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The next guest on the couch 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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'Drowning in money.
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Don't need to be a shrink
to work that one out.
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The wee ginger cunt from Glasgow
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.
Since you're watching this film.'
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Good afternoon, ladies and
gentlemen. This is your Captain.
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We are about to start our descent
into Los Angeles LAX airport
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where the local time is 2:34pm.
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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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'Glasgow wasn't all bad.
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We lived in a decent house.
I had two sisters, 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. What a tool.'
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Thank you, Glasgow! Good night!
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Jesus Christ, 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 are you poncing about
like one? You're a bloody disgrace.
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I'm pissing about, Dad.
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You should be on the street with
your football. Wash that shite off.
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You should be on the street
playing football, ya wee cunt!
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'It's a cliche, but I never felt
I fitted in with my family.'
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But your mates don't spend it
on make-up
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and posters of men
dressed as tarts.
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'I loved my ma and my sisters.'
- You're not a kid.
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'But Dad 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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'And Grandma just hated me.'
- You wee ginger bastard.
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'I had two obsessions back then.
Same as now. Music and money.'
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Advertiser!
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Do you want an Advertiser, sir?
Put your money in the box.
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There you go, thank you.
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Oh, wee man,
are you into your music?
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Yeah. You like T-Rex?
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Aye. So what?
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Nothing. They're fucking cool.
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Do you like Thin Lizzy?
- 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.
- You mean in the Barras, aye?
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Bobby.
- Rebel, Rebel. Fucking ace, man.
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Go get the other copy, Bobby.
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, but they cost 15p.
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Now if I turn up
an hour early though,
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five instead of six,
there's no-one around.
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So, I take a load of extras,
sell them on top.
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They don't count 'em? No.
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Guess how much I made last week?
- Don't know.
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Guess.
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A fiver.
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Twenty.
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I'm gonna be a millionaire
one day.
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What, selling fucking papers?
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Fuck off, Bobby, I'm just a rebel.
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Rebel!
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'Dad was a talentless bastard,
but he had one skill.
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He could smell money,
like a pig with truffles.'
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I earned it.
- He's not lying, Dad.
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Mum, I earned it. I swear I did.
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I just sell a few extras I take.
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You mean steal.
- Dad, I actually increased circulation.
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It's OK to steal from the people
paying your wages.
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He's doing them a favour!
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Dad, it's not fucking stealing.
- No, no!
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Don't you dare! You think you're clever,
Alan, but you're not clever.
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You know nothing.
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Oh, John. John!
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Darling, let me see you.
Oh, you're bleeding.
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Jesus.
- 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.
- All right. Well, then, you take him, Laura.
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And if anyone asks, AI,
you fell when you were out.
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OK?
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That's my good boy.
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'It was shameful if Social Services
paid you a visit back then.
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Like most families,
we sorted out our own mess.'
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Hear the band the whole world
is talking about - Oasis -
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live at the Hollywood Bowl,
only on KPWR.
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Mate, slow down a minute. Mate.
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Wow, that gig is sold out.
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These guys, they are
like the new Beatles.
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'In 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
and do all the things he did.
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But I didn't have any talent,
which limited my options some.'
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OK, 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, all right?
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Good boy.
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'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!
- '..as an initiation.'
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Fucking bastards.
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Fucking -
- You dirty wee ginger bastard!
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I'm not...! Oh, no! I can explain!
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'People talk about telly
in reference to history.
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The news about Kennedy or the Moon
landing. 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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A group called the Sex Pistols.
- 'And that changed everything.'
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They are punk rockers.
A new craze, they tell me.
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What a fucking rotter.
You dirty fucker.
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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
of people so dull?
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I'll say nothing else about him.
We'll be back tomorrow.
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I hope I'll not see you again.
From me, good night.
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'Now there were new rules.
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There were no rules.
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I didn't need talent, I just needed
a guitar and some mates.'
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I'm Andrew Innes on lead guitar.
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And on the bass guitar, the wee
ginger bastard himself, Alan McGee.
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What's this, son? Is this
this new punk rock thing?
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Aye.
- What's the name of this outfit?
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The Drains.
- The Drains.
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I don't want you blocking the drains,
Bobby. Keep it down.
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Aye. See you, Dad.
- The fucking Drains, eh?
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Your dad's cool, Bobby.
What's that thing he was wearing?
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Oh, he's into his politics.
He'll run for Parliament one day.
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Aye, he's a socialist.
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My dad talks about socialists,
fucking hates 'em.
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What's your old man into?
- Just boring stuff.
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What's all this Grandma Barr
tells us? Painting your pubes.
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No, Dad, that was...
- What's gotten into you?
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This is that punk rock shite
they've been talking about.
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This is a decent house... Hey!
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If I so much as hear you
mention those sexy pistols,
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you'll wish you were never born.
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Now get that shit off.
You look ridiculous!
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And what have we got up here?
Lena Zavaroni, fucking Bay City Rollers.
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Alan, let's go to London.
Let's just fucking go.
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My dad'll never let me go to London, Innes.
- You're nearly 18.
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Do you know what punk means?
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It's American slang for
homosexuals in prison.
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Have you ever even been to London?
Do you know anyone there?
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I can be whatever
I wanna be in London.
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Your dad'll skin me alive,
you daft cunt.
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Fucking do you for kidnapping.
And you for kiddie fiddling, Alan!
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Join us when you've got some pubes,
hey, Bob.
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We've only just started
going out with each other.
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You're a ginger prick, Alan!
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You've got a chance to become
a qualified electrician.
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You cannae just leave.
- Innes, it's in here, man.
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Can you hold that for us, pal?
Right, here we go.
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It feels like...
you're running away from me.
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Wanker!
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Fuck off!
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You two, out.
- Fucking hell, right.
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I'll get you in the Freemasons.
We look after one another.
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I'll write to you every day, Yvonne.
- Fucking pen pals.
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No!
- All right.
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Think about the future, son, eh?
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I'm always thinking about the future,
Dad. It's you that's not.
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'Los Angeles, land of
the back-stabbers,
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the vacuous and the soulless.
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They say in London you're never more
than six feet away from a sewer rat.
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Well, in LA, it's the same.
Except here, it's dealers,
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whores, pimps... and fucking agents.'
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S'up, man? How you doing?
- Good to see you, Rich.
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Don't mind if I do, huh?
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You Brits are fucking crazy, man.
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You come to LA, you hang out
in a fucking hotel room.
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That's why you guys are all pale.
- So, we got the...?
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Got the what?
- The gear.
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I'm fucking with you, man.
Got the fucking gear.
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It's strong though, man.
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OK, that shit's like
some new shit that's come in.
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People are going crazy
over that shit.
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That is all there.
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'Forget everything in that last
voice-over. I fucking love LA!'
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Later, bro.
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I've got it, I've got it.
Yeah, I'll call you.
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Cheers, Rich.
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Hey Felipe, yeah.
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Oh, yeah, that's right.
Yeah, Gemma, it's the magazine.
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Yeah, some interview, yeah.
Show them my poolside table.
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I'm taking a couple of smudges.
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Yeah, lovely, love you.
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Oh, this is fucking great.
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Well, what do you think?
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It's a shithole, Innes.
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That may very well be the case,
but it's fucking free.
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Where do we sleep?
- Anywhere you like.
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What the fuck, man?
- It's London. What did you expect?
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I'm a nihilist, man.
There's nothing to it.
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So anyway, I'd left a decent job,
decent home, decent birds.
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To move into some London
shithole with my best mates
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and some random smackheads.
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Thought I got scurvy once.
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Scurvy?
- Yeah, scurvy.
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Can you spell that for me?
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Yeah. S-C-U-R-V-E?
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No, Y. Fucking one of them.
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Scurvy is like a mediaeval disease
that pirates would get
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from not eating properly.
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'We settled down,
despite the squalor.
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By the time we got to London,
punk was over.
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It had left all these various
countercultures in its wake,
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all wanting to be seen and heard.
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We spent our dole money
making a demo.'
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Bobby's learning bass
with Caesar McNulty. Altered Images?
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Aye. Throb's learning guitar.
It's in the demo.
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Just smell that, Alan.
Do you know what it is?
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BO? Fish?
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It's the smell of possibilities.
Laughing Apple.
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Hopeless this morning.
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No.
- Laughing Apple.
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I heard there's jobs going at British Rail.
- British Rail?
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I could go on the London to Glasgow
line, see Yvonne.
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Fuck Yvonne!
- No, no, let's face it.
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One of us needs a job.
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Can't run a venue and promote a band
on £13 a week, can we?
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Laughing Apple. Take one of those!
Greatest band to come out of Scotland!
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Laughing Apple, Laughing Apple.
- Laughing Apple!
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Greatest band to come out of Scotland!
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Fuck off home, you scroungers!
- Cunt!
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'We sorted out our line-up with that
nihilist skaghead flatmate on drums.'
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Are you sure about him?
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I didn't say he could play,
I said he had a kit.
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It'll be fine.
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So, we're the Laughing Apple
and nobody knows why.
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You all right? You good?
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00:19:13,820 --> 00:19:17,448
Yeah.
- Thank you. Cheers.
236
00:19:19,576 --> 00:19:23,872
'So now I had a proper job
that I proper fucking hated.'
237
00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:25,623
Come on, lads and lasses.
238
00:19:25,707 --> 00:19:28,251
'But even though
we weren't selling out gigs,
239
00:19:28,334 --> 00:19:31,713
I was still spending every penny
pressing our records.'
240
00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:33,256
Ah, good.
241
00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:35,717
'Surprisingly...'
- We sold all the other copies.
242
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,051
You have?
243
00:19:37,635 --> 00:19:40,138
Oh, yeah, yeah,
I thought you would.
244
00:19:40,221 --> 00:19:42,599
Do you have any more bands
on your label?
245
00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:43,641
Label?
246
00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:46,519
Get your tickets out! Come on!
247
00:19:46,603 --> 00:19:50,398
This year's Christmas No. 1
is from Renee and Renato,
248
00:19:50,481 --> 00:19:52,775
and here they are with
Save Your Love.
249
00:20:14,964 --> 00:20:17,967
So, how's it working out
in London, eh?
250
00:20:18,885 --> 00:20:20,345
Couldn't be better.
251
00:20:21,179 --> 00:20:23,306
Tell that to your pal Innes.
252
00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:25,808
Had a kidney pack up and moved back.
253
00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:29,103
Drugs, no doubt.
That, and living in a shithole.
254
00:20:31,064 --> 00:20:32,857
'Innes was more into the scene
255
00:20:32,941 --> 00:20:35,026
than just the music,
and he did lose a kidney.'
256
00:20:35,109 --> 00:20:36,277
No, Mam, he's on the mend,
257
00:20:36,361 --> 00:20:37,820
and his dad says he can move back
258
00:20:37,904 --> 00:20:39,656
only if he gets a place
at uni though.
259
00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:42,450
We've got a new guitarist now,
and he's more sensible.
260
00:20:45,620 --> 00:20:49,332
So, you were shooting for the moon,
but you still had a boring job, huh?
261
00:20:49,415 --> 00:20:51,793
Come on, all jobs are boring,
when you think about it.
262
00:20:51,876 --> 00:20:54,754
Even being a millionaire
is bloody monotonous, you know.
263
00:20:54,837 --> 00:20:56,130
As soon as someone makes a million,
264
00:20:56,214 --> 00:20:58,591
all they think about
is making another million.
265
00:20:58,675 --> 00:21:01,678
Well, hence drowning in money.
- I told you that?
266
00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:03,972
Your dream,
your recurring nightmare.
267
00:21:04,055 --> 00:21:06,266
A bit of sandwich would be great.
Thank you.
268
00:21:06,349 --> 00:21:09,936
The Christmas No.11983.
The Flying Pickets.
269
00:21:11,187 --> 00:21:16,025
We've started focusing on promoting
the bands now, managing.
270
00:21:16,109 --> 00:21:19,779
Brian Epstein, eh? Well,
he was a Jessie, you know.
271
00:21:19,862 --> 00:21:22,949
Yvonne, every Christmas
he turns up here with you,
272
00:21:23,032 --> 00:21:25,493
I breathe a sigh of relief.
273
00:21:30,707 --> 00:21:33,668
Yvonne moved down to London.
We got married.
274
00:21:33,751 --> 00:21:36,504
She started working in the office
with me at British Rail.
275
00:21:36,587 --> 00:21:38,381
Tried to be a normal couple but...
276
00:21:39,716 --> 00:21:41,009
We're starting a new club.
277
00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:16,002
Oi!
278
00:22:17,378 --> 00:22:18,713
You Alan McGee?
279
00:22:21,632 --> 00:22:23,509
You owe me 15 quid cab fare.
280
00:22:25,887 --> 00:22:29,015
What? You talking to me?
281
00:22:29,098 --> 00:22:30,600
Where's the PA?
282
00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:34,187
'Every now and then a band comes
along that changes your life.
283
00:22:34,270 --> 00:22:36,856
Television Personalities
changed mine.'
284
00:22:42,070 --> 00:22:43,529
Who the fuck are you?
285
00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:49,077
'Part cabaret.'
- Joe Foster.
286
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,162
'Part chaos.'
- Musician.
287
00:22:52,580 --> 00:22:54,832
Engineer.
- 'Piss-take punks.'
288
00:23:04,759 --> 00:23:07,720
Fuck me! This thing run on gas?
289
00:23:12,433 --> 00:23:13,893
I'll need that an' all.
290
00:23:39,085 --> 00:23:40,211
The part-time punks!
291
00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:18,124
Thank you, thank you.
292
00:24:18,207 --> 00:24:20,001
We are the Television Personalities.
293
00:24:20,084 --> 00:24:24,881
This next song is the same
as the last one. Only louder!
294
00:24:37,351 --> 00:24:39,270
'They never made it though.
295
00:24:39,353 --> 00:24:41,939
Sexton Ming and Jowe Head
were performance artists
296
00:24:42,023 --> 00:24:43,816
and the band was an extension of that.
297
00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:46,152
Dan Treacy
was a brilliant front man.
298
00:24:46,235 --> 00:24:47,778
Sofa surfer, locked out one night
299
00:24:47,862 --> 00:24:50,615
and kicked half to death by
some cunts, he never recovered.
300
00:24:50,698 --> 00:24:52,158
The Slaughterhouse Joe Foster,
301
00:24:52,241 --> 00:24:54,577
the anarchist with multiple
personalities, all of them mad.
302
00:24:54,911 --> 00:24:57,955
Ed Ball, the coolest fucker ever,
even when he lost his hair.
303
00:24:58,498 --> 00:25:02,376
And Dick Green, the dullest man
to ever tune up a guitar.
304
00:25:03,336 --> 00:25:06,589
With these three liabilities,
I knew we could take over the world.'
305
00:25:15,556 --> 00:25:20,394
The 1985 Christmas No. 1, it's
Shaky. Merry Christmas Everyone.
306
00:25:20,478 --> 00:25:23,439
We're still working for the railways,
but my next thing
307
00:25:23,523 --> 00:25:26,526
is I'm trying to get
this fanzine together.
308
00:25:26,609 --> 00:25:29,862
To sell to fans at the gigs. Trying
to get into publishing.
309
00:25:29,946 --> 00:25:32,740
Come on.
- Well, I am proud of you, son.
310
00:25:32,823 --> 00:25:35,993
It's good to have a dream.
- Come on.
311
00:25:36,661 --> 00:25:39,497
We need more dreamers
in this family.
312
00:25:39,580 --> 00:25:44,210
Your dad's never really had a dream.
Did you, John?
313
00:25:44,293 --> 00:25:46,629
No, maybe it's a good job I didn't.
314
00:25:46,712 --> 00:25:49,799
Who'd have put a roof over our head
and food on the table, eh?
315
00:25:54,470 --> 00:25:56,889
'It must have been hard though.'
316
00:25:56,973 --> 00:25:59,016
It's ten to four.
You're in work at seven.
317
00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:01,310
I dunno. I got a real buzz
out of being the outsider.
318
00:26:01,394 --> 00:26:03,145
I was answerable to no-one.
319
00:26:04,355 --> 00:26:06,274
Except the rail company.
320
00:26:06,357 --> 00:26:08,693
True. What a bunch of cunts.
321
00:26:10,111 --> 00:26:12,613
So, would you say that managing
Jesus And Mary Chain
322
00:26:12,697 --> 00:26:15,575
was your first big break?
323
00:26:15,658 --> 00:26:17,910
Uh, you don't really see it
as a break at the time
324
00:26:17,994 --> 00:26:20,329
because you're too busy
getting on with it but,
325
00:26:20,413 --> 00:26:22,915
yeah, I knew I'd found
something special.
326
00:26:24,959 --> 00:26:26,961
Jesus And Mary Chain.
- The Jesus And Mary Chain.
327
00:26:27,044 --> 00:26:28,713
Jesus And Mary Chain.
328
00:26:28,796 --> 00:26:31,132
Jesus. And. Mary. Chain.
329
00:26:31,215 --> 00:26:32,675
Jesus and Mary Chain.
330
00:26:40,641 --> 00:26:42,101
Hi, guys.
- 'Let's rewind.
331
00:26:43,477 --> 00:26:45,855
So I'm in London, getting
a decent turnout for the club,
332
00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:47,940
recording demos for
the bands that ask, signing,
333
00:26:48,024 --> 00:26:51,360
pressing and selling records
for the ones that we fucking love.
334
00:26:51,444 --> 00:26:55,031
In Glasgow, word is we're bigtime
Charlies down in London,
335
00:26:55,114 --> 00:26:57,658
and Bobby is putting Primal
Scream together with Innes,
336
00:26:57,742 --> 00:26:59,535
who's getting over losing his kidney.
337
00:26:59,619 --> 00:27:01,537
He gets given a demo to give to me,
338
00:27:01,621 --> 00:27:04,373
interesting racket,
Velvets meets The Stooges.
339
00:27:05,082 --> 00:27:07,001
Come down to do a gig,
Joe does the sound.
340
00:27:07,084 --> 00:27:09,420
But Joe had worked his way through
a bag of pink speed
341
00:27:09,503 --> 00:27:10,796
and hadn't slept in days.
342
00:27:12,340 --> 00:27:14,425
Chaos, straight off!'
343
00:27:16,636 --> 00:27:17,803
Fuck it!
344
00:27:17,887 --> 00:27:19,764
'But I loved it.
345
00:27:24,185 --> 00:27:25,561
I signed them.
346
00:27:34,028 --> 00:27:36,530
The drummer, trappy cunt,
complains about the money,
347
00:27:36,614 --> 00:27:38,741
so we sack him off, we put Bobby in.
348
00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:41,577
It's two drums on stands,
any fucker can do it.
349
00:27:41,661 --> 00:27:45,373
Abraca-fucking-dabra.
Now they're sexy.
350
00:27:46,332 --> 00:27:51,587
Joe does the recordings with that
same mental, evil, fucking racket.
351
00:27:52,588 --> 00:27:55,383
John Peel plays the record,
it goes bananas.
352
00:27:55,466 --> 00:27:58,386
I sign them to a bigger label.
I stay on as manager.
353
00:27:58,469 --> 00:28:00,012
They record Psychocandy, bang!
354
00:28:00,096 --> 00:28:02,264
The album goes gold,
we're in the charts.
355
00:28:02,348 --> 00:28:03,474
Proper charts.'
356
00:28:03,557 --> 00:28:05,726
Jesus And Mary Chain.
- Jesus And Mary Chain.
357
00:28:10,356 --> 00:28:13,067
The recent concert has been
completely dogged by a riot.
358
00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:16,028
People say that it was you
who organised the riots
359
00:28:16,112 --> 00:28:18,280
at the Jesus And Mary Chain
concerts.
360
00:28:18,364 --> 00:28:20,074
People can say what they want.
361
00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:23,744
That happened tonight
accompanied by rioting.
362
00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:26,997
Jesus And Mary Chain.
363
00:28:27,081 --> 00:28:31,127
'You see, magic isn't about
pulling rabbits out of hats.
364
00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:35,131
But it is about making
something materialise.'
365
00:28:38,968 --> 00:28:41,762
Hailed as the most controversial
band since the Sex Pistols.
366
00:28:42,430 --> 00:28:44,306
We're not remotely
like The Sex Pistols.
367
00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:47,268
Comparison's silly.
Don't particularly like them, so.
368
00:28:48,561 --> 00:28:51,230
We're a very commercial group,
you know.
369
00:28:52,189 --> 00:28:55,484
Some say that
the Jesus And Mary Chain
370
00:28:55,568 --> 00:28:58,154
is all about aggression, violence.
371
00:28:58,237 --> 00:29:01,866
We do what The Beatles did,
only we're doing it in the '80s.
372
00:29:02,158 --> 00:29:04,201
We've got our eyes
on the pop charts, you know.
373
00:29:04,285 --> 00:29:08,330
Direct competition is, like,
Culture Club and Duran Duran.
374
00:29:08,456 --> 00:29:13,335
The New Musical Express compare it
with Joy Division for its intensity.
375
00:29:13,419 --> 00:29:15,463
Joy Division were fucking shite.
376
00:29:15,546 --> 00:29:18,174
We don't like being mentioned
in the same breath as them.
377
00:29:18,257 --> 00:29:21,135
Joy Division were boring.
378
00:29:23,721 --> 00:29:25,890
'Conjuring success and victory,
379
00:29:25,973 --> 00:29:29,685
but these days, that's in film,
and TV and music.
380
00:29:31,771 --> 00:29:34,565
See, if you possess
a certain understanding,
381
00:29:34,648 --> 00:29:36,358
you can make it work in your favour.'
382
00:29:38,569 --> 00:29:41,697
I'm trying to concentrate.
I don't wanna know.
383
00:29:41,781 --> 00:29:43,157
Gonna be bigger than U2!
384
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,326
'We were being magicians
with Creation Records.
385
00:29:45,409 --> 00:29:47,203
We were like accidental alchemists.
386
00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:50,372
Sometimes we seemed
to turn shit into gold.'
387
00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:52,416
Alan, these bank statements.
388
00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:54,710
'And sometimes,
much as we loved it...
389
00:29:56,754 --> 00:29:58,088
..it just stayed shit.'
390
00:29:58,172 --> 00:30:00,007
Fuck!
391
00:30:03,552 --> 00:30:07,348
Look, is it just the cash flow?
Because if it is -
392
00:30:07,431 --> 00:30:10,976
I'm afraid it's the maintenance
of your overdraft and loans.
393
00:30:11,060 --> 00:30:15,397
I'm about to do a deal that is gonna
turn everything around.
394
00:30:18,442 --> 00:30:19,985
What's that?
395
00:30:20,069 --> 00:30:23,447
Demos of future releases,
chart material, pure pop.
396
00:30:23,531 --> 00:30:24,532
Hits!
397
00:30:27,701 --> 00:30:33,082
Alan, the money you earn from
managing the, er, the Mary And...
398
00:30:33,165 --> 00:30:36,001
Jesus And Mary Chain.
- Jesus And Mary Chain.
399
00:30:36,085 --> 00:30:39,547
You can't keep funding a label
out of your own pocket.
400
00:30:39,755 --> 00:30:43,425
Why not? Some of these acts I've got
are gonna be bigger than U2.
401
00:30:43,509 --> 00:30:45,886
I've done the research.
And the fact is,
402
00:30:45,970 --> 00:30:49,306
the record industry in this country
ain't what it used to be.
403
00:30:49,390 --> 00:30:51,267
Comedy is the new
rock and roll, Alan.
404
00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:53,769
Newman and Baddiel, they just
sold out Wembley Arena.
405
00:30:53,853 --> 00:30:55,771
"That's your mum, that is."
406
00:30:55,855 --> 00:30:59,108
They're very good, but do you
have an act that can do that?
407
00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:01,652
Will any of they? No.
408
00:31:02,236 --> 00:31:07,408
What you have is a very small,
potentially healthy business
409
00:31:07,491 --> 00:31:11,245
with a thick and lowering
glass ceiling.
410
00:31:11,328 --> 00:31:13,205
What we have to do
is minimise the venture,
411
00:31:13,289 --> 00:31:14,623
try and increase the profits
412
00:31:14,707 --> 00:31:17,626
and use them to address
the charges on your debts.
413
00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:22,840
Just run a small, tight ship.
It's not the '60s anymore, Alan.
414
00:31:24,508 --> 00:31:27,720
Or...?
- Or you lose everything.
415
00:31:29,638 --> 00:31:31,348
Thanks a bunch, Nostradamus.
416
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,518
Catch you later, eh?
417
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:41,025
Joe, I've just been meeting
the biggest cunt of my life.
418
00:31:41,108 --> 00:31:45,070
I need everyone, every fucker in
the office, 10am tomorrow morning.
419
00:31:45,154 --> 00:31:47,823
Whilst I appreciate everything
that's going on...
420
00:31:51,368 --> 00:31:54,997
Shut up, Ed!
It's the fucking bailiffs.
421
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,374
Serious? The bailiffs?
- Oh, man!
422
00:31:57,458 --> 00:32:00,169
No, no, no, no. We've got
a band called The Bailiffs.
423
00:32:00,252 --> 00:32:01,795
No, no, no, no.
424
00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:06,425
Demos, promos, white labels, anything
you can find in this box, any value.
425
00:32:06,508 --> 00:32:07,968
TV piece.
426
00:32:08,844 --> 00:32:10,679
Hey!
- Later.
427
00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:19,355
Uh, you're Alan McGee?
428
00:32:19,438 --> 00:32:21,899
As I live and breathe.
429
00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:28,364
Demos, promos, white labels.
Worth a fortune.
430
00:32:29,615 --> 00:32:32,701
Sorry, boys, just on the phone
to New York, closing a deal.
431
00:32:32,785 --> 00:32:35,829
Got a band going to be bigger than
U2. Unbelievable!
432
00:32:35,913 --> 00:32:38,248
How much was it again? 400.
433
00:32:39,792 --> 00:32:41,126
Nae sweat.
434
00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:44,505
Uno.
435
00:32:44,588 --> 00:32:45,798
Dos, tres...
436
00:32:46,173 --> 00:32:48,425
Go on, Dick. At this rate, how long?
437
00:32:49,635 --> 00:32:51,553
How long can we survive?
- At this rate?
438
00:32:52,221 --> 00:32:54,223
Alan, we're already dead.
439
00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:55,975
You know, on a long enough timeline,
440
00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:58,560
the survival rate
of most things is zero.
441
00:32:58,644 --> 00:33:00,145
Shut up, Ed. How long?
442
00:33:00,813 --> 00:33:03,607
If we can somehow maintain
this line of credit,
443
00:33:03,691 --> 00:33:06,568
we've got about a month.
- Month?
444
00:33:07,194 --> 00:33:08,654
It's not bad, we can fix it.
445
00:33:09,238 --> 00:33:11,323
Rome was built in a month.
446
00:33:11,407 --> 00:33:14,243
That's not exactly the same.
- Shut up, Ed.
447
00:33:15,369 --> 00:33:17,579
We'll have to postpone
the next release, fuck it.
448
00:33:17,663 --> 00:33:19,665
We do that, we're not
a record label anymore.
449
00:33:19,748 --> 00:33:22,626
Ha! Well, I mean,
how could things get any worse?
450
00:33:23,085 --> 00:33:24,586
I'm pregnant, Alan.
451
00:33:26,213 --> 00:33:28,298
By then, me and Yvonne
had already split up.
452
00:33:28,382 --> 00:33:30,467
'But we hooked up one night
on the rebound
453
00:33:30,551 --> 00:33:32,428
and she got knocked up, so...'
454
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:34,054
We're separated.
455
00:33:34,138 --> 00:33:37,474
It doesn't look like we're gonna
get back together, does it, so...?
456
00:33:41,186 --> 00:33:44,314
Get a fucking grip,
you stupid ginger gargoyle.
457
00:33:44,398 --> 00:33:46,692
'See, Yvonne had had enough
of the all-nighters
458
00:33:46,775 --> 00:33:49,278
and the bands crashing over,
and poverty.
459
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:50,696
She was having a baby
460
00:33:50,779 --> 00:33:53,323
and all of that was going to stop
whether I liked it or not.
461
00:33:53,407 --> 00:33:55,951
And pretty rude about it.'
- You horrible goblin.
462
00:33:56,035 --> 00:33:58,912
So, you just weren't ready
to be a father?
463
00:33:58,996 --> 00:33:59,955
I had no say.
464
00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:02,791
I'm keeping it.
You've no fucking option.
465
00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:06,170
The truth is, we'd drifted apart.
466
00:34:06,253 --> 00:34:10,340
You can't afford to divorce me.
You've got no choice, pal.
467
00:34:11,258 --> 00:34:14,636
But see, if she'd said something,
anything at all,
468
00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:17,306
begged me to stay, I would have.
469
00:34:18,724 --> 00:34:21,560
But when someone tells me
I don't have a fucking option,
470
00:34:21,643 --> 00:34:23,395
that's when I'm
at my absolute worst.
471
00:34:23,479 --> 00:34:25,564
I've got to prove them wrong.
472
00:34:26,106 --> 00:34:29,526
So, you guys split, divorced?
473
00:34:29,610 --> 00:34:33,238
Yeah, she kept the poxy semi,
gave birth to Daniel.
474
00:34:33,322 --> 00:34:36,158
Met someone else,
you know, a good man.
475
00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:38,410
Bit of a boring cunt, mind.
476
00:34:38,494 --> 00:34:39,578
Waiter!
477
00:34:40,454 --> 00:34:42,289
So now, I was officially single.
478
00:34:42,372 --> 00:34:44,249
Thatcher's a Nazi.
- Yeah.
479
00:34:47,544 --> 00:34:49,755
Disgrace to feminism.
- Yes!
480
00:34:49,838 --> 00:34:53,008
'Free to make an absolute twat
of myself at any opportunity.'
481
00:34:53,092 --> 00:34:56,512
Turns out I went
to the doctor's and it was piles.
482
00:34:56,845 --> 00:34:59,765
Yes!
- Bobby!
483
00:35:01,850 --> 00:35:03,393
Oh, fuck off.
484
00:35:03,477 --> 00:35:07,815
Ah! We... We played a fundraiser for
the striking miners last week.
485
00:35:07,898 --> 00:35:09,441
A fundraiser?
486
00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:11,610
Yeah, we raised a few quid,
didn't we, Ed?
487
00:35:11,735 --> 00:35:14,988
Fundraising isn't gonna help
the oppressed of this country.
488
00:35:15,114 --> 00:35:17,950
Yes!
- You have to be out there, rioting.
489
00:35:18,033 --> 00:35:20,452
That's never gonna happen.
490
00:35:20,536 --> 00:35:22,704
What do you mean?
Of course it's gonna happen.
491
00:35:22,788 --> 00:35:25,165
Look at the Sandinistas in Nicaragua.
- Yes!
492
00:35:25,249 --> 00:35:27,793
I'm right behind the Sandinistas,
493
00:35:27,876 --> 00:35:29,878
but there's kids going without food
494
00:35:29,962 --> 00:35:31,797
in those mining villages
in Yorkshire.
495
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,174
What a bourgeois thing to say.
496
00:35:34,258 --> 00:35:37,177
Stick to making your little records.
497
00:35:37,261 --> 00:35:39,513
Yeah, fuck off, go on.
498
00:35:39,596 --> 00:35:41,557
Stay away from politics.
499
00:35:43,433 --> 00:35:46,395
Thanks a fucking bunch, boys.
- Man! She's right.
500
00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:48,939
Want a blow-back?
501
00:36:01,243 --> 00:36:03,871
Aye, good. And you?
- Still teaching?
502
00:36:03,954 --> 00:36:05,873
Aye, primary school.
503
00:36:06,707 --> 00:36:08,709
Couldn't handle the middle school kids.
504
00:36:09,668 --> 00:36:12,963
Keep up the good work, eh?
Children are our future.
505
00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:51,084
All right?
506
00:36:51,627 --> 00:36:54,421
Please,
allow me to introduce myself.
507
00:36:54,504 --> 00:36:58,967
The name is Aleister,
but you can call me AI.
508
00:36:59,051 --> 00:37:02,429
That's a song title
if I ever heard one.
509
00:37:02,512 --> 00:37:05,641
Ideas are everywhere.
510
00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:10,312
You have only to reach out...
and grab them.
511
00:37:25,702 --> 00:37:28,205
Who is Aleister Crowley?
512
00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:31,208
'Aleister Crowley, author of
The Book Of Thelema,
513
00:37:31,291 --> 00:37:34,711
Do What Thou Wilt, occultist
and prophet. My hero!'
514
00:37:34,795 --> 00:37:38,548
Famous poet, magician, artist.
515
00:37:38,632 --> 00:37:41,969
Your father has a particular mind.
516
00:37:43,303 --> 00:37:47,391
He only wants what
he believes is best for you.
517
00:37:47,975 --> 00:37:50,978
Oh, yeah! The Stones
wrote that song about him.
518
00:37:51,061 --> 00:37:51,937
That's right.
519
00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:58,110
I once slept with faith and found
a corpse in my arms when I awoke.
520
00:37:59,528 --> 00:38:04,116
And yet another night,
I drank and danced with doubt
521
00:38:04,199 --> 00:38:08,453
and found her a virgin
in the morning.
522
00:38:08,537 --> 00:38:11,164
They called him
the wickedest man in the world.
523
00:38:15,085 --> 00:38:18,297
He was into child sacrifice.
- No, that's a myth.
524
00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:20,424
He was really talking about...
525
00:38:21,341 --> 00:38:22,634
You know...
526
00:38:24,678 --> 00:38:25,929
Wanking.
527
00:38:26,263 --> 00:38:30,851
What's wrong?
Can't handle the narcotics?
528
00:38:30,934 --> 00:38:32,853
Get to fuck!
529
00:38:35,897 --> 00:38:37,316
Calm down.
530
00:38:39,860 --> 00:38:42,237
Who's he talking to?
- Anyone that'll listen.
531
00:38:42,321 --> 00:38:45,574
Anyone of an independent mind
532
00:38:45,657 --> 00:38:49,953
must be one who resists authority.
533
00:38:51,872 --> 00:38:54,541
A rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel.
534
00:38:56,168 --> 00:39:02,174
Take my advice, young man.
Let go of your past.
535
00:39:05,302 --> 00:39:07,012
Let's round it up
to a nice even number.
536
00:39:07,095 --> 00:39:09,514
I'll pay you for five next time.
537
00:39:09,598 --> 00:39:12,851
Stay on the path you have chosen.
538
00:39:14,311 --> 00:39:18,482
If enough people agree with
and follow the rebel,
539
00:39:18,565 --> 00:39:24,071
then we finally achieve greatness.
540
00:39:25,322 --> 00:39:28,283
'Crowley was right. We were rebels!
541
00:39:28,367 --> 00:39:30,911
So what if you are
going out of business?
542
00:39:30,994 --> 00:39:33,038
We keep doing what we did best,
543
00:39:33,121 --> 00:39:35,749
signing bands
that were fucking genius.
544
00:39:55,852 --> 00:39:59,398
We keep running till the wheels
fell off the fucking bus.'
545
00:40:00,816 --> 00:40:03,902
Here's to excess! Apparently
it leads to the Palace of Wisdom.
546
00:40:03,985 --> 00:40:06,822
William Blake.
- The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell.
547
00:40:06,905 --> 00:40:09,699
He might have been describing
the entertainment industry.
548
00:40:10,409 --> 00:40:12,452
How do you keep the label going?
549
00:40:12,536 --> 00:40:15,247
I have a dream. We can do this, boys.
550
00:40:15,330 --> 00:40:17,666
'Well, I gave that speech
about tightening belts,
551
00:40:17,749 --> 00:40:19,876
squeezing money
out of every angle.
552
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,338
Facing the record pluggers,
stepping up fly-posting.
553
00:40:23,422 --> 00:40:26,216
Fight of our lives,
all that fanny, and then Ed.'
554
00:40:26,299 --> 00:40:28,468
Of all people, Ed pipes up.
555
00:40:29,803 --> 00:40:31,263
Or...
556
00:40:31,346 --> 00:40:34,015
Margaret Thatcher had
introduced this thing called...
557
00:40:34,099 --> 00:40:37,102
The Enterprise Allowance Scheme
under the Conservative Government
558
00:40:37,185 --> 00:40:40,522
allows you to have £40 a week
extra. It's free money.
559
00:40:40,605 --> 00:40:43,108
Whoever thought I'd be grateful
to this fucking witch?
560
00:40:43,191 --> 00:40:45,569
Only joking. This bit never happened.
561
00:40:48,029 --> 00:40:52,117
You were running Creation Records
on 40 quid a week each.
562
00:40:53,076 --> 00:40:57,205
We were the coolest label
on the planet and running on empty.
563
00:40:57,747 --> 00:41:00,041
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, the Faces.
564
00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:02,669
Why has he got
such a way with women?
565
00:41:02,752 --> 00:41:04,880
You know why?
- Go on.
566
00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:08,008
Cos he listens,
or rather he pretends to.
567
00:41:08,091 --> 00:41:10,802
It's a bad example, yeah.
- Where the fuck have you been?
568
00:41:10,886 --> 00:41:13,263
But what's the point in that?
I mean, look at her.
569
00:41:13,346 --> 00:41:15,056
She's not gonna have sex with him.
570
00:41:15,140 --> 00:41:18,226
More chance than you or silly
bollocks dancing with himself.
571
00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:20,395
That's what's brilliant about it.
572
00:41:20,479 --> 00:41:23,482
Lovely talking to you, darling.
Sorry your boyfriend's a tosser!
573
00:41:23,565 --> 00:41:26,276
Hey, big day tomorrow. Yeah?
574
00:41:26,359 --> 00:41:28,778
It's fine, I know what I'm doing.
Piece of piss.
575
00:41:28,862 --> 00:41:30,780
Are you sure you don't
want me to come with you?
576
00:41:30,864 --> 00:41:31,823
Nah.
577
00:41:35,410 --> 00:41:39,372
Uh, excuse me?
- Alan fucking McGee.
578
00:41:39,456 --> 00:41:41,958
I'm not gonna bullshit you, man.
There's no need.
579
00:41:42,042 --> 00:41:46,338
You know what we do, and you know
we're fucking good at it.
580
00:41:48,089 --> 00:41:49,508
Let's face it, AI.
581
00:41:49,591 --> 00:41:53,720
You have got a very, very
cool record label.
582
00:41:53,803 --> 00:41:58,767
And with us behind you, you could
become a very wealthy man.
583
00:42:00,143 --> 00:42:04,105
So, we are owned by a corporation,
584
00:42:04,189 --> 00:42:07,817
but they let us do
what we like, you know?
585
00:42:07,901 --> 00:42:09,778
The bean counters
just leave us alone
586
00:42:09,861 --> 00:42:11,863
to get on and make great
rock and roll records.
587
00:42:11,947 --> 00:42:15,116
Great!
- Good, yeah, fuck!
588
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:16,368
Yeah, bottom line.
589
00:42:16,826 --> 00:42:19,996
I'm just like you, AI - a maverick.
590
00:42:20,497 --> 00:42:24,292
Difference is,
I do my thing on the inside.
591
00:42:24,376 --> 00:42:26,503
That's the only way to get results.
592
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:30,257
Sure, OK.
593
00:42:30,340 --> 00:42:34,719
People say to me, "Hey, Mitch,
you used to have that cool record label."
594
00:42:34,803 --> 00:42:38,139
And I say to them,
"Well, really cool is great,
595
00:42:38,223 --> 00:42:40,892
but it didn't get me
that chateau in the Ardennes."
596
00:42:42,727 --> 00:42:45,855
Or that Primrose Hill postcode,
you know what I mean.
597
00:42:45,939 --> 00:42:49,734
'I've got a vivid imagination.'
- Everyone wants to get rich, AI.
598
00:42:50,694 --> 00:42:55,782
If that means getting fucked in the
arse every once in a while, so what?
599
00:42:57,450 --> 00:42:58,910
It hurts initially.
600
00:42:59,995 --> 00:43:02,330
But it's the kind of pain
you forget.
601
00:43:03,832 --> 00:43:05,584
Like childbirth.
602
00:43:05,667 --> 00:43:07,252
You all right, AI?
603
00:43:07,961 --> 00:43:09,504
Sorry? Yes.
604
00:43:09,588 --> 00:43:11,590
Uh, what were you saying?
605
00:43:11,673 --> 00:43:15,051
I was saying, "Have we got a deal?"
606
00:43:15,885 --> 00:43:19,806
'Corporate always fucks what's cool.'
607
00:43:21,266 --> 00:43:23,393
Wait a minute.
You turned down a deal
608
00:43:23,476 --> 00:43:26,062
from a major record company
and went to a loan shark?
609
00:43:26,146 --> 00:43:28,773
Yeah! See, corporations
want to own you forever.
610
00:43:28,857 --> 00:43:30,817
The loan shark
just wants his money back.
611
00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:33,194
It's a more honest transaction.
You don't pay them...
612
00:43:33,528 --> 00:43:35,363
they break your fucking legs.
613
00:43:35,447 --> 00:43:38,700
But eventually, you did sign
with a corporation.
614
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,995
Eventually, but on our own terms.
615
00:43:42,078 --> 00:43:44,664
We weren't doing it for ourselves
but for the bands.
616
00:43:44,748 --> 00:43:46,625
We had a couple of indie hits
in the charts.
617
00:43:46,708 --> 00:43:48,877
I paid them back
and we were flying again.
618
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:53,173
Fuck that mullet guy! I didn't need
a chateau in the Ardennes,
619
00:43:53,256 --> 00:43:54,799
whatever the fuck that is.
620
00:43:54,883 --> 00:43:57,927
All I needed was
some mother's little helpers.
621
00:43:58,011 --> 00:44:02,307
Dexys, Dennys, Bobbys, Bennys,
622
00:44:02,390 --> 00:44:05,393
Charlies, Farlies, Jellys, Fannys,
623
00:44:05,477 --> 00:44:07,896
Red Devils, Black Bombers,
Purple Hearts,
624
00:44:07,979 --> 00:44:09,105
Special Ks...
625
00:44:10,857 --> 00:44:14,569
Everything was absolutely fine.
626
00:44:18,990 --> 00:44:21,743
Exactly how long has he been
in the fucking studio?
627
00:44:21,826 --> 00:44:23,662
Which studio? This is their fifth.
628
00:44:23,745 --> 00:44:26,706
Kevin Shields is a genius.
- Shut up, Ed!
629
00:44:26,790 --> 00:44:28,667
He's absolutely killing us!
630
00:44:29,042 --> 00:44:31,753
You know we're already up to
£250,000 in a recording.
631
00:44:31,836 --> 00:44:35,507
He'll fucking ruin us!
- There's no fucking end in sight.
632
00:44:36,257 --> 00:44:39,761
Hey, Joe, you get yourself
down there,
633
00:44:39,844 --> 00:44:41,846
get on the desk,
you're a brilliant engineer.
634
00:44:41,930 --> 00:44:44,724
Get this mixed by the end of the week.
- He won't let me near him.
635
00:44:44,808 --> 00:44:47,686
He's not even returning our calls.
- He's got this sonic vision.
636
00:44:47,769 --> 00:44:49,854
Shut up, Ed! He'll have a
hole in his head when I'm done.
637
00:44:49,938 --> 00:44:53,775
I've had to remortgage my own house.
- Jesus.
638
00:44:53,858 --> 00:44:56,277
I know.
- You own a house?
639
00:44:57,153 --> 00:44:58,822
I don't need this shit!
640
00:44:58,905 --> 00:45:01,241
My mum is sick
and I've got a money-spunking
641
00:45:01,324 --> 00:45:04,744
mad fucking genius
who won't return calls. Fuck this!
642
00:45:16,339 --> 00:45:17,966
Excuse me, sir. Can I help?
643
00:45:18,550 --> 00:45:20,844
I'm here to see my band.
- Which band?
644
00:45:21,803 --> 00:45:23,930
My Bloody Valentine.
645
00:45:24,013 --> 00:45:26,725
Oh, right, yeah.
Er, are you Alan McGee?
646
00:45:26,808 --> 00:45:28,518
Yeah. Can you let me in, pal?
647
00:45:28,601 --> 00:45:30,603
Well, I've been instructed not to.
648
00:45:30,687 --> 00:45:33,815
Instructed not to?
Instructed by whom?
649
00:45:34,607 --> 00:45:36,317
The band. Mr Shields.
650
00:45:37,235 --> 00:45:39,154
Get to fuck, you jobsworth!
651
00:45:39,237 --> 00:45:41,489
Who do you think's paying
for this fucking studio?
652
00:45:41,573 --> 00:45:43,491
Who do you think's paying your wages?
653
00:45:43,575 --> 00:45:47,912
Now get in there and drag that
slippery cunt out here now. Kevin!
654
00:45:47,996 --> 00:45:50,498
If you don't calm down,
I will have to call the police.
655
00:45:50,582 --> 00:45:53,460
Aye, good idea, call them.
I want to report a robbery.
656
00:45:53,543 --> 00:45:56,421
They're my fucking band!
You've had everything I've got!
657
00:45:56,504 --> 00:45:59,966
Of course he's a genius,
but two years?
658
00:46:00,049 --> 00:46:02,927
It's not the money - well, I suppose it is.
It's gonna cost us half a million.
659
00:46:03,011 --> 00:46:05,930
But what really hurts
is that we believed in him
660
00:46:06,014 --> 00:46:09,017
and he treats us like this. I know
the man's a sonic pioneer.
661
00:46:09,100 --> 00:46:10,560
I know he's pushing the envelope.
662
00:46:10,643 --> 00:46:13,646
I know he's making futuristic music.
663
00:46:13,730 --> 00:46:15,815
Problem is, by the time
we get to release it,
664
00:46:15,899 --> 00:46:18,234
the future will be
a distant fucking memory.
665
00:46:18,318 --> 00:46:20,320
We'll all be long dead.
I'm not a philistine.
666
00:46:20,403 --> 00:46:22,197
I know art takes time,
but come on, man.
667
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:25,408
Two weeks to master one track,
two fucking weeks.
668
00:46:25,492 --> 00:46:28,411
Cheers. If you can drop me here...
- We're not a taxi service.
669
00:46:28,495 --> 00:46:29,829
That's perfect, thanks.
670
00:46:32,248 --> 00:46:34,292
Not for me, a load of fucking shit.
671
00:46:34,375 --> 00:46:37,378
'But from every negative
comes a positive.'
672
00:46:37,462 --> 00:46:39,672
What the fuck is this place?
673
00:46:39,756 --> 00:46:40,965
It's where the youngbloods hang.
674
00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:44,302
This is my scene, man.
675
00:46:44,385 --> 00:46:45,720
Boosh, boosh, boosh.
676
00:46:45,804 --> 00:46:47,180
Bez.
677
00:46:47,764 --> 00:46:49,682
This is Alan. Alan, Bez.
678
00:46:54,813 --> 00:46:59,609
'They called it acid house
and I appreciated the energy.'
679
00:47:01,319 --> 00:47:03,238
What are you drinking?
680
00:47:03,321 --> 00:47:04,864
What's that?
681
00:47:09,744 --> 00:47:12,789
What is it?
- Ecstasy.
682
00:47:12,872 --> 00:47:14,874
'No-one was drinking, just water.'
683
00:47:15,458 --> 00:47:18,002
Hydration.
- 'I fucking hate water.'
684
00:47:19,921 --> 00:47:21,798
Give it 20 minutes.
685
00:47:22,507 --> 00:47:27,178
'But it was when the ecstasy kicked in
that I really fucking got it.
686
00:47:27,262 --> 00:47:31,558
See, in the old days, it was
cheap speed made in bathtubs.
687
00:47:32,767 --> 00:47:36,396
Or prescription uppers,
Dexys, Bombers,
688
00:47:36,896 --> 00:47:38,773
both of which are
pretty antisocial.
689
00:47:38,857 --> 00:47:42,735
And nobody could afford cocaine,
that was far too chic.
690
00:47:42,819 --> 00:47:47,073
But this stuff, Es,
cheap and friendly.
691
00:47:47,156 --> 00:47:49,742
A revelation and a revolution.
692
00:47:59,419 --> 00:48:01,796
It all became clear in that instant.
693
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:04,924
Pop culture never dies.
694
00:48:05,008 --> 00:48:07,844
It reincarnates.
695
00:48:07,927 --> 00:48:10,471
Everything was gonna be all right.'
696
00:49:34,764 --> 00:49:36,766
The future has arrived, Ed.
697
00:49:36,849 --> 00:49:39,227
We gotta get Bobby into this,
Gillespie.
698
00:49:39,310 --> 00:49:40,812
He'll fucking love it, man!
699
00:49:40,895 --> 00:49:43,231
'And then, Ed, again
of all people, Ed pipes up.'
700
00:49:43,314 --> 00:49:45,149
We should put acid records out.
701
00:49:45,233 --> 00:49:48,194
Ed, you're a genius, man.
Yeah, definitely.
702
00:49:48,277 --> 00:49:50,905
I'm telling you, man.
I've got it all planned.
703
00:49:50,989 --> 00:49:53,241
We can start sampling
bits of film, Alan.
704
00:49:53,324 --> 00:49:55,743
And I know all the DJs.
705
00:50:03,626 --> 00:50:06,295
What's this beat you're spinning, mate?
- It's great.
706
00:50:06,379 --> 00:50:07,714
It's a dishwasher.
707
00:50:09,590 --> 00:50:12,135
All these records that
we're gonna be putting out.
708
00:50:12,218 --> 00:50:14,470
Where the fuck are we
gonna find the acts, eh?
709
00:50:16,222 --> 00:50:17,974
Manchester.
710
00:50:18,474 --> 00:50:19,642
Manchester?
- Yeah.
711
00:50:24,564 --> 00:50:27,108
If I ordered a chicken sandwich
and an egg sandwich,
712
00:50:27,191 --> 00:50:29,360
which one do you reckon will come first?
- What?
713
00:50:40,121 --> 00:50:41,539
Full of weirdos.
714
00:50:51,883 --> 00:50:54,343
Alan! Is he in here? Where's Alan?
715
00:50:54,427 --> 00:50:56,846
Does he know?
- Know what?
716
00:50:58,806 --> 00:51:01,059
He's gone.
- He's gone where?
717
00:51:02,727 --> 00:51:04,812
Alan, he's gone.
718
00:51:05,730 --> 00:51:07,607
What do you mean, gone?
719
00:51:07,690 --> 00:51:09,400
Gone to Manchester.
720
00:51:09,484 --> 00:51:11,444
What, for a meeting?
721
00:51:13,112 --> 00:51:17,617
Alan feels like he needs to be
submerged in the waters of acid house.
722
00:51:19,368 --> 00:51:22,246
I wonder where he got that from.
- Him and his silly bollocks.
723
00:51:22,330 --> 00:51:24,332
Alan doesn't need to be
in Manchester!
724
00:51:24,415 --> 00:51:28,336
He needs to be in London with us.
Running his record label, remember?
725
00:51:28,419 --> 00:51:32,131
Good luck trying to get him back,
Dick. Much better drugs up there.
726
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:35,843
How is it little fishes can swim with
big sharks and not get eaten?
727
00:51:36,052 --> 00:51:37,720
Faster, more nimble.
728
00:51:38,846 --> 00:51:40,932
'I could be like BMG,
they're a great white.
729
00:51:41,933 --> 00:51:43,518
They notice a scene rising up.
730
00:51:43,601 --> 00:51:47,271
An A&R arsehole has to take it
to an executive arsehole.
731
00:51:47,355 --> 00:51:49,398
Who's got to take it
to the chairman arsehole,
732
00:51:49,482 --> 00:51:52,151
and if they agree, they take it
to the lawyer arseholes.
733
00:51:52,235 --> 00:51:54,028
Then they all go to
their marketing arseholes.
734
00:51:54,112 --> 00:51:56,405
When everyone's got their fingers out
of each other's arseholes,
735
00:51:56,489 --> 00:51:57,532
they might sign a band.
736
00:51:57,615 --> 00:51:59,700
By then, everyone's missed
the fucking boat.
737
00:51:59,784 --> 00:52:02,829
With Creation, it was just me,
and I'm at the scene.
738
00:52:03,037 --> 00:52:05,873
I had first choice.
I had the artist signed,
739
00:52:05,957 --> 00:52:08,501
recorded, pressed,
and spinning in clubs
740
00:52:08,584 --> 00:52:13,214
before the corporates could
open a bottle of chardonnay.'
741
00:52:26,602 --> 00:52:30,857
You left your business,
all your staff, without any warning.
742
00:52:30,940 --> 00:52:34,569
Yeah, well, that's rock and roll.
It was just like grab a bag
743
00:52:34,652 --> 00:52:37,196
and fuck off someplace,
no planning, no packing.
744
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:40,950
Shite like that, just vanish.
- No, not when you have a business.
745
00:52:41,701 --> 00:52:43,494
The boys all had it under control.
746
00:52:43,578 --> 00:52:47,915
Besides, when I got back,
I was totally rejuvenated.
747
00:52:47,999 --> 00:52:50,877
I need that Polygram contract now!
748
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:52,461
'We were a solvent business,
749
00:52:52,545 --> 00:52:55,548
flying by the seat of our leather
pants but getting away with it.'
750
00:52:55,631 --> 00:52:58,259
These guys are gonna be
bigger than U2, ya cunt.
751
00:52:58,342 --> 00:53:02,180
No. But I've got it in front of me
in black and white.
752
00:53:02,263 --> 00:53:04,265
Creation Records?
- What?
753
00:53:04,348 --> 00:53:06,475
Alan McGee-san desu ka?
- McGee.
754
00:53:06,559 --> 00:53:08,060
That's me.
755
00:53:14,442 --> 00:53:17,445
Ed! Ed! Help me out here!
756
00:53:17,528 --> 00:53:20,448
Girls... Teenage Fanclub
are now my band.
757
00:53:20,531 --> 00:53:23,284
I will ring him the fuck again, then.
758
00:53:35,713 --> 00:53:39,759
Yeah, I'll be right up.
Get me a flight to Glasgow!
759
00:53:39,842 --> 00:53:42,345
No, no, a flight tomorrow's
no good.
760
00:53:42,428 --> 00:53:44,138
Hey, pal, can you drive me
to Glasgow?
761
00:53:44,222 --> 00:53:45,181
Glasgow?
762
00:53:46,682 --> 00:53:49,435
Mate, mate! Hold the train.
763
00:53:49,518 --> 00:53:52,313
There's another one in half an hour.
- Thank fuck for that.
764
00:53:52,396 --> 00:53:55,024
It's the sleeper, mind, but you'll
still get there.
765
00:53:55,107 --> 00:53:56,150
The sleeper?!
766
00:54:00,947 --> 00:54:02,240
Fuck!
767
00:54:03,908 --> 00:54:04,992
Fuck!
768
00:54:19,048 --> 00:54:20,383
Susie!
769
00:54:20,466 --> 00:54:21,759
Laura!
770
00:54:26,097 --> 00:54:27,306
She's gone.
771
00:54:28,766 --> 00:54:31,936
I tried. I couldn't get a flight.
- It's all right, Alan.
772
00:54:32,019 --> 00:54:34,563
I tried.
I couldn't get a flight.
773
00:54:37,358 --> 00:54:40,361
It's OK, darling, you're here now.
You're here now.
774
00:55:01,090 --> 00:55:04,093
What song was that?
- I just made it up.
775
00:55:04,176 --> 00:55:05,761
You just made it up?
776
00:55:05,845 --> 00:55:09,473
Do you know anything I know?
- I don't... I don't think so.
777
00:55:09,557 --> 00:55:12,476
I'm sure you get this from my side
of the family though.
778
00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:14,812
I'm sure it's not your dad.
- Oh, God, no.
779
00:55:14,895 --> 00:55:17,606
You keep practising, son.
You keep practising.
780
00:55:17,690 --> 00:55:18,649
Aye.
781
00:55:18,899 --> 00:55:22,111
You're gonna be a big star one day.
- I hope.
782
00:55:39,462 --> 00:55:42,798
Alan, I've been saving up,
just wee bits here and there.
783
00:55:42,882 --> 00:55:45,509
It's not much. I want you to take it.
- You don't have to do that.
784
00:55:45,593 --> 00:55:49,221
I know I don't have to do it.
But I want you to go to London.
785
00:55:50,097 --> 00:55:51,766
And get started.
786
00:55:52,767 --> 00:55:57,813
You follow your dream.
Come back a big pop star.
787
00:55:57,897 --> 00:56:00,983
Show your dad. Show everybody.
788
00:56:01,067 --> 00:56:03,152
That's my boy.
789
00:56:10,201 --> 00:56:12,495
Oh, you can hammer away
all you like.
790
00:56:12,578 --> 00:56:13,621
Let me in!
791
00:56:13,704 --> 00:56:15,623
No, I will not, John McGee.
792
00:56:15,706 --> 00:56:18,209
You have got my heart roasted.
793
00:56:18,292 --> 00:56:21,003
You've laid a hand on our Alan
for the last time!
794
00:56:21,462 --> 00:56:24,090
You would cause a fight
in an empty fucking house
795
00:56:24,173 --> 00:56:26,509
and now you've got me swearing!
796
00:56:26,592 --> 00:56:28,677
You're just jealous!
797
00:56:28,761 --> 00:56:32,765
You're just jealous because Alan's
different! He's artistic!
798
00:56:32,848 --> 00:56:37,144
He's got imagination
and you have got none!
799
00:56:40,189 --> 00:56:42,983
Alan, coming?
800
00:56:43,526 --> 00:56:44,819
Yeah.
801
00:56:50,282 --> 00:56:52,284
Such a shock, you know.
802
00:56:53,119 --> 00:56:57,123
Thank you so much for coming over.
I really appreciate that.
803
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:09,844
How are you doing, Alan?
804
00:57:09,927 --> 00:57:11,595
I've got a splitting headache.
805
00:57:12,513 --> 00:57:14,598
I'll get you something.
806
00:57:22,940 --> 00:57:27,319
There you go. Taking drugs
at your mother's funeral, eh?
807
00:57:27,445 --> 00:57:30,322
It's paracetamol.
He's been having headaches.
808
00:57:31,031 --> 00:57:32,783
Dad, please. Dad.
809
00:57:32,867 --> 00:57:33,784
Da.
810
00:57:39,206 --> 00:57:42,460
'They say, other than losing a child,
811
00:57:42,543 --> 00:57:45,671
losing your mother
is the worst bereavement,
812
00:57:45,754 --> 00:57:48,340
and it happens to nearly all of us.
813
00:57:48,424 --> 00:57:52,845
I wish it had been that sour-faced
old coffin dodger I was burying.'
814
00:57:53,637 --> 00:57:55,973
Wee ginger bastard.
815
00:58:19,580 --> 00:58:20,998
How you feeling, mate?
816
00:58:24,293 --> 00:58:27,588
Sorry about all this.
I mean, they insisted on staying.
817
00:58:27,713 --> 00:58:29,131
I can get rid of them.
818
00:58:31,926 --> 00:58:33,344
Let them sleep.
819
00:58:37,139 --> 00:58:40,059
We were living the rock and roll
even more than the bands were.
820
00:58:40,142 --> 00:58:42,478
Surely that made things
harder to get done?
821
00:58:42,811 --> 00:58:47,691
Not really, because we only did
something if we really believed in it.
822
00:58:48,150 --> 00:58:54,573
And somehow an album would just,
like, appear, materialise,
823
00:58:55,741 --> 00:58:59,161
and suddenly, everything
would just make sense.
824
00:59:03,666 --> 00:59:05,209
You've fucking done it!
825
00:59:05,292 --> 00:59:09,797
This is gonna go down as one of
the greatest albums in rock history!
826
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:11,799
And it's my mates from school!
827
00:59:15,803 --> 00:59:17,137
Bloody man!
828
00:59:17,471 --> 00:59:19,598
You're the fucking dude, man!
829
00:59:19,682 --> 00:59:23,852
Oh! You guys
are gonna be bigger than U2!
830
00:59:23,936 --> 00:59:25,980
Wished that you would have
come to join us here,
831
00:59:26,063 --> 00:59:27,606
be part of Creation and...
832
00:59:27,690 --> 00:59:29,567
Oh, fuck that.
833
00:59:29,650 --> 00:59:32,695
I'm down to one kidney. You cunts
would have fucking killed me.
834
00:59:32,778 --> 00:59:34,238
Are you off your head?!
835
00:59:35,948 --> 00:59:39,118
'I suppose we were a victim
of our own success.
836
00:59:39,201 --> 00:59:41,370
Three international hit albums.
837
00:59:41,453 --> 00:59:43,414
We'd done amazing by ourselves.
838
00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:46,750
But we had to move forward.
839
00:59:48,669 --> 00:59:52,339
Not for us. We owed it to the bands
that stuck with us.
840
00:59:52,423 --> 00:59:54,091
Acts that would never leave.
841
00:59:54,174 --> 00:59:57,344
But deserved to be heard
by the whole world.
842
01:00:06,145 --> 01:00:08,522
We had no choice
but to take Sony's money.
843
01:00:14,194 --> 01:00:17,906
It's time to stop fucking about
and grow up.'
844
01:00:24,038 --> 01:00:26,498
So what if we're owned
by a corporation?
845
01:00:26,582 --> 01:00:28,042
They let us do
pretty much what we like.
846
01:00:28,125 --> 01:00:31,253
The bean counters leave us
to get on with making records.
847
01:00:31,337 --> 01:00:34,423
Yeah, but I'm a maverick.
I'm doing my thing inside...
848
01:00:34,506 --> 01:00:37,760
'No matter how much smoke
they blew up our arses,
849
01:00:37,843 --> 01:00:40,971
Sony didn't care that we were the
coolest record label on the planet.
850
01:00:41,055 --> 01:00:44,016
And all the critical acclaim
meant fuck all to them.
851
01:00:44,099 --> 01:00:46,894
We had to deliver a band that were
gonna sell multi-millions.
852
01:00:46,977 --> 01:00:49,438
A band that could justify
their investment.'
853
01:00:53,651 --> 01:00:55,194
'See, I'm a tight bastard.
854
01:00:55,277 --> 01:00:57,446
That Sunday was Mum's anniversary
855
01:00:57,529 --> 01:00:59,406
and I'd gone to visit
my dad and my sisters
856
01:00:59,490 --> 01:01:00,866
on a cheap away-day return.
857
01:01:00,949 --> 01:01:03,452
I hadn't packed a bag,
didn't even have a toothbrush.'
858
01:01:05,996 --> 01:01:08,666
What time's the next train?
- Oh, that's it for tonight.
859
01:01:08,749 --> 01:01:11,335
Next one's 6am.
- I'll get this one, then.
860
01:01:11,960 --> 01:01:13,629
Hold on!
- No! Sorry!
861
01:01:13,712 --> 01:01:16,173
Oh! You again, you jobsworth cunt.
862
01:01:16,256 --> 01:01:17,216
Cunt!
863
01:01:17,299 --> 01:01:18,509
'See, this jobsworth prick,
864
01:01:18,592 --> 01:01:22,346
this prick didn't know it,
he changed history.'
865
01:01:23,097 --> 01:01:24,098
Fuck!
866
01:01:24,682 --> 01:01:26,058
Fuck you!
867
01:01:26,433 --> 01:01:27,685
All right, Susan.
868
01:01:27,768 --> 01:01:29,311
Yeah, I missed the bloody train.
869
01:01:29,687 --> 01:01:32,022
I know. Got any plans?
870
01:01:32,856 --> 01:01:35,109
Well, if you're not sick of
the sight of me,
871
01:01:35,192 --> 01:01:37,486
I've got 18 Wheeler
playing down at King Tut's.
872
01:01:37,569 --> 01:01:39,405
Get there early,
check out the support, maybe.
873
01:01:39,488 --> 01:01:41,323
Oh, come on, Alan.
Dad's never exactly been good
874
01:01:41,407 --> 01:01:43,075
at showing affection, has he?
875
01:01:43,158 --> 01:01:46,787
Too late for affection, just
appreciate a wee bit of recognition.
876
01:01:46,870 --> 01:01:48,664
He still thinks
I'm a deluded wee punk.
877
01:01:48,747 --> 01:01:53,085
He does not, he recognises
you're doing well, he's just torn.
878
01:01:53,168 --> 01:01:54,378
Torn?
879
01:01:54,461 --> 01:01:56,755
Aye, he doesn't understand
all this music business stuff.
880
01:01:56,839 --> 01:01:58,799
He's frightened you're going to fall
on your arse.
881
01:01:58,882 --> 01:02:01,468
See, he wants me to fall down
and just stay the fuck down,
882
01:02:01,552 --> 01:02:03,011
but I keep getting back up.
883
01:02:03,095 --> 01:02:06,432
He does not, he just wants you
to have a job with security.
884
01:02:06,515 --> 01:02:08,767
Security? Talk about delusional!
885
01:02:08,976 --> 01:02:11,019
I've got a company with Sony,
for fuck's sake.
886
01:02:11,103 --> 01:02:14,440
Oh, I know. You're Thatcher's
little wet dream, you, ain't you?
887
01:02:14,523 --> 01:02:16,066
You're an entrepreneur!
888
01:02:16,650 --> 01:02:18,652
I don't care
who you're friends with,
889
01:02:18,736 --> 01:02:20,821
you're not booked,
so you're not playing tonight.
890
01:02:21,947 --> 01:02:24,908
What, you want a slot? I'll give you
a fucking slot in your throat!
891
01:02:27,703 --> 01:02:31,081
What are you drinking?
- Vodka tonic, please. I'll get us a seat.
892
01:02:31,165 --> 01:02:32,499
Cunts!
893
01:02:34,460 --> 01:02:37,296
Double vodka and tonic,
double Jack Daniels and Coke, please.
894
01:02:37,379 --> 01:02:40,048
Hey! You're Alan McGee.
895
01:02:40,132 --> 01:02:41,383
Local boy done good.
896
01:02:41,467 --> 01:02:44,261
What brings you home, pal?
Oh, just a bit of family business.
897
01:02:45,179 --> 01:02:48,182
Any of this lot yours?
- Aye, 18 Wheeler.
898
01:02:48,265 --> 01:02:50,392
And then my pal Debbie is on support.
899
01:02:50,476 --> 01:02:51,977
What was that about at the door?
900
01:02:52,060 --> 01:02:54,480
It's just some Manchester band
giving me some fanny
901
01:02:54,563 --> 01:02:56,482
about saying they were booked
to play tonight,
902
01:02:56,565 --> 01:02:58,108
but it's the first I've heard of it.
903
01:02:58,192 --> 01:03:00,527
Looked like it was going to kick off.
- Aye.
904
01:03:00,944 --> 01:03:03,197
Hope not tonight though,
because I've got no bouncers.
905
01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:05,741
But don't tell them that.
- Better squeeze them in somewhere.
906
01:03:05,824 --> 01:03:07,785
You don't want a bunch of
Manc scallies kicking off.
907
01:03:07,868 --> 01:03:10,037
Trust me. I lived there.
- I will, AI.
908
01:03:10,120 --> 01:03:13,290
Gave 'em 20 minutes.
Give the DJ time to go for a shite.
909
01:03:13,540 --> 01:03:15,959
What they called?
- Oh, it's a crap name, man.
910
01:03:17,711 --> 01:03:18,921
Oasis.
911
01:03:25,427 --> 01:03:28,138
Malcolm! Malcolm!
912
01:03:29,014 --> 01:03:30,265
Go and have a fag.
913
01:03:31,350 --> 01:03:33,352
It's 20 minutes, you understand?
914
01:03:34,478 --> 01:03:38,982
We start proceedings with
a band who should be called
915
01:03:39,066 --> 01:03:41,109
Fucking Cheeky Bastards.
916
01:03:41,860 --> 01:03:44,738
I'd like to welcome to the stage,
Oasis.
917
01:03:49,660 --> 01:03:50,702
Get on with it!
918
01:03:50,869 --> 01:03:53,455
I mean, there's you talking about the
recognition you need fer yer own dad
919
01:03:53,539 --> 01:03:55,749
and you're no paying attention
to your own wain.
920
01:03:56,959 --> 01:03:59,920
He's just a kid,
and that's your family.
921
01:04:00,671 --> 01:04:02,714
Dad's got a grandson
he doesn't even see.
922
01:04:02,798 --> 01:04:04,842
Do you think that does nae
disappoint him?
923
01:05:03,317 --> 01:05:05,736
In just under three
years, Oasis will have gone from
924
01:05:05,819 --> 01:05:08,488
being a new signing
to one of rock's true giants.
925
01:05:08,572 --> 01:05:10,365
The live gig of the decade.
926
01:05:10,490 --> 01:05:13,660
Oasis gears up to rock
a quarter of a million fans.
927
01:05:13,744 --> 01:05:16,330
Oasis is gonna play to more than
a third of a million people
928
01:05:16,413 --> 01:05:17,915
in just over one week.
929
01:05:24,296 --> 01:05:27,674
I don't know any teenage lad
who wouldn't wanna be like them.
930
01:05:29,760 --> 01:05:31,762
I don't know any teenage girl
that would say
931
01:05:31,845 --> 01:05:34,056
that they didn't actually want
to go out with Liam Gallagher.
932
01:05:42,773 --> 01:05:45,359
Noel! I love your eyebrows.
They're sexy!
933
01:05:45,442 --> 01:05:49,279
The most honest band on the planet.
- We're not pop stars, we're lads.
934
01:06:17,391 --> 01:06:18,642
Nice one.
935
01:06:21,853 --> 01:06:23,313
Did you hear that?
936
01:06:23,397 --> 01:06:25,148
Yeah. Good band.
937
01:06:25,232 --> 01:06:28,110
Good? They're fucking amazing.
938
01:06:28,193 --> 01:06:29,528
Hey man, come here.
939
01:06:30,445 --> 01:06:31,989
Who do I talk to?
- What, in the band?
940
01:06:32,072 --> 01:06:33,198
Aye. Who's the leader?
941
01:06:33,281 --> 01:06:34,783
Joan of Arc.
942
01:06:34,866 --> 01:06:36,868
He's the only sensible cunt
amongst them.
943
01:06:37,619 --> 01:06:39,413
Do you want a record deal?
- You what?
944
01:06:39,496 --> 01:06:41,540
Do you want a record deal?
I'm Alan McGee.
945
01:06:41,623 --> 01:06:42,833
Yeah, yeah, yeah, no.
946
01:06:45,293 --> 01:06:46,712
I know who you are.
947
01:06:48,422 --> 01:06:50,132
You're not already signed, are you?
948
01:06:50,215 --> 01:06:51,967
No.
- Have you got a manager?
949
01:06:52,050 --> 01:06:53,677
No. Do you want a tape?
950
01:06:54,177 --> 01:06:56,680
I don't need a tape,
I've heard and seen enough.
951
01:06:57,681 --> 01:06:59,099
Mate, calm down.
952
01:06:59,182 --> 01:07:01,893
You've had a drink, and you're
a bit excited. Take a tape.
953
01:07:02,269 --> 01:07:05,731
'That tape had most of
Definitely Maybe on it.'
954
01:07:05,814 --> 01:07:09,276
The fastest-selling album
ever. 25 weeks in the charts.
955
01:07:09,443 --> 01:07:11,778
With singles like Live Forever!
956
01:07:11,862 --> 01:07:13,155
Rock 'N' Roll Star!
957
01:07:14,114 --> 01:07:17,325
'See, Noel had been writing songs
since he was 16.
958
01:07:17,409 --> 01:07:21,872
Liam... Liam was just
a born rock star.'
959
01:07:21,997 --> 01:07:26,209
Give it up for Oasis, making
their TV debut with Supersonic.
960
01:07:29,254 --> 01:07:30,505
Put this on it.
961
01:07:31,173 --> 01:07:33,008
My band's just nicked
the headliner's rider,
962
01:07:33,091 --> 01:07:34,134
so we're gonna do one.
963
01:07:35,093 --> 01:07:36,386
Big fan of your label.
964
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:38,013
Hey, hey.
965
01:07:38,096 --> 01:07:40,724
'It was a case of right place,
right time.
966
01:07:40,807 --> 01:07:42,309
Synchronicity.'
967
01:07:43,769 --> 01:07:45,145
Fuck you!
968
01:07:45,437 --> 01:07:48,607
'From the moment I was born,
I was meant to miss that train.
969
01:07:48,774 --> 01:07:51,234
Some people's destiny
was to meet particular people
970
01:07:51,318 --> 01:07:52,527
or go to foreign lands.
971
01:07:52,611 --> 01:07:58,075
But my whole life had been leading up
to me missing a fucking train.'
972
01:07:59,576 --> 01:08:02,370
Now you had one of
the biggest bands in the world.
973
01:08:02,579 --> 01:08:04,998
Finally, bigger than U2.
974
01:08:06,541 --> 01:08:07,959
Where does it go from here?
975
01:08:08,418 --> 01:08:11,171
Well, for me, it's a party
in a club on Sunset. You coming?
976
01:08:11,797 --> 01:08:13,799
I'd love to, but I have a deadline.
977
01:08:13,882 --> 01:08:16,843
Hey. Can we meet up again
when I'm back in London?
978
01:08:16,927 --> 01:08:18,970
I can do an update piece.
- Absolutely.
979
01:08:19,971 --> 01:08:22,974
Oh, if there's one thing I love
more than being talked about,
980
01:08:23,058 --> 01:08:25,977
it's being written about.
- I just wish I could write it.
981
01:08:26,103 --> 01:08:29,189
What're you talking about?
- It's a puff piece, mainly photos.
982
01:08:29,731 --> 01:08:30,857
Oh!
983
01:08:30,941 --> 01:08:34,402
Tell them to get tae fuck, go and sell it
to Rolling Stone or someone.
984
01:08:34,528 --> 01:08:36,988
Tell 'em, Alan McGee
is up there with Brian Epstein,
985
01:08:37,072 --> 01:08:38,532
Peter Grant, Malcolm McLaren,
986
01:08:38,615 --> 01:08:41,493
as one of the greatest
rock managers in history.
987
01:08:41,701 --> 01:08:43,245
That's what I'd tell 'em anyway.
988
01:08:43,829 --> 01:08:47,666
You're so modest.
- Modesty gets you nowhere. Listen.
989
01:08:47,958 --> 01:08:53,046
I know that every fucker out there
knows that I'm talentless.
990
01:08:53,130 --> 01:08:55,257
But I'm a situationist, huh?
991
01:08:55,423 --> 01:08:58,885
Yeah.
- I make things happen.
992
01:08:59,678 --> 01:09:02,264
Sheer determination, I get it.
993
01:09:03,265 --> 01:09:05,559
You do.
- Well, let's definitely meet up in London.
994
01:09:05,642 --> 01:09:08,979
I might be in a position where I can
write a piece that matches your ego.
995
01:09:09,062 --> 01:09:11,565
That's a very noble ambition.
Good luck with that.
996
01:09:11,690 --> 01:09:13,525
Hey. Oh, can I have my glasses?
997
01:09:15,777 --> 01:09:17,529
Thanks. Have fun at your party.
998
01:09:23,034 --> 01:09:27,372
'Like I said,
LA, land of the soulless.'
999
01:09:27,914 --> 01:09:28,874
Cheers.
1000
01:09:28,957 --> 01:09:32,961
'The vacuous, the
backstabbers and the poofs.'
1001
01:09:33,295 --> 01:09:35,422
Oh, hey, man.
- 'The wannabes.'
1002
01:09:35,714 --> 01:09:38,800
Noel and Liam, is it true they just
beat up each other?
1003
01:09:38,884 --> 01:09:40,844
What?
- You know, make out we're brothers
1004
01:09:40,927 --> 01:09:43,555
beat the shit out of each other on stage.
- Right!
1005
01:09:43,638 --> 01:09:45,974
Hey, we're just doing this fucking...
1006
01:09:50,729 --> 01:09:51,771
Nice shoes.
1007
01:09:55,859 --> 01:09:57,652
Oh, you like them?
1008
01:09:58,278 --> 01:10:01,656
Got them in Japan. By some miracle,
they've survived Glastonbury.
1009
01:10:02,782 --> 01:10:03,992
Are you English?
1010
01:10:05,035 --> 01:10:06,620
Scottish.
- Ah.
1011
01:10:07,204 --> 01:10:09,998
And this Glastonbury, is it...
Is it close to Liverpool?
1012
01:10:10,081 --> 01:10:12,834
I love the Beatles.
- It's a festival.
1013
01:10:13,460 --> 01:10:15,629
Like Burning Man,
but with rain and mud,
1014
01:10:15,712 --> 01:10:17,714
and fucking awful toilets.
- Cool!
1015
01:10:18,381 --> 01:10:20,842
So, what brings you to LA?
1016
01:10:21,051 --> 01:10:22,302
Bit of business.
1017
01:10:22,385 --> 01:10:24,554
Huh, yeah. What is it you do?
1018
01:10:24,638 --> 01:10:26,139
I own a record label.
1019
01:10:26,514 --> 01:10:27,641
Really?
- Mm.
1020
01:10:27,724 --> 01:10:29,392
Wow, that is so interesting
1021
01:10:29,476 --> 01:10:32,646
because, um...
I'm a singer-songwriter...
1022
01:10:34,564 --> 01:10:35,732
Della.
1023
01:10:36,441 --> 01:10:39,527
Will you... Will you take a listen?
1024
01:10:39,736 --> 01:10:44,407
I mean, it needs work, but it has
my number on it, on the back.
1025
01:10:44,491 --> 01:10:47,619
'Now, one of three things
can happen here.
1026
01:10:47,702 --> 01:10:49,788
She gets what she wants.
1027
01:10:50,372 --> 01:10:52,499
I get what I want.'
1028
01:10:52,582 --> 01:10:57,128
I'm like a cross between
Joni Mitchell and Patti Smith.
1029
01:11:00,215 --> 01:11:02,842
Creation would be
the perfect label for me.
1030
01:11:04,719 --> 01:11:06,680
How do you know I own Creation?
1031
01:11:06,763 --> 01:11:09,891
'Or we both get fuck all and jog on.'
1032
01:11:10,684 --> 01:11:12,227
Don't try and hustle a hustler.
1033
01:11:12,686 --> 01:11:15,480
I've got people listening
to demos all day long.
1034
01:11:15,855 --> 01:11:16,982
Thank you.
1035
01:11:18,066 --> 01:11:19,526
Fucking asshole!
1036
01:11:22,487 --> 01:11:23,571
Alan!
1037
01:11:23,655 --> 01:11:27,117
'You see this Charlie? Someone else
that's going to change my life.
1038
01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:28,410
And not for the better.'
1039
01:11:28,493 --> 01:11:30,662
Yo! Jeez! Fucking...
1040
01:11:30,745 --> 01:11:32,998
'I couldn't remember his name
for the life of me.
1041
01:11:33,081 --> 01:11:34,749
But when you've done enough drugs,
1042
01:11:34,833 --> 01:11:37,043
you just open your mouth
and say the first name
1043
01:11:37,127 --> 01:11:38,253
that comes into your head.'
1044
01:11:38,336 --> 01:11:39,504
All right, Ralph?
1045
01:11:39,587 --> 01:11:42,257
I was just talking about you
the other day to um...
1046
01:11:42,340 --> 01:11:44,884
Oh, what's his...
Tall fucker with the piggy eyes.
1047
01:11:44,968 --> 01:11:47,470
Who gives a fuck.
How are you, darling?
1048
01:11:47,804 --> 01:11:49,264
I'm good, Ralph. You?
1049
01:11:49,347 --> 01:11:52,142
Yeah, really great.
Actually, really smashing.
1050
01:11:52,225 --> 01:11:54,728
How was rehab?
- Fantastic, best ever.
1051
01:11:56,396 --> 01:11:58,440
I'm producing again.
- No way!
1052
01:11:58,523 --> 01:11:59,858
Yeah, I know.
- Back in the film game?
1053
01:11:59,941 --> 01:12:02,193
Be totally different
this time, I swear to God.
1054
01:12:02,319 --> 01:12:06,197
A little bird told me you are
fucking killing the music business.
1055
01:12:06,781 --> 01:12:09,117
World domination time.
- Too modest.
1056
01:12:09,200 --> 01:12:10,327
Um...
1057
01:12:10,910 --> 01:12:12,287
Fancy a cheeky toot?
1058
01:12:13,496 --> 01:12:15,248
I shall live and die in LA.
1059
01:12:15,332 --> 01:12:18,376
'There are a million Ralphs in LA.
1060
01:12:18,710 --> 01:12:23,089
Trustafarians who left the public schools
of England to be Hollywood producers.'
1061
01:12:23,381 --> 01:12:25,383
Of course, they cut me out
of the inheritance.
1062
01:12:25,467 --> 01:12:26,718
But who needs a fucking castle?
1063
01:12:27,218 --> 01:12:29,054
'Never seen a frame of anything
he's produced
1064
01:12:29,137 --> 01:12:30,805
and I don't think anyone else had.
1065
01:12:31,264 --> 01:12:33,683
Just met at some forgotten
Hollywood bash somewhere.
1066
01:12:33,767 --> 01:12:35,977
That's the thing about cocaine.'
- Shall we?
1067
01:12:36,102 --> 01:12:39,356
'You end up sniffing it off
toilet seats with total strangers
1068
01:12:39,439 --> 01:12:41,983
who become your best friend
for the next few hours.'
1069
01:12:42,067 --> 01:12:43,026
Ah!
1070
01:12:46,780 --> 01:12:48,531
What's your new movie about?
1071
01:12:48,615 --> 01:12:51,576
Oh, I met this amazing,
really charming young man
1072
01:12:51,659 --> 01:12:54,954
from Compton,
called Hercules The Reaper.
1073
01:12:55,038 --> 01:12:56,247
Actually...
1074
01:12:56,331 --> 01:12:58,792
Oh, this place
is absolutely moribund.
1075
01:12:58,875 --> 01:13:01,169
Let's go to his club.
- Club?
1076
01:13:01,252 --> 01:13:03,463
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's right up your strasse.
1077
01:13:03,588 --> 01:13:05,673
Let's go.
- Come. Tidy up.
1078
01:13:05,924 --> 01:13:07,050
Here we go.
1079
01:13:13,014 --> 01:13:14,682
Oh, Christ.
1080
01:13:16,976 --> 01:13:19,104
Ralph, give us a couple of beers,
will you?
1081
01:13:20,397 --> 01:13:23,441
This is the life, love this town.
1082
01:13:24,025 --> 01:13:25,193
Ah!
1083
01:13:25,276 --> 01:13:29,572
So, what is this film? Is it like
some kind of... documentary?
1084
01:13:29,697 --> 01:13:32,534
It's a biopic. The story of a man's
incredible life.
1085
01:13:32,617 --> 01:13:34,786
It looks like a vanity project
because he's paying for it all,
1086
01:13:34,869 --> 01:13:36,788
but it's not.
Forrest Gump meets Boyz N The Hood.
1087
01:13:36,871 --> 01:13:37,872
Forrest Gump?
1088
01:13:37,956 --> 01:13:40,041
What's that about, then?
- More like a black Forrest Gump
1089
01:13:40,125 --> 01:13:41,376
with good music.
1090
01:13:41,751 --> 01:13:44,170
We're lucky.
We'll have them singing songs
1091
01:13:44,254 --> 01:13:46,423
and shooting each other
in the playground.
1092
01:13:46,506 --> 01:13:47,465
I hate biopics.
1093
01:13:47,549 --> 01:13:49,759
Yeah, let's hope nobody else
thinks like you, you cunt.
1094
01:13:50,593 --> 01:13:52,387
Do you need some music for it?
1095
01:13:52,595 --> 01:13:54,431
I don't... What, your kind of music?
1096
01:13:54,514 --> 01:13:56,808
I don't think so,
unless they're gonna black up.
1097
01:14:00,728 --> 01:14:01,813
Hey!
1098
01:14:02,814 --> 01:14:04,899
Herc, my brother.
1099
01:14:05,650 --> 01:14:08,486
This is my very good friend, Alan.
1100
01:14:08,570 --> 01:14:09,654
Where are you?
1101
01:14:09,737 --> 01:14:11,781
He's a major player
in the music biz.
1102
01:14:13,074 --> 01:14:14,200
Major.
1103
01:14:14,576 --> 01:14:16,411
Pull up.
- Thank you.
1104
01:14:17,036 --> 01:14:18,788
Hello, how are you?
1105
01:14:19,122 --> 01:14:21,833
Ralph tell you, they're making
a movie about me?
1106
01:14:22,542 --> 01:14:23,418
What?
1107
01:14:23,501 --> 01:14:28,465
A movie, yes.
- Some real shit, rags to riches.
1108
01:14:28,548 --> 01:14:30,633
But Alan's just like you, Herc.
1109
01:14:30,717 --> 01:14:32,719
He's from the hood.
- What?
1110
01:14:32,802 --> 01:14:36,556
Well, in the UK, we call them
council estates. It's the same thing.
1111
01:14:36,639 --> 01:14:41,227
It's just lots of poor people
crammed into suffering together.
1112
01:14:41,436 --> 01:14:46,441
I'd like a visit to the UK one day.
Not at the moment, though.
1113
01:14:46,524 --> 01:14:48,776
Feds won't let me leave the country.
1114
01:14:49,235 --> 01:14:51,070
Oh, the Feds
are persecuting Herc, Alan.
1115
01:14:51,154 --> 01:14:52,489
They're all up in his shit.
1116
01:14:52,572 --> 01:14:54,616
They won't give
a brother a break, right?
1117
01:14:54,699 --> 01:14:55,742
Right, well...
1118
01:14:55,992 --> 01:14:58,411
Brother, take it to the VIP.
1119
01:14:59,871 --> 01:15:01,748
Laters, homes. You...
1120
01:15:04,209 --> 01:15:06,377
In here.
- What's happening?
1121
01:15:06,711 --> 01:15:08,087
Whatever you like, my friend.
1122
01:15:08,338 --> 01:15:11,549
What happens in Compton
stays in Compton.
1123
01:15:12,342 --> 01:15:15,178
Hello, ladies,
this is my friend, Alan.
1124
01:15:15,595 --> 01:15:16,596
He's terribly shy.
1125
01:15:36,574 --> 01:15:38,743
Oh, Sleeping Beauty. Welcome back.
1126
01:15:39,035 --> 01:15:41,329
This is Maurice.
1127
01:15:41,704 --> 01:15:43,122
Fucking mentalist.
1128
01:15:45,250 --> 01:15:47,961
I said... I said you might
give him a record deal.
1129
01:15:48,378 --> 01:15:50,964
Maurice, you haven't already
got a record deal, have you?
1130
01:15:51,256 --> 01:15:52,966
Shit. I didn't...
I didn't think of that.
1131
01:15:53,049 --> 01:15:55,843
He might... He might already have
a record deal, I don't know.
1132
01:15:55,927 --> 01:15:58,263
Ricky ticky tick,
ricky ticky ticky ticky,
1133
01:15:58,346 --> 01:15:59,681
ticky ticky tick tick.
1134
01:16:01,599 --> 01:16:02,725
Ralph.
1135
01:16:06,145 --> 01:16:08,690
Can I have a wee word?
- Yeah, yeah, sure.
1136
01:16:08,773 --> 01:16:12,443
As I say, you're on
my soundtrack, I swear.
1137
01:16:20,827 --> 01:16:24,956
How did we end up
in a fucking crack den?
1138
01:16:25,039 --> 01:16:26,624
I know.
1139
01:16:27,333 --> 01:16:28,710
It's awesome, isn't it?
1140
01:16:31,296 --> 01:16:33,006
Alan, no-one's going to jack you.
1141
01:16:33,089 --> 01:16:35,258
They all know
I'm down with Herc's crew.
1142
01:16:36,718 --> 01:16:38,928
Looking at that lovely
lolly there, it reminds me,
1143
01:16:39,012 --> 01:16:41,681
there's a fabulous whorehouse
over there I used to frequent.
1144
01:16:41,764 --> 01:16:44,267
Wanna pop in for some breakfast
and a happy ending, hmm?
1145
01:16:44,601 --> 01:16:47,312
Take me to the hotel.
- All right, Grandpa.
1146
01:16:48,479 --> 01:16:49,606
There we go.
1147
01:16:50,773 --> 01:16:54,068
Ah, I'm afraid
I can't take you up the hill.
1148
01:16:54,527 --> 01:16:56,863
The reverse is a little
unpredictable on this thing.
1149
01:16:56,946 --> 01:16:58,031
It's all right.
1150
01:17:02,702 --> 01:17:05,913
Oh, well. Better out than in,
as Mummy used to say.
1151
01:17:07,332 --> 01:17:10,168
Oh, now listen, tonight,
there's a fabulous bash
1152
01:17:10,251 --> 01:17:12,503
in Topanga,
porn producer friend of mine.
1153
01:17:12,587 --> 01:17:14,505
Wall-to-wall totty. Fancy it?
1154
01:17:14,922 --> 01:17:16,049
I'd better not.
1155
01:17:16,174 --> 01:17:19,344
Fine, well, I'll give you a tinkle later
in case you've grown your cock back.
1156
01:17:19,427 --> 01:17:20,303
One for the road?
1157
01:17:23,306 --> 01:17:24,724
We begin with that breaking news.
1158
01:17:24,807 --> 01:17:26,809
A state of emergency
in California.
1159
01:17:26,893 --> 01:17:28,394
Here's what we know right now.
1160
01:17:30,897 --> 01:17:32,440
Homes have been destroyed there.
1161
01:17:37,695 --> 01:17:39,572
Mandatory evacuations...
1162
01:18:15,400 --> 01:18:17,110
..California this morning.
1163
01:18:17,193 --> 01:18:19,195
I want you to take
a quick look at this town.
1164
01:18:19,362 --> 01:18:21,406
That's actually the main part
of the...
1165
01:19:18,588 --> 01:19:25,052
I don't believe that anybody feels
the way I do about you.
1166
01:19:25,136 --> 01:19:29,015
Exhaustion, panic attacks,
it's a breakdown, Ed.
1167
01:19:29,682 --> 01:19:32,977
Looks like the rock and roll has
finally caught up with me, eh?
1168
01:19:33,060 --> 01:19:35,438
I'm gonna stay with you
as long as it takes.
1169
01:19:39,275 --> 01:19:42,195
I need you to get me the fuck home.
1170
01:19:42,278 --> 01:19:44,322
I can't stay here,
this place is evil.
1171
01:19:48,159 --> 01:19:50,119
Hey, how you doin'?
1172
01:19:51,537 --> 01:19:53,289
Nice and cosy,
you're all right, mate.
1173
01:19:54,248 --> 01:19:56,542
Just some Valium.
- You don't need that.
1174
01:19:59,545 --> 01:20:01,506
You know, a fear of flying
comes from
1175
01:20:01,589 --> 01:20:03,508
the fear of not being in control.
1176
01:20:03,591 --> 01:20:06,260
And that's caused by the fear of
1177
01:20:06,344 --> 01:20:08,805
not feeling worthy of your position.
1178
01:20:09,013 --> 01:20:11,015
And that leads to all sorts
of things like...
1179
01:20:12,433 --> 01:20:15,269
excessive drink,
excessive drug-taking.
1180
01:20:15,353 --> 01:20:18,523
For fear of actually
engaging in reality,
1181
01:20:18,606 --> 01:20:19,941
because in reality...
1182
01:20:21,442 --> 01:20:22,860
we're not in control.
1183
01:20:24,779 --> 01:20:28,658
That's why God gave everyone an ego.
1184
01:20:28,741 --> 01:20:32,286
To feel like we're important enough,
1185
01:20:32,370 --> 01:20:36,082
to feel like we're in control.
1186
01:20:44,173 --> 01:20:45,758
That's pretty deep, Ed.
1187
01:20:48,594 --> 01:20:52,139
You've got so many people
that love you, so many.
1188
01:20:58,020 --> 01:21:00,356
You're gonna get
all the help you need.
1189
01:21:09,824 --> 01:21:11,993
I just want you to get better, Alan.
1190
01:21:27,925 --> 01:21:30,219
Hey, this joint took some finding.
1191
01:21:30,303 --> 01:21:32,930
Avoid Central London these days.
How long are you in town?
1192
01:21:33,014 --> 01:21:35,766
Four days. I'm doing a piece
on Bono with Rolling Stone.
1193
01:21:35,850 --> 01:21:37,852
Ouch!
- It's been years.
1194
01:21:37,935 --> 01:21:40,479
Tell me about it.
You're doing really well.
1195
01:21:40,563 --> 01:21:41,772
I read a lot of your stuff.
1196
01:21:41,856 --> 01:21:44,859
That Lou Reed piece.
The memories of Michael Ronson piece.
1197
01:21:45,401 --> 01:21:46,569
You read that?
1198
01:21:47,945 --> 01:21:50,239
Hey, I heard that you had
Bill Clinton come
1199
01:21:50,323 --> 01:21:51,574
and crash at your house.
1200
01:21:51,741 --> 01:21:54,994
He was looking for somewhere free
to crash. He's a tight cunt like me.
1201
01:21:55,119 --> 01:21:57,830
So I think someone from
the Labour Party hooked it up.
1202
01:21:57,914 --> 01:21:59,749
Oh, yeah. I wanted to
ask you about that.
1203
01:22:00,166 --> 01:22:01,334
You'd taken some time off.
1204
01:22:01,667 --> 01:22:04,921
'Now, call it what it was.
It was a breakdown.'
1205
01:22:07,506 --> 01:22:08,716
'Agoraphobia.
1206
01:22:09,342 --> 01:22:13,137
Or a-gora-phobia
as the Americans call it,
1207
01:22:13,304 --> 01:22:16,349
which makes it sound like
some kind of luxury wool.
1208
01:22:17,808 --> 01:22:21,687
No, it ain't woolly,
it's fear and dread.
1209
01:22:23,272 --> 01:22:25,566
It's all around you
and it's far away.
1210
01:22:25,775 --> 01:22:27,526
It's just fucking terrible.'
1211
01:22:28,235 --> 01:22:29,987
I went to therapy, all that jazz.
1212
01:22:33,699 --> 01:22:35,701
Just get better.
- Yeah, all right.
1213
01:22:36,243 --> 01:22:37,286
See you soon.
1214
01:22:47,338 --> 01:22:48,464
Fuck.
1215
01:22:48,798 --> 01:22:50,049
Come in, come in.
1216
01:22:55,388 --> 01:22:57,223
Oh, no. No, no.
1217
01:22:57,306 --> 01:22:58,766
No, here.
1218
01:22:59,892 --> 01:23:01,227
Oh, sorry.
1219
01:23:02,395 --> 01:23:03,771
It's OK.
1220
01:23:09,193 --> 01:23:11,737
Hm! Talk about predictable, eh?
1221
01:23:11,821 --> 01:23:14,949
I suppose I was feeling
extremely pressured.
1222
01:23:15,032 --> 01:23:17,159
My parents are high-flyers.
1223
01:23:17,243 --> 01:23:19,829
I wanted them to be proud
of my achievements.
1224
01:23:20,454 --> 01:23:22,206
All of the time though.
1225
01:23:23,582 --> 01:23:26,335
Did you read the info
on the Alcoholics Anonymous?
1226
01:23:26,544 --> 01:23:28,129
I'm with Groucho Marx.
1227
01:23:28,212 --> 01:23:30,923
I wouldn't want to join a cult
that would have me as a member.
1228
01:23:31,549 --> 01:23:34,051
They're not a cult.
1229
01:23:34,260 --> 01:23:39,265
I started self-medicating.
Prozac, Valium, betablockers.
1230
01:23:39,473 --> 01:23:43,060
Me too, but I was writing
myself prescriptions
1231
01:23:43,144 --> 01:23:47,732
for ecstasy, speed, coke, acid,
whisky, almost every day.
1232
01:23:51,485 --> 01:23:54,030
I've been trying to
contact you. Where you been?
1233
01:23:54,113 --> 01:23:57,033
I've got something here
that'll liven you right up.
1234
01:23:57,616 --> 01:23:59,535
'If there's one thing dealers hate
more than not being paid,
1235
01:23:59,618 --> 01:24:00,995
it's being paid.
1236
01:24:01,078 --> 01:24:02,538
You owe them,
they've got the upper hand.
1237
01:24:02,621 --> 01:24:04,707
Pay off the debt,
they lose interest charges.'
1238
01:24:04,832 --> 01:24:07,501
Don't have to settle the tab yet.
- How much is the tab?
1239
01:24:07,585 --> 01:24:08,586
How much?
1240
01:24:09,253 --> 01:24:12,339
'They're no different to bankers.
It's exactly the same transaction.'
1241
01:24:12,423 --> 01:24:16,302
Thank you.
- But Alan, you're my best customer.
1242
01:24:16,594 --> 01:24:19,263
There we go, there we go. All right?
1243
01:24:19,346 --> 01:24:20,681
All right. Well, look...
1244
01:24:20,765 --> 01:24:22,683
Give me the money for that
next time.
1245
01:24:22,767 --> 01:24:24,602
'They just have a better product.'
1246
01:24:25,394 --> 01:24:26,520
Oh, shit.
1247
01:24:27,897 --> 01:24:30,900
That's Alan's dealer.
He's not in the kitchen, is he?
1248
01:24:32,276 --> 01:24:33,402
Where is he?
1249
01:24:37,281 --> 01:24:39,075
That was my dealer just round, eh?
1250
01:24:41,160 --> 01:24:42,620
Flushed it down the pan.
1251
01:24:42,870 --> 01:24:44,663
At least your ones
were over the counter.
1252
01:24:45,831 --> 01:24:52,213
Well, it's not important
what type of crutches we all use.
1253
01:24:52,630 --> 01:24:55,466
See, what's important
is getting to the root of
1254
01:24:55,549 --> 01:24:57,843
why we needed those crutches
in the first place.
1255
01:24:57,927 --> 01:25:00,346
Education,
education, and education.
1256
01:25:00,513 --> 01:25:03,849
Susan's gone to meet a doctor,
he's got a clinic.
1257
01:25:04,600 --> 01:25:05,851
'Crutches?
1258
01:25:06,018 --> 01:25:08,437
Oasis were becoming
the biggest band on the planet,
1259
01:25:08,521 --> 01:25:11,065
and here I was, a shivering mess.
1260
01:25:11,941 --> 01:25:14,068
It's like I was throwing
the best party in the world
1261
01:25:14,151 --> 01:25:16,946
but got shit-faced the night before
and was too hungover to join in.
1262
01:25:17,947 --> 01:25:19,657
Was I the ghost at the feast?
1263
01:25:19,740 --> 01:25:23,869
The mythical creator of this world,
hosting this party in my absence.
1264
01:25:24,370 --> 01:25:27,206
Truth is, no-one gave a fuck.
1265
01:25:27,289 --> 01:25:30,126
The party just rolled on,
whether I was there or not.'
1266
01:25:31,335 --> 01:25:32,962
What the fuck?
1267
01:25:33,671 --> 01:25:35,798
I replaced it with cold tea.
1268
01:25:36,465 --> 01:25:39,677
You're a man, it's up to you
what you do with your life, son.
1269
01:25:42,805 --> 01:25:46,058
I don't want this to come
across the wrong way, but...
1270
01:25:46,142 --> 01:25:47,518
Oh, go on.
1271
01:25:47,935 --> 01:25:49,562
Bottom line is...
1272
01:25:50,563 --> 01:25:53,065
it was fun.
1273
01:25:56,777 --> 01:25:59,196
I was having a good time.
I could afford it.
1274
01:26:00,072 --> 01:26:02,032
The only person
I was putting at risk was me.
1275
01:26:02,116 --> 01:26:03,200
If someone had said to me,
1276
01:26:03,284 --> 01:26:07,371
"Hey Alan, all that shite
is gonna fuck you up one day",
1277
01:26:07,454 --> 01:26:10,416
truth is, I still would have done it.
1278
01:26:11,584 --> 01:26:12,918
And you know something?
1279
01:26:13,460 --> 01:26:15,296
If I wasn't
such a fucking lightweight,
1280
01:26:15,379 --> 01:26:19,842
I wouldn't be sitting here right now
in this circle of whatever.
1281
01:26:19,925 --> 01:26:24,263
I'd be out there, be out there
with my mates right now.
1282
01:26:24,346 --> 01:26:27,433
If I had the constitution of some
of the rock stars I was looking after,
1283
01:26:27,516 --> 01:26:30,352
I'd still be out there,
taking everything in sight.
1284
01:26:31,061 --> 01:26:31,937
Yeah!
1285
01:26:36,942 --> 01:26:40,654
It was exceedingly dull.
1286
01:26:40,738 --> 01:26:43,073
It's just noise, boom, tack!
1287
01:26:43,157 --> 01:26:44,116
Twang, twang!
1288
01:26:44,200 --> 01:26:47,536
Music does not exist in science.
1289
01:26:47,620 --> 01:26:49,705
Why is it some noise...
1290
01:26:54,335 --> 01:26:57,880
'See, what you call something
completely changes perceptions of it.
1291
01:26:57,963 --> 01:27:00,674
You say "nervous breakdown"
people think "funny farm",
1292
01:27:00,758 --> 01:27:02,676
but you say rehab, now you're cool.'
1293
01:27:02,760 --> 01:27:06,513
I've got millions riding
on a bunch of noises
1294
01:27:06,597 --> 01:27:08,724
that it's impossible
to even quantify!
1295
01:27:08,807 --> 01:27:11,810
It's enough to make anybody
absolutely crackers.
1296
01:27:14,772 --> 01:27:16,899
'You're an industry casualty.
1297
01:27:16,982 --> 01:27:20,444
It's like membership
to the Terminal Fame Club
1298
01:27:20,527 --> 01:27:22,655
Of Rock And Roll Fatality.'
1299
01:27:25,157 --> 01:27:27,034
I can come back tomorrow
if you like?
1300
01:27:27,117 --> 01:27:28,577
No, you're good, you're good.
1301
01:27:30,246 --> 01:27:32,748
Everyone's asking about you.
- Oh, yeah?
1302
01:27:33,499 --> 01:27:34,750
What did you tell them?
1303
01:27:35,751 --> 01:27:39,880
That you're ill.
- Just tell them the truth, Dick.
1304
01:27:40,798 --> 01:27:42,633
It's nothing to be ashamed of.
1305
01:27:42,716 --> 01:27:44,718
What, that you're in... rehab?
1306
01:27:45,219 --> 01:27:48,013
Yeah.
It's pure rock and roll, isn't it?
1307
01:27:49,306 --> 01:27:50,724
Thank God for that.
1308
01:27:51,141 --> 01:27:53,602
I was running out of illnesses.
You know I told The Guardian
1309
01:27:53,686 --> 01:27:55,813
that you was having an operation
to remove piles?
1310
01:27:56,480 --> 01:27:58,232
Fuck off! What did you tell them
that for?
1311
01:27:59,191 --> 01:28:00,484
Well, I had it done.
1312
01:28:01,485 --> 01:28:05,781
Could you not think of something
a bit more sexy than piles?
1313
01:28:08,158 --> 01:28:10,369
Well, maybe we should tell them
1314
01:28:10,452 --> 01:28:12,621
that you're having
plastic surgery on your penis.
1315
01:28:12,705 --> 01:28:14,456
Tell the world I've got a tiny cock!
1316
01:28:14,790 --> 01:28:17,209
How's that sexy?
- No, no, no, no, no.
1317
01:28:17,293 --> 01:28:18,794
You're gonna have a penis reduction.
1318
01:28:19,169 --> 01:28:23,549
Christ, Dick,
just stick to the rehab story!
1319
01:28:23,632 --> 01:28:25,509
Keep my cock out of the press.
1320
01:28:26,260 --> 01:28:27,219
OK.
1321
01:28:30,055 --> 01:28:33,767
This came for you as well.
It's addressed to you personally.
1322
01:28:37,271 --> 01:28:38,480
New Labour?
1323
01:28:41,608 --> 01:28:44,987
But it did get me off
the rollercoaster for a while.
1324
01:28:45,154 --> 01:28:48,907
As soon as I got out though,
I knew I needed to reconnect.
1325
01:28:50,617 --> 01:28:52,244
'I started going to see
my bands again.
1326
01:28:52,328 --> 01:28:54,455
It felt strange
watching them straight.
1327
01:28:56,832 --> 01:28:59,835
I was still the same Alan,
only now I was seeing things
1328
01:28:59,918 --> 01:29:03,297
that I would remember the next day.
And most of it...'
1329
01:29:03,422 --> 01:29:04,882
Till the day you fucking die.
1330
01:29:04,965 --> 01:29:06,258
'..wasn't worth remembering.'
1331
01:29:06,342 --> 01:29:08,260
Just gotta get in your own world, man.
1332
01:29:08,344 --> 01:29:09,803
You know what I mean,
like, sort it out.
1333
01:29:09,887 --> 01:29:12,931
Everyone gets told they're worthless.
Like, you've gotta prove it, ain't you?
1334
01:29:13,015 --> 01:29:14,600
Maybe one day they'll sit up
and listen.
1335
01:29:14,892 --> 01:29:15,809
As you were, Alan.
1336
01:29:17,102 --> 01:29:18,228
What's he like, eh?
1337
01:29:19,104 --> 01:29:22,274
'And I'd lost Joe. Creation was
becoming too corporate
1338
01:29:22,358 --> 01:29:23,734
for our in-house anarchist.'
1339
01:29:24,651 --> 01:29:27,613
I think this is as much as Dick
could squeeze out, you know.
1340
01:29:27,821 --> 01:29:29,531
I'm sure it's a fortune.
1341
01:29:30,532 --> 01:29:31,617
Please stay.
1342
01:29:31,700 --> 01:29:33,869
Nah, not for me.
1343
01:29:35,996 --> 01:29:40,292
Bloody rock and roll,
all them corporate tosspots!
1344
01:29:43,921 --> 01:29:45,881
It's been a blast, though.
- Yeah.
1345
01:29:49,802 --> 01:29:55,849
Here they come, la-la-la-la-la-la,
come on!
1346
01:29:56,183 --> 01:30:00,479
La-la-la-la-la-la,
the part-time punks,
1347
01:30:00,562 --> 01:30:03,482
the part-time punks, here they come!
1348
01:30:04,441 --> 01:30:06,944
La-la-la-la-la-la!
1349
01:30:07,403 --> 01:30:10,614
La-la-la-la-la-la!
La-la-la-la-la-la!
1350
01:30:10,697 --> 01:30:11,782
The part-time punks!
1351
01:30:11,949 --> 01:30:15,202
'And there he went, the world's
wealthiest anarchist.
1352
01:30:15,285 --> 01:30:19,289
And in true unconventional style,
went on to marry a midget.'
1353
01:30:19,373 --> 01:30:20,624
You know what, Ed?
1354
01:30:22,209 --> 01:30:23,544
I just realised...
1355
01:30:25,754 --> 01:30:27,714
I don't know
any of these people.
1356
01:30:30,175 --> 01:30:31,552
You resented Sony.
1357
01:30:32,469 --> 01:30:34,638
No, it wasn't resentment,
it was more...
1358
01:30:34,805 --> 01:30:37,516
I'd given my favourite toy
to the big boys.
1359
01:30:38,517 --> 01:30:40,727
Now I had nothing left to play with.
1360
01:30:41,145 --> 01:30:44,314
So, is that when you started
getting into politics?
1361
01:30:44,565 --> 01:30:47,776
Well, they do say politics
is rock and roll for the ugly.
1362
01:30:48,986 --> 01:30:51,405
'I started hooking
up with Malcolm McLaren.
1363
01:30:51,488 --> 01:30:54,908
The Sex Pistols were my favourite
band, and I was in awe of him.'
1364
01:30:54,992 --> 01:30:58,787
Ennui's a killer, Alan.
Everything I've done,
1365
01:30:59,371 --> 01:31:02,499
the shop, the clothes,
The Sex Pistols,
1366
01:31:02,583 --> 01:31:08,589
the opera, the hip-hop, the art,
was all a reaction against boredom.
1367
01:31:09,256 --> 01:31:12,551
Since man learned to harness fire,
and build shelter,
1368
01:31:12,634 --> 01:31:14,303
and clothe and feed himself,
1369
01:31:14,386 --> 01:31:16,638
boredom reared its ugly head.
1370
01:31:16,930 --> 01:31:23,228
All creativity, all culture,
is a reaction against boredom.
1371
01:31:25,105 --> 01:31:27,107
You've done hedonism
1372
01:31:28,692 --> 01:31:31,111
and you need to find something
to stop you from falling
1373
01:31:31,195 --> 01:31:34,198
into that claustrophobic comfort.
1374
01:31:35,616 --> 01:31:41,121
We are alchemists of magical stuff.
1375
01:31:41,955 --> 01:31:47,503
We take boredom and we weave it
into a spectrum.
1376
01:31:48,420 --> 01:31:51,465
A gift not often bestowed.
1377
01:31:52,466 --> 01:31:56,970
We are masters
of other people's destiny.
1378
01:32:03,310 --> 01:32:05,270
You've always voted Labour, right?
1379
01:32:05,395 --> 01:32:06,730
Mam always voted Labour.
1380
01:32:06,897 --> 01:32:08,732
What do you think
about this Tony Blair dude?
1381
01:32:08,815 --> 01:32:11,527
I think he's giving them a real
chance of winning the election.
1382
01:32:12,069 --> 01:32:13,487
Did Noel agree with you?
1383
01:32:14,780 --> 01:32:15,822
Noel's like me.
1384
01:32:16,573 --> 01:32:17,824
Good on him.
1385
01:32:17,908 --> 01:32:20,911
Listen, we can help,
they fucking love us.
1386
01:32:20,994 --> 01:32:22,287
They want us to get involved.
1387
01:32:22,454 --> 01:32:23,622
You can't tell him what to do.
1388
01:32:23,747 --> 01:32:26,083
British music brought
£8 billion into the country.
1389
01:32:26,166 --> 01:32:27,751
'But you can lay out the facts
1390
01:32:27,834 --> 01:32:30,254
and trust that he'll do exactly
what you want him to do.'
1391
01:32:30,379 --> 01:32:32,589
We represent all this
Cool Britannia bollocks.
1392
01:32:32,673 --> 01:32:35,676
They still didn't win the election.
- But they will this time.
1393
01:32:35,759 --> 01:32:37,302
It's fucking obvious,
it's the right idea.
1394
01:32:37,386 --> 01:32:39,805
And the winner is... Oasis!
1395
01:32:48,188 --> 01:32:51,858
Politics isn't that much
different from entertainment.
1396
01:32:51,984 --> 01:32:54,278
Seven people in this room tonight
1397
01:32:54,361 --> 01:32:56,822
will give a little bit of hope
to the young in this country.
1398
01:32:56,905 --> 01:33:01,285
That's me, our kid,
Bonehead, Guigsy,
1399
01:33:01,368 --> 01:33:04,871
Alan White, Alan McGee,
and Tony Blair.
1400
01:33:04,955 --> 01:33:06,415
And if you've all got
anything about you,
1401
01:33:06,498 --> 01:33:08,500
you'll get up there and
shake Tony Blair's hand, man.
1402
01:33:08,584 --> 01:33:12,129
Why, because it's like
selling an idea, right?
1403
01:33:12,421 --> 01:33:13,422
Correct.
1404
01:33:14,047 --> 01:33:16,383
Packaging and selling.
1405
01:33:25,517 --> 01:33:28,186
Ah, Alastair Campbell,
Communications Director,
1406
01:33:28,270 --> 01:33:30,439
we spoke on the phone,
and you are...
1407
01:33:30,814 --> 01:33:32,024
..Alan McGee.
1408
01:33:33,066 --> 01:33:34,192
Where's Tony?
1409
01:33:34,276 --> 01:33:36,153
Oh, Tony can't be with us,
I'm afraid.
1410
01:33:36,236 --> 01:33:37,779
Have you met Peter Mandelson?
Mandy!
1411
01:33:37,863 --> 01:33:38,739
Mm-hm.
1412
01:33:38,822 --> 01:33:42,117
We've got Peter to thank for the
modernisation of the Labour Party.
1413
01:33:42,200 --> 01:33:44,453
The man is a political genius.
1414
01:33:45,621 --> 01:33:46,622
Peter, Alan McGee.
1415
01:33:46,705 --> 01:33:48,582
Oh, super! Man of the hour.
1416
01:33:48,915 --> 01:33:50,876
Ah! Dying to meet you, Alan.
1417
01:33:50,959 --> 01:33:53,587
Can't tell you how much
we appreciate your help.
1418
01:33:56,173 --> 01:33:57,841
Do you really think
that it's a good idea
1419
01:33:57,924 --> 01:33:59,968
for pop stars
to get involved in politics?
1420
01:34:00,260 --> 01:34:02,971
Do you think you can influence
the future Labour government?
1421
01:34:03,055 --> 01:34:04,348
What's in it for you, McGee?
1422
01:34:05,182 --> 01:34:09,061
Well, we're all big fans
of The Oasis, and The Blur.
1423
01:34:09,227 --> 01:34:11,063
Blur aren't one of my bands.
1424
01:34:11,229 --> 01:34:12,522
It's all Britpop, isn't it?
1425
01:34:14,149 --> 01:34:16,026
Spice Girls?
- No.
1426
01:34:17,486 --> 01:34:19,404
Silly.
- Thank you, sweet boy.
1427
01:34:19,488 --> 01:34:21,990
Saving me once again from humiliation.
1428
01:34:22,074 --> 01:34:25,535
Nothing in it for me. I pay something
called income tax on my earnings.
1429
01:34:25,619 --> 01:34:28,330
It's supposed to be spent helping
people less fortunate than me.
1430
01:34:28,413 --> 01:34:30,248
I just want to see others
given a chance.
1431
01:34:30,332 --> 01:34:32,918
Not what I was expecting at all.
- How so?
1432
01:34:33,085 --> 01:34:36,421
I can't imagine any of this lot on
a picket line or a demonstration.
1433
01:34:39,049 --> 01:34:40,175
New Labour.
1434
01:34:41,468 --> 01:34:42,386
Modernisation.
1435
01:34:42,469 --> 01:34:46,348
Can you understand why some people
might think that this is a publicity stunt?
1436
01:34:46,431 --> 01:34:47,683
Some sort of hype?
1437
01:34:47,766 --> 01:34:49,893
Creation Records
doesn't need any hype.
1438
01:34:49,976 --> 01:34:51,853
We look after the biggest band
on the planet.
1439
01:34:52,270 --> 01:34:56,441
Alastair is going to want to talk
to you about the campaign song.
1440
01:34:56,775 --> 01:34:58,276
We're expecting great things.
1441
01:34:58,985 --> 01:35:01,780
Does this mean that you might possibly
stand for election yourself one day?
1442
01:35:01,905 --> 01:35:03,073
Me?
- I think Alan -
1443
01:35:03,156 --> 01:35:05,826
Are you taking the fucking piss?
1444
01:35:06,451 --> 01:35:08,412
That's all the questions
we're going to answer right now.
1445
01:35:08,495 --> 01:35:11,456
Alan's a very busy man.
1446
01:35:12,666 --> 01:35:14,918
I genuinely believed in Tony Blair.
1447
01:35:15,669 --> 01:35:18,171
He was a man that
wanted to progress the party
1448
01:35:18,255 --> 01:35:20,298
without scaring away
the working classes.
1449
01:35:26,888 --> 01:35:29,266
That's the campaign song he chose?
- Mm-hm.
1450
01:35:29,391 --> 01:35:31,810
It's house music for people
who hate house music.
1451
01:35:31,893 --> 01:35:35,522
Well... Somebody in Peter's team
suggested that maybe
1452
01:35:35,605 --> 01:35:39,651
Oasis could do a cover of it
for the campaign theme.
1453
01:35:41,361 --> 01:35:43,113
Let's face it, it's shite.
1454
01:35:52,748 --> 01:35:57,419
Under a Labour government,
things can only get better.
1455
01:36:13,059 --> 01:36:15,145
'We helped them win.
1456
01:36:15,228 --> 01:36:19,065
We were invited to the podium,
everybody saw us on TV.
1457
01:36:19,649 --> 01:36:21,109
It was all part of the circus.
1458
01:36:24,154 --> 01:36:27,783
But then came the invite to Chequers.
1459
01:36:28,158 --> 01:36:31,703
The very private country residence
of the incumbent Prime Minister.'
1460
01:36:31,995 --> 01:36:33,038
Hello, hello.
1461
01:36:34,080 --> 01:36:37,250
To walk in the footsteps
of leaders and kings
1462
01:36:37,334 --> 01:36:40,253
like Churchill,
Eisenhower, Gorbachev.
1463
01:36:40,337 --> 01:36:42,380
Did you know Tony
used to be in a band?
1464
01:36:42,464 --> 01:36:43,882
Yes, I heard about that.
1465
01:36:43,965 --> 01:36:47,511
'Great thinkers and world leaders
discussed means of peace
1466
01:36:47,594 --> 01:36:50,013
and laws for the betterment
of mankind.'
1467
01:36:50,972 --> 01:36:54,476
Now, Kate, come and let me show you
around our little pad.
1468
01:36:54,976 --> 01:36:56,144
You'll love it!
1469
01:36:56,812 --> 01:36:59,606
See you boys later.
- 'A wee ginger tool from Glasgow...'
1470
01:36:59,689 --> 01:37:01,191
Quite a place you've got here, Tony.
1471
01:37:01,274 --> 01:37:04,236
It's a bit ostentatious for my taste,
but yes, I suppose it is magnificent.
1472
01:37:04,319 --> 01:37:05,946
'..in the court of kings.'
1473
01:37:06,029 --> 01:37:08,698
I need to get started on this new
deal for unemployed musicians
1474
01:37:08,782 --> 01:37:10,283
as soon as possible, please.
1475
01:37:10,367 --> 01:37:12,994
Right, yes, uh, Chris Smith's
your man, he's not here.
1476
01:37:13,078 --> 01:37:15,956
Now then, now then, now then!
Ha-ha-ha!
1477
01:37:16,039 --> 01:37:16,957
Sir Jimmy.
1478
01:37:17,040 --> 01:37:19,459
Anthony, Anthony, Anthony,
my dear boy.
1479
01:37:20,210 --> 01:37:21,419
Oh!
1480
01:37:22,963 --> 01:37:24,714
Oh, have you met Alan McGee?
1481
01:37:24,798 --> 01:37:26,800
I do not believe
he has had the pleasure.
1482
01:37:26,883 --> 01:37:28,301
'Jimmy Savile.'
1483
01:37:29,427 --> 01:37:30,512
You all right?
1484
01:37:30,595 --> 01:37:33,640
Um, Mr Britpop, I presume.
1485
01:37:33,932 --> 01:37:36,142
'Everyone in music knew.
Malcolm told me.
1486
01:37:36,226 --> 01:37:38,895
Johnny Rotten even said it
on the BBC in the '70s.
1487
01:37:40,355 --> 01:37:44,401
It's hard to believe all these royals
and politicians didn't know.'
1488
01:37:45,318 --> 01:37:46,736
Excuse me.
- Eh?
1489
01:37:46,820 --> 01:37:50,240
Oh, yes, the little girl's room
is just across the hall, young lady.
1490
01:37:50,657 --> 01:37:53,910
You'll get used to the lie of the land
over the course of the weekend.
1491
01:37:54,578 --> 01:37:57,414
Tony's band was called Ugly Rumour.
1492
01:37:57,956 --> 01:37:58,874
That's right.
1493
01:38:00,041 --> 01:38:05,046
'Jimmy Savile, one of the most
prolific child rapists in history.'
1494
01:38:06,214 --> 01:38:07,757
What have we done?!
1495
01:38:10,510 --> 01:38:12,429
Try the camomile tea,
it's out of this world.
1496
01:38:12,637 --> 01:38:19,060
See, this decade, it started with
a bang and ended with an explosion.
1497
01:38:19,519 --> 01:38:22,856
What we wrestled out of the hands
of the dullest cunts on earth
1498
01:38:23,899 --> 01:38:26,860
got taken back and
they weren't losing it again.
1499
01:38:29,321 --> 01:38:33,325
Corporate disguised itself
as hipster,
1500
01:38:34,075 --> 01:38:37,078
and indie just disappeared.
1501
01:38:38,663 --> 01:38:41,124
They were gonna do
whatever they wanted,
1502
01:38:41,207 --> 01:38:43,251
no matter what the people thought.
1503
01:38:44,294 --> 01:38:48,715
My next guest on the couch
is music industry guru, kingpin,
1504
01:38:48,798 --> 01:38:50,717
and former head of Creation Records,
1505
01:38:50,926 --> 01:38:52,844
who brought us the likes
of Primal Scream,
1506
01:38:52,928 --> 01:38:56,806
Jesus And Mary Chain,
and, of course, Oasis.
1507
01:38:56,890 --> 01:39:00,310
He's political,
occasionally controversial,
1508
01:39:00,393 --> 01:39:02,729
and he's a great friend.
1509
01:39:02,896 --> 01:39:05,815
He is, of course, Mr Alan McGee.
1510
01:39:06,524 --> 01:39:07,859
And roll VT.
1511
01:39:08,276 --> 01:39:09,361
Beaming lights.
1512
01:39:09,444 --> 01:39:11,905
Alan McGee,
the man with a masterplan,
1513
01:39:11,988 --> 01:39:14,032
whose Creation Records
went supersonic
1514
01:39:14,115 --> 01:39:16,409
by taking him from
Brit Rail employee
1515
01:39:16,576 --> 01:39:18,703
to BritPop president.
- It's pretty cool.
1516
01:39:18,787 --> 01:39:22,832
But some might say he went from
rolling with it to rolling in it.
1517
01:39:22,916 --> 01:39:26,044
By selling his shares
little by little to Sony
1518
01:39:26,127 --> 01:39:28,088
before collapsing the label.
1519
01:39:28,171 --> 01:39:30,006
Did he slide away -
- Whoa, wait a minute, whoa.
1520
01:39:30,090 --> 01:39:33,218
Is this a stitch-up?
- Leaving the bands all around -
1521
01:39:33,301 --> 01:39:35,428
No.
- What's your first question?
1522
01:39:35,553 --> 01:39:37,013
One thing is for sure.
1523
01:39:37,138 --> 01:39:40,850
Creation Records didn't live
forever, know what I mean?
1524
01:39:40,934 --> 01:39:41,977
Stop that racket!
1525
01:39:43,228 --> 01:39:45,730
You can edit it in afterwards.
What's your first question?
1526
01:39:46,231 --> 01:39:47,357
Er...
1527
01:39:48,024 --> 01:39:50,235
What happened with Creation?
Why did you shut it down?
1528
01:39:55,615 --> 01:39:56,658
It was mine.
1529
01:39:57,283 --> 01:39:59,244
I made it. I folded it.
1530
01:39:59,327 --> 01:40:02,455
No-one got hurt. Most of the bands
got re-signed to Sony.
1531
01:40:03,206 --> 01:40:06,835
They didn't need Creation anymore.
- Yeah, but why kill it?
1532
01:40:06,918 --> 01:40:08,920
It doesn't make any sense.
1533
01:40:09,004 --> 01:40:10,046
Why not?
1534
01:40:10,130 --> 01:40:15,218
Look, I built the biggest independent
record company out of nothing.
1535
01:40:15,468 --> 01:40:18,471
I discovered and signed
the world's biggest act
1536
01:40:18,555 --> 01:40:21,474
and reignited a record industry
I was told was dying.
1537
01:40:21,558 --> 01:40:26,688
CD sales went up 800% between '89
and '99 with me on the charts.
1538
01:40:26,771 --> 01:40:30,108
And overseas sales made the UK more
money than the motor industry.
1539
01:40:30,191 --> 01:40:32,944
My bands did that,
and everyone else,
1540
01:40:33,028 --> 01:40:36,031
Pulp, Blur, Radiohead, benefited.
1541
01:40:36,156 --> 01:40:40,660
I got a whole country
into Es and dance music.
1542
01:40:40,744 --> 01:40:43,204
And then I got them into coke
and rock and roll.
1543
01:40:43,288 --> 01:40:45,540
And once I'd done that,
I got political,
1544
01:40:45,623 --> 01:40:47,584
and went and put
some of the biggest cunts
1545
01:40:47,667 --> 01:40:49,377
on God's green earth into government.
1546
01:40:49,461 --> 01:40:51,546
Mandy Mandelson, what a tool.
1547
01:40:51,671 --> 01:40:52,630
He said cunt.
1548
01:40:52,756 --> 01:40:55,508
They made out
they cared about social justice,
1549
01:40:55,592 --> 01:40:58,261
when all they cared about
was keeping hold of power
1550
01:40:58,344 --> 01:41:00,221
and lining their own pockets.
1551
01:41:00,764 --> 01:41:04,017
Who got them to make
a new deal for the musicians? I did.
1552
01:41:04,100 --> 01:41:05,935
Despite George Martin's objections,
1553
01:41:06,019 --> 01:41:08,772
that's government policy.
I changed that.
1554
01:41:08,855 --> 01:41:11,399
Anyway, Blair had me excommunicated,
1555
01:41:11,483 --> 01:41:15,820
because I tried to turn Malcolm
McLaren into Mayor of London.
1556
01:41:15,904 --> 01:41:19,074
Excommunicated! Who does he think
he is? The bastard Pope?
1557
01:41:19,157 --> 01:41:20,950
See, you give 'em
a little bit of power,
1558
01:41:21,034 --> 01:41:23,119
they lose all touch with reality.
1559
01:41:23,203 --> 01:41:24,662
Christ, look at me!
1560
01:41:24,746 --> 01:41:28,291
I lost it when I got a bit of power
running a record label.
1561
01:41:30,376 --> 01:41:33,713
I know how those fuckers think.
1562
01:41:34,464 --> 01:41:35,590
Look, Gemma...
1563
01:41:38,218 --> 01:41:43,723
There is magic in this world.
1564
01:41:54,567 --> 01:41:57,821
You become able to make
things happen because of it.
1565
01:42:05,954 --> 01:42:08,373
if I'd fallen off of that ladder
when I was a kid,
1566
01:42:08,998 --> 01:42:11,543
this world wouldn't be the same.
1567
01:42:12,127 --> 01:42:16,131
Everyone I touched,
everyone I worked with...
1568
01:42:19,634 --> 01:42:21,553
..gone on, been a success.
1569
01:42:28,977 --> 01:42:30,562
It's a Midas touch.
1570
01:42:31,020 --> 01:42:36,776
Excuse me if I'm... wary of what
I apply my skills to next.
1571
01:42:49,497 --> 01:42:50,915
That's a lot to take on board
1572
01:42:50,999 --> 01:42:53,084
for someone that hasn't
been in your shoes.
1573
01:42:55,837 --> 01:42:57,922
But why don't you try
and change the way
1574
01:42:58,006 --> 01:42:59,632
that you fit
into your environment,
1575
01:42:59,716 --> 01:43:02,844
rather than try and change
your environment?
1576
01:43:05,471 --> 01:43:10,226
I mean, friends, family,
build a bridge.
1577
01:43:10,310 --> 01:43:13,021
Don't try and change
the course of the river.
1578
01:43:17,859 --> 01:43:19,027
Hm.
1579
01:43:21,237 --> 01:43:23,406
Yeah, you're right.
1580
01:43:24,574 --> 01:43:26,993
Listen, everybody, sorry about that.
1581
01:43:27,911 --> 01:43:30,580
I'm a tool. Scrap that shite.
1582
01:43:31,331 --> 01:43:34,375
Let's... Let's go again
from the beginning.
1583
01:43:35,126 --> 01:43:36,377
Huh?
- Really?
1584
01:43:36,711 --> 01:43:38,463
Roll VT. Did I say that right?
1585
01:43:38,838 --> 01:43:40,298
Roll VT.
- Right.
1586
01:43:40,798 --> 01:43:45,220
My guest on the couch
is music industry guru,
1587
01:43:45,303 --> 01:43:48,765
kingpin, and former head
of Creation Records...
1588
01:43:48,848 --> 01:43:53,102
'See, I don't really believe
it's about bridges or rivers.
1589
01:43:54,187 --> 01:43:56,606
It took me a long time to realise.'
- Dad?
1590
01:43:56,689 --> 01:43:59,359
'I see that thing you push against.'
- Dad!
1591
01:44:00,401 --> 01:44:03,446
Dad!
- 'That's the same thing
1592
01:44:03,529 --> 01:44:05,114
that's pushing you forward,
1593
01:44:06,199 --> 01:44:11,246
and it can sometimes be the wall
that's propping you up.'
1594
01:44:48,866 --> 01:44:53,746
So be a punk, be a poet,
be political, be posh,
1595
01:44:53,830 --> 01:44:56,666
be proud or be poor,
1596
01:44:58,126 --> 01:45:00,378
but be a rebel always.
1597
01:45:03,298 --> 01:45:06,843
Because there's always
something to rebel for.