I managed to hold out for two days. That’s how long I was able to wait before downloading bootlegs of Friday night’s Rush show. I have tapes from two sources. Yeah. They haven’t even had a second show yet and already I have two bootlegs. I think I need therapy.
I have not listened to them yet, and I won’t until after I see the show for myself. I have also managed to not look at the setlist, even though the dimeadozen torrent pages have both listed the whole thing.
I’m not spoiler free though. I’ve heard a couple of song titles from Facebook friends who were there on Friday. I’ve also seen a number of pictures. There’s a guy on Flickr who uploaded some great shots with the tag R40Live. Check them out. They sort of spoiled one or two things for me. You see… there are photos that include two… not one, but two… double neck guitars. Knowing your Rush history narrows that down to at most two songs. One of them I’m sure had two double necks (a 6/12 for Alex and a bass/12 for Geddy), the other had at least one. I’ve seen Alex play his double neck before, but I’ve never seen Geddy play one in person.
Epic, dude. Totally, wicked Epic.
Post script… Now that I think of it, there is one song that I believe Geddy played his double neck but Alex did not play his. On one of the live records, during a guitar solo, there is a moment where you hear rhythm guitar but no bass. That’s the give away that Geddy is playing his Rick double neck. Again, I’ve never seen evidence of this, but I’ve heard it. That’s a third double neck song, but I’m still only sure of one where they both play theirs. Just one. I won’t say which song but I will say if you pop on the Exit… Stage Left video you’ll know what I’m talking about.
