Janalynne: You talked about, as writers, the best way you communicate is lyrically. I wanna do this little thing with you.... told you I was gonna surprise you with something.
Jim: Oh this is gonna be good!
Janalynne: Written on these cards! Yes, yes it's a game folks - it's a lyric game! I made it up this morning. I was listening to Diamond Mine and I love the line that goes "Nothing comes as fast as a glib reply." And I thought, that's true. So I'm wondering if you have any glib replies to this. (Laughs)
Greg: Oh these are our lyrics! Well, that makes it easier then! [Jim laughs]
Janalynne: It's like music trivia quiz
Jim: I was hoping for that. [sarcastically? I'm not sure]
Janalynne: These are Blue Rodeo lyrics! "The days seem so long – "
Greg: Hands on buzzers! [he and Jim put their hands on the arms of the chairs]
Janalynne: Yeah! Okay! "The days seem so long living inside of my head"
Greg: [slams hand down on arm rest] Jim's!
[Jim slaps his hand down a slipt second after Greg does]
[laughter then silence]
Jim: I don't know the song. [turns to Greg] Do you know the song?
[Greg says nothing, but smiles at Jim smugly]
Jim: [to Janalynne] Am I supposed to guess the song?
Janalynne: Yeah!
Greg: You can't even guess your own lyric?
Jim: I know, but I'm totally phased out about this. I don't even recognize songs they've been playing above me! [repeats lyric to himself]
Janalynne: "Falling Down Blue"!!!!!!!
Jim: "Falling Down Blue"! That's even a recent song, that's so pathetic! [laughs]
[laughter as he hides his face in his arm]
I'm gonna name a lyric and uh...hopefully you're gonna remember the song; I know that it's such a big body of work, it can tough.
Jim: [to Greg] Did you know that? I'll bet I'll get yours faster than I'll get mine!
Janalynne: Alright, here's another one. "All your riches won't mean a thing some day"
[silence]
Greg: [nudges Jim] That's you again
Jim: That's me. [pause] That's that Leonard Peltier song.
Greg: No.
Jim: [mumbles lyric to himself']
Janalynne: Oh this is fun!! "It Could Happen to You"!!!
Jim: "It Could Happen to You"! Oh that's right!
Greg: [imitating Jim] "Oh that's right!"
Jim: Okay. I'm not good at this game. I admit it.
Greg: [gives a thumbs-up] This is a great game!
Jim: [laughing] I'm gonna get...... [to Greg] Get your hand off my buzzer!! [pushes Greg hand off the arm rest.
Janalynne: "Nothing wrong just nothing ever goes as planned"
Jim: That's mine. That's from "Bad Timing"
Janalynne: Yea!!! Jim wins the game!!!
Greg: Good work.
Janalynne: Okay, how about something earlier?
Jim: How about something from Greg?
Janalynne: Okay..... "I see a world that's tired and scared of living on the edge too long"
Jim: [Imitating the sound of a buzzer as he slaps his hand down on the arm rest] "Rose Coloured Glasses" [looks at Greg] Did you get it?
Greg: Yeah I got it.
Janalynne: What'd you say?
Greg: "Rose Coloured Glasses"!
Janalynne: No!! It's "Day After Day!"
Jim: Same thing, same thing.
Greg: Same song
Janalynne: Oh yeah, it's the same title. It's "Day After Day" in brackets.
Greg: The record company put "Day After Day"
Janalynne: "Rose Coloured Glasses", you're right! Like I'm telling you! (Laughter) You're right! That IS your lyric and that is the name of the song.
Greg: I'm very happy that I can identify my own songs.
Greg: Well, that I stole from somebody so.... but I can't remember. It was a poem from The New Yorker. I don't know who wrote that.
Janalynne: That's goin' back there; to Outskirts of Life, 1986... with the turned up collar, the short hair...
(video clip of "Outskirts")
Janalynne: How do you feel when you look back at those early videos?
Greg: Just like it was yesterday.
Janalynne: Yeah?
Greg: Oh I just mean that there is the same mix of embarrassment and . . . and joy of just seeing thing s like that.
Janalynne: [to Jim] What about you?
Jim: We look . . . . there was a time when I sort of related to those characters. We look a lot younger now. And it's kind of shocking. [laughter]
Janalynne: Okay, I wanna ask you this one - "Love and understanding are the best answers I've heard yet"
Jim: It's not fair when the title's in it. His are easy!
Janalynne: Well okay. . .
Jim: His are real easy. You contorted the questions because you knew that he wouldn't get them so easy.
Janalynne: Here's another one - "Strange and beautiful are the stars tonight"
Jim: [gasps and puts his hand on his chest] Lost Together. [smiles] That takes your breath away doesn't it?
Greg: [smiles back] It does.
Jim: That's me.
Greg: Do you know which one?
Jim: Yeah I do. [silence]
Greg: [hums the melody of the song]
Jim: [laughs] I'm really bad at this game! [puts his head down on his knees] [laughter and Jim sits up] I know it – "Rain Down On Me"
Janalynne: Yea!! We had more but I think we had enough of that game.
Greg: That wasn't so bad
Jim: That's terrible. That's early Alzheimers. I know where I'm headed. I know where I'm goin'
[laughter]
Greg: Lucky for him that wasn't from his solo record, that would've been very embarrassing. [mocking Jim's voice] "I think it's one of mine..."
[laughter]