YYZ Working Man Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 What musically is the most hardest or most complex songs they had to play. In an in interview on Q107 I heard Neil say that Mystic Rythms was a very complex song that demands his full attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defrushfan01 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 When They recorded La Villa, they thought that they could never do that song live, because of how demanding it is, and i read in an interview that Alex Said he can now play that song while watching Tv.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstances1 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 i heard them say that they had a really difficult time with Manhattan Project. despite numerous efforts they were never really satisfied with the end product. don't know which song is the most challenging for them live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerofthor Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 QUOTE (defrushfan01 @ Jul 4 2006, 09:13 PM) When They recorded La Villa, they thought that they could never do that song live, because of how demanding it is, and i read in an interview that Alex Said he can now play that song while watching Tv.... I would hope so, since I do it all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I know that "The Weapon" is difficult drum-wise for Neil; the odd time signature and all those accents falling in weird places. Neil has said of "The Weapon" - "If I play completely backwards and move my hands a few ways they don't normally go, I can do it." "Tom Sawyer" has also been called "a workout" for Neil on drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakota2112 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I read or heard somewhere, Ged made mention of 'Turn The Page' being a challenge because the bassline and the vocals are very disconnected from each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 QUOTE (dakota2112 @ Jul 5 2006, 07:53 AM) I read or heard somewhere, Ged made mention of 'Turn The Page' being a challenge because the bassline and the vocals are very disconnected from each other. Just about any bassline - by any band - is difficult to play while singing at the same time. It's easier to play drums and sing (and much easier to play guitar and sing) than to play bass and sing. A bassline often runs contrapuntally to the melody and/or vocal line of a song, so it's like walking forward while spitting backward. Somewhere I have an article wherein Geddy, Chris Squire, and Will Lee all give advice on singing and playing bass at the same time. They all pretty much say the same thing: learn the bass part first, get it to where it's automatic, and then you only have to worry about the vocal part when it comes time to perform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jul 5 2006, 08:06 AM) QUOTE (dakota2112 @ Jul 5 2006, 07:53 AM) I read or heard somewhere, Ged made mention of 'Turn The Page' being a challenge because the bassline and the vocals are very disconnected from each other. Just about any bassline - by any band - is difficult to play while singing at the same time. It's easier to play drums and sing (and much easier to play guitar and sing) than to play bass and sing. A bassline often runs contrapuntally to the melody and/or vocal line of a song, so it's like walking forward while spitting backward. Somewhere I have an article wherein Geddy, Chris Squire, and Will Lee all give advice on singing and playing bass at the same time. They all pretty much say the same thing: learn the bass part first, get it to where it's automatic, and then you only have to worry about the vocal part when it comes time to perform. I remember one article where the interviewer quoted something to Geddy that someone else had said about him singing and playing bass at the same time, to the effect of "I don't know how he does it; he must have eyes in his chin." To which Geddy wisecracked, "No, they're in my nose!" Seriously, though, I seem to remember him also saying "Available Light" was hard because it's written in a key that's almost too high for him to sing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcaressed Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Hemispheres. It was written in a key too high for Geddy to sing (even back then.) It has a lot of odd time changes and requires every member to play at top notch. It was so difficult to get right in the studio that they took their work from England and mixed it back home in Canada. (It might have been at Le Studio in Montreal, I'm not sure.) It's length is also a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongo Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I've listened to live recordings of Hemispheres and they do an amazing job of playing the song. Its always cool to see pictures with Geddy and Alex both with double-neck guitars from that tour. The song sounds so challenging because of the mutiple riffs, time signatures, varing tones and effects. How can they remember those extended songs and how they go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbl-Strk Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I`ve heard/read Neil say that Tom Sawyer was the most physically demanding song to play!! Ya`ll take care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searchingforxanadu Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 QUOTE (defrushfan01 @ Jul 4 2006, 08:13 PM) When They recorded La Villa, they thought that they could never do that song live, because of how demanding it is, and i read in an interview that Alex Said he can now play that song while watching Tv.... I read somewhere that they wanted to record La Villa all the way through, and it took them like 837254856352850371446 takes to play the whole thing correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I'm surprised that Tom Sawyer is challenging for Neil...there are like a million other songs that are much harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geddy alex peart Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I have heard that The Trees is very hard for Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 The only thing I could think that would be hard would be the guitar transition right after the classical intro. But then again I don't play the guitar so I wouldn't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azechiel Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 As a drummer, I can say that Tom Sawyer is a little tough to play. It's nothing too complex, but at that speed, with such a constant beat, yet very mixed and matched accents, bass and snare hits, and other crap, it ends up being a lot tougher than it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 QUOTE (geddy alex peart @ Jul 9 2006, 06:37 PM) I have heard that The Trees is very hard for Alex I'd be real surprised if he said that. The Trees is a super-easy song on guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigman208 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 QUOTE (JARG @ Jul 10 2006, 09:41 AM) QUOTE (geddy alex peart @ Jul 9 2006, 06:37 PM) I have heard that The Trees is very hard for Alex I'd be real surprised if he said that. The Trees is a super-easy song on guitar. On the Rush In Rio DVD, watch The Trees in stereo, you can hear Alex mess up the beginning of his solo after the middle section. However, it's just the first note and the rest is flawless. It mostly sounds like his finger slipping of a string or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew28 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I believe Alex once state that "Natural Science" was particularly demanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZ Working Man Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 Tom Saywer is a work-out on the drums sure but NP looks very relaxed playing it always. The fills are tricky without a big kit The trees - Alex looks comfy usually in that song -but it does have intricate tabs- (im not guitar player either-cant judge) A song like Animate they all need to concentrate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Doesn't Alex hit a bum note on Jacob's Ladder towards the end of the song on Exit Stage Left... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew28 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 QUOTE (azechiel @ Jul 10 2006, 03:23 AM)As a drummer, I can say that Tom Sawyer is a little tough to play. It's nothing too complex, but at that speed, with such a constant beat, yet very mixed and matched accents, bass and snare hits, and other crap, it ends up being a lot tougher than it sounds. Yeah, the sixteenth notes on the hihat are what make it so demanding. If you were to play it with eighth notes, it would be manageable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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