Got into RUSH when I was 15 after I saw a Laser Disc of Exit Stage Left, the sound was down and all I saw was Peart's sticks blurrring as he did one of his most common amazing tom rolls. It was at a Video Concepts and I went and had the salesman turn the sound up, of course from then on I was a huge RUSH fan, and started playing drums (then piano, then guitar, and finally much later bass) because of them. Keep dreaming big no matter what, I salute you for your audacity and temerity.
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To: Geddy, if somehow you could read this
- Thread starter Presto2112
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Funny, I've been a fan of some people's music for a long time and never wanted to meet them. The music and the person making it are two different things.
Geddys awesome, i saw Rush for the first time when i was in 8th grade, skipped school partied all day, and saw the "Farewell to Kings" tour, saw them every year after that up until 1984. havent seen them since....the new material on their upcoming album sound good, real good! rock on Geddy, good luck with that dream Presto, keep it alive. I'm sure you could buy some VIP ticket package somewhere....
Unless you're talking about a dude playing covers, I beg to differ.
The creativity you hear in the music can only come from that particular individual. In this case, John Rutsey is a perfect example. Yes, he was a credible drummer, but he wasn't Neil Peart. That incarnation of Rush didn't sound much like the one everyone is familiar with.
I believe the musician & the music are inextricably linked.
And it's also a fact that for all they've accomplished, Rush has managed not to become a trio of egomaniacal douche bags. Kudos to them.
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
me too, although i never even had the chance to get through on rock line, and i'd been calling in every one since '81, so he's already one up on me
in fact, considering what a rampant, ridiculous rush fanboi i've been since permanent waves came out (i've seen them in concert at least 3 times every tour since MP, sometimes travelling 8+ hrs to catch a show) it's sorta weird that i've never met or talked to any of the guys, or even really come close, considering how many other famous folks i've met and talked to who were less of an influence on me. i'm holding out hope though 
.an interesting aside, did you guys know that rush has been on rockline more times than anybody but ozzy? i thought that was cool.
To Geddy:
This is an other "kid", I'm 41 years old (yesterday actually!), which bought a Geddy Sig Jazz when he was about 38.... but still I felt like a schoolboy when I first played Tom Sawyer with my new Geddy.
Thanks for ALL the Rush tunes, you guys rock and we Rush fans depreciate every year you continue to tour or to give out albums.
This is an other "kid", I'm 41 years old (yesterday actually!), which bought a Geddy Sig Jazz when he was about 38.... but still I felt like a schoolboy when I first played Tom Sawyer with my new Geddy.
Thanks for ALL the Rush tunes, you guys rock and we Rush fans depreciate every year you continue to tour or to give out albums.
I've been a fan since I discovered Permanent Waves in 1980 shortly after I began playing bass.
It would be cool to meet the guys some day, just to say 'thanks' for the countless hours of enjoyment their music has brought me.
It would be cool to meet the guys some day, just to say 'thanks' for the countless hours of enjoyment their music has brought me.
Geddy Lee is a huge part of Rush. If Alex Lifeson or Neil Pert quit the band could Rush still tour? Probably. But if Geddy quit, no way would there be a replacement.
I idolize geddy for his attitude of no drugs or hook ups and just playing the bass.. He doesnt need groupies or drunkedness or getting baked before shows and that is something you almost never aee there days. I hated rush when I first started listening but then I heard 2112.
Geddy is the reason many of us play bass today. I haven't met him, but I have met a couple of my later influences. Met Rocco once and Jimmy maybe 3-4 times. The Yellowjackets even did a request of mine once. Keep dreaming. It can happen.
Meet n greets would be awesome but it's like a 5 minute thing and I wouldn't be able to ask him all the questions I have. Either way it would be amazing!
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I started playing bass '74 before I'd ever heard of Rush, but they were quite an influence on me as a teenager - I saw them for 2112, Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, and Moving Pictures tours.........And my first "good" bass was a black '73 Rick 4001 that I bought from Mike Lull as N.O.S. in '76 just before he opened his own shop.
Watch the Beyond The Lighted Stage DVD. Geddy himself says there's no replacing anyone in the band, the band is the three of them, and he wouldn't want to try to continue Rush without either of them (i.e. Alex or Neil).
As a huge fan for over 35 years, I agree with him. YMMV.
I don't see how Alex or Neil could be replaced, either.
Rush is a Power Trio, and very unique one, at that. No way would they do an album or tour with anyone out of the lineup.
That is one of the things that makes them so appealing. They are a band that has three equally important members. The way those three interrelate is what drives the sound. Change any of them out, and you have a different band.
I think that's why Led Zeppelin didn't go on without Bonzo. They didn't feel that they COULD.
Dear Geddy Lee: Thanks for the impact you've made on people like myself, Presto2112, and countless others. Thank you for being a true musician (alongside Alex and Neil) for nearly 4 decades, ignoring the criticism, ignoring the popularity contests and record label pressure, and just writing good music. Thanks for making such a giant leap for the bass as an instrument, and for creating some of the most memorable and incredible riffs in the history of Rock and Roll. Thanks for being a good role model, and staying clear of the hard drugs, groupies and wildness, being professional and letting the music speak for itself. Finally, thank you for the memories. I'll never forget my first (and second...and soon third 
) Rush concert, and dropping my jaw at the bass solos in Red Barchetta, La Villa Strangiato, and YYZ, which left me with an even greater thirst to grow as a musician. I pray for many more long years of success and musical longevity for you, Neil, and Alex. God bless Rush, and God bless Geddy Lee.
-Daniel
I guess this has become the "Geddy Lee fanmail" thread now...
) Rush concert, and dropping my jaw at the bass solos in Red Barchetta, La Villa Strangiato, and YYZ, which left me with an even greater thirst to grow as a musician. I pray for many more long years of success and musical longevity for you, Neil, and Alex. God bless Rush, and God bless Geddy Lee. -Daniel
I guess this has become the "Geddy Lee fanmail" thread now...
And to the OP. I'm beyond Jealous that you got to talk to the guys at all! Lol. Keep that dream alive bro. It may just happen. Let us all know if it does!
