Music: Rush

Our Take

Ten years in the music industry is considered a milestone now, twenty years is highly improbable and thirty years seems almost near impossible. The latter is the case for Rush. In their thirty-second year as a band, Rush is still selling out venues across the world and shows no signs of letting up.

On July 21, 2010 Rush brought their Time Machine tour to the Susquehanna Bank Arts Center in Camden, NJ. With no opening band, Rush came on at 7:30pm and played almost a three-hour set. Singer and bassist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer Neil Pert strolled onto the stage after a short video played on the screen behind Pert's drum kit. Several of these videos were shown throughout the bands set, one included "I Love You, Man" stars Jason Segal and Paul Rudd. After eleven songs they took a small intermission (much needed since all the members of the band are over the age of fifty-five) and started into the main attraction: playing their 1981 album Moving Pictures in its entirety, which was absolutely incredible to witness. After the album was completed, they went on to play another eight songs. After a whopping twenty-six songs totaling almost three hours, Rush finally finished one of the best performances I'd ever witnessed.

I've always felt that some of the "classic" rock bands seem lost on today's youth. With most people loving bands that are currently "hot", but having no real respect for the bands that influenced them in the first place. Boy, that wasn't the case for this show. People of all ages came to watch "The Holy Trinity" play: Kids as young as two or three up to people in their 90s. It was truly a sight to behold and a night that I will definitely not forget.

Vocals: 9.5
Crowd Response: 10
Overall Sound: 9.5
Band Activity: 9
Overall Rating: 10

Setlist:

1. The Spirit Of Radio
2. Time Stand Still
3. Presto
4. Stick It Out
5. Workin' Them Angels
6. Leave That Thing Alone
7. Faithless
8. BU2B
9. Freewill
10. Marathon
11. Subdivisions

Intermission:

12. Tom Sawyer
13. Red Barchetta
14. YYZ
15. Limelight
16. The Camera Eye
17. Witch Hunt
18. Vital Signs
19. Caravan
20. Drum Solo
21. Closer To The Heart
22. 2112 Part I: Overture
23. 2112 Part II: The Temples Of Syrinx
24. Far Cry

Encore:

25. La Villa Strangiato
26. Working Man

Photos

Chip Tamplin
July 29, 2010