The Audience Is Listening
Now Stevie, now dont be nervous, honey, o.k.? Im gonna go in and im gonna introduce you and then youre gonna come in with your guitar and youre gonna play that nice, nice music you were telling me about; And while youre doing that, Ill be sitting in the back of the room. Well have such a good time, so dont you be nervous, honey. It will relax everybody, and well be so happy.
Im gonna go in now. Ill introduce you, o.k.?
Heads up! now you kids you,
All of you, calm down. thats good, o.k. everyone in your own seat, thats good. o.k., now, little stevie vai is going to play a composition on the guitar. he wrote it all by himself. o.k., stevie, bring your three friends up, they can play with you. That seve vai, what a nice little boy.
Love it! eh, he, he, go ahead.
dont you think thats a bit loud?
Boys!!! its getting too loud! youre getting out of control, boys. stevie,
Now calm down class, calm down. mr. vai, youve got to turn it down...
(boys, what happened to that nice music? ) that sounds like noise mr. vai.
And I want it stopped! youve all got detention.
Will you two stop dancing like that? Frankie, leave that girl alone! were not gonna have another incident like mildred. Come here to me. Vai, dont
You hear me? come here you little snit. wait till I get my hands...
Dont you run away. ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay Vai. knock it off! get
Off my desk!
Oh, Stevie, you promised me
Youd play nice music; people out of control, dancin on the desks. playin with the girls. that awful noise just make people go wild. you gotta turn
That music down, stevie, please.
mark my words, youll never
Amount to anything, steve vai. youll see, youll be a bum, in the streets.
A bum, thats it, a bum. I thought you were such a nice little boy. ya know what? ya mean, ya got a mean, nasty, vicious streak. why dont you just quit school? move to california with all those other bums. Go, thats where you belong, with all those crazies out in california. maybe youll be famous;
ha! thats the funniest thing ive ever heard. You? Famous? With that noise? ha! Ill see ya in jail; give me a break stevie, stop it.
Youll see, mark my words.
