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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Geddy Lee on Singing Neil Peart's Lyrics - New Video Interview

Roadrunner Records has just posted a new video interview with Geddy Lee where Rush's frontman discusses how he approaches singing the lyrics that Neil Peart creates.
“It’s an interesting dynamic because it’s a relationship we’ve had for over 30 years,” explains Geddy. “Obviously, me being the spokesperson for his lyrics is an intimate and difficult relationship just in the sense that I have to really believe what I’m singing – because if I don’t, you can tell. You can’t fake something like that.”

“So, for me,” continues Lee, “I have to try and get into his headspace and I have to try and understand the lyrics from a point of view that’s meaningful to me even if it’s not always the same as the writer’s intent.”
You can watch the video below or directly at this LINK.

2 comments:

MikeJune 26, 2012 at 10:02 PM
At least Geddy can get a good idea about Neil's attitude toward life, as the album is semi biographical to some degree. Too bad we couldn't have got just a little bit of ByTor again, ah, well. No more light-hearted warrior-dogs against drug-dealer epics masqueraded as Tolkien.
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RicksterJune 27, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Clockwork Angels lyrics are brilliant, as usual, but I notice Neil is becoming LESS verbose - in albums past, similar sounding verses, bridges and choruses would have different phrases, where now the words tend to be repeated. Nothing wrong with that - I think we're just used to Neil's variations over the years. This might explain the 'critical' acclaim the album has received!
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Geddy Lee on Singing Neil Peart's Lyrics - New Video Interview

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