Rush – Snakes & Arrows Live DVD is out
Even though it is Tuesday, which is the usual day for new music releases, the new Rush DVD actually came out in stores yesterday. The latest release is a full concert recording of Rush on the first leg of their Snaked & Arrows tour. The “soundtrack” was released as a live album earlier this year, but the DVD documents the whole spectacle that is a Rush concert, and includes some extra footage that was left out of the R30 tour DVD and the songs they added on the second leg of the tour.
I saw them on this tour no less than three times. The first time was during the first leg of the tour, and I got to see the show from the front row. It was easily the most thrilling concert experience I ever had. Almost every track they played was a surprise to me, and I got to rock out with other Rush fanatics. I got to see them two more times on the second leg, and while I wasn’t so close either time, I got to share the experience with various friends.
Having already done the “greatest hits and classics” tour for their 30th anniversary tour, on this one they pulled out several tracks that they had not played in a long time (and in the case of one song, never played). They also played nine tracks off the stellar new album, which speaks volumes about the quality of their current output.
The concert is out on Blu-Ray as well as plain ol’ DVD, thereby making it the first thing to come out to truly tempt me into buying a Blu-Ray player.
You can find YouTube videos of some of the tracks from this fan blog posting.
