nikkilove80 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 what do you guys think of geddy lee as a bassist. he in my opinion is great but i want to know what other bassist think. I was talking with a fellow bassist from universal who agrees that geddy is great and he told me that Rush is coming out with a 3 disc dvd called replay 3 on june 12th. it should be pretty amazing. I checked out a clip at http://www.rush.com/php/replay_dvd.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Geddy taught me to play bass. Well, I listened to the records and learned the parts, but you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvador Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Geddy is the man in my book. I can still remember the first time I listened to Rush. Man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
way2fat Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 His playing fits the bands needs. Pompous, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual. Kind of like Phil Collins with worse vocals. www.ethertonswitch.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whacked Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Geddy who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny B Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Exit Stage Left - That's the one. Play along with that. Go on. Now. I will. The bass player's job is to make the drummer sound good - Jack Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Originally posted by way2fat: His playing fits the bands needs. Pompous, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual. Kind of like Phil Collins with worse vocals. wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Originally posted by way2fat: His playing fits the bands needs. Pompous, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual. Kind of like Phil Collins with worse vocals. Is that an opinion about the band, or his playing, or just about Phil Collins? Just curious... Peace, wraub I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
has-sound Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 I started playing a Ric because of Geddy... HAS Sound Custom Guitar Controls, Harnesses and Stan Hinesley Handcrafted Pickups. It's all about the tone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 67 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 That DVD looks cool! I brought in Exit Stage Left on my fourth lesson because my teacher want to have me learn something for me. I learned Spirit of the Radio! And he made me read it. Big Red's Ride Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Originally posted by has-sound: I started playing a Ric because of Geddy... Ha! Yeah, I've got a Rickenbacker, and a Geddy Lee Jazz Bass! To be honest, I didn't get the Jazz because of the association; I just tried it & really wanted it. But the Ric comes from the days when bass, for me, meant Chris Squire & Geddy Lee. To answer the original question: yeah, Geddy is a great bassist. No one is universally liked, but this guy's reputation is about as solid as it gets. But may I ask, Why do you ask? So you think he's great, so I think he's great...well, great; where does that leave us? Is there something particularly inspiring about his playing that you'd like to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 67 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 The coolest geeks in the world. Except maybe Devo. They where pretty cool. Big Red's Ride Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogi Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Does that first post look like spam to anyone else besides me? I love Ged, BTW, but jeez. Spam-O-Rama. "Expectations are the enemy of music." - Mike Keneally Hi! My band is... my band is... HALF ZAFTIG | Half Zaftig on MySpace | The Solo Stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkilove80 Posted June 7, 2006 Author Share Posted June 7, 2006 I saw them in Vegas a while ago back. It was a great show. They are really great musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 67 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Welcome to the forum! I didn't think the was spam, then again it is a cool link so I didn't care either. Big Red's Ride Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
way2fat Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Originally posted by wraub: Originally posted by way2fat: His playing fits the bands needs. Pompous, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual. Kind of like Phil Collins with worse vocals. Is that an opinion about the band, or his playing, or just about Phil Collins? Just curious... Peace, wraub The band and Phil Collins. Not my cup of tea, as you may have been able to ascertain. www.ethertonswitch.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Originally posted by way2fat: Originally posted by wraub: Originally posted by way2fat: His playing fits the bands needs. Pompous, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual. Kind of like Phil Collins with worse vocals. Is that an opinion about the band, or his playing, or just about Phil Collins? Just curious... Peace, wraub The band and Phil Collins. Not my cup of tea, as you may have been able to ascertain. That I had gleaned. It was this that caught my interest: "His playing fits the bands needs. Pompous, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual." I'd just never thought of Geddy's playing as any of those things. Thanks for responding. Peace, wraub I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
way2fat Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Originally posted by wraub: Originally posted by way2fat: Originally posted by wraub: quote:Originally posted by way2fat: His playing fits the bands needs. Pompous, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual. Kind of like Phil Collins with worse vocals. Is that an opinion about the band, or his playing, or just about Phil Collins? Just curious... Peace, wraub The band and Phil Collins. Not my cup of tea, as you may have been able to ascertain. That I had gleaned. It was this that caught my interest: "His playing fits the bands needs. Pompous, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual." I'd just never thought of Geddy's playing as any of those things. Thanks for responding. Peace, wraub I've never warmed up to the band even when I was much younger and listened to bands that couldn't play as well as Rush. Just one of those things I guess. I thought it might be the high vocals, but I like Ralph Stanley, Bill Monroe, and Neil Young. As a youngster I listened to Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath who played nowhere near as well. I even liked Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush. Maybe it's that I don't think rock bands should use words like "unobtrusive" in their lyrics. I can listen and hear how well they play their instruments, but it just don't move me. Maybe I'm blaming Geddy for the fact that the drummer couldn't swing if you hung him. I feel like I should like them, but I don't. www.ethertonswitch.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrunning3 Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 way2fat, I'm with you. I bought 2112 soon after it was released but I just couldn't enjoy it either on an emotional or musical level. To everyone else, no one was better than Rush, but they just seemed to morph into a pop band (to my ears) after the 70's. I can't stand "their sound" either; it grates on me! -- Joe -- "If you think you're too old, then you are." --Lemmy Kilmister "I have not seen a man who is not god already." --Austin Osman Spare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondoray Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Geddy rocks! Rush rocks! (although i do think that exit stage left is very poor...seen ther grace under pressure video years ago-AWESOME!!) Will be getting this 1977fender telecaster bass . Washburn status, ch guitar 8 string , schecter elite diamond series 5 string. Steinberger xm2 custom.the list goes on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
way2fat Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Originally posted by jmrunning3: way2fat, I'm with you. I bought 2112 soon after it was released but I just couldn't enjoy it either on an emotional or musical level. To everyone else, no one was better than Rush, but they just seemed to morph into a pop band (to my ears) after the 70's. I can't stand "their sound" either; it grates on me! Yeah, it's lonely out here. Genesis always struck me tha same way - I should like them but I don't. I like some of Yes and don't like some. I like ELP. Grating is the best one word description of Rush's sound that I've heard. www.ethertonswitch.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Originally posted by way2fat: I've never warmed up to the band even when I was much younger and listened to bands that couldn't play as well as Rush. Just one of those things I guess. I thought it might be the high vocals, but I like Ralph Stanley, Bill Monroe, and Neil Young. As a youngster I listened to Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath who played nowhere near as well. I even liked Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush. Maybe it's that I don't think rock bands should use words like "unobtrusive" in their lyrics. I can listen and hear how well they play their instruments, but it just don't move me. Maybe I'm blaming Geddy for the fact that the drummer couldn't swing if you hung him. I feel like I should like them, but I don't. Well said. Oddly enough, I started out as a big fan, learned all the bass parts. I bought a Ric because of Chris Squier, but I put a BadAss bridge on it because of Geddy. Nowadays, I feel a lot like you. Interesting how some bands, you just grow out of. No slight against Rush in my mind, I still dig the occasional tune. But so many other bands from those days still "do it" for me. Thanks again. Peace, wraub I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruuve Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Geddy Lee is awesome IMHO...if not just for his bass-playing, for the whole package...the man can play bass, sing, and play foot-pedals, do it all simultaneously, and do each one better than I can do any single one of them. I don't have a strong urge to play like Geddy though...I like to write and play groove-oriented music, and that's not the typical thing that Rush cranks out. I like Rush's music, and I think Neil Peart (the drummer) is incredible. He was a major influence on me when I was a young budding drummer. A friend and I in high school used to transcribe the drums from Rush songs, and I have to credit that as part of my solid foundation in rhythm, which I have then gone on to apply to bass. Dave Old bass players never die, they just buy lighter rigs. - Tom Capasso, 11/9/2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owens hound Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 I would have to agree with Dave Sisk on all his statements. Rush's Grace Under Pressure tour was my first concert, 1985, and it was amazing for me to see these guys that'd I'd only heard on record playing this amazing music right infront of me, and thousands of others of course! I was in the grey section of Maple Leaf Gardens, the nose bleed section, and this is also where they filmed the concert. I also started on drums and that really drew me to Rush, I then switched to guitar and once again Rush was right up there with great guitar players. When I progressed to bass, there was Geddy Lee in all his glory playing amazing pieces, and as Dave mentioned whilst singing and playing pedals. I don't always like their music now, I felt that after Signals, they really became more keyboard focused but still enjoy the live dvd's and am amazed at what Geddy can do. I can play parts of their tunes and am working towards full songs but am really enjoying the learning involved. Geddy uses his first finger and thumb most of the time which is also quite a feat in my opinion. To each their own, there are bands that I don't like their music but really respect their playing and ability. Jason www.myspace.com/nobandatpresent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 67 Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Check out Vapor Trails. Much more guitar/ bass rock. Big Red's Ride Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkilove80 Posted June 8, 2006 Author Share Posted June 8, 2006 The Exit stage left dvd will be the best i mean look at the tracklisting Exit...Stage Left DVD: (59 mins) 1. Limelight 2. Tom Sawyer 3. The Trees 4. Xanadu (this song is so riciculously good) 5. Red Barchetta 6. Freewill 7. Closer To The Heart 8. YYZ 9. By-Tor And The Snow Dog / In The End* / In The Mood / 2112 Finale 10. YYZ This track list is awesome. I can't wait. the rest of the track lists are here if you want them http://www.showtechmerchandising.com/Rush_Backstage/show1product.cfm?formkey=060607101737&ProductID=741&ProductCode=RURE005000&Class=&SuCatID=&CatID=92 i know that site is really long but just copy and paste it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 And Yogi's spam detector is apparently working just fine. Peace, wraub I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred TBP Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 I can't put him on the same pedestal with Jack Bruce, John Entwistle, Jaco Pastorius, Jeff Berlin, Billy Sheehan or Flea, but I like Geddy Lee. Seriously, I do; otherwise I wouldn't have learned about 20 of Rush's songs for an old cover band. And I still run through some of the more difficult riffs as left/right hand coordination exercises. And I probably will get R30 and Rush In Rio and Exit Stage Left for my collection. Anybody who can inspire you to practice more (like Geddy has for many players out there) is all right in my book. That's what it's really about: inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owens hound Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 I have R30 and Rush in Rio and both are awesome IMHO. I think that you'll like them Fred. www.myspace.com/nobandatpresent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnb Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Those who don't like Geddy have OBVIOUSLY never seen his PSA at http://youtube.com/watch?v=DIeZBeUTOSY&search=geddy%20lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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