Tegan Quin - Call It Off (and some very funny stories)

Tegan has this to say about Call It Off and love songs: "When I wrote this song I felt pretty unoriginal because everybody writes love songs and everybody feels like their love's the most important and when their love ends and they get their heart broken, that nobody understands. And that's ridiculous. But so am I."

She also tells the story about how and why she wrote the song, which is apparently about her addiction to MySpace. She also shares a very humorous anecdote about German interviews and what happened to Matt Sharp from the Rentals in Germany.

Tegan Quin singing solo (for what she says is only the second time in her life) at the JUNO Singer Songwriters Circle. She performs Call It Off from Tegan and Sara's latest album The Con. She's also quite sick and on medications. Performed during the second half of the JUNO Award's Songwriters' Circle on April 6th, 2008 in Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, Alberta.

The event:
MCed by Jian Ghomeshi and hosted by Joel Plaskett. With performances in the first half by Jeremy Fisher, Serena Ryder, AlexCuba and Joel Plaskett. Performing in the second half were Tegan Quin, Bedouin Soundclash's Jay Malinowski, Corb Lund, and Joel Plaskett.

All seven musicians were 2008 JUNO nominees. They shared anecdotes and sometimes explained the stories behind a few of their hit songs. All performances were acoustic.

Organized by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), presented by the Canadian Music Publishers Association (CMPA) and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). Proceeds from Songwriters' Circle benefit CARAS' music education program, MusiCan.

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[femaleguitar18]

oh my god! i love this version! i love tegan so much! oh my god its so theatrical... and dramatic! idk what to say, if thats even the right discription but its most def moving. LOVE iiiit!

[tam358]

:D yay.

[tessabraham]

god i love tegan! i think it's good that she does take a her songs seriously but not TOO serious she can still joke about them! :):)

[tam358]

The quote that I added to the description is like my favourite thing that Tegan has ever said. I was so glad to finally hear someone talk about how ridiculous love songs can be.

[feaadfaerie]

She sings sooo well even when she's sick. I love this song so much.

[Brad Hunter]

I love listening to their stories...

[deathbyvictoria]

I love the way her timing is always different when she sings this song live. :)

[lnnnnnnn]

this makes me miss sara but she is still amazing alone

[Heather Feather]

tegan sounds so cute sick it makes me wanna make her soup and watch cartoons with her

but thats so amazing shes sick and losing her voice but still up there singing her heart out i respect that so much

AMAZING!!!!!

[yellowlamp1313]

ahaha, I don't think tegan is wearing shoes!

[tegansararock007]

adorable! and i just couldn't resist and i did the Sara vocals... singing along with it! loved it!

Tegan IS Awesome!

[AHippieKid]

awh, tegan sounds so adorable sick!

[tam358]

It was all single artists, whether they were in bands with other people or not. Nobody else brought members of their bands either. Tegan only talked about the songs she wrote. That's just the way the event was, they don't have to always appear together.