Dream Theater's Rush Tribute Show DVD Out Soon!

    Mike Portnoy's 2005 Rush tribute show in Chicago soon available on CD/DVD.

Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy recently issued the following update via his official web site:

I am just wrapping up work on the DVD of my Rush tribute show from last year... so in the coming weeks 'Cygnus & The Sea Monsters - One Night In Chicago' will be available on CD and DVD exclusively from the online store here at MikePortnoy.com.


Thanks to Ed from Rushisaband for the heads up

    

Edited by Tony R - July 19 2006 at 13:49

I had no clue something like this Rush tribute show by DT had been done, but I guess I saw it coming one way or another. Thanks for the news! Hopefully they didn't mess the songs up.

What's the point in paying money for a tribute band DVD? I can see paying to see a live show, but what's the point of recorded material when youcould just buy the real band's stuff (and Rush has a lot of it!). I would think that the novelty of a rush tribute band DVD (even if the musicians are excellent) would wear off quickly.

And yes, I agree, the title should be changed to reflect that this is not DT.

YYZed wrote: What's the point in paying money for a tribute band DVD? I can see paying to see a live show, but what's the point of recorded material when youcould just buy the real band's stuff (and Rush has a lot of it!). I would think that the novelty of a rush tribute band DVD (even if the musicians are excellent) would wear off quickly. And yes, I agree, the title should be changed to reflect that this is not DT.

Edited by herbie53 - July 19 2006 at 23:44

herbie53 wrote:   The problem, mr. YYZed, is this: RUSH live is exactly equal in the studio !!! To watch a DVD by the canadian band is really boring... There's nothing different to the studio songs.

Listen to the studio version of "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" and the live version on "All the World's a Stage", and see if your statement holds up.

Over the years as Rush's music has gotten more complex (in number of simultaneous instruments) their ability to improvise live has proportionally decreased.  It is hard for them now not to be slaves to the synths used in the their post 70's material.  They still find spots to do some improvisation such as the guitar solo in "Bravado", sections of the drum solo, and the bassline in the middle of "Driven".  Now that is not to say it is to the level of improv they used in "Working Man" or "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" of yester years, it is just different. 

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That's what I was thinking.

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And that would be?

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Ha.. clever Tony, abuse your powers why don't you?

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