While waiting in line recently to buy tickets at the Pittsburgh Mellon Arena for the upcoming Rush show at The New Consol energy Center, Lord, Don't ya just love Corporate America, with all of its Logo Feces, I met a young man named Adam who was brought down there by his father. His Dad's name was Aj; I naively assumed that Aj wanted to share his enthusiasm for the band with his immature son. Aj asked me, "Is this the line for Rush tickets?" I replied that yes it was. I told Aj that this will be my thirteenth Rush concert, and I asked him, "How many times have you seen the band"? He said, "This will be my first, where is the best place to sit?" I replied, "Well it depends upon the contact that you want, do you want to be up close or do you want the panorama?" Now I am a little baffled, "You've never been to a Rush concert?", I said. "No, He replied, "I've been to fullness of concerts, but never Rush, my son wants to see them." I asked his son, Adam, "Are you fourteen?" He said yes, he was 14, and he told me that the four songs of The Fear Trilogy "Witch Hunt", "The Weapon", "The Enemy Within", and "Freeze" were among his popular songs, along with the newer fare from Snakes and Arrows. I said, "I saw my first Rush concert here at this Arena when I was 14, The Hold Your Fire Tour in 1987." I then asked, "Are you a musician?" He replied that he was not. I said, "After this concert, you will be." Aj, his father, proceeded to tell me about his 10 year old daughter who was simultaneously studying to play the acoustic and the electric guitars. He asked, is this concert suitable for children, I said of course, it is a house show faultless with dolls, toy dinosaurs, and often cartoons. She will love it!
What is it about this band that continues to attract fans of all ages? How lucky I was to see the band at age 14 in 1987 after growing up with them from the age of four, for 10 years, listening to them on my brother's eight tracks and vinyl albums. How lucky this young man, Adam at age 14, is to see them 23 years later in the mp3 age. Man, do I feel old, and yet, every time the house lights go down and the music starts, my energy and youth is renewed all over again. I am 14 years old every time Rush hits the stage. For three hours I am suspended in the time warp of my youth, perhaps, that is why Rush entitled this tour The Time Machine.
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On the trailer for their new movie, Rush-Beyond the Lighted Stage, Alex and Geddy were asked, "What is your motivation to keep manufacture music?" Alex with his silly boy antics blurts out "Chicks!" It is true that chicks love Rush, but not for the usual reasons that bands attract women. These guys stimulate our minds which is an even best conjecture to love them. Not to mention Neil's athletic drummer physique, Alex's approved threads, stature and flirtatious sense of humor, and Geddy's endless source of energy, not to mention those tight jeans. Intelligence, talent, and looks, yes guys, you are hot and chicks dig you! My interrogate to Alex and Geddy would be, you started this band when you were 14, are you 14 years old every time you play on that stage? Maybe that is the true motivation as to why Rush continues to be a work in progress, They are always in the process of creating while maintaining the original idea of "A Promising Canadian Trio", As the Pittsburgh Press stated in their divulge dated August 15, 1974 of the first time that Rush played the United States with Neil Peart occasion for Uriah Heep and Manfred Mann the night before, at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena, which by the way is now known as the aforementioned Mellon Arenawhich will soon be windup as the New Consol energy town across the road opens, and so Rush in essence will come full circle, after many years of playing at the outdoor Starlake Amphitheater in Burgettstown Pa, Which is now known as The First Niagara Pavilion and was The Post Gazette pavilion, and believe it or not, The Post Gazette was formally known as the aforementioned Pittsburgh Press, Lord Help Us All...Anyway...Rush will return to Pittsburgh to play the new Consol energy town on September 16, 2010, anda s all of the Corporate Logo Feces fade away into the background, I go back in The Time motor and go Beyond the Lighted Stage.
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