Rush Fan Central

I just saw the show in Milwaukee last night and was mediocrely depressing for me. Geddy's voice just keeps getting worse and worse. :/ He sang 2112 fairly decently though, surprisingly, because he hasn't been able to sing that song well since at least the 90s. 

Again, as the last time I saw them in 2007, 9 S&A songs is way too many and they really just bring the concert down. Someone told me in another thread that people are excited during S&A songs, but what I had said was just confirmed again: no one was moving during those songs, especially since the guitars sound like white noise. I was in the free seats so I could see the entire crowd below me and they just stood completely still. The Spirit of Radio comes on? Crowd instantly erupts. 2112 comes on? Crowd instantly erupts. Far Cry comes on? ...Eh. Even though I don't care for the album, I was the only person I could see singing the lyrics.

The show seemed to be a lot worse than the show I saw in St. Paul last year. Even with the amount of S&A songs, I remember the second half of the second set being phenomenal. Once Subdivisions started, I was pumped up all the way to the end. I have never been so active air drumming, air guitaring and air bassing in my life. This time, however, it just seemed eh. They would pump me up and then leave me to hang dry. I'm not entirely sure as to why that was, but it was disappointing. I was glad to hear 2112 again though, my favorite song and my intro to Rush. Definitely the best song of the show. 

Perhaps the lack of enthusiasm is because the crowd seemed to be mostly made up of kids who I suspect have no idea of who Rush is, but they have the 2007 tour shirts! I was walking around Summerfest for 7 hours and could not believe the amount of teenagers wearing Snakes & Arrows shirts. I blame this on Guitar Hero and Rock Band, because now I just think all of these "fans" are trying to be cool because the songs were in those games. It was upsetting.

But at least I saw them for free (well, I paid 8 bucks to get into Summerfest itself but the show was free).