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When did Geddy's voice change? When did he begin to sing in a deeper register and get away from the "shrieking" of the early days?

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When did Geddy's voice change? When did he begin to sing in a deeper register and get away from the "shrieking" of the early days?  

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  1. 1. When did Geddy's voice get deeper, and put an end to the banshee screams?

    • RUSH - I remember back in 1970 when he REALLY had a high voice
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    • Fly By Night - his vocals are tuned down to owl from tweetie bird
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    • Caress of Steel - Neil's voice was deep but he needed crap tape effects, Lee had the real deep voice
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    • 2112 - You can see that Geddy's balls had dropped in that gay disco outfit he wore on the cover
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    • A Farewell to Kings - Clearly his singing is deeper on this record he cracked less than a thousand wine glasses making it
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    • Hemispheres - No listen...his voice is really deep on this one, so deep it made Alex's hair curl
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    • Permanent Waves - Yes this is the album, he was pretty much crooning on a couple of these tracks
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    • Moving Pictures - He sounds like Barry White on this one, I can't believe it's the same band
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    • Signals - Ever see the Adams Family? Think of Lurch, Geddy makes him sound like a little girl on this album
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    • Grace Under Pressure - By now Geddy's voice cannot be heard by the human ear, it's SO low!
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    • Power Windows - You need Power Windows to shut out the low sound waves that shudder through your body from Geddy's 1985 warbling
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    • Hold Your Fire - He caused an earthquake in New Zealand while recording this one
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    • Presto - I never listened to this one so I have no idea what he did on it
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    • Roll the Bones - Geddy did the rap on this for obvious reasons, his voice had finally broken
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    • Counterparts - Geddy created grunge with his low tones on this one
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    • Test For Echo - They thought it was a Geddy robot at first
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    • Vapor Trails - Are there vocals on this one?
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    • Snakes & Arrows - Finally Geddy sounds like a man! Unfortunately though a man with no balls!
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    • Clockwork Angels - Clockwork Lee was the original title, all you can hear is ticking when he sings because of the low register
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Eel Yddeg
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Personally I think his '70s singing was his peak, it's disappointing that he lost the ability to sing high like that around 1979.

Eel Yddeg
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Permanent Waves, clearly. His voice shifted significantly on the Hemispheres Tour, losing a lot of his high range power and struggling to sing songs like "Cygnus X-1" which he could sing much better o

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Eel Yddeg

Very late reply but I don't think it did. He had a cold during the February 1978 dates which affected his vocals, which is why the London 1978 live album was shelved for so long.   He sounds excellent

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It began with PeW (though his screams on Hems are not half as "banshee" like as those on 2112, and similarly Finding My Way is the absolute peak of this characteristic of his voice), but I don't think his voice had really changed (in the way we perceive it) until MP. By MP it was a rarity to hear that signature wail, on PeW it was a very recent memory, and one still preserved by the likes of the middle section of Freewill. When we first hear Ged in Tom Sawyer, something has very obviously changed. The band is playing more more subtly, but the power seems to have doubled. The synths are now a centerpiece more than a feature, and Ged sounds more like a prophetic monk than a helium wasted Robert Plant. The effect is awesome, but it's definitely different.
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Signals was the first time I thought that something had changed..from MP to this album I thought that something was wrong with his voice. Yet he bounced back with GuP, with a stronger more aggressive tone.

I remember buying the 12 inch single of New World Man in 1982 and I was thinking it sounded like a different guy it was so different. I think it had changed before that though.

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Look at Kirk's face there. He'd hump an ottoman if you left him alone for 2 minutes.

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"I'm looking for Lurch...but...all I see...is...you...beautiful...YOU." - Captain Kirk

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Look at Kirk's face there. He'd hump an ottoman if you left him alone for 2 minutes.

Or a flea-bitten bloodhound.

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"I'm looking for Lurch...but...all I see...is...you...beautiful...YOU." - Captain Kirk

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Look at Kirk's face there. He'd hump an ottoman if you left him alone for 2 minutes.

Or a flea-bitten bloodhound.

 

He would!

 

A five-year mission is a long time for Kirk!

 

An overnite trip is a long time for Kirk!

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http://josephmallozzi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/star_trek_stalagtite2.jpg

 

"I'm looking for Lurch...but...all I see...is...you...beautiful...YOU." - Captain Kirk

This post scores :burger: :burger: :burger: :burger: :burger: :hotdog: :hotdog: :hotdog: :hotdog: :hotdog:

 

Look at Kirk's face there. He'd hump an ottoman if you left him alone for 2 minutes.

Or a flea-bitten bloodhound.

 

He would!

 

A five-year mission is a long time for Kirk!

 

An overnite trip is a long time for Kirk!

2 minutes is a long time for him!

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http://josephmallozzi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/star_trek_stalagtite2.jpg

 

"I'm looking for Lurch...but...all I see...is...you...beautiful...YOU." - Captain Kirk

This post scores :burger: :burger: :burger: :burger: :burger: :hotdog: :hotdog: :hotdog: :hotdog: :hotdog:

 

Look at Kirk's face there. He'd hump an ottoman if you left him alone for 2 minutes.

Or a flea-bitten bloodhound.

 

He would!

 

A five-year mission is a long time for Kirk!

 

An overnite trip is a long time for Kirk!

2 minutes is a long time for him!

 

Maybe that's why he's carrying that stalactite dildo with him...for emergencies and all

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http://josephmallozzi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/star_trek_stalagtite2.jpg

 

"I'm looking for Lurch...but...all I see...is...you...beautiful...YOU." - Captain Kirk

This post scores :burger: :burger: :burger: :burger: :burger: :hotdog: :hotdog: :hotdog: :hotdog: :hotdog:

 

Look at Kirk's face there. He'd hump an ottoman if you left him alone for 2 minutes.

Or a flea-bitten bloodhound.

 

He would!

 

A five-year mission is a long time for Kirk!

 

An overnite trip is a long time for Kirk!

2 minutes is a long time for him!

 

Maybe that's why he's carrying that stalactite dildo with him...for emergencies and all

Aye!

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