Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Y is for YYZ

Y Y Z
Y Y Z
Y Y Z
Y Y Z
Y Y Z
Y Y Z
Y Y Z
...


YYZ is by Rush and is named so for two reasons: 1) Toronto Airport's code is YYZ and 2) the beats in the song spell out YYZ in morse code. It's instrumental, so Geddy has 3 solos, Neil has 3 solos, and Alex has a long solo. Each has their moment to shine.

This is the classic song that a lot of people know Rush by. Things like Limelight, Tom Sawyer, Working Man, etc, kinda get pushed back in favor of this technical and quite challenging song.
Standard tuning is a great bonus to this song.

Basically, if your band can play this song, you are pretty good, especially the drummer and bassist. Although I can play this song, I need to take it under tempo for now. : C
Oh well, YYZ is still one of my favorites.

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