Thread: I can't beleive this one....

Originally Posted by PhredE

Sorry - going Off-topic here a tad...

OOOOH, blast from the past - a former life, in fact:
The year: 1973.
Rush: Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson.

Good job W. You just made my day...

I saw Rush in concert twice in the 80's for their Power Windows and Signals tours

W

Rush......would like to have seen that. Saw Billy Squier (he opened for Queen, was not so thrilled about having to listen to Queen) and saw Journey in Eugene (Autzen Stadium), think that was in 84'.

I saw Rush in concert twice in the 80's for their Power Windows and Signals tours

Ugh I must be old, I saw the 2112 and Moving Pictures tours

Saw Billy Squier (he opened for Queen, was not so thrilled about having to listen to Queen)

Wasn't exactly a great fan of Queen myself at the time but after seeing that tour I became one. Freddie Mercury was an incredible showman and the epitome of the word entertainer.

My friend and I worked our tails off to get those tickets to see Billy Squier, and then her single mother decided that there was no way we were going into the city (we lived up by Mt. Hood) to a crowded arena concert, so she bought a ticket too and escorted us, bad enough (we were both 14), then her mother proceeded to oohh and ahhh over Billy Squiers backend in spandex, shaking and dancing all over the stage.

No, no, her exact words when she saw him "gyrating" around were "OH MY GAWD, did you see his butt?".........as she jabbed me in the ribcage !!

The Journey concert went much better, it was a gift from three of my older brothers (for my 16th B-day), they drove us all down, plus some of their friends, so it was a "cool" group.

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

A gift for Bryan due to his Avatar

RUSH- Bytor and the Snow Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrO1Tu4ehvM

Rush - Fly By Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lpVjXwAfm0

That was nice. I don't watch MTV or any music video TV, never have. This was so good because I haven't seen RUSH since the Moving Pictures tour in 1981. The Fly by Night video looks like it was from around that time.

I saw the Permanent Wave show in 1980 and the Moving Pictures show, both at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo Michigan. If you look up the Moving Pictures show you'll see a big write up on how they used that show to test their set list. The show went on and on as they played a ton of music to see the fans reaction. Then used that to make up the set list for the rest of the tour. I was very lucky to be at that show.

I've seen many concerts since then (and a few before) but no one (or group) ever came close to putting on a show like RUSH. It's hard to believe that just 3 guys were making all that sound, you'd think there were at least 5 more up there...

Ooops, enough of this off topic talk.

Nice post! Thanx!