Snakes and Arrows Tour, Maryland Heights, Missouri
I saw these guys in concert last night. It was the best concert I have ever seen in my life, bar none. They even beat their performance when I saw them during the Test For Echo tour, way back when. The downsides to my experience were completely unrelated to the band’s performance. It was rain, heat, humidity, and a strange, nasty smell blowing in from across the way. The show itself simply rocked.
They played quite a few of their more obscure songs - you know, the songs that they haven’t played live in years. It was like running into old friends again. I don’t know how Geddy manages to sing for so long (it was a 3.5 hour show, counting the intermission) - my voice gave out, and I was just singing along in the audience. The musicianship was incredible, as we’ve all come to expect, and I loved the new parts Neil added to his drum solo.
