Another rock legend gone

[2LaneCruzer]

Loosen up fellows; everybody's taste in music is different...like they say, a difference of opinion is what makes a horse race. I prefer classic Country, and have never listened to any of the rock groups. That stuff gets on my nerves; closest I ever got was some classic Doo Wop, like the Diamonds and Lil' Darlin. My all time favorite non-country music group was the Nairobi Trio...and I can't even tell you their names or the instruments they played.

 

[Jstpssng]

I like Tom Petty and I like Rush. I've never heard a Tom Petty song that I didn't like. I can't stand Geddy Lee's voice. But I still like their lyrics and sound. Just hard for me to listen to it but once in a while.

Now let's keep the politics out of this thread.

My closest friend in HS said that he sounds like The Chipmunks. :laughing:

 

[Oaktree]

My closest friend in HS said that he (Geddy Lee) sounds like The Chipmunks. :laughing:

I dunno about the Chipmunks, but when I first heard them (mid-ish 70s) I had no idea if he was male or female. Kind of a Janis Joplin-y voice, an unusual first name and the album cover photo didn't help much either. :confused3:

 

[widefat]

I dunno about the Chipmunks, but when I first heard them (mid-ish 70s) I had no idea if he was male or female. Kind of a Janis Joplin-y voice, an unusual first name and the album cover photo didn't help much either. :confused3:

Yep, a Rush cover band with a female singer does come close.

 

[dannoGT]

I dunno about the Chipmunks, but when I first heard them (mid-ish 70s) I had no idea if he was male or female. Kind of a Janis Joplin-y voice, an unusual first name and the album cover photo didn't help much either. :confused3:

Geddy's proper name was Gary but his Yiddish mother pronounced it Geddy his buddies caught on and called him the same name and it stuck

 

[MossRoad]

Geddy's proper name was Gary but his Yiddish mother pronounced it Geddy his buddies caught on and called him the same name and it stuck

Ha! That explains it.

 

[widefat]

Ok, I really am very tired of the girl/cat meme, but this one made me laugh.

 

[widefat]

Loosen up fellows; everybody's taste in music is different...like they say, a difference of opinion is what makes a horse race. I prefer classic Country, and have never listened to any of the rock groups. That stuff gets on my nerves; closest I ever got was some classic Doo Wop, like the Diamonds and Lil' Darlin. My all time favorite non-country music group was the Nairobi Trio...and I can't even tell you their names or the instruments they played.

Dang. I watched it all the way through. Twice. The ganja smoke was thick when they wrote that skit.

 

[Diggin It]

For some unexplained reason, I was never really into rock bands and their members at the time. Many years later I caught a documentary on RUSH and wondered who the old lady was that was traveling with them. Figured it was one of their mothers. Then I figured it out.


And really, 38 posts into a RUSH thread and no mention of The Camera Eye?

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Dang. I watched it all the way through. Twice. The ganja smoke was thick when they wrote that skit.

Yeah; there was a certain amount of creativity went into the visuals, but the story line sucked.