Amy Lee, the iconic voice behind Evanescence, just shared the dream album she’d love to make, and Amy, I need you to know that this is now my dream, too.
During a fan-fueled Q&A for The Guardian, Lee was asked many questions about her life and career. Eventually, one person posed this: “Artists often reveal their influences through the songs they choose to cover. You’ve performed both ‘It’s a Fire’ and ‘Glory Box’ by Portishead. What drew you to those songs?”
“Beth Gibbons was one of my greatest vocal and musical inspirations,” Lee replied, referring to the iconic trip-hop singer and Portishead vocalist. “In the 90s, when I was a young teen really feeling music, I loved Portishead, Massive Attack and the whole trip-hop vibe. It was dark and cool, really different.”
Amy Lee’s dream album to make would be a record of Portishead covers
Lee continued: “Beth’s vocals have a way of teetering on an emotional crack, on the edge of wild, barely restrained emotion but never belting, which I always thought was so cool and enticing.” She then added, “I could happily do an entire album of nothing but Portishead covers.”
If I were a praying man, I would be begging the good Lord to shine down His blessings and lay it on a rich person’s heart to fund an Amy Lee-Portishead covers album.
Of course, as mentioned, Lee has covered Portishead in the past. You can check out her cover of “It’s a Fire” below. But I’ll say, I would pay money to hear her sing tracks like “Roads” or “Numbed in Moscow”.
The Evanescence singer also weighed in on her future in rock music
In addition to the covers question, Lee was also asked how she sees her future in rock music, and whether or not she ever imagined she’d still be performing in her 50s or 60s,
“If you had asked me that when we were starting out, and I was in my early 20s, I would have said, hell, no,” Lee responded. “I wouldn’t have predicted we’d be here this long, but now I turn 45 in December, and 44 definitely doesn’t feel like I’d imagined – it’s better.”
“Turning 60 is only 15 years away, which doesn’t feel that long,” she continued. “I don’t know if we’ll be touring hard then, but they say use it or lose it, so I’m not ruling it out. It gives you so much life to be able to bring people together and share music, so it breaks my heart to imagine that we can’t do that anymore for whatever reason.
Finally, Lee said, “I’d have to be still making music or creating in some way. It doesn’t make sense to stop.”
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