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The recording of YYZ took place at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec, in the summer of 1980. [8] The rhythm of the song is inspired by a IATA airport identification code of Toronto Pearson International Airport, thought of by Neil Peart, who recalls: "The rhythm stuck in my head and I said, ‘Guys!’
From the Moving Pictures album. "YYZ" (natively pronounced why-why-zed) is the airport code for the Toronto Pearson International Airport, and the instrumental opens with a rhythm in 10/8 that is Morse code for "YYZ" (-.--
The Presto Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush in support of their thirteenth studio album Presto ... "YYZ" "The Rhythm Method" (Neil Peart drum solo ...
In "Limelight", lyricist Neil Peart comments on the band's commercial success and the fame and its demands that come with rock star status. According to guitarist Alex Lifeson, the song is about "being under the microscopic scrutiny and the need for privacy—trying to separate the two and not always being successful at it". [4]
Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 12, 1981, by Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Permanent Waves (1980), the band started to write and record new material in August 1980 with longtime co-producer Terry Brown. They continued to write songs with a more radio ...
The title comes from the catchphrase of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Snagglepuss.The term "stage left" is a stage direction used in blocking to identify the left side of a theater from the point of view of the performer, as opposed to the point of view of the audience.
Presto is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush.It was released on November 17, 1989 by Anthem Records [1] and was the band's first album released internationally by Atlantic Records, following the group's departure from Mercury.
The songs were performed three weeks later at a concert in Stafford, England, before the band went to Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec, to record Permanent Waves. [13] It was the first time Rush had performed a song in concert before recording it in studio.