The Wrong George
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Dave Perkins: Hello?
Female voice: Hello.
Dave: Yes.
Female voice: Is this David Perkins' residence?
Dave: This is it.
Female voice: Is this David Perkins' residence?
Dave: This is it.
Female voice: It is?
Dave: Yes.
Female voice: Well is he there?
Dave: This is he.
Female voice: Is he there?
Dave: This is he.
Female voice: Can I speak to him?
Dave: This is he.
Female voice: David?
Dave: Yes.
Female voice: Is that David?
Dave: This is he.
Female voice: Do you know who this is?
Dave: No I don't.
Female voice: Huh?
Dave: No I don't.
Female voice: This is Mr. Edmonds. You know Mr. Edmonds?
Dave: No I don't.
Female voice: Do you know Mr. Edmonds?
Dave: No I don't. I think you've got the wrong number, ma'am.
Female voice: Is this David's residence? David Perkins?
Dave: Yes, it is, but I think you've got the wrong David Perkins.
Female voice: David Perkins? Well, he ought to know me. David?
Dave: Yes?
Female voice: Have you got a brother named George?
Dave: No I don't.
Female voice: Huh?
Dave: No I don't.
Female voice: You haven't got a brother named George?
Dave: No I don't.
Female voice: You don't have?
Dave: No I don't, ma'am.
Female voice: Well I can't understand it. Uhm, you oughta know me, I kept
You children when you were little, if you're still the right one.
Dave: No, uh, not unless you lived in New Jersey, uhm, you don't know me
When I was...
Female voice: You don't know me?
Dave: No ma'am.
Female voice: Well, I'm sorry, I've got the wrong George then, I guess.
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About The Song
From Kevin: The Chagall Guevara Newsletter, Autumn 1991:
The conversation you hear in "The Wrong George" actually took place in the winter of 1989. Dave was playing guitar at unnatural volumes in his basement when he sensed his phone ringing. He picked up the downstairs extension just as the upstairs answering machine began recording, and what you hear is the complete, unedited conversation that ensued, transferred directly from the answering machine tape in all its sonic splendor.
From Steve Taylor Pre-concert Interview, David Wang, June 30th, 1996:
David Wang: ... On the Chagall Guevara album, "The Wrong George," is that actually a real conversation?
Steve Taylor: Yeah, right. Somebody called--Dave picked up the phone in his basement just as the machine went off upstairs, so it ended up recording the whole conversation.
