vital signz Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Right before they go into the part "How I prayed to get away..." Alex gets this effect with an almost pizzicato arpeggiated carnivalesque sound that is so brilliant---- Nick mixes a part of that sound at the beginning of the song before everyone comes in so it floats all around your head, when you are wearing headphones... Beyond fun! I wonder if it will be sampled live, or if Alex the innovator, will have the effect available on his board... Anyone have any idea?? This song has really grown on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theanalogmiddleagedman Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I think this is is one of the coolest things I have ever heard. I am sure someone will flame this, but I really am not sure that there has ever been an effect like that before. I love Carnies - especially that Chorus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 i luv the bit on 3:51 after ged sings 'sometimes the angels punish us by answering our prayers...' like Al really does his crazy thing there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Carnies is one of the best tracks on CA, people just haven't realized that yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (losingit2k @ Jun 12 2012, 07:49 AM) Carnies is one of the best tracks on CA, people just haven't realized that yet! yeah, the problem is though, the whole album's just f*ckin brilliant you cant just single out one or two tracks...... i also luv the bit 5:22 in the anarchist where Al goes mental again... pure lifeson at his crazy best Edited June 12, 2012 by lifeson90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadlongMark Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 While driving home after picking up dinner last night, I saw a truck hauling a funnel cake stand that you see at fairs. Threw on Carnies instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 It definitely has some cool parts. I would say this is one of the tracks that I'm still 'working on'. However, even with a track that I find a bit tough to get into, it still has redeeming qualities. I absolutely LOVE the awesome bridge section on this song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShlappinDahBass Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 QUOTE (HeadlongMark @ Jun 12 2012, 09:22 AM) While driving home after picking up dinner last night, I saw a truck hauling a funnel cake stand that you see at fairs. Threw on Carnies instantly. Possibly one of the best things I have heard this week thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Rich Chycki recently blogged the following: The making of this album was a further development of technique and technology and also a return to some old ways. In my work with some of Rush's older masters like Moving Pictures, I learned that at that time much of the processing for guitars was committed to tape - a good example being the solo in Limelight, which is a stellar performance wrapped in lush sonics. Alex and I applied much of the same methodology for Clockwork, where a song like Carnies for example, with complex modulations, panning, eq and echo were committed as a premix during the recording phase for simplicity and reproducibility down the road. And Alex did some amazing solos in preproduction that were again, tweaked with vintage and modern technology during the recording phase so they would sit well within the production guidelines that the band had set. This song has really grown on me. Unlike the title track, this song took a little longer, but I'm finally really getting into it. The guitar effects and sounds are like candy. Just great stuff. I'm finally understanding the mathematics of the song. I'm kinda liking how it goes into this almost desperate storyline at the end, and it kind of leaves you hanging in a way, before Halo Effect starts. This very cool song that has been running through my head off and on for the last 24 hours. Also, for some reason when I listen to the song in my head, the lyrics "a pink carnation and a pickup truck" keeps entering my head during the final sequence of the song. For SOME reason, I don't know. I've been listening to parts or all of the album almost every day, but it doesn't seem like enough. But, I suppose that's good. Some moderation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGr8imL84AD8inF8sBlackSedan Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I've heard that sound refered to as the "sheep" effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 QUOTE (Lerxster @ Jun 21 2012, 06:42 PM) Rich Chycki recently blogged the following: The making of this album was a further development of technique and technology and also a return to some old ways. In my work with some of Rush's older masters like Moving Pictures, I learned that at that time much of the processing for guitars was committed to tape - a good example being the solo in Limelight, which is a stellar performance wrapped in lush sonics. Alex and I applied much of the same methodology for Clockwork, where a song like Carnies for example, with complex modulations, panning, eq and echo were committed as a premix during the recording phase for simplicity and reproducibility down the road. And Alex did some amazing solos in preproduction that were again, tweaked with vintage and modern technology during the recording phase so they would sit well within the production guidelines that the band had set. This song has really grown on me. Unlike the title track, this song took a little longer, but I'm finally really getting into it. The guitar effects and sounds are like candy. Just great stuff. I'm finally understanding the mathematics of the song. I'm kinda liking how it goes into this almost desperate storyline at the end, and it kind of leaves you hanging in a way, before Halo Effect starts. This very cool song that has been running through my head off and on for the last 24 hours. Also, for some reason when I listen to the song in my head, the lyrics "a pink carnation and a pickup truck" keeps entering my head during the final sequence of the song. For SOME reason, I don't know. I've been listening to parts or all of the album almost every day, but it doesn't seem like enough. But, I suppose that's good. Some moderation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBluePhoenix Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickfree Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 The definite favorite of my hands down from the rest of the album. Just the right amount of anger from Geddy's vocals and the drumming is as perfect as it gets for post-Hold Your Fire era Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemical Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Carnies is definitely a sleeper song. Not sure why people even dislike it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gedneil Alpeart Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (vital signz @ Jun 12 2012, 06:29 AM) Right before they go into the part "How I prayed to get away..." Alex gets this effect with an almost pizzicato arpeggiated carnivalesque sound that is so brilliant---- Nick mixes a part of that sound at the beginning of the song before everyone comes in so it floats all around your head, when you are wearing headphones... Beyond fun! I wonder if it will be sampled live, or if Alex the innovator, will have the effect available on his board... Anyone have any idea?? This song has really grown on me. I love it too.....totally matches the carnival scene! Edited June 22, 2012 by Gedneil Alpeart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DistantEarlyRushFan Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 QUOTE (Gedneil Alpeart @ Jun 21 2012, 08:09 PM) QUOTE (vital signz @ Jun 12 2012, 06:29 AM) Right before they go into the part "How I prayed to get away..." Alex gets this effect with an almost pizzicato arpeggiated carnivalesque sound that is so brilliant---- Nick mixes a part of that sound at the beginning of the song before everyone comes in so it floats all around your head, when you are wearing headphones... Beyond fun! I wonder if it will be sampled live, or if Alex the innovator, will have the effect available on his board... Anyone have any idea?? This song has really grown on me. I love it too.....totally matches the carnival scene! I don't think so. I think he is talking about a verse part with a bunch of chorus and a little delay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malnar Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 One of my favorites right from the start, and its probably the one that I'm queuing-up the most lately. The lyrics work so well with the music. I love how that fast, heavy riff kicks-in right after Geddy sings, "the angry crowd moves toward him with bad intent!" So many great little bits packed into a really cool and unusual arrangement; and its only 4 1/2 minutes long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjnev Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I'm gonna predict this "effect" will be sampled live. Just like the OHHHHS and AHHHHHS in Earthshine. . Since Alex is playing a R.H. arp. underneath this effect and the effect itself sounds like it is played using a barre chord . It sounds to me like a leslie speaker effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Alex's effect on the Carnies was to influence them in their food intake and diet. Suddenly they dropped their tent pegs, double-sided silver coins and gypsy crystal balls and filled their hands with cream cakes, and subsequently proceeded to fill their faces!! And now the Carnies are so morbidly obese they have to be rolled from town to town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilb1972 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 QUOTE Carnies is one of the best tracks on CA, people just haven't realized that yet! Agreed - it is definitely one of the songs that jumped out at me. It does have a clunky title, but the song itself is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Alex's work on CA crushes his efforts over the past 20 years I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJH Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I love that guitar effect!! i was almost going to fast forward,to the next song,first time listening,in my car.then i heard that part,i burst out laughing...you know how,when you hear something so cool,you just laugh out loud with joy!! that is the best.like brain candy.Alex is still so great,so innovative... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Picture the song in a live show. The crowd surely goes for ...'the glint of iron wheee(h)eels...ohohouu...the smell of...you know how it goes, it's a future hymn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReflectedLight Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 yes, cool guitar parts on carnies along with the effects. alex toked a little when he made that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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