# Ladies and Gentlemen, from Toronto, Canada: RUSH **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559 "2002-04-14T10:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/1 "2002-04-14T10:48:44Z")
Well, it’s April 14th now. And in just one short month _Vapor Trails_, the new Rush album will hit the public. I’ll be there the day it’s released. God help me but I’ve been a RushFan TM for almost twenty years now. As it’s been 6 years (and 5 jobs for me) since the last Rush studio LP I thought we’d have a small appreciation thread for all those hard working fans out there. Also, never forget that tomorrow the first leg of the tour will be announced. Will **you** be there? Share your experiences and your favorites lyrics and Rush moments. > [@](#): > > How can anybody be enlightened > Truth is, after all, so poorly lit ---
**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/2 "2002-04-14T11:31:43Z")
I’m not really a Rush fan, except in as much as just being a Canadian, but I have a question - is there a reason they named their album (and presumably one of the songs on it) the same thing as a reasonably well-known Tragically Hip song? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/3 "2002-04-14T16:36:03Z")
Could be homage. The Tragically Hip and Rush have toured together in the past. TH appeared on the lifetime retrospective film that was put together when Rush got their Canadian HoF award (or whatever it was). How’s that? ---
**Author:** ![riserius1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@riserius1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riserius1)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/4 "2002-04-15T02:30:56Z")
Aside from other meanings, it does continue the fine Rush tradition of ending album names with the letter “S”: A Farewell to Kings Hemispheres Permanent Waves Moving Pictures Signals Power Windows A Show Of Hands Roll the Bones Counterparts Different Stages Chronicles and now… Vapor Trails! Chris W ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/5 "2002-04-15T12:55:51Z")
Been a fan of RUSH since the late 70’s (I think _Hemisphere’s_ was the first I heard) and, though I rarely go to concerts, RUSH is the only group I’ve seen twice - Once on the _Moving Pictures_ tour (actually, my first concert!), and the next was the…ummm … I think it was the _Roll The Bones_ tour? It was in 1993. (Outdoors, at Fiddler’s Green in Denver). Two excellent concerts. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/6 "2002-04-15T12:57:30Z")
Well, I’ve seen them (let’s see…) 15 times over the last 18 years. My first show was Grace Under Pressure. Man, less than a month. That’s a killer wait! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Red\_Menace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@The\_Red\_Menace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Red_Menace)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/7 "2002-04-15T13:03:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by riserius1 \* > \*\*Aside from other meanings, it does continue the fine Rush tradition of ending album names with the letter “S”: > > A Farewell to Kings > Hemispheres > … > \*\* Don’t forget “All the World is a Stages” and “2112s”! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/8 "2002-04-15T13:28:06Z")
I’ve _never_ seen them live. Goll Durn wrong continent, grumble grumble… Actually, I “discovered” Rush in 1992, just after they left Europe behind doing the RTB tour. Looking forward to the new album. You can check out the first single, “One Little Victory”, over [here](http://www.rushvaportrails.com). It’s… OK. Convincing intro, mediocre rythm during the song. Sounds kinda loud and hard, though - I hope that’s an indication for the rest of the album! I saw Geddy quoted somewhere as saying, “It’s gonna be a Tool-influenced album”, which can only mean it ROCKS. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/9 "2002-04-15T14:52:24Z")
Coldfire, if you will get yourself over here to Washington DC I will **personally** put you up and get you a ticket to the show. Best bet is they play the local Nissan Pavillion shed here. My gift to you. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/10 "2002-04-15T14:56:51Z")
Oh, and Ged just placed an note on his site that indicates the tour will be another of their 3 hour ‘Evening With Rush’ items featuring songs they haven’t played in a very very long time. See it here: [http://www.geddylee.net/geddy/vt1O1.html](http://www.geddylee.net/geddy/vt1O1.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/11 "2002-04-15T19:31:44Z")
[Here](http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=RUSH&Key=Y) is what looks to be a tour date schedule, but I don’t know if it’s official or not. Nissan is named. Rush has been very cool about permitting live, rare, and unreleased stuff to be distributed on the Internet. However, I’m not sure if the site I’m thinking of has the band’s official approval. One likes to believe in the freedom of music… ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/12 "2002-04-15T19:42:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Red Menace \* > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by riserius1_ > > **it does continue the fine Rush tradition of ending album names with the letter "S"** > > \*\*Don’t forget “All the World is a Stages” and “2112s”! 😉 \*\* and _Grace Under Pressures_, _Fly By Nights_. and _Exit…Stage Lefts_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/13 "2002-04-15T20:29:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sofa King \* > \*\*[Here](http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=RUSH&Key=Y) is what looks to be a tour date schedule, but I don’t know if it’s official or not. Nissan is named. > > \*\* Oh yeah, though I don’t much like Nissan very much. Pollstar is usually very good about dates so these should be good. What could beat three hours of Rush? Not much, though three hours of Maiden would be great too. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/14 "2002-04-15T20:54:10Z")
Hey, we’ll have Maiden open for Rush, howzzat? 🙂 **Jonathan** , thanks for the generous offer. As it is, I’m flying back and forth between the US and Europe a whole lot these days - unfortunately my destination is on the west coast, usually. Hmmm! Perhaps I could catch them in LA! Anyway, your kindness is greatly appreciated. But the absolute kicker would be if Rush made it across the pond again for the first time in 10 years! ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/15 "2002-04-15T21:30:01Z")
Well, write Geddy and ask him. He actually posts on his own message board. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/16 "2002-04-16T13:27:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > Hey, we’ll have Maiden open for Rush, howzzat? 🙂 What’s you trying to do kill me? I cant even think of a better show. So who else is thinking on going to the VA show? I can say that it’s at least a 95% chance that I will be there. I can not imagine many reasons not to be. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/17 "2002-04-16T13:44:16Z")
Oh, I know I’ll be there. And these days I’ve got the dough to guarantee me front row seats, too. I’ve had 8th row seats (The Mark, in the Quad Cities) and 13th row seats (Merriwether Post Pavillion, Columbia, MD). This time I’m shooting for the big time. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/18 "2002-04-16T15:41:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lawoot \* > \*\* > > \*\*Don’t forget “All the World is a Stages” and “2112s”! 😉 \*\* and _Grace Under Pressures_, _Fly By Nights_. and _Exit…Stage Lefts_ 😃 \*\* [/QUOTE] And \*Prestos[/] (one of my favorite Rush albums). ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/19 "2002-04-16T15:51:53Z")
ugh, that’s just embarassing. [sub](it’s the, “made an error coding so I’ll write another post which contributes nothing to the thread just so people know I know I made a mistake” post[sup]TM[/sup])[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![madcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@madcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madcat)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559/20 "2002-04-16T16:46:38Z")
## quote: Originally posted by Sofa King Here is what looks to be a tour date schedule, but I don’t know if it’s official or not. Nissan is named. * * * Thanks for the link Sofa King…looks like I’ll have to plan a little road trip. The venue closest to me (Tweeter Center,Tinley Park,IL) totally blows. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-from-toronto-canada-rush/103559.md?page=2)