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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