Don wrote:steve wrote:Don wrote:The rap on "Roll the Bones" cannot be beat. That's right - there is a rap on a Rush song. Rush, they are so white, YYZ notwithstanding.
"YYZ" proves the whiteness point, actually. This song features a rhythm derived from the morse code rendition of the letters YYZ, the FAA designation of Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport.
So white. So nerd. So music geek. So Canadian chauvinist. So utterly, utterly lame.
OK, a clarification, then: YYZ is as funky as Rush could ever hope to be, yet too far from whiteness for their comfort. But Rush, those clever Canuckers, tricked most of us, and good, by deriving the above's rhythm from morse code, almost nonpareil in whiteness and dorkiness. Almost: keep these dudezz away from ham radio!
Wrong....The intro drum beat to Tom Sawyer IS funky...and awesome....it was a popular breakbeat to sample back in the day with early rappers, who tend to just like the beats they like, without any of the cultural baggage with which rock fans approach rock groups, or Rush.
Also, Steve is right....Peart is right wing, and comes off borderline facist on this old interview that they have archived at rocksbackpages.com....I don't know if it's accessible if you don't pay, though...