Tour kicked off yesterday...man what a show this will be! Here's the setlist: Set 1: 01. Video Intro 02. The Spirit of Radio 03. Time Stand Still 04. Presto 05. Stick It Out 06. Workin' Them Angels 07. Leave That Thing Alone! 08. Faithless 09. BU2B 10. Freewill 11. Marathon 12. Subdivisions Intermission Set 2: 13. Tom Sawyer 14. Red Barchetta 15. YYZ 16. Limelight 17. The Camera Eye 18. Witch Hunt 19. Vital Signs 20. Caravan 21. Drum Solo 22. Closer to the Heart 22. 2112 Overture/Temples of Syrinx 23. Far Cry Encore: 24. La Villa Strangiato 25. Working Man 26. Video Outro Incredible selection of songs, including opening the second set with "Moving Pictures" in it's entirety! Some footage from yesterday. Holy hell check out Neil's drum kit! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBQ0rO_4ddE"]Rush ~ Presto[/ame]
Yeah. They're not stopping in Vancouver this year.. though I did see them on the Snakes and Arrows tour last time around. face melting goodness.. and i love the two new tracks they released recently
Hell ya!! I didn't get to see them last time around with Snakes and Arrows. Maybe Ill get lucky this time. 26 songs...still not enough considering their large catalog. Seems like theyre playing more of their mid-70s and newer stuff rather than than their 80s material which Im more of a fan of. Oh well, its freakin' Rush!
The funny thing is, alot of metal bands from the 80s on got alot of inspiration from Rush, who took part in inventing metal as we know today.
allways thought Rush was more of the evolution of the prog rock of the early 70s. Bands like Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes, Genesis, etc. Like fusion bands (Dregs, Jeff Beck, etc) I think their early fanbase was made up of musicians and people that were fans of musical virtuosity. They were kind of a band's band so to speak. Especially if you were a drummer. Neal Pert had an amazing following amongst drummers. Easily top 3 at the time. As for metal, its hard to see really. Maybe amongst the prog metal bands currently in vogue or in the constant time changes but it would seem that classical music had the biggest influence on the genre
When they first came out they were metal bro. You have to remember, this was the mid-70's! Think about how music was then, and tell me these two songs can't be considered metal. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN4wIpDABUU"]Rush ~ Anthem (Live 1976)[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7yxA9vt2-c"]Rush ~ Bastille Day (Live 1976)[/ame]
i guess it would be an interesting debate as to where heavy rock ends and metal begins. I kind of put Judas Priest as the first heavy metal band where some people have Sabbath or even Zeppelin as metal. Rush like Thin Lizzy had individual songs that were a precursor to heavy metal but their overall library would probably have to be put in the heavy rock category IMO. The earliest heavy rock band I ever heard where I could hear the early influences of metal was Sir Lord Baltimore but I would still put them in the heavy rock category. Check this out and keep in mind this is from 1968 [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErxAbqsBnFM&feature=related"]YouTube- Sir Lord Baltimore - Helium Head[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpu8wuGMTrY&feature=related"]YouTube- Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come[/ame]
I meant to post these pics earlier... this is from their Irvine show... i had second row... best concert ever for Rush for me... I have a bunch more but these are the best... I have videos too from my iphone... sound is really bad... over modulated or whatever it is for the iphone to capture.
check out what Alex does at the 2:48 mark... YouTube- Rush Irvine 8.13.10 Closer to the Heart Alex tells someone
Agreed. Who else can play Bass, play the keyboard, AND do vocals at the same time?? YouTube- Rush - Subdivisions 8-18-2004
Bro that was the Hemispheres tour. They didn't play Nassau until that tour. The Good Rats opened that show. I was there too. Sorry for being picky....just being a Rush nut. They didn't play the NY area at all on the 2112 tour, and closest they came to LI was the Palladium on 14th Street in Manhattan for the "All The World's A Stage" tour with Foghat and "Farewell To Kings" tour with UFO and Cheap Trick. I was at both those shows. Amazing. They played the Palladium again on the "Hemispheres" tour with Starz, then started breaking big and came back around the area and hit Nassau. Man those were some amazing shows.
