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Geddy Lee????? I don't get it.......
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Yeah, Geddy really makes that Jazz bass talk on that album. So many great grooves and tones.
I find the statements made in the OP quite strange considering the music Rush makes is still miles above the crap you usually find on Top 40, in my opinion the real McDonalds of music, placing Rush in that same category just doesn't make any sense whatsoever to me.
If Rush is the McDonalds of music, what is Justin Bieber then, the equivalent to the discarded food homeless people fish up from trash cans?
I mean I don't like Rush, and specifically I can't stand Geddy's singing voice, but in my book it's pretty far from fast food music.
As far as I am concerned Rush is quality music, maybe not exactly gourmet, but definitely still pretty solid music, that just doesn't happen to fit my personal taste.
If Rush is the McDonalds of music, what is Justin Bieber then, the equivalent to the discarded food homeless people fish up from trash cans?
I mean I don't like Rush, and specifically I can't stand Geddy's singing voice, but in my book it's pretty far from fast food music.
As far as I am concerned Rush is quality music, maybe not exactly gourmet, but definitely still pretty solid music, that just doesn't happen to fit my personal taste.
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See i think rush is pretty good. Tom sawyer for example is just classic bass. Wooten i respect technically… but the music does nothing for me. I will go as far as to say i think his music sounds synth cheesy. Great musician, bad music.
Right now i am listening to a lot of adam getgood.
different strokes for different folks. It is ok to have different taste in music.
I must admit, justin beiber has some pretty good songs. Like the beatles, i just cant fault some of them.
have a listen to this and tell me it is not good music! Does not need to be your type of music… but the tune as a whole is amazing imho.
and here is periphery and adam getgood.
Greatness comes in many forms.
I am just always surprised when a bass player doesn't like Rush. Rush is the epitome of a Bass players band.
As for the Justin Bieber, He has a boatload of talent whether people want to admit it or not.
The top 40 has always been mostly commercially driven with much better music being harder to seek out. Lot's of garbage in the top 40 IMO.
Rush was not top 40. Especially early on and prior to Tom Sawyer.... That was just more of an appeal to me.
Being a bass playing teenager jamming to 2112 is one of my fondest memories. But we like what we like I guess....I still don't get a bassist not digging Rush.......
As for the Justin Bieber, He has a boatload of talent whether people want to admit it or not.
The top 40 has always been mostly commercially driven with much better music being harder to seek out. Lot's of garbage in the top 40 IMO.
Rush was not top 40. Especially early on and prior to Tom Sawyer.... That was just more of an appeal to me.
Being a bass playing teenager jamming to 2112 is one of my fondest memories. But we like what we like I guess....I still don't get a bassist not digging Rush.......
Overall i am not a massive rush fan. I respect their music, and they have a few undeniable classics in my mind. but rush was not quite my thing.
For decades I just did not get Rush, though I realized how good a drummer Peart was. I never liked Geddy's voice, and I think that had a lot to do with it.
I went so far as to see them once and left after the 3rd song. I just didn't get it, or maybe the time was just not right. The volume and that voice tore into me.
Fast forward a few decades: I like them now! I appreciate Geddy's bass work and more of the band in general. I have not run out to buy their music, but when I hear it now, I have a new appreciation for it. I sort of 'came around' to it over time..... and it took long time.
I went so far as to see them once and left after the 3rd song. I just didn't get it, or maybe the time was just not right. The volume and that voice tore into me.
Fast forward a few decades: I like them now! I appreciate Geddy's bass work and more of the band in general. I have not run out to buy their music, but when I hear it now, I have a new appreciation for it. I sort of 'came around' to it over time..... and it took long time.
This thread is 10 years old! Just read every post, the convo is still worth having.
Let's face it, Rush was overrated. The compositions were mostly without logic. The early records are clumsy "we want to be the Canadian Zeppelin." 2112 is a parody of itself. Even as they matured, they substituted faux-complexity for substance. Alex could straight up pull a solo out of his butt, but the other two were awful improvisers. Then there was the whole Ayn Rand phase and the pretentious, silly lyrics. I could go on and on.
And I love every single note of every record. They were a friend to my freakishly geeky, hopelessly alienated 13 year old self. The best friends I had were made when we bonded over Rush (I can still see their faces and smell the bong water.) As someone else said, only those guys could have made those records. Earnestness is seriously under-valued.
Also, Geddy's tone never got better than Farewell to Kings. Just the greatest shaging Rick tone ever ever.
Let's face it, Rush was overrated. The compositions were mostly without logic. The early records are clumsy "we want to be the Canadian Zeppelin." 2112 is a parody of itself. Even as they matured, they substituted faux-complexity for substance. Alex could straight up pull a solo out of his butt, but the other two were awful improvisers. Then there was the whole Ayn Rand phase and the pretentious, silly lyrics. I could go on and on.
And I love every single note of every record. They were a friend to my freakishly geeky, hopelessly alienated 13 year old self. The best friends I had were made when we bonded over Rush (I can still see their faces and smell the bong water.) As someone else said, only those guys could have made those records. Earnestness is seriously under-valued.
Also, Geddy's tone never got better than Farewell to Kings. Just the greatest shaging Rick tone ever ever.
(Can't believe I'm taking the bait)
Overrated by what standard? Who decides what bands are properly rated? They managed to play arenas until the end, and (as far as I know) the vast majority of the ticket buying audience was die-hards who didn't care if they played Tom Sawyer or not.
I'd argue that they are one of the most correctly rated bands ever.
Those words will never come from me.
GL is every reason to sell the equipment and forget playing as there is nothing influential about him for me.
Seems to me that the conversations about which bass players you don't like and why are pretty boring compared to the ones about who you do like and why. I never learned a damn thing by intentionally not sounding like someone.
