[QUOTE=AvantGardeMercenary]Rush is like... Dream Theater. They don't focus enough on songwriting. It's all wankery in it's own respect.

They wish they were King Crimson.[/QUOTE]

Buddy your a joke dream theater and king crimson have no comparason to rush...neil peart is a drum wizard...alex lifeson is a guitar legend and geddy is by fart the best bass player in the world think about it rush has so many good songs including anthem, fly by night, working man, xanadu and everything

[QUOTE=6stringed]No I haven't seen it but.............

Lately I just love Rush. I could listen to them so many times.
Working Man is one of my favorite songs.
Geddy's awesome but what kind of name is that?[/QUOTE]

Geddy Lee is not his real name. It was something really long and didn't roll off the tongue too well, so he changed it to something memorable.

[QUOTE=rockinbass17]Geddy Lee is not his real name. It was something really long and didn't roll off the tongue too well, so he changed it to something memorable.[/QUOTE]
Are you sure that wasn't Alex Lifeson's? His real name is Alex Zivojinovich.

[QUOTE=classicrockman]Are you sure that wasn't Alex Lifeson's? His real name is Alex Zivojinovich.[/QUOTE]

Geddy Lee is "Geddy" because his heavily Jewish mother could never say "Gary" correctly, and so it stuck.

The long name thing refers to Alex, though, you're right. But yeah, Geddy Lee isn't his real name either.

Thought I'd bring this thread back to the surface.

I've started listening to Rush again now: I absolutely love their bass work.

[QUOTE=Cain]Geddy Lee is "Geddy" because his heavily Jewish mother could never say "Gary" correctly, and so it stuck.

The long name thing refers to Alex, though, you're right. But yeah, Geddy Lee isn't his real name either.[/QUOTE]
Interesting. Do you know if Alex is jewish?

By the way, how difficult is the bass part in YYZ. I was thinking of learning it.

[QUOTE=deathscreamingsheep]By the way, how difficult is the bass part in YYZ. I was thinking of learning it.[/QUOTE]
It's considered one of the best bass performances of prog rock, so my guess is that it's fairly challenging. I know that Rush's lead guitar parts aren't too bad, until you start getting into the solos like La Villa Strangiato.

Give it a shot, see if you can do it. Doesn't hurt to try.

Me, I just hope that Rush is going to tour sometime again soon...maybe 2007.

[QUOTE]Me, I just hope that Rush is going to tour sometime again soon...maybe 2007.[/QUOTE]That would be great! I have yet to see them live :upset: Definetly my favorite band in the prog genre.

July 26, 2006, Red Rocks Ampitheater, CO.

I'm gonna be so pissed if it doesn't happen.

But if it does.....:chug:

I saw Neil's drum set today.Sweet mother of all things drum related.Is he like god?

Rush is going to record a new cd! and tour!

[url]http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/rush_album_update.html[/url]

( sorry i dont know how to make links)


IM so excited, me and my friend are big rush fans so we will see them

[QUOTE=wholedzep]It's considered one of the best bass performances of prog rock, so my guess is that it's fairly challenging. I know that Rush's lead guitar parts aren't too bad, until you start getting into the solos like La Villa Strangiato.

Give it a shot, see if you can do it. Doesn't hurt to try.[/QUOTE]

I already can play the guitar part. Bass is a bit of a secondary instrument to me: but even if I can't play the whole thing I should be able to make some pretty good exercises from it.

[QUOTE]I saw Neil's drum set today.Sweet mother of all things drum related.Is he like god?[/QUOTE] Yeah its crazy. Three years back with my first band, we covered some rush tunes. That acted as a cornerstone for my improvisation skills. (Seeing as I only had a 6 piece kit with 5 cymbals)

[QUOTE=classicrockman]Interesting. Do you know if Alex is jewish?[/QUOTE]
Polish or something, I would think.

Geddy is a beast. I wish I could play like him.

Anyone care to upload some Rush for me? I especially like the old school stuff, pre-Moving Pictures. I currently own Caress of Steel and Moving Pictures on CD, and Fly By Night and Permanent Waves on vinyl.

Email address is [email]mistergroovy1023@gmail.com[/email]. Or if you want to trade on AIM, screen name is Mistergroovy1023.

[QUOTE=classicrockman]Are you sure that wasn't Alex Lifeson's? His real name is Alex Zivojinovich.[/QUOTE]

Alex does use "Lifeson" as his stage name. I guess no one wants to attempt to pronounce Zivojinovich. If I remember correctly, he is os Icelandic descent, and Zivojinovich roughly translates to English as "Son of Life", so thus Lifeson.

I like Lifeson better :) (prolly because I can pronounce it)

Yep, yesir indeed. Rush is good.

Don't let this thread die :(

teh led senger sonds lyike hez gat no balz.

I reckon Neil should do very well in the Drummer poll. Better then Alex in guitar and Geddy in Vocals/Bass one can hope....

Alex and Geddy are under-appriciated.

I am probably going to buy myself another rush album tonight, any suggestions?

so far i have 2112, moving pictures, rush, fly by night, and rush in rio

im thinking of getting farewell to kings, but im not sure...

[QUOTE=NicetoKnowyou]I am probably going to buy myself another rush album tonight, any suggestions?

so far i have 2112, moving pictures, rush, fly by night, and rush in rio

im thinking of getting farewell to kings, but im not sure...[/QUOTE]

Permanent Waves or Counterparts would be my choices.

Is it just me or is YYZ one of the most satisfying songs to play ever on guitar or bass?

[QUOTE=deathscreamingsheep]Is it just me or is YYZ one of the most satisfying songs to play ever on guitar or bass?[/QUOTE]

The solo and the intro riff in particular are great on guitar. On bass, any Rush instrumental is satisfying, because it means you play closer to God than other people.

I just listened to the song "2112" in its entirety. :)

I've done that about 30 times. Good stuff.

A Farewell to Kings is quickly becoming one of my favorite Rush songs. I never really realized how awesome it is.

[QUOTE=wholedzep]A Farewell to Kings is quickly becoming one of my favorite Rush songs. I never really realized how awesome it is.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, the whole album is great. I love Xanadu.

XAN-A-DU!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coolest song on he album.

On my windoms media player list, cygnus x-1 is at the end of Kings and then the next album is hemispheres so I go from x-1 to Cygnus X-1 book 2 hemipheres directly. Pretty awesome.