re: Anybody Listening?
>>>Not only is this my favorite QR track, it's my favorite song of all-time. I really have a high regard for it. Live, it doesn't quite sound right without DeGarmo singing lines (and Tate doing them). It had a really cool vibe when that other voice came in. The Unplugged version is pretty funny. Ed at first doesn't want to do it, and says he'll come in on the parts he remembers. Scott wants NOTHING to do with it, and Chris goes "C'mon,, Scott, fuckin play along! Who cares if we screw up, these are our friends, right?"
Then, as they begin take 1, Wilton mistakenly plays his part in the solo after the intro.
Chris (with Michael playing the wrong part): "Michael, Michael, Michael..."
Whip: continues to play
Geoff: "that's the solo..."
Whip: continues to play
Chris: "Michael, when we get to the solo, that sounds gorgeous man. But uh, one more time around..."
(paraphrase)
Just classic.
They try it again, and its mostly correct. Tate forgets a lyric or two, but they mostly get it down.
The other cool part about the complete Unplugged footage is another humorous section where the guys aren't sure they can play anything else. So they're sitting there, sorta at a loss, and DeGarmo starts playing Suite Sister Mary. Eddie yells out "yeah, you wish!" and Chris keeps noodling. Then Geoff realizes Chris might actually move forward with it, and Geoff says "no no no...and starts to get up and leave." hahahahahhahahahahahahaha.
Then they decide to do a cover of "Rockin in the Free World." As they get through half of it, Tate wants them to repeat the chorus, and the band sorta stops playing, with Geoff going "you gotta follow me..." and Chris just plays the ending of Suite Sister Mary.
Ed, of course, has the funniest line, saying at the end: "I may not know our own songs, but I can play somebody else's!"
Fuckin' Ed Bass...
Chris then says: "Yeah, I like that shit a little better honestly..." (referring to Suite Sister Mary).
It was so cool to see them vibing like that. They had a good break from the tour for a while at that point (about two to three months), so the batteries were recharged a bit...