Blue Barchetta Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Guys (and gals)...got home a little drunk and watched R40. Man...the memories. As much as we nit-pick certain albums and what-not...Folks, we saw the best band in history (some of us several times) When the last notes of Garden Road faded, it almost brought me to tears. There will never be a band like this again. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Aye :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I knew the show I saw on R40 would be the last I ever saw of them. I did my best to drink in every last note. Especially the part of Garden Road they played at the end. I took this photo right as Geddy was waving at the crowd 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Barchetta Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 I knew the show I saw on R40 would be the last I ever saw of them. I did my best to drink in every last note. Especially the part of Garden Road they played at the end. I took this photo right as Geddy was waving at the crowdI DIDN'T know. But, man...I enjoyed every last note! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I knew the show I saw on R40 would be the last I ever saw of them. I did my best to drink in every last note. Especially the part of Garden Road they played at the end. Yeah, that's how it was for me as well. I caught the Newark show, followed by the Madison Square Garden show, which was my last time seeing them. I really took in every moment. I'm not even sure if I clapped or sang along. Didn't take a single picture. Just stood there and soaked it all in. My parking fee that night was 21.12 at the Port Authority. (I do have a picture of that). It was a great show and a fitting goodbye. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Barchetta Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 I knew the show I saw on R40 would be the last I ever saw of them. I did my best to drink in every last note. Especially the part of Garden Road they played at the end. Yeah, that's how it was for me as well. I caught the Newark show, followed by the Madison Square Garden show, which was my last time seeing them. I really took in every moment. I'm not even sure if I clapped or sang along. Didn't take a single picture. Just stood there and soaked it all in. My parking fee that night was 21.12 at the Port Authority. (I do have a picture of that). It was a great show and a fitting goodbye.$21.12 is crazy for parking...but very cool regardless! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. JD Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I still “tear up” when I watch R40. Fulfilling an almost life long bucket list entry to see Rush in Toronto, seeing them play there on their last show there ever made it even more special. Having the show on video is icing on the cake! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thizzellewashington Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I saw them twice on that tour, once in Chicago and once in Portland. Incredible both times. I wish they'd filmed a different night, because Geddy's voice sounds rough on the DVD and I remember him sounding great at both of my shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I saw them in Chicago. Row 21, Seat 12. The random Ticketmaster gods shined down on me. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I paid $450 for a VIP ticket at MSG and was in the tenth row. What a night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfwayToGone Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I don’t tear up about it, but I did get very weepy at the actual show for a half minute or so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I saw them twice on that tour, once in Chicago and once in Portland. Incredible both times. I wish they'd filmed a different night, because Geddy's voice sounds rough on the DVD and I remember him sounding great at both of my shows.I was at the Portland show. :cheers: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Never saw them but tbh I don't weep when seeing R40 stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Saw them 7 times over 20 years... But wasn't able to make the R40 tour due to personal issues at the time. I am so glad they released a DVD of it though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) Saw the R40 in NJ ( met up withThe Cat3 ) and NYC. "Losing It" was a highlight but the intensity of this 90 seconds !!! I took the shitty iphone video. Edited December 24, 2018 by custom55 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rftag Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I saw them twice on that tour, once in Chicago and once in Portland. Incredible both times. I wish they'd filmed a different night, because Geddy's voice sounds rough on the DVD and I remember him sounding great at both of my shows.I was at the Portland show. :cheers: I was also at the Portland show. :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I saw them twice on that tour, once in Chicago and once in Portland. Incredible both times. I wish they'd filmed a different night, because Geddy's voice sounds rough on the DVD and I remember him sounding great at both of my shows.I was at the Portland show. :cheers: I was also at the Portland show. :cheers::ebert: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoble Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Between the band being sick with the flu on or around the taping of ASOH and the originally unreleased disc 3 of different stages with Geddy having a cold that night and the messed up technical difficulties night at RiR in 2002 and what Alex later described as an "off night" of the R30 concert and his voice being bad on the Time Machine and R40 shows, Rush really had a long history of bad timing with what concerts they recorded for future release lol 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Between the band being sick with the flu on or around the taping of ASOH and the originally unreleased disc 3 of different stages with Geddy having a cold that night and the messed up technical difficulties night at RiR in 2002 and what Alex later described as an "off night" of the R30 concert and his voice being bad on the Time Machine and R40 shows, Rush really had a long history of bad timing with what concerts they recorded for future release lolThey're either very bad at timing or really good at excusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thizzellewashington Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Between the band being sick with the flu on or around the taping of ASOH and the originally unreleased disc 3 of different stages with Geddy having a cold that night and the messed up technical difficulties night at RiR in 2002 and what Alex later described as an "off night" of the R30 concert and his voice being bad on the Time Machine and R40 shows, Rush really had a long history of bad timing with what concerts they recorded for future release lolSnakes & Arrows Live is their best live recording in terms of how good the performance was. They were on fire that night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Between the band being sick with the flu on or around the taping of ASOH and the originally unreleased disc 3 of different stages with Geddy having a cold that night and the messed up technical difficulties night at RiR in 2002 and what Alex later described as an "off night" of the R30 concert and his voice being bad on the Time Machine and R40 shows, Rush really had a long history of bad timing with what concerts they recorded for future release lolThey're either very bad at timing or really good at excusing. Or neither? That is, their perfectionist minds wouldn’t allow them to fully appreciate/accept those actual decent/good performances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Saw them 3 times on R40 (Losing It twice) and I only really got watery during Losing It. Should have been the final song in the first set. (Swapped with Subdivisions) Bastards! But I guess they didn't want too much time for resonance and reflection. They just wanted to get right back at it. Have to say R40 has aged for me better than I thought.(First set especially is great) As a whole, flawed for sure but the passion is still there and they are mostly having a blast doing it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thizzellewashington Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I wish "Losing It" and "Jacob's Ladder" from the R40 DVD were on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I saw them twice on that tour, once in Chicago and once in Portland. Incredible both times. I wish they'd filmed a different night, because Geddy's voice sounds rough on the DVD and I remember him sounding great at both of my shows.I was at the Portland show. :cheers:Me too. It was tough when it was over cuz I knew that would be my last time ever seeing them. But yes, Ged's voice was good that night for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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