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SteveG 
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 Topic: Geddy Lee is 67 today!Posted: July 30 2020 at 05:42 |
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Geddy Lee celebrated his 67th birthday today. With so many prog icons passing away, I thought it would be nice to celebrate those who are still with us and hopefully will be for a long time. Happy Birthday Geddy.
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Posted: July 30 2020 at 06:14 |
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Happy birthday Geddy.
And Kate Bush is 62 today!
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Posted: July 30 2020 at 06:39 |
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Happy birthday to Kate and a belated one to Geddy then!
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Posted: July 30 2020 at 06:59 |
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He is quite fit for 67. He should open a health club. He can call is Spa Geddy.
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
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Posted: July 30 2020 at 08:18 |
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wow just a baby by the standards of most of our prog heroes
I have to say I listened to most of Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres and, while I don't like them all that much, they were clearly excellent musicians and knew how to show it without seeming stuck on themselves. And Lee's voice works well with the music.
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Posted: July 30 2020 at 08:35 |
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Happy birthday for both.
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"PROG IS MY FERRARI".
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Posted: July 30 2020 at 10:31 |
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Yup, spun a few Rush records yesterday in honor of his birthday.......
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Posted: July 30 2020 at 10:59 |
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Dirk's birthday is the 29th, but let's keep the celebration going!
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Posted: July 30 2020 at 12:59 |
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Yeah, I forgot to post it yesterday and I hoped no one would notice! |
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Posted: July 30 2020 at 13:05 |
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Fantastic, humble guy I'm sure, hopefully we'll see him and Alex on stage in the future!
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Posted: July 30 2020 at 13:40 |
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Happy birthday Geddy Lee!
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Posted: July 30 2020 at 14:48 |
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Hope he had a wonderful birthday and got to celebrate with his closest friends and family.
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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Yeah, I don't know if Alex is his closest friend but I would imagine he would at least be invited to the party.  Alex: "Happy Birthday Dirk. What are you a hundred now?" Geddy: "Yeah, something like that Lerxst." Alex: "And yet you don't look a day over 99." Geddy: "And yet I don't feel a day over four." |
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Posted: July 30 2020 at 16:34 |
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A very warm and happy birthday to Geddy. I hope hw remains with us for a very long time.
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Trivia information. Geddy Lee's real first name is Gary(Gary Lee Weinrib). When his friends came over they would notice that when his mom called him in her thick yiddish accent it would sound like Geddy and so the name stuck. Ok, who on here didn't know that? :P
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Posted: July 31 2020 at 02:19 |
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^^ I knew that
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Posted: July 31 2020 at 05:41 |
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^ I didn't.
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Posted: July 31 2020 at 06:31 |
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I didn't know he was Jewish, or at least I forgot. I had a friend who had bought Caress of Steel and 2112 so I knew of them early on but don't recall it coming up, not that it necessarily would. I could see how "Gary", with the right accent, could sound like Geddy
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Posted: July 31 2020 at 06:38 |
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I always knew that he was a real mensch.
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Posted: July 31 2020 at 08:57 |
I read about that and his family history in a rock magazine when I was in HS, so it was early 80s. More details of he and the other 2 came out on Beyond The Lighted Stage documentary. I had actually forgotten about it till the documentary came out.
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