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Genesis interviews for their albums, complete (VIDEO averages 30-40 minutes, includes Gabriel and Hackett where relevant)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poUnfiHjvwo&list=PL6JD0oib_B0ahD6YO7kZ8FF2lWAazq0bs

VH1 Classic Genesis archive doc part 1, to '75 (VIDEO 45 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft7gE1k2ic0​

VH1 Classic Genesis archive doc part 2, from '76 (VIDEO 20+ minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n_BZbcyw7o

Inside Genesis 1970-1975 (VIDEO nearly 60 minutes, hopefully title won't lead to any misinterpretations like the book authored by Tobias on Arrested Development)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2F4mMOyIFE

Live '76 Hammersmith Odeon, reportedly one of the better shows from that era, around Trick Of The Tail and Wind And The Wuthering with Hackett, plus documents Bill Bruford's brief touring stint prior to Chester Thompson, he only had one song in Seconds Out (AUDIO nearly 120 minutes). The beginning showcases outstanding sound for a bootleg. Their own evolving sound and style is imo close to an apex for them in terms of combining elements of prog rock complexity and precision with a muscular tone and powerhouse chops. Bassist/guitarist Rutherford started to use Taurus bass pedals around then so he could still play guitar with Hackett (not sure if the same as Geddy Lee of Rush used on Moving Pictures?).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U0oGWT9k_U

Los Endos - VH1 Rock Honors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS1gaZmw98Y

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (several other embedded links, Phish does Watcher Of The Skies tribute)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHV1TAwujds



 
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King Crimson's Bill Bruford and John Wetton were playing riffs from Herbie Hancock's Crossings during sound checks of their concerts at that time (circa Starless And Bible Black).

Earlier, Steve Howe talked about how all of Yes (especially Bruford) greatly admired and respected The Mahavishnu Orchestra at the time they were writing and recording Close To The Edge. Aside from his massive contribution on keyboards (harpsichord, piano, organ and synthesizer), Bruford remarked that Rick Wakeman was a gifted and invaluable arranger, skilled at joining bits of songs together in a seamless manner through harmonically modulating the separate material where necessary.

 
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I have Fragile in DVD-A and its fantastic. Crank it up on a big surround system and you feel immersed in music. Same with Porcupine Tree's Deadwing ("Arriving Somewhere..."). The new DVD-A mixes of Close to the Edge and Relayer should be awesome. Might have to pick them up.

The new release of Crimson's Red is worth it just for the live bonus tracks "Improv: Voyage to the Centre of the Cosmos", "Improv: Providence" and "Starless". Both the "Improv" pieces from June 30, 1974 Providence, RI (missing is a great version of "Easy Money" performed between the 2 improvs).
I have the house to myself for most of the day. It's been too long since I turned up the big system and decided on the Fragile DVD-A. South Side of the Sky, Long Distance Runaround/The Fish...as good as I remembered it.

Let me slip into "old guy" mode for a moment. This is something that my kids (now 20 & 21) never did. They didn't have a big stereo system with floor speakers, a receiver and a separate EQ. They never got really high and listened to the Beatles' White album or Floyd's Wish You Were Here. On vinyl. Everything's ear buds on the Iphone/Ipod. Oh well, just a nostalgic moment.

OK, Heart of the Sunrise just came on. A young couple pushing a stroller just walked past the house - I wonder if they can hear the bass? :P

 
King Crimson circa '74 (VIDEO 30 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqo4i3Qmpq0



'72 with nutter percussionist Jamie Muir (VIDEO 20 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjTfYgMnGo4

Rush Clockwork Angels Tour - full concert with strings (VIDEO 3 hours)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVkb7ulSnjA



Rush Hall of Fame induction ceremony (VIDEO 30 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTAqCEPMHEg

Genesis Pittsburgh Syria Mosque '76 - maybe best bootleg from the Trick of the Tail Tour, with the Hammersmith Odeon show in post #252 above, featuring Bill Bruford of Yes and King Crimson on drums, as noted, he was only on the song Cinema Show from brilliant official live double album Seconds Out, and also just one song at the end of the originally released British and now official version of Three Sides Live, IT/Watcher of the Skies (AUDIO 2 hours)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qADd3LvSLyQ

Genesis Zurich, Switzerland '77 - one of the best shows, I think second to last from the Wind and the Wuthering Tour, the last with classic era prog guitarist Steve Hackett, and first with Chester Thompson on drums, their third of the tour from the famed Rainbow Theater in London is also highly regarded, though not as polished (AUDIO 2+ hours)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBMfIKgs0HI









 
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Brand X, Phil Collins side project while in Genesis. Virtuoso musicianship, arguably on the level of the finest in prog and fusion to emerge from the '70s (i.e. - Yes, King Crimson, ELP, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return To Forever, Weather Report, etc.).

Moroccan Roll (second album, released just a few months after Wind And The Wuthering)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9sWyuoHZ2M

Livestock (next album was live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aybv4PGhCKo



 
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I saw original Hawkwind member Nik Turner perform last night. He's 75 now and just as strange as ever. He played a bunch of Hawkwind songs as well as some newer Space Ritual material. He's touring the US for the next three weeks or so backed by neo-Krautrock band Hedersleben featuring UK Subs guitar player Nicky Garratt. It was a fun and bizarre show with an equally strange audience.

 
Hawkwind put the SPACE in space rock.

Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings live '80 (VIDEO), not sure if he invented the hammer on finger tapping technique, but he was doing it before Eddie Van Halen. He has a sweet tone, and at his best (Selling England By The Pound and Wind And The Wuthering might be my favorite Genesis albums in part due to his work), his playing has an atmospheric quality. Steven Wilson just remixed the classic second and third Hackett albums Spectral Mornings and Please Don't Touch in 5.1 surround sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkMX-4lHxRg

Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte '75 (AUDIO 40 minutes), while he was still in Genesis, a solo album before Collins, Rutherford or Banks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtN5xvJ-kcY

Hackett live '79 (VIDEO 40+ minutes), with material from Please Don't Touch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ6fRLe6bQk

Hackett live '13 (VIDEO 160 minutes), Genesis Revisited at the Hammersmith Odeon Theater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yploIHq2qGw

* He is currently on an East Coast tour, and has a few West Coast dates late March, early April '16 (schedule from his official site).

http://www.hackettsongs.com/tour.html





 
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King Crimson circa '74 (VIDEO 30 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqo4i3Qmpq0



'72 with nutter percussionist Jamie Muir (VIDEO 20 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjTfYgMnGo4

Rush Clockwork Angels Tour - full concert with strings (VIDEO 3 hours)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVkb7ulSnjA



Rush Hall of Fame induction ceremony (VIDEO 30 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTAqCEPMHEg

Genesis Pittsburgh Syria Mosque '76 - maybe best bootleg from the Trick of the Tail Tour, with the Hammersmith Odeon show in post #252 above, featuring Bill Bruford of Yes and King Crimson on drums, as noted, he was only on the song Cinema Show from brilliant official live double album Seconds Out, and also just one song at the end of the originally released British and now official version of Three Sides Live, IT/Watcher of the Skies (AUDIO 2 hours)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qADd3LvSLyQ

Genesis Zurich, Switzerland '77 - one of the best shows, I think second to last from the Wind and the Wuthering Tour, the last with classic era prog guitarist Steve Hackett, and first with Chester Thompson on drums, their third of the tour from the famed Rainbow Theater in London is also highly regarded, though not as polished (AUDIO 2+ hours)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBMfIKgs0HI







Saw the Trick of the Tale show in Spring of '76 in Columbus, OH when I lived there my senior year of HS.

Magnificent.

Still my favorite Genesis album. Still holds up extremely well.

 
Good stuff from both of you, thanks.

Never saw Genesis live (7th grade in '76). Later I had Selling England By The Pound, Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, Trick Of The Tail and MAYBE Wind And The Wuthering. I didn't appreciate Gabriel as much at the time (like I do now), so think I was drawn to TOTT most at the time. But they were a band that I drifted apart from over the years, and have only just sort of "rediscovered" recently. I was checking out some YouTube videos and stumbled onto the 40 minute performance in '76 by Bruford, and was completely enthralled. I knew they could play and did some classic prog material, but I was unprepared for the power of a song like Los Endos live. Especially the Taurus bass pedals, and I previously thought of Rutheford as primarily a bassist, but he is a better guitarist than I realized (if not in Hackett's league as a soloist and sonic architect, he is a monster, imo criminally underappreciated and even unrecognized for his integral contribution to the classic era sound). That footage is upthread, if interested. This impression was confirmed in listening to their live double album Seconds Out, which I never got or even heard the first time around, as best as I can recollect. Selling England and Wind And The Wuthering have become my favorite albums (studio-wise, WATW was close to an ideal confluence of peak chops by the band and state-of-the-art recording technology, and Collins filled in admirably for Gabriel) , I do like Trick a lot, but probably not as much as Foxtrot. But agree, all this stuff, even some of the early Gabriel material like Nursery Cryme, holds up really good. They just got a bit pop for my taste after Hackett left with WATW, but I even like some of the later live stuff with Chester Thompson on drums and Daryl Stuermer on guitar (both ace musicians).

Also a good call on Hackett's first solo album, Voyage Of The Acolyte, it sounds like a lost Genesis album (and I think some of the band even played on it?).

Genesis circa Duke Tour '80, both video/audio versions from this era titled Three Sides Live (VIDEO 2+ hrs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNo14hMuU8

Mama Tour '84 (VIDEO 100+ minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogd3xl7DhzU

Wembley Stadium '87, Invisible Touch Tour (VIDEO nearly 2 hrs)​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAdh85n1MjM

Way We Walk Live '92 (VIDEO 2+ hrs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrZuvCQsJfk​

Yes Union Tour (VIDEO 80 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO49gHC3tfc



* I can confirm the new Steven Wilson hi res 5.1 surround sound remix of Fragile is awesome (as are The Yes Album and Close To The Edge, haven't played Relayer yet).

Of the live concert videos I've seen recently, Symphonic Yes is my favorite, which, as you probably guessed, includes a symphonic Orchestra (their music, especially some of the more sweeping passages, always lent itself to that kind of larger, classical-like orchestration and interpretation), but non-bloated arrangements with minimal flab, tastefully complementing and augmenting their sound in an "all killer, no filler" manner. Maybe not for everybody, for the more rocking side, the so called "classic lineup" (Anderson, Howe, Squire, Howe, Wakeman and White - though I'm somewhat partial to Bruford as a drummer) is well represented in a 35th Anniversary Tour Show at Tsongas, as well as at the Montreux Festival the year after or before.

 
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'74 was a vintage year for prog (like a great bottle of Chateau Lafitte Rothschild).

Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound

Yes - Tales Of Topograhical Oceans

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Jethro Tull - A Passion Play

 
'74 '73 was a vintage year for prog (like a great bottle of Chateau Lafitte Rothschild).

Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound

Yes - Tales Of Topograhical Oceans

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
FYP. Although '74 did have the release of Crimson's "Starless and Bible Black" and "Red". Rush's debut album came out in March.

 
Thanks for the year correction just above, AtD.

Been on a big prog kick lately in general (King Crimson, Yes, Tull and ELP to a lesser extent) and Rush specifically.

Xanadu live Madison WI 4-2-94 (AUDIO 10 minutes), very clean soundboard recording. On official Rush concert video I've seen (the 3 X Replay box with Exit Stage Left, Grace Under Pressure and Show Of Hands circa Power Windows/Hold Your Fire, Rio, R30, Snakes And Arrows, Clockwork Angels and Time Machine), songs from different eras are sometimes played similarly. One thing I've found recently, there are some bootleg versions of Pink Floyd (San Diego on Meddle tour and Montreux on Atom Heart Mother tour) that are among my favorites of any of their body of work, studio or live. This version of Xanadu (the whole concert is worth looking up for those interested in that era and set list*) is my new favorite. Lifeson's FX and processing make the guitar intro sound like an electric violin, and later has a clipped, edgier, heavier, harder sound than previous versions I'd heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVYxMT1aunA

Auburn Hills, Michigan 3-22-94 (VIDEO nearly 2 hrs), show less than two weeks before the above show. Xanadu starts 1:27:30 mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_zL8-0KBs4

Re-watched Beyond The Lighted Stage, the well done Rush documentary (avail. streaming on Netflix).

12 Months Of Rush: 14 Albums From Mercury Era For Release In 2015 (concludes with the Live Show Of Hands in Dec.). I was a little late to the party in hearing about this a few days ago. They re-issued vinyl and had hi res downloads for the albums, the re-masters were reportedly well done, in three cases also Blu-ray audio (Fly By Night, A Farewell To Kings and Signals), though with the latter three using the previous latest re-masters from the three Sectors box sets (each with four studio, one live and one hi res 5.1 surround disc, same as the Blu-ray audio titles noted here). I think Moving Pictures was originally limited somewhere in the recording/engineering chain to CD spec 16/44. At PROSTUDIOMASTERS (hi res download site), they have some at 96, but the duplicates per album at 48 are the ones with the superior 2015 re-masters. They are 24 bit FLACs, which sound great to my ears. I'm very familiar with the era from Farewell To Kings to Moving Pictures (including Hemispheres, Permanent Waves and Exit Stage Left), less so after, as well as before. I forgot how much I liked Signals (Moving Pictures is great, but was played in such heavy rotation on classic rock stations), had forgotten about Grace Under Pressure and Power Windows was the last album I recall playing a lot, at that time, but I haven't had it or listened to it in a while. The one show I saw in person at the LA Forum I'm pretty sure was Show Of Hands, touring Hold Your Fire (another studio album I forgot about). I don't think I got Presto, did get Roll The Bones but don't remember it, and then stopped buying albums/CDs by them. I did stay in touch over the years through the live DVDs noted above, so was exposed to some newer material that way, but tended to prefer the "classic" material from 2112 to Moving Pictures (maybe also a bit after, like Signals and Power Windows). Anyways, I was prompted to reacquaint my self with some of this post-Moving Pictures studio albums (final handful for the Mercury label). I broke out the 3 X Replay box, re-watched Exit Stage Left (and may have watched Grace Under Pressure and Show Of Hands for the first time - the latter reminded me of Hold Your Fire), and enjoyed all of them a lot, also the R30 set. I had also recently watched Clockwork Angels and Time Machine, as they were on YouTube (and think linked upthread, maybe on the previous page?). Haven't heard/seen the R40 show yet.

http://www.rush.com/12-months-of-rush-14-albums-from-mercury-era-for-release-in-2015/



Signals, Grace Under Pressure and Power Windows (AUDIO 2+ hrs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlwrioK3H74

Exit Stage Left '81 (VIDEO nearly 1 hr)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa9g49yeFms



Grace Under Pressure (VIDEO 1+ hr)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukhdUkRFBa0



Show Of Hands​ (VIDEO 90+ minutes?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsskd9LCp_Y&list=PLM7m89LxRZWTZs0arlKjLwopmmzIWA2m0

* Set list for the 4-22-94 show in Madison WI

1

01 Opening
02 Dreamline
03 The Spirit Of Radio
04 The Analog Kid
05 Cold Fire
06 Time Stand Still
07 Nobody's Hero
08 Roll The Bones
09 Animate
10 Stick It Out
11 Double Agent

2

01 Limelight
02 Mystic Rhythms
03 Closer To The Heart
04 Show Don't Tell
05 Leave That Thing Alone
06 The Rhythm Method
07 The Trees
08 Xanadu
09 Hemispheres (Prelude)
10 Tom Sawyer
11 Force Ten
12 YYZ - Cygnus X1
13 Bravado


 
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Thanks for the year correction just above, AtD.

Been on a big prog kick lately in general (King Crimson, Yes, Tull and ELP to a lesser extent) and Rush specifically.

Xanadu live Madison WI 4-2-94 (AUDIO 10 minutes), very clean soundboard recording. On official Rush concert video I've seen (the 3 X Replay box with Exit Stage Left, Grace Under Pressure and Show Of Hands circa Power Windows/Hold Your Fire, Rio, R30, Snakes And Arrows, Clockwork Angels and Time Machine), songs from different eras are sometimes played similarly. One thing I've found recently, there are some bootleg versions of Pink Floyd (San Diego on Meddle tour and Montreux on Atom Heart Mother tour) that are among my favorites of any of their body of work, studio or live. This version of Xanadu (the whole concert is worth looking up for those interested in that era and set list) is my new favorite. Lifeson's FX and processing make the guitar intro sound like an electric violin, and later has a clipped, edgier, heavier, harder sound than previous versions I'd heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVYxMT1aunA

Auburn Hills, Michigan (VIDEO nearly 2 hrs), show less than two weeks before the above show. Xanadu starts 1:27:30 mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_zL8-0KBs4

And a damn fine kick to be on.

 
Xanadu has always been one of my favorites and certainly one of the highlights for me on the last tour. In late '77 / '78 the pairing of By-Tor > Xanadu was a staple. But in spring of '77, they briefly (once?) played it (By-Tor) with a portion of The Necromancer - which is an extremely rare find on boots.

1977-06-02 from Manchester is the only By-Tor > Necromancer I've found. Audio's a bit rough but certainly listenable.

 
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Man I really want to see Steve Wilson badly.

I may try to sneak out to NY for that show. I have to see what is going on then.

Hand Cannot Erase is bloody brilliant. I love that album and The Raven That Could Not Sing. So good.

Meantime.....R40 is a nice keep sake from what was probably one of the best set-lists ever by Rush. The mix is tremendous. Sound wise one of the finest Rush live releases ever. Geddy's bass is incredible on this diddy.

Hearing/seeing Losing It live sent shivers down my spine. Awesome blueray/cd set.

9/10

 
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Man I really want to see Steve Wilson badly.

I may try to sneak out to NY for that show. I have to see what is going on then.

Hand Cannot Erase is bloody brilliant. I love that album and The Raven That Could Not Sing. So good.

Meantime.....R40 is a nice keep sake from what was probably one of the best set-lists ever by Rush. The mix is tremendous. Sound wise one of th finest Rush releases ever. Teddy's bass is incredible on this diddy.

Hearing/seeing Losing It live sent shivers down my spine. Awesome bleary/cd set.

9/10
I asked Santa for R40 and I've been pretty good this year so.....Can't wait to hear it.

 
Best Buy has an exclusive with the 1 Blu-ray (or DVD) + 3 CD R40 set, that also comes with a cool Star Man "flashlight", a short pen light that beams the iconic logo. It is $35, I've seen the standard one elsewhere for around $24. You can supposedly confirm store stock onlne and call ahead, though I've found, for whatever reason, employees being able to actually locate stock in the store can be pretty hit and miss. :)

* Really enjoyed R40, like Todem. What struck me is that, even though I have seen video of tours in the intervening years since R30 (such as Clockwork Angels and Time Machine), still a surprise that they really haven't slowed down at all, no appreciable diminishing of chops.

Who is the best musician in Rush? Previously I would have said Peart, but, as great as he is, lately I've been really appreciating Lee and Lifeson. But like Lee said (in the context of did they ever contemplate carrying on without Peart when tragedy struck not once but twice and led to an indefinite leave of absence which could have been a retirement for all anybody knew, and turned to be about a half decade hiatus from both recording and performing), it just wasn't possible for him to conceive of Rush in any other permutation than the three of them.

Per an earlier post, the hi res 2015 remasters have been impressive, just checked out Hemispheres and the sound was pristine, immaculate.

 
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R40 is really good, especially the second set and encore, but Geddy's live vocals are really hard to take at times now. Granted, they are better on this than they were on the previous two live releases, but still pretty rough. They are going out at the right time.

 
Rush is an unusual power trio in some respects.

For one thing, due to his orchestral percussion conception and exotic kit, Peart sounds like two drummers, Lifeson is a masterful rhythm guitarist as well as supremely fluent lead and soloist, and Lee can simultaneously play bass, Taurus pedals, synths and sing, so they sound more like a power sextet at times.

 
What is so great about R-40 is the sonic mix and Geddy is flat out on fire during this show/tour. His bass sounds so freaking sick throughout the entire show. Alex's tones are really diverse and his Gibson's sound fat when they need too and then sound so delicate and dynamic. The beauty of Rush for has always been the dynamics in their music. A power trio that has such a big sound, but can also sound like glass hitting water and delicate when the song calls for it.

Xanadu and Jacobs Ladder are great examples of this dynamic.

Speaking of retirement. It is over. Rush are not touring again. Neil Peart is truly finished as a touring rock drummer. This was a heck of a setlist/tour to go out with. I am very fortunate to have been able to see them some 30 plus times over the last 33 years. I felt like we got a second life when they came back in 2002 for the Vapor Trails tour (which was sizzling and IMO one of the 3 best set-lists we ever got). Everything from that point on has been a blessing for Rush fans. I scratched off pretty much every song I could have hoped for to hear and see live again and some songs for the first time ever (R40 made sure I saw some songs I had never seen played proper and almost proper). The Clockwork Angels Tour for me was also an amazing set list. I am a huge fan I Rush's early and mid 80's output. For me the band was at the height of their creative prowess from Permanent Waves - Hold Your Fire. My golden age of Rush. That period was prominently represented from the Time Machine Tour (Moving Pictures front to back) and Clockwork Angels Tour (Lot's of 80's material from Power Windows, Grace Under Pressure and Signals, MP , Waves and HYF). I also loved Hemispheres of course (top 3 Rush album in my book).

Anyway....great memories of a truly amazing band (my favorite of course). Even more amazing was being able to share this with my son and also meet the band (Geddy and Alex on the TM tour 2011) with him and my wife. It was a truly a great experience.

 
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What is so great about R-40 is the sonic mix and Geddy is flat out on fire during this show/tour. His bass sounds so freaking sick throughout the entire show. Alex's tones are really diverse and his Gibson's sound fat when they need too and then sound so delicate and dynamic. The beauty of Rush for has always been the dynamics in their music. A power trio that has such a big sound, but can also sound like glass hitting water and delicate when the song calls for it.

Xanadu and Jacobs Ladder are great examples of this dynamic.

Speaking of retirement. It is over. Rush are not touring again. Neil Peart is truly finished as a touring rock drummer. This was a heck of a setlist/tour to go out with. I am very fortunate to have been able to see them some 30 plus times over the last 33 years. I felt like we got a second life when they came back in 2002 for the Vapor Trails tour (which was sizzling and IMO one of the 3 best set-lists we ever got). Everything from that point on has been a blessing for Rush fans. I scratched off pretty much every song I could have hoped for to hear and see live again and some songs for the first time ever (R40 made sure I saw some songs I had never seen played proper and almost proper). The Clockwork Angels Tour for me was also an amazing set list. I am a huge fan I Rush's early and mid 80's output. For me the band was at the height of their creative prowess from Permanent Waves - Hold Your Fire. My golden age of Rush. That period was prominently represented from the Time Machine Tour (Moving Pictures front to back) and Clockwork Angels Tour (Lot's of 80's material from Power Windows, Grace Under Pressure and Signals, MP , Waves and HYF). I also loved Hemispheres of course (top 3 Rush album in my book).

Anyway....great memories of a truly amazing band (my favorite of course). Even more amazing was being able to share this with my son and also meet the band (Geddy and Alex on the TM tour 2011) with him and my wife. It was a truly a great experience.
:goodposting: Agree with just about everything you posted. My first show was the GUP tour in Philly and have since lost count of how many I've seen. Through the 80s it seemed my wife and I always had awesome seats for Rush in the old Philly Spectrum. Totem and I differ on the "Golden Age of Rush", but its all good :hifive: I loved seeing the Time Machine tour (my 1st and only "Camera Eye") and the Clockwork Angels tour was special in that we got to see Rush perform an entire concept album - one that (for me) was their best since Signals.

To the bolded, I get the sense that Geddy and Alex aren't done. I'm reading rumors of another solo album from Geddy and recent interviews from Alex suggests he's going to get the itch again. It may be blasphemous (and perhaps selfish) but I wouldn't be opposed to some tours billed as "An Evening of Rush Music with Geddy and Alex" with someone like Gavin Harrison on drums. Or Mike Portnoy if he's not too busy. Hell, Rush is one prog band Bill Bruford hasn't sat in with :cool: .

Think I'll put on "Caress of Steel" to finish out my lunch break.

 
What is so great about R-40 is the sonic mix and Geddy is flat out on fire during this show/tour. His bass sounds so freaking sick throughout the entire show. Alex's tones are really diverse and his Gibson's sound fat when they need too and then sound so delicate and dynamic. The beauty of Rush for has always been the dynamics in their music. A power trio that has such a big sound, but can also sound like glass hitting water and delicate when the song calls for it.

Xanadu and Jacobs Ladder are great examples of this dynamic.

Speaking of retirement. It is over. Rush are not touring again. Neil Peart is truly finished as a touring rock drummer. This was a heck of a setlist/tour to go out with. I am very fortunate to have been able to see them some 30 plus times over the last 33 years. I felt like we got a second life when they came back in 2002 for the Vapor Trails tour (which was sizzling and IMO one of the 3 best set-lists we ever got). Everything from that point on has been a blessing for Rush fans. I scratched off pretty much every song I could have hoped for to hear and see live again and some songs for the first time ever (R40 made sure I saw some songs I had never seen played proper and almost proper). The Clockwork Angels Tour for me was also an amazing set list. I am a huge fan I Rush's early and mid 80's output. For me the band was at the height of their creative prowess from Permanent Waves - Hold Your Fire. My golden age of Rush. That period was prominently represented from the Time Machine Tour (Moving Pictures front to back) and Clockwork Angels Tour (Lot's of 80's material from Power Windows, Grace Under Pressure and Signals, MP , Waves and HYF). I also loved Hemispheres of course (top 3 Rush album in my book).

Anyway....great memories of a truly amazing band (my favorite of course). Even more amazing was being able to share this with my son and also meet the band (Geddy and Alex on the TM tour 2011) with him and my wife. It was a truly a great experience.
:goodposting: Agree with just about everything you posted. My first show was the GUP tour in Philly and have since lost count of how many I've seen. Through the 80s it seemed my wife and I always had awesome seats for Rush in the old Philly Spectrum. Totem and I differ on the "Golden Age of Rush", but its all good :hifive: I loved seeing the Time Machine tour (my 1st and only "Camera Eye") and the Clockwork Angels tour was special in that we got to see Rush perform an entire concept album - one that (for me) was their best since Signals.

To the bolded, I get the sense that Geddy and Alex aren't done. I'm reading rumors of another solo album from Geddy and recent interviews from Alex suggests he's going to get the itch again. It may be blasphemous (and perhaps selfish) but I wouldn't be opposed to some tours billed as "An Evening of Rush Music with Geddy and Alex" with someone like Gavin Harrison on drums. Or Mike Portnoy if he's not too busy. Hell, Rush is one prog band Bill Bruford hasn't sat in with :cool: .

Think I'll put on "Caress of Steel" to finish out my lunch break.
"Totem and I differ on the "Golden Age of Rush", but its all good :hifive: ​"

2112 (or AFTK) - Signals?

 
Got an email from Burning Shed my Steve Wilson EP (new release from the master) is on the way!!!!

:pickle:

 
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Oceans of Slumber "Winter"

:thumbup: :headbang: I like this more each time I hear it.
Not nit-picking here, but is this really what goes as progressive music these days? When I hear the gwar sounding guy I just think of scandinavian death metal.
"Progressive" is a broad term. I think in the U.S. progressive metal is far more popular now than more true forms of prog rock. I'm not a death metal fan, but I love older Opeth and their blend of prog metal with the growl. I like their newer releases but I'd rather get my straight prog from Steven Wilson, Rush and Riverside. When I listen to Opeth, its "Still Life", "My Arms, Your Hearse" and "Ghost Reveries".

I really like the Oceans of Slumber tune and can't wait to hear the release (early March I believe).

 
So, "The Astonishing"....anyone else give it a full listen? Like DTs last 4 or 5 releases, I want so bad to like it. I just don't. I think "Train of Thought" was the last one that I really liked. The ones since - I come back to them hoping this time I'll get it. I'm sure DTs fans will love TA but for some reason they passed me by.

 
So, "The Astonishing"....anyone else give it a full listen? Like DTs last 4 or 5 releases, I want so bad to like it. I just don't. I think "Train of Thought" was the last one that I really liked. The ones since - I come back to them hoping this time I'll get it. I'm sure DTs fans will love TA but for some reason they passed me by.
I have it waiting for me when I get home today. Will check back in after 3-4 full listens. Their music takes time to digest.

I loved Train of Thought one of my fav's.

My absolute favorite though is Scenes From A Memory PT2 and this seems to be in the rock opera wheelhouse.

I did enjoy their last self titles release though. I thought there were some incredible songs on that one.

 
So, "The Astonishing"....anyone else give it a full listen? Like DTs last 4 or 5 releases, I want so bad to like it. I just don't. I think "Train of Thought" was the last one that I really liked. The ones since - I come back to them hoping this time I'll get it. I'm sure DTs fans will love TA but for some reason they passed me by.
How many times did you listen to it? I am still on my first and can already tell this is gonna take a few to really grab me, and considering it is two hours long, it is gonna take some dedication. :lol: But hey, I have been a huge DT fan for 23 years now, so their albums will always get listened a lot first and then we'll see. I think I will like this a lot, based on what I am hearing so far.

 
So, "The Astonishing"....anyone else give it a full listen? Like DTs last 4 or 5 releases, I want so bad to like it. I just don't. I think "Train of Thought" was the last one that I really liked. The ones since - I come back to them hoping this time I'll get it. I'm sure DTs fans will love TA but for some reason they passed me by.
How many times did you listen to it? I am still on my first and can already tell this is gonna take a few to really grab me, and considering it is two hours long, it is gonna take some dedication. :lol: But hey, I have been a huge DT fan for 23 years now, so their albums will always get listened a lot first and then we'll see. I think I will like this a lot, based on what I am hearing so far.
Only 1 time through and it was while working so admittedly it didn't have my full attention. It is something to be experienced rather than listened to. Its very much a rock opera. By comparison (fair or not) Rush's "Clockwork Angels" is similar in that it tells a story (rock opera? concept album?) but I find it much more accessible. Of course its also half the length.

Musically "The Astonishing" sounds brilliant and should make for a great live show.

 
I am starting my 3rd proper play through front to back.

2nd was much better than the first in typical DT fashion. But reading the lyrics and getting a visual of the story is critical to immersing yourself into what DT is reaching for with this ambitious project.

I also have come to the realization to not even compare this with anything they have ever done. Because it is simply nothing like they have ever done before. It has a lot of restraint. The riffs are tasteful, sudden and in the right spots, and then they move on to the next suite.

It a beautiful production.

It is not meant to be listened to in pieces. This is an album where you cozy up with a bottle of wine, or whatever organic refreshments you like with your music (or none), and just lose yourself in the story they are weaving. It is a slow burn. It is an epic movie unfolding.

It has truly come together for me once I turned off any comparison to any previous album.

This is it's own animal.


 
First listen lost my attention several times until I got to A New Beginning. Instant classic IMO. Has a bit of everything. After that things have really picked up.

Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm2ozMjYB5w

One day I will be able to find time to sit down for 2+ hours with the lyrics.

 
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First listen lost my attention several times until I got to A New Beginning. Instant classic IMO. Has a bit of everything. After that things have really picked up.

Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm2ozMjYB5w

One day I will be able to find time to sit down for 2+ hours with the lyrics.
I highly suggest going to the Dream Theater official website and read about all the characters and song summaries.

It really brings it all together.

I was really neutral after my first listen as it is so much to absorb. But once I read the words, the character bio's and the story in detail it has all come together.

A really ambitious and lofty project. And 2112 is the inspiration for the concept. No doubt.

 
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I'm very saddened and shocked by this.

Piotr Grudzinski Passes Away Aged 40

Riverside guitarist Piotr Grudzinski has died, according to a statement on the Polish band's website.

In a short statement the band simply say: "In our deepest pain and disbelief we would like to inform you that our dearest friend and brother Piotr Grudzinski has passed away this morning. We kindly ask you to respect the privacy of his family and friends."

 
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I highly suggest going to the Dream Theater official website and read about all the characters and song summaries.

It really brings it all together.

I was really neutral after my first listen as it is so much to absorb. But once I read the words, the character bio's and the story in detail it has all come together.

A really ambitious and lofty project. And 2112 is the inspiration for the concept. No doubt.
This album flamed out for me after further listens.

Overall 6/10

A dud in the overall DT catalog.

 

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