Geddy Lee Auto Tune
Aug 15, 2011 This comes off of his 2000 side project while Rush was on a hiatus entitled My Favourite Headache. The scenes are things that are perfect in views. I claim no copyrights or anything to this, just. Oct 25, 2012 I am not a fan of auto-tune. It can be a tool to get a particular effect in music, but I find it robotic and 'cheating', and don't understand its prevalence in music. Are singers really so crappy at singing that they have to resort to using it? Well, you know who doesn't use auto-tune? Our dear Geddy Lee. 5 Essential Geddy Lee tracks. 1) YYZ – this is a tune I’m got on my goals list to master later this year. If you can get this down at the tune’s tempo and play it nearly flawlessly you can pat yourself on the back, your bass playing’s going places!
| 'The Trees' | ||||
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| Single by Rush | ||||
| from the album Hemispheres | ||||
| B-side | 'Circumstances' | |||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Format | 7' | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 4:42 | |||
| Label | Anthem | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson | |||
| Producer(s) | Rush & Terry Brown | |||
| Rush singles chronology | ||||
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'The Trees' is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, from its 1978 album Hemispheres. The song is also featured on many of Rush's compilation albums, and was long a staple of the band's live performances. On the live album Exit..Stage Left, the song features an extended acoustic guitar introduction titled 'Broon's Bane.'
Rolling Stone readers voted the song number 8 on the list of the 10 best Rush songs.[1]
Live365 ranked it the tenth best Rush song.[2]
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Classic Rock readers voted 'The Trees' the band's 11th best song.[3]
Lyrics[edit]
The lyrics relate a short story about a conflict between maple and oak trees in a forest. The maple trees want more sunlight, but the oak trees are too tall. The conflict ends when man cuts down the forest: And the trees are all kept equal.. By hatchet, axe, and saw...[4]
Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart was asked in the April/May 1980 issue of the magazine Modern Drummer if there was a message in the lyrics, to which he replied, 'No. It was just a flash. I was working on an entirely different thing when I saw a cartoon picture of these trees carrying on like fools. I thought, 'What if trees acted like people?' So I saw it as a cartoon really, and wrote it that way. I think that's the image that it conjures up to a listener or a reader. A very simple statement.'[5][6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-rush-songs-178108/the-trees-172227
- ^https://live365.com/blog/top-10-rush-songs/amp/
- ^https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-greatest-rush-songs-ever
- ^Rush. 'The Trees Lyrics'. Rush.com. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- ^Iero, Cheech (April 1980). 'Neil Peart'. Modern Drummer Magazine. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- ^'The Trees by Rush Songfacts'. Songfacts.com. 2004-06-02. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
External links[edit]
Nancy Young And Geddy Lee
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
- 'The Trees.. Meaning? – Rush Discussions'. Last.fm. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
| My Favourite Headache | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | November 14, 2000 |
| Recorded | The Peasant's Tent and Reaction Studios, Toronto, East and West and The Factory Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Studio X, Seattle, Washington, Spring to Summer 2000, Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario |
| Genre | Alternative rock, hard rock |
| Length | 48:06 |
| Label | Atlantic (outside Canada) Anthem |
| Producer | Geddy Lee, Ben Mink, David Leonard |
My Favourite Headache (also published as My Favorite Headache) is the debut solo album by Geddy Lee of the Canadianrock band Rush. The album was released on November 14, 2000, by Anthem Records in Canada and Atlantic Records outside of Canada. Both the title track and 'Grace to Grace' received play on mainstream rock radio, and the album itself peaked at No. 52 on the Billboard 200.[1] The release has a Metacritic score of 58.[2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [3] |
| The Daily Vault | A[4] |
Background[edit]
Although Lee wrote the majority of the album on bass, he was not just writing melody lines, he was also playing chords. In some cases, he multi-tracked basses into different layers of the arrangements.[5]
Lee said of the album: 'I think I backed into this project. I've never had a great desire to make an individual statement, and I certainly didn't want any more attention. I satisfy so much of my musical self in the context of Rush, so I don't have any great frustrations from that point of view. But once in awhile, you'd wonder, 'What's like out there? What's it like to work with other people?'.[6]
Geddy Lee Life Is Now
Lee explaining how he wrote the lyrics for My Favourite Headache: 'Most people are like this: They think of stuff during the day. The mind goes to certain places, they remember things, and they try to figure things out. To remind yourself to write that stuff down is a great benefit. Then you come back to it and you analyze it days later, and lyrically shape what you felt when you wrote it down. For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song.'[7]
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics by Geddy Lee, all music by Lee and Ben Mink.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'My Favourite Headache' | 4:45 |
| 2. | 'The Present Tense' | 3:25 |
| 3. | 'Window to the World' | 3:02 |
| 4. | 'Working at Perfekt' | 5:00 |
| 5. | 'Runaway Train' | 4:30 |
| 6. | 'The Angels' Share' | 4:33 |
| 7. | 'Moving to Bohemia' | 4:25 |
| 8. | 'Home on the Strange' | 3:46 |
| 9. | 'Slipping' | 5:06 |
| 10. | 'Still' | 4:30 |
| 11. | 'Grace to Grace' | 4:59 |
Personnel[edit]
Musicians[edit]
- Geddy Lee - bass guitar, vocals, guitar, piano, programming, percussion, string arrangements, producer, engineer
- Ben Mink - guitars, violins and violas, programming, string arrangements, producer, engineer
- Matt Cameron - drums
- Jeremy Taggart - drums on 'Home on the Strange'
- John Friesen - cellos on 'Working at Perfekt'
- Ed Wilson - additional programming
- Chris Stringer - additional percussion
- Waylon Wall - steel guitar on 'Window to the World'
- Pappy Rosen - backing vocals on 'Slipping'
Production[edit]
- David Leonard - producer, engineer, mixing at Metalworks Studios
- Adam Kasper, Dennis Tougas - engineers
- Sam Hofstedt, Sheldon Zaharko, Chris Stringer, Tom Heron, Jeff Elliot, Joel Kazmi, Ian Bodzasi - assistant engineers
- Daniel Séguin - computer technical assistance
- Howie Weinberg - mastering at Masterdisk, New York
Singles[edit]
| Information |
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'My Favourite Headache'
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'Grace to Grace'
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'Home on the Strange'
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Geddy Lee Auto Tune Shop
References[edit]
- ^'My Favorite Headache Billboard Albums'. AllMusic. Rovi. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^'Reviews for My Favorite Headache'. Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
- ^Prato, Greg. 'Geddy Lee - My Favorite Headache review'. AllMusic. Rovi. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^Rusk, Bruce (2019). 'The Daily Vault Music Reviews : My Favourite Headache'. dailyvault.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^https://ultimateclassicrock.com/geddy-lee-my-favorite-headache
- ^https://ultimateclassicrock.com/geddy-lee-my-favorite-headache
- ^https://ultimateclassicrock.com/geddy-lee-my-favorite-headache