Members Six String Stuntman Steve Posted February 17, 2003 Members Share Posted February 17, 2003 I don't mean like fronting a song (although that would be nice! ). I mean more like backing vocals here and there. Some Rush songs have some great 3 piece harmonies or extra parts that are sometimes played by samples or ignored totally live. I bet the audience would {censored} in their pants if Neil suddenly shouted out "We are young!" along with Alex in "Dreamline" or joined in on some of the great 3 piece parts in "Ceiling unlimited", "Ghost Rider", etc. He's an amazing drummer as it is....and this would add that edge to live Rush concerts.......dontcha think? Comments? Hey maybe we can start one of those cool online petitions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mofishes Posted February 17, 2003 Members Share Posted February 17, 2003 Doesn't he do the rap bit on 'Roll the Bones'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Six String Stuntman Steve Posted February 17, 2003 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2003 Originally posted by Mofishes Doesn't he do the rap bit on 'Roll the Bones'? He did it in the studio. I'm not 100% sure about live....but I've heard that they just use samples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liverneck Posted February 17, 2003 Members Share Posted February 17, 2003 I'd like to see Geddy play drums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gspointer Posted February 18, 2003 Members Share Posted February 18, 2003 geddy play drums? he already plays bass, keyboard pedals and sings at the same time, I think he's pretty well maxed out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Six String Stuntman Steve Posted February 18, 2003 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2003 Originally posted by gspointer geddy play drums? he already plays bass, keyboard pedals and sings at the same time, I think he's pretty well maxed out Oh it's Rush.....of they want to add a second drummer they'd find a way. They'd probably tell Alex to finger tap all his guitar parts and hold a drumstick in his other hand (note: his feey are occupied with keys pedals) and try to keep up with Neil. But back to the issue. Why won't he sing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scheming Demon Posted February 18, 2003 Members Share Posted February 18, 2003 It would probably be very cool. My guess would be he doesn't have a good singing voice. He's also doing quite a bit as a drummer in a lot of songs which also doesn't lend itself to backing vocals. If he had the voice I think he would do some backing vocals though. That's my theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Six String Stuntman Steve Posted February 18, 2003 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2003 Originally posted by Scheming Demon It would probably be very cool. My guess would be he doesn't have a good singing voice. He's also doing quite a bit as a drummer in a lot of songs which also doesn't lend itself to backing vocals. Hey.....isn't your moniker from "A Farewell to Kings"? You know...."Scheming Demon dressed in kingly guise...."? Anyway. I know that drummers aren't usually inclined to sing. I get the idea that he doesn't have a very high pitch range. But I think his best excuse would be that his kit just won't allow a mic stand. I mean, it's so huge, and he's hitting everything in sight, and he's rotating and hitting stuff all around. I really wish he'd fill in on someof those parts though. Hearing samples sounds so.....cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pconn171 Posted February 19, 2003 Members Share Posted February 19, 2003 Originally posted by Mofishes Doesn't he do the rap bit on 'Roll the Bones'? neil wrote it - geddy sung it - he told it in an interview - he said that there was a great deal of effects on it - but believe it or not - it was him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ponch_A_Rella Posted February 19, 2003 Members Share Posted February 19, 2003 Originally posted by pconn171 neil wrote it - geddy sung it - he told it in an interview - he said that there was a great deal of effects on it - but believe it or not - it was him This is true. I read and interview with Neil where he talks about it. They were going to have some raper do it I forget who Ice Tea or someone... then they were going to have John Cleese do it as a joke... in the end Geddy did it with a ton of effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Six String Stuntman Steve Posted February 19, 2003 Author Members Share Posted February 19, 2003 Originally posted by pconn171 neil wrote it - geddy sung it - he told it in an interview - he said that there was a great deal of effects on it - but believe it or not - it was him That's pretty interesting. But when you A/B it with the speaking voice on The Necromancer it sounds almost the like the same person!!! Cool. So it IS possible for Ged to sound more...."manly". Not that I'm saying that is isn't manly already......but there's scope for improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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