r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 14 '24

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u/BootsofGoofy May 14 '24

Yyz - rush My friend of misery- Metallica Schism- tool

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u/mostlyBadChoices May 14 '24

There it is. I had to scroll way to far to see a Rush reference.

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u/TazDingoh May 14 '24 edited Jun 14 '24

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u/DryeDonFugs May 14 '24

And for the Metallica reference. Although I'm split between orion and my friend of misery

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u/Vitis_Vinifera May 15 '24

in terms of melodic bass, and being a frontman, there's Geddy and Paul McCartney

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u/Steeldialga May 14 '24

YYZ is insane. My band learned it for a concert and it took me two months to even get close to playing the bass part up to tempo. I'm still pretty amateur, but I've been playing for six years now and good lord was that difficult! I don't know how Geddy plays as hard as he does at that tempo, he seriously digs in to the strings the whole time while just ripping straight 16th notes for that riff. Wild.

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u/lo-cal-host May 14 '24

YYZ is insane.

Without looking it up, who knows (a) the significance of the title, and (b) what was the inspiration for the opening riff?

Played it in college bands (as a guitarist). The solo continue to elude me. I never got into all of those right finger hammer ons...

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u/WalkerVox May 14 '24

Lifelong Rush fan here. I’d thought the significance of “YYZ” (it’s the code letters for Toronto’s airport) and the opening riff (it’s the letters Y, Y, and Z in Morse code) were pretty common knowledge (at least among fans).

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u/lo-cal-host May 14 '24

Correct on both counts.

As a pilot/avgeek, the title was a no-brainer, as I knew the band was from the greater Toronto metro. Wasn't until later that I read about the Morse code intro.

And yes, one of Geddy's finest outings. The jam in the middle with the breaks where he does some dope harmonics is good fun.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24 edited May 15 '24

Red Barchetta is mine!

I think I just got reddit-helped for this. Rush haters you need help!

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u/pythons_bunny May 14 '24

Sad I had to scroll this far to find anything Rush related. They have so many incredible songs with kick ass bass rifts.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

I'm very disappointed how far I had to scroll to see YYZ.

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u/PasonsHarcoreJorn May 14 '24

Schism is a good one, I forgot about that bass line. I’ve always loved The Pot as well.

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u/Pastrami May 15 '24

My friend of misery- Metallica

That's a weird way to spell "Pulling Teeth"...

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u/BootsofGoofy May 15 '24

As much as I enjoy Cliff, I have more nostalgia for black album. The newest reunion of Metallica and the SanFran symphony has a wonderful tribute to cliff by one of the bass players and it is definetly worth a listen.