NancyJohnson Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Just saw an advertisement on my Instagram feed. Paramount+ 5/12/23. Geddy Lee; 'Are Bass Players Human Too?' This looks good fun. 9 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 An ideal time to sign up for a free trial with Paramount + 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 35 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: An ideal time to sign up for a free trial with Paramount + I want to see the new Frasier series too.... so this could a double win! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 To this day, I still really enjoy early Rush (aside from Caress of Steel), but fell out of love from Signals on. The one overriding thing with them though - Neil Peart included - is that it's obvious there's huge chemistry between them, there's humour and they really don't seem to have any issue in poking fun as themselves. Just look at the dinner film they did. It's hilarious. Like many of us here, we've seen the Beyond The Lighted Stage documentary and from this and the many interviews with Geddy and Alex, like Taylor Swift, they seem incredibly likeable - the Dan Rather thing with Geddy Lee was great too. I'm of the belief that the joy we can get from Geddy transcends music itself. Looking forward to this. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 This looks great - thanks for the heads-up! 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 1 hour ago, cetera said: I want to see the new Frasier series too.... so this could a double win! Yeah.... about that.... Err..... I hope you take soul crushing, world ending disappointment with a smile. 1 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Thanks for this . Looks like I'll have to sign up for the free trial and cancel when it expires . 😼👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 1 hour ago, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said: Thanks for this . Looks like I'll have to sign up for the free trial and cancel when it expires . 😼👍 Probs a dumb question, but.... as a non-TV owner can I do this on a PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 4 minutes ago, odysseus said: Probs a dumb question, but.... as a non-TV owner can I do this on a PC? Yes. I have no idea about the TV Licence legalities for only streaming though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 8 minutes ago, fretmeister said: Yes. I have no idea about the TV Licence legalities for only streaming though. Thank you, good sir. I shall investigate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said: "Pork belly". "What did you call me?" 😆💜 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thump Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 I cancelled my sub to paramount no less than 3 days ago as there was nothing I wanted to watch on it. Looks like I'm subbing again 🤷 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 18 minutes ago, Thump said: I cancelled my sub to paramount no less than 3 days ago as there was nothing I wanted to watch on it. Looks like I'm subbing again 🤷 Different email address, another 7 day trial. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Saw this advertised elsewhere today; very much looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Sign me up (for a free trial), that looks great, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Somehow I get Paramount+ through my Sky box, it's pretty much impossible to find anything though as it's not an actual "channel" and Sky's search thing isn't great. I'll try looking again on December 5th! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBass Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 I was keen to do this but ultimately I had to tell Geddy I was too busy with my covers band so he got some bloke from Metallica instead. I'll try and make series 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted December 12, 2023 Author Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) I watched three of these this evening; Les Claypool, Melissa Auf der Maur and Krist Novoselic. They're barely 22 minutes each, so an easy enough watch; while I understand the format is more about what these people are doing away from music rather than the playing element, it was an entertaining enough hour or so, given the bass-centric subject matter. I'd say the Les Claypool one was by far the best of the three that I watched. Of the other two, you wouldn't have known Krist Novoselic was in one of the biggest bands in the last 30 years and of Melissa Auf der Maur - who hadn't played in ten years or so - I did ask myself why they actually chose her (she could just have easily have been any another middle-aged women with an interest in her local arts/music scene). Geddy seems to be everywhere at the moment. As I've posted elsewhere, he seems a nice, agreeable bloke with some interesting pursuits (music, wine, collecting etc.) and he an Alex seem to be involved with some interesting stuff, but this show falls well short of what it could actually have been. Rather than 20 minutes, I could happily have sat through 45-60 minutes of Les Claypool. If there is a positive, at least the makers didn't go to the standard fallback position of hitting up Flea. Edited December 12, 2023 by NancyJohnson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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