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GEMMA: My next guest
on the couch
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is music industry
guru, kingpin,
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and former head
of Creation Records.
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He's political,
occasionally controversial,
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and he's a great friend.
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He is, of course,
Mr. Alan McGee.
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[ Rock music playing ]
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PRIMAL SCREAM:
♪ Dealers keep a-dealin' ♪
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♪ Thieves keep a-thievin' ♪
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♪ Whores keep a-whorin' ♪
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♪ Junkies keep scorin' ♪
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♪ Trade is on the meat rack ♪
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♪ Strip joints full
of hunchbacks ♪
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♪ Bitches keep a-bitchin' ♪
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♪ Clap just keeps a-itchin' ♪
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♪ Ain't no use in prayin' ♪
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♪ That's the way it's stayin',
baby ♪
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♪ Johnny ain't so crazy ♪
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♪ He's always got a line
for the ladies ♪
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♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ Get your rocks off ♪
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♪ Get your rocks off, honey ♪
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♪ Shake 'em now-now ♪
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♪ Get 'em off downtown ♪
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♪ Get your rocks off ♪
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♪ Get your rocks off, honey ♪
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♪ Shake 'em now, now ♪
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♪ Get 'em off downtown ♪
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♪ Creeps keep a-crawlin' ♪
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♪ Drunks keep a-fallin' ♪
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♪ Teasers keep a-teasin' ♪
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♪ Holy joes are preachin' ♪
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♪ Cops keep a-bustin' ♪
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♪ Hustlers keep a-hustlin' ♪
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♪ Death keeps a-knockin' ♪
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♪ Souls are up for auction ♪
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♪ Ain't no use in prayin' ♪
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♪ That's the way it's stayin',
baby ♪
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♪ Johnny ain't so crazy ♪
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♪ He's always got a line
for the.. ♪
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[ Music distorts ]
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-[ Bell rings ]
-ALAN: Drowning in money.
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Don't need to be a shrink
to work that one out.
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A wee ginger cunt from Glasgow
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in the land of the beautiful.
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You're wondering how
I got away with it, eh?
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-Well, I'm assuming you are.
-[ Bell dings ]
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Since you're watching
this film.
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CAPTAIN: Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen.
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This is your Captain.
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We're about
to start our descent
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into Los Angeles LAX Airport,
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where the local time
is 2:34 p.m.,
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and the weather is a clear
and sunny 72 degrees.
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The rest of you will be
travelling to '70s Glasgow,
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where it is a constant
bleak and frosty,
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and the, uh, outlook is grim.
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MUD: ♪ I really love
your tiger light ♪
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♪ That's neat, that's neat,
that's neat, that's neat ♪
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♪ I really love
your tiger feet ♪
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♪ I really love
your tiger feet ♪
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♪ Your tiger feet ♪
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ALAN: Glasgow wasn't all bad.
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We lived in a decent house.
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I had two sisters,
so I had my own bedroom.
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This is me doing a closing
encore at the Barrowlands --
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with a tennis racket.
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What a tool.
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[ Music playing ]
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[ Singing softly ]
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Thank you, Glasgow!
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Goodnight!
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[ Panting ]
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Jesus Christ!
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Have you got
your sister's make-up on?
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I'm not a pooftie, Dad.
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Well, why you poncing about
like one?
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-You're a bloody disgrace.
-I'm just pissing about, Dad.
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You should be in the street
with your football.
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Go and wash that shite off!
Go on!
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[ Door slams ]
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Should be on the street
playing football, you wee cunt!
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STEWART: ♪ There was a soldier,
a Scottish soldier ♪
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ALAN: It's a cliche,
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but I never felt
I fitted in with my family.
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JOHN: I just don't get it.
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I bet your mates don't
spend it on make-up
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and posters of men
dressed up as tarts.
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ALAN: I loved my ma
and my sisters.
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JOHN: You're not a kid.
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ALAN: But Dad --
he hated everything I did.
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You get nothing in this life
if you're not prepared to work.
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ALAN: And Grandma just hated me.
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[ Quietly ]
Wee ginger bastard.
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[ Whistles ]
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ALAN: I had two obsessions
back then --
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serious now --
music and money.
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I've got an Advertiser.
Do you want an Advertiser, sir?
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Put your money in the box.
There you go. Thank you.
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[ Music playing on stereo ]
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[ Young Alan whistles ]
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Oh, wee man.
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Are you into your music?
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Yeah.
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You like T-Rex?
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Aye. So what?
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Nothing.
They're fucking cool.
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[ Boy shouting in distance ]
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Do you like Thin Lizzy?
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Do you know
they're playing the Barras?
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Fuck off.
Are they playing the Barras?
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Aye. Next week.
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Cockney Rebel supporting.
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YOUNG BOBBY:
You mean in the Barras, aye?
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[ Bell dings ]
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[ Music plays indistinctly ]
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-Bobby.
-"Rebel, Rebel."
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Fucking ace, man.
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Go get the other copy, Bobby.
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I'll buy it you.
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-Aye?
-Aye.
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So, where the fuck do you make
that kind of money?
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See, so I get 4p for
every newspaper I sell,
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but they cost 15p.
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Now if I turn up
an hour early, though,
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five instead of 6:00,
there's no one around.
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So, I take a load of extras,
sell them on top.
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YOUNG BOBBY:
They don't count 'em?
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YOUNG ALAN: No.
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Guess how much I made last week.
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-Don't know.
-Guess.
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A fiver.
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20.
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I'm gonna be a millionaire
one day.
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What, selling fucking papers?
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YOUNG ALAN: [ Laughs ]
Fuck off, Bobby,
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-I'm just a rebel.
-BOTH: Rebel!
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♪ Rebel, Rebel,
you've torn your dress ♪
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♪ Rebel, Rebel,
your face is a mess ♪
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[ Sighs ]
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ALAN: Dad was
a talentless bastard,
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but he had one skill.
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He could smell money,
like a pig with truffles.
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-[ Door slams ]
-ALAN: I earned it.
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He's not lying, Dad.
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Mum, I earned it.
I swear I did.
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I'd just sell a few extras,
I take.
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You mean steal.
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Dad, I actually
increased circulation.
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Oh, it's okay to steal from
the people paying your wages.
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-He's doing them a favor.
-Dad, it's not fucking stealing.
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-No! No!
-Don't you dare!
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JOHN: You think you're clever,
Alan,
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But you're not clever.
You know nothing.
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Oh, John! John!
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-Darling, let me see you.
-[ Door slams ]
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Oh, you're bleeding.
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-Jesus, f--
-It's no good, Ma.
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I can't make it stick.
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-He'll have to go to A&E.
-Alright.
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Well, then, you take him, Laura.
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-[ Breathes heavily ]
-And if anyone asks, Al,
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you fell when you were out.
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Okay?
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That's my good boy.
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ALAN: It was shameful
if Social Services
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paid you a visit back then.
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Like most families,
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we sorted out our own mess.
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ANNOUNCER: Hear the band the
whole world is talking about.
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Oasis,
live at the Hollywood Bowl,
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only on KPWR.
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ALAN: Oi, Mate.
Slow down a minute.
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-ANNOUNCER: Where rock rocks.
-Mate.
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DEEJAY: Wow.
That gig is sold out.
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These guys,
they are like the new Beatles.
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ALAN: The 1960s,
they basically buried Jesus,
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and Bowie was the new messiah.
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I wanted to walk
where he walked
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and do all the things he did.
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[ David Bowie's "Rebel, Rebel"
plays ]
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But, I didn't have any talent,
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which limited my options some.
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JOHN: Okay, son, you're gonna
be Murray's apprentice.
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-This is a big opportunity.
-Right.
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Hey, hey, hey.
Don't embarrass me, alright?
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-[ Car horn honks ]
-Good boy.
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-[ Breathes heavily ]
-[ Metal clanging ]
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ALAN: I tried not
to embarrass my dad,
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but that didn't stop his mates
from ripping my pants off
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and spraying my balls red...
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You fucking wee tube.
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ALAN: ...as an initiation.
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[ Water running ]
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Fucking bastards.
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-Fucking...
-You dirty wee ginger bastard.
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Oh, no. Fuck!
Grandma, no, I can explain.
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-Announcer: President Kennedy...
-ALAN: People talk about telly
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in reference to history.
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You remember watching
the news about Kennedy,
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or the moon landing.
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Queen's Coronation.
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Fuck that.
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There was only one historical
televised event in our house.
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They're a group called
the Sex Pistols.
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ALAN:
And that changed everything.
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♪ I am an anti-Christ ♪
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♪ And I am an anarchist ♪
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♪ Don't know what I want,
but I know how to get it ♪
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♪ I wanna destroy
the passer-by ♪
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Hit record.
The new craze, they tell me.
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♪ Cause I wanna be
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♪ Anarchy ♪
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♪ No dogs body ♪
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♪ Anarchy for the UK ♪
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♪ It's coming sometime
and maybe... ♪
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What a fucking rotter.
You dirty fucker.
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♪ Your future dream
is a shopping scheme ♪
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♪ 'Cause I ♪
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♪ I wanna be
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♪ Anarchy ♪
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♪ In the city and I wanna
be anarchy ♪
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MCLAREN: Musicians
are such boring people.
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Why should talent have anything
to do with rock and roll?
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Why should music be
in the possession
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of people so [bleep] dull?
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Announcer: I'll say nothing else
about him.
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We'll be back tomorrow,
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I'll be seeing you soon,
I hope,
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If I'm not seeing you again,
from me though, goodnight.
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ALAN: Now there were new rules.
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There were no rules.
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I didn't need talent.
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I just needed a guitar
and some mates.
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[ Distorted guitars playing ]
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We have Andrew Innes
on lead guitar.
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And on the bass guitar,
the wee ginger bastard himself,
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Alan McGee.
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[ Young Bobby shouting ]
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Look at this, son.
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Is this this new
punk rock thing?
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Aye.
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What's the name of this outfit?
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[ Young Bobby grunts ]
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-The Drains.
-The Drains.
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Well, I don't want you
blocking the drains, Bobby.
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Just keep it down a wee bit, eh?
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-Aye, see you, Dad.
-The fucking Drains, eh?
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-[ Door closes ]
-Your dad's cool, Bobby.
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00:11:02,927 --> 00:11:05,125
What's that thing
he was wearing?
254
00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:06,995
Ah, he's into his politics.
255
00:11:07,030 --> 00:11:09,261
He'll run for Parliament
one day.
256
00:11:09,296 --> 00:11:11,362
Aye, he's a socialist.
257
00:11:11,397 --> 00:11:13,903
My dad talks about socialists.
Fucking hates 'em.
258
00:11:13,938 --> 00:11:15,366
Oh, what's your old man into?
259
00:11:15,401 --> 00:11:17,368
Just boring stuff.
260
00:11:17,403 --> 00:11:19,436
What's all this Grandma Barr
tells us, painting your pubes?
261
00:11:19,471 --> 00:11:21,108
Oh no, Dad.
That was just fucking some --
262
00:11:21,143 --> 00:11:22,912
Are you fucking mental?
What's gotten into you?
263
00:11:22,947 --> 00:11:25,717
This is all that punk rock shite
they've been talking about, aye.
264
00:11:25,752 --> 00:11:27,312
-Hey, this is a decent house.
-Oh, aye.
265
00:11:27,347 --> 00:11:31,316
Hey, if I so much as hear you
mention those Sexy Pistols,
266
00:11:31,351 --> 00:11:33,054
you'll wish you were never born.
267
00:11:33,089 --> 00:11:35,254
Now get that shit off.
268
00:11:35,289 --> 00:11:37,157
You look ridiculous.
269
00:11:37,192 --> 00:11:38,895
YOUNG INNES:
And what have we got up here?
270
00:11:38,930 --> 00:11:42,030
Lena Zavaroni,
The fucking Bay City Rollers.
271
00:11:42,065 --> 00:11:45,770
Ah, let's go to London.
Let's just fucking go.
272
00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:47,134
My Dad'll never let me
go to London, Innes.
273
00:11:47,169 --> 00:11:48,872
Doesn't matter.
You're nearly 18.
274
00:11:48,907 --> 00:11:50,841
[ The Damned's "New Rose"
plays ]
275
00:11:59,786 --> 00:12:02,314
JOHN:
Do you know what punk means?
276
00:12:02,349 --> 00:12:06,989
It's American slang
for homosexuals in prison.
277
00:12:07,024 --> 00:12:10,058
THE DAMNED: ♪ I got a feeling
inside of me ♪
278
00:12:10,093 --> 00:12:12,522
♪ It's kinda strange
like a stormy sea ♪
279
00:12:12,557 --> 00:12:15,129
♪ I don't know why,
I don't know why ♪
280
00:12:15,164 --> 00:12:16,999
Have you ever even
been to London?
281
00:12:17,034 --> 00:12:18,264
-Do you know anyone there?
-No.
282
00:12:18,299 --> 00:12:20,002
I can be whatever
I wanna be in London.
283
00:12:20,037 --> 00:12:21,905
My dad'll skin me alive,
you daft cunt.
284
00:12:21,940 --> 00:12:23,236
Fucking do you for kidnapping.
285
00:12:23,271 --> 00:12:24,941
And you for kiddie fiddling,
Alan.
286
00:12:24,976 --> 00:12:27,240
You come and join us when
you got some pubes, eh, Bob.
287
00:12:27,275 --> 00:12:30,342
[ Laughter ]
288
00:12:30,377 --> 00:12:32,410
We've only just started
going out with each other.
289
00:12:32,445 --> 00:12:34,819
INNES: You're a ginger prick,
Alan.
290
00:12:34,854 --> 00:12:36,887
You've got a chance to become
a qualified electrician.
291
00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:38,317
You cannae just leave.
292
00:12:38,352 --> 00:12:39,824
Innes, it's in here, man.
293
00:12:39,859 --> 00:12:40,957
Can you hold that for us, pal?
294
00:12:40,992 --> 00:12:43,289
Right, here we go.
295
00:12:43,324 --> 00:12:45,522
It feels like -- like
you're running away from me.
296
00:12:45,557 --> 00:12:47,095
THE DAMNED: ♪ I can't stop ♪
297
00:12:47,130 --> 00:12:49,394
-Wanker.
-[ Young Bobby laughs ]
298
00:12:49,429 --> 00:12:52,331
BOTH: Oh, fuck off.
299
00:12:52,366 --> 00:12:53,904
You two, out.
300
00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:55,807
Fucking hell, right.
301
00:12:55,842 --> 00:12:58,403
I'll get you in the Freemasons.
We look after one another.
302
00:12:58,438 --> 00:13:01,406
Fucking hell!
Piss off.
303
00:13:01,441 --> 00:13:02,814
I'll write to you every day,
Yvonne.
304
00:13:02,849 --> 00:13:04,244
Fucking pen pal.
305
00:13:04,279 --> 00:13:08,149
THE DAMNED:
♪ Why should it be? ♪
306
00:13:08,184 --> 00:13:10,217
-No!
-Alright.
307
00:13:10,252 --> 00:13:13,385
THE DAMNED: ♪ I don't deserve
somebody this great ♪
308
00:13:13,420 --> 00:13:15,992
Think about the future, son, eh?
309
00:13:16,027 --> 00:13:18,555
I'm always thinking
about the future, Dad.
310
00:13:18,590 --> 00:13:20,458
It's you that's not.
311
00:13:20,493 --> 00:13:24,000
-[ Horn blares ]
-[ Rock music plays ]
312
00:13:26,070 --> 00:13:27,839
ALAN: Los Angeles.
313
00:13:27,874 --> 00:13:29,533
Land of the back stabbers,
314
00:13:29,568 --> 00:13:31,304
the vacuous, and the soulless.
315
00:13:31,339 --> 00:13:33,878
They say in London,
you're never more
316
00:13:33,913 --> 00:13:35,572
than 6 feet away
from a sewer rat.
317
00:13:35,607 --> 00:13:37,574
Well, in LA, it's the same,
318
00:13:37,609 --> 00:13:40,214
except here, it's dealers...
319
00:13:40,249 --> 00:13:42,447
-[ Knocks on door ]
-ALAN: ...whores, pimps,
320
00:13:42,482 --> 00:13:45,120
and fucking agents.
321
00:13:52,624 --> 00:13:54,866
-Sup, man, how you doing?
-Good to see you, Rich.
322
00:13:54,901 --> 00:13:58,595
RICH: Don't mind if I do, huh?
323
00:13:58,630 --> 00:14:01,202
You Brits are fucking crazy,
man.
324
00:14:01,237 --> 00:14:04,139
You come to L.A. You hang out
in a fucking hotel room.
325
00:14:04,174 --> 00:14:05,338
That's why you guys
are all pale.
326
00:14:05,373 --> 00:14:07,076
So, we got the, uh...
327
00:14:07,111 --> 00:14:09,078
-[ Sniffs ]
-Got the what?
328
00:14:09,113 --> 00:14:10,882
The gear.
329
00:14:14,184 --> 00:14:16,921
[ Laughing ]
330
00:14:16,956 --> 00:14:18,648
RICH: I'm fucking with you, man.
331
00:14:18,683 --> 00:14:21,651
Got the fucking gear.
It's strong though, man.
332
00:14:21,686 --> 00:14:24,258
Okay, that shit's like
some new shit that's come in.
333
00:14:24,293 --> 00:14:26,557
People going crazy
over that shit.
334
00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:35,500
That is all there.
335
00:14:35,535 --> 00:14:37,436
ALAN: Forget everything
in that last voice-over!
336
00:14:37,471 --> 00:14:40,208
I fucking love LA!
337
00:14:40,243 --> 00:14:42,276
-Later, bro.
-I've got it! I've got it.
338
00:14:42,311 --> 00:14:45,048
Yeah, I'll call you.
Cheers, Rich.
339
00:14:45,083 --> 00:14:47,347
-[ Door closes ]
-[ Upbeat music playing ]
340
00:14:47,382 --> 00:14:50,614
[ Telephone ringing ]
341
00:14:50,649 --> 00:14:52,990
Hey, Felipe! Yeah.
342
00:14:53,025 --> 00:14:54,420
Oh, yeah, that's right, yeah.
343
00:14:54,455 --> 00:14:57,258
Gemma, it's the magazine.
Yeah, some interview.
344
00:14:57,293 --> 00:14:58,622
Yeah,
show them my poolside table,
345
00:14:58,657 --> 00:15:01,064
take in a couple of smudges.
346
00:15:01,099 --> 00:15:02,934
Yeah, lovely.
Love you.
347
00:15:02,969 --> 00:15:04,903
[ Alan sighs ]
348
00:15:07,138 --> 00:15:09,237
YOUNG INNES:
Oh, this is fucking great.
349
00:15:11,406 --> 00:15:15,177
Well, what do you think?
350
00:15:15,212 --> 00:15:17,080
It's a shithole, Innes.
351
00:15:17,115 --> 00:15:19,511
That may very well be the case,
but it's fucking free.
352
00:15:19,546 --> 00:15:20,512
Where do we sleep?
353
00:15:20,547 --> 00:15:22,283
Anywhere you like.
354
00:15:26,289 --> 00:15:27,959
What the fuck, man?
355
00:15:27,994 --> 00:15:30,258
It's London.
What did you expect?
356
00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,398
I'm a nihilist, man.
357
00:15:38,433 --> 00:15:40,532
There's nothing to it.
358
00:15:42,668 --> 00:15:46,043
[ Syringe clangs ]
359
00:15:46,078 --> 00:15:48,078
ALAN: So anyway,
I'd left a decent job,
360
00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:50,146
decent home, decent birds,
361
00:15:50,181 --> 00:15:52,709
to move into some London
shithole with my best mates
362
00:15:52,744 --> 00:15:54,744
and some random smackheads.
363
00:15:54,779 --> 00:15:56,647
Thought I got scurvy once.
364
00:15:56,682 --> 00:15:58,748
-Scurvy?
-Yeah, scurvy.
365
00:15:58,783 --> 00:16:00,387
Can you spell that for me?
366
00:16:00,422 --> 00:16:06,195
Yeah, S-C-U-R-V-E --
367
00:16:06,230 --> 00:16:08,197
No, "Y." Fucking one of them.
368
00:16:08,232 --> 00:16:09,594
Scurvy is like
a medieval disease
369
00:16:09,629 --> 00:16:12,597
that pirates would get
from not eating properly.
370
00:16:14,766 --> 00:16:17,305
We settled down,
despite the squalor.
371
00:16:17,340 --> 00:16:19,637
By the time we got to London,
punk was over.
372
00:16:19,672 --> 00:16:22,376
It had left all these various
counter-cultures in its wake,
373
00:16:22,411 --> 00:16:24,312
all wanting
to be seen and heard.
374
00:16:24,347 --> 00:16:27,084
We spent our dole money
making a demo.
375
00:16:27,119 --> 00:16:29,284
Bobby's learning bass
with Caesar McNulty.
376
00:16:29,319 --> 00:16:30,516
-From Altered Images?
-Aye.
377
00:16:30,551 --> 00:16:33,519
Throb's learning guitar.
It's in the demo.
378
00:16:35,457 --> 00:16:38,425
Just smell that, Alan.
Do you know what it is?
379
00:16:38,460 --> 00:16:39,723
Is it B-O? Fish?
380
00:16:39,758 --> 00:16:41,065
It's the smell of possibilities.
381
00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:43,166
Laughing Apple.
382
00:16:43,201 --> 00:16:45,333
Hopeless this morning.
383
00:16:45,368 --> 00:16:46,796
-MAN: No.
-Laughing Apple.
384
00:16:46,831 --> 00:16:48,699
I heard this job's going
at British Rail.
385
00:16:48,734 --> 00:16:50,371
British Rail?
386
00:16:50,406 --> 00:16:52,373
I could go London to
Glasgow line to see Yvonne.
387
00:16:52,408 --> 00:16:53,770
Fuck Yvonne.
388
00:16:53,805 --> 00:16:55,805
No, no, let's face it,
one of us needs a job.
389
00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,477
You can't run a venue
and press records
390
00:16:57,512 --> 00:17:00,150
and promote a band
on 13 quids a week, can we?
391
00:17:00,185 --> 00:17:01,712
Laughing Apple.
392
00:17:01,747 --> 00:17:03,384
Greatest band to come
out of Scotland!
393
00:17:03,419 --> 00:17:05,254
-Laughing Apple! Laughing Apple!
-Laughing Apple!
394
00:17:05,289 --> 00:17:07,058
Greatest band to come
out of Scotland!
395
00:17:07,093 --> 00:17:10,259
MAN: Fuck off home,
you scroungers.
396
00:17:10,294 --> 00:17:11,788
Cunt!
397
00:17:11,823 --> 00:17:14,461
[ Band tuning instruments ]
398
00:17:21,569 --> 00:17:23,272
ALAN: We sorted out
our line up
399
00:17:23,307 --> 00:17:26,407
with that nihilist,
the skaghead flatmate, on drums.
400
00:17:26,442 --> 00:17:28,145
Are you sure about him?
401
00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:30,774
I didn't say he could play.
I said he had a kit.
402
00:17:30,809 --> 00:17:33,447
[ Playing drums ]
403
00:17:36,683 --> 00:17:38,551
It'll be fine.
404
00:17:38,586 --> 00:17:41,620
Hello,
we are the Laughing Apple,
405
00:17:41,655 --> 00:17:43,589
and nobody knows why.
406
00:17:46,330 --> 00:17:48,759
[ Playing guitar riff ]
407
00:18:09,155 --> 00:18:14,455
♪ I would never
leave my trust to her ♪
408
00:18:14,490 --> 00:18:17,722
♪ I would deny my love ♪
409
00:18:17,757 --> 00:18:21,363
♪ I leave my all to her ♪
410
00:18:21,398 --> 00:18:24,663
♪ I leave my clothes maybe ♪
411
00:18:24,698 --> 00:18:28,403
♪ I'll leave my memory ♪
412
00:18:28,438 --> 00:18:31,637
♪ I live for passion ♪
413
00:18:31,672 --> 00:18:34,310
♪ I love to go away go away ♪
414
00:18:34,345 --> 00:18:36,444
♪ Go away, go away, go away ♪
415
00:18:36,479 --> 00:18:39,909
♪ Goodbye ♪
416
00:18:39,944 --> 00:18:45,684
♪ I love you precious feeling ♪
417
00:18:51,890 --> 00:18:56,431
[ Playing drum solo ]
418
00:18:56,466 --> 00:18:58,235
[ Plays off rhythm ]
419
00:19:13,945 --> 00:19:16,682
You alright?
You good?
420
00:19:16,717 --> 00:19:18,321
Yeah.
421
00:19:18,356 --> 00:19:21,819
Thank you, cheers.
422
00:19:21,854 --> 00:19:24,492
ALAN: So now I had a proper job
423
00:19:24,527 --> 00:19:26,791
that I proper fucking hated.
424
00:19:26,826 --> 00:19:28,496
Come on, lads and lasses.
425
00:19:28,531 --> 00:19:30,927
But even though
we weren't selling out gigs,
426
00:19:30,962 --> 00:19:32,896
I was still spending
every penny
427
00:19:32,931 --> 00:19:34,502
pressing our records.
428
00:19:34,537 --> 00:19:35,635
Ah, good.
429
00:19:35,670 --> 00:19:36,834
ALAN: Surprisingly...
430
00:19:36,869 --> 00:19:38,506
We sold all the other copies.
431
00:19:38,541 --> 00:19:40,541
You have?
432
00:19:40,576 --> 00:19:42,576
Oh, yeah, yeah,
I thought you would.
433
00:19:42,611 --> 00:19:44,974
Do you have any more bands
on your label?
434
00:19:45,009 --> 00:19:46,745
-Label?
-[ Train rumbling ]
435
00:19:46,780 --> 00:19:49,418
Get your tickets out! Come on!
436
00:19:49,453 --> 00:19:51,288
ANNOUNCER ON TV:
This year's Christmas number one
437
00:19:51,323 --> 00:19:52,850
is from Renée and Renato,
438
00:19:52,885 --> 00:19:55,622
and here they are
with "Save Your Love."
439
00:19:55,657 --> 00:19:59,494
[ Music playing ]
440
00:19:59,529 --> 00:20:02,992
[ Machine whirring ]
441
00:20:03,027 --> 00:20:05,533
♪ Save your love, my darling ♪
442
00:20:05,568 --> 00:20:08,272
♪ Save your love ♪
443
00:20:08,307 --> 00:20:13,805
[ Machine continues whirring ]
444
00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:17,479
♪ A serenade I long
to sing you ♪
445
00:20:17,514 --> 00:20:20,911
So, how's it working out
in London, eh?
446
00:20:20,946 --> 00:20:22,550
Couldn't be better.
447
00:20:22,585 --> 00:20:26,015
[ Chuckles ]
Tell that to your pal, Innes.
448
00:20:26,050 --> 00:20:28,490
Had a kidney pack up
and moved back.
449
00:20:28,525 --> 00:20:33,429
Drugs, no doubt --
that and living in a shithole.
450
00:20:33,464 --> 00:20:35,596
ALAN: Innes was more
into the scene
451
00:20:35,631 --> 00:20:37,730
than just the music,
and he did lose a kidney.
452
00:20:37,765 --> 00:20:38,896
No, Mum, he's on the mend,
453
00:20:38,931 --> 00:20:40,535
and his dad says
he can move back
454
00:20:40,570 --> 00:20:42,031
only if he gets a place
at Uni though.
455
00:20:42,066 --> 00:20:43,439
But we've got a new
guitarist now,
456
00:20:43,474 --> 00:20:45,309
and he's more sensible.
457
00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:46,772
[ Crowd chattering ]
458
00:20:46,807 --> 00:20:48,675
[ Indistinct conversations ]
459
00:20:48,710 --> 00:20:49,940
GEMMA: So, you were
shooting for the moon,
460
00:20:49,975 --> 00:20:51,777
but you still had a boring job,
huh?
461
00:20:51,812 --> 00:20:53,944
Come on, all jobs are boring,
when you think about it.
462
00:20:53,979 --> 00:20:56,551
Even being a millionaire
is bloody monotonous.
463
00:20:56,586 --> 00:20:58,553
You know, as soon as someone
makes a million,
464
00:20:58,588 --> 00:20:59,917
all they can think about doing
is making another million,
465
00:20:59,952 --> 00:21:01,589
another million,
another million --
466
00:21:01,624 --> 00:21:02,854
Well, hence drowning in money.
467
00:21:02,889 --> 00:21:04,295
I told you that?
468
00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:06,429
Your dream,
your recurring nightmare.
469
00:21:06,464 --> 00:21:08,860
Have it on a sandwich.
You'll be great. Thank you.
470
00:21:08,895 --> 00:21:10,928
ANNOUNCER:
The Christmas number one 1983,
471
00:21:10,963 --> 00:21:13,304
The Flying Pickets.
472
00:21:13,339 --> 00:21:16,868
ALAN: I've started focusing
on promoting the bands now,
473
00:21:16,903 --> 00:21:18,441
managing.
474
00:21:18,476 --> 00:21:19,937
JOHN: Brian Epstein, eh?
475
00:21:19,972 --> 00:21:22,412
Well, he was a Jessie,
you know.
476
00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:24,480
Yvonne, every Christmas --
477
00:21:24,515 --> 00:21:26,042
-she turns up here with you...
-[ Yvonne Sobbing ]
478
00:21:26,077 --> 00:21:28,814
JOHN:
...I breathe a sigh of relief.
479
00:21:28,849 --> 00:21:31,487
[ Gulps ]
480
00:21:31,522 --> 00:21:33,390
-[ Guard whistles ]
-[ Train horn blows ]
481
00:21:33,425 --> 00:21:36,459
Yvonne moved down to London.
We got married.
482
00:21:36,494 --> 00:21:38,692
She started working in the
office with me at British Rail,
483
00:21:38,727 --> 00:21:40,628
ALAN: We tried to be
a normal couple, but...
484
00:21:40,663 --> 00:21:44,434
We're starting a new club?
485
00:21:44,469 --> 00:21:47,536
[ Music playing faintly ]
486
00:21:47,571 --> 00:21:51,408
[ Rock music plays in distance ]
487
00:21:54,039 --> 00:21:56,842
[ Rock music plays
indistinctly ]
488
00:22:05,017 --> 00:22:06,621
[ Brakes squeak ]
489
00:22:17,161 --> 00:22:19,766
Oi!
490
00:22:19,801 --> 00:22:21,735
You Alan McGee?
491
00:22:23,937 --> 00:22:26,443
You owe me 15 quid cab fare.
492
00:22:28,513 --> 00:22:31,646
What?
You talking to me?
493
00:22:31,681 --> 00:22:32,680
Where's the PA?
494
00:22:32,715 --> 00:22:34,451
ALAN: Every now and then,
495
00:22:34,486 --> 00:22:36,915
a band comes along
that changes your life.
496
00:22:36,950 --> 00:22:39,885
Television Personalities
changed mine.
497
00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:41,788
[ Engine idling ]
498
00:22:41,823 --> 00:22:44,395
[ Guitar distortion buzzing ]
499
00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:45,924
LANDLORD: Who the fuck are you?!
500
00:22:45,959 --> 00:22:48,597
[ Feedback ]
501
00:22:48,632 --> 00:22:50,126
ALAN: Part cabaret.
502
00:22:50,161 --> 00:22:51,435
Go faster.
503
00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:52,832
ALAN: Part chaos.
504
00:22:52,867 --> 00:22:56,165
Musician.
Engineer.
505
00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,540
ALAN: Piss take punks.
506
00:22:57,575 --> 00:22:58,937
♪ Walkin' down the Kings Road ♪
507
00:22:58,972 --> 00:23:00,103
Organized anarchy.
508
00:23:00,138 --> 00:23:03,678
SINGER: ♪ I see so many faces ♪
509
00:23:03,713 --> 00:23:05,581
♪ Many places ♪
510
00:23:05,616 --> 00:23:06,846
♪ They come down for the day ♪
511
00:23:06,881 --> 00:23:08,485
Fuck me!
512
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,718
-This thing run on gas?
-[ Volume increases ]
513
00:23:10,753 --> 00:23:13,622
SINGER: ♪ And try
and look trendy ♪
514
00:23:13,657 --> 00:23:14,920
-[ Crowd cheering ]
-♪ I think it's a shame ♪
515
00:23:14,955 --> 00:23:16,658
I'll need that an' all.
516
00:23:16,693 --> 00:23:19,925
SINGER:
♪ That they all look the same ♪
517
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,433
♪ Here they come ♪
518
00:23:22,468 --> 00:23:25,194
♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪
519
00:23:25,229 --> 00:23:27,636
♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪
520
00:23:27,671 --> 00:23:31,607
♪ The part time punks ♪
521
00:23:31,642 --> 00:23:33,972
♪ Here they come ♪
522
00:23:34,007 --> 00:23:36,975
♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪
523
00:23:37,010 --> 00:23:39,747
♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪
524
00:23:39,782 --> 00:23:41,485
♪ The part time punks ♪
525
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:42,882
♪ The part time punks! ♪
526
00:23:42,917 --> 00:23:45,489
♪ Then they go to Rough Trade ♪
527
00:23:45,524 --> 00:23:48,591
♪ To buy
Siouxsie and the Banshees ♪
528
00:23:48,626 --> 00:23:51,726
♪ They heard John Peel
play it ♪
529
00:23:51,761 --> 00:23:53,497
♪ Just the other night ♪
530
00:23:53,532 --> 00:23:54,927
♪ Just the other night! ♪
531
00:23:54,962 --> 00:23:57,864
♪ They'd like to buy
the O-Level single ♪
532
00:23:57,899 --> 00:24:00,163
♪ Or read about Seymour ♪
533
00:24:00,198 --> 00:24:02,539
♪ But they're not
pressed in red ♪
534
00:24:02,574 --> 00:24:05,201
♪ So they buy
The Lurkers instead ♪
535
00:24:05,236 --> 00:24:06,741
♪ The Lurkers instead! ♪
536
00:24:06,776 --> 00:24:10,811
SINGER: ♪ Oh, here they come ♪
537
00:24:10,846 --> 00:24:12,615
-[ Crowd cheering ]
-♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪
538
00:24:12,650 --> 00:24:15,750
♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪
539
00:24:15,785 --> 00:24:18,522
♪ The part time punks! ♪
540
00:24:18,557 --> 00:24:20,590
Thank you, thank you.
541
00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:22,493
We are
the Television Personalities,
542
00:24:22,528 --> 00:24:25,056
this next song is the same
as the last one...
543
00:24:25,091 --> 00:24:27,498
only louder!
544
00:24:27,533 --> 00:24:28,796
[ Crowd cheering ]
545
00:24:28,831 --> 00:24:30,699
♪ They play their records
very loud ♪
546
00:24:30,734 --> 00:24:33,636
♪ And pogo in the bedroom ♪
547
00:24:33,671 --> 00:24:36,507
-♪ In front of the mirror ♪
-[ Crowd cheering ]
548
00:24:36,542 --> 00:24:39,609
♪ But only when
their mum's gone out ♪
549
00:24:39,644 --> 00:24:41,578
ALAN: They never made it though.
550
00:24:41,613 --> 00:24:44,515
Sexton Ming and Jowe Head
were performance artists,
551
00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:46,011
and the band was just
an extension of that.
552
00:24:46,046 --> 00:24:48,211
Dan Treacy was
a brilliant front man.
553
00:24:48,246 --> 00:24:50,114
Sofa surfer got
locked out one night
554
00:24:50,149 --> 00:24:51,654
and kicked half to death
by some cunts.
555
00:24:51,689 --> 00:24:52,754
He never really recovered.
556
00:24:52,789 --> 00:24:54,283
The "Slaughterhouse" Joe Foster,
557
00:24:54,318 --> 00:24:55,955
the anarchist with
multiple personalities,
558
00:24:55,990 --> 00:24:57,561
all of them mad,
559
00:24:57,596 --> 00:24:58,892
Ed Ball, the coolest fucker
you've ever seen,
560
00:24:58,927 --> 00:25:00,927
even when he lost his hair,
561
00:25:00,962 --> 00:25:05,734
and Dick Green, the dullest man
to ever tune up a guitar.
562
00:25:05,769 --> 00:25:07,296
With these three liabilities,
563
00:25:07,331 --> 00:25:09,067
I knew we could
take over the world.
564
00:25:09,102 --> 00:25:11,872
♪ The part time punks ♪
565
00:25:11,907 --> 00:25:14,644
♪ The part time punks ♪
566
00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:16,712
♪ The part time punks ♪
567
00:25:16,747 --> 00:25:20,980
ANNOUNCER: The 1985 Christmas
number one, it's Shakin'.
568
00:25:21,015 --> 00:25:22,685
Merry Christmas Everyone.
569
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,555
ALAN: I mean, we were still
working for the railways,
570
00:25:24,590 --> 00:25:28,691
but my next thing, I'm trying
to get this fanzine together.
571
00:25:28,726 --> 00:25:30,759
Like, it's a magazine,
to sell to fans at the gigs.
572
00:25:30,794 --> 00:25:32,123
Trying to get into
publishing really.
573
00:25:32,158 --> 00:25:33,564
JOHN: Come on.
574
00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:35,093
BARBARA:
Well, I am proud of you, son.
575
00:25:35,128 --> 00:25:37,095
It's good to have a dream.
576
00:25:37,130 --> 00:25:39,064
JOHN: Come on.
577
00:25:39,099 --> 00:25:42,232
We need more dreamers
in this family.
578
00:25:42,267 --> 00:25:44,938
Your dad's never
really had a dream.
579
00:25:44,973 --> 00:25:46,709
Did you, John?
580
00:25:46,744 --> 00:25:49,206
No, maybe it's a good job
I didn't.
581
00:25:49,241 --> 00:25:52,847
Who'd have put a roof over our
head and food on the table, eh?
582
00:25:52,882 --> 00:25:55,751
[ Record player crackling ]
583
00:25:55,786 --> 00:25:57,049
[ Alan sighs ]
584
00:25:57,084 --> 00:25:58,985
GEMMA: It must have
been hard though.
585
00:25:59,020 --> 00:26:01,691
It's 10 to 4:00.
You're in work at 7:00.
586
00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:03,693
I dunno. I got a real buzz
out of being the outsider.
587
00:26:03,728 --> 00:26:05,057
I was answering to no one.
588
00:26:05,092 --> 00:26:06,256
[ Train rumbling ]
589
00:26:06,291 --> 00:26:07,829
Except the rail company.
590
00:26:07,864 --> 00:26:09,831
[ Chuckles ] True.
What a bunch of cunts.
591
00:26:09,866 --> 00:26:12,229
-[ Train horn ]
-[ Alan gasps ]
592
00:26:12,264 --> 00:26:15,067
GEMMA: So, would you say that
managing Jesus and Mary Chain
593
00:26:15,102 --> 00:26:17,674
was your first big break?
594
00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:20,105
Uh, I didn't really see it
as a break at the time
595
00:26:20,140 --> 00:26:21,975
because you're too busy
getting on with it,
596
00:26:22,010 --> 00:26:27,244
but, yeah, I knew
I'd found something special.
597
00:26:27,279 --> 00:26:28,245
Jesus and Mary Chain.
598
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:29,653
The Jesus and Mary Chain.
599
00:26:29,688 --> 00:26:31,116
Jesus and Mary Chain.
600
00:26:31,151 --> 00:26:32,150
-Jesus...
-...and...
601
00:26:32,185 --> 00:26:33,657
-...Mary...
-...Chain.
602
00:26:33,692 --> 00:26:35,186
The Jesus and Mary Chain.
603
00:26:35,221 --> 00:26:36,825
[ Man speaks Dutch ]
604
00:26:43,097 --> 00:26:44,635
-Hi, guys.
-ALAN: Let's rewind.
605
00:26:44,670 --> 00:26:46,164
[ Music rewinding ]
606
00:26:46,199 --> 00:26:48,199
So, I'm in London getting
a decent turnout for the club,
607
00:26:48,234 --> 00:26:49,706
recording demos
for the bands that ask,
608
00:26:49,741 --> 00:26:51,400
signing, pressing,
and selling records
609
00:26:51,435 --> 00:26:53,842
for the ones
that we fucking love.
610
00:26:53,877 --> 00:26:55,338
In Glasgow, word is,
611
00:26:55,373 --> 00:26:57,010
we're big-time Charlies
down in London,
612
00:26:57,045 --> 00:26:58,242
and Bobby is putting
613
00:26:58,277 --> 00:26:59,914
Primal Scream together
with Innes,
614
00:26:59,949 --> 00:27:01,982
who's getting over
losing his kidney.
615
00:27:02,017 --> 00:27:04,017
He gets given a demo
to give to me.
616
00:27:04,052 --> 00:27:07,251
Interesting racket --
Velvets meets The Stooges.
617
00:27:07,286 --> 00:27:09,286
We come down to do a gig.
Joe does the sound.
618
00:27:09,321 --> 00:27:11,728
But Joe had worked his way
through a bag of pink speed
619
00:27:11,763 --> 00:27:13,125
and hadn't slept in days.
620
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,830
[ Club music playing
in background ]
621
00:27:14,865 --> 00:27:16,964
Chaos, straight off.
622
00:27:16,999 --> 00:27:18,933
[ Crowd cheering ]
623
00:27:18,968 --> 00:27:20,132
Fuck it.
624
00:27:20,167 --> 00:27:21,705
But I loved it.
625
00:27:21,740 --> 00:27:26,677
[ Rock music playing ]
626
00:27:26,712 --> 00:27:28,745
I signed them.
627
00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:30,714
[ Music continues ]
628
00:27:36,216 --> 00:27:38,887
The drummer, trappy cunt,
complained about the money,
629
00:27:38,922 --> 00:27:41,450
so we sack him off,
we put Bobby in.
630
00:27:41,485 --> 00:27:44,321
It's two drums on stands --
Any fucker can do it.
631
00:27:44,356 --> 00:27:48,292
Abraca-fucking-dabra.
Now they're sexy.
632
00:27:48,327 --> 00:27:49,898
Joe does the recordings
633
00:27:49,933 --> 00:27:53,132
with that same mental,
evil, fucking racket.
634
00:27:53,167 --> 00:27:55,068
[ Distorted music playing ]
635
00:27:55,103 --> 00:27:57,741
John Peel plays the record.
It goes bananas.
636
00:27:57,776 --> 00:27:59,138
I sign them to a bigger label.
637
00:27:59,173 --> 00:28:00,469
I stay on as manager.
638
00:28:00,504 --> 00:28:02,306
They record "Psychocandy."
Bang!
639
00:28:02,341 --> 00:28:03,780
The album goes gold.
640
00:28:03,815 --> 00:28:05,848
We're in the charts --
Proper charts.
641
00:28:05,883 --> 00:28:07,916
-Jesus and Mary Chain.
-The Jesus and Mary Chain.
642
00:28:07,951 --> 00:28:10,050
MAN: Jesus and Mary Chain.
643
00:28:10,085 --> 00:28:12,250
[ Overlapping talking ]
644
00:28:12,285 --> 00:28:15,055
Recent concert has been
completely dogged by riots.
645
00:28:15,090 --> 00:28:18,256
People say that it was you
who organized the riots
646
00:28:18,291 --> 00:28:20,192
at The Jesus and Mary Chain
concerts.
647
00:28:20,227 --> 00:28:21,996
People can say what they want.
648
00:28:22,031 --> 00:28:23,767
[ Background music playing ]
649
00:28:23,802 --> 00:28:25,065
WOMAN: That happened
tonight accompanied by,
650
00:28:25,100 --> 00:28:26,836
no doubt, rioting.
651
00:28:26,871 --> 00:28:29,432
-It's...
-Jesus and Mary Chain.
652
00:28:29,467 --> 00:28:33,139
ALAN: You see, magic isn't about
pulling rabbits out of hats,
653
00:28:33,174 --> 00:28:37,077
but it is about making
something materialize.
654
00:28:37,112 --> 00:28:40,916
[ Music playing ]
655
00:28:40,951 --> 00:28:42,852
Hailed as the most
controversial band
656
00:28:42,887 --> 00:28:44,282
since the Sex Pistols.
657
00:28:44,317 --> 00:28:46,383
JIM: We're not remotely
like the Sex Pistols.
658
00:28:46,418 --> 00:28:48,055
The comparison's silly.
659
00:28:48,090 --> 00:28:50,860
Don't particularly
like them, so...
660
00:28:50,895 --> 00:28:54,391
We're a very commercial group,
you know.
661
00:28:54,426 --> 00:28:57,801
Some say that
The Jesus and Mary Chain
662
00:28:57,836 --> 00:29:00,067
is all about aggression,
violence.
663
00:29:00,102 --> 00:29:01,838
You know what The Beatles did
664
00:29:01,873 --> 00:29:04,038
when they were doing it
in the '80s?
665
00:29:04,073 --> 00:29:06,106
We've got our eyes
on the pop charts, you know,
666
00:29:06,141 --> 00:29:08,405
direct competition is, like,
667
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,473
Culture Club and Duran Duran.
668
00:29:10,508 --> 00:29:12,442
DUTCH INTERVIEWER:
The New Musical Express
669
00:29:12,477 --> 00:29:15,786
compared it with Joy Division
for its intensity.
670
00:29:15,821 --> 00:29:17,788
Joy Division were fucking shite.
671
00:29:17,823 --> 00:29:19,053
We don't even like
being mentioned
672
00:29:19,088 --> 00:29:20,351
in the same breath as them.
673
00:29:20,386 --> 00:29:21,957
Joy Division were boring.
674
00:29:21,992 --> 00:29:25,290
-[ Record scratches ]
-[ Crickets chirping ]
675
00:29:25,325 --> 00:29:27,996
ALAN: Conjuring success
and victory,
676
00:29:28,031 --> 00:29:31,835
but these days, that's in film,
and TV and music.
677
00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:33,870
[ Chattering indistinctly ]
678
00:29:33,905 --> 00:29:36,400
See, if you possess
a certain understanding,
679
00:29:36,435 --> 00:29:43,077
you can make it work
in your favor.
680
00:29:43,112 --> 00:29:45,277
-Don't wanna know.
-Gonna be bigger than U2.
681
00:29:45,312 --> 00:29:47,279
We were being magicians
with Creation Records.
682
00:29:47,314 --> 00:29:49,116
We were like
accidental alchemists.
683
00:29:49,151 --> 00:29:52,548
Sometimes we seemed
to turn shit into gold.
684
00:29:52,583 --> 00:29:54,385
Alan, bank statements.
685
00:29:54,420 --> 00:29:58,191
ALAN: And sometimes,
much as we loved it...
686
00:29:58,226 --> 00:30:00,831
it just stayed shit.
687
00:30:00,866 --> 00:30:03,559
[ Screams ] Fuck!
688
00:30:03,594 --> 00:30:05,594
♪ So young ♪
689
00:30:05,629 --> 00:30:09,202
Look, is it just the cash flow?
Because if it is...
690
00:30:09,237 --> 00:30:11,402
I'm afraid it's the maintenance
691
00:30:11,437 --> 00:30:13,404
of your overdraft and loans.
692
00:30:13,439 --> 00:30:17,980
I'm about to do a deal that is
gonna turn everything around.
693
00:30:20,248 --> 00:30:21,984
What's that?
694
00:30:22,019 --> 00:30:25,482
Demos of future releases,
chart material, pure pop.
695
00:30:25,517 --> 00:30:27,352
Hits!
696
00:30:29,587 --> 00:30:34,931
Alan, the money you earn from
managing the, uh, Mary and...
697
00:30:34,966 --> 00:30:37,868
-Jesus and Mary Chain.
-Jesus and Mary Chain.
698
00:30:37,903 --> 00:30:40,970
You can't keep funding a label
out of your own pocket.
699
00:30:41,005 --> 00:30:42,565
-[ Chuckles ]
-ALAN: Why not?
700
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,403
Some of these acts I've got
are gonna be bigger than U2.
701
00:30:45,438 --> 00:30:48,076
I've done the research,
and the fact is,
702
00:30:48,111 --> 00:30:49,572
the record industry
in this country
703
00:30:49,607 --> 00:30:51,343
ain't what it used to be.
704
00:30:51,378 --> 00:30:54,148
Comedy is the new rock and roll,
Alan, Newman and Baddiel,
705
00:30:54,183 --> 00:30:55,512
they just sold out
Wembley Arena.
706
00:30:55,547 --> 00:30:57,415
"That's your Mom, that is!"
707
00:30:57,450 --> 00:30:59,252
[ Laughs ]
They're very good,
708
00:30:59,287 --> 00:31:01,155
but do you have an act
that can do that?
709
00:31:01,190 --> 00:31:04,290
Will any of they? No.
710
00:31:04,325 --> 00:31:09,658
What you have is a very small,
potentially healthy business
711
00:31:09,693 --> 00:31:13,002
with a thick
and lowering glass ceiling.
712
00:31:13,037 --> 00:31:15,070
What we have to do
is minimize the venture,
713
00:31:15,105 --> 00:31:16,632
try and increase the profits
714
00:31:16,667 --> 00:31:19,668
and then use them to address
the charges on your debts.
715
00:31:19,703 --> 00:31:22,539
Just run a small tight ship.
716
00:31:22,574 --> 00:31:26,279
It's not the '60s anymore, Alan.
717
00:31:26,314 --> 00:31:28,380
Or?
718
00:31:28,415 --> 00:31:31,416
Or you lose everything.
719
00:31:31,451 --> 00:31:35,090
Thanks a bunch, Nostradamus.
720
00:31:35,125 --> 00:31:37,389
Catch you later, eh?
721
00:31:37,424 --> 00:31:40,161
[ Music playing ]
722
00:31:40,196 --> 00:31:42,559
Joe, I've just been meeting
the biggest cunt of my life,
723
00:31:42,594 --> 00:31:45,100
I mean, everyone,
every fucker in the office,
724
00:31:45,135 --> 00:31:47,036
10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.
725
00:31:47,071 --> 00:31:50,072
Whilst we appreciate everything
that's going on at the moment.
726
00:31:50,107 --> 00:31:52,976
[ Upbeat music plays ]
727
00:31:53,011 --> 00:31:55,308
Shhh! Shut up, Ed!
728
00:31:55,343 --> 00:31:57,310
It's the fucking bailiffs.
729
00:31:57,345 --> 00:31:59,213
-Who? The bailiffs?
730
00:31:59,248 --> 00:32:00,478
-ED: Oh, man!
-No, no, no, no.
731
00:32:00,513 --> 00:32:02,183
We've got a band
called The Bailiffs.
732
00:32:02,218 --> 00:32:04,251
No, no, no, no.
733
00:32:04,286 --> 00:32:05,714
Demos, promos, white labels,
734
00:32:05,749 --> 00:32:08,321
anything you can find
in this box, any value.
735
00:32:08,356 --> 00:32:10,323
ED: TV piece.
736
00:32:10,358 --> 00:32:11,720
MAN: Hey!
737
00:32:11,755 --> 00:32:13,425
Later.
738
00:32:13,460 --> 00:32:16,098
[ Music continues indistinctly ]
739
00:32:19,532 --> 00:32:21,499
Uh, you're Alan McGee?
740
00:32:21,534 --> 00:32:25,470
As I live and breathe.
741
00:32:25,505 --> 00:32:28,572
Demos, promos, white labels.
742
00:32:28,607 --> 00:32:31,179
Worth a fortune.
743
00:32:31,214 --> 00:32:34,215
Sorry, boys, just on the phone
to New York closing a deal.
744
00:32:34,250 --> 00:32:36,547
Got a band that are gonna be
bigger than U2,
745
00:32:36,582 --> 00:32:37,988
Unbelievable!
746
00:32:38,023 --> 00:32:40,056
-How much was it again?
-£400.
747
00:32:40,091 --> 00:32:41,992
[ Laughs ]
748
00:32:42,027 --> 00:32:43,653
Nae sweat.
749
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,031
Uno. Dos.
750
00:32:48,066 --> 00:32:50,660
Go on, Dick.
At this rate, how long?
751
00:32:50,695 --> 00:32:52,563
-[ Belches ]
-ALAN: How long can we survive?
752
00:32:52,598 --> 00:32:55,731
At this rate?
Alan, we're already dead.
753
00:32:55,766 --> 00:32:58,008
You know,
on a long enough timeline,
754
00:32:58,043 --> 00:33:00,241
the survival rate
of most things is zero.
755
00:33:00,276 --> 00:33:02,705
JOE: Shut up, Ed.
How long?
756
00:33:02,740 --> 00:33:06,148
If we can somehow maintain
this line of credit,
757
00:33:06,183 --> 00:33:08,711
-we've got about a month.
-Month?
758
00:33:08,746 --> 00:33:10,713
That's not bad.
We can fix it.
759
00:33:10,748 --> 00:33:13,221
Rome was built in a month.
760
00:33:13,256 --> 00:33:15,289
That's not exactly the saying.
761
00:33:15,324 --> 00:33:17,357
Shut up, Ed.
762
00:33:17,392 --> 00:33:19,557
We'll just have to postpone
the next releases. Fuck it.
763
00:33:19,592 --> 00:33:21,691
We do that, we're not
a record label anymore.
764
00:33:21,726 --> 00:33:24,628
Well, I mean, how could
things get any worse?
765
00:33:24,663 --> 00:33:27,565
I'm pregnant, Alan.
766
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,271
You see, by then, me and Yvonne
had already split up.
767
00:33:30,306 --> 00:33:32,240
But we hooked up one night
on the rebound,
768
00:33:32,275 --> 00:33:34,506
and she got knocked up, so...
769
00:33:34,541 --> 00:33:36,211
We're separated.
770
00:33:36,246 --> 00:33:38,081
It doesn't look like
we're gonna get back together,
771
00:33:38,116 --> 00:33:40,215
does it, so...
772
00:33:43,154 --> 00:33:46,188
Get a fucking grip,
you stupid ginger gargoyle.
773
00:33:46,223 --> 00:33:48,487
ALAN: See, Yvonne had
had enough of the all-nighters
774
00:33:48,522 --> 00:33:51,094
and the bands crashing over
and poverty.
775
00:33:51,129 --> 00:33:53,657
She was having a baby,
and all of that was gonna stop,
776
00:33:53,692 --> 00:33:55,131
whether I liked it or not.
777
00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:56,462
And pretty rude about it.
778
00:33:56,497 --> 00:33:58,200
You horrible goblin.
779
00:33:58,235 --> 00:34:00,565
So, you just weren't ready
to be a father?
780
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,171
I had no say.
781
00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:04,569
I'm keeping it.
You have no fucking option.
782
00:34:04,604 --> 00:34:08,243
The truth is...
we'd drifted apart.
783
00:34:08,278 --> 00:34:10,608
You can't afford to divorce me.
784
00:34:10,643 --> 00:34:13,083
You've got no choice, pal.
785
00:34:13,118 --> 00:34:15,151
But see,
if she'd said something,
786
00:34:15,186 --> 00:34:20,783
anything at all,
begged me to stay, I would have.
787
00:34:20,818 --> 00:34:23,291
But when someone tells me
I don't have a fucking option,
788
00:34:23,326 --> 00:34:25,392
that's when
I'm at my absolute worst.
789
00:34:25,427 --> 00:34:27,757
I've got to prove them wrong.
790
00:34:27,792 --> 00:34:31,794
So, you guys split, divorced?
791
00:34:31,829 --> 00:34:34,764
Yeah, she kept the poxy semi,
gave birth to Daniel.
792
00:34:34,799 --> 00:34:36,832
Met someone else,
he adopted him.
793
00:34:36,867 --> 00:34:38,603
Good man.
794
00:34:38,638 --> 00:34:40,341
Bit of a boring cunt, mind.
795
00:34:40,376 --> 00:34:42,409
Waiter!
796
00:34:42,444 --> 00:34:44,378
So now I was officially single.
797
00:34:44,413 --> 00:34:46,116
-Thatcher's a Nazi.
-Yeah.
798
00:34:46,151 --> 00:34:49,416
[ Indistinct conversations ]
799
00:34:49,451 --> 00:34:51,484
-Disgrace to feminism.
-Yes!
800
00:34:51,519 --> 00:34:53,420
ALAN: Free to make
an absolute twat out of myself
801
00:34:53,455 --> 00:34:54,883
at any opportunity.
802
00:34:54,918 --> 00:34:56,456
MAN: Turns out I went
to the doctors,
803
00:34:56,491 --> 00:34:58,326
and it was piles.
804
00:34:58,361 --> 00:34:59,591
WOMAN: Yes!
805
00:34:59,626 --> 00:35:03,529
-[ Laughing ]
-Bobby!
806
00:35:03,564 --> 00:35:06,136
-Oh, fuck off.
-Aah!
807
00:35:06,171 --> 00:35:09,535
We -- We played a fundraiser for
the striking miners last week.
808
00:35:09,570 --> 00:35:11,570
A fundraiser?
809
00:35:11,605 --> 00:35:13,407
Yeah, we raised a few quid,
didn't we, Ed?
810
00:35:13,442 --> 00:35:16,608
Fundraising isn't gonna help
the oppressed of this country.
811
00:35:16,643 --> 00:35:20,150
You have to be out there,
rioting.
812
00:35:20,185 --> 00:35:21,844
Yeah, but that's never
gonna happen, is it?
813
00:35:21,879 --> 00:35:23,450
-Oh.
-What do you mean?
814
00:35:23,485 --> 00:35:24,748
What do you mean?
Of course, it's gonna happen.
815
00:35:24,783 --> 00:35:26,486
Look at the Sandinistas
and Nicaragua.
816
00:35:26,521 --> 00:35:27,718
[ Indistinct shouting ]
817
00:35:27,753 --> 00:35:29,489
Look, I'm right behind
the Sandinistas,
818
00:35:29,524 --> 00:35:31,755
but there's kids
going without food
819
00:35:31,790 --> 00:35:33,427
in those mining villages
in Yorkshire.
820
00:35:33,462 --> 00:35:36,430
What a bourgeois thing to say.
821
00:35:36,465 --> 00:35:39,202
Stick to making
your little records.
822
00:35:39,237 --> 00:35:41,237
Yeah, fuck off, go on.
823
00:35:41,272 --> 00:35:44,933
Stay away from politics.
824
00:35:44,968 --> 00:35:46,671
Thanks a fucking bunch, boys.
825
00:35:46,706 --> 00:35:48,871
Man! She's right.
826
00:35:48,906 --> 00:35:51,247
Want the boge back?
827
00:35:51,282 --> 00:35:55,548
LEWSBERG: ♪ Up and away
in the cold light of day ♪
828
00:35:55,583 --> 00:35:59,651
♪ Up and away ♪
829
00:35:59,686 --> 00:36:01,389
♪ Up and away
in the cold light of day ♪
830
00:36:01,424 --> 00:36:04,557
-ALAN: You alright, Mary?
-MARY: Aye, Alan, good, and you?
831
00:36:04,592 --> 00:36:05,591
Still teaching?
832
00:36:05,626 --> 00:36:07,329
Aye, primary school.
833
00:36:07,364 --> 00:36:11,267
I can handle
the little school kids.
834
00:36:11,302 --> 00:36:12,763
Keep up the good work, eh?
835
00:36:12,798 --> 00:36:14,666
Children are our future.
836
00:36:14,701 --> 00:36:18,538
[ Music continues ]
837
00:36:20,872 --> 00:36:23,411
[ Whirring ]
838
00:36:23,446 --> 00:36:24,940
[ Urinating ]
839
00:36:24,975 --> 00:36:28,482
[ Breathing deeply ]
840
00:36:30,651 --> 00:36:32,750
[ Laughing ]
841
00:36:34,787 --> 00:36:36,886
[ Flushing toilet ]
842
00:36:43,994 --> 00:36:46,401
[ Faucet creaks ]
843
00:36:46,436 --> 00:36:49,239
-[ Tense music playing ]
-[ Water running ]
844
00:36:51,309 --> 00:36:52,968
Alright?
845
00:36:53,003 --> 00:36:56,312
ALEISTER: Please allow me
to introduce myself.
846
00:36:56,347 --> 00:37:00,514
The name is Aleister,
but you can call me Al.
847
00:37:00,549 --> 00:37:03,880
That's a song title
if I ever heard one.
848
00:37:03,915 --> 00:37:07,389
Ideas are everywhere.
849
00:37:07,424 --> 00:37:10,491
You have only to reach out...
850
00:37:10,526 --> 00:37:12,691
and grab them.
851
00:37:17,401 --> 00:37:19,830
[ Breathing heavily ]
852
00:37:26,069 --> 00:37:27,508
[ Laughing ]
853
00:37:27,543 --> 00:37:30,742
Who is Aleister Crowley?
854
00:37:30,777 --> 00:37:32,810
ALAN: Aleister Crowley,
author of "The Book of Thelema,"
855
00:37:32,845 --> 00:37:34,680
"do what thou wilt,"
the cultist, and prophet.
856
00:37:34,715 --> 00:37:36,649
My hero!
857
00:37:36,684 --> 00:37:39,883
Famous poet, magician, artist.
858
00:37:39,918 --> 00:37:44,657
Your father
has a particular mind.
859
00:37:44,692 --> 00:37:49,057
He only wants what
he believes is best for you.
860
00:37:49,092 --> 00:37:50,465
Oh, yeah!
861
00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:52,764
The Stones wrote
that song about him.
862
00:37:52,799 --> 00:37:53,831
ALAN: That's right.
863
00:37:53,866 --> 00:37:55,602
I once slept with faith
864
00:37:55,637 --> 00:38:00,607
and found a corpse in my arms
when I awoke.
865
00:38:00,642 --> 00:38:02,741
And yet another night,
866
00:38:02,776 --> 00:38:05,843
I drank and danced with doubt
867
00:38:05,878 --> 00:38:09,748
and found her a virgin
in the morning.
868
00:38:09,783 --> 00:38:13,389
They called him
the wickedest man in the world.
869
00:38:13,424 --> 00:38:16,821
[ Tense music continues ]
870
00:38:16,856 --> 00:38:18,559
He was into child sacrifice.
871
00:38:18,594 --> 00:38:20,055
No, that's a myth.
872
00:38:20,090 --> 00:38:21,595
He was really talking about...
873
00:38:21,630 --> 00:38:22,959
[ Camera clicks ]
874
00:38:22,994 --> 00:38:24,895
You know...
875
00:38:24,930 --> 00:38:27,502
-[ Camera clicks ]
-...wanking.
876
00:38:27,537 --> 00:38:32,441
I was wrong
and handled the narcotics.
877
00:38:32,476 --> 00:38:35,070
Get to fuck.
878
00:38:37,547 --> 00:38:38,942
Calm down.
879
00:38:38,977 --> 00:38:42,418
-[ Party music playing ]
-Who's he talking to?
880
00:38:42,453 --> 00:38:43,947
Anyone that'll listen.
881
00:38:43,982 --> 00:38:47,016
Anyone of an independent mind
882
00:38:47,051 --> 00:38:51,922
must be one
who resists authority.
883
00:38:53,629 --> 00:38:56,366
A [echoing] rebel.
884
00:38:56,401 --> 00:38:57,730
[ Rock music plays ]
885
00:38:57,765 --> 00:39:00,436
Take my advice, young man.
886
00:39:00,471 --> 00:39:04,407
Let go of your past.
887
00:39:04,442 --> 00:39:06,937
[ Music continues ]
888
00:39:06,972 --> 00:39:09,104
Well, let's round it up
to a nice even number then.
889
00:39:09,139 --> 00:39:10,908
I'll pay you for five next time.
890
00:39:10,943 --> 00:39:13,680
ALEISTER: Stay on the path
you have chosen.
891
00:39:13,715 --> 00:39:15,913
♪ Rise you make me ♪
892
00:39:15,948 --> 00:39:19,818
ALEISTER: If enough people agree
with and follow the rebel,
893
00:39:19,853 --> 00:39:25,923
then we finally
achieve greatness.
894
00:39:27,190 --> 00:39:29,927
ALAN: Crowley was right.
We were rebels.
895
00:39:29,962 --> 00:39:32,435
So what if you are
going out of business.
896
00:39:32,470 --> 00:39:34,569
We keep doing what we did best,
897
00:39:34,604 --> 00:39:37,704
signing bands
that were fucking genius.
898
00:39:37,739 --> 00:39:40,377
[ Music distorts ]
899
00:39:42,843 --> 00:39:47,384
[ Fast-paced rock music plays ]
900
00:39:57,495 --> 00:39:58,989
We'd keep running
till the wheels
901
00:39:59,024 --> 00:40:01,860
fell off the fucking bus.
902
00:40:01,895 --> 00:40:03,191
Here's to excess!
903
00:40:03,226 --> 00:40:05,468
Apparently it leads
to the Palace of Wisdom.
904
00:40:05,503 --> 00:40:06,700
-WOMAN: William Blake?
-[ Glasses clinking ]
905
00:40:06,735 --> 00:40:08,570
"The Marriage
of Heaven and Hell."
906
00:40:08,605 --> 00:40:11,540
He might have been describing
the entertainment industry.
907
00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:13,608
How did you keep
the label going?
908
00:40:13,643 --> 00:40:16,677
I have a dream!
We can do this, boys.
909
00:40:16,712 --> 00:40:18,943
Well, I gave that speech
about tightening belts,
910
00:40:18,978 --> 00:40:21,143
squeezing money
out of every angle,
911
00:40:21,178 --> 00:40:24,751
facing the record pluggers,
stepping up fly posting.
912
00:40:24,786 --> 00:40:26,819
Fight of our lives,
all that fanny,
913
00:40:26,854 --> 00:40:27,886
And then Ed --
914
00:40:27,921 --> 00:40:31,527
Of all people, Ed pipes up.
915
00:40:31,562 --> 00:40:33,056
Or...
916
00:40:33,091 --> 00:40:35,531
Margaret Thatcher had
introduced this thing called...
917
00:40:35,566 --> 00:40:36,994
The Enterprise
Allowance Scheme
918
00:40:37,029 --> 00:40:38,798
under the Conservative
Government
919
00:40:38,833 --> 00:40:42,131
allows you to have £40 a week
extra -- it's free money.
920
00:40:42,166 --> 00:40:43,539
-[ Audience applauding ]
-Whoever thought I'd be grateful
921
00:40:43,574 --> 00:40:44,870
to this fucking witch.
922
00:40:44,905 --> 00:40:47,642
Only joking.
This bit never happened.
923
00:40:47,677 --> 00:40:49,479
THATCHER: [ Gasps ]
924
00:40:49,514 --> 00:40:51,074
You were running
Creation Records
925
00:40:51,109 --> 00:40:54,517
on 40 quid a week each?
926
00:40:54,552 --> 00:40:56,882
We were the coolest label
on the planet
927
00:40:56,917 --> 00:40:58,851
and running on empty.
928
00:40:58,886 --> 00:41:01,788
[ Speaking indistinctly ]
929
00:41:01,823 --> 00:41:04,153
Why has he got such
a way with women?
930
00:41:04,188 --> 00:41:06,595
-You know why?
-Go on.
931
00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:09,257
'Cause he listens --
Or rather he pretends to.
932
00:41:09,292 --> 00:41:12,601
-It's a bad example, yeah.
-Where the fuck have you been?
933
00:41:12,636 --> 00:41:14,669
But what's the point in that?
I mean, look at her.
934
00:41:14,704 --> 00:41:16,539
She's not gonna have sex
with him, is she?
935
00:41:16,574 --> 00:41:18,200
Got more chance than you have
talking to Male Silly Bollocks
936
00:41:18,235 --> 00:41:19,674
dancing with himself.
937
00:41:19,709 --> 00:41:22,006
ALAN: That's what's brilliant
about it.
938
00:41:22,041 --> 00:41:24,679
Lovely talking to you, darling,
Sorry your boyfriend's a tosser.
939
00:41:24,714 --> 00:41:27,781
Hey, big day tomorrow.
Yeah?
940
00:41:27,816 --> 00:41:29,585
It's fine. I know what
I'm doing, piece of piss.
941
00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:32,687
DICK: Are you sure you don't
want me to come with you?
942
00:41:32,722 --> 00:41:34,117
Nah.
943
00:41:37,056 --> 00:41:40,761
-Uh, excuse me?
-Alan fucking McGee.
944
00:41:40,796 --> 00:41:42,125
MITCH: I'm not gonna
bullshit you, man.
945
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:43,863
There's no need.
946
00:41:43,898 --> 00:41:45,227
You know what we do,
947
00:41:45,262 --> 00:41:49,198
and you know
we're fucking good at it.
948
00:41:49,233 --> 00:41:51,101
Let's face it, Al.
949
00:41:51,136 --> 00:41:55,039
You have got a very,
very cool record label.
950
00:41:55,074 --> 00:41:57,107
And with us behind you,
951
00:41:57,142 --> 00:41:59,945
you could become
a very wealthy man.
952
00:42:01,916 --> 00:42:06,116
So we are "owned"
by a corporation.
953
00:42:06,151 --> 00:42:09,317
but they let us do what we like,
you know?
954
00:42:09,352 --> 00:42:11,055
The bean counters
just leave us alone
955
00:42:11,090 --> 00:42:13,288
to get on and make great
rock and roll records.
956
00:42:13,323 --> 00:42:16,291
-Great!
-Good, yeah. Fuck!
957
00:42:16,326 --> 00:42:18,062
Yeah, bottom line.
958
00:42:18,097 --> 00:42:20,295
I'm just like you, Al.
959
00:42:20,330 --> 00:42:22,033
A maverick.
960
00:42:22,068 --> 00:42:25,773
Difference is,
I do my thing on the inside.
961
00:42:25,808 --> 00:42:30,305
That's the only way
to get results.
962
00:42:30,340 --> 00:42:31,911
Sure. Okay.
963
00:42:31,946 --> 00:42:34,716
People say to me,
"Hey, Mitch, you used to have
964
00:42:34,751 --> 00:42:36,817
that real cool record label,
what happened?"
965
00:42:36,852 --> 00:42:39,589
And I say to them,
"Well, really cool is great,
966
00:42:39,624 --> 00:42:43,824
but it didn't get me
that Chateau in the Ardennes."
967
00:42:43,859 --> 00:42:46,926
Or that Primrose Hill postcode,
you know what I mean?
968
00:42:46,961 --> 00:42:48,961
ALAN:
I've got a vivid imagination.
969
00:42:48,996 --> 00:42:51,799
MITCH: Everyone wants
to get rich, Al.
970
00:42:51,834 --> 00:42:53,867
And if that means
getting fucked in the arse
971
00:42:53,902 --> 00:42:56,034
every once in a while...
972
00:42:56,069 --> 00:42:57,904
so what?
973
00:42:57,939 --> 00:43:01,336
-MAN: [ Grunting ]
-It hurts, initially!
974
00:43:01,371 --> 00:43:05,142
But it's the kind of pain
you forget.
975
00:43:05,177 --> 00:43:07,078
Like childbirth.
976
00:43:07,113 --> 00:43:09,080
You alright, Al?
977
00:43:09,115 --> 00:43:10,719
Sorry? Yes.
978
00:43:10,754 --> 00:43:13,117
Uh, what were you saying?
979
00:43:13,152 --> 00:43:16,989
I was saying,
have we got a deal?
980
00:43:17,024 --> 00:43:22,060
Corporate always
fucks what's cool.
981
00:43:22,095 --> 00:43:24,293
GEMMA: Wait a minute,
you turned down a deal
982
00:43:24,328 --> 00:43:27,065
from a major record company
and went to a loan shark?
983
00:43:27,100 --> 00:43:30,167
ALAN: Yeah! See, corporations
want to own you forever.
984
00:43:30,202 --> 00:43:32,070
The loan shark just
wants his money back.
985
00:43:32,105 --> 00:43:33,335
It's a more honest transaction.
986
00:43:33,370 --> 00:43:34,776
You don't pay them...
987
00:43:34,811 --> 00:43:36,943
"we break your fucking legs."
988
00:43:36,978 --> 00:43:40,210
But eventually, you did sign
with a corporation.
989
00:43:40,245 --> 00:43:41,948
Eventually.
990
00:43:41,983 --> 00:43:43,180
But on our own terms.
991
00:43:43,215 --> 00:43:44,346
We weren't doing it
for ourselves.
992
00:43:44,381 --> 00:43:45,952
We were doing it
for the bands.
993
00:43:45,987 --> 00:43:47,657
We had a couple of indie hits
in the charts.
994
00:43:47,692 --> 00:43:49,791
I paid them back,
and we were flying again.
995
00:43:49,826 --> 00:43:52,024
See, fuck that mullet cunt!
996
00:43:52,059 --> 00:43:54,422
I didn't need a chateau
in the Ardennes --
997
00:43:54,457 --> 00:43:56,391
whatever the fuck that is.
998
00:43:56,426 --> 00:43:59,031
All I needed was some
mothers' little helpers,
999
00:43:59,066 --> 00:44:04,740
Dixies, Damies, Bobbys,
Bennys, Charlies,
1000
00:44:04,775 --> 00:44:06,874
Farlies, Jellys, Fannys,
1001
00:44:06,909 --> 00:44:07,941
Red Devils, Black Bombers,
1002
00:44:07,976 --> 00:44:09,943
Purple Hearts, Special Teas,
1003
00:44:09,978 --> 00:44:11,912
a wee bit of Les.
1004
00:44:11,947 --> 00:44:15,718
Everything was absolutely fine.
1005
00:44:15,753 --> 00:44:17,687
[ Woman screaming ]
1006
00:44:20,318 --> 00:44:22,956
Exactly how long has
he been in the fucking studio?
1007
00:44:22,991 --> 00:44:25,255
Which studio?
This is their fifth.
1008
00:44:25,290 --> 00:44:27,125
Kevin Shields is a genius.
1009
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,798
-Shut up, Ed!
-He's absolutely killing us!
1010
00:44:29,833 --> 00:44:32,966
You know we're already up
to £250,000 in a recording.
1011
00:44:33,001 --> 00:44:34,396
He'll fucking ruin us.
1012
00:44:34,431 --> 00:44:37,300
DICK: There's no fucking end
in sight.
1013
00:44:37,335 --> 00:44:39,335
Hey, Joe.
1014
00:44:39,370 --> 00:44:41,777
You get yourself down there,
get on the desk.
1015
00:44:41,812 --> 00:44:43,306
You're a brilliant engineer.
1016
00:44:43,341 --> 00:44:44,813
You can get this fucking mixed
by the end of the week.
1017
00:44:44,848 --> 00:44:46,045
He won't let me near him.
1018
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:47,409
He's not even returning
our calls.
1019
00:44:47,444 --> 00:44:49,477
-He's got this sonic vision.
-Shut up, Ed.
1020
00:44:49,512 --> 00:44:51,182
He'll have a fucking hole
in his head when I'm done.
1021
00:44:51,217 --> 00:44:54,119
I've had to re-mortgage
my own house.
1022
00:44:54,154 --> 00:44:56,022
-Jesus.
-I know.
1023
00:44:56,057 --> 00:44:58,255
You own a house?
1024
00:44:58,290 --> 00:45:00,125
I don't need this shit!
1025
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,798
My mother's sick,
and I've got a money-spunking
1026
00:45:02,833 --> 00:45:04,998
mad, fucking genius
who won't return calls.
1027
00:45:05,033 --> 00:45:06,197
Fuck this!
1028
00:45:06,232 --> 00:45:08,705
[ Rock music playing ]
1029
00:45:17,815 --> 00:45:19,408
Excuse me, Sir, can I help?
1030
00:45:19,443 --> 00:45:21,212
I'm here to see my band.
1031
00:45:21,247 --> 00:45:23,148
Which band?
1032
00:45:23,183 --> 00:45:25,216
My Bloody Valentine.
1033
00:45:25,251 --> 00:45:28,054
Oh, right, yeah.
Uh, are you Alan McGee?
1034
00:45:28,089 --> 00:45:29,792
Yeah, can you let me in, pal?
1035
00:45:29,827 --> 00:45:31,926
Well, I've been instructed
not to.
1036
00:45:31,961 --> 00:45:35,424
Instructed not to?
Instructed by whom?
1037
00:45:35,459 --> 00:45:37,426
The band, Mr. Shields.
1038
00:45:37,461 --> 00:45:40,462
-[ Band music playing ]
-Fuck you, you jobsworth!
1039
00:45:40,497 --> 00:45:42,772
Who do you think's paying
for this fucking studio?
1040
00:45:42,807 --> 00:45:44,906
Who do you think's paying
your fucking wages?
1041
00:45:44,941 --> 00:45:47,942
Now get in there and drag that
slippery cunt out here now.
1042
00:45:47,977 --> 00:45:49,207
Kevin!
1043
00:45:49,242 --> 00:45:50,439
If you don't calm down, Sir.
1044
00:45:50,474 --> 00:45:51,847
I'm gonna have
to call the police.
1045
00:45:51,882 --> 00:45:53,178
Aye, good idea, call them.
1046
00:45:53,213 --> 00:45:54,982
I want to report a robbery.
1047
00:45:55,017 --> 00:45:58,051
That's my fucking name,
you've had everything I've got.
1048
00:45:58,086 --> 00:46:01,054
Of course, he's a genius,
but two years?
1049
00:46:01,089 --> 00:46:02,286
It's not the money
but I suppose it is.
1050
00:46:02,321 --> 00:46:03,991
It's gonna cost us
half a million.
1051
00:46:04,026 --> 00:46:06,895
But what really hurts
is that we believed in him,
1052
00:46:06,930 --> 00:46:08,325
and he treats us like this.
1053
00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,129
I know the man's
a sonic pioneer.
1054
00:46:10,164 --> 00:46:11,559
I know he's pushing
the envelope.
1055
00:46:11,594 --> 00:46:14,364
I know he's making
futuristic music
1056
00:46:14,399 --> 00:46:16,938
but the problem is, by the time
we get to release it,
1057
00:46:16,973 --> 00:46:19,303
the future will be
a distant fucking memory.
1058
00:46:19,338 --> 00:46:21,437
We'll all be long dead.
I'm not a philistine.
1059
00:46:21,472 --> 00:46:23,175
I know art takes time,
but come on, man.
1060
00:46:23,210 --> 00:46:26,343
Two weeks to master one track!
Two fucking weeks!
1061
00:46:26,378 --> 00:46:28,081
Oh, cheers, pal. You can just
drop me here. That's great.
1062
00:46:28,116 --> 00:46:29,852
We're not a taxi service.
1063
00:46:29,887 --> 00:46:31,381
That's perfect, thanks.
1064
00:46:31,416 --> 00:46:33,284
[ Music playing in distance ]
1065
00:46:33,319 --> 00:46:35,220
JOE: Enough for me.
A load of fucking shit.
1066
00:46:35,255 --> 00:46:38,960
ALAN: But from every negative
comes a positive.
1067
00:46:38,995 --> 00:46:40,588
What the fuck is this place?
1068
00:46:40,623 --> 00:46:42,865
It's where
the young blokes hang.
1069
00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:45,527
This is my scene, man.
1070
00:46:45,562 --> 00:46:47,903
-ALAN: Ooh, nice.
-Thanks.
1071
00:46:47,938 --> 00:46:49,267
[ Dance music playing ]
1072
00:46:49,302 --> 00:46:51,566
This is Alan.
Alan, Bez.
1073
00:46:55,946 --> 00:47:01,411
ALAN: They called it acid house,
and I appreciated the energy.
1074
00:47:01,446 --> 00:47:04,513
What are you --
What are you drinking?
1075
00:47:04,548 --> 00:47:06,482
What's that?
1076
00:47:10,620 --> 00:47:13,522
-What is it?
-ED: Ecstasy.
1077
00:47:13,557 --> 00:47:16,129
ALAN: No one was drinking,
just water.
1078
00:47:16,164 --> 00:47:17,328
Hydration.
1079
00:47:17,363 --> 00:47:19,836
ALAN: I fucking hate water.
1080
00:47:21,301 --> 00:47:23,169
Give it 20 minutes.
1081
00:47:23,204 --> 00:47:25,875
ALAN: But it was
when ecstasy kicked in
1082
00:47:25,910 --> 00:47:28,108
that I really fuckin' got it.
1083
00:47:28,143 --> 00:47:29,879
See, in the old days,
1084
00:47:29,914 --> 00:47:33,949
it was cheap speed
made in bathtubs.
1085
00:47:33,984 --> 00:47:37,887
Or prescription uppers --
Dixies, Bombers --
1086
00:47:37,922 --> 00:47:40,120
both of which are
pretty anti-social.
1087
00:47:40,155 --> 00:47:43,453
And nobody could afford cocaine.
That was far too chic.
1088
00:47:43,488 --> 00:47:45,290
But this stuff,
1089
00:47:45,325 --> 00:47:48,029
E's, cheap and friendly.
1090
00:47:48,064 --> 00:47:51,296
A revelation and a revolution.
1091
00:47:51,331 --> 00:47:53,595
[ Up-beat party music plays ]
1092
00:48:00,241 --> 00:48:02,604
It all became clear
in that instant,
1093
00:48:02,639 --> 00:48:06,245
pop culture never dies.
1094
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:08,577
It reincarnates.
1095
00:48:08,612 --> 00:48:12,383
Everything was going
to be alright.
1096
00:48:12,418 --> 00:48:15,056
[ Dramatic music plays ]
1097
00:48:19,359 --> 00:48:22,426
[ Up-beat party music resumes ]
1098
00:48:22,461 --> 00:48:26,397
MAN: ♪ We are now in our minds ♪
1099
00:48:26,432 --> 00:48:30,104
♪ You cannot turn us back ♪
1100
00:48:30,139 --> 00:48:34,306
♪ We're marching
to the hands of time ♪
1101
00:48:49,092 --> 00:48:53,094
[ Dramatic music plays ]
1102
00:49:15,085 --> 00:49:18,086
[ Up-beat party music resumes ]
1103
00:49:35,303 --> 00:49:37,402
ALAN: The future
has arrived, Ed,
1104
00:49:37,437 --> 00:49:39,734
We gotta get Bobby into this,
Gillespie.
1105
00:49:39,769 --> 00:49:41,571
He'll fucking love it, man!
1106
00:49:41,606 --> 00:49:44,145
ALAN: And then, Ed, again --
Of all people, Ed pipes up.
1107
00:49:44,180 --> 00:49:46,147
We should put acid records out.
1108
00:49:46,182 --> 00:49:48,710
Ed, you're a genius, man.
Yeah, definitely.
1109
00:49:48,745 --> 00:49:50,613
I'm telling you, man,
I've got it all planned.
1110
00:49:50,648 --> 00:49:52,186
ALAN: Definitely.
1111
00:49:52,221 --> 00:49:54,089
We can start sampling
bits of film, Alan,
1112
00:49:54,124 --> 00:49:57,191
and I know all the DJs.
1113
00:49:57,226 --> 00:49:59,160
[ News report plays
indistinctly ]
1114
00:50:01,197 --> 00:50:04,198
[ Cash register dings ]
1115
00:50:04,233 --> 00:50:06,167
What's this beat
you're spinning, mate?
1116
00:50:06,202 --> 00:50:10,303
-It's great.
-It's a dishwasher.
1117
00:50:10,338 --> 00:50:13,075
All these records that
we're gonna be putting out, eh?
1118
00:50:13,110 --> 00:50:17,178
Where the fuck are we
gonna find the acts, eh?
1119
00:50:17,213 --> 00:50:19,213
Manchester.
1120
00:50:19,248 --> 00:50:21,446
-Manchester?
-Yeah.
1121
00:50:21,481 --> 00:50:25,252
[ Upbeat music playing
on tape recorder ]
1122
00:50:25,287 --> 00:50:28,189
If I ordered a chicken sandwich
and an egg sandwich,
1123
00:50:28,224 --> 00:50:29,553
which one do you reckon
will come first?
1124
00:50:29,588 --> 00:50:31,522
What?
1125
00:50:40,203 --> 00:50:42,797
MAN: Fuck this.
Full of retards.
1126
00:50:52,677 --> 00:50:54,380
DICK: Alan!
Is he in here?
1127
00:50:54,415 --> 00:50:56,316
-Where's Alan?
-JOE: You didn't know?
1128
00:50:56,351 --> 00:50:59,352
JOE: Know what?
1129
00:50:59,387 --> 00:51:03,290
-He's gone.
-He's gone where?
1130
00:51:03,325 --> 00:51:06,161
Alan, he's gone.
1131
00:51:06,196 --> 00:51:08,163
What do you mean, gone?
1132
00:51:08,198 --> 00:51:10,429
Gone to Manchester.
1133
00:51:10,464 --> 00:51:12,167
What, for a meeting?
1134
00:51:12,202 --> 00:51:14,268
[ Dance music playing ]
1135
00:51:14,303 --> 00:51:16,600
ED: Alan feels like
he needs to be submerged
1136
00:51:16,635 --> 00:51:19,372
in the waters of acid house.
1137
00:51:19,407 --> 00:51:21,176
JOE: I wonder where
he got that from.
1138
00:51:21,211 --> 00:51:22,738
It's him and his fucking
silly bollocks.
1139
00:51:22,773 --> 00:51:25,180
Alan doesn't need
to be in Manchester.
1140
00:51:25,215 --> 00:51:26,709
He needs to be in London
with us.
1141
00:51:26,744 --> 00:51:28,843
Running this record label,
remember?
1142
00:51:28,878 --> 00:51:31,219
Good luck trying
to get him back, Dick.
1143
00:51:31,254 --> 00:51:33,584
Much better drugs up there.
1144
00:51:33,619 --> 00:51:35,751
How is it little fishes can
swim with the big sharks
1145
00:51:35,786 --> 00:51:37,225
and not get eaten, huh?
1146
00:51:37,260 --> 00:51:39,425
Gotta be faster, more nimble.
1147
00:51:39,460 --> 00:51:42,527
I could be like BMG.
They're a great white.
1148
00:51:42,562 --> 00:51:44,496
You notice a scene rising up --
1149
00:51:44,531 --> 00:51:48,368
an A&R arsehole has to take it
to an executive arsehole,
1150
00:51:48,403 --> 00:51:50,436
who's got to take it
to the chairman arsehole,
1151
00:51:50,471 --> 00:51:52,867
and if they agree, they take it
to the lawyer arseholes.
1152
00:51:52,902 --> 00:51:54,869
And when that's done, they all
go to their marketing arseholes
1153
00:51:54,904 --> 00:51:56,442
and when everyone's got their
fingers out of each other's
1154
00:51:56,477 --> 00:51:58,345
arseholes,
they might sign a band.
1155
00:51:58,380 --> 00:52:00,743
And by then, everyone's
missed the fucking boat.
1156
00:52:00,778 --> 00:52:03,878
With Creation, it was just me,
and I'm at the scene.
1157
00:52:03,913 --> 00:52:05,451
I had first choice.
1158
00:52:05,486 --> 00:52:08,289
I had the artist signed,
recorded, pressed,
1159
00:52:08,324 --> 00:52:10,687
and spinning in clubs
before the corporates
1160
00:52:10,722 --> 00:52:14,658
could open
a bottle of Chardonnay.
1161
00:52:14,693 --> 00:52:19,234
[ Dance music plays ]
1162
00:52:27,574 --> 00:52:29,244
You left your business,
1163
00:52:29,279 --> 00:52:31,477
all your stuff,
without any warning.
1164
00:52:31,512 --> 00:52:33,314
ALAN: Yeah, well,
that's rock and roll.
1165
00:52:33,349 --> 00:52:36,416
Then, it was just like grab
a bag and fuck off someplace.
1166
00:52:36,451 --> 00:52:39,353
No planning, no packing,
shite like that -- just vanish.
1167
00:52:39,388 --> 00:52:42,554
No, not when you
have a business!
1168
00:52:42,589 --> 00:52:44,226
The boys all had it
under control.
1169
00:52:44,261 --> 00:52:45,590
Besides, when I got back,
1170
00:52:45,625 --> 00:52:48,956
I was totally rejuvenated.
1171
00:52:48,991 --> 00:52:51,596
Babe, I need that
PolyGram contract now!
1172
00:52:51,631 --> 00:52:53,235
We were a solvent business,
1173
00:52:53,270 --> 00:52:54,764
flying by the seat
of our leather pants, maybe,
1174
00:52:54,799 --> 00:52:56,370
But getting away with it.
1175
00:52:56,405 --> 00:52:59,736
These guys are gonna be
bigger than U2, ya cunt.
1176
00:52:59,771 --> 00:53:02,970
No, but I've got it in front
of me in black and white.
1177
00:53:03,005 --> 00:53:04,543
WOMAN: Creation Records?
1178
00:53:04,578 --> 00:53:06,446
-What?
-Alan McGee?
1179
00:53:06,481 --> 00:53:08,679
McGee? That's me.
1180
00:53:08,714 --> 00:53:11,781
[ Both cheering ]
1181
00:53:11,816 --> 00:53:13,288
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
1182
00:53:13,323 --> 00:53:14,817
[ Women cheering ]
1183
00:53:14,852 --> 00:53:16,786
Ed! Ed!
1184
00:53:16,821 --> 00:53:18,953
-Help me out here!
-ED: Girls...
1185
00:53:18,988 --> 00:53:21,560
ALAN: Teenage Fanclub
are now my band.
1186
00:53:21,595 --> 00:53:24,497
I will ring him the fuck again,
then.
1187
00:53:24,532 --> 00:53:26,334
[ Screaming ]
1188
00:53:26,369 --> 00:53:28,303
[ Telephone rings ]
1189
00:53:31,869 --> 00:53:33,242
Hello?
1190
00:53:33,277 --> 00:53:35,970
MAN: ♪ I know I can't believe ♪
1191
00:53:36,005 --> 00:53:37,873
Yeah, I'll be right up.
1192
00:53:37,908 --> 00:53:40,480
Get me a flight to Glasgow!
1193
00:53:40,515 --> 00:53:43,010
No! no!
A flight tomorrow's no good.
1194
00:53:43,045 --> 00:53:44,847
Hey, pal.
Can you drive me to Glasgow?
1195
00:53:44,882 --> 00:53:47,586
-Glasgow?
-[ Car honks ]
1196
00:53:47,621 --> 00:53:49,258
ALAN: Mate, mate!
Hold the train.
1197
00:53:49,293 --> 00:53:50,457
-[ Whistle blowing ]
-CONDUCTOR: Calm down, son,
1198
00:53:50,492 --> 00:53:51,689
There's another one
in half an hour.
1199
00:53:51,724 --> 00:53:53,427
Thank fuck for that.
1200
00:53:53,462 --> 00:53:55,660
It's the sleeper, mind,
but you'll still get there.
1201
00:53:55,695 --> 00:53:57,860
-The sleeper?
-[ Laughs ]
1202
00:53:57,895 --> 00:54:01,666
Jesus, man.
1203
00:54:01,701 --> 00:54:04,438
-[ Train rumbles ]
-ALAN: Fuck...
1204
00:54:04,473 --> 00:54:06,572
Fuck!
1205
00:54:19,048 --> 00:54:20,916
Susie!
1206
00:54:20,951 --> 00:54:21,950
Laura!
1207
00:54:21,985 --> 00:54:24,293
[ Sobbing ]
1208
00:54:26,429 --> 00:54:27,462
She's gone?
1209
00:54:29,498 --> 00:54:31,531
[ Voice breaking ] I tried.
I couldn't get a flight.
1210
00:54:31,566 --> 00:54:33,060
-It's alright, Alan.
-ALAN: I tried.
1211
00:54:33,095 --> 00:54:35,502
I couldn't get a flight.
1212
00:54:35,537 --> 00:54:37,405
[ All sobbing ]
1213
00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:39,968
It's okay, darling.
You're here now.
1214
00:54:40,003 --> 00:54:42,806
You're here for the funeral.
1215
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:45,875
Come on.
1216
00:54:57,724 --> 00:55:01,660
[ Guitar playing ]
1217
00:55:01,695 --> 00:55:03,563
-BARBARA: What song was that?
-I just --
1218
00:55:03,598 --> 00:55:05,059
I just made it up.
1219
00:55:05,094 --> 00:55:07,633
You just made it up?
Do you know anything I know?
1220
00:55:07,668 --> 00:55:08,898
[ Chuckling ]
I don't --
1221
00:55:08,933 --> 00:55:10,966
-I don't think so.
-[ Both laughing ]
1222
00:55:11,001 --> 00:55:13,034
I'm sure you get this from
my side of the family though.
1223
00:55:13,069 --> 00:55:15,102
-I'm sure it's not your dad's.
-Oh, God, no.
1224
00:55:15,137 --> 00:55:17,808
You keep practicing, son.
You keep practicing.
1225
00:55:17,843 --> 00:55:19,447
Aye.
1226
00:55:19,482 --> 00:55:21,383
You're gonna be a big star
one day.
1227
00:55:21,418 --> 00:55:22,813
I hope.
1228
00:55:25,455 --> 00:55:28,049
[ Guitar playing softly ]
1229
00:55:36,928 --> 00:55:39,500
[ Somber music playing ]
1230
00:55:39,535 --> 00:55:41,733
BARBARA: Alan,
I've been saving up,
1231
00:55:41,768 --> 00:55:43,064
just wee bits here and there.
1232
00:55:43,099 --> 00:55:44,802
It's not much,
but I want you to take it.
1233
00:55:44,837 --> 00:55:46,507
Mom, you don't
have to do that.
1234
00:55:46,542 --> 00:55:47,970
I know I don't have to do it,
but I want to do it.
1235
00:55:48,005 --> 00:55:50,511
I want to give you this
so you can go to London --
1236
00:55:50,546 --> 00:55:53,140
and get started.
1237
00:55:53,175 --> 00:55:58,849
You follow your dream,
come back a big pop star.
1238
00:55:58,884 --> 00:56:01,819
Show your dad.
Show everybody.
1239
00:56:01,854 --> 00:56:04,052
That's my boy.
1240
00:56:04,087 --> 00:56:07,154
[ Somber music continues ]
1241
00:56:07,189 --> 00:56:10,630
[ Loud banging on door ]
1242
00:56:10,665 --> 00:56:13,567
BARBARA: Oh, you can
hammer away all you like.
1243
00:56:13,602 --> 00:56:16,130
-JOHN: Let me in!
-No, I will not, John McGee.
1244
00:56:16,165 --> 00:56:18,638
You have got my heart roasted.
1245
00:56:18,673 --> 00:56:21,905
You've laid a hand on our Alan
for the last time!
1246
00:56:21,940 --> 00:56:24,677
You would cause a fight
in an empty fuckin' house,
1247
00:56:24,712 --> 00:56:26,943
and now you've got me swearing!
1248
00:56:26,978 --> 00:56:29,176
You're just jealous!
1249
00:56:29,211 --> 00:56:31,816
You're just jealous
because Alan's different!
1250
00:56:31,851 --> 00:56:33,180
He's artistic!
1251
00:56:33,215 --> 00:56:35,457
He's got imagination,
1252
00:56:35,492 --> 00:56:40,088
and you have got none!
1253
00:56:40,123 --> 00:56:43,729
-[ Banging continues ]
-Alan! Comin'?
1254
00:56:43,764 --> 00:56:46,127
Yeah.
1255
00:56:46,162 --> 00:56:50,637
[ Somber music continues ]
1256
00:56:50,672 --> 00:56:53,904
JOHN: Such a shock, you know?
1257
00:56:53,939 --> 00:56:55,103
Thank you so much
for coming over.
1258
00:56:55,138 --> 00:56:58,007
I really appreciate that.
1259
00:56:58,042 --> 00:56:59,976
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1260
00:57:07,854 --> 00:57:09,216
How are you doing, Alan?
1261
00:57:09,251 --> 00:57:12,989
Alright, yeah.
I've got a splitting headache.
1262
00:57:13,024 --> 00:57:15,662
I'll get you some water, okay?
1263
00:57:22,935 --> 00:57:25,232
There you go.
1264
00:57:25,267 --> 00:57:27,839
Taking drugs
at your mother's funeral, eh?
1265
00:57:27,874 --> 00:57:30,908
It's paracetamol.
He's been having headaches.
1266
00:57:30,943 --> 00:57:32,481
Dad, please --
1267
00:57:32,516 --> 00:57:33,845
Dad.
1268
00:57:33,880 --> 00:57:35,814
Da...
1269
00:57:39,886 --> 00:57:42,953
They say,
other than losing a child,
1270
00:57:42,988 --> 00:57:45,725
losing your mother
is the worst bereavement,
1271
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:48,761
and it happens
to nearly all of us.
1272
00:57:48,796 --> 00:57:51,126
I wish it had been
that sour-faced,
1273
00:57:51,161 --> 00:57:53,700
old coffin dodger I was burying.
1274
00:57:53,735 --> 00:57:57,033
Wee ginger bastard.
1275
00:58:19,893 --> 00:58:21,827
How you feeling, mate?
1276
00:58:24,832 --> 00:58:25,996
Sorry about all this.
1277
00:58:26,031 --> 00:58:27,701
I mean,
they insisted on staying.
1278
00:58:27,736 --> 00:58:30,869
I can get rid of them
if you want.
1279
00:58:30,904 --> 00:58:33,806
[ Sighing ] Let them sleep.
1280
00:58:33,841 --> 00:58:37,106
[ Both chuckle ]
1281
00:58:37,141 --> 00:58:40,582
We were living the rock and roll
even more than the bands were.
1282
00:58:40,617 --> 00:58:42,914
Surely that made things harder
to get done?
1283
00:58:42,949 --> 00:58:45,719
No, not really,
because we only did something
1284
00:58:45,754 --> 00:58:48,018
if we really believed in it.
1285
00:58:48,053 --> 00:58:50,790
And somehow...
1286
00:58:50,825 --> 00:58:52,792
an album would just, like...
1287
00:58:52,827 --> 00:58:55,894
appear, materialize,
1288
00:58:55,929 --> 00:58:59,062
and suddenly, everything
would just make sense.
1289
00:58:59,097 --> 00:59:03,033
PRIMAL SCREAM:
♪ Together as one ♪
1290
00:59:03,068 --> 00:59:05,200
You've fucking done it!
1291
00:59:05,235 --> 00:59:06,773
This is gonna go down as one
1292
00:59:06,808 --> 00:59:10,073
of the greatest albums
in rock history!
1293
00:59:10,108 --> 00:59:12,306
And it's my mates from school!
1294
00:59:12,341 --> 00:59:15,980
[ Applause ]
1295
00:59:16,015 --> 00:59:17,014
Bobby, man.
1296
00:59:17,049 --> 00:59:19,654
You're the fucking dude, man!
1297
00:59:19,689 --> 00:59:20,853
Whoa!
1298
00:59:20,888 --> 00:59:24,087
You guys are gonna be bigger
than U2!
1299
00:59:24,122 --> 00:59:25,825
Wished that you would have
come to join us here,
1300
00:59:25,860 --> 00:59:27,728
be part of Creation and...
1301
00:59:27,763 --> 00:59:30,764
[ Sighs ] Nah, fuck that.
I'm down to one kidney.
1302
00:59:30,799 --> 00:59:33,327
You cunts would have
fucking killed me.
1303
00:59:33,362 --> 00:59:35,967
You off your head?
1304
00:59:36,002 --> 00:59:39,234
ALAN: I suppose we were
a victim of our own success.
1305
00:59:39,269 --> 00:59:41,170
Three international hit albums.
1306
00:59:41,205 --> 00:59:42,842
We'd done amazing by ourselves.
1307
00:59:42,877 --> 00:59:44,371
PRIMAL SCREAM:
♪ Come together as one ♪
1308
00:59:44,406 --> 00:59:46,813
ALAN: But we had
to move forward.
1309
00:59:46,848 --> 00:59:48,782
PRIMAL SCREAM:
♪ We are together ♪
1310
00:59:48,817 --> 00:59:50,179
ALAN: Not for us.
1311
00:59:50,214 --> 00:59:52,181
We owed it to the bands
that stuck with us.
1312
00:59:52,216 --> 00:59:54,249
Acts that would never leave,
1313
00:59:54,284 --> 00:59:57,252
but deserved to be heard,
by the whole world.
1314
00:59:57,287 --> 01:00:00,156
PRIMAL SCREAM: ♪ Because
together we got power ♪
1315
01:00:00,191 --> 01:00:02,763
♪ Apart we got power ♪
1316
01:00:02,798 --> 01:00:06,030
♪ Together as one ♪
1317
01:00:06,065 --> 01:00:08,395
ALAN: We had no choice
but to take Sony's money.
1318
01:00:08,430 --> 01:00:12,366
PRIMAL SCREAM:
♪ We are together ♪
1319
01:00:12,401 --> 01:00:17,910
ALAN: It's time to stop
fucking about and grow up.
1320
01:00:17,945 --> 01:00:20,748
PRIMAL SCREAM: ♪ Today on this
program you will hear ♪
1321
01:00:20,783 --> 01:00:24,279
♪ Gospel and rhythm and blues ♪
1322
01:00:24,314 --> 01:00:26,721
So what if we're owned
by a corporation?
1323
01:00:26,756 --> 01:00:28,316
They let us do pretty much
what we liked,
1324
01:00:28,351 --> 01:00:31,088
The bean counters leave us
to get on with making records.
1325
01:00:31,123 --> 01:00:34,729
Yeah, but I'm a maverick.
I'm doing my thing inside...
1326
01:00:34,764 --> 01:00:37,193
No matter how much smoke
they blew up our asses,
1327
01:00:37,228 --> 01:00:39,162
Sony didn't care that we were
1328
01:00:39,197 --> 01:00:40,966
the coolest record label
on the planet.
1329
01:00:41,001 --> 01:00:43,870
And all the critical acclaim
meant fuck all to them.
1330
01:00:43,905 --> 01:00:46,972
We had to deliver a band that
were gonna sell multi-millions.
1331
01:00:47,007 --> 01:00:49,238
A band that could justify
their investment.
1332
01:00:49,273 --> 01:00:51,306
PRIMAL SCREAM: ♪ I was blind ♪
1333
01:00:51,341 --> 01:00:53,044
♪ Now I can see ♪
1334
01:00:53,079 --> 01:00:55,145
ALAN: See, I'm a tight bastard.
1335
01:00:55,180 --> 01:00:57,686
That Sunday was
Mom's anniversary,
1336
01:00:57,721 --> 01:00:59,281
and I'd gone to visit
my dad and my sisters
1337
01:00:59,316 --> 01:01:01,085
on a cheap, away-day return.
1338
01:01:01,120 --> 01:01:03,857
I hadn't packed a bag,
didn't even have a toothbrush.
1339
01:01:03,892 --> 01:01:05,089
[ Whistle blowing ]
1340
01:01:05,124 --> 01:01:07,289
Stop!
What time's the next train?
1341
01:01:07,324 --> 01:01:10,391
Oh, that's it for tonight.
Next one's 6:00 a.m.
1342
01:01:10,426 --> 01:01:12,459
ALAN: I'll get this one then.
Hold on!
1343
01:01:12,494 --> 01:01:13,933
No! Sorry!
1344
01:01:13,968 --> 01:01:16,001
Oh! You again,
you jobsworth cunt.
1345
01:01:16,036 --> 01:01:17,299
Cunt!
1346
01:01:17,334 --> 01:01:18,938
See, this jobsworth prick.
1347
01:01:18,973 --> 01:01:23,041
This prick didn't know it.
He changed history.
1348
01:01:23,076 --> 01:01:24,405
Fuck!
1349
01:01:24,440 --> 01:01:26,308
Fuck you!
1350
01:01:26,343 --> 01:01:27,980
All right, Susan.
1351
01:01:28,015 --> 01:01:29,476
Yeah, I missed the bloody train.
1352
01:01:29,511 --> 01:01:31,049
I know.
1353
01:01:31,084 --> 01:01:33,348
Got any plans?
1354
01:01:33,383 --> 01:01:35,251
Well, if you're not
sick of the sight of me,
1355
01:01:35,286 --> 01:01:37,088
I've got 18 Wheeler
playing down at King Tut's.
1356
01:01:37,123 --> 01:01:39,024
Get there early.
Check out the support, maybe.
1357
01:01:39,059 --> 01:01:40,058
Oh, come on, Alan.
1358
01:01:40,093 --> 01:01:41,257
Dad's never exactly been good
1359
01:01:41,292 --> 01:01:42,995
at showing affection, has he?
1360
01:01:43,030 --> 01:01:44,359
Too late for affection.
1361
01:01:44,394 --> 01:01:46,460
Just appreciate a wee
bit of recognition.
1362
01:01:46,495 --> 01:01:48,363
He still thinks
I'm a deluded wee punk.
1363
01:01:48,398 --> 01:01:51,300
He does not.
He recognizes you're doing well.
1364
01:01:51,335 --> 01:01:54,237
-He's just...torn.
-"Torn"?
1365
01:01:54,272 --> 01:01:56,470
Aye, he doesn't understand all
this music business stuff.
1366
01:01:56,505 --> 01:01:58,340
He's frightened you're gonna
fall on your arse.
1367
01:01:58,375 --> 01:02:00,144
Ah, see,
he wants me to fall down
1368
01:02:00,179 --> 01:02:02,949
and just stay the fuck down,
but I keep getting back up.
1369
01:02:02,984 --> 01:02:04,511
He does not --
He just wants you
1370
01:02:04,546 --> 01:02:06,216
to have a job with security.
1371
01:02:06,251 --> 01:02:08,790
ALAN: Security?!
Talk about delusional.
1372
01:02:08,825 --> 01:02:11,023
I've got a company with Sony,
for fuck's sake.
1373
01:02:11,058 --> 01:02:12,453
Oh, I know.
1374
01:02:12,488 --> 01:02:14,356
You're Thatcher's little
wet dream, you, ain't you?
1375
01:02:14,391 --> 01:02:16,864
You're an entrepreneur.
[ Laughs ]
1376
01:02:16,899 --> 01:02:18,866
I don't care
who you're friends with.
1377
01:02:18,901 --> 01:02:20,461
You're not booked.
So you're not playing tonight.
1378
01:02:20,496 --> 01:02:22,364
BOUNCER: What, you want a slot?
1379
01:02:22,399 --> 01:02:25,202
I'll give you a fucking slot
in your throat.
1380
01:02:27,437 --> 01:02:28,942
What you drinking?
1381
01:02:28,977 --> 01:02:31,076
Vodka tonic, please.
I'll get us a seat.
1382
01:02:31,111 --> 01:02:34,178
BOUNCER: Fucking cunts.
1383
01:02:34,213 --> 01:02:35,476
Double vodka and tonic,
1384
01:02:35,511 --> 01:02:37,313
double Jack Daniel's and Coke,
please.
1385
01:02:37,348 --> 01:02:40,052
Hey, hey.
You're Alan McGee.
1386
01:02:40,087 --> 01:02:41,383
Local boy done good.
1387
01:02:41,418 --> 01:02:42,824
What brings you home, pal?
1388
01:02:42,859 --> 01:02:45,090
Oh, just a bit
of family business.
1389
01:02:45,125 --> 01:02:46,190
Any of this lot yours?
1390
01:02:46,225 --> 01:02:48,093
Aye, 18 Wheeler.
1391
01:02:48,128 --> 01:02:49,996
And then my pal, Debbie,
is on support.
1392
01:02:50,031 --> 01:02:52,097
What was that back at the door?
1393
01:02:52,132 --> 01:02:54,836
It's just some Manchester band
giving me some fanny
1394
01:02:54,871 --> 01:02:56,365
about saying they were booked
to play tonight,
1395
01:02:56,400 --> 01:02:57,806
but it's the first
I've heard of it.
1396
01:02:57,841 --> 01:02:59,533
Looked like it was
gonna kick off.
1397
01:02:59,568 --> 01:03:02,503
Aye. Hope not tonight, though,
because I've got no bouncers.
1398
01:03:02,538 --> 01:03:04,076
But don't tell them that.
1399
01:03:04,111 --> 01:03:05,880
Better squeeze them
in somewhere.
1400
01:03:05,915 --> 01:03:07,244
You don't want a bunch
of Manc scallies kicking off.
1401
01:03:07,279 --> 01:03:08,982
Trust me.
I lived there.
1402
01:03:09,017 --> 01:03:09,983
I will, Al.
1403
01:03:10,018 --> 01:03:11,182
Gave them 20 minutes.
1404
01:03:11,217 --> 01:03:13,349
Give the DJ time
to go for a shite.
1405
01:03:13,384 --> 01:03:14,416
What they called?
1406
01:03:14,451 --> 01:03:17,353
Oh, it's a crap name, man.
1407
01:03:17,388 --> 01:03:19,586
Oasis.
1408
01:03:19,621 --> 01:03:22,193
[ Music plays indistinctly ]
1409
01:03:22,228 --> 01:03:25,394
[ Feedback ]
1410
01:03:25,429 --> 01:03:27,231
Malcolm.
1411
01:03:27,266 --> 01:03:29,035
Malcolm!
1412
01:03:29,070 --> 01:03:31,103
Go and have a fag.
1413
01:03:31,138 --> 01:03:34,106
It's 20 minutes, you understand?
1414
01:03:34,141 --> 01:03:37,406
We start proceedings with a band
1415
01:03:37,441 --> 01:03:41,509
who should be called
Fucking Cheeky Bastards.
1416
01:03:41,544 --> 01:03:44,886
I'd like to welcome
to the stage, Oasis.
1417
01:03:44,921 --> 01:03:46,855
[ Audience applauding ]
1418
01:03:49,090 --> 01:03:50,551
MAN: Get on with it.
1419
01:03:50,586 --> 01:03:52,124
I mean, there's you talking
about the recognition
1420
01:03:52,159 --> 01:03:53,895
you need with your own dad,
1421
01:03:53,930 --> 01:03:55,523
and you're not even paying
attention to your own wain.
1422
01:03:55,558 --> 01:04:00,033
He's just a kid,
and that's your family.
1423
01:04:00,068 --> 01:04:02,563
Dad's got a grandson
he doesn't even see.
1424
01:04:02,598 --> 01:04:04,499
Do you think that
doesn't disappoint him?
1425
01:04:04,534 --> 01:04:08,074
[ Susan speaking distorts ]
1426
01:04:08,109 --> 01:04:10,912
[ Distorted guitar plays ]
1427
01:04:23,190 --> 01:04:26,620
♪ People say it's just
a waste of time ♪
1428
01:04:26,655 --> 01:04:30,426
♪ Then they said
I should feed my head ♪
1429
01:04:30,461 --> 01:04:33,594
♪ That to me was
just a day in bed ♪
1430
01:04:33,629 --> 01:04:37,136
♪ I'll take my car
and drive real far ♪
1431
01:04:37,171 --> 01:04:40,942
♪ They're not concerned
about the way we are ♪
1432
01:04:40,977 --> 01:04:44,275
♪ In my mind,
my dreams are real ♪
1433
01:04:44,310 --> 01:04:47,476
♪ Now we're concerned
about the way I feel ♪
1434
01:04:47,511 --> 01:04:50,314
♪ Tonight ♪
1435
01:04:50,349 --> 01:04:54,417
♪ I'm a rock 'n' roll star ♪
1436
01:04:54,452 --> 01:04:57,189
♪ Tonight ♪
1437
01:04:57,224 --> 01:05:00,390
♪ I'm a rock 'n' roll star ♪
1438
01:05:00,425 --> 01:05:04,097
PRESENTER:
In just under three years,
1439
01:05:04,132 --> 01:05:06,330
Oasis will have gone
from being a new signing
1440
01:05:06,365 --> 01:05:08,233
to one of rock's true giants.
1441
01:05:08,268 --> 01:05:10,301
PRESENTER 2:
The live gig of the decade.
1442
01:05:10,336 --> 01:05:11,599
PRESENTER 3:
Oasis gears up to rock
1443
01:05:11,634 --> 01:05:13,271
a quarter of a million fans.
1444
01:05:13,306 --> 01:05:14,503
PRESENTER 4:
Oasis is gonna play to more
1445
01:05:14,538 --> 01:05:15,669
than a third of a million
1446
01:05:15,704 --> 01:05:19,079
people in just over one day.
1447
01:05:19,114 --> 01:05:21,246
OASIS: ♪ Today was just a blur ♪
1448
01:05:21,281 --> 01:05:23,611
♪ You've got a head
like a ghost train ♪
1449
01:05:23,646 --> 01:05:25,646
GIRL: I don't know
any teenage lad
1450
01:05:25,681 --> 01:05:27,186
who wouldn't wanna be like them.
1451
01:05:27,221 --> 01:05:29,584
[ Crowd shouting and cheering ]
1452
01:05:29,619 --> 01:05:31,553
I don't know any teenage girl
that would say that
1453
01:05:31,588 --> 01:05:33,687
they didn't actually want
to go out with Liam Gallagher.
1454
01:05:33,722 --> 01:05:35,557
[ Rock music playing ]
1455
01:05:35,592 --> 01:05:39,462
-[ Shouting and cheering ]
1456
01:05:39,497 --> 01:05:42,234
♪ But you don't care ♪
1457
01:05:42,269 --> 01:05:44,731
Noel, I love your eyebrows!
They're sexy.
1458
01:05:44,766 --> 01:05:46,667
PRESENTER 4: The most
honest band on the planet.
1459
01:05:46,702 --> 01:05:49,274
We're not pop stars.
We're lads.
1460
01:05:49,309 --> 01:05:50,704
OASIS: ♪ That the devil sends ♪
1461
01:05:50,739 --> 01:05:52,541
♪ You think they're talking
about you ♪
1462
01:05:52,576 --> 01:05:54,246
♪ But you don't know who,
I'll be scraping their lives ♪
1463
01:05:54,281 --> 01:05:57,348
♪ From the sole
of my shoe tonight ♪
1464
01:05:57,383 --> 01:05:59,746
[ Cheers and applause ]
1465
01:05:59,781 --> 01:06:02,958
[ Guitar solo ]
1466
01:06:10,792 --> 01:06:13,595
-[ Song resolves ]
-[ Cheers and applause ]
1467
01:06:17,370 --> 01:06:20,602
Nice work.
1468
01:06:20,637 --> 01:06:22,670
Did you hear that?
1469
01:06:22,705 --> 01:06:24,111
Yeah.
1470
01:06:24,146 --> 01:06:26,179
-Good band.
-Good?
1471
01:06:26,214 --> 01:06:27,543
They're fucking amazing.
1472
01:06:27,578 --> 01:06:30,216
Hey, man, come here.
1473
01:06:30,251 --> 01:06:31,745
-Who do I talk to?
-What, in the band?
1474
01:06:31,780 --> 01:06:34,484
-Aye, who's the leader?
-Joan of Arc.
1475
01:06:34,519 --> 01:06:37,289
He's the only sensible cunt
amongst them.
1476
01:06:37,324 --> 01:06:39,192
-Do you want a record deal?
-You what?
1477
01:06:39,227 --> 01:06:41,260
Do you want a record deal?
I'm Alan McGee --
1478
01:06:41,295 --> 01:06:44,527
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, cool.
1479
01:06:44,562 --> 01:06:47,266
I know who you are.
1480
01:06:48,368 --> 01:06:49,664
You're not already signed,
are you?
1481
01:06:49,699 --> 01:06:51,468
-No.
-Have you got a manager?
1482
01:06:51,503 --> 01:06:53,338
No. Do you want a tape?
1483
01:06:53,373 --> 01:06:56,110
I don't need a tape.
I've heard and seen enough.
1484
01:06:56,145 --> 01:06:59,212
Mate, calm down.
1485
01:06:59,247 --> 01:07:00,576
You've had a drink,
and you're a bit excited.
1486
01:07:00,611 --> 01:07:02,248
Take a tape.
1487
01:07:02,283 --> 01:07:05,251
ALAN: That tape had most
of "Definitely Maybe' on it.
1488
01:07:05,286 --> 01:07:07,418
PRESENTER:
The fastest-selling album ever.
1489
01:07:07,453 --> 01:07:10,256
25 weeks in the charts,
with singles like...
1490
01:07:10,291 --> 01:07:14,062
NOEL: "Live Forever"!
"Rock 'N' Roll Star"!
1491
01:07:14,097 --> 01:07:17,164
ALAN: See, Noel had been
writing songs since he was 16,
1492
01:07:17,199 --> 01:07:18,462
and Liam...
1493
01:07:18,497 --> 01:07:21,234
Liam was just a born rock star.
1494
01:07:21,269 --> 01:07:23,137
Give it up for Oasis,
1495
01:07:23,172 --> 01:07:26,239
making their TV debut
with "Supersonic."
1496
01:07:26,274 --> 01:07:28,670
[ Crowd cheering ]
1497
01:07:28,705 --> 01:07:31,178
Put this on it.
1498
01:07:31,213 --> 01:07:32,707
My band's just nicked
the headliner's rider,
1499
01:07:32,742 --> 01:07:34,544
so we're gonna do one.
1500
01:07:34,579 --> 01:07:36,150
Big fan of your label.
1501
01:07:36,185 --> 01:07:37,613
BAND MEMBER: Hey, hey.
1502
01:07:37,648 --> 01:07:40,187
ALAN: It was a case
of right place, right time.
1503
01:07:40,222 --> 01:07:42,288
Synchronicity.
1504
01:07:42,323 --> 01:07:44,785
Fuck you!
1505
01:07:44,820 --> 01:07:48,360
From the moment I was born,
I was meant to miss that train.
1506
01:07:48,395 --> 01:07:50,791
Some people's destiny
was to meet particular people,
1507
01:07:50,826 --> 01:07:52,430
or go to foreign lands.
1508
01:07:52,465 --> 01:07:55,796
Well, my whole life had
been leading up to me
1509
01:07:55,831 --> 01:07:59,470
missing that fucking train.
1510
01:07:59,505 --> 01:08:02,209
Now you had one of
the biggest bands in the world.
1511
01:08:02,244 --> 01:08:04,805
Finally!
Bigger than U2.
1512
01:08:04,840 --> 01:08:06,279
[ Both laugh ]
1513
01:08:06,314 --> 01:08:08,116
Where does it go from here?
1514
01:08:08,151 --> 01:08:10,448
Well, for me, it's a party
in a club on Sunset.
1515
01:08:10,483 --> 01:08:11,680
You coming?
1516
01:08:11,715 --> 01:08:13,616
I'd love to,
but I have a deadline.
1517
01:08:13,651 --> 01:08:16,520
Hey, can we meet up again
when I'm back in London?
1518
01:08:16,555 --> 01:08:19,754
-I can do an update piece.
-Absolutely.
1519
01:08:19,789 --> 01:08:22,724
Oh, if there's one thing I love
more than being talked about,
1520
01:08:22,759 --> 01:08:24,462
it's being written about.
1521
01:08:24,497 --> 01:08:25,694
I just wish I could write it.
1522
01:08:25,729 --> 01:08:27,201
What're you talking about?
1523
01:08:27,236 --> 01:08:29,797
It's a puff piece,
mainly photos.
1524
01:08:29,832 --> 01:08:31,865
Oh! Tell them to get the fuck.
1525
01:08:31,900 --> 01:08:33,702
Go and sell it
to Rolling Stone or someone.
1526
01:08:33,737 --> 01:08:36,672
Tell them Alan McGee is up there
with Brian Epstein,
1527
01:08:36,707 --> 01:08:38,278
Peter Grant, Malcolm McLaren,
1528
01:08:38,313 --> 01:08:41,611
as one of the greatest
rock managers in history.
1529
01:08:41,646 --> 01:08:43,613
That's what
I'd tell them anyway.
1530
01:08:43,648 --> 01:08:44,779
You're so modest.
1531
01:08:44,814 --> 01:08:47,683
Modesty gets you nowhere.
Listen.
1532
01:08:47,718 --> 01:08:51,192
I know that every fucker
out there knows,
1533
01:08:51,227 --> 01:08:52,589
that I'm talentless.
1534
01:08:52,624 --> 01:08:54,822
But I'm a situationist, huh?
1535
01:08:54,857 --> 01:08:59,299
-Yeah.
-I make things happen.
1536
01:08:59,334 --> 01:09:01,862
Sheer determination,
I -- I get it.
1537
01:09:01,897 --> 01:09:03,831
You do.
1538
01:09:03,866 --> 01:09:05,338
Well, let's definitely
meet up in London.
1539
01:09:05,373 --> 01:09:06,735
I-I might be in a position
1540
01:09:06,770 --> 01:09:08,473
where I can write a piece
that matches your ego.
1541
01:09:08,508 --> 01:09:10,310
That's a very noble ambition.
1542
01:09:10,345 --> 01:09:11,542
Good luck with that.
1543
01:09:11,577 --> 01:09:13,544
Hey, oh, can I have my glasses?
1544
01:09:15,581 --> 01:09:17,845
Thanks.
Have fun at your party.
1545
01:09:22,819 --> 01:09:25,721
ALAN: Like I said, LA --
1546
01:09:25,756 --> 01:09:28,427
-land of the soulless...
-WOMAN: Cheers.
1547
01:09:28,462 --> 01:09:31,232
ALAN: ...the vacuous,
1548
01:09:31,267 --> 01:09:32,761
the back stabbers,
and, of course...
1549
01:09:32,796 --> 01:09:35,335
-Oh, hey, man.
-ALAN: ...the wannabes.
1550
01:09:35,370 --> 01:09:38,668
So Noel and Liam, is it true
they just beat up each other?
1551
01:09:38,703 --> 01:09:40,373
-What?
-MAN: The brothers,
1552
01:09:40,408 --> 01:09:41,737
do they beat the shit
out of each other on stage.
1553
01:09:41,772 --> 01:09:43,640
Right.
1554
01:09:43,675 --> 01:09:46,676
[ Speaking indistinctly ]
1555
01:09:46,711 --> 01:09:49,283
[ Rap music playing ]
1556
01:09:49,318 --> 01:09:50,350
MAN: ♪ Yeah ♪
1557
01:09:50,385 --> 01:09:51,648
WOMAN: Nice shoes.
1558
01:09:55,324 --> 01:09:57,522
Oh, you like them?
1559
01:09:57,557 --> 01:09:58,886
Got them in Japan.
1560
01:09:58,921 --> 01:10:02,296
By some miracle,
they've survived Glastonbury.
1561
01:10:02,331 --> 01:10:04,298
Are you English?
1562
01:10:04,333 --> 01:10:06,630
-Scottish.
-Ah.
1563
01:10:06,665 --> 01:10:09,600
And this Glastonbury, is it --
Is it close to Liverpool?
1564
01:10:09,635 --> 01:10:11,404
I love The Beatles.
1565
01:10:11,439 --> 01:10:12,933
It's a festival.
1566
01:10:12,968 --> 01:10:14,704
Like Burning Man,
but with rain and mud
1567
01:10:14,739 --> 01:10:16,442
and fucking awful toilets.
1568
01:10:16,477 --> 01:10:17,773
Cool!
1569
01:10:17,808 --> 01:10:20,578
So, what brings you to LA?
1570
01:10:20,613 --> 01:10:21,711
Bit of business.
1571
01:10:21,746 --> 01:10:24,285
Huh, yeah.
What is it you do?
1572
01:10:24,320 --> 01:10:25,946
I own a record label.
1573
01:10:25,981 --> 01:10:27,519
-Really?
-Hmm.
1574
01:10:27,554 --> 01:10:30,291
Wow, that is so interesting
because, um...
1575
01:10:30,326 --> 01:10:34,295
I'm a singer-songwriter, um...
1576
01:10:34,330 --> 01:10:35,923
Della.
1577
01:10:35,958 --> 01:10:37,331
Will you...
1578
01:10:37,366 --> 01:10:39,432
Will you take a listen?
1579
01:10:39,467 --> 01:10:40,895
I mean, it needs work,
1580
01:10:40,930 --> 01:10:43,568
but it has my number on it
on the back.
1581
01:10:43,603 --> 01:10:47,440
ALAN: Now, one of three
things can happen here.
1582
01:10:47,475 --> 01:10:49,541
She gets what she wants.
1583
01:10:49,576 --> 01:10:50,509
[ Both moaning ]
1584
01:10:50,544 --> 01:10:51,708
ALAN: I get what I want.
1585
01:10:51,743 --> 01:10:53,512
DELLA: I'm like a cross between
1586
01:10:53,547 --> 01:10:57,384
Joni Mitchell and Patti Smith.
1587
01:10:59,850 --> 01:11:04,457
Creation would be
the perfect label for me.
1588
01:11:04,492 --> 01:11:05,986
How do you know I own Creation?
1589
01:11:06,021 --> 01:11:08,054
Or, we both get fuck all
1590
01:11:08,089 --> 01:11:09,891
and jog on.
1591
01:11:09,926 --> 01:11:11,959
Don't try and hustle a hustler.
1592
01:11:11,994 --> 01:11:15,435
I've got people listening
to demos all day long.
1593
01:11:15,470 --> 01:11:17,503
Thank you.
1594
01:11:17,538 --> 01:11:19,802
Fucking asshole.
1595
01:11:21,707 --> 01:11:22,739
Alan!
1596
01:11:22,774 --> 01:11:24,378
ALAN: You see this Charlie?
1597
01:11:24,413 --> 01:11:26,446
He's someone else that's
gonna change my life,
1598
01:11:26,481 --> 01:11:27,843
and not for the better.
1599
01:11:27,878 --> 01:11:29,812
You cheeky fucking...
1600
01:11:29,847 --> 01:11:32,012
ALAN: I couldn't remember
his name for the life of me.
1601
01:11:32,047 --> 01:11:33,079
But when you've done
enough drugs...
1602
01:11:33,114 --> 01:11:34,520
Rambo, I'm with him.
1603
01:11:34,555 --> 01:11:35,983
ALAN:
...you just open your mouth,
1604
01:11:36,018 --> 01:11:37,721
and say the first name
that comes into your head.
1605
01:11:37,756 --> 01:11:39,558
Alright, Ralph?
1606
01:11:39,593 --> 01:11:41,659
I was just talking about you
the other day to, um...
1607
01:11:41,694 --> 01:11:44,695
oh, what's his name,
tall fucker with the piggy eyes.
1608
01:11:44,730 --> 01:11:47,027
Who gives a fuck?
How are you, darling.
1609
01:11:47,062 --> 01:11:48,633
I'm good, Ralph. You?
1610
01:11:48,668 --> 01:11:50,030
Yeah, really great.
1611
01:11:50,065 --> 01:11:52,098
-Actually, really smashing.
-How was rehab?
1612
01:11:52,133 --> 01:11:54,375
Fantastic.
Best ever.
1613
01:11:56,137 --> 01:11:58,104
-I'm producing again.
-No way!
1614
01:11:58,139 --> 01:11:59,875
-Yeah, I know.
-ALAN: Back in the zone.
1615
01:11:59,910 --> 01:12:01,778
I'm being totally different
this time, I swear to God.
1616
01:12:01,813 --> 01:12:03,043
A little bird told me you are
1617
01:12:03,078 --> 01:12:06,354
fucking killing
the music business.
1618
01:12:06,389 --> 01:12:08,752
-World domination time.
-Too modest.
1619
01:12:08,787 --> 01:12:10,083
Um...
1620
01:12:10,118 --> 01:12:12,118
Fancy a cheeky toot?
1621
01:12:12,153 --> 01:12:14,626
I shall live and die in LA.
1622
01:12:14,661 --> 01:12:18,696
ALAN: There are
a million Ralphs in LA.
1623
01:12:18,731 --> 01:12:21,127
Rastafarians who left
the public schools of England
1624
01:12:21,162 --> 01:12:22,898
to be Hollywood producers.
1625
01:12:22,933 --> 01:12:24,570
Of course, they conned me
out of the inheritance.
1626
01:12:24,605 --> 01:12:26,803
But who needs a fucking castle.
Chin-chin.
1627
01:12:26,838 --> 01:12:28,607
ALAN: Never seen a frame
of anything he's produced,
1628
01:12:28,642 --> 01:12:30,576
and I don't think
anyone else had.
1629
01:12:30,611 --> 01:12:33,447
Just met at some forgotten
Hollywood bash somewhere.
1630
01:12:33,482 --> 01:12:34,778
That's the thing
about cocaine.
1631
01:12:34,813 --> 01:12:36,714
-Shall we?
-ALAN: You end up sniffing it
1632
01:12:36,749 --> 01:12:38,848
off toilet seats
with total strangers
1633
01:12:38,883 --> 01:12:42,918
who become your best friend
for the next few hours.
1634
01:12:42,953 --> 01:12:45,987
RALPH: Ah!
1635
01:12:46,022 --> 01:12:47,890
So, what's your new movie about?
1636
01:12:47,925 --> 01:12:49,496
Oh, I met this amazing,
1637
01:12:49,531 --> 01:12:51,729
really charming young man
from Compton,
1638
01:12:51,764 --> 01:12:53,962
called Hercules the Reaper.
1639
01:12:53,997 --> 01:12:55,568
[ Farts ]
1640
01:12:55,603 --> 01:12:58,505
Actually, oh, this place
is absolutely moribund.
1641
01:12:58,540 --> 01:12:59,902
Let's go to his club.
1642
01:12:59,937 --> 01:13:01,475
-His club?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1643
01:13:01,510 --> 01:13:03,136
It's right up your straza.
1644
01:13:03,171 --> 01:13:04,544
-Let's go.
-RALPH: Come.
1645
01:13:04,579 --> 01:13:05,644
Tidy up.
1646
01:13:05,679 --> 01:13:08,108
Here we go.
1647
01:13:12,455 --> 01:13:16,424
Oh, Christ.
1648
01:13:16,459 --> 01:13:17,953
RALPH: Give us a couple
of beers, will you?
1649
01:13:17,988 --> 01:13:20,857
This is the life.
1650
01:13:20,892 --> 01:13:21,990
Love this town.
1651
01:13:22,025 --> 01:13:24,432
[ Sniffles ] Ah.
1652
01:13:24,467 --> 01:13:25,895
So, what is this film?
1653
01:13:25,930 --> 01:13:28,964
Is it like some kind of, uh,
documentary or a...
1654
01:13:28,999 --> 01:13:30,196
No, it's a biopic.
1655
01:13:30,231 --> 01:13:31,736
Story of a man's
incredible life.
1656
01:13:31,771 --> 01:13:33,166
Well, it looks like
a vanity project
1657
01:13:33,201 --> 01:13:34,706
because he's paying for it all,
but it's not.
1658
01:13:34,741 --> 01:13:36,004
"Forrest Gump" meets
"Boyz in the Hood."
1659
01:13:36,039 --> 01:13:37,775
-"Forrest Gump"?
-RALPH: Yeah.
1660
01:13:37,810 --> 01:13:39,645
-What's that about, then?
-More like a black Forrest Gump
1661
01:13:39,680 --> 01:13:41,482
with good music, you know.
1662
01:13:41,517 --> 01:13:44,111
If we're lucky,
we'll have them singing songs
1663
01:13:44,146 --> 01:13:45,684
and shooting each other
in the playground.
1664
01:13:45,719 --> 01:13:47,213
I hate biopics.
1665
01:13:47,248 --> 01:13:49,886
Yeah, let's hope nobody else
sings like you, cunt.
1666
01:13:49,921 --> 01:13:51,822
We'll see.
Do you need some music for it?
1667
01:13:51,857 --> 01:13:53,692
I don't -- What,
your kind of music?
1668
01:13:53,727 --> 01:13:55,793
[ Exhales ] I don't think so,
unless you're gonna Black up.
1669
01:13:55,828 --> 01:14:00,094
[ Party music playing ]
1670
01:14:00,129 --> 01:14:02,701
Hey.
1671
01:14:02,736 --> 01:14:04,769
Herc, my brother.
1672
01:14:04,804 --> 01:14:06,606
Boom!
1673
01:14:06,641 --> 01:14:07,838
This is my very good friend,
Alan.
1674
01:14:07,873 --> 01:14:09,070
Where are you?
1675
01:14:09,105 --> 01:14:12,876
He's a major player
in the music biz.
1676
01:14:12,911 --> 01:14:15,043
-Major.
-Pull up.
1677
01:14:15,078 --> 01:14:16,176
Thank you.
1678
01:14:16,211 --> 01:14:18,486
Hello, how are you?
1679
01:14:18,521 --> 01:14:21,885
Ralph tell you?
He making a movie about me.
1680
01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:23,755
-What?
-A movie, yes.
1681
01:14:23,790 --> 01:14:25,922
HERC: Some real shit.
1682
01:14:25,957 --> 01:14:27,825
Rags to riches.
1683
01:14:27,860 --> 01:14:29,728
RALPH: But Alan's
just like you, Herc.
1684
01:14:29,763 --> 01:14:32,599
-He's from the hood.
-What?
1685
01:14:32,634 --> 01:14:34,832
Well, in the UK,
we call them council estates,
1686
01:14:34,867 --> 01:14:36,669
but they're really
the same thing.
1687
01:14:36,704 --> 01:14:40,805
It's just lots of poor people
crammed into suffering together.
1688
01:14:40,840 --> 01:14:44,270
Hmm, I'd like to visit
the UK one day.
1689
01:14:44,305 --> 01:14:46,074
Not at the moment, though.
1690
01:14:46,109 --> 01:14:48,109
Feds won't let me
leave the country.
1691
01:14:48,144 --> 01:14:50,210
Oh, the Feds are
persecuting Herc, Alan.
1692
01:14:50,245 --> 01:14:51,882
They're all up in his shit.
1693
01:14:51,917 --> 01:14:53,950
They won't give a brother
a break, right?
1694
01:14:53,985 --> 01:14:55,149
Right, well...
1695
01:14:55,184 --> 01:14:59,087
Brother, take it to the VIP.
1696
01:14:59,122 --> 01:15:00,187
Laters, holmes.
1697
01:15:00,222 --> 01:15:03,630
You.
1698
01:15:03,665 --> 01:15:05,764
-In here.
-What's happening?
1699
01:15:05,799 --> 01:15:07,634
Whatever you like, my friend.
1700
01:15:07,669 --> 01:15:10,604
What happens in Compton,
stays in Compton.
1701
01:15:10,639 --> 01:15:12,969
[ Laughs ]
Hello, ladies.
1702
01:15:13,004 --> 01:15:16,137
This is my friend, Alan.
He's terribly shy.
1703
01:15:16,172 --> 01:15:19,239
[ Insect buzzing ]
1704
01:15:19,274 --> 01:15:23,276
[ Maurice beatboxing ]
1705
01:15:31,121 --> 01:15:34,023
MAURICE:
♪ If you hear any noise ♪
1706
01:15:34,058 --> 01:15:35,827
[ Beatboxing ]
1707
01:15:35,862 --> 01:15:38,291
RALPH: Oh, Sleeping Beauty.
Welcome back.
1708
01:15:38,326 --> 01:15:40,898
-[ Maurice beatboxing ]
-This is Maurice.
1709
01:15:40,933 --> 01:15:42,669
Fucking fantastic.
1710
01:15:42,704 --> 01:15:44,869
-[ Maurice beatboxing ]
-[ Fly buzzing ]
1711
01:15:44,904 --> 01:15:46,068
I said -- I said you
might give him --
1712
01:15:46,103 --> 01:15:47,872
give him a record deal.
1713
01:15:47,907 --> 01:15:50,270
Maurice, you haven't already
got a record deal, have you?
1714
01:15:50,305 --> 01:15:52,107
Shit. I didn't --
I didn't think of that.
1715
01:15:52,142 --> 01:15:53,647
He might -- He might
already have a record deal.
1716
01:15:53,682 --> 01:15:55,143
-I don't know.
-Ricky ticky tick.
1717
01:15:55,178 --> 01:15:58,080
Ricky ticky ticky ticky
ticky ticky tick-tick.
1718
01:15:58,115 --> 01:16:00,313
-Ralph.
-This is...
1719
01:16:00,348 --> 01:16:01,985
Ralph!
1720
01:16:02,020 --> 01:16:05,318
[ Beatboxing ]
1721
01:16:05,353 --> 01:16:07,859
-Ralph, can I have a wee word?
-Yeah, yeah, sure.
1722
01:16:07,894 --> 01:16:10,829
As I say,
you're on my soundtrack,
1723
01:16:10,864 --> 01:16:12,292
I swear.
1724
01:16:12,327 --> 01:16:13,898
[ Maurice beatboxing ]
1725
01:16:13,933 --> 01:16:17,198
[ Laughing ]
1726
01:16:17,233 --> 01:16:19,805
[ Serene music playing
on radio ]
1727
01:16:19,840 --> 01:16:24,172
How did we end up
in that fucking crack den?
1728
01:16:24,207 --> 01:16:26,174
-Aaah!
-I know.
1729
01:16:26,209 --> 01:16:29,881
It's awesome, isn't it?
1730
01:16:29,916 --> 01:16:32,015
-[ Sighs deeply ]
-No one's gonna jack you.
1731
01:16:32,050 --> 01:16:34,182
They all know
I'm down with Herc's crew.
1732
01:16:34,217 --> 01:16:36,151
[ Alan exhaling ]
1733
01:16:36,186 --> 01:16:38,054
Looking at that lovely lolly,
though, it reminds me,
1734
01:16:38,089 --> 01:16:40,155
there's a fabulous whore house
over there I used to frequent.
1735
01:16:40,190 --> 01:16:42,894
Let's pop in for some breakfast
and a happy ending, hmm?
1736
01:16:42,929 --> 01:16:45,292
Just take --
take me to the hotel.
1737
01:16:45,327 --> 01:16:47,393
Alright, Grandpa.
1738
01:16:47,428 --> 01:16:49,835
There we go.
1739
01:16:49,870 --> 01:16:53,168
Ah, I'm afraid I can't
take you up the hill.
1740
01:16:53,203 --> 01:16:56,039
The reverse is a little
unpredictable on this thing.
1741
01:16:56,074 --> 01:16:58,008
It's alright.
[ Coughing ]
1742
01:17:01,783 --> 01:17:03,244
Oh...
1743
01:17:03,279 --> 01:17:06,181
Well, better out than in,
as Mummy used to say.
1744
01:17:06,216 --> 01:17:07,754
Oh, now listen.
1745
01:17:07,789 --> 01:17:10,119
Tonight, there's
a fabulous bash in Topanga.
1746
01:17:10,154 --> 01:17:11,824
Porn producer friend of mine.
1747
01:17:11,859 --> 01:17:12,924
Wall-to-wall totty.
1748
01:17:12,959 --> 01:17:15,322
-Fancy it?
-I'd better not.
1749
01:17:15,357 --> 01:17:16,862
Fine, well, I'll give you
a tinkle later,
1750
01:17:16,897 --> 01:17:18,325
in case you grow your cock back.
1751
01:17:18,360 --> 01:17:20,129
One for the road?
1752
01:17:22,199 --> 01:17:23,902
NEWS REPORTER: We begin
with that breaking news.
1753
01:17:23,937 --> 01:17:25,805
A state of emergency
in California.
1754
01:17:25,840 --> 01:17:27,400
Here's what we know right now.
1755
01:17:27,435 --> 01:17:30,007
[ Neuroticfish's "They're Coming
To Take Me Away" plays ]
1756
01:17:30,042 --> 01:17:31,976
Homes have been
destroyed there...
1757
01:17:36,851 --> 01:17:38,686
...mandatory evacuations
of more than...
1758
01:17:38,721 --> 01:17:40,820
NEUROTICFISH: ♪ Remember
when you ran away ♪
1759
01:17:40,855 --> 01:17:42,756
♪ And I got on my knees ♪
1760
01:17:42,791 --> 01:17:46,320
♪ And begged you not to leave
because I'd go berserk? ♪
1761
01:17:46,355 --> 01:17:49,422
♪ Well, you left me anyhow ♪
1762
01:17:49,457 --> 01:17:52,062
♪ And then the days
got worse and worse ♪
1763
01:17:52,097 --> 01:17:53,965
[ Alan screaming ]
1764
01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:56,231
♪ They're coming to
take me away, ha-ha ♪
1765
01:17:56,266 --> 01:17:57,837
♪ They're coming
to take me away ♪
1766
01:17:57,872 --> 01:17:59,740
♪ Ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-ha ♪
1767
01:17:59,775 --> 01:18:02,842
♪ To the funny farm where life
is beautiful all the time ♪
1768
01:18:02,877 --> 01:18:05,141
♪ And I'll be happy to see
those nice young men ♪
1769
01:18:05,176 --> 01:18:06,813
♪ In their clean white coats ♪
1770
01:18:06,848 --> 01:18:11,983
♪ And they're coming
to take me away, ha-ha! ♪
1771
01:18:12,018 --> 01:18:13,919
[ Glass shattering ]
1772
01:18:13,954 --> 01:18:15,855
NEWS REPORTER: ...Southern
California this morning.
1773
01:18:15,890 --> 01:18:18,187
I want you to take
a quick look at this town,
1774
01:18:18,222 --> 01:18:20,794
That's actually
the main part of the...
1775
01:18:20,829 --> 01:18:22,763
NEUROTICFISH: ♪ You know you
laughed, I heard you laugh ♪
1776
01:18:22,798 --> 01:18:24,061
♪ You laughed,
you laughed and laughed ♪
1777
01:18:24,096 --> 01:18:25,964
[ Alan screaming ]
1778
01:18:25,999 --> 01:18:28,802
♪ And then you left, but now
you know I'm utterly mad ♪
1779
01:18:28,837 --> 01:18:32,036
♪ And they're coming
to take me away, ha-ha ♪
1780
01:18:32,071 --> 01:18:35,138
♪ They're coming
to take me away, ho-ho ♪
1781
01:18:35,173 --> 01:18:37,976
[ Music distorts ]
1782
01:18:39,782 --> 01:18:42,816
♪ To the happy home ♪
1783
01:18:42,851 --> 01:18:44,015
[ Alan screams ]
1784
01:18:44,050 --> 01:18:47,887
[ Loud metal music playing ]
1785
01:19:14,245 --> 01:19:17,246
[ Metal music continues ]
1786
01:19:17,281 --> 01:19:19,853
ALAN: I don't believe
that anybody
1787
01:19:19,888 --> 01:19:24,121
feels the way I do about you.
1788
01:19:24,156 --> 01:19:26,519
Exhaustion, panic attacks.
1789
01:19:26,554 --> 01:19:28,224
It's a breakdown, Ed.
1790
01:19:28,259 --> 01:19:30,127
Looks like the rock and roll
1791
01:19:30,162 --> 01:19:32,195
has finally caught up with me,
eh?
1792
01:19:32,230 --> 01:19:34,131
ED: I'm gonna stay with you
as long as it takes.
1793
01:19:38,236 --> 01:19:41,105
I need you to get me
the fuck home.
1794
01:19:41,140 --> 01:19:43,943
I can't stay here.
This place is evil.
1795
01:19:47,080 --> 01:19:49,982
Hey, how you doing?
1796
01:19:50,017 --> 01:19:51,313
Nice and cozy.
1797
01:19:51,348 --> 01:19:53,117
You're alright, mate.
1798
01:19:53,152 --> 01:19:54,481
Just some Valium.
1799
01:19:54,516 --> 01:19:58,221
You don't need that.
1800
01:19:58,256 --> 01:19:59,860
You know, a fear of flying
1801
01:19:59,895 --> 01:20:02,588
comes from the fear
of not being in control,
1802
01:20:02,623 --> 01:20:04,029
and that's caused by the fear
1803
01:20:04,064 --> 01:20:08,000
of not feeling worthy
of your position.
1804
01:20:08,035 --> 01:20:09,430
And that leads to all
sorts of things,
1805
01:20:09,465 --> 01:20:14,270
like excessive drink,
excessive drug-taking.
1806
01:20:14,305 --> 01:20:17,603
For fear of actually engaging
in reality,
1807
01:20:17,638 --> 01:20:20,375
because in reality...
1808
01:20:20,410 --> 01:20:23,884
we're not in control.
1809
01:20:23,919 --> 01:20:25,446
That's why God
1810
01:20:25,481 --> 01:20:28,152
gave everyone an ego.
1811
01:20:28,187 --> 01:20:31,287
To feel like
we're important enough,
1812
01:20:31,322 --> 01:20:35,159
to feel like
we're in control.
1813
01:20:35,194 --> 01:20:38,833
[ Soothing music playing ]
1814
01:20:43,301 --> 01:20:45,400
That's pretty deep, Ed.
1815
01:20:47,943 --> 01:20:51,912
You've got so many people
that love you, so many.
1816
01:20:57,183 --> 01:20:59,348
You're gonna get all
the help you need.
1817
01:21:09,096 --> 01:21:11,360
I just want you to get better,
Alan.
1818
01:21:14,662 --> 01:21:16,596
[ Susan sobs softly ]
1819
01:21:22,472 --> 01:21:26,914
[ Peppy music playing ]
1820
01:21:26,949 --> 01:21:29,213
GEMMA: Heck, this joint
took some finding.
1821
01:21:29,248 --> 01:21:30,676
ALAN: Avoid Central London
these days.
1822
01:21:30,711 --> 01:21:32,513
-How long are you in town?
-GEMMA: Uh, four days.
1823
01:21:32,548 --> 01:21:34,581
I'm doing a piece on Bono
with Rolling Stone.
1824
01:21:34,616 --> 01:21:36,990
-ALAN: Ouch!
-It's been years.
1825
01:21:37,025 --> 01:21:39,223
Tell me about it.
You're doing really well.
1826
01:21:39,258 --> 01:21:42,325
I read a lot of your stuff.
That Lou Reed piece.
1827
01:21:42,360 --> 01:21:44,360
The memories of
Michael Ronson piece.
1828
01:21:44,395 --> 01:21:45,966
You read that?
1829
01:21:47,134 --> 01:21:49,101
Hey, I heard that
you had Bill Clinton
1830
01:21:49,136 --> 01:21:50,465
come and crash at your house.
1831
01:21:50,500 --> 01:21:52,401
He was looking for somewhere
free to crash.
1832
01:21:52,436 --> 01:21:54,172
He's a tight cunt like me.
1833
01:21:54,207 --> 01:21:56,537
So, I think someone from the
Labour Party hooked it up.
1834
01:21:56,572 --> 01:21:59,012
Oh, yeah, I wanted
to ask you about that.
1835
01:21:59,047 --> 01:22:00,508
You'd taken some time off.
1836
01:22:00,543 --> 01:22:02,312
ALAN: Call it what it was.
1837
01:22:02,347 --> 01:22:04,116
It was a breakdown.
1838
01:22:04,151 --> 01:22:06,019
BMX BANDITS: ♪ She said maybe ♪
1839
01:22:06,054 --> 01:22:08,285
ALAN: Agraphobia.
1840
01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:12,157
Or agoraphobia,
as the Americans call it,
1841
01:22:12,192 --> 01:22:16,293
which makes it sound like
some kind of luxury wool.
1842
01:22:16,328 --> 01:22:18,592
No, it ain't woolly.
1843
01:22:18,627 --> 01:22:22,002
It's fear and dread.
1844
01:22:22,037 --> 01:22:24,400
It's all around you,
and it's far away.
1845
01:22:24,435 --> 01:22:27,172
It's just fucking terrible.
1846
01:22:27,207 --> 01:22:29,471
I went to therapy,
all that jazz.
1847
01:22:32,608 --> 01:22:33,673
Just get better.
1848
01:22:33,708 --> 01:22:35,048
Yeah, alright.
1849
01:22:35,083 --> 01:22:36,313
See you soon.
1850
01:22:42,354 --> 01:22:46,125
[ Door slams shut ]
1851
01:22:46,160 --> 01:22:47,654
[ Sighs ] Fuck.
1852
01:22:47,689 --> 01:22:49,458
Come in, come in.
1853
01:22:54,333 --> 01:22:56,630
Oh, no. No, no, no.
1854
01:22:56,665 --> 01:22:58,665
No, here.
1855
01:22:58,700 --> 01:23:01,305
Oh, sorry.
1856
01:23:01,340 --> 01:23:02,735
It's okay.
1857
01:23:08,116 --> 01:23:10,545
[ Chuckles ]
Talk about predictable, eh?
1858
01:23:10,580 --> 01:23:13,713
WOMAN: I suppose I was
feeling extremely pressured.
1859
01:23:13,748 --> 01:23:16,386
I mean, my parents are
high-flyers, you know?
1860
01:23:16,421 --> 01:23:19,290
And I wanted them to be
proud of my achievements.
1861
01:23:19,325 --> 01:23:22,194
All of the time, though.
1862
01:23:22,229 --> 01:23:25,428
Did you read the info
on the Alcoholics Anonymous?
1863
01:23:25,463 --> 01:23:27,331
I'm with Groucho Marx.
1864
01:23:27,366 --> 01:23:29,465
I wouldn't want to join a cult
that would have me as a member.
1865
01:23:29,500 --> 01:23:32,204
[ Laughs ]
1866
01:23:32,239 --> 01:23:33,205
They're not a cult.
1867
01:23:33,240 --> 01:23:34,635
I started self-medicating.
1868
01:23:34,670 --> 01:23:37,704
Prozac, Valium, beta-blockers.
1869
01:23:37,739 --> 01:23:41,048
Me too, but I was writing myself
1870
01:23:41,083 --> 01:23:46,218
prescriptions for ecstasy,
speed, coke, acid, whiskey --
1871
01:23:46,253 --> 01:23:50,189
-almost every day.
-[ Banging on door ]
1872
01:23:50,224 --> 01:23:53,423
I've been trying to contact you.
Where you been?
1873
01:23:53,458 --> 01:23:56,162
I've got something here
that'll liven you right up.
1874
01:23:56,197 --> 01:23:57,559
ALAN: If there's one thing
dealers hate more
1875
01:23:57,594 --> 01:23:59,462
than not being paid,
it's being paid.
1876
01:23:59,497 --> 01:24:01,200
You owe them,
they've got the upper hand.
1877
01:24:01,235 --> 01:24:03,334
Pay off the debt,
and they lose interest charges.
1878
01:24:03,369 --> 01:24:05,171
You don't have to
settle the tab yet.
1879
01:24:05,206 --> 01:24:07,833
How much is the tab?
How much?
1880
01:24:07,868 --> 01:24:09,373
ALAN:
They're no different to bankers.
1881
01:24:09,408 --> 01:24:11,078
It's exactly
the same transaction.
1882
01:24:11,113 --> 01:24:12,277
Thank you.
1883
01:24:12,312 --> 01:24:15,346
But Alan,
you're my best customer.
1884
01:24:15,381 --> 01:24:17,843
There we go.
There we go, alright?
1885
01:24:17,878 --> 01:24:19,482
All right, well, look,
1886
01:24:19,517 --> 01:24:21,418
give me the money
for that next time.
1887
01:24:21,453 --> 01:24:23,222
ALAN:
They just have a better product.
1888
01:24:23,257 --> 01:24:25,158
Oh, shit.
1889
01:24:25,193 --> 01:24:28,260
-[ Door creaks ]
-That's Alan's dealer.
1890
01:24:28,295 --> 01:24:30,658
He's not in the kitchen, is he?
1891
01:24:30,693 --> 01:24:33,166
Where is he?
1892
01:24:35,863 --> 01:24:37,665
That was my dealer
just 'round, eh?
1893
01:24:39,768 --> 01:24:41,669
Flushed it down the pan.
1894
01:24:41,704 --> 01:24:43,704
At least your ones
were over the counter.
1895
01:24:43,739 --> 01:24:46,278
-[ Scoffs ]
-Uh, well...
1896
01:24:46,313 --> 01:24:51,250
it's not important what type
of crutches we all use.
1897
01:24:51,285 --> 01:24:54,187
See, what's important
is getting to the root
1898
01:24:54,222 --> 01:24:56,783
of why we needed those crutches
in the first place.
1899
01:24:56,818 --> 01:24:59,225
BLAIR: Education,
education and education.
1900
01:24:59,260 --> 01:25:01,359
Susan's gone to meet a doctor.
1901
01:25:01,394 --> 01:25:03,130
He's got a clinic.
1902
01:25:03,165 --> 01:25:04,659
ALAN: Crutches?
1903
01:25:04,694 --> 01:25:07,167
Oasis were becoming the
biggest band on the planet,
1904
01:25:07,202 --> 01:25:10,797
and here I was,
a shivering mess.
1905
01:25:10,832 --> 01:25:12,634
It's like I was throwing
the best party in the world,
1906
01:25:12,669 --> 01:25:14,240
but got shit-faced
the night before
1907
01:25:14,275 --> 01:25:16,605
and was too hungover to join in.
1908
01:25:16,640 --> 01:25:18,409
Was I the ghost at the feast,
1909
01:25:18,444 --> 01:25:20,180
the mythical creator
of this world,
1910
01:25:20,215 --> 01:25:23,249
hosting this party
in my absence?
1911
01:25:23,284 --> 01:25:25,911
Truth is, no one gave a fuck.
1912
01:25:25,946 --> 01:25:30,421
The party just rolled on,
whether I was there or not.
1913
01:25:30,456 --> 01:25:32,522
What the fuck?
1914
01:25:32,557 --> 01:25:35,162
I replaced it with cold tea.
1915
01:25:35,197 --> 01:25:36,592
You're a man.
1916
01:25:36,627 --> 01:25:41,498
It's up to you what you do
with your life, son.
1917
01:25:41,533 --> 01:25:44,897
I don't want this to come
across the wrong way, but...
1918
01:25:44,932 --> 01:25:46,734
Oh, go on.
1919
01:25:46,769 --> 01:25:49,308
Bottom line is...
1920
01:25:49,343 --> 01:25:52,476
it was fun.
1921
01:25:52,511 --> 01:25:54,907
-[ Upbeat music plays ]
-Hmmm.
1922
01:25:54,942 --> 01:25:56,843
I was having a good time.
1923
01:25:56,878 --> 01:25:58,713
I could afford it.
1924
01:25:58,748 --> 01:26:00,583
The only person I was
putting at risk was me.
1925
01:26:00,618 --> 01:26:02,585
If someone had said to me,
"Hey, Alan,
1926
01:26:02,620 --> 01:26:05,555
all that shite is gonna
fuck you up one day,"
1927
01:26:05,590 --> 01:26:09,526
well, truth is,
I still would have done it.
1928
01:26:09,561 --> 01:26:11,924
And you know something?
1929
01:26:11,959 --> 01:26:13,827
If I wasn't such
a fucking lightweight,
1930
01:26:13,862 --> 01:26:16,203
I wouldn't be sitting
here right now,
1931
01:26:16,238 --> 01:26:18,568
in this circle of whatever.
1932
01:26:18,603 --> 01:26:21,241
I'd be out there,
be out there with my mates,
1933
01:26:21,276 --> 01:26:22,506
right now.
1934
01:26:22,541 --> 01:26:23,870
If I had the constitution
1935
01:26:23,905 --> 01:26:25,806
of some of the rock stars
I was looking after,
1936
01:26:25,841 --> 01:26:29,612
I'd still be out there,
taking everything in sight.
1937
01:26:29,647 --> 01:26:30,976
Hey?
1938
01:26:31,011 --> 01:26:34,947
[ Music continues ]
1939
01:26:34,982 --> 01:26:39,292
It was exceedingly...dull.
1940
01:26:39,327 --> 01:26:40,755
It's just noise.
1941
01:26:40,790 --> 01:26:42,757
[ Mimicking instruments ]
1942
01:26:42,792 --> 01:26:46,497
Music does not exist in science.
1943
01:26:46,532 --> 01:26:48,268
Why is it some noise...
1944
01:26:48,303 --> 01:26:52,701
[ Shouting indistinctly ]
1945
01:26:52,736 --> 01:26:54,439
See, what you call something
1946
01:26:54,474 --> 01:26:56,342
completely changes
perceptions of it.
1947
01:26:56,377 --> 01:26:59,378
You say "nervous breakdown,"
people think "funny farm",
1948
01:26:59,413 --> 01:27:01,479
but you say rehab,
now you're cool.
1949
01:27:01,514 --> 01:27:04,944
I've got millions riding
on a bunch of noises
1950
01:27:04,979 --> 01:27:07,386
that it's impossible
to even quantify.
1951
01:27:07,421 --> 01:27:10,785
It's enough to make anybody
absolutely crackers.
1952
01:27:13,493 --> 01:27:15,526
You're an industry casualty.
1953
01:27:15,561 --> 01:27:18,925
It's like membership
to the "Terminal Fame Club
1954
01:27:18,960 --> 01:27:21,598
of Rock and Roll Fatality."
1955
01:27:21,633 --> 01:27:23,930
[ Mumbles ]
1956
01:27:23,965 --> 01:27:25,800
I can come back tomorrow,
if you like?
1957
01:27:25,835 --> 01:27:28,440
No, I'm good.
I'm good.
1958
01:27:28,475 --> 01:27:30,673
Everyone's asking about you.
1959
01:27:30,708 --> 01:27:32,444
Oh, yeah?
1960
01:27:32,479 --> 01:27:34,545
What did you tell them?
1961
01:27:34,580 --> 01:27:36,910
That you're ill.
1962
01:27:36,945 --> 01:27:38,879
ALAN: Just tell them
the truth, Dick.
1963
01:27:38,914 --> 01:27:41,046
It's nothing to be ashamed of.
1964
01:27:41,081 --> 01:27:43,653
What, that you're in rehab?
1965
01:27:43,688 --> 01:27:44,852
Yeah.
1966
01:27:44,887 --> 01:27:47,855
It's pure rock and roll,
isn't it?
1967
01:27:47,890 --> 01:27:49,593
Thank God for that.
1968
01:27:49,628 --> 01:27:50,792
I was running out of illnesses.
1969
01:27:50,827 --> 01:27:52,497
You know, I told The Guardian
1970
01:27:52,532 --> 01:27:54,829
that you was having
an operation to remove piles.
1971
01:27:54,864 --> 01:27:57,667
Fuck off!
What did you tell them that for?
1972
01:27:57,702 --> 01:27:59,834
Well, I had it done.
1973
01:27:59,869 --> 01:28:04,905
Could you not think of something
a bit more sexy than piles?
1974
01:28:06,744 --> 01:28:08,381
Well, maybe we should tell them
1975
01:28:08,416 --> 01:28:10,911
that you're having plastic
surgery on your penis.
1976
01:28:10,946 --> 01:28:13,353
Okay, tell the world
I've got a tiny cock.
1977
01:28:13,388 --> 01:28:15,685
-How's that sexy?!
-No, no, no, no, no.
1978
01:28:15,720 --> 01:28:17,621
You're gonna have
a penis reduction.
1979
01:28:17,656 --> 01:28:21,922
Christ, Dick,
just stick to the rehab story.
1980
01:28:21,957 --> 01:28:24,694
Keep my cock out of the press.
1981
01:28:24,729 --> 01:28:26,333
Okay.
1982
01:28:29,030 --> 01:28:30,832
This came for you as well,
It's, um...
1983
01:28:30,867 --> 01:28:32,966
It's addressed to you
personally.
1984
01:28:36,136 --> 01:28:37,674
ALAN: New Labour?
1985
01:28:40,008 --> 01:28:43,812
But it did get me off
the rollercoaster for a while.
1986
01:28:43,847 --> 01:28:48,520
As soon as I got out, though,
I knew I needed to reconnect.
1987
01:28:48,555 --> 01:28:50,522
I started going to see
my bands again.
1988
01:28:50,557 --> 01:28:53,085
It felt strange
watching them straight.
1989
01:28:53,120 --> 01:28:55,461
[ Music playing ]
1990
01:28:55,496 --> 01:28:56,957
I was still the same Alan.
1991
01:28:56,992 --> 01:28:58,530
Only now I was seeing things
1992
01:28:58,565 --> 01:29:00,697
that I would remember
the next day,
1993
01:29:00,732 --> 01:29:01,863
and most of it...
1994
01:29:01,898 --> 01:29:03,128
Till the day you fucking die.
1995
01:29:03,163 --> 01:29:04,998
ALAN: ...wasn't worth
remembering.
1996
01:29:05,033 --> 01:29:06,571
LIAM: Just gotta get in
your own world, man,
1997
01:29:06,606 --> 01:29:08,133
You know what I mean,
like, sort it out.
1998
01:29:08,168 --> 01:29:09,772
Everyone gets told they're
worthless, you know what I mean.
1999
01:29:09,807 --> 01:29:11,103
Like, you've gotta
prove it, ain't you?
2000
01:29:11,138 --> 01:29:12,940
Maybe one day
they'll sit up and listen.
2001
01:29:12,975 --> 01:29:15,481
As you were, Alan.
2002
01:29:15,516 --> 01:29:17,450
What's he like, eh?
2003
01:29:17,485 --> 01:29:18,781
And I'd lost Joe.
2004
01:29:18,816 --> 01:29:20,618
Creation was becoming
too corporate
2005
01:29:20,653 --> 01:29:23,423
for our in-house anarchist.
2006
01:29:23,458 --> 01:29:26,118
I think this is as much as Dick
could squeeze out, you know.
2007
01:29:26,153 --> 01:29:28,758
I'm sure it's a fortune.
2008
01:29:28,793 --> 01:29:30,089
Please stay.
2009
01:29:30,124 --> 01:29:34,126
Nah, not for me.
2010
01:29:34,161 --> 01:29:36,733
Bloody rock and roll.
2011
01:29:36,768 --> 01:29:39,670
All them corporate tosspots.
2012
01:29:42,169 --> 01:29:44,972
-Been a blast, though.
-Yeah.
2013
01:29:48,175 --> 01:29:51,110
♪ Here they come ♪
2014
01:29:51,145 --> 01:29:53,453
♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪
2015
01:29:53,488 --> 01:29:54,751
Come on!
2016
01:29:54,786 --> 01:29:57,083
♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪
2017
01:29:57,118 --> 01:29:58,623
♪ The part time punks ♪
2018
01:29:58,658 --> 01:30:00,526
♪ The part time punks! ♪
2019
01:30:00,561 --> 01:30:03,056
♪ Here they come!
2020
01:30:03,091 --> 01:30:05,630
♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪
2021
01:30:05,665 --> 01:30:08,600
♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪
2022
01:30:08,635 --> 01:30:10,503
♪ The part time punks ♪
2023
01:30:10,538 --> 01:30:11,702
ALAN: And there he went,
2024
01:30:11,737 --> 01:30:13,572
the world's wealthiest
anarchist.
2025
01:30:13,607 --> 01:30:15,871
And in true
unconventional style,
2026
01:30:15,906 --> 01:30:17,906
went on to marry a midget.
2027
01:30:17,941 --> 01:30:20,645
You know what, Ed?
2028
01:30:20,680 --> 01:30:26,750
I just realized I don't know
any of these people.
2029
01:30:28,787 --> 01:30:30,721
You resented Sony.
2030
01:30:30,756 --> 01:30:32,217
ALAN: No, it wasn't resentment.
2031
01:30:32,252 --> 01:30:36,925
It was more I'd given my
favorite toy to the big boys.
2032
01:30:36,960 --> 01:30:39,598
Now I had nothing left
to play with.
2033
01:30:39,633 --> 01:30:42,964
So, is that when you started
getting into politics?
2034
01:30:42,999 --> 01:30:47,133
Well, they do say politics
is rock and roll for the ugly.
2035
01:30:47,168 --> 01:30:49,707
I started hooking up
with Malcolm McLaren.
2036
01:30:49,742 --> 01:30:51,610
Sex Pistols were
my favorite band,
2037
01:30:51,645 --> 01:30:53,073
and I was in awe of him.
2038
01:30:53,108 --> 01:30:55,009
Ennui's a killer, Alan.
2039
01:30:55,044 --> 01:30:59,112
Everything I've done,
the shop, the clothes,
2040
01:30:59,147 --> 01:31:03,490
the Sex Pistols, the opera,
the hip-hop, the art,
2041
01:31:03,525 --> 01:31:07,494
was all a reaction
against boredom.
2042
01:31:07,529 --> 01:31:09,925
Since man learned
to harness fire,
2043
01:31:09,960 --> 01:31:12,631
and build shelter and clothe
and feed himself,
2044
01:31:12,666 --> 01:31:14,963
boredom reared its ugly head.
2045
01:31:14,998 --> 01:31:23,070
All creativity, all culture
is a reaction against boredom.
2046
01:31:23,105 --> 01:31:28,581
You've done hedonism,
and you need to find something
2047
01:31:28,616 --> 01:31:34,081
to stop you from falling into
that claustrophobic comfort.
2048
01:31:34,116 --> 01:31:37,887
We are alchemists...
2049
01:31:37,922 --> 01:31:40,692
of magical stuff.
2050
01:31:40,727 --> 01:31:46,731
We take boredom,
and we weave it into a spectrum.
2051
01:31:46,766 --> 01:31:50,867
A gift that often bestows.
2052
01:31:50,902 --> 01:31:53,133
We are masters
2053
01:31:53,168 --> 01:31:55,806
of other people's destiny.
2054
01:32:01,880 --> 01:32:03,748
You've always voted Labour,
right?
2055
01:32:03,783 --> 01:32:05,178
Mom always voted Labour.
2056
01:32:05,213 --> 01:32:06,982
What do you think about
this Tony Blair dude?
2057
01:32:07,017 --> 01:32:08,786
I think he's giving them
a real chance
2058
01:32:08,821 --> 01:32:10,150
of winning the election.
2059
01:32:10,185 --> 01:32:11,954
Did Noel agree with you?
2060
01:32:11,989 --> 01:32:14,891
[ Chuckles ]
Noel's like me.
2061
01:32:14,926 --> 01:32:17,256
Good on him.
Listen, we can help.
2062
01:32:17,291 --> 01:32:19,159
They fucking love us.
2063
01:32:19,194 --> 01:32:20,600
They want us to get involved.
2064
01:32:20,635 --> 01:32:22,129
You can't tell him what to do.
2065
01:32:22,164 --> 01:32:24,263
British music brought
£8 billion into the...
2066
01:32:24,298 --> 01:32:26,903
But you can lay out the facts
and trust that he'll do
2067
01:32:26,938 --> 01:32:28,806
exactly what you want him to do.
2068
01:32:28,841 --> 01:32:30,907
We represent all this cool
Britannia bollocks.
2069
01:32:30,942 --> 01:32:32,271
They still didn't win
the election.
2070
01:32:32,306 --> 01:32:33,745
But they will this time.
2071
01:32:33,780 --> 01:32:35,241
Obvious it's the right idea.
2072
01:32:35,276 --> 01:32:36,814
PRESENTER:
And the winner is...
2073
01:32:36,849 --> 01:32:38,618
Oasis!
2074
01:32:38,653 --> 01:32:40,818
[ Crowd cheering ]
2075
01:32:46,661 --> 01:32:49,992
Politics isn't that much
different from entertainment.
2076
01:32:50,027 --> 01:32:52,599
Seven people
in this room tonight
2077
01:32:52,634 --> 01:32:55,096
will give a little bit of hope
to young in this country.
2078
01:32:55,131 --> 01:32:57,769
That's me, our kid,
2079
01:32:57,804 --> 01:33:00,266
Bonehead, Guigsy, Alan White,
2080
01:33:00,301 --> 01:33:01,806
Alan McGee,
2081
01:33:01,841 --> 01:33:03,170
and Tony Blair.
2082
01:33:03,205 --> 01:33:04,941
And if you've all got
anything about you,
2083
01:33:04,976 --> 01:33:06,877
you'll get up there and shake
Tony Blair's hand, man.
2084
01:33:06,912 --> 01:33:08,780
Why, because it's like, uh...
2085
01:33:08,815 --> 01:33:10,881
It's like selling
an idea, right?
2086
01:33:10,916 --> 01:33:12,311
Correct.
2087
01:33:12,346 --> 01:33:14,016
Packaging...
2088
01:33:14,051 --> 01:33:15,820
and selling.
2089
01:33:17,890 --> 01:33:24,059
[ Upbeat music plays ]
2090
01:33:24,094 --> 01:33:26,226
Ah, Alastair Campbell,
Communications Director.
2091
01:33:26,261 --> 01:33:30,868
We spoke on the phone.
And you are...Alan McGee.
2092
01:33:30,903 --> 01:33:32,639
Where's Tony?
2093
01:33:32,674 --> 01:33:34,135
ALASTAIR: Oh, Tony can't
be with us, I'm afraid.
2094
01:33:34,170 --> 01:33:35,268
Have you met Peter Mandelson?
2095
01:33:35,303 --> 01:33:37,171
-Mandy!
-Mmm-hmm.
2096
01:33:37,206 --> 01:33:39,074
We've got Peter to thank
for the modernization
2097
01:33:39,109 --> 01:33:40,306
of the Labour Party.
2098
01:33:40,341 --> 01:33:43,375
The man is a political genius.
2099
01:33:43,410 --> 01:33:44,750
Peter, Alan McGee.
2100
01:33:44,785 --> 01:33:45,949
Oh, super!
2101
01:33:45,984 --> 01:33:47,720
Man of the hour. Ah!
2102
01:33:47,755 --> 01:33:49,183
Dying to meet you, Alan.
2103
01:33:49,218 --> 01:33:52,318
Can't tell you how much
we appreciate your help.
2104
01:33:52,353 --> 01:33:54,188
[ Reporters shouting ]
2105
01:33:54,223 --> 01:33:55,761
Do you really think
that it's a good idea
2106
01:33:55,796 --> 01:33:57,796
for pop stars
to get involved in politics?
2107
01:33:57,831 --> 01:34:01,030
Do you think they can influence
the future Labour government?
2108
01:34:01,065 --> 01:34:03,230
What's in it for you, McGee?
2109
01:34:03,265 --> 01:34:07,432
Well, we're all big fans
of The Oasis and The Blur.
2110
01:34:07,467 --> 01:34:09,335
Blur aren't one of my bands.
2111
01:34:09,370 --> 01:34:12,140
It's all Britpop, isn't it?
2112
01:34:12,175 --> 01:34:15,242
-Spice Girls?
-No.
2113
01:34:15,277 --> 01:34:16,980
-MAN: Silly.
-[ Chuckles ] Thank you.
2114
01:34:17,015 --> 01:34:20,247
Sweet boy, saving me
once again from humiliation.
2115
01:34:20,282 --> 01:34:22,018
Nothing in it for me.
2116
01:34:22,053 --> 01:34:23,382
I pay something called
income tax on my earnings.
2117
01:34:23,417 --> 01:34:25,219
They're supposed to be
spent helping people
2118
01:34:25,254 --> 01:34:26,726
less fortunate than me.
2119
01:34:26,761 --> 01:34:28,354
I just want to see others
given a chance.
2120
01:34:28,389 --> 01:34:30,092
Not what I was expecting
at all.
2121
01:34:30,127 --> 01:34:31,192
I'm sure.
2122
01:34:31,227 --> 01:34:32,424
I can't imagine any of this lot
2123
01:34:32,459 --> 01:34:35,427
on a picket line
or a demonstration.
2124
01:34:37,233 --> 01:34:40,773
New Labour. Modernization.
2125
01:34:40,808 --> 01:34:42,368
Can you understand
why some people might think
2126
01:34:42,403 --> 01:34:44,205
that this is a publicity stunt?
2127
01:34:44,240 --> 01:34:45,844
Some sort of hype?
2128
01:34:45,879 --> 01:34:47,879
Creation Records
doesn't need any hype.
2129
01:34:47,914 --> 01:34:50,409
We look after the biggest band
on the planet.
2130
01:34:50,444 --> 01:34:52,444
Alastair is going
to want to talk to you
2131
01:34:52,479 --> 01:34:54,886
about the campaign song.
2132
01:34:54,921 --> 01:34:57,020
We're expecting great things.
2133
01:34:57,055 --> 01:34:58,758
FEMALE REPORTER: Does this mean
that you might possibly stand
2134
01:34:58,793 --> 01:35:00,023
for election yourself one day?
2135
01:35:00,058 --> 01:35:01,255
-Me?!
-I think Alan...
2136
01:35:01,290 --> 01:35:03,092
Are you taking the fucking piss?
2137
01:35:03,127 --> 01:35:04,830
[ Laughter ]
2138
01:35:04,865 --> 01:35:06,359
That's all the questions
we're gonna answer right now.
2139
01:35:06,394 --> 01:35:10,836
-Alan's a very busy man.
-[ Reporters clamoring ]
2140
01:35:10,871 --> 01:35:13,773
I genuinely believed
in Tony Blair.
2141
01:35:13,808 --> 01:35:16,039
He was a man that wanted
to progress the party
2142
01:35:16,074 --> 01:35:18,041
without scaring away
the working classes.
2143
01:35:18,076 --> 01:35:20,340
D:REAM: ♪ In a different life ♪
2144
01:35:20,375 --> 01:35:22,342
♪ In a different light
than I did before ♪
2145
01:35:22,377 --> 01:35:24,883
♪ And I've found the cause ♪
2146
01:35:24,918 --> 01:35:26,247
That's the campaign song
he chose.
2147
01:35:26,282 --> 01:35:27,952
Mmm-hmm.
2148
01:35:27,987 --> 01:35:30,020
It's house music for people
who hate house music.
2149
01:35:30,055 --> 01:35:32,385
Well, somebody in Peter's team
2150
01:35:32,420 --> 01:35:35,993
suggested that maybe Oasis
could do a cover of it
2151
01:35:36,028 --> 01:35:37,390
for the campaign theme.
2152
01:35:37,425 --> 01:35:39,326
D:REAM: ♪ Things can
only get better ♪
2153
01:35:39,361 --> 01:35:41,394
Let's face it, that's shite.
2154
01:35:41,429 --> 01:35:45,838
D:REAM: ♪ Can only
get better now ♪
2155
01:35:45,873 --> 01:35:49,435
♪ Can only get better ♪
2156
01:35:50,812 --> 01:35:52,944
Under a Labour government,
2157
01:35:52,979 --> 01:35:56,046
things can only get better.
2158
01:35:56,081 --> 01:36:00,545
D:REAM: ♪ Things can
only get better ♪
2159
01:36:00,580 --> 01:36:04,318
♪ Can only get better ♪
2160
01:36:04,353 --> 01:36:08,421
♪ Now I found you ♪
2161
01:36:08,456 --> 01:36:10,324
♪ Things can only get,
can only get ♪
2162
01:36:10,359 --> 01:36:13,195
ALAN: We helped them win.
2163
01:36:13,230 --> 01:36:14,999
We were invited to the podium.
2164
01:36:15,034 --> 01:36:17,100
Everybody saw us on TV.
2165
01:36:17,135 --> 01:36:19,938
It was all part of the circus.
2166
01:36:22,206 --> 01:36:24,437
But then came the invite
2167
01:36:24,472 --> 01:36:26,109
to Chequers.
2168
01:36:26,144 --> 01:36:27,880
The very private
country residence
2169
01:36:27,915 --> 01:36:29,948
of the incumbent prime minister.
2170
01:36:29,983 --> 01:36:31,950
Hello, hello.
2171
01:36:31,985 --> 01:36:35,382
ALAN: To walk in the footsteps
of leaders and kings,
2172
01:36:35,417 --> 01:36:38,121
like Churchill,
Eisenhower, Gorbachev.
2173
01:36:38,156 --> 01:36:40,222
Did you know Tony used
to be in a band?
2174
01:36:40,257 --> 01:36:41,894
Yes, I heard about that.
2175
01:36:41,929 --> 01:36:45,260
Great thinkers and world leaders
discussed means of peace
2176
01:36:45,295 --> 01:36:48,560
and laws
for the betterment of mankind.
2177
01:36:48,595 --> 01:36:52,839
Now, Kate, come and let me
show you around our little pad.
2178
01:36:52,874 --> 01:36:55,567
You'll love it.
See you boys later.
2179
01:36:55,602 --> 01:36:57,305
ALAN: A wee ginger tool
from Glasgow...
2180
01:36:57,340 --> 01:36:58,878
What a place you've got here,
Tony.
2181
01:36:58,913 --> 01:37:00,506
Oh, it's a bit ostentatious
for my taste,
2182
01:37:00,541 --> 01:37:01,914
but, yes, I suppose
it is magnificent.
2183
01:37:01,949 --> 01:37:03,278
ALAN: ...in the court of kings.
2184
01:37:03,313 --> 01:37:05,115
We need to get started
on this new deal
2185
01:37:05,150 --> 01:37:08,052
for unemployed musicians
as soon as possible, please.
2186
01:37:08,087 --> 01:37:10,384
Right, yes, uh...
Chris Smith's your man.
2187
01:37:10,419 --> 01:37:12,122
-He's not here.
-JIMMY: Now then. Now then!
2188
01:37:12,157 --> 01:37:15,026
-[ Chuckles ]
-TONY: Sir Jimmy.
2189
01:37:15,061 --> 01:37:16,962
Anthony, Anthony,
Anthony, my dear boy.
2190
01:37:16,997 --> 01:37:20,933
-TONY: Ah!
-JIMMY: Oh!
2191
01:37:20,968 --> 01:37:22,528
TONY: Oh, have you
met Alan McGee?
2192
01:37:22,563 --> 01:37:24,530
JIMMY: I do not believe
he has had the pleasure.
2193
01:37:24,565 --> 01:37:26,972
ALAN: Jimmy Savile.
2194
01:37:27,007 --> 01:37:28,303
Alright?
2195
01:37:28,338 --> 01:37:31,944
JIMMY: Um, Mr. Brit-pop,
I presume.
2196
01:37:31,979 --> 01:37:34,111
ALAN: Everyone in music knew.
Malcolm told me.
2197
01:37:34,146 --> 01:37:36,311
Johnny Rotten even said it
on the BBC in the '70s.
2198
01:37:36,346 --> 01:37:38,181
JIMMY: Sir James...
2199
01:37:38,216 --> 01:37:40,315
ALAN: It's hard to believe
all these royals
2200
01:37:40,350 --> 01:37:42,185
and politicians didn't know.
2201
01:37:42,220 --> 01:37:44,253
-[ Laughing ]
-Excuse me.
2202
01:37:44,288 --> 01:37:46,420
JIMMY: Eh? Oh, yes.
The little girl's room
2203
01:37:46,455 --> 01:37:48,323
is just across the hall,
young lady.
2204
01:37:48,358 --> 01:37:50,028
You'll get used
to the lie of the land,
2205
01:37:50,063 --> 01:37:52,162
over the course of the weekend.
2206
01:37:52,197 --> 01:37:55,264
CHERIE: Tony's band was
called Ugly Rumour.
2207
01:37:55,299 --> 01:37:57,596
TONY BLAIR: That's right.
2208
01:37:57,631 --> 01:37:59,433
ALAN: Jimmy Savile,
2209
01:37:59,468 --> 01:38:02,975
one of the most prolific
child rapists in history.
2210
01:38:03,010 --> 01:38:05,010
Did you see the way
Blair was sucking up to him?
2211
01:38:05,045 --> 01:38:06,979
Oh, he makes my skin crawl.
2212
01:38:07,014 --> 01:38:09,641
You don't understand,
that beast is the sickest cunt
2213
01:38:09,676 --> 01:38:12,182
in show business.
2214
01:38:12,217 --> 01:38:14,481
What have we done?
2215
01:38:16,958 --> 01:38:18,650
Try the chamomile tea.
It's out of this world.
2216
01:38:18,685 --> 01:38:22,291
See, this decade,
it started with a bang,
2217
01:38:22,326 --> 01:38:26,064
and ended with an explosion.
2218
01:38:26,099 --> 01:38:27,494
What we wrestled
out of the hands
2219
01:38:27,529 --> 01:38:30,332
of the dullest cunts on earth...
2220
01:38:30,367 --> 01:38:33,500
got taken back, and they
weren't losing it again.
2221
01:38:35,405 --> 01:38:40,111
Corporate disguised itself
as hipster,
2222
01:38:40,146 --> 01:38:42,080
and indie...
2223
01:38:42,115 --> 01:38:44,951
just disappeared.
2224
01:38:44,986 --> 01:38:47,316
They were gonna do
whatever they wanted,
2225
01:38:47,351 --> 01:38:50,253
no matter what
the people thought.
2226
01:38:50,288 --> 01:38:52,123
GEMMA: My next guest
on the couch
2227
01:38:52,158 --> 01:38:54,686
is music industry
guru, kingpin,
2228
01:38:54,721 --> 01:38:57,128
and former head
of Creation Records,
2229
01:38:57,163 --> 01:38:59,295
who brought us the likes
of Primal Scream,
2230
01:38:59,330 --> 01:39:02,661
Jesus and Mary Chain,
and, of course, Oasis.
2231
01:39:02,696 --> 01:39:06,467
He's political,
occasionally controversial,
2232
01:39:06,502 --> 01:39:08,733
and he's a great friend.
2233
01:39:08,768 --> 01:39:12,275
He is, of course,
Mr. Alan McGee.
2234
01:39:12,310 --> 01:39:14,013
PRODUCER: And roll VT.
2235
01:39:14,048 --> 01:39:15,608
ALAN: Beaming lights.
2236
01:39:15,643 --> 01:39:17,984
PRESENTER: Alan McGee,
the man with a masterplan,
2237
01:39:18,019 --> 01:39:20,415
whose Creation Records
went supersonic
2238
01:39:20,450 --> 01:39:23,154
by taking him
from Brit Rail employee
2239
01:39:23,189 --> 01:39:24,991
to Britpop president.
2240
01:39:25,026 --> 01:39:26,685
But some might say he went
2241
01:39:26,720 --> 01:39:29,028
from rolling with it
to rolling in it,
2242
01:39:29,063 --> 01:39:32,295
by selling his shares
little by little to Sony
2243
01:39:32,330 --> 01:39:33,659
before collapsing the label.
2244
01:39:33,694 --> 01:39:35,199
-Did he slide away?
-Whoa.
2245
01:39:35,234 --> 01:39:37,201
Wait a minute, whoa.
Is this a stitch-up?
2246
01:39:37,236 --> 01:39:38,631
PRESENTER: Leaving the bands
2247
01:39:38,666 --> 01:39:40,369
all around the world
without contracts.
2248
01:39:40,404 --> 01:39:41,667
-No.
-What is your first question?
2249
01:39:41,702 --> 01:39:43,570
PRESENTER: One thing's for sure.
2250
01:39:43,605 --> 01:39:47,046
Creation Records didn't live
forever, know what I mean?
2251
01:39:47,081 --> 01:39:49,279
Stop that racket.
2252
01:39:49,314 --> 01:39:52,183
You can edit it in afterwards.
What's your first question?
2253
01:39:52,218 --> 01:39:55,450
Uh, what happened with Creation?
2254
01:39:55,485 --> 01:39:57,419
Why did you shut it down?
2255
01:40:01,524 --> 01:40:04,558
It was mine.
I made it.
2256
01:40:04,593 --> 01:40:06,395
I folded it.
No one got hurt.
2257
01:40:06,430 --> 01:40:09,068
Most of the bands got
re-signed to Sony.
2258
01:40:09,103 --> 01:40:10,762
We didn't need Creation anymore.
2259
01:40:10,797 --> 01:40:13,402
Yeah, but why kill it?
2260
01:40:13,437 --> 01:40:16,207
-It doesn't make any sense.
-Why not?
2261
01:40:16,242 --> 01:40:19,474
Look, I built the biggest
independent record company
2262
01:40:19,509 --> 01:40:21,344
out of nothing.
2263
01:40:21,379 --> 01:40:24,512
I discovered and signed
the world's biggest act
2264
01:40:24,547 --> 01:40:27,383
and reignited a record industry
I was told was dying.
2265
01:40:27,418 --> 01:40:32,058
CD sales went up 800%
between '89 and '99
2266
01:40:32,093 --> 01:40:34,060
with me on the charts,
and overseas sales
2267
01:40:34,095 --> 01:40:35,622
made the UK more money
than the motor industry.
2268
01:40:35,657 --> 01:40:38,724
My bands did that,
and everyone else,
2269
01:40:38,759 --> 01:40:42,200
Pulp, Blur,
Radiohead, benefited.
2270
01:40:42,235 --> 01:40:46,402
I got a whole country
into E's and dance music.
2271
01:40:46,437 --> 01:40:49,174
And then I got them into coke
and rock and roll.
2272
01:40:49,209 --> 01:40:51,473
And once I'd done that,
I got political,
2273
01:40:51,508 --> 01:40:53,541
and went and put some
of the biggest cunts
2274
01:40:53,576 --> 01:40:55,510
on God's green earth
into government.
2275
01:40:55,545 --> 01:40:58,249
-Mandy Mandelson, what a tool.
-[ Whispers ] He said cunt.
2276
01:40:58,284 --> 01:41:01,417
Tony Blair, they made out
they cared about social justice,
2277
01:41:01,452 --> 01:41:04,090
when all they cared about
was keeping hold of power
2278
01:41:04,125 --> 01:41:06,488
and lining their own pockets.
2279
01:41:06,523 --> 01:41:08,787
Who got them to make a new deal
for the musicians?
2280
01:41:08,822 --> 01:41:11,724
I did, despite
George Martin's objections.
2281
01:41:11,759 --> 01:41:14,397
That's government policy.
I changed that.
2282
01:41:14,432 --> 01:41:17,136
Anyway, Blair had me
ex-communicated,
2283
01:41:17,171 --> 01:41:19,831
because I tried to
turn Malcolm McLaren
2284
01:41:19,866 --> 01:41:21,338
into Mayor of London.
2285
01:41:21,373 --> 01:41:23,208
Ex-communicated!
2286
01:41:23,243 --> 01:41:24,737
Who does he think he is,
the bastard Pope?
2287
01:41:24,772 --> 01:41:26,541
See, you give them
a little bit of power,
2288
01:41:26,576 --> 01:41:28,774
they lose all touch
with reality.
2289
01:41:28,809 --> 01:41:30,677
Christ, look at me!
2290
01:41:30,712 --> 01:41:34,549
I lost it when I got a bit
of power running a record label.
2291
01:41:36,586 --> 01:41:40,225
I know how those fuckers think.
2292
01:41:40,260 --> 01:41:42,359
Look, Gemma.
2293
01:41:44,528 --> 01:41:46,726
There is...
2294
01:41:46,761 --> 01:41:51,401
magic in this world.
2295
01:41:51,436 --> 01:41:52,600
OASIS: ♪ Hold up ♪
2296
01:41:52,635 --> 01:41:54,668
Some people
2297
01:41:54,703 --> 01:41:57,770
are alchemists.
2298
01:41:57,805 --> 01:41:58,870
OASIS: ♪ Hold up ♪
2299
01:41:58,905 --> 01:42:00,608
It chooses you.
2300
01:42:00,643 --> 01:42:03,875
You become able to make things
happen because of it.
2301
01:42:03,910 --> 01:42:06,548
Able to manifest destiny.
2302
01:42:06,583 --> 01:42:09,650
OASIS: ♪ Don't be scared ♪
2303
01:42:09,685 --> 01:42:11,421
♪ You'll never change ♪
2304
01:42:11,456 --> 01:42:13,225
You see,
if I'd fallen off of that ladder
2305
01:42:13,260 --> 01:42:14,886
when I was a kid,
2306
01:42:14,921 --> 01:42:17,922
this world wouldn't be the same.
2307
01:42:17,957 --> 01:42:21,299
Everyone I touched,
2308
01:42:21,334 --> 01:42:23,532
everyone I worked with...
2309
01:42:23,567 --> 01:42:25,600
OASIS: ♪ Shine on ♪
2310
01:42:25,635 --> 01:42:27,503
...gone on, been a success.
2311
01:42:27,538 --> 01:42:29,571
♪ Shine on ♪
2312
01:42:29,606 --> 01:42:30,605
Even you, Gem.
2313
01:42:30,640 --> 01:42:32,343
♪ Don't be scared ♪
2314
01:42:32,378 --> 01:42:33,872
Made millions.
2315
01:42:33,907 --> 01:42:35,181
OASIS: ♪ Don't be scared ♪
2316
01:42:35,216 --> 01:42:36,710
It's a Midas touch.
2317
01:42:36,745 --> 01:42:40,186
Excuse me if I'm...
2318
01:42:40,221 --> 01:42:43,519
wary of what I apply
my skills to next.
2319
01:42:55,500 --> 01:42:56,895
That's a lot to take on board
2320
01:42:56,930 --> 01:42:59,568
for someone that hasn't
been in your shoes.
2321
01:43:01,770 --> 01:43:03,770
But why don't you try
and change the way
2322
01:43:03,805 --> 01:43:05,508
that you fit
into your environment,
2323
01:43:05,543 --> 01:43:09,380
rather than try and change
your environment?
2324
01:43:11,681 --> 01:43:14,385
I mean, friends, family.
2325
01:43:14,420 --> 01:43:16,321
Build a bridge.
2326
01:43:16,356 --> 01:43:19,654
Don't try and change
the course of the river.
2327
01:43:23,693 --> 01:43:24,725
Hmm.
2328
01:43:24,760 --> 01:43:27,233
[ Scoffs ]
2329
01:43:27,268 --> 01:43:30,335
Yeah, you're right.
2330
01:43:30,370 --> 01:43:32,964
Listen, everybody.
Sorry about that.
2331
01:43:32,999 --> 01:43:35,241
[ Scoffs ] I'm a tool.
2332
01:43:35,276 --> 01:43:38,706
Scrap that shite.
Let's --
2333
01:43:38,741 --> 01:43:40,906
Let's go again
from the beginning.
2334
01:43:40,941 --> 01:43:42,611
-Huh?
-GEMMA: Really?
2335
01:43:42,646 --> 01:43:44,481
Roll VT.
Did I say that right?
2336
01:43:44,516 --> 01:43:46,780
-PRODUCER: Roll VT.
-Alright.
2337
01:43:46,815 --> 01:43:52,489
My guest on the couch is
music industry guru, kingpin,
2338
01:43:52,524 --> 01:43:54,557
and former head
of Creation Records...
2339
01:43:54,592 --> 01:43:56,625
ALAN: See, I don't
really believe
2340
01:43:56,660 --> 01:43:59,925
it's about bridges or rivers.
2341
01:43:59,960 --> 01:44:01,960
It took me a long time
to realize.
2342
01:44:01,995 --> 01:44:04,402
I see that thing
you push against...
2343
01:44:04,437 --> 01:44:06,338
Dad!
2344
01:44:06,373 --> 01:44:07,537
Dad! Dad!
2345
01:44:07,572 --> 01:44:09,275
...that's the same thing
2346
01:44:09,310 --> 01:44:12,003
that's pushing you forward.
2347
01:44:12,038 --> 01:44:15,578
And it can sometimes be the wall
2348
01:44:15,613 --> 01:44:17,481
that's propping you up.
2349
01:44:17,516 --> 01:44:19,912
[ Singing off-key ]
♪ There are many things that ♪
2350
01:44:19,947 --> 01:44:22,915
♪ I would like to say to you ♪
2351
01:44:22,950 --> 01:44:25,687
♪ But I don't know how ♪
2352
01:44:25,722 --> 01:44:27,590
[ Oasis' "Wonderwall" plays ]
2353
01:44:27,625 --> 01:44:31,726
OASIS: ♪ I said maybe ♪
2354
01:44:31,761 --> 01:44:37,061
♪ You're gonna be the one
that saves me ♪
2355
01:44:37,096 --> 01:44:42,066
♪ And after all ♪
2356
01:44:42,101 --> 01:44:49,513
♪ You're my wonderwall ♪
2357
01:44:49,548 --> 01:44:53,319
♪ I said maybe ♪
2358
01:44:53,354 --> 01:44:54,551
♪ You're gonna be the one
that saves me ♪
2359
01:44:54,586 --> 01:44:55,915
ALAN: So be a punk,
2360
01:44:55,950 --> 01:44:58,720
be a poet, be political,
2361
01:44:58,755 --> 01:45:01,459
be posh, be proud,
2362
01:45:01,494 --> 01:45:03,857
or be poor.
2363
01:45:03,892 --> 01:45:06,365
But be a rebel always.
2364
01:45:06,400 --> 01:45:08,928
OASIS: ♪ You're my wonderwall ♪
2365
01:45:08,963 --> 01:45:12,030
ALAN: 'Cause there's always
something to rebel for.
2366
01:45:12,065 --> 01:45:15,836
OASIS: ♪ I said maybe ♪
2367
01:45:15,871 --> 01:45:21,380
♪ You're gonna be the one
that saves me ♪
2368
01:45:21,415 --> 01:45:24,482
♪ You're gonna be the one
that saves me ♪
2369
01:45:24,517 --> 01:45:26,550
♪ You're gonna be the one ♪
2370
01:45:26,585 --> 01:45:28,618
ALAN: Thank you, Glasgow.
Goodnight.
2371
01:45:28,653 --> 01:45:32,820
♪ You're gonna be the one
that saves me ♪
2372
01:45:49,036 --> 01:45:51,069
[ Glasvegas' "Shake The Cage
(fur Theo)" plays ]
2373
01:45:51,104 --> 01:45:52,807
♪ Start ♪
2374
01:45:52,842 --> 01:45:54,006
♪ Breathe ♪
2375
01:45:54,041 --> 01:45:55,480
♪ Hatch ♪
2376
01:45:55,515 --> 01:45:56,679
♪ Begin ♪
2377
01:45:56,714 --> 01:45:58,582
♪ See ♪
2378
01:45:58,617 --> 01:46:00,144
♪ Dream ♪
2379
01:46:00,179 --> 01:46:02,047
♪ Come ♪
2380
01:46:02,082 --> 01:46:03,015
♪ Go ♪
2381
01:46:03,050 --> 01:46:04,654
♪ Appear ♪
2382
01:46:04,689 --> 01:46:05,985
♪ Disappear ♪
2383
01:46:06,020 --> 01:46:07,723
♪ Reappear ♪
2384
01:46:07,758 --> 01:46:09,395
♪ Remember the future ♪
2385
01:46:09,430 --> 01:46:10,759
♪ Predict the present ♪
2386
01:46:10,794 --> 01:46:12,156
♪ Guess, win ♪
2387
01:46:12,191 --> 01:46:13,762
♪ Guess, lose ♪
2388
01:46:13,797 --> 01:46:15,467
♪ Guess more ♪
2389
01:46:15,502 --> 01:46:16,864
♪ Guess lest ♪
2390
01:46:16,899 --> 01:46:18,602
♪ Rev, rev, rev, say yes ♪
2391
01:46:18,637 --> 01:46:19,966
♪ Observe ♪
2392
01:46:20,001 --> 01:46:21,605
♪ Understand ♪
2393
01:46:21,640 --> 01:46:23,035
♪ Look ♪
2394
01:46:23,070 --> 01:46:24,575
♪ Look ♪
2395
01:46:24,610 --> 01:46:26,071
♪ Lock, snap ♪
2396
01:46:26,106 --> 01:46:27,776
♪ Hang photographs ♪
2397
01:46:27,811 --> 01:46:29,173
♪ Crawl ♪
2398
01:46:29,208 --> 01:46:31,010
♪ Crawl ♪
2399
01:46:31,045 --> 01:46:32,583
♪ Crawl ♪
2400
01:46:32,618 --> 01:46:33,881
♪ Rise ♪
2401
01:46:33,916 --> 01:46:35,146
♪ Cry ♪
2402
01:46:35,181 --> 01:46:36,851
♪ Stand ♪
2403
01:46:36,886 --> 01:46:38,589
♪ Step ♪
2404
01:46:38,624 --> 01:46:40,118
♪ Step-fall ♪
2405
01:46:40,153 --> 01:46:41,724
♪ Cry ♪
2406
01:46:41,759 --> 01:46:43,088
♪ Laugh ♪
2407
01:46:43,123 --> 01:46:44,661
♪ Cry with laughter ♪
2408
01:46:44,696 --> 01:46:46,190
♪ Stand alone ♪
2409
01:46:46,225 --> 01:46:47,598
♪ Run ♪
2410
01:46:47,633 --> 01:46:49,534
♪ Speed ♪
2411
01:46:49,569 --> 01:46:50,898
♪ Race ♪
2412
01:46:50,933 --> 01:46:52,570
♪ Fall ♪
2413
01:46:52,605 --> 01:46:54,033
♪ Forget ♪
2414
01:46:54,068 --> 01:46:55,639
♪ Bleed ♪
2415
01:46:55,674 --> 01:46:57,102
♪ Read ♪
2416
01:46:57,137 --> 01:46:58,774
♪ Heal ♪
2417
01:46:58,809 --> 01:47:00,138
♪ Need ♪
2418
01:47:00,173 --> 01:47:01,876
♪ Imagine ♪
2419
01:47:01,911 --> 01:47:03,515
♪ Help ♪
2420
01:47:03,550 --> 01:47:07,486
♪ Wear trousers under a skirt ♪
2421
01:47:07,521 --> 01:47:09,015
♪ Travel ♪
2422
01:47:09,050 --> 01:47:10,753
♪ Unravel ♪
2423
01:47:10,788 --> 01:47:12,755
♪ Eclipse your world ♪
2424
01:47:12,790 --> 01:47:14,493
♪ Collect ♪
2425
01:47:14,528 --> 01:47:15,857
♪ Reflect ♪
2426
01:47:15,892 --> 01:47:17,529
♪ Expect ♪
2427
01:47:17,564 --> 01:47:18,893
♪ Release ♪
2428
01:47:18,928 --> 01:47:20,598
♪ Disconnect ♪
2429
01:47:20,633 --> 01:47:22,127
♪ Perfect ♪
2430
01:47:22,162 --> 01:47:23,601
♪ Play ♪
2431
01:47:23,636 --> 01:47:25,130
♪ Speak ♪
2432
01:47:25,165 --> 01:47:26,736
♪ Sting ♪
2433
01:47:26,771 --> 01:47:28,166
♪ Bleed ♪
2434
01:47:28,201 --> 01:47:29,640
♪ Tear ♪
2435
01:47:29,675 --> 01:47:31,235
♪ Smash ♪
2436
01:47:31,270 --> 01:47:32,742
♪ Break ♪
2437
01:47:32,777 --> 01:47:34,546
♪ Admire ♪
2438
01:47:34,581 --> 01:47:36,042
♪ Regret ♪
2439
01:47:36,077 --> 01:47:37,648
♪ Romanticize ♪
2440
01:47:37,683 --> 01:47:39,045
♪ Criticize ♪
2441
01:47:39,080 --> 01:47:40,684
♪ Fantasize ♪
2442
01:47:40,719 --> 01:47:42,246
♪ Crucify ♪
2443
01:47:42,281 --> 01:47:43,852
♪ Watch time fly by ♪
2444
01:47:43,887 --> 01:47:45,051
♪ Wonder why ♪
2445
01:47:45,086 --> 01:47:46,789
♪ Hardly try ♪
2446
01:47:46,824 --> 01:47:48,494
♪ Propel high ♪
2447
01:47:48,529 --> 01:47:49,858
♪ Tighten ♪
2448
01:47:49,893 --> 01:47:51,530
♪ Enlighten ♪
2449
01:47:51,565 --> 01:47:53,191
♪ Feel threatened ♪
2450
01:47:53,226 --> 01:47:54,764
♪ Dance ♪
2451
01:47:54,799 --> 01:47:57,701
♪ Doubt ♪
2452
01:47:57,736 --> 01:47:59,230
♪ Dance ♪
2453
01:47:59,265 --> 01:48:00,803
♪ Enchant ♪
2454
01:48:00,838 --> 01:48:02,508
♪ Spread love ♪
2455
01:48:02,543 --> 01:48:03,872
♪ Speak above ♪
2456
01:48:03,907 --> 01:48:05,511
♪ Stand on a wave ♪
2457
01:48:05,546 --> 01:48:07,579
♪ Calculate quantum mechanics ♪
2458
01:48:07,614 --> 01:48:08,745
♪ Surf ♪
2459
01:48:08,780 --> 01:48:10,549
♪ Dance ♪
2460
01:48:10,584 --> 01:48:11,781
♪ Believe in trance ♪
2461
01:48:11,816 --> 01:48:13,244
♪ Escape ♪
2462
01:48:13,279 --> 01:48:15,015
♪ Make love ♪
2463
01:48:15,050 --> 01:48:16,522
♪ Not war ♪
2464
01:48:16,557 --> 01:48:17,952
♪ Stand up for ♪
2465
01:48:17,987 --> 01:48:19,558
♪ Fly a kite ♪
2466
01:48:19,593 --> 01:48:21,087
♪ And speak the light ♪
2467
01:48:21,122 --> 01:48:22,726
♪ Hold on tight ♪
2468
01:48:22,761 --> 01:48:24,057
♪ Never give up the fight ♪
2469
01:48:24,092 --> 01:48:25,729
♪ Trip ♪
2470
01:48:25,764 --> 01:48:27,093
♪ Be inappropriate ♪
2471
01:48:27,128 --> 01:48:28,831
♪ Stay there ♪
2472
01:48:28,866 --> 01:48:30,261
♪ Transmit ♪
2473
01:48:30,296 --> 01:48:31,834
♪ Commit ♪
2474
01:48:31,869 --> 01:48:33,297
♪ Be fully wrong ♪
2475
01:48:33,332 --> 01:48:34,870
♪ Rise ♪
2476
01:48:34,905 --> 01:48:36,641
♪ Brave ♪
2477
01:48:36,676 --> 01:48:38,038
♪ Keep the faith ♪
2478
01:48:38,073 --> 01:48:39,776
♪ Explain ♪
2479
01:48:39,811 --> 01:48:41,107
♪ Remain the same ♪
2480
01:48:41,142 --> 01:48:42,779
♪ Evolve again ♪
2481
01:48:42,814 --> 01:48:44,176
♪ Philosophize ♪
2482
01:48:44,211 --> 01:48:45,947
♪ Surprise ♪
2483
01:48:45,982 --> 01:48:47,311
♪ Teach me how ♪
2484
01:48:47,346 --> 01:48:48,917
♪ Roll dice ♪
2485
01:48:48,952 --> 01:48:50,556
♪ Radiate ♪
2486
01:48:50,591 --> 01:48:51,953
♪ Investigate ♪
2487
01:48:51,988 --> 01:48:56,089
♪ Single-handedly move
God's airwaves ♪
2488
01:48:56,124 --> 01:48:57,662
♪ Help hurt ♪
2489
01:48:57,697 --> 01:48:59,290
♪ Help help ♪
2490
01:48:59,325 --> 01:49:00,863
♪ Help hate ♪
2491
01:49:00,898 --> 01:49:02,326
♪ Her love ♪
2492
01:49:02,361 --> 01:49:03,899
♪ Help hurt ♪
2493
01:49:03,934 --> 01:49:05,604
♪ Disturb ♪
2494
01:49:05,639 --> 01:49:06,968
♪ Operate ♪
2495
01:49:07,003 --> 01:49:08,673
♪ Don't do ♪
2496
01:49:08,708 --> 01:49:10,202
♪ Do ♪
2497
01:49:10,237 --> 01:49:11,742
♪ Don't ♪
2498
01:49:11,777 --> 01:49:13,271
♪ Accept ♪
2499
01:49:13,306 --> 01:49:14,976
♪ Struggle ♪
2500
01:49:15,011 --> 01:49:16,307
♪ Produce ♪
2501
01:49:16,342 --> 01:49:18,045
♪ Experiment ♪
2502
01:49:18,080 --> 01:49:19,310
♪ Break on through ♪
2503
01:49:19,345 --> 01:49:20,850
♪ Alter ♪
2504
01:49:20,885 --> 01:49:22,918
♪ Give-get-get ♪
2505
01:49:22,953 --> 01:49:26,251
♪ Offer ♪
2506
01:49:31,093 --> 01:49:36,294
[ Music fades ]