Interesting fact about Geddy Lee of Rush

[LynneSin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geddy_Lee#Early_life

Lee's parents were Jewish refugees from Poland who had been survivors of Nazi concentration camps Dachau and Bergen-Belsen during World War II. In 2004, Canadian Jewish News featured Lee's reflections on his mother's experiences as a refugee, and of his own Jewish heritage. <10>

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BTW, he has definately gotten better looking over time. Somethinga bout Bass Players of legendary bands, even John Paul Jones proved to be the hot one of Led Zeppelin

[CreekDog]

1. that's really interesting

:hi:

[TZ]

3. Geddy Lee

aka the person DuStrange most wants to be. He has a bad case of guitar envy...:evilgrin:

[charlie and algernon]

2. i'm going to the Rush concert in Hershey this july

I didn't know that about his parents, that's interesting.


I hope to see him play the Bass and keyboards at the same time. :headbang:

[LynneSin]

4. I'm getting tickets for that concert too

My family is from Hershey and I want to see him do "Closer to the Heart" live once in my lifetime

[charlie and algernon]

5. that's cool

it was my brother's 18th birthday present. He's a huge rush fan and i figured i needed to do something special for his 18th and as a reward for him registering to vote as a Dem :-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. You're gonna love it! This is the best tour I've ever seen them on,

and I've seen a few.

This tour is fucking stellar in tightness, control, musicianship, and pure amazingness.

AND they're doing Witch Hunt AND Natural Science, two of my favorites.

[driver8]

26. "Natural Science" is one of my favorites, too.

Now if they would do "The Camera Eye"...

[charlie and algernon]

29. nice, I can't wait

I've been hitting the 70's legends lately. Last big concert I went to was last July - Deep Purple and Steppenwolf, which rocked

[LynneSin]

32. In August I'm seeing Jethro Tull with Peter Frampton as the opening act

:woohoo:

[charlie and algernon]

33. sweet

that's not the musikfest concert in Bethlehem, is it?

[driver8]

25. I like when he's playing bass and working the pedals with his feet.

He is pretty amazing! He makes it look so effortless!

[grannylib]

6. I would agree that he's gotten better looking over time; I still think

his voice sucks, especially at the upper register...
But you're right; that is interesting! :hi:

[Dr. Strange]

7. Two more...

Geddy was the bare-knuckled boxing champion in his teens.
Geddy owns the world's largest collection of monocles.

http://fusionanomaly.net/rush.html

[Cabcere]

8. Interesting.

Also, that is a really nice picture of him. :loveya: As in, I'm-a-little-worried-about-myself-now-nice. :blush: Thanks for sharing!

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. You mean, Gary Weinrib?

:rofl:

Sorry, I love Rush and think the world of them. But in the annals of rockdom, Gary Weinrib has to be the nerdiest, awful name. And Geddy Lee is one of the coolest. He's certainly one of the bassest-ass bass players the world of rock has ever seen.

Rush, in fact, is one of the baddest-ass sets of musicians ever assembled.

All the Rush haters out there can go fuck yourselves.

[Dr. Strange]

11. The secret to rock stardom:

have a mom who pronounces your name with a heavy accent.

Another Geddy fact: He attended primary school with Rick Moranis.

[quip]

12. I like this Geddy character! Reading from the wiki source:

"As of 2002, Lee no longer uses traditional bass amplifiers on stage, as he chooses to use a venue's "house" speakers. Faced with the dilemma of what to do with the empty space left behind by the lack of large amplifier cabinets, Lee chose to fill the space in a unique way. For the 2002 Vapor Trails tour, Lee lined his side of the stage with three coin-operated Maytag dryers. Other large appliances would appear later in the same space. (Lee had earlier decorated his side of the stage with unusual items. For the 1996-1997 Test for Echo tour, Lee's side sported a fully-stocked old-fashioned household refrigerator.)"

The dude is HIGHlarious! :rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. On the current tour, he has three chicken rotisseries cooking chicken through the show.

And every now and again a stage hand - they appeared to be, perhaps, winners of a radio contest - come out dressed as cooks and baste the chickens.


One thing I love about Rush is that their music is so utterly fucking serious, complex, difficult, and hard-edged ass-kicking jamming, but when they perform, they do almost everything tongue-in-cheek and are clearly having a totally fun and hilarious time on stage, making faces at each other, doing the dryers/rotisserie/other stuff, hilarious videos (their South Park video announcing Tom Sawyer is funny as hell!) and so on.

Here's the South Park intro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrejJHPnVfk&feature=related

[Dr. Strange]

14. You see why he is one of my idols, yes?

[quip]

15. He is a real-life Nigel, if Nigel weren't real.

[Dr. Strange]

18. Good thing Nigel is real, then, eh?

[quip]

21. Um, yeah.

:shrug: :headbang:

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. And let us not forget his PSA announcement on Tobaggan safety

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwpGXfHmY-A&feature=related

[Dr. Strange]

17. Then have your roadie take the toboggan back up the hill.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. That line always kills me!

And "geez, that was fun" after that magnificent scream he gives down the hill!

[TZ]

23. Okay that was funny!

Anybody who deliberately gets their tongue stuck to cold metal for a laugh is tops in my book!!:rofl:

[driver8]

27. I never knew why they had the dryers on stage! Thanks for the info! n/t

[quip]

28. lol Don't thank me-- make a donation to Wiki!

:P

[Connonym]

24. which would probably explain this

http://youtube.com/watch?v=e6LPCM8iflI Good day, eh.

[Skittles]

20. WHOA

he IS looking good :thumbsup:

[ET Awful]

22. Believe it or not, I actually knew that, I found it out when I read an interview years ago

they discussed the song "Red Sector A". Geddy based that song on his parents experiences:

All that we can do is just survive
All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive

Ragged lines of ragged grey
Skeletons, they shuffle away
Shouting guards and smoking guns
Will cut down the unlucky ones

I clutch the wire fence until my fingers bleed
A wound that will not heal
A heart that cannot feel
Hoping that the horror will recede
Hoping that tomorrow well all be freed

Sickness to insanity
Prayer to profanity
Days and weeks and months go by
Dont feel the hunger
Too weak to cry

I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate
Are the liberators here?
Do I hope or do I fear?
For my father and my brother, its too late
But I must help my mother stand up straight

Are we the last ones left alive?
Are we the only human beings to survive?

[Maestro]

30. Love Rush and Geddy Lee

has always blown me away as a bass player. As a frustrated bassist, I'm in awe. Cool story.

[Rhythm]

31. A friend from drama club wrote the lyrics to "Limelight" in my yearbook...

I've never been much of a Rush fan, but i have to give them props for musical innovation.

[DemocratInSoCal]

34. Wasn't The Song "Red Sector A" About Concentration Camps? nt