Rush frontman Geddy Lee was asked in a new interview with Bass Guitar Magazine about his creative drive and what he will be doing now that his new book is done, and he feels ‘guilty’ to be not playing after breaking up Rush. Lee told the magazine the following. Geddy Lee reunited with Neil Peart in Los Angeles recently.
“Yeah, I don’t know where that’s headed, but time will tell. Now that the book is done I will certainly try to put the basses to good use. They stare at me and it makes me feel very guilty. They’re all looking at me, like ‘Use me!’”
The magazine also inquired why Lee in particularly collects Fender basses to which the Rush frontman replied: “My first motivation to collect is tied to my instrument, which was my number one at the time I started collecting, and that was a 1972 Jazz bass. When I got my first pre-CBS Jazz bass and compared the two, I realized that they’re similar but not the same – so what’s different? When did those changes occur? How did this thing evolve from 1960 to 1972? I decided to get a Jazz bass from every year from ’60 to ’72, plug them in, A/B them and do our own research. Charting the minute changes over that 12-year period was quite fascinating. At the end, the Jazz bass is still the Jazz bass, but it’s not the same Jazz bass as the 1962 Jazz bass.”
Rush fans discussed what their favorite song to hear from the group live was in a recent topic on the Rush subreddit.
Neil Peart dropped this Rush tour bombshell recently. PositiveTai put: “I actually love Limelight from Time Machine. I know people consider that their “Worst/Most Pointless” live album, but I really enjoy it and think it gets a bad rap. The solo makes me feel more emotion there than any other live album, and that epic yell Geddy gives at the end just hits my heart and makes me tear up a bit. I guess the best way to put it, is that, to me alone, other versions of Limelight are more about the issues and isolation of fame, but THAT night, that performance, it seemed like a celebration of actually being connected to all to their fans.”
Beseeoehm responded: “Jacob’s Ladder from R40. [Alex] Lifeson really takes control of the first half of the song, a really nice menacing tone. Love the ESL version as well. It’s more balanced and a lot more expressive than R40.” This ‘thin And pale’ Rush icon photo was recently revealed.
