Did Geddy Lee's vocals improve over time?
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Topic: Did Geddy Lee's vocals improve over time?
Posted By: Zitro
Subject: Did Geddy Lee's vocals improve over time?
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 22:55
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When did Geddy Lee (Rush) sing at his best? |
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 23:25
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The 70's find him versatile, high-reaching, but his shrieks were kind of...atrocious. (sorry). The 80's found him better in melody, singing without breaking anybody's timpani, but less high-reaching and less versatile... The 90's found him tired. I'll go with the 80's then. ------------- 
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Posted By: trauma0
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 23:31
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same quality ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trauma0/?chartstyle=itunesrecent"> 
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 23:31
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Actually, I liked him best from about Hemispheres through to Moving Pictures. I still like him now, but found there was a happy medium between the highness of his beginnings, to the more mellower tones we've heard since Signals. I put the 80's, but in reality I like from the latter part of the 70's to the early part of the 80's.
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Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 00:27
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their 90s work was the best vocally IMO but the worst otherwise generally. Vapor Trails was a step backward vocally as he returned to his 70s sound.
Presto is the best Geddy Lee album vocally. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: iguana
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 03:28
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once he lowered his irritating banshee pitch from "permanent waves"
onwards, RUSH quickly became my favourite group. they were, of course, quite amazing before that, but the "vocals" drove me up the wall! i also liked the "new waveish" slant that they put to their music at that time. ------------- progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false? |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 03:31
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Whoah, wait...I only own Moving Pictures and Waves...are you telling me he used to sound higher?!? ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 03:53
| Always the same...........awful! |
Posted By: iguana
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 04:22
he at times sounded like your nickname  only dogs and bats could
fully enjoy a RUSH-album during the mid- to late-70s ------------- progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false? |
The Whistler wrote:Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 10:39
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Like Rush's music, Geddy's voice always suited the time period they were in. He has a love or hate voice, I love it. ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 11:10
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I think his voice was at it's best in the 80's when he was screaming less.
Moving Pictures remains my top Rush album, but his voice was at it's best between Signals and Counterparts IMO. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 11:41
| The '90s for me - quite definitely. His performance on "Counterparts", for instance, is really something. And when I heard him sing live in 2004 he really cooked! I know he's a love-or-hate vocalist, but he's really one of my favourites. |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 11:43
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The very first album was the peak for me.
But it'll be interesting to see him on this new tour for sure! ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 11:53
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Your question about Geddy Lee reminds me of one lawyers often ask to trap defendants: E.g., "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?"
You question sort of assumes that Geddy Lee at some point was less than "improved."
If one answers yes, then s/he is sort of admitting it was less good before. If one answers no, s/he suggest Lee hasnt' improved.
Kind of funny...  ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 12:32
On everything up to 'All The World's A Stage', he was just too squeaky for me... when I listen to those early albums, I keep wanting to insert some 3 in 1 into his orifices... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: yarstruly
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 12:39
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I say he was always good, but maybe a bit better in the 80s... ------------- Facebook hashtags: #100greatestprogrockchallenge #scottssongbysong #scottsspotlight |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 13:10
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I chose the seventies,when he could really let it rip! ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 13:15
| His voice fits the music in any period, and I love it. Same great quality. |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 14:46
Same quality always - although you can't deny it has changed quite a bit over time 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 15:14
80's...... when he stopped sounding like a girl
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Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 16:56
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I liked Geddy's voice since the early days, but I do have to say I prefer him singing in the lower register. He did go a tad too high at times on albums such as 2112.
I actually think he has improved over the years, so I voted for the '90s +.
This may not be the correct word to use in a rock context, but I think these days Geddy has a very 'pleasant' voice. Distinctive and strong.
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 18:46
| His voice is always of the same quality |
Posted By: MajesterX
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 19:18
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After 1981 his voice live went down alot. He can no longer sing the 70's stuff very well live. See 2112 on All the World's a Stage vs. Grace under Pressure DVD. In Rush's 70's work, his singing is at the top of my list of best vocal performances of all time. Some people say he souds like a girl, just screams or is annoying, but I love his 70's singing more than any other singer. ------------- 
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Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 19:34
Absolutely priceless!
 Hilarious! I agree, although I like his voice on Caress Of Steel and All The World's A Stage, I admit he did sometimes go a tad 'over the top'
 His voice probably divides men and women more than any other when it comes to listening to prog.
I have yet to play Rush to a woman (my wife included) and have her say 'what a good voice he's got.'
Usually, the response is, after five mins or less: 'What a noise!'
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Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 03:43
I agree word by word with iguana! Maybe except the fact that they have never been my favourite group...despite being amazing songwriters and performers!  ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: MadcapLaughs84
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 12:33
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I Think he had a better voice in 70's ------------- 
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Posted By: stewe
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 17:07
| His voice is at it's best on Exit.. stage Left IMO. Without screams, but very clean and easy in his high-pitched notes. On A Show of Hands and mainly on Different Stages and onward he has problems with early songs.. So the early 80s' are the best years for him. |
Posted By: raindance
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 23:29
| I prefer his 80's vox but he's still got the worst vocals in rock..........period. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 23:54
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I found the abrasive quality of his voice in the 70s to be perfect. The
80s material wouldn't have worked with that voice, but I still enjoy it
more.
------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 00:01
I wouldn't say the worst but when he screamed he really scared the sh*t out of me...  -------------
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Posted By: ryba
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 07:43
| i like his singing in vapor trails the most |