Strings!? (not counting CA)

[drgrendel]

QUOTE (metaldad @ Jul 23 2012, 01:07 PM)

Mine is No strings

I will Second that.

 

[Tombstone Mountain]

QUOTE (drgrendel @ Aug 6 2012, 03:26 PM)

QUOTE (metaldad @ Jul 23 2012, 01:07 PM) Mine is No strings I will Second that.   Grendel sounds like a cool name for a bass player in a dwarven band.

[CygnusGal]

QUOTE (Cyclonus X-1 @ Jul 24 2012, 05:19 AM)

A few years ago, Lifeson specifically mentioned 2112 as a possibility to be played with strings: QUOTE There's been talk about getting an orchestra together and doing "2112." That's almost Spinal Tap-ish in concept. But at the same time, it might be kind of cool with a great visual presentation.   (Source: http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcrip...mespicayune.htm ) I think it would be awesome to see them cover Stonehenge.   Or the inukshuk (from TFE cover) with the face from CA clock (with scarlet mists that spill over into rage...and into a godzilla-like rampage)...

[sitboaf]

If it comes down to a choice between hearing a live rendition of, let's say "Losing It" with strings versus not hearing it at all, I say "bring on the violins!"

I don't hear anybody complaining about recent encores that include a polka- or reggae-version of Working Man, and if THAT song isn't sacred, nothing is.

Looking forward to a live album in 2013 that doesn't sound exactly like R30 and Snakes & Arrows Live.

[losingit2k]

QUOTE (sitboaf @ Aug 6 2012, 08:37 PM)

If it comes down to a choice between hearing a live rendition of, let's say "Losing It" with strings versus not hearing it at all, I say "bring on the violins!" I don't hear anybody complaining about recent encores that include a polka- or reggae-version of Working Man, and if THAT song isn't sacred, nothing is. Looking forward to a live album in 2013 that doesn't sound exactly like R30 and Snakes & Arrows Live.

I double that. The best parts of TTMT Live were the songs not played before or in ages.

 

Caravan, BU2B, The Camera Eye, Presto, Faithless, Marathon.

 

So for Ca Tour bring on the new and unplayed songs with or without strings:

 

All of Clockwork Angels, Losing it, Manhattan Project, Jacobs Ladder, Cut to the Chase, Vapor Trails, Open Secrets, Lock and Key, Where's my Thing, Nobody's hero, Middletown Dreams, Cold Fire, Afterimage, The Weapon, The Enemy Within, Different Strings, Hemispheres (Prelude) and Xanadu (Entire).

 

 

[Tombstone Mountain]

QUOTE (losingit2k @ Aug 7 2012, 07:43 AM)

QUOTE (sitboaf @ Aug 6 2012, 08:37 PM) If it comes down to a choice between hearing a live rendition of, let's say "Losing It" with strings versus not hearing it at all, I say "bring on the violins!" I don't hear anybody complaining about recent encores that include a polka- or reggae-version of Working Man, and if THAT song isn't sacred, nothing is. Looking forward to a live album in 2013 that doesn't sound exactly like R30 and Snakes & Arrows Live. I double that. The best parts of TTMT Live were the songs not played before or in ages.   Caravan, BU2B, The Camera Eye, Presto, Faithless, Marathon.   So for Ca Tour bring on the new and unplayed songs with or without strings:   All of Clockwork Angels, Losing it, Manhattan Project, Jacobs Ladder, Cut to the Chase, Vapor Trails, Open Secrets, Lock and Key, Where's my Thing, Nobody's hero, Middletown Dreams, Cold Fire, Afterimage, The Weapon, The Enemy Within, Different Strings, Hemispheres (Prelude) and Xanadu (Entire).   You just racked up a killer show there bud--good call!!!   Gotta say, i'd love to see Peaceable Kingdom from VT. Otherwise, great setlist

[LeaveMyThingAlone]

I have seen Rush 12 times the last 10 years. While it never gets close to boring, after seeing them that many times, you kind of know what you're going to get. I am excited about something different this go around. I think the strings will bring something new and exciting to the live show.

 

Rush knows what's cool, and they know what their fans like. They are more in tune with their fans than any other band. They're not going to do anything that the fans won't like. They know what we want, and I have no doubt it will be very cool.

 

That being said, my least favorite era by far is the Signals-Hold Your Fire stuff and those songs more than most others are more conducive to strings. I really don't care about seeing a lot of that stuff like Manhattan Project, but I'm sure it will be cool regardless

Edited August 7, 2012 by LeaveMyThingAlone

[Mikefromua]

QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Aug 6 2012, 01:44 PM)

QUOTE (Mikefromua @ Aug 6 2012, 02:26 PM) I think Losing It would be fantasitc with strings.  Especially if David Ragsdale of Kansas was on lead violin. Or Eddie Jobson That'll work!

[the masked drummer]

QUOTE (sitboaf @ Aug 6 2012, 08:37 PM)

If it comes down to a choice between hearing a live rendition of, let's say "Losing It" with strings versus not hearing it at all, I say "bring on the violins!" I don't hear anybody complaining about recent encores that include a polka- or reggae-version of Working Man, and if THAT song isn't sacred, nothing is. Looking forward to a live album in 2013 that doesn't sound exactly like R30 and Snakes & Arrows Live.

I am skeptical, but then again I don't think rush would do it if it wasn't ddone right. I look fwd to a dvd/brd with something different.