RUSH AT THE NY STATE FAIR

[got rush?]

HAS ANYONE SEEN THEM AT THE NYS FAIR? MY WIFE AND I HAVE ALWAYS SEEN THEM AT INSIDE VENUES. HOW IS THE SOUND OVERALL VS

A INSIDE ARENA, STADIUM, ETC.

 

WE'RE COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS TILL SHOWTIME--9/2 7:30 PM !!!!!!

WE ARE FLYING FROM BATON ROUGE TO SEE THEM ON THE 2ND ROW (BOUGHT TIX PRE SALE) EVERYTIME WE TALK ABOUT RUSH, WATCH ANY OF THERE VIDEOS (LIVE) I FEEL ALL NERVOUS LIKE IM GOING TO MESS MYSELF !! IS THIS NORMAL?

 

SEE YA'LL AT THE FAIR ! !

[red sector animal]

Hi Folks.

 

Sounds like thats quite a distance your comming in from.

 

Welcome to NY. Hope you have a great time.

 

As far as the sound goes, I personally dont have high hopes unfortunately.

 

This venue is not even a true amphitheater. I've never been there, but from what I can tell, its wide open with a giant metal grand stand. Seem's like if a venue is going to have uncontrolable sound...this is it.

 

I used to hear complaints back when Rush used to play the Carrier dome in syracuse, the sound was also bad there.

[Merely Space]

How can the OP have zero posts?

[iluvgeddy05]

Join us in this thread:

 

http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=54511

 

 

I agree with red sector animal in that I don't believe the sound will be great for this show. It will be a good time, nevertheless.

 

 

Oh and please take off caps lock; no need to shout

[makokiller]

I have seen shows at the state fair, and the sound is awesome!! my wife and I saw heart and journey there a few years ago and it was great!! I will be at the rush concert with my 13 year old son, it will be our first rush show.. cant wait..

[Gompers]

QUOTE (Merely Space @ Aug 30 2010, 08:54 AM)

How can the OP have zero posts?

[yyztmmb]

Rush has never played the State Fair.

I have heard both good and bad sounding shows at The Fair. Kansas opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd one year. We sat up in the grandstand. Kansas sounded terrible...I was worried. Skynyrd sounded great! Same show.

 

Motley Crue (Carnival of Sins Tour) sounded awesome and is still one of the loudest concerts I have ever seen...even though it was outdoors. I sat on the elevated track for that one.

 

The Fair venue is a mile long race track by day / concert venue by night. The stage is on the inside of the front stretch of the track (like at the start / finish line). There is concert seating on the track, as well as elevated seating on the track. Then you have the grandstands behind that. The grandstands are covered. It is a big steel structure with food and beer underneath and behind them.

 

Honestly, from the second row (congrats!) you'll hear more from their stage monitors than the PA system. I'd be psyched if I were you,kkb. Hell, I'm not you and I'm psyched

[marlinsfan]

QUOTE (kkb2323 @ Aug 29 2010, 06:59 PM)

EVERYTIME WE TALK ABOUT RUSH, WATCH ANY OF THERE VIDEOS (LIVE) I FEEL ALL NERVOUS LIKE IM GOING TO MESS MYSELF !! IS THIS NORMAL?

 

YES!

[red sector animal]

Lets hope the Native Americans havent closed the thruway down...

[iluvgeddy05]

Any lucky ones get a M&G for this show???

[makokiller]

that was one great show at the fair last night... and the sound was awesome!!!! just like we thought. cant wait for their next show. Edited September 3, 2010 by makokiller

[Gompers]

QUOTE (makokiller @ Sep 3 2010, 06:50 PM)

that was one great show at the fair last night... and the sound was awesome!!!! just like we thought. cant wait for their next show.

It was quite awesome.

[micgtr71]

Fantastic show! Best Free Will solo section I have ever heard.

[red sector animal]

The show was indeed awesome. They were outstanding.

 

The crowd in Grandstand 2 was so lame it was pathetic...

 

Afraid to stand or applaud for songs they didn't quite recognize.

 

Lame lame lame...

 

Getting sick of dancing while seated I burst into a jump while Alex ripped out the final parts of the camera eye solo... "Screaming Yeahh Alex, Yeahhhh!!!!"

When I sat back down a second later and refocused on the band starting with Neil, it was as if he was just looking at me and was amuzed at my outburst. But I couldnt tell for sure, and doubt it was me he saw...

But I was the only one in the whole damn box that seemed to realize how awesome it was that that song had just been performed for us and performed to absolute perfection.

 

No one responded to the line about New Yorkers... No one responded to Faithless, no one responded to everytime Neil caught his sticks after a toss.

Zombie's. We needed some south american fans to come and show us how its done.

 

Trying to be fair, I suppose everyone was 'tired' from walking the fair all day and stuffing there faces with ultra-carbo deep-fried goodies...

 

Geddy should have sang.. "a rounded blob of beat New Yorkers"

 

But alas, it was mostly only my stupid section. The rest of the place seemed to be standing and showing due respect more than grandstand 2..

 

(people behind me had a hissy cause I was still standing at one point)

 

It was also sweltering hot and people were packed in like sweaty sardines. That was a distraction. Wish I could see them again at a better venue.

 

Sound was much better than expected. I was center stage about halfway up the grandstands. A little far.

Edited September 5, 2010 by red sector animal

[iluvgeddy05]

QUOTE (red sector animal @ Sep 4 2010, 08:18 PM)

But alas, it was mostly only my stupid section.

Definitely b/c the track section was alive. Sorry to hear the people around you were losers!!!!

[red sector animal]

Thanks for understanding..

 

Ya know this exact same thing happened to me at a Deep Purple/ELP show..

 

Deep Purple was on, rocking, and the whole freaken place sat down!! So I reluctantly sat with everyone else for a while.. until I myself started realizing I was getting freaken drowsey, and day dreaming.

 

I snapped out of it and was like f*ck this, and got up and danced and rocked out towards the end of a song..

 

When it was over, Ian waves my way... (I'm way back in one of the last sections) and says hey, at least someone knows how to have a good time).

 

Being a musician myself...I know that one of the best things about performing is watching your music inspire people to get up and dance on pool tables, and do funny things.

 

Thats what it's all about.

 

[2112freak]

great show the other night!!!!

 

as a longtime fan, i was hesitant of the venue, since i usually see them at

darien lake,ny (since rochester no longer does REAL concerts )

 

i was surprised for the upped tix price, we were halfway up the grandstand!!! but an awesome show, nonetheless!!!

 

this was my son's first Rush show and he totally dug it!

 

i hope this tour is made into a dvd as well!!!

 

 

[Enemy Within 77]

QUOTE (red sector animal @ Sep 4 2010, 08:18 PM)

The show was indeed awesome. They were outstanding. The crowd in Grandstand 2 was so lame it was pathetic... Afraid to stand or applaud for songs they didn't quite recognize. Lame lame lame... Getting sick of dancing while seated I burst into a jump while Alex ripped out the final parts of the camera eye solo... "Screaming Yeahh Alex, Yeahhhh!!!!" When I sat back down a second later and refocused on the band starting with Neil, it was as if he was just looking at me and was amuzed at my outburst. But I couldnt tell for sure, and doubt it was me he saw... But I was the only one in the whole damn box that seemed to realize how awesome it was that that song had just been performed for us and performed to absolute perfection. No one responded to the line about New Yorkers... No one responded to Faithless, no one responded to everytime Neil caught his sticks after a toss. Zombie's. We needed some south american fans to come and show us how its done. Trying to be fair, I suppose everyone was 'tired' from walking the fair all day and stuffing there faces with ultra-carbo deep-fried goodies... Geddy should have sang.. "a rounded blob of beat New Yorkers" But alas, it was mostly only my stupid section. The rest of the place seemed to be standing and showing due respect more than grandstand 2.. (people behind me had a hissy cause I was still standing at one point) It was also sweltering hot and people were packed in like sweaty sardines. That was a distraction. Wish I could see them again at a better venue. Sound was much better than expected. I was center stage about halfway up the grandstands. A little far.

I was also in Grandstand 2- and yeah they were a bunch of lame f*cks! As usual though, the boys sounded better than ever!!!

[hammerofthor]

Best show ever

[J2112YYZ]

I'm sorry to hear about the lame fans in you section. It's weird of all the times i've seen Rush that only happened once where the crowd sat down for all of it. That was the super lame ass crowd in Toronto on the T4E tour in the summer of 1997. That's the main reason I won't got back to Toronto to see them despite the fact it's an awesome city to visit.

 

Since the VT tour I haven't experienced any trouble with crowds not standing for a Rush show. Even when it's a song most people don't know 95 percent of them still stand for it. It's about respect to me and I think you're disrespecting a band live if you're sitting for most or all of it.

 

Next time you go to see Rush at a state fair, try and score tickets in the track seating section. I was right up in front and it seemed that everyone in track seating was standing up and loving it.

 

This was the best of the 8 times i've seen them. The only question is, now that i've experienced Rush from the front row, how can I go back to sitting somewhere else for one of their shows ever again?

[Gompers]

QUOTE (hammerofthor @ Sep 5 2010, 01:28 PM)

Best show ever

Was it me or did Geddy and Alex seem a bit taken back at the enthusiasm of the crowd? They boys were definitely on fire.

[iluvgeddy05]

QUOTE (J2112YYZ @ Sep 5 2010, 01:04 PM)

The only question is, now that i've experienced Rush from the front row, how can I go back to sitting somewhere else for one of their shows ever again?

I faced the same music. It sucks, but if you're still in the first 10 rows, it's still good. I was 11th for the fair and it was GREAT, still felt close enough to know that Geddy probably saw me, haha.

 

17th row for SPAC this time felt lighyears away

 

[iluvgeddy05]

QUOTE (Gompers @ Sep 5 2010, 02:39 PM)

QUOTE (hammerofthor @ Sep 5 2010, 01:28 PM) Best show ever Was it me or did Geddy and Alex seem a bit taken back at the enthusiasm of the crowd? They boys were definitely on fire. As in, they were surprised we were so into it up front? Or that we weren't into it?

[snowdog212]

I think they were surprised how into it everybody was.

Bands do feed off the crowd and give an little extra or just look pleasantly surprised.Its happened a few times I remember Genesis and Dream Theater concerts They were taken aback a bit at the crowds reaction in Buffalo you could tell they were genuinly in awe at the reaction and how much the crowd was into it and respected there music and appreciated them coming to Buffalo

[red sector animal]

QUOTE (J2112YYZ @ Sep 5 2010, 01:04 PM)

I'm sorry to hear about the lame fans in you section. It's weird of all the times i've seen Rush that only happened once where the crowd sat down for all of it. That was the super lame ass crowd in Toronto on the T4E tour in the summer of 1997. That's the main reason I won't got back to Toronto to see them despite the fact it's an awesome city to visit. Since the VT tour I haven't experienced any trouble with crowds not standing for a Rush show. Even when it's a song most people don't know 95 percent of them still stand for it. It's about respect to me and I think you're disrespecting a band live if you're sitting for most or all of it. Next time you go to see Rush at a state fair, try and score tickets in the track seating section. I was right up in front and it seemed that everyone in track seating was standing up and loving it. This was the best of the 8 times i've seen them. The only question is, now that i've experienced Rush from the front row, how can I go back to sitting somewhere else for one of their shows ever again?

Totally...I've been in the 2nd row, and this was like culture shock.

 

Funny that you mention Toronto, I was talking with a guy from there, about the situation, and he actually said that, thats a Canadian thing, They like to sit and watch the show.

 

I like to watch it too...standing, and maybe dancing, not sitting and daydreaming, getting sleepy.

 

My biggest wonder about the whole night was...How did those 2 elephants parked near the concert area enjoy it?

 

They seemed to be happy and dancing as everyone walked passed after the show...