Perhaps there will be a ticketed public event in a smaller venue where he will have random basses from his collection up there. Up on some stage where he’ll be interviewed in front of a live audience, and will demonstrate his tone and sound as well as explain fundamentals of his bass guitars, etc.
I'd pay just to watch Geddy Lee do a pre-concert soundcheck. Then I could die happy. :) Never seen Rush in concert. One of the great disappointments of life.
Oxnard Montalvo Starts in May 2015......... supposed to be their last large tour...... we'll see. But you need to be motivated and go...... I've seen every concert since Presto....... just wish I had started earlier.
You're right about that -- motivation is part of the equation. Proximity and price will also be key. Must have been really cool to see them evolve in live venues over the latter half of their career. I can't imagine what it must have been like to see them in the 1970s as they began to etch their places in rock history with trailblazing LPs like "Fly By Night" and "2112." And what was still to come. Incredible.
I was lucky enough to see RUSH and Max Webster jamming pre show on the hemispheres tour in Birmingham in the uk That was some experience especially when you're only 16. I waited backdoor after the show and met Geddy and Neil who did the interviews that night. Alex had already gone unfortunately
"This is my instrument, this is the one I want to play!" Just another reason why Geddy is my favorite bassist. And what he said is true for so many of us who play bass because we heard Geddy play it on the radio.
You know he really does attack the bass... I mean, look at songs like YYZ or The Analog Kid and you can tell he's not playing around. It just seems like every time Alex goes off into a solo Geddy is right there with him , fingers flying
Love the fact that he's so enthusiastic about "coming back to the bass" for new renditions of older songs. I've been fortunate to watch many Rush shows and it's great to hear the musicality of Geddy's bass return. To badly quote "leave the block triads to my feet ... and funk on my guy" :) I have a new found respect for Geddy after picking up a bass guitar myself recently and now see the possibilities that he inspires. Cheers dude
Very interesting to hear Geddy's evolution away from the keyboards just as it was to watch his immersion into them in the first place. Always with an eye towards improvement and development as a player and a performer. THE consummate professional in my eyes.
Man, just when I start to think I'm getting 'good,' I go look at people like Geddy Lee and suddenly realised that in my 6 years of playing bass, I've barely scratched the surface. Geddy is incredible.
I love how he just picks up the bass and tries to keep talking to the guy and then just gets completely distracted and just loses all focus on the interview hahaha
G/P is my favorite Rush album of all time, and It actually has more bass and guitar on it that the previous record "Signals." I think it was the followup records....."Power Windows and "Hold Your Fire".....where he was playing mainly keyboards. It's important to remember that while those albums weren't not liked by all Rush albums, they still sold way more than "Caress Of Steel" and "Fly By Night." They are million plus sellers. They weren't failures. Geddy still feels "Power Windows" is one of the 3 best records they ever made.
U must love how he gives it up to Squire, McCartney, etc. I am the same. I prefer bassists who use melodic lines instead of just a drum, percussive only effect. Brilliant as he is, even more humble to speak of a lot of under rated bassists.
Wow,... I've been a Rush fan for close to 33 years and I've never seen Geddy on such an intimate personal level like this. Amazing guy and bass player who has inspired my playing tremendously. He is cool.
He kind of reminds me of myself: kind of obsessed with bass, interested in other things as well (e.g. keyboards) but perhaps a little paranoid of straying too far from bass. I feel a little less crazy now!
Very funny to see him use these "almost classical guitar techniques" as he calls it. I switched from fingerstyle/classical guitar to bass and spent the last few years to unlearn these techniques and get the proper ones for bass down. Time to reintegrate that stuff again 😂
Great video, learned alot from MR LEE, and learned alot more watching this video! Thanks for upload, and thank you MR LEE for a life time of showing us how the bass should be approached and PLAYED! thank you MR LEE, hope to hear an watch more videos explaining how you do it, thank you!
I always thought that Geddy DID use a pick. Didn't realize he's always depended strictly on his own fingers and the amp settings to get that growling sound. I always respected him, but my respect for him just increased considerably.
That was really good mainly for the clips of Geddy just playing about on his bass. As there are not many clips of him just playing by himself. The Technical stuff was less Interesting . But to watch the Different ways he has adapted new sounds to is playing was Nice
Sweet interview thanks for uploading. The bit in the first part about changing from a rickenbacker to a fender bass during moving pictures was interesting because you dont realize they sound different until you know what to look for.
I cannot even begin to guess how STRONG his hands must be. I could never fret or strum my bass with the same facility that I have a guitar, and I don't even play guitar.
I just don't know how he can remember every single line he had played on every single song. I mean you need to be extremely focused to do that or be a freaking genius like Geddy. It just escapes me how he can do that plus the arranging, the composing, the singing, the keyboard...pedals and so on. How he does it is a mistery not to be solved in this century, I believed.
i agree, sample the keys, and use the pedals, and play bass. its amazing what alot of players have accomplished on pedals. Rutherford is probably the most impressive.
If geddy lee was showin to ME how he plays his bass like that,, just talking and randomly showin his techinques,,, I´D SHIT IN MY PANTS. How could the interviewer not be like HOLLY SHIT GEDDY LEE IS TALKING WITH ME ABOUT BASS. Geddy is just my hero
Wow, this is a great interview. It gets so tiring seeing the same round of interviews on different media outlets that have the band all playing the same thing. Great to see him just talking and picking.
I really liked the synths on the Power Windows album. But not so much on the others where more than not they got in the way of Alex's guitar. Which is SACRILEGIOUS!
Amazing to hear him say this about the Rush keyboard era of...Subdivisions was kind of weak compared to say....oh I don't know..Bytor And The Snow Dog.
@bassguy511 - re: different groups, Geddy is also a GIANT Bjork fan. I really love and respect how diverse the band's musical interests are (ie - old interviews with them talking about Talking Heads, The Police, Blondie, etc etc). Some music fans treat genres like sports teams and get closed minded as a result, and that's kind of boring when there's so much great stuff out there. :)
I have to admit... I miss the tone he used to get with the Rickenbacker and a backline. Though I do understand why he went the way he did with the Jazz and the DI through Sansamp and all that.
Thanks man. Guess I missed out, though. Now, they're off for Christmas, and then, off to Europe they go. Oh well...As Geddy would say, "Wa wa..." : - (
I wish Geddy lee would have his own show. Just showing us Geddy things.
He has a solo album thats great.
YES!!! "Geddy things" hahahaha I love it.
And his dogs, the Wassermans, would have their own segment in each episode.
Perhaps there will be a ticketed public event in a smaller venue where he will have random basses from his collection up there. Up on some stage where he’ll be interviewed in front of a live audience, and will demonstrate his tone and sound as well as explain fundamentals of his bass guitars, etc.
Geddy is an interesting... Creature. As he would describe himself.
Geddy Lee, along with John Entwistle, is the reason bass is my favourite instrument to play, they really inspire me.
Me too!
Geddy and the the boys are true class acts and pure professionals. The best band EVER. I love his casual attitude. I want to hang out with Geddy.
I'd pay just to watch Geddy Lee do a pre-concert soundcheck. Then I could die happy. :)
Never seen Rush in concert. One of the great disappointments of life.
You still have time!
Was my first. Hold Your Fire tour. 15 years old. Some girl had Poison perfume on, and I still love it because of that. Amazing concert.
Oxnard Montalvo Starts in May 2015......... supposed to be their last large tour...... we'll see. But you need to be motivated and go...... I've seen every concert since Presto....... just wish I had started earlier.
You're right about that -- motivation is part of the equation. Proximity and price will also be key. Must have been really cool to see them evolve in live venues over the latter half of their career. I can't imagine what it must have been like to see them in the 1970s as they began to etch their places in rock history with trailblazing LPs like "Fly By Night" and "2112." And what was still to come. Incredible.
I was lucky enough to see RUSH and Max Webster jamming pre show on the hemispheres tour in Birmingham in the uk
That was some experience especially when you're only 16. I waited backdoor after the show and met Geddy and Neil who did the interviews that night. Alex had already gone unfortunately
"This is my instrument, this is the one I want to play!" Just another reason why Geddy is my favorite bassist. And what he said is true for so many of us who play bass because we heard Geddy play it on the radio.
You know he really does attack the bass... I mean, look at songs like YYZ or The Analog Kid and you can tell he's not playing around. It just seems like every time Alex goes off into a solo Geddy is right there with him , fingers flying
Digital Man! Vital Signs!
Digital Man! Vital Signs!
I feel like every modern bass virtuoso has a love affair with flamenco guitar technique. It lends itself really well to bass for some reason.
Love the fact that he's so enthusiastic about "coming back to the bass" for new renditions of older songs. I've been fortunate to watch many Rush shows and it's great to hear the musicality of Geddy's bass return. To badly quote "leave the block triads to my feet ... and funk on my guy" :)
I have a new found respect for Geddy after picking up a bass guitar myself recently and now see the possibilities that he inspires. Cheers dude
As I saw in a rehearsal video "that's it, that's what I does". That's basically Geddy. Humble, personable, humorous, and leaves a bit of mystery.
Very interesting to hear Geddy's evolution away from the keyboards just as it was to watch his immersion into them in the first place. Always with an eye towards improvement and development as a player and a performer. THE consummate professional in my eyes.
Man, just when I start to think I'm getting 'good,' I go look at people like Geddy Lee and suddenly realised that in my 6 years of playing bass, I've barely scratched the surface. Geddy is incredible.
Love ya Geddy, thanks for the music and being a regular guy we can cheer for.
I love how he just picks up the bass and tries to keep talking to the guy and then just gets completely distracted and just loses all focus on the interview hahaha
Came to the comments to say this too.
Wise man, my god, he is absolutely one of best bassist of all time.
geddy lee is god
I like his new take on it. More bass. They keys are fine. Just don't sacrifice the bass...ala G/P.
G/P is my favorite Rush album of all time, and It actually has more bass and guitar on it that the previous record "Signals." I think it was the followup records....."Power Windows and "Hold Your Fire".....where he was playing mainly keyboards. It's important to remember that while those albums weren't not liked by all Rush albums, they still sold way more than "Caress Of Steel" and "Fly By Night." They are million plus sellers. They weren't failures. Geddy still feels "Power Windows" is one of the 3 best records they ever made.
Very interesting to see him discuss his instrument and his interaction with it.... .like it is an extension of himself, which it sure seems to be.
Mickey Cook, any good musician knows the instrument is an extension of themselves, whether bass, guitar or anything else.
Geddy, he's a master on Bass!
he doesnt have to do slappa poppa shredding nor tapping 5 6 7 strin basses to show his mastery and taste
Dont like his sound to thin l love heavy bass sound full of bass sound this its to thin to me compare pastorius or reaggea bass player
@@seurinfrancois2232 different approaches enjoy all bass playing
U must love how he gives it up to Squire, McCartney, etc. I am the same. I prefer bassists who use melodic lines instead of just a drum, percussive only effect. Brilliant as he is, even more humble to speak of a lot of under rated bassists.
Wow,... I've been a Rush fan for close to 33 years and I've never seen Geddy on such an intimate personal level like this. Amazing guy and bass player who has inspired my playing tremendously. He is cool.
i love that they doesnt "edit" the sound, so you hear no slides etc. just pure geddy!
A professional and someone who takes pride in their craft as well. Even alone, he did not want to play without making sure his bass was in tune.
He kind of reminds me of myself: kind of obsessed with bass, interested in other things as well (e.g. keyboards) but perhaps a little paranoid of straying too far from bass. I feel a little less crazy now!
Great interview. Thanks for linking this. Geddy rocks......the quintessential cool bass player.
awesome interview
Very funny to see him use these "almost classical guitar techniques" as he calls it. I switched from fingerstyle/classical guitar to bass and spent the last few years to unlearn these techniques and get the proper ones for bass down. Time to reintegrate that stuff again 😂
Great video, learned alot from MR LEE, and learned alot more watching this video! Thanks for upload, and thank you MR LEE for a life time of showing us how the bass should be approached and PLAYED! thank you MR LEE, hope to hear an watch more videos explaining how you do it, thank you!
Couldn't get funky enough until I watched this video.
His plucking method is out of this world. He is the best bassist ever, hands down.
Listen to what he is saying as much as you listen to his playing!!!
Eletricamente apaixonada por CONTRABAIXO, e Geddy lee é minha expiração, louca por ele .❤🎸🎼
I always thought that Geddy DID use a pick. Didn't realize he's always depended strictly on his own fingers and the amp settings to get that growling sound. I always respected him, but my respect for him just increased considerably.
That was really good mainly for the clips of Geddy just playing about on his bass. As there are not many clips of him just playing by himself. The Technical stuff was less Interesting . But to watch the Different ways he has adapted new sounds to is playing was Nice
Essa técnica de tocar com o dedo indicador como se ele fosse uma paleta é fantástica, esse cara é muito bom !!!!
Geddy Lee is the fuckin man and a brilliant bassist
This guy is better than best.
Sweet interview thanks for uploading. The bit in the first part about changing from a rickenbacker to a fender bass during moving pictures was interesting because you dont realize they sound different until you know what to look for.
The Master!😊
After all these years i still learn from Ged and I am a guitarist/synth player!
Awesome. The man is a living legend!
Geddy Lee's words of wisdom.
They're coming back to the US this summer, come out and see them! Lots of cool synth-era stuff and the new album is great!
I love it! I didn't know he played with his finger like that. RUSH ROCKS!
Spirit of radio - one of the best rock tracks ever written.
Genius, to put it simply, Geddy is genius. So is Alex and Neil. Either you love their music or you don't, but if you don't, you are missing it.
What an amazing person and bass player and to think Mark King (LEVEL 42) admires him as well.
I have rarely seen a musician make so much music with so little notes....
So little notes? Have you heard Rush? There's a bunch of stuff going on all the time on all instruments.
Have I ???...I meant Gedd on this video.....
awesome - love Geddy !!
I cannot even begin to guess how STRONG his hands must be. I could never fret or strum my bass with the same facility that I have a guitar, and I don't even play guitar.
This is the interview type I always wanted to see. Thanks.
I just don't know how he can remember every single line he had played on every single song. I mean you need to be extremely focused to do that or be a freaking genius like Geddy. It just escapes me how he can do that plus the arranging, the composing, the singing, the keyboard...pedals and so on. How he does it is a mistery not to be solved in this century, I believed.
i agree, sample the keys, and use the pedals, and play bass. its amazing what alot of players have accomplished on pedals. Rutherford is probably the most impressive.
I love Rush to death. However I don't how these guys can be so enthusiastic after all these years. Truly amazing.
He just loves the bass. Great guy.
Spot on Geddy! I can totally relate to your bass playing. Thinkin of getting myself one of his signature jazz basses soon :)
Geddy lee Is a God !!!!!!!!!!
Great interview, I've been looking for videos of Geddy holding his bass in hand and explaining his technique etc. Killer
Q & A starting at 7:12 is the best part of the whole interview IMO. The question really woke Geddy up and got a passionate response from him.
Love it when he starts tuning in the middle of the interview :D
The master Bassist,but I also Love Geezer Butler don't forget the Geez people!!
@bassguy511 - Listen to Paperback Writer, McCartney was no slouch. :)
"I couldn't get funky enough." thats what I said when people asked me about my hair.
God damnit Geddy Lee is the friggen man in every aspect of life.
My computer just exploded from this video overloading it with awesomeness.
He loves that bass like you love a person!
He should use the sunburst Fender bass guitar more often.
If geddy lee was showin to ME how he plays his bass like that,, just talking and randomly showin his techinques,,, I´D SHIT IN MY PANTS. How could the interviewer not be like HOLLY SHIT GEDDY LEE IS TALKING WITH ME ABOUT BASS.
Geddy is just my hero
Hell Yeah Geddy! Keep it real with the bass and sample YOUR synth passes...what a fuckin' bad ass.
TONE COMES FROM YOUR HANDS. Game over. Plug Ged into a shitty crate and its still Geddy Lee.
Wow, this is a great interview. It gets so tiring seeing the same round of interviews on different media outlets that have the band all playing the same thing. Great to see him just talking and picking.
I really liked the synths on the Power Windows album. But not so much on the others where more than not they got in the way of Alex's guitar. Which is SACRILEGIOUS!
I havent been a Rush fan for a long time, but Geddy makes an interesting interview.
Geddy and Gene Simmons became good friends back in the days when Rush toured with Kiss. Both bass players and both m.o.t :>)
Thank you so much for sharing!!
need more interviews like this!!
Amazing to hear him say this about the Rush keyboard era of...Subdivisions was kind of weak compared to say....oh I don't know..Bytor And The Snow Dog.
Geddy Lee is the I've heard to mention Paul McCartney and his Bass style.
LOVED THIS INTERVIEW!
HA! Half way through this, I realized "HEY!...I got the same Bass Amp he's using in this video! Cool....". GK 800RB.
Geddy's got to start doin like monthly collums for bass mag or something like that. He has so much to say.
Cool Man. I really like what he is saying about "Keeping up with technology" from 7:15...
This guy is a bass GOD. One of the main reasons I'm taking up bass!
Rightly said, i couldn't have said that better myself
@bassguy511 - re: different groups, Geddy is also a GIANT Bjork fan. I really love and respect how diverse the band's musical interests are (ie - old interviews with them talking about Talking Heads, The Police, Blondie, etc etc). Some music fans treat genres like sports teams and get closed minded as a result, and that's kind of boring when there's so much great stuff out there. :)
In the mind of a genius......
Geddy Lee talking about how awesome Paul McCartney is... that's the dream.
This is great stuff! Are there any additional parts to the interview?
Geddy is God 👍
Legend.
This interview is so damned interesting to this RUSH fan and novice bass player!
you can tell that he really loves playing bass.
THE Best out there
I really hope come out with his own instructional video!
I have to admit... I miss the tone he used to get with the Rickenbacker and a backline. Though I do understand why he went the way he did with the Jazz and the DI through Sansamp and all that.
he just couldn't get funky enough with it.
1:32 the only difference between me and this guy is that Geddy Lee is also in my list :-)
I may have heard wrong, but he sometimes uses the one-finger method. Not all the time.
4:42....did you hear a little "Lakeside Park" in there? Nice even though he hates that song
That's not the result of smoking man. That's something waaaay stronger.
Thanks man. Guess I missed out, though. Now, they're off for Christmas, and then, off to Europe they go. Oh well...As Geddy would say, "Wa wa..." : - (