i have a confession...

mindflow · #1 05-23-2005, 01:50 PM

im really not feelin geddy lee. ive had a geddy lee bass for a few years and love it. im just really not into rush at all. i understand whats he's doing on bass and i appreciate it technique-wise. but its not music to my ears. i know i will get flak for this, especially on this site, but i had to get it off my chest. but damn, what a great bass.

Dr. Cheese · #2 05-23-2005, 02:20 PM

Thank goodness there's no law that says we have to like all the music we hear!

Red Wonder · #3 05-23-2005, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mindflow

im really not feelin geddy lee. ive had a geddy lee bass for a few years and love it. im just really not into rush at all. i understand whats he's doing on bass and i appreciate it technique-wise. but its not music to my ears. i know i will get flak for this, especially on this site, but i had to get it off my chest. but damn, what a great bass.

How DARE you?!

LOL, just kidding...Rush is what you might call an "acquired taste"...not much in-between with them...either you worship them or you could care less for 'em.

I'm the same way with Yes...I do not find their catalog musical at all...but Chris Squire is a monster!

**embellisher** · #4 05-24-2005, 01:47 PM

You are hereby expelled from the most ancient and accepted order of bassists!!!

Hollow Man · #5 05-24-2005, 01:51 PM

Geddy might be my all-time favorite, but as was mentioned earlier, I can't do Yes at all (with no offense to Chris Squire)... just can't seem to swallow their style. If it's any consolation to you, I have only a marginal interest in the Geddy Lee jazz bass... just not my sound.

zombywoof5050 · #6 05-25-2005, 11:10 AM

It just goes to show you that different tastes make the world go around..

YES is great!

Panther · #7 05-25-2005, 12:18 PM

You can't like everything, but being open to everything is key.

I wish I could riff and solo like Victor Wooten, but would rather be in band like the Dave Matthews Band.

amused2KAOS · #8 05-25-2005, 04:23 PM

if you think rush is an acquired taste than you have never eard anything by capt. beefheart. its cool if you dont like rush, i for one love rush, yes and... capt. beefheart

srxplayer · #9 05-25-2005, 04:35 PM

Hey Mindflow I'm with you on that. I am just not down with Geddy Lee either. The guy is a really talented bassist and I truely respect the guy a musician. But I have never been a Rush fan at all.

I probably could have got into it more if Geddy Lee did not sing. I really can't deal with his vocals.

Matt Till · #10 05-27-2005, 05:04 PM

The GL Jazz is a really slick bass.. I love it. I'm only mildly into Rush. I have a Rush wristband for bass playing though, only because I think it's funny. Amongst Good Charolette and Offspring and Green Day wristbands was a Rush one.

His vocals are "teh suck"

keb · #11 05-27-2005, 06:39 PM

No worries, I mean there are a few big-name bassists whose playing that I myself just can't get into really, even though they are immensely talented or they're super-nice guys. As Confused-us said, "that's why God created different-colored neckties."

f'nar f'nar · #12 05-27-2005, 07:07 PM

Im the opposite to mentioned, I love Yes (practically grew up with them) but I just can't seem to get into rush.

But yeh dude, you're not likely to cop any flak from expressing that you dont like a bassist, but you respect him/her. If you had have come on here and said "Geddy is so crap, i cant believe I bought his bass, I rekon he should go die horribly!"... that would have got you banned from the forum on general princible!

Anyway, yeh, I agree, I can't seem to like Geddy too much, though I've seen him play live (rush in rio) and he rocked the Khazbar, I'm just not a Geddy man!

Nadav · #13 05-27-2005, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by srxplayer

I probably could have got into it more if Geddy Lee did not sing. I really can't deal with his vocals.

That's my problem exactly. Yes, however, is a different case...