# The 1991 Rush song too difficult for Geddy Lee to play: “It’s hard to get into”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-1991-rush-song-too-difficult-for-geddy-lee-to-play-its-hard-to-get-into/
- Published: 2026-08-04T17:59:53+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-25T08:32:51+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-1991-rush-song-too-difficult-for-geddy-lee-to-play/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Geddy Lee named "Roll the Bones" (1991) as uniquely hard to perform live.
- Vocal rhythm clashing with bass-and-drum accents was the core issue.
- Song dropped from setlists after Rush's 2026 comeback tour.

## Summary

Rush's Geddy Lee has revealed that "Roll the Bones", the title track from the band's 1991 album, remained one of the toughest songs for him to perform live throughout his career. The Canadian trio was renowned for pushing technical boundaries, but Lee's dual role as bassist and vocalist made certain compositions especially punishing, and this track proved a persistent sticking point even for a musician of his calibre.

Speaking to Bass Player magazine, Lee explained that the difficulty lay not in the bass line itself but in fitting it against the vocal rhythm, saying the song's accents "go against the vocal part" and make it hard to keep the singing from becoming jerky. The track, written by Neil Peart and featuring an unusual pitched-down rap section, stayed in Rush's live sets through their 2015 farewell tour, but when the band returned to touring in 2026 after an 11-year break, Lee chose to leave it out, deeming it too demanding to sing after years away from regular performing.

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