#163 Music Is A Crucible (with Annie Lennox)

Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Russell Brand

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy

4.8 • 15.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

This week’s guest on Under The Skin is the world famous singer and incredible activist and philanthropist Annie Lennox. Annie is most well known as the front woman of The Eurythmics! She has won X4 Grammy’s and has sold over 83 million albums worldwide! Annie has just released THE 10th ANNIVERSARY RE-ISSUE of her album A CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA, that includes the single “Dido’s Lament”. This is a beautiful, warm and creative podcast in which we speak about gift and purpose and Annie’s life as a singer being skyrocketed into fame in the 80s. We share our feelings on being performers, the art of communing with the sacred, how music and art are a form communication and purpose, but how the fame that accompanies it can destroy the artist. We also discuss activism, and how painful it can be to interface with the cruel realities we see so many people deal with. How can we change the world? Is it even possible? What is our purpose? More Info: Annie’s new single, “DIDO’S LAMENT” is available now: https://annielennox.lnk.to/DidosLament Watch the music video for “DIDO’S LAMENT” here: https://AnnieLennox.lnk.to/DidosLamentYouTubePR The 10th Anniversary re-issue of A Christmas Cornucopia is available now: https://annielennox.lnk.to/ChristmasCornucopia Twitter: @AnnieLennox Instagram: @officialannielennox

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to under the skin with me Russell brand this week's guest is Annie Lennox
0:07.2	Annie is a Scottish singer songwriter political activist in philanthropist
0:11.6	She's most well known of course as the front woman of the year of mix
0:14.6	She's won four Grammys in a soul over 83 million albums worldwide
0:19.4	Annie has just released the 10th anniversary reissue over album a Christmas cornucopia. They includes the single
0:25.2	Dinos lament
0:27.0	She is also absolutely lovely and the reason that I've chosen this part to give to you for free
0:33.8	On this stream is because it was the most exciting bit I thought she was this is a bit where me and Annie
0:41.2	What did we talk about this bit Jen?
0:43.2	You talk about gifted singers and yeah, yeah, we took this is good
0:47.8	We took out the gifted singer and I took about how the city of singing voices like a ghost in the machine and like the power of
0:53.2	Shantoucis and the purpose of the gift and purpose the power of gifts and purpose
0:59.0	I hope you really enjoy it and if you do please consider subscribing to
1:04.0	Illuminary you can get a luminary subscription for as it was $2.99 a month is a fantastic platform
1:09.4	I'm very proud to be on it. There's other great content creators such as Lina Dunham and Trevor Noah
1:15.9	An all manner of great podcast plus the back catalog of under the skin which I would describe without
1:22.0	hesitation as a kind of online university you download all that stuff into your noggin and you're gonna be
1:28.4	Well, you'll be your best clever as a chapter two hits so have a listen to this episode with Annie Lennox. I hope you enjoy it
1:35.7	Trying to achieve a quality with the annihilation of category is not successful
1:41.4	Yeah, that's exactly right
1:43.4	We're in this era where it turns out we were never the boss
1:46.6	That's a good black idea
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