R40: So Much Negativity

[Digital Dad]

Earl would know. I think his friends went to the party.

 

Found it! :) http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?/topic/95215-my-driving-experience-down-to-la-for-both-shows-was-surreal-rush-music-met-mother-nature-head-on-chain-lightning-flash-flood-warnings/

 

Thanks for finding that, Lorraine! Earl's description of the after party (including Neil) is a classic, as always!

 

So Earl has more inside than FOH Lights does??

 

Very telling.

[Planet X-1]

I`m guessing FOH`s people actually work during the show.....

[FOH Lights]

I`m guessing FOH`s people actually work during the show.....

Haha, that is correct.

[Lorraine]

Earl would know. I think his friends went to the party.

 

Found it! :) http://www.therushfo...flood-warnings/

 

Thanks for finding that, Lorraine! Earl's description of the after party (including Neil) is a classic, as always!

 

So Earl has more inside than FOH Lights does??

 

Very telling.

 

Earl said his friends went to the party.

 

I don't know him personally, but he doesn't strike me as someone who would lie.

[Eel Yddeg]

Another positive of this album, for the first time since R30- There are very few studio overdubs! Most of the vocals on Snakes And Arrows, Time Machine, and Clockwork Angels were doctored and modified in the studio, these aren't.

[EagleMoon]

Another positive of this album, for the first time since R30- There are very few studio overdubs! Most of the vocals on Snakes And Arrows, Time Machine, and Clockwork Angels were doctored and modified in the studio, these aren't.

 

You'd never know they did anything to fix Clockwork Angels or Time Machine.

Edited May 4, 2016 by EagleMoon

[bordercollie]

Another positive of this album, for the first time since R30- There are very few studio overdubs! Most of the vocals on Snakes And Arrows, Time Machine, and Clockwork Angels were doctored and modified in the studio, these aren't.

 

proof/link(s)?

[Union 5-3992]

Time Machine/CA Live certainly don't sound like the vocals were touched up...

[J2112YYZ]

Time Machine/CA Live certainly don't sound like the vocals were touched up...

 

Geddy knew he would be spending way too much time in the studio to fix things, so they left it as is

[satchmothesnowdog]

Most of us are not being fans correctly is what I gather the op is on about

 

TrueRushFans™

 

Not just fans. :cheers:

 

No, that's not what I meant! Why all the negativity? I'm amazed that they can still rock out at their "advanced age".

 

Sorry, but I only see all the positives of their performances during this tour. All you "critics" can disprove me if you can do better than them at the same age!

you're confusing intellectual honesty with being a sycophant. Blowing smoke up other people's asses and being in denial about the truth in front of you doesn't make you a fan, it makes you a cultist.

[EagleMoon]

Most of us are not being fans correctly is what I gather the op is on about

 

TrueRushFans™

 

Not just fans. :cheers:

 

No, that's not what I meant! Why all the negativity? I'm amazed that they can still rock out at their "advanced age".

 

Sorry, but I only see all the positives of their performances during this tour. All you "critics" can disprove me if you can do better than them at the same age!

you're confusing intellectual honesty with being a sycophant. Blowing smoke up other people's asses and being in denial about the truth in front of you doesn't make you a fan, it makes you a cultist.

 

Cultist. That's it exactly.

[Lorraine]

Most of us are not being fans correctly is what I gather the op is on about

 

TrueRushFans™

 

Not just fans. :cheers:

 

No, that's not what I meant! Why all the negativity? I'm amazed that they can still rock out at their "advanced age".

 

Sorry, but I only see all the positives of their performances during this tour. All you "critics" can disprove me if you can do better than them at the same age!

you're confusing intellectual honesty with being a sycophant. Blowing smoke up other people's asses and being in denial about the truth in front of you doesn't make you a fan, it makes you a cultist.

 

:cheers:

[satchmothesnowdog]

Most of us are not being fans correctly is what I gather the op is on about

 

TrueRushFans™

 

Not just fans. :cheers:

 

No, that's not what I meant! Why all the negativity? I'm amazed that they can still rock out at their "advanced age".

 

Sorry, but I only see all the positives of their performances during this tour. All you "critics" can disprove me if you can do better than them at the same age!

you're confusing intellectual honesty with being a sycophant. Blowing smoke up other people's asses and being in denial about the truth in front of you doesn't make you a fan, it makes you a cultist.

 

Cultist. That's it exactly.

and not even that good Blue Oyster variety :)

[EagleMoon]

Most of us are not being fans correctly is what I gather the op is on about

 

TrueRushFans™

 

Not just fans. :cheers:

 

No, that's not what I meant! Why all the negativity? I'm amazed that they can still rock out at their "advanced age".

 

Sorry, but I only see all the positives of their performances during this tour. All you "critics" can disprove me if you can do better than them at the same age!

you're confusing intellectual honesty with being a sycophant. Blowing smoke up other people's asses and being in denial about the truth in front of you doesn't make you a fan, it makes you a cultist.

 

Cultist. That's it exactly.

and not even that good Blue Oyster variety :)

 

Don't fear the reaper. ;)

[Eel Yddeg]

Another positive of this album, for the first time since R30- There are very few studio overdubs! Most of the vocals on Snakes And Arrows, Time Machine, and Clockwork Angels were doctored and modified in the studio, these aren't.

 

proof/link(s)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_EmqJoFIOU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emoWMrYp_ps

(At 4:20 or so)

[EagleMoon]

They did use some studio magic on R40 with Alex's guitar. He missed the first note of the Roll The Bones solo pretty badly and they fixed it.

[Powderfinger]

I haven't been on here in ages but finally had some free time to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon perusing the Internet and return to this forum.

 

I can't believe the bashing that is going on about Geddy's vocals on the tour and (in particular) the DVD/Blu-ray. I thought people on here were fans. Obviously (I think) the ones that are complaining are too young to understand aging. Yes, I too have noticed that Geddy no longer has that range of his youth, but he still "sounds like" himself! Trust me, I've seen every tour since AFTK and even in the 80's I noticed differences in his range from the 70's songs that were still in rotation. Part of it was growing as a vocalist and the fact that he did start taking vocal lessons and instead of "screaming" parts he was actually singing them!

 

I was at the second Toronto show and Ben Mink and the band doing Losing It for the first time ever live was the pinnacle!

 

Why is nobody focusing on the extremely great musicianship of these 3 in their mid 60's and can pull off some of the most complex compositions that they admit were difficult when they first recorded them (Hemispheres)? They put musicians a third of their age to shame!!!!

 

I thought the people on this forum were true fans (and understanding human beings). I guess I was wrong. I wish I could do the things I could 30-40 years ago but I can't (and, for the older members, I'm sure you can't either). Why do you expect them to do the same? For you younger members, you'll understand when you get to my age (50).

 

Peace out. Rush is still the greatest Rock band in my opinion and I thank them for 40 wonderful years of music. They owe me (or anyone else) NOTHING!

 

I love this. I'm watching the DVD now. I'm on Xanadu. My head is about to explode. The entire second set is just insane. That these guys are playing at that level, at that age--it's unreal man. It is so inspiring. It makes me wonder if I will have that much passion for life and a skill when I reach that age. I always skip Neil's drum solos when I watch the DVDs, but tonight I watched it, and it is really incredible, to see the guy exhaust himself, the sheer athleticism. It's an example for all of us.

 

They also made it such a fun show for old diehard fans: using the old concert sets and instruments; playing the geek-out epics; the double-necks; Xanadu. They played Jacob's Ladder. They checked every box for the diehard fans. They gave us such an awesome final tour.

 

Geddy sounds great. It's not like his pitch is off. He isn't tuneless. His voice seasoned with age, just like Robert Plant's, and Roger Daltrey's, and Mick Jagger's, and Jon Anderson's, and Van Morrison's, and Bob Dylan's...

 

Rush went out on top. And I love them for that. But I miss them. I miss Rush so much.

[rocket ignites]

I like to read all of the negative posts about Rush dvds before I watch them. They almost always seem better than what people bitch about.