Current Setlist refers to an important decision

[losingit2k]

QUOTE (DBJetsman @ Oct 6 2012, 12:18 AM)

I'm going to be so pissed if they don't embrace their 70s decade for R40...

I don't think they'll "embrace " it. I think you'll here a few songs from the era but nothing like they have "embraced" the 80's era on this tour.

 

Edited October 6, 2012 by losingit2k

[Principled Man]

QUOTE (DBJetsman @ Oct 6 2012, 12:18 AM)

I'm going to be so pissed if they don't embrace their 70s decade for R40...

 

What makes you think they'll do an R40 Tour?

 

 

They've given zero indication that they have any plans to do an R40 Tour, and yet, fans are already bitching about the (hypothetical) setlist?

[crazygeo]

He can't sing the old stuff anymore.

That's it! You guys are really overthinking this.

 

 

 

REALIST...THANK YOU

[crazygeo]

What makes you think they'll do an R40 Tour?

 

 

They've given zero indication that they have any plans to do an R40 Tour, and yet, fans are already bitching about the (hypothetical) setlist?

 

We are nearing the end folks......that's all

[CygnusGal]

I've never thought of Rush as a nostalgia band. They've always toured with at least some new material - R30 had Feedback and TMT had Caravan and BU2B.

 

IMO, they've never been complacent. Perhaps a little misguided at times, but they've always been a forward looking band.

 

I'd never expect them to be touring with REO/Styx/Pat Benetar or opening for Kiss again...not that there's anything wrong with that...

[Principled Man]

QUOTE (CygnusGal @ Oct 6 2012, 10:03 AM)

I'd never expect them to be touring with REO/Styx/Pat Benetar or opening for Kiss again...not that there's anything wrong with that...

 

Let's be blunt. There is plenty wrong with that.....

[Don Quixote]

QUOTE (LedRush @ Oct 5 2012, 12:48 PM)

I think the explanation is simple - Geddy can't sing the 70s stuff anymore and he likes the 80s stuff more.

I am looking through my CD pile and can't tell - which 80's albums are 2112 and Working Man on again?

[Jomboni]

QUOTE (Don Quixote @ Oct 8 2012, 12:49 PM)

QUOTE (LedRush @ Oct 5 2012, 12:48 PM) I think the explanation is simple - Geddy can't sing the 70s stuff anymore and he likes the 80s stuff more. I am looking through my CD pile and can't tell - which 80's albums are 2112 and Working Man on again? Nobody said "he can absolutely not sing a single song that was recorded before 1980."   Also 2112 is tuned down (and he can still barely sing it) and Working Man got dropped from the set, so

[treeduck]

QUOTE (Jomboni @ Oct 8 2012, 01:14 PM)

QUOTE (Don Quixote @ Oct 8 2012, 12:49 PM) QUOTE (LedRush @ Oct 5 2012, 12:48 PM) I think the explanation is simple - Geddy can't sing the 70s stuff anymore and he likes the 80s stuff more. I am looking through my CD pile and can't tell - which 80's albums are 2112 and Working Man on again? Nobody said "he can absolutely not sing a single song that was recorded before 1980."   Also 2112 is tuned down (and he can still barely sing it) and Working Man got dropped from the set, so You user name reminds me of Jon Bon Jovi, which is really disturbing....

[Jomboni]

I live in Jersey too!!!

 

(I hate Bon Jovi)

[losingit2k]

QUOTE (Jomboni @ Oct 8 2012, 01:14 PM)

QUOTE (Don Quixote @ Oct 8 2012, 12:49 PM) QUOTE (LedRush @ Oct 5 2012, 12:48 PM) I think the explanation is simple - Geddy can't sing the 70s stuff anymore and he likes the 80s stuff more. I am looking through my CD pile and can't tell - which 80's albums are 2112 and Working Man on again? Nobody said "he can absolutely not sing a single song that was recorded before 1980."   Also 2112 is tuned down (and he can still barely sing it) and Working Man got dropped from the set, so I was going to say both songs have been altered as well. Neither is being sung the way it was recorded.

[The Cat 3]

I'm not sure that it comes into their thinking when they select their set list.

[Jomboni]

QUOTE (ReGorLaTroy @ Oct 8 2012, 05:30 PM)

I'm not sure that it comes into their thinking when they select their set list.

This too. No band is planning the setlist on their current tour based on what they're going to play on their next tour that may not even happen.

[GeddyLeeRoth]

I vote none of these. Rush plays what they want to play while considering what fans want to hear and what they can still play close enough to the original version.

[drbirdsong]

QUOTE (DBJetsman @ Oct 6 2012, 12:18 AM)

I'm going to be so pissed if they don't embrace their 70s decade for R40...

I am entirely certain that someone in the band or their designated representative is logging onto The Rush Forum as we speak to make note of your opinion.

[bootlegguy]

You guys are reading too much into it. It just appears that Geddy wanted to mix it up and squeeze in some more 80's material this tour.

[greg2112]

QUOTE (bootlegguy @ Oct 9 2012, 09:08 AM)

You guys are reading too much into it. It just appears that Geddy wanted to mix it up and squeeze in some more 80's material this tour.

Exactly.

[Torgo Satyr]

I agree...about everyone over-thinking this... and NO it's not because Geddy can't sing the songs anymore. Why do I say that, you ask? Because if they want to play a song they can simply tune down like they currently do (and have for a while) w/ 2112 (the red bass), and like they did w/ Circumstances on the S&A tour.

 

I agree that it's simply because they want to play these 80's songs... songs they haven't played live in a long time, if ever.

 

I happen to be a bigger fan of their late 70's early 80's material (AFTK-GUP)... and I wish the tour had more of it... but I think hearing all (or most) of CA is a good compromise.

 

Clockwork Angels is easily the best offering since MP, and if you don't dig that mess... you got the wring damn address...Deep inside you all know that there WILL be another tour, and they WILL play a bunch of different tracks. This is just a phase.

 

As long as they stay far away from a Presto/RTB/CP/T4E ensemble, I will be ecstatic no matter what they play.

 

If they do go in that direction (God forbid), they better damn well have another EPIC awesome album to showcase like CA!

[losingit2k]

QUOTE (Torgo Satyr @ Oct 9 2012, 10:55 AM)

I agree...about everyone over-thinking this... and NO it's not because Geddy can't sing the songs anymore. Why do I say that, you ask? Because if they want to play a song they can simply tune down like they currently do (and have for a while) w/ 2112 (the red bass), and like they did w/ Circumstances on the S&A tour. I agree that it's simply because they want to play these 80's songs... songs they haven't played live in a long time, if ever. I happen to be a bigger fan of their late 70's early 80's material (AFTK-GUP)... and I wish the tour had more of it... but I think hearing all (or most) of CA is a good compromise. Clockwork Angels is easily the best offering since MP, and if you don't dig that mess... you got the wring damn address...Deep inside you all know that there WILL be another tour, and they WILL play a bunch of different tracks. This is just a phase. As long as they stay far away from a Presto/RTB/CP/T4E ensemble, I will be ecstatic no matter what they play. If they do go in that direction (God forbid), they better damn well have another EPIC awesome album to showcase like CA!

I don't know, I think with CA you can come up with the good setlist showcasing any era even that one: Want to hear it? Here it Goes!

 

Set 1:

 

Dreamline

Caravan

BU2B

The Pass

Vapor Trails

Cut to the Chase

Where's My Thing?

Show Don't Tell

The Anarchist

Carnies

Clockwork Angels

 

Set 2:

 

Test For Echo

EarthShine

Ghost of A Chance

Presto

Bravado

The Wreckers

Secret Touch

Seven Cities of Gold

Mal-Nar/ Skin Trade (New Drum Solo)

Alex's Solo / The Garden

Stick it Out

Driven (With Bass Solo)

Available Light

 

Encore:

 

Cold Fire

Headlong Flight

Edited October 9, 2012 by losingit2k