Distant Signals Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 It always seems difficult choosing an opening song, plus getting the right songs to flow together in set-lists, for my Rush band Anyone have any suggestions for a show coming up on Feb 4th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 The Spirit Of Radio is always a classic opener. Good way to hook in the casual Rush fan. My advice would be to mix in the 'greatest hits' with the 'B-side' classics. Once again, to keep the casual Rush fan from being disinterested (as well as throwing a bone to the superfans). It is hard to give too many specific song suggestions without knowing what songs your band can play along with knowing what your strong and weak points are. Getting the Geddy voice right may be the most difficult thing for a tribute band to nail. So, if the vocals aren't the best, there are certainly plenty of incredible intrumentals to include. Anyways, good luck and rock on!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Signals Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Thanks for your input. We have a good mix of classic hits and B-sides for sure. We wanna tend to overload the first 1/2 of a gig with all the hits (for those casual fans) becuase they far out weigh the superfans. Plus after a break the crowd typically thins out and only the superfans will remain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) Start Off strong, Keep them Guessing, Something Old Something New, hit them with an Instrumental, Throw in an Epic, End up even stronger! Limelight Analog Kid Driven Cut to the Chase Jacobs ladder Where's my Thing? Caravan Lock and Key Middletown Dream Subdivisions Mal Nar Show Don't Tell Distant Early Warnings Red Barchetta The Trees Natural Science 2112 Overture/ Temples/ Finale Edited January 12, 2012 by losingit2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudbuytjane Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 What songs does your band know? Give a list, this could be fun. I believe good sets are like good plays or movies, they have acts, changes in mood and tone, etc. You can also check out Rush's own setlists from over the years: http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/setlists.php -Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Signals Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 QUOTE (losingit2k @ Jan 11 2012, 11:11 PM) Start Off strong, Keep them Guessing, Something Old Something New, hit them with an Instrumental, Throw in an Epic, End up even stronger! Limelight Analog Kid Driven Cut to the Chase Jacobs ladder Where's my Thing? Caravan Lock and Key Middletown Dream Subdivisions Mal Nar Show Don't Tell Distant Early Warnings Red Barchetta The Trees Natural Science 2112 Overture/ Temples/ Finale You pretty much have most of the songs we know, or will know soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Signals Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 QUOTE (gudbuytjane @ Jan 12 2012, 12:01 AM) What songs does your band know? Give a list, this could be fun. I believe good sets are like good plays or movies, they have acts, changes in mood and tone, etc. You can also check out Rush's own setlists from over the years: http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/setlists.php -Jane Ok, here is what we'll have ready for Feb. 4th Possibly even Jacobs Ladder The Big Money The Spirit Of Radio Fly By Night/In The Mood Medley The Analog Kid Afterimage Between The Wheels Countdown Ghost Of A Chance 2112 Overture/ Temples/ Finale Medley Subdivisions Working Man Dreamline New World Man Caravan Tom Sawyer Red Barchetta YYZ Limelight The Camera Eye Witch Hunt Vital Signs Entre Nous Distant Early Warning Freewill Closer To The Heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Set 1: The Spirit Of Radio The Analog Kid Ghost of A Chance Entre Nous Afterimage Countdown Jacobs Ladder Caravan Dreamline Subdivisions Between The Wheels Closer To The Heart (extended) Fly By Night/In The Mood Medley Set 2 Tom Sawyer Red Barchetta YYZ Limelight The Camera Eye Witch Hunt Vital Signs The Big Money Distant Early Warning New World Man Freewill Working Man 2112 Overture/ Temples/ Finale Medley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudbuytjane Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Here's my suggestion: SET 1 The Spirit Of Radio Subdivisions Limelight Between The Wheels Freewill New World Man Ghost Of A Chance YYZ Witch Hunt Entre Nous Vital Signs Closer To The Heart SET 2 The Camera Eye The Big Money Dreamline Countdown Red Barchetta Caravan Distant Early Warning The Analog Kid Afterimage 2112: Overture /The Temples of Syrinx/Grand Finale Tom Sawyer ENCORE* Working Man Fly By Night/In The Mood *If you're not planning to do an encore, I'd put Working Man just before Tom Sawyer, and FBN/ITM after YYZ. Hope this helps! -Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvisibleAirwaves13 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 QUOTE (gudbuytjane @ Jan 14 2012, 10:56 AM) Here's my suggestion: SET 1 The Spirit Of Radio Subdivisions Limelight Between The Wheels Freewill New World Man Ghost Of A Chance YYZ Witch Hunt Entre Nous Vital Signs Closer To The Heart SET 2 The Camera Eye The Big Money Dreamline Countdown Red Barchetta Caravan Distant Early Warning The Analog Kid Afterimage 2112: Overture /The Temples of Syrinx/Grand Finale Tom Sawyer ENCORE* Working Man Fly By Night/In The Mood *If you're not planning to do an encore, I'd put Working Man just before Tom Sawyer, and FBN/ITM after YYZ. Hope this helps! -Jane Good set list but Camera Eye shouldn't start off the 2nd set. Move Analog Kid up to start to have a high energy hit kick it off...the rest is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertk Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) If you want an epic intro, my band used to play the intro of Xanadu and right where the tempo picks up, go straight into Spirit. Works pretty damn well. If it were me: Xanadu Intro The Spirit of Radio Tom Sawyer (Spirit ends on E and Tom starts with it so it can flow nicely) Then you can go wherever you like. That's just my 2 cents for a way to kick things off. End with Working Man for a bang! Edit: Sometimes it's fun to throw the Cygnus X-1 riff between Spirit and Tom as that too revolves around the E. Just a fun little tease. Edit 2: Here I whipped up a sample so you can hear Xanadu to Spirit to Tom Sawyer. You have do download it because I couldn't find a faster way.. but, here ya go. No viruses. Scouts honor. Rush Set Idea.mp3 - 2.24MB Edited January 14, 2012 by Gilbertk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudbuytjane Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 QUOTE (InvisibleAirwaves13 @ Jan 14 2012, 11:35 AM) Good set list but Camera Eye shouldn't start off the 2nd set. Move Analog Kid up to start to have a high energy hit kick it off...the rest is great! Good point! I was thinking of it being theatrical to have the intro of the song kind of sneak up on you, but in a bar that probably wouldn't work (as opposed, to, say, a darkened arena ). -Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudbuytjane Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 QUOTE (losingit2k @ Jan 13 2012, 11:09 PM)Set 1: The Spirit Of Radio The Analog Kid... I like this set, especially the grouping of the Moving Pictures songs! -Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Signals Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks for the responses. It helped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3strukt Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 QUOTE (Gilbertk @ Jan 14 2012, 11:47 AM) If you want an epic intro, my band used to play the intro of Xanadu and right where the tempo picks up, go straight into Spirit. Works pretty damn well. If it were me: Xanadu Intro The Spirit of Radio Tom Sawyer (Spirit ends on E and Tom starts with it so it can flow nicely) Then you can go wherever you like. That's just my 2 cents for a way to kick things off. End with Working Man for a bang! Edit: Sometimes it's fun to throw the Cygnus X-1 riff between Spirit and Tom as that too revolves around the E. Just a fun little tease. Edit 2: Here I whipped up a sample so you can hear Xanadu to Spirit to Tom Sawyer. You have do download it because I couldn't find a faster way.. but, here ya go. No viruses. Scouts honor. Rush Set Idea.mp3 - 2.24MB Why would you do the INTRO to SoR? Just go straight into Riff a. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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