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Rush – Snakes & Arrows Live DVD is out

Hung — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:46:14 +0000

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.

Rush’s “Permanent Waves” for a buck

Hung — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:11:18 +0000

It’s nearly been two months since my last post, and it’s roughly about the same thing!

So apparently Amazon’s MP3 store is doing a “daily deal” thing in which they sell old and classic albums for really cheap, and that seems to be how I caught Steely Dan’s “Aja” that way. Today, they are selling a classic album from one of my very favorite bands, Rush. Permanent Waves is regarded as one of Rush’s best albums and is considered to be in the same league as the classics Moving Pictures and 2112. And you can buy it today for only 99 cents + tax from Amazon.com. There is no cheaper (legal) way to get some Rush music into your library, and I would highly recommend getting it.

Rush classic “Moving Pictures” will be released to Rock Band

Hung — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:23:25 +0000

The seminal Rush album “Moving Pictures”, which includes their best known classics like “YYZ”, “Limelight”, and “Tom Sawyer”, will be available for download and play on Rock Band this Tuesday. All tracks are supposedly taken from their masters. What should be truly interesting is that it will include the rarely-played live but often-requested track “The Camera Eye”, so fans can at least pretend to play the track in its whole 11 minute glory.