grasbo Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I was out of a town in the The north of our little island and went down to see a typical covers pub band.Out of the blue after all the standard rawk covers they launched into YYZ and were making a distant fist of it when suddenly after the second little drum fill before the guitar solo the lead singer jumps back on stage and starts yodelling to Hocus Pocus by Focus.A frantic guitar solo which was a nod to Eruption (the Van Halen track,not the Focus one)and its back to the close of YYZ.Was the lead singer taking the piss of Geddy’s later day singing style?Didnt get to talk to the band,they had that Neil Peart disease called Aloofness Paranoias.But I did wonder if Rush ever covered Hocus Pocus when they were fooling around in rehearsal /sound check what it would have sounded like?Band name was Bandolier.Must have been something to do with budgies. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 "Aloofness Paranoias" Ooooo, scary. Is it contagious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Eyes Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 You know who needs to do a cover of Hocus Pocus? Krokus! I mean the name rhymes and they're already from Switzerland where yodeling is the law. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 (edited) n/m Edited April 30, 2019 by Lorraine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Someones overthinking things...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfwayToGone Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 My brother (a guitar lifer) is both a huge fan of Jan Akkerman from focus, and a huge fan of making fun of Geddy yodeling, so it’s possible he’s onto something... Seriously, though, that’s a pretty interesting mashup. The EVH part is the head scratcher. I can see Focus, because super high-pitch vocals and epic-length instrumental-friendly songs. EVH? Only the thing you pointed out (Focus and VH both had songs called Eruption that heavily featured the gee-tar). Otherwise I got nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 I was out of a town in the The north of our little island and went down to see a typical covers pub band.Out of the blue after all the standard rawk covers they launched into YYZ and were making a distant fist of it when suddenly after the second little drum fill before the guitar solo the lead singer jumps back on stage and starts yodelling to Hocus Pocus by Focus.A frantic guitar solo which was a nod to Eruption (the Van Halen track,not the Focus one)and its back to the close of YYZ.Was the lead singer taking the piss of Geddy’s later day singing style?Didnt get to talk to the band,they had that Neil Peart disease called Aloofness Paranoias.But I did wonder if Rush ever covered Hocus Pocus when they were fooling around in rehearsal /sound check what it would have sounded like?Band name was Bandolier.Must have been something to do with budgies. The conversation probably went something like this. Drummer: Hey, let's do YYZ!Vocalist: f**k no!Drummer: Why not?Vocalist: It's an instrumental, dumbass. What am I supposed to do, dance?Drummer: Ok, Ok. It was just a thought..Bassist (to singer): What if during one of the drum/bass breakdowns, you did that yodeling thing from Hocus Pocus? That's be hilarious as f**k!Vocalist: Oh hells yeah! Let's do it!Guitarist: And since we're already f***ing up the song, how about I go all Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap and play a really stupid solo? For the uninitiated: http://youtu.be/TJL942hg0uM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasbo Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 My brother (a guitar lifer) is both a huge fan of Jan Akkerman from focus, and a huge fan of making fun of Geddy yodeling, so it’s possible he’s onto something... Seriously, though, that’s a pretty interesting mashup. The EVH part is the head scratcher. I can see Focus, because super high-pitch vocals and epic-length instrumental-friendly songs. EVH? Only the thing you pointed out (Focus and VH both had songs called Eruption that heavily featured the gee-tar). Otherwise I got nothing.Yeah I am big Focus fan to and Akkerman is one of my original heroes along with Blackmore and Hendrix.Here is how this band structured the song and I have got a good memory of it.First part-YYZ to second drum fillSecond-Yodelling then solo guitar part as per Hocus PocusThird-everyone stops except the guitarist who plays that descending guitar line on YYZ just before the synths.Drum roll thenFourth-EruptionFifth-Main YYZ riff and finish.In hindsight should have whipped out my phone and got rough video,but if I am back in the town I will check them out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 What a tune and its full on lol to think of ged doing it. Love to see it. I bet devin townsend could pull it off though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tks95747 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I always loved Hocus Pocus by Focus... As for Ged's waning years' vocal stylings... That yodel of his was worse than nails on a chalkboard, for me at least. It was always much worse live, too... Nevertheless, his voice 1975-1980 was untouchable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Love Focus Hocus Pocus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) I always loved Hocus Pocus by Focus... As for Ged's waning years' vocal stylings... That yodel of his was worse than nails on a chalkboard, for me at least. It was always much worse live, too... Nevertheless, his voice 1975-1980 was untouchable...Ray Danniels allegedly said once that he thought Geddy's voice was shot by 1990. Geddy sounded good until he got that throat infection - forget which tour it was in the 2000's (maybe someone here remembers which one it was) - and kept on singing with it. He must've done incredible damage to his vocal chords because his singing voice was forever gone afterward. It never came back. Edited May 3, 2019 by Lorraine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tks95747 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miomuSGoPzIThat's weird.... I could swear when that guy started singing/yodeling, I could almost see him tearing up By-Tor and The Snow Dog ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condemned2bfree Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 (edited) Always thought of Yodelling as the audio version of Gurning - the British extreme, facial expression tradition/competition. https://duckduckgo.c...mages&ia=images Edited May 8, 2019 by condemned2bfree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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