Brucey Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Super minor quibble, but I was watching a live rendition of Chris Squire's "The Fish" recently and it occurred to me that Geddy has never done anything like that, even though it would likely be very good and well received. I wonder why not. Unless he actually has done and I've just had a massive brain fart in which case, oh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Geddy was doing too much with singing, bass and keys. So I guess he didn't want to show off with solo's. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Geddy was not nearly as good as Chris Squire. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucey Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 Geddy was not nearly as good as Chris Squire. You better hope a certain someone does not read this thread. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Geddy was not nearly as good as Chris Squire. You better hope a certain someone does not read this thread. Whoever you are referencing, I really hope they do! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78jazz Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Geddy was doing too much with singing, bass and keys. So I guess he didn't want to show off with solo's. I would add that he was also busy enough on the bass in general that a solo may have been overkill. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The true genius of a musician comes out within the context of a song, IMHO .. Listening to Geddy's isolated bass tracks is a much more impressive show of great musicianship than some wannabe guitarist playing a solo on bass ( I don't mean Squire, who I love, but just in general ) 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The true genius of a musician comes out within the context of a song, IMHO .. Listening to Geddy's isolated bass tracks is a much more impressive show of great musicianship than some wannabe guitarist playing a solo on bass ( I don't mean Squire, who I love, but just in general ) I totally agree. All I was going to say is I don't think Geddy ever really needed to solo like that. As far as soloing is concerned, though, even though it was brief, he's done some really nice stuff within Where's My Thing. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djflex Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The true genius of a musician comes out within the context of a song, IMHO .. Listening to Geddy's isolated bass tracks is a much more impressive show of great musicianship than some wannabe guitarist playing a solo on bass ( I don't mean Squire, who I love, but just in general ) I came in to say this in some form. Geddy bass lines are superb and in a sense mini solos in a song context 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The true genius of a musician comes out within the context of a song, IMHO .. Listening to Geddy's isolated bass tracks is a much more impressive show of great musicianship than some wannabe guitarist playing a solo on bass ( I don't mean Squire, who I love, but just in general ) I totally agree. All I was going to say is I don't think Geddy ever really needed to solo like that. As far as soloing is concerned, though, even though it was brief, he's done some really nice stuff within Where's My Thing. .. and that amazing 5 second bit in La Villa - it's perfect 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Geddy was not nearly as good as Chris Squire. You better hope a certain someone does not read this thread. Mrs. Squire never came back here again, did she? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The true genius of a musician comes out within the context of a song, IMHO .. Listening to Geddy's isolated bass tracks is a much more impressive show of great musicianship than some wannabe guitarist playing a solo on bass ( I don't mean Squire, who I love, but just in general ) I came in to say this in some form. Geddy bass lines are superb and in a sense mini solos in a song contextMalignant Narcissism is pretty close to a bass solo. That's how it started, anyway. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerXT Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 He did at least do a solo in "Show Don't Tell". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) He did at least do a solo in "Show Don't Tell". Which is KILLER but kinda buried in the mix. I was going to mention that one although it's more of a lead than a solo. There's also the 'Driven' intro on the live versions. Edited December 16, 2016 by MMCXII 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Have you listened to the bass in a lot of rush songs? There plenty of great bass moments already. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 No, no bass only songs which would have been cool, but absolutely tons of bass-centric moments in plenty of songs. Cygnus X-1 and Mal Nar being the most obvious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 He's had plenty of solos and features with songs, and even more epic bass lines that would constitute solos for lesser players. A bass solo song never really fit Rush as much as it did Yes. Rush were too much of a team. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Take all other instruments from Turn the Page and you have yourself a bass solo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucey Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 Geddy was not nearly as good as Chris Squire. You better hope a certain someone does not read this thread. Mrs. Squire never came back here again, did she? I was in the chat room when that incident happened! But, I'm afraid that I can't really remember anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Ged does not need to solo. His bass playing is one continuous solo. I love it. :geddy: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Duio Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The true genius of a musician comes out within the context of a song, IMHO .. Listening to Geddy's isolated bass tracks is a much more impressive show of great musicianship than some wannabe guitarist playing a solo on bass ( I don't mean Squire, who I love, but just in general ) Then you must mean Billy Sheehan! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The true genius of a musician comes out within the context of a song, IMHO .. Listening to Geddy's isolated bass tracks is a much more impressive show of great musicianship than some wannabe guitarist playing a solo on bass ( I don't mean Squire, who I love, but just in general ) Then you must mean Billy Sheehan! I think you need to STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Geddy was not nearly as good as Chris Squire. That's debatable actually....I think Geddy by necessity had to adopt a different style from Squire as he was required to occupy more space due to Rush being a three piece...I don't think Squires technique would have worked so well on the early Rush albums with it's lack of bottom end and emphasis on melody over rhythm....he didn't have to occupy so much space with the monster keys behind him. If Geddy had been a founding member of Yes, then maybe his style would have been different?....of course, we'll never know. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The true genius of a musician comes out within the context of a song, IMHO .. Listening to Geddy's isolated bass tracks is a much more impressive show of great musicianship than some wannabe guitarist playing a solo on bass ( I don't mean Squire, who I love, but just in general ) I totally agree. All I was going to say is I don't think Geddy ever really needed to solo like that. As far as soloing is concerned, though, even though it was brief, he's done some really nice stuff within Where's My Thing. .. and that amazing 5 second bit in La Villa - it's perfect Yes. So are the micro solos in yyz! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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