What to do what to do...**RUSH*** vocals

How can anyone be a die-hard Rush fan but dislike Ged's vocals?

I come pretty close. I take his vocals for what they are. No they are not perfect but Rush is not Rush without them.

Then again, their are a number of bands I like quite a bit but think the singer is awful, i.e Genesis with Gabriel and Collins singing.

Uther wrote: I can't stand his witch's style of sing ...on the contrary..Rush could be a better band, more complete with a real talent singer   My apologies if someone feel hurt/injured

To rather inappropriately slightly misquote Miranda from the Star Trek episode "Is There No Truth in Beauty"...

"I see, Dr. McCoy, you still subscribe to the outmoded notion, promulgated by your ancient Greeks, that what is good must also be beautiful.  And the reverse, of course, that what is beautiful is automatically expected to be good ...  What is ugly?
Who is to say whether Geddy Lee's vocals are too ugly to bear or too beautiful to bear?"

Edited by Logan - September 30 2006 at 01:03

I can accept high picthed male screaming vocals, as I can accept 90's death metal groaning, and also calssical singing in the operas. Geddy's style is not maybe the coolest way of singing, but his voice evolved during the band's career, and he sings very well on post 1980 records IMO.

(Also Bowie's voice came better during late 70's.) 

The answer to the title of the thread is simple.....sack Geddy!

I like Geddy's vocals.  They keep me from taking Rush's music too seriously, which is a good thing for me.  If some other vocalist with a lower pitched voice sang for Rush, their music might start to sound too menacing and dark, which would totally ruin it for me.

Don't listen to rush, ur unworthy if all u can do is complain about geddy's unique voice. 

I think he is the perfect singer for Rush and his voice evolevd to fit the music that they were doing over time.....I do like his modern Baritone for the songs they are doing more recently and his high shreik on the earlier stuff....and not only is he a phenomenal Bassist (Behind only Squire and possibly Levin on my list), he is a good keyboardist (I said good, not virtuoso...I remember reading a quote one time where he said something like "I'm no Keith Emerson, but I think what I can do fits our music") and often is playing Bass pedals while singing, playing bass & swithcing to Keys and sometimes even rhythm guitar...Xanadu is one of the most amazing musical juggling acts for a single musician you might ever see!  Maybe he doesn't have a Jon Anderson or Freddie Mercury level voice, but taken as a package he is one AMAZING musician!