From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
     well, i sure wasn't glad to see the   
   "LIBERATORS" posts still clogging up the   
   group (which is why i read and then   
   unsubscribed a while ago) when i pulled   
   the recent few hundred posts, but then i   
   was sad to hear that something happened   
   to him.  it does however make it more   
   possible to now see a topical post when it   
   happens.   
      
     it's been a long time since i've seen   
   anything or anyone in concert in a large   
   venue.   
      
     my last live Rush concert?  Saginaw Civic   
   Center (as it was called back then), not sure   
   what tour, those brain cells have been recycled.   
   mid-to-late 70s.  yep, that long ago.   
      
     and anyways, the point is really that back   
   then i couldn't really see the guys playing   
   from the front, their facial expressions or   
   how they sang -- i was up high looking down   
   and enjoying watching Neil play the drums.   
      
     so to bring it back to now, watching this   
   DVD and wondering if Geddy Lee always had   
   such a strange style of singing and i just   
   now see it because of the DVD or if he had a   
   stroke.  it just seems that the delivery is   
   at times so odd and contorted i'm wondering...   
      
     is it so fitting that i'm now living at   
   home with a parent, unemployed and loving   
   every minute of it?  at least i'm not in   
   the basement.  however, i do have to wait for   
   another night to finish the concert as Ma   
   walked in and i had to turn down the music.   
   this past few lines was a joke as i'm actually   
   retired and taking care of Mom is a good   
   thing to do.  i'll convert her into a Rush   
   fan eventually.   
      
     they still play great.  even if there was a   
   mistake in Presto that they fixed by editing   
   from another concert.  sometime i hope i can   
   find the recording of the mistake version   
   because i think that would be fun to listen to.   
   like once in a while they can mess up.  it's   
   ok, really guys...  yet i did also enjoy Geddy's   
   self poke at the end of the song (but it doesn't   
   make as much sense if you didn't read the liner   
   notes).  however, they did the edit very well, i   
   could not notice it.  anyone have a pointer to   
   the time frame?  or what happened?   
      
     no, i don't want to Google it quite yet as   
   i hope there might be a chance for actual   
   on topic conversation.   
      
     the set design is interesting.  as i've   
   not seen the live in Rio dvd yet (or many   
   others) the pranks with the chicken tender   
   caught me by surprise.  and i i love the   
   humor in the short clips before the first and   
   second parts.  you can tell they had fun doing   
   those.   
      
     well, ok, so this rambling note is from a   
   longtime fan who's taking advantage of music   
   cd sales this holiday season to replace a few   
   of the older releases i used to have on vinyl   
   (before they melted).  as i get them set up in   
   the player.  i'm also making sure i can get   
   what comes out on CD as i still dislike the   
   all digital age with no physical copy via a   
   download.  getting those cds before they stop   
   having them at the stores.   
      
     really, i don't miss 8-track tapes -- i can   
   move on.  sorta...  maybe...  someday...   
      
      
     songbird   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)