Geddy Lee looks like the bastard of a man and a shoe. Sexiest man? It's not even a funny joke... He's not even a sexy shoe!

...confused.

ubercat wrote:Geddy Lee looks like the bastard of a man and a shoe. Sexiest man? It's not even a funny joke... He's not even a sexy shoe!

...confused.

This is probably Canadian humor, and Geddy's in on the joke. I've known a few Canadians in m'day, and this is the sort of dry humor they used to toss around. I thought it was pretty funny most of the time.

Most of my time in Canada has been spent in cities, so I may be have been seeing the cream of the crop, but they are a better looking lot than we are. The wimmins in Vancouver, Halifax and especially Montreal are disproportionately gorgeous. I assume that means the guys are lookers too, but I'm not a good judge of that.
Well scrubbed people, those urban Cannucks.

With that in mind, my guess is that there are many, many people who are sexier than ol' Ged, and that's the joke, har har.

-A

bump.

I already voted crap, but I gotta say this:

geddy lee's bass sound was great. how in the hell does it come through so clearly over the radio? i just awoke from an afternoon nap to "tom sawyer" coming through the tweeter, and sho-nuff, I could hear the bass line quite well, and it sounded nice and gnarly. not so interested in the way that fucking ugly ferret sings, and his bandmates are stupid masturbatory wankers, the lyrics are trype, but his bass sound is, well, kinda good.

I fucking hate this band with a passion. Possibly as much as Fall Out Boy.

Their fans are the most moronic bunch of whiter-than-Wonder-Bread-in-the-Antarctic right-winger Ayn-Rand-worshipping mouth-breathing Dungeons-and-Dragons-playing nerd-core SCHTICK DRECK DOUCHE-GARGLER ASSWIPES to infest this planet.

Neil Peart masturbates all over his massive ego-stroking drum set and calls it soloing, while writing the worst lyrics this side of Bernie Taupin. At least Jon Anderson had the decency to not make sense.

Geddy Lee has one of the most laughably awful voices in popular music history. His keyboard parts always sound like shit. He's definitely a good bassist, and that signature model Jazz Bass of his is pretty damn cool, but that's it. He can't write a song to save his life either.

Alex Lifeson is probably the only saving grace this band has, and he never takes the spotlight enough to make this band anything more than the musical scum they are.

Fucking CRAP, no waffles. I mean, I consider myself to be a bit of a nerd, but this shit is so unashamedly dorky that it offends my sensibilities beyond reckoning. (In case you were wondering...I fucking loathe Dungeons and Dragons/Magic the Gathering/all that bullshit, so it only stands to reason I'd hate Rush too.)

AH, fuck it, not crap. Geddy Lee's voice can make me shit my pants, but sometimes they got it right.

I am now going to type a whole bunch about Rush. This is going to be, judging by the way this is going, wholly uninteresting/offensive to most of you. That is fine! We are all different! I am not the Coco Rosie whores like the rest of you, for instance. Still, we get along.
Maybe it's because we're much, much, much more forgiving of music we heard as part of our general environment at certain ages (say, 12-15) but I do like me some Rush. Whole buncha waffles. From the very start, they say they started a band to become better musicians. That idea is just so foreign to me. I could see wanting to improve your musicianship to be a better band, or screw all that and just start a band to explore writing songs, but when your goal is all about being the Ultimate Bass Player you wind up with...well, the bridge to "Cinderella Man".
I also think Neil Peart, aside from being probably the perfect drummer for them (admiration and snarkiness all mixed up in that statement) really drags the band down with his philosophical musings, his complete self-seriousness when approaching the (at best) throwaway lyric 'form' and his silly notion that every song must have some deep point to it all. This bugs me so much my band put out a record called "Neil Peart Is An Asshole". I show you the cover art for a giggle:



Anyway I think they would of even been better off with Geddy's silly Foghat-Bad Company laughable rantings he pulled off on the first couple records. Eh, maybe not...when you're 14 and smoking pot, "Xanadu" is pretty cool. I guess that's the teen-geek factor you all are hating. Man, that's my childhood you're messing with.

Rush have some pretty bad records. I think ever since they entered into 'serious adulthood' - say, Grace Under Pressure - they've flat-out sucked. The last album I bought by them was, I think, Presto? And then they put out the one with the raps on and I was like "Fuck that". Though when I heard they recorded a cover record (Feedback) live off the floor I HAD to go buy it. It's pretty good. For Rush.

Okay, there's all my caveats. Here's what I like about 'em.
1) Some great proto-heavy slash boogie slash metal riffs. I'm looking at you, Working Man and Bastille Day. Even "In The Mood" and "Anthem"! I think the 2112 Overture is a really cool prog-rock thing that actually rocks....too bad the rest of the side it's propping up actually is a huge letdown (I am NOT one of those 2112 apostles).
2) They were capable of bouncing from some pretty bad things and being inspired from current music to do something different with their music, without sounding like the Rolling Stones stumbling over disco. I _like_ Signals and Moving Pictures a whole lot. The whole goatee period - nay, but it was pretty natural for Rush. They were smart enough to realize Hemispheres was a mistake. I think Geddy was honestly interested in synths in the 80s, to the band's detriment, and not just trying to get a 'now' sound. That's what I mean about honest experimentation with current trends rather than cashing in. I think it's rare in a band, especially one that has been around decades.
3) I think all three of them, even that asshole Neil Peart, are honest musicians rather than gloryhounds. Even if they're all screwed up on motivations and only accidentally rock out nowadays, I think if they only sold 25,000 records and played small clubs they'd still go out there and do it, and enjoy themselves. In that way (and probably ONLY that way) they're a lot like Cheap Trick, who I admire tons for the same reason. Contrast this with spoiled artistes like Bob Mould or Billy Corgan, both people who I think are pretty much semi-retired these days and in a perpetual pout because they're not a big wave-making splash. Rush are pretty Canadian this way.
4) Rush had The Melvins open for them on tour. Their openers are never labelmates or old buddy-buddy relationships; I think for good or ill (like the time I saw Mr. Big open for 'em) Rush support music they think is interesting. And they put the Melvins in front of stadiums of Rush fans! That was pretty awesome.

Anyway...if someone says to me "I fucking despise Rush" I won't move to correct them, or investigate further. I totally understand why someone would feel that way. But I think there's some good stuff there. Even if they're dorks.

SecondEdition wrote:I fucking hate this band with a passion. Possibly as much as Fall Out Boy.

Their fans are the most moronic bunch of whiter-than-Wonder-Bread-in-the-Antarctic right-winger Ayn-Rand-worshipping mouth-breathing Dungeons-and-Dragons-playing nerd-core SCHTICK DRECK DOUCHE-GARGLER ASSWIPES to infest this planet.

Neil Peart masturbates all over his massive ego-stroking drum set and calls it soloing, while writing the worst lyrics this side of Bernie Taupin. At least Jon Anderson had the decency to not make sense.

Geddy Lee has one of the most laughably awful voices in popular music history. His keyboard parts always sound like shit. He's definitely a good bassist, and that signature model Jazz Bass of his is pretty damn cool, but that's it. He can't write a song to save his life either.

Alex Lifeson is probably the only saving grace this band has, and he never takes the spotlight enough to make this band anything more than the musical scum they are.

Fucking CRAP, no waffles. I mean, I consider myself to be a bit of a nerd, but this shit is so unashamedly dorky that it offends my sensibilities beyond reckoning. (In case you were wondering...I fucking loathe Dungeons and Dragons/Magic the Gathering/all that bullshit, so it only stands to reason I'd hate Rush too.)

Aww... so sad. Nobody would ever play the d&d with you

You want me to DM an adventure for you little buddy? I got my 20-sider and some graph paper right here.

Will that make you feel better?

Max, that was a pretty good run down.
I agree with you on damn near all of it, in fact.
I think I gave up on them a little earlier than you. Signals had some good songs on it, but the "synth experimentation" production eventually put me off. I think their best period was Permanent Waves. I'm nostalgic for that record.

You nailed it with Peart. So wrong, yet so right, that guy. I can't stand his lyics and his drumming has no soul, but I can't think of who else would work.

I think Lifeson is pretty great. He can tear up a guitar, but he can wrench some sweet simple stuff out of it. I agree with 2nd Ed. that he's the best part of the band. Though I have no desire to do it live, if I could pick one "guitar hero" to play like in the privacy of my own home, it would probably be him. His stuff looks and sounds fun to play, as opposed to someone like EVH. I used to soundcheck with parts from The Camera Eye unapologetically.

Geddy does what he does. I mean that in a good and bad way. Never before has anyone in rock made such unfortunate fashion choices. This from a guy who doesn't really get fashion.
I have a soft spot for mutli-instumentalists though.

I'm long over this band. Post Punk killed them for me for the most part, but I could never vote crap because I think they have real integrity, along the lines of what Max said.

-A

TheMilford wrote:

SecondEdition wrote:I fucking hate this band with a passion. Possibly as much as Fall Out Boy.

Their fans are the most moronic bunch of whiter-than-Wonder-Bread-in-the-Antarctic right-winger Ayn-Rand-worshipping mouth-breathing Dungeons-and-Dragons-playing nerd-core SCHTICK DRECK DOUCHE-GARGLER ASSWIPES to infest this planet.

Neil Peart masturbates all over his massive ego-stroking drum set and calls it soloing, while writing the worst lyrics this side of Bernie Taupin. At least Jon Anderson had the decency to not make sense.

Geddy Lee has one of the most laughably awful voices in popular music history. His keyboard parts always sound like shit. He's definitely a good bassist, and that signature model Jazz Bass of his is pretty damn cool, but that's it. He can't write a song to save his life either.

Alex Lifeson is probably the only saving grace this band has, and he never takes the spotlight enough to make this band anything more than the musical scum they are.

Fucking CRAP, no waffles. I mean, I consider myself to be a bit of a nerd, but this shit is so unashamedly dorky that it offends my sensibilities beyond reckoning. (In case you were wondering...I fucking loathe Dungeons and Dragons/Magic the Gathering/all that bullshit, so it only stands to reason I'd hate Rush too.)

Aww... so sad. Nobody would ever play the d&d with you

You want me to DM an adventure for you little buddy? I got my 20-sider and some graph paper right here.

Will that make you feel better?

ha. cute. No, that's fine - I prefer hanging out with humans.