Steven Page Camouflages Songs About Depression

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

As co-founder and co-frontman for the band Barenaked Ladies, Steven Page belted out a lot of up-tempo pop hits. But if you look at the lyrics to songs like "One Week" or "Pinch Me," you can see a lot of darkness and that's an approach that has continued with his solo work. We hear about his bipolar diagnosis, his drug arrest, and his penchant for creating multi-layered music.

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0:00.0	Booking people to be on the show is kind of easy in the age of COVID-19.
0:05.5	Everyone's home with time on their hands.
0:08.1	It's even easier if the guest is a professional recording artist.
0:12.6	So, let's see, I am rolling on my and are you rolling on yours?
0:16.8	Okay, recording now.
0:30.0	It's the hilarious world of depression.
0:36.9	I'm John Mo.
0:38.0	My guest this week, a musician with lots of hit songs and bipolar disorder.
0:43.9	My name is Stephen Page and I'm a singer, songwriter and standing in my basement just
0:52.0	outside of Syracuse, New York right now.
0:55.4	Stephen Page is probably best known for making a lot of fun and funny, up-tempo music with
1:00.6	the band he co-founded, Bear Naked Ladies.
1:03.5	You know, these guys.
1:05.4	That song went to number one in the U.S.
1:17.2	The band was even more popular in Canada.
1:19.6	They're in the Canadian music hall of fame.
1:22.6	Stephen left Bear Naked Ladies in 2009.
1:25.4	The band continues to play and record without him.
1:28.7	Stephen has had an active career since then, putting out solo work and touring.
1:33.4	Now he's staying home because of the virus.
1:36.3	He says sheltering at home was a little scary at first.
1:40.2	But I kind of felt okay.
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