RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

*gasp*

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUSSSSSSSH!

/holds lighter
//old skool lighter, not a cell phone
///lawn, off

2112 = Greatest Rush song.

/joins Rain-Monkey in firing up the lighter

I am so pissed I missed the show in Atlanta. I am quite envious of my brother and friends that went.

Very envious of the people who got to see this.

Can someone explain the barbecued chickens behind Geddy?

I love it. Here's a link to my favorite Rush video: Link (new window) I post it in almost every Rush thread, it's just that awesome. :)

That was a big slice of win smothered in awesome sauce. Maybe if I stop tearing the wings off of flies and leaving the toilet seat up Santa will leave this DVD in my stocking.

GalleyWench: Here's a link to my favorite Rush video

Thanks!

And here it is from 1988, mearly 20 years earlier.

Link (new window)

Ahh, just like I remember them :)

It sucks.

Why?

They dropped the key so much that even Kris Kristofferson could hit the high notes.

If you can't sing it anymore, Geddy, then don't.

bogey: GalleyWench: Here's a link to my favorite Rush video

Thanks!

My pleasure!

Flab: Can someone explain the barbecued chickens behind Geddy?

Um, dorky R(esidents)U(under)S(atans)H(ouse) humor? When I saw them years ago, he had laundromat washer/dryers behind him.

Too bad he doesn't have the high notes anymore, the vocal line sounds "off" on that.

/Not a big fan
//Farewell To Kings is a great album though

TheHopeDiamond: It sucks.

Why?

They dropped the key so much that even Kris Kristofferson could hit the high notes.

If you can't sing it anymore, Geddy, then don't.

Goddammit, why couldn't you have posted this two hours ago? I just wasted a bunch of time listening to and enjoying it. Hell, I even went out of my way posting a comment about how much I liked it just to find out it shouldn't even exist. Now I look like a fool and I'm holding you responsible. I hope you're proud of yourself.

Wow, now THIS is amazing - 2112 from 1976. Geddy sounds fantastic, or at least just how I want him to!

GoGeddy (new window)

Sorry, will stop the geeky youtube searching now ;)

Flab: Can someone explain the barbecued chickens behind Geddy?

From what I understand Geddy's bass plugs in direct and he no longer needs the on-stage amps. After years of having stacks of amplifiers on stage it seemed empty so he started filling the space with other objects.

Flab: Can someone explain the barbecued chickens behind Geddy?

that would be Geddy's sense of humour.
Used to be, hsi bass amps were back there, but he goes through the arena's own speakers now, so he has to put something back there. one tour, it was dryers with shirts they'd toss out to fans during the show (JUST MISSED ONE IN 2002), then they had rotisserie sandwich machines, and now the rotisserie chickens.

bogey: TheHopeDiamond: It sucks.

Why?

They dropped the key so much that even Kris Kristofferson could hit the high notes.

If you can't sing it anymore, Geddy, then don't.

Goddammit, why couldn't you have posted this two hours ago? I just wasted a bunch of time listening to and enjoying it. Hell, I even went out of my way posting a comment about how much I liked it just to find out it shouldn't even exist. Now I look like a fool and I'm holding you responsible. I hope you're proud of yourself.

Me too, such a fool. I totally expected him to sound exactly like he did on my records several decades ago.

feta: Wow, now THIS is amazing - 2112 from 1976. Geddy sounds fantastic, or at least just how I want him to!

GoGeddy (new window)

Sorry, will stop the geeky youtube searching now ;)

Nice!

Still my favorite: La Villa Strangiato at Pinkpop 1979 ^

BobBastard: 2112 = Greatest Rush song.

/joins Rain-Monkey in firing up the lighter

//agreed

Might just have to pop out and snag the DVD. Sounds like the recording quality is pretty good for live.

Snakes & Barrels

Geddy Lee has finally hit puberty. Good on him.

GalleyWench: bogey:

Me too, such a fool. I totally expected him to sound exactly like he did on my records several decades ago.


Sorry to have been the one to tell you the emperor has no voice.

Time and overuse take their toll; he has to accept it and move onto songs he can still handle.

Ender's: Very envious of the people who got to see this.

Yeah they now come to Verizon amphitheater on the northside so its a much better show.

If any Rush fans have the means I highly recommend that you see them when they come to red rocks in Colorado, it was probably the best show I have ever seen. Hell you could see anyone there and it would be great but Rush was farking insane there, also FYI alcohol hits you quicker if you arent used to the altitude and average pot turns into great weed.

Good times.

feta
Wow, now THIS is amazing - 2112 from 1976. Geddy sounds fantastic, or at least just how I want him to!

GoGeddy (new window)


Wow! What a find! Thanks ! :-D
F*ckin-A, man!!!

it's great sound quality, must be from the soundboard.
possibly an even better rendition than the "all the world's" version??

feta: Wow, now THIS is amazing - 2112 from 1976.

I have that DVDR and highly recommend it, even with the time stamps.

1 Intro
2 Bastille Day
3 Anthem
4 Lakeside Park
5 2112
6 Fly By Night
7 In The Mood

All The World's A Stage tour, I think.

Geddy endorses a device called SANS AMP which in French literally means "without an amp"

Sans Amp is made by Tech 21 and is a small box or a single space rack unit that very closely simulates the sound of a close mic'd tube amp. Geddy uses their "Bass Driver" version.

The idea is that you don't have to drag around a big stack of heavy and expensive tube amps around to get that warm crunchy sound. (Geddy used to play Ampeg bass amps which weighed about 200 lbs each)

The Sans Amp simply sends your instrument's signal to the house P.A. system.

However,I am sure Rush's road crew is happy that despite his Sans Amp,he requires that they move a bunch of washer-dryers and/or rotisserie ovens to every gig instead.

I hope the roadies get the joke.

Can someone explain the barbecued chickens behind Geddy?

It doesn't mean anything except that it is 'dorky' Rush humor as Henry Holland mentioned earlier, and the crowd eats it up.

Perhaps Geddy's alter ego, Harry Satchel, and some of his friends can explain it better.

This opens the second half of the show. Video & audio is a little rough, but you'll get the idea (or maybe not).

Harry Satchel in "What's that smell?" video intro & Far Cry

/Saw this tour five times in St. Louis, Chicago, and Milwaukee
//subby

Spiffy!

I was at this show. It was farking awesome.

I picked up the blu-ray of this release on Tuesday. It looks great and sounds fantastic. Any die-hard Rush fan would love it.

Now there's a band I would love to go see. I agree, though; vocals sound off. Still, I'd pay money to see them.

/young pup at 22
//loves Rush nonetheless

Sodium Benzoate: Snakes

Came here for this. Leaving satisfied.

This show is a must see:

Trailer Park Boys - Closer to the Heart (1/3) (new window)

Trailer Park Boys - Closer to the Heart (2/3) (new window)

Trailer Park Boys - Closer to the Heart (3/3) (new window)

Don't get me wrong, Rush is my favorite band, but why does every Rush submission get greenlit? Time to branch out (new window) a bit.

Let's see... 'Snakes and Arrows' came out when? Six months ago?

And NOW we have the live concert of 'Snakes and Arrows'.

What's next? The rehersal recordings?

this was an awesome show at an awesome venue by an awesome band and I was awesomely drunk and had an awesome time

craigdamage:
However,I am sure Rush's road crew is happy that despite his Sans Amp,he requires that they move a bunch of washer-dryers and/or rotisserie ovens to every gig instead.

I hope the roadies get the joke.

I'm sure they laugh all the way to the bank. They do a job, they get paid to do it.

I can't stand that farking song and that album. And I do love Rush otherwise.

Sodium Benzoate: Snakes & Barrels

PC LOAD LETTER: I can't stand that farking song and that album. And I do love Rush otherwise.

this. I can't say 2112(though more specifically, the title track, which does take up more than half the album) is anything other typical prog-wankery. Yet, A Farewell to Kings, while still geeky prog shiat, seems to get overlooked outside Closer to the Heart.

Music = Awesome
Vocals = teh Suck.

TSE: craigdamage:
However,I am sure Rush's road crew is happy that despite his Sans Amp,he requires that they move a bunch of washer-dryers and/or rotisserie ovens to every gig instead.

I hope the roadies get the joke.

I'm sure they laugh all the way to the bank. They do a job, they get paid to do it.

Um.. their roadies don't touch any of that shiat - the stagehands have to carry it all in. Roadies tell them where to put it.

/I rig so I just get to watch the stage monkeys wrestle all that heavy crap around.

//on the other hand, I get to haul all of their heavy-ass motor chains into the ceiling.

///I love my job!

Some Bass Playing Guy: Music = Awesome
Vocals = teh Suck.

Nothing that a little Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake wouldn't fix.

craigdamage: Geddy endorses a device called SANS AMP which in French literally means "without an amp"

Sans Amp is made by Tech 21 and is a small box or a single space rack unit that very closely simulates the sound of a close mic'd tube amp. Geddy uses their "Bass Driver" version.

The idea is that you don't have to drag around a big stack of heavy and expensive tube amps around to get that warm crunchy sound. (Geddy used to play Ampeg bass amps which weighed about 200 lbs each)

The Sans Amp simply sends your instrument's signal to the house P.A. system.

However,I am sure Rush's road crew is happy that despite his Sans Amp,he requires that they move a bunch of washer-dryers and/or rotisserie ovens to every gig instead.

I hope the roadies get the joke.

There's some incorrect info here...

- Geddy uses the Tech 21 Sansamp RBI. It's a rackmountable, more full-featured version of the SansAmp Bass Driver DI.

- He also runs direct to the board through and sends the direct signal and the RBI signal both through Palmer speaker simulators, and mixes these signals to adjust for the venue.

- Geddy played Ampeg in the 70s like everyone else who played bass, but before he went with the DI rig his amps of choice were Trace Elliot and before that, Gallien-Kruger (both him and Alex were G-K endorsers up until Counterparts, when Geddy went back to his Fender Jazz after years of playing high end Wal basses)

/lifelong Rush fan
//No, I don't worship Ayn Rand

Farker Soze: Some Bass Playing Guy: Music = Awesome
Vocals = teh Suck.

Nothing that a little Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake wouldn't fix.

Brutal.

PumpUpDaFark: This show is a must see:

Trailer Park Boys - Closer to the Heart (1/3) (new window)

Trailer Park Boys - Closer to the Heart (2/3) (new window)

Trailer Park Boys - Closer to the Heart (3/3) (new window)

that
was
awesome

Are you guys eating French Toast?

/sipping Duncan Hills coffee as we speak

Saw them this past June on this tour in St. Louis, MO. Great show as always

BobBastard: 2112 = Greatest Rush song.

/joins Rain-Monkey in firing up the lighter

I'll dust off my lighter, as well. 2112 was the album that introduced me to Rush(I live in a black hole as far as .rock music is concerned).

TheHopeDiamond: It sucks.

Why?

They dropped the key so much that even Kris Kristofferson could hit the high notes.

If you can't sing it anymore, Geddy, then don't.

The fact that he's been singing for 35 years+, and the way he does it; no, he can't hit the high notes like he used to. Sinatra couldn't hit the same notes at 55 that he could at 35, either. Let me know if your voice doesn't drop an octave or so when you reach your mid-50s; I know mine has, and I don't even sing.
It's called getting older...