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Song "Circumstances" - weak, average, good or great?


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  1. 1. Song "Circumstances" - weak, average, good or great?



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It's weak because Geddy couldn't sing it in the original key on the Snakes & Arrow tour.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9dHL7GA1nk

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjkWugY4QDQ

 

The original version is in the key of A and the band dropped the song down a step in the key of G.

 

At the same time, Geddy admitted that the songs on Hemispheres were written in difficult keys for him to sing.

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It's weak because Geddy couldn't sing it in the original key on the Snakes & Arrow tour.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9dHL7GA1nk

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjkWugY4QDQ

 

The original version is in the key of A and the band dropped the song down a step in the key of G.

 

At the same time, Geddy admitted that the songs on Hemispheres were written in difficult keys for him to sing.

 

but to me thats what makes it great. back when they had balls in abundance!

 

very aggressive. more metalish......

 

i love the vocals on AFTK for the same reasons

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Great song- terse hard rock, with an edge that they really never had again after 1980 or so.

 

That is not at all to say that they didn’t do things just as great after that period. But Circumstances is definitely a time capsule. All of that stuff in the first several albums is.

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How would you describe "Circumstances" using one of these adjectives?

 

Lyrically, it's fantastic. Musically, it falls flat for me.

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It's weak because Geddy couldn't sing it in the original key on the Snakes & Arrow tour.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9dHL7GA1nk

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjkWugY4QDQ

 

The original version is in the key of A and the band dropped the song down a step in the key of G.

 

At the same time, Geddy admitted that the songs on Hemispheres were written in difficult keys for him to sing.

 

Add nearly 30 years of time for vocal cords to thicken, and you have a recipe for a necessity of a key change.

 

I think the key change was nice, and the song is still a good song. Keys are irrelevant after a certain point.

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It's weak because Geddy couldn't sing it in the original key on the Snakes & Arrow tour.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9dHL7GA1nk

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjkWugY4QDQ

 

The original version is in the key of A and the band dropped the song down a step in the key of G.

 

At the same time, Geddy admitted that the songs on Hemispheres were written in difficult keys for him to sing.

 

Add nearly 30 years of time for vocal cords to thicken, and you have a recipe for a necessity of a key change.

 

I think the key change was nice, and the song is still a good song. Keys are irrelevant after a certain point.

 

Not fair.

 

I knew Geddy had to tune down. I thought it was amazing they played it. Saw that tour five times. The key of G. The Key Of Geddy.

 

'Lock And Key"

 

Whatever.

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