laughedatbytime Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) All Rush fans know that Ged is the master of addressing the crowd between songs at shows. My question is: Which is your favorite Ged ad lib between songs on a live album? Mine has to be "this is a song about a car" on ESL (just saw it in another thread and memories came flooding back), but "somebody told me that you guys like this one song, so decided we'd better play it here in Brazil" from Rush at Rio is up there too. Any particular favorites? Edited January 22, 2012 by laughedatbytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The intro to Red Barchetta in Detroit in 2008 when he mentioned MULLETS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonus X-1 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The "can't help ourselves" MalNar intro and the "T.C. Broonsie" Jacob's Ladder one come to mind. The "place not too far from here" lead-in to Lakeside, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I think the worst was the Live in Cleveland ending. "Yeah, like Best Audience Ever! Cleveland!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 QUOTE (Cyclonus X-1 @ Jan 22 2012, 11:58 AM) The "place not too far from here" lead-in to Lakeside, too. that's a good one. (wow, look at us, savoring lines of geddy...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Digital Man Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) I'm sorry but i'm not a great fan of Geddy's rehearsed between song banter, i suppose it's functional but i would rather hear something more spontaneous however it's fine, it serves it's purpose so i'm not that bothered! Saying he's the master is stretching things a bit though! Edited January 22, 2012 by New Digital Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Sawyer Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 This is a song... called ANTHEM! (ATWAS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 QUOTE (New Digital Man @ Jan 22 2012, 04:51 PM) I'm sorry but i'm not a great fan of Geddy's rehearsed between song banter, i suppose it's functional but i would rather hear something more spontaneous however it's fine, it serves it's purpose so i'm not that bothered! Saying he's the master is stretching things a bit though! My thoughts exactly,the whole" thanks for comin out" and "we got about a thousand songs to do " is sooo done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) a-one two three FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUR Edited January 22, 2012 by Ovningskora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 QUOTE (New Digital Man @ Jan 22 2012, 03:51 PM) Saying he's the master is stretching things a bit though! Please activate your sarcasm detector... Geddy's "banter" is so stilted and forced that it's comical. I still prefer it to Springsteen's 5 minute stories, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Sawyer Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 QUOTE (laughedatbytime @ Jan 22 2012, 05:23 PM) QUOTE (New Digital Man @ Jan 22 2012, 03:51 PM) Saying he's the master is stretching things a bit though! Please activate your sarcasm detector... Geddy's "banter" is so stilted and forced that it's comical. I still prefer it to Springsteen's 5 minute stories, though. But both pale in comparison to Peter Gabriel's stories with Genesis in the early 70s. "I am Britannia!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible To Telescopic Eye Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 QUOTE (tel @ Jan 22 2012, 06:16 PM) QUOTE (New Digital Man @ Jan 22 2012, 04:51 PM) I'm sorry but i'm not a great fan of Geddy's rehearsed between song banter, i suppose it's functional but i would rather hear something more spontaneous however it's fine, it serves it's purpose so i'm not that bothered! Saying he's the master is stretching things a bit though! My thoughts exactly,the whole" thanks for comin out" and "we got about a thousand songs to do " is sooo done. I agree as well. Although when I saw them in Hartford in early December 1985, before they played Middletown Dreams he said something along the lines of, "This is next song is about a place, I believe there's one not too far from here". Referring to Middletown, CT which was pretty close to Hartford. He didn't say it the night before in New Haven and he didn't when they played Springfield, Mass a few months later....But other than that...The intro's are form letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 "Hello Oregonians" while playing the Sleep Country Amphitheater in Ridgefield (just north of Vancouver), WASHINGTON . . . . . (OK, in fairness, he's not the first guy in a band to say the same thing and the venue is located in what is basically a suburb of Portland, OR) . . . . I love the fact that the 2 times I've seen them at The Gorge Amphitheater that he has mentioned what a beautiful place it is (cuz it's true). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 BB King & Buddy Guy were pretty good at speaking between songs. Or Pete Townshend on Live at Leeds. I don't feel Geddy is very good. He seems rather awkward when he speaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacklifeson Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yeah Geddys banter is very rehearsed and always has been. I guess its better than..."I wanna see every muthafooker raise their hands!!" I always like to do the Aerosmith-on-the-Simpsons thing... "HELLLLLLOOOOO St Louis!!! Uh...thats Springfield Steven. Oh, yeah... ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 QUOTE (jacklifeson @ Jan 22 2012, 08:07 PM)I guess its better than..."I wanna see every muthafooker raise their hands!!" Or "I can't fuckking hear you" (Ozzy), over and over and over and...... (and I like the Ozzman a lot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_888 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 The best has to be Spinal Tap in the Simpsons.... "you know the other day we were going down route...... FOUR OH ONE!" "and we thought they knew how to rock in Shelbyville." BOOOOOOOOOOOOO "But we know nobody rocks like" *looks at the name of the city on the back of his guitar* "SPRINGFIELD!" "Goodnight Springdun, there will be no encores" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBob Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 You know what would be a sweet intro... Geddy :"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx YYZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 As long he doesn't present himself like an idiot (and he never has), I don't care what he says between the songs. But really though, "This is a song about a car. It's called 'Red Barchetta' " is not great, witty, friendly, bad, or anything really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RASH 2112 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I like Geddy's "plain jane" way of speaking between songs. It's usually right to the point with a little splash of humor once in awhile. No time to waste. They are there to play a great show and we are there to take in a great show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enemy Within 77 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 QUOTE (Ovningskora @ Jan 22 2012, 05:23 PM) a-one two three FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUR Love that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-a RUSH fan! Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 QUOTE (BigBob @ Jan 23 2012, 12:47 AM)You know what would be a sweet intro... Geddy :"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx YYZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I like this one! But seriously, I like that Geddy doesn't force the banter. Half the time when musicians do that it just comes off as disingenuous. I think that is the beauty of RUSH. They are simple. They make music (well the music can be complicated) but then when they come to play it, well...they play it. They don't wax poetic for 10 mins and waste time when all you want to do is hear them play. Nothing pisses me off more than listening to a musician do a 5 minute intro, and half the time you can't understand them, when they could have just played another song! So with that said, I think the classic has to be. "This is a song about a car, this is called Red Barchetta" It's 4 seconds long and it's all I really need to know! Of course hearing those opening notes, I don't really need to have any intro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 QUOTE (Ovningskora @ Jan 22 2012, 05:23 PM) a-one two three FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUR This one is my favourite! One of the best count-ins ever! Or, how about the time where Geddy reprimands the pushy crowd at a late-70s concert? It's a nearly two-minute track from the concert's album of Geddy saying things like, "The stage is going to collapse if you keep pushing, and it's going to be a bummer." And there's some Geddy ad-libbing that surely he didn't rehearse as a banter form-letter beforehand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 -This is 'The Spirit Of Radio'- from ESL -One, Two, Buckle my shoe-from ATWAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 QUOTE (greyfriar @ Jan 23 2012, 05:32 AM) -This is 'The Spirit Of Radio'- from ESL -One, Two, Buckle my shoe-from ATWAS one two what? which song intro was this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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