IbanezJem Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 What's the consensus on Geddy's solo effort? I've just ordered it from Amazon, and wonder whether I should be enthusiastically looking forward to it - or really anxious that two massively comforting presences are not sitting alongside that voice and that bass. Will I miss Neil's lyrics? How high should I set my expectations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I quite like it. Not a ton of virtuoso bass playing, but some solid songs with good hooks and a comfortable sound. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thizzellewashington Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 If you like '90s Rush, you'll like it. Songwriting is solid and Matt Cameron does a good job on drums. Vocally, Geddy sounds great. "Grace to Grace" would be the best Rush song of the '90s if it was on a Rush album. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezJem Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 If you like '90s Rush, you'll like it. Songwriting is solid and Matt Cameron does a good job on drums. Vocally, Geddy sounds great. "Grace to Grace" would be the best Rush song of the '90s if it was on a Rush album. 90s Rush, eh? Not my preferred decade. But I also need to listen a lot more to those albums - it's too easy to fall back on the masterpieces every time I wonder what to listen to. Maybe this will open my mind up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezJem Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 I quite like it. Not a ton of virtuoso bass playing, but some solid songs with good hooks and a comfortable sound.So no Stu Hamm or Billy Sheehan-style solos! I figured it would be "comfortable", didn't see solo Geddy as thrashing it too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thizzellewashington Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 If you like '90s Rush, you'll like it. Songwriting is solid and Matt Cameron does a good job on drums. Vocally, Geddy sounds great. "Grace to Grace" would be the best Rush song of the '90s if it was on a Rush album. 90s Rush, eh? Not my preferred decade. But I also need to listen a lot more to those albums - it's too easy to fall back on the masterpieces every time I wonder what to listen to. Maybe this will open my mind up a bit.What I would say is that Headache is a more consistent album than any of Rush's three '90s albums. "Grace to Grace" is the only song that reaches the heights of their best '90s work (which to me is "Ghost of a Chance" and "Driven), but those three albums each have a few awful songs on them, too. No song on Headache is bad. They're all at least decent. There's nothing worth skipping. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I remember hooking onto Working at Perfekt at first before all the other tracks really sunk in and it became something just about as good as a Rush album just without Al's cutting edge which isnt missed at all the songwriting is so good, i'd love another 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoble Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 The only song I enjoyed was the title track. The rest was meh and forgettable 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 It's very good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx_rush Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I like it a lot. Tracks I enjoy: Title TrackThe Present TenseWindow to the World Moving to BohemiaHome on the StrangeGrace to Grace I agree with previous post that its more reminiscent of 90s Rush....the albums I think its most similar to are Test for Echo and Presto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasbo Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Took me awhile to get into it.It is more Geddy the songwriter 90s style.The playing is solid but nothing really spectacular,but i suppose iwas waiting for a flurry of bass gymnastics,drum flashes and a soaring Lifeson solo.Was i somewhat deflated?Yes,but i pushed on and i like it now,but i dont play it much.I prefer Alex's Victor mainly because it has more variety and its quirky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezJem Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Took me awhile to get into it.It is more Geddy the songwriter 90s style.The playing is solid but nothing really spectacular,but i suppose iwas waiting for a flurry of bass gymnastics,drum flashes and a soaring Lifeson solo.Was i somewhat deflated?Yes,but i pushed on and i like it now,but i dont play it much.I prefer Alex's Victor mainly because it has more variety and its quirky.Have just ordered Victor too. I'd been waiting for an acceptable price, then pounced. Expect this to be more my thing, as a guitarist rather than bass fan. And Alex is very funny - hope some of his humour is on the record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootruss Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 If you like your music with a jack of structure and absence of melody then you'll love Victor. Headache has a few really good songs on it, and if Ged can produce something approaching the quality of that album I'll certainly buy it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemistry1973 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 MFH is disappointing at first because it’s not what you’d expect. It’s grown on me over the last 20 years and I really enjoy it these days. Runaway Train is just great. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 (edited) MFH really made me appreciate what Alex brings to Rush, both as a guitarist and a composer. Edited March 23, 2019 by JARG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Took me awhile to get into it.It is more Geddy the songwriter 90s style.The playing is solid but nothing really spectacular,but i suppose iwas waiting for a flurry of bass gymnastics,drum flashes and a soaring Lifeson solo.Was i somewhat deflated?Yes,but i pushed on and i like it now,but i dont play it much.I prefer Alex's Victor mainly because it has more variety and its quirky.Have just ordered Victor too. I'd been waiting for an acceptable price, then pounced. Expect this to be more my thing, as a guitarist rather than bass fan. And Alex is very funny - hope some of his humour is on the record. I love both Geddy's and Alex's solo records. Geddy does his singer/songwriter thing which is really cool and Alex does his theme kind of record which is really cool too. Don't expect a guitar slinger record from Alex though. There some humor on Alex's record and seriousness too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I have both. I took to My Favorite Headache straightaway. I love "Home On The Strange". I wouldn't skip any of the tracks. Alex Lifeson's Victor took a little getting used to, but the tracks are good, and I love "Shut Up Shuttin' Up". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezJem Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 I have both. I took to My Favorite Headache straightaway. I love "Home On The Strange". I wouldn't skip any of the tracks. Alex Lifeson's Victor took a little getting used to, but the tracks are good, and I love "Shut Up Shuttin' Up". I will have both in the next week or so. Great to have some new Geddy and Alex even if the music is twenty years old! P.S Your cat timeline is touching and sad. I would have five on mine, from 1999. Have two three year-olds at the moment but will add more! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I have both. I took to My Favorite Headache straightaway. I love "Home On The Strange". I wouldn't skip any of the tracks. Alex Lifeson's Victor took a little getting used to, but the tracks are good, and I love "Shut Up Shuttin' Up". I will have both in the next week or so. Great to have some new Geddy and Alex even if the music is twenty years old! P.S Your cat timeline is touching and sad. I would have five on mine, from 1999. Have two three year-olds at the moment but will add more! The cat timeline is touching and sad, but they're not mine; they were the cats of the members here, and the members allowed me to commemorate their feline's memories in my virtual garden, whereupon they play among the flowers and the trees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezJem Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 I have both. I took to My Favorite Headache straightaway. I love "Home On The Strange". I wouldn't skip any of the tracks. Alex Lifeson's Victor took a little getting used to, but the tracks are good, and I love "Shut Up Shuttin' Up". I will have both in the next week or so. Great to have some new Geddy and Alex even if the music is twenty years old!P.S Your cat timeline is touching and sad. I would have five on mine, from 1999. Have two three year-olds at the moment but will add more! The cat timeline is touching and sad, but they're not mine; they were the cats of the members here, and the members allowed me to commemorate their feline's memories in my virtual garden, whereupon they play among the flowers and the trees. Is it possible to add Cosmo, 31st July 2001 to 16th March 2016? We still miss him everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I have both. I took to My Favorite Headache straightaway. I love "Home On The Strange". I wouldn't skip any of the tracks. Alex Lifeson's Victor took a little getting used to, but the tracks are good, and I love "Shut Up Shuttin' Up". I will have both in the next week or so. Great to have some new Geddy and Alex even if the music is twenty years old!P.S Your cat timeline is touching and sad. I would have five on mine, from 1999. Have two three year-olds at the moment but will add more! The cat timeline is touching and sad, but they're not mine; they were the cats of the members here, and the members allowed me to commemorate their feline's memories in my virtual garden, whereupon they play among the flowers and the trees. Is it possible to add Cosmo, 31st July 2001 to 16th March 2016? We still miss him everyday. Course I can. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezJem Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 I have both. I took to My Favorite Headache straightaway. I love "Home On The Strange". I wouldn't skip any of the tracks. Alex Lifeson's Victor took a little getting used to, but the tracks are good, and I love "Shut Up Shuttin' Up". I will have both in the next week or so. Great to have some new Geddy and Alex even if the music is twenty years old!P.S Your cat timeline is touching and sad. I would have five on mine, from 1999. Have two three year-olds at the moment but will add more! The cat timeline is touching and sad, but they're not mine; they were the cats of the members here, and the members allowed me to commemorate their feline's memories in my virtual garden, whereupon they play among the flowers and the trees. Is it possible to add Cosmo, 31st July 2001 to 16th March 2016? We still miss him everyday. Course I can. :)Thank you so much! He deserves his place 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I have both. I took to My Favorite Headache straightaway. I love "Home On The Strange". I wouldn't skip any of the tracks. Alex Lifeson's Victor took a little getting used to, but the tracks are good, and I love "Shut Up Shuttin' Up". I will have both in the next week or so. Great to have some new Geddy and Alex even if the music is twenty years old!P.S Your cat timeline is touching and sad. I would have five on mine, from 1999. Have two three year-olds at the moment but will add more! The cat timeline is touching and sad, but they're not mine; they were the cats of the members here, and the members allowed me to commemorate their feline's memories in my virtual garden, whereupon they play among the flowers and the trees. Is it possible to add Cosmo, 31st July 2001 to 16th March 2016? We still miss him everyday. Course I can. :)Thank you so much! He deserves his place I'll be happy to take care of him. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tks95747 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I don't like it at all... No chemistry... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezJem Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 I don't like it at all... No chemistry...Solo records run that risk, losing the edge that exists in their real band. Same way that some supergroups don't work - no "elemental telepathy". Hope you're wrong though! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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