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The episode discusses the influential band Rush and their live performance setlist.

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where three old friends take a second listen to influential bands' albums, track by track. For our third season, we've each selected five albums that we think deserve a good old Backtracking. Summer’s going fast, email growing colder: ⁠backtrackingrox@gmail.com⁠ CHAPTERS 0:00: Alive She Cried 0:15: Progintro 1:06: An Explainer, A Disclaimer 3:18: En Route, & a Jeff Buckley Anecdote 7:45: Expectations of “Bonus Rush” 9:30: Setlist Predictions, Drunken & Spastic 14:02: The Forum 15:08: Santa Monica Brewworks (Why? I Don’t Know) 16:12: Another Explainer, Another Disclaimer 16:53: More Setlist Discussion 19:21: An Aside Again, and the Actual Setlist 23:01: Post-Show Impressions 24:28: The Hottest Take: Anika Better? 25:40: Rush Getting Lost? 27:05: Setlist Thoughts 27:35: A Tearjerker Show 30:20: Fan Service Tour & Bonus Rush 33:03: Favorite Song in Set 35:01: Worst Song in Set 37:30: The Hottest Hotter Take: No Bone Rutsey 38:59: In the End BACKTRACKING SOCIALS Twitter: ⁠@backtrackingrox⁠ YouTube: ⁠@backtrackingrox⁠ Instagram: ⁠@backtrackingrox⁠ Reddit: ⁠u/backtrackingrox⁠ SEASON 3 BAND DIRECTORY Asia ⁠Official Website⁠ | ⁠Facebook⁠…

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Host: Backtracking

Topics covered

• Rush
• music analysis
• setlist discussion
• album review
• live performance

Keywords

• Rush
• setlist
• live performance
• album review
• music podcast

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