Does Geddy Talk Like an Ordinary Guy?

In its 2007 hit single “Stereo,” the alt-rock band Pavement wonders how Geddy’s voice got so high and whether he talks like an ordinary guy:

What about the voice of Geddy Lee?
How did it get so high?
I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?

[The conclusion is that he does:]

I know him / And He does.

You’re my fact-checkin’ cuz.

Chick, chick, chick / Whoop / Chick, chick, chick

The video above is an 18-second clip of the band playing that part of the song on a 2007 episode of Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

“Stereo” was one of two hits from the album Brighten the Corners. The other was “Shady Lane.”

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