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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:13,982 --> 00:01:17,653 One, two, one, two, three, four. 2 00:01:22,023 --> 00:01:24,460 Did you know there's actually only one groove 3 00:01:24,494 --> 00:01:26,329 on a record? 4 00:01:26,362 --> 00:01:27,430 It's true. 5 00:01:27,463 --> 00:01:29,665 Yeah. It looks like all these individual circles, 6 00:01:29,699 --> 00:01:31,667 but no, it's just one. 7 00:01:31,701 --> 00:01:33,603 One single line, 8 00:01:33,636 --> 00:01:35,270 1,500 feet of it, to be exact, 9 00:01:35,303 --> 00:01:38,273 a third of a mile carving its way round and round 10 00:01:38,306 --> 00:01:39,375 in circles until... 11 00:01:41,344 --> 00:01:43,278 it finally just ends. 12 00:01:43,312 --> 00:01:47,215 To make a record it takes 100 tons of pressure 13 00:01:47,249 --> 00:01:49,685 applied under 1,000 degrees of heat, 14 00:01:49,719 --> 00:01:53,155 all to create this perfect vinyl platter. 15 00:01:55,190 --> 00:01:57,427 Now, what music goes on the record, 16 00:01:57,460 --> 00:01:59,495 well, that's where I come in. 17 00:02:01,062 --> 00:02:03,399 I... am a record man. 18 00:02:04,467 --> 00:02:09,539 ♪ He taught me how ♪ 19 00:02:09,572 --> 00:02:13,309 ♪ To watch ♪ 20 00:02:13,342 --> 00:02:15,043 ♪ Fight and pray ♪ 21 00:02:15,076 --> 00:02:16,679 Hey! 22 00:02:16,712 --> 00:02:19,549 -Whoo! -♪ Fight and pray ♪ 23 00:02:19,582 --> 00:02:21,049 Sing it! 24 00:02:21,082 --> 00:02:26,689 ♪ And in rejoicing ♪ 25 00:02:26,722 --> 00:02:33,362 ♪ Every day ♪ 26 00:02:34,397 --> 00:02:36,131 ♪ Every day ♪ 27 00:02:39,735 --> 00:02:41,102 That, right there, 28 00:02:41,136 --> 00:02:42,738 ah, that is why I'm here, Mr. Hawkins. 29 00:02:42,772 --> 00:02:45,073 You got call-in requests breaking records, 30 00:02:45,106 --> 00:02:46,274 lightning in a bottle, 31 00:02:46,309 --> 00:02:48,109 yet no one east of here has ever heard it. 32 00:02:48,143 --> 00:02:49,378 You heard it, as did six other labels, 33 00:02:49,412 --> 00:02:52,381 -all making offers right now. -Five other labels, Mr. Hawkins, 34 00:02:52,415 --> 00:02:54,750 and you've only spoken to the head of one of them. 35 00:02:54,784 --> 00:02:58,387 Now, give me this song and I promise you, 36 00:02:58,421 --> 00:03:00,523 we will own radio. 37 00:03:00,556 --> 00:03:02,492 I mean, a gospel-pop crossover? 38 00:03:02,525 --> 00:03:04,059 No one's ever done that before! 39 00:03:04,092 --> 00:03:06,362 This is why I'm here. This is what I do, 40 00:03:06,395 --> 00:03:09,332 and I promise you right here in this church 41 00:03:09,365 --> 00:03:10,533 before God, 42 00:03:10,566 --> 00:03:11,601 there is just no one better. 43 00:03:11,634 --> 00:03:14,236 No, no. You called me Mr. Hawkins, not Reverend. 44 00:03:14,269 --> 00:03:16,372 I'm not pretending there's not a line. 45 00:03:16,405 --> 00:03:18,741 I am just respecting when to cross it. 46 00:03:18,774 --> 00:03:21,711 ♪ Oh happy day ♪ 47 00:03:21,744 --> 00:03:24,514 Now, do we want to talk in height or weight? 48 00:03:24,547 --> 00:03:27,148 Because that right there is about four inches. 49 00:03:27,783 --> 00:03:29,452 Mm. 50 00:03:29,485 --> 00:03:30,386 Yes? 51 00:03:30,419 --> 00:03:32,655 ♪ Oh happy day ♪ 52 00:03:32,688 --> 00:03:34,757 Yes? Yes? 53 00:03:34,790 --> 00:03:36,258 ♪ Oh happy day ♪ 54 00:03:36,291 --> 00:03:37,560 Oh, come on! 55 00:03:37,593 --> 00:03:38,594 Yes? 56 00:03:38,628 --> 00:03:40,161 -Yes, yes. -Yes! 57 00:03:40,195 --> 00:03:42,264 We will do an awful lot of God's work. 58 00:03:42,297 --> 00:03:43,599 Oh, happy day. 59 00:03:43,633 --> 00:03:44,800 Happy day. 60 00:03:44,834 --> 00:03:46,769 Whoo! 61 00:03:46,802 --> 00:03:49,170 ♪ Oh happy day ♪ 62 00:03:49,204 --> 00:03:51,340 ♪ Singing oh happy day ♪ 63 00:03:51,374 --> 00:03:52,475 ♪ Oh happy day ♪ 64 00:03:52,508 --> 00:03:54,810 ♪ Oh happy happy day ♪ 65 00:03:54,844 --> 00:03:56,779 ♪ Oh happy day ♪ 66 00:03:56,812 --> 00:03:59,448 ♪ Oh happy happy day ♪ 67 00:03:59,482 --> 00:04:00,750 ♪ Oh happy day ♪ 68 00:04:02,318 --> 00:04:03,553 ♪ Whoo ♪ 69 00:04:03,586 --> 00:04:07,790 ♪ Oh happy day ♪ 70 00:04:07,823 --> 00:04:13,161 ♪ Oh happy day ♪ 71 00:04:13,194 --> 00:04:14,630 Who told you that? 72 00:04:14,664 --> 00:04:16,332 Buck? Cecil? 73 00:04:16,365 --> 00:04:18,834 You talk to Hawkins himself? 74 00:04:18,868 --> 00:04:21,671 "Oh, Happy Day" sold over seven million records. 75 00:04:21,704 --> 00:04:24,574 It even won us a Grammy. Hmm. 76 00:04:26,475 --> 00:04:28,411 Alright. The choir wasn't actually there 77 00:04:28,444 --> 00:04:30,713 when I got arrived. I didn't get up the stage 78 00:04:30,746 --> 00:04:32,748 and perform the song, but you know what? 79 00:04:32,782 --> 00:04:34,282 I could have. 80 00:04:34,317 --> 00:04:37,486 Hell of a lot more fun to tell it that way, though. 81 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,889 You realize that that's gonna be the problem 82 00:04:39,922 --> 00:04:41,657 with all these stories, right? 83 00:04:41,691 --> 00:04:44,594 Listen. I'm not... I'm not sayig that people are gonna be lying. 84 00:04:44,627 --> 00:04:46,161 It's just... Okay. 85 00:04:46,194 --> 00:04:48,464 Well, some of them might be. 86 00:04:48,497 --> 00:04:49,865 It's just that memories, 87 00:04:49,899 --> 00:04:51,834 memories are complicated, you know. 88 00:04:51,867 --> 00:04:53,636 We remember what we wanna remember. 89 00:04:54,770 --> 00:04:56,772 And we forget what we need to forget. 90 00:05:02,345 --> 00:05:04,680 To be at the heart of something as impossibly successful 91 00:05:04,714 --> 00:05:05,781 as what we had... 92 00:05:05,815 --> 00:05:07,883 Gladys Knight, the Isley Brothers, 93 00:05:07,917 --> 00:05:11,487 Bill Withers, Parliament, the Village People, Kiss, 94 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:12,388 and Donna... 95 00:05:12,421 --> 00:05:14,624 it's... How do you expect me to tell you 96 00:05:14,657 --> 00:05:16,525 how all that really happened? 97 00:05:18,226 --> 00:05:20,195 Couple guys broke as we were 98 00:05:20,228 --> 00:05:22,698 to making over $100 million a year. 99 00:05:23,933 --> 00:05:25,901 I mean, first, you'd have to understand our crew, 100 00:05:25,935 --> 00:05:28,537 because there was just no one else ever like them. 101 00:05:29,538 --> 00:05:30,940 Cecil was my best friend. 102 00:05:30,973 --> 00:05:33,241 He was also a record executive who loved the artists 103 00:05:33,274 --> 00:05:34,910 and the music even more than the business, 104 00:05:34,944 --> 00:05:36,579 and the artists themselves... Oh, my God. 105 00:05:36,612 --> 00:05:38,848 They sure loved him... and trusted him, 106 00:05:38,881 --> 00:05:40,816 more than they ever trusted me. 107 00:05:40,850 --> 00:05:41,751 Larry was a music fan 108 00:05:41,784 --> 00:05:43,786 long before he ever became an executive. 109 00:05:43,819 --> 00:05:45,220 It was why he was so effective 110 00:05:45,253 --> 00:05:46,822 staying out on the road with the bands. 111 00:05:46,856 --> 00:05:48,324 He was also my cousin, 112 00:05:48,357 --> 00:05:52,260 and all great business is family. 113 00:05:52,293 --> 00:05:55,798 Buck had been a short-order cook before he married Nancy. 114 00:05:55,831 --> 00:05:57,533 Our PR man, he was the connection guy 115 00:05:57,566 --> 00:05:59,435 who could convince just about anyone 116 00:05:59,468 --> 00:06:01,537 to do just about anything. 117 00:06:02,538 --> 00:06:03,439 And Nancy. 118 00:06:03,472 --> 00:06:06,542 God. Every DJ and radio program director 119 00:06:06,575 --> 00:06:08,577 just loved Nance. 120 00:06:08,611 --> 00:06:09,645 She was our secret weapon, 121 00:06:09,679 --> 00:06:12,448 getting our music on the air and into your lives. 122 00:06:12,481 --> 00:06:15,317 She was also my wife's sister. 123 00:06:16,719 --> 00:06:18,988 Beth was, um... 124 00:06:19,021 --> 00:06:21,256 Well, she was the first person who ever believed 125 00:06:21,289 --> 00:06:23,492 my dreams could be more than just dreams. 126 00:06:23,526 --> 00:06:26,261 She was the first one to ever truly believe in me. 127 00:06:27,596 --> 00:06:29,432 And Joyce... 128 00:06:29,465 --> 00:06:32,568 You know, I may have met her as Kiss's manager, but... 129 00:06:32,601 --> 00:06:34,837 well, we'll get to Joyce. 130 00:06:34,870 --> 00:06:37,740 Just... give me a little time. 131 00:06:39,475 --> 00:06:42,277 Look. I know that we've been blamed for a lot of bad things 132 00:06:42,311 --> 00:06:43,446 that happened, and I'm not saying 133 00:06:43,479 --> 00:06:46,315 it's not sex, drugs, and rock and roll, because it was. 134 00:06:46,348 --> 00:06:48,484 It's just, it was sex before it was deadly, you know? 135 00:06:48,517 --> 00:06:50,519 And finding out who wasn't doing drugs would be 136 00:06:50,553 --> 00:06:53,789 a hell of a lot harder story for you to tell. 137 00:06:53,823 --> 00:06:56,492 But if what you're after is the truth 138 00:06:56,525 --> 00:06:58,761 of not just what happened but how it happened, 139 00:06:58,794 --> 00:07:00,996 then, you know, you're just gonna have to believe 140 00:07:01,030 --> 00:07:04,834 all of it, because every single bit of it 141 00:07:04,867 --> 00:07:06,402 was true. 142 00:07:08,037 --> 00:07:10,271 Even the parts that weren't. 143 00:07:10,305 --> 00:07:13,876 ♪ Everybody everywhere ♪ 144 00:07:13,909 --> 00:07:17,480 Los Angeles, February 18, 1974. 145 00:07:17,513 --> 00:07:19,782 There's a hell of a lot that comes before that night, 146 00:07:19,815 --> 00:07:21,016 but the story you want to hear, 147 00:07:21,050 --> 00:07:23,486 well, this is where it all really begins. 148 00:07:23,519 --> 00:07:26,355 Having moved out to California only two months before, 149 00:07:26,388 --> 00:07:28,357 we were throwing the biggest party Los Angeles 150 00:07:28,390 --> 00:07:30,626 had ever thrown, to launch Casablanca Records, 151 00:07:30,659 --> 00:07:32,628 the biggest independent record label 152 00:07:32,661 --> 00:07:34,063 anyone had ever launched. 153 00:07:34,096 --> 00:07:35,765 Absolutely I am. hit me. 154 00:07:35,798 --> 00:07:37,633 And we only had one band to do it with, 155 00:07:37,666 --> 00:07:41,437 and they were... well, they were, uh, different. 156 00:07:41,470 --> 00:07:42,303 I think this was a mistake. 157 00:07:42,338 --> 00:07:44,373 We should not let them go on tonight. 158 00:07:44,406 --> 00:07:46,675 -Bill, it's gonna be great. -Yeah? For who? Him or us? 159 00:07:46,709 --> 00:07:48,844 Are you really gonna put those guys up there 160 00:07:48,878 --> 00:07:51,647 wearing those stupid costumes and that stupid makeup? 161 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:52,982 It's who they are, Joe. 162 00:07:53,015 --> 00:07:54,617 Nobody knows who they are yet. 163 00:07:54,650 --> 00:07:56,786 You know, I got friends at Warner Brothers, 164 00:07:56,819 --> 00:07:57,853 and people are talking. 165 00:07:57,887 --> 00:08:00,322 And they're not talking the way you want to hear. 166 00:08:00,356 --> 00:08:02,992 You know what they're not talking about, Joey? Huh? 167 00:08:03,025 --> 00:08:05,594 Shit that doesn't scare them. 168 00:08:05,628 --> 00:08:08,364 -Nelly, we're ready. -Yeah. Or excite them! 169 00:08:08,397 --> 00:08:11,801 Or make 'em want to dance or laugh or fuck or cry 170 00:08:11,834 --> 00:08:13,602 or fucking matter at all. 171 00:08:13,636 --> 00:08:15,905 Thank you, because the fact that people are talking, 172 00:08:15,938 --> 00:08:17,373 that's music to my ears. 173 00:08:17,406 --> 00:08:19,842 And you really spent all the three million dollars 174 00:08:19,875 --> 00:08:22,044 Warners gave you as an advance? 175 00:08:22,077 --> 00:08:23,779 Actually, I spent four million. 176 00:08:23,813 --> 00:08:24,647 Show time, Neil. 177 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,549 Ooh, sounds like they're playing my song. 178 00:08:26,582 --> 00:08:28,818 Yeah, well, just remember, the house always wins, 179 00:08:28,851 --> 00:08:30,486 even against you. 180 00:08:30,519 --> 00:08:32,621 -You wanna bet? -I bet they suck. 181 00:08:32,655 --> 00:08:33,622 Uh-huh. 182 00:08:38,594 --> 00:08:39,562 Mwah. 183 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,437 Hello. So, I had a thought... 184 00:08:48,470 --> 00:08:50,639 on my way over here tonight. 185 00:08:50,673 --> 00:08:53,576 I thought to myself, "What the hell am I doing 186 00:08:53,609 --> 00:08:55,711 in Humphrey Bogart's actual suit?" 187 00:08:57,613 --> 00:09:00,049 Poor kid from the Brooklyn projects, 188 00:09:00,082 --> 00:09:01,450 son of a postman. 189 00:09:01,483 --> 00:09:03,385 Oh, stand up, Pops. Pops. 190 00:09:03,419 --> 00:09:04,653 -There he is. -Thank you. Thank you. 191 00:09:04,687 --> 00:09:07,857 -Oh, sure. Take a bow. Why not? -Learned everything from me. 192 00:09:07,890 --> 00:09:08,924 Bad stuff from his mother. 193 00:09:10,159 --> 00:09:11,961 Hell of a long trip from Brooklyn, huh? 194 00:09:11,994 --> 00:09:13,462 Not so far, kid. 195 00:09:14,163 --> 00:09:16,031 Dreams... 196 00:09:16,065 --> 00:09:19,001 only come true for those who believe in them. 197 00:09:19,034 --> 00:09:21,437 So, tonight, to celebrate the launch 198 00:09:21,470 --> 00:09:24,773 of the biggest independent record label in history, 199 00:09:24,807 --> 00:09:28,677 we thought we'd share some of our dreams with you. 200 00:09:28,711 --> 00:09:31,146 So, you may have heard them on the radio, 201 00:09:31,180 --> 00:09:33,616 but after what you're about to experience tonight, 202 00:09:33,649 --> 00:09:35,651 you're never gonna forget these guys. 203 00:09:35,684 --> 00:09:37,152 So, put your two lips together 204 00:09:37,186 --> 00:09:40,689 for the hottest band in the world, KISS! 205 00:09:45,628 --> 00:09:47,162 Yeah, yeah, yeah, that way. 206 00:09:47,196 --> 00:09:49,798 - Hello, Los Angeles! - Ah! 207 00:09:49,832 --> 00:09:52,635 - How we feeling tonight? - Yeah, good. More. 208 00:09:54,236 --> 00:09:56,038 ♪ Well the night's begun ♪ 209 00:09:56,071 --> 00:09:57,706 ♪ And you want some fun ♪ 210 00:09:57,740 --> 00:09:59,909 ♪ Do you think you're gonna find it? ♪ 211 00:09:59,942 --> 00:10:01,777 ♪ Think you're gonna find it ♪ 212 00:10:01,810 --> 00:10:04,647 ♪ You got to treat yourself like number one ♪ 213 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:06,582 ♪ Do you need to be reminded? ♪ 214 00:10:06,615 --> 00:10:08,584 ♪ Need to be reminded? ♪ 215 00:10:08,617 --> 00:10:11,620 ♪ It doesn't matter what you do or say ♪ 216 00:10:11,654 --> 00:10:14,790 ♪ Just forget the things that you've been told ♪ 217 00:10:16,025 --> 00:10:18,594 ♪ We can't do it any other way ♪ 218 00:10:18,627 --> 00:10:22,164 ♪ Everybody's got to rock and roll ♪ 219 00:10:22,197 --> 00:10:24,833 ♪ Whoa, whoa ♪ 220 00:10:24,867 --> 00:10:27,069 ♪ Shout it, shout it ♪ 221 00:10:27,102 --> 00:10:30,572 ♪ Shout it out loud ♪ 222 00:10:30,606 --> 00:10:31,341 Yeah! 223 00:10:31,374 --> 00:10:34,076 ♪ Shout it, shout it ♪ 224 00:10:34,109 --> 00:10:35,110 ♪ Shout it out loud ♪ 225 00:10:37,146 --> 00:10:38,681 You know, Kiss may have been 226 00:10:38,714 --> 00:10:40,582 unlike anything anyone had ever seen, 227 00:10:40,616 --> 00:10:41,750 but I could see them. 228 00:10:43,852 --> 00:10:44,787 I could see it all. 229 00:11:27,663 --> 00:11:29,665 Performance was great. I just, um... 230 00:11:29,698 --> 00:11:31,633 you know, forgot about the smoke. 231 00:11:35,671 --> 00:11:36,905 And the fire alarm. 232 00:11:38,941 --> 00:11:40,642 And the sprinklers. 233 00:11:40,676 --> 00:11:43,012 ♪ Shout it, shout it ♪ 234 00:11:43,045 --> 00:11:44,680 ♪ Shout it out loud ♪ 235 00:11:44,713 --> 00:11:46,015 Oh, shit! 236 00:11:47,282 --> 00:11:48,250 ♪ Shout it, shout it ♪ 237 00:11:48,283 --> 00:11:50,152 Guys, don't stop playing. 238 00:11:50,185 --> 00:11:51,920 ♪ Shout it out loud ♪ 239 00:11:55,124 --> 00:11:57,159 ♪ Shout it, shout it ♪ 240 00:11:57,192 --> 00:11:58,727 ♪ Shout it out loud ♪ 241 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:07,569 You fucking kidding me? 242 00:12:08,338 --> 00:12:13,075 Alright. Guys. Guys. Guys. 243 00:12:13,108 --> 00:12:15,077 I knew they were gonna suck. 244 00:12:15,110 --> 00:12:16,945 Kiss my ass. 245 00:12:19,615 --> 00:12:21,683 It's not your fault, guys. 246 00:12:21,717 --> 00:12:22,818 They don't understand art. 247 00:12:22,851 --> 00:12:24,253 Just be careful around the water. 248 00:12:24,286 --> 00:12:26,188 -I fucking warned you! -Don't touch anything. 249 00:12:26,221 --> 00:12:27,222 -Neil! -Don't touch... 250 00:12:27,256 --> 00:12:28,223 Don't electrocute... 251 00:12:28,257 --> 00:12:30,626 - Paul, please. - Paul. Paul, come on. 252 00:12:30,659 --> 00:12:35,365 Just like that... the night it all began... 253 00:12:35,398 --> 00:12:36,865 we were finished. 254 00:12:46,308 --> 00:12:47,676 You okay? 255 00:12:53,849 --> 00:12:56,218 You made it rain inside, Daddy. 256 00:12:56,251 --> 00:12:58,187 Do another trick. 257 00:12:58,220 --> 00:12:59,855 I'm working on it, honey. 258 00:12:59,888 --> 00:13:02,224 I'll get Jill home to Beth and the boys. 259 00:13:02,257 --> 00:13:04,226 Just tell her I'll be home soon. 260 00:13:04,259 --> 00:13:06,662 But you promised we'd dance, Daddy! 261 00:13:08,997 --> 00:13:10,732 You bet I did. 262 00:13:10,766 --> 00:13:12,801 Prettiest girl in all the world. 263 00:13:59,047 --> 00:14:02,151 I had worked my whole life leading up to that night, 264 00:14:02,184 --> 00:14:05,187 but KISS was dead the moment they took that stage. 265 00:14:05,220 --> 00:14:06,255 The town just hated them. 266 00:14:16,332 --> 00:14:17,966 About the time I got home to Beth, 267 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,936 even she had heard what a disaster it had been. 268 00:14:20,969 --> 00:14:21,870 From the day I married her, 269 00:14:21,904 --> 00:14:24,806 she always knew the truth I was hiding. 270 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,143 She just... didn't always admit it. 271 00:14:28,177 --> 00:14:29,445 Hey, you okay? 272 00:14:29,479 --> 00:14:31,813 Your sister tell you what happened tonight? 273 00:14:32,415 --> 00:14:34,450 Yeah. 274 00:14:34,484 --> 00:14:36,486 Even with everything that had happened 275 00:14:36,519 --> 00:14:38,454 along the way, 276 00:14:38,488 --> 00:14:40,789 we'd still always been better together. 277 00:15:06,982 --> 00:15:09,051 They, uh, say the biggest sin of a record man 278 00:15:09,084 --> 00:15:11,220 is believing in something because you have to, 279 00:15:11,253 --> 00:15:13,423 not because you do. 280 00:15:13,456 --> 00:15:15,391 But I had believed in Kiss, 281 00:15:15,425 --> 00:15:17,859 and I knew what Casablanca could be. 282 00:15:17,893 --> 00:15:19,362 ♪ Get yourself together ♪ 283 00:15:19,395 --> 00:15:21,863 But after the party, the town was already celebrating 284 00:15:21,897 --> 00:15:23,899 the death of Casablanca. 285 00:15:25,067 --> 00:15:26,868 Hello, Casablanca. 286 00:15:26,902 --> 00:15:27,970 Not that that was gonna stop us. 287 00:15:28,003 --> 00:15:30,373 Mark Parenteau, WABX! Kiss just got added 288 00:15:30,406 --> 00:15:31,840 to regular rotation in Detroit. 289 00:15:31,873 --> 00:15:33,976 Nance, you paid off Mark to do that, didn't you? 290 00:15:34,009 --> 00:15:35,311 Of course I did. 291 00:15:35,345 --> 00:15:36,912 Mwah! Love this woman. 292 00:15:36,945 --> 00:15:38,947 Mo Ostin at Warners needs you to call him back. 293 00:15:38,981 --> 00:15:40,782 -Of course he does. -He called six times. 294 00:15:40,816 --> 00:15:43,252 Of course he did. 295 00:15:43,285 --> 00:15:44,354 Hey, Cec! 296 00:15:44,387 --> 00:15:46,389 Hey. Bill called. 297 00:15:46,422 --> 00:15:48,156 Gene and Paul are demanding a meeting. 298 00:15:48,190 --> 00:15:50,259 Oh. Just tell them to get ready for the tour. 299 00:15:50,292 --> 00:15:52,462 -You got KISS a tour? -No, but you're gonna do it. 300 00:15:52,495 --> 00:15:53,696 Just find 'em a headliner 301 00:15:53,730 --> 00:15:55,931 that's not gonna be intimidated by them as an opening act. 302 00:15:55,964 --> 00:15:58,100 New artist from Giorgio. He'll be expecting a yes. 303 00:15:58,133 --> 00:16:00,269 - Scotty! You listen to this yet? - Ah, yeah, 304 00:16:00,302 --> 00:16:03,005 but they're Giorgio, you know? They're different. 305 00:16:03,038 --> 00:16:05,007 -How different? -After last night, 306 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:06,041 too different. 307 00:16:06,074 --> 00:16:08,043 Last night went exactly as we expected, 308 00:16:08,076 --> 00:16:09,479 and that includes the sprinklers. 309 00:16:09,512 --> 00:16:12,147 - All set. - Like hell it did. 310 00:16:24,327 --> 00:16:29,465 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 311 00:16:29,499 --> 00:16:33,935 Her voice just... cut right through me. 312 00:16:33,969 --> 00:16:36,038 ♪ You layin' so close to me ♪ 313 00:16:36,071 --> 00:16:38,441 ♪ There's no place I'd rather you be ♪ 314 00:16:38,474 --> 00:16:41,043 ♪ Then with me here ♪ 315 00:16:41,076 --> 00:16:43,446 ♪ Ooh I ♪ 316 00:16:43,479 --> 00:16:45,548 ♪ Love to love you baby ♪ 317 00:16:45,581 --> 00:16:47,049 Play that again. 318 00:16:47,082 --> 00:16:51,521 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 319 00:16:51,554 --> 00:16:56,359 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 320 00:16:56,392 --> 00:16:59,194 ♪ Do it to me again and again ♪ 321 00:16:59,227 --> 00:17:01,464 Yeah. Get me Giorgio. 322 00:17:03,499 --> 00:17:06,001 He's ready for you, Mr. Moroder. 323 00:17:06,034 --> 00:17:08,870 Sorry I missed it, your party. 324 00:17:08,904 --> 00:17:10,072 I spoke to Cess-ull. 325 00:17:10,105 --> 00:17:11,940 -Cee-sull. -You have no money. 326 00:17:11,973 --> 00:17:13,643 Ha-ha. Well, there's always money, Giorgio, 327 00:17:13,676 --> 00:17:15,110 if you know where to find it. 328 00:17:15,143 --> 00:17:17,380 Listen. Those new songs of yours were different. 329 00:17:17,413 --> 00:17:19,081 The eighth and the sixteenth notes, 330 00:17:19,114 --> 00:17:21,249 that open hi-hat on the down-beat. 331 00:17:23,386 --> 00:17:24,487 That's new. It makes you move. 332 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:25,921 Mm-hmm. 333 00:17:25,954 --> 00:17:28,256 Where did you find that voice? 334 00:17:28,290 --> 00:17:30,092 An American girl. 335 00:17:30,125 --> 00:17:32,662 She does the musicals in Munich. 336 00:17:32,695 --> 00:17:34,564 LaDonna Gaines. 337 00:17:34,597 --> 00:17:36,532 Gaines. Gaines. 338 00:17:36,566 --> 00:17:39,000 Her first husband's name was Sommer. 339 00:17:39,034 --> 00:17:40,670 Everything is hotter in summer. 340 00:17:40,703 --> 00:17:43,205 An Italian from Germany writing in English. 341 00:17:43,238 --> 00:17:45,173 You know what? Maybe we pretend she's German. 342 00:17:45,207 --> 00:17:46,642 I never could figure out his accent. 343 00:17:46,676 --> 00:17:49,177 What? Neil, you can't afford to buy my music. 344 00:17:49,211 --> 00:17:50,613 I may not have been at your party, 345 00:17:50,646 --> 00:17:52,315 but I could read. Even English. 346 00:17:52,348 --> 00:17:54,650 The party was to announce that we're open for business, 347 00:17:54,684 --> 00:17:56,586 and now, we're on the cover of everything. 348 00:17:56,619 --> 00:17:57,754 Because they say you're finished. 349 00:17:57,787 --> 00:18:00,390 That's 'cause they don't know what starting looks like, 350 00:18:00,423 --> 00:18:05,160 Giorgio. Now, I don't want your music for our label, okay? 351 00:18:05,193 --> 00:18:10,366 I want it for yours. Oasis through Casablanca. 352 00:18:11,701 --> 00:18:14,302 You let them write about that. 353 00:18:14,337 --> 00:18:17,139 Giorgio, why don't we take a look at some artwork? 354 00:18:19,207 --> 00:18:21,943 Good old flash paper trick, huh? 355 00:18:21,977 --> 00:18:25,280 Oh! Nelly, Warners wants to bleed us to death. 356 00:18:25,314 --> 00:18:28,083 I snuck a tape recorder into their little sales meeting. 357 00:18:28,116 --> 00:18:30,152 They wanna kill KISS to kill us. 358 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:32,688 Hello, Casablanca. 359 00:18:32,722 --> 00:18:34,357 Neil, I think you're overreacting. 360 00:18:34,390 --> 00:18:36,359 Oh, really? So you're telling me that Bruce here 361 00:18:36,392 --> 00:18:38,528 did not tell your teams not to push our records? 362 00:18:38,561 --> 00:18:40,329 Bruce, the boys have concerns 363 00:18:40,363 --> 00:18:42,432 about how we're handling Casablanca. 364 00:18:42,465 --> 00:18:45,100 Actually, Brucie, the boys here are concerned 365 00:18:45,133 --> 00:18:47,102 that you might be a spineless little cocksucker. 366 00:18:47,135 --> 00:18:49,171 -Oh, yeah. That's also true. -Well, we don't have 367 00:18:49,204 --> 00:18:51,039 any actual proof about the cock-sucking. 368 00:18:51,072 --> 00:18:53,308 But we all know, and no one here's gonna judge you, Bruce. 369 00:18:53,342 --> 00:18:55,611 -Fuck you, and fuck you! -You see that, Mo? 370 00:18:55,645 --> 00:18:57,713 He's trying to fuck me. I don't blame him. 371 00:18:57,747 --> 00:18:59,415 Nobody gives a shit about KISS. 372 00:18:59,449 --> 00:19:01,617 -Were you not at the party? -This ain't got a damn thing 373 00:19:01,651 --> 00:19:03,151 to do about the party, and you know it. 374 00:19:03,185 --> 00:19:04,286 Oh, you're right about that. 375 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,355 It's about the fact that they can't cut a radio hit. 376 00:19:06,389 --> 00:19:08,724 Their bullshit stage tricks make them a fucking joke, 377 00:19:08,758 --> 00:19:11,059 not an act. That's why their record's not selling. 378 00:19:11,092 --> 00:19:12,762 I wanna play you a little something 379 00:19:12,795 --> 00:19:14,330 from our newest record. 380 00:19:14,363 --> 00:19:16,064 You're an asshole, Bruce. 381 00:19:16,097 --> 00:19:18,501 Mo, just take a listen. It's got a hell of a hook. 382 00:19:20,168 --> 00:19:22,070 We don't promote KISS 383 00:19:22,103 --> 00:19:23,271 or any Casablanca records. 384 00:19:23,305 --> 00:19:25,475 We don't push 'em, they can't sell 'em, 385 00:19:25,508 --> 00:19:26,576 and that's how we end 'em. 386 00:19:26,609 --> 00:19:29,144 Fuckin' bleed 'em to death. 387 00:19:29,177 --> 00:19:33,081 - You fucking recorded me? - Don't touch me. 388 00:19:33,114 --> 00:19:35,418 -My wife got me that table. -He fucking touched me, man. 389 00:19:35,451 --> 00:19:38,086 What the fuck? This is fucking Warner Brothers, 390 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,021 not some fucking New York back alley 391 00:19:40,055 --> 00:19:41,089 you just crawled out of, assholes! 392 00:19:41,122 --> 00:19:43,258 You messed with our business, Bruce, and nobody, 393 00:19:43,291 --> 00:19:46,061 fucking nobody, messes with our business, 394 00:19:46,094 --> 00:19:47,630 -not even you, Mo. -What the hell 395 00:19:47,663 --> 00:19:49,297 do you really want? 396 00:19:49,332 --> 00:19:51,801 Huh? You didn't come all the way over here 397 00:19:51,834 --> 00:19:53,669 just to beat up Bruce. 398 00:19:53,703 --> 00:19:55,036 -I did. -No. 399 00:19:57,473 --> 00:19:59,408 We want out. 400 00:19:59,442 --> 00:20:02,612 -From our distribution? -Fucking everything, all of it. 401 00:20:02,645 --> 00:20:07,249 You're broke. 402 00:20:07,282 --> 00:20:10,051 The whole town knows it. What are you gonna do? 403 00:20:10,085 --> 00:20:11,521 Go door to door across the country, 404 00:20:11,554 --> 00:20:13,789 selling your records yourselves? 405 00:20:13,823 --> 00:20:15,257 You'll never survive without us. 406 00:20:15,290 --> 00:20:18,260 No. We'll never survive with you. 407 00:20:18,293 --> 00:20:20,195 You're gonna remember this fucking meeting. 408 00:20:20,228 --> 00:20:23,265 No, and... and not with a fucking smile. 409 00:20:23,298 --> 00:20:26,167 So, bill me for your table and have a nice fucking day. 410 00:20:27,436 --> 00:20:30,806 Hey. You do know no one's ever done this before? 411 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,542 Because no one's ever tried before. 412 00:20:35,511 --> 00:20:37,580 Launching our own distribution, we weren't 413 00:20:37,613 --> 00:20:40,282 just going up against Warners. We were waging an all-out war 414 00:20:40,316 --> 00:20:42,451 against all the majors at once. 415 00:20:43,586 --> 00:20:45,220 But if we were gonna survive, 416 00:20:45,253 --> 00:20:46,822 we absolutely needed a hit, 417 00:20:46,856 --> 00:20:51,327 which meant we absolutely needed something new. 418 00:20:53,329 --> 00:20:56,264 LaDonna Adrian Gaines may have been born in Boston, 419 00:20:56,298 --> 00:20:58,166 but her dreams had landed her in Germany, 420 00:20:58,199 --> 00:21:00,168 which is where her story with us really begins. 421 00:21:00,201 --> 00:21:02,270 -You're late. -I'm as early as I could be. 422 00:21:02,304 --> 00:21:03,773 He's releasing the song in America, 423 00:21:03,806 --> 00:21:05,441 and I mean right away. 424 00:21:05,474 --> 00:21:07,510 What? We haven't even recorded the real song yet. 425 00:21:07,543 --> 00:21:09,645 -It's just a demo. -When I'm done with the mix, 426 00:21:09,679 --> 00:21:11,647 no one will care. 427 00:21:11,681 --> 00:21:13,649 I'll care. 428 00:21:16,485 --> 00:21:19,154 Uh, you gave him control over how I look? 429 00:21:19,187 --> 00:21:21,490 He creates an image, a story. It's what he does. 430 00:21:21,524 --> 00:21:23,726 Well, don't you think he should at least meet the real me 431 00:21:23,759 --> 00:21:27,195 before he decides there needs to be a fake one created? 432 00:21:27,228 --> 00:21:30,866 LaDonna, your daughter is asleep in the hallway 433 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:33,336 instead of a bedroom all her own, dreaming 434 00:21:33,369 --> 00:21:36,505 a sweeter dream than you could ever provide her alone. 435 00:21:36,539 --> 00:21:39,475 You will never get another chance like this. 436 00:21:39,508 --> 00:21:40,476 Sign it. 437 00:21:44,914 --> 00:21:48,517 They... they legally changed my name? 438 00:21:48,551 --> 00:21:50,353 He changed his, too. 439 00:21:50,386 --> 00:21:51,621 He was right. I had. 440 00:21:51,654 --> 00:21:54,523 And not just once. 441 00:21:56,191 --> 00:21:58,293 I was actually born Neil Bogatz, 442 00:21:58,327 --> 00:22:00,228 growing up in the Glenwood projects 443 00:22:00,261 --> 00:22:01,897 of Brooklyn, New York. 444 00:22:01,931 --> 00:22:04,800 Alright, Neil. What else do you want? 445 00:22:07,937 --> 00:22:09,270 All of it. 446 00:22:10,473 --> 00:22:12,240 By the time I was eight years old, 447 00:22:12,273 --> 00:22:13,909 I already knew that the life that I wanted 448 00:22:13,943 --> 00:22:16,345 was far, far away from here. 449 00:22:30,860 --> 00:22:33,329 Please. I swear! 450 00:22:33,362 --> 00:22:34,463 You hear that, kid? 451 00:22:34,497 --> 00:22:37,298 Your pops says he swears this time! 452 00:22:49,378 --> 00:22:50,680 You dropped your egg cream. 453 00:22:52,014 --> 00:22:53,749 We'll get you a refill. 454 00:23:03,492 --> 00:23:04,627 Are we poor, Pop? 455 00:23:04,660 --> 00:23:05,628 What? 456 00:23:07,930 --> 00:23:10,231 What you worried about? Huh? 457 00:23:10,966 --> 00:23:13,602 Hey, money's easy. 458 00:23:13,636 --> 00:23:14,970 You can always find money. 459 00:23:15,004 --> 00:23:16,772 A person's got to know what to do with it. 460 00:23:16,806 --> 00:23:18,306 That's what counts. 461 00:23:18,941 --> 00:23:21,310 Do you know what to do with it? 462 00:23:21,343 --> 00:23:23,913 Because it's not here. 463 00:23:26,048 --> 00:23:27,917 Do me a favor, boychik. 464 00:23:27,950 --> 00:23:31,320 Look at all these people, huh? 465 00:23:31,353 --> 00:23:33,723 Now, you got a choice. You can live in a four-color world 466 00:23:33,756 --> 00:23:35,891 or one in black and white like all these schmucks 467 00:23:35,925 --> 00:23:37,493 too terrified to dream of a world 468 00:23:37,526 --> 00:23:40,196 outside of our four shitty blocks. 469 00:23:41,697 --> 00:23:43,231 Eh, not me. 470 00:23:43,999 --> 00:23:45,868 I know what to do with it. 471 00:23:45,901 --> 00:23:47,770 I'm gonna get us the hell out of here. 472 00:23:48,938 --> 00:23:51,239 Hey. I promise you. 473 00:23:52,508 --> 00:23:55,578 Just... need a little more tim. 474 00:23:55,611 --> 00:23:57,012 That's all. 475 00:24:04,453 --> 00:24:06,355 Neil, you got all the machines going. 476 00:24:06,388 --> 00:24:08,591 It saves my time, Mrs. Finkelstein. 477 00:24:08,624 --> 00:24:10,626 If I leave these with you, you'll put them in 478 00:24:10,659 --> 00:24:11,961 when you're done? 479 00:24:11,994 --> 00:24:13,662 I'll give you five cents. 480 00:24:14,663 --> 00:24:16,365 Ten cents. 481 00:24:16,398 --> 00:24:17,566 Saves your time. 482 00:24:19,969 --> 00:24:21,302 You better fold them. 483 00:24:21,337 --> 00:24:22,905 - Let's go! - Within a month, 484 00:24:22,938 --> 00:24:24,707 I had 40 kids working the neighborhood. 485 00:24:24,740 --> 00:24:26,809 Here's how it's gonna go. I'm gonna assign... 486 00:24:26,842 --> 00:24:30,379 Within two, I was bringing in more than my dad. 487 00:24:30,412 --> 00:24:31,480 You know how it feels 488 00:24:31,514 --> 00:24:33,048 making more money than your father? 489 00:24:33,082 --> 00:24:35,818 Exactly how you think it does. 490 00:24:38,721 --> 00:24:42,391 By 1961, I had changed my name again to Neil Scott. 491 00:24:42,424 --> 00:24:45,361 I tried acting, playing the piano, even the sax, 492 00:24:45,394 --> 00:24:47,563 and while I always wanted to be a singer, 493 00:24:47,596 --> 00:24:50,900 it was as a dancer that I finally found the beat. 494 00:24:53,969 --> 00:24:56,872 My fiancée, Erminie McNulty, everybody. 495 00:24:59,875 --> 00:25:02,511 I am Neil Scott, your singer, your dance instructor, 496 00:25:02,545 --> 00:25:04,680 and anything else you need me to be tonight. 497 00:25:05,815 --> 00:25:08,717 But, uh, that's not why I'm telling you this part. 498 00:25:16,492 --> 00:25:17,493 Dance. 499 00:25:19,662 --> 00:25:21,997 Is that a statement or a question 500 00:25:22,031 --> 00:25:24,900 without the inflection at the end? 501 00:25:24,934 --> 00:25:26,035 Dance with me. 502 00:25:26,068 --> 00:25:29,038 We don't dance with the staff. 503 00:25:29,071 --> 00:25:30,539 Our parents own the hotel. 504 00:25:32,007 --> 00:25:34,577 Well, okay. Well, then I work for you. 505 00:25:34,610 --> 00:25:38,080 ♪ From within a dim light cast ♪ 506 00:25:38,113 --> 00:25:40,583 ♪ Two silhouettes on the shade ♪ 507 00:25:40,616 --> 00:25:43,986 ♪ Oh what a lovely couple ♪ 508 00:25:44,019 --> 00:25:46,622 ♪ They made ♪ 509 00:25:46,655 --> 00:25:50,459 ♪ Put his arms around your waist ♪ 510 00:25:50,492 --> 00:25:52,628 ♪ Held you tight ♪ 511 00:25:52,661 --> 00:25:56,665 ♪ Kisses I could almost taste ♪ 512 00:25:56,699 --> 00:25:58,601 ♪ In the night ♪ 513 00:25:58,634 --> 00:26:01,604 ♪ Wondered why I'm not the guy ♪ 514 00:26:01,637 --> 00:26:04,874 Where did you learn to dance like this? 515 00:26:04,907 --> 00:26:05,908 ♪ I couldn't hide ♪ 516 00:26:05,941 --> 00:26:06,675 My father. 517 00:26:06,709 --> 00:26:09,778 ♪ The tears in my eyes ♪ 518 00:26:09,812 --> 00:26:12,548 ♪ Silhouettes silhouettes silhouettes silhouettes ♪ 519 00:26:12,581 --> 00:26:14,717 So, you met your lawyer yet? 520 00:26:14,750 --> 00:26:16,752 Your doctor? 521 00:26:16,785 --> 00:26:19,088 Whoever your parents have already set up for you? 522 00:26:19,121 --> 00:26:20,623 ♪ Silhouettes silhouettes ♪ 523 00:26:20,656 --> 00:26:22,091 They'll never be able to compete. 524 00:26:22,124 --> 00:26:23,893 With you? 525 00:26:25,961 --> 00:26:26,929 With you. 526 00:26:30,666 --> 00:26:33,068 All this really the life that you want? 527 00:26:33,102 --> 00:26:35,170 When you're all alone and nobody's watching... 528 00:26:35,204 --> 00:26:36,872 ♪ Lost control and rang your bell ♪ 529 00:26:36,906 --> 00:26:38,707 ...lights are out... 530 00:26:38,741 --> 00:26:40,109 ♪ I was sore ♪ 531 00:26:40,142 --> 00:26:41,577 ...just about to fall asleep.. 532 00:26:41,610 --> 00:26:44,513 ♪ Let me in or else I'll beat ♪ 533 00:26:44,546 --> 00:26:45,514 ♪ Down your door ♪ 534 00:26:45,547 --> 00:26:47,049 ...what do you dream? 535 00:26:47,082 --> 00:26:50,085 ♪ When two strangers who had been ♪ 536 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:51,520 Dreams are for children. 537 00:26:51,553 --> 00:26:53,656 ♪ ...silhouettes on the shade ♪ 538 00:26:53,689 --> 00:26:55,057 You don't really believe that. 539 00:26:55,090 --> 00:26:56,692 ♪ You're on the wrong block ♪ 540 00:26:56,725 --> 00:26:58,727 Someone just told you you did. 541 00:26:58,761 --> 00:27:00,963 ♪ Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah ♪ 542 00:27:00,996 --> 00:27:05,067 ♪ Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah ♪ 543 00:27:05,100 --> 00:27:07,169 What do you dream of, Neil? 544 00:27:07,202 --> 00:27:09,972 Tonight... I'm gonna dream 545 00:27:10,005 --> 00:27:12,074 about how it feels dancing with you right now. 546 00:27:12,107 --> 00:27:14,476 ♪ Loved you like I never loved ♪ 547 00:27:14,510 --> 00:27:16,812 ♪ You my sweet ♪ 548 00:27:16,845 --> 00:27:20,482 ♪ Vowed that you and I would be ♪ 549 00:27:20,516 --> 00:27:23,152 ♪ Two silhouettes on the shade ♪ 550 00:27:23,185 --> 00:27:25,087 ♪ All of our days ♪ 551 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:28,090 ♪ Two silhouettes on the shade ♪ 552 00:27:28,123 --> 00:27:31,193 ♪ Silhouettes silhouettes silhouettes silhouettes ♪ 553 00:27:31,226 --> 00:27:35,264 ♪ Silhouettes silhouettes ah oh ♪ 554 00:27:35,297 --> 00:27:38,634 ♪ Two silhouettes ♪ 555 00:27:38,667 --> 00:27:40,903 With Beth, I finally felt everything was possible. 556 00:27:40,936 --> 00:27:44,239 All we had to decide was which dream came next. 557 00:27:47,810 --> 00:27:50,045 Yeah. No. The second verse still needs be pop-ier, 558 00:27:50,079 --> 00:27:51,080 right up into the break. 559 00:27:51,113 --> 00:27:52,681 ♪ Licorice ♪ 560 00:27:52,715 --> 00:27:54,717 And then boom! That, that is when they will swoon. 561 00:27:54,750 --> 00:27:57,052 -Who's gonna swoon? -The girls, Mr. Darnell, 562 00:27:57,086 --> 00:27:58,687 the ones actually buying the records. 563 00:27:58,721 --> 00:28:00,756 The girls buy records after the first take, Neil. 564 00:28:00,789 --> 00:28:02,224 -Trust me. -Let's just do it again. 565 00:28:02,257 --> 00:28:03,892 -I know I'm right about this. -How? 566 00:28:03,926 --> 00:28:05,594 Because I can hear it! 567 00:28:05,627 --> 00:28:07,162 Can't you? Come on! 568 00:28:10,733 --> 00:28:14,536 So, Murray-The-K does a monthly competition. 569 00:28:14,570 --> 00:28:16,271 He pits one new single against another. 570 00:28:16,305 --> 00:28:18,140 The one that comes out on top, 571 00:28:18,173 --> 00:28:20,609 he spins it 'til the grooves wear out. 572 00:28:20,642 --> 00:28:21,944 Well, okay. So, when do we start? 573 00:28:21,977 --> 00:28:25,647 Next month. This month, it's against Elvis. 574 00:28:25,681 --> 00:28:27,816 -Neil. -What? Bill, I know the contest. 575 00:28:27,850 --> 00:28:30,719 The... the call-in votes can only be local, right? 576 00:28:30,753 --> 00:28:32,287 -We can beat him! -No, you can't. 577 00:28:32,322 --> 00:28:33,889 Yes, we can! 578 00:28:33,922 --> 00:28:35,090 It's against Elvis! 579 00:28:36,225 --> 00:28:37,860 Presley, Neil. 580 00:28:41,997 --> 00:28:44,099 The votes are in! The game is won, 581 00:28:44,133 --> 00:28:45,901 and the hot new kid from Brooklyn 582 00:28:45,934 --> 00:28:47,302 just beat Elvis Presley! 583 00:28:47,337 --> 00:28:50,139 -We beat Elvis. -We beat Elvis! 584 00:28:50,172 --> 00:28:52,941 Oh, my God! Neil! 585 00:28:52,975 --> 00:28:57,880 ♪ My baby's kisses taste like candy ♪ 586 00:28:59,681 --> 00:29:01,950 ♪ Every time that her lips touch mine ♪ 587 00:29:01,984 --> 00:29:04,686 ♪ I don't want to stop ♪ 588 00:29:07,056 --> 00:29:09,058 ♪ Oh we can dream ♪ 589 00:29:09,091 --> 00:29:13,295 ♪ About our someday ♪ 590 00:29:13,329 --> 00:29:15,365 ♪ When I see my sugar ♪ 591 00:29:15,398 --> 00:29:19,802 ♪ Down at the candy shop ♪ 592 00:29:19,835 --> 00:29:21,270 ♪ She's the cherry on top ♪ 593 00:29:21,303 --> 00:29:24,073 ♪ My life was bittersweet ♪ 594 00:29:24,106 --> 00:29:26,376 ♪ Before her ♪ 595 00:29:26,409 --> 00:29:28,277 ♪ She's the cherry on top ♪ 596 00:29:28,311 --> 00:29:30,179 ♪ She floats my ice cream ♪ 597 00:29:30,212 --> 00:29:33,816 ♪ When she smiles ♪ 598 00:29:33,849 --> 00:29:35,284 ♪ She's the cherry on top ♪ 599 00:29:35,318 --> 00:29:38,821 ♪ I'm crazy for her lips ♪ 600 00:29:38,854 --> 00:29:43,725 ♪ Bright red like licorice ♪ 601 00:29:48,364 --> 00:29:51,900 Okay. So, where do we dream from here? 602 00:29:51,934 --> 00:29:53,102 This is Murray-The-K, WINS, 603 00:29:53,135 --> 00:29:56,339 where Neil Scott is the name you're gonna wanna remember! 604 00:29:56,372 --> 00:29:58,207 ♪ Uno, dos, one, two ♪ 605 00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:59,409 Yeah... 606 00:29:59,442 --> 00:30:01,411 As Neil Scott, I'd recorded two more songs 607 00:30:01,444 --> 00:30:02,845 for Portrait Records, 608 00:30:02,878 --> 00:30:05,080 but we'd made "Cherry On Top" a hit. 609 00:30:05,114 --> 00:30:06,882 It never made me one. 610 00:30:06,915 --> 00:30:08,117 One-hit wonder. 611 00:30:08,150 --> 00:30:10,152 Well, you know that story. 612 00:30:10,185 --> 00:30:11,354 Anyway, after a short stint 613 00:30:11,387 --> 00:30:13,922 as soft porn actor Wayne Stewart, 614 00:30:13,956 --> 00:30:16,426 which there's really no need to get into now, 615 00:30:16,459 --> 00:30:17,860 I'd become Wayne Roberts, 616 00:30:17,893 --> 00:30:20,195 freelancing for Fortune Employment, 617 00:30:20,229 --> 00:30:22,432 you know, getting other people jobs, 618 00:30:22,465 --> 00:30:23,966 when MGM Records called 619 00:30:23,999 --> 00:30:26,001 looking for someone to run record promotions. 620 00:30:26,034 --> 00:30:29,372 And well, fuck me if I didn't know just the guy. 621 00:30:30,839 --> 00:30:32,241 His name? 622 00:30:32,274 --> 00:30:34,410 You changed our names? 623 00:30:34,444 --> 00:30:36,044 After Humphrey Bogart? 624 00:30:36,078 --> 00:30:37,380 Here's lookin' at us, kid. 625 00:30:37,413 --> 00:30:40,416 Us? Does that mean I get a say in this? 626 00:30:40,450 --> 00:30:42,385 Yeah, of course. You get a say in everything. 627 00:30:42,418 --> 00:30:44,253 We'll take a vote. 628 00:30:44,286 --> 00:30:45,821 Did you really change our names? 629 00:30:45,854 --> 00:30:47,856 Well, you got to write down your vote. You know, 630 00:30:47,890 --> 00:30:49,291 who do you... who do you wanna be? 631 00:30:49,325 --> 00:30:51,093 I want to be me. 632 00:30:51,126 --> 00:30:54,163 Okay. Well, you got to... You gonna vote or not? 633 00:30:54,196 --> 00:30:56,798 You got to do the vote. You got to do the vote. 634 00:30:57,733 --> 00:30:59,001 -Ready? -Mm-hmm. 635 00:30:59,034 --> 00:31:01,904 Come on. Come on. Ooh. Bogatz. Bogart. Bogart! 636 00:31:01,937 --> 00:31:03,839 -I win! I get two votes! -Why? 637 00:31:03,872 --> 00:31:06,074 I get two votes, because I voted on that, too! 638 00:31:07,176 --> 00:31:08,844 Come on. Come on. 639 00:31:08,877 --> 00:31:11,347 It's finally the record business again, 640 00:31:11,381 --> 00:31:12,482 for real this time. 641 00:31:12,515 --> 00:31:14,049 For real this time? 642 00:31:14,082 --> 00:31:15,385 Yeah. For real. 643 00:31:15,418 --> 00:31:18,220 And what do we change after our names, huh? 644 00:31:18,253 --> 00:31:19,455 Huh? 645 00:31:19,489 --> 00:31:21,290 Everything. 646 00:31:21,324 --> 00:31:22,291 -Listen. -Neil. 647 00:31:22,325 --> 00:31:23,426 -You put this on the side. -Neil, how many... 648 00:31:23,459 --> 00:31:25,461 Put it down here. You put it up here. You got a big, 649 00:31:25,495 --> 00:31:27,463 -big, yellow sign... -I put what I want in my window, 650 00:31:27,497 --> 00:31:28,364 -Neil! -saying, "Come look 651 00:31:28,398 --> 00:31:29,499 -at my merchandise!" -How many times 652 00:31:29,532 --> 00:31:32,067 do I gotta tell you? I put what I want in my window! 653 00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:34,437 -Come on. It's a great song. -Neil, you just keep trying, 654 00:31:34,470 --> 00:31:36,004 -okay, buddy? -It's a great song. Okay. 655 00:31:36,038 --> 00:31:38,006 One week. One week. I take it down after one week. 656 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,209 -Then we put a new one up. -What are you gonna do for me? 657 00:31:40,242 --> 00:31:42,778 You're asking him to advertise your records. 658 00:31:42,811 --> 00:31:44,447 No. I'm asking him to put a couple posters up 659 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,114 in the window. It's not the same thing. 660 00:31:46,148 --> 00:31:48,817 It's exactly the same thing, except you're asking him 661 00:31:48,850 --> 00:31:50,819 -to do it for free. -Well, you know, MGM won't pay 662 00:31:50,852 --> 00:31:51,987 for local advertising. 663 00:31:52,020 --> 00:31:53,889 Who says you have to call it advertising? 664 00:31:53,922 --> 00:31:55,257 MGM won't pay for anything. 665 00:31:59,061 --> 00:32:01,196 Who says it has to come from them, huh? 666 00:32:01,230 --> 00:32:04,367 ♪ Wooly bully ♪ 667 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,201 ♪ Wooly bully ♪ 668 00:32:08,003 --> 00:32:09,838 ♪ Wooly bully, wooly bully ♪ 669 00:32:09,871 --> 00:32:11,773 -No. -I already voted. 670 00:32:11,807 --> 00:32:13,008 ♪ Wooly bully ♪ 671 00:32:13,041 --> 00:32:14,377 ♪ Watch it now, watch it ♪ 672 00:32:14,410 --> 00:32:17,012 And this is what comes next. 673 00:32:17,045 --> 00:32:19,014 ♪ You got it, you got it ♪ 674 00:32:19,047 --> 00:32:21,750 ♪ Yeah ♪ 675 00:32:22,418 --> 00:32:23,752 ♪ Yeah ♪ 676 00:32:25,455 --> 00:32:27,022 You're moving up in the world, Neil. 677 00:32:30,326 --> 00:32:32,395 I wasn't running promotions for a year 678 00:32:32,428 --> 00:32:33,895 before I was running it all. 679 00:32:34,963 --> 00:32:35,732 No. I... 680 00:32:38,066 --> 00:32:39,868 I'm running MGM Records, 681 00:32:39,901 --> 00:32:41,371 and I didn't even finish high school. 682 00:32:41,404 --> 00:32:42,705 ♪ Matty told Hatty ♪ 683 00:32:42,739 --> 00:32:45,907 And there's not a single person who ever did finish high school 684 00:32:45,941 --> 00:32:48,277 that could possibly be better at running MGM Records. 685 00:32:48,311 --> 00:32:50,912 ♪ Get you someone really ♪ 686 00:32:50,946 --> 00:32:53,148 ♪ To pull the wool with you ♪ 687 00:32:53,181 --> 00:32:54,182 I'll teach you. 688 00:32:54,216 --> 00:32:55,917 ♪ Wooly bully ♪ 689 00:32:56,552 --> 00:32:58,053 ♪ Wooly bully ♪ 690 00:33:00,323 --> 00:33:01,324 ♪ Wooly bully ♪ 691 00:33:02,625 --> 00:33:04,159 I know what comes next. 692 00:33:04,192 --> 00:33:05,294 ♪ Wooly bully ♪ 693 00:33:05,328 --> 00:33:07,095 ♪ Watch it now, watch it ♪ 694 00:33:07,129 --> 00:33:08,398 ♪ Here it come ♪ 695 00:33:08,431 --> 00:33:10,799 ♪ You got it, you got it ♪ 696 00:33:13,436 --> 00:33:15,103 This is what I dreamt of. 697 00:33:16,104 --> 00:33:18,807 The night you asked me when we first met? 698 00:33:21,243 --> 00:33:22,911 This was my dream. 699 00:33:27,350 --> 00:33:30,320 ♪ Yummy yummy yummy I got love in my tummy ♪ 700 00:33:30,353 --> 00:33:34,056 Buddah Records, 1650 Broadway in the Brill. 701 00:33:36,058 --> 00:33:38,260 Other than what we'd create later at Casablanca, 702 00:33:38,293 --> 00:33:41,196 no more infamous address in the music business 703 00:33:41,229 --> 00:33:41,963 ever existed. 704 00:33:41,997 --> 00:33:43,865 ♪ Ooh love to hold you ♪ 705 00:33:43,899 --> 00:33:46,336 ♪ Ooh love to kiss you ♪ 706 00:33:46,369 --> 00:33:48,604 We'd built the kind of independent record company 707 00:33:48,638 --> 00:33:50,105 that no one had ever seen before. 708 00:33:50,138 --> 00:33:52,408 The artists worked with us, not for us. 709 00:33:52,442 --> 00:33:53,509 They were family, 710 00:33:53,543 --> 00:33:55,210 and that made all the difference. 711 00:33:55,243 --> 00:33:56,612 Neil. 712 00:33:56,646 --> 00:33:58,080 He'll see us. 713 00:33:58,113 --> 00:33:59,848 Still holding. Buck. 714 00:34:07,122 --> 00:34:09,057 Hey, man. What the fuck you doing? 715 00:34:09,091 --> 00:34:11,026 What the fuck it look like, black? 716 00:34:11,059 --> 00:34:13,663 Trying to open the... fucking window. 717 00:34:13,696 --> 00:34:16,264 You're the ones making a lot of noise downstairs, 718 00:34:16,298 --> 00:34:17,899 that Buddah Records. Yeah. 719 00:34:17,933 --> 00:34:20,135 Big music needs big speakers, Ron. 720 00:34:20,168 --> 00:34:23,539 Big music needs big dollars, Neil. Black dollars. 721 00:34:23,573 --> 00:34:24,574 Green dollars, my man. 722 00:34:24,607 --> 00:34:26,241 It's the only color that matters. 723 00:34:26,274 --> 00:34:27,543 Maybe to you. 724 00:34:27,577 --> 00:34:30,979 So, Cec tells me you recorded something new. 725 00:34:31,012 --> 00:34:33,248 -I want it. -You ain't even heard it yet. 726 00:34:33,281 --> 00:34:35,150 Well, you're the fucking Isley Brothers. 727 00:34:35,183 --> 00:34:37,653 So, if Motown is too busy to make you a priority, 728 00:34:37,687 --> 00:34:39,422 then Berry Gordy can go to the record stores 729 00:34:39,455 --> 00:34:41,691 and buy your fucking music like everybody else. 730 00:34:41,724 --> 00:34:44,259 Plus, you know that we move product better than anyone. 731 00:34:44,292 --> 00:34:46,629 We know y'all be paying motherfuckin' DJs 732 00:34:46,662 --> 00:34:49,131 to play the records you tell them to. 733 00:34:49,164 --> 00:34:52,033 We don't get pimped out. You dig? 734 00:34:52,067 --> 00:34:54,370 Because we are the motherfuckin' Isleys. 735 00:34:54,404 --> 00:34:55,371 God damn right. 736 00:34:57,540 --> 00:34:59,409 But you got to be out your mind. 737 00:34:59,442 --> 00:35:03,145 You going head to head with Berry Gordy himself. 738 00:35:04,347 --> 00:35:06,549 Well, it is called show business. 739 00:35:06,582 --> 00:35:09,951 So, why don't you play me the song that we're releasing 740 00:35:09,985 --> 00:35:12,954 off of your own new label? 741 00:35:12,988 --> 00:35:14,923 - Our own new label? - Mm-hmm. 742 00:35:16,191 --> 00:35:18,327 That's what you're offering us? 743 00:35:18,361 --> 00:35:20,228 Well, that's your thing, right? 744 00:35:20,262 --> 00:35:22,598 It's a black thing. A black label. 745 00:35:22,632 --> 00:35:24,600 Careful, motherfucker. 746 00:35:24,634 --> 00:35:26,436 You talk a good talk, but there's a line. 747 00:35:26,469 --> 00:35:30,105 I'm sorry. I thought you didn't believe in lines. 748 00:35:30,138 --> 00:35:32,040 You played him the motherfucking record, 749 00:35:32,073 --> 00:35:34,343 didn't you? Because he wouldn't even be acting like this 750 00:35:34,377 --> 00:35:36,312 if he ain't heard the shit. 751 00:35:36,345 --> 00:35:38,514 -I sang it for him. -Don't be lying to me, man. 752 00:35:38,548 --> 00:35:42,250 It's a hot fucking song, Ron. The man had to hear it. 753 00:35:42,284 --> 00:35:44,353 Do me a favor. Why don't you scoot on over, Ronnie? 754 00:35:44,387 --> 00:35:46,322 Who the fuck you calling... This motherfucker 755 00:35:46,355 --> 00:35:48,658 -just called me Ronnie. -You don't know him like that. 756 00:35:48,691 --> 00:35:50,125 Don't be callin' the man Ronnie. 757 00:35:50,158 --> 00:35:52,060 Um, just a term of endearment, alright? 758 00:35:52,093 --> 00:35:54,262 Do I look like a motherfucking Ronnie to you? 759 00:35:56,365 --> 00:35:58,568 Do I look like a motherfucking Ronnie 760 00:35:58,601 --> 00:36:00,168 to you? 761 00:36:01,303 --> 00:36:02,772 As a matter of fact, yeah, you look 762 00:36:02,805 --> 00:36:04,973 exactly like a fuckin' Ronnie. 763 00:36:13,783 --> 00:36:16,284 You're a crazy motherfucker. You got some balls, man. 764 00:36:16,319 --> 00:36:18,788 Let me show you a few ideas I've been hearing in your music. 765 00:36:18,821 --> 00:36:21,223 Oh, now, you got ideas to my fucking music. 766 00:36:21,256 --> 00:36:22,391 Yeah. 767 00:36:25,126 --> 00:36:26,596 Show me what you got, Neil. 768 00:36:34,537 --> 00:36:36,004 That dirty guitar? 769 00:36:37,305 --> 00:36:38,774 No, no. You got to turn that shit up. 770 00:36:38,808 --> 00:36:41,410 That nasty brass. Oh. 771 00:36:41,444 --> 00:36:43,813 You tell me that each punch isn't meant to cut Berry Gordy 772 00:36:43,846 --> 00:36:46,214 right through the fucking gut. 773 00:36:46,248 --> 00:36:48,283 You're a dangerous man, ain't you? 774 00:36:48,317 --> 00:36:50,285 No, man. I'm just the guy who knows that you are, 775 00:36:50,319 --> 00:36:52,321 and you fucking should be. But knockout punches, 776 00:36:52,355 --> 00:36:54,155 they gotta come clean, be relentless, 777 00:36:54,189 --> 00:36:57,125 and never stop until the body hits the fucking floor! 778 00:37:08,371 --> 00:37:09,639 Now, that's a hit. 779 00:37:14,309 --> 00:37:15,444 Motherfucker. 780 00:37:21,450 --> 00:37:22,485 -Hey. -What's up? 781 00:37:32,595 --> 00:37:33,629 What's going on, brother? 782 00:37:33,663 --> 00:37:35,631 Whoo! 783 00:37:35,665 --> 00:37:37,232 Ron Isley! 784 00:37:43,606 --> 00:37:45,841 ♪ It's your thing ♪ 785 00:37:45,875 --> 00:37:48,076 ♪ Do what you want to do ♪ 786 00:37:49,345 --> 00:37:53,583 ♪ I can't tell you who to sock it to ♪ 787 00:37:53,616 --> 00:37:55,785 ♪ Said it's your thing girl ♪ 788 00:37:55,818 --> 00:37:58,888 ♪ Do what you want to do ♪ 789 00:37:58,921 --> 00:38:02,223 ♪ Said I can't tell you ♪ 790 00:38:02,257 --> 00:38:04,327 ♪ Who to sock it to ♪ 791 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:05,661 ♪ Oh ♪ 792 00:38:05,695 --> 00:38:07,295 Ron wasn't completely wrong 793 00:38:07,330 --> 00:38:09,732 about us and the DJs. Now, you may have heard of this 794 00:38:09,765 --> 00:38:12,868 as something called payola, but to us... 795 00:38:12,902 --> 00:38:14,870 Mm. It was just another day at the office. 796 00:38:14,904 --> 00:38:19,742 ♪ You need love now just as bad as I do ♪ 797 00:38:19,775 --> 00:38:22,345 ♪ Oh makes no difference now ♪ 798 00:38:22,378 --> 00:38:24,747 ♪ Who you give your thing to ♪ 799 00:38:24,780 --> 00:38:25,881 ♪ Oh it's your thing ♪ 800 00:38:25,915 --> 00:38:28,517 Frankie Crocker was one of the most influential DJs 801 00:38:28,551 --> 00:38:30,419 in the business, which is saying a lot, 802 00:38:30,453 --> 00:38:32,355 since he was one of the only black DJs 803 00:38:32,388 --> 00:38:34,857 white audiences ever accepted. 804 00:38:34,890 --> 00:38:38,661 ♪ Said it's your thing girl ♪ 805 00:38:38,694 --> 00:38:40,763 ♪ Oh ♪ 806 00:38:40,796 --> 00:38:43,833 ♪ Said it's your thing girl ♪ 807 00:38:43,866 --> 00:38:45,434 ♪ Oh baby ♪ 808 00:38:45,468 --> 00:38:47,570 The thing no one ever really got about payola 809 00:38:47,603 --> 00:38:48,904 is that we never paid anyone 810 00:38:48,938 --> 00:38:51,841 to play records they didn't wanna play. 811 00:38:51,874 --> 00:38:52,875 -Whoo! -Ron, you got 812 00:38:52,908 --> 00:38:55,243 my damn table pregnant. 813 00:38:55,276 --> 00:38:57,413 But did we spread a little love to get our records 814 00:38:57,446 --> 00:38:59,849 a little more attention? What do you think? 815 00:38:59,882 --> 00:39:01,817 The records were spinning as fast as we were. 816 00:39:01,851 --> 00:39:03,786 The hits just kept coming. There was nothing 817 00:39:03,819 --> 00:39:05,421 that could stop us. 818 00:39:07,990 --> 00:39:11,427 They bought the company? These fucking guys? 819 00:39:11,460 --> 00:39:13,663 Viewlex. They make film projector lenses. 820 00:39:13,696 --> 00:39:15,965 Which means they know absolutely fucking nothing 821 00:39:15,998 --> 00:39:17,933 about the music business. 822 00:39:17,967 --> 00:39:20,670 ♪ One toke over the line sweet Jesus ♪ 823 00:39:20,703 --> 00:39:23,839 ♪ One toke over the line ♪ 824 00:39:23,873 --> 00:39:26,207 Singing about Jesus again. Really? 825 00:39:26,241 --> 00:39:27,543 I think you're missing the subtext. 826 00:39:27,576 --> 00:39:29,277 You wanna sell this as gospel? 827 00:39:29,311 --> 00:39:30,346 It says "sweet Mary". 828 00:39:30,379 --> 00:39:32,481 What the hell do you think they're singing about? 829 00:39:32,515 --> 00:39:34,282 I know exactly what they're singing about, 830 00:39:34,316 --> 00:39:35,418 -and so do you. -Sweet Mary. 831 00:39:35,451 --> 00:39:36,852 Cash and airplanes again? 832 00:39:36,886 --> 00:39:38,487 Ooh! Hello, boys! 833 00:39:38,521 --> 00:39:40,756 Where do you think you're going with all that cash? 834 00:39:40,790 --> 00:39:43,526 -Uh, to make more of it, Darren. -I'm Darren. He's Damon. 835 00:39:43,559 --> 00:39:45,561 - Oh, shit. - Sorry. Did I do that? 836 00:39:45,594 --> 00:39:47,697 I'm just excited about Jesus and Mary. 837 00:39:47,730 --> 00:39:49,598 It's... it's a druggie song! 838 00:39:49,632 --> 00:39:51,266 Did he just call it a druggie song? 839 00:39:51,299 --> 00:39:53,402 You cannot buy this record! 840 00:39:53,436 --> 00:39:56,639 I made over a million dollars for your bosses last month. 841 00:39:56,672 --> 00:39:58,306 How much did you make them? 842 00:39:58,340 --> 00:39:59,675 ♪ That my mama said ♪ 843 00:40:00,910 --> 00:40:04,279 ♪ If I should choose to make a part of me ♪ 844 00:40:04,313 --> 00:40:05,915 ♪ Would surely strike me dead ♪ 845 00:40:05,948 --> 00:40:08,350 ♪ And now I'm one toke over the line ♪ 846 00:40:08,384 --> 00:40:10,786 Buddah Records became one of the most successful 847 00:40:10,820 --> 00:40:12,988 independent labels there ever was. 848 00:40:13,022 --> 00:40:14,890 Every single bet we'd made, 849 00:40:14,924 --> 00:40:16,992 we'd been right. 850 00:40:17,026 --> 00:40:19,995 But every gambler knows you don't cash your ticket 851 00:40:20,029 --> 00:40:22,965 until your horse actually crosses the line. 852 00:40:22,998 --> 00:40:25,401 - Hey, hey. - There he is. 853 00:40:25,434 --> 00:40:27,803 Why we meeting here? You want a tip or something? 854 00:40:29,505 --> 00:40:30,606 Look at that. 855 00:40:30,639 --> 00:40:33,342 You see the one called, uh, Ghost Train? 856 00:40:33,375 --> 00:40:35,878 Yeah. Don't know him. 857 00:40:35,911 --> 00:40:38,380 She's mine, Pop. I just bought her. 858 00:40:40,616 --> 00:40:41,817 No. 859 00:40:41,851 --> 00:40:43,319 Yeah. You know, people bet on her. 860 00:40:43,352 --> 00:40:45,321 That means they're betting on me. 861 00:40:45,354 --> 00:40:48,424 Wow. Well, you're always in a rush. 862 00:40:48,457 --> 00:40:50,493 Now, you got a horse to prove it. 863 00:40:51,660 --> 00:40:54,363 Why don't you come in with me, hmm? 864 00:40:54,396 --> 00:40:55,531 We can be partners. 865 00:40:56,932 --> 00:40:58,501 Partners on a horse? 866 00:40:58,534 --> 00:40:59,502 Yeah, sure. 867 00:41:03,672 --> 00:41:06,442 No. I... I don't know about feeding and training 868 00:41:06,475 --> 00:41:08,309 and all that bullshit at my age. 869 00:41:08,344 --> 00:41:10,045 Nah. You go ahead. 870 00:41:10,079 --> 00:41:11,614 I, uh, I got my own things going on. 871 00:41:11,647 --> 00:41:14,049 -It's going great. -You sure? 'Cause when you 872 00:41:14,083 --> 00:41:15,985 -called, it was... -No, I mean, I got... 873 00:41:16,018 --> 00:41:17,386 -a cash flow situation. -Oh. 874 00:41:17,419 --> 00:41:19,488 Temporary. You know, it's nothing. 875 00:41:19,522 --> 00:41:22,491 The bookies I got, they're saying it's, like five. 876 00:41:22,525 --> 00:41:24,960 Closer to ten, you know, but it's... 877 00:41:24,994 --> 00:41:26,595 They're talking out of their asses. 878 00:41:26,629 --> 00:41:28,364 I... I'll clear it up. It's nothing. 879 00:41:28,397 --> 00:41:29,965 I'll get it back to you, all of it. 880 00:41:29,999 --> 00:41:32,067 -I just need a little time. -I know, Pop. 881 00:41:32,101 --> 00:41:33,469 Hey, I'm not worried. 882 00:41:34,703 --> 00:41:35,604 Why would you? 883 00:41:35,638 --> 00:41:37,339 Swinging for the trees, right, boychik? 884 00:41:37,373 --> 00:41:39,008 You got the... you got the horse 885 00:41:39,041 --> 00:41:42,578 and your singers and... and the big time life. 886 00:41:42,611 --> 00:41:44,613 Look at you. What you got to worry about? 887 00:41:46,615 --> 00:41:49,485 Hey, I got to go to work, so, um... 888 00:41:49,518 --> 00:41:52,388 Sonny, some nuts on the house, this guy. 889 00:41:52,421 --> 00:41:54,690 - Yeah. It... - Don't spend it all. 890 00:42:30,125 --> 00:42:32,862 Cookie told me about Cecil's raise. 891 00:42:32,895 --> 00:42:35,731 Must be a hell of a thing, changing someone's whole life 892 00:42:35,764 --> 00:42:36,565 -like that. -Mm. 893 00:42:36,599 --> 00:42:38,467 Your mother says you must have helped 894 00:42:38,500 --> 00:42:42,471 your father again. He bought all new clothes. 895 00:42:42,504 --> 00:42:43,706 Everybody's counting on you, Neil, 896 00:42:43,739 --> 00:42:46,475 but you still keep going up against those guys at Viewlex, 897 00:42:46,508 --> 00:42:47,910 but you do work for them. 898 00:42:49,778 --> 00:42:51,413 What do you see? 899 00:42:51,447 --> 00:42:52,181 I'm being serious. 900 00:42:52,214 --> 00:42:55,017 No, no. This, this is 901 00:42:55,050 --> 00:42:57,519 our daughter's view of the world. 902 00:42:58,721 --> 00:43:01,790 She sees the ceiling, not the sky. 903 00:43:01,824 --> 00:43:03,592 Most people grow up in the same four blocks 904 00:43:03,626 --> 00:43:05,828 that they were born into because they can't even dare 905 00:43:05,861 --> 00:43:08,764 -to dream what's beyond them. -You're quoting your father now. 906 00:43:08,797 --> 00:43:09,899 That's dangerous. 907 00:43:09,932 --> 00:43:12,835 No. No. What's dangerous is... 908 00:43:12,868 --> 00:43:16,805 is the day we stop dreaming these walls away. 909 00:43:16,839 --> 00:43:19,642 And if what's beyond them still isn't enough for you? 910 00:43:22,811 --> 00:43:28,584 ♪ Ooh child, things are gonna get easier ♪ 911 00:43:28,617 --> 00:43:32,554 ♪ Ooh child things'll get brighter ♪ 912 00:43:33,956 --> 00:43:38,193 ♪ Ooh child things are gonna get easier ♪ 913 00:43:38,227 --> 00:43:40,095 Beth wasn't wrong. 914 00:43:40,129 --> 00:43:41,497 Beth. 915 00:43:41,530 --> 00:43:45,034 She just didn't realize how right she was. 916 00:43:45,067 --> 00:43:46,535 ♪ Someday ♪ 917 00:43:46,568 --> 00:43:48,470 Truth is, neither did I. 918 00:43:48,504 --> 00:43:51,206 ♪ And we'll get it undone ♪ 919 00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:52,841 I just never saw her coming. 920 00:43:52,875 --> 00:43:54,843 ♪ Much lighter ♪ 921 00:43:56,245 --> 00:43:59,782 ♪ Someday yeah we'll walk in the rays ♪ 922 00:43:59,815 --> 00:44:01,951 Neil, no one told me you were here yet. 923 00:44:01,984 --> 00:44:03,819 Uh, this is my partner, Bill. 924 00:44:03,852 --> 00:44:06,555 Oh, uh, why don't we talk business first? 925 00:44:06,588 --> 00:44:08,757 Well, this is business first. 926 00:44:08,791 --> 00:44:10,459 I'm Joyce Biawitz. 927 00:44:11,126 --> 00:44:13,195 Direction Plus. Nice name. 928 00:44:13,228 --> 00:44:14,697 Yeah. I'm the plus, and Bill directs. 929 00:44:14,730 --> 00:44:16,565 Oh and Joyce does pretty much everything else. 930 00:44:16,598 --> 00:44:17,666 She writes, produces. 931 00:44:17,700 --> 00:44:20,269 Commercials, mostly, but only up until now. 932 00:44:20,302 --> 00:44:22,838 That's not what we invited you down here to talk about. 933 00:44:22,871 --> 00:44:26,475 Right. Your... variety show. 934 00:44:27,276 --> 00:44:28,477 No, it's not a variety show. 935 00:44:28,510 --> 00:44:32,181 No. It will be unlike anything anyone's ever tried before. 936 00:44:32,214 --> 00:44:33,582 Really? 937 00:44:33,615 --> 00:44:35,517 I'm sorry. What am I missing? 938 00:44:37,086 --> 00:44:38,487 Everything. 939 00:44:41,690 --> 00:44:43,125 We're ready for you, Mr. Aucoin. 940 00:44:43,158 --> 00:44:44,159 Uh, yeah. One sec. 941 00:44:44,193 --> 00:44:45,260 So, we're here in a... 942 00:44:45,294 --> 00:44:47,763 You're gonna shoot your show in a recording studio? 943 00:44:47,796 --> 00:44:49,698 -That's right. -Somebody's finally gonna 944 00:44:49,732 --> 00:44:52,768 make a music show that actually sounds like music. 945 00:44:52,801 --> 00:44:54,636 She practice that line for me? 946 00:44:55,270 --> 00:44:56,305 Yes. 947 00:44:57,773 --> 00:45:00,009 I'm gonna, uh... I'm going to go check on the crew. 948 00:45:00,042 --> 00:45:01,643 -Here. Give this to them. -Yep. 949 00:45:03,879 --> 00:45:06,316 So, now that he's gone, you're gonna close me? 950 00:45:06,349 --> 00:45:07,616 I'm not here to close you. 951 00:45:07,649 --> 00:45:08,951 I'm here to convince you. 952 00:45:10,353 --> 00:45:12,221 You didn't become who you are without seeing 953 00:45:12,254 --> 00:45:13,756 what most people don't. 954 00:45:13,789 --> 00:45:14,790 Hmm. 955 00:45:16,025 --> 00:45:19,294 People love their music. 956 00:45:19,329 --> 00:45:21,331 It's not just what they listen to. 957 00:45:21,364 --> 00:45:22,831 It's who they are. 958 00:45:24,334 --> 00:45:25,868 It's personal. 959 00:45:26,935 --> 00:45:28,937 We don't wanna just play music on TV. 960 00:45:28,971 --> 00:45:31,840 We wanna show where it really comes from, 961 00:45:31,874 --> 00:45:34,610 why the hell it matters so much to us. 962 00:45:35,944 --> 00:45:38,047 Even if just for a song. 963 00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:40,816 Well, shit. You're gonna do all that in a show? 964 00:45:42,184 --> 00:45:43,786 I am sure as hell gonna try. 965 00:45:47,089 --> 00:45:48,657 And who the hell are you? 966 00:45:50,993 --> 00:45:52,861 -I need to, um... -Mm-hmm. 967 00:45:52,895 --> 00:45:54,897 I need to get back to this, but I really do hope 968 00:45:54,930 --> 00:45:56,999 you will consider it. It would mean a lot. 969 00:45:58,867 --> 00:46:00,002 To you? 970 00:46:01,270 --> 00:46:03,806 To everyone who watches. 971 00:46:03,839 --> 00:46:05,674 Every great artist has someone 972 00:46:05,707 --> 00:46:06,708 who believes in them, 973 00:46:06,742 --> 00:46:10,380 but every once in a while, 974 00:46:10,413 --> 00:46:12,247 it's the believer 975 00:46:12,281 --> 00:46:15,651 who's the most gifted artist of all. 976 00:46:15,684 --> 00:46:17,219 I had never met anyone like her. 977 00:46:17,252 --> 00:46:19,955 ♪ You just wait and see how things are gonna be ♪ 978 00:46:19,988 --> 00:46:21,990 You know how you know when you're about to do 979 00:46:22,024 --> 00:46:23,959 something really reckless? 980 00:46:23,992 --> 00:46:26,795 When you can't think about doing anything else. 981 00:46:42,678 --> 00:46:44,980 Come and work for me. 982 00:46:45,013 --> 00:46:46,014 What? 983 00:46:47,282 --> 00:46:50,853 Come work for me! 984 00:46:50,886 --> 00:46:53,323 I'm not gonna work for you! I work for me, with Bill. 985 00:46:53,356 --> 00:46:55,190 Okay. Well, then come work with me. 986 00:46:57,126 --> 00:46:58,627 I'm... I'm... 987 00:47:03,065 --> 00:47:05,435 Listen. Here's the deal. I can't stop thinking about you. 988 00:47:05,468 --> 00:47:08,270 Well, try harder. 989 00:47:08,303 --> 00:47:09,771 You don't even know me, Neil. 990 00:47:09,805 --> 00:47:12,074 I'm just some broke chick from Queens. 991 00:47:12,107 --> 00:47:14,643 Well, that's just about the last thing you are. 992 00:47:27,089 --> 00:47:29,024 It's small. I know. 993 00:47:30,058 --> 00:47:31,427 I grew up in smaller. 994 00:47:31,461 --> 00:47:33,762 Yeah, but you got out. 995 00:47:33,795 --> 00:47:34,897 Yeah. I still am getting out. 996 00:47:34,930 --> 00:47:37,933 ♪ And when I looked at you ♪ 997 00:47:37,966 --> 00:47:40,202 Give me one of your artists for my show. 998 00:47:40,235 --> 00:47:41,803 I am offering you more than that. 999 00:47:41,837 --> 00:47:43,439 And I'm not buying. 1000 00:47:43,473 --> 00:47:44,773 What I'm selling is the show. 1001 00:47:44,806 --> 00:47:47,377 ♪ I don't know who he is ♪ 1002 00:47:47,410 --> 00:47:50,913 ♪ But I think that you do ♪ 1003 00:47:50,946 --> 00:47:53,383 I've done my research, Neil. 1004 00:47:53,416 --> 00:47:56,051 You clearly like to gamble. 1005 00:47:56,084 --> 00:47:57,085 I like to win. 1006 00:47:58,488 --> 00:48:00,323 What happens when you don't? 1007 00:48:00,356 --> 00:48:02,325 Then I just keep gambling until I do. 1008 00:48:02,358 --> 00:48:03,825 ♪ Something in my heart ♪ 1009 00:48:03,859 --> 00:48:05,727 You have a family, Neil. 1010 00:48:06,828 --> 00:48:08,697 Yeah. I know it's complicated. 1011 00:48:09,831 --> 00:48:13,403 But hey, my life outside that door is my problem. 1012 00:48:13,436 --> 00:48:14,404 It's not yours. 1013 00:48:14,437 --> 00:48:16,872 ♪ Just passing by ♪ 1014 00:48:16,905 --> 00:48:18,974 We both know that's not true. 1015 00:48:19,007 --> 00:48:24,079 ♪ Who is he and what is he to you? ♪ 1016 00:48:26,982 --> 00:48:28,518 ♪ Ah now when I add up ♪ 1017 00:48:28,551 --> 00:48:31,787 - You're married. - Yeah. 1018 00:48:31,820 --> 00:48:34,122 It doesn't change the way I'm feeling right now. 1019 00:48:35,325 --> 00:48:36,858 It's just... 1020 00:48:38,528 --> 00:48:40,095 Different. 1021 00:48:40,128 --> 00:48:42,097 Is there anything I should know, um, 1022 00:48:42,130 --> 00:48:45,934 about something going on between you and Bill? 1023 00:48:45,968 --> 00:48:48,170 Bill's gay. He plays straight to protect me. 1024 00:48:48,203 --> 00:48:50,205 ♪ What is he to you? ♪ 1025 00:48:50,239 --> 00:48:51,840 From people like me. 1026 00:48:54,276 --> 00:48:55,978 From people exactly like you. 1027 00:48:56,011 --> 00:48:58,080 ♪ Well you tell me men don't have much intuition ♪ 1028 00:48:58,113 --> 00:49:00,983 It's like you remind me of someone. 1029 00:49:01,016 --> 00:49:01,850 Who? 1030 00:49:03,419 --> 00:49:06,288 ♪ Before you wreck your home ♪ 1031 00:49:06,322 --> 00:49:07,923 Me. 1032 00:49:07,956 --> 00:49:12,160 ♪ Who is he and what is he to you? ♪ 1033 00:49:13,929 --> 00:49:15,531 You don't wanna bet on the show? Fine. 1034 00:49:15,565 --> 00:49:18,334 ♪ Well, you tell me men don't have ♪ 1035 00:49:18,368 --> 00:49:19,335 Place a bet on me. 1036 00:49:19,369 --> 00:49:22,505 ♪ Much intuition ♪ 1037 00:49:22,538 --> 00:49:25,240 ♪ But before you wreck ♪ 1038 00:49:25,274 --> 00:49:27,943 ♪ Your old home ♪ 1039 00:49:27,976 --> 00:49:32,247 ♪ Be certain of the new ♪ 1040 00:49:32,281 --> 00:49:34,182 ♪ Dadgummit girl ♪ 1041 00:49:34,216 --> 00:49:35,917 ♪ Who is he? ♪ 1042 00:49:35,951 --> 00:49:36,719 Kiss. 1043 00:49:36,753 --> 00:49:40,055 ♪ And what is he to you? ♪ 1044 00:49:40,088 --> 00:49:42,392 The demo. That demo tape over there. 1045 00:49:42,425 --> 00:49:43,426 Kiss, it's a good name. 1046 00:49:43,459 --> 00:49:44,860 ♪ Who is he? ♪ 1047 00:49:44,893 --> 00:49:47,029 You really wanna talk business right now? 1048 00:49:49,064 --> 00:49:51,933 You really expect me to climb up there? 1049 00:49:51,967 --> 00:49:54,002 If you want to sleep with me, you are. 1050 00:49:57,473 --> 00:50:00,376 I know what you're thinking, but I'd never met 1051 00:50:00,410 --> 00:50:01,843 anyone like her. 1052 00:50:01,877 --> 00:50:03,845 And I know I said that about Beth, too, 1053 00:50:03,879 --> 00:50:06,181 but it... it's only because it's true. 1054 00:50:06,214 --> 00:50:07,983 ♪ Dadgummit girl ♪ 1055 00:50:08,016 --> 00:50:11,987 ♪ Who is he and what is he to you? ♪ 1056 00:50:12,020 --> 00:50:15,591 I was honestly in love with both of them. 1057 00:50:15,625 --> 00:50:19,595 ♪ Well you tell me men don't have ♪ 1058 00:50:19,629 --> 00:50:23,065 ♪ Much intuition ♪ 1059 00:50:23,098 --> 00:50:24,600 ♪ My God ♪ 1060 00:50:24,634 --> 00:50:26,868 Falling in love with Joyce, 1061 00:50:26,902 --> 00:50:30,172 for the first time in my life, I finally felt like me. 1062 00:50:30,205 --> 00:50:33,942 ♪ Ain't no sunshine when she's gone ♪ 1063 00:50:36,144 --> 00:50:39,848 ♪ It's not warm when she's away ♪ 1064 00:50:42,217 --> 00:50:45,588 ♪ Ain't no sunshine when she's gone ♪ 1065 00:50:45,621 --> 00:50:48,624 ♪ She's always gone too long ♪ 1066 00:50:48,658 --> 00:50:52,194 ♪ Any time she goes away ♪ 1067 00:50:54,597 --> 00:50:58,468 ♪ I wonder this time where she's gone ♪ 1068 00:51:00,936 --> 00:51:04,106 ♪ Wonder if she's gone to stay ♪ 1069 00:51:04,139 --> 00:51:06,676 Kid works at in airplane factory installing toilet seats, 1070 00:51:06,709 --> 00:51:08,678 and yet he could dig deep enough to write this. 1071 00:51:08,711 --> 00:51:10,380 ♪ Ain't no sunshine when she's gone ♪ 1072 00:51:10,413 --> 00:51:13,148 ♪ She's always gone too long ♪ 1073 00:51:13,181 --> 00:51:16,452 ♪ Any time she goes away ♪ 1074 00:51:16,486 --> 00:51:17,587 What are you thinking? 1075 00:51:17,620 --> 00:51:19,221 That we can make him matter. 1076 00:51:19,254 --> 00:51:23,191 ♪ Ain't no sunshine when she's gone ♪ 1077 00:51:25,561 --> 00:51:27,630 ♪ Only darkness every day ♪ 1078 00:51:27,663 --> 00:51:29,231 Mr. Bill Withers. 1079 00:51:29,264 --> 00:51:30,165 Shit, Neil. 1080 00:51:30,198 --> 00:51:32,267 I see why you're bringing the hit, huh? 1081 00:51:32,300 --> 00:51:33,369 Thank you, Mr. Crocker. 1082 00:51:33,403 --> 00:51:35,036 ♪ Ain't no sunshine when she's gone ♪ 1083 00:51:35,070 --> 00:51:37,407 ♪ She's always gone too long ♪ 1084 00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:41,511 You know, I can remember watching my dad as a kid, 1085 00:51:41,544 --> 00:51:43,145 thinking, "Here's a guy 1086 00:51:43,178 --> 00:51:46,014 who's taking risks with all our lives, 1087 00:51:46,047 --> 00:51:50,152 just never ones big enough to actually change our lives." 1088 00:51:50,185 --> 00:51:53,255 ♪ And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know ♪ 1089 00:51:53,288 --> 00:51:57,025 ♪ I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know ♪ 1090 00:51:57,058 --> 00:52:01,029 ♪ I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know ♪ 1091 00:52:01,062 --> 00:52:04,032 ♪ I ought to leave those young things alone ♪ 1092 00:52:04,065 --> 00:52:07,503 ♪ Ain't no sunshine when she's gone ♪ 1093 00:52:09,237 --> 00:52:12,307 I am gonna win... 1094 00:52:12,341 --> 00:52:15,944 bigger than anyone has ever done before. 1095 00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:19,549 Or else I'm gonna fail. 1096 00:52:22,752 --> 00:52:27,189 It's ending up lost somewhere in the middle 1097 00:52:27,222 --> 00:52:28,658 that I just... I can't live with. 1098 00:52:28,691 --> 00:52:33,962 ♪ Any time she goes away ♪ 1099 00:52:35,531 --> 00:52:38,066 Bill Withers was born in the small coal-mining town 1100 00:52:38,099 --> 00:52:39,669 of Slab Fork, West Virginia, 1101 00:52:39,702 --> 00:52:41,771 with a stutter. 1102 00:52:41,804 --> 00:52:43,205 Did not stop him from becoming 1103 00:52:43,238 --> 00:52:45,006 the Bill Withers that we all remember. 1104 00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:47,677 Signing him before, uh, Motown could, 1105 00:52:47,710 --> 00:52:49,512 changed everything for Buddah. 1106 00:52:50,780 --> 00:52:52,348 Shit. Changed everything for me. 1107 00:53:04,427 --> 00:53:06,796 ♪ Lean on me ♪ 1108 00:53:06,829 --> 00:53:10,232 ♪ When you're not strong ♪ 1109 00:53:10,265 --> 00:53:13,235 ♪ And I'll be your friend ♪ 1110 00:53:13,268 --> 00:53:18,407 ♪ I'll help you carry on ♪ 1111 00:53:18,441 --> 00:53:23,178 ♪ For it won't be long ♪ 1112 00:53:23,211 --> 00:53:24,680 ♪ 'Til I'm going to need ♪ 1113 00:53:24,714 --> 00:53:26,081 There he is. 1114 00:53:27,115 --> 00:53:28,584 With money in your pocket, 1115 00:53:28,618 --> 00:53:29,752 you're fucking wise, 1116 00:53:29,785 --> 00:53:31,119 you're fucking handsome, 1117 00:53:31,152 --> 00:53:32,588 and you sing better, too. 1118 00:53:32,622 --> 00:53:33,589 Old Jewish proverb? 1119 00:53:33,623 --> 00:53:35,257 It's a new one for me. 1120 00:53:35,290 --> 00:53:35,925 Be careful, kid. 1121 00:53:35,958 --> 00:53:38,093 Oh, not in this life, Joey. 1122 00:53:39,562 --> 00:53:43,666 ♪ That you won't let show ♪ 1123 00:53:43,699 --> 00:53:47,436 ♪ You just call on me brother ♪ 1124 00:53:47,470 --> 00:53:50,138 ♪ When you need a hand ♪ 1125 00:53:50,171 --> 00:53:54,510 ♪ We all need somebody to lean on ♪ 1126 00:53:54,544 --> 00:53:55,578 Big fuckin' problem. 1127 00:53:57,513 --> 00:53:58,648 Oh, shit. 1128 00:53:58,681 --> 00:54:00,616 Manny, what the hell? Really? 1129 00:54:00,650 --> 00:54:03,084 Your boy's on trial, motherfucker! 1130 00:54:03,118 --> 00:54:04,687 Hey, you're really gonna cross this line 1131 00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:06,221 over us signing Bill Withers? 1132 00:54:06,254 --> 00:54:09,559 Withers, Hawkins, fucking Isley Brothers! 1133 00:54:09,592 --> 00:54:11,694 And you got the nerve to come to our convention 1134 00:54:11,727 --> 00:54:13,094 and try to steal our music? 1135 00:54:13,128 --> 00:54:15,765 Manny, is this a black thing? 1136 00:54:15,798 --> 00:54:18,634 Buck. I'm-a kill you last, Buck, 1137 00:54:18,668 --> 00:54:20,570 so you got time to think about it. 1138 00:54:20,603 --> 00:54:22,438 Andre. 1139 00:54:22,471 --> 00:54:24,440 Manny, just put the gun away, man! Come on! 1140 00:54:24,473 --> 00:54:26,709 -Easy, easy. Easy, easy! -Sorry, Cec! 1141 00:54:26,742 --> 00:54:29,445 You backed the wrong colored horse. 1142 00:54:29,478 --> 00:54:30,580 I got my orders. 1143 00:54:30,613 --> 00:54:31,581 Orders? 1144 00:54:31,614 --> 00:54:34,249 Somebody actually put out a fucking hit on us? 1145 00:54:34,282 --> 00:54:36,752 Manny, who did this? Was it Gordy? 1146 00:54:36,786 --> 00:54:38,721 Let's just say you crossed 1147 00:54:38,754 --> 00:54:40,456 one too many fucking lines. 1148 00:54:40,489 --> 00:54:41,490 Manny! 1149 00:54:45,193 --> 00:54:47,162 You are gonna need to make a phone call. 1150 00:54:47,763 --> 00:54:49,665 True story. 1151 00:54:49,699 --> 00:54:51,232 Ask Big Joey. 1152 00:54:51,266 --> 00:54:53,336 You just called the Italian mob 1153 00:54:53,369 --> 00:54:55,203 to tell the black mob not to kill us? 1154 00:54:55,236 --> 00:54:57,272 You had a better idea? 1155 00:54:57,305 --> 00:55:00,108 Nance, you know you can't tell Beth about this. 1156 00:55:03,746 --> 00:55:05,781 Not about any of it. 1157 00:55:05,815 --> 00:55:06,849 I know, Nelly. 1158 00:55:06,882 --> 00:55:07,917 ♪ If you need a friend ♪ 1159 00:55:07,950 --> 00:55:09,652 ♪ Call me ♪ 1160 00:55:09,685 --> 00:55:10,886 Thank you. 1161 00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:11,921 Y'all need Jesus. 1162 00:55:11,954 --> 00:55:13,522 ♪ Call me ♪ 1163 00:55:13,556 --> 00:55:14,724 ♪ If you need a friend ♪ 1164 00:55:14,757 --> 00:55:16,726 ♪ Call me ♪ 1165 00:55:16,759 --> 00:55:17,827 ♪ Oh just call me ♪ 1166 00:55:17,860 --> 00:55:21,664 ♪ Call me ♪ 1167 00:55:23,399 --> 00:55:24,400 You okay? 1168 00:55:25,835 --> 00:55:27,135 How was Miami? 1169 00:55:27,937 --> 00:55:29,538 Uh, it's complicated. 1170 00:55:32,942 --> 00:55:35,276 Not sure which question you just answered. 1171 00:55:35,945 --> 00:55:37,747 Coffee's in the kitchen. 1172 00:55:37,780 --> 00:55:39,715 Uh, Beth! 1173 00:55:45,388 --> 00:55:48,256 You can't go after Gordy yourself, man. 1174 00:55:48,289 --> 00:55:50,191 The man fight dirty. 1175 00:55:50,225 --> 00:55:52,795 He gonna come after your life. 1176 00:55:52,828 --> 00:55:55,898 Now, you know 110 percent I got your back. 1177 00:55:55,931 --> 00:55:57,298 Mm-hmm. 1178 00:55:59,568 --> 00:56:01,470 But we don't have to fight this war. 1179 00:56:02,438 --> 00:56:03,639 There's no need. 1180 00:56:03,673 --> 00:56:05,273 We good. 1181 00:56:05,306 --> 00:56:06,942 Are you fucking kidding me? 1182 00:56:06,976 --> 00:56:08,811 You're talking about not starting a war, 1183 00:56:08,844 --> 00:56:10,546 the man who just showed his black chest 1184 00:56:10,579 --> 00:56:12,548 to fucking white America? 1185 00:56:15,384 --> 00:56:16,952 It's almost like they don't realize 1186 00:56:16,986 --> 00:56:20,690 that the black voice is coming from a black man. 1187 00:56:21,991 --> 00:56:22,825 Say, could you imagine 1188 00:56:22,858 --> 00:56:24,827 dreaming of something your whole life, 1189 00:56:24,860 --> 00:56:28,296 finally getting on that stage, 1190 00:56:28,330 --> 00:56:32,368 thousands of screaming fans... 1191 00:56:32,401 --> 00:56:36,672 singing every single lyric to every single song, 1192 00:56:36,706 --> 00:56:38,374 loving the music 1193 00:56:38,407 --> 00:56:41,844 but hating the color of my skin? 1194 00:56:41,877 --> 00:56:43,612 What kind of dream is that, man? 1195 00:56:46,549 --> 00:56:47,850 I don't know, man. 1196 00:56:47,883 --> 00:56:49,585 I know where I come from. 1197 00:56:49,618 --> 00:56:51,353 Shit. I can't forget it. 1198 00:56:52,755 --> 00:56:55,725 I'm just trying to figure out.. 1199 00:56:55,758 --> 00:56:57,760 how to change where we're going. 1200 00:56:59,929 --> 00:57:03,332 Shit. We still talking about music? 1201 00:57:03,365 --> 00:57:05,334 You're always talking about music. 1202 00:57:06,669 --> 00:57:07,670 That's the weapon. 1203 00:57:09,939 --> 00:57:11,841 Oh, man. 1204 00:57:21,383 --> 00:57:23,018 You got lucky, kid. 1205 00:57:23,052 --> 00:57:24,520 I could've been on the other line 1206 00:57:24,553 --> 00:57:26,322 when your friend from Miami called. 1207 00:57:26,355 --> 00:57:28,457 -Played the odds. -Yeah, well, Motown was gonna 1208 00:57:28,491 --> 00:57:30,025 sign the Withers kid, and you knew it. 1209 00:57:30,059 --> 00:57:32,628 -It's just business. -Not with Berry Gordy. 1210 00:57:32,661 --> 00:57:35,765 -Yeah. -Look. A gambler's a gambler. 1211 00:57:35,798 --> 00:57:37,366 And you're a gambler, kid, 1212 00:57:37,399 --> 00:57:40,369 but you're risking everything with those fuckin' suits 1213 00:57:40,402 --> 00:57:41,771 who're just waiting for any excuse 1214 00:57:41,804 --> 00:57:43,038 to bring you down. 1215 00:57:43,072 --> 00:57:46,475 If you're gonna bet this big, bet on yourself, 1216 00:57:46,509 --> 00:57:48,444 or keep away from the fucking table 1217 00:57:48,477 --> 00:57:50,546 before too many people get hurt. 1218 00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:53,082 Alright. Alright. 1219 00:57:54,950 --> 00:57:56,452 Big Joey was right. 1220 00:57:56,485 --> 00:57:58,888 We'd taken Buddah Records as far as we could go. 1221 00:58:02,424 --> 00:58:04,393 If we were ever gonna really matter, we were gonna 1222 00:58:04,426 --> 00:58:05,961 have to raise the stakes, 1223 00:58:05,995 --> 00:58:07,463 higher than ever before. 1224 00:58:41,030 --> 00:58:42,598 Whoo! 1225 00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:47,069 -What have you told her? -That you've gone insane. 1226 00:58:47,102 --> 00:58:48,737 We're really gonna steal 1227 00:58:48,771 --> 00:58:50,973 -Gladys Knight from Motown, too? -Hey, you're the one 1228 00:58:51,006 --> 00:58:53,475 that told me she's pissed off that Berry Gordy is giving 1229 00:58:53,509 --> 00:58:55,978 all their best stuff to Diana and Marvin and the Temptations. 1230 00:58:56,011 --> 00:58:57,546 -Yeah, she is. She is. -Alright. 1231 00:58:57,580 --> 00:59:00,082 So let's swing for the fences, Cec. 1232 00:59:00,115 --> 00:59:01,617 One last big hit. 1233 00:59:01,650 --> 00:59:03,052 What do you mean, one last big hit? 1234 00:59:03,085 --> 00:59:04,954 Well, you know, I've always kind of dreamed 1235 00:59:04,987 --> 00:59:06,856 of owning my own record company. 1236 00:59:06,889 --> 00:59:08,958 Didn't you? 1237 00:59:08,991 --> 00:59:10,359 Neil. 1238 00:59:11,493 --> 00:59:15,130 "Midnight Plane to Houston"? My people from Georgia. 1239 00:59:15,164 --> 00:59:16,999 They would never take a plane to Houston. 1240 00:59:17,032 --> 00:59:18,667 I'm-a have to change that. 1241 00:59:18,701 --> 00:59:22,137 I'll... I'll let him know. 1242 00:59:22,171 --> 00:59:24,006 Mrs. Gladys Knight, this is Mr. Neil... 1243 00:59:24,039 --> 00:59:25,875 Neil Bogart. 1244 00:59:25,908 --> 00:59:27,476 I have definitely heard of you. 1245 00:59:27,509 --> 00:59:30,012 Well, only good things, I hope. 1246 00:59:30,045 --> 00:59:31,580 I heard you got something special. 1247 00:59:31,614 --> 00:59:33,749 Listen, Neil. If Berry finds out about this, he... 1248 00:59:33,782 --> 00:59:36,051 Hey, if Motown was treating you properly, 1249 00:59:36,085 --> 00:59:37,920 you wouldn't be here. 1250 00:59:37,953 --> 00:59:40,623 No. Y wouldn't be here. 1251 00:59:42,224 --> 00:59:44,560 Hmm. Do you mind? 1252 00:59:45,194 --> 00:59:46,562 Go ahead. 1253 00:59:47,730 --> 00:59:50,766 Let's see. "Midnight Plane to Houston." 1254 00:59:50,799 --> 00:59:52,635 Alright. Here we go. 1255 00:59:59,675 --> 01:00:00,709 ♪ LA ♪ 1256 01:00:01,810 --> 01:00:02,845 Okay. 1257 01:00:04,079 --> 01:00:07,750 ♪ Proved too much for the man ♪ 1258 01:00:13,055 --> 01:00:14,523 ♪ So he's leaving the life ♪ 1259 01:00:14,556 --> 01:00:15,691 Mm-hmm. 1260 01:00:17,860 --> 01:00:21,864 ♪ He's come to know ♪ 1261 01:00:21,897 --> 01:00:25,534 ♪ Mm ♪ 1262 01:00:25,567 --> 01:00:28,037 Oh, you love your tracks lush, don't you? 1263 01:00:28,070 --> 01:00:30,205 All the time. 1264 01:00:30,239 --> 01:00:33,042 Ah. Well, we'll add a full horn section, 1265 01:00:33,075 --> 01:00:35,010 keyboards, a Wurlitzer. 1266 01:00:36,111 --> 01:00:38,480 Has anyone ever told you no? 1267 01:00:38,514 --> 01:00:40,082 Always been a bigger fan of yes. 1268 01:00:42,851 --> 01:00:45,554 I can't believe I'm singing with Gladys Knight. 1269 01:00:45,587 --> 01:00:47,189 Let's keep going. Yeah? 1270 01:00:47,222 --> 01:00:48,724 - Yeah. - ♪ World ♪ 1271 01:00:48,757 --> 01:00:50,259 Ooh, I like that. Wait, wait, wait. 1272 01:00:50,292 --> 01:00:51,961 ♪ My world ♪ 1273 01:00:51,994 --> 01:00:53,595 ♪ His world ♪ 1274 01:00:53,629 --> 01:00:56,165 ♪ Our world mine and his alone ♪ 1275 01:00:56,198 --> 01:00:57,900 -♪ I've got to go ♪ -♪ His world ♪ 1276 01:00:57,933 --> 01:00:59,735 -♪ I've got to go ♪ -♪ Her world ♪ 1277 01:00:59,768 --> 01:01:00,970 -♪ I've got to go ♪ -♪ World ♪ 1278 01:01:01,003 --> 01:01:02,705 ♪ His and hers alone ♪ 1279 01:01:02,738 --> 01:01:04,840 -♪ I've got to go ♪ -♪ Our world ♪ 1280 01:01:04,873 --> 01:01:07,109 -That works! -♪ I've got to go ♪ 1281 01:01:07,142 --> 01:01:08,711 Let's sing the chorus. What do you think? 1282 01:01:08,744 --> 01:01:10,512 Yeah, but I have to change that line. 1283 01:01:10,546 --> 01:01:12,715 -It has to say Georgia because.. -Georgia. 1284 01:01:12,748 --> 01:01:13,782 Houston is not working for me. 1285 01:01:13,816 --> 01:01:16,251 Who wants to go to Houston? Let's go to Georgia. 1286 01:01:16,285 --> 01:01:18,887 -Give me some peaches. -Here we go. 1287 01:01:20,089 --> 01:01:21,724 How you feeling tonight? 1288 01:01:29,765 --> 01:01:32,001 ♪ Mm, LA ♪ 1289 01:01:34,169 --> 01:01:36,772 ♪ Proved too much for the man ♪ 1290 01:01:36,805 --> 01:01:39,208 Hey, guys. She's making me play you. 1291 01:01:39,241 --> 01:01:41,010 Hey, do that A. 1292 01:01:41,043 --> 01:01:43,712 ♪ So he's leaving a life, mm ♪ 1293 01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:48,751 ♪ He's come to know ♪ 1294 01:01:48,784 --> 01:01:50,919 ♪ Ooh mm ♪ 1295 01:01:50,953 --> 01:01:52,654 ♪ He said he's going ♪ 1296 01:01:52,688 --> 01:01:54,757 ♪ Say he's going back ♪ 1297 01:01:55,724 --> 01:01:57,159 ♪ Going back to find ♪ 1298 01:01:57,192 --> 01:02:02,297 ♪ Ooh what's left of his world ♪ 1299 01:02:02,332 --> 01:02:05,667 ♪ On that midnight train to Georgia ♪ 1300 01:02:05,701 --> 01:02:06,568 Ooh, I love that. 1301 01:02:06,602 --> 01:02:08,904 As long as it says "Georgia," I'm good. 1302 01:02:08,937 --> 01:02:10,572 - Oh, my God. - This is good. 1303 01:02:10,606 --> 01:02:13,042 That's beautiful. That's just the best. 1304 01:02:13,075 --> 01:02:15,044 ♪ He's leaving ♪ 1305 01:02:15,077 --> 01:02:16,612 ♪ Leaving ♪ 1306 01:02:16,645 --> 01:02:19,181 ♪ On that midnight train to Georgia ♪ 1307 01:02:19,214 --> 01:02:22,584 ♪ Leaving on a midnight train ♪ 1308 01:02:22,618 --> 01:02:24,186 ♪ Ooh Lord ♪ 1309 01:02:24,219 --> 01:02:25,788 ♪ Say he's going back ♪ 1310 01:02:25,821 --> 01:02:28,657 ♪ I've got to go, I've got to go ♪ 1311 01:02:28,690 --> 01:02:31,293 ♪ A simpler place and time ♪ 1312 01:02:31,327 --> 01:02:33,062 ♪ Oh yes he is ♪ 1313 01:02:33,095 --> 01:02:35,197 What does a train sound like? 1314 01:02:35,230 --> 01:02:38,067 -Whoo, whoo! -Okay. The Pips can do that 1315 01:02:38,100 --> 01:02:40,002 - in harmony. - Oh, yeah. 1316 01:02:40,035 --> 01:02:40,903 Whoo-whoo! 1317 01:02:40,936 --> 01:02:42,938 ♪ I'd rather live in his world ♪ 1318 01:02:42,971 --> 01:02:44,340 ♪ Live in his world ♪ 1319 01:02:44,374 --> 01:02:46,275 ♪ Than live without him in mine ♪ 1320 01:02:46,308 --> 01:02:50,279 ♪ Her world is his ♪ 1321 01:02:50,313 --> 01:02:52,815 ♪ His and hers alone ♪ 1322 01:03:00,423 --> 01:03:02,024 You resigned from Buddah? 1323 01:03:04,427 --> 01:03:07,830 If we're ever gonna do something that truly matters, 1324 01:03:07,863 --> 01:03:10,065 it's gonna have to be our own. 1325 01:03:10,099 --> 01:03:12,067 In California? 1326 01:03:12,101 --> 01:03:14,103 Cecil just called. 1327 01:03:14,136 --> 01:03:16,972 - Everyone's going? - Okay. Not everyone. 1328 01:03:17,005 --> 01:03:21,009 Larry's never leaving New York, but Cecil, yeah, Buck, Nancy. 1329 01:03:22,211 --> 01:03:23,212 And Beth? 1330 01:03:26,349 --> 01:03:27,716 And Beth. 1331 01:03:30,886 --> 01:03:32,087 Don't look away. 1332 01:03:35,057 --> 01:03:36,125 Hey. 1333 01:03:41,029 --> 01:03:42,297 Don't turn away. 1334 01:03:46,969 --> 01:03:49,171 How long have you been planning this? 1335 01:03:53,075 --> 01:03:54,643 Since I was eight. 1336 01:03:56,778 --> 01:04:00,015 Okay. So this comes next. 1337 01:04:08,924 --> 01:04:12,094 You're not even gonna look back? 1338 01:04:12,127 --> 01:04:14,796 Ooh, I have already seen it. 1339 01:04:14,830 --> 01:04:18,434 ♪ I know he's leaving, yeah ♪ 1340 01:04:18,468 --> 01:04:20,769 ♪ On that midnight train to Georgia ♪ 1341 01:04:20,802 --> 01:04:22,171 ♪ Leaving on the midnight train ♪ 1342 01:04:22,204 --> 01:04:24,673 ♪ Hey, ooh, yah ♪ 1343 01:04:25,441 --> 01:04:28,210 ♪ Said he's going back to find ♪ 1344 01:04:28,243 --> 01:04:29,412 ♪ Going back to find ♪ 1345 01:04:29,445 --> 01:04:33,148 ♪ Ooh a simpler place and time ♪ 1346 01:04:33,182 --> 01:04:35,451 ♪ Oh yes he is ♪ 1347 01:04:35,485 --> 01:04:38,454 ♪ And I'm gonna be with him ♪ 1348 01:04:38,488 --> 01:04:39,955 ♪ I know you will ♪ 1349 01:04:39,988 --> 01:04:42,458 ♪ On that midnight train to Georgia ♪ 1350 01:04:42,492 --> 01:04:44,327 ♪ Leaving on a midnight train ♪ 1351 01:04:44,360 --> 01:04:47,729 -♪ Oh yeah yeah ♪ -♪ Whoo-whoo ♪ 1352 01:04:47,763 --> 01:04:50,433 ♪ I'd rather live in his world ♪ 1353 01:04:50,466 --> 01:04:51,367 ♪ Live in his world ♪ 1354 01:04:51,401 --> 01:04:54,203 ♪ Than be without him in mine ♪ 1355 01:04:54,236 --> 01:04:57,340 ♪ Her world is his ♪ 1356 01:04:57,373 --> 01:04:59,074 ♪ His and hers alone ♪ 1357 01:04:59,107 --> 01:05:01,276 Come on! 1358 01:05:01,310 --> 01:05:02,478 -Ah! -A pool? 1359 01:05:02,512 --> 01:05:04,980 It's a pool! 1360 01:05:12,488 --> 01:05:14,256 You couldn't find a bigger house? 1361 01:05:14,289 --> 01:05:16,225 Just close your eyes and jump. 1362 01:05:16,258 --> 01:05:18,394 And dream all these walls away? 1363 01:05:18,428 --> 01:05:19,495 Hey, can't you see? 1364 01:05:19,529 --> 01:05:21,830 There are no walls here. 1365 01:05:21,863 --> 01:05:23,131 -Come on, Mom! -Ah! 1366 01:05:26,536 --> 01:05:28,471 And we all lived happily ever after, right? 1367 01:05:29,871 --> 01:05:33,476 Well... it's complicated. 1368 01:05:33,509 --> 01:05:35,210 I'd been betting on what I believed in 1369 01:05:35,244 --> 01:05:37,112 my whole life. 1370 01:05:37,145 --> 01:05:37,980 I promise you. 1371 01:05:38,013 --> 01:05:40,416 So, where do we dream from here? 1372 01:05:43,919 --> 01:05:45,020 KISS! 1373 01:05:48,890 --> 01:05:51,126 And every bet we'd made back at Buddah 1374 01:05:51,159 --> 01:05:52,395 had paid off, 1375 01:05:52,428 --> 01:05:56,131 but Casablanca, KISS, and now Donna... 1376 01:05:56,164 --> 01:05:59,268 Mm. So far, we'd lost every hand. 1377 01:06:06,308 --> 01:06:08,511 No, no, it's dance music, right? 1378 01:06:08,544 --> 01:06:11,547 There is no other voice like her. 1379 01:06:11,581 --> 01:06:13,015 It's worse than we thought. 1380 01:06:13,048 --> 01:06:14,384 What? 1381 01:06:14,417 --> 01:06:15,951 Donna's not selling anywhere? 1382 01:06:15,984 --> 01:06:17,219 No one knows what to make of her. 1383 01:06:17,252 --> 01:06:19,389 R and B doesn't want her. Pop doesn't get her. 1384 01:06:19,422 --> 01:06:21,156 -She's just... -Different. 1385 01:06:21,189 --> 01:06:22,924 The song's dead, man. 1386 01:06:22,958 --> 01:06:24,427 You were wrong about the Gaines girl. 1387 01:06:24,460 --> 01:06:26,429 It's Summer, okay? It's Donna Summer. 1388 01:06:26,462 --> 01:06:28,297 Well, you were wrong about her, too, man. 1389 01:06:28,331 --> 01:06:29,998 Hello. 1390 01:06:30,032 --> 01:06:32,335 By 1975, we'd done everything we could think of 1391 01:06:32,368 --> 01:06:33,536 to introduce Donna to the world. 1392 01:06:33,569 --> 01:06:34,936 Right in my heart. 1393 01:06:34,970 --> 01:06:38,508 The world just... didn't care. 1394 01:06:38,541 --> 01:06:40,208 You said that he loved the song, 1395 01:06:40,242 --> 01:06:43,078 that he was so sure that it would change everything. 1396 01:06:44,880 --> 01:06:46,815 The song is over, LaDonna. 1397 01:06:47,483 --> 01:06:48,451 I was wrong. 1398 01:06:58,226 --> 01:07:00,330 Just because the audience doesn't hear it 1399 01:07:00,363 --> 01:07:02,432 does not mean it isn't there. 1400 01:07:03,566 --> 01:07:06,968 Sometimes, it just takes time. 1401 01:07:08,571 --> 01:07:11,907 But we were out of that, too. 1402 01:07:11,940 --> 01:07:13,942 -Neil, don't do this. -Hey, you called me, Bill. 1403 01:07:13,975 --> 01:07:15,545 To talk about it, not so that you could do 1404 01:07:15,578 --> 01:07:16,612 whatever you're gonna do. 1405 01:07:16,646 --> 01:07:17,846 This came from Steven Tyler himself. 1406 01:07:17,879 --> 01:07:20,248 Called and said if we don't cut the pyro and get a smaller 1407 01:07:20,282 --> 01:07:22,385 sound and lighting rig, we gotta pack it up and go home. 1408 01:07:22,418 --> 01:07:25,120 -Well, he is the headliner, so. -Bill, you have to trust us. 1409 01:07:25,153 --> 01:07:26,922 Well, I thought we were the us. 1410 01:07:26,955 --> 01:07:28,358 We're their managers, Joyce, you and me. 1411 01:07:28,391 --> 01:07:31,427 Neil, I'm begging you, please don't gamble on this. 1412 01:07:32,495 --> 01:07:34,464 We should have parked closer. 1413 01:07:34,497 --> 01:07:36,965 And sometimes... 1414 01:07:36,998 --> 01:07:38,934 they hear it even when they don't know it. 1415 01:07:49,277 --> 01:07:51,046 Hey, Mr. Aerosmith! 1416 01:07:51,079 --> 01:07:54,317 What kind of rock and roll pussy are you? 1417 01:07:54,350 --> 01:07:57,387 ♪ You show us everything you've got ♪ 1418 01:07:57,420 --> 01:08:01,289 ♪ You keep on dancing and the room gets hot ♪ 1419 01:08:01,324 --> 01:08:02,592 ♪ You drive us wild ♪ 1420 01:08:02,625 --> 01:08:05,927 ♪ We'll drive you crazy ♪ 1421 01:08:05,961 --> 01:08:07,963 Ah! 1422 01:08:07,996 --> 01:08:10,700 ♪ You say you want to go for a spin ♪ 1423 01:08:10,733 --> 01:08:12,000 ♪ The party's just begun ♪ 1424 01:08:12,033 --> 01:08:14,537 ♪ We'll let you in ♪ 1425 01:08:14,570 --> 01:08:16,339 ♪ You drive us wild ♪ 1426 01:08:16,372 --> 01:08:19,509 ♪ We'll drive you crazy ♪ 1427 01:08:19,542 --> 01:08:21,209 Come on! 1428 01:08:21,243 --> 01:08:24,146 ♪ You keep on shouting, you keep on shouting ♪ 1429 01:08:25,415 --> 01:08:27,149 Come on! 1430 01:08:27,182 --> 01:08:30,218 ♪ I want to rock and roll ♪ 1431 01:08:30,252 --> 01:08:32,522 ♪ All night ♪ 1432 01:08:32,555 --> 01:08:34,156 ♪ And party every day ♪ 1433 01:08:34,189 --> 01:08:36,626 ♪ I want to rock and roll ♪ 1434 01:08:36,659 --> 01:08:39,161 ♪ All night ♪ 1435 01:08:39,194 --> 01:08:40,996 ♪ And party every day ♪ 1436 01:08:41,029 --> 01:08:45,701 ♪ I want to rock and roll all night ♪ 1437 01:08:45,735 --> 01:08:47,570 ♪ And party every day ♪ 1438 01:08:47,603 --> 01:08:52,442 ♪ I want to rock and roll all night ♪ 1439 01:08:52,475 --> 01:08:54,610 ♪ And party every day ♪ 1440 01:08:58,548 --> 01:09:00,282 They love them when they see them. 1441 01:09:01,451 --> 01:09:04,085 So why the hell can't we get them to buy their records? 1442 01:09:04,119 --> 01:09:06,021 ♪ You drive us wild ♪ 1443 01:09:06,054 --> 01:09:09,057 ♪ We'll drive you crazy ♪ 1444 01:09:10,125 --> 01:09:11,293 ♪ You keep on shouting ♪ 1445 01:09:11,327 --> 01:09:12,361 I just... 1446 01:09:12,395 --> 01:09:14,129 ♪ You keep on shouting ♪ 1447 01:09:14,162 --> 01:09:16,666 I need... I need more time. 1448 01:09:16,699 --> 01:09:19,469 ♪ I want to rock and roll ♪ 1449 01:09:19,502 --> 01:09:22,137 ♪ All night ♪ 1450 01:09:22,170 --> 01:09:24,072 ♪ And party every day ♪ 1451 01:09:24,105 --> 01:09:28,778 ♪ I want to rock and roll all night ♪ 1452 01:09:28,811 --> 01:09:30,646 ♪ And party every day ♪ 1453 01:09:50,566 --> 01:09:53,101 You lost us an Aerosmith tour. 1454 01:09:54,670 --> 01:09:56,238 The tour was already lost, Gene. 1455 01:09:56,271 --> 01:09:58,674 Aerosmith doesn't want you anywhere near them, alright? 1456 01:09:58,708 --> 01:10:00,376 No headliner does. Your... 1457 01:10:00,409 --> 01:10:02,244 Your show scares the hell out of everyone. 1458 01:10:02,277 --> 01:10:04,246 So you want us to scale everything down, 1459 01:10:04,279 --> 01:10:07,316 - cut the pyro and the lights? - No. No. No. No. 1460 01:10:07,350 --> 01:10:09,652 If you're gonna be a headliner, we're gonna need to make 1461 01:10:09,685 --> 01:10:11,387 everything all that much bigger, alright? 1462 01:10:11,420 --> 01:10:14,423 That means more explosions and so much, so much louder. 1463 01:10:14,457 --> 01:10:17,225 I have this guy, alright? He's got these risers that... 1464 01:10:17,259 --> 01:10:20,730 You really think that more fire and some forklifts 1465 01:10:20,763 --> 01:10:23,766 are gonna be what finally breaks us through? 1466 01:10:23,799 --> 01:10:25,133 No. 1467 01:10:25,166 --> 01:10:26,536 No. It is gonna be the music, 1468 01:10:26,569 --> 01:10:28,804 and it was always gonna be the music, but we might 1469 01:10:28,838 --> 01:10:31,841 just make enough noise to... to get enough people 1470 01:10:31,874 --> 01:10:34,142 to actually listen to it, 1471 01:10:34,175 --> 01:10:35,778 to pay attention. 1472 01:10:35,811 --> 01:10:38,079 Why did you sign us? 1473 01:10:38,113 --> 01:10:41,283 Our demo was good, not great. Even I can admit that. 1474 01:10:41,317 --> 01:10:43,151 You had to know how hard this was gonna be. 1475 01:10:43,184 --> 01:10:44,353 Why take the risk? 1476 01:10:49,124 --> 01:10:52,595 Because your real name is Chaim Witz, 1477 01:10:52,628 --> 01:10:55,331 and you moved here from Israel when you were eight years old, 1478 01:10:55,364 --> 01:10:57,700 speaking nothing but Yiddish. 1479 01:10:57,733 --> 01:11:00,570 Because Paul's real name is Stanley Eisen. 1480 01:11:01,637 --> 01:11:04,306 Because two kids from Queens 1481 01:11:04,340 --> 01:11:06,842 had dreams about being the next gods of rock. 1482 01:11:09,378 --> 01:11:12,180 And little Neil Bogatz from the Brooklyn projects 1483 01:11:12,213 --> 01:11:15,216 thinks he can make everybody's dreams come true... 1484 01:11:17,753 --> 01:11:20,423 if he's just given a little more time. 1485 01:11:22,325 --> 01:11:24,694 You know, your demo really was that great, Gene. 1486 01:11:26,362 --> 01:11:30,533 Yeah. Raw and honest rock and roll, 1487 01:11:30,566 --> 01:11:33,201 even without all the costumes. But I tell you 1488 01:11:33,234 --> 01:11:35,303 what your real brilliance is, and I don't even think 1489 01:11:35,338 --> 01:11:38,341 you know this. It's that you write 1490 01:11:38,374 --> 01:11:40,175 every single one of your songs 1491 01:11:40,208 --> 01:11:43,512 with the same four God damn chords. 1492 01:11:43,546 --> 01:11:45,848 That means that any... any 14-year-old kid 1493 01:11:45,881 --> 01:11:47,483 can go out there and buy a guitar, 1494 01:11:47,516 --> 01:11:48,584 and within 20 minutes, 1495 01:11:48,618 --> 01:11:50,218 they can be you! 1496 01:11:50,953 --> 01:11:53,522 And that matters, Gene. 1497 01:11:53,556 --> 01:11:55,290 That is who you are. 1498 01:11:56,291 --> 01:11:58,259 Now, why did you sign with me, huh? 1499 01:11:59,328 --> 01:12:02,798 Brand-new label with you as our only act. 1500 01:12:02,832 --> 01:12:05,601 You had to know you were taking as much of a risk as we were. 1501 01:12:07,536 --> 01:12:09,237 Because you never should have gotten 1502 01:12:09,270 --> 01:12:11,239 out of the Brooklyn projects. 1503 01:12:15,276 --> 01:12:16,679 And yet, here you are. 1504 01:12:18,948 --> 01:12:20,316 Here we are. 1505 01:12:21,550 --> 01:12:23,184 Two imposters. 1506 01:12:25,955 --> 01:12:27,490 Only if we're wrong. 1507 01:13:06,028 --> 01:13:08,263 I get that you like to gamble, 1508 01:13:08,296 --> 01:13:10,566 but what if Joey was right? 1509 01:13:10,599 --> 01:13:12,668 In the end, what if the house does always win? 1510 01:13:17,540 --> 01:13:19,008 Well, then we raise the stakes so high 1511 01:13:19,041 --> 01:13:20,509 that we become the house. 1512 01:13:34,957 --> 01:13:36,492 Two hundred grand more. 1513 01:13:36,525 --> 01:13:38,661 You're still upside down the last hundred. 1514 01:13:38,694 --> 01:13:41,296 Why don't you make it a personal loan, then? 1515 01:13:41,330 --> 01:13:43,632 Don't do this. You go upside down this big, 1516 01:13:43,666 --> 01:13:45,468 it don't matter how much I fucking love you. 1517 01:13:45,501 --> 01:13:47,336 Hey, you ever gambled yourself, Joey? 1518 01:13:47,369 --> 01:13:49,505 That thumping in your chest right before that dealer 1519 01:13:49,538 --> 01:13:51,941 turns over your next card? Anything is possible 1520 01:13:51,974 --> 01:13:53,843 right before that moment. 1521 01:13:53,876 --> 01:13:55,711 Neil, I'm telling you, 1522 01:13:55,745 --> 01:13:58,614 I'm not gonna be here for you this time if you don't pay off. 1523 01:13:58,647 --> 01:14:00,583 Are you gonna give me the money or not? 1524 01:14:00,616 --> 01:14:01,650 No. 1525 01:14:04,987 --> 01:14:07,590 -Two hundred? -Two hundred. 1526 01:14:20,970 --> 01:14:22,404 I know it's bad. 1527 01:14:23,539 --> 01:14:26,809 I just wish you would be honest and tell me how bad. 1528 01:14:26,842 --> 01:14:28,444 It's... it's... it's fine. 1529 01:14:28,477 --> 01:14:30,311 No. It's not fine We're not fine. 1530 01:14:30,346 --> 01:14:32,615 None of this is fine, Neil. 1531 01:14:32,648 --> 01:14:34,650 We were fine when we were on the floor of our home 1532 01:14:34,683 --> 01:14:36,919 in New Jersey, when I was teaching you even how to read 1533 01:14:36,952 --> 01:14:39,388 those books. And now, we are broke, 1534 01:14:39,421 --> 01:14:40,990 and you are giving the guys bonuses! 1535 01:14:41,023 --> 01:14:42,558 Hey. No. Did you sister tell you 1536 01:14:42,591 --> 01:14:44,360 that Buck was the only one that took it? 1537 01:14:44,393 --> 01:14:46,729 Maybe he was the only one smart enough to. 1538 01:14:49,098 --> 01:14:51,700 Hey. Hey. 1539 01:14:54,103 --> 01:14:55,437 Come on. 1540 01:14:56,105 --> 01:14:57,606 Just dance with me. 1541 01:15:03,445 --> 01:15:04,713 Oh. 1542 01:15:07,783 --> 01:15:09,585 You stopped dreaming again. 1543 01:15:10,719 --> 01:15:12,822 You did. 1544 01:15:12,855 --> 01:15:14,824 You know what I dream of? 1545 01:15:14,857 --> 01:15:18,460 It's that you're actually here with us, Neil, 1546 01:15:18,494 --> 01:15:20,129 and not in New York or Las Vegas 1547 01:15:20,162 --> 01:15:22,731 or wherever else you disappear to 1548 01:15:22,765 --> 01:15:25,334 when you're too afraid I'll see the truth. 1549 01:15:26,402 --> 01:15:29,405 What do you think the truth is? 1550 01:15:29,438 --> 01:15:32,908 Beth, I love you. Come on. I'm always with you. 1551 01:15:32,942 --> 01:15:36,712 I'm always with you. You, the kids, 1552 01:15:36,745 --> 01:15:38,414 you're all I think about. 1553 01:15:40,683 --> 01:15:45,588 You have to know she's going to end up just as hurt as me. 1554 01:15:48,490 --> 01:15:50,726 I convinced myself for so long that it was okay 1555 01:15:50,759 --> 01:15:53,162 when I knew that you were sharing your bed, Neil, 1556 01:15:53,195 --> 01:15:55,598 but you are sharing your heart. 1557 01:15:58,167 --> 01:15:59,602 Tell me I'm wrong. 1558 01:16:09,778 --> 01:16:11,680 It's complicated. 1559 01:16:11,714 --> 01:16:12,715 No. 1560 01:16:13,983 --> 01:16:14,984 It's not. 1561 01:16:17,086 --> 01:16:18,621 It's really simple. 1562 01:16:24,526 --> 01:16:27,897 ♪ You've got a real type of thing going down ♪ 1563 01:16:27,930 --> 01:16:29,632 ♪ Getting down ♪ 1564 01:16:29,665 --> 01:16:33,903 ♪ There's a whole lot of rhythm going round ♪ 1565 01:16:33,936 --> 01:16:36,038 You want a little bit more or you good? 1566 01:16:36,071 --> 01:16:37,172 What? 1567 01:16:37,206 --> 01:16:39,174 Yeah, yeah. You good? 1568 01:16:39,208 --> 01:16:41,010 I'm great. 1569 01:16:41,043 --> 01:16:42,645 Oh, there he is. There he is. 1570 01:16:42,678 --> 01:16:45,514 -Is that what you gave me? -That's it right there. Uh-uh. 1571 01:16:45,547 --> 01:16:47,683 Hey, what up, Neil? Look at the space in here... 1572 01:16:47,716 --> 01:16:49,818 I can't even feel my lungs anymore. 1573 01:16:49,852 --> 01:16:50,986 Now it's a party. 1574 01:16:51,020 --> 01:16:53,689 George, George, George, George, if we're gonna sign you, 1575 01:16:53,722 --> 01:16:55,724 you cannot be your own opening act, alright? 1576 01:16:55,758 --> 01:16:59,495 You are Parliament and Funkadelic. It's confusing. 1577 01:16:59,528 --> 01:17:01,196 Only on some planets, man. 1578 01:17:01,230 --> 01:17:03,933 See, that's why I need a motherfucking spaceship, 1579 01:17:03,966 --> 01:17:05,534 so we can leave this Earth. 1580 01:17:05,567 --> 01:17:07,536 When the mothership gets built, 1581 01:17:07,569 --> 01:17:09,972 the connection between Earth and the galaxy 1582 01:17:10,005 --> 01:17:12,007 is gonna be made, and everything will be clear. 1583 01:17:12,041 --> 01:17:14,510 I'm trying to tell you, it'll make sense. You'll see. 1584 01:17:14,543 --> 01:17:16,545 How quickly can you cut us this new record? 1585 01:17:16,578 --> 01:17:20,115 How quick can you build me a motherfucking spaceship? 1586 01:17:20,149 --> 01:17:21,650 How much? 1587 01:17:23,118 --> 01:17:25,054 A million motherfucking dollars. 1588 01:17:25,087 --> 01:17:26,956 Would those be Earth dollars? 1589 01:17:26,989 --> 01:17:29,692 I can't even feel my bones anymore. 1590 01:17:29,725 --> 01:17:31,226 He's giving me space... 1591 01:17:31,260 --> 01:17:33,595 I know what you need to do, Neil. 1592 01:17:33,629 --> 01:17:35,097 - It's party time. - Yeah? 1593 01:17:35,130 --> 01:17:38,500 It's time to fly. I'm gonna need you to hop on this ride with me. 1594 01:17:38,534 --> 01:17:40,769 If Buck can handle it, so can I. 1595 01:17:40,803 --> 01:17:42,504 You in or you out? 1596 01:17:42,538 --> 01:17:43,973 I didn't start the heavier drugs 1597 01:17:44,006 --> 01:17:46,842 because of what was going on between Beth and Joyce. 1598 01:17:46,875 --> 01:17:49,611 Didn't start them because of what was going wrong 1599 01:17:49,645 --> 01:17:51,246 with KISS and Donna and Casablanca. 1600 01:17:51,280 --> 01:17:52,614 I just... 1601 01:17:54,683 --> 01:17:56,919 I did them because I like... 1602 01:17:56,952 --> 01:17:59,688 I liked how it made me feel. 1603 01:17:59,722 --> 01:18:01,890 Why don't you take a ride with me, Neil? 1604 01:18:03,292 --> 01:18:05,060 Alright. Let's go, Neil. It's on you. 1605 01:18:05,094 --> 01:18:06,295 Okay. 1606 01:18:06,329 --> 01:18:07,997 - You ready to go? - Do it. 1607 01:18:08,030 --> 01:18:10,766 You ready to build us a spaceship, Neil? 1608 01:18:12,768 --> 01:18:13,736 Fuck it. 1609 01:18:15,738 --> 01:18:18,007 You look like you like it. I think he likes it. 1610 01:18:23,212 --> 01:18:25,180 Let's build you a motherfucking spaceship. 1611 01:18:26,915 --> 01:18:28,884 That's what I'm talkin' about. 1612 01:18:28,917 --> 01:18:30,219 Liftoff. Let's go. 1613 01:18:30,252 --> 01:18:32,254 ♪ We need the funk ♪ 1614 01:18:32,287 --> 01:18:34,056 ♪ We got to have that funk ♪ 1615 01:18:34,089 --> 01:18:37,126 ♪ Oh we want the funk ♪ 1616 01:18:37,159 --> 01:18:38,660 ♪ Give up the funk ♪ 1617 01:18:38,694 --> 01:18:41,331 ♪ Oh we need the funk ♪ 1618 01:18:41,364 --> 01:18:43,165 ♪ We got to have that funk ♪ 1619 01:18:43,198 --> 01:18:44,133 ♪ Oh we want the funk ♪ 1620 01:18:44,166 --> 01:18:46,135 ♪ Please, mother ♪ 1621 01:18:46,168 --> 01:18:47,970 ♪ Give up the funk ♪ 1622 01:18:48,003 --> 01:18:49,038 ♪ Oh we need the funk ♪ 1623 01:18:49,071 --> 01:18:50,340 ♪ Please mother ah ♪ 1624 01:18:50,373 --> 01:18:52,174 ♪ We got to have that funk ♪ 1625 01:18:52,207 --> 01:18:53,208 ♪ Oh we want the funk ♪ 1626 01:18:53,242 --> 01:18:55,244 ♪ Please mother ♪ 1627 01:18:55,277 --> 01:18:56,779 ♪ Give up the funk ♪ 1628 01:19:13,363 --> 01:19:14,930 Well, alright. 1629 01:19:18,834 --> 01:19:20,370 Partying on the mothership. 1630 01:19:20,403 --> 01:19:22,704 I am the mothership connection. 1631 01:19:24,306 --> 01:19:27,209 ♪ If you hear any noise ♪ 1632 01:19:27,242 --> 01:19:30,045 ♪ It's just me and the boys ♪ 1633 01:19:30,079 --> 01:19:32,382 ♪ Hit me ♪ 1634 01:19:32,415 --> 01:19:34,049 Hit it, fellas. 1635 01:19:35,784 --> 01:19:38,220 ♪ Swing down sweet chariot ♪ 1636 01:19:38,253 --> 01:19:41,090 ♪ Stop and let me ride ♪ 1637 01:19:41,123 --> 01:19:43,659 ♪ Swing down sweet chariot ♪ 1638 01:19:43,692 --> 01:19:46,396 ♪ Stop and let me ride ♪ 1639 01:19:46,429 --> 01:19:49,031 ♪ Swing down sweet chariot ♪ 1640 01:19:49,064 --> 01:19:51,834 ♪ Stop and let me ride ♪ 1641 01:19:51,867 --> 01:19:54,337 ♪ Swing down sweet chariot ♪ 1642 01:19:54,370 --> 01:19:57,407 ♪ Stop and let me ride ♪ 1643 01:19:57,440 --> 01:19:59,842 That million dollars actually went a long way, 1644 01:19:59,875 --> 01:20:02,378 and not just for the mothership. George bought two new tour buses 1645 01:20:02,412 --> 01:20:04,113 and new cars for everyone in the band. 1646 01:20:04,146 --> 01:20:06,048 Everyone, 28 of them. 1647 01:20:06,081 --> 01:20:08,418 We had Rolls Royces, Mercedes Benz, 1648 01:20:08,451 --> 01:20:10,719 Jaguars, six Sevilles. 1649 01:20:10,752 --> 01:20:13,722 Everybody got a car, except for me, motherfucker. 1650 01:20:13,755 --> 01:20:16,291 I needed a spaceship, because I don't drive. 1651 01:20:16,326 --> 01:20:18,660 ♪ Let me ride ♪ 1652 01:20:18,694 --> 01:20:21,163 ♪ Swing down sweet chariot ♪ 1653 01:20:21,196 --> 01:20:22,998 They pioneered almost every genre 1654 01:20:23,031 --> 01:20:24,733 that came after them. 1655 01:20:24,766 --> 01:20:28,871 They just spent more money than they ever made, 1656 01:20:28,904 --> 01:20:32,941 and the money just... kept bleeding. 1657 01:20:45,355 --> 01:20:47,390 That's really beautiful. I love that. 1658 01:20:47,423 --> 01:20:50,292 Thanks. They've been making fun of me. 1659 01:20:50,326 --> 01:20:51,894 They don't think it sounds like KISS. 1660 01:20:51,927 --> 01:20:53,396 Oh, no. Hey. Hey. Not those. 1661 01:20:53,429 --> 01:20:54,597 Those are the empty shells, right? 1662 01:20:54,631 --> 01:20:57,367 - Hide them somewhere the back. - Wait, wait. Empty? 1663 01:20:57,400 --> 01:20:58,535 -Yeah. -Those are empty? 1664 01:20:58,568 --> 01:21:01,036 Yeah. They might just make you look as big as you sound. 1665 01:21:01,069 --> 01:21:04,806 You know, now you're beginning to sound just like him. 1666 01:21:04,840 --> 01:21:06,842 Bill, is he... is he serious? 1667 01:21:06,875 --> 01:21:09,244 Guys, uh, give us five. 1668 01:21:13,349 --> 01:21:15,351 -It's a bullshit trick. -Bill. 1669 01:21:15,385 --> 01:21:17,786 Okay? It's a mirage. 1670 01:21:17,819 --> 01:21:20,923 And it sure as hell isn't rock and roll, and... 1671 01:21:20,956 --> 01:21:21,957 and... 1672 01:21:22,925 --> 01:21:26,329 and I wish any of that mattered right now, 1673 01:21:26,362 --> 01:21:27,930 but it just doesn't. 1674 01:21:29,198 --> 01:21:33,936 Nobody's buying our records. No one's coming to see us play. 1675 01:21:33,969 --> 01:21:36,972 And if an empty speaker cabinet tricks people into thinking 1676 01:21:37,005 --> 01:21:40,510 that we sound better because we sound louder... 1677 01:21:40,543 --> 01:21:42,512 If this is what it finally takes 1678 01:21:42,545 --> 01:21:45,814 so that everybody else feels the way we do... 1679 01:21:46,416 --> 01:21:48,384 what I think is, 1680 01:21:48,418 --> 01:21:50,118 we do what we have to to survive. 1681 01:21:50,152 --> 01:21:51,987 It's just another part of the show, 1682 01:21:52,020 --> 01:21:54,424 like the costumes, the... the make-up. 1683 01:21:54,457 --> 01:21:55,791 No. 1684 01:21:56,992 --> 01:21:57,993 It's not. 1685 01:22:00,295 --> 01:22:01,830 It's a lie. 1686 01:22:03,333 --> 01:22:04,866 About the music. 1687 01:22:13,875 --> 01:22:17,145 We've never lied about the music. 1688 01:22:17,179 --> 01:22:18,847 Hey, uh, why don't you, uh... 1689 01:22:18,880 --> 01:22:20,949 why don't you sing that song? 1690 01:22:20,983 --> 01:22:22,985 The one that you said you liked it. 1691 01:22:23,018 --> 01:22:26,021 You said you liked it, right? Sing it. Sing it for him. 1692 01:22:26,054 --> 01:22:27,990 He thinks he's got our next single. 1693 01:22:35,598 --> 01:22:39,167 ♪ Beth I hear you calling ♪ 1694 01:22:39,201 --> 01:22:43,839 ♪ But I can't come home right now ♪ 1695 01:22:43,872 --> 01:22:47,377 ♪ Me and the boys are playing ♪ 1696 01:22:47,410 --> 01:22:49,512 ♪ And we just can't find ♪ 1697 01:22:49,545 --> 01:22:52,548 ♪ The sound ♪ 1698 01:22:52,582 --> 01:22:55,851 ♪ Just a few more hours ♪ 1699 01:22:55,884 --> 01:23:00,055 ♪ And I'll be right home to you ♪ 1700 01:23:00,088 --> 01:23:04,026 ♪ I think I hear them calling ♪ 1701 01:23:04,059 --> 01:23:08,830 ♪ Oh Beth what can I do? ♪ 1702 01:23:08,864 --> 01:23:10,999 ♪ Beth what can I do? ♪ 1703 01:23:11,033 --> 01:23:12,568 What's... what's the matter? 1704 01:23:12,602 --> 01:23:15,170 It's not... not the radio hit you were hoping for? 1705 01:23:15,203 --> 01:23:16,339 Paul! 1706 01:23:16,372 --> 01:23:20,175 I will drop you right off on that fucking street corner 1707 01:23:20,208 --> 01:23:21,176 in Queens. 1708 01:23:21,209 --> 01:23:22,844 You can't. 1709 01:23:24,246 --> 01:23:25,581 We're all you got. 1710 01:23:25,615 --> 01:23:27,583 The song was not supposed to be Beth, okay? 1711 01:23:27,617 --> 01:23:29,951 Peter wrote it for his wife. He'll change it back. 1712 01:23:29,985 --> 01:23:32,422 - We'll change it, Neil. - Mm... 1713 01:23:32,455 --> 01:23:34,624 -Mm... no, we won't. -No. No. 1714 01:23:34,657 --> 01:23:37,926 "Beth" just has a better... I don't know. 1715 01:23:37,959 --> 01:23:40,062 It's just got a better ring to it. 1716 01:23:40,095 --> 01:23:41,196 -Don't you think? -Okay. 1717 01:23:41,229 --> 01:23:44,032 I think I finally got the lights the way you want 'em. 1718 01:23:47,637 --> 01:23:49,104 What'd I miss? 1719 01:23:53,308 --> 01:23:54,344 You know... 1720 01:23:56,646 --> 01:23:59,114 you guys are just a couple of fucking children 1721 01:23:59,147 --> 01:24:00,182 playing dress-up. 1722 01:24:03,118 --> 01:24:05,655 Aw, where you going? Come on. 1723 01:24:05,688 --> 01:24:07,189 He bet everything on you! 1724 01:24:07,222 --> 01:24:10,158 No, no, no, no. He bet everything on him! 1725 01:24:10,192 --> 01:24:12,395 We just happen to be the cards he was dealt! 1726 01:24:13,629 --> 01:24:16,932 ♪ You say you feel so empty ♪ 1727 01:24:16,965 --> 01:24:21,604 ♪ That our house just ain't a home ♪ 1728 01:24:21,637 --> 01:24:25,508 ♪ I'm always somewhere else ♪ 1729 01:24:25,541 --> 01:24:30,413 ♪ And you're always there alone ♪ 1730 01:24:30,446 --> 01:24:33,649 ♪ Just a few more hours ♪ 1731 01:24:33,683 --> 01:24:37,953 ♪ And I'll be right home to you ♪ 1732 01:24:37,986 --> 01:24:42,057 ♪ I think I hear them calling ♪ 1733 01:24:42,090 --> 01:24:46,128 ♪ Oh Beth what can I do? ♪ 1734 01:24:46,161 --> 01:24:49,097 ♪ Beth what can I do? ♪ 1735 01:24:50,433 --> 01:24:54,169 ♪ Beth I know you're lonely ♪ 1736 01:24:54,202 --> 01:24:58,408 ♪ I know I'll be alright ♪ 1737 01:24:58,441 --> 01:25:03,311 ♪ 'Cause me and the boys will be playing ♪ 1738 01:25:03,346 --> 01:25:04,414 ♪ All night ♪ 1739 01:25:44,620 --> 01:25:46,756 - Hey. - Hey. 1740 01:25:46,789 --> 01:25:48,658 You look like shit. 1741 01:25:48,691 --> 01:25:50,560 You get in okay? 1742 01:25:50,593 --> 01:25:51,661 Limo was waiting? 1743 01:25:51,694 --> 01:25:53,061 Yeah, yeah. Like movie stars. 1744 01:25:53,094 --> 01:25:54,262 Your mother loved it. 1745 01:25:56,198 --> 01:25:57,733 Okay. How much you need this time? 1746 01:25:57,767 --> 01:26:00,001 You got to talk to me like that? I'm your father. 1747 01:26:00,035 --> 01:26:01,637 You think that's why we 1748 01:26:01,671 --> 01:26:03,539 flew in? I wanted to see how my son's doing, 1749 01:26:03,573 --> 01:26:05,073 if he's okay. 1750 01:26:05,106 --> 01:26:07,108 What do you need, Pop? 1751 01:26:07,142 --> 01:26:09,479 It's for your mother, okay? For the foster home. 1752 01:26:09,512 --> 01:26:11,079 She's going nuts. I don't know. 1753 01:26:11,112 --> 01:26:12,615 Like, ten or something. 1754 01:26:12,648 --> 01:26:15,083 You make it harder than getting money from loan sharks. 1755 01:26:15,116 --> 01:26:17,720 It's just fucking money. 1756 01:26:17,753 --> 01:26:19,120 What is it you always say? 1757 01:26:19,154 --> 01:26:21,256 Uh, you just got to know where to find it. 1758 01:26:21,289 --> 01:26:23,459 Like at the card tables? 1759 01:26:23,493 --> 01:26:25,026 I heard things, Neil. 1760 01:26:25,695 --> 01:26:27,663 What are you doing, huh? 1761 01:26:27,697 --> 01:26:30,333 Oh, you know, just still trying to escape 1762 01:26:30,366 --> 01:26:32,568 -those four God damn blocks! -What the fuck's 1763 01:26:32,602 --> 01:26:34,069 -the matter with you? -Hey! Fuck! 1764 01:26:34,102 --> 01:26:35,571 Huh? I raised you to be smart! 1765 01:26:35,605 --> 01:26:38,240 How you gonna be smart shoving that shit up your nose? 1766 01:26:38,273 --> 01:26:40,543 Come on! I'm talking to you! 1767 01:26:40,576 --> 01:26:41,811 How you gonna know when you're hot, 1768 01:26:41,844 --> 01:26:43,579 when to bet big, when to fold? 1769 01:26:43,613 --> 01:26:46,482 You can't even decide who you want in your fucking bed! 1770 01:26:47,583 --> 01:26:49,184 I have everything under control. 1771 01:26:49,217 --> 01:26:51,186 Doesn't look that way. 1772 01:26:51,219 --> 01:26:54,055 You've lost the music, kiddo. 1773 01:26:54,089 --> 01:26:57,092 Hey. You understand? 1774 01:26:59,662 --> 01:27:01,229 Is there anything else you need? 1775 01:27:09,839 --> 01:27:11,807 Hey, you don't think you could have made it 1776 01:27:11,841 --> 01:27:13,275 using your real name? 1777 01:27:16,445 --> 01:27:17,547 Bogart is my real name. 1778 01:27:23,319 --> 01:27:24,286 Sure. 1779 01:27:47,710 --> 01:27:49,311 Tell me what I'm supposed to do. 1780 01:27:51,212 --> 01:27:53,316 Just keep dancing, Neil. 1781 01:27:54,383 --> 01:27:57,252 Always was the one thing you were best at. 1782 01:28:00,389 --> 01:28:02,190 I did always love the way you moved. 1783 01:28:02,223 --> 01:28:04,460 No. Just... I'm... I'm asking you. 1784 01:28:04,493 --> 01:28:06,194 Just tell me what I'm supposed to do. 1785 01:28:06,227 --> 01:28:08,196 Go and say goodbye to your kids. 1786 01:28:11,232 --> 01:28:12,768 That's what you're supposed to do. 1787 01:28:18,741 --> 01:28:20,443 You're breaking my heart. 1788 01:28:22,912 --> 01:28:24,747 Hurts like hell, doesn't it? 1789 01:28:39,194 --> 01:28:41,397 She won't even put them on the phone. 1790 01:28:42,398 --> 01:28:43,332 My kids. 1791 01:28:48,604 --> 01:28:49,772 My kids. 1792 01:28:57,413 --> 01:28:59,849 I don't know how to stand up. 1793 01:28:59,882 --> 01:29:01,917 I'm just... I'm sitting here, 1794 01:29:01,951 --> 01:29:05,388 and I don't... I don't know how to get up. 1795 01:29:17,298 --> 01:29:19,769 Hey, you can almost see Brooklyn from here. 1796 01:29:32,515 --> 01:29:33,549 This is bullshit. 1797 01:29:33,582 --> 01:29:35,785 There isn't a thing that you have ever asked for 1798 01:29:35,818 --> 01:29:37,252 that I haven't given you, 1799 01:29:37,285 --> 01:29:38,921 and you know exactly how expensive it is 1800 01:29:38,954 --> 01:29:40,589 to keep you on tour and in the studio! 1801 01:29:40,623 --> 01:29:42,692 Let's seriously talk about releasing "Beth," okay... 1802 01:29:42,725 --> 01:29:44,827 No. No, no, no! We're not releasing that shit. No. 1803 01:29:44,860 --> 01:29:46,429 ...cross us over into mainstream radio. 1804 01:29:46,462 --> 01:29:48,397 -It's not who we are. -Nobody knows who you are, 1805 01:29:48,431 --> 01:29:50,332 which is why you're not making any fucking money! 1806 01:29:50,366 --> 01:29:52,702 Isn't that your job? Huh? To get them to know? And yours? 1807 01:29:52,735 --> 01:29:55,438 Or is that not the kinda pillow talk you two like to talk? 1808 01:29:55,471 --> 01:29:56,605 - Jesus, Paul. - What? 1809 01:29:56,639 --> 01:29:58,708 I'm just saying what everyone's fucking thinking, man. 1810 01:29:58,741 --> 01:30:01,844 - No. Let him say it. - It's just the truth. 1811 01:30:01,877 --> 01:30:02,978 You're our manager, 1812 01:30:03,012 --> 01:30:05,581 and you are fucking the president 1813 01:30:05,614 --> 01:30:06,749 of our record company. 1814 01:30:08,751 --> 01:30:10,519 You're right. That is the truth, 1815 01:30:10,553 --> 01:30:12,455 which you didn't seem to mind when you asked me 1816 01:30:12,488 --> 01:30:15,391 to give him your demo. You didn't mind either, Bill, 1817 01:30:15,424 --> 01:30:17,526 when you begged me to convince Neil to sign us 1818 01:30:17,560 --> 01:30:20,529 even though Warner Brothers begged him not to. 1819 01:30:20,563 --> 01:30:22,698 Or when you asked me to get us on tour, Paul, 1820 01:30:22,732 --> 01:30:24,800 and keep us on tour. 1821 01:30:24,834 --> 01:30:27,770 You were all just fine asking me to roll over on my pillow 1822 01:30:27,803 --> 01:30:30,539 and talk to the president of your record company then. 1823 01:30:31,607 --> 01:30:32,608 Yes. 1824 01:30:32,641 --> 01:30:35,745 I am your manager, 1825 01:30:35,778 --> 01:30:38,547 and you know just how lucky you are that I am, 1826 01:30:38,581 --> 01:30:40,649 because if I wasn't, you'd still be trying to figure out 1827 01:30:40,683 --> 01:30:42,718 how to wear your mom's makeup, 'cause I taught you 1828 01:30:42,752 --> 01:30:43,819 how to do that, too. 1829 01:30:44,787 --> 01:30:47,389 Who I love is my business. 1830 01:30:47,423 --> 01:30:48,991 Your business is to make the damn music. 1831 01:30:49,024 --> 01:30:50,359 -That's your job! -No, no, no. 1832 01:30:50,392 --> 01:30:51,427 -Start doing it. -No. 1833 01:30:51,460 --> 01:30:53,496 It doesn't matter how we got here. This is real. 1834 01:30:53,529 --> 01:30:55,531 This is happening. This is happening right fucking now. 1835 01:30:55,564 --> 01:30:58,501 -Tell them, Bill. -You really want us to be 1836 01:30:58,534 --> 01:31:00,469 the hottest band in the world? 1837 01:31:01,737 --> 01:31:04,039 He better start paying us like we already are. 1838 01:31:04,073 --> 01:31:05,441 There he is. 1839 01:31:06,408 --> 01:31:08,043 There he is, folks, 1840 01:31:08,077 --> 01:31:09,310 Chaim Witz, 1841 01:31:09,345 --> 01:31:11,514 the demon of rock and roll. Oh! 1842 01:31:11,547 --> 01:31:14,049 You want some real money, Gene? 1843 01:31:14,083 --> 01:31:16,485 You want some real money? 1844 01:31:16,519 --> 01:31:18,420 Well, then you go out there 1845 01:31:18,454 --> 01:31:20,823 and you write us a fucking song 1846 01:31:20,856 --> 01:31:23,893 that will actually make us some! 1847 01:31:23,926 --> 01:31:25,027 - No, no, no. - Wow! 1848 01:31:25,060 --> 01:31:27,396 -No, no, no, no, no. -Fuck you. 1849 01:31:27,429 --> 01:31:29,064 You don't make it about them. Not this time. 1850 01:31:29,098 --> 01:31:31,567 - Bill. - Uh-uh. I am sorry. 1851 01:31:31,600 --> 01:31:35,571 We are renegotiating right now, or we're leaving. 1852 01:31:39,708 --> 01:31:41,076 Bill. 1853 01:31:41,110 --> 01:31:43,846 Okay. Okay. 1854 01:31:47,049 --> 01:31:50,019 How much? 1855 01:31:50,052 --> 01:31:51,654 A million dollars an album. 1856 01:31:55,024 --> 01:31:56,892 And another million in tour support. 1857 01:31:58,127 --> 01:32:00,496 You want two million dollars an album 1858 01:32:00,529 --> 01:32:03,399 for a band that can't sell a... a fucking single? 1859 01:32:05,701 --> 01:32:09,905 I want two million dollars an album for KISS. 1860 01:32:09,939 --> 01:32:10,940 Bill. 1861 01:32:20,182 --> 01:32:21,884 Okay. Fucking fine. Deal. 1862 01:32:24,620 --> 01:32:25,621 We finished? 1863 01:32:31,093 --> 01:32:32,828 It's just business. 1864 01:32:32,862 --> 01:32:34,096 It's nothing personal. 1865 01:32:34,129 --> 01:32:36,599 Of course it is, and you fucking know it. 1866 01:32:39,201 --> 01:32:40,569 It's okay. 1867 01:33:11,834 --> 01:33:14,169 And now, ladies and gentlemen, 1868 01:33:14,203 --> 01:33:17,706 here's Johnny! 1869 01:33:17,740 --> 01:33:21,076 Here he is, Lenny Bruce! 1870 01:33:21,110 --> 01:33:22,645 Maybe you should slow down a little. 1871 01:33:22,678 --> 01:33:24,079 Maybe you should speed up a lot. 1872 01:33:27,216 --> 01:33:30,085 Hey! I love Lenny Bruce. 1873 01:33:30,119 --> 01:33:33,055 Did you know that he was 40 when he died? 1874 01:33:33,088 --> 01:33:34,957 You think it was worth it, dying so young 1875 01:33:34,990 --> 01:33:37,526 but then having all that success? 1876 01:33:37,559 --> 01:33:41,063 No. I think dying old and having all that success 1877 01:33:41,096 --> 01:33:43,132 would be worth it. 1878 01:33:43,165 --> 01:33:44,867 You promised our distributors a sure thing 1879 01:33:44,900 --> 01:33:47,937 so they'll keep letting us ride on everything else. 1880 01:33:47,970 --> 01:33:49,171 Well, it's Johnny Carson. 1881 01:33:49,204 --> 01:33:51,640 It is a sure thing. 1882 01:33:51,674 --> 01:33:56,011 Besides, a bet is only a bet if it matters. 1883 01:34:03,652 --> 01:34:05,487 It's a wedding night, 1884 01:34:05,521 --> 01:34:07,957 and you're both virgins. It's disgusting. 1885 01:34:07,990 --> 01:34:09,458 Abe, Abe... 1886 01:34:10,693 --> 01:34:13,696 You don't mean that. No, because it's me, Abe, 1887 01:34:13,729 --> 01:34:15,631 because you've always trusted.. 1888 01:34:18,701 --> 01:34:20,636 -Talk to me. -They're not waiting for Carson. 1889 01:34:20,669 --> 01:34:21,971 -What? -They're returning 1890 01:34:22,004 --> 01:34:24,573 all the unsold KISS albums and Donna and Parliament. 1891 01:34:24,606 --> 01:34:25,641 -Everything. -That's 1892 01:34:25,674 --> 01:34:27,843 -too many fucking records, man. -No shit, Buck. 1893 01:34:27,876 --> 01:34:29,878 -What do we do? -We take 'em back, 1894 01:34:29,912 --> 01:34:31,847 but you tell every single fucking one of them 1895 01:34:31,880 --> 01:34:34,016 if they do, they don't get Carson! 1896 01:34:34,049 --> 01:34:35,851 Neil. Neil! 1897 01:34:35,884 --> 01:34:36,652 What? 1898 01:34:38,620 --> 01:34:40,789 What if we're wrong about Carson? 1899 01:34:40,823 --> 01:34:43,726 I mean, we're shipping gold. More. 1900 01:34:43,759 --> 01:34:46,662 Over 750,000 copies already. 1901 01:34:46,695 --> 01:34:47,930 And with the money we're spending 1902 01:34:47,963 --> 01:34:49,832 on... on commercials and... and print ads... 1903 01:34:49,865 --> 01:34:53,135 -It's Johnny fucking Carson! -And nobody understands 1904 01:34:53,168 --> 01:34:55,004 why the hell we're even doing it! 1905 01:34:55,037 --> 01:34:56,672 Then ship more! 1906 01:34:56,705 --> 01:34:58,874 Spend more! Do you job and make them understand! 1907 01:34:58,907 --> 01:35:00,876 This is gonna be the biggest fucking album 1908 01:35:00,909 --> 01:35:02,611 of the year, okay, folks? 1909 01:35:02,644 --> 01:35:03,912 You've lost your mind. 1910 01:35:03,946 --> 01:35:06,215 Did you not hear what they said on the phone? 1911 01:35:06,248 --> 01:35:08,117 And they're on our fucking side! 1912 01:35:08,150 --> 01:35:10,886 -Nobody is on our fucking side. -Because nobody understands 1913 01:35:10,919 --> 01:35:13,889 what the fuck you're doing anymore! 1914 01:35:13,922 --> 01:35:15,657 Not even me! 1915 01:35:17,593 --> 01:35:20,029 We were wrong about KISS, Neil, 1916 01:35:20,062 --> 01:35:22,297 and we were wrong about Donna. 1917 01:35:22,332 --> 01:35:24,900 Even George and his fucking spaceship. 1918 01:35:25,934 --> 01:35:28,637 We were just wrong! 1919 01:35:28,670 --> 01:35:32,174 And here we are, still betting money we don't even have 1920 01:35:32,207 --> 01:35:33,909 on them! 1921 01:35:33,942 --> 01:35:35,544 I can't even pay my... 1922 01:35:37,079 --> 01:35:38,580 If we're wrong about Carson... 1923 01:35:38,614 --> 01:35:41,216 We are not fucking wrong, Cec, 1924 01:35:41,250 --> 01:35:42,951 not about any of them. 1925 01:35:43,819 --> 01:35:46,055 We just haven't figured out 1926 01:35:46,088 --> 01:35:48,891 a way to finally be right! 1927 01:35:50,393 --> 01:35:52,061 -What the hell's happening? 1928 01:35:52,094 --> 01:35:54,830 I dared question the postman's son from Brooklyn, 1929 01:35:54,863 --> 01:35:56,265 and he didn't like what he heard. 1930 01:35:56,298 --> 01:35:57,400 Oh, is that right, Cec? 1931 01:35:57,434 --> 01:35:59,868 Is that the same postman's son been carrying your ass 1932 01:35:59,902 --> 01:36:02,271 from nowhere to somewhere your whole fucking career? 1933 01:36:02,304 --> 01:36:03,238 -Excuse me? -Tell me this. 1934 01:36:03,272 --> 01:36:05,007 Did you believe we would make it this far? 1935 01:36:05,040 --> 01:36:06,942 Now, be honest. Do you believe that we could 1936 01:36:06,975 --> 01:36:09,778 actually go further? So, you do your fucking job, 1937 01:36:09,812 --> 01:36:12,247 and I will go get the fucking money! 1938 01:36:12,281 --> 01:36:13,715 Uh... 1939 01:36:17,753 --> 01:36:19,955 He didn't mean that. 1940 01:36:19,988 --> 01:36:21,990 Cec. Shit. 1941 01:36:22,024 --> 01:36:24,693 And now, ladies and gentlemen, 1942 01:36:24,726 --> 01:36:28,597 here's Johnny! 1943 01:36:31,300 --> 01:36:33,302 The Carson album's still considered 1944 01:36:33,336 --> 01:36:35,204 one of the biggest disasters ever conceived 1945 01:36:35,237 --> 01:36:36,473 in the record business. 1946 01:36:36,506 --> 01:36:39,375 The joke was that we'd shipped gold but returned platinum. 1947 01:36:39,409 --> 01:36:41,377 Just... wasn't a joke. 1948 01:36:41,411 --> 01:36:42,911 We'd given away so many promo copies 1949 01:36:42,945 --> 01:36:45,013 that when the stores started returning them to get 1950 01:36:45,047 --> 01:36:47,983 their money back, we were on the line for every last one, 1951 01:36:48,016 --> 01:36:50,119 and it was killing us, 1952 01:36:50,152 --> 01:36:52,788 killing us, because I was wrong. 1953 01:36:53,822 --> 01:36:56,326 Biggest sin of a record man... 1954 01:36:56,359 --> 01:36:58,760 believing in something because you have to... 1955 01:37:00,430 --> 01:37:01,997 not because you do. 1956 01:37:08,871 --> 01:37:11,773 I fucking begged you to pay back that money, Neil. 1957 01:37:11,807 --> 01:37:13,876 You kept sayin', "Waiting for Carson." 1958 01:37:13,909 --> 01:37:15,811 And I convinced them to wait, 1959 01:37:15,844 --> 01:37:18,013 because this is me and you, 1960 01:37:18,046 --> 01:37:19,882 but they're done waiting. 1961 01:37:19,915 --> 01:37:21,150 I'm sorry. 1962 01:37:21,183 --> 01:37:24,420 It's okay, Joe. Just tell them 1963 01:37:24,454 --> 01:37:26,788 not the arm I sign contracts with. 1964 01:37:30,826 --> 01:37:33,128 I remembered my dad, 1965 01:37:33,162 --> 01:37:34,330 remembered my promise 1966 01:37:34,364 --> 01:37:36,432 to never become anything like him. 1967 01:37:36,466 --> 01:37:40,135 I just... can't remember the exact moment when I did. 1968 01:37:42,070 --> 01:37:43,805 Egg cream? 1969 01:37:47,477 --> 01:37:50,413 Just get us the fucking money, Neil. 1970 01:37:50,446 --> 01:37:51,914 I fucking hate LA. 1971 01:37:58,454 --> 01:38:00,155 - Jesus. - Neil! 1972 01:38:00,189 --> 01:38:01,190 Jesus. 1973 01:38:02,425 --> 01:38:06,195 It's not that he was a postman. It's just... 1974 01:38:06,228 --> 01:38:08,398 I knew that he knew that's all he was ever gonna be. 1975 01:38:12,834 --> 01:38:14,236 -Here. -I'm scared. 1976 01:38:14,269 --> 01:38:16,271 -Come on. Shh. -I'm scared. 1977 01:38:16,305 --> 01:38:19,808 Shh. Just our little secret, brother. 1978 01:38:26,416 --> 01:38:28,183 Can we get something to clean him up? 1979 01:38:29,785 --> 01:38:31,487 -You want a cigarette? -You're alright. 1980 01:38:31,521 --> 01:38:33,389 It's okay. 1981 01:38:33,423 --> 01:38:34,823 Okay. Come on. 1982 01:38:34,856 --> 01:38:36,492 Get him up. Walk it off. Walk it off. 1983 01:38:36,526 --> 01:38:37,893 Oh, fuck. 1984 01:38:39,061 --> 01:38:40,229 -Come on. -Fuck. 1985 01:38:58,514 --> 01:39:00,882 If we can't sell enough KISS records on our own, 1986 01:39:00,916 --> 01:39:03,085 then folks, we are gonna need an army. 1987 01:39:03,118 --> 01:39:06,788 -It's merchandise, Nelly. -It's a movement, Nance. 1988 01:39:06,822 --> 01:39:08,790 I love KISS, but how the fuck are we gonna get people 1989 01:39:08,824 --> 01:39:11,260 to buy shit about the album and we can't even get them 1990 01:39:11,293 --> 01:39:12,362 to buy the fucking album? 1991 01:39:12,395 --> 01:39:14,530 Because KISS has always been about the experience, 1992 01:39:14,564 --> 01:39:16,399 Buck, and that is where we have failed. 1993 01:39:16,432 --> 01:39:18,000 If you're not in the KISS Army, oh, 1994 01:39:18,033 --> 01:39:19,435 then you are not in the KISS Army! 1995 01:39:19,469 --> 01:39:21,337 You don't get the limited edition posters, 1996 01:39:21,371 --> 01:39:22,538 the signed T-shirts, the comic books! 1997 01:39:22,572 --> 01:39:27,075 -So we have comic books now? -Yes, created specifically 1998 01:39:27,109 --> 01:39:28,110 for the KISS Army, 1999 01:39:28,143 --> 01:39:30,546 and the only way to get into the KISS Army... 2000 01:39:30,580 --> 01:39:32,247 - Is to buy their albums. - Thank you. 2001 01:39:32,281 --> 01:39:34,417 Now, we have one very important question to answer: 2002 01:39:34,450 --> 01:39:36,586 What color do we paint the building? 2003 01:39:36,619 --> 01:39:38,887 Hundred bucks to whoever gets the... the best color. 2004 01:39:38,920 --> 01:39:42,291 Okay. Can we just, um... Can we just get a minute? 2005 01:39:42,325 --> 01:39:43,959 Thank you. Thank you so much. 2006 01:39:43,992 --> 01:39:45,994 What about black? Can you imagine 2007 01:39:46,028 --> 01:39:49,298 the whole fucking block was painted fucking black? 2008 01:39:50,600 --> 01:39:51,900 -No, I can't. -Oh. 2009 01:39:51,933 --> 01:39:54,036 Neil, you are my brother, 2010 01:39:54,069 --> 01:39:55,937 and if you want me to go off this cliff with you, 2011 01:39:55,971 --> 01:39:57,239 I'll even be the first to jump, 2012 01:39:57,272 --> 01:40:01,076 but you have got to help me understand why. 2013 01:40:01,109 --> 01:40:04,447 -We are broke. -Yes. Yes. That is exactly 2014 01:40:04,480 --> 01:40:06,181 what all of these fuckers are saying. 2015 01:40:06,214 --> 01:40:08,984 So, by tomorrow, I want an entire crew... 2016 01:40:09,017 --> 01:40:11,920 no, two crews outside, painting the entire block, 2017 01:40:11,953 --> 01:40:13,889 and I want you to pay them extra to do it slowly. 2018 01:40:13,922 --> 01:40:15,857 The longer they're out there working, oh, 2019 01:40:15,891 --> 01:40:19,194 the longer people are just gonna drive by and see 'em. 2020 01:40:19,227 --> 01:40:21,364 -See 'em doing what? -Painting the building. 2021 01:40:22,931 --> 01:40:24,534 We're gonna place one final bet. 2022 01:40:24,567 --> 01:40:25,901 On who? 2023 01:40:26,536 --> 01:40:27,936 On us. 2024 01:40:29,938 --> 01:40:31,907 It started with a makeover of the building, 2025 01:40:31,940 --> 01:40:34,344 but to the town, we were building our own makeover. 2026 01:40:34,377 --> 01:40:36,346 I mean, every day, we'd announce a new promotion, 2027 01:40:36,379 --> 01:40:38,880 but in real life, we were just swapping titles around 2028 01:40:38,914 --> 01:40:41,249 like the paint colors of the building. 2029 01:40:41,283 --> 01:40:43,985 We called everyone we owed, hyped every plan we had, 2030 01:40:44,019 --> 01:40:45,954 making most of it up as we went along. 2031 01:40:45,987 --> 01:40:47,457 -We made them root for us... -Mo. 2032 01:40:47,490 --> 01:40:49,024 ...not against us. 2033 01:40:49,057 --> 01:40:51,093 Where the fuck is all the money coming from? 2034 01:40:51,126 --> 01:40:53,629 Nowhere. There was none. We... we just made everyone 2035 01:40:53,663 --> 01:40:56,264 believe there was. We bet everything we had 2036 01:40:56,298 --> 01:40:59,101 on everyone we already believed in. 2037 01:40:59,134 --> 01:41:02,070 ♪ She's a stone-cold stunner ♪ 2038 01:41:02,104 --> 01:41:04,973 We'd gone as far as we could go as fast as we could go. 2039 01:41:05,006 --> 01:41:08,678 It's just we were now seven million dollars in debt. 2040 01:41:08,711 --> 01:41:12,013 Well... until that night. 2041 01:41:12,047 --> 01:41:14,384 ♪ She's a stone-cold stunner ♪ 2042 01:41:14,417 --> 01:41:15,651 ♪ With a body too ♪ 2043 01:41:15,685 --> 01:41:18,521 ♪ So watch out ♪ 2044 01:41:18,554 --> 01:41:19,921 ♪ Huh! ♪ 2045 01:41:19,955 --> 01:41:24,126 ♪ She's a stone-cold stunner ♪ 2046 01:41:30,700 --> 01:41:33,101 Hey, come here. 2047 01:41:33,135 --> 01:41:36,271 Do you wanna dance with me? 2048 01:41:37,440 --> 01:41:41,910 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2049 01:41:42,545 --> 01:41:45,280 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2050 01:41:46,582 --> 01:41:48,551 Hey, play that song again. 2051 01:41:48,584 --> 01:41:50,018 Play that again. 2052 01:41:50,051 --> 01:41:51,421 Yeah. Play that again. 2053 01:42:07,603 --> 01:42:10,105 ♪ When you're laying so close to me ♪ 2054 01:42:10,138 --> 01:42:12,341 ♪ There's no place I'd rather you be ♪ 2055 01:42:12,375 --> 01:42:14,309 ♪ Than with me, here ♪ 2056 01:42:15,578 --> 01:42:19,948 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2057 01:42:20,583 --> 01:42:25,187 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2058 01:42:25,220 --> 01:42:27,590 ♪ Lay your head down real close to me ♪ 2059 01:42:27,623 --> 01:42:29,592 ♪ Ease my mind and set me free ♪ 2060 01:42:29,625 --> 01:42:32,060 ♪ Set me free ♪ 2061 01:42:33,496 --> 01:42:37,366 ♪ Oh love to love you babe ♪ 2062 01:42:38,233 --> 01:42:42,237 ♪ Oh love to love you babe ♪ 2063 01:42:43,606 --> 01:42:45,741 ♪ Oh love to love you babe ♪ 2064 01:42:47,343 --> 01:42:49,211 - Put it back on. - Play it again. 2065 01:42:49,244 --> 01:42:50,780 Somebody put the music back. 2066 01:42:50,813 --> 01:42:51,681 Don't stop now. 2067 01:42:51,714 --> 01:42:53,616 The song is too short to have sex to. 2068 01:42:53,649 --> 01:42:55,183 Do you wanna dance with me? 2069 01:42:55,217 --> 01:42:57,085 Play it again. We're dancing. 2070 01:42:57,118 --> 01:42:59,221 -Hey! Play it again! 2071 01:43:01,289 --> 01:43:05,093 The answer had been there all along. 2072 01:43:05,126 --> 01:43:08,163 I just never imagined she'd be hiding 7,000 miles away. 2073 01:43:08,196 --> 01:43:11,367 ♪ Oh love to love you babe ♪ 2074 01:43:15,805 --> 01:43:17,707 Not that she was happy to see me. 2075 01:43:17,740 --> 01:43:19,575 LaDonna, please wait. 2076 01:43:19,609 --> 01:43:21,209 Giorgio said you'd be coming through. 2077 01:43:21,243 --> 01:43:23,479 So, I hope that you enjoyed the show. 2078 01:43:23,513 --> 01:43:25,648 Have a nice flight back. 2079 01:43:25,681 --> 01:43:28,283 My real name's not Bogart. 2080 01:43:28,317 --> 01:43:31,186 I changed it, actually, a couple times. 2081 01:43:31,219 --> 01:43:33,188 Was, uh, Neil Scott when I was a singer, 2082 01:43:33,221 --> 01:43:36,124 Neil Stewart when I worked for a modeling agency, 2083 01:43:36,157 --> 01:43:40,329 uh, Wayne Roberts when I did a soft porn film. 2084 01:43:41,430 --> 01:43:42,365 You made pornography? 2085 01:43:42,398 --> 01:43:45,535 Well, to afford my wife's engagement ring. 2086 01:43:45,568 --> 01:43:47,135 Okay. So, you did a dirty film 2087 01:43:47,168 --> 01:43:48,838 so that you could ask your wife to marry you? 2088 01:43:48,871 --> 01:43:52,207 The point of the... Yes. The point of the story 2089 01:43:52,240 --> 01:43:55,344 is that we can be whoever we want to be. 2090 01:43:55,378 --> 01:43:58,280 Hmm. Well, that may be the point of your story, but not mine. 2091 01:43:58,313 --> 01:44:01,717 It's the point of everyone's story, LaDonna, 2092 01:44:01,751 --> 01:44:03,319 especially yours. 2093 01:44:05,354 --> 01:44:07,222 Why didn't people like the song? 2094 01:44:08,824 --> 01:44:11,192 -I liked it. -No. I mean, why didn't... 2095 01:44:11,226 --> 01:44:13,362 No. I... I know what you meant. I... 2096 01:44:15,865 --> 01:44:18,166 And the answer is that they didn't get it, 2097 01:44:18,199 --> 01:44:20,235 because I failed to get them to. 2098 01:44:22,304 --> 01:44:24,373 So, then why are you here? Giorgio told me 2099 01:44:24,407 --> 01:44:26,842 that he wanted me to cut the same song again. 2100 01:44:26,876 --> 01:44:29,244 -I don't understand. -You don't have to, okay? 2101 01:44:29,277 --> 01:44:31,447 You just have to trust that I do. 2102 01:44:31,480 --> 01:44:32,782 I don't even know you. 2103 01:44:32,815 --> 01:44:34,817 But I know you, 2104 01:44:34,850 --> 01:44:38,854 LaDonna... Adrian... Gaines. 2105 01:44:38,888 --> 01:44:40,690 Grew up singing in a choir. 2106 01:44:40,723 --> 01:44:43,326 Raised by your mom in Boston. 2107 01:44:45,226 --> 01:44:48,196 You heard your voice raising all the way up 2108 01:44:48,229 --> 01:44:49,865 to the top of those stained glass windows, 2109 01:44:49,899 --> 01:44:53,336 and you let yourself believe that you could be more 2110 01:44:53,369 --> 01:44:56,472 than just that girl in a church. 2111 01:44:56,505 --> 01:44:57,673 And now, here you are, 2112 01:44:57,707 --> 01:44:59,342 performing halfway across the world, 2113 01:44:59,375 --> 01:45:03,546 getting further and further away from that stained glass. 2114 01:45:05,881 --> 01:45:07,416 And every night... 2115 01:45:09,250 --> 01:45:12,187 you close your eyes, 2116 01:45:12,220 --> 01:45:16,626 dreaming that maybe someone will come along... 2117 01:45:17,960 --> 01:45:20,261 and give you one last chance. 2118 01:45:23,231 --> 01:45:25,768 Now, you tell me I'm wrong, 2119 01:45:25,801 --> 01:45:27,436 and I'm on the next plane. 2120 01:45:32,875 --> 01:45:34,209 Why me? 2121 01:45:36,244 --> 01:45:38,714 Because I have never heard 2122 01:45:38,748 --> 01:45:42,250 a voice like yours. 2123 01:45:46,789 --> 01:45:48,491 I will make you a star. 2124 01:45:49,425 --> 01:45:54,397 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2125 01:45:54,430 --> 01:45:58,601 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2126 01:45:58,634 --> 01:46:00,670 You... you know what? I wanna do this again. 2127 01:46:00,703 --> 01:46:02,672 I just... Go back from the top. 2128 01:46:02,705 --> 01:46:04,272 It's impossible! 2129 01:46:04,305 --> 01:46:07,810 Repeat the same eight measures over and over again? 2130 01:46:07,843 --> 01:46:09,345 It's just one lyric, Neil! 2131 01:46:09,378 --> 01:46:11,279 Yeah, which is going sound like something new 2132 01:46:11,312 --> 01:46:12,748 each time she sings it, 2133 01:46:12,782 --> 01:46:14,684 when she sings it right. 2134 01:46:14,717 --> 01:46:16,852 This music is about the music, 2135 01:46:16,886 --> 01:46:18,487 not the fucking vocal! 2136 01:46:18,521 --> 01:46:20,623 Her fucking vocal is the music, Giorgio! 2137 01:46:20,656 --> 01:46:22,758 Her voice is the thing that's gonna make people wanna dance, 2138 01:46:22,792 --> 01:46:24,827 and nobody wants to dance for three minutes, alright? 2139 01:46:24,860 --> 01:46:27,563 People wanna to dance forever! And when they're making love, 2140 01:46:27,596 --> 01:46:28,664 they wanna love forever! 2141 01:46:28,698 --> 01:46:31,534 Nobody could make a fucking half-hour song, Neil! 2142 01:46:32,601 --> 01:46:33,602 Not even you! 2143 01:46:35,004 --> 01:46:36,839 Neil could make a half-hour song. 2144 01:46:40,743 --> 01:46:42,878 -Hey, you okay? -I don't know. You just got 2145 01:46:42,912 --> 01:46:45,948 Giorgio to leave his own studio. You tell me. 2146 01:46:45,981 --> 01:46:47,750 Let's, uh, just try it one more time. 2147 01:46:52,354 --> 01:46:57,326 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2148 01:46:57,359 --> 01:47:02,465 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2149 01:47:02,498 --> 01:47:03,733 ♪ I ♪ 2150 01:47:05,868 --> 01:47:07,503 What? What's wrong? 2151 01:47:09,772 --> 01:47:13,042 You're just singing... You're just singing the lyrics. 2152 01:47:13,075 --> 01:47:14,477 I'm a singer. That's what I do. 2153 01:47:14,510 --> 01:47:16,679 No. I just... Give me one secon. 2154 01:47:16,712 --> 01:47:18,514 One. 2155 01:47:26,789 --> 01:47:28,858 I... I don't understand what you want from me. 2156 01:47:31,794 --> 01:47:35,464 To escape, Donna. That is what everyone wants, alright? 2157 01:47:35,498 --> 01:47:37,500 In the discos, on the dance floors, 2158 01:47:37,533 --> 01:47:39,435 they want to fucking escape, alright? 2159 01:47:39,468 --> 01:47:41,971 And you, you will be the one to take them there. 2160 01:47:42,004 --> 01:47:45,306 You have to be their fantasy! 2161 01:47:45,341 --> 01:47:46,876 Do you know what my mother will think? 2162 01:47:49,945 --> 01:47:52,448 Yeah. I do. 2163 01:47:54,817 --> 01:47:59,388 ♪ Mm love to love you baby ♪ 2164 01:47:59,421 --> 01:48:03,359 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2165 01:48:03,392 --> 01:48:09,365 -More. -♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2166 01:48:09,398 --> 01:48:10,933 ♪ When you're laying so close to me ♪ 2167 01:48:10,966 --> 01:48:12,368 -Feel it. -♪ There's no place ♪ 2168 01:48:12,401 --> 01:48:15,404 ♪ I'd rather you be than with me ♪ 2169 01:48:16,005 --> 01:48:18,574 That's it. 2170 01:48:18,607 --> 01:48:21,677 -♪ Love to love you baby ♪ -Even sexier. 2171 01:48:21,710 --> 01:48:26,081 -♪ I love to love you baby ♪ -Louder! 2172 01:48:26,115 --> 01:48:31,587 -Harder! -♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2173 01:48:31,620 --> 01:48:34,023 ♪ When you're laying so close to me ♪ 2174 01:48:34,056 --> 01:48:36,625 ♪ There's no place I'd rather you be ♪ 2175 01:48:36,659 --> 01:48:38,594 ♪ Than with me ♪ 2176 01:48:39,428 --> 01:48:44,133 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2177 01:48:44,166 --> 01:48:48,804 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2178 01:48:48,838 --> 01:48:50,072 Just you. 2179 01:48:50,105 --> 01:48:54,476 -No one else is here. -♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2180 01:48:54,510 --> 01:48:59,415 ♪ Oh I love to love you baby ♪ 2181 01:48:59,448 --> 01:49:01,450 You and the music. 2182 01:49:01,483 --> 01:49:04,453 ♪ I love to love you baby ♪ 2183 01:49:04,486 --> 01:49:07,590 ♪ Oh love to love you baby ♪ 2184 01:49:07,623 --> 01:49:09,124 It's just you. 2185 01:49:09,158 --> 01:49:14,463 ♪ Oh I love to love you, baby ♪ 2186 01:49:14,496 --> 01:49:17,967 ♪ Oh love to love you baby ♪ 2187 01:49:18,000 --> 01:49:19,034 Use your whole body, Donna. 2188 01:49:19,068 --> 01:49:21,537 ♪ When you're laying so close to me ♪ 2189 01:49:21,570 --> 01:49:25,074 ♪ There's no place I'd rather you be ♪ 2190 01:49:27,209 --> 01:49:28,577 Arch your back. 2191 01:49:42,925 --> 01:49:44,126 It's impossible, Neil. 2192 01:49:44,159 --> 01:49:45,694 It's absolutely impossible. 2193 01:49:45,728 --> 01:49:48,464 When... when am I supposed to play the commercials? 2194 01:49:48,497 --> 01:49:51,500 Frankie Crocker, you cranky fucker. 2195 01:49:51,533 --> 01:49:52,935 Fuck the commercials! 2196 01:49:52,968 --> 01:49:55,471 Fuck the commercials, man. It's a test. It's science. 2197 01:49:55,504 --> 01:49:57,506 Let's test it out on the... Whas your name again? 2198 01:49:57,539 --> 01:49:58,774 -Shari. -Shari. That's my mother's name. 2199 01:49:58,807 --> 01:50:01,777 Come on. Come on. This is something new, Frankie, right? 2200 01:50:01,810 --> 01:50:04,179 She's explosive. She's... she's dangerous, 2201 01:50:04,213 --> 01:50:06,548 and you, my friend, can be the one to introduce her 2202 01:50:06,582 --> 01:50:08,484 -to the world. -We already introduced 2203 01:50:08,517 --> 01:50:10,586 this fucking single, and it didn't move shit. 2204 01:50:10,619 --> 01:50:12,187 No, we did not introduce her to the world. 2205 01:50:12,221 --> 01:50:13,756 That was a different fucking record. 2206 01:50:13,789 --> 01:50:15,925 That was not this record. This is different. 2207 01:50:15,958 --> 01:50:17,660 This is... this is new. 2208 01:50:17,693 --> 01:50:19,662 I mean, we were right about this girl. 2209 01:50:19,695 --> 01:50:21,897 -She's amazing. -You listen to the man, Frank. 2210 01:50:21,931 --> 01:50:24,800 And what does that mean? I'm right about a lot of shit 2211 01:50:24,833 --> 01:50:26,435 I don't put on the radio. 2212 01:50:27,970 --> 01:50:31,040 This may be Casablanca's last fucking chance, Frankie. 2213 01:50:33,676 --> 01:50:37,813 Neil, it's 17 minutes long, alright? I can't... 2214 01:50:37,846 --> 01:50:38,981 How do I explain that? 2215 01:50:42,017 --> 01:50:43,585 Handcuffs. 2216 01:50:44,620 --> 01:50:47,690 Frankie.... I brought mine. 2217 01:50:47,723 --> 01:50:49,491 Now, you ain't had those last night. 2218 01:50:49,525 --> 01:50:52,561 -I didn't need them last night. -Hey, how about you take 2219 01:50:52,594 --> 01:50:54,964 a bathroom break, Frankie? We'll take over from here. 2220 01:50:54,997 --> 01:50:56,031 -Come on. -Whoo! 2221 01:50:56,065 --> 01:50:57,533 I gotta be out of my fucking mind. 2222 01:50:57,566 --> 01:50:59,168 -You're in your mind. -You're about to be 2223 01:50:59,201 --> 01:51:01,770 out your pants. 2224 01:51:01,804 --> 01:51:03,739 You motherfuckers gonna owe me one. 2225 01:51:03,772 --> 01:51:05,708 Looks like you got two, motherfucker. 2226 01:51:29,665 --> 01:51:31,767 Sixteen minutes and 50 seconds. 2227 01:51:31,800 --> 01:51:33,569 With the record glued to the turntable, 2228 01:51:33,602 --> 01:51:35,671 it played all night long with Frankie still locked 2229 01:51:35,704 --> 01:51:37,806 in the bathroom. Lawyers were calling 2230 01:51:37,840 --> 01:51:39,308 even before we landed back in LA, 2231 01:51:39,342 --> 01:51:42,144 swearing they'd never play a Casablanca record again, 2232 01:51:42,177 --> 01:51:46,048 except... something happened, 2233 01:51:46,081 --> 01:51:47,950 something that never had before. 2234 01:51:47,983 --> 01:51:50,619 Not just in New York. Stations all across the country 2235 01:51:50,652 --> 01:51:52,888 are calling. Everybody's trying to find a way to play her. 2236 01:51:52,921 --> 01:51:54,790 -Tell them I'll buy them all. -Buy what all? 2237 01:51:54,823 --> 01:51:57,126 -The whole half-hour block. -On every station. 2238 01:51:57,159 --> 01:51:58,827 -Every city. -The ad campaign: 2239 01:51:58,861 --> 01:52:01,230 Tune in at midnight for a half-hour of love, 2240 01:52:01,263 --> 01:52:02,965 brought to you by Casablanca. 2241 01:52:02,998 --> 01:52:04,266 -Call Giorgio. -And then? 2242 01:52:04,299 --> 01:52:05,601 Call everybody else! 2243 01:52:05,634 --> 01:52:07,803 ♪ Love to love you baby ♪ 2244 01:52:07,836 --> 01:52:09,905 ♪ Do it to me again and again ♪ 2245 01:52:09,938 --> 01:52:12,908 We released our version of "Love To Love You" in 1976, 2246 01:52:12,941 --> 01:52:13,809 and when we did, 2247 01:52:13,842 --> 01:52:16,845 it was like nothing else there ever was. 2248 01:52:16,879 --> 01:52:18,847 Branded too graphic by some critics, 2249 01:52:18,881 --> 01:52:20,749 it was even banned by some stations, 2250 01:52:20,783 --> 01:52:22,584 which only helps us to sell more records. 2251 01:52:22,618 --> 01:52:24,720 ♪ Oh love to love you baby ♪ 2252 01:52:24,753 --> 01:52:28,057 Time magazine reported 22 simulated orgasms 2253 01:52:28,090 --> 01:52:30,059 in the song, and the more people talked about it, 2254 01:52:30,092 --> 01:52:32,261 the more they wanted more. I mean, we were riding 2255 01:52:32,294 --> 01:52:34,196 the biggest single we ever had 2256 01:52:34,229 --> 01:52:35,764 with the biggest artist we ever had, 2257 01:52:35,798 --> 01:52:40,669 and we were literally making her up as we went along. 2258 01:52:40,702 --> 01:52:45,040 ♪ Oh love to love you babe ♪ 2259 01:52:46,675 --> 01:52:48,677 Is this make-believe, Mama? 2260 01:52:49,412 --> 01:52:51,347 No, sweetheart. This is real. 2261 01:52:53,182 --> 01:52:55,017 I need makeup in here. 2262 01:52:55,050 --> 01:52:56,185 We brought in everything... 2263 01:52:56,218 --> 01:52:58,887 designers, hair, make-up. 2264 01:52:59,888 --> 01:53:01,623 In the end, we went with wigs, 2265 01:53:01,657 --> 01:53:03,959 in every picture you've ever seen. 2266 01:53:03,992 --> 01:53:07,296 We invented every detail. 2267 01:53:07,330 --> 01:53:09,765 But the truth was that the First Lady Of Love, 2268 01:53:09,798 --> 01:53:12,267 the superstar we were selling her as, 2269 01:53:12,301 --> 01:53:14,169 was as far from who Donna really was 2270 01:53:14,203 --> 01:53:15,237 as she could be. 2271 01:53:15,270 --> 01:53:16,738 I want to know this woman. 2272 01:53:20,909 --> 01:53:22,345 You raised my vocal in the song. 2273 01:53:22,378 --> 01:53:24,179 Your vocal is the song. 2274 01:53:24,213 --> 01:53:27,249 ♪ Bad girls ♪ 2275 01:53:27,282 --> 01:53:30,185 ♪ Talking about the sad girls ♪ 2276 01:53:32,221 --> 01:53:35,124 ♪ Sad girls ♪ 2277 01:53:35,157 --> 01:53:38,260 ♪ Talking about bad girls ♪ 2278 01:53:38,293 --> 01:53:40,330 ♪ Yeah ♪ 2279 01:53:40,363 --> 01:53:44,400 ♪ See them out on the street at night ♪ 2280 01:53:44,434 --> 01:53:46,869 ♪ Picking up all kinds of strangers ♪ 2281 01:53:46,902 --> 01:53:48,737 ♪ If the price is right ♪ 2282 01:53:48,770 --> 01:53:52,674 ♪ And you can score if your pocket's tight ♪ 2283 01:53:52,708 --> 01:53:56,879 ♪ Plus you want a good time ♪ 2284 01:53:58,381 --> 01:54:02,284 ♪ You ask yourself ♪ 2285 01:54:02,318 --> 01:54:06,389 ♪ Who they are ♪ 2286 01:54:06,422 --> 01:54:09,191 ♪ Like everybody else ♪ 2287 01:54:09,224 --> 01:54:16,131 ♪ They come from near and far ♪ 2288 01:54:17,500 --> 01:54:19,835 She's gonna be great. I know it. 2289 01:54:24,340 --> 01:54:27,809 I love you. 2290 01:54:27,843 --> 01:54:30,812 You got it, Donna. Nailed it. 2291 01:54:30,846 --> 01:54:31,447 LaDonna? 2292 01:54:37,186 --> 01:54:39,988 So, what happens next? 2293 01:54:43,426 --> 01:54:44,394 You do. 2294 01:55:12,388 --> 01:55:14,856 ♪ Dim all the lights sweet darling ♪ 2295 01:55:14,890 --> 01:55:20,229 ♪ 'Cause tonight it's all the way ♪ 2296 01:55:20,262 --> 01:55:22,864 ♪ Turn up the old Victrola ♪ 2297 01:55:22,898 --> 01:55:26,235 ♪ Gonna dance the night away ♪ 2298 01:55:28,270 --> 01:55:32,174 ♪ Love just don't come easy ♪ 2299 01:55:32,207 --> 01:55:36,111 ♪ No it seldom does ♪ 2300 01:55:36,144 --> 01:55:40,383 ♪ When you find the perfect love ♪ 2301 01:55:40,416 --> 01:55:47,155 ♪ Let it fill you up ♪ 2302 01:55:58,434 --> 01:56:00,802 ♪ Dim all the lights sweet darling ♪ 2303 01:56:00,836 --> 01:56:04,574 ♪ 'Cause tonight it's all the way ♪ 2304 01:56:04,607 --> 01:56:06,376 ♪ Hey baby ♪ 2305 01:56:06,409 --> 01:56:08,977 ♪ Turn up the old Victrola ♪ 2306 01:56:09,011 --> 01:56:11,547 ♪ Gonna dance the night away ♪ 2307 01:56:11,581 --> 01:56:13,048 Donna was every one of our dreams 2308 01:56:13,081 --> 01:56:15,017 wrapped up in a once-in-a-lifetime voice 2309 01:56:15,050 --> 01:56:17,420 that didn't just rise up to those stained glass windows. 2310 01:56:17,453 --> 01:56:20,155 She smashed right through them. 2311 01:56:20,188 --> 01:56:22,425 Now, when people who remember Casablanca 2312 01:56:22,458 --> 01:56:25,328 actually remember Casablanca, 2313 01:56:25,361 --> 01:56:27,597 this is what they remember, 2314 01:56:27,630 --> 01:56:30,098 Donna on top of the world, 2315 01:56:30,132 --> 01:56:33,068 as if this was the moment that began it all. 2316 01:56:33,101 --> 01:56:34,604 ♪ Up ♪ 2317 01:56:34,637 --> 01:56:36,439 ♪ Hey baby ♪ 2318 01:56:36,472 --> 01:56:38,874 ♪ Dim all the lights sweet honey ♪ 2319 01:56:38,907 --> 01:56:42,210 Having spent my entire life inventing my life, 2320 01:56:42,244 --> 01:56:43,346 I'd now invented hers. 2321 01:56:43,379 --> 01:56:46,014 That voice, the way Donna would just flow inside you, 2322 01:56:46,048 --> 01:56:49,251 that came from something far more inventive than me, 2323 01:56:49,284 --> 01:56:51,286 but the First Lady Of Love? 2324 01:56:51,321 --> 01:56:52,921 The Queen of Disco? 2325 01:56:52,954 --> 01:56:55,090 That was as much of a fairy tale as I was. 2326 01:56:55,123 --> 01:56:56,592 Let's replace Gladys with Donna. 2327 01:56:56,626 --> 01:56:58,293 And suddenly, for the first time, 2328 01:56:58,328 --> 01:57:01,597 it wasn't just breaking one hit, because once Donna broke, 2329 01:57:01,631 --> 01:57:04,032 the hits just never stopped coming. 2330 01:57:05,067 --> 01:57:06,602 I knew what else we'd did wrong, too. 2331 01:57:10,005 --> 01:57:11,973 Recording a live album of greatest hits 2332 01:57:12,007 --> 01:57:13,509 from a band who doesn't even have one? 2333 01:57:13,543 --> 01:57:16,612 -That's new, Neil, even for us. -Hey, they've always had hits. 2334 01:57:16,646 --> 01:57:18,414 We just failed to record them in the way 2335 01:57:18,448 --> 01:57:20,650 they needed to be heard. 2336 01:57:20,683 --> 01:57:22,250 By recording KISS live, 2337 01:57:22,284 --> 01:57:27,189 we finally captured the experience of KISS live... 2338 01:57:27,222 --> 01:57:30,058 which is what we'd really been chasing from the very beginning. 2339 01:57:30,092 --> 01:57:32,928 Turned out, we'd been right about them, too. 2340 01:57:35,163 --> 01:57:37,433 We sold over nine million records. 2341 01:57:37,467 --> 01:57:38,967 Every bet we'd made, 2342 01:57:39,000 --> 01:57:40,936 we were right about all of them. 2343 01:57:40,969 --> 01:57:43,639 We just... needed enough time 2344 01:57:43,673 --> 01:57:46,542 for all of you to catch up to us. 2345 01:57:48,678 --> 01:57:50,513 What is this? What are you doing? 2346 01:57:52,582 --> 01:57:54,617 Oh, my God. Al. 2347 01:57:54,650 --> 01:57:55,984 Welcome home, Ma. 2348 01:57:56,017 --> 01:57:57,553 Nelly, I already have a house. 2349 01:57:57,587 --> 01:57:59,254 -Yeah, well, this one's bigger. -Love you! 2350 01:57:59,287 --> 01:58:01,123 Are you nuts? What are you doing here? 2351 01:58:01,156 --> 01:58:03,058 Al, look. 2352 01:58:03,091 --> 01:58:05,160 We don't need this. Come on. 2353 01:58:07,162 --> 01:58:08,163 What? 2354 01:58:13,536 --> 01:58:16,706 No. No. That is too much. 2355 01:58:16,739 --> 01:58:19,675 I can only do all this because you taught me. 2356 01:58:19,709 --> 01:58:21,711 Who taught you? I taught you nothing. 2357 01:58:21,744 --> 01:58:24,647 -Taught you how to lose. -No, you taught me how to win. 2358 01:58:24,680 --> 01:58:26,649 You taught me to swing for the trees, 2359 01:58:26,682 --> 01:58:29,284 to bet big to win big. You remember? 2360 01:58:30,386 --> 01:58:31,454 You taught me how to dream! 2361 01:58:34,724 --> 01:58:36,291 Maybe a little bit. 2362 01:58:36,325 --> 01:58:39,562 No. Maybe a lot. 2363 01:58:44,467 --> 01:58:47,002 And you know, maybe you were just a little unlucky. 2364 01:58:48,036 --> 01:58:50,205 Right? Well, I got your luck. 2365 01:58:52,608 --> 01:58:55,445 Ah. Nah. 2366 01:58:55,478 --> 01:58:57,447 You made your own luck. 2367 01:58:57,480 --> 01:58:59,649 You're a genius. You're a fucking Jewish genius. 2368 01:58:59,682 --> 01:59:01,249 Ah, come on. 2369 01:59:01,283 --> 01:59:02,418 Hey. 2370 01:59:04,119 --> 01:59:05,488 You're a good son, bubbeleh. 2371 01:59:12,462 --> 01:59:13,629 Four-color world, Pop. 2372 01:59:26,241 --> 01:59:27,309 I'm in heaven. 2373 01:59:29,177 --> 01:59:31,213 Jesus Christ. You know what? If you can't 2374 01:59:31,246 --> 01:59:33,683 keep the beat, let's just fucking spell, okay? 2375 01:59:33,716 --> 01:59:36,752 That's right. We created the Village People, too. 2376 01:59:36,786 --> 01:59:38,220 "YMCA" became 2377 01:59:38,253 --> 01:59:40,490 one of the all-time biggest selling singles, 2378 01:59:40,523 --> 01:59:42,224 more than ten million copies, 2379 01:59:42,257 --> 01:59:43,759 though other than the cop, 2380 01:59:43,793 --> 01:59:45,795 none of the others even sang, not on the records, 2381 01:59:45,828 --> 01:59:47,630 not at the concerts, not ever. 2382 01:59:47,663 --> 01:59:48,798 Again. Let's go again. 2383 01:59:48,831 --> 01:59:51,099 You don't trust me? Look it up! 2384 01:59:51,132 --> 01:59:53,101 We went from living on the brink of bankruptcy 2385 01:59:53,134 --> 01:59:55,237 to earning five million dollars in one month, 2386 01:59:55,270 --> 01:59:56,606 six the next. 2387 01:59:56,639 --> 01:59:59,375 ♪ Beth I hear you calling ♪ 2388 01:59:59,408 --> 02:00:01,744 I finally even let Kiss release "Beth" 2389 02:00:01,777 --> 02:00:03,245 on the Destroyer album. 2390 02:00:03,278 --> 02:00:05,113 It would hurt every single time I heard it, 2391 02:00:05,146 --> 02:00:07,517 but it was the smash we'd been chasing 2392 02:00:07,550 --> 02:00:09,050 since it all began. 2393 02:00:09,084 --> 02:00:11,320 Now, this is a love story. 2394 02:00:11,354 --> 02:00:14,089 You're the best fake boyfriend I ever had. 2395 02:00:14,122 --> 02:00:17,158 ♪ Just a few more hours ♪ 2396 02:00:17,192 --> 02:00:21,564 ♪ And I'll be right home to you ♪ 2397 02:00:21,597 --> 02:00:25,668 ♪ I think I hear them calling ♪ 2398 02:00:25,701 --> 02:00:30,105 ♪ Oh Beth what can I do? ♪ 2399 02:00:30,138 --> 02:00:33,074 ♪ Beth what can I do? ♪ 2400 02:00:34,309 --> 02:00:38,213 ♪ Beth I know you're lonely ♪ 2401 02:00:38,246 --> 02:00:42,318 ♪ And I hope you'll be alright ♪ 2402 02:00:42,351 --> 02:00:46,622 ♪ 'Cause me and the boys will be playing ♪ 2403 02:00:46,656 --> 02:00:49,625 ♪ All night ♪ 2404 02:00:49,659 --> 02:00:50,793 As for Donna, 2405 02:00:50,826 --> 02:00:53,396 even with all her success, 2406 02:00:53,429 --> 02:00:55,698 I don't really believe LaDonna Adrian Gaines 2407 02:00:55,731 --> 02:00:58,133 ever really became Donna Summer. 2408 02:00:58,166 --> 02:01:00,436 We just made you all think that she had. 2409 02:01:00,469 --> 02:01:02,438 So, truth is, none of us 2410 02:01:02,471 --> 02:01:04,707 were still who we'd been when it all began. 2411 02:01:04,740 --> 02:01:07,242 Casablanca had become something else. 2412 02:01:07,275 --> 02:01:10,145 I had become something else. 2413 02:01:10,178 --> 02:01:12,848 Okay, Neil. What's this all about? 2414 02:01:12,882 --> 02:01:15,283 We sold half the company to Polygram. 2415 02:01:15,318 --> 02:01:18,554 Forty-nine percent. We still keep control. 2416 02:01:18,588 --> 02:01:22,257 We've lived an awful lotta years pretending to be rich. 2417 02:01:22,290 --> 02:01:23,693 You wanna see what it feels like 2418 02:01:23,726 --> 02:01:26,729 when we finally actually are? 2419 02:01:26,762 --> 02:01:28,129 Nelly! 2420 02:01:29,498 --> 02:01:31,567 Jesus Christ. 2421 02:01:31,601 --> 02:01:33,903 Um, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I never use the Lord's name 2422 02:01:33,936 --> 02:01:35,571 in vain, but... 2423 02:01:35,605 --> 02:01:39,575 Fifty million dollars for just half the company, 2424 02:01:39,609 --> 02:01:43,211 made out to Neil Bogart, 2425 02:01:43,244 --> 02:01:46,415 a name and a life I'd made up along the way. 2426 02:01:49,250 --> 02:01:52,220 Even paid Mo back every penny. 2427 02:01:52,253 --> 02:01:55,290 Not because I had to, but because I could. 2428 02:02:30,660 --> 02:02:32,862 My dad had been right. 2429 02:02:32,895 --> 02:02:34,330 Most were all still there 2430 02:02:34,363 --> 02:02:36,799 on the same four blocks of their lives. 2431 02:02:52,715 --> 02:02:54,517 For those of you who don't know, 2432 02:02:54,550 --> 02:02:59,254 I left Casablanca finally on February 8, 1980. 2433 02:02:59,287 --> 02:03:01,323 It was a Friday. 2434 02:03:01,357 --> 02:03:03,859 It was five days after my 37th birthday. 2435 02:03:03,893 --> 02:03:06,629 Now, disco had officially died the year before when a local DJ 2436 02:03:06,662 --> 02:03:09,230 set a bunch of records on fire to the roar of a crowd 2437 02:03:09,264 --> 02:03:12,968 as if that was a fucking concert. 2438 02:03:13,002 --> 02:03:15,337 Yeah. It was a good bet most of those were ours. 2439 02:03:18,273 --> 02:03:20,342 Now, all of you remember, I'm sure, 2440 02:03:20,376 --> 02:03:23,813 Donna and KISS and George, 2441 02:03:23,846 --> 02:03:25,815 Village People, Gladys, 2442 02:03:25,848 --> 02:03:27,483 the Isleys, Bill Withers, 2443 02:03:27,516 --> 02:03:28,551 all the others. 2444 02:03:30,352 --> 02:03:32,287 But I bet each of you $100... 2445 02:03:33,489 --> 02:03:36,759 that not one of you has ever even heard of my name. 2446 02:03:36,792 --> 02:03:39,462 And that's okay. It's not like I had the talent that they did, 2447 02:03:39,495 --> 02:03:42,031 because I didn't, you know, 2448 02:03:42,064 --> 02:03:45,835 or that I... or that I mattered like they did, 2449 02:03:45,868 --> 02:03:49,739 because, uh... I... I couldn'. 2450 02:03:52,942 --> 02:03:54,810 But I sure as hell made you dance. 2451 02:03:56,645 --> 02:03:58,514 I sold over 200 million records, 2452 02:03:58,547 --> 02:04:01,650 and all that music that I helped made possible... 2453 02:04:04,420 --> 02:04:07,523 became the soundtrack of your lives. 2454 02:04:11,427 --> 02:04:15,664 And we... we were in the business of making dreams come true.s 2455 02:04:18,033 --> 02:04:19,401 Didn't we do that? 2456 02:04:21,103 --> 02:04:23,806 And if we did, didn't... didn't that matter? 2457 02:04:26,776 --> 02:04:27,810 Didn't I? 2458 02:04:30,813 --> 02:04:35,651 Even if... even if only a song? 2459 02:04:44,593 --> 02:04:45,594 I died... 2460 02:04:47,696 --> 02:04:50,866 May eighth, just two years later, from cancer. 2461 02:04:52,935 --> 02:04:54,603 I was only 39 years old. 2462 02:05:00,409 --> 02:05:05,781 I... I wouldn't change a fucking thing. 2463 02:05:09,985 --> 02:05:12,822 I just wish I had more time. 2464 02:05:21,831 --> 02:05:23,666 ♪ I need you ♪ 2465 02:05:26,035 --> 02:05:27,536 ♪ By me ♪ 2466 02:05:29,405 --> 02:05:32,808 ♪ Beside me ♪ 2467 02:05:32,842 --> 02:05:35,878 ♪ To guide me ♪ 2468 02:05:37,146 --> 02:05:39,381 ♪ To hold me ♪ 2469 02:05:41,016 --> 02:05:43,118 ♪ To scold me ♪ 2470 02:05:43,152 --> 02:05:46,388 ♪ 'Cause when I'm bad ♪ 2471 02:05:46,422 --> 02:05:51,594 ♪ I'm so so bad ♪ 2472 02:05:55,865 --> 02:05:58,133 ♪ So let's dance ♪ 2473 02:05:58,167 --> 02:06:00,402 ♪ The last dance ♪ 2474 02:06:00,436 --> 02:06:01,971 ♪ Let's dance ♪ 2475 02:06:02,004 --> 02:06:04,106 ♪ The last dance ♪ 2476 02:06:04,139 --> 02:06:05,841 ♪ Let's dance ♪ 2477 02:06:05,875 --> 02:06:07,643 ♪ The last dance ♪ 2478 02:06:07,676 --> 02:06:11,780 ♪ Tonight ♪ 2479 02:06:11,814 --> 02:06:13,515 ♪ Last dance ♪ 2480 02:06:13,549 --> 02:06:18,487 ♪ Last chance for love ♪ 2481 02:06:18,520 --> 02:06:21,123 ♪ Yes it's my last chance ♪ 2482 02:06:21,156 --> 02:06:25,494 ♪ For romance tonight ♪ 2483 02:06:25,527 --> 02:06:28,731 ♪ Oh I need you ♪ 2484 02:06:28,764 --> 02:06:30,432 ♪ By me ♪ 2485 02:06:30,466 --> 02:06:32,167 ♪ Beside me ♪ 2486 02:06:32,201 --> 02:06:33,502 ♪ To guide me ♪ 2487 02:06:33,535 --> 02:06:36,071 ♪ Oh to hold me ♪ 2488 02:06:36,105 --> 02:06:37,573 ♪ To scold me ♪ 2489 02:06:37,606 --> 02:06:38,974 ♪ 'Cause when I'm bad ♪ 2490 02:06:39,008 --> 02:06:41,810 ♪ I'm so so bad ♪ 2491 02:06:41,844 --> 02:06:44,079 ♪ So let's dance ♪ 2492 02:06:44,113 --> 02:06:46,048 ♪ The last dance ♪ 2493 02:06:46,081 --> 02:06:47,783 ♪ Let's dance ♪ 2494 02:06:47,816 --> 02:06:49,551 ♪ The last dance ♪ 2495 02:06:49,585 --> 02:06:51,520 ♪ Let's dance ♪ 2496 02:06:51,553 --> 02:06:53,122 ♪ The last dance ♪ 2497 02:06:53,155 --> 02:06:59,228 ♪ Tonight ♪ 2498 02:06:59,261 --> 02:07:00,763 ♪ Oh oh oh ♪ 2499 02:07:00,796 --> 02:07:02,031 ♪ Yeah ♪ 2500 02:07:02,064 --> 02:07:05,701 ♪ Hey hey ♪ 2501 02:07:05,734 --> 02:07:07,937 ♪ Mm ♪ 2502 02:07:07,970 --> 02:07:10,873 ♪ Whoa I need you ♪ 2503 02:07:10,906 --> 02:07:12,474 ♪ By me ♪ 2504 02:07:12,508 --> 02:07:14,176 ♪ Beside me ♪ 2505 02:07:14,209 --> 02:07:16,478 ♪ To guide me ♪ 2506 02:07:16,512 --> 02:07:18,013 ♪ To hold me ♪ 2507 02:07:18,047 --> 02:07:19,248 ♪ To scold me ♪ 2508 02:07:19,281 --> 02:07:20,950 ♪ Because when I'm bad ♪ 2509 02:07:20,983 --> 02:07:23,953 ♪ I'm so so bad ♪ 2510 02:07:23,986 --> 02:07:26,255 ♪ So come on baby ♪ 2511 02:07:26,288 --> 02:07:28,023 ♪ Dance that dance ♪ 2512 02:07:28,057 --> 02:07:30,159 ♪ Come on baby ♪ 2513 02:07:30,192 --> 02:07:32,094 ♪ Dance that dance ♪ 2514 02:07:32,127 --> 02:07:34,096 ♪ Come on baby ♪ 2515 02:07:34,129 --> 02:07:39,868 ♪ Let's dance tonight ♪ 2516 02:08:37,793 --> 02:08:40,629 ♪ It was the greatest time ♪ 2517 02:08:40,662 --> 02:08:43,165 ♪ Of my life ♪ 2518 02:08:43,198 --> 02:08:45,934 ♪ Yeah the greatest time ♪ 2519 02:08:45,968 --> 02:08:48,670 ♪ Of my entire life ♪ 2520 02:08:48,704 --> 02:08:51,607 ♪ Always made sure I took a road ♪ 2521 02:08:51,640 --> 02:08:54,810 ♪ Less traveled 'til the curtain closed ♪ 2522 02:08:54,843 --> 02:08:58,013 ♪ Living for my story to be told ♪ 2523 02:08:59,748 --> 02:09:04,653 ♪ 'Cause we all have a story to be told ♪ 2524 02:09:04,686 --> 02:09:08,690 ♪ It was the greatest time of our lives ♪ 2525 02:09:08,724 --> 02:09:13,329 ♪ It was the way we felt the love on hot summer nights ♪ 2526 02:09:13,363 --> 02:09:15,931 ♪ We never thought about getting old ♪ 2527 02:09:15,964 --> 02:09:18,734 ♪ And every day was rock and roll ♪ 2528 02:09:18,767 --> 02:09:21,136 ♪ Living for our stories to be told ♪ 2529 02:09:22,638 --> 02:09:24,606 ♪ So we dreamed so big ♪ 2530 02:09:24,640 --> 02:09:26,775 ♪ They were destined to explode ♪ 2531 02:09:26,809 --> 02:09:30,979 ♪ We knew one day that we'd be spinning gold ♪ 2532 02:09:31,013 --> 02:09:33,315 ♪ We bet it all to never fall ♪ 2533 02:09:33,349 --> 02:09:35,851 ♪ We'd rather die than fold ♪ 2534 02:09:35,884 --> 02:09:39,121 ♪ We just want our story to be told ♪ 2535 02:09:39,154 --> 02:09:43,625 ♪ It was the greatest time of our lives ♪ 2536 02:09:43,659 --> 02:09:45,828 ♪ When it was over all we know ♪ 2537 02:09:45,861 --> 02:09:48,097 ♪ Is that we got it right ♪ 2538 02:09:48,130 --> 02:09:50,666 ♪ With every heartbeat and every note ♪ 2539 02:09:50,699 --> 02:09:53,001 ♪ Let's dim the lights and start the show ♪ 2540 02:09:53,035 --> 02:09:57,005 ♪ Ready for our stories to be told ♪ 2541 02:09:57,039 --> 02:09:59,041 ♪ Call on me brother when you need a hand ♪ 2542 02:09:59,074 --> 02:10:01,710 ♪ So we dreamed so big they were destined to explode ♪ 2543 02:10:01,743 --> 02:10:03,379 ♪ We all need somebody to lean on ♪ 2544 02:10:03,413 --> 02:10:05,914 ♪ We knew one day that we'd be spinning gold ♪ 2545 02:10:05,948 --> 02:10:08,250 -♪ We bet it all to never fall ♪ -♪ Ooh child ♪ 2546 02:10:08,283 --> 02:10:10,719 ♪ Things are gonna get easier ♪ 2547 02:10:10,752 --> 02:10:14,390 ♪ I've got to go, I've got to go ♪ 2548 02:10:14,424 --> 02:10:18,093 ♪ No matter how high or fast we went ♪ 2549 02:10:18,127 --> 02:10:22,398 ♪ We never looked back or lived life no regrets ♪ 2550 02:10:22,432 --> 02:10:25,134 ♪ Wanted to leave this world a better place ♪ 2551 02:10:25,167 --> 02:10:28,270 ♪ Whenever I left and give you something ♪ 2552 02:10:28,303 --> 02:10:30,739 ♪ That you'd never forget ♪ 2553 02:10:30,772 --> 02:10:34,109 ♪ Oh let's dance ♪ 2554 02:10:34,143 --> 02:10:36,311 ♪ The last dance ♪ 2555 02:10:36,346 --> 02:10:38,313 ♪ Let's dance ♪ 2556 02:10:38,348 --> 02:10:40,416 ♪ The last dance ♪ 2557 02:10:40,450 --> 02:10:42,751 ♪ Let's dance ♪ 2558 02:10:42,784 --> 02:10:44,420 ♪ The last dance ♪ 2559 02:10:44,454 --> 02:10:49,191 ♪ Tonight ♪ 2560 02:10:49,224 --> 02:10:53,429 ♪ Dreams so big they were destined to explode ♪ 2561 02:10:53,463 --> 02:10:57,799 ♪ We knew one day that we'd be spinning gold ♪ 2562 02:10:57,833 --> 02:10:59,902 ♪ We bet it all to never fall ♪ 2563 02:10:59,935 --> 02:11:02,738 ♪ We'd rather die than fold ♪ 2564 02:11:02,771 --> 02:11:05,908 ♪ We just want our story to be told ♪ 2565 02:11:05,941 --> 02:11:10,812 ♪ And so we dreamed so big they were destined to explode ♪ 2566 02:11:10,846 --> 02:11:12,415 Well, alright. Star child. 2567 02:11:12,448 --> 02:11:16,084 ♪ That we'd be spinning gold ♪ 2568 02:11:16,118 --> 02:11:20,323 ♪ ...Taste like candy ♪ 2569 02:11:20,356 --> 02:11:21,957 ♪ I'd rather live in his world ♪ 2570 02:11:21,990 --> 02:11:25,461 ♪ Than live without him in mine ♪ 2571 02:11:25,495 --> 02:11:28,197 ♪ Want to rock and roll all night ♪ 2572 02:11:28,230 --> 02:11:31,133 -♪ We knew one day that ♪ -♪ And party every day ♪ 2573 02:11:31,166 --> 02:11:33,336 ♪ We'd be spinning gold ♪ 2574 02:11:33,369 --> 02:11:36,305 ♪ I want to rock and roll ♪ 2575 02:11:36,339 --> 02:11:38,740 ♪ All night ♪ 2576 02:11:38,774 --> 02:11:41,710 ♪ And party every day ♪ 2577 02:11:42,445 --> 02:11:46,882 ♪ Oh we were destined to explode ♪ 2578 02:11:46,915 --> 02:11:51,019 ♪ 'Cause we knew that we'd be spinning gold ♪ 2579 02:11:51,053 --> 02:11:54,490 ♪ And we said we'd rather die than fold ♪ 2580 02:11:54,524 --> 02:11:58,160 ♪ We want our stories to be told ♪ 2581 02:11:58,193 --> 02:12:02,498 -♪ Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah ♪ -♪ Just a few more hours ♪ 2582 02:12:02,532 --> 02:12:04,500 ♪ And I'll be right home to you ♪ 2583 02:12:04,534 --> 02:12:07,370 ♪ Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah ♪ 2584 02:12:07,403 --> 02:12:10,506 ♪ Let's dance the last dance ♪ 2585 02:12:10,540 --> 02:12:13,242 -♪ Tonight ♪ -♪ We just want our story ♪ 2586 02:12:13,275 --> 02:12:17,112 ♪ To be told ♪ 2587 02:12:32,528 --> 02:12:33,730 You had a lot of resilience. 2588 02:12:33,762 --> 02:12:36,932 You have been up and down, and you've made a lot of money. 2589 02:12:36,965 --> 02:12:39,435 And you've been flat on your bum. 2590 02:12:39,469 --> 02:12:42,405 - It's nicer being up. - Yes. 2591 02:12:42,438 --> 02:12:45,974 If that was the question. 2592 02:12:46,008 --> 02:12:48,310 Why your resiliency? Where does it come from? 2593 02:12:48,344 --> 02:12:50,212 Where's that drive come from? 2594 02:12:50,245 --> 02:12:52,147 Probably, it originally comes from Brooklyn. 2595 02:12:52,180 --> 02:12:54,182 - Brooklyn. - You know, all people 2596 02:12:54,216 --> 02:12:57,886 that are born in Brooklyn seem to be able to bounce back, 2597 02:12:57,919 --> 02:13:00,088 because you have to if you come from there. 2598 02:13:00,122 --> 02:13:04,460 You have to have the desire to succeed and be a gambler, 2599 02:13:04,494 --> 02:13:07,929 and I both have the desire and am a gambler. 2600 02:13:07,963 --> 02:13:09,197 So, you were poor? 2601 02:13:09,231 --> 02:13:10,333 - Yes. - Mm-hmm 2602 02:13:11,634 --> 02:13:13,235 I came from Brooklyn, 2603 02:13:13,268 --> 02:13:17,005 and I used to sing on the street corners and stuff. 2604 02:13:17,039 --> 02:13:20,108 Do you think... I mean, what does it take to be a greaser? 2605 02:13:20,142 --> 02:13:21,943 -I mean... -You got what it takes. 2606 02:13:21,977 --> 02:13:23,446 You probably got what it takes. 2607 02:13:23,479 --> 02:13:26,281 What do you think is the biggest misunderstanding 2608 02:13:26,315 --> 02:13:27,282 about Neil Bogart? 2609 02:13:35,891 --> 02:13:37,593 There are quite a few misunderstandings 2610 02:13:37,627 --> 02:13:39,395 about Neil Bogart. 2611 02:13:41,129 --> 02:13:43,899 If you feel like rocking the Hollywood Bowl, 2612 02:13:43,932 --> 02:13:46,101 it feels like being rocked. 2613 02:13:56,178 --> 02:13:58,481 How'd you get so down and out, Neil? 2614 02:13:58,514 --> 02:14:00,082 I came out to California 2615 02:14:00,115 --> 02:14:02,652 after having a company called Buddah Records 2616 02:14:02,685 --> 02:14:04,354 in New York City, 2617 02:14:04,387 --> 02:14:07,089 which was very successful, and I went into partnership 2618 02:14:07,122 --> 02:14:09,459 with Warners Brothers Records. 2619 02:14:09,492 --> 02:14:11,026 Inside of eight months, 2620 02:14:11,059 --> 02:14:13,629 the partnership had just about dissolved, 2621 02:14:13,663 --> 02:14:16,898 and I lost the quickest three million dollars 2622 02:14:16,932 --> 02:14:19,101 anybody ever put up for anybody else. 2623 02:14:19,134 --> 02:14:20,636 What does it feel like to lose 2624 02:14:20,670 --> 02:14:22,037 a couple of million dollars? 2625 02:14:22,070 --> 02:14:24,005 Well, the strange thing is, 2626 02:14:24,039 --> 02:14:26,108 I really didn't have it, you know? 2627 02:14:26,141 --> 02:14:28,009 Of course. 2628 02:14:28,043 --> 02:14:31,246 I don't think if I had it, I could have taken the risk. 2629 02:14:31,279 --> 02:14:34,517 You know, it was a kind of situation 2630 02:14:34,550 --> 02:14:38,654 where I just kept going and really didn't stop to think 2631 02:14:38,688 --> 02:14:40,989 of how I was going to pay it back. 2632 02:14:41,022 --> 02:14:43,992 And fortunately, success was around the corner, 2633 02:14:44,025 --> 02:14:46,696 and I was able to pay it back and come from behind. 2634 02:14:46,729 --> 02:14:48,398 You did it by giving, first of all, 2635 02:14:48,431 --> 02:14:50,700 one of the largest parties ever given in this town, 2636 02:14:50,733 --> 02:14:53,001 -didn't you? -Yes, it was. 2637 02:14:53,034 --> 02:14:55,003 He laughs about it. 2638 02:14:55,036 --> 02:14:57,973 And you couldn't leave a tip, right? 2639 02:14:58,006 --> 02:15:00,041 At the end, I couldn't. 2640 02:15:00,743 --> 02:15:02,077 The party was fabulous. 2641 02:15:02,110 --> 02:15:04,045 The reception was fabulous. 2642 02:15:04,079 --> 02:15:06,281 The welcome to California was exciting, 2643 02:15:06,314 --> 02:15:09,619 and from there, everything went downhill. 2644 02:15:09,652 --> 02:15:10,653 About eight months later, 2645 02:15:10,686 --> 02:15:15,391 I realized that um, it wasn't going to happen. 2646 02:15:15,425 --> 02:15:16,626 I had just finished 2647 02:15:16,659 --> 02:15:19,562 probably the most expensive album ever done 2648 02:15:19,595 --> 02:15:21,330 in the record industry, which was 2649 02:15:21,364 --> 02:15:24,333 Here's Johnny: Magic Moments From The Tonight Show, 2650 02:15:24,367 --> 02:15:26,201 - and we opened... - Oh, you did that. 2651 02:15:26,234 --> 02:15:29,104 Yeah. That was our record. 2652 02:15:29,137 --> 02:15:30,573 You all bought that, didn't you? 2653 02:15:30,606 --> 02:15:32,207 Yeah. 2654 02:15:32,240 --> 02:15:35,043 We over-advertised, and we over-promoted. 2655 02:15:35,076 --> 02:15:38,648 And we did everything you could possibly do wrong. 2656 02:15:38,681 --> 02:15:40,716 And I went to Acapulco, 2657 02:15:40,750 --> 02:15:42,718 and while I was there, scuba diving, 2658 02:15:42,752 --> 02:15:46,589 I thought that, "You owe three million dollars. 2659 02:15:46,622 --> 02:15:48,324 You don't have any money left in the bank." 2660 02:15:48,357 --> 02:15:50,158 - Yeah. - "You might have payroll 2661 02:15:50,192 --> 02:15:53,061 for about two or three weeks left." 2662 02:15:53,094 --> 02:15:56,064 And I was down there, and I took the mouthpiece out 2663 02:15:56,097 --> 02:15:58,066 and said, "It could be over." 2664 02:15:58,099 --> 02:16:00,268 I mean, that could be it. You don't have to come back 2665 02:16:00,302 --> 02:16:02,338 to the problems. You don't have to come back 2666 02:16:02,371 --> 02:16:04,407 to face the failure. 2667 02:16:04,440 --> 02:16:08,076 And, um... the last record I released at Buddah Records 2668 02:16:08,109 --> 02:16:10,446 was a thing by Gladys Knight and the Pips, 2669 02:16:10,480 --> 02:16:12,280 that when LA seemed too much for the man, 2670 02:16:12,314 --> 02:16:13,783 he couldn't make it, so he's leaving 2671 02:16:13,816 --> 02:16:14,750 the life he's come to know. 2672 02:16:14,784 --> 02:16:17,219 He's leaving on a midnight train to Georgia. 2673 02:16:17,252 --> 02:16:19,789 And I just realized that wasn't me. 2674 02:16:19,822 --> 02:16:23,359 I had to win, or I had to fail. 2675 02:16:23,392 --> 02:16:24,627 I couldn't cop out, 2676 02:16:24,660 --> 02:16:27,095 and I put the mouthpiece back in. 2677 02:16:27,128 --> 02:16:29,765 I swam and found Joyce. 2678 02:16:29,799 --> 02:16:32,234 I said, "Come on back. We're going upstairs. 2679 02:16:32,267 --> 02:16:34,102 We're gonna go back, and we're gonna do it. 2680 02:16:34,135 --> 02:16:35,771 We're going to win, or we're gonna fail." 2681 02:16:35,805 --> 02:16:37,807 And in the back of my head, I always had the thought 2682 02:16:37,840 --> 02:16:40,108 that I can always go back to Brooklyn and open 2683 02:16:40,141 --> 02:16:41,243 - a candy store. - Yeah, 2684 02:16:41,276 --> 02:16:43,713 except there are a lot of those there, aren't there? 2685 02:16:43,746 --> 02:16:46,214 Yeah, but you know, growing up there, I mean, 2686 02:16:46,248 --> 02:16:49,050 that was always a kind of comforting thing 2687 02:16:49,084 --> 02:16:50,620 that I could always go back to that, 2688 02:16:50,653 --> 02:16:52,254 and that was a great life. 2689 02:16:55,491 --> 02:16:56,526 Hi. 2690 02:16:56,559 --> 02:16:58,293 What does a tiger say? 2691 02:17:00,262 --> 02:17:03,666 That was the Bogarts, the fabulous Bogarts! 2692 02:17:03,699 --> 02:17:05,300 Well, I want to thank you all. 2693 02:17:05,334 --> 02:17:09,472 Jill, Timothy, Bradley, come on. Come on. 2694 02:17:09,505 --> 02:17:11,407 Say goodbye to the audience. 2695 02:17:11,440 --> 02:17:12,642 We'll see you again! 2696 02:17:12,675 --> 02:17:14,710 -Bye! -Bye, everybody! 2697 02:17:14,744 --> 02:17:16,345 - Bye! - Bye! 2698 02:17:16,379 --> 02:17:19,114 Do you have one more word you'd like to say to everybody? 2699 02:17:19,147 --> 02:17:21,817 Goodbye. Cheerio. 2700 02:17:21,851 --> 02:17:23,151 What was that? 2701 02:17:24,687 --> 02:17:27,623 ...from the fabulous Bogarts! 2702 02:17:27,657 --> 02:17:29,090 See you next week! 2703 02:17:29,124 --> 02:17:30,258 Yeah! 203802

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