# I got to meet Geddy Lee this morning! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677 "2003-01-30T18:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/1 "2003-01-30T18:49:56Z")
Yes folks, I got to meet [Geddy Lee](http://www.geddylee.net/) , lead singer of [Rush](http://www.rush.com) this morning! It was a sort of chance encounter, he was passing through my city on his way to Miami for a little R&R in between the recently completed Vapor Trails tour and his work on the upcoming live DVD of said tour. It was an incredible experience for this Rush fan of 20 years. Geddy was kind, friendly, open to chitchat about the band and their upcoming work, and was also kind enough to consent to an autograph and a photo. All in all a very nice encounter. I am still quite literally light headed over it, as this is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. So thanks Ged! You’re a class act in every way. MH (it’s true!) ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/2 "2003-01-30T18:51:10Z")
Was he wearing a toque? ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/3 "2003-01-30T18:57:23Z")
No, he was wearing black jeans, a white shirt and a light jacket. And of course his trademark sunglasses. No head coverings of any kind. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/4 "2003-01-30T19:45:13Z")
I’D like to meet his parents. Who names a kid “Geddy,” anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/5 "2003-01-30T19:57:31Z")
**Lizard** , his actual name is Gary, but his grandmother’s thick (Yiddish I believe?) accent made it sound like “Geddy” when he was younger. His buddies started calling him Geddy, and it stuck. Mars Horizon who knows waaay too much Rush trivia like that ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/6 "2003-01-30T20:17:43Z")
I hear he has a rather low voice in contrast to his high singing voice. Is this so? ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/7 "2003-01-30T20:26:21Z")
He is very soft spoken. You have to pay attention to hear what he says. I had heard about this quality before I met him so I wasn’t surprised by it. I don’t know that I would call his voice “low”, but I suppose it is, in comparison to his singing! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rmbnxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@rmbnxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rmbnxs)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/8 "2003-01-30T20:39:31Z")
I hear he’s part-ostrich. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/9 "2003-01-30T20:52:11Z")
[Chris Farley voice] Did you sing some of his songs for him? That would have been cool. [/Chris Farley voice] ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/10 "2003-01-30T21:10:30Z")
😃 I pointed out to him that he could not pretend a stranger was a long awaited friend. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/11 "2003-01-30T21:20:57Z")
Wow, this takes me back. I haven’t paid any attention to Rush for about eight years, but I was about the biggest Rush geek you could imagine in high school. I guess my musical tastes just changed since then, but I still think they’re very talented and creative musicians. Their work shows that they really care about what they do. Congratulations on meeting the Ged, **MH**. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/12 "2003-01-30T22:20:43Z")
I must be one of the only Rush fans that likes the new album. Especially “Earthshine”, “Nocturne” and “Freeze.” The closest I ever got the the trio was at the Hollywood (FL) Sportatorium, where I was three rows off the left side of the stage, just under Alex’s guitar stand. But, **Mars Horizon,** are you wearing red lenses? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/13 "2003-01-30T22:45:23Z")
_What about the voice of Geddy Lee, how did it get so high? I wonder if he talks like an ordinary guy. (I met him, and he does)._ ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/14 "2003-01-31T00:03:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lizard \* > \*\*Who names a kid “Geddy,” anyway? \*\* [Gedde Watanabe](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Watanabe,+Gedde)’s parents do. [Kuni-san from _UHF_] You so _stoooopiddddd!!!_ [/Kuni-san] ---
**Author:** ![dogchow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@dogchow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogchow)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/15 "2003-01-31T02:43:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eonwe \* > \*\*_What about the voice of Geddy Lee, how did it get so high? > I wonder if he talks like an ordinary guy. > (I met him, and he does)._ \*\* So that’s where I’ve heard about Getty Lee! Don’t listen to Rush at all, but I do listen to Pavement. ---
**Author:** ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/16 "2003-01-31T03:10:17Z")
Don’t listen to Pavement during Rush hour! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/17 "2003-01-31T03:21:36Z")
Don’t rush through this thread if you want to catch all the gags. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-to-meet-geddy-lee-this-morning/151677/18 "2003-01-31T03:27:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Myron Van Horowitzski \* > \*\*Was he wearing a toque? \*\* Take off, eh?