Got some thoughts about these.
First. What the hell happened in Tuscon where 2112 sounds crazy? The intro sounds like it's taken from multiple recordings, spliced together. It's just slightly odd, then the rest happens.
It ain't right, with all the echo on Geddy's voice. Was that what the band heard when playing? If so, how the hell did they get through that? It really is the oddest version of 2112 I've heard. There's more than a few from their own releases and that one is something I wonder why they released it that way.
Cinderalla Man - what was the line from Geddy about getting funky?
Steven Wilson, great version of Twilight Zone. Not a fan of his music but he did that one very well. Something For Nothing, Jacob Moon, that's kinda meh. But, this ain't bad.
As for Twilight Zone live, the boot, if their liner notes are correct, that The Twilight Zone was only performed twice and this boot is one of them. I have a boot but it's packed up so I can't get to it. I got it from Napster and I, IIRC, think it's a different boot than the one they have. I seem to remember more people talking but I also could be thinking of another bands boot or maybe they took that out of the boot? Seemed to be a lot of talking about beer and pot, IIRC.
I've boxed up everything so we won't know until I unbox it.
Ok, so Tears, Lessons and Cinderella Man, the lyrics were written by Lee and Lifeson, not Peart. Doesn't say that on the albums. WTF? Even one of the discs has the credits for each song and it says the usual, music by Lee/Lifeson and lyrics by Peart. Music by Lee/Lifeson, lyrics by Peart. With Acknowledgement to Aynd Rand. Kinda burned into my memory.
All in all, they are fantastic. A great trip through that period when they were doing all the crazy stuff. I wonder if, when they get around to Grace Under Pressure, they give us the full show they recorded. Also be cool for live shows from Signals and Power Windows. I also wanna hear the original recording of Neil saying Subdivisions as I enjoyed the Solar Federation take, even though it's actually nothing.
I'll take what they can give us. I put in the dvd of Moving Pictures and it's not on a 5.1 system but it's the first time I ever heard the word day at the end of Tom Sawyer in all the studio recordings I've ever had. Also heard people talking at the beginning of The Camera Eye, never heard that clearly before. Couldn't hear the Westminster bells, that's kinda funny.
My sis raised an interesting question. Why didn't the air cars go over the bridge and follow him back to his farm?
Geddy and a Rick. Not much better sounds in all of rock n roll, IMHO. He gets a good growl. Plus, this was back in the day when drums actually sounded like drums. They seem to like 7 also.
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