February 9, 2011 - An update from Skip

Hi Folks, just a quick word to say that, YES, we at RushPetition.com are fully aware of Alex's February 2, 2011 interview where he stated the following: "We've decided to do exactly the same set that we were doing last year." Since the 2011 set is going to remain the same, we've decided to just keep this round of request voting up and running, and simply use it as the gear-up toward the presumed 2012 "Clockwork Angels" tour. So, keep those votes coming...even though the guys are keeping the 'Time Machine' set the same does not mean they won't take a look in here in preparation for 2012.

Cheers.
-Skip Daly

Here's the list of song candidates:

Garden Road
Fancy Dancer
Need Some Love
In The Mood
Here Again
Take A Friend
What You're Doing
Before And After
Best I Can
Beneath, Between & Behind
Making Memories
Rivendell
Fly By Night
In The End
Bastille Day
I Think I'm Going Bald
Lakeside Park
The Necromancer
The Fountain of Lamneth
The Twilight Zone
Lessons
Tears
Something For Nothing
A Farewell To Kings
Cinderella Man
Madrigal
Hemispheres
Jacob's Ladder
Different Strings
Chemistry
The Weapon
Losing It
Countdown
Afterimage
The Enemy Within
The Body Electric
Red Lenses
Kid Gloves
Grand Designs
Manhattan Project
Territories

Middletown Dreams
Emotion Detector
Open Secrets
Second Nature
Prime Mover
Lock And Key
Turn The Page
Tai Shan
High Water
Chain Lightning
War Paint
Scars
Anagram
Red Tide
Hand Over Fist
Available Light
Face Up
The Big Wheel
Heresy
Neurotica
You Bet Your Life
Cut To The Chase
Alien Shore
The Speed Of Love
Everyday Glory
The Color of Right
Totem
Dog Years
Carve Away The Stone
Peaceable Kingdom
The Stars Look Down
How It Is
Vapor Trail
Sweet Miracle
Nocturne
Freeze
Out Of The Cradle
Bravest Face
Good News First
We Hold On




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Some notes/clarifications:

If a song was performed live since 1991 as part of a medley, I counted that as "having been played" provided that a representative portion of the song was played. A notable exception would be the 2004 "R30 overture" (since those were pretty short song segments, and also completely instrumental). The Prelude from "Hemispheres" was performed in 1994 on the Counterparts tour, but I'm including it since the snippet represented such a small part of the full song. A song like "Anthem", on the other hand, is excluded because what was deemed to be a representative portion of the tune cropped up as part of the Roll The Bones encore medley in '91/'92.

I am excluding COVER SONGS (i.e. "Feedback").

"Garden Road" and "Fancy Dancer", both Rush originals from their "bar" days, are included because they were performed on the first tour (with Neil) in 1974. "Bad Boy" (also performed on that first tour) is omitted because it's a cover. "You Can't Fight It" (the b-side from the "Not Fade Away" single) is omitted because it dates back to the pre-Neil days and is not known to have been performed live with Neil on drums. In short, any original Rush tunes that are either 1.) on an officially released album or 2.) were performed live when Neil was in the band - and have not been performed live by the band since prior to 1991 - are included.

"Broon's Bane" is omitted because it's basically an intro. (Can you picture them playing it without "The Trees" immediately following?)

Basically, I had to make some judgement calls here. I've tried to create an objective framework, and then make common sense judgements within that framework to devise a reasonable list of "rare tunes". Hope you understand and enjoy this thing as it's been set up.

Thanks for voting!
-Skip Daly



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Initial idea spark: Albert Horta, al@rushpetition.com
Site built and maintained by Skip Daly, sdaly@rushpetition.com
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Song list research and content by Skip Daly, sdaly@rushpetition.com