Disk98 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It's the sound that lets me know Caress of Steel is over. Well, the good part of it, anyway. I thought the good part of COS ended at 19:58 on Fountain of LamnethNo. Really it ends at 4:37 on Bastille Day, but every now and then I try to give the rest of the album a chance. And every time, I end up regretting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) It's the sound that lets me know Caress of Steel is over. Well, the good part of it, anyway. I thought the good part of COS ended at 19:58 on Fountain of LamnethNo. Really it ends at 4:37 on Bastille Day, but every now and then I try to give the rest of the album a chance. And every time, I end up regretting it. Lakeside Park is better than all but a song or two from PoW-Presto. But I know the angry guitars in the Necromancer scare you. Edited March 3, 2015 by LedRush 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bytor and the Snow-Dog Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I think it's a bald eagle 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Alex is caressing his steel. I really doubt it's a vocal thing. You can make really cool sounds with a loud, heavy distorted guitar just by shifting your fingers on the strings, even the tiniest bit. And let me tell you something about Caress of Steel: Bastille Day is awesome. I Think I'm Going Bald is awesome - take it too seriously and you are simply blind to its awesomeness. Lakeside Park is awesome. The Necromancer is awesome and Under the Shadow is particularly mindblowing for the damn solo alone. The Fountain of Lamneth is the dream of awesome. It is the striving towards awesome. It is also awesome because it just is. It's not quite Hemispheres, but Hemispheres is outrageously, inordinately, extravagantly awesome - it kind of creates its own class of awesome. But we were talking about Caress of Steel and in particular about that little growling guitar moment of musical bounty. Back to you. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It's the sound that lets me know Caress of Steel is over. Well, the good part of it, anyway. I thought the good part of COS ended at 19:58 on Fountain of LamnethNo. Really it ends at 4:37 on Bastille Day, but every now and then I try to give the rest of the album a chance. And every time, I end up regretting it. Lakeside Park is better than all but a song or two from PoW-Presto. But I know the angry guitars in the Necromancer scare you. I used to joke that the necromancer was the very first black metal song, since it's so uncharacteristically heavy for rush 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It's the sound that lets me know Caress of Steel is over. Well, the good part of it, anyway. I thought the good part of COS ended at 19:58 on Fountain of LamnethNo. Really it ends at 4:37 on Bastille Day, but every now and then I try to give the rest of the album a chance. And every time, I end up regretting it. Lakeside Park is better than all but a song or two from PoW-Presto. But I know the angry guitars in the Necromancer scare you. while I disagree with the first part of your post, I adore the last part 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Too much high-fructose corn syrup for me. I need to come down . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Too much high-fructose corn syrup for me. I need to come down . . . no, keep smoking/snorting/shooting whatever it is, your posts are incredible 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Little sleep + too much sugar + people insulting the good Rush . . . man, powder keg over here . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus 2112 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It sounds like Alex is excessively using the Whammy Bar, but what do I know, I've only ever played guitar on Rock Band. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bytor and the Snow-Dog Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It sounds like Alex is excessively using the Whammy Bar, but what do I know, I've only ever played guitar on Rock Band. Haha do even know how a whammy bar sounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeminiRising79 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I think it's a bald eagle Not a chance. Rush ripped us off on Xanadu when they used garbage birds (sparrows) chirping instead of exotic ones. Man, did I feel violated after realizing that. Crappy sparrows in the pleasure dome..I dont think so!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I think it's a bald eagle Not a chance. Rush ripped us off on Xanadu when they used garbage birds (sparrows) chirping instead of exotic ones. Man, did I feel violated after realizing that. Crappy sparrows in the pleasure dome..I dont think so!! Fortunately for me I couldn't tell the chirp of a sparrow from the chirp of a ruby-throated shithawk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Grownup Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 To me it sounds like Alex scrapping the strings with his pick while using a wah pedal. Added some echo of course. No way that's Geddy screaming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjnev Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Sounds to me like a pickslide on the higher strings and heavy echo.starting from the pickups toward the nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) “‘I Think I’m Going Bald’ opens with an echoed shriek from Geddy that sounds as if he has just seen what he is about to describe. It is about waking up, looking in the mirror, and thinking that you are going bald. The song has an amusing closing lyrical prophecy: ‘But even when I’m grey I’ll still be grey my way.'”—Bill Banasiewicz, Rush Visions ... And some info from Geddy: “We were touring a lot with Kiss in those days, and they had a song called ‘I Think I’m Gong Blind’ [actually just ‘Goin’ Blind’]. So we were kind of taking the piss out of that title by just coming up with this. . . . Pratt [a nickname for Neil, another one being The Professor] came up with this line, “I think I’m going bald,” because Alex is always worried about losing his hair. Even when he was not losing his hair, he was obsessed with the fact that he might lose his hair. So he would try all kinds of ingredients to put on his scalp. And I think it just got Neil thinking about aging, even though we weren’t aging yet and had no right to talk about that stuff yet. It would be much more appropriate now [2004]. And it just became a kind of funny song. And even though the song is not funny, in terms of sentiment, it kind of is, and the music is really goofy. A lot of people mistake us for being deadly serious, but some of our songs are just plain goofy.”—Geddy in Contents Under Pressure Edited March 3, 2015 by Lucas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 “‘I Think I’m Going Bald’ opens with an echoed shriek from Geddy that sounds as if he has just seen what he is about to describe. It is about waking up, looking in the mirror, and thinking that you are going bald. The song has an amusing closing lyrical prophecy: ‘But even when I’m grey I’ll still be grey my way.'”—Bill Banasiewicz, Rush Visions ... And some info from Geddy: “We were touring a lot with Kiss in those days, and they had a song called ‘I Think I’m Gong Blind’ [actually just ‘Goin’ Blind’]. So we were kind of taking the piss out of that title by just coming up with this. . . . Pratt [a nickname for Neil, another one being The Professor] came up with this line, “I think I’m going bald,” because Alex is always worried about losing his hair. Even when he was not losing his hair, he was obsessed with the fact that he might lose his hair. So he would try all kinds of ingredients to put on his scalp. And I think it just got Neil thinking about aging, even though we weren’t aging yet and had no right to talk about that stuff yet. It would be much more appropriate now [2004]. And it just became a kind of funny song. And even though the song is not funny, in terms of sentiment, it kind of is, and the music is really goofy. A lot of people mistake us for being deadly serious, but some of our songs are just plain goofy.”—Geddy in Contents Under Pressure I don't trust Bill B, but I won't discount it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It sounds like a guitar to me, but then it would. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Sounds like a pick slide to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Sounds like a pick slide to me. Me too. Is there any chance that it was augmented with a "Geddy scream"? I don't hear it, personally, but I'm trying to reconcile the Bill B account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) There could theoretically be a Geddy scream buried somewhere in there...but THAT sound is definitely made with a guitar. Edited March 3, 2015 by Justin Case 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It sounds like an electronic squeal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 someone stepped on a cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) someone stepped on a cat It's that glitch/déjà vu cat from The Matrix. Edited March 3, 2015 by EagleMoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 someone stepped on a cat ... then it is definitely Geddy ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now