Funny. When Rush played live, Niel had the sound in his headphone monitors set to pretty much be exclusively drums. He barely listened to Geddy and Alex.
It's an odd way to perform to me, but how can you argue with genius?
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It's an odd way to perform to me, but how can you argue with genius?
I guess that means he was the lead and the others would follow him regardless. If he was following their lead at all, he would need to hear what they were doing.
Improvisation wasn’t their thing, but to me, a lot of the fun is the interaction with the rest of the band. Even when you stink, it‘s still cool that you can make a chunk of wood and some wire make music, and it’s really amazing when 4 people can do it together.
I believe Neil created all their music - both lyrics and musical compositions, so he would pretty much know what was going on.
That being said, while I'm not a veteran live music performer, I know that when bands are playing live, they generally can't hear anything from the venue speakers, which are setup for the audience. That's why they have the monitor speakers facing them from the floor, as in this Yes concert pic from the good people of Wikipedia
The performers need to hear themselves very well (to stay in tune and in rhythm), and they only need to hear a little bit of the other players, so as not to overwhelm their own monitors.
Most bands want to hear a decent mix of the rest of the band so that they can stay synchronized with each other.
A lot of vocalists will want to have the vocals louder to help with harmonizing, but to hear pretty much drums only would be weird.
The guy was a machine.
A lot of vocalists will want to have the vocals louder to help with harmonizing, but to hear pretty much drums only would be weird.
The guy was a machine.
In the spirit of sachilds top 100 of 2022, I created my 2022 playlist in iTunes which choses all ranked (*** **** or *****) 2022 songs from my library for the purpose of ordering. So here is my ordered list of songs I own which were ranked and released in 2022:
1. Yeah, I Like You - The Goo Goo Dolls ****
In fairness I did buy plenty of music but none actually released in 2022 (aside from above). I did buy the whole album but this is the only song which has a ranking (so far).
1. Yeah, I Like You - The Goo Goo Dolls ****
In fairness I did buy plenty of music but none actually released in 2022 (aside from above). I did buy the whole album but this is the only song which has a ranking (so far).
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I think you might like these songs if you give 'em a couple listens. You could 5x the size of your list!
Sampling those quickly, those aren't bad. But none of them grab me to want to listen to more which is the first step to me wanting to add them to my library and rank them.
I think the reason I have so many each year is I seek out new music and force myself to listen to anything that's at least okay more than once. A lot of songs I've thought "it's nice but whatever" but add it to my playlist anyway and on third or fourth listen really start to enjoy it.
I currently have 27 songs on my "still checking them out, haven't deleted them but haven't downloaded them yet either" playlist where "pretty good" songs sit in limbo and get played a once or twice a week. If you click the lines above the "1/27", the full list pops up:
I currently have 27 songs on my "still checking them out, haven't deleted them but haven't downloaded them yet either" playlist where "pretty good" songs sit in limbo and get played a once or twice a week. If you click the lines above the "1/27", the full list pops up:
I use my son as my filter. If he is listening I listen. Usually it either grabs me or it doesn't. It has always been that way for me. I usually know what I think of a song the instant I hear it. Some songs I do get sick of and a couple have grown on my over the years but the vast majority my opinion has not changed much aside from maybe the degree I like them.
I mostly listen to classic rock/pop with the Mrs., one of the 70's/80's channels. For me, that's like turning on the TV and watching Seinfeld, or The Office. But when it's just me, I want new stuff. And whoever came up with the programming formula for XMU is a genius. They play the top new songs like once an hour, or maybe every 2 hours. So if I go somewhere that's an hour away, I'm guaranteed to hear each top track once or twice. That's what gets me to remember the song, and the name of the artist. A month later, they have different top songs, and the old ones appear maybe every 4 hours. It's a great way to expose someone to completely new music, and have it stick.
This isn't really a discovery but I can no longer enjoy the song "Closing Time" as much because I hear what it is really about now (Thanx Scotch). I don't know why this diminishes the song for me but it does.
Are you referring to when I talked about an interview they did, where they claimed it was about childbirth? Because I don't really believe it. I think it's one of those bullshit things bands say after the fact, to stir interest. But I can see how you would think about it every time you hear the song.
I feel the same about "Brick" by Ben Folds Five. Although I never liked the song, the fact that it's about an abortion just makes it even more depressing.
Whether it's true or not, it totally messes with the song.
I like the song but it is depressing and does take away from it. I would like it better if the subject matter was different.
My son found this. "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Fall Out Boy continuing where Billy Joel left off.
I saw that.
It's a great idea.
They left out COVID!
Genius has them listed out and you can click on the ones that you don't know for their meanings.
Captain Planet
It's a great idea.
They left out COVID!
Genius has them listed out and you can click on the ones that you don't know for their meanings.
Captain Planet