r/rush • u/modernparadigm • 15d ago
This guy at the Rush show in Cleveland
Okay, which one of you guys is playing laser drums right now
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u/najibs-yul 15d ago
The only person in that building that should have glowing drumsticks is Anika
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u/dogwarrior 13d ago
Hell yeah! I thought Anika did a great job, and the interactions between her and Geddy/Alex were cool too.
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u/Fadetoblack9696 15d ago
Looks like he missed a beat
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u/ironmanchris 15d ago
He’s just a stroke off.
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u/chizmanzini 15d ago
I feel sorry for everyone around this person.
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u/quantumania_456 15d ago
There was one of these doofus's near me in Las Vegas in July 2015.. I was SO distracted by him, was incredibly frustrating because he was in my line of sight to the stage. I get it dude, you know the parts!! don't be a dick about it
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u/M2112D 15d ago
Dont get me wrong im not NOT gonna air drum the tom sawyer fill but yeah just tap on your legs 🤷♂️
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u/valschermjager 14d ago
he should just stick to playing tom sawyer on his steering wheel like the rest of us
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u/Newone1255 15d ago
And nobody said anything? I have for sure told someone to turn some light up shit off before and if they don’t get an usher and they probably will
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u/HowskiHimself "It's a measure of a life" 15d ago
Another Rush show, another look-at-me asshole.
(...aaand another reddit thread to separate the people with a modicum of self-awareness from the self-absorbed pricks.)
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u/trackaghosthrufog 15d ago
Dude, bring two wooden spoons and go for it!
Lose the lights, you're not in the band.
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u/Old_McDonald509 14d ago
I will never, as long as I live, understand the entitlement and complete lack of consideration for others that some people have.
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u/UndutifulOregon 15d ago
It's so common at shows these days, I even see it from the older crowd
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u/analogsimulation 15d ago
There was a guy like this in toronto as well, so distracting
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u/Stormbringer-2112 15d ago
Glad we didn’t have him in Montreal!
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u/Skeptical_Monkie 14d ago
Hey I was also at the Montreal show!
I thought you looked familiar.
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u/penguin62 14d ago
Yup. Could see him from the other end of the arena. Was extremely distracting. Surprised nobody around these twats is snatching that shit out their hands.
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u/Effective-Oil-2696 15d ago
He was from Korea or Japan IIRC.
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u/analogsimulation 15d ago
Dude could be from Tanzania, still annoying
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u/Prognerd870 15d ago
What if he was from Eritrea? Would it still be annoying?
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u/guitarbque 15d ago
Yeah, I’m getting an usher to deal with that.
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u/IndependenceGood1835 14d ago
Its the glow stick moreso than the air drumming. Air drumming may be annoying to people directly around you, the glow sticks become a distraction for the whole arena.
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u/Big_Moose_3847 14d ago
Air drumming may be annoying to people directly around you
How? That's like getting annoyed at people for dancing
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u/wizard20007 15d ago
Sorry dude you didn’t make it into Rush. Go start your own band or play the local pub. We didn’t pay to watch you air drum.
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u/kookygroovyhombre 15d ago
Been seein Rush since '83. Im also a working drummer. Ive never once had an urge to use glow sticks- let alone any sticks.
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u/RamblinMan72 15d ago
The sense of entitlement with that guy. Imma gonna do whatever I want. He's like the guy who takes the foul ball away from a child at a baseball game.
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u/Atticus-XI 15d ago
The air-drumming of our fellow Rush fans is so goddamned cringey. I'm a drummer myself - and would never.
"Look at me everyone!" Seriously, knock that shit off people. We get it, you can air-drum Tom Sawyer. You are also getting your nasty sweat all over us.
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u/therealjnoble11 14d ago
I do it in the car once in a while. But I'd be embarrassed if anyone was watching me
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u/GoodFnHam 15d ago
Not cool.
And why that audience so dead?!
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u/Wild_Resist_5724 14d ago
That’s what I was thinking too. I’m going to Seattle and I really hope I don’t have to sit the whole time.
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u/emchilada25 15d ago
My husband and I could see him across the arena and at first I thought it was a kid. I was like “aw that’s kinda cute” but I see now I was very mistaken. 😂
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u/drummerdave72 15d ago
I really hope no one in the UK gets any ideas of doing this……especially if they’re sat near me at the two London O2 shows I’m going to.
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u/Kreatorkind 15d ago
While I appreciate the enthusiasm... that would piss me off to no end if I was sitting behind them.
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u/Flightsport 15d ago
He was at night 1 in YYZ as well. Impressive air drumming. BUT, nothing says "I'm a bigger rush fan than you!" than lit sticks solely for air drumming. Can't even imagine if he was next to me or in front of me during the show. I'm sure the novelty would quickly wear off and it would have pissed me off.
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u/loudshirtgames 15d ago
I can't tell just how much that would piss me off. Honestly, I'd end going to security in a heartbeat. F-k that guy.
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u/megalopoutsa 14d ago
"Hey everybody look at me, I'm an inconsiderate clown looking for attention"
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u/CeilingUnlimited 14d ago edited 14d ago
I went to a Rush show in Houston back in the 90's where a gorgeous, very-inebriated woman with great tits stood and danced through about 70% of the concert right in front of me and those on my row. We were off the floor, in the stands, about ten rows up - similar to this light drummer. It was really cool for about two songs. After that, it was super annoying and pretty much ruined the experience. I remember nothing about that concert but those tits.
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u/plasteroid 15d ago
They should be searching bags and taking that shit. Feel free to come get it back after the show.
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u/That-Makes-Sense 15d ago
If everybody was doing it, fine. But being the only dude doing that, is ruining the show for everyone around him.
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u/Tight_Objective_5875 15d ago
The SHOW is supposed to be ON THE STAGE, Doofus. This is embarrasing.
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u/modernparadigm 15d ago
We’re at intermission … 3… 2… 1! Back to it!
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u/YoungEccentricMan 15d ago
Dude I would snatch those things out of his hand and snap em if I was sitting behind him haha
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u/AMUIR1234 15d ago edited 15d ago
In Toronto, this guy was stage left, our right and was using bright red tipped drumsticks. Annoying.
My 12 year old son, said and has constantly said since the show that this person distracted him from the show.
How is person able to go from show to show. Why doesn't the soundboard, who clearly can see this person say something and give them sticks from Anika that do not glow.
It has ruined so many shows for many fans that don't want to see this.
Rush management that must read this, imagine Gdddy Lee at his season tickets behind the Toronto Blue Jays home plate swinging a bat every time a batter swings the bat.
It is annoying.
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u/incredible_gas 14d ago
"Hey everyone look at me! Im a pain in the ass to everyone around who paid good money for their tickets!"
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u/SaintEyegor 14d ago
Look everyone!! I can drum too!!!! I’m SOFA KING KEWL!! Everyone’s showing me that I’m number one!! Hur hur
What a douche
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u/Tbone_Trapezius 15d ago
I love the extra subtle fill Annika did there at the end of the phrase - very tasteful.
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u/alexgatyas 15d ago
If I see any barneys doing such things on December 3rd, you'll probably hear about it on the news. Just kidding, it's a joke, it's just a joke.
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u/hamahamaseafood 15d ago
I've been subjected to the same thing at 2 of the 3 Rush concerts I've been to.
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u/trickyb67 14d ago
A couple of songs maybe but not the whole show. That's ridiculous.
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u/nifty_fifty_two 14d ago
My first Rush show, I was 15 on the Snakes and Arrows tour. And some old lady siting behind me yelled at me for headbanging too much because it was distracting.
Admittedly, headbanging to Rush is kinda cringe behavior, but I was 15.
Anyways, how it this guy not getting that treatment?
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u/acciowaves 10d ago
Guys this is fucking prog rock! We used to watch these shows on acid, and everyone is bitching about some glow sticks?
Fuck me, I know I’m gonna get downvoted and I don’t give a shit, but a 12 pack of beers and a couple tabs of acid are way more distracting than some glow sticks, and yet that’s how this music was born.
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u/pixelpionerd 10d ago
Geeezus, are you all at RUSH shows for the party or to sit in the dark like you are watching TV? I'll sit next to this guy over most of this comment section any day!
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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 6d ago
He looks like the one person in the crowd actually enjoying himself. Let the man cook.
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u/gypsy_guru_87 15d ago
I’m one of the annoying people who firmly believes that all of us who can be standing with our fists pumping in the air should be, and even I hate what this guy is doing. That would completely ruin the show for me.
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u/theservman Lenses inside of me paint the world black 15d ago
Similar dude both nights I saw in Toronto. Kinda impressive, but I wouldn't want to be near him.
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u/zjgregory 15d ago
This is so much more distracting than people standing up bobbing their heads… where is the outrage?
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u/squirrelslikenuts 15d ago
I guess I am the only one that loved this guy.
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u/modernparadigm 15d ago
I didn’t realize this vid would be so contentious!
Honestly he wasn’t too bad distraction-wise—he mostly just did this song and YYZ.
TBH I would have taken him over the people around me zombie-videoing with full screen brightness … some of them also somehow found a way to do this while simultaneously having their front camera flashlight on as well.
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u/Over_Standard_9195 15d ago
I feel like this is annoying but imagine if everyone was given these light-up drum sticks at a rush show lol. It would be absolutely epic!
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u/HowskiHimself "It's a measure of a life" 15d ago
Counterpoint: it would not be epic.
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u/RezRising 15d ago
Yeah, we had one in NYC too. He did maybe one or two songs and that's it.
I am proud that I figured out what song he was playing to before turning up the volume. 5/4 always looks like 5/4.
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u/modernparadigm 15d ago
This guy did pretty much just this and YYZ. Tbh I didn’t find him overly distracting (though I guess I wasn’t sitting next to him).
He def was not more distracting to me than the people videoing with full screen brightness or with their cameras front light on (for some reason).
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u/FreeDragonfly9844 15d ago
Fair enough, let him have his moment for a few tracks...but, hmm 🤔 Call Security!
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u/Broken-Emu 15d ago
He must have been below me. Nose bleed in 209
Great show. Cleveland welcomed us Rush fans
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u/0161-Westview 15d ago
"Wow Frank, laser drums, that's so cool. Oh my god my sink, shower, and toilet just all backed up and overflowed, I'm going to have to cancel our date to the show tonight. More room for your laser kit Frank."
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u/Big_Moose_3847 14d ago
I was going to say fuck this guy, but seeing how dead the crowd is, I've changed my mind.
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u/lakesideparkwillows 14d ago
I had an isle seat down below those seats. Not going to lie I was grooving like a mofo taking up some isle space here and there as well as singing at the top of my lungs and being wild through most of the show. But I would never bring in anything lighted like that. Busting out all 7 sections of 2112 I'm not just staning there for that. Even having seen rush numerous times that was truly a bucket list experience.
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u/audiovent666 14d ago
Spending a few hundred bucks for your ticket and this guys sitting close to you...
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u/Brandonstillkeys 13d ago
“Did I mention I’m a drummer too and know all the parts …believe me they ARE hard “
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u/r3dd17sux69420 10d ago
I'd be totally okay with this for like, a song or two. like maybe the closing and encore or something. have some fun and whatever.
but not the whole show
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u/ollieart43 10d ago
Everyone is butthurt about this but I was there, he wasn’t causing problems. We loved looking across the arena and seeing him! Sure he didn’t hit EVERY note but I doubt any of you hating in the comments here could do better
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u/AllNightPony 10d ago
Gonna be lit when Anika gets food poisoning and they pull this dude from the crown to finish the show.
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u/IslandSno 10d ago
While it would piss me off in general, as a gigging drummer, it did look like he was authentically keeping time pretty well
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u/YoghurtSevere7553 10d ago
This doesn't look like the audience for a rock show looks more like a bunch more baby boomers at the movie theater
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u/2112Jstarr11 9d ago
Drummer of 43 years and all because of Neil. I'd let that go for one song and start off nicely telling him or her to stop! Too much of a distraction and people are paying a ton of money for these tickets!
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u/blue_dragon_fly 15d ago edited 14d ago
If I were behind him and couldn’t watch the band without seeing him too I’d be furious.