by Vish Khanna
6. Fall 2002 – The Other Other Man
At a Toronto BSS show, former couple Feist and Andrew Whiteman perform a version of Sloan's "The Other Man" with composer Chris Murphy in the audience. Murphy originally wrote the song about how his relationship with Feist caused her to eventually leave Whiteman.
"I had played a songwriter circle thing the night before that show at the Rivoli club," Whiteman recalls. "I 'Elliot Smithed' Sloan's song of angst and turned it a bit more inward. I guess I surprised a few people by playing it — it's always interesting when you hear musicians do an unexpected cover, especially when they bring a new flavour to the dish.
"I think Brendan and Kevin — maybe Justin too — were at the Rivoli show and really dug it. It was Kev and Brendan's idea to play it the next night as well. The older Social Scene days had a significant amount of 'What the hell is going on!? Let's change the show at the last minute!'-type of energy. It was okay the next night, but maybe the ambush element lost a bit of its thrill."
As for Murphy, his memories of this incident are foggy. "It sounds familiar," he says. "I do know that Andrew has played 'The Other Man' before, but I don't know if I've seen him do it or if someone told me that. It is possible that I saw that show and I can't remember. I do know that I dreaded seeing Andrew for a long time, but I don't anymore. I would also like to say that I went with Leslie to [see] Andrew's band AroarA play when we all happened to be in NYC last fall and they were amazing. All's well that ends well."
--taken from: Exclaim!
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