Score Out Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Time to look forward now that the S&A tour is amazingly almost a year in the rear-view mirror. For the majority of their careers Rush had a very specific format for the opening song...it would always be the first song (the "big" song) from one of the most recent albums - and they'd never backtrack. For the following tour they'd either keep the same song or just move on to the new most recent big song. For example, it was 2112 for a number of tours, then it was Spirit of Radio for several tours, then it was Big Money on the HYF tour, followed by Force Ten on Presto, still Force Ten on RTB, then Dreamline on CP and Dreamline again on TFE. They broke this format after they returned from their hiatus - choosing to go with hits that had previously been in prime spots in the setlist and perhaps needed some freshing by being moved to a different part of the set. Tom Sawyer, a fixture as main set closer, opened the VT Tour. The R30 Overture was created at the last minute to open the R30 tour, but Spirit of Radio was the first full song and was likely the planned opener until late in the game. That had been the main set closer on the VT Tour. On Snakes & Arrows, Limelight (closer on the previous tour) became the opener. So what's next? Main set closer this tour was Tom Sawyer again - doubtful. Show closer was YYZ - could be a really interesting way to open and definitely wouldn't surprise me. Other *realistic* possibilities to me would include resurrecting 2112 Overture/Temples which would surely get the crowd rolling and they might want to generate some new energy into it (they dropped it for the first half of S&A so obviously they're a little sick of it), or - going back to the old format - One Little Victory or Far Cry which are both recent first singles and uptempo powerful songs. One Little Victory might make some sense as it has a killer beginning and it could use a freshening otherwise. About the only other possibility I can come up with is something old like Working Man which pops in and out of the set and would be popular way to start. Thoughts? Predictions? Again - this is meant to be realistic based on logic and history and what people think they WILL do, not what they'd like them to do or think would be good. In other words, they're not opening with Working Them Angels or Animate or Something For Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yyzyy Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 way too early to tell! but if and when they tour again I would say..... Analog Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArrowSnake Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 QUOTE (yyzyy @ Apr 27 2009, 08:07 AM) way too early to tell! but if and when they tour again I would say..... Analog Kid That would be so awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 subdivisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilderness_of_Mirrors Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 they always open with a big hit, and close with some hits. so maybe subdivisions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartBruce Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Mission and/or Big Money Close with Manhattan Project Genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Probably something original, like The Spirit Of Radio. Far Cry would be a nice choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 QUOTE (Wilderness_of_Mirrors @ Apr 27 2009, 05:27 AM) they always open with a big hit, and close with some hits. so maybe subdivisions? Yup. Which is why it won't be Analog Kid, sadly. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 I could maybe see One Little Victory, but I could also see that one given a break. I'd love to see YYZ as an opener. Just for something completely different. My all-time favorite opener was Force Ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tel Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 best opener i ever saw was anthem ,dont remember which tour but it was early 80s. those bonecrushing opening chords nearly punched a hole in my chest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Don't Tell Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Big Money or Force Ten. Both were great openers. You know what would really be great, though, is TEST FOR ECHO with the same little intro bit (or maybe slightly changed) from the T4E tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 QUOTE (MMCXII @ Apr 27 2009, 04:40 AM) subdivisions. That'd be a great one! Get things going with a universal crowd favorite. Then follow it with up with Freewill or something esle with a wicked solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetKing2112 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 An interesting thing about the "Limelight" opening is that it's the first and only time in Rush's history that they've opened a tour with a song that isn't the first song on an album. They could go several different directions with the opener. I like that they've never opened a tour with a song from the current album. I could see either "Far Cry" or "One Little Victory" being an opener somewhere down the line, but I really hope they give OLV a break now, it's been played for three tours in a row (four if you count the two legs of S&A as separate tours), and there are other songs from VT I'd rather hear. I think they'll keep with their trend of post-hiatus tours opening with an established classic. I know it's way early in the game and the tour is at a minimum two years off, but I'll tentatively throw out a "Subdivisions" prediction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Lerxst Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 La Villa Strangiato.... Well, its never going to happen, but might be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu93 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 QUOTE (tel @ Apr 27 2009, 03:14 PM) best opener i ever saw was anthem ,dont remember which tour but it was early 80s. those bonecrushing opening chords nearly punched a hole in my chest Rush didn't play "Anthem" at all in the '80s, asides from 1980. Even then, it was at the end of the show. They opened with it on the Hemispheres tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 QUOTE (Xanadu93 @ Apr 27 2009, 02:05 PM) QUOTE (tel @ Apr 27 2009, 03:14 PM) best opener i ever saw was anthem ,dont remember which tour but it was early 80s. those bonecrushing opening chords nearly punched a hole in my chest Rush didn't play "Anthem" at all in the '80s, asides from 1980. Even then, it was at the end of the show. They opened with it on the Hemispheres tour. punched a hole through your memory too it seems lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silas Lang Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 The first part of Before & After then straight into Anthem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natch Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Well, if we're wishing for songs, might as well be Camera Eye. But, I'd like to hear Big Money again. Great opener. Maybe even YYZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowdog92 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Far Cry would be an awesome opener coming in with that strong E chord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nappy2112 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 My guess would br One Little Victory , YYZ is more of a Geddy needs a breather middle of set or encore song. I agree though that The Analog Kid need to come back...GREAT TUNE ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 I'd like to see Finding My Way start things off. It's perfect for that (but not much else). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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