Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:34 am
See, that's what I thought, but this guy is a huge fan who does own all the DVDs.
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:53 pm
I concur... there are no backstage musicians. The extras are all triggered.
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:35 pm
Is this friend a musician? If not, he may be unable to comprehend what he's seeing, what with them being so impressive and all. Cadre of musicians....wotta laugh-riot.
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:51 pm
He's actually a helluva drummer.
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:54 pm
I've been to two Rush shows and have two Rush concert videos... Neil Peart alone is responsible for a helluva lot of sounds and trigger bits during a show.
Heck! Just look/listen at his drum solos these days! Anyone who says there are backstage musicians or backstage triggers happening can kiss my hairy Rush-loving-Canadian butt.
....
...sorry,
did I write that aloud?
Heck! Just look/listen at his drum solos these days! Anyone who says there are backstage musicians or backstage triggers happening can kiss my hairy Rush-loving-Canadian butt.
....
...sorry,
did I write that aloud?Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:34 pm
I've seen them six or seven times, have all the videos, including some stuff from Don Kirshner's in the 70's; hell, I've been playing since the early 80's, so I think I'd notice if they were faking things.....Rush is the real deal. They always explain how (and why) they do the triggers in the interviews anyway.
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:33 pm
Holy Crap!!! Besides Rush getting back together in 2002, this is perhaps the best Rush news I've ever heard. I'm speechless.
link
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After the Vapor Trails sound quality fiasco, they've apparently hit this one out of the park. Thank you, Rush!Snakes & Arrows - DVD-Album
$21.99
New, never before released DVD-Album format.
The Rush Snakes & Arrows DVD-album comes in a deluxe box, and includes these 13 new songs in hi-resolution audio, the entire album in 5.1 surround sound, a video documentary on the making of the album, and more.
About DVD Albums: With a higher storage capacity than the standard CD, this DVD-album is loaded with exciting new features including superior sound quality plus a wide range of video features and interactive digital content combine to bring you closer to the artists and their music. It plays in all standard DVD players, computers, and game consoles with DVD drives. Digital music files are compatible with all MP3 devices.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:37 am
June 19th in Tampa.
I'm there.
I'm there.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:24 pm
June 16th, dude.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:37 pm
heard the new song on the weekend. I like it after one listen.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:02 am
That's what I meant to type.dANdeLION wrote:June 16th, dude.
I read my tickets wrong/upside-down.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:20 pm
... so wouldn't that have read "91"? ....
(sorry. being a pain in the @ss...)
(sorry. being a pain in the @ss...)
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:11 pm
Walmart has 30 second clips of all 13 songs! link
Sounds good so far. Lots of acoustic! I'm diggin' "Malignant Narcissism!"
It's hard to tell much from 30 second clips, but I was hoping for heavier, faster stuff. I do like the noodling that Alex does. I didn't hear anything from the drums that blew me away. But like I said, it's just 30 second clips. The melodies are nice, Ged's vocals are good. There seems to be lots of simultaneous vibrato in the bass and guitar lines--something a little different for Rush. And plenty of jangly guitar chords; Alex sounds like he's having fun.
[Edit: after listening a few more times, "Hope" is just beautiful. Wow. Haunting acoustic work by Alex. "The Main Monkey Business" is getting my hopes up for heavier stuff. About half-way through the clip (after Ged stops his "oohs" and "aahs") the riff almost sounds like some old Tool, slowed down a bit. I wish I could remember which song it reminds me of.
This CD is going to rock! Only 7 days left!]
Sounds good so far. Lots of acoustic! I'm diggin' "Malignant Narcissism!"
It's hard to tell much from 30 second clips, but I was hoping for heavier, faster stuff. I do like the noodling that Alex does. I didn't hear anything from the drums that blew me away. But like I said, it's just 30 second clips. The melodies are nice, Ged's vocals are good. There seems to be lots of simultaneous vibrato in the bass and guitar lines--something a little different for Rush. And plenty of jangly guitar chords; Alex sounds like he's having fun.
[Edit: after listening a few more times, "Hope" is just beautiful. Wow. Haunting acoustic work by Alex. "The Main Monkey Business" is getting my hopes up for heavier stuff. About half-way through the clip (after Ged stops his "oohs" and "aahs") the riff almost sounds like some old Tool, slowed down a bit. I wish I could remember which song it reminds me of.
This CD is going to rock! Only 7 days left!]
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:15 pm
For anyone interested, the world premier of the album is playing RIGHT NOW here.
And if you miss it, here's a list of more stations with other showtimes (even some tomorrow). But, the album will be out Tuesday. This is for true Rush nuts only.
It's cool hearing the band members talk about the making of it.
And if you miss it, here's a list of more stations with other showtimes (even some tomorrow). But, the album will be out Tuesday. This is for true Rush nuts only.
It's cool hearing the band members talk about the making of it.Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:25 pm
Woo hoo!
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 9:45 pm
I've been listening to it all day (I work from home). In a word: outstanding.
In a few paragraphs . . . well, it's not flawless. Let me go ahead and get my gripes out of the way. Geddy's singing. Not his voice, his singing, bugs me at points. I can see how people complain about the layered vocals. Sure, they are beautiful when done right. The chorus to Workin' them Angels is nice. And elsewhere they have equal power. But there's too much. Geddy's voice is unique enough that sometimes less is more. My biggest gripe with the vocals is how he dangles the end of each line with a half-dozen notes per syllable. He tortures the last word in many, many lines of way too many stanzas. And, he repeats too many stanzas near the end when I'd rather just here solos, or "outros."
Okay, that's about it for the negative. The songwriting, both lyrics and music, are fantastic. You can tell they really put some effort into making these songs unique. There's bluesey stuff, acoustic stuff, melodic stuff, heavy stuff, etc. Some songs do have parts that sound a little like Vapor Trails (not that this is a bad thing), but there's much more that's different.
Spindrift was a real surprise, given how doubtful I was over the clip we got early. It's a very powerful, eerie, haunting song.
Bravest Face made me cry. I'm serious. Real tears streaming down my face. The poignant lyrics, combined with Geddy's whimsical and yet mourning vocal melody, was amazing. He's singing about how many religious types (and even some "rational" types) like to paint an artifically pleasing picture of the world. And while that may be a pretty picture, it ignores the "unattractive truth" (to quote Subdivisions ). It's not really a song of condemnation, but rather wry grief. And yet, despite what sucks about the world, there's no magical place to escape it. No fairy land. So what are you going to do? Stand up and put on your Bravest Face. Beautiful. It's like Camus's call for us to revolt against our own absurdity, an existential bravery. Authenticity.
Main Monkey Business is amazing. Everything you've heard about it is true. It's not YYZ, not as strictly structured into easily recognizable parts. It's more "linear." But, god, do they jam!
I've already talked about how beautiful Hope is, just from the 30 second clip. The rest is even better. Gorgeous.
Far Cry is even more powerful in it's hi-fidelity fullness. Wow, I love that song.
The only song that wasn't instantly accessible or likeable was Faithless. I love the lyrics and the message, but the music was a little bland to me.
The sound is orders of magnitude better than Vapor Trails. I won't say more than that because most of my listening was done through headphones while I worked on the computer. Once I listen at "proper" levels though my stereo, I'll have more to say about that.
In a few paragraphs . . . well, it's not flawless. Let me go ahead and get my gripes out of the way. Geddy's singing. Not his voice, his singing, bugs me at points. I can see how people complain about the layered vocals. Sure, they are beautiful when done right. The chorus to Workin' them Angels is nice. And elsewhere they have equal power. But there's too much. Geddy's voice is unique enough that sometimes less is more. My biggest gripe with the vocals is how he dangles the end of each line with a half-dozen notes per syllable. He tortures the last word in many, many lines of way too many stanzas. And, he repeats too many stanzas near the end when I'd rather just here solos, or "outros."
Okay, that's about it for the negative. The songwriting, both lyrics and music, are fantastic. You can tell they really put some effort into making these songs unique. There's bluesey stuff, acoustic stuff, melodic stuff, heavy stuff, etc. Some songs do have parts that sound a little like Vapor Trails (not that this is a bad thing), but there's much more that's different.
Spindrift was a real surprise, given how doubtful I was over the clip we got early. It's a very powerful, eerie, haunting song.
Bravest Face made me cry. I'm serious. Real tears streaming down my face. The poignant lyrics, combined with Geddy's whimsical and yet mourning vocal melody, was amazing. He's singing about how many religious types (and even some "rational" types) like to paint an artifically pleasing picture of the world. And while that may be a pretty picture, it ignores the "unattractive truth" (to quote Subdivisions
). It's not really a song of condemnation, but rather wry grief. And yet, despite what sucks about the world, there's no magical place to escape it. No fairy land. So what are you going to do? Stand up and put on your Bravest Face. Beautiful. It's like Camus's call for us to revolt against our own absurdity, an existential bravery. Authenticity.Main Monkey Business is amazing. Everything you've heard about it is true. It's not YYZ, not as strictly structured into easily recognizable parts. It's more "linear." But, god, do they jam!
I've already talked about how beautiful Hope is, just from the 30 second clip. The rest is even better. Gorgeous.
Far Cry is even more powerful in it's hi-fidelity fullness. Wow, I love that song.
The only song that wasn't instantly accessible or likeable was Faithless. I love the lyrics and the message, but the music was a little bland to me.
The sound is orders of magnitude better than Vapor Trails. I won't say more than that because most of my listening was done through headphones while I worked on the computer. Once I listen at "proper" levels though my stereo, I'll have more to say about that.
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 2:47 am
Just got my copy! Great so far. 
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 4:16 am
Glad you're liking it. I should have mentioned that my above post was copied straight from a post I made on Hometheaterforum.com, so some of the references to my previous comments apply to comments I made in that forum.
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 12:03 pm
oh, sh!t... I forgot! <running out and buying it...>
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 12:31 pm
OK, I'm back. got the album and have managed to listen a couple times.
Overall impression is good. I like it.
The three (YES THREE) instrumentals are great.
And on the radio last night on the drive to a friends house, Alex and Geddy were at the Hard Rock Cafe here in (their hometown of) Toronto and talking about the album, the process, touring, etc. Great to hear them be candid. Oh, and the interviewer was Kim Mitchell (for anyone who knows anything about the Canadian rock scene, Rush and Kim's band "Max Webster" use to have a friendly rivalry and hang out together). Some great inside stories were shared. The station is Q107 if anyone wants to hit the website and perhaps catch a rebroadcast they may have there....
Now, gotta hear the album a few dozen times ...
excuse me....
Overall impression is good. I like it.
The three (YES THREE) instrumentals are great.
And on the radio last night on the drive to a friends house, Alex and Geddy were at the Hard Rock Cafe here in (their hometown of) Toronto and talking about the album, the process, touring, etc. Great to hear them be candid. Oh, and the interviewer was Kim Mitchell (for anyone who knows anything about the Canadian rock scene, Rush and Kim's band "Max Webster" use to have a friendly rivalry and hang out together). Some great inside stories were shared. The station is Q107 if anyone wants to hit the website and perhaps catch a rebroadcast they may have there....
Now, gotta hear the album a few dozen times ...
excuse me....