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Rush: Exit Stage Left

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

. . . I can retire my old, grainy VCR tape of this video. Looks great and sounds great on DVD. So glad Rush has decided to release this older material.

Great concert by a great band at the height of their career.
Great set list. Good sound for a concert recorded over 25 years ago.
Great price too!
Highly recommended for fans of prog/classic rock.

Does it really take 10000 phone calls to a record company until someone says, DUHH, maybe we should put this on DVD... Anyway, the VHS show was great, so where is all the support for everyone who decided to get with the times and get a DVD player? About 10 percent of those shows have been formatted for DVD, why are we still waiting? Soon well be celebrating 60 years of Rock-N-Roll and the avg. lifespan isnt much more than that.

Screaming guitar, mind boggling bass and machine gun drumming! Well, that's Rush for you. This is a non-stop assault of musicianship.

Message to all Rush fans - spread the word -- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE have this re-done on DVD!!!

A MUST have for Rush fans and ANY fan of power rock!

A truly awesome video of Rush in their prime. A must see for any musician inspired by progressive rock.

***** - FIVE STARS
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This is Rush during their prime in a live setting, playing all of their late 70's / early 80's classics. I have this on DVD, but it's only available on VHS here. I still highly recommend purchasing this show. It's without question the best live Rush you can find anywhere....

I never saw the VHS version of this concert. I wore out a dozen "Exit Stage Left" cassettes and my CD still gets a lot of play. Suffice it to say, "I love the music from this tour." The video footage was well captured and well done all the way around. No complaints there. But every song is interrupted with commentary and goofy visual effects that have nothing to do with the concert. For instance:

Geddy Lee on stage, "This a song about a car, this is called Red Barchetta." Then the audio and video are interrupted for some oration and a stupid, low quality visual. Fellas, that is tripe. Tripe. I want to see the concert, please. I want to listen to the music, please. Spare me the gimmicks. You are Rush. You do not need this kind of garbage. It detracts from the overall effect, which is to imagine yourself at the concert! When the DVD was made, the corny crap should have been canned. Most of the songs are corrupted in this manner. Thank God nobody pulled these pranks on the music album! Thank God. I am so sick of concert DVD's that fall into this same category. The only thing worse is the cursed "change the camera angle every second" effect.

Isn't anyone else interested in plain old concert footage? Am I the only one? I've been to hundreds of concerts. Can you imagine it? Geddy Lee in front of thousands of screaming fans, just beginning a song, then the lights and sound fade out, a voice comes over the P.A telling us what the song is about while some cheesy video footage is displayed. There would be a riot. People would trash the place. Why do DVD's of concerts have to be different? This is why I own very few concerts on DVD, and most of those have only been viewed once.

Before I knew who Rush was, a friend kept playing Exit Stage Left over and over on cassette. After awhile, I had to have a copy. This album is a classic of classic songs from Rush. All the songs rock and Rush is one of the few bands whose songs sound good live - not like some kind of twisted, stream of consciousness, we've played these songs a hundred times and we are REALLY bored crap like many other bands do. The breaks don't bother me either - what do you want, a track or two cut off to make room for another minute of clapping at the beginning/end of all the tracks?!?! Great album from a great band!

I first saw this concert video back in 1982 on a grainy, mono VHS tape and it blew me away. Since then, I've also bought this on Laserdisc and while that did look better than the VHS, it still basically looked like crap. Well, not anymore. The remastered video here looks incredible and the sound, especially the DTS track, is astounding. Alex Lifeson actually had a hand in the 5.1 mix and if you have your rear levels set just right, the DTS sound will blow you away. And after all these years, the performance is still incredible. I have to say that if anything, this video has only improved with age. All three members of the band are absolutely at the top of their game here. And because of the new 5.1 soundtrack, you can now actually hear what the hell the guys are saying on the voiceovers. If you like this band, this is the only video you need. It would have been nice to have some extras on here and its always bothered me that a complete YYZ wasn't originally included but don't let that stop you - this is an absolute must-have.

Awesome DVD! I've been a Rush fan for more than 20 years, and getting to see them play all instruments involved in the music was great. One of their best performances. I was lucky enough to see them on the Snakes and Arrows tour in April, 4/20/08, with my 17 year old daughter one week after her birthday,(I was 17 the first time I saw Rush in 86' and she wore my shirt from that concert. It was a very special experience to share with her. She loves Rush as much as her parents do. I know from this, her dad and I have raised her right!). By the way, Rush is one band in my nick name Pinkrush, one guess who the other band is. This was my 6th time seeing Rush and I'm hoping for a 7th! I LOVE RUSH! Geddy, Eric, and Alex, you all are exceptional human beings. Thank-you for all of your years of unbelievably talented music. Keep on rockin'! Get this, I have two children, one was born on the 21st and the other on the 12th of the months they were born in,(2112). I'm not kidding, fate or what? I love all of your albums, and 2112 was at the top of my list long before I became a mom. RUSH is ROCK!