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Bidini's article is mind blowing. "After surviving Thunder Bay, the rest was easy" -- I think I'm going to say that at my wedding.
Cha Gheli Rheos... we'll miss you.
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Anybody have tickets to the final show tonight? I've heard it's sold out. If I were in Toronto today I'd be hanging out in front of Massey Hall all day looking for scalpers.
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That was a show for the ages last night....an incredible end to an incredible band.
The concert went for over 3 hours, setlist spanned their career and the final song saw the band climb down from the stage, with 1 acoustic guitar and a couple of microphones, in the middle aisle of the floor seats in the centre of Massey Hall singing Record Body Count....one of the most memorable shows I've ever seen.
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Damn, I really wish I could've been there. Sounds like it was a fantastic show. I'm gonna miss this band.
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Agreed, one of the best shows I've ever seen.
Highlights for me were Christopher, Stolen Car, the snow falling during the 1st ending, former drummers joining them a few times, the imponderables acting out a sceen from a song.
It felt weird sitting all night long but I managed it ok, I was probably moving around too much in my seat for everyone around me though.
It was a fantastic show with a great, moving, ending.
I'm very happy that I did all 3 shows this week, although I suffered a bit Monday and Friday at work, each night I saw less than 2hrs of sleep before getting back up for work.
I already miss them.
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Bidini was possessed during Horses!
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I completey forgot about Horses, that was really good
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the horseshoe and massey hall shows were #55 and #56 for me... the double shot was a perfect way to go out. I've never had to, for lack of a better word, mourn the loss of a band before. It's a very odd feeling.
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I hear you on that one, I didn't see them as much as you had which I really regret, only saw them 12 times I think.
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I think I saw them about 12 or 13 times, including their opening gigs with the Hip. They never failed to put on a brilliant show. My favorite Rheostatics moment was about 5 years ago when they played a show at the Canada & World Pavillion in Ottawa. It was an outdoor show and the weather decided not to cooperate that day. I was one of about 20 people who braved the downpour and went down to see the band. Judging by the pathetic turnout I figured the Rheos would just mail it in, play a few songs and then leave. But they ended up playing one of the best shows I've ever seen them do. They must have been on stage for at least 2 hours and they looked like they were having a blast. At one point they started asking the audience for requests and pretty much played everything that was shouted their way. It was a lot of fun.
