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RATINGS: A = must own B = buy it C= average
D = yawn F = puke |
Rush –
Time Machine 2011: Live in
Cleveland
DVD: Rounder Records
CD: Roadrunner Records
Rating: A
While Rush have released many live DVDs,
Time
Machine 2011 is the first live concert
DVD to be released that was recorded in the United
States. Recorded in
April, 2011, at Cleveland’s
Quicken Loans Arena, the tour featured the
band performing their iconic album Moving
Pictures in its entirety.
Both the DVD and CD are sold separately but both are
worthy of purchase as the sound quality is dizzying.
The band comes to life and the show is
reproduced as it was performed.
Rush, as a three-piece band fills up the sound
amazingly. The DVD shows off the
many visual aspects to the show while the CD will
fit comfortably into your car’s player and have you
passing the time rocking out to a collection of
Rush’s entire career as you proceed to your
destination.
Two of the most talked about aspects of the release
are the pair of songs that will be released on the
band’s next studio album. The
tunes “Caravan” and “BU2B” contain a classic Rush
sound with loads of guitars making fans anticipate
the next studio effort.
The DVD contains skits performed by Rush that will
bring a lot of laughter. Geddy
Lee, as a sausage grinder, Neal
as a cop and Alex as a fat guy with a magical music
machine start the show off with a smile as the band
Rash get a musical lesson that ends with the concert
beginning and the real Rush blasting out “Spirit of
the Radio.” Set 2 begins with
another spoof, this time seeing Geddy as a director,
Alex as the band’s manager Ray Daniels and Neal as a
camera man filming Rash’s first video.
It is these kinds of extras that the band has
always included that make Rush a special band.
They care about their fans and they still
like to have fun and push themselves to make sure
both the fans, and themselves, are satisfied.
Also included as bonus materials are two looks back
in time as the band perform “Need Some Love” from
their first album, which includes original drummer
John Rutsey and footage from a concert in the 1970’s
in
New Jersey with the song “Anthem” performed,
producing a true time machine effect when compared
with how the band look in the modern day.
Every era of Rush is documented in the live concert
from Cleveland. From the early
days the band pump out a reworked version of
“Working Man” and “2112” while the next era of Rush
is represented by “Spirit of the Radio,” “Freewill”
and “Closer to the Heart.”
Moving Pictures is performed in it’s
entirety while the next era of the band sees
“Subdivisions” and “Time Stand Still,” Elsewhere the
band perform fan favorites “Stick It Out,” “Leave
That Thing Alone,” “Presto” and “Workin’ Them
Angels.”
The end result is a true trip through time with
Rush. The good news is that the
band are still creating history and have enough
songs and time left to deliver the goods many more
times, both with new material and live concert
recordings.
By Jeb Wright
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