toymaker Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Rush have so many songs and have been around so long (biographies of Rush are almost like history books) and have so many different periods with different fans who appreciate different things—that they tend to cut songs short in order to play more material. Consequently, a lot of great parts don't get heard, like the incredible atmospheric beginning to Xanadu, the mindblowing guitar at the start of La Villa, and so on. It seems to me that even Camera Eye was a bit truncated on the Time Machine tour? If they do play something like Jacob's Ladder, you got to wonder if it's going to be shortened as well. If you had your choice of hearing, say, all of Xanadu OR a ten minute medley made up of abbreviated classic tracks like Bastille Day, Something for Nothing, Beneath Between and Behind - insert your own favourites - what would it be? Just curious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemical Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) On one hand it'd be nice to get a slew of epics in their entirety, but that would surely cost us a good 8-9 more songs of standard 5-minute length. As much as I'd love ALL of 2112, Xanadu, Jacob's Ladder, By-Tor, La Villa, Hemispheres, and Natural Science on the setlist, it's just not going to happen. Edited February 20, 2015 by Alchemical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonus X-1 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Entire song. I hate medleys. Xanadu especially should be played in its entirety. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Medleys can go die in a fire. NO. MEDLEYS. EVER. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 The instrumental R30 medley at the beginning of the shows it's the only one I have enjoied in years; I much prefer entire songs but I could understand a medley for the 20 mins tracks, not be applied to 'shorter' tracks (Xanadu, La Villa Strangiato, Natural Science...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I had to think about it for a minute, but I think being able to hear all of Xanadu again would be worth it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertrobyn Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Medleys me no like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 R30 has two good ones. No I don't need fo hear all of Xanadu though it would be cool. The encore of ASOH Is good too. Xanadu>Superconductor was rhe worst. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 As much as Id love to hear full songs, I think the songs that I'd most want to hear would have the best chance of being played in a medley, which at least is different than what I have on cd. The camera eye wasn't worse for being a few bars shorter, by-tor was great even in shortened form, and Jacobs Ladder could be as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pause Rewind Replay Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Medleys annoy the crap out of me. I want the entire song or don't bother. Didn't like the R30 medley, don't want one wasting my time on R40. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 If Geddy can hit the high go for the whole song, if not the medley. I have the same opinion aboot BonJovi...let's not compare BonJovi to Rush. We don't compare cake icing to ribeye beef steak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasbo Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I don't like medleys,i think it cheapens the song.I did however enjoy the R30 medley but just for the fun of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Medleys can go die in a fire. NO. MEDLEYS. EVER.:LMAO: Not sure I agree but that tickled the old funny bone nonetheless... :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudbuytjane Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I like a well arranged medley. The PW and MP ones are classic, but they've also had some clunkers over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Depends on the song. If they have trouble with it like with the vocals, I'm okay with a medley but would rather they ditch it entirely for a different song to be played in full. Xanadu should be played in full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Better a medley of songs from 74-84 than virtually anything from 1985-2010. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relayer2112 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I don't mind them including songs or instrumental passages in a medley that we'd have no hope of hearing otherwise. I don't like shortened versions of songs in any other circumstance. My opinion is, if you've committed to playing the song outside of a medley, then play the whole thing and not the Cliff's Notes version. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) What's logical and safe? Medley's What i want? Full epic or 2. Xanadu which is entirely possible. And in my dreams......Hemispheres. Mick Edited February 20, 2015 by bluefox4000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I would rather them play a medley of '90s/'00s/10s material to get it out of the way and leave more time for them to play complete (or at least longer) versions of '70s & early '80s songs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 As the official unofficial ambassador of A Farewell To Kings, I say... XANADU (in full) OR BUST!!! (but we'll still love you anyway) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I would take a truncated version of Cygnus X-1 and Hemispheres only...no medleys...the whole song, the way it appeared on the album.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I would take a truncated version of Cygnus X-1 and Hemispheres only...no medleys...the whole song, the way it appeared on the album.... I don't want the songs to be the way they are on the album. I'll almost always prefer some extended solos, jams, tweaks...if I wanted to hear the album, I'd listen to the album and save a couple hundred bucks. That's why ATWAS is my favorite album...it actually dared to be a live album, and not a greatest hits album like ESL and ASOH. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I would take a truncated version of Cygnus X-1 and Hemispheres only...no medleys...the whole song, the way it appeared on the album.... That's why ATWAS is my favorite album...Woohoo!!... :dweez: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Entire song. I hate medleys. Xanadu especially should be played in its entirety.I had to think about it for a minute, but I think being able to hear all of Xanadu again would be worth it. Me too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Entire song. I hate medleys. Xanadu especially should be played in its entirety.I had to think about it for a minute, but I think being able to hear all of Xanadu again would be worth it. Me too. me 3. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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