Interesting point that was brought up, though - the band hadn't played any TFE songs on their last four tours, when they even performed a song from Presto (another often-neglected record). Maybe the songs just reminded them/Neil of a time that was just before their hiatus/his tragedies, or perhaps they just don't find the material that interesting to play? That would also explain why they hadn't played many songs from HYF/Presto/RTB, though I always said that newer songs would've worked well given the deepening of Geddy's voice.
Eh? The five songs that were originally played on the Roll the Bones all got played by the band at some point in the 21st century, Presto was represented on two of the last three tours, and Hold Your Fire was represented on four of the last five tours, although I definitely wish they would have dug deeper in regards to Hold Your Fire.
Well, of the songs from Presto played on the last three tours, only one was "new" (the title track), which was a treat to have, but given that the initial Presto Tour had five tracks played live, it would've been nice to see more of those brought back in the 2000's/2010's. So for previously-played Presto songs, that's 1/5.
For Roll The Bones, you're right, there. I think because they had spread those five songs out over the last several tours just made it seem like the album was a bit under-represented.
And as for Hold Your Fire, of those six songs played on that initial tour, only half of them have been brought back, and they were all played in the 90's as well, so I agree with you, I wish they had dug deeper, bringing back one of the other three songs ("Turn The Page", "Prime Mover" and "Lock And Key") or playing a new one, pulling a "Presto" or "Losing It" or "Entre Nous".
Either way, my point is still that I wish the band had played more of the played/unplayed songs from the HYF-onward albums, giving them some official release as well. At least we got a lot of Power Windows songs over the last several tours!
-Marc.
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