New Rush

scottpro1969 · Post by **scottpro1969** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:36 am

New Rush out May 1st and summer tour!!! The very short sound clip where the guitar comes in at the end sounds VERY Hemispheres to me.

http://rush.com/php/home.php?f=1

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:54 am

Yep. I'm there! Haven't missed a tour in 26 years.

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:03 am

Yeah, I saw/heard this. I can't wait! Hopefully they'll hit Atlanta or Jacksonville . . . the clip sounded to me like a cross between 2112, Hemispheres, and Vapor Trails . . . which of course means pure awesomeness.

geddeeee · Post by **geddeeee** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:01 pm

Doesn't sound like a Rick though.... NOOOOOOO!!!!!!

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:11 pm

Hopefully the sound on the new CD wont be mastered at such saturated volume levels that it makes the album unlistenable like the last one. Weren't they supposed to remaster that CD and re-release it?

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:24 pm

I think they have remastered it, and it just hasn't been released yet, because the original release coincided with the release of Replay X3 or whatever. I want to hear the good version of Vapor Trails . . . the music itself is so good, the quality of sound should be too!

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:40 pm

+1 on that! I love Driven.
Can't wait for the new album, too.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:54 pm

Ooohhh! Two notes! I'm not impressed with the length of the clip. It may sound Hemispheres, but that maybe a trick and it might totally suck. It could be as bland and boring as Roll The Bones or Test For Echo. But I am looking forward to it. I hope it's better than Vapor Trails, and I do I like Vapor Trails. It's almost metal.

If the clip is any indication this album will sound great.

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:05 pm

Test For Echo wasn't all bland . . . there were some gems on there, amongst all the boring stuff . . . "Test For Echo", "Driven", "Virtuality", "Totem", "Resist" . . . they could really pull down the house if they played "Virtuality" live . . . nice and heavy.

Personally, I would count "Vapor Trails" as metal. I've heard far less heavy stuff get classified as metal, so I have problem with saying that it is. After all, Rush did help create metal . . . without them, no Metallica, no Megadeth, etc.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:40 pm

Ok, you got me. T4E has great songs. I just rarely listen to it. It may be good, I just have to have something a little more active on. They're great songs, but it just sounds like the guys are "going through the motions" and not putting any feeling into it.

They did play Virtuality on the T4E tour.
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/setlists.php#TESTFORECHO

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:36 pm

Really? Why wasn't it on "Different Stages" I wonder . . . it's a great song.

jon · Post by **jon** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:27 am

Just listened to a live version today (from a show that features in Different Stages) and the sampled backing vocals seem to be mis-triggered at the end. The same mistake seems to happen in a slightly different way on the recording of a rehearsal for this tour. Nevertheless, I would have thought that the error could have been 'fixed' in the mix.

geddeeee · Post by **geddeeee** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:19 am

I think that a Rickenbacker 4003 would liven things up a bit!!! LOL!

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:05 am

Here's a list of Geddy's gear for the tour:

1 Fender Jazz Bass circa 1972
4 Fender Jazz Basses circa 1996 (Custom Shop)
2 Avalon U5 Tube Direct Boxes
2 SansAmp R.B.I. Bass preamps by Tech 21
2 Palmer PDI 05 Speaker Simulators
Trace Elliot Quatra-VR power amps

jon · Post by **jon** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:55 pm

More New Rush:

A Wee Bit More of Far Cry