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SteveG 
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 11:07 |
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Not an easy question, but what was your favorite album/tour year for taking in Rush in person. Multiple attendances for the same tour are acceptable and expected.
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 11:16 |
I saw them many times in the 80's and 90's (with a girl who worshipped the band). The shows were disappointing because of the strict adherence to the recorded versions of songs, and the most of the variance turned out to be the same from tour to tour. After leaving my job in a record store in 1996, I didn't see them again until just after they released "Feedback". Maybe it was maturity, or less overbearing record company executives (idiots), but the show was far superior to any of the others I attended.
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 11:24 |
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I was lucky enough to see Rush when I consider them to be in their prime-April of 1977 in Ottawa at the Civic Center, for the A Farewell To Kings Tour. They played almost everything off of that album, as well as previous music. At the finale there was a gigantic animated backdrop for "Cygnus X-1"-I will never forget that.
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 11:30 |
All of them...  1978~Hemispheres Tour L.A. 1983~Signals Tour L.A. 1990~Presto Tour Baltimore 2010-2011~Time Machine Tour WA and Calif, saw this one twice, our kids first Rush shows. Holds a special place since this was a family affair.  These are highlights, great shows. The standout though was: 2007~Snakes & Arrows Tour Seattle Wife and I missed the R30 show, we were out of town. So we were in Rush withdrawal mode for a couple years, we had an amazing time at this show. The couple next to us were probably 10yrs younger and really into new Rush, so we educated them some on old Rush. The show was laden with lights, special effects and of course the intro-intermission videos are hilarious! Geddy's rotisserie ovens, the drum solo with added jazz flavor of Buddy Rich influence...It was all great, and my wife proclaimed that her favorite concert she has ever been to.
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 11:43 |
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I saw Rush in Ottawa during the Moving Pictures tour. (Looked it up - it was 1981)
That was the best concert I've ever seen. Bar none.
Geddy said on stage that his voice was not feeling up to normal par because of smoke from explosions in a previous Montreal concert, so there wasn't all that much singing during the show.
La Villa Strangiato was the highlight for me. It was amazing.
I didn't see them again until recently. Clockwork Angels tour in Halifax.
They still put on a great show. They are all still at the top of their form technically.
I just wasn't all that happy with the selection of songs that they played.
There are no bad Rush songs in my book, but they didn't play very many songs from the
classic period.
YYZ was the highlight for me from that concert.
Edited by digdug - November 12 2014 at 12:17
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 12:12 |
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The first time that I saw them was in 1989 for the Presto tour, and I have seen them pretty much every time they have come around since then. My favorite was probably the Roll the Bones tour in 1991. They played two shows here and I went to both of them. When we bought the tickets for the first show, which ended up being the 2nd show we were upstairs and farther back. When they announced the second show, my friend waited outside to buy tickets and we got tickets in the 3rd row. This was back in the day of first come first serve versus the he with the most money wins of the current age. It was up close and personal and they were big time into the green lasers that were shooting over our heads most of the show. That being said, I have enjoyed every one of their shows that I have attended over the years, so this one is my favorite based entirely on my seat location.
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 12:26 |
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The Counterparts tour/concert was superior to the Presto tour in many ways.
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 12:39 |
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I have seen them twice in the early 1980's: the Moving Pictures and the Signals tour. I find it hard to tell which one was the best.
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 14:20 |
I've only seen them the once and that was on the Vapor Trails tour when they played the Birmingham NEC. It was part of their first tour of the UK for a long time. The venue is notoriously bad soundwise though so I can't say it was that memorable. Lifeson was on great form though and connected brilliantly with the British crowd. He has that showman personality and a great sense of humour not unlike Rick Wakeman. Those two could do some serious damage together 
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 15:49 |
17th June 1977, Glasgow Apollo.
Real ale in The Bon Accord, then gig.
Setlist: - Encore:
(followed by "Working Man" reprise) - Encore 2:
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 16:13 |
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Hold Your Fire - Glasgow SEC, the only one I've been to.
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 17:06 |
 Catcher10 wrote:
The standout though was: 2007~Snakes & Arrows Tour Seattle |
I was at that show! It was the first Rush concert I ever got to see  I saw them again on the second leg of the S&A tour in Vancouver (I had 2nd row floor tickets so I might count that one as my favorite), once during the Time Machine Tour and once on the Clockwork Angels tour (both in Vancouver). soooo good!
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Posted: November 12 2014 at 17:16 |
I have never seen Rush live.
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Posted: November 13 2014 at 01:34 |
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Saw them on Hold your fire back in 1988. Saw them also on Vapour Trails and twice on R30. Hold your Fire was the bst show. Best sound, best visuals, and my first Rush concert so I was on quite a high..
Subsequent gigs were fun, although the sound was always shocking. Always good to hear te play the old songs. They've not really done an album since Counterparts that has really grabbed me tbh.
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Posted: November 13 2014 at 07:20 |
Evolver wrote:
I saw them many times in the 80's and 90's (with a girl who worshipped the band). The shows were disappointing because of the strict adherence to the recorded versions of songs, and the most of the variance turned out to be the same from tour to tour.
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That's one thing that disappoints me about live Rush. With only 3 of them they have the potential to jam (as they do at the end of one of the live versions of "Closer To The Heart".) but generally stick rigidly to the originals (particularly Peart who often duplicates his drum parts exactly).
In answer to the question I saw them once at Hammersmith Odeon around AFTK time and once on the Snakes and Ladders tour at Wembley (the night Jim Garten blagged front row tickets). Hammy Odeon was better as the sound at Wembley is not that great.
Edited by chopper - November 13 2014 at 07:21
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Posted: November 13 2014 at 10:51 |
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I never had a good experience with Rush. I love the band, but every time I saw them in concert, the sound quality was really bad.
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Posted: November 13 2014 at 12:28 |
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That would be the only one I've ever attended-for Moving Pictures. Red Barchetta really thrilled 'em.
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Posted: November 14 2014 at 20:40 |
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none, unfortunately, but its THE NEXT best concert for me to go to if i have the money!!
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Posted: November 15 2014 at 00:10 |
Queen By-Tor wrote:
Catcher10 wrote:
The standout though was: 2007~Snakes & Arrows Tour Seattle |
I was at that show! It was the first Rush concert I ever got to see
I saw them again on the second leg of the S&A tour in Vancouver (I had 2nd row floor tickets so I might count that one as my favorite), once during the Time Machine Tour and once on the Clockwork Angels tour (both in Vancouver).
soooo good!
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Sweet!!! Vancouver, BC or WA? We saw TMT twice and CA at Key Arena
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Posted: November 15 2014 at 11:55 |
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Only been to one Rush concert, on the Presto tour (opening band = Mr. Big???!). Honestly don't remember much about it (my memory is really bad), though I do recall they played 2112, or at least sections of it, which was cool. Xanadu as well, I think.
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