Today's two are from the same album!
73 Prime Mover
Appeared on 12 of 25 entrees
Top 10 finishes: 1
Highest Ranking: 10 (Stadler)
This is on my "I can't believe this only got played on one tour" list. Such a great song. I had it at 41, and it's another that feels like it could have been 10 spots higher if you had asked me where to rank a few years ago.
72 Open Secrets
Appeared on 11 of 25 entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 17 (Tomislav95)
This is another that I feel like I underrated, as I had it at 60. The bridge really stands out. This is the first of seven songs to make the top 75 that Rush never played live.
Yeesh...I've made no secret that HYF right at the bottom of my album rankings (I think only above RTB).
I had Open Secrets at 98 and Prime Mover at 137. I could never understand why the band seemed to like PM and was SHOCKED years later to learn that it's something of a fan favorite. I'm very happy it never returned to the set list after the HYF tour. Open Secrets is decent but not at all great. Part of a series of songs on that album that "just lie there and don't do anything interesting."
So...that's 3 of 4 songs so far that came nowhere near my top 75.
Alright, let's slip in two more this morning...
71 Test for Echo
Appeared on 15 of 25 entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 26 (devieira73)
This was unranked for me, but I do like the song, and consider it one of the better songs from what I consider a bottom 3 Rush album. It is one of two songs from the album that made the top 75.
70 Fly by Night
Appeared on 13 of 25 entrees
Top 10 finishes: 0
Highest Ranking: 12 (DragonAttack)
Considering what a classic rock radio mainstay this was and still is, I always found it interesting that the band ignored it since the 70s in the live sets. It's another I like, but can't say I love. That bass line is killer, though. It's the first of three from the album of the same name.
Now we're getting somewhere. I had T4E at #59. It's a solid track. I really liked the main riff when it first came out, but it's a bit garbled. Fly by Night just missed my top 75, coming in at #82. In retrospect, if I had it to do over again, I might do a bit of re-arranging of songs 70-85. Not sure FBN would make the top 75, but seeing it come in at #70 is pretty reasonable.