YYZ is the transmitter code for Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport. Every airport is assigned southwest airlines reservations website a unique 3 letter code, and that code is always being transmitted so that pilots can tell, roughly, southwest airlines reservations website where they are and verify that their navigational radios are tuned properly. These codes are also written on your luggage tags when you fly. The intro to the song is Morse code for "YYZ."
southwest airlines reservations website In the March 2004 issue of Guitar World magazine, Alex Lifeson explained the bizarre-sounding southwest airlines reservations website harmonics heard before the solo: "I create them by playing off the pick and my thumb. I hold the pick so there's a slight edge of it showing between my thumb and finger. This allows my thumb to mute the string, southwest airlines reservations website and that's what causes the harmonic to ring." southwest airlines reservations website (thanks, Mike - Mountlake Terrace, southwest airlines reservations website Washington, for above 3)
The crashing southwest airlines reservations website noise you hear between the breaks of the guitar solo is the sound of windchimes tied to a 2x4 slapped against a wood table. The band confirmed this in an interview on WNEW New York in the winter of 2002. (thanks, Jason - Commack, NY)
Geddy Lee's bass performance on this song has been praised southwest airlines reservations website by many websites and magazines as one of the best in Rock history. Some fans believe his bass playing is better when he's not singing. (thanks, Evan - flower mound, TX)
The song has also featured as a downloadable song in the Rock Band series, and as the only instrumental on the Guitar Hero: Smash Hits game. Geddy Lee told the The Plain Dealer newspaper in a 2011 interview how the tune's use in video games has opened up a whole new fan base for Rush: "It's interesting how that song's been reborn through video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band . We're getting all these 11-, 12-, 13-year-old kids coming to our shows because they discovered our music through those games. And I think one of the big reasons is 'YYZ.'"
The Exit...Stage Left version of this instrumental masterpiece is my personal favorite and Neils 3 min. drumsolo is placed ever so perfectly in the midst of the song. I'd love to see them perform it like this nowadays. - Gary Lafalce, Fairmont, WV
Chase you could not be more right. I actually like the YYZ drum solo better because it's Neil Peart and it has more energy, but I respect the Moby Dick solo as a greater solo, being that it was John Bonham, who easily southwest airlines reservations website influenced Neil. - Crizzle, Rincon, GA
hey Fredrick of Stockholm, Zeps better. I am not sure which is better Moby Dick or YYZ both drum solos are awesome! guitarwise Page is better, but Lifeson comes close! and thats not John Bonahm, southwest airlines reservations website he died before this website was made! - Chase, southwest airlines reservations website Miami, FL
I don't get how some people are saying that YYZ isn't that great of a song. Even some people are saying that it isn't a good song for the Moving Pictures album! I think it's perfect in every way! If La Villa Strangiato didn't exist then YYZ would be the greatest instrumental of all time! - Bret, Coos Bay, OR
I love both Rush and the Police but I think that "YYZ" is the better tune. However, in defense of "Behind My Camel" I would suggest checking out the Wikipedia entry on the song. The song was composed by Andy Summers and neither Sting nor Stewart Copeland liked it. Sting refused to play on it (Andy played the basic bass line) and Stewart only played on it because he felt bad for Andy. "Behind My Camel" is more like a demo than a finished song- it's sad that Andy's bandmates wouldn't help him out with the one song that he got to write for the album. - Mike, Schenectady, NY
No..... If it's all run together then it could be YYZ but the with the strange rythm I wouldn't say it was Morse code. Well maybe if you were sending it. I guess you could say it was based on morse code but for music's sake it's all caught southwest airlines reservations website up in the rythm.
Therefore, " -- · -- -- -- · -- -- -- -- · · " would be YYZ and every Rush enthusiast knows that is the pattern that starts the song. Get your facts straight, bro! (from a fellow Advanced license holder and Rush fan) - Keith, Avera, GA
Rush is the best TRIO ever...i have to Led Zeppelin is by far, without any doubt the best band EVER...but RUSH is amazing, best trio ever! I have seen them live twice, and between Peart and Bonham ( Rush and Zep's drummers, respectively) inspired nme to play drums to begin with. i can more closely match Bonhgam's style, but can't even touch Peart....they are both amazing, but in totally different ways - Stephen, Cincinnati, KY
YYZ might very well be the transmitter code for the airport BUT the intro to the song is not morse code for YYZ. I am a HAM radio operator with an advanced class license and know morse very well. - Jim, Proctorville, OH
WOW.. I JUST listened to that song by the police that beat YYZ in 1982.... complete crap man, and its only 2:54 long... wow man. Unbelievable. I love The Police, but that awards ceremony was rigged for sure!! - Nathan, Toronto, ON
This song is OK, at best. I have only been an avid Rush fan for perhaps three months, but it has been the best three months of my life. I currently have gathered every single Rush song recorded except for their tribute album "Feedback". No one has even mentioned some of their true greats, like La Villa Strangiato.
This song is credited to Lee and Peart, giving Peart another southwest airlines reservations website one of his rare musical writing contributions, but not to Lifeson. Surprising, given his inspired guitar work. - Kent Lyle, Cincinnati, OH
Neal Peart is a very good drummer, that being said, he can't hold a candle to Dave Weckel or Dennis Chambers. If you don't know who those two guys are, you don't know good drummers, feel free to look them up anyway. - Chuck, Houston, TX
Hey Kyle, in Huntington it's Geddy Lee not Less, and wat about Alex lifeson you didn't mention him as a talented guitar player. And Rush are popular, not every band can be Led Zeppelin popular. - Cam, Cambridge, Canada
Although they lack the popularity of Led Zeppelin, what they do have is two of the most muscically talented members southwest airlines reservations website in their instrumental categories. Geddy Less on bass, and Neil Peart on drums, without a doubt the most talented bassist and drummer in music history. southwest airlines reservations website - Kyle, Huntington, NY
I did see this performed live in '81 (and 3 other times later) and it still blows me away. I have been a Rush fan since '75 (I was only 6 months southwest airlines reservations website old--LOL)!!!! As far as The Police winning the Grammy...if southwest airlines reservations website a band is a "pop" success, more people are going to publically kiss up to them. Of course, southwest airlines reservations website that usually means that the band's music is relatively simplistic (the list is WAY TOO LONG to write here). Rush has always shunned the public eye, hence they are 0-for-3 southwest airlines reservations website in the Grammy "game"! SO WHAT....???? They are still THE MOST MUSICALLY TALENTED BAND EVER---BAR NONE!!! BTW, I - WIL, Milwaukee, WI
Not sure how many notice this, but even Neil's ride cymbal rhythm is a faster version of the same morse code for YYZ. Most drummers playing this part do not even come close to playing it correctly. - Kevin, Bozeman, MT
This is the only song I know where I want to be all of the musicians southwest airlines reservations website at the same time. If I could play any of those parts, i'd be a happy man. This is a very special song! - Stuart, Huddersfield, England
Actually, Rush based this song on the airport code at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. They wrote it because when Neil Pert got back to the studio, he still had the airport tag in his pocket, southwest airlines reservations website so they dicided to write this later solo song, like La Villa Strangiato. - Greg, Oakville, Canada
This was a song that convinced me that I was a Rush fan. I have always been fond of instrumental rock (I wore out the section of my brother's _Leftoverture_ album where "Magnum Opus" was found), and this is one of my all-time favorites. - John, Overland Park, KS
To Luc in England, I have seen it played live, well sort of. I was in the Winter Drum Line. It's an off shoot of Marching Band where you are only allowed percussion instruments. The opening might be Morse Code, but the timing is 7/8. Not easy work with. - Edward, Deptford, NJ
WOW, lots of comments on a non-lyrical song. I too love this song, being introduced to it from the "Exit Stage Left" album that I listened to over and over until the tape was worn thin. I'm not aware of the Police song that took the Grammy, but I would agree that Rush deserved it over any other. Rush can do non-lyrical southwest airlines reservations website songs like no other if you ask me. To bad stuff like this can't get any radio play. I guess you have to be someone of open mind and ability to recognize great music. southwest airlines reservations website - Dee, Indianapolis, IN
I skipped a day of school my senior year of hs,{with my Mom & Dad's permission, of course.} Exit...Stage southwest airlines reservations website Left had just been released. Neil, Geddy & Alex made it worth my ass being beat by the principal the next day before our percussion line won best in state! - jim, mtn. home, AR
For some reason this song always gives me that adrenaline rush, I feel as this is more of a jam session than a song, but I've never seen Rush in concert. Personally I think more people southwest airlines reservations website like Tom Sawyer because it gets more radio play and appeals to the public. Like my dad says, "Most of the time the radio plays simple songs, that the public can understand, basically anything in 4/4 time is fair game. For example, they never play songs like Xanadu or 2112, because it's 1) too long and 2)too complex for average joe to understand. It's also the reason why they cycle through 3 or 4 Rush songs." southwest airlines reservations website - Rebecca, Overland Park, KS
yyz dose sound way better live. rush is the only good thing that comes from Canada {no offense canadians}. I also agree that too many people like "Tom Sawyer" southwest airlines reservations website prsonaly i think yyz and earthsine are way better than tom sawyer. - semor butts, cairo, Egypt
The main riff in this song derives southwest airlines reservations website from the morse code for the letters YYZ. In morse code Y is -.-- and Z is --.. The main riff alternates between C and F#. If you take the morse code for YYZ, you get -.-- -.-- --.. Now use C for the dash - and F# for the dots . and you get the main riff. - Eric, Maryland, MD
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