ChatGTP opening night setlist (and beyond…)

[dtpoet]

Less than a month until opening night.  I can’t believe it!
 

I just did a deep dive with ChatGTP on not only the opening night setlist but alternatives for future shows.  I asked it to deep dive prior set formats and song choices.  Once it produced an opening night list, I asked it designate about 8-10 songs as “must play every show” and then substitute out a song on the opening night with another.  I did not specify ANY songs as a priority.

 

Check out what it came up with:

 

SET 1

1. The Spirit of Radio

2. Animate / Driven

This becomes the rotating heavier ‘90s slot.

3. Entre Nous / Different Strings

The sentimental Permanent Waves deep-cut slot.

4. Digital Man / The Big Money

Bass-feature/new-wave energy slot.

5. Far Cry / Armor and Sword

Modern-era aggressive slot.

6. The Analog Kid / Kid Gloves

Alex spotlight uptempo slot.

7. Marathon / Middletown Dreams

Emotional synth-era epic slot.

8. Red Barchetta

9. Subdivisions

 

INTERMISSION

 

SET 2

 1. 2112 Overture / Temples of Syrinx

2. Freewill / The Trees

This slot rotates shorter prog-classic material.

3. Jacob’s Ladder / Between the Wheels

Dark atmospheric slot.

4. Clockwork Angels / Headlong Flight

Late-era epic slot.

5. Xanadu / Cygnus X-1 Book I

Long-form prog showcase slot.

6. Drum Solo / YYZ

7. Natural Science / Jacob’s Ladder

Prog deep-cut slot.

8. La Villa Strangiato / Leave That Thing Alone

Instrumental showcase rotation.

9. Working Man

ENCORE

 

1. Closer to the Heart

2. Limelight

3. Tom Sawyer

4. YYZ Reprise Outro Jam / Lakeside Park

 

Edited May 10 by dtpoet

[_hi_water._]

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

ChatGPT can't count to 200, nor does it know how many "Rs" there are in the word "strawberry." I'd sooner trust a three-year-old who's only heard Barney songs to pick a Rush setlist rather than ChatGPT.

[dtpoet]

Thanks for your perspective. My apologies for stepping outside my comfort zone to post something fun.  

[_hi_water._]

9 minutes ago, dtpoet said:

Thanks for your perspective. My apologies for stepping outside my comfort zone to post something fun.  

You're in the wrong crowd to use and post AI

[_hi_water._]

32 minutes ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

ChatGPT can't count to 200, nor does it know how many "Rs" there are in the word "strawberry." I'd sooner trust a three-year-old who's only heard Barney songs to pick a Rush setlist rather than ChatGPT.

But 29 degrees Fahrenheit isn't below the freezing point...

[dtpoet]

Yes, I guess no one on this forum uses AI.  Besides, I never said this was the most accurate prediction or even a realistic one.  I did it for fun.  I guess we have different opinions on what fun actually is. That’s okay, right? 
 

Funny though how Rush is in part about not being a part of “the crowd”.  

[treeduck]

So this setlist was put together by the android from The Body Electric?

[grep]

Just for fun maybe ask it to do the same thing for the current Triumph tour. Without feeding it any info about the actual setlist. 

[Pressure/Hopenosis]

23 hours ago, dtpoet said:

Thanks for your perspective. My apologies for stepping outside my comfort zone to post something fun.  

I think it's fun to play with AI. Loved what you did! NERD! ;)

[Lurkst]

On 5/10/2026 at 1:14 AM, dtpoet said:

Less than a month until opening night.  I can’t believe it!
 

I just did a deep dive with ChatGTP on not only the opening night setlist but alternatives for future shows.  I asked it to deep dive prior set formats and song choices.  Once it produced an opening night list, I asked it designate about 8-10 songs as “must play every show” and then substitute out a song on the opening night with another.  I did not specify ANY songs as a priority.

 

Check out what it came up with:

 

SET 1

1. The Spirit of Radio

2. Animate / Driven

This becomes the rotating heavier ‘90s slot.

3. Entre Nous / Different Strings

The sentimental Permanent Waves deep-cut slot.

4. Digital Man / The Big Money

Bass-feature/new-wave energy slot.

5. Far Cry / Armor and Sword

Modern-era aggressive slot.

6. The Analog Kid / Kid Gloves

Alex spotlight uptempo slot.

7. Marathon / Middletown Dreams

Emotional synth-era epic slot.

8. Red Barchetta

9. Subdivisions

 

INTERMISSION

 

SET 2

 1. 2112 Overture / Temples of Syrinx

2. Freewill / The Trees

This slot rotates shorter prog-classic material.

3. Jacob’s Ladder / Between the Wheels

Dark atmospheric slot.

4. Clockwork Angels / Headlong Flight

Late-era epic slot.

5. Xanadu / Cygnus X-1 Book I

Long-form prog showcase slot.

6. Drum Solo / YYZ

7. Natural Science / Jacob’s Ladder

Prog deep-cut slot.

8. La Villa Strangiato / Leave That Thing Alone

Instrumental showcase rotation.

9. Working Man

ENCORE

 

1. Closer to the Heart

2. Limelight

3. Tom Sawyer

4. YYZ Reprise Outro Jam / Lakeside Park

 

 

A lot of this actually makes sense with the song rotation philosophy, but it's a few shy of the number of songs allegedly rehearsed.

 

[Sir Lerxst]

I asked Chat GPT to predict the opening night setlist - spoiler alert - they're playing Closer to the Heart twice.

 

1. The Spirit of Radio
2. Limelight
3. Subdivisions
4. Freewill
5. Far Cry
6. Animate
7. The Analog Kid
8. Time Stand Still
9. Red Barchetta
10. YYZ
11. La Villa Strangiato
12. Closer to the Heart
13. Distant Early Warning
14. Marathon
15. Headlong Flight
16. Natural Science
17. Jacob's Ladder
18. 2112 (condensed suite)

Encore:

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Working Man
3. Closer to the Heart

Edited May 11 by Sir Lerxst

[yyz305]

On 5/10/2026 at 10:14 AM, dtpoet said:

Less than a month until opening night.  I can’t believe it!
 

I just did a deep dive with ChatGTP on not only the opening night setlist but alternatives for future shows.  I asked it to deep dive prior set formats and song choices.  Once it produced an opening night list, I asked it designate about 8-10 songs as “must play every show” and then substitute out a song on the opening night with another.  I did not specify ANY songs as a priority.

 

Check out what it came up with:

 

SET 1

1. The Spirit of Radio

2. Animate / Driven

This becomes the rotating heavier ‘90s slot.

3. Entre Nous / Different Strings

The sentimental Permanent Waves deep-cut slot.

4. Digital Man / The Big Money

Bass-feature/new-wave energy slot.

5. Far Cry / Armor and Sword

Modern-era aggressive slot.

6. The Analog Kid / Kid Gloves

Alex spotlight uptempo slot.

7. Marathon / Middletown Dreams

Emotional synth-era epic slot.

8. Red Barchetta

9. Subdivisions

 

INTERMISSION

 

SET 2

 1. 2112 Overture / Temples of Syrinx

2. Freewill / The Trees

This slot rotates shorter prog-classic material.

3. Jacob’s Ladder / Between the Wheels

Dark atmospheric slot.

4. Clockwork Angels / Headlong Flight

Late-era epic slot.

5. Xanadu / Cygnus X-1 Book I

Long-form prog showcase slot.

6. Drum Solo / YYZ

7. Natural Science / Jacob’s Ladder

Prog deep-cut slot.

8. La Villa Strangiato / Leave That Thing Alone

Instrumental showcase rotation.

9. Working Man

ENCORE

 

1. Closer to the Heart

2. Limelight

3. Tom Sawyer

4. YYZ Reprise Outro Jam / Lakeside Park

 

Instead of Jacob's ladder twice (even though both times in rotations) it could have picked another track to throw in...

[WonderDude]

This is a fun and interesting thread.  But I agree with 1-0-0-1-0-0-1, AI doesn't know its @ss from a hole in the ground.   

 

Still, it is interesting to see it attempt to predict.  I guess we'll find out soon enough how close or far off it was.  

[JARG]

On 5/9/2026 at 6:27 PM, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

ChatGPT can't count to 200, nor does it know how many "Rs" there are in the word "strawberry." I'd sooner trust a three-year-old who's only heard Barney songs to pick a Rush setlist rather than ChatGPT.

Yup. Here's an actual "conversation" I had with ChatGPT about 10 minutes ago:

Me: "as confirmed, the data is binding on page load, but the dropdowns are not displaying the value."
ChatGPT then spews a solution to why the dropdowns are not getting their value bound in the data bind

My response: "it's interesting how sometimes you fail to understand the problem statement. the ddls are certainly getting their value set, but a ddl has two components: the value and the display text. it is the display text that is not being set"
ChatGPT's mea culpa: "

Yes—that’s a fair correction. I diagnosed the wrong layer.

I interpreted:

“dropdowns are not displaying the value”

as:

select.value isn’t being assigned

But your actual meaning was:

select.value is assigned, but the visible label text is blank because no matching display option exists.

That’s a materially different problem."

Yes, the "I" in AI is vastly overrated by non-experts.

[ytserush]

On 5/9/2026 at 8:14 PM, dtpoet said:

Less than a month until opening night.  I can’t believe it!
 

I just did a deep dive with ChatGTP on not only the opening night setlist but alternatives for future shows.  I asked it to deep dive prior set formats and song choices.  Once it produced an opening night list, I asked it designate about 8-10 songs as “must play every show” and then substitute out a song on the opening night with another.  I did not specify ANY songs as a priority.

 

Check out what it came up with:

 

SET 1

1. The Spirit of Radio

2. Animate / Driven

This becomes the rotating heavier ‘90s slot.

3. Entre Nous / Different Strings

The sentimental Permanent Waves deep-cut slot.

4. Digital Man / The Big Money

Bass-feature/new-wave energy slot.

5. Far Cry / Armor and Sword

Modern-era aggressive slot.

6. The Analog Kid / Kid Gloves

Alex spotlight uptempo slot.

7. Marathon / Middletown Dreams

Emotional synth-era epic slot.

8. Red Barchetta

9. Subdivisions

 

INTERMISSION

 

SET 2

 1. 2112 Overture / Temples of Syrinx

2. Freewill / The Trees

This slot rotates shorter prog-classic material.

3. Jacob’s Ladder / Between the Wheels

Dark atmospheric slot.

4. Clockwork Angels / Headlong Flight

Late-era epic slot.

5. Xanadu / Cygnus X-1 Book I

Long-form prog showcase slot.

6. Drum Solo / YYZ

7. Natural Science / Jacob’s Ladder

Prog deep-cut slot.

8. La Villa Strangiato / Leave That Thing Alone

Instrumental showcase rotation.

9. Working Man

ENCORE

 

1. Closer to the Heart

2. Limelight

3. Tom Sawyer

4. YYZ Reprise Outro Jam / Lakeside Park

 

I know nothing about this, but it seems like AI only knows Rush's 21st century  sets with maybe the exception of Driven and Different Strings.

[losingit2k]

On 5/9/2026 at 8:14 PM, dtpoet said:

Less than a month until opening night.  I can’t believe it!
 

I just did a deep dive with ChatGTP on not only the opening night setlist but alternatives for future shows.  I asked it to deep dive prior set formats and song choices.  Once it produced an opening night list, I asked it designate about 8-10 songs as “must play every show” and then substitute out a song on the opening night with another.  I did not specify ANY songs as a priority.

 

Check out what it came up with:

 

SET 1

1. The Spirit of Radio

2. Animate / Driven

This becomes the rotating heavier ‘90s slot.

3. Entre Nous / Different Strings

The sentimental Permanent Waves deep-cut slot.

4. Digital Man / The Big Money

Bass-feature/new-wave energy slot.

5. Far Cry / Armor and Sword

Modern-era aggressive slot.

6. The Analog Kid / Kid Gloves

Alex spotlight uptempo slot.

7. Marathon / Middletown Dreams

Emotional synth-era epic slot.

8. Red Barchetta

9. Subdivisions

 

INTERMISSION

 

SET 2

 1. 2112 Overture / Temples of Syrinx

2. Freewill / The Trees

This slot rotates shorter prog-classic material.

3. Jacob’s Ladder / Between the Wheels

Dark atmospheric slot.

4. Clockwork Angels / Headlong Flight

Late-era epic slot.

5. Xanadu / Cygnus X-1 Book I

Long-form prog showcase slot.

6. Drum Solo / YYZ

7. Natural Science / Jacob’s Ladder

Prog deep-cut slot.

8. La Villa Strangiato / Leave That Thing Alone

Instrumental showcase rotation.

9. Working Man

ENCORE

 

1. Closer to the Heart

2. Limelight

3. Tom Sawyer

4. YYZ Reprise Outro Jam / Lakeside Park

 

Interesting! But I think they blew it on the Encore! Too Many Songs There! Also Leave that Thing along. That's where YYZ should go!