Shreddy Lee

Well I have to disagree, although when you assume that anyone who does is "not admitting it" or just "jaded and cynical" that's not so easy, but I'll try anyway.

Here's the thing. If all these years Rush had not been included in a real Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, one that actually lived up to that name, and had now finally been nominated, it would be great and I'd be rooting for them to get in. But what many don't seem to realize is that this RRHOF is not credible as such. It is in name only. What it really seems to be is just some group of people that say "let's include any group we like into this club." Rock hardly has anything to do with it. So, when it's just some arbitrary group of people deciding if our favorite band is finally worthy of their little exclusive club, that has no other meaning to it, then it doesn't matter to me and I don't see why it should to anyone else.

I think Freewill is a little different, because the applause then is for all three of them, or at least it should be, since that part isn't just an Alex solo, it's an everybody solo.

But yeah, I've been trying to find every video of Analog Kid that I can and watching the solo in all of them. He kills it every time that I've seen, and the crowd roars for him every time too. I love that they chose this song just so we get to see this solo played live.

I noticed that too for some reason, same one he had in the Classic Albums special.

Good interview, though I don't know why it has a recent date on it because I remember seeing it months ago.

That's what it is traditionally, but I don't believe it has to be relegated to only that anymore. That's an old way of thinking. I'm not saying the bassist should be running all over every track in every band, but there is room for it to share the spotlight and not only be in the "pocket". Exactly the way it is in Rush. And I would point to Les Claypool and Primus as an example of the great things that can be done by a "lead" bass player.

To be clear, I'm not advocating for an "eight minute bass masturbation" which for some reason is what some people here have immediately thought of when a bass solo has been mentioned. I wouldn't want to hear any instrument doing that sort of thing. All I'm saying is that there's no reason there couldn't be a nice, relatively brief, musical piece of just Geddy playing his bass, just like the times when it'll only be Alex playing his guitar before a song. I'm sure he could come up with a great composition that would be very pleasing to the ear, if he wanted to do such a thing.

As for solos in the other sense of the word, such as a guitar solo in the middle of a song, I think Geddy does a perfect job of those already. I'm always happy to hear it when it happens. But that's not what the OP was talking about.

I love the idea of calling him The Mad Clapper

Please keep us posted on that, I'm sure we'd all like to hear it.