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Geddy Lee overrated??

#101
This thread is so funny :D. I can't read this without laughing.



This is my two cents




GENEEEEEE SIMMMOONS :bassist::bassist::bassist:


Fuk yea

OMFG listen to the bass line of "I Was Made for Lovin You" it's just PURE GENIOUS. Root, octave, root, octave :eek: . I haven't once in my lifetime thought about that, it just blows my mind.

(btw i'm being sarcastic and entwistle is better than geddy)

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#103
dalkowski said:
Ask someone who was paying attention to rock in the sixties and early seventies. (I may not have survived my teen years without "Quadrophenia.") But since Keef snuffed it? Not much.
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Keef played in the Who? And he's dead? OMFG, how did I miss that?:eek: Seems like it was only last year he fell from a palm.:atoz:







There will ever only be one Keef, and it wasn't Keith Moon.:rollno:
 
#104
I love RUSH but I will say this,

If you went to a local bar and some guy was playing with Geddy's tinny TONE and his weird technique.....strings banging the frets and pickups....you would be LAUGHING and making fun of the guy.

However geddy is in RUSH and has written/played on some of the best music of all time. So he IS overrated in a way....but he's Geddy Lee.
 
#105
RestInPieces said:
This thread is so funny :D. I can't read this without laughing.



This is my two cents




GENEEEEEE SIMMMOONS :bassist::bassist::bassist:


Fuk yea

OMFG listen to the bass line of "I Was Made for Lovin You" it's just PURE GENIOUS. Root, octave, root, octave :eek: . I haven't once in my lifetime thought about that, it just blows my mind.

(btw i'm being sarcastic and entwistle is better than geddy)

:hiding:
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HAHA:D

In all seriousness though, I think Gene is a rather underrated player. All of his lines from the 70's were very tasty, and he does some fascinating improvisation live.


That aside, thank you for having the equipment to join me in the majority.:hiding:
 
#110
badstonebass said:
I love RUSH but I will say this,

If you went to a local bar and some guy was playing with Geddy's tinny TONE and his weird technique.....strings banging the frets and pickups....you would be LAUGHING and making fun of the guy.

However geddy is in RUSH and has written/played on some of the best music of all time. So he IS overrated in a way....but he's Geddy Lee.
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Wait...what? :eyebrow:

Oh, thats right, Rush started their career doing stadiums....right?

No, wait, Geddy didnt actually play in any of those bars in the early days, its was piped in Who music or maybe a 4 year old Wooten on a P bass?

No, wait, there was no such thing as strings or frets back then so as not to slap either one of them with weird technique. Or maybe people didnt develop the ability to laugh until talkbass.

(just how the hell did he become famous with his tinny tone, weird technique and strings banging while playing in bars then?)
 
#111
I think Geddy is great. I think Entwistle is great. There are many greats obviously. But they excel in the context of their own bands. They may not be looked at the same way had they been in other bands. It's too hard to compare these guys like that. Now Geddy is no Jaco or Wooten but it isn't fair to compare them that way either. The guy that started this thread must be laughing his butt off right now. BTW I agree, Gene $immons played good lines back in the hey day...
 
#113
Jomyo said:
I see this kind of comment often when people bring up Geddy and it makes me wonder. I know it's all opinion, of course, but for me judging a player involves not only technical chops but the original music that the player has created. Given that criteria, none of those players cited have created music that has moved me a fraction of Geddy's music.

It's all IMHO, YMMV, etc. though.......
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I agree completely. Technical skill, creativity, and influence all factor into how I judge a bassist.
 
#114
In sports they play all season long to find out who is the best and everyone who plays in the pros plays to be the best(or for the exorbitant paycheck).
In music it's about how you feel, your passions and how you escape everyday problems or even more simply because it's what you want to do. The true greats play for the song to convey their interpretation of the subject(song). So as much as I like Geddy and all bass players who can really rip the fretboard, I think it's kind of shortsighted to claim someone is better than somebody else. We all play the bass because we love music and the state of mind we get into while we play right? IMO we should leave our competitive natures out of a music discussion because when it comes down to it if you don't like Geddy's voice don't listen to him.
 
#117
badstonebass said:
If you went to a local bar and some guy was playing with Geddy's tinny TONE and his weird technique.....strings banging the frets and pickups....you would be LAUGHING and making fun of the guy.
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Tinny? What the hell are you smoking? Have you heard Rush live?

If I saw a guy in a bar that could cop Geddy's techinque and tone I'd buy him a beer. Not an expensive mixed drink, but a beer.
 
#120
Is it blasphemy, or is it a plausible possibility?? I've been listening to both Charles Mingus and Jaco Pastorius extensively, and I honestly feel that Mingus was way more inventive and interesting. I also think Jaco Pastorius was rather boring, and it just seemed, dull... plus, alot of his were rather repetitive chromatic garb...:hiding:


Cheerio???:bassist:
 

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