Eel Yddeg Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Being a singer for over 40 years, live, Geddy's had his up and down days. But what do you think was the highest high, and the lowest low? (Thumbs up if you know the song referenced)For me, here are the best and worst.For best, i'd say it's a three way tie.Seattle (3/28/1976): Amazing singing through and through. Nails all the high notes (Even the "Wonders in the world" parts in Anthem, which he almost NEVER did!) and sounds extremely powerful.Passaic (12/10/1976): Absolutely spot-on. 2112 is, vocally, the absolute best version EVER.Houston (10/22/1977): ON FIRE! Starts out great in the first few songs, but by the time they hit Something For Nothing, he's amazing! That and Cygnus X-1 never sounded better!As for worst, the easy winner is Landover (4/26/1994). I have NO idea what was happening during this concert (Probably ill) but he sounds absolutely HORRENDOUS! His tone is very raspy and ragged, and he fails on most key notes in songs. Limelight, Closer to the Heart, and The Trees are just some of the disasters.Post yours below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 His post has been done before but I would say from 1980 on the sounded his best with my favorite vocal performance being rhe Power Windows album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day of Light Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Out of the officially released concerts, Geddy probably sounded best on Grace Under Pressure Tour. Great control, great vibrato, and, at least to me, a very attractive vocal tone. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prolix Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Out of the officially released concerts, Geddy probably sounded best on Grace Under Pressure Tour. Great control, great vibrato, and, at least to me, a very attractive vocal tone. Was thinking GUP Tour also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Bay Rush Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 I haven't listened to the Seattle show in '76, but I have heard the rest. All great, but for me, the 1980 St Louis show that was broadcast on FM radio all across North America will always be Geddy's best. For worst? I don't even think about that... call me a fan boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Yddeg Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 His post has been done before but I would say from 1980 on the sounded his best with my favorite vocal performance being rhe Power Windows album.This is about best and worst LIVE concerts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78jazz Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 I believe that CP show the OP references was Geddy being sick (IIRC, they were scheduled to play in Hampton but this concert was cancelled). One bad show that comes to mind is the Inglewood 11.26.96 show. It was as if Geddy couldn't control his singing (but if my memory serves me right, this trouble may have really started 3 nights before in San Diego and was certainly showing up the next night in Las Vegas). Some of those very early CP shows had Geddy singing quite well (see some of those early Hemispheres renditions) and on the Philadelphia 4.30.94 show he nailed that last high note in The Trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Yddeg Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share Posted March 5, 2016 I believe that CP show the OP references was Geddy being sick (IIRC, they were scheduled to play in Hampton but this concert was cancelled). One bad show that comes to mind is the Inglewood 11.26.96 show. It was as if Geddy couldn't control his singing (but if my memory serves me right, this trouble may have really started 3 nights before in San Diego and was certainly showing up the next night in Las Vegas). Some of those very early CP shows had Geddy singing quite well (see some of those early Hemispheres renditions) and on the Philadelphia 4.30.94 show he nailed that last high note in The Trees.Correct. Geddy was sick at the show I mentioned.For the early Counterparts, most of the Hemispheres i've heard have him struggling bad. Can you tell me some specific dates where he sings it well? The only good one i've heard was 3/8/1994. Xanadu also really has him struggling. For Inglewood, it doesn't sound that bad. Most of the songs i've heard are good.Red Barchetta is solid, The Trees is performed great, Red Sector A is good, Closer to the Heart is nice, 2112 has a bit of struggle, but sounds fine, Natural Science starts out poor, but gets better, The Spirit of Radio is fine, and Tom Sawyer is solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day of Light Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Listening to the Seattle show right now; damn his voice was high! I agree that it's one of his best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78jazz Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I believe that CP show the OP references was Geddy being sick (IIRC, they were scheduled to play in Hampton but this concert was cancelled). One bad show that comes to mind is the Inglewood 11.26.96 show. It was as if Geddy couldn't control his singing (but if my memory serves me right, this trouble may have really started 3 nights before in San Diego and was certainly showing up the next night in Las Vegas). Some of those very early CP shows had Geddy singing quite well (see some of those early Hemispheres renditions) and on the Philadelphia 4.30.94 show he nailed that last high note in The Trees.Correct. Geddy was sick at the show I mentioned.For the early Counterparts, most of the Hemispheres i've heard have him struggling bad. Can you tell me some specific dates where he sings it well? The only good one i've heard was 3/8/1994. Xanadu also really has him struggling.For Inglewood, it doesn't sound that bad. Most of the songs i've heard are good.Red Barchetta is solid, The Trees is performed great, Red Sector A is good, Closer to the Heart is nice, 2112 has a bit of struggle, but sounds fine, Natural Science starts out poor, but gets better, The Spirit of Radio is fine, and Tom Sawyer is solid. The way he sang Hemispheres in San Diego on the CP tour was excellent IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemistry1973 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Geddy circa GuP in 84, and 2004 during R30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day of Light Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 While not early-era amazing, Ged's voice sounds nice and full-bodied in the Mirrors bootleg (January 30, 1992). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoble Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Official releases?Best: Exit Stage Left Worst: either Time Machine or R40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 TMT is easily the worst. There are lots of bests, though, in different ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 From the three I went to, he sounded best on R40. Time Machine and Clockwork Angels were about the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraroc Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Absolute best: Grace Under Pressure LiveWorst: that one Counterparts tour show where he was sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 TMT is easily the worst. There are lots of bests, though, in different ways.My first, and probably least-best show. He had his shit in gear for R40. I went in with almost zero setlist knowledge. I was surprised when the Hemispheres prelude intro came on. I was more surprised when it sounded better than the Counterparts Tour versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DistantEarlySignals Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 (edited) I think that Time Machine Cleveland was pretty bad. Also, Clockwork in Hamilton, Ontario. I remember hearing one show from (I think) the Power Windows tour where he sounded awful. R40 Kansas City he was ON FIRE. Sure, maybe he can't hit all those notes in Lakeside Park, but he hit many more than he did on the official DVD release. Camera Eye was amazing (it's the version on R40 Live) Edited April 29, 2016 by DistantEarlySignals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Yddeg Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 In case you want to hear the shows i'm talking aboutBest:Seattle March 28, 1976http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvYBszFpgIQPassaic December 10, 1976http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrBWZscNR18Houston October 20, 1977http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abp7QAhxGCAWorst: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 If the question was posed for this decade, I say Snakes and Arrows.Much better than anything that followed. I thought Geddy sounded great at the R-40 concert I attended. Better than the video. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 If the question was posed for this decade, I say Snakes and Arrows.Much better than anything that followed. I thought Geddy sounded great at the R-40 concert I attended. Better than the video. Snakes was the last decent tour for his voice. After the inner ear/sinus thing he got during TM, he hasn't been the same since. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Yddeg Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Disagree. Personally, I think he still sounds great! Only issue is the yodeling, and that's only a BIG issue on his worst nights (R40 Toronto, why were you chosen...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 (edited) I agree that he had good nights and bad nights during the tour but Toronto wasn't as bad as some of them. Edited May 18, 2016 by Lorraine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Disagree. Personally, I think he still sounds great! Only issue is the yodeling, and that's only a BIG issue on his worst nights (R40 Toronto, why were you chosen...) I was amazed at his voice at our R-40 concert. It was great. Then I get the DVD and had a hard time believing it was the same tour. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Disagree. Personally, I think he still sounds great! Only issue is the yodeling, and that's only a BIG issue on his worst nights (R40 Toronto, why were you chosen...) I was amazed at his voice at our R-40 concert. It was great. Then I get the DVD and had a hard time believing it was the same tour. Yeah he sounded better on R40 than on CA's. Much less yodeling and muffled words but his voice is still pretty shot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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