anti-barbie Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 (edited) Bit of a disappointment if truth be told. Not the performance by any means, more the set list - I know they have the album to plug but i felt (and a lot of people were agreeing) that there was not enough of the older material. Peart's solo made up for a lot though. Edit: rubbish spelling due to 3 hours sleep Edited October 4, 2007 by anti-barbie Quote
wateroftyne Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 I'm seeing 'em tomorrow. I know the setlist, and I think it'll be great. The new album is is mint, so no complaints from me. The last tour was all about the old stuff... they got it out of their system. Quote
anti-barbie Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 I dunno - something wasn't clicking last night. Good show but lacking something Quote
wateroftyne Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 It was the first gig of the leg. They might just have been settling in...? Quote
anti-barbie Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 BTW - the lasers are bloody amazing!!!!! Quote
JD1 Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 I think the new album is very good - step (back) in the right direction for me. I sort of lost interest around Signals and Grace Under Pressure - the odd highlight since. New album reminds me of Permanent Waves (last saw them on that tour at Newcastle City Hall around '81). Would love to see them again but I'm not a fan of stadium gigs. Quote
ednaplate Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Off to see them in Manchester on the 14th. Can't wait. For me this band can do no wrong and it's the second time they've been here in 3 years which is incredible. Quote
Bassassin Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 I saw them at the SECC last night - I thought they were excellent, and I really liked the setlist - a lot of less "obvious" songs this time round, plenty from [i]Snakes & Arrows[/i] (best album they've made in years, & gets better with each listen), a few seldom-heard gems from the 70s - and the first time in about 25 years Geddy's been seen onstage with a Rickenbacker! [attachment=2624:ged_rick.jpg] Seeing them again in Newcastle tomorrow night. Jon. Quote
slaphappygarry Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 I was there too. great gig. I thought the sound was a little gash from where i was. Set list was good as i have the new album and bits i have come across along the way (most of which they played) G ps - 'mon the lasters and pyrotechnics Quote
anti-barbie Posted October 5, 2007 Author Posted October 5, 2007 I have some awsome photos on my phone but i can't get the damn things on to my computer! Quote
endorka Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 I thought it was brilliant, quite a few surprise tunes such as "Natural Science", "Entre Nous" and "Passage to Bangkok". They seem to have updated a lot of the tunes from the original versions. Nice. Neil Peart was outrageously good. Also, Geddy Lee used a bass for one instrumental song that looked like one of those Jaco clones, and sounded the best out of all the basses IMHO, it has a huge fat clunky funky sound. Does anyone know what this bass is? Jennifer [url="http://www.jenniferclarkbass.com"]http://www.jenniferclarkbass.com[/url] Quote
wateroftyne Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 [quote name='endorka' post='69885' date='Oct 5 2007, 10:34 AM']I thought it was brilliant, quite a few surprise tunes such as "Natural Science", "Entre Nous" and "Passage to Bangkok".[/quote] Just as well I know the set list already, innit? It was a Jaco relic... Quote
tempo Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 [quote name='endorka' post='69885' date='Oct 5 2007, 10:34 AM']I thought it was brilliant, quite a few surprise tunes such as "Natural Science", "Entre Nous" and "Passage to Bangkok". They seem to have updated a lot of the tunes from the original versions. Nice. Neil Peart was outrageously good. Also, Geddy Lee used a bass for one instrumental song that looked like one of those Jaco clones, and sounded the best out of all the basses IMHO, it has a huge fat clunky funky sound. Does anyone know what this bass is? Jennifer [url="http://www.jenniferclarkbass.com"]http://www.jenniferclarkbass.com[/url][/quote] Fender custom shop made him a fretted & fretless Jaco model. I'm seeing 'em in Manchester next sunday, can't wait. (I think the setlist I seen looks great.) Quote
slaphappygarry Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 The fretless what the best 'bass' sound of the evening IMHO The ricky sounded good too. There is something about the way he plays his jazz basses that just makes them sound flabby and nasty but each to his own. He has had a sound longer than i have been alive G Quote
anti-barbie Posted October 5, 2007 Author Posted October 5, 2007 Thinking about it now, maybe the reason i didn't enjoy it as much as i normally would have has something to do with the fact i was running a temprature etc... Quote
Sean Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 I've got a week to wait before I see them - very excited now. Quote
kingofthestuntmen Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Folk were asking me how it went, and I was saying stuff like "it was great, but..." or "Didn't feel like 3 hours, but.." and then I realised what had been bothering me was the lights. Not the lasers or the pyro's or the suspended 'things', but the basic light show. Like when they crashed into a big chorus, the lighting just didn't seem equally dynamic or sympathetic... Having said that, it's only the last couple of years that I've really got into Rush, and they played a ton of stuff that I absolutely love. Biggest problem of the night, however... I now want a Les Paul with a Floyd..! Quote
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