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词条 YYZ (instrumental)
释义

  1. Title and composition

  2. Awards and nominations

  3. Covers

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox song
| name = YYZ
| cover =
| alt =
| type = Instrumental
| artist = Rush
| album = Moving Pictures
| released = {{Start date|1981|02|12}}
| format =
| recorded = 1980
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
  • Instrumental rock
  • progressive rock
  • hard rock

| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=25}}
| label = Mercury
| writer =
  • Geddy Lee
  • Neil Peart

| producer =
  • Rush
  • Terry Brown

| misc = {{Audio sample
| type = song
| file = Rushyyzsample.ogg
}}
}}

"YYZ" (pronounced "Why-Why-Zed" in its native Canadian dialect) is an instrumental rock composition by Canadian rock band Rush, from their 1981 album Moving Pictures. It is one of the band's most popular pieces and a staple of the band's live performances. The live album Exit...Stage Left (1981) and the concert video recording A Show of Hands (1989) both include versions in which Neil Peart incorporates a drum solo; as an interlude on the former, and as a segue out of the piece on the latter.[1][2]

Title and composition

YYZ is the IATA airport identification code of Toronto Pearson International Airport, near Rush's hometown. The band was introduced to the rhythm as Alex Lifeson flew them into the airport. A VHF omnidirectional range system at the airport broadcasts the YYZ identifier code in Morse code. Peart said in interviews later that the rhythm stuck with them.[3] Peart and Geddy Lee have both said "It's always a happy day when YYZ appears on our luggage tags."[4]

The piece's introduction, played in a time signature of {{music|time|10|8}}, repeatedly renders "Y-Y-Z" in Morse Code using various musical arrangements.[5][6]

"YYZ" rendered in Morse code
YYZ
- . - -- . - -- - . .

Awards and nominations

"YYZ" was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Rock Instrumental category in 1982. It lost to "Behind My Camel" by The Police, from their album Zenyatta Mondatta.[7]

Covers

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"YYZ" has been covered in whole or in part by:

  • Godsmack (sampled in "Batalla De Los Tambores" on the Changes live DVD)
  • Primus, beginning the performance of "John the Fisherman" heard on the 1989 live album Suck on This and in full during other concerts. The first ten seconds of the 1989 live recording are played at the beginning of "To Defy the Laws of Tradition" on the 1990 studio album Frizzle Fry.
  • Umphrey's McGee
  • Martin Motnik with Gregg Bissonette on the album Bass Invader, featuring guitarist Mattias "IA" Eklundh
  • Dream Theater (as Majesty)
  • Armia (on Soul Side Story live album, under the title "Yyzz")
  • Muse (during live performances in Canadian cities)
  • Cygnus and the Sea Monsters, an all-star Rush tribute band featuring Mike Portnoy on drums, Paul Gilbert on guitar and Sean Malone on bass.
  • Pup's cover of the Buzzcocks's "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" includes the intro to "YYZ" at the very end [8]

Lee and Lifeson performed "YYZ" with Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins during a Foo Fighters concert at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on March 22, 2008, switching songs midway through "Stacked Actors". In October 2008, Peart performed it with the Buddy Rich Big Band alongside bassist Jeff Berlin as part of the ongoing Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert series.

See also

{{portal|1980s|Music of Canada|Rock music}}
  • List of Rush songs
  • List of Rush instrumentals
{{clear}}

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://theparadiddler.com/2009/03/19/neil-peart-solo-number-4-exit-stage-left-1981/|title=Neil Peart Solo Number 4 – Exit… Stage Left, 1981|website=theparadiddler.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-28}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://theparadiddler.com/2009/03/04/neil-peart-solo-number-six-a-show-of-hands-1988/|title=Neil Peart Solo Number Six – A Show of Hands, 1988|website=theparadiddler.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-28}}
3. ^{{cite AV media |people=Martin Smith |year=2010 |title=Rush: Classic Albums: 2112 & Moving Pictures |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ht8_3WYWzo |format=DVD |time=122 minutes |publisher=Eagle Rock Entertainment}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/harriganrush.htm |title=Rush by Brian Harrigan from Power Windows |publisher=2112.net |date= |accessdate=2011-09-29}}{{dead link|date=November 2013}}
5. ^{{cite book |first1=Michael T. |last1=Raggo |last2=Hosmer |first2=Chet |title=Data Hiding Exposing Concealed Data in Multimedia, Operating Systems, Mobile Devices and Network Protocols. |url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=yMw9if8ybp0C |publisher=Elsevier Science |location=Rockland, MA |isbn=159749741X |edition=1st ed (Online-Ausg.).}}
6. ^{{cite book |editor1-last=Berti |editor1-first= Jim |title=Rush and philosophy : heart and mind united |publisher=Open Court |location=Chicago |isbn=978-0812697162 |editor2-last=Bowman|editor2-first= Durrell|series=Popular Culture & Philosophy|volume=57|oclc=670481677}}
7. ^{{cite journal|date=January 23, 1982|title=24th Annual Grammy Awards Final Nominations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0UEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA90&lpg=RA1-PA90&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=94|page=90|issn=0006-2510|accessdate=February 12, 2011|work=Billboard|number=3}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/video/pup-covers-buzzcocks-206580|title=The A.V. Club - Video|website=The A.V. Club|accessdate=18 October 2018}}

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0VolN2n4mI Animated video for "YYZ"]
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