GeminiRising79 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Never had any Rush songs grow on me. Either like them from the getgo or no-go. Thats why I won't to listen to CA more than 3x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 For me, most Rush songs need time to grow on me before I get into them, sort of like they need to get imprinted on my brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120128201030/muppet/images/f/f7/GroverFullFigure2.pngWelcome to TRF! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Thanks to Jwoods and all the posters in this thread for inspiring me to put Presto in the car. I had a great drive home after work, smiling all the way! I had forgotten how much I love Neil's drumming on this! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneathbetweenbehindyourmom Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 What! The guitar solo if f'ing fantastic. I wonder if it was one take that they just reversed, or a few parts done seperately and turned around and pasted in together. Whatever Alex did, it is really cool. I can't believe that people don't like it. I always figured that it was a highlight of the song for most people. It definitely is for me. That and the groovy bass chords Geddy plays. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Love it. My favorite on Presto. I'm stunned the band hasn't revisited this one live. I think they would do it excellent justice if they performed it on the next go-around. I don't know if Neil would ever revisit this tune. If I recall, he wrote it about he and his then-nine-or-ten year old daughter Selena watching a meteor shower together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 What! The guitar solo if f'ing fantastic. I wonder if it was one take that they just reversed, or a few parts done seperately and turned around and pasted in together. Whatever Alex did, it is really cool. I can't believe that people don't like it. I always figured that it was a highlight of the song for most people. It definitely is for me. That and the groovy bass chords Geddy plays.Agreed! (and great member name!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Great song and Great album, but what A crappy sound!:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anima Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Presto is my favourite album to sing along to in the car (with CA a close second) and Chain Lightning is such a catchy tune! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Chain Lightning is easily one of the best tracks on Presto. I've been seriously surprises it was never played live. Just like the other songs off Presto, I think this song will translate real well live. It has a great little opening riff and awesome lead from Alex not to mention Geddy bass line during the lead. I think this song would be hugh live. At least it will sound much, MUCH STRONGER which is whats missing in the album mix. :codger: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Here's the full Presto Tour show for anyone interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Chain Lightning is easily one of the best tracks on Presto. I've been seriously surprises it was never played live. Just like the other songs off Presto, I think this song will translate real well live. It has a great little opening riff and awesome lead from Alex not to mention Geddy bass line during the lead. I think this song would be hugh live. At least it will sound much, MUCH STRONGER which is whats missing in the album mix. :codger: Absolutely. The new muscular sound live reinvigorates a lot of songs that I thought sounded thin on the studio albums. Presto was great on the TM tour, and most of the synth songs on this tour benefited from a stronger sound. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 (edited) Chain Lightning is easily one of the best tracks on Presto. I've been seriously surprises it was never played live. Just like the other songs off Presto, I think this song will translate real well live. It has a great little opening riff and awesome lead from Alex not to mention Geddy bass line during the lead. I think this song would be hugh live. At least it will sound much, MUCH STRONGER which is whats missing in the album mix. :codger: Absolutely. The new muscular sound live reinvigorates a lot of songs that I thought sounded thin on the studio albums. Presto was great on the TM tour, and most of the synth songs on this tour benefited from a stronger sound. Yeah! Once the boys crank up, the songs sound like what they should. Songs like The Pass, Dreamline, Red Sector A, Bravado and many others sound stronger live than their studio counterparts! :codger: Edited August 31, 2013 by losingit2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Chain Lightning is easily one of the best tracks on Presto. I've been seriously surprises it was never played live. Just like the other songs off Presto, I think this song will translate real well live. It has a great little opening riff and awesome lead from Alex not to mention Geddy bass line during the lead. I think this song would be hugh live. At least it will sound much, MUCH STRONGER which is whats missing in the album mix. :codger: So, not to beat a dead horse, but does no one think Neil would be slightly hesitant to play a song he wrote about his now-dead daughter and he sharing a magic moment when she was young and alive? Or am I just being way too sentimental? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 This would actually be a pretty decent song for the boys to play live, too, now that I think of it. This song was recorded during their "clean sound" era, and I would like to hear the guys play it live now, now that their sound is back to being heavy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 It sounds much better on the 2013 hd tracks version of Presto. Really cool tune!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Chain Lightning is easily one of the best tracks on Presto. I've been seriously surprises it was never played live. Just like the other songs off Presto, I think this song will translate real well live. It has a great little opening riff and awesome lead from Alex not to mention Geddy bass line during the lead. I think this song would be hugh live. At least it will sound much, MUCH STRONGER which is whats missing in the album mix. :codger: Absolutely. The new muscular sound live reinvigorates a lot of songs that I thought sounded thin on the studio albums. Presto was great on the TM tour, and most of the synth songs on this tour benefited from a stronger sound. I should have read the whole thread before posting an hour ago -- I would have just agreed with you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoble Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 What! The guitar solo if f'ing fantastic. I wonder if it was one take that they just reversed, or a few parts done seperately and turned around and pasted in together. Whatever Alex did, it is really cool. I can't believe that people don't like it. I always figured that it was a highlight of the song for most people. It definitely is for me. That and the groovy bass chords Geddy plays. It's a regular guitar solo that was put on the song playing backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Chain Lightning is easily one of the best tracks on Presto. I've been seriously surprises it was never played live. Just like the other songs off Presto, I think this song will translate real well live. It has a great little opening riff and awesome lead from Alex not to mention Geddy bass line during the lead. I think this song would be hugh live. At least it will sound much, MUCH STRONGER which is whats missing in the album mix. :codger: So, not to beat a dead horse, but does no one think Neil would be slightly hesitant to play a song he wrote about his now-dead daughter and he sharing a magic moment when she was young and alive? Or am I just being way too sentimental? Chain Lightning is about Neil's daughter? I never knew that and no you are not being too sentimental. Now I would understand the reasoning why they wouldn't be inclined to play it but I don't understand why they didn't play it back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefunk Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Chain Lightning is about Neil's daughter?Yes, she is 'the other pair of eyes'. :) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sun dog Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 When i first heard Chain Lightning i wondered what the heck is a sun dog ? Love the song ! Sparks my heart ! have always loved that track but suspect we won't hear it live, understandably... and here's a nice example of sun dogs from ND http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg/800px-Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 When i first heard Chain Lightning i wondered what the heck is a sun dog ? Love the song ! Sparks my heart ! have always loved that track but suspect we won't hear it live, understandably... and here's a nice example of sun dogs from ND http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg/800px-Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg Nice shot! Yeah - they caught a meteor shower together on a hillside outside their home. The sundogs may have been poetic imagery, or something they had seen earlier that evening, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 When i first heard Chain Lightning i wondered what the heck is a sun dog ? Love the song ! Sparks my heart ! have always loved that track but suspect we won't hear it live, understandably... and here's a nice example of sun dogs from ND http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg/800px-Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg Nice shot! Yeah - they caught a meteor shower together on a hillside outside their home. The sundogs may have been poetic imagery, or something they had seen earlier that evening, etc. Wow! That's Beautiful and its just makes the song even more endeering in my heart. I can understand why Neil wouldn't want to play it live now, But aren't these they tyoe of memories you would want to hold on too? Wouldn't this song represent a Good Memory of his departed daughter? God Bless her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 When i first heard Chain Lightning i wondered what the heck is a sun dog ? Love the song ! Sparks my heart ! have always loved that track but suspect we won't hear it live, understandably... and here's a nice example of sun dogs from ND http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg/800px-Fargo_Sundogs_2_18_09.jpg Nice shot! Yeah - they caught a meteor shower together on a hillside outside their home. The sundogs may have been poetic imagery, or something they had seen earlier that evening, etc. Wow! That's Beautiful and its just makes the song even more endeering in my heart. I can understand why Neil wouldn't want to play it live now, But aren't these they tyoe of memories you would want to hold on too? Wouldn't this song represent a Good Memory of his departed daughter? God Bless her.I'm sure it's a beautiful memory for him, and one well worth holding on to. But it doesn't seem like a good choice to play live. I don't see how he could get through the whole song, or even the opening notes, without breaking down and being affected for a good portion of the show. I know I'd be balling my eyes out just knowing it was coming up in the set list. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drummerrobin Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 (edited) Good song! But I really don't think there'll be any chance of them break out this one for a tour simply because of the lyrical content - it would just be too painful for Neil. Besides, I think there's still better songs on the album that deserve to be played live - Scars and Available Light come to mind immediately for me. Edited September 1, 2013 by Drummerrobin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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