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Set 1

Limelight - Not my favorite Rush song...but it was a good opener for this show.

Digital Man - Didn't think I'd ever hear the live, to be honest. Cool song...wouldn't keep it in the set though.

Entro Nous - This was GREAT to hear live. It was funny to see people in their 40's around me saying "How do you know this song??" Then again...I got that through the entire show.

Mission - One of my favorites from Hold Your Fire. Would have MUCH rathered Prime Mover though. Cool song to hear live, though.

Freewill - Always a classic. I'd welcome this song to ANY Rush setlist .

The Main Monkey Business - This was the first MAJOR highlight for me. TOTALLY flawless. AMAZING how this band can do that.

The Larger Bowl - The first major lull for me. I was bored with this so I went and got a beer. I would have loved to hear Faithless or Bravest Face in place of this.

Secret Touch - I'm really glad that they brought this back from the Vapor Trails tour. Lot of people don't like it...but it's a fantastic song. Live....it's even better.

Circumstances - Another highlight. One of the songs I've been waiting to hear live for YEARS. Even though tuned down a step...it was still CRAZY GOOD.

Between The Wheels - A lost gem that they brought out on the R30 tour that just NEVER gets old.

Dreamline - The ONLY song from Roll The Bones. I was thankful. Not that I don't like the album...but I've heard a LOT of it live WAY too many times. This was great though.

Set 2

Far Cry - Perfect.

Workin' Them Angels - Again...perfect.

Armor And Sword - This is one of the main reasons I love Snakes and Arrows so much. Alex's tone, Geddy's bass, and Neil's drum fills are just phenominal on the album...EVEN BETTER live.

Spindrift - Loved this live MUCH better that the studio

The Way The Wind Blows - Same as above with this one.

Subdivisions - One of the classics. Can't beat it.

Natural Science - My all-time favorite Rush song (with vocals). I was in SUCH a good mood when I heard the opening chords to this.

Witch Hunt - I might be the ONLY Rush fan to find the "Fear trilogy" rather boring on record...OR even past live shows...but something about this version really made my head turn. I liked it a HELL of a lot more than I have in the past.

Malignant Narcissism - Geddy was the star on this. That bass work...HOLY SHIT.

Drum Solo - COMPLETELY new. This is why Peart is the best drummer on the planet.

Hope - Good work by Alex on this one.

Distant Early Warning - The song that got me into Rush in '84. It was a pure RUSH show this way...and I couldn't have been happier.

The Spirit Of Radio - After a few Rush shows...this one, like the "Main songs" have gotten rather tiresome to hear live OVER and OVER. Always a good song as well as Tom Sawyer, YYZ, and Limelight, etc....just overplayed by radio for me to appreciate them like I once did.

Tom Sawyer - The South Park video intro was funny as hell.

ENCORES-
One Little Victory - This was the way to start off a GREAT encore set.

A Passage To Bangkok - IT'S FINALLY BACK IN. SOUNDED GREAT.

YYZ - Stated how I felt about this above...

All in all....ONE HELL OF A SHOW. This is one band that NEVER disappoints. If you have the chance...GO SEE THEM EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A FAN. I WILL admit that this show wasn't as good as the Vapor Trails show...but NO BAND has beaten that show.
The Videos/light/lazers on this tour are just amazing AND funny. That's the one thing I can give this tour over VT.
Alex was the TOTAL star on this tour...but PERFECT work by Geddy and Neil as well. Give this show an 9/10.

God, I love this band.

Thanks for the great review. I'm going to their Sep 9 show in Minneapolis so now I'm even more excited!

Great review, excellent set list.

There will always be songs played that could be done without.

Off to see them in October and it should be great as they always are.

That review applies almost perfectly to the Hollywood Bowl show. I too became a Rush fan way back in 7th grade because of the video for Distant Early Warning. I never really liked A Passage To Bangkok much until I heard it live that night. All of the new stuff was phenomenal, ESPECIALLY Malignant Narcissism and Neil's solo.

I had hoped for a few of my own personal favorites, but that's what will get me to come back for the next tour, I suppose. This was my first Rush show and I was floored for three hours straight.

I was at this show as well. It was about a hundred degrees outside, but nobody cared! Can't really add to the review except opinions will vary. And Howard Ungerleider (their lifelong lighting director) is the coolest.

bbweekend wrote:I was at this show as well. It was about a hundred degrees outside, but nobody cared! Can't really add to the review except opinions will vary. And Howard Ungerleider (their lifelong lighting director) is the coolest.

Yea..it was hot as hell..and I was a retard and wore a Cowboys jersey and jeans. But I didn't care.
You're right about Howard. One of the best in the business.

Angiekay wrote:

Liam wrote:Yea..it was hot as hell..and I was a retard and wore a Cowboys jersey and jeans.

It could have been 35 degrees and you'd STILL be a retard for wearing a Cowboys jersey!!



It was wide open...I couldn't resist!

Hmm....guess you and I AREN'T meant to be.

Angiekay wrote:

Liam wrote:Hmm....guess you and I AREN'T meant to be.

If you're a Cowgirls fan, you have a chance. If you're a Packer fan......not a chance in hell.

I'm more of a Green Bay fan than I am anyone else in that division.

Angiekay wrote:

Liam wrote:

Angiekay wrote:

Liam wrote:Hmm....guess you and I AREN'T meant to be.

If you're a Cowgirls fan, you have a chance. If you're a Packer fan......not a chance in hell.

I'm more of a Green Bay fan than I am anyone else in that division.

Hmmm, that's too bad...you had such potential.

You a Viks fan?

on the original opening night set, i see they did summertime blues instead of distant early warning-i REALLY hope they continue to do DEW instead of SB!

weatherman90 wrote:Thanks for the great review. I'm going to their Sep 9 show in Minneapolis so now I'm even more excited!

i'm going to be at the same show! i can't wait!

They are rotating between the two. Find out what they played the show before yours and the other one will be played at your show. If you really want to know I guess you could sit down with a calendar and the show schedule & figure it out.

MMMS wrote:They are rotating between the two. Find out what they played the show before yours and the other one will be played at your show. If you really want to know I guess you could sit down with a calendar and the show schedule & figure it out.

how do you know this for a fact?

Because I went to the show in Houston and they played DEW when the night before they played Summertime blues. If you read other threads in this forum you will see where others who have seen the 07 tour have had the same experience. They did the same thing on the R30 tour in 05.

They didn't rotate anything on R30 but this tour they're rotating DEW with SB like they did with Ceiling Unlimited and Ghost Rider on the VT tour. Check out www.2112.net/powerwindows

They've been rotating those 2 since July (I think)

I stand corrected. My bad. Vapor Trails tour, not the 30th anniversary tour.
Sorry about that...

MMMS wrote:I stand corrected. My bad. Vapor Trails tour, not the 30th anniversary tour.
Sorry about that...

No worries...but one other thing...R30 was in '04. Just so ya know.

Ok. I give up!
Just listen to him. He's obviously better at this than me.

<quietly bowing out>

YAY! if they keep rotating the 2 every other show like they are then i get DEW! it's not really the end of the world if i don't though-i'm just so VERY glad to see them in concert for only the 2nd time since 2002!

fonzbear2000 wrote:YAY! if they keep rotating the 2 every other show like they are then i get DEW! it's not really the end of the world if i don't though-i'm just so VERY glad to see them in concert for only the 2nd time since 2002!

This was my 7th time to see 'em since '96. VT is STILL my favorite concert of all time (by ANY band). You'll love it though.

Angiekay wrote:

Liam wrote:You a Viks fan?

Spreading the word to young and old.....

go vikings!!!

Angiekay wrote:

Liam wrote:You a Viks fan?

Spreading the word to young and old.....

You and that kid would look MUCH better in Cowboys jerseys.

Angiekay wrote:

Liam wrote:You and that kid would look MUCH better in Cowboys jerseys.

I believe that constitutes child abuse.

Bite me.

Angiekay wrote:

Liam wrote:

Angiekay wrote:

Liam wrote:You and that kid would look MUCH better in Cowboys jerseys.

I believe that constitutes child abuse.

Bite me.

I believe that is child abuse too

Hey now...I'm beyond legal.