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[Lost In Xanadu]

If you do not want to know the title track from their new album is going to be played... stop reading now!

 

 

 

 

 

But it seemed to me that when they say "As If To Fly" - Geddy was trying to get everyone's hands up in the air.... I think by the second or third time, most everyone was doing it, but very few were the first time. If you really want to give the guys a good audience showing, get those hands up!

[tangy]

think i will sit that one out.

 

an army of dudes raising their arms as ged sings about goddesses will most likely not be synchronized or graceful.....

 

 

[Lost In Xanadu]

QUOTE (tangy @ Sep 17 2012, 02:48 PM)

think i will sit that one out. an army of dudes raising their arms as ged sings about goddesses will most likely not be synchronized or graceful.....

[losingit2k]

QUOTE (tangy @ Sep 17 2012, 02:48 PM)

think i will sit that one out. an army of dudes raising their arms as ged sings about goddesses will most likely not be synchronized or graceful.....

[The Mighty Dudad]

QUOTE (tangy @ Sep 17 2012, 02:48 PM)

think i will sit that one out. an army of dudes raising their arms as ged sings about goddesses will most likely not be synchronized or graceful.....

True enough...

 

That said, it wasn't so much Geddy trying to get everyone to raise their arms as it was the lighting effect coupled with the lyric that made it happen. Kind of a "sweeping of light" from the front row all the way to the nose-bleeds in the back, with folks raising their arms as the light passes over them.

 

In Chicago, most seemed to catch on the second time through.

 

It is one of those hokey "only doing it because I'm at a concert" kind of things, but all part of the fun.

[briremo]

QUOTE (tangy @ Sep 17 2012, 02:48 PM)

think i will sit that one out. an army of dudes raising their arms as ged sings about goddesses will most likely not be synchronized or graceful.....

[Alchemical]

QUOTE (tangy @ Sep 17 2012, 02:48 PM)

think i will sit that one out. an army of dudes raising their arms as ged sings about goddesses will most likely not be synchronized or graceful.....

[CygnusGal]

Actually, in Manchester lots of "...people raise their hands as if to fly". I got the last portion of the song on video (I haven't uploaded it to YouTube - "start aglow like static sparks..." to the end).

 

Panning over the crowd, the lights ran over a sea of people with hands raised as if to fly. It was very cool.

 

[jonnyj]

Also the screen had video footage of hands raised in the air swinging to the chorus.

[Astroboy2112]

I always raise my hands when i hear that song ( cant help it i love the song!) and was hoping ppl at concerts would raise their hands 2!

[USB Connector]

QUOTE (tangy @ Sep 17 2012, 03:48 PM)

think i will sit that one out. an army of dudes raising their arms as ged sings about goddesses will most likely not be synchronized or graceful.....

I thought the Clockwork Angels referenced in the song were how the people perceive their government which promises them everything, not about godesses.

 

Either way, I'm raising my hands and there's nothing you can do try ruining my fun by standing behind me and telling me off.

[tangy]