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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Doesn't bother me. Rush wouldn't be Rush without Geddy. 

feel the same---his voice shouldn't work --yet somehow it does in this band. Has he ever done solo work and if and when he does would be interesting to see how his singing works 
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Originally posted by Machinemessiah Machinemessiah wrote:

Rush is totally part of the 'Big' club for me (and it puzzles me if in a Progressive Rock site it isn't). For me Rush, fulfils my (progressive) 'power' needs.. and Geddy's screams is a great part of the deal.. I'm not into metal, nor things like Faith no More (though can listen), but, on a more 'classic (progressive) rock' flavor, for me this is as good as it gets in terms of power. But yeah.. perfectly understandable if it is an acquired taste; with my school friends long ago there was also a moment when we started questioning 'the witch', but in my case (and theirs too) it was a short hiatus and then I returned for good; for me Rush is indispensable, I'm always listening to them. I was in a band called 'Jacob's Ladder' totally inspired by Rush, and we 'tackled' some of the more affordable Rush' songs, but, the moment you have to sing one of them, you are completely at loss...


Favorite moments: Anthem with that scream.. 2112 when he starts the song high above.. Hemispheres beginning: 


"When our weary world was young
The struggle of the ancients first began
The gods of Love and Reason
Sought alone to rule the fate of Man"



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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Can't say I'm particularly bothered by the sound of a "Cat being chased out a door with a blow-torch up its butt" LOL

Of course Geddy is an amazing musician. This says its better than anything I could think up:

Music industry writer Christopher Buttner, who interviewed Lee in 1996, described him as a prodigy and "role model" for what every musician wants to be, noting his proficiency on stage. Buttner cited Lee's ability to vary time signatures, play multiple keyboards, use bass pedal controllers and control sequencers, all while singing lead vocals into as many as three microphones. Buttner adds that few musicians of any instrument "can juggle half of what Geddy can do without literally falling on their ass.

sorry for all the 'ass references'!

Two very good posts Clap. I have read other articles saying same thing as Mr Buttner about Geddy Lee. It was around '76 when I got into Rush and going forward as a young teenager I never had any issue with Geddy's voice, it never struck me that way. Although I can see (hear) why some might have an issue, but to me that is just digging too deep and trying to find a reason to dislike a band.......His voice fits the era from a more heavy-hard rock/metal band to a more mature sounding 2nd half of their catalog.

I am perfectly fine with his tone and style, which as a professional has changed with the times.
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Geddy Lee is definately an aquired taste...but his screech is essential for the music....plus if you listen to his bass playing, especially on Hemispheres very few moments where the bass is boss as complexity...Rush should have got a keysman in after 1980, so that they could have really expanded on prog metal base. Signals was the biggest letdown in my whole prog listening life...miles worse than ATTWT....and that was a big enough sell out...

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Oh and you will get some smart arses on here who wiñl tell you that Rush only became interesting after PW.....words escape me on such flagrant betrayal of the prog ethos...

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When I first heard Rush it was around the Moving Pictures era, and his balls were just starting to drop. I actually really liked his voice. Although, overall, the albums after GUP were not as good as their predecessors, his voice only improved with age.

On the 70's albums, his voice is like Robert Plant throwing a hissy fit in a crack lounge, but, for me it no way impairs the quality of the music.

In summary, I have no problem with his voice.
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Not a favourite, but don't really mind it and maybe even like it a little on the Permanent Waves and onwards albums.  Scream Geddy Lee phase is definitely not something I enjoy.
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Fantastic musicians but I was never a fan and Geddy's voice for me, is like sandpaper on the soul
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Polarizing voice, and I've never minded it at all! Cool

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Originally posted by fronobulax fronobulax wrote:

Have you folks heard "Pavlov's Dog?" It's the closest thing to Geddy I've heard, but even more high pitched and laden with vibrato. 

Of course Geddy is a god because Rush is (by Caress of Steel) completely original, love it or hate it!

It's the closest thing to Geddy I've heard

Then you've clearly never heard or seen Burke Shelley of Budgie, then!


I love Geddy Lee's voice. But I was already a big fan of Budgie and anyone who sounds like Burke Shelley is fine by me.


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It is an acquired taste without a doubt. But I practically grew up with the guy, so I find absolutely no problem at all with his voice. On the other hand, if I'm introducing someone to Rush, I tend to avoid the early albums because of his shrieking vocals. Once I have my apprentice on track I introduce the early Rush, so that the voice will be understood within its proper context.
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If you're a Rush fan, you're a Geddy fan. You can't have one without the other. Too bad we never got to hear Geddy and Rik Emmett, another excellent Canadian musician from the "high-pitched" lead vocal club, collaborate on something.
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Anyone here fans of Thank You Scientist whose vocalist seems to be very influenced by Geddy?  I concur with the majority that Rush just wouldn't be Rush without him vocally and bassically. Big smile
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When I heard my first Rush song, I admit that Geddy's voice hit me like a freight train. 

It definitely took a little to get used to, but it wasn't too bad because I listened to a lot of heavy metal before that, so I was used to high-pitched, screamy voices.

I don't know why it surprised me so much with Rush though, it just did. Needless to say, I love his voice now, although it can become a bit grating at times.





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I adore also Geddy´s seventies & eighties voice, but he sounded terrible in the last days of Rush.
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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Oh and you will get some smart arses on here who wiñl tell you that Rush only became interesting after PW.....words escape me on such flagrant betrayal of the prog ethos...
 

I don't think anyone is saying that at all LOL

Rush are fascinating for their ability to re-invent and be creative. What is 'progressive' about just peddling a sound and style ad nauseum? Rush didn't do that . There are very clear phases of the music where they concentrated on a particular idea. The eighties did get very electro based but mostly they still put out 'interesting' stuff. Prog ethos is a horrible phrase. Most people reject that flat out. Just be creative , that's the name of the game.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Oh and you will get some smart arses on here who wiñl tell you that Rush only became interesting after PW.....words escape me on such flagrant betrayal of the prog ethos...
 

I don't think anyone is saying that at all LOL

Rush are fascinating for their ability to re-invent and be creative. What is 'progressive' about just peddling a sound and style ad nauseum? Rush didn't do that . There are very clear phases of the music where they concentrated on a particular idea. The eighties did get very electro based but mostly they still put out 'interesting' stuff. Prog ethos is a horrible phrase. Most people reject that flat out. Just be creative , that's the name of the game.

Yeah but both Genesis (post Hackett) and Rush (after MP) REGRESSED into popular synth/pop/AOR fusion neither band produced anything near what a prog ethesist would consider progression...The reason the likes of me listened to Stardust we are and fell in love almost instantly, is because nostalgically such lengthy bombastic epics took seventies prog and progressed it into mega prog....now it's time for tera prog....only daga band (with a live track which was essentially three half hour suites, one piano, one moog and synths then finally organ, moog and synths) have ventured into tera prog....Paraplasma was the track name and ten times better than anything wakeman or emerson did...Greg Boynton..sadly a forgotten talent, now long dead...
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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Oh and you will get some smart arses on here who wiñl tell you that Rush only became interesting after PW.....words escape me on such flagrant betrayal of the prog ethos...

Nobody here is saying that but Peart did say it.  Wink
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Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Doesn't bother me. Rush wouldn't be Rush without Geddy. 

feel the same---his voice shouldn't work --yet somehow it does in this band. Has he ever done solo work and if and when he does would be interesting to see how his singing works 

Yes he has released a solo album - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Favourite_Headache
 
 
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I remember when I first heard Rush, a friend had bought All The World's a Stage. I must admit when we first heard it we both thought "wtf?" when the singing started, but since then I've had no problems with his singing.
 
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I quite enjoy his early "castrato with a megaphone" efforts, at least on my favourite Rush LP, Caress of Squeal.
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