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Malignant Narcissm- introverted feelings that spread exponentially. This song was created when Rush was simply jamming together, I believe it was just Neil and Geddy. Neil had his 5-piece set that he has for just such a session (it's hard to haul that giant drumkit everywhere) and Geddy was trying out the brand new fretless Jaco Pastorius artist model bass. They were just jamming and this little ditty came into being. Rush felt that it was too short and that they had enough instrumentals on Snakes and Arrows, but their manager really liked it so they recorded it, with Alex composing a guitar part to go with it. Thus the song that boasted the best bassline of the year by a magazine for bassists was born.
The most impressive part of this song was that it was played on a five-piece drumset and a fretless bass guitar. These are not only very limiting and difficult instrument setups, but also different from what the artists normally play on live and on recordings. Yet despite all of this the song is amazing.
Mr. Lee, Mr. Peart, Mr. Lifeson, even though I am quite young and I have grown up in an atmosphere where rock was looked down upon and hip-hop and rap dominated what everyone "cool" listened to in school, bands like Rush and people like my older sister helped to get me into real music and become a musician. Everytime I pick up my Geddy Lee artist model bass and look upon the wall of posters of bands that have inspired me, a deep feeling of humility wells up within me as I hope that the slightest bit of musical genius from these artists will be passed on to me. Rock on Rush.
Rush is a big Matt and Trey fan and Matt and Trey are big Rush fans. In fact for the Snakes and Arrows tour Matt and Trey made a South Park intro for Tom Sawyer.
I got the joy of witnessing the South Park intro and I must say, it was the best intro I have ever seen. I would recommend looking it up on YouTube or some other video-sharing website.
On a related note, if you notice, Kenny's the drummer. Anyone seen Spinal Tap?
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Is an actual human playing the bass in this song? Long live Rush.
Malignant Narcissm- introverted feelings that spread exponentially. This song was created when Rush was simply jamming together, I believe it was just Neil and Geddy. Neil had his 5-piece set that he has for just such a session (it's hard to haul that giant drumkit everywhere) and Geddy was trying out the brand new fretless Jaco Pastorius artist model bass. They were just jamming and this little ditty came into being. Rush felt that it was too short and that they had enough instrumentals on Snakes and Arrows, but their manager really liked it so they recorded it, with Alex composing a guitar part to go with it. Thus the song that boasted the best bassline of the year by a magazine for bassists was born.
The most impressive part of this song was that it was played on a five-piece drumset and a fretless bass guitar. These are not only very limiting and difficult instrument setups, but also different from what the artists normally play on live and on recordings. Yet despite all of this the song is amazing.
Mr. Lee, Mr. Peart, Mr. Lifeson, even though I am quite young and I have grown up in an atmosphere where rock was looked down upon and hip-hop and rap dominated what everyone "cool" listened to in school, bands like Rush and people like my older sister helped to get me into real music and become a musician. Everytime I pick up my Geddy Lee artist model bass and look upon the wall of posters of bands that have inspired me, a deep feeling of humility wells up within me as I hope that the slightest bit of musical genius from these artists will be passed on to me. Rock on Rush.
Gotta love the bass lines in this, they're incredible, as is Peart.
dear. jesus.
"dear.jesus." hahaha, indeed.
Neil played this on a 5 piece kit!!
Jebus....
Neil and Lee, 2 living musical gods....
This song has a line from "Team America" in it. Rush are supposed to be big Matt & Trey fans.
This song is amazing! It isn't a TOTAL instrumental though, technically it has a faint voice saying:
"Usually a case of malignant narcissism brought on during childhood."
But it's minor...
Great song! Great bass!!!
Rush is a big Matt and Trey fan and Matt and Trey are big Rush fans. In fact for the Snakes and Arrows tour Matt and Trey made a South Park intro for Tom Sawyer.
I got the joy of witnessing the South Park intro and I must say, it was the best intro I have ever seen. I would recommend looking it up on YouTube or some other video-sharing website.
On a related note, if you notice, Kenny's the drummer. Anyone seen Spinal Tap?