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{\an8}- ♪ MTV ♪
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[upbeat pop music]
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MTV has given fans
unparalleled access
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to the world's hottest artists.
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Let us formally
introduce ourselves.
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- Brandy's in the house.
- What's up?
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- We're the Backstreet Boys.
- Notorious B.I.G. don't move.
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And created some of the most
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iconic moments in
music history along the way.
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- My...
- MTV.
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Now, our cameras are
at it again.
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- Hey, get in here.
- What's up?
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- Welcome.
- Come on in.
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Let's take a seat.
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As we get the inside scoop
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from the ones who know
these legends best
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and continue their legacy
today: their kids.
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This the legacy right here.
We are the legacy.
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It was definitely not
a regular childhood experience.
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[vocalizes]
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My mom is
a fucking rock star.
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- Hold on a second.
- Wait, what?
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We have to
make a grand entrance.
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My pops changed the game forever.
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That was the moment
when I realized
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that my dad was something else.
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'Cause to them, they're not
just music's biggest names.
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They're also mom or dad.
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- Why are you busting on me?
- [laughs]
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- Oh. No she did not.
- Ah.
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- Yeah!
- This is
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an insane moment for my dad.
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Gives me goose bumps
every time.
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In this episode,
they're rock royalty
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who redefined a generation.
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- Best rockers in the universe.
- Thank you.
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The ultimate party band,
Van Halen.
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both: Linkin Park.
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Right on.
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Music is in my blood.
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And this is my...
both: "Family Legacy."
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[upbeat rock music]
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♪ ♪
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Hey, guys. Welcome in.
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♪ Crawling in my skin ♪
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Hi. My name is
Draven Bennington.
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I'm the son of
Chester Bennington
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from Linkin Park.
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♪ Fear is how I fall ♪
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{\an8}And I am an artist,
musician, and actor.
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{\an8}I live in Los Angeles, California.
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{\an8}I've grown up here
my entire life.
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It's been
a pretty wild journey.
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♪ Confusing what is real ♪
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Linkin Park is a band that
mixes rock and roll
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and, like, hip-hop.
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♪ You love the way
I look at you ♪
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[harsh vocalization]
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Getting yelled at
by that as a kid was...
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[chuckles]
That was the worst part
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about getting in trouble.
[laughs]
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- [harsh vocalization]
- "Draven!"
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[laughs]
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[laughs]
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I was born in 2002
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and at that time Linkin Park
had already taken off.
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They were already known
around the world and huge.
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♪ ♪
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For me as a kid,
I didn't really understand
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the reach that they had
on the world.
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Right on.
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Linkin Park is here in
Wroclaw at the stadium.
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It took us four hours
to get here.
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[vocalizing]
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I mean, it was just my dad
and that was his job.
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♪ I bleed it out,
dig it deeper ♪
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♪ Just to throw it away ♪
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This is wild to me,
but Linkin Park has sold
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70 million albums and
30 million singles worldwide.
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♪ Just everything ♪
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What matters is sitting down
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and making music that's gonna
ascend time.
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♪ You never know,
I'm looking over my ♪
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{\an8}That's our goal.
You know what I mean?
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{\an8}And that's not gonna be easy or
else everybody would do it.
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♪ ♪
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♪ Break ♪
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It was really cool to
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watch him do what he loved
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and have those experiences.
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♪ ♪
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And MTV had a huge impact
on his career.
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♪ ♪
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I wasn't even born yet,
but back in 2001,
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my dad and his band Linkin Park
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performed at the VMAs
for the first time.
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Are you a little nervous
about performing a live show
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such as the VMAs that's so big?
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Uh, I mean, it's--
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it's more exciting than,
like, nerve-racking.
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I don't know
how he's not nervous.
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I get nervous over everything.
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I'm even nervous
on this interview.
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[laughs]
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♪ ♪
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All right, people.
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This is an insane moment
for my dad.
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Come on.
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♪ ♪
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So my dad would've taken
my mom to this event,
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but she wasn't able to.
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She was in bed rest
pregnant with me.
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♪ About to break ♪
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♪ 'Cause I'm one step closer
to the edge ♪
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♪ And I'm about to break ♪
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He brings just so much
energy to the stage.
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That was, like, his happy place
for sure. For sure.
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♪ All these thoughts,
they make no sense ♪
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♪ I find bliss in ignorance ♪
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♪ Nothing seems to go away ♪
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♪ Over and over again ♪
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♪ Just like before ♪
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♪ Everything you say to me ♪
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There's a funny, little
backstory about this song.
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That the reason why Dad
wrote this song was because
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they were hav--they were
arguing with their managers
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and everything and
they weren't listening to him.
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So...
[chuckles]
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Then they wrote this song and
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got the message pretty clear.
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[laughs]
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[harsh vocalization]
♪ Shut up ♪
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♪ Shut up ♪
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♪ I'm about to break ♪
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Not everybody plays
at the VMAs.
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Like, that's such
a big milestone.
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Like, that's crazy.
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It brought them a ton
of new fans and longevity.
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And I really think that
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launched them forward
in their career.
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both: [vocalizes]
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It's making me so happy.
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Thank you, guys,
for showing me this.
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[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Break ♪
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I can't even, like, imagine
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how big of a turning point
that was.
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[cheers and applause]
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♪ ♪
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From there, that's when
things took off
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and it got so crazy.
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In 2002, the same year
that I was born,
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my dad and Linkin Park
were nominated
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for a bunch of VMAs
for their video "In The End."
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{\an8}And the winner of the best
rock video of 2002.
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{\an8}Together, Sam.
both: Linkin Park.
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{\an8}- ♪ I tried so hard ♪
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{\an8}I am not gonna lie.
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{\an8}It is kind of cool that
they won the year I was born.
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♪ But in the end,
it doesn't even matter ♪
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I guess I was
a little luck charm.
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- ♪ I tried ♪
- During my dad's career,
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they won 25 MTV awards
in total,
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which was pretty insane.
- Yeah!
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His music is his baby,
you know?
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He nurtured it and would
always show us the songs
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that he was making before
they released and everything.
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I got to see
a lot of the songs
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going from their worst
kind of phases
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to the best versions
of themselves too.
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There are stories of, like,
my mom and dad, like,
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putting me in, like,
the room where they're, like,
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recording something
and if my foot would tap
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then it would be,
like, a smash hit.
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But if it didn't,
they were be like,
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"Okay, we got
to redo this song.
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"We got to figure it out.
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How are we gonna
make Draven like it."
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There's something about this
song that says hit.
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[laughs]
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If we could just
get Jay-Z on this track
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it'd be big.
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[laughs]
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♪ ♪
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Nothing tops this appearance.
This one's my favorite.
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This is MTV "Cribs."
It's a year before I was born.
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{\an8}What's up, y'all?
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{\an8}This is Chester from
Linkin Park
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{\an8}and welcome to my pad.
This is my crib.
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♪ ♪
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Here's some photos of
me and my wife.
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Down here, we've got some
pictures of the band.
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One of our first photo shoots.
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We were all trying
to look really cool.
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What is that pose he's doing?
[laughs]
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Unfortunately,
we don't succeed in that.
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Over here we just have
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some pieces that I've done.
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A lot of Dad's art
I've taken inspiration from
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and he used to paint like
crazy all the time.
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We like to have as much art
throughout the house
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to kind of express
the type of people that we are.
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I feel like that's
what I do all the time now,
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so that's pretty cool.
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Right now, I'm gonna take you
into our bedroom.
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Our bed is here.
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This is our favorite thing
in the entire house.
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Oh, my gosh.
[laughs]
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It's crazy to see Mom and Dad
so young.
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That's crazy.
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These wings over here
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represent our
fourth anniversary.
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We got married on Halloween.
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We have those wings in
our living room right now.
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We kind of decided
to dress up
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last year for the first time.
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Over here we have
my mom's wings.
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He had to perform that night.
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They decided to dress up
and have fun with it.
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And that was a part of
my wife's lovely costume.
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She was a fallen angel.
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Where he dressed up
as a devil.
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They were like,
"Okay, the show must go on.
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We can't just stop
for our anniversary."
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♪ ♪
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We'll move over here
to the closet.
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Dad had thousands of pounds
of clothes.
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My favorite item in here
are these pants I made
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because I designed
these clothes
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with a company called Replicant.
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I have some of
Dad's old clothes.
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So this jacket right here
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is one of his jackets
that he made.
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And they put, like,
all these little, like,
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paint scuff marks around it.
It's really cool.
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This was one of my dad's
flannels.
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This was a part of
his quintessential style
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and now they're making it
into my style too.
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[laughs]
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And now, I design
my own clothes too.
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This is one of my jackets
that I've done.
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♪ ♪
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It was really nice, like,
seeing just, like,
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a video of, like,
my dad being happy.
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It was a really healing video
for me to be watching.
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We'll have to kick y'all out,
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but thanks for coming by.
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In 2010, my dad
and Linkin Park
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performed at the VMAs.
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They did the surprise show at
the Griffith Observatory.
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{\an8}This one was fun.
I remember pretty much, like,
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{\an8}going there a few hours earlier
when it was still light out.
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I had to be, like,
eight years old at that time.
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Oh, there I am.
[laughs]
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That's me and
my little brother.
255
00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:19,090
[laughs]
Tyler.
256
00:09:19,091 --> 00:09:22,331
Geez, this is so weird being
there and rewatching it.
257
00:09:22,328 --> 00:09:25,458
It was so amazing
to watch the sun come down,
258
00:09:25,464 --> 00:09:27,474
the lights go up.
259
00:09:27,466 --> 00:09:29,766
This is his biggest moment
on MTV.
260
00:09:29,769 --> 00:09:30,939
[cheers and applause]
261
00:09:30,937 --> 00:09:32,507
Towering over Los Angeles
262
00:09:32,505 --> 00:09:33,805
where the heavens
meet the hills.
263
00:09:33,806 --> 00:09:35,636
From the Griffith Observatory
264
00:09:35,641 --> 00:09:38,311
singing their number
one single, "The Catalyst."
265
00:09:38,311 --> 00:09:39,781
both: Linkin Park.
266
00:09:39,779 --> 00:09:42,149
♪ ♪
267
00:09:42,148 --> 00:09:44,578
♪ God bless us everyone ♪
268
00:09:44,583 --> 00:09:48,053
♪ We're a broken people living
under loaded gun ♪
269
00:09:48,054 --> 00:09:50,424
Oh, this concert was
so much fun.
270
00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:54,133
♪ Far from the world
of you and I ♪
271
00:09:54,126 --> 00:09:57,596
♪ Where oceans bleed
into the sky ♪
272
00:09:57,596 --> 00:10:01,366
♪ ♪
273
00:10:01,367 --> 00:10:04,337
Oh, the energy from
the crowd was insane.
274
00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:05,937
♪ For the sins ♪
275
00:10:05,938 --> 00:10:07,338
Everybody was,
like, dancing.
276
00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:08,870
♪ Sins of my tongue ♪
277
00:10:08,874 --> 00:10:10,214
♪ Sins of my father ♪
278
00:10:10,209 --> 00:10:12,379
They just rocked it out
that night.
279
00:10:12,378 --> 00:10:13,608
[vocalizing]
280
00:10:13,612 --> 00:10:16,352
♪ When I close
my eyes tonight ♪
281
00:10:16,349 --> 00:10:19,289
Up there you can see
all the stars and everything.
282
00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:20,845
And it's just like...
it's going off.
283
00:10:20,853 --> 00:10:22,423
You can see the entire city
284
00:10:22,421 --> 00:10:24,461
and I remember just, like,
playing with my little bro,
285
00:10:24,457 --> 00:10:26,857
like, on the grass field
watching the concert.
286
00:10:26,859 --> 00:10:27,989
And it was a fun night.
287
00:10:27,994 --> 00:10:31,664
♪ ♪
288
00:10:31,664 --> 00:10:33,504
I skipped school the next day
because I was so tired.
289
00:10:33,499 --> 00:10:34,829
[laughs]
290
00:10:34,834 --> 00:10:38,904
♪ We're a broken people
living under loaded gun ♪
291
00:10:38,904 --> 00:10:40,544
I'm really proud of him
for that show.
292
00:10:40,539 --> 00:10:42,909
That was such a fun one
and such a memorable one.
293
00:10:42,908 --> 00:10:46,608
♪ It can't be outmatched,
it can't be outrun ♪
294
00:10:46,612 --> 00:10:49,082
[cheers and applause]
295
00:10:49,081 --> 00:10:51,381
It was really cool
to have those experiences
296
00:10:51,384 --> 00:10:53,824
and it was also hard
when I got older
297
00:10:53,819 --> 00:10:56,559
when he was on tour and
I had to stay for school.
298
00:10:56,555 --> 00:10:59,325
He would leave for,
like, long periods of time.
299
00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:01,285
♪ ♪
300
00:11:01,293 --> 00:11:03,033
That part was difficult.
301
00:11:03,029 --> 00:11:05,829
Besides that, like, he's my dad
and I loved him.
302
00:11:05,831 --> 00:11:07,371
And we had
a great relationship.
303
00:11:07,366 --> 00:11:09,866
♪ ♪
304
00:11:09,869 --> 00:11:13,669
[soft music]
305
00:11:13,672 --> 00:11:15,472
{\an8}Linkin Park singer,
Chester Bennington,
306
00:11:15,474 --> 00:11:18,344
{\an8}has reportedly died by suicide
at the age of 41.
307
00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:19,714
Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda
308
00:11:19,712 --> 00:11:21,382
confirmed the news
on Twitter saying...
309
00:11:23,649 --> 00:11:26,889
♪ ♪
310
00:11:26,886 --> 00:11:29,456
So when my dad passed away,
I was 15 years old.
311
00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:32,485
♪ ♪
312
00:11:32,491 --> 00:11:34,361
I haven't watched
the full video before.
313
00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,900
This is my first time.
314
00:11:35,895 --> 00:11:39,425
♪ ♪
315
00:11:39,432 --> 00:11:40,702
I mean, my dad's passing was
316
00:11:40,699 --> 00:11:42,439
definitely the hardest thing
in my life.
317
00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:44,235
Just everything has
definitely changed.
318
00:11:44,236 --> 00:11:46,906
♪ Should've stayed ♪
319
00:11:46,906 --> 00:11:51,576
♪ Were the signs I ignored ♪
320
00:11:51,577 --> 00:11:54,177
I thought he was going to be
seeing me graduate high school
321
00:11:54,180 --> 00:11:55,550
and, like,
have my first girlfriend
322
00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:58,348
and everything like that.
And that never happened.
323
00:11:58,350 --> 00:12:01,450
♪ Not to hurt ♪
324
00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:03,424
♪ Anymore ♪
325
00:12:03,422 --> 00:12:06,962
[crying]
326
00:12:06,959 --> 00:12:09,859
♪ We saw brilliance ♪
327
00:12:09,862 --> 00:12:11,702
♪ When the world ♪
328
00:12:11,697 --> 00:12:13,167
He was the glue
of the family.
329
00:12:13,165 --> 00:12:14,995
Like, he kept us all,
like, together
330
00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,470
and then I think we were all,
like, pretty lost without him.
331
00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:20,611
♪ There are things ♪
332
00:12:20,606 --> 00:12:22,836
Sorry, I can't...
333
00:12:22,842 --> 00:12:27,012
[exhales]
Articulate that well right now.
334
00:12:27,012 --> 00:12:29,152
♪ If they say ♪
335
00:12:29,148 --> 00:12:32,588
♪ Who cares if
one more light goes out ♪
336
00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:36,055
♪ In the sky of a million ♪
337
00:12:36,055 --> 00:12:37,455
{\an8}I love you.
338
00:12:37,456 --> 00:12:39,726
{\an8}I'm really, really
proud of you.
339
00:12:39,725 --> 00:12:40,785
{\an8}Thank you.
340
00:12:40,793 --> 00:12:42,133
{\an8}- ♪ Who cares when someone's ♪
341
00:12:42,128 --> 00:12:43,158
{\an8}♪ Time runs out ♪
342
00:12:43,162 --> 00:12:45,462
{\an8}- He's proud of you.
- [laughs]
343
00:12:45,464 --> 00:12:49,074
♪ Who cares if
one more light goes out ♪
344
00:12:49,068 --> 00:12:53,438
♪ Well, I do ♪
345
00:12:53,439 --> 00:12:56,639
♪ ♪
346
00:12:56,642 --> 00:12:59,852
[dramatic music]
347
00:12:59,845 --> 00:13:02,845
What I do in my everyday
life to keep his legacy alive
348
00:13:02,848 --> 00:13:06,948
is I do as much as I can
to make myself happy
349
00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:10,062
with, like, my creativity
and passion.
350
00:13:10,055 --> 00:13:12,985
All right, over here we have
one of my cars.
351
00:13:12,992 --> 00:13:14,992
It's got a very special
story to me.
352
00:13:14,994 --> 00:13:16,434
It's actually been through
353
00:13:16,428 --> 00:13:18,698
both my grandparents
and my dad.
354
00:13:18,697 --> 00:13:22,127
My dad would play music for us
all the time in the car.
355
00:13:22,134 --> 00:13:23,944
Not too long ago
when I turned 16,
356
00:13:23,936 --> 00:13:27,406
my grandpa gave this to me,
so now it's been through
357
00:13:27,406 --> 00:13:29,636
four generations.
358
00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:33,152
My dad always had, like, all of
his passion into his work
359
00:13:33,145 --> 00:13:35,775
and that's what
I aspire to do too.
360
00:13:35,781 --> 00:13:37,681
♪ Don't get too close to me ♪
361
00:13:37,683 --> 00:13:39,023
♪ The little devil
on my shoulder ♪
362
00:13:39,018 --> 00:13:40,448
♪ Screaming F the P ♪
363
00:13:40,452 --> 00:13:42,962
So I am working on some
of my own music right now.
364
00:13:42,955 --> 00:13:47,125
My sound is definitely more
hip-hop, more rap.
365
00:13:47,126 --> 00:13:48,386
♪ Too close to me ♪
366
00:13:48,394 --> 00:13:50,504
With songs and everything
and art.
367
00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:53,366
Similar to kind of, like,
how I do my paintings too.
368
00:13:53,365 --> 00:13:55,195
'Cause I'm going
for more of, like,
369
00:13:55,201 --> 00:13:56,771
a feeling or, like, an energy.
370
00:13:56,769 --> 00:13:59,539
Here's one of the first,
original pieces that I've done.
371
00:13:59,538 --> 00:14:03,538
I'm not trying to follow
in the footsteps all the way.
372
00:14:03,542 --> 00:14:05,612
I'm trying to do, like,
my own thing.
373
00:14:05,611 --> 00:14:09,481
♪ ♪
374
00:14:09,481 --> 00:14:11,181
There's a huge mix of emotions
375
00:14:11,183 --> 00:14:13,223
when I'm rewatching
these old clips.
376
00:14:13,219 --> 00:14:16,759
♪ ♪
377
00:14:16,755 --> 00:14:19,015
These are great accomplishments.
378
00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:21,664
Just like him in his prime
doing his best.
379
00:14:21,660 --> 00:14:23,000
♪ ♪
380
00:14:22,995 --> 00:14:24,495
It's been great talking
to you guys,
381
00:14:24,496 --> 00:14:25,926
but I got to get out of here.
382
00:14:25,931 --> 00:14:29,301
♪ ♪
383
00:14:29,301 --> 00:14:30,341
Bye.
384
00:14:30,336 --> 00:14:32,236
And the rest is history,
I guess.
385
00:14:35,674 --> 00:14:36,714
{\an8}[upbeat rock music]
386
00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:37,979
{\an8}Hey, what's up?
387
00:14:37,977 --> 00:14:39,307
{\an8}You guys want to come
check out the studio?
388
00:14:39,311 --> 00:14:41,681
{\an8}♪ ♪
389
00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,280
{\an8}- Sammy Hagar here.
- Andrew Hagar.
390
00:14:43,282 --> 00:14:44,652
{\an8}This is my youngest son, Andrew.
391
00:14:44,650 --> 00:14:46,220
{\an8}This is a chip off
the old block.
392
00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:48,318
{\an8}♪ ♪
393
00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:49,960
Looks like we're all set up.
Want to do this?
394
00:14:49,955 --> 00:14:51,885
♪ ♪
395
00:14:51,890 --> 00:14:54,730
Hi. My name's Andrew Hagar.
I'm a singer/songwriter.
396
00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:57,027
♪ Red light appetite ♪
397
00:14:57,029 --> 00:14:59,499
A voice actor and my father's
Sammy Hagar.
398
00:14:59,498 --> 00:15:00,998
MTV?
Ah!
399
00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,770
The lead vocalist for one of
the biggest rock bands ever
400
00:15:03,769 --> 00:15:05,339
in the history
of rock and roll.
401
00:15:05,337 --> 00:15:06,407
♪ Whoa ♪
402
00:15:06,405 --> 00:15:07,405
Van Halen.
403
00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:12,646
♪ ♪
404
00:15:12,645 --> 00:15:16,545
♪ I want the best
of both worlds ♪
405
00:15:16,548 --> 00:15:17,978
♪ I want ♪
406
00:15:17,983 --> 00:15:20,153
I was born June 4, 1994.
407
00:15:20,152 --> 00:15:22,692
My father joined Van Halen
shortly after I was born.
408
00:15:22,688 --> 00:15:25,388
We're having quite a time
here at Radio City Music Hall.
409
00:15:25,391 --> 00:15:27,231
And you are definitely
the new lead singer.
410
00:15:27,226 --> 00:15:28,226
- Totally.
- Yes.
411
00:15:28,227 --> 00:15:29,957
{\an8}This is the new Van Halen.
412
00:15:29,962 --> 00:15:32,802
To be asked to come up and
front the biggest rock band
413
00:15:32,798 --> 00:15:34,668
in the world.
Like, that's insane.
414
00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:37,867
♪ Here we go round
and round and round ♪
415
00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:41,070
When I was a kid, my first
day in, I think, second grade
416
00:15:41,073 --> 00:15:44,483
all these kids were, like,
asking me about my dad.
417
00:15:44,476 --> 00:15:46,846
And a bunch of people were
trying to be my friend,
418
00:15:46,845 --> 00:15:48,405
but, like, that was the moment
when I realized
419
00:15:48,414 --> 00:15:49,654
that my dad was something else.
420
00:15:49,648 --> 00:15:51,778
[electric guitar riff]
- Yeah!
421
00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:53,294
You know,
I'm the typical kid,
422
00:15:53,285 --> 00:15:54,885
but my dad's
not the typical dad.
423
00:15:54,887 --> 00:15:56,057
[laughs musically]
424
00:15:56,055 --> 00:15:58,185
♪ ♪
425
00:15:58,190 --> 00:16:02,160
I grew up with a very normal
lifestyle with my mom
426
00:16:02,161 --> 00:16:05,161
and a very abnormal lifestyle
with my dad.
427
00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:06,974
It was like a double life.
428
00:16:06,965 --> 00:16:08,295
When I'd go visit my dad
429
00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:11,840
it would be, like,
all this crazy stuff.
430
00:16:11,837 --> 00:16:13,707
It was wild.
I had, like, some of
431
00:16:13,706 --> 00:16:16,276
my first, like, sexual
experiences on the road.
432
00:16:16,275 --> 00:16:18,605
Roadies feeding me Jack Daniels
433
00:16:18,610 --> 00:16:21,050
when I was not old enough to be
doing that kind of [bleep].
434
00:16:21,046 --> 00:16:23,716
Come on.
[vocalizes]
435
00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:25,576
It's like being a part
of, like, a pirate crew
436
00:16:25,584 --> 00:16:27,624
with all of
the colorful characters
437
00:16:27,619 --> 00:16:29,419
you would expect to come
with that kind of world.
438
00:16:29,421 --> 00:16:31,161
[cheers and applause]
- Ow.
439
00:16:31,156 --> 00:16:32,216
♪ ♪
440
00:16:32,224 --> 00:16:33,234
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
441
00:16:33,225 --> 00:16:34,225
I think my dad was
442
00:16:34,226 --> 00:16:35,226
the perfect front man
443
00:16:35,227 --> 00:16:36,697
for Van Halen because
444
00:16:36,695 --> 00:16:37,855
he was a wild man.
445
00:16:37,863 --> 00:16:39,603
♪ ♪
446
00:16:39,598 --> 00:16:41,928
{\an8}A lot of times I'm on stage
and I look at them.
447
00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:43,274
{\an8}I'm going,
where in the hell's Sammy go?
448
00:16:43,268 --> 00:16:45,468
{\an8}And he's God damn upstairs
in the roof.
449
00:16:45,471 --> 00:16:48,471
[electric guitar riff]
450
00:16:48,474 --> 00:16:51,844
♪ ♪
451
00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:53,884
He's been telling me
since I was kid that
452
00:16:53,879 --> 00:16:56,179
that was, like,
all he ever wanted was
453
00:16:56,181 --> 00:16:58,551
basically to be, like,
a super star.
454
00:16:58,550 --> 00:17:00,350
[indistinct speech]
455
00:17:00,352 --> 00:17:02,452
More than anything,
he just wanted to elevate
456
00:17:02,454 --> 00:17:05,224
himself out of the extreme
poverty he grew up in.
457
00:17:05,223 --> 00:17:07,493
{\an8}He started playing music
at a young age.
458
00:17:07,492 --> 00:17:09,402
{\an8}I remember I think he said
he stole a guitar
459
00:17:09,395 --> 00:17:12,255
{\an8}from, like,
a Sear's department store.
460
00:17:12,263 --> 00:17:16,143
He did anything and everything
he could to get over.
461
00:17:16,135 --> 00:17:17,595
Van Halen is still to this day
462
00:17:17,603 --> 00:17:20,313
one of the highest selling
rock bands of all time.
463
00:17:20,305 --> 00:17:25,035
{\an8}♪ ♪
464
00:17:25,042 --> 00:17:26,352
{\an8}[cheers and applause]
465
00:17:26,345 --> 00:17:28,145
{\an8}Yeah, the '91 VMAs.
466
00:17:28,146 --> 00:17:29,576
{\an8}♪ ♪
467
00:17:29,581 --> 00:17:31,421
Got to headline the VMAs.
468
00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:33,187
Probably a lot of emotions
going on here.
469
00:17:33,185 --> 00:17:34,785
- You guys nervous?
- You know, it's scary
470
00:17:34,787 --> 00:17:36,387
playing on TV because,
you know, a lot of people
471
00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:38,058
just have one little speaker...
- We shrink it down good.
472
00:17:38,056 --> 00:17:39,756
Trying to get Van Halen.
You got one little speaker
473
00:17:39,758 --> 00:17:41,858
can be tough.
474
00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:43,930
Yeah, the VMAs were
basically brand-new
475
00:17:43,929 --> 00:17:45,699
and after my dad
came into the band,
476
00:17:45,697 --> 00:17:48,297
that was their first time
performing on live TV.
477
00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:50,740
So for my pops, it's
a pretty--pretty big moment.
478
00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:52,866
[cheers and applause]
479
00:17:52,871 --> 00:17:55,011
Van Halen performed
one of my favorite songs
480
00:17:55,007 --> 00:17:57,177
from the Van Hagar era:
"Poundcake."
481
00:17:57,176 --> 00:17:58,936
♪ ♪
482
00:17:58,944 --> 00:18:01,084
This is why people
love Van Halen.
483
00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:02,849
There it is. Bam. Look at that.
484
00:18:02,848 --> 00:18:05,718
♪ ♪
485
00:18:05,717 --> 00:18:07,987
And you got to bust
a power drill.
486
00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:12,416
[vocalizes]
487
00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:14,594
Yeah. Whoo.
488
00:18:14,593 --> 00:18:16,733
The '90s gear everybody's...
[chuckles]
489
00:18:16,728 --> 00:18:18,898
Everybody's... damn, look at
those leather pants, Mikey.
490
00:18:18,897 --> 00:18:20,197
Oh, love it.
491
00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:22,169
♪ Oh, she's gotta have soul ♪
492
00:18:22,167 --> 00:18:24,667
I mean, yeah.
The whole thing is funky.
493
00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:26,140
That hair though.
494
00:18:26,138 --> 00:18:28,938
Whoo. Know it well.
495
00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:30,211
♪ ♪
496
00:18:30,209 --> 00:18:32,079
♪ Wrapped up nice and tight ♪
497
00:18:32,077 --> 00:18:33,647
[groans]
Rubbing his ass.
498
00:18:33,645 --> 00:18:35,605
There we go.
Give it to them, Dad.
499
00:18:35,614 --> 00:18:36,624
[groans]
500
00:18:36,615 --> 00:18:39,445
♪ Home grown and down home ♪
501
00:18:39,451 --> 00:18:41,451
♪ That makes a woman ♪
502
00:18:41,453 --> 00:18:43,093
♪ ♪
503
00:18:43,088 --> 00:18:48,128
God, in '91, I think my dad
had already started dating
504
00:18:48,126 --> 00:18:49,856
the person that would go on
to become my stepmom,
505
00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:51,532
so things were a little...
[chuckles]
506
00:18:51,530 --> 00:18:53,130
A little dicey
around the house.
507
00:18:53,131 --> 00:18:54,501
You know what I mean?
508
00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:55,500
♪ Shake it up ♪
509
00:18:55,501 --> 00:18:57,041
Damn, look at him.
510
00:18:57,035 --> 00:18:58,135
♪ ♪
511
00:18:58,136 --> 00:18:59,336
Everybody in this band
512
00:18:59,338 --> 00:19:02,308
was such a powerhouse.
513
00:19:02,307 --> 00:19:03,307
And the performance...
514
00:19:03,308 --> 00:19:05,608
♪ ♪
515
00:19:05,611 --> 00:19:07,681
Wow. What a moment.
516
00:19:07,679 --> 00:19:09,079
[vocalizes]
517
00:19:09,081 --> 00:19:10,881
♪ That's my woman ♪
518
00:19:10,883 --> 00:19:13,823
♪ ♪
519
00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:15,749
Hard not to be pumped after
a performance like that.
520
00:19:15,754 --> 00:19:16,764
You know what I mean?
521
00:19:16,755 --> 00:19:19,215
Thank you. Van Halen.
522
00:19:19,224 --> 00:19:20,434
♪ ♪
523
00:19:20,425 --> 00:19:22,625
[tires screech]
- Before Van Halen,
524
00:19:22,628 --> 00:19:25,028
my dad had a pretty big impact
525
00:19:25,030 --> 00:19:28,470
on pop/hard rock
as a solo artist.
526
00:19:28,467 --> 00:19:31,937
♪ ♪
527
00:19:31,937 --> 00:19:35,067
This is the iconic
"I Can't Drive 55" Ferrari.
528
00:19:35,073 --> 00:19:37,183
♪ ♪
529
00:19:37,175 --> 00:19:39,135
The police got to shut off
the road and I got to
530
00:19:39,144 --> 00:19:41,714
take this thing flat out
to 180 miles an hour.
531
00:19:41,713 --> 00:19:43,623
And your ass is five inches
off the ground
532
00:19:43,615 --> 00:19:44,945
when you're sitting
in that car.
533
00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:49,990
♪ ♪
534
00:19:49,988 --> 00:19:52,788
The concept for "55,"
I actually wrote myself.
535
00:19:52,791 --> 00:19:56,331
♪ One foot on the break
and one on the gas ♪
536
00:19:56,328 --> 00:19:57,528
♪ Hey ♪
537
00:19:57,529 --> 00:19:59,999
And it's almost true to life.
[chuckles]
538
00:19:59,998 --> 00:20:01,928
So it's funny.
My pops has always talking
539
00:20:01,934 --> 00:20:04,544
about these crazy stories
about speeding and I guess
540
00:20:04,536 --> 00:20:06,636
I'm a chip off the old block
in more ways than one.
541
00:20:06,638 --> 00:20:08,368
And I got pulled over
by this cop.
542
00:20:08,373 --> 00:20:10,013
You know, he asked me for
my license and registration
543
00:20:10,008 --> 00:20:11,078
and I gave it to him.
544
00:20:11,076 --> 00:20:15,046
♪ Go on and write me up
for 125 ♪
545
00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:16,947
And in my mind I had this
moment 'cause I never
546
00:20:16,949 --> 00:20:18,749
tell people that
I'm related to my dad.
547
00:20:18,750 --> 00:20:20,590
But I remember my dad
always told me,
548
00:20:20,586 --> 00:20:22,956
"Hey, if you ever need to get
out of, like, any kind of
549
00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:25,815
"situation with a speeding
ticket, you just drop my name.
550
00:20:25,824 --> 00:20:27,834
"And most of the cops are
hip to it 'cause of
551
00:20:27,826 --> 00:20:29,926
'I Can't Drive 55.'
They'll probably let you walk."
552
00:20:29,928 --> 00:20:33,198
♪ Post my face,
wanted dead or alive ♪
553
00:20:33,198 --> 00:20:36,368
Think of the prototypical,
like, California State Trooper.
554
00:20:36,368 --> 00:20:37,638
This was the guy.
555
00:20:37,636 --> 00:20:40,506
He goes, "Hagar, huh?
You related to Sammy?"
556
00:20:40,505 --> 00:20:41,905
And I'm like,
"Yeah, he's actually my dad."
557
00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,677
♪ I can't drive ♪
558
00:20:44,676 --> 00:20:46,846
♪ 55 ♪
559
00:20:46,845 --> 00:20:49,575
And he got this weird grin
on his face.
560
00:20:49,581 --> 00:20:52,351
This guy goes, "You know,
you're not gonna believe this,
561
00:20:52,351 --> 00:20:53,851
I pulled your dad over."
562
00:20:53,852 --> 00:20:55,152
This is a terrible story.
563
00:20:55,153 --> 00:20:56,893
People are gonna be
mad at me for this.
564
00:20:56,888 --> 00:21:00,058
I was driving, like,
about 150 miles an hour
565
00:21:00,058 --> 00:21:03,198
and he was right back here
in this little cubbyhole.
566
00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:04,555
- [laughs]
- In his car seat.
567
00:21:04,563 --> 00:21:09,173
He didn't even see Andrew
in the back in the car seat.
568
00:21:09,167 --> 00:21:10,897
I was like, "Oh, did you
give him a ticket?"
569
00:21:10,902 --> 00:21:12,702
He goes,
"You're fucking right I did."
570
00:21:12,704 --> 00:21:14,674
♪ ♪
571
00:21:14,673 --> 00:21:15,913
♪ Oh, no ♪
572
00:21:15,907 --> 00:21:17,637
And then he walked off
and wrote me up.
573
00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:19,583
And I was like, I can't believe
this shit right now.
574
00:21:19,578 --> 00:21:22,308
The one time I try to pull this
card I get totally fucked.
575
00:21:22,314 --> 00:21:25,084
all: ♪ I can't drive ♪
576
00:21:25,083 --> 00:21:28,693
♪ 55 ♪
577
00:21:28,687 --> 00:21:31,417
♪ ♪
578
00:21:31,423 --> 00:21:34,033
Oh, man, winning an award
on MTV is
579
00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:35,386
probably one of the best things
580
00:21:35,394 --> 00:21:36,864
that could happen to you
as a band.
581
00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,202
♪ ♪
582
00:21:38,196 --> 00:21:41,066
The biggest moment on MTV
for Van Halen
583
00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:42,866
was the '92 VMAs.
584
00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:44,398
♪ ♪
585
00:21:44,403 --> 00:21:46,143
Okay, Becca, here are our
special guests right now
586
00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:48,468
are Van Halen, is Van Halen,
are Van Halen?
587
00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:50,043
- Yeah, we are Van Halen.
- [laughs]
588
00:21:50,042 --> 00:21:51,882
Oh, man.
My dad's got to see this.
589
00:21:51,877 --> 00:21:53,007
Oh, my God.
590
00:21:53,011 --> 00:21:54,011
These are real mics.
This is great.
591
00:21:54,012 --> 00:21:55,712
♪ ♪
592
00:21:55,714 --> 00:21:57,954
Oh, look at that suit.
593
00:21:57,949 --> 00:21:59,479
What was I thinking with
that outfit?
594
00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:00,494
It's kind of like...
- I mean...
595
00:22:00,485 --> 00:22:01,785
hey, man, I don't know.
596
00:22:01,787 --> 00:22:03,117
You guys are
up for an award tonight.
597
00:22:03,121 --> 00:22:04,791
Are you excited?
- It's exciting
598
00:22:04,790 --> 00:22:06,760
because this is the first year
we've ever been acknowledged
599
00:22:06,758 --> 00:22:10,428
for anything, so like...
Oh, when you went to the VMAs,
600
00:22:10,429 --> 00:22:12,499
it was like all the hit people
601
00:22:12,497 --> 00:22:13,897
in the business were
all there.
602
00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:16,129
MTV made us all famous.
603
00:22:16,134 --> 00:22:17,644
It was really groundbreaking.
604
00:22:17,636 --> 00:22:20,036
So "Right Now" video's that
are, you know, Pettineo art
605
00:22:20,038 --> 00:22:21,538
to the usual Van Halen thing.
606
00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:23,110
The message thing that
was going on now.
607
00:22:23,108 --> 00:22:25,378
Yeah. It brings up some
important issues
608
00:22:25,377 --> 00:22:28,647
that are really kind of what
makes us most proud
609
00:22:28,647 --> 00:22:31,477
because for the ultimate
party band, Van Halen, right?
610
00:22:31,483 --> 00:22:33,953
To all of a sudden be not only
accepted but, you know...
611
00:22:33,952 --> 00:22:35,822
[laughter]
Also kind of acknowledged.
612
00:22:35,821 --> 00:22:37,761
It kind of gives you
encouragement to maybe
613
00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:40,186
think a little more
and not just go out and
614
00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:41,692
pull your pants down
every night, you know?
615
00:22:41,693 --> 00:22:43,503
You guys were all keyed up,
ready to go.
616
00:22:43,495 --> 00:22:45,055
- Yeah.
- You hear?
617
00:22:45,063 --> 00:22:46,803
- Yeah, yeah. All right.
- [whistles]
618
00:22:46,798 --> 00:22:48,668
- Were we always like that?
- Yeah.
619
00:22:48,667 --> 00:22:50,297
You guys always had
good interplay.
620
00:22:50,302 --> 00:22:52,302
It was fun.
[laughter]
621
00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:55,914
♪ ♪
622
00:22:55,907 --> 00:22:57,907
And the winner is...
623
00:22:57,909 --> 00:22:59,849
Van Halen.
624
00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:01,645
- Whoa.
- Damn, all right.
625
00:23:01,646 --> 00:23:02,846
Oh, look at that.
626
00:23:02,848 --> 00:23:03,948
{\an8}Come on, Sammy,
climb out of there.
627
00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:05,579
{\an8}- [laughs]
- There you go.
628
00:23:05,584 --> 00:23:06,724
{\an8}- ♪ Right now ♪
629
00:23:06,718 --> 00:23:08,748
♪ It's a magic moment ♪
630
00:23:08,754 --> 00:23:09,794
Mark Fenske.
631
00:23:09,788 --> 00:23:12,358
♪ Do it right here and now ♪
632
00:23:12,357 --> 00:23:14,687
This was his idea.
633
00:23:14,693 --> 00:23:17,233
The funny thing is "Right Now"
was the first video
634
00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:18,659
that had writing on it.
- Right.
635
00:23:18,663 --> 00:23:21,173
I got to thank Sammy
for not beating me up.
636
00:23:21,166 --> 00:23:22,926
[laughter]
637
00:23:22,934 --> 00:23:24,544
Oh, man. What are you
gonna do to that guy?
638
00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:26,536
He's a head taller
than you, man.
639
00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:28,338
I threatened this man
for this video.
640
00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:30,280
But he's great.
Mark made this video happen.
641
00:23:30,275 --> 00:23:33,245
The director to make the video,
he gave us a story board
642
00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:35,005
and it had all these messages.
643
00:23:35,013 --> 00:23:36,783
He put words over the song
and I'm going,
644
00:23:36,782 --> 00:23:38,952
"Hey, dude, man. What
do you think you're doing?
645
00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:40,620
Print the lyrics on there
if you're gonna do it."
646
00:23:40,619 --> 00:23:41,619
It had never been done.
647
00:23:41,620 --> 00:23:47,130
♪ ♪
648
00:23:47,125 --> 00:23:49,285
A song like "Right Now"
had a message.
649
00:23:49,294 --> 00:23:51,364
A tuning into the moment,
the Zen.
650
00:23:51,363 --> 00:23:52,663
Be here, right here,
right now.
651
00:23:52,664 --> 00:23:55,004
- ♪ Right now ♪
- ♪ Hey ♪
652
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,500
♪ It's your tomorrow ♪
653
00:23:57,502 --> 00:23:58,772
♪ Right now ♪
654
00:23:58,770 --> 00:24:00,540
I mean, got to talk
about legacy,
655
00:24:00,539 --> 00:24:02,869
that's probably one of the
biggest songs he's ever done
656
00:24:02,874 --> 00:24:05,814
and I mean, it's still
relevant today.
657
00:24:05,811 --> 00:24:07,311
If you see
the "Right Now" video,
658
00:24:07,312 --> 00:24:08,982
I did it reluctantly.
659
00:24:08,980 --> 00:24:12,050
You'll see me,
like, not singing.
660
00:24:14,519 --> 00:24:15,719
Oh, my God.
661
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:16,720
I said,
"No, just play the words."
662
00:24:16,721 --> 00:24:18,161
Play--I was an asshole.
663
00:24:18,156 --> 00:24:19,516
- Like a petulant child.
- I was an asshole.
664
00:24:19,524 --> 00:24:20,934
♪ Right now ♪
665
00:24:20,926 --> 00:24:22,986
♪ ♪
666
00:24:22,994 --> 00:24:24,534
John Buge,
head of Warner Bros.,
667
00:24:24,529 --> 00:24:27,069
and Moe Austin,
and my manager Ed Leffler,
668
00:24:27,065 --> 00:24:29,765
they all said
this is a genius idea.
669
00:24:29,768 --> 00:24:32,798
This is gonna win awards.
This is groundbreaking.
670
00:24:32,804 --> 00:24:35,044
And I went... really?
671
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,810
And the winner is...
672
00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:39,278
And then it wins every award.
[chuckles]
673
00:24:39,277 --> 00:24:41,477
Van Halen.
[cheers and applause]
674
00:24:41,479 --> 00:24:43,749
I owe that guy an apology.
[laughs]
675
00:24:43,748 --> 00:24:45,018
{\an8}♪ Right now ♪
676
00:24:45,016 --> 00:24:46,846
{\an8}♪ It's everything ♪
677
00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:50,322
{\an8}"Right Now" is really about
the appreciation of reality
678
00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:52,222
and right now this is reality.
679
00:24:52,224 --> 00:24:54,434
And we fucking up shit.
680
00:24:54,426 --> 00:24:57,026
[laughter]
681
00:24:57,028 --> 00:24:58,298
Keeping it classy.
682
00:24:58,296 --> 00:25:00,326
Those were the days,
ladies and gentlemen.
683
00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:02,472
- [laughs]
- Anything goes.
684
00:25:02,467 --> 00:25:04,037
This is Van Halen.
Big winners tonight.
685
00:25:04,035 --> 00:25:05,565
How does it feel?
- In my house,
686
00:25:05,570 --> 00:25:09,370
my VMAs are right
front and center.
687
00:25:09,374 --> 00:25:11,384
- Get the little moon man.
- Yeah, moon man.
688
00:25:11,376 --> 00:25:12,876
They were badass trophies.
689
00:25:12,878 --> 00:25:14,348
We've been winning this year.
690
00:25:14,346 --> 00:25:16,576
♪ Do it right here and now ♪
691
00:25:16,581 --> 00:25:17,921
♪ ♪
692
00:25:17,916 --> 00:25:19,576
Okay, here you go.
693
00:25:19,584 --> 00:25:21,094
My favorite picture
of Andrew and I.
694
00:25:21,086 --> 00:25:22,346
He started young.
695
00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:24,394
He's the only one stupid enough
to want to be...
696
00:25:24,389 --> 00:25:27,029
- Really.
- Really do this.
697
00:25:27,025 --> 00:25:28,125
I got rocks in my head,
I guess.
698
00:25:28,126 --> 00:25:29,526
[laughter]
699
00:25:29,527 --> 00:25:30,657
- Got rock in your blood.
- Yeah.
700
00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:32,102
♪ ♪
701
00:25:32,097 --> 00:25:35,727
I started playing music
when I was younger at school,
702
00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:38,104
but it took me a long time
before I actually
703
00:25:38,103 --> 00:25:40,043
started performing on my own.
704
00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:41,368
Growing up in a musical family,
705
00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:43,683
just seeing all those things
for what they were.
706
00:25:43,675 --> 00:25:46,375
Not any of the fluff
that you might think
707
00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:47,878
from seeing it
from the outside.
708
00:25:47,879 --> 00:25:50,819
That was really important
because my expectations
709
00:25:50,815 --> 00:25:52,915
were kind of more realistic
710
00:25:52,918 --> 00:25:55,048
when I actually
did start doing it.
711
00:25:55,053 --> 00:25:57,423
And then I started developing
my sound more.
712
00:25:57,422 --> 00:26:00,532
[upbeat rock music]
713
00:26:00,525 --> 00:26:02,155
♪ ♪
714
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,800
We put together a full-length
record under my own name
715
00:26:05,797 --> 00:26:08,067
and I'm really, really happy
with the result.
716
00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:10,636
I mean, I wrote all the lyrics.
I've released one single.
717
00:26:10,635 --> 00:26:11,865
It's called
"Red Light Appetite."
718
00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:14,010
♪ 'Cause we're up all night ♪
719
00:26:14,005 --> 00:26:16,675
♪ With the red light appetite ♪
720
00:26:16,675 --> 00:26:18,375
When I wrote that song,
721
00:26:18,376 --> 00:26:21,776
I was talking about being kind
of in the throws of addiction.
722
00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:24,250
Most people that come from
famous families
723
00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:26,989
have a tremendously
difficult time
724
00:26:26,985 --> 00:26:28,745
building their own identity
725
00:26:28,753 --> 00:26:31,063
and figuring out
really who they are.
726
00:26:31,056 --> 00:26:33,016
And a lot of times you end up
self-medicating
727
00:26:33,024 --> 00:26:35,834
and there's tons of crazy
stuff that comes with that.
728
00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:37,157
♪ ♪
729
00:26:37,162 --> 00:26:39,162
♪ Red light appetite ♪
730
00:26:39,164 --> 00:26:40,834
♪ ♪
731
00:26:40,832 --> 00:26:43,072
I think the Hagar legacy musically
732
00:26:43,068 --> 00:26:45,598
is certainly about quality,
733
00:26:45,603 --> 00:26:48,013
longevity, hard work.
734
00:26:48,006 --> 00:26:50,776
Nothing came easy for me and it
ain't gonna come easy for you.
735
00:26:50,775 --> 00:26:53,505
Yeah. I mean, I think one of
the best qualities I got
736
00:26:53,511 --> 00:26:56,721
from my old man is just,
like, rugged determination.
737
00:26:56,715 --> 00:26:58,375
This guy literally
came from nothing.
738
00:26:58,383 --> 00:27:00,893
You know, sleeping on
dirt floors to being
739
00:27:00,885 --> 00:27:02,185
one of the best rock stars
740
00:27:02,187 --> 00:27:03,587
in the history of,
you know, rock and roll.
741
00:27:03,588 --> 00:27:05,258
♪ Hey ♪
742
00:27:05,256 --> 00:27:07,386
♪ It'll last forever ♪
743
00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:10,002
That's the best thing that
this guy ever gave me.
744
00:27:09,995 --> 00:27:11,925
♪ ♪
745
00:27:11,930 --> 00:27:13,770
I'll do this till I'm 75, dude.
746
00:27:13,765 --> 00:27:15,665
[laughter]
- Me too.
747
00:27:15,667 --> 00:27:19,197
I got next week.
- Yeah, I'm telling you.
748
00:27:19,204 --> 00:27:20,544
[vocalizes]
749
00:27:20,538 --> 00:27:21,868
♪ It's your own ♪
750
00:27:21,873 --> 00:27:23,643
[cheers and applause]
751
00:27:23,641 --> 00:27:24,941
God bless you, man.
752
00:27:24,943 --> 00:27:27,613
♪ ♪
753
00:27:30,982 --> 00:27:33,922
[upbeat rock music]
754
00:27:33,918 --> 00:27:41,028
♪ ♪
755
00:27:56,941 --> 00:27:59,611
{\an8}- ♪ MTV ♪
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