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I thought this was one of his better articles in a while. I like the travelling stuff, but I can only take it in small dosages. This was the highlight of the article for me: Olivia turned five on August 12, and that spring her mother had signed her up for biweekly swimming lessons, so she was now a strong swimmer. No more life-jacket or water-wings for her—just foam noodles for fun. Swimming “free” like that opened a whole new world of enjoying life at the lake, for both of us. (Second time around for me, of course—it’s becoming ever more difficult not to talk to Olivia about her lost sister, especially when we boat past the old house, or the island still named for Selena—she would have turned thirty-six that April. So many stories about Selena that I know Olivia would love. But I also know I have to wait until she’s better able to comprehend such world-shattering information. Maybe when she’s eight or so. I guess I’ll know—but it will be hard.)

I loved How It Is but I I pretty much like most of the songs that differ from the rest of whichever album. Side topic - why can't they get a good mix? Recently it's like they get the recording done and phone in the mix even though that's just as important to the entirety of the presentation. Kindbof like a girl spending hours doing her hair and make up but dressing in muddy jeans and a hideous sweater.

I am self admitted play-it-to-death Rush type. Usually they are songs I loved at first release, don't listen to for a long while, rekindle the love affair until I play it over and over. Right now, one of the songs is The Big Wheel. I didn't understand then why this song wasn't played on the RTB tour. Now, given current age and limitations, why they don't bring it out of the vault like Presto and other songs of the era. The vocals are well within his range and the harmony allows him to have to the option to utilize them on any given night if he wants to dare go higher. The guitar has fairly easy riffs throughout so it wouldn't be taxing on Alex. Same for the drums. Besides, it's an upbeat, rather rocking song. I just think, like Prime Mover, it would come across much better live. Are there others that think this? It just surprises me that it's never been performed live.

Prime Mover. For me, it was the highlight of the HYF group during the HYF tour. That song, while good on the album, was absolutely stellar played live. I don't think they've played it since the HYF tour.

I have a suggestion for those not high on this song; crank it up with headphones or in a car and just focus on the drums. Don't listen for guitar or bass or even the vocals. Follow the drums. I think it will enhance your experience.

I actually liked Tai Shan as well straight from the first listen. Lyrically, HYF is one of Neil's best as an entire set. Correct if I'm wrong, but lyrically it was really one of his first to show a lighter, emotionally personal side of his writing. That blew my mind. Now to put it in proper perspective, I was 19 and freshly new to a world outside my neighborhood. I started with P/G when I was 15-16. Maybe I didn't know any better. Lol.

Narp, I guess what I like about it is the progression throughout. No chorus or verse is played the same by either one of the 3. Even the lyrics progress as a bit of a short story. Ok, so the :53 second intro before the first lyric may be a tad long, but still. It's not flashy. It's not catchy. But to me it's Rush - simple but complex.

So wait - if I'm reading these correctly, there are more than one of you who think all songs on HYF are good except the last two? I don't get that. What's so different about Second Nature compared to High Water? Don't get me wrong, I love both. I'm just curious as to why some of you feel SN is good but HW isn't.

I've always liked HW from my first listen when HYF was released. I like the song's structure, how it builds as it goes on. It's one of those Rush songs that has randomly popped into my head in the normal course of a day.

Like I said, it was a quickie. I do try for realistic and the fear series is something doable with Ged's voice. I also think the sets will be shorter. I actually prefer three sets of 6-7 songs plus and encore but I guess that has the same effect of 2 sets of 10+/- songs with an encore. There aren't any deeper cuts but there are plenty that while played on past tours, weren't played on CA tour. Marathon is interesting because I originally thought it wasn't played in CA because it was played on previous tour but now I'm wondering if it's because of the vocal register.

LBG - I agree. Very little pre-1981 is my guess as well. Since I have fun making setlists, I'm going to make another one that is basically improvised because I'm at work. SET 1 1 - MEDLEY ---2112 - Overture ---2112 - Temples of Syrinx ---Xanadu (portion, mostly music) ---2112 - Grand Finale ---Hemispheres - The Sphere 2 - Stick It Out 3 - Driven 4 - Time Stand Still 5 - new song 6 - Far Cry 7 - Distant Early Warning 8 - Marathon 9 - YYZ SET 2 1 - Spirit Of Radio 2 - Subdivisions 3 - The Enemy Within 4 - The Weapon 5 - Witch Hunt 6 - Freeze 7 - new song 8 - Headlong Flight 9 - Closer To The Heart 10 - Limelight ENCORE 1 - Digital Man 2 - Tom Sawyer 3 - La Villa

Lol losinit2k. You always have good setlist but you can't resist putting in the really bizarre ones. I'll call it now - no Chain Lightning and no Open Secrets. Not going to happen

On given night, they 5 or 6 out of the 8 songs BUT they didn't do Marathon which has been a staple on previous tours.

The Body Electric

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFhnC0CO9LY Found it here as well

TEW is on the P/G Tour video.

As for the OP - IDK, I think hearing FBN in that VW commercial last year is kind of odd. Never thought I'd hear a Rush song in a national TV ad. And then to hear Working Man in the Walmart ad a few months later made me wonder what the hell was going on around here.

You forgot to add "that grow along those Jeep trails - as told in the classic novella by (insert some author I've never heard of before in a time period I didn't live in)"

Not the set list I would pick but it's really quite good. I do think the 2nd set is too long. I also can't see them doing The Garden in the encore. Kudos for leaving out 2112. Set 1 Dreamline Red Barchetta (Limelight) Limelight (Driven) Driven (Red Barchetta) Cut to the Chase Nobody's Hero (alternate with The Garden) Distant Early Warning (alternate with Test For Echo) The Main Monkey Business A Passage to Bangkok (alternate with Circumstances) Roll the Bones intermission Set 2 The Spirit of Radio Freewill Jacob's Ladder Entre Nous Different Strings Natural Science Test for Echo (YYZ) (Drum Solo) Resist (acoustic) Witch Hunt (The Enemy Within) The Weapon The Enemy Within (Witch Hunt) Circumstance YYZ Headlong Flight Encore Tom Sawyer The Garden (Hemispheres Prelude) Hemispheres Prelude (La Villa) You're nuts. How can you take out JL and DS. The guy was giving us all of PeW Live. Everyones a critic. losingit2k - When I look at or try to project setlists, I try to be realistic. A 14 song 2nd set is far to ambitious. The odds of them doing Different Strings are like 6 bizillion to one.

Not the set list I would pick but it's really quite good. I do think the 2nd set is too long. I also can't see them doing The Garden in the encore. Kudos for leaving out 2112. Set 1 Dreamline Red Barchetta (Limelight) Limelight (Driven) Driven (Red Barchetta) Cut to the Chase Nobody's Hero (alternate with The Garden) Distant Early Warning (alternate with Test For Echo) The Main Monkey Business A Passage to Bangkok (alternate with Circumstances) Roll the Bones intermission Set 2 The Spirit of Radio Freewill Jacob's Ladder Entre Nous Different Strings Natural Science Test for Echo (YYZ) (Drum Solo) Resist (acoustic) Witch Hunt (The Enemy Within) The Weapon The Enemy Within (Witch Hunt) Circumstance YYZ Headlong Flight Encore Tom Sawyer The Garden (Hemispheres Prelude) Hemispheres Prelude (La Villa)

OFF TOPIC: Ssooooooo - swerving in front off his bike and slowing down while a buddy drives next to him to box him in is not the best way to make a formal introduction? Crap, plan 10.2 out the window........ Highly Recognizable People (the HRP condition) just want to be treated like regular people. Period. They more than likely want to talk about anything other than work. I have a friend who was the executive producr of a movie that made over $160 million at the box office. When we do get ot hang out, we usually talk about baseball or family things. We rarely talk about his career. I never ask him about his latest project or that aspect of his life. It's not important. ON TOPIC: When I saw them in NJ for CA, the drumhead broke on Big Money. Things happen. That's why they play it live. They are also 60ish. I'll cut them some slack. What I "funny" about the OP ist hat people always complain that they never play the old stuff but when they do, they complain about the way they play it...Ugh...

I picked HOF. I saw the Presto tour twice. I've always thought HOF is a catchy song, not my favorite, but not my least either. AL is just to hard unless GED Is looking for that challenge as a vocalist, u can't see him ever trying.

You're a monster. No amount of fainting GIFs from me and Kenny combined could go against the crime you just committed. Oops! You're right, I'm sorry. I forgot 2112! You mustn't be from the metropolitan area of NJ. I am so from New Jersey. I just happen to like Superconductor. I didn't say you weren't. I said you mustn't be from the metropolitan area of New Jersey. Are you from southern or western Jersey? Oh! :) Northwest NJ. Disk98 - me too. or as I call it - the REAL nothern NJ.....

I just started listening to someof this again. Really like many of the songs. Funny how in the pool, some of the top vote getters are the ones I could do without. My favorite is Still. I love Runaway Train and Moving To Bohemia as well.

I liked this song when it first came out. I thought it was different, catchy. I hadn't listened to it for quite sometime until last summer when our 12 year old dog died. He had passed away in the night and I found him in the morning. He was my rock through some difficult times. Man, to listen to this song that day - well - it made me chuckle, laugh, cry. That's when I realized the purpose of this song - for me anyway. It helped through the first few days. It's just a silly song, nothing more and nothing less. So what if it's cheesy. It brought a smile to my face that day when I was hurting......I'm fairly certain that even Rush is allowed to do that from time to time......They don't always have to be about alienations and reservations, self reflections and inspirations. They don't always have to be about retrospectives and worldly perspectives. They don't have to be about the past, present, or future. They can just be...silly...and like everything else they have attempted in their careers...that's ok...........