My City Was Gone - The Pretenders (VINTAGE ALT TAKE DRUM COVER)
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
- This was my number one take. But I had camera issues that day and choose take number 2! 😂😎 This song was cut after Rush Limbugh died as a goodbye to him from me! I was an avid listener to his show in its hey day, even tough I am poitically in the middle these days! The story of this song is pretty interesting in that it tips it hat to both sides of the political aisles … read on!
My City Was Gone" is a song by the rock group The Pretenders. The song originally appeared in October 1982 as the B-side to the single release of "Back on the Chain Gang";the single was the first release for the band following the death of founding bandmember James Honeyman-Scott. The song was included on the album Learning to Crawl, which was released in early 1984, and it became a radio favorite in the United States. It is sometimes referred to as "The Ohio Song" for its constant reference to the state.
The song was written by Pretenders leader Chrissie Hynde, and reflected her growing interest in environmental and social concerns. The lyrics take the form of an autobiographical lament, with the singer returning to her childhood home of Ohio and discovering that rampant development had destroyed the "pretty countryside" of her youth. The song makes a number of specific references to places in and around Akron, Ohio including South Howard Street (line 5), the historic center of Akron which was leveled to make way for an urban plaza with three skyscrapers and two parking decks (line 8). The opening bass riff from this song "was something that Tony Butler used to play just as a warm-up," said Steve Churchyard, the engineer for the record.
Use by the Rush Limbaugh Show
The instrumental opening of the song (before Hynde's vocals appear at 36 seconds in) is best known as the opening theme of the Rush Limbaugh Show, an American conservative talk radio franchise that started in 1984 with Rush Limbaugh and since June 2021 has been hosted by Clay Travis and Buck Sexton.
The roots derive from with Rush Limbaugh hosting a local radio show at KFBK in Sacramento, California in 1984, where the show stayed until 1988 when it became nationally syndicated under the EIB Network brand. Limbaugh said in 2011 that he chose it because of the irony of a conservative using such an anti-conservative song, though he mainly liked its "unmistakable, totally recognizable bass line.
In 1999, Rolling Stone magazine reported that, according to Hynde's manager, neither KFBK (which owned the show prior to national syndication) nor Limbaugh had licensed the song nor asked permission to use it. According to Rolling Stone, EMI took action after Limbaugh told a pair of reporters in 1997 that "it was icing on the cake that it was [written by] an environmentalist, animal rights wacko and was an anti-conservative song. It is anti-development, anti-capitalist and here I am going to take a liberal song and make fun of [liberals] at the same time." EMI issued a cease and desist request that Limbaugh stop using the song, which he did. When Hynde found out during a radio interview, she said that her parents loved and listened to Limbaugh and she did not mind its use. A usage payment was agreed upon which she donated to PETA. She later wrote to the organization saying, "In light of Rush Limbaugh's vocal support of PETA's campaign against the Environmental Protection Agency's foolish plan to test some 3,000 chemicals on animals, I have decided to allow him to keep my song, 'My City Was Gone', as his signature tune...". After a one-year transition, Travis and Sexton allowed its license on "My City Was Gone" to lapse and began using "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit.
Studio A Basic Equipment:
Gretsch - 8x10, 16x16, 14x20
DMR Solid Walnut - 7x14
Paiste - 15" Giant Beat HH, 18" 2002 Crash, 24" Giant Beat, 18" Giant Beat Thin (did I leave a crumb?)
Logic Pro X
Presonus StudioLive 24.4.2
Seventh Circle Audio Mic Pres (2- J-99, 1 N72, 1 A-12)
OH - SM 81 pr into J-99s
Snare - SM 57 into N-72
Kick - Beta 52 into A-12
Tom 1 - e604 into Presonus
Tom 2 - e604 into Presonus
F Tom - e604 into Presonus
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Earl!!!!!!!! I absolutely adore your skillset!!!!!! You’re so unbelievably gifted,,,,, you’re a stud behind that drum kit!!!!!!!! Bravo 🙌,,,,,, very cool song choice
You are too kind Bryan! Thank you! 🙏🏻😎🤘🏻👍🏻
@@earldrum no problem pal
Hey Earl. Excellent! I was born in Hereford UK. We still mourn our boys. RIP Pete and James. I never met them, but I did meet Mick Ralphs. My mother owned a hotel in a small town called Bromyard, ' The Falcon ', and Micks Dad owned the bookshop across the street. I used to buy books there, and Mick used to pop into the hotel bar sometimes when he visited his Dad. 😘
Thanks for the comment and memories! The Pretenders were an awesome band that has many challenges! Martin Chambers was a great drummer!
Great mood enhancing music for an early morning motorcycle ride, Earl, before the sun comes up!
Thanks for listening Edward! I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻👍🏻🤘🏻😎
Love it EB! Fabulous job! RIP Rush! I miss listening to him!
Thanks for the feedback Mickey … me too! The new guys are pretty terrible, especially Clay! What a wind bag! I miss my rush hour lunches!
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Thanks for the feedback Claes! 🙏🏻😎🤘🏻👍🏻
Love that funky vibe! And the drumkit goes perfectly with the song ❤
Thanks for the feedback Jonathan! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻🤘🏻😎🥁
I just love that driving 4 on the floor, and as usual, your drums sound so good!!!❤️🙏👏❤️🙏👏❤️
Thanks for the feedback Greg! Yea, it’s a simple song … not complicated at all but it takes discipline to play only what’s required! Thanks for noticing!🙏🏻😎👍🏻🤘🏻🥁
Always liked this tune. I also have always appreciated Martin Chambers drumming. Very cool, stylish for their music. But anywho, I also appreciate your drumming. Great job and you got that DMR dialed in my friend. That snare is so fat and HUUUUGE. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the feedback D! The pretenders are a great band and Martin always played underrated but unique drum parts! That snare sounds great all time, but I like it for the LA fat snare sound of the early eighties!
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Good morning Jimmy!
Being born and raised in Ohio, this song has always resonated with me. Wow, that snare sound is killer! Solid drumming throughout and cool camera angles!
Thanks for the feedback Rich! It’s a super solid groove song! I’m glad you enjoyed the snare sound it’s @ big part of the song!
Great stuff brother!!!!!
RIP Rush🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks John! 🙏🏻😎👍🏻🤘🏻🥁
Snare sounds exactly like the record! Once again, great job!
Thanks for the feedback Joel! That’s what I wanted to do get it close! Thanks! 🙏🏻😎👍🏻🤘🏻
Good job Earl ... awesome sound as well 👍🏻👍🏻🥁🥁
Thanks for the feedback Lutz! 🙏🏻😎👍🏻🤘🏻
Great reverb tail. Very close to the original. Great work.
Thanks for the feedback Jim! I really try to mix it close to the original and gets me blocked sometimes!😎🙏🏻👍🏻🤘🏻
I miss Rush.
Me too my friend! Rush was one of kind … the new guys are pretty terrible compared to him! The one guy, Clay is such a bloviating wind bag! Rush had a funny side … even though I’m not really into the divided left / right politics these days. We really need to find the middle and listen to each other, but that’s a whole another problem!
Wow, that's a great take Earl! I so love that DMR 7x14, and also the clear heads on the Gretsch sound amazing here too, that kit is SUPER dialed in for this one! So, ...you're calling me out in the description now? 😆 I don't see any crumbs, ...unless the 2oo2 crash is the 16 thin, but it didn't sound like it! I can't see all of the crash over the floor tom, so I'm not sure if there are crumbs! 🥁👍😎
Just making sure you read everything Jeff! It’s good to know three people read my descriptions! 😂😂😂😂😂
@@earldrum ....3, eh? I thought I was the only one that went thru your 'gear list' at least 😜
@@metzilla yes you are the only drum nerd that looks at the gear! Many ask about it, but don’t look. But I do have some that read my description for the literary content 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@earldrum 🤣 I'm a stickler for details!🤣
I know don’t change. Be a stickler! 😂😂have a great weekend Jeff
I miss Rush Limbaugh
Me too Mathew! 😎🤘🏻
Amazing cover man! That snare sounds incredible! Man I changed mit tom drumheads. Now I got some Evans hydraulic heads. Love how they sound. I get the difference for the sound of the batter heads. But can you tell me if there's a huge difference between the factory reso heads I still use and better ones? Probably a question for Ask Earl anything... you rock man🤘🤘🤘
Thanks for the feedback Toby and the question! Reso heads so much to say … I’ll wait for the next show coming soon! Thanks for watching my friend!
@@earldrum Cool!