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[Heaven Sweep Me Away]

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F e a t u r e (con't)

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Rob:  You weren't starving, you were just, ya know, cramped in a van with...
Barnes:  Do you remember coming to Atlanta in those days and now-
Rob:  Yeah, we came-
Paul:  We played Smith's Olde Bar
Rob:  With another band that we were in.
Paul:  Yeah, but I think we were supposed to go on at like 10 and we showed up at 9:50... so they were a little mad about that
Barnes:  Which track can't you get to fire off on your Matchbox 20?
Rob:  Shame
Cathy:  Its song 11 and 12
Barnes:  Oh well here's 11 [starts Partridge Family theme song and leaves running]
Paul:  I notice it
Barnes: This is 11.
Rob:  This is really good...
Cathy:  So Rob, you gonna hook me up with another cd?
[music stops so she can repeat the question]
Barnes:  Another cd? What's wrong with yours?        [I guess he doesn't have a good memory...]
Cathy:  Songs 11 and 12 are scratched!
Barnes:  I don't think he carries them around with him.
Rob:  Yeah you know what, honey, I haven't had one of my cds in so long!
Leslie:  Yeah. He just had to look at it to see what track that was.
Cathy:  Well maybe I could just come backstage and you could sing it for me.
[Rob laughs]
Jimmy:  I don't know how to tell you this guys, but that caller, I think had a point.
Paul:  I do too.
Jimmy:  I definitely see [laughing]...  I see a vocal styling..
Rob:  Alright here we go...
["I Think I Love You" by the Partridge Family begins]
Rob:  Oh I love this song!
[music continues]
Rob:  What, are you guys high?! [music continues] Is everyone in Atlanta high this morning?!
Leslie:  You don't understand, Jimmy lives in this world, Rob. [music continues] We have to apologize.
Barnes:  This sounds nothing like Matchbox 20!
[chorus plays]
Jimmy:  Right there!
Paul:  I hear it man!
Barnes:  Paul pushing it!
Paul:  No I seriously do...
Jimmy:  Wait till he gets to the chorus again...I'm telling you...
Paul:  Its on the "I think I love you" part.  Just listen.
Barnes:  It's the inflection, right Paul?
Paul: It is
[chorus plays]
Rob:  What the hell?!
Paul:  It was that one! It was that one right there!  The backup vocal.
Barnes: Nah!
Paul:  It reminds me just of your voice
Rob:  Ah!  Shah!
Leslie:  Jimmy could you put your Partridge Family cd away please...
Jimmy:  Paul??
Rob:  Everyone in this room is sm- high!
Barnes:  Smokin up?
Jimmy:  Paul sees what I'm talking about.  See I mean it as a compliment... that's the thing
Rob:  Oh, Jimmy, you're smokin weed though!
Jimmy:  See I mean it as a total compliment...
Barnes:  What were you going to say caller?   [new caller]
Caller:  Oh I was wondering if I could play the game
Barnes:  Yeah you can play the game.  What is your name?
Caller:  Cathy
Rob:  [singing] Play the game...everybody play the gaaameee.... La la la
Barnes:  Cathy, who do you want, Rob or Paul?
Cathy:  I'll take Rob
Paul:  Awww...
Barnes:  Ok Rob is playing for Cathy
Paul:  I'm hurt...
Rob:  That's ok cause-
Paul:  He's the singer.  Take Rob.  He's Mr. Beautiful Guy.  That's real cool...
Rob:  But I'm no good at this, see... Go with me and you aren't getting any tickets
Barnes:  Ok, so we'll put Andrew-
Paul:  I was ready to give away tickets
Andrew:  Hello
Barnes:  Andrew. Ok, Paul's playing for you.
Paul:  Andrew, don't worry man, if we lose, you still get tickets.
Andrew:  Oh cool
Barnes:  Alright Rob and Paul, your name is your buzzer.  We need artist and title.  But if you buzz in and don't get it right, that's it for that round.
Paul:  Paul!
Barnes:  The other person can sit back and answer.  [I guess he was ignoring that Paul was starting the game early...]
Cathy:  Go Rob!
Rob:  I'm workin on it!
Barnes:  Listen to him getting all fired up
Rob:  Look at how they're putting us against each other by the way.
Barnes: No, no...
Rob:  What is this?
Paul:  I won't fall in to this man
Rob:  I won't kill Paul!
Barnes:  Aww it's just a little gaming.  Ok, artist and title.  You ready?
Rob:  Alright.  Ready to go
Barnes:  Here we go. 1st one. 1st one to 5 is the winner
[elevator version of Real World plays]
Paul:  Paul!
Barnes:  Paul.
Paul:  That would be...uh... a really, really bad band called uh, Matchbox 20.  That would be Real World.
Barnes:  Hey, there ya go!
Rob:  Paul just put his hand-
Leslie:  Paul got the point!
Rob:  Paul just put his hand over my mouth!
Paul:  I don't know what you are talking about.
Rob:  Hey you guys!
Paul:  I can't believe you didn't get that on the first one though
Rob:  I was looking at you!!  Cause you were trying to talk to me then you just like went  argh-oo! [puts hand over his mouth]
[Paul laughing]
Jimmy:  [laughing] Yeah that was from the unplugged that you guys did... [this is the same station that did the Live X show...]
Barnes:  Paul lit up immediately
Cathy:  Come on Rob.  You can't let me down man.
Rob:  Hey listen, Paul is cheatin!  He's playing full contact elevator!!
Jimmy:  That shouldn't even count...
Barnes:  Here's the next one...
Rob:  No, here we go, its ok
Barnes:  It was a curve ball, but Paul perked up immediately.
Rob:  Its ok, Paul's my boy. I'm in.
Barnes:  Here we go. Here's the next one.
[elevator version of Push It by Garbage plays]
Paul:  [near the end of the clip] Don't worry baby...  OH! Ok, hold on... It's Garbage.  Don't Worry Baby.
Barnes:  Song is called...?
Paul:  I don't know what the song is called.
Barnes:  Aw... I'm sorry
Rob:  HA HA HA HA HA!
Leslie:  Wait a minute, Rob has a chance  
Barnes:  Rob, you have a chance.  Garbage, but what is the name of the song?
Rob:  Is it off the new record?
Barnes:  Yes.
Rob:  I don't know.
Barnes:  Ok, no points for anyone.
Paul:  Isn't it Don't Worry Baby?  Isn't that it?
Barnes: No, its Push It.
Rob:  Push it.  Push it real good.
Paul:  Push, that's a stupid song anyway...
Rob:  Yeah that's a stupid name for a song. Pushing it. That's... that's stupid.
Barnes:  Ok, here's another one.  Here we go.
[elevator version of Semi Charmed Life by 3eb plays]
Paul:  OH Stop!!
Rob:  Rob!
Paul:  That song just gives me nightmares man!
Leslie:  Rob, go ahead.
Rob:  Oh no, now I've lost it.  NO! It's Third Eye Blind.  It's that damn Semi-life!  Semi Charmed Life!
Leslie:  Yes!  Rob with the point!
Paul:  Hey, it sounds much better this way...
[everyone laughing]
Barnes:  Now you just played a show with them          [well not just, it was feb... but it was sponsored by the same radio station...  atlanta just loves mb20!]
Rob:  And we love them very much..
Paul:  Yeah let me just tell you how much we love them.
Rob:  No, now come on, we made friends with them now.
Barnes:  Ohhh
Paul:  Oh that's true, we did.
Jimmy:  What was the problem before?
Rob:  There was no problem
Paul:  There was no problem before
Jimmy:  Now of course there was a problem, it's already out of the bag.
Rob:  We were all being very immature about stupid things that we heard that people-
Paul:  No, I don't think we were.
Jimmy:  Like petty-
Leslie:  Was this at Chinese New Year?       [the concert they did for 99x mentioned before]
Paul:  Yeah
Jimmy:  Like petty backstage kinda stuff?
Leslie:  Oh! Chinese New Year gossip!
Rob:  Well ya know, ya know he admitted to it, so I guess it's not a big deal.
Paul:  I know. That's true.
Barnes:  Out with it!
Paul:  See ya know-
[everyone talking at once...then...]
Rob:  Now let me tell you the kinda guy Stephan is.  Okay, I mean I'm sorry, ya know, but we didn't do anything.  We put out a record.  You know what I mean.  Whatever.  We came here.  You guys invited us.  You know you guys have always been there for us.  We love to come in Atlanta.  We made our record here.  It's like a second home.  It seemed fitting for us to come here, for us to do this Chinese New Year.  So we've always wanted to do this... So we do this and as we're playing, while we're on stage [the sets in the show went (1st) drivin and cryin, then sister hazel, then 3eb, then mb20]  our guitar player's girl friend walks by and she hears Stephan and the guys and they're, you know, like "What are they doing up there.  You know, they don't deserve to be here playing this last part.  We should be closing this show.  We would show them-"
Leslie:  Ohhhhh!
Jimmy:  They were saying that??
Barnes:  They're just jealous
Rob:  So we're just saying, ya know
Barnes:  Jealous
Leslie:  Jealousy
Rob:  All we're saying is we...we will not...we will not stoop to say anything bad about them.  We just... I mean, that's what they said.
Jimmy:  As Axle [another dj] would say, What a jag-bag!
Rob:  And then Paul asked them, ya know - I heard you were saying whatever about me - and he goes - oh yeah..
Paul:  No well it didn't exactly happen like that...
Rob:  Oh come on
Barnes:  Stephan is a very confident, cocky guy.
Paul:  Yeah...
Rob:  He's a good lookin man too...
Jimmy:  Paul what was your version?
Paul:  Well it was just basically, he walked up to me actually.  We did another radio festival.  And he heard that we wouldn't take them on the road cause we were mad about that.  We weren't mad.  We just thought is was like - well who the hell are you? - so that was like it, to us
Barnes:  Just say "I'm sorry, but what was your record count last week?"
Paul:  Yeah, no no we didn't even pull that.
Rob:  It ain't about that.
Jimmy:  It ain't about that.
Paul:  So he was just like "I heard you guys won't take us on the road because of that" and I was like "Ya know, no. Honestly, we really didn't care."  I was like but ya know, "Did you say it?"  and he was like "Well I don't remember, but probably"  So I've gotta give him props for at least admitting that he said it.
Leslie:   Big problems with Chinese New Year
Jimmy:  Which band's guitarist is baggin that actress?
Leslie & Barnes:  No, that's Stepahan Jenkins.
Jimmy:  Is it him or his guitarist?
Rob:  No, Stephan's with Charlize
Barnes:  Yeah its Stephan
Jimmy:  Oh, ok.
Paul:  She's actually, she's really nice.  She was there too
Jimmy:  Oh yeah. She was there.  Mmm-hmm
Rob:  Yeah, she's really cool.
Jimmy:  Oh yeah
Barnes:  Stories with every song.  Who knows what next band comes up
Jimmy:  Let's go to the next one.
Rob:  Now wait, the guys in the band are cool.
Paul:  Yeah the guys in the band are really nice.
Barnes:  Right.  Here we go.  We're tied.  Rob and Paul both with one.  First to five is a winner. Here we go.
[elevator version of 2 Princes by Spin Doctors plays]
Paul:  Oh! Oh ok! Uh, Paul!
Jimmy:  Paul?
Paul:  Ok, that would be, uh the Spin Doctors
Rob:  Yeah!
Barnes:  Song title?
Paul:  Oh, wait wait, hold on. Two Princes!
Barnes:  Absolutely. Look at that!
Leslie:  Paul with the point!
Paul:  Wait wait.  Is that band doing a Guinness commercial?
Barnes:  Yeah it sounds like em.
Leslie:  It sounds like em
Paul:  Doesn't it sound just like em?
Jimmy:  I think it sounds like em.  Or is it a Coke, is it a Guinness?
Paul:  No, I thought it was a Guinness one
Jimmy:  ok
Barnes:  Ok, here we go.  Rob's behind Cathy.  What are you gonna do about it?
Rob:  Cathy! Cathy! Don't give me pressure! Cathy, no pressure!!
[elevator version of If You Could Only See by Tonic plays]
Rob:  Rob!
Barnes:  Rob
Rob:  Tonic! If You Could Only See!
Leslie:  Yes!
Rob:  Ahhhh
Leslie:  Yes! We are a tied game
Barnes:  Excellent.  You guys are smokin! That's good!
Leslie:  That's a good song...
Barnes:  Ok, lets try...
[Rob starts cheering himself on doing the mmm-cha mmm-cha thing : ) ]
Leslie:  Now he's really feeling confident
Barnes:  Here's one. 2 to 2
[elevator version of Elegantly Wasted by INXS plays]
Barnes:  [after it plays a bit]  He's air guitaring it, but he doesn't know it yet...Rob is...
Cathy:  Come on Rob
Rob:  I'm workin on it!
[song clip ends]
Rob:  Oh! Oh I got it!
Barnes:  Go for it
Rob: Its INXS.  Elegantly Wasted.
Barnes:  Yes it is!
Leslie:  Rob!
Barnes:  Good job!
Cathy:  Yeah Baby!
Barnes:  Paul is silent!
Paul:  Don't worry about it.  Don't worry.  I'll get you tickets.  It doesn't matter.
Jimmy:  These are tough.
Barnes:  Paul.  Silent.
Paul:  I had no clue on that one.
Jimmy:  Throw on one of the...
Barnes:  Here we go
[elevator version of Hero of the Day by Metallica]
[one of the djs starts singing along near the end of the clip]
Rob:  Oh! Oh I know it! I know it, but does it count now?  Cause he gave it away
Leslie:  That's alright.  That's alright
Barnes:  We gave you guys the same hint.
Rob:  Ok, it's Metallica.  Hero of the Day
Barnes:  Rob steppin up.
Jimmy:  I like that version
Cathy:  Was that Rob again?
Barnes:  Yeah
Rob:  He rules!
Paul:  Man I've gotta start listening to the radio
[Rob in the background singing The Hero of the Day]
Barnes:  Four to two
Cathy:  Rob, you're the man. Come on, one more.
Leslie:  First to five
Rob:  Ok, this is it
[elevator version of Talkin In Your Sleep by the Romantics plays]
Paul:  I got it! I got it! Paul!
Barnes:  Paul
Paul:  It's the Romantics... uh... we used to do this song actually.  Talking In Your Sleep.
Barnes:  There ya go. Absolutely.  Four to three.
Cathy:  Robbbbb!!!
Rob:  Hey, come on!! What more do you want from me lady!??!  Blood?!!?!
[everyone laughing]
Jimmy:  Are you guys doing any covers in this tour?
Paul:  We were. We can't say what it is though.
Rob:  We can't talk about it.
Leslie:  A surprise
Barnes:  Let's try this one. Here we go
[elevator version of Workin for a Living by Huey Lewis plays]
Paul:  Yeah I got it.
Barnes:  What is it
Paul:  Well I think I got it
Barnes:  What is it?
Paul:  Its Huey Lewis isn't it?
Jimmy:  Right
Paul:  It's "Workin for a Living"
Barnes:  Absolutely!
Leslie:  Oh my god, it's a tied game!
Paul:  I am such a child of the 80's
Barnes:  Ok, we're tied
Rob:  [singing] If this is it!
Cathy:  I don't know what to say Rob...
Barnes:  Ok, here we go.  For the grand...
Rob:  Cathy, Cathy honey, honey, you listening?
Cathy:  Yes Rob
Rob:  Listen. [singing] "If this is it!"  That was for you.
Barnes:  Here we go.  For the championship of Elevator From Hell...Rock Star Elevator...Matthew Sweet, by the way, couldn't even identify his own songs when he was here. [Leslie laughing]
Paul:  Was he really bad at this?
Barnes:  Matthew's great
Paul:  I love Matthew Sweet
Barnes:  No, no he did know his songs...Here we go.
[elevator version of Question by the Moody Blues plays]
[silence from Rob & Paul]
Barnes:  Your name is your buzzer boys
Paul:  Oh, this is like so right there...
[music clip ends]
Leslie:  Uh-oh!
Rob:  Umm...
Paul:  Rob is pushing me out of the way!... What is it Rob?
Rob:   ...I don't know...
Cathy:  No cheating Paul
Paul:  No no! That was Rob! 
Rob:  Yeah Paul!!
Paul:  Little Miss "I'll take Rob cause he's pretty"
[everyone laughing]
Barnes:  Nobody gets it.  That was-
Paul:  No, no, I think I got that
Leslie:  What was that?
Barnes:  What?
Paul:  No I don't...
Barnes:  The Moody Blues.  Question.
Leslie:  Oh Barnes! Barnes!
Barnes:  Ok, here we go
[elevator version of Where Do You Get Love by Matthew Sweet plays]
Barnes:  For the championship
Cathy:  Come on Rob. I'll make you dinner if you get this one.
Barnes:  Oh that's nice...
Paul:  He gets dinner every night.
Cathy:  Oh but you haven't had my cooking.
[music clip ends] 
[Rob hums]
[djs ring buzzer for time being up]
Rob:  Oh Oh! Is that Matthew Sweet??
Barnes:  Matthew Sweet and the song is...?
Rob:  Where Do You Get Love?
Barnes:  Where Do You Get Love! We have a winner!!
Paul:  That was fixed! That was robbed!
Barnes:  You were robbed... You were "Robbed"!
Paul:  Yeah I was "Robbed" actually...  That was so bad!
Barnes:  Cathy, you're going backstage with Matchbox 20!
[Cathy screaming]
Paul:  Sorry Brother...
Barnes:  Andrew, who hasn't said a word this whole time..., are you there?
Paul:  Andrew man? I'll give you tickets
Andrew:  I'm here.
[Cathy screaming]
Barnes:  Andrew you're going to Lillith Fair
Andrew:  Ok
Rob:  Oh I wanna go to Lillith Fair!
Paul:  Oh take the tickets to Lillith Fair
Cathy:  Oh you have made my year!
Barnes:  Hold on guys
Leslie:  That's cool.  You made her year.
Rob:  Right on.
Jimmy:  Hey, tell us about, you had mentioned before you went on the air, about you guys were just at a party at Danny DeVito's [sorry bout the spelling!] house.
Barnes:  Yeah, what's up with that?
Paul:  Jack Nicholson was there!
Barnes:  So were you invited or did you just crash it?
Paul:  Yeah man, we were invited
Rob:  [proud] We were invited!
Jimmy:  What was the party for?
Paul:  It was just-
Rob:  It was for us!
Jimmy:  For you?
Rob:  Ok...no it wasn't...
Paul:  It was just like a family kinda get together...family friend type thing...
Rob:  You know what it was, every year he has a big 4th of July party
Leslie:  That's right
Rob:   Yeah, in Malibu.  And this year he was in Italy and he couldn't do it and so he had it late.  But he did the whole thing.  And he had this big barge and he had fireworks.  And everyone came out.  But it was like really family.  It was cool. It was nice.
Paul:  We have a mutual friend and apparently his kids are fans of us...so...
Jimmy:  You know how when you meet a famous actors...celebrities...you're kinda a lot of times hoping that they are in real life how you imagined them to be didn't you find-
Rob:  Yeah! Taxi! Taxi! Ahh!
Jimmy:  Yeah, Louie DePalm
Rob:  That was really cool!
Jimmy:  Didn't you find that Nicholson is as cool in person as he is in movies?
Rob:  Aw man, I said "Mr. Nicholson" he said "Get away from me kid" and I was like "Awwwhh!"
Leslie:  Did you really? Did you go up and talk to him?
Rob:  No, I stayed away from him.  I just...I mean...come on...
Barnes:  How are you boys for time?  Do you have to leave or are you hangin?
Rob:  No, we're good
Barnes:  Then let's come back.  We'll be back with Matchbox 20.
[Jimmy starts to say something]
Barnes:  You gonna say something Jimmy?
Jimmy:  I was just gonna ask-I noticed that you had a-on you cd, in the notes, you that Kevin Spacey...
Paul:  Oh yeah
Jimmy:  What was his involvement?
Rob:  Nothing
Paul:  He helped us make the record.  He engineered on it.
Jimmy:  Kevin Spacey?
Paul:  Yeah
Rob:  Naw
Paul:  Lotta people don't know that
Barnes:  Aww come on
Jimmy:  No really, why Kevin Spacey?
Paul:  You know he lives right here in Atlanta
Rob:  No it was just that we were big fans and we...
Barnes:  Right down the hall...
Paul:  Yeah
Rob:  Paul is lying to you people!   But we put him on the record cause we used to watch his movies while we were making it.  And then we met him afterwards actually and told him that we had thanked him on our record and he thought we were idiots or somethin...
Jimmy:  Well that's cool
Barnes:  We'll be back with Matchbox 20
[commercial break]
Barnes:  The Morning X hanging out with Rob and Paul from Matchbox 20.  They are here.  Thanks for getting up guys [Rob making noises]
Leslie:  No seriously, cause I know, you were out late, or you were rehearsing till 1 or 2am
Rob:  It's not a big deal
Barnes:  Hey!
Jimmy:  Hang on
Leslie:  Hang on your mics are off
Barnes:  What?
[messing around to fix mics...]
Leslie:  I was going to ask you guys this, we were talking about this on the air the other day.  Having a chance to meet your idol.  And I don't know if you have an idol but last year I had the chance to meet Paul McCartney and it was just an amazing experience for me.  Do you have an idol?  Have you ever met that one person?
Rob:  We met a few.  We met Michael Stipe which was very cool for us.
Paul:  Yeah that was like... that was before our record came out actually.  But uh, see I got really excited when I met the Old 97's
Rob:  Yeah that was great man
Paul:  That was like probably the most-
Barnes:  Who's made the biggest impression on you?
Paul:  Well the most like, excited I've ever been to meet anyone I thought would be Michael Stipe cause I've always been a huge REM fan, but it was actually the Old 97's.  I was like giddy
Rob:  Yeah for some reason we were just so excited.  We had their poster and we brought it for them to sign
Paul:  I was that way around Sam Phillips too
Barnes:  Have you ever been so struck when you met someone that you just didn't know what to say?
Paul:  Well yeah. Once I think...
Leslie:  Go ahead Paul
Paul:  Well I have like 3 favorite drummers...like as a drummer influence and 2 are alive and one is dead and I met both of them that are alive
Barnes:  Who are they?
Paul:  One would be Charlie Watts and the other one would be Kenny Arenoff [spelling!! help again!]
Jimmy:  He is phenomenanal
Rob:  Here's a little something we can find out about Paul right away... Paul, would you like a Pepsi or a Coke
Leslie:  Ohhh
Barnes:  Oh, Rob left with the Pepsi
Rob:  But I'll have the Pepsi and everybody's happy
Barnes:  And you may be shot on the way out of the building! [Atlanta is home to the Coca-Cola Company]
Rob:  You know what, I wanted the Coke, Atlanta, Georgia.  And you know what else I did? I spend 6 bucks to go to that crummy Coke Museum and so…
Barnes:  A lot of butt cheeks just clinched up in the sales office
Rob:  Oh come on!  You know what, people are still gonna go there!  You know, you walk in and there's that little thing with all the Cokes on it at the very beginning when you first walk in.  That is the coolest thing in the world
Barnes:  Pepsi just came out of the Coke Machine
Paul:  Yeah, so what's the deal with that?
Jimmy:  No it did not
Barnes:  That's what he just said
Leslie:  Was Todd trying to be politically correct or something?  [Todd is the guy who takes care of the guests so I'm assuming the one who brought the drinks…]
[argument about Coke Machines between the djs... Rob and Paul didn't join in]
Paul:  You know I have a question for you guys.  We heard a rumor, we didn't know if it was true or not, and I don't even know if it was this show, but did you guys ever interview Courtney Cox?
Leslie:  Yeah
Paul:  Did she say that we were her favorite band?
Barnes:  Yes she did as a matter of fact
Leslie:  That's right! You sent the cd over!
Rob:  I know cause we know Matthew Perry and he told me himself that that's how he found out about us originally-
Paul:  See I never heard that story-
Barnes:  She went on and on and on about when is Matchbox 20 coming cause we said there are a bunch of concerts coming, what do you want to go to?,  and she said Matchbox 20.
Jimmy:  You wanna pipe in a call and see if she's home right now?
Barnes:  Yeah
Paul:  You have her home number?
Rob:  It's early there though...it's like...
Jimmy:  Well yeah, but she might want to hear
Leslie:  We had her on one morning.  They were doing Scream 2 here.  And we had her on one morning and she asked if-we said, hey, can we send you any cds-she wanted Matchbox 20 and a few other cds and Jimmy sent some cds over to her hotel
Rob:  So then she just said- Here, have my home phone number?
Leslie:  That's a long story...
Jimmy:  She is with David Arquette
Rob:  Barnes has got this look... and it's sad cause you can't see it on the radio, but the beauty of it is the look
Jimmy:  She's with David Arquette.
Paul:  Didn't know that...
Barnes:  She'll be on a machine... you can leave a message...
Leslie:  Leave a message, seriously. Just say who you are.
[message machine plays...]
Barnes:  Hey Arquette, it's Barnes, Leslie, and Jimmy and Matchbox 20.  They want to talk to your woman.
Rob:  We just wanted to say hi.  You don't have to get up cause its really early.  But we heard that you were fans and we were hangin out with Matthew and he said that you guys were really nice so we just wanted to say hi and you guys haven't come to a show and you should.  You missed us in London and that was bad-
Paul:  Oh that's right they were there...
Rob:  Cause we didn't see you. And... and we think you guys are great and um fun-
Paul:  Alright this is getting pathetic, I think we should stop.
Rob:  No, no... [yelling] Be my friend!!!!
Paul:  [yelling] I love you!!!
Rob:  [yelling]  Be my friend!!!
Barnes:  Courtney and David are looking at their machine right now going-what the hell?!
[Rob & Paul yelling in the background]
Rob:  I saw Scream 2! I thought it was really good!
Jimmy:  Rob, try to maintain some coolness! [Rob & Paul still screaming in back]
[everyone laughing]
Barnes:  Guys, that's Rob and Paul from Matchbox 20.  Give us a call if you get the message.  See ya. [ends machine]    They are gonna look at the machine and say-what the hell just happened?!
Jimmy:  That is how like I would imagine like a 14 year old girl leaving a message on your machine if she got a hold of it.
Rob:  Well you guys-Oh well here, let's throw you on the phone with her! At 4 in the morning LA time!
Barnes:  It's six...
Rob:  We'd better be her favorite band now.  For now on.
Leslie:  Rob, would she be on your Top 5 List?
Rob:  Of what?
Leslie:  We all have a Top 5 Fantasy List
Barnes:  Yeah, who would be your #1?
Rob:  My #1 is my girlfriend.
Jimmy:  Alright, that's very nice
Leslie:  We mean actresses and...
Jimmy:  Yeah
Rob:  But she is man.  She's beautiful
Barnes:  Yeah I'm gonna have to readjust my list next week when I get married
Jimmy:  No you don't readjust
Leslie:  It's a fantasy list!
Barnes:  You guys wanna play at the reception? You'll be here
Rob:  Yeah, we got nothin goin on
Leslie:  Now come on, who do you think is hot? Paul?  Help me out here Paul.
Paul:  I'll tell you the 2 most beautiful women in the world.  One is Kylie Menogue [agh! I can's spell a thing!].  She's amazing.  The other one would be Elizabeth Hurley.
Rob:  Alright. Let me see here...
Barnes:  My #1!
Leslie:  Jimmy, give them your list
Jimmy:  Ok, my list is as follows: #5 Jennifer Anniston #4 Kelly Preston-
Paul:  Oh I agree with the Kelly Preston!!
Jimmy:  #3 Meg Ryan
Paul:  I agree with the Meg Ryan
Rob:  Meg Ryan. Meg Ryan's in there.
Jimmy:  #2 Elle McPhereson
Paul:  No.
Rob:  No.
Jimmy:  And #1, etched in stone, Heather
Paul:  Who's Heather?
Leslie:  Locklear
Jimmy:  Locklear!
Rob:  Does nothing for me.
Paul:  Ohhhh, nothing. Nothing.
Jimmy:  Oh dudes! Get out of my studio!
Rob:  Naw, come on
Barnes:  What's on your answering machine Rob?  Anything exciting?
Rob:  No, I don't have a home.  I have a voice mail.  It says something really pathetic like-Be nice, because, you know, I am-or something…It's just another pathetic attempt for me to have people like me.  That's the thing.
Barnes:  Paul, anything special on yours?
Paul:  No, it's pretty much just, uh... Don't page me, I probably won't call you back.
Rob:  Yeah it is.  Paul's a snob on his voice mail!
Barnes:  I'm a rock star.  I don't have time for you.
Paul:  I'm not a snob!! I'm not snobby.
Rob:  You're such a snob!
Leslie:  Well they're never home!
Paul:  I'm not snobby!
Rob:  Snob.
Leslie:  They're on the road.  They're in a bus.
Rob:  Snob.
Barnes:  Heather [caller], you're on with Matchbox 20.  With Rob and Paul.
Heather:  Hey, how y'all doin?
Rob:  Hey
Paul:  Hey, how are you?
Heather:  Pretty good, I was wondering how Rob reacted to being one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People
Leslie:  That's right!
[everyone:  ohhhhh....]
Rob:  Thank you Heather for bringing that one up.  I thought I was gonna make it through the whole interview...
Paul:  [in weird voice] my name is Rob Thomas, and I'm very pretty!
Heather:  [not knowing it was Paul...I guess...]  I know you are
Leslie:  You should have been in there. What are you talking about Rob?
Rob:  Um, you know what, I um just think that it shows that it obviously is not a very scientific process
Leslie:  Did the band give you crap about that?
Rob:  Oh no, not at all!
Jimmy:  Now you can't say that because I just saw rehearsals for the new tour and I'm not for this idea-I don't know if you know-but this is how they're actually coming on stage.  [plays Miss America theme song]
Rob:  Uh! Come on! Come on!  Let's do the Puffy version.  Come on! Come on!
Barnes:  Rob, did you bring it up to the band?  Did you walk in and say "Look at this magazine" or did you just try and let it go by?
Rob:  No actually we knew a little in advance and they called and I was-I swear my honest response was "Yeah whatever"  cause ya know what I mean.  Cause think about it. It's People's 50-yeah and-
Paul:  I had to do an hour long interview with People Magazine on why I thought Rob was pretty.  Even worse off than that, they didn't use a damn word I said.
Barnes:  Oh, of course not.  You know Rob, it's good that you have Paul around just to keep you down to earth.
Rob:  Yeah Paul.
Barnes:  That's his job.
Rob:  No actually we knew a little in advance and they called and I was-I swear my honest response was "Yeah whatever"  cause ya know what I mean.  Cause think about it. It's People's 50-yeah and-
Paul:  I had to do an hour long interview with People Magazine on why I thought Rob was pretty.  Even worse off than that, they didn't use a damn word I said.
Barnes:  Oh, of course not.  You know Rob, it's good that you have Paul around just to keep you down to earth.
Rob:  Yeah Paul.
Barnes:  That's his job.
Leslie:  You wanna take a few more calls guys?
Jimmy:  It's embarrassing but on the other hand you've gotta admit its kinda cool.
Rob:  Yeah Heather, that's how we felt about that whole... shenanigan.
Barnes: Alright guys, 2 nights at Chastain.

[Go to Part Three for the rest of the interview]