celticsalmon Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 RUSH's music to me, is perpetual and ageless because each time I listen- really listen- I hear new things. I never listened much to Jacob's. But when I heard it live- it came to life as if it was penned this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todem Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) The keyboard solo into the outro is such a great Rush moment in Countdown. It is by far my favorite part of that song. So f***ing cool. Edited August 7, 2015 by Todem 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraroc Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 One of the Geddy interviews before the R40 tour got going seemed to imply that Fly By Night, Jacob's Ladder, Chemistry and full Xanadu were going to be in the R40 set. Well two of those were right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disembodiedspirit2015 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 should have played countdown live To me, that song is way too dated, and I'm pretty sure I remember reading a comment from one of the guys that the band felt the same way. I'm really glad they didn't play it. Wow, that's about the silliest thing i've ever heard. awesome song, played WAAAYYYYY too little. i'd take that number over about 80% of the first set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 should have played countdown live To me, that song is way too dated, and I'm pretty sure I remember reading a comment from one of the guys that the band felt the same way. I'm really glad they didn't play it. Wow, that's about the silliest thing i've ever heard. awesome song, played WAAAYYYYY too little. i'd take that number over about 80% of the first set. No, it's not silly at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 should have played countdown live To me, that song is way too dated, and I'm pretty sure I remember reading a comment from one of the guys that the band felt the same way. I'm really glad they didn't play it. Wow, that's about the silliest thing i've ever heard. awesome song, played WAAAYYYYY too little. i'd take that number over about 80% of the first set. I would agree with you. Especially the first half of the first set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. JD Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I would have liked to have seen the initial setlist before they made the final decisions. That would be very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I really enjoyed the flavour of "Oh, I can't sing that anymore? WATCH ME" in some of the setlist choices :D yeah, I was one of the negative nancies who thought the set wouldn't have any songs before permanent waves besides CTTH, overture/temples and working man. I'm so glad I was wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 The keyboard solo into the outro is such a great Rush moment in Countdown. It is by far my favorite part of that song. So f***ing cool. That part of the song is very cool, along with the similar part in the middle of the song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. JD Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 The keyboard solo into the outro is such a great Rush moment in Countdown. It is by far my favorite part of that song. So f***ing cool. That part of the song is very cool, along with the similar part in the middle of the song.I like the progression they play at the end of that song. They use it earlier in the song too. Very catchy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disembodiedspirit2015 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 the outro riff on countdown is one of my top 5 Lerxt moments...so to speak. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALifeson85 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I seem to recall rumors of Kid Gloves being in early revisions of the setlist...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Nice to see all this Countdown love happening here. I've always loved it. Yay Signals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill1971 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I doubt Rush peruse the message boards for material but they do have many Rush fan friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I doubt Rush peruse the message boards for material but they do have many Rush fan friends. Someone here said that they read somewhere that they did. And if you were here before the tour was announced, and lived through the endless setlist threads, and threads asking what they should play on their next tour, you might have a different opinion. I'm not one to think that they look here, but after Tulsa, I changed my mind. They played everything we were clamoring for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexMike Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 With regards to JL, I think the band deserves many kudos for not only pulling it out for R40, but also for sticking with it. We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years. And on tours past, they might have dropped it completely after only a few shows or only played it in rotation with something else. But it stayed in the set for all 35 shows (more than you can say for YYZ, DEW and OLV among others). And I for one think that is awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years. That was evident from the way Geddy introduced it. I don't know why they don't care for it, but I think it was selfless of them to do it for the fans who don't share their negative opinion of the beautiful song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexMike Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years. That was evident from the way Geddy introduced it. I don't know why they don't care for it, but I think it was selfless of them to do it for the fans who don't share their negative opinion of the beautiful song.It really was phenomenal live, especially with the light show they put behind it. Hopefully that part is not completely ignored on the DVD. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years. That was evident from the way Geddy introduced it. I don't know why they don't care for it, but I think it was selfless of them to do it for the fans who don't share their negative opinion of the beautiful song.It really was phenomenal live, especially with the light show they put behind it. Hopefully that part is not completely ignored on the DVD.Even if it is, Tapehead captured it beautifully on her video. It is preserved, but I'm sure nothing beat being there and actually seeing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years. That was evident from the way Geddy introduced it. I don't know why they don't care for it, but I think it was selfless of them to do it for the fans who don't share their negative opinion of the beautiful song.What I can gather is the tempo is boring for them. It's just a slow moving piece that makes people veg out...the band responds to energy from the crowd. My two cents 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years. That was evident from the way Geddy introduced it. I don't know why they don't care for it, but I think it was selfless of them to do it for the fans who don't share their negative opinion of the beautiful song.What I can gather is the tempo is boring for them. It's just a slow moving piece that makes people veg out...the band responds to energy from the crowd. My two centsYou're probably right, but I think the song has an intensity to it. At least for me it does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexMike Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 We know they don't get a lot of joy from playing it, which is why it was skipped for so many years. That was evident from the way Geddy introduced it. I don't know why they don't care for it, but I think it was selfless of them to do it for the fans who don't share their negative opinion of the beautiful song.What I can gather is the tempo is boring for them. It's just a slow moving piece that makes people veg out...the band responds to energy from the crowd. My two centsI don't know about veg out. I certainly wasn't doing that. But it's definitely about building mood and atmosphere beyond just the notes that are being played. In that respect, it's kinda like Witch Hunt live. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I seem to recall rumors of Kid Gloves being in early revisions of the setlist...... We dodged a bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 It would have been wonderful if they did Kid Gloves. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhawk2112 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Countdown was a dud live. It just didn't transfer. The mysterious energy from the studio version got totally lost. The vocals sound very monotone and if you listen to the boots from the Signals tour you can almost hear "I really don't want to sing this" in Geddy's voice. Here's 12/6/82, Countdown is at about 1:25:55: As to Jacob's Ladder, it's one of the simplest songs they've ever written. I've always wondered if they stopped playing it after one tour just because they got bored with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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