“Answering Machine” Demo
Bonus track from the Mats’s 2008 reissue of Let it Be. Westerberg’s home demo of “Answering Machine.” Gold.
After I’m done writing today, I’m (fucking finally)1 going to learn that guitar part.
Then, I’m going to play it for girls and totally get laid.
Hmmm. Open A tuning, eh?
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Favorite bits from the final album track:
Big time’s got its losers,
Small town’s got its vices.
A handful of friends —
One needs a match, one needs some ice.
Call-waiting phone in another time zone!
How do you say I miss you to an answering machine?
How do say good night to an answering machine?
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The message is very plain.
Oh, I hate your answering machine.
I hate your answering machine.
I hate your answering machine.
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Let the record reflect that Let it Be was one of the first 5 CDs I bought in 1988 — on the day I got my first big boy stereo…with a CD player. Oooooo. ↩
