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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:35,804 --> 00:01:37,472            (MAN SPEAKING)            2 00:01:41,684 --> 00:01:43,311           -(KAREN O LAUGHS)                      -(MAN LAUGHS)            3 00:01:44,938 --> 00:01:46,815          (KAREN O SPEAKING)          4 00:01:55,740 --> 00:01:57,700          MAN: (LAUGHS)   Yeah.         5 00:02:00,203 --> 00:02:01,871          (KAREN O SPEAKING)          6 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:27,063          MAN:   Day upon day,          7 00:02:27,063 --> 00:02:29,941       and year upon year, O city,     8 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:32,026          walking your streets.        9 00:02:35,029 --> 00:02:37,615        Give me faces and streets!     10 00:02:37,615 --> 00:02:40,702             Give me comrades                and lovers by the thousands!    11 00:02:40,743 --> 00:02:43,288  Let me see new ones every day!     12 00:02:43,288 --> 00:02:46,166           Let me hold new ones                 by the hand every day!       13 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:47,208           Give me such shows!         14 00:02:47,208 --> 00:02:50,670           Give me the streets                      of Manhattan!            15 00:02:52,630 --> 00:02:58,303       People, endless, streaming,               with strong voices,                   passions, pageants.         16 00:02:58,303 --> 00:03:01,306            Manhattan streets,               with their powerful throbs,     17 00:03:01,306 --> 00:03:04,267  with the beating drums, as now,    18 00:03:04,309 --> 00:03:06,728      the endless and noisy chorus.    19 00:03:10,398 --> 00:03:14,944          Manhattan crowds with         their turbulent musical chorus.    20 00:03:14,986 --> 00:03:20,783         Manhattan faces and eyes                  forever for me.           21 00:03:20,783 --> 00:03:22,076           (CROWD CHEERING)           22 00:03:34,839 --> 00:03:36,758            (CARS HONKING)            23 00:03:41,387 --> 00:03:43,389    MAN:   Welcome to New York City.    24 00:03:43,389 --> 00:03:45,767        (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)        25 00:03:53,983 --> 00:03:56,986            Sleeping in a van                     Between A and B           26 00:03:59,197 --> 00:04:02,575         Sucking dick for ecstasy     27 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,747        Paid a 70 year old hooker               To make out with me         28 00:04:09,666 --> 00:04:13,127          Now the get-high shack                  is just a memory          29 00:04:15,546 --> 00:04:18,049        Downloading porn with Davo    30 00:04:18,049 --> 00:04:20,260        Downloading porn with Davo    31 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:22,720         Put a latch on the door                 So Mama don't know         32 00:04:22,762 --> 00:04:25,932        That I'm downloading porn                   With Davo              33 00:04:25,974 --> 00:04:27,600        -KIMYA DAWSON: Perfect!                     -Perfect!              34 00:04:27,642 --> 00:04:29,477             (BOTH LAUGH)             35 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:35,483           You guys wanna be                    in a documentary?          36 00:04:35,525 --> 00:04:36,567      We're making a documentary.     37 00:04:36,609 --> 00:04:38,945  -Documentary that's-- All right.           -ADAM GREEN: Cool.          38 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:40,238          It's a documentary                     of the hallway.           39 00:04:40,238 --> 00:04:42,115                -Yeah.                               -Great.               40 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:43,199         MAN 2: How you doing?        41 00:04:43,199 --> 00:04:44,784     Hello. I'm your new neighbor.    42 00:04:44,826 --> 00:04:47,370    ADAM: You guys be our audience.          We're singing songs.         43 00:04:47,370 --> 00:04:48,329           All right. Cool.           44 00:04:48,329 --> 00:04:49,706      -MAN: We're singing songs.                   -Cool guys!             45 00:04:49,706 --> 00:04:53,293          Who left you people                    alone tonight?                  That's what I wanna know.      46 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:54,460         (MELLOW GUITAR MUSIC)        47 00:04:54,460 --> 00:04:57,297                 ADAM:                        My parents thought of us             as a delusional experiment     48 00:04:57,338 --> 00:05:01,259           where we didn't know              how to play our instruments.    49 00:05:01,301 --> 00:05:05,930           We came to New York                     to try to prove                     we were a real band,        50 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:08,016            The Moldy Peaches.         51 00:05:08,057 --> 00:05:10,226         Tonight, we're going                  to a birthday party         52 00:05:10,268 --> 00:05:12,395             for the Queen                     of fucking France.          53 00:05:12,395 --> 00:05:16,149     KIMYA:   We just wanted to find             a place to play music.       54 00:05:16,190 --> 00:05:17,525                  Hi!                 55 00:05:18,026 --> 00:05:19,152                  Hi.                 56 00:05:19,777 --> 00:05:22,030               -Hi. Hi.                               -Hi.                 57 00:05:24,490 --> 00:05:27,076       ADAM:   The Lower East side              was more or less barren,      58 00:05:27,076 --> 00:05:29,454       delis and boarded up places.    59 00:05:29,495 --> 00:05:35,168          KIMYA:   Most places                   we found were sort of               a more bougie club scene.      60 00:05:36,878 --> 00:05:40,590        We'd walk into these rooms             and be like, "Oh, oops."      61 00:05:41,299 --> 00:05:44,344               It felt like                       all of that wild,          62 00:05:44,385 --> 00:05:48,639          weird eclecticness had               drained out of the city.      63 00:05:48,639 --> 00:05:51,476       ADAM:   I remember thinking           maybe New York isn't the kind                of city anymore           64 00:05:51,476 --> 00:05:53,895       that produces iconic bands.     65 00:05:55,438 --> 00:05:59,734           Even MTV was filled                 with super dry pop-rock.      66 00:06:01,110 --> 00:06:04,906            And the winner                      for best rock is                      The Offspring!            67 00:06:04,906 --> 00:06:05,990           (CROWD CHEERING)           68 00:06:06,032 --> 00:06:08,368              -Blink 182.                       -(CROWD CHEERING)          69 00:06:08,368 --> 00:06:09,786         Limp Bizkit,   Rollin.         70 00:06:09,786 --> 00:06:12,080           (CROWD CHEERING)           71 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,041           AUTOMATED VOICE:                      Friday, 2:12 p.m.          72 00:06:16,042 --> 00:06:17,502          Hey, Adam, what's up?                        It's...               73 00:06:17,502 --> 00:06:22,173       ADAM:   Somebody told me,                "You should check out          the open mic at Sidewalk Cafe,     74 00:06:22,173 --> 00:06:24,133        and that's where we found                the anti-folk scene.        75 00:06:24,175 --> 00:06:26,219        -(MELLOW GUITAR MUSIC)                       -Yeah.                76 00:06:26,260 --> 00:06:28,012         ADAM:   This community                       of musicians            77 00:06:28,054 --> 00:06:30,348             that didn't have                      a place to play.          78 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:31,432            MAN: Oh, yeah.            79 00:06:31,432 --> 00:06:37,772   There's a car traveling down              a lone Texas highway         80 00:06:39,148 --> 00:06:41,484          Rams into a giant back      81 00:06:43,611 --> 00:06:48,574   Spirit of the bat fills your             fragile eggshell mind         82 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:52,078                  Yeah               83 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,497                KIMYA:                      Maybe we could fit in here.     84 00:06:55,998 --> 00:06:57,625        (INDISTINCTIVE SINGING)       85 00:07:00,795 --> 00:07:03,339             When the worlds                        got you down            86 00:07:03,381 --> 00:07:05,883        Rainy Sundays, sunny town     87 00:07:05,883 --> 00:07:08,469         Tropicana, canned foods      88 00:07:08,469 --> 00:07:11,305         Botulism, damaged goods      89 00:07:11,347 --> 00:07:13,474   See the hipsters in the park     90 00:07:13,474 --> 00:07:16,185             Hair so styled,                      clothes so dark           91 00:07:16,227 --> 00:07:18,438         Prefab molded hamburgers     92 00:07:18,479 --> 00:07:20,690               I don't want                       a bite of yours           93 00:07:20,690 --> 00:07:25,403         These burgers are crazy      94 00:07:25,445 --> 00:07:29,949        These burgers are crazy      95 00:07:29,991 --> 00:07:33,327           -(CROWD APPLAUDS)                     -Let's hear it                   for The Moldy Peaches!        96 00:07:33,369 --> 00:07:36,372            KIMYA:   We were                     immediately embraced.        97 00:07:36,372 --> 00:07:38,833           (CROWD CHEERING)           98 00:07:39,542 --> 00:07:41,377  MAN: ...send the tip jar around.  99 00:07:41,419 --> 00:07:43,546      KIMYA:   It became our home.      100 00:07:45,673 --> 00:07:47,592          ADAM:   This shy girl                       called Karen            101 00:07:47,633 --> 00:07:50,470         lived across the street               from the Sidewalk Cafe.       102 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:55,057             She'd come down                     to play these quiet                  acoustic guitar songs.       103 00:07:55,057 --> 00:07:58,644        KAREN O:   I was grateful                 playing at any venue                   in New York City,          104 00:07:58,644 --> 00:08:02,732            but it just wasn't                       exciting me.            105 00:08:02,732 --> 00:08:08,738          I was skulking around                    the music scene            trying to sniff out some blood.    106 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:16,287            The last big wave                     of New York bands                  was a long time passed.       107 00:08:16,287 --> 00:08:18,372            I wanted something                   explosive to happen         108 00:08:18,414 --> 00:08:20,917          without understanding                     what that was.           109 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:30,176            ADAM:   One day,                       me and Kimya were                   at our friend's party.       110 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:35,264       This drunk guy called Julian                 comes over...            111 00:08:36,098 --> 00:08:39,894  and he's in the bathroom doing            drugs with this young lady,    112 00:08:39,936 --> 00:08:41,687          he breaks the shower.        113 00:08:41,729 --> 00:08:45,650           Somebody said he was                   a singer in a band                   called The Strokes.         114 00:08:45,691 --> 00:08:48,486            This guy's crazy.                 I've gotta see this band.      115 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:50,947         (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)         116 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:57,036        (SINGING INDISTINCTLY)        117 00:09:25,940 --> 00:09:28,109           (CROWD CHEERING)           118 00:09:30,987 --> 00:09:32,280             (MAN HOWLING)            119 00:09:32,321 --> 00:09:35,658      RADIO JOCKEY:   We're sitting            here with The Strokes live               in WF Music Studios.        120 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:37,577      You guys were hot last night.    121 00:09:37,618 --> 00:09:39,495          -JULIAN: Scorching!                    -(WOMAN LAUGHS)           122 00:09:39,495 --> 00:09:40,997           (GROUP SHOUTING)           123 00:09:40,997 --> 00:09:41,998             WOMAN:   Yeah.             124 00:09:42,039 --> 00:09:44,417       RADIO JOCKEY:   Hey, Jules,            when did you guys start up?     125 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:46,586      JULIAN:   We started playing                New York a year ago.        126 00:09:46,627 --> 00:09:50,131           The last few months               we've been tearing stuff up.    127 00:09:52,466 --> 00:09:54,343         WOMAN: You're looking                   pretty serious.           128 00:09:54,343 --> 00:09:57,138          I am serious, man,                   I'm always serious.         129 00:09:57,930 --> 00:10:00,433        -Am I ever not serious?           -MAN: You're more serious...     130 00:10:00,474 --> 00:10:01,892        I don't know what's fuck--     131 00:10:01,892 --> 00:10:03,185           (WOMAN LAUGHING)           132 00:10:03,227 --> 00:10:04,228            That felt good.           133 00:10:04,228 --> 00:10:06,147           Now it's my turn                   to break the camera.         134 00:10:11,027 --> 00:10:12,612            ALBERT HAMMOND:                   The way I met this band,      135 00:10:12,653 --> 00:10:14,947             too many things                   happened exactly right,       136 00:10:14,989 --> 00:10:18,326          that it seems so hard                for it to be just luck.       137 00:10:18,367 --> 00:10:22,204      Four, three, two! Oh, shit.     138 00:10:22,204 --> 00:10:24,206          -MAN: Hey, Julian.                        -Oh, man.              139 00:10:27,001 --> 00:10:28,711       ALBERT:   I ran into Julian                   on the street            140 00:10:28,753 --> 00:10:31,964               seven years                        after I'd met him                    in boarding school.         141 00:10:34,675 --> 00:10:37,011           Then I met everyone.        142 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:39,013             I just felt it.           143 00:10:39,597 --> 00:10:41,182              The closeness.           144 00:10:41,724 --> 00:10:43,309              (INAUDIBLE)             145 00:10:45,353 --> 00:10:47,188          We were like brothers.       146 00:10:50,232 --> 00:10:53,611       ADAM:   They were so tight                    and together,                   and are such good friends.     147 00:10:53,611 --> 00:10:57,698            It just feels like                     the five of them                    make up one person.         148 00:10:57,698 --> 00:11:00,368  Just one solid person on stage.    149 00:11:03,037 --> 00:11:05,122          By now, most people                  have heard of Y2K,          150 00:11:05,122 --> 00:11:09,377         the anagram shorthand                  for the year 2000                    computer problem.          151 00:11:09,377 --> 00:11:10,753         Americans have proven                   they can handle           152 00:11:10,795 --> 00:11:13,839       even the most devastating                natural disaster.          153 00:11:13,839 --> 00:11:17,426     But can we survive a man-made           technological meltdown?       154 00:11:17,426 --> 00:11:21,889    FEMALE REPORTER:   It's now time              to begin stockpiling               essential survival items.      155 00:11:21,889 --> 00:11:24,433    MALE REPORTER:   Military meals,              gas masks to knives.        156 00:11:24,433 --> 00:11:26,477       When your kids are standing              there cold and hungry,                   and they come up          157 00:11:26,477 --> 00:11:30,022    to you and say, "Mommy, Daddy,         why didn't you get ready?"          What are you gonna tell them?    158 00:11:30,064 --> 00:11:32,066          FEMALE REPORTER 2:                      With every tick                 of the clock toward midnight    159 00:11:32,108 --> 00:11:37,113             in Times Square,                  emergency officials are              watching for Y2K problems.     160 00:11:37,113 --> 00:11:38,614           (CROWD CHEERING)           161 00:11:38,614 --> 00:11:43,869  The dawning of a new millennium             now just minutes away.       162 00:11:44,453 --> 00:11:46,872         We celebrate the future.      163 00:11:46,872 --> 00:11:51,419           What will the story                 of the 21st century be?       164 00:11:51,419 --> 00:11:52,336           (CROWD CHEERING)           165 00:11:52,378 --> 00:11:58,551       CROWD:   Ten, nine, eight,                  seven, six, five,          166 00:11:58,592 --> 00:12:02,763         four, three, two, one...      167 00:12:02,763 --> 00:12:06,267           -(CROWD CHEERING)                  -(FIREWORKS BLASTING)        168 00:12:14,525 --> 00:12:17,319           FEMALE REPORTER:                 From the City Command Center           at the World Trade Center,     169 00:12:17,361 --> 00:12:21,907      the Deputy Mayor Joseph Lhota             said computer systems                   have been checked.         170 00:12:21,949 --> 00:12:24,410                 The city                      is functioning normally.      171 00:12:24,452 --> 00:12:26,620        (INDISTINCT CHATTERING)       172 00:12:31,083 --> 00:12:34,253       KAREN O:   A friend of mine                  had a big crush                      on this guy Nick.          173 00:12:36,005 --> 00:12:39,967              She dragged me                       to the Mars Bar                      where he hung out.         174 00:12:40,801 --> 00:12:44,805        I felt this very visceral               reaction towards him.        175 00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:49,143         I needed to be connected                  to this person.           176 00:12:49,185 --> 00:12:50,936        NICK ZINNER:   She talked                  like a valley girl         177 00:12:50,936 --> 00:12:52,897              but said that                      she was from Jersey.        178 00:12:52,897 --> 00:12:55,191       Every other word was "dude".    179 00:12:56,609 --> 00:12:59,153              I'd never met                       anybody like that.         180 00:13:01,989 --> 00:13:03,449            When you're young                      and in New York           181 00:13:03,491 --> 00:13:05,117               and you find                      like-minded people,         182 00:13:05,117 --> 00:13:08,871          you just end up doing              things together every night.    183 00:13:09,663 --> 00:13:13,000          Karen played me songs                 that she had written.        184 00:13:14,502 --> 00:13:18,214          I was just completely                      blown away.             185 00:13:18,255 --> 00:13:22,593           I may be dead, honey       186 00:13:22,593 --> 00:13:27,348       But I was left with my eyes    187 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:34,313          And underneath, sugar       188 00:13:34,313 --> 00:13:38,776           Well, I've been sunk                  by your lies...           189 00:13:38,776 --> 00:13:40,528                 NICK:                         One night, Karen said,       190 00:13:40,569 --> 00:13:43,989                "Trust me.                  We should start a rock band."    191 00:13:45,866 --> 00:13:49,578      We're the Yeah Yeah Yeahs,                   and, um...              192 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:55,376       we're from New York City,              Brooklyn, and, um...         193 00:13:56,877 --> 00:13:58,212               We, uh...              194 00:14:00,923 --> 00:14:02,049             We've, um...             195 00:14:02,049 --> 00:14:04,593        -Do you wanna continue?                  -(NICK LAUGHS)            196 00:14:04,635 --> 00:14:06,804          NICK:   In one night,                   we wrote six songs.         197 00:14:06,804 --> 00:14:10,099          We were bragging about                 how amazing we were                      to our friend            198 00:14:10,140 --> 00:14:12,685        who was The White Stripes                   booking agent.           199 00:14:12,726 --> 00:14:17,356           He called our bluff          and offered us the opening slot    200 00:14:17,398 --> 00:14:20,526        for The White Stripes show              in the Mercury Lounge.       201 00:14:21,610 --> 00:14:23,153        Karen was really insistent     202 00:14:23,153 --> 00:14:26,574          that we get her friend                 Brian to play drums.        203 00:14:27,783 --> 00:14:29,410           (CROWD CHEERING)           204 00:14:29,451 --> 00:14:31,036    KAREN O:   I was really nervous,    205 00:14:31,078 --> 00:14:33,330                and I had                     four margaritas lined up.      206 00:14:33,330 --> 00:14:35,666              (LAUGHING)                         Knocking one back                      after the other.          207 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:38,752         (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)         208 00:14:39,628 --> 00:14:41,964           (CROWD CHEERING)           209 00:14:45,426 --> 00:14:47,970    (KAREN O INDISTINCTLY SINGING)    210 00:15:18,959 --> 00:15:21,295        KAREN O:   Something was                 completely unleashed,        211 00:15:22,379 --> 00:15:23,631              I was shocked.           212 00:15:24,048 --> 00:15:26,175        (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)        213 00:15:29,845 --> 00:15:33,891         I grew up in New Jersey,                     very shy,              214 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:36,185         half Korean, half white.      215 00:15:36,185 --> 00:15:38,437        And when you're a halfie,       you don't feel like the whites,    216 00:15:38,437 --> 00:15:40,814             you don't fit in                     with the Koreans.                       (LAUGHING)              217 00:15:41,857 --> 00:15:44,652             I was just used                   to being on the outside.      218 00:15:46,904 --> 00:15:50,282              But on stage,                  I was free of that feeling.     219 00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:56,205        Once I'd had tasted that,                   I just wanted                    to lose myself in that.       220 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:03,128               You guys                  should get a manager, you know.       Do you guys have a manager?     221 00:16:03,128 --> 00:16:05,172           He's over there,               you should point the camera--             It's Ryan Gentles.          222 00:16:05,172 --> 00:16:09,218            MALE REPORTER:                    That's not a manager,         that's, like, a cute little kid.  223 00:16:09,218 --> 00:16:11,845             RYAN GENTLES:                         The first time                      I saw The Strokes,         224 00:16:11,887 --> 00:16:16,058          I was watching a band               that just was born a band.     225 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:17,476           (CROWD CHEERING)           226 00:16:17,518 --> 00:16:19,979             I was the booker                   at the Mercury Lounge,       227 00:16:20,020 --> 00:16:23,524      the best club for local bands               in New York City.          228 00:16:23,565 --> 00:16:25,943        I booked them immediately.     229 00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:28,237        WOMAN:   We're live here                   with The Strokes.          230 00:16:28,278 --> 00:16:30,906             I know you guys                       are really hot.           231 00:16:30,906 --> 00:16:33,200           They've been playing                 every Wednesday night        232 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,202               in December                      at the Mercury Lounge.       233 00:16:35,202 --> 00:16:39,373         JULIAN: Hello, yeah,                   we're The Strokes              and we're from New York City.    234 00:16:39,373 --> 00:16:40,833           (CROWD CHEERING)           235 00:16:40,874 --> 00:16:42,042        MAN:   You just felt it.        236 00:16:42,084 --> 00:16:45,504         The audience was excited                  that we existed.          237 00:16:47,464 --> 00:16:49,508          ADAM:   Me and Kimya                  opened for The Strokes.       238 00:16:49,550 --> 00:16:52,428             The first week,                     we also played with                   the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.        239 00:16:52,428 --> 00:16:57,307      So, it was The Moldy Peaches,              the Yeah Yeah Yeahs                     and The Strokes.          240 00:16:57,349 --> 00:17:01,270          KIMYA:   More people                   crammed in each week.        241 00:17:01,311 --> 00:17:03,897      ADAM:   There was a hysteria                  in the audience.          242 00:17:03,939 --> 00:17:07,276  These guys were like sex gods.     243 00:17:07,317 --> 00:17:11,488      -MAN:   Suddenly, there were           bands everywhere in New York.               -(WOMAN LAUGHS)           244 00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:14,408         (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)         245 00:17:15,951 --> 00:17:18,245           ADAM:   The Strokes                    launched a fireball.        246 00:17:18,787 --> 00:17:23,125              New York City                     is like a graveyard         247 00:17:23,167 --> 00:17:25,878    ADAM:   It all happened so fast.    248 00:17:25,919 --> 00:17:30,257           All the corpses like               the way I play my guitar      249 00:17:31,091 --> 00:17:33,010          ADAM:   Totally DIY.          250 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:36,346            You gotta be cute                 if you wanna get far...       251 00:17:36,346 --> 00:17:40,768          ADAM:   Zero interest                    from record labels                      or magazines.            252 00:17:40,809 --> 00:17:44,646              New York City                     is like a graveyard         253 00:17:48,442 --> 00:17:52,154            All the tombstones                      sky scrapin'            254 00:17:55,824 --> 00:17:59,453            All the rock stars                     double dating            255 00:18:08,796 --> 00:18:10,464               We got it             256 00:18:20,682 --> 00:18:25,312          Blue eyes last forever      257 00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:31,819        Real light it never fades     258 00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:39,535          Real life is a gamble       259 00:18:40,828 --> 00:18:41,954              Pardon me?              260 00:18:43,747 --> 00:18:46,333         So don't give your ace      261 00:18:46,333 --> 00:18:49,837       PAUL BANKS:   I desperately               wanted to participate                    in the scene...           262 00:18:52,548 --> 00:18:55,134             But I'm working                    at Yeshiva University        263 00:18:55,175 --> 00:18:58,637         in the admissions office               stuffing envelopes...        264 00:18:58,637 --> 00:19:02,224           Knowing there's five                    dudes out there                    that are cool as fuck,       265 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:04,434  writing insanely awesome music     266 00:19:04,434 --> 00:19:07,646           and they are cooler                 and better than you are.      267 00:19:08,522 --> 00:19:12,860          I was also the singer               in a band called Interpol.     268 00:19:15,279 --> 00:19:20,617            We sent our demos                to every single record label               I could think of.          269 00:19:20,617 --> 00:19:23,704             No record label                 showed any interest at all.     270 00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:28,125    PAUL:   It was like all of those          guidance counselor meetings     271 00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:30,043           where they're, like,                "What do you wanna do?"       272 00:19:30,043 --> 00:19:32,004               And I said,                    "I wanna be a rock star,"      273 00:19:32,045 --> 00:19:34,548              and they said,                    "Don't be a jackass."        274 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:41,722            I was experiencing                  very deep depression.        275 00:19:42,431 --> 00:19:45,726               I felt like                          I was slipping                      out of existence.          276 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:59,072            Surprise sometime         277 00:19:59,740 --> 00:20:02,075             Will come around         278 00:20:05,495 --> 00:20:10,751   I will surprise you sometime     279 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:14,087             I'll come around         280 00:20:17,507 --> 00:20:22,971   I will surprise you sometime     281 00:20:23,639 --> 00:20:26,391             I'll come around         282 00:20:26,433 --> 00:20:29,603            When you're down         283 00:20:44,785 --> 00:20:46,954            (MAN SCATTING)            284 00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:53,126        Get in the fucking van!       285 00:20:54,253 --> 00:20:56,296       MAN: Hello, The Strokes!       286 00:20:56,296 --> 00:20:57,422            (MEN LAUGHING)            287 00:20:57,422 --> 00:20:59,007                 RYAN:                        I sent The Strokes' demo      288 00:20:59,007 --> 00:21:01,343       to everyone I could think of            in the industry saying,       289 00:21:01,385 --> 00:21:04,388            "This is the best                       unsigned band                       in New York City."         290 00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:08,558        Geoff Travis at Rough Trade     called the day he received it.     291 00:21:08,558 --> 00:21:12,854       He said, "I wanna sign this           and fly the band to England                   for a tour."            292 00:21:12,896 --> 00:21:14,731              It was insane!           293 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:19,736        MAN: It seems so weird.              We're going to England                   to play music.            294 00:21:19,778 --> 00:21:20,946         Let's go to England!         295 00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:22,447                 Oh...                296 00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:23,782         MAN:   You don't wanna                  get too carried away.        297 00:21:23,824 --> 00:21:26,994          I'm, like, I'm trying               to like just hang with it.     298 00:21:26,994 --> 00:21:29,162            (MEN LAUGHING)            299 00:21:33,208 --> 00:21:34,835            (MAN SPEAKING)            300 00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:40,674           Pretty exciting.           301 00:21:56,898 --> 00:21:58,859     American tourist in England.     302 00:22:01,862 --> 00:22:03,030                 Fuck.                303 00:22:03,822 --> 00:22:08,035                 ADAM:                       Me and Kimya went on tour              opening for The Strokes.      304 00:22:08,076 --> 00:22:12,706        KIMYA:   We would always                joke around and be like,           "We're The Strokes fluffers."    305 00:22:13,081 --> 00:22:15,208           (PEOPLE LAUGHING)          306 00:22:15,208 --> 00:22:18,170      (MAN INDISTINCTLY TALKING)      307 00:22:18,211 --> 00:22:20,422            Take your passion         308 00:22:21,757 --> 00:22:24,843            And make it happen        309 00:22:25,844 --> 00:22:30,265            You can come alive         you can dance right through...   310 00:22:30,307 --> 00:22:32,851          KIMYA:   I was quite                   a bit older and sober.       311 00:22:32,893 --> 00:22:36,646        I would say to those guys,                  "Are you sure                     you wanna get wasted?        312 00:22:36,688 --> 00:22:40,859        "You don't wanna remember                 how cool this is?"         313 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:44,279       We're ready, right team?                     Go team.               314 00:22:44,279 --> 00:22:47,908         -Go team. All right.                         -Yay.                315 00:22:47,949 --> 00:22:49,284     INTERVIEWER: Strokes, hello.     316 00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:50,452                -Hello.                               -Hi.                 317 00:22:50,494 --> 00:22:51,870                -Hello.                      -INTERVIEWER: I think,                     first off,              318 00:22:51,912 --> 00:22:56,124        because you're unknown                    in the U.K.,                  just introduce yourselves.      319 00:22:59,294 --> 00:23:01,880               -Julian.                          -(GROUP LAUGHS)           320 00:23:02,798 --> 00:23:06,927        KIMYA:   Julian was dealing            with a lot of nervousness.     321 00:23:06,927 --> 00:23:11,390               I was, like,                       "How is he scared?                      He's so good."           322 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:14,476               But he wrote                       all of the songs.          323 00:23:14,518 --> 00:23:18,855         His nervousness came out               of that perfectionism.       324 00:23:18,855 --> 00:23:20,607           (CROWD CHEERING)           325 00:23:48,844 --> 00:23:55,600           Last night she said              Oh, baby, don't feel so down    326 00:23:55,642 --> 00:24:00,856           Oh, it turns me off                  when I feel left out        327 00:24:00,897 --> 00:24:02,941                   So I               328 00:24:02,941 --> 00:24:04,443              I turn around           329 00:24:04,484 --> 00:24:07,863                 Oh, baby                        gonna be all right         330 00:24:07,904 --> 00:24:09,990          It was a great big lie      331 00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:12,993              'Cause I left                       that night, yeah          332 00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:15,662           (CROWD CHEERING)           333 00:24:30,886 --> 00:24:34,931                Oh, people                     They don't understand        334 00:24:34,973 --> 00:24:39,394             No, girlfriends                  They don't understand        335 00:24:39,394 --> 00:24:41,188           (CROWD CHEERING)           336 00:24:43,023 --> 00:24:44,733        (INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)        337 00:24:46,693 --> 00:24:49,154      Not before coming here. No.     338 00:24:49,196 --> 00:24:50,614        Oh, it's just so weird.       339 00:24:50,655 --> 00:24:52,449       I don't even know what's             going on right now, man.       340 00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:53,992          I'm just, you know,                      it's all...             341 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:59,372        It's all crazy and cool            and bizarre and-- you know.     342 00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:10,050            (SIREN WAILING)           343 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:15,263         (INDISTINCT TALKING)         344 00:25:18,016 --> 00:25:20,352        -MAN: What's going on?                  -MAN 2: You gotta                  get off here, please.        345 00:25:20,393 --> 00:25:22,521        Keep going. Keep going.       346 00:25:22,562 --> 00:25:24,147         (INDISTINCT TALKING)         347 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:25,941            (SIREN BLARING)           348 00:25:26,441 --> 00:25:28,026            MAN: Holy shit.           349 00:25:32,405 --> 00:25:33,907              Holy shit.              350 00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:36,868        MAN 2: Please, please.        351 00:25:36,910 --> 00:25:39,621              (CLAMORING)             352 00:25:40,830 --> 00:25:42,415              (EXPLOSION)             353 00:25:42,457 --> 00:25:44,209            MAN: Holy shit!           354 00:25:44,209 --> 00:25:47,295          -(PEOPLE SCREAMING)                   -(SIREN BLARING)           355 00:25:49,673 --> 00:25:52,425         MAN: Get up! Get up!                Get up! Get up! Get up!       356 00:25:52,425 --> 00:25:55,262          -(PEOPLE SCREAMING)                   -(SIREN BLARING)           357 00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:06,064     -MAN: Oh, my God! Oh, my God!                -WOMAN: What?            358 00:26:12,821 --> 00:26:15,574            MALE REPORTER:                    Mayor Giuliani, I wonder       if you could give us an update?    359 00:26:15,615 --> 00:26:17,200        MAYOR GIULIANI:   Well,          the first thing I'd like to do     360 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,745         is take this opportunity                  to tell everyone                to evacuate Lower Manhattan.    361 00:26:21,913 --> 00:26:24,457      PAT KAREN:   Mayor Giuliani,               do you have any sense        362 00:26:24,499 --> 00:26:27,961        of the order of magnitude              of injuries and deaths?       363 00:26:28,003 --> 00:26:31,089            MAYOR GIULIANI:                   I do not, except to say                that it's horrendous.        364 00:26:32,215 --> 00:26:34,009         (BUILDING CRUMBLING)         365 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,277            (SIREN BLARING)           366 00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:06,625                 PAUL:                        When the buildings fell,      367 00:27:06,666 --> 00:27:12,130        my impression was clearly               there won't have been                people in that building.      368 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:18,303      We walked in the ashy streets               picking up papers.         369 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:26,686       Once they said on the radio,     "You should go to the hospitals    370 00:27:26,728 --> 00:27:30,398        "and try and give blood,"             it started to dawn on me.      371 00:27:30,398 --> 00:27:32,317  Thousands have lost their life.    372 00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:34,861      MAN: It's 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.      373 00:27:36,029 --> 00:27:37,155              For blood.              374 00:27:38,865 --> 00:27:40,033       You can call up to give--      375 00:27:40,075 --> 00:27:45,163       PAUL:   I remember feeling            how fragile life actually is.    376 00:27:49,542 --> 00:27:53,213             There's anthrax                      in the envelope           377 00:27:53,254 --> 00:27:55,715           I opened in my dream       378 00:27:55,757 --> 00:27:58,093           Dream the sky is red       379 00:27:58,093 --> 00:28:02,764       And little kids are running            screaming in the street       380 00:28:02,764 --> 00:28:06,142        I try to run and save them    381 00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:09,312         But I have molasses feet     382 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:14,776         I keep having nightmares          and I'm scared to go to sleep    383 00:28:14,818 --> 00:28:18,613         In Montreal I got so mad     384 00:28:18,613 --> 00:28:21,574        Someone broke into the van    385 00:28:21,574 --> 00:28:26,371             Stole my guitar                      and Aaron's bag           386 00:28:27,831 --> 00:28:33,837          Then we turned on CNN            watched the towers fall again    387 00:28:33,837 --> 00:28:38,591         Realized that our lives                   aren't so bad            388 00:28:39,926 --> 00:28:46,725            The air is filled                with computers and carpets     389 00:28:46,766 --> 00:28:52,939   Skin and bones and telephones               and file cabinets          390 00:28:52,981 --> 00:28:58,862          Coke machines, firemen              Landing here and cement       391 00:28:58,903 --> 00:29:05,452         They say that it's okay            but I say don't breathe in     392 00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:14,961               KAREN O:                     I was grieving for my city.     393 00:29:16,921 --> 00:29:18,965           I felt deep trauma.         394 00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:24,053           But when I perform,                I could be somewhere else.     395 00:29:24,095 --> 00:29:26,931            Almost, you know,                 like a split personality.      396 00:29:26,931 --> 00:29:30,560              You're pretty                        You're pretty            397 00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:33,897            You make we wanna                 ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh       398 00:29:33,938 --> 00:29:37,066            You make we wanna                 ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh       399 00:29:37,108 --> 00:29:40,570            You make we wanna                 ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh       400 00:29:40,612 --> 00:29:44,532            You make we wanna                 ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh       401 00:29:44,574 --> 00:29:46,159                 Hey, hey             402 00:29:48,286 --> 00:29:52,248    MALE REPORTER:   Fear and anxiety          have become a very real                part of American life.       403 00:29:52,290 --> 00:29:57,253      This, of course is Halloween,               a day when fright                  is manufactured for fun.      404 00:29:57,295 --> 00:30:00,465            You make we wanna                 ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh       405 00:30:00,507 --> 00:30:04,010            You make we wanna                 ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh       406 00:30:04,010 --> 00:30:05,470            You look like shit        407 00:30:06,971 --> 00:30:10,767            You take your time                   You take your time         408 00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:12,685               You take it            409 00:30:14,479 --> 00:30:15,688                T-T-T-Time            410 00:30:16,272 --> 00:30:18,191          (KAREN O SCATTING)          411 00:30:26,324 --> 00:30:28,993          (KAREN O SCREAMING)         412 00:30:30,286 --> 00:30:33,665            You take your time                   You take your time         413 00:30:33,665 --> 00:30:35,083              You take it            414 00:30:36,125 --> 00:30:39,170    (KAREN O TALKING INDISTINCTLY)              -(CROWD CHEERING)          415 00:30:40,713 --> 00:30:42,131            MALE REPORTER:                       At Fort Campbell,                      Kentucky, today,          416 00:30:42,173 --> 00:30:45,093          President Bush rallied              the army's 101st Airborne      417 00:30:45,093 --> 00:30:47,512               heading off                        to support the war                     in Afghanistan,           418 00:30:47,554 --> 00:30:53,351      and carved up a turkey, right           along with Osama Bin Laden             and his Al-Qaeda forces.      419 00:30:53,393 --> 00:30:57,272           We will never tire,               and we will hunt them down!     420 00:30:57,272 --> 00:30:58,231           (CROWD CHEERING)           421 00:30:58,273 --> 00:31:01,484      A grim task of trying to find            remains of those killed.      422 00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:02,652            Anxiety and fear--         423 00:31:02,652 --> 00:31:03,903            MALE REPORTER:                   Terrorist training camp--      424 00:31:03,903 --> 00:31:05,154          FEMALE REPORTER 2:                     Cruise missiles--          425 00:31:05,154 --> 00:31:06,698     -MALE REPORTER 3:   Holy war--                  -Mass murder--           426 00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:08,324     -MALE REPORTER 4:   Casualties-         -MALE REPORTER 5:   Taliban--     427 00:31:08,366 --> 00:31:09,576     -MALE REPORTER 6:   Airstrike--       -MALE REPORTER 7:   Terrorists--    428 00:31:09,617 --> 00:31:10,243      MALE REPORTER 8:   Destroyed.     429 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:19,419          MAN:   New York felt                   really claustrophobic.       430 00:31:20,253 --> 00:31:22,130            So much paranoia.          431 00:31:22,755 --> 00:31:25,592  Everyone's confused and scared.    432 00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:36,936    MAN:   The artists and musicians                moved in droves           433 00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:40,315             out of Manhattan                  across to Williamsburg.       434 00:31:42,150 --> 00:31:44,110        MAN 2:   A lot of people                    quit their jobs,          435 00:31:44,152 --> 00:31:48,114           and just were like,                   "Fuck it, I'm gonna                  play music full-time."       436 00:31:48,156 --> 00:31:52,327      MAN:   The rent was so cheap               that you could afford                     to take risks.           437 00:31:53,161 --> 00:31:55,788              You could fail                    and it didn't matter.        438 00:31:57,498 --> 00:32:01,669         BRIAN CHASE:   There is                a big difference between              Brooklyn and Manhattan.       439 00:32:01,711 --> 00:32:05,298            Brooklyn was about                  potential and freedom.       440 00:32:06,966 --> 00:32:11,095           Abandoned buildings                      and warehouses                   became practice spaces.       441 00:32:11,095 --> 00:32:14,807       Outside of public attention                 and expectation.          442 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:18,186         That's what nurtured us.      443 00:32:18,186 --> 00:32:21,606               (LAUGHS)                       We could all be weirdos              in the best way possible.      444 00:32:22,774 --> 00:32:25,026           The main bands were               the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Onida,     445 00:32:25,026 --> 00:32:28,321              and Sightings,                 Liars, and TV On The Radio.     446 00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:32,075       This is an excuse for us           to hang out with our friends                    and...                447 00:32:32,116 --> 00:32:35,244        Blah, blah, blah, blah.              Blah, blah, blah, blah.       448 00:32:35,286 --> 00:32:36,412            Yeah, this guy.           449 00:32:36,454 --> 00:32:38,665        Come and bust our balls             during an interview, man.      450 00:32:38,706 --> 00:32:41,292    He said, "Can you play drums?"               "Yeah, maybe."            451 00:32:41,292 --> 00:32:42,627          Whatever drummer--          452 00:32:42,669 --> 00:32:44,170            TUNDE ADIBIMPE:                      Whatever, drummer.         453 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:47,590       DAVE SITEK:   What brought               TV On The Radio together      454 00:32:47,632 --> 00:32:49,550             is the fact that                      we're all nerds.          455 00:32:51,427 --> 00:32:55,306      I'm not a very social person,                I don't go out.           456 00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:58,267              When I became                      friends with Tunde,                       he was like,            457 00:32:58,267 --> 00:33:00,853           "You have no clothes                   and no furniture,          458 00:33:00,853 --> 00:33:02,355            "but you have pain                   and drum machines."         459 00:33:02,355 --> 00:33:04,857           I was, like, "Yeah,                that's kind of the vibe."      460 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:08,778            TUNDE:   I always                    wanted to make music.        461 00:33:08,778 --> 00:33:11,948        When you're the offspring            of immigrants, and you say,     462 00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:14,575         "I wanna be an artist,"                you might as well say,       463 00:33:14,575 --> 00:33:18,579         "Thanks for all of this                 but I'm gonna put on                a pair of clown shoes."       464 00:33:20,373 --> 00:33:24,419       But I've gotta get whatever             energy that's in me out.      465 00:33:24,419 --> 00:33:27,213           (CROWD CHEERING)           466 00:33:28,381 --> 00:33:31,884              Writing music                      felt like a prayer.         467 00:33:42,645 --> 00:33:46,858                 Your ooh             468 00:33:47,817 --> 00:33:50,528                Slim frame            469 00:33:52,655 --> 00:33:57,452             Your eager eyes          470 00:33:57,869 --> 00:34:00,747              Your wild mane          471 00:34:03,207 --> 00:34:07,420             So they keep me          472 00:34:08,212 --> 00:34:10,757              Where I belong          473 00:34:17,138 --> 00:34:21,142          I'm strung out in song      474 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:28,691       Oh, I will be your accident    475 00:34:28,691 --> 00:34:33,321       If you will be my ambulance    476 00:34:33,362 --> 00:34:38,785               So I will be                    your screech and crash       477 00:34:38,826 --> 00:34:43,956              If you will be                     my crutch and cast         478 00:34:43,956 --> 00:34:48,961              And I will be                      your one more time         479 00:34:49,003 --> 00:34:54,258              If you will be                     my one last chance         480 00:34:54,258 --> 00:35:00,807   Oh, sweet tree fall for me      481 00:35:09,273 --> 00:35:10,566               NARDWUAR:                       Julian of The Strokes,       482 00:35:10,608 --> 00:35:13,236          there is an element                   of make believe,                isn't there, in the band--      483 00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:15,446         There's an element of             make believe, isn't there?      484 00:35:15,488 --> 00:35:18,991            Swiss schools,                   elite modeling agency?        485 00:35:19,784 --> 00:35:21,244                 -Yes.                            -Lee? What--             486 00:35:21,285 --> 00:35:23,788     NARDWUAR: There's an element         of make believe in the band.              That's pretty cool.         487 00:35:23,830 --> 00:35:25,331       Meeting at Swiss schools,                  that's cool.             488 00:35:25,373 --> 00:35:27,875        That's like realistic,               it's not make believe,        489 00:35:27,917 --> 00:35:30,086           it's not pretend,                    it's not fiction.          490 00:35:30,086 --> 00:35:32,088          It's true to life.          491 00:35:32,088 --> 00:35:33,714      I think that's really cool               though, like Swiss.         492 00:35:33,756 --> 00:35:36,300      I've never been to a place                they call Swiss,           493 00:35:36,342 --> 00:35:38,010          but you guys have,                   and you met there,          494 00:35:38,010 --> 00:35:39,637        and your dad is, like,                  John Casablancas.          495 00:35:39,637 --> 00:35:43,099          That's pretty cool                and I think he's in some                hot water now, eh?          496 00:35:43,099 --> 00:35:45,977       I don't know. I think...       497 00:35:46,018 --> 00:35:47,311       I don't know, it's weird.      498 00:35:47,311 --> 00:35:51,357          I live with my mom,                you know, they divorced               when I was young, so.        499 00:35:51,399 --> 00:35:54,360  I think just-- I think life felt          a little more normal.        500 00:35:54,402 --> 00:35:57,113      That was the weirdest part.          That was the weirdest stage                  of my life.             501 00:35:57,113 --> 00:35:58,948      And it's my great pleasure               to introduce to you         502 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:01,325             the President                of the Elite Modeling Agency,    503 00:36:01,325 --> 00:36:03,870        -Mr. John Casablancas.                  -(CROWD APPLAUDS)          504 00:36:07,039 --> 00:36:08,875        (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)        505 00:36:10,626 --> 00:36:12,545           (JULIAN SPEAKING)          506 00:36:21,637 --> 00:36:25,266       MAN:   Julian wasn't really              comfortable with fame.        507 00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:30,229       He was always talking about                  how he wanted                   to make underground music.     508 00:36:30,271 --> 00:36:32,773            But he also wanted                 the music to be popular.      509 00:36:32,773 --> 00:36:34,901           (CROWD CHEERING)           510 00:36:34,901 --> 00:36:37,570           He had this tension                      inside of him.           511 00:36:39,864 --> 00:36:42,283         (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)         512 00:36:45,369 --> 00:36:47,580         (INDISTINCT SINGING)         513 00:37:12,188 --> 00:37:15,107           (CROWD CHEERING)           514 00:37:33,751 --> 00:37:36,337         (INDISTINCT SINGING)         515 00:37:55,815 --> 00:37:57,650           (CROWD CHEERING)           516 00:38:08,411 --> 00:38:12,039         -(P.A. SYSTEM CHIMES)                -(INDISTINCT TALKING)        517 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,876           (BRIAN SPEAKING)           518 00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:21,632          (KAREN O SPEAKING)          519 00:38:26,053 --> 00:38:30,391    KAREN O:   So, we're in the U.K.    520 00:38:32,101 --> 00:38:33,853             I have to say...          521 00:38:34,645 --> 00:38:39,233        It's a party in the U.K.,                   I have to say.           522 00:38:39,275 --> 00:38:40,693           WOMAN:   You rock.           523 00:38:41,736 --> 00:38:45,823     What's more important, Dave,         a good sound or a good time?     524 00:38:48,784 --> 00:38:51,662             -A good time.                -Yeah, I agree, do you agree?    525 00:38:51,662 --> 00:38:53,998             Sounding good                     having a good time.         526 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:55,624               KAREN O:                     Every woman fronting a band     527 00:38:55,666 --> 00:39:02,590          in, like, the 30 years               before me were pioneers              and I felt like a pioneer.     528 00:39:02,590 --> 00:39:07,511             For men in rock,                  there's a fucking code,             there's a way you do things.    529 00:39:07,511 --> 00:39:10,306         I just realized for me,                   there's no code.                        (LAUGHS)               530 00:39:10,306 --> 00:39:13,184           I could do whatever                 I wanted to do up there.      531 00:39:13,225 --> 00:39:15,019          I didn't give a fuck.        532 00:39:17,813 --> 00:39:19,565               Oh, I'm rich           533 00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:23,527             Like a hot noise         534 00:39:24,403 --> 00:39:27,198             Rich, rich, rich         535 00:39:28,074 --> 00:39:30,576          I'll take you out, boy      536 00:39:31,327 --> 00:39:33,245               So stuck up            537 00:39:35,164 --> 00:39:37,750       I wish you'd stick it to me    538 00:39:38,584 --> 00:39:41,087             Flesh ripped off         539 00:39:46,967 --> 00:39:48,761           (CROWD CHEERING)           540 00:39:53,224 --> 00:39:54,558                    Ha                541 00:39:59,271 --> 00:40:00,898                    Ah                542 00:40:08,948 --> 00:40:12,034         Turn it beating no beat      543 00:40:12,034 --> 00:40:14,370              The walls are                       always speaking           544 00:40:14,370 --> 00:40:19,166             No want, no want               No want no speaking at all     545 00:40:19,166 --> 00:40:20,793           (CROWD CHEERING)           546 00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:25,256          BRIAN:   On the very                 first night in the U.K...      547 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:27,758           it was pandemonium.         548 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:31,011                Every club                        that we would play                    would be sold out.         549 00:40:31,011 --> 00:40:33,764               People knew                     our songs word-for-word.      550 00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:35,808           It was super crazy.         551 00:40:35,850 --> 00:40:38,394                -$5...                        -KAREN O: Which shirt                    do you want?             552 00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:42,648       This one is the last one.          Let me, uh, sign it for you.     553 00:40:42,648 --> 00:40:45,568             -Hope you had                    a good time tonight?              -WOMAN: It was fandabidozi.     554 00:40:45,609 --> 00:40:49,488        MAN: All the magazines                   are saying you                   are the best band ever.       555 00:40:49,530 --> 00:40:51,657             (INDISTINCT)             556 00:40:53,159 --> 00:40:56,454       Right. You are fantastic.      557 00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:59,123            Those are, uh,                    those are big words.         558 00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:01,000                 MAN:                     They're fucking right though.    559 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,126           (CROWD CHEERING)           560 00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:03,627               KAREN O:                      It was extremely exciting,     561 00:41:03,627 --> 00:41:08,048         and we were all so drunk            on that ravenous fanaticism.    562 00:41:09,508 --> 00:41:10,759            -MAN: ...funny.                   -WOMAN: What's that?         563 00:41:10,801 --> 00:41:13,721            -Where's Brian?                 We need Brian to sign it.                -MAN: Oh, oh, oh.          564 00:41:14,555 --> 00:41:17,475               KAREN O:                    Brian, you wanna sign this?             Is Brian back there?         565 00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:22,188      Write an essay on my shirt.                  I am girl.              566 00:41:23,606 --> 00:41:27,234    I know this band's the future.    567 00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:34,700        (INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)        568 00:41:36,368 --> 00:41:40,289         My name's Carlos, uh,                   Carlos D. Uh...           569 00:41:40,289 --> 00:41:42,041       I play bass in Interpol.       570 00:41:42,041 --> 00:41:44,043        (INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)        571 00:41:48,756 --> 00:41:50,007              (CHUCKLES)              572 00:41:52,968 --> 00:41:58,349     DANIEL KESSLER:   So, we pooled           all of our money together       and forced this tour of the U.K.  573 00:42:01,977 --> 00:42:04,104        I'd never been to England.     574 00:42:04,104 --> 00:42:05,773              This is where                      The Smiths are from.        575 00:42:05,814 --> 00:42:08,734         This is where New Order                       is from.              576 00:42:09,485 --> 00:42:11,362              I was on fire.           577 00:42:11,403 --> 00:42:13,364         (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)         578 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:17,660         (INDISTINCT TALKING)         579 00:42:17,660 --> 00:42:20,162           DANIEL:   Somehow,                 we got booked to play this,     580 00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:23,415          like, little festival                   called Crucifest.          581 00:42:25,459 --> 00:42:27,086            (MAN SPEAKING)            582 00:42:35,135 --> 00:42:39,807             DANIEL:   Next,                   we're booked in Manchester                on fucking Easter.         583 00:42:39,848 --> 00:42:43,727        You don't play at Uni town                  on a holiday.            584 00:42:43,769 --> 00:42:46,438             There was, like,                     five people there.         585 00:42:49,358 --> 00:42:52,945          Oh, you know what,                      it's not on.             586 00:42:54,947 --> 00:42:57,575           MAN:   Every person                     that we met said,                 "Do you know The Strokes?      587 00:42:57,616 --> 00:42:59,285             "Are you friends                     with The Strokes?"         588 00:43:02,246 --> 00:43:08,794            She says it helps                   with the lights out         589 00:43:10,546 --> 00:43:17,094              Her rabid glow                is like braille to the night    590 00:43:19,388 --> 00:43:26,270                She swears                   I'm a slave to the details     591 00:43:27,146 --> 00:43:31,233             But if your life                is such a big fuckin' joke     592 00:43:31,233 --> 00:43:33,694           Why should I care?        593 00:43:35,029 --> 00:43:38,449          CARLOS:   No one knew                       who we were.                 We shouldn't have been there.    594 00:43:38,449 --> 00:43:40,993        (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)        595 00:43:43,537 --> 00:43:45,331        Where do we go from here?      596 00:44:27,081 --> 00:44:29,333       (AIRPLANE ENGINE ROARING)      597 00:44:31,585 --> 00:44:34,421           (CROWD CHEERING)           598 00:44:37,216 --> 00:44:39,927       MAN:   The year after 9/11,      599 00:44:39,968 --> 00:44:43,555           the Parking Lot Show                  was a manifestation                     of appreciation           600 00:44:43,555 --> 00:44:46,975                 and love                    for the Brooklyn Community.     601 00:44:46,975 --> 00:44:51,105        BRIAN:   A real assembly                      of the best                      of the Brooklyn bands.       602 00:44:51,730 --> 00:44:54,400       Liars played just before us.    603 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,236         -(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)                  -(CROWD CHEERING)          604 00:44:59,613 --> 00:45:06,036              That child...           605 00:45:09,581 --> 00:45:13,168                    Oh                606 00:45:13,168 --> 00:45:16,588              That child...           607 00:45:16,630 --> 00:45:19,633           That child throws...       608 00:45:19,675 --> 00:45:22,469            Just throw it out                    Just throw it out          609 00:45:22,469 --> 00:45:25,222           Just throw it out         610 00:45:26,598 --> 00:45:29,601              (SCREAMING)             611 00:45:36,692 --> 00:45:37,985           MAN: There he is!          612 00:45:38,694 --> 00:45:40,446             There he is!             613 00:45:40,446 --> 00:45:42,114              -And next!                        -(CROWD CHEERING)          614 00:45:45,993 --> 00:45:47,286               KAREN O:                           There have been                       times in my life          615 00:45:47,286 --> 00:45:49,913          where I really wanted              to fit in and I just didn't.    616 00:45:55,085 --> 00:46:00,132            But you could feel               the love from the community.    617 00:46:00,591 --> 00:46:04,636         (INDISTINCT SINGING)         618 00:46:07,014 --> 00:46:09,975       KAREN O:   It was just like           a current flowing through me.    619 00:46:13,979 --> 00:46:18,817              It's our time                      Our time, our time         620 00:46:18,817 --> 00:46:22,654              It's our time                   Our time, it's our time       621 00:46:22,696 --> 00:46:26,074          To be hated, all right      622 00:46:26,074 --> 00:46:30,621           Well, it's the year                 to be hated, all right       623 00:46:30,662 --> 00:46:35,042          You know it's the year               to be hated, all right       624 00:46:35,042 --> 00:46:40,297              It's the year                    to be hated, all right       625 00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:44,218       It's the year to be hated     626 00:46:44,218 --> 00:46:45,969           (CROWD CHEERING)           627 00:46:59,233 --> 00:47:02,361      JAMES MURPHY:   All the stuff              we were hearing about             what was going on in Brooklyn    628 00:47:02,402 --> 00:47:04,363        and we were in Manhattan.      629 00:47:05,072 --> 00:47:08,700            I was never really                    part of any scene.         630 00:47:08,742 --> 00:47:11,912         I'd been recording bands                     for years.             631 00:47:11,954 --> 00:47:15,207          I had engineered some             perfectly engineered records,    632 00:47:15,916 --> 00:47:18,502                but people                      didn't really hire me.       633 00:47:28,220 --> 00:47:29,388            Loads of crap.            634 00:47:30,764 --> 00:47:33,934         Suddenly this big named                   Irish techno DJ           635 00:47:33,934 --> 00:47:37,020           shows up in New York                   to make a record.                  And that's David Holmes.      636 00:47:37,020 --> 00:47:39,356        (TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)        637 00:47:42,025 --> 00:47:45,946     DAVID HOLMES:   When I was DJ,                 I was Iggy Pop.           638 00:47:45,988 --> 00:47:47,739             Just living it.           639 00:47:49,950 --> 00:47:53,036       JAMES:   David didn't seem                 to know how to play                 any musical instruments.      640 00:47:53,078 --> 00:47:56,248                DAVID:                        James didn't understand                     dance music.            641 00:47:56,290 --> 00:47:58,917         JAMES:   And I'm super                   uptight about this.         642 00:47:58,917 --> 00:48:01,336             Oh, yo, yo...           643 00:48:01,378 --> 00:48:07,551            TIM GOLDSWORTH:                   James had been in a few            second-tier Indie Rock bands.    644 00:48:08,594 --> 00:48:09,803         He lived in the office.       645 00:48:09,845 --> 00:48:14,349       He had a small stereo system          and an inflatable mattress.     646 00:48:14,391 --> 00:48:17,603      That decade had defeated him.    647 00:48:19,646 --> 00:48:20,814        DAVID:   The first thing                     I wanted to do           648 00:48:20,856 --> 00:48:23,358            was make a record                   that sounded like Can.       649 00:48:23,358 --> 00:48:25,444            (WOMAN SPEAKING                        IN GERMAN)              650 00:48:26,403 --> 00:48:28,447        (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)        651 00:48:30,908 --> 00:48:32,200         JAMES:   Wait a second.        652 00:48:32,242 --> 00:48:35,704             Can were people                that worked at the Mozartian.    653 00:48:35,704 --> 00:48:38,332           The most prestigious                classical music school.       654 00:48:38,332 --> 00:48:40,709             Herman Smidt won                the young conductors award,     655 00:48:40,709 --> 00:48:44,212         traveled to New York,          seized The Velvet Underground,     656 00:48:44,254 --> 00:48:45,505              blew his mind,           657 00:48:45,547 --> 00:48:49,593       went back and formed a band      with the best free jazz drummer                   in Europe.             658 00:48:49,635 --> 00:48:51,345                They live                       in a weird old castle.       659 00:48:51,345 --> 00:48:53,388           They played together                   eight hours a day.         660 00:48:53,430 --> 00:48:55,432         (INDISTINCT SINGING)         661 00:48:55,474 --> 00:48:59,102          You're gonna sit there            and sample your way into Can?    662 00:48:59,144 --> 00:49:02,564              At this point,                      I'm going insane.          663 00:49:02,564 --> 00:49:05,192            But the truth is,                    without David Holmes        664 00:49:05,233 --> 00:49:09,196          DFA, LCD, none of that                 happens, none of it.                      None of it.             665 00:49:14,284 --> 00:49:16,286          REPORTER:   New York,                how's the scene happening.     666 00:49:16,328 --> 00:49:19,289      Are you conscious of being         a part of something right now?    667 00:49:19,289 --> 00:49:22,751          Well, everyone says               that there's the scenes,              so that's kind of cool,       668 00:49:22,793 --> 00:49:28,340    you know, and I feel very proud   to be put into the same sentence      or whatever with those bands.    669 00:49:29,174 --> 00:49:32,469        PAUL:   Out of the blue,              we got given a record deal.     670 00:49:33,178 --> 00:49:34,721       I just couldn't believe it.     671 00:49:34,721 --> 00:49:36,723       This was actually happening.    672 00:49:37,516 --> 00:49:39,351         Finally making a record.      673 00:49:42,062 --> 00:49:45,607         MAN:   The only studio                     we could afford                       was in the attic          674 00:49:45,649 --> 00:49:48,360            of someone's house                     in Connecticut.           675 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:54,449           It really was great                  to get out of the city        and get away from distractions.    676 00:49:54,491 --> 00:49:58,870         Be it alcohol or cocaine               or girls, or whatever        677 00:49:58,870 --> 00:50:01,373       and just focus on the music.    678 00:50:04,167 --> 00:50:07,421             But social life                was very important to Carlos.    679 00:50:07,462 --> 00:50:09,673        He didn't wanna miss out.      680 00:50:09,715 --> 00:50:11,967             Which is why                    I'm very, very obsessed       681 00:50:11,967 --> 00:50:14,803            with the movie                       Leaving Las Vegas.         682 00:50:14,803 --> 00:50:18,640            Because to me,                 Nicholas Cage in that movie     683 00:50:18,682 --> 00:50:20,809          almost embodies me.         684 00:50:20,851 --> 00:50:22,060                CARLOS:                            I wanted to be                       in New York City          685 00:50:22,102 --> 00:50:23,895         where, like, everything                    was happening.           686 00:50:23,895 --> 00:50:25,689      Everybody's name is on it?      687 00:50:25,689 --> 00:50:27,899                WOMAN:                          Don't you have...          688 00:50:30,027 --> 00:50:32,362         PAUL:   There was a lot               of tension in the studio.      689 00:50:32,404 --> 00:50:34,948       CARLOS:   We couldn't have                    a conversation                   for more than 10 minutes      690 00:50:34,948 --> 00:50:38,160        without telling each other                   to fuck off.            691 00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:41,329          PAUL:   The fact that                this was a collaboration,               I really didn't care.        692 00:50:41,329 --> 00:50:46,126         The most important thing            was the song writing dynamic             between me and Daniel.       693 00:50:47,252 --> 00:50:50,797        DANIEL:   The best moment                   really were when                    we just didn't talk.        694 00:50:56,887 --> 00:51:02,434     PAUL:   And when Carlos played,     it just negated anything else.     695 00:51:19,451 --> 00:51:22,621      CARLOS:   I remember being         in the studio the last morning     696 00:51:22,662 --> 00:51:24,456  listening to what we had done.     697 00:51:24,956 --> 00:51:25,832                   Wow.                698 00:51:25,874 --> 00:51:27,793         I just couldn't believe                   how good it was.          699 00:51:31,129 --> 00:51:34,091        PAUL:   Driving home from              Connecticut to Manhattan,      700 00:51:34,132 --> 00:51:36,301             everything felt                      totally different.         701 00:51:39,012 --> 00:51:43,850              When I was 17           702 00:51:45,185 --> 00:51:49,314         It was a very good year      703 00:51:51,024 --> 00:51:54,528         It was a very good year      704 00:51:54,569 --> 00:51:58,115           For small town girls       705 00:51:58,156 --> 00:52:01,785          And soft summer nights      706 00:52:03,912 --> 00:52:09,000        We'd hide from the lights     707 00:52:10,377 --> 00:52:14,881           On the village green       708 00:52:17,634 --> 00:52:21,012              When I was 17           709 00:52:32,899 --> 00:52:37,737        MALE REPORTER:   New York              is bracing itself tonight             for one massive blizzard.      710 00:52:37,737 --> 00:52:41,366              When I was 21           711 00:52:43,785 --> 00:52:47,789        It was a very good year...    712 00:52:47,831 --> 00:52:50,125         (FIREWORKS BLASTING)         713 00:52:50,125 --> 00:52:56,715         It was a very good year                   for city girls           714 00:52:56,756 --> 00:53:01,386          Who lived up the stair      715 00:53:02,762 --> 00:53:08,393       With all that perfumed hair    716 00:53:09,394 --> 00:53:15,942            And it came undone        717 00:53:16,735 --> 00:53:21,406             When I was 21           718 00:53:31,958 --> 00:53:34,419           (CROWD CHEERING)           719 00:53:56,691 --> 00:53:58,443                -Whoo!                               -Yeah!                720 00:53:59,986 --> 00:54:02,447             -Hallelujah!                          -All right!             721 00:54:04,741 --> 00:54:06,701       Halle-fucking-lujah, man!      722 00:54:06,701 --> 00:54:08,787          (KAREN O SPEAKING)          723 00:54:16,670 --> 00:54:18,129        (INDISTINCT CHATTERING)       724 00:54:20,006 --> 00:54:21,841              (CLAMORING)             725 00:54:27,889 --> 00:54:29,766          (KAREN O SPEAKING)          726 00:54:59,045 --> 00:55:00,338            JULIAN:   The way                    we've been portrayed.        727 00:55:00,380 --> 00:55:03,091              New York City                       good looking dude.         728 00:55:03,091 --> 00:55:06,886     -MAN:   A bunch of rich kids...             -JULIAN:   Who think                    they're really cool.        729 00:55:08,138 --> 00:55:11,683  If I heard of a band like that,         I'd think they were assholes.    730 00:55:14,227 --> 00:55:17,397       -(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)              -Excuse me. Excuse me.        731 00:55:22,652 --> 00:55:26,239          DAVID:   In New York,                 I was like a wild animal                  out of its cage.          732 00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:31,244        My gang was just getting up     to no good five nights a week.     733 00:55:31,244 --> 00:55:33,705            (TIM SPEAKING)            734 00:55:38,501 --> 00:55:40,712        (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)        735 00:55:40,712 --> 00:55:42,839            (TIM SPEAKING)            736 00:55:50,221 --> 00:55:53,016         JAMES:   I don't dance,                    I barely drink.           737 00:55:53,058 --> 00:55:55,226              I don't wanna                       embarrass myself.          738 00:55:56,811 --> 00:55:58,563            (TIM SPEAKING)            739 00:56:05,403 --> 00:56:07,447           DAVID:   I remember                    talking him into it.        740 00:56:07,489 --> 00:56:11,117            "You gotta try it.                   This is gonna change                      everything."            741 00:56:11,117 --> 00:56:12,744            (TIM SPEAKING)            742 00:56:28,009 --> 00:56:30,553        (TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)        743 00:56:43,942 --> 00:56:47,987    JAMES:   People were touching me,             chanting my name.          744 00:56:50,281 --> 00:56:53,910       I'm experiencing this music             in this totally new way.      745 00:56:57,163 --> 00:57:01,084        I really enjoyed dancing.      746 00:57:03,878 --> 00:57:05,964           It is not the drug.         747 00:57:06,464 --> 00:57:08,091          This is actually me...       748 00:57:09,426 --> 00:57:11,636              ...and my life                     is forever changed.         749 00:57:19,978 --> 00:57:24,441      JAMES:   Tim was the producer                 and programmer.                      for David Holmes.          750 00:57:24,482 --> 00:57:26,317        He and I would be the ones                stuck in the room          751 00:57:26,317 --> 00:57:29,654  having to sort through the shit             after everyone's left.       752 00:57:29,654 --> 00:57:33,158         He taught me how to use             the computer to experiment.     753 00:57:33,908 --> 00:57:35,160            (TIM SPEAKING)            754 00:57:48,840 --> 00:57:51,843        JAMES:   Working with him                     was perfect.            755 00:57:51,843 --> 00:57:53,178            (TIM SPEAKING)            756 00:57:56,097 --> 00:58:00,185                JAMES:                       After watching what Holmes               could wind up doing,        757 00:58:00,226 --> 00:58:01,519      it just seemed obvious to us.    758 00:58:01,519 --> 00:58:04,272         What if we did something                    of our own?             759 00:58:04,272 --> 00:58:05,398              Something that                         makes people            760 00:58:05,398 --> 00:58:08,193           who didn't normally                      dance, dance?            761 00:58:10,111 --> 00:58:11,571            (TIM SPEAKING)            762 00:58:14,908 --> 00:58:18,578      JAMES:   But if we were going                  to be a label,            we really needed to find a band.  763 00:58:18,578 --> 00:58:20,705       A band that we believed in.     764 00:58:22,332 --> 00:58:24,334              WOMAN: So,                      the name of our band                    is The Rapture.           765 00:58:24,375 --> 00:58:26,294         The name of our band                    is The Rapture.           766 00:58:26,294 --> 00:58:28,505       -WOMAN: What's your name?                     -Matt.                767 00:58:28,505 --> 00:58:30,715        -WOMAN: And your name?                      -Gabriel.              768 00:58:33,384 --> 00:58:35,428        VITO ROCCOFORTE:   The band            started on the west coast.     769 00:58:35,470 --> 00:58:37,639         We lived in this suburb                    of San Diego,            770 00:58:37,639 --> 00:58:40,016          where there's nothing                   going on.   (LAUGHS)         771 00:58:41,601 --> 00:58:44,354             We just decided                     to pack up the band,        772 00:58:44,354 --> 00:58:47,190               book a tour                     to get out to New York.       773 00:58:47,190 --> 00:58:48,900        (MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)        774 00:58:50,777 --> 00:58:54,113         MATTIE SAFER:   I mean,               I was legitimately, like,                   19 years old.            775 00:58:54,113 --> 00:58:55,907               Very green.             776 00:58:56,950 --> 00:59:00,203              We were broke.                   We had no money at all.       777 00:59:03,706 --> 00:59:07,752             LUKE JENNER:                        I came to New York               as a complete leap of faith.    778 00:59:09,462 --> 00:59:11,923        New York, it's almost like            this white chalk outline,      779 00:59:11,965 --> 00:59:13,383               it's like,               "Do whatever you want in here,     780 00:59:13,424 --> 00:59:16,761          "be as, like, as free               and as angry as you want."     781 00:59:20,139 --> 00:59:21,015              (CAR HONKS)             782 00:59:21,057 --> 00:59:23,643          I would go on Avenue A                to this magazine store       783 00:59:23,685 --> 00:59:25,520         and buy copies of "NME"                   and I'd be like,          784 00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:27,146         "Dude, like, this is all                happening around me         785 00:59:27,188 --> 00:59:28,731             "and eventually                   they're gonna find me."       786 00:59:28,731 --> 00:59:30,400          One, two, three, four       787 00:59:30,441 --> 00:59:31,693             Five, six, seven         788 00:59:31,734 --> 00:59:35,029         (INDISTINCT SINGING)         789 00:59:35,071 --> 00:59:36,781         (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)         790 00:59:49,669 --> 00:59:53,006          Come dance with me...       791 00:59:53,006 --> 00:59:57,343         JAMES:   The first time                   I saw The Rapture,                I was completely smitten.      792 01:00:00,513 --> 01:00:05,143            Luke looked insane                  and had this amazing,                      weird voice.            793 01:00:05,184 --> 01:00:06,978        He was super charismatic.      794 01:00:08,354 --> 01:00:10,523           (CROWD CHEERING)           795 01:00:10,523 --> 01:00:12,775            (TIM SPEAKING)            796 01:00:19,115 --> 01:00:22,118       MAN:   James Murphy and Tim              were just fuckin' nuts.       797 01:00:22,994 --> 01:00:24,829            And I loved that.          798 01:00:27,707 --> 01:00:32,295            MAN 2:   We were                  a punk band that was trying               to make dance music.        799 01:00:32,337 --> 01:00:34,505          We had similar goals,        800 01:00:34,547 --> 01:00:37,675            just coming at it                   from different angles.       801 01:00:37,675 --> 01:00:40,470        MAN 3:   James and Tim felt            like the only other people     802 01:00:40,511 --> 01:00:44,307              on the planet                    who had the same ideas.       803 01:00:45,433 --> 01:00:48,102             And DFA was like                        a clubhouse.            804 01:00:48,144 --> 01:00:50,396          Euphoric party nights.       805 01:00:50,396 --> 01:00:54,859         We'd listen to records,             wrote songs, drank too much.    806 01:00:56,944 --> 01:01:00,031      LUKE:   We felt like we were             gonna take over the world.     807 01:01:09,707 --> 01:01:12,835      MAN:   MTV wanted The Strokes                to play a concert.         808 01:01:12,877 --> 01:01:16,005             A 30-minute live                     broadcast special.         809 01:01:16,506 --> 01:01:17,965            It was a big deal.         810 01:01:18,007 --> 01:01:20,259             It was exposure.          811 01:01:20,301 --> 01:01:21,844        But a lot of those things                     come with,             812 01:01:21,844 --> 01:01:26,015       "Well, if you don't do this,             you're never gonna get                played on here again."       813 01:01:28,101 --> 01:01:29,519            (MAN SPEAKING)            814 01:01:39,821 --> 01:01:41,239           It's not working.          815 01:01:42,740 --> 01:01:43,908                Just...               816 01:01:43,908 --> 01:01:45,993         I would just remember                there will be people                      behind you,             817 01:01:46,035 --> 01:01:49,455         so just don't forget               to address the back, too.      818 01:01:51,624 --> 01:01:55,253                WOMAN:                        Ten, nine, eight, seven,      819 01:01:55,294 --> 01:01:59,048        six, five, four, rolling.      820 01:01:59,090 --> 01:02:02,093         Ladies and gentlemen,                   here they are.            821 01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:03,594             The Strokes.             822 01:02:03,594 --> 01:02:05,596           -(CROWD CHEERING)                  -(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)        823 01:02:13,896 --> 01:02:20,445              No choice now                        It's too late            824 01:02:23,364 --> 01:02:28,619        Lisa said take time for me    825 01:02:30,163 --> 01:02:35,460               Dropping him                      down to his knees          826 01:02:40,631 --> 01:02:43,843         He knows it's justified                 to kill to survive         827 01:02:43,843 --> 01:02:47,513            He then in dollars               makes more dead than alive     828 01:02:47,513 --> 01:02:48,681          Let's suck more blood       829 01:02:48,681 --> 01:02:50,725       Let's run three hours a day    830 01:02:50,767 --> 01:02:54,645            The world is over                 but I don't care 'cause       831 01:02:56,647 --> 01:02:57,899               Take two.              832 01:02:57,940 --> 01:02:59,400          MAN: Rally forward!         833 01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:01,527           Guys, take three.                     Rally forward.            834 01:03:01,527 --> 01:03:02,987            Rally forward.            835 01:03:05,698 --> 01:03:07,575              -Take five.                          -Four. Two.             836 01:03:07,575 --> 01:03:11,537              The first time                    it happened too fast        837 01:03:11,537 --> 01:03:14,916             The second time                  I thought it would last       838 01:03:14,916 --> 01:03:19,045              We all like it                    a little different         839 01:03:26,511 --> 01:03:29,514           (CROWD CHEERING)           840 01:03:36,479 --> 01:03:38,189          KAREN O:   The first                  "NME" cover that we did,      841 01:03:38,189 --> 01:03:41,192             the caption was                     "Cool! Sexy! Drunk!"        842 01:03:41,234 --> 01:03:45,154               Three words                    that don't just make much              sense together.   (LAUGHS)      843 01:03:45,988 --> 01:03:47,990          And one of the things                that started to surface       844 01:03:48,032 --> 01:03:52,829              with the press                was a sort of predatory gaze.    845 01:03:52,870 --> 01:03:56,332         Photographers were boys                being in the front row                    at our shows.            846 01:03:56,332 --> 01:04:00,002            Arm outstretched,           weird expression on their face,    847 01:04:00,002 --> 01:04:03,047            trying to get like                       crotch shots                        under my skirt.           848 01:04:04,131 --> 01:04:08,344    BRIAN:   I just remember feeling          very protective about Karen.    849 01:04:08,344 --> 01:04:10,429          (CAMERAS CLICKING)          850 01:04:12,014 --> 01:04:15,351        KAREN O:   Being a woman                 fronting a rock band,        851 01:04:15,393 --> 01:04:17,228          I was sensationalized.       852 01:04:18,437 --> 01:04:22,733        But I was also struggling               to be taken seriously                     as an artist.            853 01:04:23,943 --> 01:04:25,278       INTERVIEWER:   That costume              that you were wearing,        854 01:04:25,278 --> 01:04:27,363               the yellow,                         it's almost like                     an Elvis jumpsuit.         855 01:04:27,363 --> 01:04:29,782     -KAREN O:   That was sort of--         -INTERVIEWER 2:   Have you ever         had the same sex experience--    856 01:04:29,824 --> 01:04:32,535      -INTERVIEWER 3:   Do you have            any thoughts on chastity?          -KAREN O: (LAUGHS)   Chastity?     857 01:04:32,577 --> 01:04:34,245            INTERVIEWER 4:             Karen, have you ever experienced             Madonna syndrome?          858 01:04:34,245 --> 01:04:35,830         INTERVIEWER 5:   Do you               remember your first kiss?      859 01:04:35,872 --> 01:04:38,749     INTERVIEWER 6:   Is it a tough           kind of thing to be so cool?    860 01:04:38,749 --> 01:04:40,459        INTERVIEWER 7:   Have you             received any death threats?     861 01:04:40,459 --> 01:04:42,461            -INTERVIEWER 8:                  What's your favorite meal?          -KAREN O:   My favorite meal?     862 01:04:45,006 --> 01:04:48,467    So, let me, uh, let me hear all      the ladies out there tonight.    863 01:04:48,509 --> 01:04:50,261           (LADIES CHEERING)          864 01:04:53,222 --> 01:04:56,601              All right.                    Let me hear all the boys                out there tonight.          865 01:04:56,642 --> 01:04:58,978            (BOYS CHEERING)           866 01:05:00,646 --> 01:05:02,690           Okay, let me hear             all the men out there tonight.    867 01:05:02,732 --> 01:05:04,734            -(CROWD LAUGHS)                     -(CROWD CHEERING)          868 01:05:04,734 --> 01:05:07,320               KAREN O:                        I'm here to represent                    for the ladies.           869 01:05:08,404 --> 01:05:09,614           It's all or nothing.        870 01:05:13,284 --> 01:05:14,911           (CROWD CHEERING)           871 01:05:14,952 --> 01:05:18,289         (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)         872 01:05:22,919 --> 01:05:25,630   I wanna date with the night     873 01:05:26,672 --> 01:05:28,674        (INDISTINCTIVE SINGING)       874 01:06:06,504 --> 01:06:08,047         (MICROPHONE FEEDBACK)        875 01:06:36,492 --> 01:06:38,327        (ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES)        876 01:06:59,098 --> 01:07:01,183          LUKE:   When we made                 House Of Jealous Lovers       877 01:07:01,225 --> 01:07:05,271          it wasn't necessarily                like fun in the studio.       878 01:07:08,858 --> 01:07:11,902         (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)         879 01:07:17,241 --> 01:07:21,370        House of jealous lovers      880 01:07:23,164 --> 01:07:25,499             JAMES:   First,                  we recorded everything live.    881 01:07:25,541 --> 01:07:29,170            And then Tim and I                started ripping it apart.      882 01:07:29,170 --> 01:07:31,630         -(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)                -(KEYBOARD CLICKING)         883 01:07:35,134 --> 01:07:39,263         I can get really anxious                   if I feel like                  I'm compromising my music.     884 01:07:39,930 --> 01:07:43,059            I feel compulsion                     to make the music          885 01:07:43,100 --> 01:07:46,145             exactly the way                    I think it should be.        886 01:07:46,187 --> 01:07:49,565            LUKE:   James was                    the first person I met             who was more alpha than me.     887 01:07:49,607 --> 01:07:53,861          I had all these ideas                     in the studio,                   he had all these ideas.       888 01:07:53,903 --> 01:07:55,613         I couldn't bulldoze him.      889 01:07:59,075 --> 01:08:01,452             JAMES:   I was                      never good at friends.       890 01:08:02,453 --> 01:08:06,457             I was so lonely                    and so self-conscious.       891 01:08:07,124 --> 01:08:10,086           I wanted connection                       and friends,            892 01:08:10,127 --> 01:08:12,421              but I'd always                      end up in fights.          893 01:08:14,173 --> 01:08:16,967              There was just                   something wrong with me       894 01:08:17,009 --> 01:08:19,470            that wasn't wrong                     with other people.         895 01:08:20,763 --> 01:08:22,807             So, I made music                       fucking alone.           896 01:08:24,100 --> 01:08:25,476          (KAREN O SCREAMING)         897 01:08:28,062 --> 01:08:32,399                 LUKE:                       He was really pushing me.              I was in a lot of pain.       898 01:08:32,441 --> 01:08:37,947      JAMES:   Get rid of the drum,                 face the bass...          899 01:08:37,988 --> 01:08:40,366                Get rid of                      the guitar completely.       900 01:08:41,200 --> 01:08:42,326           LUKE:   Me and Tim                    just kept telling him        901 01:08:42,368 --> 01:08:43,869         and everyone around him                    was just like,           902 01:08:43,911 --> 01:08:47,665           "You're domineering,                  and you need to make               your own fucking record!"      903 01:08:50,126 --> 01:08:54,839    MAN:   There was a part of James         that wanted to be in the band.  904 01:08:54,880 --> 01:08:56,715        Wanted it to be his band.      905 01:08:57,341 --> 01:09:00,386  He didn't have his own outlet.     906 01:09:00,386 --> 01:09:02,680                JAMES:                        They really freaked out                about the production.        907 01:09:02,680 --> 01:09:05,474               They thought                    everyone was gonna hate              that it was a house song.      908 01:09:05,516 --> 01:09:10,020    LUKE:   He was really just like,               "No. It's perfect,                  we're not fixing it."        909 01:09:17,153 --> 01:09:20,364         (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)         910 01:09:21,240 --> 01:09:24,410         House of jealous lovers      911 01:09:24,410 --> 01:09:26,245         House of jealous lovers      912 01:09:26,287 --> 01:09:28,706          JAMES:   People went                   fucking crazy for it.        913 01:09:30,457 --> 01:09:33,127      LUKE:   People just called us                the disco Strokes.         914 01:09:33,169 --> 01:09:37,882             House of jealous                    lovers shakedown          915 01:09:40,301 --> 01:09:42,303      MALE REPORTER:   Goldsworthy             and engineer James Murphy      916 01:09:42,303 --> 01:09:45,389      are the production team whose          fusion of minimal electronic    917 01:09:45,431 --> 01:09:48,017            and post-punk rock                    continue to thrill         918 01:09:48,058 --> 01:09:50,769          critics and listeners                       worldwide.             919 01:09:50,811 --> 01:09:54,607                You know,                     half the people,   you know,        someone told them it was cool.    920 01:09:54,607 --> 01:09:59,570         You know what I mean?                "Cause theoretically,                   we're... cool.            921 01:10:00,237 --> 01:10:02,740            (MAN SPEAKING)            922 01:10:07,203 --> 01:10:09,163          JAMES:   Nobody else                  was playing the records                    I was playing.           923 01:10:09,205 --> 01:10:10,748         That was like my thing.       924 01:10:10,748 --> 01:10:14,168         One hand ties the other      925 01:10:14,168 --> 01:10:16,045   House of jealous lovers...      926 01:10:16,086 --> 01:10:19,465          MAN:   Pure idolism,                      ridiculous mess.          927 01:10:21,342 --> 01:10:27,306       MAN 2:   I had my first E,                and lost my virginity                 at the same DFA party.       928 01:10:34,563 --> 01:10:38,025      MAN 3:   We weren't downtown                New York cool kids,         929 01:10:38,067 --> 01:10:41,820         and we weren't Brooklyn               Art School kids either,       930 01:10:41,820 --> 01:10:44,323               but somehow,                        we had a scene.           931 01:10:47,660 --> 01:10:50,037      INTERVIEWER:   How do you guy            sit down and write a song?     932 01:10:50,037 --> 01:10:52,164       because I know you write              the lyrics, but do you-       933 01:10:52,206 --> 01:10:53,707      No, Julian does the lyrics.     934 01:10:53,707 --> 01:10:55,167                -Yeah.                        -He writes the song.         935 01:10:55,167 --> 01:10:56,418          -Oh, and the songs?                      -Oh, yeah.              936 01:10:56,418 --> 01:10:58,963                -Okay--                      -And the guitar solos,                  everything, dude.          937 01:10:59,421 --> 01:11:02,132               -Really?                           -Sure. Yeah.             938 01:11:02,549 --> 01:11:03,801            That's-- Yeah.            939 01:11:04,385 --> 01:11:07,137           ALBERT:   I always                    wanted to write songs.       940 01:11:09,848 --> 01:11:11,517           The most frustrated                       I ever got,             941 01:11:11,558 --> 01:11:16,188               I had a song                      and thought it could                really work in the band.      942 01:11:16,230 --> 01:11:18,607      I was super-excited about it.    943 01:11:19,525 --> 01:11:22,611              But Julian had                    a very precise vision.       944 01:11:25,281 --> 01:11:27,283         (INDISTINCT TALKING)         945 01:11:27,324 --> 01:11:31,662        JULIAN:   The only thing                   I have control on                   is having good songs.        946 01:11:31,662 --> 01:11:35,833        Even if everyone loves it,            I always go home thinking,               "Is it good enough?"        947 01:11:36,875 --> 01:11:38,377             It's a struggle.          948 01:11:39,586 --> 01:11:41,130         ALBERT:   It was a lot                  of pressure on Julian        949 01:11:41,130 --> 01:11:44,550          to get another album          out there as soon as possible.     950 01:11:44,591 --> 01:11:48,679           We had been praised                   as "Rock's Saviors",        951 01:11:48,679 --> 01:11:52,016       but all we had ever recorded            was a half hour record.       952 01:11:54,601 --> 01:11:56,020                Ready?                953 01:11:56,020 --> 01:11:59,898         ALBERT:   We got back           from touring and spent a month           in our rehearsal space...       954 01:12:00,649 --> 01:12:02,026             and just worked.          955 01:12:03,152 --> 01:12:04,862           Why were we rushing?        956 01:12:05,154 --> 01:12:06,488         (DRUM STICK TAPPING)         957 01:12:06,488 --> 01:12:08,991        (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)        958 01:12:22,504 --> 01:12:24,673         (INDISTINCT SINGING)         959 01:12:49,239 --> 01:12:51,533        (INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)        960 01:12:57,206 --> 01:12:58,957        (INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)        961 01:13:03,420 --> 01:13:05,756             INTERVIEWER:                     What is the ideal place       962 01:13:05,756 --> 01:13:09,426          for somebody to listen                  to your new record                   for the first time?         963 01:13:09,468 --> 01:13:11,053       I hadn't thought of that.      964 01:13:11,095 --> 01:13:12,471        Read their last rights.       965 01:13:12,513 --> 01:13:14,098           No, I don't know.          966 01:13:16,266 --> 01:13:18,894      Nikolai, man, help me out.      967 01:13:18,936 --> 01:13:21,146          I don't know, man,               we just finished it today,                    you know.              968 01:13:21,146 --> 01:13:22,940     INTERVIEWER: How do you guys                feel about it?            969 01:13:24,525 --> 01:13:27,403                 -I--                         -Tense but confident.        970 01:13:27,403 --> 01:13:29,780        INTERVIEWER: You sound            incredibly down on yourself.     971 01:13:29,822 --> 01:13:33,951           It's odd to hear                you guys feel intimidated.      972 01:13:33,951 --> 01:13:37,663       Feel like you guys aren't          gonna end up sizing up and...    973 01:13:37,663 --> 01:13:40,666          think that you guys                    are ultimately                     gonna be forgotten.         974 01:13:41,250 --> 01:13:43,252             I don't wanna                      let people down.           975 01:13:47,506 --> 01:13:48,715            -Karen rules--                      -She's very good.          976 01:13:48,715 --> 01:13:51,009       -She's the coolest person                    on earth-                           -And Nick.              977 01:13:51,051 --> 01:13:52,386           -And she's a God.                     -Nicks amazing.           978 01:13:52,386 --> 01:13:53,595             She just does                       what she wants,           979 01:13:53,595 --> 01:13:55,806         -and she doesn't care                 about anyone else.                         -Yeah.                980 01:13:55,848 --> 01:13:56,682              She's sexy!             981 01:13:56,682 --> 01:13:59,435  -Her hair, her face, everything.               -Her voice.             982 01:13:59,435 --> 01:14:00,477              I'd do her.                           (LAUGHS)               983 01:14:00,477 --> 01:14:01,770               (LAUGHS)                            I'd do her.             984 01:14:01,812 --> 01:14:07,609    She seems shy, like, offstage,            but she puts on this                   crazy character.           985 01:14:07,609 --> 01:14:11,613       MAN: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs           are going on in five minutes.           Can you please return?        986 01:14:14,450 --> 01:14:16,660               KAREN O:                         I had set myself up                    as being a pretty          987 01:14:16,660 --> 01:14:19,997               spectacular                    self-destructive persona.      988 01:14:21,498 --> 01:14:23,333              I was needing                      to live up to that,         989 01:14:23,375 --> 01:14:27,004       and I was beating myself up           out there night after night.    990 01:14:31,467 --> 01:14:35,971          NICK:   I was seeing                the fanaticism around Karen.    991 01:14:36,680 --> 01:14:39,766         The press, freaky fans.       992 01:14:39,766 --> 01:14:43,729             And just seeing            how fragile she was off-stage...  993 01:14:44,313 --> 01:14:46,148              I was worried.           994 01:14:46,190 --> 01:14:48,901        Ah, this fuckin' hurts.       995 01:14:49,943 --> 01:14:51,195       Do you know what I'm saying?    996 01:14:51,695 --> 01:14:53,614        It's like fucking shit!       997 01:14:53,655 --> 01:14:55,699          Who the fuck cares?             Do you know what I'm saying.     998 01:14:55,741 --> 01:14:57,951      Do not fucking tread on me!     999 01:14:57,951 --> 01:14:59,536      KAREN O:   I really did want                to speak to someone         1000 01:14:59,578 --> 01:15:01,580             who could relate                   to how I was feeling.        1001 01:15:01,622 --> 01:15:05,042            But my experience                      was so different                  from the men around me.       1002 01:15:05,459 --> 01:15:07,377        It was incredibly lonely.      1003 01:15:07,377 --> 01:15:09,379           (CROWD CHEERING)           1004 01:15:12,466 --> 01:15:15,469      It's just wearing me down,                 the lifestyle,            1005 01:15:15,511 --> 01:15:18,847      the physical aspect of it,              the repetition of it.        1006 01:15:21,308 --> 01:15:24,269            The business of it                  and the bullshit of it       1007 01:15:24,311 --> 01:15:26,897             and the press                     and the attention.          1008 01:15:32,528 --> 01:15:35,113    MAN: Can we have sound, speed?            Roll cameras, please.        1009 01:15:37,324 --> 01:15:39,243          MAN 2: Roll joints.                       Do speed.              1010 01:15:40,202 --> 01:15:41,537                Ready.                1011 01:15:41,578 --> 01:15:45,082      MAN 3: We're still waiting                   for the...              1012 01:15:46,291 --> 01:15:49,169           It's a rehearsal                so let's just do it, right?     1013 01:15:49,211 --> 01:15:50,754         Do you need to play?         1014 01:15:50,796 --> 01:15:53,090        It's just a rehearsal.                 Can we just start?          1015 01:15:56,176 --> 01:15:57,761    DIRECTOR: Okay, we are rolling.  1016 01:15:58,929 --> 01:16:03,642        NICK:   Julian had dreams              that he just maybe assumed              we'd all just follow.        1017 01:16:07,563 --> 01:16:09,940        FABRIZIO: Room on Fire              sold, like, 650,000 records     1018 01:16:09,940 --> 01:16:13,151           and everybody wants                      to write about                  what a big failure it was.     1019 01:16:13,151 --> 01:16:17,281  By what it was built up to be,                it was supposed                      to sell millions.           1020 01:16:23,829 --> 01:16:28,625           NICK:   That's when                   friends, girlfriends,        1021 01:16:28,625 --> 01:16:31,587       strangers started coming in.    1022 01:16:31,628 --> 01:16:33,880            "Julian's slowing                       everyone down.           1023 01:16:33,922 --> 01:16:35,757              "You should be                       a bigger band."           1024 01:16:39,636 --> 01:16:43,140     ALBERT:   I felt that distance              between me and Julian.       1025 01:16:47,561 --> 01:16:49,980        -Well, its Ryan Adams.                    Look at you.                          -Hey, man.              1026 01:16:49,980 --> 01:16:53,817        -The most difficult man                 in rock and roll.                       -Oh, geez.              1027 01:16:53,817 --> 01:16:58,238      MAN:   Ryan Adams was really,            really into The Strokes.       1028 01:16:58,280 --> 01:16:59,573            Enamored by them.          1029 01:16:59,573 --> 01:17:03,201        We're gonna play a song                  by The Strokes                     called   Last Night.          1030 01:17:03,201 --> 01:17:05,829           (CROWD CHEERING)           1031 01:17:06,371 --> 01:17:08,040       Yeah, it's our best song.      1032 01:17:08,040 --> 01:17:09,791            (CROWD LAUGHS)            1033 01:17:11,335 --> 01:17:13,837         (RYAN ADAMS SPEAKING)        1034 01:17:35,442 --> 01:17:38,737       ALBERT:   He'd always come              and like wake me up at two          in the morning to have drugs.    1035 01:17:38,737 --> 01:17:42,949             So, I would just                kind of, like, do the drugs              and kind of numb out.        1036 01:17:42,991 --> 01:17:47,037            I remember Julian                 threatening to beat him up             if he hung out with me.       1037 01:17:48,955 --> 01:17:53,669                 RYAN:                     I knew I would shoot up drugs             from a very young age.       1038 01:17:53,669 --> 01:17:56,004  When it came, it wasn't, like,             "What am I doing here?        1039 01:17:56,046 --> 01:17:57,839           It was kind of like,                      "I made it."            1040 01:17:59,049 --> 01:18:00,217               I was home.             1041 01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:06,431         (INDISTINCT SHOUTING)        1042 01:18:06,431 --> 01:18:07,474           MAN: Number one.           1043 01:18:07,474 --> 01:18:11,436           The win immunity,              we're number one, watch this.    1044 01:18:14,356 --> 01:18:15,982         (INDISTINCT TALKING)         1045 01:18:16,024 --> 01:18:19,236                 LUKE:                     After   House Of Jealous Lovers                    blew up,              1046 01:18:19,277 --> 01:18:20,821        we had all this attention.     1047 01:18:20,821 --> 01:18:23,615           But we were touring                  the world on a single.       1048 01:18:23,615 --> 01:18:26,201           (CROWD CHEERING)           1049 01:18:26,201 --> 01:18:28,412         JAMES:   It was so fun.        1050 01:18:28,412 --> 01:18:31,873               The Rapture,                    me and Tim were a gang.       1051 01:18:31,873 --> 01:18:33,959           We felt invincible.         1052 01:18:37,087 --> 01:18:42,551                 LUKE:                      We had just finished   Echoes,     this album that we really loved.  1053 01:18:42,551 --> 01:18:47,597          And then compound that               with the music industry             feeding frenzy in New York,     1054 01:18:47,597 --> 01:18:49,599             and it was just                     this perfect timing.        1055 01:18:49,641 --> 01:18:52,769          But in the beginning,               DFA was more about concept     1056 01:18:52,811 --> 01:18:55,731              than an actual                      functioning label.         1057 01:18:55,772 --> 01:18:59,901         MAN:   DFA spent a year              trying to find a distributor    1058 01:18:59,901 --> 01:19:02,487           and failed to do so.        1059 01:19:02,487 --> 01:19:04,322     LUKE:   The clock was ticking.     1060 01:19:05,115 --> 01:19:08,493                JAMES:                         I wish we had just put                 fucking   Echoes   out.         1061 01:19:08,493 --> 01:19:10,120       That was a fucking mistake.     1062 01:19:10,787 --> 01:19:12,122                The songs                      that are on the record,       1063 01:19:12,164 --> 01:19:15,250        we've been playing them                out for like a year                  and a half, like...         1064 01:19:15,250 --> 01:19:17,002         So, it's just like...        1065 01:19:17,002 --> 01:19:19,963            It's just time                 for it to come out, like...     1066 01:19:22,466 --> 01:19:26,970        MAN:   I was more scared                   than I'd ever been                    in my entire life.         1067 01:19:27,929 --> 01:19:30,932      It's gonna fucking disappear,              it's gonna be over.         1068 01:19:31,808 --> 01:19:36,104      JAMES:   I know they had to,                but when they left,                     the crushed me.           1069 01:19:37,147 --> 01:19:38,273                 I cried.              1070 01:19:39,107 --> 01:19:40,317              I just cried.            1071 01:19:40,984 --> 01:19:42,986         We were Rapture Records.      1072 01:19:43,445 --> 01:19:44,863           That's what DFA was.        1073 01:19:45,363 --> 01:19:46,490              But they left.           1074 01:19:47,991 --> 01:19:50,952                 LUKE:                      We didn't want to leave DFA.    1075 01:19:51,703 --> 01:19:54,998            Those were, like,                    our closest friends.        1076 01:19:55,707 --> 01:19:58,043              But we needed                     to get our record out.       1077 01:20:01,546 --> 01:20:04,007           (CROWD CHEERING)           1078 01:20:08,011 --> 01:20:10,972                 PAUL:                      We hit 40,000 records sold.     1079 01:20:11,556 --> 01:20:15,143            Our record company                    was, like, "Whoa!"         1080 01:20:15,143 --> 01:20:19,231    DANIEL:   We had this incredible               energy between us,                   this kinetic energy.        1081 01:20:19,231 --> 01:20:22,776            PAUL:   We nailed                      the second record                       straightaway.            1082 01:20:22,776 --> 01:20:25,654      DANIEL:   This is the record            that we've been waiting for.    1083 01:20:28,281 --> 01:20:30,033            (PHONE DIALING)           1084 01:20:34,329 --> 01:20:37,582           Three months before                      release date,                    we were out at some bar.      1085 01:20:37,582 --> 01:20:43,213           A complete stranger                comes along singing lyrics             from the second record.       1086 01:20:44,881 --> 01:20:46,424        What the hell's going on?      1087 01:20:46,424 --> 01:20:48,927            (PHONE STATIC)            1088 01:20:51,388 --> 01:20:53,223     PAUL:   The record had leaked.     1089 01:20:53,223 --> 01:20:56,268         I couldn't believe that             this was actually happening.    1090 01:21:09,739 --> 01:21:11,867             JAMES:   I went                    to this club, Brownies,       1091 01:21:11,908 --> 01:21:14,578         which I used to play at                    all the time.            1092 01:21:14,578 --> 01:21:16,955         There was a kid DJ-ing,                     playing ESG,            1093 01:21:16,955 --> 01:21:19,416               and he plays                     a Liquid Liquid song.        1094 01:21:20,208 --> 01:21:21,084              What the fuck?           1095 01:21:21,126 --> 01:21:23,587              These records                     took me years to find,       1096 01:21:23,628 --> 01:21:26,298             and now some kid                   can just download it?        1097 01:21:27,966 --> 01:21:29,259              Wait a second.           1098 01:21:29,259 --> 01:21:31,219      MAN:   You didn't write them,               you just play them,                    you just own them,         1099 01:21:31,219 --> 01:21:33,430               you can't be                       proud of yourself                       for owning it.           1100 01:21:33,471 --> 01:21:35,390      MAN 2:   But I know that kid             was at one of my parties.      1101 01:21:35,390 --> 01:21:38,435       MAN:   Even if this person             went to one of our parties,              I have no rights here.       1102 01:21:38,476 --> 01:21:40,729        MAN 3:   It's the fucking                closest I've ever been                  to cool in my life         1103 01:21:40,770 --> 01:21:41,938           and this fucking kid                      can take it?            1104 01:21:41,980 --> 01:21:43,440         MAN 4:   I was playing                   that six months ago.        1105 01:21:43,481 --> 01:21:44,941         MAN 5:   First of all,                  it's not your record,                  you didn't make it.         1106 01:21:44,983 --> 01:21:47,110          MAN 6:   What's worse                      than that guy?           1107 01:21:47,777 --> 01:21:49,321        MAN 7:   I'm disappointed                     with myself.            1108 01:21:49,321 --> 01:21:50,780          -MAN 8:   Its stupid                     and embarrassing.               -MAN 9:   I'm a total hipster     1109 01:21:50,780 --> 01:21:53,408                 jackass,                    I have been my entire life.     1110 01:21:57,037 --> 01:22:00,332       JAMES:   I'd really wasted                 30 years of my life.        1111 01:22:04,920 --> 01:22:06,755               And I would                        lock the studio...         1112 01:22:08,506 --> 01:22:10,634               sing a song                      about losing my edge.        1113 01:22:10,634 --> 01:22:11,968          I'm losing my edge...       1114 01:22:11,968 --> 01:22:13,219  How humiliating it is to be me.    1115 01:22:13,261 --> 01:22:18,516               To the kids                  From France and from London     1116 01:22:18,516 --> 01:22:20,977            I'm losing my edge        1117 01:22:20,977 --> 01:22:22,187          It was the first time                      I made music            1118 01:22:22,187 --> 01:22:25,857          where I wasn't trying                  to be another thing         1119 01:22:25,857 --> 01:22:27,817              that I thought                     I'm supposed to be.         1120 01:22:29,444 --> 01:22:32,030        (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)        1121 01:22:36,743 --> 01:22:39,162         Yeah, I'm losing my edge     1122 01:22:40,830 --> 01:22:43,500            I'm losing my edge        1123 01:22:45,377 --> 01:22:46,628                 To kids              1124 01:22:48,588 --> 01:22:51,174        I'm coming up from behind     1125 01:22:54,928 --> 01:22:56,513             But I was there          1126 01:22:58,682 --> 01:23:01,184           I was there in 1968        1127 01:23:02,811 --> 01:23:07,315         I was there at the first               Can show in Cologne         1128 01:23:11,695 --> 01:23:13,238             But I was there          1129 01:23:16,950 --> 01:23:21,496       I was the first guy playing           Daft Punk to the rock kids     1130 01:23:21,496 --> 01:23:23,581          I played it at CBGB's       1131 01:23:23,581 --> 01:23:25,542            Everybody thought                       it was crazy            1132 01:23:26,001 --> 01:23:27,669               We all know            1133 01:23:27,711 --> 01:23:30,422             I hear everybody                      that you know            1134 01:23:30,422 --> 01:23:35,385             Is more relevant               than everybody that I know     1135 01:23:37,095 --> 01:23:39,556             I came upstairs                    and played it for Tim.       1136 01:23:41,099 --> 01:23:42,892            (TIM SPEAKING)            1137 01:23:50,442 --> 01:23:54,112            JAMES:   He said,                     "You don't wanna put                     this out, man.           1138 01:23:54,863 --> 01:23:57,532      "You really don't want people                 to hear this."           1139 01:23:58,783 --> 01:24:01,369          But I've lived in fear                   my whole life...          1140 01:24:01,911 --> 01:24:03,788        and I had nothing to lose.     1141 01:24:09,919 --> 01:24:11,921        (MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)        1142 01:24:14,841 --> 01:24:17,427                ALBERT:                         Julian always wanted                the whole band together.      1143 01:24:18,762 --> 01:24:21,222             I'd show up late                       in the studio.           1144 01:24:21,264 --> 01:24:22,932         And smoke too much crack                  before coming in          1145 01:24:22,974 --> 01:24:26,978             and had to take                       a bunch of pills                     just to calm down.         1146 01:24:26,978 --> 01:24:29,647       I wasn't playing that well.     1147 01:24:29,689 --> 01:24:31,775          I've tried everything                     to get fired.            1148 01:24:33,151 --> 01:24:34,944            COURTNEY LOVE:                     Remember that girl                  that was downstairs,         1149 01:24:34,944 --> 01:24:37,155       that said she didn't care       about The Hives and The Strokes,  1150 01:24:37,155 --> 01:24:39,908          and she just wanted                 like a big rock riff?        1151 01:24:39,908 --> 01:24:40,909               (LAUGHS)               1152 01:24:40,950 --> 01:24:43,286     I think that ought to do it.            We are, um, we're back.       1153 01:24:43,328 --> 01:24:47,457         We had a little nap,             and we are really staying up              for 24 hours and...         1154 01:24:48,249 --> 01:24:50,335            not many people                  in this room do drugs.        1155 01:24:50,376 --> 01:24:51,795         We're in a corporate                     environment.             1156 01:24:51,795 --> 01:24:53,171         Come here, come here.        1157 01:24:53,171 --> 01:24:55,799         ALBERT:   Courtney Love                 was doing a take over                  of MTV for 24 hours.        1158 01:24:55,799 --> 01:24:57,759  -COURTNEY: Show us your (BLEEP).                -Come on!              1159 01:24:57,801 --> 01:24:59,552            COURTNEY: Yes!                  I'll do it if you do it!       1160 01:24:59,552 --> 01:25:03,848         RYAN:   She texted me,                  "Do any of The Strokes                    wanna pop up?"           1161 01:25:03,890 --> 01:25:05,391             I called Albert.          1162 01:25:05,433 --> 01:25:07,519       ALBERT:   You're fucked up                and the idea's funny.        1163 01:25:07,560 --> 01:25:11,481        Oh, yeah, I'll go up there          and, like, see Courtney Love.    1164 01:25:11,856 --> 01:25:14,442            (MAN SPEAKING)            1165 01:25:14,442 --> 01:25:17,445         Wait, what are we doing?                    Why are we?             1166 01:25:17,987 --> 01:25:19,697       ALBERT:   I was so fucked.       1167 01:25:21,491 --> 01:25:24,953        FABRIZIO:   Her and Ryan              were just doing their thing              what Ryan always does.       1168 01:25:24,953 --> 01:25:26,996        (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)        1169 01:25:28,706 --> 01:25:30,792            (MAN SPEAKING)            1170 01:25:39,217 --> 01:25:42,887     FABRIZIO:   When things go bad,     you just want it to get worse.     1171 01:25:44,305 --> 01:25:46,516         When the band catch you                      out of it.             1172 01:25:47,851 --> 01:25:53,064          I can be sitting here                   with my eyes open                     and just...   gone.          1173 01:25:53,064 --> 01:25:56,359      ALBERT:   There's so many times   where I was just so close to...    1174 01:25:56,734 --> 01:25:57,777                to dying.              1175 01:25:57,777 --> 01:25:59,863        (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)        1176 01:26:03,950 --> 01:26:06,703          (KAREN O SPEAKING)          1177 01:26:13,585 --> 01:26:15,879           (CROWD CHEERING)           1178 01:26:19,799 --> 01:26:21,593          (KAREN O SPEAKING)          1179 01:26:31,853 --> 01:26:34,731            -(CROWD GASPS)                     -(CROWD SCREAMING)          1180 01:26:35,940 --> 01:26:37,442      KAREN O:   It could be over.      1181 01:26:37,442 --> 01:26:39,402       We could be over, you know.     1182 01:26:55,043 --> 01:26:57,462         (ALARM CLOCK BEEPING)        1183 01:26:57,462 --> 01:27:00,423         JAMES:   Out of nowhere                     I got an offer                      from Arthur Baker.         1184 01:27:00,465 --> 01:27:04,093          He'd heard our record                and he wanted us to come               play a show in London.       1185 01:27:05,011 --> 01:27:06,930      There's no way I can do this.    1186 01:27:07,347 --> 01:27:09,182              I can't do it.           1187 01:27:09,182 --> 01:27:12,769           I don't have a band.                      It's just me                      and a toy boom box.         1188 01:27:15,313 --> 01:27:19,108           I did the only thing                      I could do,                   call the people that I knew.    1189 01:27:19,108 --> 01:27:22,070          Tyler, the base player                     in Out Hud,             1190 01:27:22,111 --> 01:27:24,322             Pat, the drummer                     in Les Savvy Fav,          1191 01:27:24,364 --> 01:27:27,700       Phil Mossman, guitar player,                  who had done                   the David Holmes' record,      1192 01:27:27,700 --> 01:27:33,498                and Nancy,                        my drinking buddy,                   took piano as a kid.        1193 01:27:34,832 --> 01:27:37,377             NANCY WHANG:                     Deciding to start a band      1194 01:27:37,377 --> 01:27:41,130               in your 30's                         seemed absurd.           1195 01:27:43,424 --> 01:27:46,427               We only had                       10 days to rehearse.        1196 01:27:47,679 --> 01:27:53,059         This was his first time                    as a front man                 singing in front of people.     1197 01:27:53,101 --> 01:27:55,520         (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)         1198 01:28:01,109 --> 01:28:03,778         (INDISTINCT TALKING)         1199 01:28:03,820 --> 01:28:08,408       Nothing terrified me like         watching footage of John Lydon.  1200 01:28:08,449 --> 01:28:11,327            It made me feel                     so uncomfortable.          1201 01:28:11,369 --> 01:28:13,955              I realized                          this would be                         my problem.             1202 01:28:16,207 --> 01:28:18,835    The people that are dancing...    1203 01:28:18,835 --> 01:28:20,920              and he just                    doesn't exude himself.        1204 01:28:20,962 --> 01:28:22,839         (INDISTINCT TALKING)         1205 01:28:25,091 --> 01:28:26,509              Oh, my God.             1206 01:28:35,018 --> 01:28:37,020             I don't know                    what to do with myself.       1207 01:28:41,899 --> 01:28:46,571          NANCY:   James wanted                to set up very, very close                together on stage.         1208 01:28:47,655 --> 01:28:50,033                So, he was                       totally surrounded.         1209 01:28:51,075 --> 01:28:52,118                Protected.             1210 01:28:52,118 --> 01:28:54,412           (CROWD CHEERING)           1211 01:28:56,331 --> 01:28:57,248              Go ahead--              1212 01:28:57,248 --> 01:29:00,418      (ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING)      1213 01:29:16,434 --> 01:29:20,188        Well, Daft Punk is playing             at my house, my house        1214 01:29:22,231 --> 01:29:26,903   I'll show you the ropes kid,               show you the ropes          1215 01:29:28,446 --> 01:29:33,076        I got a bus and a trailer              at my house, my house        1216 01:29:34,786 --> 01:29:39,749   I'll show you the ropes kid,               show you the ropes          1217 01:29:40,666 --> 01:29:44,754       'Cause Daft Punk is playing             at my house, my house        1218 01:29:46,506 --> 01:29:51,260        You've got to set them up,                  set them up             1219 01:29:52,970 --> 01:29:54,764                 My house             1220 01:29:56,140 --> 01:29:57,934                 My house             1221 01:29:58,893 --> 01:30:03,564        You've got to set them up,                  set them up             1222 01:30:05,149 --> 01:30:07,652              (SCREAMING)             1223 01:30:18,287 --> 01:30:20,832           (CROWD CHEERING)           1224 01:30:27,630 --> 01:30:28,923             INTERVIEWER:                      The song   "This is it,"       1225 01:30:28,965 --> 01:30:31,467                 is that                        a sarcastic reference                    to The Strokes?           1226 01:30:31,467 --> 01:30:32,718       RYAN:   No, no, no, no, no!      1227 01:30:32,760 --> 01:30:34,429            I've heard that                     from many people                      and it's like,            1228 01:30:34,470 --> 01:30:36,347     "Damn, if I were gonna write           a song about The Strokes,      1229 01:30:36,347 --> 01:30:39,267         "I would probably go                  a little further."          1230 01:30:39,308 --> 01:30:41,436         That's just the name                     of the song.             1231 01:30:41,477 --> 01:30:42,895             But I can see                   why people think that.        1232 01:30:42,895 --> 01:30:46,732          It goes to show you                    how influential                   The Strokes guys are.        1233 01:30:46,774 --> 01:30:50,111            That these guys                      are just great.           1234 01:30:52,280 --> 01:30:53,656                Hello.                1235 01:30:54,740 --> 01:30:56,659            (MAN SPEAKING)            1236 01:31:51,964 --> 01:31:56,010          I wanted to ask you              about this before we left.      1237 01:31:56,010 --> 01:31:57,136         I think it's awesome.        1238 01:31:57,136 --> 01:31:59,180                -What?                        -Yes... The holster.         1239 01:31:59,222 --> 01:32:00,515      Well, thanks, thanks a lot.     1240 01:32:00,515 --> 01:32:02,225             INTERVIEWER:                 And I don't know if anyone's            ever done that before.        1241 01:32:02,225 --> 01:32:04,352         Um, to my knowledge,                     they haven't.            1242 01:32:04,393 --> 01:32:06,938       But it wasn't, you know,           me trying to be an innovator.    1243 01:32:06,938 --> 01:32:08,523            (ALL LAUGHING)            1244 01:32:08,564 --> 01:32:12,109          It wasn't me trying                to be an innovator to--               to wear the holster.         1245 01:32:12,109 --> 01:32:13,236     If I get followers, so be it.    1246 01:32:13,236 --> 01:32:16,197       Yeah, so be it, exactly.          I'm not gonna, like, stop them.  1247 01:32:17,114 --> 01:32:18,908             (INDISTINCT)             1248 01:32:20,243 --> 01:32:22,578            We're Interpol,                 and you're watching MTV2.      1249 01:32:22,578 --> 01:32:24,288          You've had stuff's                  thrown at you, like,         1250 01:32:24,288 --> 01:32:26,165         there's been panties                thrown at you, Carlos?        1251 01:32:26,165 --> 01:32:29,752       Uh, there was an occasion                  where panties                   were thrown at me, yes.       1252 01:32:29,752 --> 01:32:31,712      INTERVIEWER:   It seems like       you've been touring constantly.    1253 01:32:31,754 --> 01:32:33,548       it seems like you've hardly               really had a break.         1254 01:32:33,548 --> 01:32:35,633            INTERVIEWER 2:                   What's fans reactions been                to this new album?         1255 01:32:35,633 --> 01:32:37,677     CARLOS:   Wherever we've gone,          it's been just kind of, like,    1256 01:32:37,718 --> 01:32:39,929            a similar sort of                 excitement and enthusiasm.     1257 01:32:41,681 --> 01:32:46,060         PAUL:   Before Napster,                   we would have made                  a shit load of money.        1258 01:32:47,979 --> 01:32:49,564             But actually...           1259 01:32:49,605 --> 01:32:51,107          I didn't really care.        1260 01:32:51,107 --> 01:32:52,316           (CROWD CHEERING)           1261 01:32:52,358 --> 01:32:57,113              Because people                  from all around the world             found out about our music.     1262 01:33:00,157 --> 01:33:04,829          I remember thinking                   back to all of those          guidance counselor meetings...     1263 01:33:06,497 --> 01:33:08,791               when I said,                   "I wanna be a rock star."      1264 01:33:09,125 --> 01:33:11,294         (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)         1265 01:33:21,596 --> 01:33:25,558        Yeah, but nobody searches     1266 01:33:25,600 --> 01:33:28,519         And nobody cares somehow     1267 01:33:28,519 --> 01:33:31,856             When the loving                     that you've wasted         1268 01:33:31,856 --> 01:33:35,443            Comes raining from                    a hapless cloud           1269 01:33:35,484 --> 01:33:38,696             And I might stop                 and look upon your face       1270 01:33:38,738 --> 01:33:41,824                Disappear                     in the sweet, sweet gaze      1271 01:33:41,866 --> 01:33:45,411              See the living                     that surrounds me          1272 01:33:45,411 --> 01:33:49,040       Dissipate in a violet place    1273 01:33:50,958 --> 01:33:57,173              Can't you see                       what you've done                    to my heart and soul        1274 01:33:57,882 --> 01:34:01,302         This is a wasteland now      1275 01:34:02,428 --> 01:34:05,640         We spies, we slow hands      1276 01:34:05,640 --> 01:34:09,060             Put the weights                      around yourself           1277 01:34:09,060 --> 01:34:12,938            We spies, oh, yeah                     We slow hands            1278 01:34:12,938 --> 01:34:15,858        We retire like nobody else    1279 01:34:15,858 --> 01:34:18,778                 We spies                       intimate slow hands         1280 01:34:18,819 --> 01:34:22,740             Killer for hire                  you know not yourself        1281 01:34:22,740 --> 01:34:25,493           (CROWD CHEERING)           1282 01:34:28,245 --> 01:34:31,624             After falling                  from the stage in a show             in Australia last month,       1283 01:34:31,666 --> 01:34:34,543    Karen O, the tough front woman           of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs        1284 01:34:34,585 --> 01:34:38,422           still managed to                  compose herself enough                  to perform   Maps.           1285 01:34:38,464 --> 01:34:40,383         (INDISTINCT TALKING)         1286 01:34:43,344 --> 01:34:46,347        (INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)        1287 01:34:46,639 --> 01:34:48,891          (KAREN O SPEAKING)          1288 01:34:52,311 --> 01:34:54,397        (INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)        1289 01:34:59,360 --> 01:35:00,695          (KAREN O SPEAKING)          1290 01:35:00,695 --> 01:35:03,155        (INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)        1291 01:35:03,155 --> 01:35:04,907          (KAREN O SPEAKING)          1292 01:35:10,246 --> 01:35:12,415         (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)         1293 01:35:32,685 --> 01:35:34,395                 Pack up              1294 01:35:34,770 --> 01:35:36,605               I'm straight           1295 01:35:37,022 --> 01:35:38,733                  Enough              1296 01:35:38,774 --> 01:35:40,735            Oh, say, say, say         1297 01:35:40,776 --> 01:35:42,737            Oh, say, say, say         1298 01:35:42,778 --> 01:35:44,780            Oh, say, say, say         1299 01:35:44,822 --> 01:35:46,782            Oh, say, say, say         1300 01:35:46,824 --> 01:35:48,909            Oh, say, say, say         1301 01:35:48,951 --> 01:35:52,913        Wait, they don't love you                 like I love you           1302 01:35:52,955 --> 01:35:57,376        Wait, they don't love you                 like I love you           1303 01:35:57,376 --> 01:36:01,380        Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah    1304 01:36:01,422 --> 01:36:02,673                Just wait             1305 01:36:02,673 --> 01:36:05,634           They don't love you                    like I love you           1306 01:36:36,832 --> 01:36:40,920        Wait, they don't love you                 like I love you           1307 01:36:40,961 --> 01:36:45,299        Wait, they don't love you                 like I love you           1308 01:36:45,299 --> 01:36:49,261        Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah    1309 01:36:49,303 --> 01:36:50,262                Just wait             1310 01:36:50,262 --> 01:36:52,973         For they don't love you                  like I love you           1311 01:36:53,015 --> 01:36:57,394        Wait, they don't love you                 like I love you           1312 01:36:57,394 --> 01:37:01,232        Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah    1313 01:37:01,273 --> 01:37:02,608                Just wait             1314 01:37:02,650 --> 01:37:05,402           They don't love you                   like I love you           1315 01:37:51,115 --> 01:37:53,659            -I'm so annoyed                      with this dude.                    -NANCY: What dude?          1316 01:37:53,701 --> 01:37:55,786    So, here it's just things like,  1317 01:37:55,828 --> 01:37:58,664           "I'm sad because               I had a show booked with LCD.    1318 01:37:58,664 --> 01:38:01,458    "The date, like, all U.S. dates             got canceled."            1319 01:38:01,500 --> 01:38:03,043    There was no fucking U.S. tour.  1320 01:38:03,085 --> 01:38:04,545       We never had a U.S. tour.      1321 01:38:04,587 --> 01:38:05,880       Are you responding to it?      1322 01:38:05,921 --> 01:38:07,965             -JAMES: Yeah.                  -What are you gonna say?       1323 01:38:07,965 --> 01:38:11,927         JAMES: I have to say              this shit sounds a lot like             a fucking guilt trip.        1324 01:38:11,927 --> 01:38:13,429       What are you, my mother?       1325 01:38:13,470 --> 01:38:14,597                Eat it.               1326 01:38:15,472 --> 01:38:16,599             Fucking baby.            1327 01:38:16,599 --> 01:38:17,975              Why are you                       getting so angry?                        (LAUGHS)               1328 01:38:17,975 --> 01:38:22,021      JAMES: I-- Just the concept             of emailing somebody                  is so alien to me.          1329 01:38:22,062 --> 01:38:24,440          (KEYBOARD CLICKING)         1330 01:38:30,905 --> 01:38:33,574        (SERENE MUSIC PLAYING)        1331 01:38:40,581 --> 01:38:41,707             INTERVIEWER:                      So, you're tied up?         1332 01:38:41,707 --> 01:38:44,668      Oh, I don't wanna do this.              I hate this so much.         1333 01:38:44,668 --> 01:38:48,255  INTERVIEWER: James, I'm serious,      lip sync to a different song.           Sing a different song.        1334 01:38:48,297 --> 01:38:51,550          I'm doing that now.                 It's called talking.         1335 01:38:51,592 --> 01:38:53,302          I can talk all day.         1336 01:38:55,471 --> 01:38:57,139              (MOUTHING)              1337 01:39:01,477 --> 01:39:05,648          JAMES:   Those years               were the big bang of my life.    1338 01:39:13,989 --> 01:39:16,617       I finally found my friends.     1339 01:39:19,578 --> 01:39:21,330                JAMES:                       Can we do claps again?        1340 01:39:21,914 --> 01:39:23,540           (JAMES LAUGHING)           1341 01:39:23,540 --> 01:39:25,292           (CROWD CHEERING)           1342 01:39:26,293 --> 01:39:27,419                 Yes!                 1343 01:39:27,419 --> 01:39:28,754           (JAMES LAUGHING)           1344 01:39:28,754 --> 01:39:30,464           (CROWD CHEERING)           1345 01:39:30,506 --> 01:39:32,174          JAMES:   I felt safe.         1346 01:39:40,808 --> 01:39:44,019        The Brooklyn Waterfront              will likely be getting                     a makeover.             1347 01:39:44,061 --> 01:39:46,772         Mayor Bloomberg wants            to rezone part of the area...    1348 01:39:46,772 --> 01:39:48,065           The neighborhood                     has had a rebirth          1349 01:39:48,065 --> 01:39:50,859    and now it's a choice location        for commerce and for living.     1350 01:39:50,901 --> 01:39:53,153            MALE REPORTER:                        It is no longer                     a well-kept secret.         1351 01:39:53,195 --> 01:39:56,532        What began with a trickle                  has turned into                   a flood of Manhattanites      1352 01:39:56,573 --> 01:39:59,702         crossing the East River                   into Brooklyn's                  Williamsburg neighborhood.     1353 01:39:59,743 --> 01:40:04,081          -Many of them drawn...                -DAVE:   Our rent had                 tripled in three years.       1354 01:40:04,873 --> 01:40:07,876        The landlords cleared out              whole fucking buildings.      1355 01:40:09,044 --> 01:40:10,879          Pushing families out.        1356 01:40:16,135 --> 01:40:20,973        KAREN O:   I was grieving            the dissipation of the scene.    1357 01:40:20,973 --> 01:40:24,685       I don't want to stick around           and just watch it go away.     1358 01:40:26,020 --> 01:40:27,730          I left New York City.        1359 01:40:29,606 --> 01:40:32,818       I felt too nostalgic for it            when everything happened.      1360 01:40:32,818 --> 01:40:34,153           (CROWD CHEERING)           1361 01:40:34,194 --> 01:40:36,155       NICK:   See now, everybody               was just playing music,              you know what I'm saying.      1362 01:40:36,155 --> 01:40:40,117         -KAREN O:   It's nuts,              yeah, good music. Everywhere.             -NICK:   Yeah, yeah.          1363 01:40:40,159 --> 01:40:41,952             -NICK:   Yeah.                        -KAREN O:   Yeah.           1364 01:40:41,952 --> 01:40:43,454     KAREN O:   It was like a flash.    1365 01:40:45,664 --> 01:40:47,916        (SERENE MUSIC PLAYING)        1366 01:40:54,006 --> 01:40:56,258        (INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)        1367 01:40:59,762 --> 01:41:02,014            (MAN SPEAKING)            1368 01:41:02,014 --> 01:41:03,474        (INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)        1369 01:41:03,474 --> 01:41:05,267            (MAN SPEAKING)            1370 01:41:29,374 --> 01:41:33,337      ALBERT:   When we first met,            that's what we bonded over,                    It was...              1371 01:41:33,378 --> 01:41:37,341                the belief                     that we could accomplish               anything we wanted to.       1372 01:41:41,136 --> 01:41:42,846                JAMES:                      Everything was so innocent,     1373 01:41:42,846 --> 01:41:46,100               and somehow                     you lose it through time      1374 01:41:46,100 --> 01:41:49,394                 and then                      you spend a lot of time             chasing that same innocence,    1375 01:41:49,436 --> 01:41:52,648             that feeling of                      just being young.          1376 01:42:13,710 --> 01:42:14,878           (CROWD CHEERING)           1377 01:42:21,176 --> 01:42:23,887        NARRATOR:   Day upon day,       1378 01:42:23,887 --> 01:42:26,515       and year upon year, O city,     1379 01:42:26,890 --> 01:42:28,684          walking your streets,        1380 01:42:34,064 --> 01:42:36,859  Keep your splendid silent sun.     1381 01:42:38,026 --> 01:42:40,154        Keep your woods, O Nature,     1382 01:42:40,154 --> 01:42:42,823           and your corn-fields                     and orchards.            1383 01:42:47,870 --> 01:42:50,539        Give me faces and streets!     1384 01:42:52,291 --> 01:42:55,002             Give me comrades                and lovers by the thousand!     1385 01:42:55,002 --> 01:42:57,171                Let me see                       new ones every day!         1386 01:42:57,171 --> 01:42:59,506           Let me hold new ones                 by the hand every day!       1387 01:42:59,548 --> 01:43:03,886           Give me such shows!                   Give me the streets                      of Manhattan!            1388 01:43:06,638 --> 01:43:11,810       People, endless, streaming,               with strong voices,                   passions, pageants.         1389 01:43:11,852 --> 01:43:17,774            Manhattan streets,               with their powerful throbs,      with the beating drums, as now.    1390 01:43:18,317 --> 01:43:21,111      The endless and noisy chorus.    1391 01:43:21,111 --> 01:43:23,030           (CROWD CHEERING)           1392 01:43:25,073 --> 01:43:30,370          Manhattan crowds with         their turbulent musical chorus.    1393 01:43:31,038 --> 01:43:36,752             Manhattan faces                 and the eyes forever for me.    1394 01:43:49,097 --> 01:43:51,767        (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)        1395 01:43:59,191 --> 01:44:02,319       Many years since I was here    1396 01:44:04,154 --> 01:44:08,659              On the street                  I was passing my time away     1397 01:44:09,284 --> 01:44:11,995               To the left                        and to the right          1398 01:44:12,037 --> 01:44:14,706         Towers tumble to the sky     1399 01:44:14,748 --> 01:44:16,792            It's out of sight         1400 01:44:16,833 --> 01:44:18,961           In the dead of night       1401 01:44:20,420 --> 01:44:23,423       Here I am again in the city    1402 01:44:25,175 --> 01:44:27,052        With a fistful of dollars     1403 01:44:27,094 --> 01:44:31,265                And, baby,                  you better believe I'm back     1404 01:44:31,265 --> 01:44:33,767       Back in the New York groove    1405 01:44:34,935 --> 01:44:36,353                 I'm back             1406 01:44:36,353 --> 01:44:38,689       Back in the New York groove    1407 01:44:39,898 --> 01:44:41,275                 I'm back             1408 01:44:41,275 --> 01:44:43,652       Back in the New York groove    1409 01:44:45,070 --> 01:44:46,446                 I'm back             1410 01:44:46,488 --> 01:44:48,824          In the New York groove      1411 01:44:48,865 --> 01:44:50,784          In the New York groove      1412 01:44:55,247 --> 01:44:58,667        In the back of my Cadillac    1413 01:45:00,335 --> 01:45:02,879              A wicked lady                      sittin' by my side         1414 01:45:02,879 --> 01:45:04,673         Sayin', "Where are we?"      1415 01:45:05,382 --> 01:45:08,093             Stopped at Third                     and Forty-three           1416 01:45:08,135 --> 01:45:09,720            Exit to the night         1417 01:45:09,720 --> 01:45:12,222          It's gonna be ecstasy       1418 01:45:12,222 --> 01:45:14,850       This place was meant for me    1419 01:45:16,852 --> 01:45:21,273          I feel so good tonight      1420 01:45:21,315 --> 01:45:24,192         Who cares about tomorrow     1421 01:45:25,777 --> 01:45:27,112                 I'm back             1422 01:45:27,112 --> 01:45:29,656       Back in the New York groove    1423 01:45:30,824 --> 01:45:32,159                 I'm back             1424 01:45:32,159 --> 01:45:33,952       Back in the New York groove    1425 01:45:33,952 --> 01:45:35,746             New York groove          1426 01:45:35,787 --> 01:45:37,122                 I'm back             1427 01:45:37,122 --> 01:45:38,957       Back in the New York groove    1428 01:45:38,957 --> 01:45:40,792             New York groove          1429 01:45:40,834 --> 01:45:42,002                 I'm back             1430 01:45:42,044 --> 01:45:43,503          In the New York groove      1431 01:45:43,503 --> 01:45:45,881             New York groove          1432 01:45:45,922 --> 01:45:47,299                 I'm back             1433 01:45:47,299 --> 01:45:48,842       Back in the New York groove    1434 01:45:48,842 --> 01:45:50,927             New York groove          1435 01:45:50,969 --> 01:45:52,304                 I'm back             1436 01:45:52,304 --> 01:45:53,805       Back in the New York groove    1437 01:45:53,805 --> 01:45:55,974             New York groove          1438 01:45:56,016 --> 01:45:57,309                 I'm back             1439 01:45:57,309 --> 01:45:58,727       Back in the New York groove    1440 01:45:58,727 --> 01:46:00,937             New York groove          1441 01:46:00,979 --> 01:46:02,022                 I'm back             1442 01:46:02,022 --> 01:46:03,815             New York groove          1443 01:46:03,815 --> 01:46:05,609             New York groove          1444 01:46:05,609 --> 01:46:08,737               - I'm back                        - New York groove         1445 01:46:08,737 --> 01:46:10,614             New York groove          1446 01:46:10,614 --> 01:46:13,450               - I'm back                        - New York groove         1447 01:46:13,825 --> 01:46:15,577             New York groove          1448 01:46:15,577 --> 01:46:18,872               - I'm back                        - New York groove         1449 01:46:18,872 --> 01:46:20,540             New York groove          1450 01:46:20,582 --> 01:47:39,952              - I'm back                       - New York groove         197359

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