. I know they're probably sick of playing them, but I'll miss Freewill and I think TSoR should definitely be added to the encore.

Different Stages for me, because I love Neil's drum sound, the slower paced, more relaxed performances (particularly Freewill), and the fact that they did the whole of 2112, possibly for the last time.

Hope this hasn't been mentioned too many times, but has anyone noticed that the DVD mix of Analog Kid from the Sectors box has a different vocal take to the original? This can clearly be heard on "rocking in the breeze" in the first verse, where Ged drops the end note by a couple of tones, and in other changes throughout. It's definitely a different take, and I wonder if anyone else has found any other 'secrets' like this?

I bought the DVD version of this, as I didn't think it was worth paying extra for the same audio on a Bluray, but apparently, the Bluray is the only one with DTS sound, and that is often preferable to DD5.1 or DVD-Audio. I've now ordered the Bluray as well, so will reserve judgement until I hear it, but I have to admit to being slightly disappointed with the DVD version. I was really hoping for some window rattling bass at the start of Tom Sawyer, and it would have been a nice touch if the synths at the start of TCE went around the room.

QUOTE (Xanadu93 @ Jul 15 2010, 06:53 AM)I think you're the first English TRFer with Power Windows and Hold Your Fire as your two favorite albums. And welcome to TRF! Interesting comment, and I'm not sure how to take it!

Thanks for the welcomes!

Gawd blimey, a bit of both, me old mate! By the way, I can't type amerkin either!

Hi, joined the other day, and wanted to introduce myself. I was very surprised to get my own name as a user name, but after exhausting every 'Rush' type name I could think of, and finding them all taken, I thought I'd give it a try! Anyway, I am Simon, and I have been a Rush fan since I was about 16 (a LONG time ago!!). My first Rush LP was 2112, and I remember hearing bits of it being played in my local record store (anyone in the UK remember Our Price Records?), and couldn't believe how high the girl could sing! I subsequently discovered that the girl was a bloke called Geddy Lee, and was even more amazed at how high he could sing! From there, I bought all the previous albums, over the course of about a year, and was blown away, the only slight disappointment being Caress of Steel, not aided by the poor sound quality, and even now, I'm not really into that album. Of the era, Hemispheres was probably my next favourite album, followed by FBN, AFTK, and Rush, in that order. When Permanent Waves came out, it wasn't an immediate bond. Ged's vocals were lower in key, they had ditched the fantasy lyrics, and it just didn't quite sound the same, but after a time, it just grew on me, and it's now one of my favourite albums of that era, Spirit of Radio, Freewill and Natural Science being among my all time best Rush tracks. Next came Moving Pictures, which again took it's time to grow on me. The sound had changed, and seemed quite 'clinical', compared to the rawness of PW. I'm probably wrong, but I believe this was one of the first albums recorded 'digitally'? Anyway, I grew to love it, but I felt side 2 was a little weak, and it doesn't have the same charm as PW does for me. As we move forward, through Signals (too synthy, but good songs), DEW (better, and with the awesome Afterimage (never played live?)), we come to my two favourite Rush albums of all time (so far), Power Windows and Hold Your Fire. I think these two albums are just fantastic, and capture Rush at their melodic, lyrical, and musical best. Ged's bass work on Power Windows is simply astonishing, and there's not a duff track on it, Emotion Detector being one of my favourites (again, never played live?), along with the awesome Marathon, Mystic Rhythms, Manhattan Project, Big Money, oh, the melodies....! This were to continue with HYF, F10 and Time Stand Still being simply superb, along with Prime Mover, Mission, Turn the Page, and High Water. OK, Tai Shan was a bit duff, and maybe HYF didn't have quite the consistency of Power Windows, but the good tracks are simply wonderful! Then it all went tits up! Presto and Roll the Bones lacked those catchy melodies of the previous two albums (and suffered from an unfulfilling 'thin' production), and apart from a few decent tracks, I really can't get into the later albums in the same way at all. The melodies seemed clumsy, and Ged seemed to struggle to make some of the lyrics 'fit'. I think Snakes and Arrows is the best album since HYF, and is hopefully a promise of things to come with Clockwork Angels, although, I'm not overly impressed with Caravan. I still love Rush, and watch the concert DVDs and BluRay with much fondness, but it's the old stuff I want to hear. Does anyone know if there will be a DVD of the Time Machine tour? Anyway, that's me and my 'history' of Rush. Feel free to disagree!