MCM Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Some of you may have seen this before, but it was new to me when I stumbled upon it this a.m. thought it was an interesting look into this song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtWvA6NvJDg&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenken Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Yeah this is from the S&A bonus disc that came with the deluxe version of the CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Never seen that before. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 By far the best song on the CD, in my opinion. I wish the rest of the album was as rocking as this "pre-release" single. To hear the guys tell it, they kinda slapped it together quickly. "That was a good day," they say. It really only took about 1 day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArrowSnake Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jul 5 2009, 04:51 PM) By far the best song on the CD, in my opinion. I wish the rest of the album was as rocking as this "pre-release" single. To hear the guys tell it, they kinda slapped it together quickly. "That was a good day," they say. It really only took about 1 day! Far Cry is a great song, but Armor & Sword is by far the best track on S&A for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Cocky Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Far Cry followed closely by Armor & Sword for me, but I admit they are both GREAT songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenken Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jul 5 2009, 10:51 AM) By far the best song on the CD, in my opinion. I wish the rest of the album was as rocking as this "pre-release" single. To hear the guys tell it, they kinda slapped it together quickly. "That was a good day," they say. It really only took about 1 day! Yeah they have a bunch of songs that came together very quickly like this. I remember them talking about how quickly the put Force Ten together, the final version of Natural Science, and plenty others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Money Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 cool thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Don't Tell Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 QUOTE (trenken @ Jul 5 2009, 05:14 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jul 5 2009, 10:51 AM) By far the best song on the CD, in my opinion. I wish the rest of the album was as rocking as this "pre-release" single. To hear the guys tell it, they kinda slapped it together quickly. "That was a good day," they say. It really only took about 1 day! Yeah they have a bunch of songs that came together very quickly like this. I remember them talking about how quickly the put Force Ten together, the final version of Natural Science, and plenty others. La Villa Strangiato was apparently done in one take! As for the writing, I don't know, but a piece like that done in one take is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Wasn't Tom Sawyer an afterthought as well? And it was the last song written on that album, yes? And on Signals, Digital Man (an average song IMO) took them weeks to perfect. Now Far Cry is the same way, by far the best song on that album. Also La Villa, Natural Science, Force Ten, Subdivisions, etc It seems the less thought Rush puts into it the better it is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Cocky Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Jul 6 2009, 08:10 PM) Wasn't Tom Sawyer an afterthought as well? And it was the last song written on that album, yes? I always heard that Tom Sawyer was the 2nd song written for MP (Camera Eye was the first). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenken Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Jul 6 2009, 07:10 PM) Wasn't Tom Sawyer an afterthought as well? And it was the last song written on that album, yes? And on Signals, Digital Man (an average song IMO) took them weeks to perfect. Now Far Cry is the same way, by far the best song on that album. Also La Villa, Natural Science, Force Ten, Subdivisions, etc It seems the less thought Rush puts into it the better it is.... I dont know about Tom Sawyer being an afterthought like Force Ten was, but I do remember them saying it only took a couple days to write. The music anyway, I would imagine the lyrics took a little longer. I know sometimes Neil works on the lyrics for a song for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Jul 6 2009, 07:10 PM) Wasn't Tom Sawyer an afterthought as well? And it was the last song written on that album, yes? It seems the less thought Rush puts into it the better it is.... Vital Signs was the last song written for Moving Pictures. The band have the majority of the songs written before going into the studio. Unless it is to do with needing one more album track or musical inspiration that comes up where a song is spontaneously written while working in the studio, is when it becomes the last song on the album. 'Vital Signs' and 'New World Man' are two examples of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenken Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 QUOTE (RushFanForever @ Jul 7 2009, 09:42 AM) QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Jul 6 2009, 07:10 PM) Wasn't Tom Sawyer an afterthought as well? And it was the last song written on that album, yes? It seems the less thought Rush puts into it the better it is.... Vital Signs was the last song written for Moving Pictures. The band have the majority of the songs written before going into the studio. Unless it is to do with needing one more album track or musical inspiration that comes up where a song is spontaneously written while working in the studio, is when it becomes the last song on the album. 'Vital Signs' and 'New World Man' are two examples of that. For the most part yeah, but this wasnt the case early on. Hemispheres for example was written in the studio. I remember them saying they didnt have a single piece of music prepared for that album. As was Vapor Trails I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidcrystalcompass Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Nice post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Snakes and Arrows too, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 QUOTE (trenken @ Jul 7 2009, 09:10 PM) QUOTE (RushFanForever @ Jul 7 2009, 09:42 AM) QUOTE (LeaveMyThingAlone @ Jul 6 2009, 07:10 PM) Wasn't Tom Sawyer an afterthought as well? And it was the last song written on that album, yes? It seems the less thought Rush puts into it the better it is.... Vital Signs was the last song written for Moving Pictures. The band have the majority of the songs written before going into the studio. Unless it is to do with needing one more album track or musical inspiration that comes up where a song is spontaneously written while working in the studio, is when it becomes the last song on the album. 'Vital Signs' and 'New World Man' are two examples of that. For the most part yeah, but this wasnt the case early on. Hemispheres for example was written in the studio. I remember them saying they didnt have a single piece of music prepared for that album. As was Vapor Trails I believe. QUOTE Snakes and Arrows too, right? I can't recall the story of Hemispheres off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure VT and S&A were written the same way they've written everything in the past 20-30 years: the "boys camp" method. They go away together and write - Geddy and Alex on the music, Neil on the lyrics, and get together in the evenings to compare notes. By the time they enter a studio, the songs are pretty well fleshed-out. Case in point: on Rupert Hine's first day on Presto, when he heard the songs for the first time, he was surprised at how far along they were; I believe he laughed and said "There's nothing for me to do!" Basically, they were already finished! For S&A, Neil mailed some preliminary lyrics to the other guys and they put them to music. When they all gathered for a dinner/meeting at Neil's house, Neil heard a few of the songs for the first time. That was well before they entered the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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