RUSHHEAD666 Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 When I was eating at the PINK TACO last night in Vegas (and I'm not talking about my hot woman) ;-) I met yet another crazy Rush fan there. The first thing he said out of his mouth was "Why the hell won't the boys play "Losing It" since they have the orchestra on this tour?" He took the words right out of my mouth!! As many of you know on this forum I've been dying to watch "Losing It" live for many years! I too thought that this tour could have been it! When I mentioned Ben Mink my new Rush fan friend's eyes lit up!! We Rush fans actually belong to a very cool big family.Every Rush fan I have ever met in my life while on the road traveling for this band or just simply seeing them in Northern California are GREAT! We all have a common bond and we can all swap stories for hours and hours. Well I just wanted to write a thread about "Losing It" yet again I have caught myself rambling. Glad most of you know me on here by now! If Rush really does do a second leg in the summer I am hoping that they will add "Losing It" to the set list! After all it is the "Signals" 30th Anniversary!! Maybe they will shave back some "Power Windows" songs and a few "Clockwork" songs and perform "Signals" all the way through! Think about the new "Signals" 30th Anniversary merch they could sell! Let the "Countdown" begin!! RUSH RULES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Hopefully on the 2nd Leg They'll drop Manahattan Project and Replace with Losing It and Tears! :drool: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsterfurious Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Nooooo I love Manhattan Project! It was so much fun to sing along to that! Anyway, yeah I'm with you when it comes to "Losing It" I was really, really surprised they didn't do it with the strings section. That would have been phenomenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Territorial_Game Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Hopefully on the 2nd Leg They'll drop Manahattan Project and Replace with Losing It and Tears! :drool: If they're still swapping Dreamline in (haven't checked recent sets), I'd rather see that go in favor of Losing It! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 Hopefully on the 2nd Leg They'll drop Manahattan Project and Replace with Losing It and Tears! :drool: I like the way you think!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus 2112 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I got stuck with Middletown Dreams and not Manhattan Project. They need to keep Manhattan Project so that I can see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 People, people! Read these lyrics! "Losing It" The dancer slows her frantic paceIn pain and desperationHer aching limbs and downcast faceAglow with perspiration Stiff as wire, her lungs on fireWith just the briefest pauseThe flooding through her memoryThe echoes of old applause She limps across the floorAnd closes her bedroom door... The writer stare with glassy eyesDefies the empty pageHis beard is white, his face is lined And streaked with tears of rage Thirty years ago, how the words would flowWith passion and precisionBut now his mind is dark and dulledBy sickness and indecision And he stares out the kitchen doorWhere the sun will rise no more... Some are born to move the worldTo live their fantasiesBut most of us just dream aboutThe things we'd like to beSadder still to watch it dieThan never to have known itFor you, the blind who once could seeThe bell tolls for thee... Now see if you can figure out why they might not be so interested in playing this song 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgrendel Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 (edited) Those two songs placed into a set list just might make the suicide rate rise in each city they are played. :no: Edited November 28, 2012 by drgrendel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezy2112 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I'd like to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 I'd like to hear it. Cheers to "Losing It" and "Tears!" No "Suicide Solution" here! Love, OZZY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 Those two songs placed into a set list just might make the suicide rate rise in each city they are played. :no: Time for you to be "Institutionalized." Signed, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Architeuthis Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Losing it, is about the frustrations of growing old and not being able to do the things you used to be able to in the vigor of your youth. It is somewhat of a dark song but is so true, yet the melody lines are beautiful at the same time and sympathetic.. I would love to hear this song live, it would be very powerful indeed! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Losing it, is about the frustrations of growing old and not being able to do the things you used to be able to in the vigor of your youth. It is somewhat of a dark song but is so true, yet the melody lines are beautiful at the same time and sympathetic.. I would love to hear this song live, it would be very powerful indeed! Excellent post! :haz: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAccountant Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 As I have said elsewhere, Losing It would be cool to hear live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No1RushFan Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Nooooo I love Manhattan Project! It was so much fun to sing along to that! Anyway, yeah I'm with you when it comes to "Losing It" I was really, really surprised they didn't do it with the strings section. That would have been phenomenal. They did their 'A' Setlist in Philly, so I did not get to see Manhattan Project or 7 COG.But 6 days later, in Montreal, they performed their 'B' Setlist and I got to see/hear them both.The God of Balance was working on my side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Bay Rush Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Would LOVE to see Losing It played live with the strings. Geddy could sing it too, since it's done in a lower register. YES! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3ander Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I have posted elsewhere that I would love to hear Losing It, if as Geddy mentioned recently, the band decide to tweak the setlist. As for the story behind the song and how it relates to the band, sorry but aren't these the guys that have just released their 19th (and IMO one of the best for a decade) studio album. No sign of writers block as far as I can see! Does a song have to be happy in order for it to be good live? Red Sector A anyone.... If not now with a string section, then when? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I have posted elsewhere that I would love to hear Losing It, if as Geddy mentioned recently, the band decide to tweak the setlist. As for the story behind the song and how it relates to the band, sorry but aren't these the guys that have just released their 19th (and IMO one of the best for a decade) studio album. No sign of writers block as far as I can see! Does a song have to be happy in order for it to be good live? Red Sector A anyone.... If not now with a string section, then when? The point isn't that it's not a happy song, the point is that it's a song about artists who have lost their powers due to age. Are you really going to tell me you don't understand why that might not be something they'd want to dwell on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3ander Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I have posted elsewhere that I would love to hear Losing It, if as Geddy mentioned recently, the band decide to tweak the setlist. As for the story behind the song and how it relates to the band, sorry but aren't these the guys that have just released their 19th (and IMO one of the best for a decade) studio album. No sign of writers block as far as I can see! Does a song have to be happy in order for it to be good live? Red Sector A anyone.... If not now with a string section, then when? The point isn't that it's not a happy song, the point is that it's a song about artists who have lost their powers due to age. Are you really going to tell me you don't understand why that might not be something they'd want to dwell on? Oddly enough I do understand the argument, but as I've already mentioned,they have shown that they haven't lost their powers in the slightest. The band have turned out one of their strongest albums for many years and Geddys voice is the best I've heard it in three tours.... Losing it? Not a chance. I was merely voicing my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I have posted elsewhere that I would love to hear Losing It, if as Geddy mentioned recently, the band decide to tweak the setlist. As for the story behind the song and how it relates to the band, sorry but aren't these the guys that have just released their 19th (and IMO one of the best for a decade) studio album. No sign of writers block as far as I can see! Does a song have to be happy in order for it to be good live? Red Sector A anyone.... If not now with a string section, then when? The point isn't that it's not a happy song, the point is that it's a song about artists who have lost their powers due to age. Are you really going to tell me you don't understand why that might not be something they'd want to dwell on? Oddly enough I do understand the argument, but as I've already mentioned,they have shown that they haven't lost their powers in the slightest. The band have turned out one of their strongest albums for many years and Geddys voice is the best I've heard it in three tours.... Losing it? Not a chance. I was merely voicing my opinion. Fair enough :) I respect your opinion, but honestly, I would find Losing It to be an inappropriate choice for the current times, and it would seriously bum me out if they played it. I hope it doesn't appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken hawk Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Im happy with whatever they choice but i do also love Hopefully on the 2nd Leg They'll drop Manahattan Project and Replace with Losing It and Tears! :drool: I like the way you think!! And i second this notion. But im happy with whatever the play...as long as they come back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalman3113 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'm happy as long as they come to portland, Oregon, I missed the Seattle show last tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsterfurious Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Those two songs placed into a set list just might make the suicide rate rise in each city they are played. :no: Then why don't you just tell them to cut out "Middletown Dreams" as well? Grrrrrr. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Losing It would sound great live. And its obvious with the release of Clockwork Angels and its corresponding tour that the words do not apply to this band at all! They are still at the top of their game! :codger: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg2112 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 When I was eating at the PINK TACO last night in Vegas (and I'm not talking about my hot woman) ;-) I met yet another crazy Rush fan there. The first thing he said out of his mouth was "Why the hell won't the boys play "Losing It" since they have the orchestra on this tour?" He took the words right out of my mouth!! As many of you know on this forum I've been dying to watch "Losing It" live for many years! I too thought that this tour could have been it! When I mentioned Ben Mink my new Rush fan friend's eyes lit up!! We Rush fans actually belong to a very cool big family.Every Rush fan I have ever met in my life while on the road traveling for this band or just simply seeing them in Northern California are GREAT! We all have a common bond and we can all swap stories for hours and hours. Well I just wanted to write a thread about "Losing It" yet again I have caught myself rambling. Glad most of you know me on here by now! If Rush really does do a second leg in the summer I am hoping that they will add "Losing It" to the set list! After all it is the "Signals" 30th Anniversary!! Maybe they will shave back some "Power Windows" songs and a few "Clockwork" songs and perform "Signals" all the way through! Think about the new "Signals" 30th Anniversary merch they could sell! Let the "Countdown" begin!! RUSH RULES! I was happy with the 1st leg setlist, but think it was odd that the first set was so PoW heavy rather than Signals heavy. It clearly shouldve been the other way around, considering the anniversary. If they decide to go in that direction the 2nd leg, subbing the PoW tunes with Signals (while keeping subdivisions/analog), then the 2nd leg is an absolute must go for this fan. Full disclosure: Signals is by far my favorite Rush album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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