Transcript: "Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee Talk About The Making Of Different Stages" - Spirit Of Rush, Winter 1998-1999

I've transcribed a pair of interviews from The Spirit of Rush fanzine's Winter 98/99 issue, separate interviews with Alex and Geddy where they talk about the making of Different Stages.  These interviews are great because they were given by diehard Rush fanatics who asked questions not typically asked by music journalists.  When reading this, one realizes Different Stages was released as a likely final bookend retrospective package for the fans, when the future of Rush was unknown.  Geddy even says "we were determined to make, what will more than likely be our last live album, we wanted it to be our final statement."  He goes on to talk about the song selection "there were several songs which we would have liked to have included, some which we unfortunately did not record - others, like for example 'Time And Motion', we had listed on about eight boxes of shows but when I listened to the tapes, it just wasn't there. We never found a single recorded version of it - which I was very upset about."