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Sodajerker On Songwriting

Episode 210 - Ed Robertson

Sodajerker On Songwriting

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Sodajerker, Barber, Simon, Music Interviews, Liverpool, Songwriters, Musicians, Oconnor, Songwriting, Interviews, Music, Podcast, Brian

4.9885 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson joins Simon and Brian to discuss the writing of the band's latest album Detour de Force as well as classic BNL songs like 'One Week'. In this wide-ranging chat, Ed talks about collaborating with the likes of Kevin Griffin and Donovan Woods, writing in his car, and taking inspiration from everyone from Howard Jones to Eminem.

Transcript

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And the Welcome once again to So the Jerker on songwriting. This is Simon, joined as ever by Brian, and with us for episode

0:25.0

210 is a Canadian singer and songwriter, not to mention co-founder and frontman of one of Canada's

0:31.4

most beloved bands, Bear Naked Ladies.

0:34.0

In a three decade plus career, they've sold 15 million records worldwide,

0:38.0

scored multiple hit singles, won 8 Juno awards,

0:42.0

and in 2018 were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

0:45.6

They even have a Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavor named after them, which is surely the

0:49.2

holy grail for any artist.

0:51.0

In mid-July 2021, the band released their 13th studio album and 17th overall

0:56.2

I think it's called Detour de Force and it's another fine entry in their unimpeachable canon. We are very happy to welcome the brilliant Ed Robertson of Bear Naked

1:04.9

Ladies to the show. Ed was born in Scarborough, Ontario in 1970, the youngest of five kids. A smart child,

1:12.2

by all accounts, Ed was entered into the gifted

1:14.3

program at Churchill Heights Public School where he remained until the end of

1:17.8

high school. His future band made Stephen Page was in that program I think a year

1:21.7

ahead of him.

1:22.8

That's right, yeah.

1:23.8

And they didn't get to know each other until a few years later when they met by chance at a

1:27.3

restaurant.

1:28.3

Yeah, legend has it they bonded via a shared love of Peter Gabriel.

1:32.0

A solid basis for any friendship. Yep.

1:34.3

Ed's parents played a lot of country music at home and he later got into rock music via

1:39.9

his older brothers, especially fellow Canadian heavyweight

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