one of my fav Geddy Lee trivia bits is that his name is actually Gary, but his parents' Yiddish accents were so thick that Geddy was the closest they could get - ThreadSky

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inthesedeserts.bsky.social • 29 days ago

one of my fav Geddy Lee trivia bits is that his name is actually Gary, but his parents' Yiddish accents were so thick that Geddy was the closest they could get

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tinydonkey.bsky.social•29 days ago

That's pretty much how all names happen over a long enough time line, Yohanan to Seán via about 50 accents and a thousand years across the Middle East and Europe. Cool to see it happen in real time though.

princessboywife.bsky.social•29 days ago

The story of how his mom escaped the concentration camp with her family is harrowing. It's also a little weird that it makes rush part of post holocaust jewish culture

eschatonblog.com•29 days ago

i got sucked into watching a 'youtube reaction video' of a voice coach for some rush song (forget which one) and she made it clear that (later) geddy had obviously had *a lot* of voice lessons and he really understood singing techniques

bvimarlins.bsky.social•29 days ago

Makes a lot of sense just from the need to sing so often without breaking down

(and also that "later" rush >>>> early rush, hot take I know!)

by--tor.bsky.social•27 days ago

Boy I would be interested to watch that! Any chance you could look back through your YouTube history to check which video it was?

eschatonblog.com•27 days ago

Think it was this one https://youtu.be/tZHAFiegO74?si=e4kERKqMZHpXxC9T

by--tor.bsky.social•27 days ago

Thanks!

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