It was January. We had been delayed a few days by the massive Ice Storm that hit Eastern Ontario, Quebec and some of the Northern States. We had no power, no heat, no phones at our houses or the studio. Every place around Kingston was covered in ice.

Anyhow, we had this jam from the November sessions that had some good things in it but we never had the time to work on it. Gord Downie was really interested in attempting to salvage it. Some of us maybe weren't as into it, but he was right. In January there was this energy that was really good, and it was great for us because it took our minds off of all the stuff that was happening back at our individual houses and with our families. Some of the lyrics speak of that storm.

For me Something's On is like Little Bones, I can't remember the way I played it. It just happened. I do that with Little Bones when we play it live, even now. I'm like 'how the hell did I do that.' Don Smith suggested something to me on Little Bones and I did it, and then I've never been able to play it that way again. The same thing happened with Something On, and that's where having an outside influence tell you something really helps. After working on Something On for a while, Steve said "you're playing it too straight. You should do something different, throw some shots in there." And I did, but now, I look back to it and I can't remember how I played it. Johnny Fay