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- Hey!
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- Olé!
(Rob chuckles)
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- We don't need no stinking
guitar players.
- We don't.
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(theme song)
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(Geddy): I'm Geddy Lee.
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Bass player in the band Rush
for almost five decades.
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But also, a bird photographer,
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a wine collector, baseball
aficionado, you know, a nerd!
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Which got me wondering whether
my fellow bass folk are more
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than just the shadowy figures
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we see skulking
around the stage.
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I wanna know,
"Are Bass Players Human Too?"
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(goat bleating)
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(heavy metal music)
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Topanga Canyon, California.
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Where the mountains
meet the sea.
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A bohemian paradise nestled
between Los Angeles and Malibu.
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For decades, artists
of every stripe have lived here,
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Is that something
a TV host would say?
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Beats me.
I'm just a rookie.
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(director): And action!
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(hands clapping)
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(Geddy): I'm here to meet
Robert Trujillo,
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bass player for Metallica.
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I've met Rob before
in a musical context,
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but I'm eager to hang with him
on a more human level.
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- What's going on, man?
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How you doin'?
(Geddy): You could call it
a bass players' play date.
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Great to see you, man.
- Great to see you.
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How you feeling today?
- I'm good.
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- Good day? Yeah.
- I'm great. I'm awesome.
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Look at this place.
- Yeah.
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- It just blows
my mind on entry.
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Rob's wild Spanish-style home
is really something to see.
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- We're actually gonna go
through the kitchen.
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- How did this rocker land
in such a magical place?
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(crowd cheering)
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- On the bass guitar,
my friend, Roberto!
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(Geddy): Rob grew up a few miles
away in Santa Monica.
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As a kid, he was an avid
skateboarder and surfer,
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and he still is.
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In the 80s, you may have
seen him in the crossover
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thrash band Suicidal Tendencies.
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- Mr. Robert Trujillo!
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(Geddy): And he spent much of
the 90s playing bass with Ozzy!
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(* For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Metallica)
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But in the early 2000s,
he landed metal's
most coveted gig.
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- We want you to be
a real member of this band,
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not just a hired hand.
- Right. Right, absolutely.
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- And um...
(Rob): Oh, wow.
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- ...we'd like to offer you,
just to show you how serious
we are about this,
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offer you $1,000,000.
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(Geddy): Talk about
a life-changing moment.
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For the past 20 years,
he's been travelling the world
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with Metallica, metal's
all-time monster band.
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(Robert beatboxing)
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On stage, he's a beast.
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(James shouts indistinctly)
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(Geddy): But is he human, too?
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(birds chirping)
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- We've got pineapples, piña.
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And bananas.
You know, crystals.
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Chloé loves crystals,
so you're gonna see a lot of
crystals in the house.
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(Geddy): Rob lives in
this wonderland
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with his wife, Chloé.
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Why, thank you very much.
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Keep talking, keep talking.
(Chloé): Yeah!
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(Geddy): His daughter Lola,
and his son, Ty,
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a monster bassist
in his own right.
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- Awesome.
- There ya go.
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- There ya go. Thank you.
- My pleasure.
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- Stoked!
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(Geddy): Let's see
the rest of the house.
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First up on our play date is
the tour of their home.
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It's kinda like MTV Cribs,
but for bass players.
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That's really
a feast for the eyes.
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- Yeah.
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This is our library.
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Um, of course, there's an amp
in almost every room
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and at least three basses.
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We've got five strings,
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we've got the Music Man
Saber bass.
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And the good old
T-Bird right here.
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(Geddy): Mm-hmm.
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- We're entering what
I call the great room.
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We've got an upright bass here.
(bass plucks)
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So, this area, this is, uh,
temporary right now.
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During the pandemic,
this was my zone
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where I was able to unleash
new grooves, new song ideas.
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A lot of the new Metallica
stuff that we were working on,
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that happened here. You've got
the surf report right here.
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(laughs)
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Not the Pro Tools session
right now.
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- It looks like
a Pro Tools session.
- You know? Yeah.
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- Different kind of waves.
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Your first introduction
to bass,
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what was the song,
what was the sound?
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What made you wanna be
a bass player?
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- Let's go way back
to hearing Motown bass lines,
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James Brown songs.
- Mm-hmm.
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- All of that bass somehow
resonated with me.
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I felt that.
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And then, my first concert
was The Isley Brothers,
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an amazing funk rock band.
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And I remember everybody
being on their feet
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and they were all
rocking out and dancing.
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And what I did take
from that was
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hey, this music is really
driven by the rhythm section,
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the drums and the bass.
It was all about the groove.
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And that was the first time
that I realized that
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that's what I wanted to do.
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- Now, do you find
every time you pick up
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a different instrument,
it makes you play a tiny,
little bit differently?
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- Absolutely, yeah.
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- And might inspire a different
kind of creative spark?
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- This eight string is great
'cause of the chordal movements.
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It's a writing machine,
you know.
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You can... yeah.
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(plucking)
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It's like having your guitar
player and a bass player
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in the palm of your hands.
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- Yeah, yeah.
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(**)
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(waves crashing)
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(calm ethereal music)
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(Geddy): Yup, from sound waves
to real waves,
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Rob is taking me
to the beaches of Malibu
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to share another one
of his lifelong passions.
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Although, I've got to admit,
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I'm kinda more into
the birdwatching.
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I'm a 69-year-old Jewish man
from Canada.
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(chuckles)
So, uh, I know nothing
about surfing.
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- Okay.
- When you've finished a tour,
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how many times a week
will you come down here?
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- If the waves are good,
as much as possible.
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The minute I see the Pacific
Ocean, it's already healing.
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(surf rock music)
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Conditioning is important
in what we do, you know.
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- Absolutely.
- The shows are long.
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- Yeah.
- So, it is a workout
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and there's a lot of cardio
involved,
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and rotating mic positions.
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And surfing's obviously
great for your cardio
and your exercise,
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but it's also therapeutic,
you know?
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You can work out
your problems in the ocean.
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It's also something that
when you're on tour,
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it's a great way to kinda
experience the world.
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Kirk and I, like, we've surfed
all over the world,
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Australia or New Zealand,
Hawaii.
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And of course, Kirk and I
actually created this friendship
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and this bond before
we were even playing
in Metallica together.
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- Oh, really?
- He surfed, I surfed,
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and I think that helped
get the audition too,
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was because of him, as a surfer.
(Geddy laughs)
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So, thank you, surfing.
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(wave rushes)
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- And so, you know, when...
(laughs)
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I just saw somebody
go under there.
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- Right, right, right.
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(playful music)
- So, obviously,
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this is a death-defying sport,
in many ways.
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- Oh, this is...
- The digits, man.
You gotta protect the digits.
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- Yeah, man.
(Geddy laughs)
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There's obviously that risk.
But with surfing,
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you just kinda gotta go
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with your instincts
and your abilities.
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And you take your beatings
and you accept it.
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(graceful orchestral music)
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(Rob): Oh!
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- That's awesome.
- Feels good, right?
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- That's awesome.
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Little Pacific on my feet.
- There you go.
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(Geddy): All right, all right,
Rob's convinced me.
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This city boy from
the Great White North
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needs to give surfing a go.
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(surf rock music)
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Hey, this ain't as tough
as it looks.
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I'm already getting
the hang of it.
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Don't snake me, Rob!
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- Geddy, you're such a Barney!
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- Whoo!
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(Geddy): Now, this ride
is more my style.
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- Veer right, veer right.
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(Geddy): This is Dogtown,
AKA Venice Beach,
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Rob's stomping grounds
for much of his life.
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(Rob): Cop, cop, cop.
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Ooh!
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(Geddy): We're headed
to the offices of "Juice,"
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a skate and surf magazine that
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has featured Rob's love
for boarding.
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Here, we meet Dan Levy,
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central figure of Dogtown's
legendary skate culture.
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- Wow, this is
a whole new thing!
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Between two bass players.
- Between two bass players.
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Dan, can you give us
a brief history
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in the culture of skating?
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(Dan): Where we are right now is
just north Venice,
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like right where Santa Monica
kind of starts.
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So, back in the day,
there was a very famous pier
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called the POP Pier, which was
Pacific Ocean Park Pier.
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(heavy metal music)
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That's where like, Tony Alva
and Jay Adams
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and the Zephyr Team were formed.
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And then, surf-skate style
and aggression was born.
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You hear about the attitude
and punk rock.
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Performance-based atmosphere
was all born right here.
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Not to mention
the graffiti culture,
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the photography, everything,
it's all here.
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Like, it's like a bohemian
beach side of creativity.
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(Rob): I grew up here.
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As a little kid, this boardwalk
here and the energy of it,
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it was very exciting
and it was a little bit scary.
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You would see the Manson family
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walking down the boardwalk
back in the 70s.
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The Hare Krishna community
was very strong.
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I mean, I loved the percussion
and everything,
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but that was like,
wow, this is intense!
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- First thing that drew me when
I walked in the room was this.
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- This was the first skate
photo ever shot
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at the Venice Park before
it was done being built.
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This is Jesse Martinez who,
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for Dogtown culture, is probably
one of the epitomes of it.
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And this is about
6 in the morning.
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I don't know, you're lucky if
you get one iconic song maybe,
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or one iconic photo,
and this one, to me, is that.
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And it's in focus, which is
a bonus for me, so I'm psyched.
(Rob): There you go.
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(* For Whom the Bell Tolls *
by Metallica)
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(Geddy): It was local skaters
that led the initiative
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to build the Venice Skate Park.
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It's a vital community hub
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where local kids practise
their grinds, rails, and fakies,
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whatever the hell those are.
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I'd step on that thing
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and I'd go flying
in a heartbeat.
- Same here.
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Yeah.
- But you,
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you do that.
- I don't ride these bowls.
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Hell no.
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That'd be my death wish.
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- Oh, is that what
you call grinding?
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- Yeah. Yeah, that's grinding.
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He's the best at that.
(crowd cheers)
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- He's really good.
- He switched his feet around.
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- Yeah, yeah.
- He just spun his feet around.
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- Yeah.
- That's insane.
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(Rob): Like, watch this.
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He works the whole park.
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- You're amazing.
- Yeah.
- Thanks!
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- Incredible.
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(**)
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- Oh!
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- Skating kinda teaches you
humility.
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- Yeah. Oh, yeah.
- Because you're gonna fall.
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- Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
- And you just gotta get
back up again.
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- Yeah.
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Keep trying, right?
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(Geddy): Oh, yeah! Right on!
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(Rob): Yeah, bring it!
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Bring it over here! Come on,
over here! Yeah, yeah!
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- That was major, dude! Major!
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(birds chirping)
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(Geddy): After being wowed
by the skaters,
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it's back to Casa Trujillo,
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where Robert shares
the twisted tale of what
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I consider to be one of the most
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important instruments
on the planet.
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We're sitting in
the presence of the bass.
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- The Bass of Doom.
- The Bass of Doom.
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Jaco Pastorius.
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(* Portrait of Tracy
by Jaco Pastorius)
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Jaco Pastorius, who was
the Jimi Hendrix of bass,
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a unique and remarkable player
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that elevated jazz bass,
funk bass,
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into a whole different area.
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- I saw Jaco play three times
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and I've known the Pastorius
family for many, many years.
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Jaco had that long hair
and he reminded me of
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all the skateboarder,
surfers that I grew up with
in the neighbourhood.
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- And not only was his playing
pyrotechnic,
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but he had a sound
that was haunting.
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Part of that beautiful tone was
down to the instrument itself,
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a 1962 Fender Jazz Bass
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which, according to legend,
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Jaco modified by removing all of
the frets with a butter knife.
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- The instrument itself has
its own personality
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and its own existence.
It's been through a lot.
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There's a lot of drama that's
followed this thing around.
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Some people have even said,
"That bass is haunted,"
you know.
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- You see old pictures
of this bass.
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- You know, it doesn't
look like this.
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- Right. -
It got damaged at one point
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in the middle 80s.
- Yeah.
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- And Jaco wanted a new
laminate put on the front.
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- He did. He wanted a new,
fresh look, front and back.
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But the neck is the same.
The neck is...
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you can see it's been
in traction, you know.
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You've got a...
- Yeah, it's damaged.
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- ...a lot of damage here.
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But the feel is just...
- It's just...
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(bass guitar sings deeply)
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- You can just do that. It's...
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and it's already singing.
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- There you go.
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(* Portrait of Tracy
resumes)
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(crowd cheers and claps)
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- Nicely done.
- Chords like that.
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- Yeah, yeah.
- I mean,
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who does that? Who does...?
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(bass sings deeply)
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It's got the personality
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and can only sound like that
on this instrument, you know.
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It just speaks.
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(**)
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(Geddy): Jaco lost
the bass in 1986
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and tragically died
a year later.
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Rob helped the family
produce a film on Jaco's life,
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and it was around that time
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that the bass mysteriously
resurfaced.
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(Rob): A collector had it.
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The family had no idea that
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the bass was even out there,
you know.
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It'd been missing
for so many years.
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So, there was a legal dispute
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and I basically
sponsored the money
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as it was very important that
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the instrument gets back
to the family
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and the family circle.
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- His life was not
a straight line.
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It was up and down
and there was some...
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- Yeah.
- ...tragic moments.
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- Yeah.
- And so, to see the bass back
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into the family hands,
thanks to you,
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I think is what I would call
a mitzvah.
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You know, you've done
a good thing for the universe.
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- I'm gonna hand this
over to the man.
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- I'm not gonna play
any Jaco parts 'cause I can't.
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(bass guitar sings deeply)
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It's just a privilege
to hold this instrument.
- Yeah, it is.
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(**)
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(Geddy): My visit has been
such a blast
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learning about
surf and skate culture
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and noodling on one of
the world's great basses.
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I'm not sure what
could top that.
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(Rob): Hola!
(Lala): Hi.
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(Rob speaking Spanish)
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(Geddy): Oh, yeah, LA tacos.
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They make everything better.
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Lala's Kitchen.
(Rob): Yeah, Lala's Kitchen.
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Local style.
- Love it.
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(Lala and Rob speaking Spanish)
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(Geddy): Put my stuff on.
(Rob): Your salsa.
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This is deadly right here.
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Cilantro, savoyas.
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(Geddy): It's Saturday night
in Santa Monica.
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Rob's son, Ty, has
a band of his own called OTTTO,
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which has really
piqued my curiosity.
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So, Ty's band is a three piece.
(Rob): They are.
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Oh, yeah.
- And how would you describe
their sound?
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- They've got great melodies,
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heavy riffs, cool bass lines.
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A lot of energy up there.
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I get tired just looking at 'em.
- Right on.
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- That really sucks ya
into the pit.
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I mean, it's like, first song,
you know, you're...
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you're 10 seconds in
and it's like, wah! Psh!
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(laughs)
You can't help yourself.
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So, there's a lot of fun music,
you know.
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A lot of great bands.
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This is local style.
This is how we do it.
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- Yeah, but this feels
like community.
- Yeah.
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- One thing I've really been
impressed with today is
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that everywhere we went,
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there was a different sense
of community.
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- Mm-hmm.
- The surfing community,
the skater community.
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- Mm-hmm.
- And now, this feels like
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a family community gig.
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All supporting
the next generation.
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That's a tribute to you
and the life that you lead.
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- Well...
- Very human life you lead.
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- Thank you. I believe
in helping the youth,
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as much as possible.
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If they have a passion
for music,
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for writing, acting, art,
whatever it is, you know,
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creativity, us, as adults,
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should help the young
generation cultivate that.
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- Well, you're giving them
tools to have a creative
and happy life.
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- We're doing the best we can.
- I'll say cheers with
this taco to them, man.
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- Cheers with that taco.
- Yeah.
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(indistinct shouting
in background)
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Is that them?
- That's them.
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- All right, do we gotta go.
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- Yeah, let's do this.
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I'm gonna go jam out.
I'll be right back!
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(energetic heavy metal
music playing)
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(crowd cheers)
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(Geddy): What an eye-opening
trip it's been
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for this Canadian snowbird.
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Whether he's surfing the waves
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or riding down the boardwalk,
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Rob is equally at home
in all these worlds.
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He's involved. He's supportive.
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And that's the epitome
of a caring human.
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(crowd cheers)
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- Oh, he's got some
shades?? too, right?
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00:20:33,099 --> 00:20:34,634
- Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah!
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