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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:09,670 --> 00:00:14,211 [ Feedback ] 4 00:00:14,246 --> 00:00:15,674 GEMMA: My next guest on the couch 5 00:00:15,709 --> 00:00:18,512 is music industry guru, kingpin, 6 00:00:18,547 --> 00:00:20,580 and former head of Creation Records. 7 00:00:20,615 --> 00:00:23,484 He's political, occasionally controversial, 8 00:00:23,519 --> 00:00:25,222 and he's a great friend. 9 00:00:25,257 --> 00:00:28,555 He is, of course, Mr. Alan McGee. 10 00:00:28,590 --> 00:00:32,097 [ Rock music playing ] 11 00:00:42,769 --> 00:00:44,802 PRIMAL SCREAM: ♪ Dealers keep a-dealin' ♪ 12 00:00:44,837 --> 00:00:46,705 ♪ Thieves keep a-thievin' ♪ 13 00:00:46,740 --> 00:00:48,608 ♪ Whores keep a-whorin' ♪ 14 00:00:48,643 --> 00:00:50,511 ♪ Junkies keep scorin' ♪ 15 00:00:50,546 --> 00:00:52,414 ♪ Trade is on the meat rack ♪ 16 00:00:52,449 --> 00:00:54,317 ♪ Strip joints full of hunchbacks ♪ 17 00:00:54,352 --> 00:00:56,154 ♪ Bitches keep a-bitchin' ♪ 18 00:00:56,189 --> 00:00:57,848 ♪ Clap just keeps a-itchin' ♪ 19 00:00:57,883 --> 00:00:59,817 ♪ Ain't no use in prayin' ♪ 20 00:00:59,852 --> 00:01:03,524 ♪ That's the way it's stayin', baby ♪ 21 00:01:05,462 --> 00:01:07,330 ♪ Johnny ain't so crazy ♪ 22 00:01:07,365 --> 00:01:11,301 ♪ He's always got a line for the ladies ♪ 23 00:01:11,336 --> 00:01:13,204 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 24 00:01:13,239 --> 00:01:14,667 ♪ Get your rocks off ♪ 25 00:01:14,702 --> 00:01:16,636 ♪ Get your rocks off, honey ♪ 26 00:01:16,671 --> 00:01:18,539 ♪ Shake 'em now-now ♪ 27 00:01:18,574 --> 00:01:20,442 ♪ Get 'em off downtown ♪ 28 00:01:20,477 --> 00:01:22,345 ♪ Get your rocks off ♪ 29 00:01:22,380 --> 00:01:24,248 ♪ Get your rocks off, honey ♪ 30 00:01:24,283 --> 00:01:25,777 ♪ Shake 'em now, now ♪ 31 00:01:25,812 --> 00:01:28,615 ♪ Get 'em off downtown ♪ 32 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:44,796 ♪ Creeps keep a-crawlin' ♪ 33 00:01:44,831 --> 00:01:46,699 ♪ Drunks keep a-fallin' ♪ 34 00:01:46,734 --> 00:01:48,635 ♪ Teasers keep a-teasin' ♪ 35 00:01:48,670 --> 00:01:50,472 ♪ Holy joes are preachin' ♪ 36 00:01:50,507 --> 00:01:52,375 ♪ Cops keep a-bustin' ♪ 37 00:01:52,410 --> 00:01:54,344 ♪ Hustlers keep a-hustlin' ♪ 38 00:01:54,379 --> 00:01:56,247 ♪ Death keeps a-knockin' ♪ 39 00:01:56,282 --> 00:01:58,150 ♪ Souls are up for auction ♪ 40 00:01:58,185 --> 00:02:00,218 ♪ Ain't no use in prayin' ♪ 41 00:02:00,253 --> 00:02:05,388 ♪ That's the way it's stayin', baby ♪ 42 00:02:05,423 --> 00:02:07,291 ♪ Johnny ain't so crazy ♪ 43 00:02:07,326 --> 00:02:09,854 ♪ He's always got a line for the.. ♪ 44 00:02:09,889 --> 00:02:13,825 [ Music distorts ] 45 00:02:13,860 --> 00:02:17,466 -[ Bell rings ] -ALAN: Drowning in money. 46 00:02:17,501 --> 00:02:20,568 Don't need to be a shrink to work that one out. 47 00:02:20,603 --> 00:02:22,471 A wee ginger cunt from Glasgow 48 00:02:22,506 --> 00:02:25,408 in the land of the beautiful. 49 00:02:25,443 --> 00:02:27,872 You're wondering how I got away with it, eh? 50 00:02:27,907 --> 00:02:29,676 -Well, I'm assuming you are. -[ Bell dings ] 51 00:02:29,711 --> 00:02:31,381 Since you're watching this film. 52 00:02:31,416 --> 00:02:32,745 CAPTAIN: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. 53 00:02:32,780 --> 00:02:34,615 This is your Captain. 54 00:02:34,650 --> 00:02:36,353 We're about to start our descent 55 00:02:36,388 --> 00:02:38,586 into Los Angeles LAX Airport, 56 00:02:38,621 --> 00:02:41,358 where the local time is 2:34 p.m., 57 00:02:41,393 --> 00:02:44,295 and the weather is a clear and sunny 72 degrees. 58 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:47,298 The rest of you will be travelling to '70s Glasgow, 59 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:49,531 where it is a constant bleak and frosty, 60 00:02:49,566 --> 00:02:51,269 and the, uh, outlook is grim. 61 00:02:51,304 --> 00:02:53,337 MUD: ♪ I really love your tiger light ♪ 62 00:02:53,372 --> 00:02:55,636 ♪ That's neat, that's neat, that's neat, that's neat ♪ 63 00:02:55,671 --> 00:02:58,408 ♪ I really love your tiger feet ♪ 64 00:02:58,443 --> 00:03:01,642 ♪ I really love your tiger feet ♪ 65 00:03:01,677 --> 00:03:04,249 ♪ Your tiger feet ♪ 66 00:03:04,284 --> 00:03:06,317 ALAN: Glasgow wasn't all bad. 67 00:03:06,352 --> 00:03:07,879 We lived in a decent house. 68 00:03:07,914 --> 00:03:09,749 I had two sisters, so I had my own bedroom. 69 00:03:09,784 --> 00:03:11,949 This is me doing a closing encore at the Barrowlands -- 70 00:03:11,984 --> 00:03:13,357 with a tennis racket. 71 00:03:13,392 --> 00:03:14,391 What a tool. 72 00:03:14,426 --> 00:03:17,394 [ Music playing ] 73 00:03:18,694 --> 00:03:21,827 [ Singing softly ] 74 00:03:26,504 --> 00:03:28,240 Thank you, Glasgow! 75 00:03:28,275 --> 00:03:29,307 Goodnight! 76 00:03:29,342 --> 00:03:32,277 [ Panting ] 77 00:03:32,312 --> 00:03:34,378 Jesus Christ! 78 00:03:34,413 --> 00:03:35,742 Have you got your sister's make-up on? 79 00:03:35,777 --> 00:03:37,480 I'm not a pooftie, Dad. 80 00:03:37,515 --> 00:03:39,680 Well, why you poncing about like one? 81 00:03:39,715 --> 00:03:41,748 -You're a bloody disgrace. -I'm just pissing about, Dad. 82 00:03:41,783 --> 00:03:43,486 You should be in the street with your football. 83 00:03:43,521 --> 00:03:46,423 Go and wash that shite off! Go on! 84 00:03:46,458 --> 00:03:48,018 [ Door slams ] 85 00:03:48,053 --> 00:03:51,494 Should be on the street playing football, you wee cunt! 86 00:03:51,529 --> 00:03:53,925 STEWART: ♪ There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier ♪ 87 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:55,465 ALAN: It's a cliche, 88 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:58,336 but I never felt I fitted in with my family. 89 00:03:58,371 --> 00:03:59,700 JOHN: I just don't get it. 90 00:03:59,735 --> 00:04:01,339 I bet your mates don't spend it on make-up 91 00:04:01,374 --> 00:04:02,835 and posters of men dressed up as tarts. 92 00:04:02,870 --> 00:04:04,738 ALAN: I loved my ma and my sisters. 93 00:04:04,773 --> 00:04:06,036 JOHN: You're not a kid. 94 00:04:06,071 --> 00:04:08,874 ALAN: But Dad -- he hated everything I did. 95 00:04:08,909 --> 00:04:11,613 You get nothing in this life if you're not prepared to work. 96 00:04:11,648 --> 00:04:13,681 ALAN: And Grandma just hated me. 97 00:04:13,716 --> 00:04:15,584 [ Quietly ] Wee ginger bastard. 98 00:04:15,619 --> 00:04:16,882 [ Whistles ] 99 00:04:16,917 --> 00:04:18,356 ALAN: I had two obsessions back then -- 100 00:04:18,391 --> 00:04:21,018 serious now -- music and money. 101 00:04:21,053 --> 00:04:23,625 I've got an Advertiser. Do you want an Advertiser, sir? 102 00:04:23,660 --> 00:04:26,727 Put your money in the box. There you go. Thank you. 103 00:04:26,762 --> 00:04:29,730 [ Music playing on stereo ] 104 00:04:37,773 --> 00:04:40,411 [ Young Alan whistles ] 105 00:04:42,041 --> 00:04:44,745 Oh, wee man. 106 00:04:44,780 --> 00:04:46,747 Are you into your music? 107 00:04:46,782 --> 00:04:48,584 Yeah. 108 00:04:48,619 --> 00:04:50,751 You like T-Rex? 109 00:04:50,786 --> 00:04:53,017 Aye. So what? 110 00:04:53,052 --> 00:04:54,755 Nothing. They're fucking cool. 111 00:04:54,790 --> 00:04:56,427 [ Boy shouting in distance ] 112 00:04:56,462 --> 00:04:57,791 Do you like Thin Lizzy? 113 00:04:57,826 --> 00:04:59,793 Do you know they're playing the Barras? 114 00:04:59,828 --> 00:05:01,531 Fuck off. Are they playing the Barras? 115 00:05:01,566 --> 00:05:03,665 Aye. Next week. 116 00:05:03,700 --> 00:05:05,029 Cockney Rebel supporting. 117 00:05:05,064 --> 00:05:06,932 YOUNG BOBBY: You mean in the Barras, aye? 118 00:05:06,967 --> 00:05:11,068 [ Bell dings ] 119 00:05:11,103 --> 00:05:12,575 [ Music plays indistinctly ] 120 00:05:12,610 --> 00:05:13,939 -Bobby. -"Rebel, Rebel." 121 00:05:13,974 --> 00:05:15,908 Fucking ace, man. 122 00:05:17,648 --> 00:05:19,351 Go get the other copy, Bobby. 123 00:05:19,386 --> 00:05:21,452 I'll buy it you. 124 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:25,115 -Aye? -Aye. 125 00:05:25,150 --> 00:05:27,722 So, where the fuck do you make that kind of money? 126 00:05:27,757 --> 00:05:32,023 See, so I get 4p for every newspaper I sell, 127 00:05:32,058 --> 00:05:33,893 but they cost 15p. 128 00:05:33,928 --> 00:05:35,499 Now if I turn up an hour early, though, 129 00:05:35,534 --> 00:05:37,732 five instead of 6:00, there's no one around. 130 00:05:37,767 --> 00:05:39,635 So, I take a load of extras, sell them on top. 131 00:05:39,670 --> 00:05:40,834 YOUNG BOBBY: They don't count 'em? 132 00:05:40,869 --> 00:05:42,000 YOUNG ALAN: No. 133 00:05:42,035 --> 00:05:43,441 Guess how much I made last week. 134 00:05:43,476 --> 00:05:45,641 -Don't know. -Guess. 135 00:05:45,676 --> 00:05:46,972 A fiver. 136 00:05:47,007 --> 00:05:48,677 20. 137 00:05:48,712 --> 00:05:51,449 I'm gonna be a millionaire one day. 138 00:05:51,484 --> 00:05:53,517 What, selling fucking papers? 139 00:05:53,552 --> 00:05:55,717 YOUNG ALAN: [ Laughs ] Fuck off, Bobby, 140 00:05:55,752 --> 00:05:57,114 -I'm just a rebel. -BOTH: Rebel! 141 00:05:57,149 --> 00:06:00,689 ♪ Rebel, Rebel, you've torn your dress ♪ 142 00:06:00,724 --> 00:06:02,922 ♪ Rebel, Rebel, your face is a mess ♪ 143 00:06:02,957 --> 00:06:04,594 [ Sighs ] 144 00:06:04,629 --> 00:06:07,157 ALAN: Dad was a talentless bastard, 145 00:06:07,192 --> 00:06:09,093 but he had one skill. 146 00:06:09,128 --> 00:06:13,999 He could smell money, like a pig with truffles. 147 00:06:15,739 --> 00:06:16,672 -[ Door slams ] -ALAN: I earned it. 148 00:06:16,707 --> 00:06:17,871 He's not lying, Dad. 149 00:06:17,906 --> 00:06:19,774 Mum, I earned it. I swear I did. 150 00:06:19,809 --> 00:06:20,940 I'd just sell a few extras, I take. 151 00:06:20,975 --> 00:06:22,447 You mean steal. 152 00:06:22,482 --> 00:06:24,878 Dad, I actually increased circulation. 153 00:06:24,913 --> 00:06:27,815 Oh, it's okay to steal from the people paying your wages. 154 00:06:27,850 --> 00:06:30,719 -He's doing them a favor. -Dad, it's not fucking stealing. 155 00:06:30,754 --> 00:06:32,589 -No! No! -Don't you dare! 156 00:06:32,624 --> 00:06:34,052 JOHN: You think you're clever, Alan, 157 00:06:34,087 --> 00:06:37,462 But you're not clever. You know nothing. 158 00:06:37,497 --> 00:06:39,926 Oh, John! John! 159 00:06:39,961 --> 00:06:43,028 -Darling, let me see you. -[ Door slams ] 160 00:06:43,063 --> 00:06:46,702 Oh, you're bleeding. 161 00:06:46,737 --> 00:06:48,638 -Jesus, f-- -It's no good, Ma. 162 00:06:48,673 --> 00:06:50,541 I can't make it stick. 163 00:06:50,576 --> 00:06:52,136 -He'll have to go to A&E. -Alright. 164 00:06:52,171 --> 00:06:53,907 Well, then, you take him, Laura. 165 00:06:53,942 --> 00:06:57,042 -[ Breathes heavily ] -And if anyone asks, Al, 166 00:06:57,077 --> 00:07:00,078 you fell when you were out. 167 00:07:00,113 --> 00:07:01,882 Okay? 168 00:07:04,524 --> 00:07:05,820 That's my good boy. 169 00:07:05,855 --> 00:07:07,822 ALAN: It was shameful if Social Services 170 00:07:07,857 --> 00:07:09,527 paid you a visit back then. 171 00:07:09,562 --> 00:07:11,595 Like most families, 172 00:07:11,630 --> 00:07:13,696 we sorted out our own mess. 173 00:07:13,731 --> 00:07:16,765 ANNOUNCER: Hear the band the whole world is talking about. 174 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,867 Oasis, live at the Hollywood Bowl, 175 00:07:19,902 --> 00:07:22,606 only on KPWR. 176 00:07:22,641 --> 00:07:24,036 ALAN: Oi, Mate. Slow down a minute. 177 00:07:24,071 --> 00:07:26,203 -ANNOUNCER: Where rock rocks. -Mate. 178 00:07:26,238 --> 00:07:28,678 DEEJAY: Wow. That gig is sold out. 179 00:07:28,713 --> 00:07:31,076 These guys, they are like the new Beatles. 180 00:07:31,111 --> 00:07:34,013 ALAN: The 1960s, they basically buried Jesus, 181 00:07:34,048 --> 00:07:36,818 and Bowie was the new messiah. 182 00:07:36,853 --> 00:07:38,721 I wanted to walk where he walked 183 00:07:38,756 --> 00:07:40,624 and do all the things he did. 184 00:07:40,659 --> 00:07:43,187 [ David Bowie's "Rebel, Rebel" plays ] 185 00:07:43,222 --> 00:07:45,959 But, I didn't have any talent, 186 00:07:45,994 --> 00:07:48,632 which limited my options some. 187 00:07:53,903 --> 00:07:56,266 JOHN: Okay, son, you're gonna be Murray's apprentice. 188 00:07:56,301 --> 00:07:57,872 -This is a big opportunity. -Right. 189 00:07:57,907 --> 00:08:00,545 Hey, hey, hey. Don't embarrass me, alright? 190 00:08:00,580 --> 00:08:03,878 -[ Car horn honks ] -Good boy. 191 00:08:06,311 --> 00:08:12,623 -[ Breathes heavily ] -[ Metal clanging ] 192 00:08:12,658 --> 00:08:14,823 ALAN: I tried not to embarrass my dad, 193 00:08:14,858 --> 00:08:17,221 but that didn't stop his mates from ripping my pants off 194 00:08:17,256 --> 00:08:18,959 and spraying my balls red... 195 00:08:18,994 --> 00:08:20,862 You fucking wee tube. 196 00:08:20,897 --> 00:08:23,535 ALAN: ...as an initiation. 197 00:08:25,836 --> 00:08:26,802 [ Water running ] 198 00:08:26,837 --> 00:08:29,101 Fucking bastards. 199 00:08:30,071 --> 00:08:32,104 -Fucking... -You dirty wee ginger bastard. 200 00:08:32,139 --> 00:08:35,613 Oh, no. Fuck! Grandma, no, I can explain. 201 00:08:35,648 --> 00:08:37,109 -Announcer: President Kennedy... -ALAN: People talk about telly 202 00:08:37,144 --> 00:08:38,748 in reference to history. 203 00:08:38,783 --> 00:08:39,980 You remember watching the news about Kennedy, 204 00:08:40,015 --> 00:08:42,048 or the moon landing. 205 00:08:42,083 --> 00:08:43,753 Queen's Coronation. 206 00:08:43,788 --> 00:08:45,689 Fuck that. 207 00:08:45,724 --> 00:08:48,824 There was only one historical televised event in our house. 208 00:08:48,859 --> 00:08:50,727 They're a group called the Sex Pistols. 209 00:08:50,762 --> 00:08:54,027 ALAN: And that changed everything. 210 00:08:54,062 --> 00:08:57,569 ♪ I am an anti-Christ ♪ 211 00:08:57,604 --> 00:09:00,935 ♪ And I am an anarchist ♪ 212 00:09:00,970 --> 00:09:04,642 ♪ Don't know what I want, but I know how to get it ♪ 213 00:09:04,677 --> 00:09:07,876 ♪ I wanna destroy the passer-by ♪ 214 00:09:07,911 --> 00:09:11,143 Hit record. The new craze, they tell me. 215 00:09:11,178 --> 00:09:13,981 ♪ Cause I wanna be 216 00:09:14,016 --> 00:09:19,151 ♪ Anarchy ♪ 217 00:09:19,186 --> 00:09:22,891 ♪ No dogs body ♪ 218 00:09:22,926 --> 00:09:25,993 ♪ Anarchy for the UK ♪ 219 00:09:26,028 --> 00:09:29,832 ♪ It's coming sometime and maybe... ♪ 220 00:09:29,867 --> 00:09:32,934 What a fucking rotter. You dirty fucker. 221 00:09:32,969 --> 00:09:36,608 ♪ Your future dream is a shopping scheme ♪ 222 00:09:36,643 --> 00:09:39,336 ♪ 'Cause I ♪ 223 00:09:39,371 --> 00:09:43,142 ♪ I wanna be 224 00:09:43,177 --> 00:09:48,048 ♪ Anarchy ♪ 225 00:09:48,083 --> 00:09:54,791 ♪ In the city and I wanna be anarchy ♪ 226 00:09:54,826 --> 00:09:57,860 MCLAREN: Musicians are such boring people. 227 00:09:57,895 --> 00:10:02,700 Why should talent have anything to do with rock and roll? 228 00:10:02,735 --> 00:10:05,164 Why should music be in the possession 229 00:10:05,199 --> 00:10:06,902 of people so [bleep] dull? 230 00:10:06,937 --> 00:10:08,266 Announcer: I'll say nothing else about him. 231 00:10:08,301 --> 00:10:09,674 We'll be back tomorrow, 232 00:10:09,709 --> 00:10:11,368 I'll be seeing you soon, I hope, 233 00:10:11,403 --> 00:10:13,645 If I'm not seeing you again, from me though, goodnight. 234 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:16,373 ALAN: Now there were new rules. 235 00:10:16,408 --> 00:10:18,716 There were no rules. 236 00:10:18,751 --> 00:10:20,113 I didn't need talent. 237 00:10:20,148 --> 00:10:22,984 I just needed a guitar and some mates. 238 00:10:23,019 --> 00:10:25,349 [ Distorted guitars playing ] 239 00:10:25,384 --> 00:10:28,286 We have Andrew Innes on lead guitar. 240 00:10:28,321 --> 00:10:33,731 And on the bass guitar, the wee ginger bastard himself, 241 00:10:33,766 --> 00:10:36,294 Alan McGee. 242 00:10:36,329 --> 00:10:39,264 [ Young Bobby shouting ] 243 00:10:39,904 --> 00:10:42,267 Look at this, son. 244 00:10:42,302 --> 00:10:45,842 Is this this new punk rock thing? 245 00:10:45,877 --> 00:10:47,745 Aye. 246 00:10:47,780 --> 00:10:49,109 What's the name of this outfit? 247 00:10:49,144 --> 00:10:51,683 [ Young Bobby grunts ] 248 00:10:51,718 --> 00:10:53,179 -The Drains. -The Drains. 249 00:10:53,214 --> 00:10:54,686 Well, I don't want you blocking the drains, Bobby. 250 00:10:54,721 --> 00:10:56,050 Just keep it down a wee bit, eh? 251 00:10:56,085 --> 00:10:59,383 -Aye, see you, Dad. -The fucking Drains, eh? 252 00:10:59,418 --> 00:11:02,892 -[ Door closes ] -Your dad's cool, Bobby. 253 00:11:02,927 --> 00:11:05,125 What's that thing he was wearing? 254 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:06,995 Ah, he's into his politics. 255 00:11:07,030 --> 00:11:09,261 He'll run for Parliament one day. 256 00:11:09,296 --> 00:11:11,362 Aye, he's a socialist. 257 00:11:11,397 --> 00:11:13,903 My dad talks about socialists. Fucking hates 'em. 258 00:11:13,938 --> 00:11:15,366 Oh, what's your old man into? 259 00:11:15,401 --> 00:11:17,368 Just boring stuff. 260 00:11:17,403 --> 00:11:19,436 What's all this Grandma Barr tells us, painting your pubes? 261 00:11:19,471 --> 00:11:21,108 Oh no, Dad. That was just fucking some -- 262 00:11:21,143 --> 00:11:22,912 Are you fucking mental? What's gotten into you? 263 00:11:22,947 --> 00:11:25,717 This is all that punk rock shite they've been talking about, aye. 264 00:11:25,752 --> 00:11:27,312 -Hey, this is a decent house. -Oh, aye. 265 00:11:27,347 --> 00:11:31,316 Hey, if I so much as hear you mention those Sexy Pistols, 266 00:11:31,351 --> 00:11:33,054 you'll wish you were never born. 267 00:11:33,089 --> 00:11:35,254 Now get that shit off. 268 00:11:35,289 --> 00:11:37,157 You look ridiculous. 269 00:11:37,192 --> 00:11:38,895 YOUNG INNES: And what have we got up here? 270 00:11:38,930 --> 00:11:42,030 Lena Zavaroni, The fucking Bay City Rollers. 271 00:11:42,065 --> 00:11:45,770 Ah, let's go to London. Let's just fucking go. 272 00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:47,134 My Dad'll never let me go to London, Innes. 273 00:11:47,169 --> 00:11:48,872 Doesn't matter. You're nearly 18. 274 00:11:48,907 --> 00:11:50,841 [ The Damned's "New Rose" plays ] 275 00:11:59,786 --> 00:12:02,314 JOHN: Do you know what punk means? 276 00:12:02,349 --> 00:12:06,989 It's American slang for homosexuals in prison. 277 00:12:07,024 --> 00:12:10,058 THE DAMNED: ♪ I got a feeling inside of me ♪ 278 00:12:10,093 --> 00:12:12,522 ♪ It's kinda strange like a stormy sea ♪ 279 00:12:12,557 --> 00:12:15,129 ♪ I don't know why, I don't know why ♪ 280 00:12:15,164 --> 00:12:16,999 Have you ever even been to London? 281 00:12:17,034 --> 00:12:18,264 -Do you know anyone there? -No. 282 00:12:18,299 --> 00:12:20,002 I can be whatever I wanna be in London. 283 00:12:20,037 --> 00:12:21,905 My dad'll skin me alive, you daft cunt. 284 00:12:21,940 --> 00:12:23,236 Fucking do you for kidnapping. 285 00:12:23,271 --> 00:12:24,941 And you for kiddie fiddling, Alan. 286 00:12:24,976 --> 00:12:27,240 You come and join us when you got some pubes, eh, Bob. 287 00:12:27,275 --> 00:12:30,342 [ Laughter ] 288 00:12:30,377 --> 00:12:32,410 We've only just started going out with each other. 289 00:12:32,445 --> 00:12:34,819 INNES: You're a ginger prick, Alan. 290 00:12:34,854 --> 00:12:36,887 You've got a chance to become a qualified electrician. 291 00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:38,317 You cannae just leave. 292 00:12:38,352 --> 00:12:39,824 Innes, it's in here, man. 293 00:12:39,859 --> 00:12:40,957 Can you hold that for us, pal? 294 00:12:40,992 --> 00:12:43,289 Right, here we go. 295 00:12:43,324 --> 00:12:45,522 It feels like -- like you're running away from me. 296 00:12:45,557 --> 00:12:47,095 THE DAMNED: ♪ I can't stop ♪ 297 00:12:47,130 --> 00:12:49,394 -Wanker. -[ Young Bobby laughs ] 298 00:12:49,429 --> 00:12:52,331 BOTH: Oh, fuck off. 299 00:12:52,366 --> 00:12:53,904 You two, out. 300 00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:55,807 Fucking hell, right. 301 00:12:55,842 --> 00:12:58,403 I'll get you in the Freemasons. We look after one another. 302 00:12:58,438 --> 00:13:01,406 Fucking hell! Piss off. 303 00:13:01,441 --> 00:13:02,814 I'll write to you every day, Yvonne. 304 00:13:02,849 --> 00:13:04,244 Fucking pen pal. 305 00:13:04,279 --> 00:13:08,149 THE DAMNED: ♪ Why should it be? ♪ 306 00:13:08,184 --> 00:13:10,217 -No! -Alright. 307 00:13:10,252 --> 00:13:13,385 THE DAMNED: ♪ I don't deserve somebody this great ♪ 308 00:13:13,420 --> 00:13:15,992 Think about the future, son, eh? 309 00:13:16,027 --> 00:13:18,555 I'm always thinking about the future, Dad. 310 00:13:18,590 --> 00:13:20,458 It's you that's not. 311 00:13:20,493 --> 00:13:24,000 -[ Horn blares ] -[ Rock music plays ] 312 00:13:26,070 --> 00:13:27,839 ALAN: Los Angeles. 313 00:13:27,874 --> 00:13:29,533 Land of the back stabbers, 314 00:13:29,568 --> 00:13:31,304 the vacuous, and the soulless. 315 00:13:31,339 --> 00:13:33,878 They say in London, you're never more 316 00:13:33,913 --> 00:13:35,572 than 6 feet away from a sewer rat. 317 00:13:35,607 --> 00:13:37,574 Well, in LA, it's the same, 318 00:13:37,609 --> 00:13:40,214 except here, it's dealers... 319 00:13:40,249 --> 00:13:42,447 -[ Knocks on door ] -ALAN: ...whores, pimps, 320 00:13:42,482 --> 00:13:45,120 and fucking agents. 321 00:13:52,624 --> 00:13:54,866 -Sup, man, how you doing? -Good to see you, Rich. 322 00:13:54,901 --> 00:13:58,595 RICH: Don't mind if I do, huh? 323 00:13:58,630 --> 00:14:01,202 You Brits are fucking crazy, man. 324 00:14:01,237 --> 00:14:04,139 You come to L.A. You hang out in a fucking hotel room. 325 00:14:04,174 --> 00:14:05,338 That's why you guys are all pale. 326 00:14:05,373 --> 00:14:07,076 So, we got the, uh... 327 00:14:07,111 --> 00:14:09,078 -[ Sniffs ] -Got the what? 328 00:14:09,113 --> 00:14:10,882 The gear. 329 00:14:14,184 --> 00:14:16,921 [ Laughing ] 330 00:14:16,956 --> 00:14:18,648 RICH: I'm fucking with you, man. 331 00:14:18,683 --> 00:14:21,651 Got the fucking gear. It's strong though, man. 332 00:14:21,686 --> 00:14:24,258 Okay, that shit's like some new shit that's come in. 333 00:14:24,293 --> 00:14:26,557 People going crazy over that shit. 334 00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:35,500 That is all there. 335 00:14:35,535 --> 00:14:37,436 ALAN: Forget everything in that last voice-over! 336 00:14:37,471 --> 00:14:40,208 I fucking love LA! 337 00:14:40,243 --> 00:14:42,276 -Later, bro. -I've got it! I've got it. 338 00:14:42,311 --> 00:14:45,048 Yeah, I'll call you. Cheers, Rich. 339 00:14:45,083 --> 00:14:47,347 -[ Door closes ] -[ Upbeat music playing ] 340 00:14:47,382 --> 00:14:50,614 [ Telephone ringing ] 341 00:14:50,649 --> 00:14:52,990 Hey, Felipe! Yeah. 342 00:14:53,025 --> 00:14:54,420 Oh, yeah, that's right, yeah. 343 00:14:54,455 --> 00:14:57,258 Gemma, it's the magazine. Yeah, some interview. 344 00:14:57,293 --> 00:14:58,622 Yeah, show them my poolside table, 345 00:14:58,657 --> 00:15:01,064 take in a couple of smudges. 346 00:15:01,099 --> 00:15:02,934 Yeah, lovely. Love you. 347 00:15:02,969 --> 00:15:04,903 [ Alan sighs ] 348 00:15:07,138 --> 00:15:09,237 YOUNG INNES: Oh, this is fucking great. 349 00:15:11,406 --> 00:15:15,177 Well, what do you think? 350 00:15:15,212 --> 00:15:17,080 It's a shithole, Innes. 351 00:15:17,115 --> 00:15:19,511 That may very well be the case, but it's fucking free. 352 00:15:19,546 --> 00:15:20,512 Where do we sleep? 353 00:15:20,547 --> 00:15:22,283 Anywhere you like. 354 00:15:26,289 --> 00:15:27,959 What the fuck, man? 355 00:15:27,994 --> 00:15:30,258 It's London. What did you expect? 356 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,398 I'm a nihilist, man. 357 00:15:38,433 --> 00:15:40,532 There's nothing to it. 358 00:15:42,668 --> 00:15:46,043 [ Syringe clangs ] 359 00:15:46,078 --> 00:15:48,078 ALAN: So anyway, I'd left a decent job, 360 00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:50,146 decent home, decent birds, 361 00:15:50,181 --> 00:15:52,709 to move into some London shithole with my best mates 362 00:15:52,744 --> 00:15:54,744 and some random smackheads. 363 00:15:54,779 --> 00:15:56,647 Thought I got scurvy once. 364 00:15:56,682 --> 00:15:58,748 -Scurvy? -Yeah, scurvy. 365 00:15:58,783 --> 00:16:00,387 Can you spell that for me? 366 00:16:00,422 --> 00:16:06,195 Yeah, S-C-U-R-V-E -- 367 00:16:06,230 --> 00:16:08,197 No, "Y." Fucking one of them. 368 00:16:08,232 --> 00:16:09,594 Scurvy is like a medieval disease 369 00:16:09,629 --> 00:16:12,597 that pirates would get from not eating properly. 370 00:16:14,766 --> 00:16:17,305 We settled down, despite the squalor. 371 00:16:17,340 --> 00:16:19,637 By the time we got to London, punk was over. 372 00:16:19,672 --> 00:16:22,376 It had left all these various counter-cultures in its wake, 373 00:16:22,411 --> 00:16:24,312 all wanting to be seen and heard. 374 00:16:24,347 --> 00:16:27,084 We spent our dole money making a demo. 375 00:16:27,119 --> 00:16:29,284 Bobby's learning bass with Caesar McNulty. 376 00:16:29,319 --> 00:16:30,516 -From Altered Images? -Aye. 377 00:16:30,551 --> 00:16:33,519 Throb's learning guitar. It's in the demo. 378 00:16:35,457 --> 00:16:38,425 Just smell that, Alan. Do you know what it is? 379 00:16:38,460 --> 00:16:39,723 Is it B-O? Fish? 380 00:16:39,758 --> 00:16:41,065 It's the smell of possibilities. 381 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:43,166 Laughing Apple. 382 00:16:43,201 --> 00:16:45,333 Hopeless this morning. 383 00:16:45,368 --> 00:16:46,796 -MAN: No. -Laughing Apple. 384 00:16:46,831 --> 00:16:48,699 I heard this job's going at British Rail. 385 00:16:48,734 --> 00:16:50,371 British Rail? 386 00:16:50,406 --> 00:16:52,373 I could go London to Glasgow line to see Yvonne. 387 00:16:52,408 --> 00:16:53,770 Fuck Yvonne. 388 00:16:53,805 --> 00:16:55,805 No, no, let's face it, one of us needs a job. 389 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,477 You can't run a venue and press records 390 00:16:57,512 --> 00:17:00,150 and promote a band on 13 quids a week, can we? 391 00:17:00,185 --> 00:17:01,712 Laughing Apple. 392 00:17:01,747 --> 00:17:03,384 Greatest band to come out of Scotland! 393 00:17:03,419 --> 00:17:05,254 -Laughing Apple! Laughing Apple! -Laughing Apple! 394 00:17:05,289 --> 00:17:07,058 Greatest band to come out of Scotland! 395 00:17:07,093 --> 00:17:10,259 MAN: Fuck off home, you scroungers. 396 00:17:10,294 --> 00:17:11,788 Cunt! 397 00:17:11,823 --> 00:17:14,461 [ Band tuning instruments ] 398 00:17:21,569 --> 00:17:23,272 ALAN: We sorted out our line up 399 00:17:23,307 --> 00:17:26,407 with that nihilist, the skaghead flatmate, on drums. 400 00:17:26,442 --> 00:17:28,145 Are you sure about him? 401 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:30,774 I didn't say he could play. I said he had a kit. 402 00:17:30,809 --> 00:17:33,447 [ Playing drums ] 403 00:17:36,683 --> 00:17:38,551 It'll be fine. 404 00:17:38,586 --> 00:17:41,620 Hello, we are the Laughing Apple, 405 00:17:41,655 --> 00:17:43,589 and nobody knows why. 406 00:17:46,330 --> 00:17:48,759 [ Playing guitar riff ] 407 00:18:09,155 --> 00:18:14,455 ♪ I would never leave my trust to her ♪ 408 00:18:14,490 --> 00:18:17,722 ♪ I would deny my love ♪ 409 00:18:17,757 --> 00:18:21,363 ♪ I leave my all to her ♪ 410 00:18:21,398 --> 00:18:24,663 ♪ I leave my clothes maybe ♪ 411 00:18:24,698 --> 00:18:28,403 ♪ I'll leave my memory ♪ 412 00:18:28,438 --> 00:18:31,637 ♪ I live for passion ♪ 413 00:18:31,672 --> 00:18:34,310 ♪ I love to go away go away ♪ 414 00:18:34,345 --> 00:18:36,444 ♪ Go away, go away, go away ♪ 415 00:18:36,479 --> 00:18:39,909 ♪ Goodbye ♪ 416 00:18:39,944 --> 00:18:45,684 ♪ I love you precious feeling ♪ 417 00:18:51,890 --> 00:18:56,431 [ Playing drum solo ] 418 00:18:56,466 --> 00:18:58,235 [ Plays off rhythm ] 419 00:19:13,945 --> 00:19:16,682 You alright? You good? 420 00:19:16,717 --> 00:19:18,321 Yeah. 421 00:19:18,356 --> 00:19:21,819 Thank you, cheers. 422 00:19:21,854 --> 00:19:24,492 ALAN: So now I had a proper job 423 00:19:24,527 --> 00:19:26,791 that I proper fucking hated. 424 00:19:26,826 --> 00:19:28,496 Come on, lads and lasses. 425 00:19:28,531 --> 00:19:30,927 But even though we weren't selling out gigs, 426 00:19:30,962 --> 00:19:32,896 I was still spending every penny 427 00:19:32,931 --> 00:19:34,502 pressing our records. 428 00:19:34,537 --> 00:19:35,635 Ah, good. 429 00:19:35,670 --> 00:19:36,834 ALAN: Surprisingly... 430 00:19:36,869 --> 00:19:38,506 We sold all the other copies. 431 00:19:38,541 --> 00:19:40,541 You have? 432 00:19:40,576 --> 00:19:42,576 Oh, yeah, yeah, I thought you would. 433 00:19:42,611 --> 00:19:44,974 Do you have any more bands on your label? 434 00:19:45,009 --> 00:19:46,745 -Label? -[ Train rumbling ] 435 00:19:46,780 --> 00:19:49,418 Get your tickets out! Come on! 436 00:19:49,453 --> 00:19:51,288 ANNOUNCER ON TV: This year's Christmas number one 437 00:19:51,323 --> 00:19:52,850 is from Renée and Renato, 438 00:19:52,885 --> 00:19:55,622 and here they are with "Save Your Love." 439 00:19:55,657 --> 00:19:59,494 [ Music playing ] 440 00:19:59,529 --> 00:20:02,992 [ Machine whirring ] 441 00:20:03,027 --> 00:20:05,533 ♪ Save your love, my darling ♪ 442 00:20:05,568 --> 00:20:08,272 ♪ Save your love ♪ 443 00:20:08,307 --> 00:20:13,805 [ Machine continues whirring ] 444 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:17,479 ♪ A serenade I long to sing you ♪ 445 00:20:17,514 --> 00:20:20,911 So, how's it working out in London, eh? 446 00:20:20,946 --> 00:20:22,550 Couldn't be better. 447 00:20:22,585 --> 00:20:26,015 [ Chuckles ] Tell that to your pal, Innes. 448 00:20:26,050 --> 00:20:28,490 Had a kidney pack up and moved back. 449 00:20:28,525 --> 00:20:33,429 Drugs, no doubt -- that and living in a shithole. 450 00:20:33,464 --> 00:20:35,596 ALAN: Innes was more into the scene 451 00:20:35,631 --> 00:20:37,730 than just the music, and he did lose a kidney. 452 00:20:37,765 --> 00:20:38,896 No, Mum, he's on the mend, 453 00:20:38,931 --> 00:20:40,535 and his dad says he can move back 454 00:20:40,570 --> 00:20:42,031 only if he gets a place at Uni though. 455 00:20:42,066 --> 00:20:43,439 But we've got a new guitarist now, 456 00:20:43,474 --> 00:20:45,309 and he's more sensible. 457 00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:46,772 [ Crowd chattering ] 458 00:20:46,807 --> 00:20:48,675 [ Indistinct conversations ] 459 00:20:48,710 --> 00:20:49,940 GEMMA: So, you were shooting for the moon, 460 00:20:49,975 --> 00:20:51,777 but you still had a boring job, huh? 461 00:20:51,812 --> 00:20:53,944 Come on, all jobs are boring, when you think about it. 462 00:20:53,979 --> 00:20:56,551 Even being a millionaire is bloody monotonous. 463 00:20:56,586 --> 00:20:58,553 You know, as soon as someone makes a million, 464 00:20:58,588 --> 00:20:59,917 all they can think about doing is making another million, 465 00:20:59,952 --> 00:21:01,589 another million, another million -- 466 00:21:01,624 --> 00:21:02,854 Well, hence drowning in money. 467 00:21:02,889 --> 00:21:04,295 I told you that? 468 00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:06,429 Your dream, your recurring nightmare. 469 00:21:06,464 --> 00:21:08,860 Have it on a sandwich. You'll be great. Thank you. 470 00:21:08,895 --> 00:21:10,928 ANNOUNCER: The Christmas number one 1983, 471 00:21:10,963 --> 00:21:13,304 The Flying Pickets. 472 00:21:13,339 --> 00:21:16,868 ALAN: I've started focusing on promoting the bands now, 473 00:21:16,903 --> 00:21:18,441 managing. 474 00:21:18,476 --> 00:21:19,937 JOHN: Brian Epstein, eh? 475 00:21:19,972 --> 00:21:22,412 Well, he was a Jessie, you know. 476 00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:24,480 Yvonne, every Christmas -- 477 00:21:24,515 --> 00:21:26,042 -she turns up here with you... -[ Yvonne Sobbing ] 478 00:21:26,077 --> 00:21:28,814 JOHN: ...I breathe a sigh of relief. 479 00:21:28,849 --> 00:21:31,487 [ Gulps ] 480 00:21:31,522 --> 00:21:33,390 -[ Guard whistles ] -[ Train horn blows ] 481 00:21:33,425 --> 00:21:36,459 Yvonne moved down to London. We got married. 482 00:21:36,494 --> 00:21:38,692 She started working in the office with me at British Rail, 483 00:21:38,727 --> 00:21:40,628 ALAN: We tried to be a normal couple, but... 484 00:21:40,663 --> 00:21:44,434 We're starting a new club? 485 00:21:44,469 --> 00:21:47,536 [ Music playing faintly ] 486 00:21:47,571 --> 00:21:51,408 [ Rock music plays in distance ] 487 00:21:54,039 --> 00:21:56,842 [ Rock music plays indistinctly ] 488 00:22:05,017 --> 00:22:06,621 [ Brakes squeak ] 489 00:22:17,161 --> 00:22:19,766 Oi! 490 00:22:19,801 --> 00:22:21,735 You Alan McGee? 491 00:22:23,937 --> 00:22:26,443 You owe me 15 quid cab fare. 492 00:22:28,513 --> 00:22:31,646 What? You talking to me? 493 00:22:31,681 --> 00:22:32,680 Where's the PA? 494 00:22:32,715 --> 00:22:34,451 ALAN: Every now and then, 495 00:22:34,486 --> 00:22:36,915 a band comes along that changes your life. 496 00:22:36,950 --> 00:22:39,885 Television Personalities changed mine. 497 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:41,788 [ Engine idling ] 498 00:22:41,823 --> 00:22:44,395 [ Guitar distortion buzzing ] 499 00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:45,924 LANDLORD: Who the fuck are you?! 500 00:22:45,959 --> 00:22:48,597 [ Feedback ] 501 00:22:48,632 --> 00:22:50,126 ALAN: Part cabaret. 502 00:22:50,161 --> 00:22:51,435 Go faster. 503 00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:52,832 ALAN: Part chaos. 504 00:22:52,867 --> 00:22:56,165 Musician. Engineer. 505 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,540 ALAN: Piss take punks. 506 00:22:57,575 --> 00:22:58,937 ♪ Walkin' down the Kings Road ♪ 507 00:22:58,972 --> 00:23:00,103 Organized anarchy. 508 00:23:00,138 --> 00:23:03,678 SINGER: ♪ I see so many faces ♪ 509 00:23:03,713 --> 00:23:05,581 ♪ Many places ♪ 510 00:23:05,616 --> 00:23:06,846 ♪ They come down for the day ♪ 511 00:23:06,881 --> 00:23:08,485 Fuck me! 512 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,718 -This thing run on gas? -[ Volume increases ] 513 00:23:10,753 --> 00:23:13,622 SINGER: ♪ And try and look trendy ♪ 514 00:23:13,657 --> 00:23:14,920 -[ Crowd cheering ] -♪ I think it's a shame ♪ 515 00:23:14,955 --> 00:23:16,658 I'll need that an' all. 516 00:23:16,693 --> 00:23:19,925 SINGER: ♪ That they all look the same ♪ 517 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,433 ♪ Here they come ♪ 518 00:23:22,468 --> 00:23:25,194 ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 519 00:23:25,229 --> 00:23:27,636 ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 520 00:23:27,671 --> 00:23:31,607 ♪ The part time punks ♪ 521 00:23:31,642 --> 00:23:33,972 ♪ Here they come ♪ 522 00:23:34,007 --> 00:23:36,975 ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 523 00:23:37,010 --> 00:23:39,747 ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 524 00:23:39,782 --> 00:23:41,485 ♪ The part time punks ♪ 525 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:42,882 ♪ The part time punks! ♪ 526 00:23:42,917 --> 00:23:45,489 ♪ Then they go to Rough Trade ♪ 527 00:23:45,524 --> 00:23:48,591 ♪ To buy Siouxsie and the Banshees ♪ 528 00:23:48,626 --> 00:23:51,726 ♪ They heard John Peel play it ♪ 529 00:23:51,761 --> 00:23:53,497 ♪ Just the other night ♪ 530 00:23:53,532 --> 00:23:54,927 ♪ Just the other night! ♪ 531 00:23:54,962 --> 00:23:57,864 ♪ They'd like to buy the O-Level single ♪ 532 00:23:57,899 --> 00:24:00,163 ♪ Or read about Seymour ♪ 533 00:24:00,198 --> 00:24:02,539 ♪ But they're not pressed in red ♪ 534 00:24:02,574 --> 00:24:05,201 ♪ So they buy The Lurkers instead ♪ 535 00:24:05,236 --> 00:24:06,741 ♪ The Lurkers instead! ♪ 536 00:24:06,776 --> 00:24:10,811 SINGER: ♪ Oh, here they come ♪ 537 00:24:10,846 --> 00:24:12,615 -[ Crowd cheering ] -♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 538 00:24:12,650 --> 00:24:15,750 ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 539 00:24:15,785 --> 00:24:18,522 ♪ The part time punks! ♪ 540 00:24:18,557 --> 00:24:20,590 Thank you, thank you. 541 00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:22,493 We are the Television Personalities, 542 00:24:22,528 --> 00:24:25,056 this next song is the same as the last one... 543 00:24:25,091 --> 00:24:27,498 only louder! 544 00:24:27,533 --> 00:24:28,796 [ Crowd cheering ] 545 00:24:28,831 --> 00:24:30,699 ♪ They play their records very loud ♪ 546 00:24:30,734 --> 00:24:33,636 ♪ And pogo in the bedroom ♪ 547 00:24:33,671 --> 00:24:36,507 -♪ In front of the mirror ♪ -[ Crowd cheering ] 548 00:24:36,542 --> 00:24:39,609 ♪ But only when their mum's gone out ♪ 549 00:24:39,644 --> 00:24:41,578 ALAN: They never made it though. 550 00:24:41,613 --> 00:24:44,515 Sexton Ming and Jowe Head were performance artists, 551 00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:46,011 and the band was just an extension of that. 552 00:24:46,046 --> 00:24:48,211 Dan Treacy was a brilliant front man. 553 00:24:48,246 --> 00:24:50,114 Sofa surfer got locked out one night 554 00:24:50,149 --> 00:24:51,654 and kicked half to death by some cunts. 555 00:24:51,689 --> 00:24:52,754 He never really recovered. 556 00:24:52,789 --> 00:24:54,283 The "Slaughterhouse" Joe Foster, 557 00:24:54,318 --> 00:24:55,955 the anarchist with multiple personalities, 558 00:24:55,990 --> 00:24:57,561 all of them mad, 559 00:24:57,596 --> 00:24:58,892 Ed Ball, the coolest fucker you've ever seen, 560 00:24:58,927 --> 00:25:00,927 even when he lost his hair, 561 00:25:00,962 --> 00:25:05,734 and Dick Green, the dullest man to ever tune up a guitar. 562 00:25:05,769 --> 00:25:07,296 With these three liabilities, 563 00:25:07,331 --> 00:25:09,067 I knew we could take over the world. 564 00:25:09,102 --> 00:25:11,872 ♪ The part time punks ♪ 565 00:25:11,907 --> 00:25:14,644 ♪ The part time punks ♪ 566 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:16,712 ♪ The part time punks ♪ 567 00:25:16,747 --> 00:25:20,980 ANNOUNCER: The 1985 Christmas number one, it's Shakin'. 568 00:25:21,015 --> 00:25:22,685 Merry Christmas Everyone. 569 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,555 ALAN: I mean, we were still working for the railways, 570 00:25:24,590 --> 00:25:28,691 but my next thing, I'm trying to get this fanzine together. 571 00:25:28,726 --> 00:25:30,759 Like, it's a magazine, to sell to fans at the gigs. 572 00:25:30,794 --> 00:25:32,123 Trying to get into publishing really. 573 00:25:32,158 --> 00:25:33,564 JOHN: Come on. 574 00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:35,093 BARBARA: Well, I am proud of you, son. 575 00:25:35,128 --> 00:25:37,095 It's good to have a dream. 576 00:25:37,130 --> 00:25:39,064 JOHN: Come on. 577 00:25:39,099 --> 00:25:42,232 We need more dreamers in this family. 578 00:25:42,267 --> 00:25:44,938 Your dad's never really had a dream. 579 00:25:44,973 --> 00:25:46,709 Did you, John? 580 00:25:46,744 --> 00:25:49,206 No, maybe it's a good job I didn't. 581 00:25:49,241 --> 00:25:52,847 Who'd have put a roof over our head and food on the table, eh? 582 00:25:52,882 --> 00:25:55,751 [ Record player crackling ] 583 00:25:55,786 --> 00:25:57,049 [ Alan sighs ] 584 00:25:57,084 --> 00:25:58,985 GEMMA: It must have been hard though. 585 00:25:59,020 --> 00:26:01,691 It's 10 to 4:00. You're in work at 7:00. 586 00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:03,693 I dunno. I got a real buzz out of being the outsider. 587 00:26:03,728 --> 00:26:05,057 I was answering to no one. 588 00:26:05,092 --> 00:26:06,256 [ Train rumbling ] 589 00:26:06,291 --> 00:26:07,829 Except the rail company. 590 00:26:07,864 --> 00:26:09,831 [ Chuckles ] True. What a bunch of cunts. 591 00:26:09,866 --> 00:26:12,229 -[ Train horn ] -[ Alan gasps ] 592 00:26:12,264 --> 00:26:15,067 GEMMA: So, would you say that managing Jesus and Mary Chain 593 00:26:15,102 --> 00:26:17,674 was your first big break? 594 00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:20,105 Uh, I didn't really see it as a break at the time 595 00:26:20,140 --> 00:26:21,975 because you're too busy getting on with it, 596 00:26:22,010 --> 00:26:27,244 but, yeah, I knew I'd found something special. 597 00:26:27,279 --> 00:26:28,245 Jesus and Mary Chain. 598 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:29,653 The Jesus and Mary Chain. 599 00:26:29,688 --> 00:26:31,116 Jesus and Mary Chain. 600 00:26:31,151 --> 00:26:32,150 -Jesus... -...and... 601 00:26:32,185 --> 00:26:33,657 -...Mary... -...Chain. 602 00:26:33,692 --> 00:26:35,186 The Jesus and Mary Chain. 603 00:26:35,221 --> 00:26:36,825 [ Man speaks Dutch ] 604 00:26:43,097 --> 00:26:44,635 -Hi, guys. -ALAN: Let's rewind. 605 00:26:44,670 --> 00:26:46,164 [ Music rewinding ] 606 00:26:46,199 --> 00:26:48,199 So, I'm in London getting a decent turnout for the club, 607 00:26:48,234 --> 00:26:49,706 recording demos for the bands that ask, 608 00:26:49,741 --> 00:26:51,400 signing, pressing, and selling records 609 00:26:51,435 --> 00:26:53,842 for the ones that we fucking love. 610 00:26:53,877 --> 00:26:55,338 In Glasgow, word is, 611 00:26:55,373 --> 00:26:57,010 we're big-time Charlies down in London, 612 00:26:57,045 --> 00:26:58,242 and Bobby is putting 613 00:26:58,277 --> 00:26:59,914 Primal Scream together with Innes, 614 00:26:59,949 --> 00:27:01,982 who's getting over losing his kidney. 615 00:27:02,017 --> 00:27:04,017 He gets given a demo to give to me. 616 00:27:04,052 --> 00:27:07,251 Interesting racket -- Velvets meets The Stooges. 617 00:27:07,286 --> 00:27:09,286 We come down to do a gig. Joe does the sound. 618 00:27:09,321 --> 00:27:11,728 But Joe had worked his way through a bag of pink speed 619 00:27:11,763 --> 00:27:13,125 and hadn't slept in days. 620 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,830 [ Club music playing in background ] 621 00:27:14,865 --> 00:27:16,964 Chaos, straight off. 622 00:27:16,999 --> 00:27:18,933 [ Crowd cheering ] 623 00:27:18,968 --> 00:27:20,132 Fuck it. 624 00:27:20,167 --> 00:27:21,705 But I loved it. 625 00:27:21,740 --> 00:27:26,677 [ Rock music playing ] 626 00:27:26,712 --> 00:27:28,745 I signed them. 627 00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:30,714 [ Music continues ] 628 00:27:36,216 --> 00:27:38,887 The drummer, trappy cunt, complained about the money, 629 00:27:38,922 --> 00:27:41,450 so we sack him off, we put Bobby in. 630 00:27:41,485 --> 00:27:44,321 It's two drums on stands -- Any fucker can do it. 631 00:27:44,356 --> 00:27:48,292 Abraca-fucking-dabra. Now they're sexy. 632 00:27:48,327 --> 00:27:49,898 Joe does the recordings 633 00:27:49,933 --> 00:27:53,132 with that same mental, evil, fucking racket. 634 00:27:53,167 --> 00:27:55,068 [ Distorted music playing ] 635 00:27:55,103 --> 00:27:57,741 John Peel plays the record. It goes bananas. 636 00:27:57,776 --> 00:27:59,138 I sign them to a bigger label. 637 00:27:59,173 --> 00:28:00,469 I stay on as manager. 638 00:28:00,504 --> 00:28:02,306 They record "Psychocandy." Bang! 639 00:28:02,341 --> 00:28:03,780 The album goes gold. 640 00:28:03,815 --> 00:28:05,848 We're in the charts -- Proper charts. 641 00:28:05,883 --> 00:28:07,916 -Jesus and Mary Chain. -The Jesus and Mary Chain. 642 00:28:07,951 --> 00:28:10,050 MAN: Jesus and Mary Chain. 643 00:28:10,085 --> 00:28:12,250 [ Overlapping talking ] 644 00:28:12,285 --> 00:28:15,055 Recent concert has been completely dogged by riots. 645 00:28:15,090 --> 00:28:18,256 People say that it was you who organized the riots 646 00:28:18,291 --> 00:28:20,192 at The Jesus and Mary Chain concerts. 647 00:28:20,227 --> 00:28:21,996 People can say what they want. 648 00:28:22,031 --> 00:28:23,767 [ Background music playing ] 649 00:28:23,802 --> 00:28:25,065 WOMAN: That happened tonight accompanied by, 650 00:28:25,100 --> 00:28:26,836 no doubt, rioting. 651 00:28:26,871 --> 00:28:29,432 -It's... -Jesus and Mary Chain. 652 00:28:29,467 --> 00:28:33,139 ALAN: You see, magic isn't about pulling rabbits out of hats, 653 00:28:33,174 --> 00:28:37,077 but it is about making something materialize. 654 00:28:37,112 --> 00:28:40,916 [ Music playing ] 655 00:28:40,951 --> 00:28:42,852 Hailed as the most controversial band 656 00:28:42,887 --> 00:28:44,282 since the Sex Pistols. 657 00:28:44,317 --> 00:28:46,383 JIM: We're not remotely like the Sex Pistols. 658 00:28:46,418 --> 00:28:48,055 The comparison's silly. 659 00:28:48,090 --> 00:28:50,860 Don't particularly like them, so... 660 00:28:50,895 --> 00:28:54,391 We're a very commercial group, you know. 661 00:28:54,426 --> 00:28:57,801 Some say that The Jesus and Mary Chain 662 00:28:57,836 --> 00:29:00,067 is all about aggression, violence. 663 00:29:00,102 --> 00:29:01,838 You know what The Beatles did 664 00:29:01,873 --> 00:29:04,038 when they were doing it in the '80s? 665 00:29:04,073 --> 00:29:06,106 We've got our eyes on the pop charts, you know, 666 00:29:06,141 --> 00:29:08,405 direct competition is, like, 667 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,473 Culture Club and Duran Duran. 668 00:29:10,508 --> 00:29:12,442 DUTCH INTERVIEWER: The New Musical Express 669 00:29:12,477 --> 00:29:15,786 compared it with Joy Division for its intensity. 670 00:29:15,821 --> 00:29:17,788 Joy Division were fucking shite. 671 00:29:17,823 --> 00:29:19,053 We don't even like being mentioned 672 00:29:19,088 --> 00:29:20,351 in the same breath as them. 673 00:29:20,386 --> 00:29:21,957 Joy Division were boring. 674 00:29:21,992 --> 00:29:25,290 -[ Record scratches ] -[ Crickets chirping ] 675 00:29:25,325 --> 00:29:27,996 ALAN: Conjuring success and victory, 676 00:29:28,031 --> 00:29:31,835 but these days, that's in film, and TV and music. 677 00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:33,870 [ Chattering indistinctly ] 678 00:29:33,905 --> 00:29:36,400 See, if you possess a certain understanding, 679 00:29:36,435 --> 00:29:43,077 you can make it work in your favor. 680 00:29:43,112 --> 00:29:45,277 -Don't wanna know. -Gonna be bigger than U2. 681 00:29:45,312 --> 00:29:47,279 We were being magicians with Creation Records. 682 00:29:47,314 --> 00:29:49,116 We were like accidental alchemists. 683 00:29:49,151 --> 00:29:52,548 Sometimes we seemed to turn shit into gold. 684 00:29:52,583 --> 00:29:54,385 Alan, bank statements. 685 00:29:54,420 --> 00:29:58,191 ALAN: And sometimes, much as we loved it... 686 00:29:58,226 --> 00:30:00,831 it just stayed shit. 687 00:30:00,866 --> 00:30:03,559 [ Screams ] Fuck! 688 00:30:03,594 --> 00:30:05,594 ♪ So young ♪ 689 00:30:05,629 --> 00:30:09,202 Look, is it just the cash flow? Because if it is... 690 00:30:09,237 --> 00:30:11,402 I'm afraid it's the maintenance 691 00:30:11,437 --> 00:30:13,404 of your overdraft and loans. 692 00:30:13,439 --> 00:30:17,980 I'm about to do a deal that is gonna turn everything around. 693 00:30:20,248 --> 00:30:21,984 What's that? 694 00:30:22,019 --> 00:30:25,482 Demos of future releases, chart material, pure pop. 695 00:30:25,517 --> 00:30:27,352 Hits! 696 00:30:29,587 --> 00:30:34,931 Alan, the money you earn from managing the, uh, Mary and... 697 00:30:34,966 --> 00:30:37,868 -Jesus and Mary Chain. -Jesus and Mary Chain. 698 00:30:37,903 --> 00:30:40,970 You can't keep funding a label out of your own pocket. 699 00:30:41,005 --> 00:30:42,565 -[ Chuckles ] -ALAN: Why not? 700 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,403 Some of these acts I've got are gonna be bigger than U2. 701 00:30:45,438 --> 00:30:48,076 I've done the research, and the fact is, 702 00:30:48,111 --> 00:30:49,572 the record industry in this country 703 00:30:49,607 --> 00:30:51,343 ain't what it used to be. 704 00:30:51,378 --> 00:30:54,148 Comedy is the new rock and roll, Alan, Newman and Baddiel, 705 00:30:54,183 --> 00:30:55,512 they just sold out Wembley Arena. 706 00:30:55,547 --> 00:30:57,415 "That's your Mom, that is!" 707 00:30:57,450 --> 00:30:59,252 [ Laughs ] They're very good, 708 00:30:59,287 --> 00:31:01,155 but do you have an act that can do that? 709 00:31:01,190 --> 00:31:04,290 Will any of they? No. 710 00:31:04,325 --> 00:31:09,658 What you have is a very small, potentially healthy business 711 00:31:09,693 --> 00:31:13,002 with a thick and lowering glass ceiling. 712 00:31:13,037 --> 00:31:15,070 What we have to do is minimize the venture, 713 00:31:15,105 --> 00:31:16,632 try and increase the profits 714 00:31:16,667 --> 00:31:19,668 and then use them to address the charges on your debts. 715 00:31:19,703 --> 00:31:22,539 Just run a small tight ship. 716 00:31:22,574 --> 00:31:26,279 It's not the '60s anymore, Alan. 717 00:31:26,314 --> 00:31:28,380 Or? 718 00:31:28,415 --> 00:31:31,416 Or you lose everything. 719 00:31:31,451 --> 00:31:35,090 Thanks a bunch, Nostradamus. 720 00:31:35,125 --> 00:31:37,389 Catch you later, eh? 721 00:31:37,424 --> 00:31:40,161 [ Music playing ] 722 00:31:40,196 --> 00:31:42,559 Joe, I've just been meeting the biggest cunt of my life, 723 00:31:42,594 --> 00:31:45,100 I mean, everyone, every fucker in the office, 724 00:31:45,135 --> 00:31:47,036 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. 725 00:31:47,071 --> 00:31:50,072 Whilst we appreciate everything that's going on at the moment. 726 00:31:50,107 --> 00:31:52,976 [ Upbeat music plays ] 727 00:31:53,011 --> 00:31:55,308 Shhh! Shut up, Ed! 728 00:31:55,343 --> 00:31:57,310 It's the fucking bailiffs. 729 00:31:57,345 --> 00:31:59,213 -Who? The bailiffs? 730 00:31:59,248 --> 00:32:00,478 -ED: Oh, man! -No, no, no, no. 731 00:32:00,513 --> 00:32:02,183 We've got a band called The Bailiffs. 732 00:32:02,218 --> 00:32:04,251 No, no, no, no. 733 00:32:04,286 --> 00:32:05,714 Demos, promos, white labels, 734 00:32:05,749 --> 00:32:08,321 anything you can find in this box, any value. 735 00:32:08,356 --> 00:32:10,323 ED: TV piece. 736 00:32:10,358 --> 00:32:11,720 MAN: Hey! 737 00:32:11,755 --> 00:32:13,425 Later. 738 00:32:13,460 --> 00:32:16,098 [ Music continues indistinctly ] 739 00:32:19,532 --> 00:32:21,499 Uh, you're Alan McGee? 740 00:32:21,534 --> 00:32:25,470 As I live and breathe. 741 00:32:25,505 --> 00:32:28,572 Demos, promos, white labels. 742 00:32:28,607 --> 00:32:31,179 Worth a fortune. 743 00:32:31,214 --> 00:32:34,215 Sorry, boys, just on the phone to New York closing a deal. 744 00:32:34,250 --> 00:32:36,547 Got a band that are gonna be bigger than U2, 745 00:32:36,582 --> 00:32:37,988 Unbelievable! 746 00:32:38,023 --> 00:32:40,056 -How much was it again? -£400. 747 00:32:40,091 --> 00:32:41,992 [ Laughs ] 748 00:32:42,027 --> 00:32:43,653 Nae sweat. 749 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,031 Uno. Dos. 750 00:32:48,066 --> 00:32:50,660 Go on, Dick. At this rate, how long? 751 00:32:50,695 --> 00:32:52,563 -[ Belches ] -ALAN: How long can we survive? 752 00:32:52,598 --> 00:32:55,731 At this rate? Alan, we're already dead. 753 00:32:55,766 --> 00:32:58,008 You know, on a long enough timeline, 754 00:32:58,043 --> 00:33:00,241 the survival rate of most things is zero. 755 00:33:00,276 --> 00:33:02,705 JOE: Shut up, Ed. How long? 756 00:33:02,740 --> 00:33:06,148 If we can somehow maintain this line of credit, 757 00:33:06,183 --> 00:33:08,711 -we've got about a month. -Month? 758 00:33:08,746 --> 00:33:10,713 That's not bad. We can fix it. 759 00:33:10,748 --> 00:33:13,221 Rome was built in a month. 760 00:33:13,256 --> 00:33:15,289 That's not exactly the saying. 761 00:33:15,324 --> 00:33:17,357 Shut up, Ed. 762 00:33:17,392 --> 00:33:19,557 We'll just have to postpone the next releases. Fuck it. 763 00:33:19,592 --> 00:33:21,691 We do that, we're not a record label anymore. 764 00:33:21,726 --> 00:33:24,628 Well, I mean, how could things get any worse? 765 00:33:24,663 --> 00:33:27,565 I'm pregnant, Alan. 766 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,271 You see, by then, me and Yvonne had already split up. 767 00:33:30,306 --> 00:33:32,240 But we hooked up one night on the rebound, 768 00:33:32,275 --> 00:33:34,506 and she got knocked up, so... 769 00:33:34,541 --> 00:33:36,211 We're separated. 770 00:33:36,246 --> 00:33:38,081 It doesn't look like we're gonna get back together, 771 00:33:38,116 --> 00:33:40,215 does it, so... 772 00:33:43,154 --> 00:33:46,188 Get a fucking grip, you stupid ginger gargoyle. 773 00:33:46,223 --> 00:33:48,487 ALAN: See, Yvonne had had enough of the all-nighters 774 00:33:48,522 --> 00:33:51,094 and the bands crashing over and poverty. 775 00:33:51,129 --> 00:33:53,657 She was having a baby, and all of that was gonna stop, 776 00:33:53,692 --> 00:33:55,131 whether I liked it or not. 777 00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:56,462 And pretty rude about it. 778 00:33:56,497 --> 00:33:58,200 You horrible goblin. 779 00:33:58,235 --> 00:34:00,565 So, you just weren't ready to be a father? 780 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,171 I had no say. 781 00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:04,569 I'm keeping it. You have no fucking option. 782 00:34:04,604 --> 00:34:08,243 The truth is... we'd drifted apart. 783 00:34:08,278 --> 00:34:10,608 You can't afford to divorce me. 784 00:34:10,643 --> 00:34:13,083 You've got no choice, pal. 785 00:34:13,118 --> 00:34:15,151 But see, if she'd said something, 786 00:34:15,186 --> 00:34:20,783 anything at all, begged me to stay, I would have. 787 00:34:20,818 --> 00:34:23,291 But when someone tells me I don't have a fucking option, 788 00:34:23,326 --> 00:34:25,392 that's when I'm at my absolute worst. 789 00:34:25,427 --> 00:34:27,757 I've got to prove them wrong. 790 00:34:27,792 --> 00:34:31,794 So, you guys split, divorced? 791 00:34:31,829 --> 00:34:34,764 Yeah, she kept the poxy semi, gave birth to Daniel. 792 00:34:34,799 --> 00:34:36,832 Met someone else, he adopted him. 793 00:34:36,867 --> 00:34:38,603 Good man. 794 00:34:38,638 --> 00:34:40,341 Bit of a boring cunt, mind. 795 00:34:40,376 --> 00:34:42,409 Waiter! 796 00:34:42,444 --> 00:34:44,378 So now I was officially single. 797 00:34:44,413 --> 00:34:46,116 -Thatcher's a Nazi. -Yeah. 798 00:34:46,151 --> 00:34:49,416 [ Indistinct conversations ] 799 00:34:49,451 --> 00:34:51,484 -Disgrace to feminism. -Yes! 800 00:34:51,519 --> 00:34:53,420 ALAN: Free to make an absolute twat out of myself 801 00:34:53,455 --> 00:34:54,883 at any opportunity. 802 00:34:54,918 --> 00:34:56,456 MAN: Turns out I went to the doctors, 803 00:34:56,491 --> 00:34:58,326 and it was piles. 804 00:34:58,361 --> 00:34:59,591 WOMAN: Yes! 805 00:34:59,626 --> 00:35:03,529 -[ Laughing ] -Bobby! 806 00:35:03,564 --> 00:35:06,136 -Oh, fuck off. -Aah! 807 00:35:06,171 --> 00:35:09,535 We -- We played a fundraiser for the striking miners last week. 808 00:35:09,570 --> 00:35:11,570 A fundraiser? 809 00:35:11,605 --> 00:35:13,407 Yeah, we raised a few quid, didn't we, Ed? 810 00:35:13,442 --> 00:35:16,608 Fundraising isn't gonna help the oppressed of this country. 811 00:35:16,643 --> 00:35:20,150 You have to be out there, rioting. 812 00:35:20,185 --> 00:35:21,844 Yeah, but that's never gonna happen, is it? 813 00:35:21,879 --> 00:35:23,450 -Oh. -What do you mean? 814 00:35:23,485 --> 00:35:24,748 What do you mean? Of course, it's gonna happen. 815 00:35:24,783 --> 00:35:26,486 Look at the Sandinistas and Nicaragua. 816 00:35:26,521 --> 00:35:27,718 [ Indistinct shouting ] 817 00:35:27,753 --> 00:35:29,489 Look, I'm right behind the Sandinistas, 818 00:35:29,524 --> 00:35:31,755 but there's kids going without food 819 00:35:31,790 --> 00:35:33,427 in those mining villages in Yorkshire. 820 00:35:33,462 --> 00:35:36,430 What a bourgeois thing to say. 821 00:35:36,465 --> 00:35:39,202 Stick to making your little records. 822 00:35:39,237 --> 00:35:41,237 Yeah, fuck off, go on. 823 00:35:41,272 --> 00:35:44,933 Stay away from politics. 824 00:35:44,968 --> 00:35:46,671 Thanks a fucking bunch, boys. 825 00:35:46,706 --> 00:35:48,871 Man! She's right. 826 00:35:48,906 --> 00:35:51,247 Want the boge back? 827 00:35:51,282 --> 00:35:55,548 LEWSBERG: ♪ Up and away in the cold light of day ♪ 828 00:35:55,583 --> 00:35:59,651 ♪ Up and away ♪ 829 00:35:59,686 --> 00:36:01,389 ♪ Up and away in the cold light of day ♪ 830 00:36:01,424 --> 00:36:04,557 -ALAN: You alright, Mary? -MARY: Aye, Alan, good, and you? 831 00:36:04,592 --> 00:36:05,591 Still teaching? 832 00:36:05,626 --> 00:36:07,329 Aye, primary school. 833 00:36:07,364 --> 00:36:11,267 I can handle the little school kids. 834 00:36:11,302 --> 00:36:12,763 Keep up the good work, eh? 835 00:36:12,798 --> 00:36:14,666 Children are our future. 836 00:36:14,701 --> 00:36:18,538 [ Music continues ] 837 00:36:20,872 --> 00:36:23,411 [ Whirring ] 838 00:36:23,446 --> 00:36:24,940 [ Urinating ] 839 00:36:24,975 --> 00:36:28,482 [ Breathing deeply ] 840 00:36:30,651 --> 00:36:32,750 [ Laughing ] 841 00:36:34,787 --> 00:36:36,886 [ Flushing toilet ] 842 00:36:43,994 --> 00:36:46,401 [ Faucet creaks ] 843 00:36:46,436 --> 00:36:49,239 -[ Tense music playing ] -[ Water running ] 844 00:36:51,309 --> 00:36:52,968 Alright? 845 00:36:53,003 --> 00:36:56,312 ALEISTER: Please allow me to introduce myself. 846 00:36:56,347 --> 00:37:00,514 The name is Aleister, but you can call me Al. 847 00:37:00,549 --> 00:37:03,880 That's a song title if I ever heard one. 848 00:37:03,915 --> 00:37:07,389 Ideas are everywhere. 849 00:37:07,424 --> 00:37:10,491 You have only to reach out... 850 00:37:10,526 --> 00:37:12,691 and grab them. 851 00:37:17,401 --> 00:37:19,830 [ Breathing heavily ] 852 00:37:26,069 --> 00:37:27,508 [ Laughing ] 853 00:37:27,543 --> 00:37:30,742 Who is Aleister Crowley? 854 00:37:30,777 --> 00:37:32,810 ALAN: Aleister Crowley, author of "The Book of Thelema," 855 00:37:32,845 --> 00:37:34,680 "do what thou wilt," the cultist, and prophet. 856 00:37:34,715 --> 00:37:36,649 My hero! 857 00:37:36,684 --> 00:37:39,883 Famous poet, magician, artist. 858 00:37:39,918 --> 00:37:44,657 Your father has a particular mind. 859 00:37:44,692 --> 00:37:49,057 He only wants what he believes is best for you. 860 00:37:49,092 --> 00:37:50,465 Oh, yeah! 861 00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:52,764 The Stones wrote that song about him. 862 00:37:52,799 --> 00:37:53,831 ALAN: That's right. 863 00:37:53,866 --> 00:37:55,602 I once slept with faith 864 00:37:55,637 --> 00:38:00,607 and found a corpse in my arms when I awoke. 865 00:38:00,642 --> 00:38:02,741 And yet another night, 866 00:38:02,776 --> 00:38:05,843 I drank and danced with doubt 867 00:38:05,878 --> 00:38:09,748 and found her a virgin in the morning. 868 00:38:09,783 --> 00:38:13,389 They called him the wickedest man in the world. 869 00:38:13,424 --> 00:38:16,821 [ Tense music continues ] 870 00:38:16,856 --> 00:38:18,559 He was into child sacrifice. 871 00:38:18,594 --> 00:38:20,055 No, that's a myth. 872 00:38:20,090 --> 00:38:21,595 He was really talking about... 873 00:38:21,630 --> 00:38:22,959 [ Camera clicks ] 874 00:38:22,994 --> 00:38:24,895 You know... 875 00:38:24,930 --> 00:38:27,502 -[ Camera clicks ] -...wanking. 876 00:38:27,537 --> 00:38:32,441 I was wrong and handled the narcotics. 877 00:38:32,476 --> 00:38:35,070 Get to fuck. 878 00:38:37,547 --> 00:38:38,942 Calm down. 879 00:38:38,977 --> 00:38:42,418 -[ Party music playing ] -Who's he talking to? 880 00:38:42,453 --> 00:38:43,947 Anyone that'll listen. 881 00:38:43,982 --> 00:38:47,016 Anyone of an independent mind 882 00:38:47,051 --> 00:38:51,922 must be one who resists authority. 883 00:38:53,629 --> 00:38:56,366 A [echoing] rebel. 884 00:38:56,401 --> 00:38:57,730 [ Rock music plays ] 885 00:38:57,765 --> 00:39:00,436 Take my advice, young man. 886 00:39:00,471 --> 00:39:04,407 Let go of your past. 887 00:39:04,442 --> 00:39:06,937 [ Music continues ] 888 00:39:06,972 --> 00:39:09,104 Well, let's round it up to a nice even number then. 889 00:39:09,139 --> 00:39:10,908 I'll pay you for five next time. 890 00:39:10,943 --> 00:39:13,680 ALEISTER: Stay on the path you have chosen. 891 00:39:13,715 --> 00:39:15,913 ♪ Rise you make me ♪ 892 00:39:15,948 --> 00:39:19,818 ALEISTER: If enough people agree with and follow the rebel, 893 00:39:19,853 --> 00:39:25,923 then we finally achieve greatness. 894 00:39:27,190 --> 00:39:29,927 ALAN: Crowley was right. We were rebels. 895 00:39:29,962 --> 00:39:32,435 So what if you are going out of business. 896 00:39:32,470 --> 00:39:34,569 We keep doing what we did best, 897 00:39:34,604 --> 00:39:37,704 signing bands that were fucking genius. 898 00:39:37,739 --> 00:39:40,377 [ Music distorts ] 899 00:39:42,843 --> 00:39:47,384 [ Fast-paced rock music plays ] 900 00:39:57,495 --> 00:39:58,989 We'd keep running till the wheels 901 00:39:59,024 --> 00:40:01,860 fell off the fucking bus. 902 00:40:01,895 --> 00:40:03,191 Here's to excess! 903 00:40:03,226 --> 00:40:05,468 Apparently it leads to the Palace of Wisdom. 904 00:40:05,503 --> 00:40:06,700 -WOMAN: William Blake? -[ Glasses clinking ] 905 00:40:06,735 --> 00:40:08,570 "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." 906 00:40:08,605 --> 00:40:11,540 He might have been describing the entertainment industry. 907 00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:13,608 How did you keep the label going? 908 00:40:13,643 --> 00:40:16,677 I have a dream! We can do this, boys. 909 00:40:16,712 --> 00:40:18,943 Well, I gave that speech about tightening belts, 910 00:40:18,978 --> 00:40:21,143 squeezing money out of every angle, 911 00:40:21,178 --> 00:40:24,751 facing the record pluggers, stepping up fly posting. 912 00:40:24,786 --> 00:40:26,819 Fight of our lives, all that fanny, 913 00:40:26,854 --> 00:40:27,886 And then Ed -- 914 00:40:27,921 --> 00:40:31,527 Of all people, Ed pipes up. 915 00:40:31,562 --> 00:40:33,056 Or... 916 00:40:33,091 --> 00:40:35,531 Margaret Thatcher had introduced this thing called... 917 00:40:35,566 --> 00:40:36,994 The Enterprise Allowance Scheme 918 00:40:37,029 --> 00:40:38,798 under the Conservative Government 919 00:40:38,833 --> 00:40:42,131 allows you to have £40 a week extra -- it's free money. 920 00:40:42,166 --> 00:40:43,539 -[ Audience applauding ] -Whoever thought I'd be grateful 921 00:40:43,574 --> 00:40:44,870 to this fucking witch. 922 00:40:44,905 --> 00:40:47,642 Only joking. This bit never happened. 923 00:40:47,677 --> 00:40:49,479 THATCHER: [ Gasps ] 924 00:40:49,514 --> 00:40:51,074 You were running Creation Records 925 00:40:51,109 --> 00:40:54,517 on 40 quid a week each? 926 00:40:54,552 --> 00:40:56,882 We were the coolest label on the planet 927 00:40:56,917 --> 00:40:58,851 and running on empty. 928 00:40:58,886 --> 00:41:01,788 [ Speaking indistinctly ] 929 00:41:01,823 --> 00:41:04,153 Why has he got such a way with women? 930 00:41:04,188 --> 00:41:06,595 -You know why? -Go on. 931 00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:09,257 'Cause he listens -- Or rather he pretends to. 932 00:41:09,292 --> 00:41:12,601 -It's a bad example, yeah. -Where the fuck have you been? 933 00:41:12,636 --> 00:41:14,669 But what's the point in that? I mean, look at her. 934 00:41:14,704 --> 00:41:16,539 She's not gonna have sex with him, is she? 935 00:41:16,574 --> 00:41:18,200 Got more chance than you have talking to Male Silly Bollocks 936 00:41:18,235 --> 00:41:19,674 dancing with himself. 937 00:41:19,709 --> 00:41:22,006 ALAN: That's what's brilliant about it. 938 00:41:22,041 --> 00:41:24,679 Lovely talking to you, darling, Sorry your boyfriend's a tosser. 939 00:41:24,714 --> 00:41:27,781 Hey, big day tomorrow. Yeah? 940 00:41:27,816 --> 00:41:29,585 It's fine. I know what I'm doing, piece of piss. 941 00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:32,687 DICK: Are you sure you don't want me to come with you? 942 00:41:32,722 --> 00:41:34,117 Nah. 943 00:41:37,056 --> 00:41:40,761 -Uh, excuse me? -Alan fucking McGee. 944 00:41:40,796 --> 00:41:42,125 MITCH: I'm not gonna bullshit you, man. 945 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:43,863 There's no need. 946 00:41:43,898 --> 00:41:45,227 You know what we do, 947 00:41:45,262 --> 00:41:49,198 and you know we're fucking good at it. 948 00:41:49,233 --> 00:41:51,101 Let's face it, Al. 949 00:41:51,136 --> 00:41:55,039 You have got a very, very cool record label. 950 00:41:55,074 --> 00:41:57,107 And with us behind you, 951 00:41:57,142 --> 00:41:59,945 you could become a very wealthy man. 952 00:42:01,916 --> 00:42:06,116 So we are "owned" by a corporation. 953 00:42:06,151 --> 00:42:09,317 but they let us do what we like, you know? 954 00:42:09,352 --> 00:42:11,055 The bean counters just leave us alone 955 00:42:11,090 --> 00:42:13,288 to get on and make great rock and roll records. 956 00:42:13,323 --> 00:42:16,291 -Great! -Good, yeah. Fuck! 957 00:42:16,326 --> 00:42:18,062 Yeah, bottom line. 958 00:42:18,097 --> 00:42:20,295 I'm just like you, Al. 959 00:42:20,330 --> 00:42:22,033 A maverick. 960 00:42:22,068 --> 00:42:25,773 Difference is, I do my thing on the inside. 961 00:42:25,808 --> 00:42:30,305 That's the only way to get results. 962 00:42:30,340 --> 00:42:31,911 Sure. Okay. 963 00:42:31,946 --> 00:42:34,716 People say to me, "Hey, Mitch, you used to have 964 00:42:34,751 --> 00:42:36,817 that real cool record label, what happened?" 965 00:42:36,852 --> 00:42:39,589 And I say to them, "Well, really cool is great, 966 00:42:39,624 --> 00:42:43,824 but it didn't get me that Chateau in the Ardennes." 967 00:42:43,859 --> 00:42:46,926 Or that Primrose Hill postcode, you know what I mean? 968 00:42:46,961 --> 00:42:48,961 ALAN: I've got a vivid imagination. 969 00:42:48,996 --> 00:42:51,799 MITCH: Everyone wants to get rich, Al. 970 00:42:51,834 --> 00:42:53,867 And if that means getting fucked in the arse 971 00:42:53,902 --> 00:42:56,034 every once in a while... 972 00:42:56,069 --> 00:42:57,904 so what? 973 00:42:57,939 --> 00:43:01,336 -MAN: [ Grunting ] -It hurts, initially! 974 00:43:01,371 --> 00:43:05,142 But it's the kind of pain you forget. 975 00:43:05,177 --> 00:43:07,078 Like childbirth. 976 00:43:07,113 --> 00:43:09,080 You alright, Al? 977 00:43:09,115 --> 00:43:10,719 Sorry? Yes. 978 00:43:10,754 --> 00:43:13,117 Uh, what were you saying? 979 00:43:13,152 --> 00:43:16,989 I was saying, have we got a deal? 980 00:43:17,024 --> 00:43:22,060 Corporate always fucks what's cool. 981 00:43:22,095 --> 00:43:24,293 GEMMA: Wait a minute, you turned down a deal 982 00:43:24,328 --> 00:43:27,065 from a major record company and went to a loan shark? 983 00:43:27,100 --> 00:43:30,167 ALAN: Yeah! See, corporations want to own you forever. 984 00:43:30,202 --> 00:43:32,070 The loan shark just wants his money back. 985 00:43:32,105 --> 00:43:33,335 It's a more honest transaction. 986 00:43:33,370 --> 00:43:34,776 You don't pay them... 987 00:43:34,811 --> 00:43:36,943 "we break your fucking legs." 988 00:43:36,978 --> 00:43:40,210 But eventually, you did sign with a corporation. 989 00:43:40,245 --> 00:43:41,948 Eventually. 990 00:43:41,983 --> 00:43:43,180 But on our own terms. 991 00:43:43,215 --> 00:43:44,346 We weren't doing it for ourselves. 992 00:43:44,381 --> 00:43:45,952 We were doing it for the bands. 993 00:43:45,987 --> 00:43:47,657 We had a couple of indie hits in the charts. 994 00:43:47,692 --> 00:43:49,791 I paid them back, and we were flying again. 995 00:43:49,826 --> 00:43:52,024 See, fuck that mullet cunt! 996 00:43:52,059 --> 00:43:54,422 I didn't need a chateau in the Ardennes -- 997 00:43:54,457 --> 00:43:56,391 whatever the fuck that is. 998 00:43:56,426 --> 00:43:59,031 All I needed was some mothers' little helpers, 999 00:43:59,066 --> 00:44:04,740 Dixies, Damies, Bobbys, Bennys, Charlies, 1000 00:44:04,775 --> 00:44:06,874 Farlies, Jellys, Fannys, 1001 00:44:06,909 --> 00:44:07,941 Red Devils, Black Bombers, 1002 00:44:07,976 --> 00:44:09,943 Purple Hearts, Special Teas, 1003 00:44:09,978 --> 00:44:11,912 a wee bit of Les. 1004 00:44:11,947 --> 00:44:15,718 Everything was absolutely fine. 1005 00:44:15,753 --> 00:44:17,687 [ Woman screaming ] 1006 00:44:20,318 --> 00:44:22,956 Exactly how long has he been in the fucking studio? 1007 00:44:22,991 --> 00:44:25,255 Which studio? This is their fifth. 1008 00:44:25,290 --> 00:44:27,125 Kevin Shields is a genius. 1009 00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,798 -Shut up, Ed! -He's absolutely killing us! 1010 00:44:29,833 --> 00:44:32,966 You know we're already up to £250,000 in a recording. 1011 00:44:33,001 --> 00:44:34,396 He'll fucking ruin us. 1012 00:44:34,431 --> 00:44:37,300 DICK: There's no fucking end in sight. 1013 00:44:37,335 --> 00:44:39,335 Hey, Joe. 1014 00:44:39,370 --> 00:44:41,777 You get yourself down there, get on the desk. 1015 00:44:41,812 --> 00:44:43,306 You're a brilliant engineer. 1016 00:44:43,341 --> 00:44:44,813 You can get this fucking mixed by the end of the week. 1017 00:44:44,848 --> 00:44:46,045 He won't let me near him. 1018 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:47,409 He's not even returning our calls. 1019 00:44:47,444 --> 00:44:49,477 -He's got this sonic vision. -Shut up, Ed. 1020 00:44:49,512 --> 00:44:51,182 He'll have a fucking hole in his head when I'm done. 1021 00:44:51,217 --> 00:44:54,119 I've had to re-mortgage my own house. 1022 00:44:54,154 --> 00:44:56,022 -Jesus. -I know. 1023 00:44:56,057 --> 00:44:58,255 You own a house? 1024 00:44:58,290 --> 00:45:00,125 I don't need this shit! 1025 00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,798 My mother's sick, and I've got a money-spunking 1026 00:45:02,833 --> 00:45:04,998 mad, fucking genius who won't return calls. 1027 00:45:05,033 --> 00:45:06,197 Fuck this! 1028 00:45:06,232 --> 00:45:08,705 [ Rock music playing ] 1029 00:45:17,815 --> 00:45:19,408 Excuse me, Sir, can I help? 1030 00:45:19,443 --> 00:45:21,212 I'm here to see my band. 1031 00:45:21,247 --> 00:45:23,148 Which band? 1032 00:45:23,183 --> 00:45:25,216 My Bloody Valentine. 1033 00:45:25,251 --> 00:45:28,054 Oh, right, yeah. Uh, are you Alan McGee? 1034 00:45:28,089 --> 00:45:29,792 Yeah, can you let me in, pal? 1035 00:45:29,827 --> 00:45:31,926 Well, I've been instructed not to. 1036 00:45:31,961 --> 00:45:35,424 Instructed not to? Instructed by whom? 1037 00:45:35,459 --> 00:45:37,426 The band, Mr. Shields. 1038 00:45:37,461 --> 00:45:40,462 -[ Band music playing ] -Fuck you, you jobsworth! 1039 00:45:40,497 --> 00:45:42,772 Who do you think's paying for this fucking studio? 1040 00:45:42,807 --> 00:45:44,906 Who do you think's paying your fucking wages? 1041 00:45:44,941 --> 00:45:47,942 Now get in there and drag that slippery cunt out here now. 1042 00:45:47,977 --> 00:45:49,207 Kevin! 1043 00:45:49,242 --> 00:45:50,439 If you don't calm down, Sir. 1044 00:45:50,474 --> 00:45:51,847 I'm gonna have to call the police. 1045 00:45:51,882 --> 00:45:53,178 Aye, good idea, call them. 1046 00:45:53,213 --> 00:45:54,982 I want to report a robbery. 1047 00:45:55,017 --> 00:45:58,051 That's my fucking name, you've had everything I've got. 1048 00:45:58,086 --> 00:46:01,054 Of course, he's a genius, but two years? 1049 00:46:01,089 --> 00:46:02,286 It's not the money but I suppose it is. 1050 00:46:02,321 --> 00:46:03,991 It's gonna cost us half a million. 1051 00:46:04,026 --> 00:46:06,895 But what really hurts is that we believed in him, 1052 00:46:06,930 --> 00:46:08,325 and he treats us like this. 1053 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,129 I know the man's a sonic pioneer. 1054 00:46:10,164 --> 00:46:11,559 I know he's pushing the envelope. 1055 00:46:11,594 --> 00:46:14,364 I know he's making futuristic music 1056 00:46:14,399 --> 00:46:16,938 but the problem is, by the time we get to release it, 1057 00:46:16,973 --> 00:46:19,303 the future will be a distant fucking memory. 1058 00:46:19,338 --> 00:46:21,437 We'll all be long dead. I'm not a philistine. 1059 00:46:21,472 --> 00:46:23,175 I know art takes time, but come on, man. 1060 00:46:23,210 --> 00:46:26,343 Two weeks to master one track! Two fucking weeks! 1061 00:46:26,378 --> 00:46:28,081 Oh, cheers, pal. You can just drop me here. That's great. 1062 00:46:28,116 --> 00:46:29,852 We're not a taxi service. 1063 00:46:29,887 --> 00:46:31,381 That's perfect, thanks. 1064 00:46:31,416 --> 00:46:33,284 [ Music playing in distance ] 1065 00:46:33,319 --> 00:46:35,220 JOE: Enough for me. A load of fucking shit. 1066 00:46:35,255 --> 00:46:38,960 ALAN: But from every negative comes a positive. 1067 00:46:38,995 --> 00:46:40,588 What the fuck is this place? 1068 00:46:40,623 --> 00:46:42,865 It's where the young blokes hang. 1069 00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:45,527 This is my scene, man. 1070 00:46:45,562 --> 00:46:47,903 -ALAN: Ooh, nice. -Thanks. 1071 00:46:47,938 --> 00:46:49,267 [ Dance music playing ] 1072 00:46:49,302 --> 00:46:51,566 This is Alan. Alan, Bez. 1073 00:46:55,946 --> 00:47:01,411 ALAN: They called it acid house, and I appreciated the energy. 1074 00:47:01,446 --> 00:47:04,513 What are you -- What are you drinking? 1075 00:47:04,548 --> 00:47:06,482 What's that? 1076 00:47:10,620 --> 00:47:13,522 -What is it? -ED: Ecstasy. 1077 00:47:13,557 --> 00:47:16,129 ALAN: No one was drinking, just water. 1078 00:47:16,164 --> 00:47:17,328 Hydration. 1079 00:47:17,363 --> 00:47:19,836 ALAN: I fucking hate water. 1080 00:47:21,301 --> 00:47:23,169 Give it 20 minutes. 1081 00:47:23,204 --> 00:47:25,875 ALAN: But it was when ecstasy kicked in 1082 00:47:25,910 --> 00:47:28,108 that I really fuckin' got it. 1083 00:47:28,143 --> 00:47:29,879 See, in the old days, 1084 00:47:29,914 --> 00:47:33,949 it was cheap speed made in bathtubs. 1085 00:47:33,984 --> 00:47:37,887 Or prescription uppers -- Dixies, Bombers -- 1086 00:47:37,922 --> 00:47:40,120 both of which are pretty anti-social. 1087 00:47:40,155 --> 00:47:43,453 And nobody could afford cocaine. That was far too chic. 1088 00:47:43,488 --> 00:47:45,290 But this stuff, 1089 00:47:45,325 --> 00:47:48,029 E's, cheap and friendly. 1090 00:47:48,064 --> 00:47:51,296 A revelation and a revolution. 1091 00:47:51,331 --> 00:47:53,595 [ Up-beat party music plays ] 1092 00:48:00,241 --> 00:48:02,604 It all became clear in that instant, 1093 00:48:02,639 --> 00:48:06,245 pop culture never dies. 1094 00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:08,577 It reincarnates. 1095 00:48:08,612 --> 00:48:12,383 Everything was going to be alright. 1096 00:48:12,418 --> 00:48:15,056 [ Dramatic music plays ] 1097 00:48:19,359 --> 00:48:22,426 [ Up-beat party music resumes ] 1098 00:48:22,461 --> 00:48:26,397 MAN: ♪ We are now in our minds ♪ 1099 00:48:26,432 --> 00:48:30,104 ♪ You cannot turn us back ♪ 1100 00:48:30,139 --> 00:48:34,306 ♪ We're marching to the hands of time ♪ 1101 00:48:49,092 --> 00:48:53,094 [ Dramatic music plays ] 1102 00:49:15,085 --> 00:49:18,086 [ Up-beat party music resumes ] 1103 00:49:35,303 --> 00:49:37,402 ALAN: The future has arrived, Ed, 1104 00:49:37,437 --> 00:49:39,734 We gotta get Bobby into this, Gillespie. 1105 00:49:39,769 --> 00:49:41,571 He'll fucking love it, man! 1106 00:49:41,606 --> 00:49:44,145 ALAN: And then, Ed, again -- Of all people, Ed pipes up. 1107 00:49:44,180 --> 00:49:46,147 We should put acid records out. 1108 00:49:46,182 --> 00:49:48,710 Ed, you're a genius, man. Yeah, definitely. 1109 00:49:48,745 --> 00:49:50,613 I'm telling you, man, I've got it all planned. 1110 00:49:50,648 --> 00:49:52,186 ALAN: Definitely. 1111 00:49:52,221 --> 00:49:54,089 We can start sampling bits of film, Alan, 1112 00:49:54,124 --> 00:49:57,191 and I know all the DJs. 1113 00:49:57,226 --> 00:49:59,160 [ News report plays indistinctly ] 1114 00:50:01,197 --> 00:50:04,198 [ Cash register dings ] 1115 00:50:04,233 --> 00:50:06,167 What's this beat you're spinning, mate? 1116 00:50:06,202 --> 00:50:10,303 -It's great. -It's a dishwasher. 1117 00:50:10,338 --> 00:50:13,075 All these records that we're gonna be putting out, eh? 1118 00:50:13,110 --> 00:50:17,178 Where the fuck are we gonna find the acts, eh? 1119 00:50:17,213 --> 00:50:19,213 Manchester. 1120 00:50:19,248 --> 00:50:21,446 -Manchester? -Yeah. 1121 00:50:21,481 --> 00:50:25,252 [ Upbeat music playing on tape recorder ] 1122 00:50:25,287 --> 00:50:28,189 If I ordered a chicken sandwich and an egg sandwich, 1123 00:50:28,224 --> 00:50:29,553 which one do you reckon will come first? 1124 00:50:29,588 --> 00:50:31,522 What? 1125 00:50:40,203 --> 00:50:42,797 MAN: Fuck this. Full of retards. 1126 00:50:52,677 --> 00:50:54,380 DICK: Alan! Is he in here? 1127 00:50:54,415 --> 00:50:56,316 -Where's Alan? -JOE: You didn't know? 1128 00:50:56,351 --> 00:50:59,352 JOE: Know what? 1129 00:50:59,387 --> 00:51:03,290 -He's gone. -He's gone where? 1130 00:51:03,325 --> 00:51:06,161 Alan, he's gone. 1131 00:51:06,196 --> 00:51:08,163 What do you mean, gone? 1132 00:51:08,198 --> 00:51:10,429 Gone to Manchester. 1133 00:51:10,464 --> 00:51:12,167 What, for a meeting? 1134 00:51:12,202 --> 00:51:14,268 [ Dance music playing ] 1135 00:51:14,303 --> 00:51:16,600 ED: Alan feels like he needs to be submerged 1136 00:51:16,635 --> 00:51:19,372 in the waters of acid house. 1137 00:51:19,407 --> 00:51:21,176 JOE: I wonder where he got that from. 1138 00:51:21,211 --> 00:51:22,738 It's him and his fucking silly bollocks. 1139 00:51:22,773 --> 00:51:25,180 Alan doesn't need to be in Manchester. 1140 00:51:25,215 --> 00:51:26,709 He needs to be in London with us. 1141 00:51:26,744 --> 00:51:28,843 Running this record label, remember? 1142 00:51:28,878 --> 00:51:31,219 Good luck trying to get him back, Dick. 1143 00:51:31,254 --> 00:51:33,584 Much better drugs up there. 1144 00:51:33,619 --> 00:51:35,751 How is it little fishes can swim with the big sharks 1145 00:51:35,786 --> 00:51:37,225 and not get eaten, huh? 1146 00:51:37,260 --> 00:51:39,425 Gotta be faster, more nimble. 1147 00:51:39,460 --> 00:51:42,527 I could be like BMG. They're a great white. 1148 00:51:42,562 --> 00:51:44,496 You notice a scene rising up -- 1149 00:51:44,531 --> 00:51:48,368 an A&R arsehole has to take it to an executive arsehole, 1150 00:51:48,403 --> 00:51:50,436 who's got to take it to the chairman arsehole, 1151 00:51:50,471 --> 00:51:52,867 and if they agree, they take it to the lawyer arseholes. 1152 00:51:52,902 --> 00:51:54,869 And when that's done, they all go to their marketing arseholes 1153 00:51:54,904 --> 00:51:56,442 and when everyone's got their fingers out of each other's 1154 00:51:56,477 --> 00:51:58,345 arseholes, they might sign a band. 1155 00:51:58,380 --> 00:52:00,743 And by then, everyone's missed the fucking boat. 1156 00:52:00,778 --> 00:52:03,878 With Creation, it was just me, and I'm at the scene. 1157 00:52:03,913 --> 00:52:05,451 I had first choice. 1158 00:52:05,486 --> 00:52:08,289 I had the artist signed, recorded, pressed, 1159 00:52:08,324 --> 00:52:10,687 and spinning in clubs before the corporates 1160 00:52:10,722 --> 00:52:14,658 could open a bottle of Chardonnay. 1161 00:52:14,693 --> 00:52:19,234 [ Dance music plays ] 1162 00:52:27,574 --> 00:52:29,244 You left your business, 1163 00:52:29,279 --> 00:52:31,477 all your stuff, without any warning. 1164 00:52:31,512 --> 00:52:33,314 ALAN: Yeah, well, that's rock and roll. 1165 00:52:33,349 --> 00:52:36,416 Then, it was just like grab a bag and fuck off someplace. 1166 00:52:36,451 --> 00:52:39,353 No planning, no packing, shite like that -- just vanish. 1167 00:52:39,388 --> 00:52:42,554 No, not when you have a business! 1168 00:52:42,589 --> 00:52:44,226 The boys all had it under control. 1169 00:52:44,261 --> 00:52:45,590 Besides, when I got back, 1170 00:52:45,625 --> 00:52:48,956 I was totally rejuvenated. 1171 00:52:48,991 --> 00:52:51,596 Babe, I need that PolyGram contract now! 1172 00:52:51,631 --> 00:52:53,235 We were a solvent business, 1173 00:52:53,270 --> 00:52:54,764 flying by the seat of our leather pants, maybe, 1174 00:52:54,799 --> 00:52:56,370 But getting away with it. 1175 00:52:56,405 --> 00:52:59,736 These guys are gonna be bigger than U2, ya cunt. 1176 00:52:59,771 --> 00:53:02,970 No, but I've got it in front of me in black and white. 1177 00:53:03,005 --> 00:53:04,543 WOMAN: Creation Records? 1178 00:53:04,578 --> 00:53:06,446 -What? -Alan McGee? 1179 00:53:06,481 --> 00:53:08,679 McGee? That's me. 1180 00:53:08,714 --> 00:53:11,781 [ Both cheering ] 1181 00:53:11,816 --> 00:53:13,288 [ Camera shutter clicks ] 1182 00:53:13,323 --> 00:53:14,817 [ Women cheering ] 1183 00:53:14,852 --> 00:53:16,786 Ed! Ed! 1184 00:53:16,821 --> 00:53:18,953 -Help me out here! -ED: Girls... 1185 00:53:18,988 --> 00:53:21,560 ALAN: Teenage Fanclub are now my band. 1186 00:53:21,595 --> 00:53:24,497 I will ring him the fuck again, then. 1187 00:53:24,532 --> 00:53:26,334 [ Screaming ] 1188 00:53:26,369 --> 00:53:28,303 [ Telephone rings ] 1189 00:53:31,869 --> 00:53:33,242 Hello? 1190 00:53:33,277 --> 00:53:35,970 MAN: ♪ I know I can't believe ♪ 1191 00:53:36,005 --> 00:53:37,873 Yeah, I'll be right up. 1192 00:53:37,908 --> 00:53:40,480 Get me a flight to Glasgow! 1193 00:53:40,515 --> 00:53:43,010 No! no! A flight tomorrow's no good. 1194 00:53:43,045 --> 00:53:44,847 Hey, pal. Can you drive me to Glasgow? 1195 00:53:44,882 --> 00:53:47,586 -Glasgow? -[ Car honks ] 1196 00:53:47,621 --> 00:53:49,258 ALAN: Mate, mate! Hold the train. 1197 00:53:49,293 --> 00:53:50,457 -[ Whistle blowing ] -CONDUCTOR: Calm down, son, 1198 00:53:50,492 --> 00:53:51,689 There's another one in half an hour. 1199 00:53:51,724 --> 00:53:53,427 Thank fuck for that. 1200 00:53:53,462 --> 00:53:55,660 It's the sleeper, mind, but you'll still get there. 1201 00:53:55,695 --> 00:53:57,860 -The sleeper? -[ Laughs ] 1202 00:53:57,895 --> 00:54:01,666 Jesus, man. 1203 00:54:01,701 --> 00:54:04,438 -[ Train rumbles ] -ALAN: Fuck... 1204 00:54:04,473 --> 00:54:06,572 Fuck! 1205 00:54:19,048 --> 00:54:20,916 Susie! 1206 00:54:20,951 --> 00:54:21,950 Laura! 1207 00:54:21,985 --> 00:54:24,293 [ Sobbing ] 1208 00:54:26,429 --> 00:54:27,462 She's gone? 1209 00:54:29,498 --> 00:54:31,531 [ Voice breaking ] I tried. I couldn't get a flight. 1210 00:54:31,566 --> 00:54:33,060 -It's alright, Alan. -ALAN: I tried. 1211 00:54:33,095 --> 00:54:35,502 I couldn't get a flight. 1212 00:54:35,537 --> 00:54:37,405 [ All sobbing ] 1213 00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:39,968 It's okay, darling. You're here now. 1214 00:54:40,003 --> 00:54:42,806 You're here for the funeral. 1215 00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:45,875 Come on. 1216 00:54:57,724 --> 00:55:01,660 [ Guitar playing ] 1217 00:55:01,695 --> 00:55:03,563 -BARBARA: What song was that? -I just -- 1218 00:55:03,598 --> 00:55:05,059 I just made it up. 1219 00:55:05,094 --> 00:55:07,633 You just made it up? Do you know anything I know? 1220 00:55:07,668 --> 00:55:08,898 [ Chuckling ] I don't -- 1221 00:55:08,933 --> 00:55:10,966 -I don't think so. -[ Both laughing ] 1222 00:55:11,001 --> 00:55:13,034 I'm sure you get this from my side of the family though. 1223 00:55:13,069 --> 00:55:15,102 -I'm sure it's not your dad's. -Oh, God, no. 1224 00:55:15,137 --> 00:55:17,808 You keep practicing, son. You keep practicing. 1225 00:55:17,843 --> 00:55:19,447 Aye. 1226 00:55:19,482 --> 00:55:21,383 You're gonna be a big star one day. 1227 00:55:21,418 --> 00:55:22,813 I hope. 1228 00:55:25,455 --> 00:55:28,049 [ Guitar playing softly ] 1229 00:55:36,928 --> 00:55:39,500 [ Somber music playing ] 1230 00:55:39,535 --> 00:55:41,733 BARBARA: Alan, I've been saving up, 1231 00:55:41,768 --> 00:55:43,064 just wee bits here and there. 1232 00:55:43,099 --> 00:55:44,802 It's not much, but I want you to take it. 1233 00:55:44,837 --> 00:55:46,507 Mom, you don't have to do that. 1234 00:55:46,542 --> 00:55:47,970 I know I don't have to do it, but I want to do it. 1235 00:55:48,005 --> 00:55:50,511 I want to give you this so you can go to London -- 1236 00:55:50,546 --> 00:55:53,140 and get started. 1237 00:55:53,175 --> 00:55:58,849 You follow your dream, come back a big pop star. 1238 00:55:58,884 --> 00:56:01,819 Show your dad. Show everybody. 1239 00:56:01,854 --> 00:56:04,052 That's my boy. 1240 00:56:04,087 --> 00:56:07,154 [ Somber music continues ] 1241 00:56:07,189 --> 00:56:10,630 [ Loud banging on door ] 1242 00:56:10,665 --> 00:56:13,567 BARBARA: Oh, you can hammer away all you like. 1243 00:56:13,602 --> 00:56:16,130 -JOHN: Let me in! -No, I will not, John McGee. 1244 00:56:16,165 --> 00:56:18,638 You have got my heart roasted. 1245 00:56:18,673 --> 00:56:21,905 You've laid a hand on our Alan for the last time! 1246 00:56:21,940 --> 00:56:24,677 You would cause a fight in an empty fuckin' house, 1247 00:56:24,712 --> 00:56:26,943 and now you've got me swearing! 1248 00:56:26,978 --> 00:56:29,176 You're just jealous! 1249 00:56:29,211 --> 00:56:31,816 You're just jealous because Alan's different! 1250 00:56:31,851 --> 00:56:33,180 He's artistic! 1251 00:56:33,215 --> 00:56:35,457 He's got imagination, 1252 00:56:35,492 --> 00:56:40,088 and you have got none! 1253 00:56:40,123 --> 00:56:43,729 -[ Banging continues ] -Alan! Comin'? 1254 00:56:43,764 --> 00:56:46,127 Yeah. 1255 00:56:46,162 --> 00:56:50,637 [ Somber music continues ] 1256 00:56:50,672 --> 00:56:53,904 JOHN: Such a shock, you know? 1257 00:56:53,939 --> 00:56:55,103 Thank you so much for coming over. 1258 00:56:55,138 --> 00:56:58,007 I really appreciate that. 1259 00:56:58,042 --> 00:56:59,976 [ Indistinct conversations ] 1260 00:57:07,854 --> 00:57:09,216 How are you doing, Alan? 1261 00:57:09,251 --> 00:57:12,989 Alright, yeah. I've got a splitting headache. 1262 00:57:13,024 --> 00:57:15,662 I'll get you some water, okay? 1263 00:57:22,935 --> 00:57:25,232 There you go. 1264 00:57:25,267 --> 00:57:27,839 Taking drugs at your mother's funeral, eh? 1265 00:57:27,874 --> 00:57:30,908 It's paracetamol. He's been having headaches. 1266 00:57:30,943 --> 00:57:32,481 Dad, please -- 1267 00:57:32,516 --> 00:57:33,845 Dad. 1268 00:57:33,880 --> 00:57:35,814 Da... 1269 00:57:39,886 --> 00:57:42,953 They say, other than losing a child, 1270 00:57:42,988 --> 00:57:45,725 losing your mother is the worst bereavement, 1271 00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:48,761 and it happens to nearly all of us. 1272 00:57:48,796 --> 00:57:51,126 I wish it had been that sour-faced, 1273 00:57:51,161 --> 00:57:53,700 old coffin dodger I was burying. 1274 00:57:53,735 --> 00:57:57,033 Wee ginger bastard. 1275 00:58:19,893 --> 00:58:21,827 How you feeling, mate? 1276 00:58:24,832 --> 00:58:25,996 Sorry about all this. 1277 00:58:26,031 --> 00:58:27,701 I mean, they insisted on staying. 1278 00:58:27,736 --> 00:58:30,869 I can get rid of them if you want. 1279 00:58:30,904 --> 00:58:33,806 [ Sighing ] Let them sleep. 1280 00:58:33,841 --> 00:58:37,106 [ Both chuckle ] 1281 00:58:37,141 --> 00:58:40,582 We were living the rock and roll even more than the bands were. 1282 00:58:40,617 --> 00:58:42,914 Surely that made things harder to get done? 1283 00:58:42,949 --> 00:58:45,719 No, not really, because we only did something 1284 00:58:45,754 --> 00:58:48,018 if we really believed in it. 1285 00:58:48,053 --> 00:58:50,790 And somehow... 1286 00:58:50,825 --> 00:58:52,792 an album would just, like... 1287 00:58:52,827 --> 00:58:55,894 appear, materialize, 1288 00:58:55,929 --> 00:58:59,062 and suddenly, everything would just make sense. 1289 00:58:59,097 --> 00:59:03,033 PRIMAL SCREAM: ♪ Together as one ♪ 1290 00:59:03,068 --> 00:59:05,200 You've fucking done it! 1291 00:59:05,235 --> 00:59:06,773 This is gonna go down as one 1292 00:59:06,808 --> 00:59:10,073 of the greatest albums in rock history! 1293 00:59:10,108 --> 00:59:12,306 And it's my mates from school! 1294 00:59:12,341 --> 00:59:15,980 [ Applause ] 1295 00:59:16,015 --> 00:59:17,014 Bobby, man. 1296 00:59:17,049 --> 00:59:19,654 You're the fucking dude, man! 1297 00:59:19,689 --> 00:59:20,853 Whoa! 1298 00:59:20,888 --> 00:59:24,087 You guys are gonna be bigger than U2! 1299 00:59:24,122 --> 00:59:25,825 Wished that you would have come to join us here, 1300 00:59:25,860 --> 00:59:27,728 be part of Creation and... 1301 00:59:27,763 --> 00:59:30,764 [ Sighs ] Nah, fuck that. I'm down to one kidney. 1302 00:59:30,799 --> 00:59:33,327 You cunts would have fucking killed me. 1303 00:59:33,362 --> 00:59:35,967 You off your head? 1304 00:59:36,002 --> 00:59:39,234 ALAN: I suppose we were a victim of our own success. 1305 00:59:39,269 --> 00:59:41,170 Three international hit albums. 1306 00:59:41,205 --> 00:59:42,842 We'd done amazing by ourselves. 1307 00:59:42,877 --> 00:59:44,371 PRIMAL SCREAM: ♪ Come together as one ♪ 1308 00:59:44,406 --> 00:59:46,813 ALAN: But we had to move forward. 1309 00:59:46,848 --> 00:59:48,782 PRIMAL SCREAM: ♪ We are together ♪ 1310 00:59:48,817 --> 00:59:50,179 ALAN: Not for us. 1311 00:59:50,214 --> 00:59:52,181 We owed it to the bands that stuck with us. 1312 00:59:52,216 --> 00:59:54,249 Acts that would never leave, 1313 00:59:54,284 --> 00:59:57,252 but deserved to be heard, by the whole world. 1314 00:59:57,287 --> 01:00:00,156 PRIMAL SCREAM: ♪ Because together we got power ♪ 1315 01:00:00,191 --> 01:00:02,763 ♪ Apart we got power ♪ 1316 01:00:02,798 --> 01:00:06,030 ♪ Together as one ♪ 1317 01:00:06,065 --> 01:00:08,395 ALAN: We had no choice but to take Sony's money. 1318 01:00:08,430 --> 01:00:12,366 PRIMAL SCREAM: ♪ We are together ♪ 1319 01:00:12,401 --> 01:00:17,910 ALAN: It's time to stop fucking about and grow up. 1320 01:00:17,945 --> 01:00:20,748 PRIMAL SCREAM: ♪ Today on this program you will hear ♪ 1321 01:00:20,783 --> 01:00:24,279 ♪ Gospel and rhythm and blues ♪ 1322 01:00:24,314 --> 01:00:26,721 So what if we're owned by a corporation? 1323 01:00:26,756 --> 01:00:28,316 They let us do pretty much what we liked, 1324 01:00:28,351 --> 01:00:31,088 The bean counters leave us to get on with making records. 1325 01:00:31,123 --> 01:00:34,729 Yeah, but I'm a maverick. I'm doing my thing inside... 1326 01:00:34,764 --> 01:00:37,193 No matter how much smoke they blew up our asses, 1327 01:00:37,228 --> 01:00:39,162 Sony didn't care that we were 1328 01:00:39,197 --> 01:00:40,966 the coolest record label on the planet. 1329 01:00:41,001 --> 01:00:43,870 And all the critical acclaim meant fuck all to them. 1330 01:00:43,905 --> 01:00:46,972 We had to deliver a band that were gonna sell multi-millions. 1331 01:00:47,007 --> 01:00:49,238 A band that could justify their investment. 1332 01:00:49,273 --> 01:00:51,306 PRIMAL SCREAM: ♪ I was blind ♪ 1333 01:00:51,341 --> 01:00:53,044 ♪ Now I can see ♪ 1334 01:00:53,079 --> 01:00:55,145 ALAN: See, I'm a tight bastard. 1335 01:00:55,180 --> 01:00:57,686 That Sunday was Mom's anniversary, 1336 01:00:57,721 --> 01:00:59,281 and I'd gone to visit my dad and my sisters 1337 01:00:59,316 --> 01:01:01,085 on a cheap, away-day return. 1338 01:01:01,120 --> 01:01:03,857 I hadn't packed a bag, didn't even have a toothbrush. 1339 01:01:03,892 --> 01:01:05,089 [ Whistle blowing ] 1340 01:01:05,124 --> 01:01:07,289 Stop! What time's the next train? 1341 01:01:07,324 --> 01:01:10,391 Oh, that's it for tonight. Next one's 6:00 a.m. 1342 01:01:10,426 --> 01:01:12,459 ALAN: I'll get this one then. Hold on! 1343 01:01:12,494 --> 01:01:13,933 No! Sorry! 1344 01:01:13,968 --> 01:01:16,001 Oh! You again, you jobsworth cunt. 1345 01:01:16,036 --> 01:01:17,299 Cunt! 1346 01:01:17,334 --> 01:01:18,938 See, this jobsworth prick. 1347 01:01:18,973 --> 01:01:23,041 This prick didn't know it. He changed history. 1348 01:01:23,076 --> 01:01:24,405 Fuck! 1349 01:01:24,440 --> 01:01:26,308 Fuck you! 1350 01:01:26,343 --> 01:01:27,980 All right, Susan. 1351 01:01:28,015 --> 01:01:29,476 Yeah, I missed the bloody train. 1352 01:01:29,511 --> 01:01:31,049 I know. 1353 01:01:31,084 --> 01:01:33,348 Got any plans? 1354 01:01:33,383 --> 01:01:35,251 Well, if you're not sick of the sight of me, 1355 01:01:35,286 --> 01:01:37,088 I've got 18 Wheeler playing down at King Tut's. 1356 01:01:37,123 --> 01:01:39,024 Get there early. Check out the support, maybe. 1357 01:01:39,059 --> 01:01:40,058 Oh, come on, Alan. 1358 01:01:40,093 --> 01:01:41,257 Dad's never exactly been good 1359 01:01:41,292 --> 01:01:42,995 at showing affection, has he? 1360 01:01:43,030 --> 01:01:44,359 Too late for affection. 1361 01:01:44,394 --> 01:01:46,460 Just appreciate a wee bit of recognition. 1362 01:01:46,495 --> 01:01:48,363 He still thinks I'm a deluded wee punk. 1363 01:01:48,398 --> 01:01:51,300 He does not. He recognizes you're doing well. 1364 01:01:51,335 --> 01:01:54,237 -He's just...torn. -"Torn"? 1365 01:01:54,272 --> 01:01:56,470 Aye, he doesn't understand all this music business stuff. 1366 01:01:56,505 --> 01:01:58,340 He's frightened you're gonna fall on your arse. 1367 01:01:58,375 --> 01:02:00,144 Ah, see, he wants me to fall down 1368 01:02:00,179 --> 01:02:02,949 and just stay the fuck down, but I keep getting back up. 1369 01:02:02,984 --> 01:02:04,511 He does not -- He just wants you 1370 01:02:04,546 --> 01:02:06,216 to have a job with security. 1371 01:02:06,251 --> 01:02:08,790 ALAN: Security?! Talk about delusional. 1372 01:02:08,825 --> 01:02:11,023 I've got a company with Sony, for fuck's sake. 1373 01:02:11,058 --> 01:02:12,453 Oh, I know. 1374 01:02:12,488 --> 01:02:14,356 You're Thatcher's little wet dream, you, ain't you? 1375 01:02:14,391 --> 01:02:16,864 You're an entrepreneur. [ Laughs ] 1376 01:02:16,899 --> 01:02:18,866 I don't care who you're friends with. 1377 01:02:18,901 --> 01:02:20,461 You're not booked. So you're not playing tonight. 1378 01:02:20,496 --> 01:02:22,364 BOUNCER: What, you want a slot? 1379 01:02:22,399 --> 01:02:25,202 I'll give you a fucking slot in your throat. 1380 01:02:27,437 --> 01:02:28,942 What you drinking? 1381 01:02:28,977 --> 01:02:31,076 Vodka tonic, please. I'll get us a seat. 1382 01:02:31,111 --> 01:02:34,178 BOUNCER: Fucking cunts. 1383 01:02:34,213 --> 01:02:35,476 Double vodka and tonic, 1384 01:02:35,511 --> 01:02:37,313 double Jack Daniel's and Coke, please. 1385 01:02:37,348 --> 01:02:40,052 Hey, hey. You're Alan McGee. 1386 01:02:40,087 --> 01:02:41,383 Local boy done good. 1387 01:02:41,418 --> 01:02:42,824 What brings you home, pal? 1388 01:02:42,859 --> 01:02:45,090 Oh, just a bit of family business. 1389 01:02:45,125 --> 01:02:46,190 Any of this lot yours? 1390 01:02:46,225 --> 01:02:48,093 Aye, 18 Wheeler. 1391 01:02:48,128 --> 01:02:49,996 And then my pal, Debbie, is on support. 1392 01:02:50,031 --> 01:02:52,097 What was that back at the door? 1393 01:02:52,132 --> 01:02:54,836 It's just some Manchester band giving me some fanny 1394 01:02:54,871 --> 01:02:56,365 about saying they were booked to play tonight, 1395 01:02:56,400 --> 01:02:57,806 but it's the first I've heard of it. 1396 01:02:57,841 --> 01:02:59,533 Looked like it was gonna kick off. 1397 01:02:59,568 --> 01:03:02,503 Aye. Hope not tonight, though, because I've got no bouncers. 1398 01:03:02,538 --> 01:03:04,076 But don't tell them that. 1399 01:03:04,111 --> 01:03:05,880 Better squeeze them in somewhere. 1400 01:03:05,915 --> 01:03:07,244 You don't want a bunch of Manc scallies kicking off. 1401 01:03:07,279 --> 01:03:08,982 Trust me. I lived there. 1402 01:03:09,017 --> 01:03:09,983 I will, Al. 1403 01:03:10,018 --> 01:03:11,182 Gave them 20 minutes. 1404 01:03:11,217 --> 01:03:13,349 Give the DJ time to go for a shite. 1405 01:03:13,384 --> 01:03:14,416 What they called? 1406 01:03:14,451 --> 01:03:17,353 Oh, it's a crap name, man. 1407 01:03:17,388 --> 01:03:19,586 Oasis. 1408 01:03:19,621 --> 01:03:22,193 [ Music plays indistinctly ] 1409 01:03:22,228 --> 01:03:25,394 [ Feedback ] 1410 01:03:25,429 --> 01:03:27,231 Malcolm. 1411 01:03:27,266 --> 01:03:29,035 Malcolm! 1412 01:03:29,070 --> 01:03:31,103 Go and have a fag. 1413 01:03:31,138 --> 01:03:34,106 It's 20 minutes, you understand? 1414 01:03:34,141 --> 01:03:37,406 We start proceedings with a band 1415 01:03:37,441 --> 01:03:41,509 who should be called Fucking Cheeky Bastards. 1416 01:03:41,544 --> 01:03:44,886 I'd like to welcome to the stage, Oasis. 1417 01:03:44,921 --> 01:03:46,855 [ Audience applauding ] 1418 01:03:49,090 --> 01:03:50,551 MAN: Get on with it. 1419 01:03:50,586 --> 01:03:52,124 I mean, there's you talking about the recognition 1420 01:03:52,159 --> 01:03:53,895 you need with your own dad, 1421 01:03:53,930 --> 01:03:55,523 and you're not even paying attention to your own wain. 1422 01:03:55,558 --> 01:04:00,033 He's just a kid, and that's your family. 1423 01:04:00,068 --> 01:04:02,563 Dad's got a grandson he doesn't even see. 1424 01:04:02,598 --> 01:04:04,499 Do you think that doesn't disappoint him? 1425 01:04:04,534 --> 01:04:08,074 [ Susan speaking distorts ] 1426 01:04:08,109 --> 01:04:10,912 [ Distorted guitar plays ] 1427 01:04:23,190 --> 01:04:26,620 ♪ People say it's just a waste of time ♪ 1428 01:04:26,655 --> 01:04:30,426 ♪ Then they said I should feed my head ♪ 1429 01:04:30,461 --> 01:04:33,594 ♪ That to me was just a day in bed ♪ 1430 01:04:33,629 --> 01:04:37,136 ♪ I'll take my car and drive real far ♪ 1431 01:04:37,171 --> 01:04:40,942 ♪ They're not concerned about the way we are ♪ 1432 01:04:40,977 --> 01:04:44,275 ♪ In my mind, my dreams are real ♪ 1433 01:04:44,310 --> 01:04:47,476 ♪ Now we're concerned about the way I feel ♪ 1434 01:04:47,511 --> 01:04:50,314 ♪ Tonight ♪ 1435 01:04:50,349 --> 01:04:54,417 ♪ I'm a rock 'n' roll star ♪ 1436 01:04:54,452 --> 01:04:57,189 ♪ Tonight ♪ 1437 01:04:57,224 --> 01:05:00,390 ♪ I'm a rock 'n' roll star ♪ 1438 01:05:00,425 --> 01:05:04,097 PRESENTER: In just under three years, 1439 01:05:04,132 --> 01:05:06,330 Oasis will have gone from being a new signing 1440 01:05:06,365 --> 01:05:08,233 to one of rock's true giants. 1441 01:05:08,268 --> 01:05:10,301 PRESENTER 2: The live gig of the decade. 1442 01:05:10,336 --> 01:05:11,599 PRESENTER 3: Oasis gears up to rock 1443 01:05:11,634 --> 01:05:13,271 a quarter of a million fans. 1444 01:05:13,306 --> 01:05:14,503 PRESENTER 4: Oasis is gonna play to more 1445 01:05:14,538 --> 01:05:15,669 than a third of a million 1446 01:05:15,704 --> 01:05:19,079 people in just over one day. 1447 01:05:19,114 --> 01:05:21,246 OASIS: ♪ Today was just a blur ♪ 1448 01:05:21,281 --> 01:05:23,611 ♪ You've got a head like a ghost train ♪ 1449 01:05:23,646 --> 01:05:25,646 GIRL: I don't know any teenage lad 1450 01:05:25,681 --> 01:05:27,186 who wouldn't wanna be like them. 1451 01:05:27,221 --> 01:05:29,584 [ Crowd shouting and cheering ] 1452 01:05:29,619 --> 01:05:31,553 I don't know any teenage girl that would say that 1453 01:05:31,588 --> 01:05:33,687 they didn't actually want to go out with Liam Gallagher. 1454 01:05:33,722 --> 01:05:35,557 [ Rock music playing ] 1455 01:05:35,592 --> 01:05:39,462 -[ Shouting and cheering ] 1456 01:05:39,497 --> 01:05:42,234 ♪ But you don't care ♪ 1457 01:05:42,269 --> 01:05:44,731 Noel, I love your eyebrows! They're sexy. 1458 01:05:44,766 --> 01:05:46,667 PRESENTER 4: The most honest band on the planet. 1459 01:05:46,702 --> 01:05:49,274 We're not pop stars. We're lads. 1460 01:05:49,309 --> 01:05:50,704 OASIS: ♪ That the devil sends ♪ 1461 01:05:50,739 --> 01:05:52,541 ♪ You think they're talking about you ♪ 1462 01:05:52,576 --> 01:05:54,246 ♪ But you don't know who, I'll be scraping their lives ♪ 1463 01:05:54,281 --> 01:05:57,348 ♪ From the sole of my shoe tonight ♪ 1464 01:05:57,383 --> 01:05:59,746 [ Cheers and applause ] 1465 01:05:59,781 --> 01:06:02,958 [ Guitar solo ] 1466 01:06:10,792 --> 01:06:13,595 -[ Song resolves ] -[ Cheers and applause ] 1467 01:06:17,370 --> 01:06:20,602 Nice work. 1468 01:06:20,637 --> 01:06:22,670 Did you hear that? 1469 01:06:22,705 --> 01:06:24,111 Yeah. 1470 01:06:24,146 --> 01:06:26,179 -Good band. -Good? 1471 01:06:26,214 --> 01:06:27,543 They're fucking amazing. 1472 01:06:27,578 --> 01:06:30,216 Hey, man, come here. 1473 01:06:30,251 --> 01:06:31,745 -Who do I talk to? -What, in the band? 1474 01:06:31,780 --> 01:06:34,484 -Aye, who's the leader? -Joan of Arc. 1475 01:06:34,519 --> 01:06:37,289 He's the only sensible cunt amongst them. 1476 01:06:37,324 --> 01:06:39,192 -Do you want a record deal? -You what? 1477 01:06:39,227 --> 01:06:41,260 Do you want a record deal? I'm Alan McGee -- 1478 01:06:41,295 --> 01:06:44,527 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, cool. 1479 01:06:44,562 --> 01:06:47,266 I know who you are. 1480 01:06:48,368 --> 01:06:49,664 You're not already signed, are you? 1481 01:06:49,699 --> 01:06:51,468 -No. -Have you got a manager? 1482 01:06:51,503 --> 01:06:53,338 No. Do you want a tape? 1483 01:06:53,373 --> 01:06:56,110 I don't need a tape. I've heard and seen enough. 1484 01:06:56,145 --> 01:06:59,212 Mate, calm down. 1485 01:06:59,247 --> 01:07:00,576 You've had a drink, and you're a bit excited. 1486 01:07:00,611 --> 01:07:02,248 Take a tape. 1487 01:07:02,283 --> 01:07:05,251 ALAN: That tape had most of "Definitely Maybe' on it. 1488 01:07:05,286 --> 01:07:07,418 PRESENTER: The fastest-selling album ever. 1489 01:07:07,453 --> 01:07:10,256 25 weeks in the charts, with singles like... 1490 01:07:10,291 --> 01:07:14,062 NOEL: "Live Forever"! "Rock 'N' Roll Star"! 1491 01:07:14,097 --> 01:07:17,164 ALAN: See, Noel had been writing songs since he was 16, 1492 01:07:17,199 --> 01:07:18,462 and Liam... 1493 01:07:18,497 --> 01:07:21,234 Liam was just a born rock star. 1494 01:07:21,269 --> 01:07:23,137 Give it up for Oasis, 1495 01:07:23,172 --> 01:07:26,239 making their TV debut with "Supersonic." 1496 01:07:26,274 --> 01:07:28,670 [ Crowd cheering ] 1497 01:07:28,705 --> 01:07:31,178 Put this on it. 1498 01:07:31,213 --> 01:07:32,707 My band's just nicked the headliner's rider, 1499 01:07:32,742 --> 01:07:34,544 so we're gonna do one. 1500 01:07:34,579 --> 01:07:36,150 Big fan of your label. 1501 01:07:36,185 --> 01:07:37,613 BAND MEMBER: Hey, hey. 1502 01:07:37,648 --> 01:07:40,187 ALAN: It was a case of right place, right time. 1503 01:07:40,222 --> 01:07:42,288 Synchronicity. 1504 01:07:42,323 --> 01:07:44,785 Fuck you! 1505 01:07:44,820 --> 01:07:48,360 From the moment I was born, I was meant to miss that train. 1506 01:07:48,395 --> 01:07:50,791 Some people's destiny was to meet particular people, 1507 01:07:50,826 --> 01:07:52,430 or go to foreign lands. 1508 01:07:52,465 --> 01:07:55,796 Well, my whole life had been leading up to me 1509 01:07:55,831 --> 01:07:59,470 missing that fucking train. 1510 01:07:59,505 --> 01:08:02,209 Now you had one of the biggest bands in the world. 1511 01:08:02,244 --> 01:08:04,805 Finally! Bigger than U2. 1512 01:08:04,840 --> 01:08:06,279 [ Both laugh ] 1513 01:08:06,314 --> 01:08:08,116 Where does it go from here? 1514 01:08:08,151 --> 01:08:10,448 Well, for me, it's a party in a club on Sunset. 1515 01:08:10,483 --> 01:08:11,680 You coming? 1516 01:08:11,715 --> 01:08:13,616 I'd love to, but I have a deadline. 1517 01:08:13,651 --> 01:08:16,520 Hey, can we meet up again when I'm back in London? 1518 01:08:16,555 --> 01:08:19,754 -I can do an update piece. -Absolutely. 1519 01:08:19,789 --> 01:08:22,724 Oh, if there's one thing I love more than being talked about, 1520 01:08:22,759 --> 01:08:24,462 it's being written about. 1521 01:08:24,497 --> 01:08:25,694 I just wish I could write it. 1522 01:08:25,729 --> 01:08:27,201 What're you talking about? 1523 01:08:27,236 --> 01:08:29,797 It's a puff piece, mainly photos. 1524 01:08:29,832 --> 01:08:31,865 Oh! Tell them to get the fuck. 1525 01:08:31,900 --> 01:08:33,702 Go and sell it to Rolling Stone or someone. 1526 01:08:33,737 --> 01:08:36,672 Tell them Alan McGee is up there with Brian Epstein, 1527 01:08:36,707 --> 01:08:38,278 Peter Grant, Malcolm McLaren, 1528 01:08:38,313 --> 01:08:41,611 as one of the greatest rock managers in history. 1529 01:08:41,646 --> 01:08:43,613 That's what I'd tell them anyway. 1530 01:08:43,648 --> 01:08:44,779 You're so modest. 1531 01:08:44,814 --> 01:08:47,683 Modesty gets you nowhere. Listen. 1532 01:08:47,718 --> 01:08:51,192 I know that every fucker out there knows, 1533 01:08:51,227 --> 01:08:52,589 that I'm talentless. 1534 01:08:52,624 --> 01:08:54,822 But I'm a situationist, huh? 1535 01:08:54,857 --> 01:08:59,299 -Yeah. -I make things happen. 1536 01:08:59,334 --> 01:09:01,862 Sheer determination, I -- I get it. 1537 01:09:01,897 --> 01:09:03,831 You do. 1538 01:09:03,866 --> 01:09:05,338 Well, let's definitely meet up in London. 1539 01:09:05,373 --> 01:09:06,735 I-I might be in a position 1540 01:09:06,770 --> 01:09:08,473 where I can write a piece that matches your ego. 1541 01:09:08,508 --> 01:09:10,310 That's a very noble ambition. 1542 01:09:10,345 --> 01:09:11,542 Good luck with that. 1543 01:09:11,577 --> 01:09:13,544 Hey, oh, can I have my glasses? 1544 01:09:15,581 --> 01:09:17,845 Thanks. Have fun at your party. 1545 01:09:22,819 --> 01:09:25,721 ALAN: Like I said, LA -- 1546 01:09:25,756 --> 01:09:28,427 -land of the soulless... -WOMAN: Cheers. 1547 01:09:28,462 --> 01:09:31,232 ALAN: ...the vacuous, 1548 01:09:31,267 --> 01:09:32,761 the back stabbers, and, of course... 1549 01:09:32,796 --> 01:09:35,335 -Oh, hey, man. -ALAN: ...the wannabes. 1550 01:09:35,370 --> 01:09:38,668 So Noel and Liam, is it true they just beat up each other? 1551 01:09:38,703 --> 01:09:40,373 -What? -MAN: The brothers, 1552 01:09:40,408 --> 01:09:41,737 do they beat the shit out of each other on stage. 1553 01:09:41,772 --> 01:09:43,640 Right. 1554 01:09:43,675 --> 01:09:46,676 [ Speaking indistinctly ] 1555 01:09:46,711 --> 01:09:49,283 [ Rap music playing ] 1556 01:09:49,318 --> 01:09:50,350 MAN: ♪ Yeah ♪ 1557 01:09:50,385 --> 01:09:51,648 WOMAN: Nice shoes. 1558 01:09:55,324 --> 01:09:57,522 Oh, you like them? 1559 01:09:57,557 --> 01:09:58,886 Got them in Japan. 1560 01:09:58,921 --> 01:10:02,296 By some miracle, they've survived Glastonbury. 1561 01:10:02,331 --> 01:10:04,298 Are you English? 1562 01:10:04,333 --> 01:10:06,630 -Scottish. -Ah. 1563 01:10:06,665 --> 01:10:09,600 And this Glastonbury, is it -- Is it close to Liverpool? 1564 01:10:09,635 --> 01:10:11,404 I love The Beatles. 1565 01:10:11,439 --> 01:10:12,933 It's a festival. 1566 01:10:12,968 --> 01:10:14,704 Like Burning Man, but with rain and mud 1567 01:10:14,739 --> 01:10:16,442 and fucking awful toilets. 1568 01:10:16,477 --> 01:10:17,773 Cool! 1569 01:10:17,808 --> 01:10:20,578 So, what brings you to LA? 1570 01:10:20,613 --> 01:10:21,711 Bit of business. 1571 01:10:21,746 --> 01:10:24,285 Huh, yeah. What is it you do? 1572 01:10:24,320 --> 01:10:25,946 I own a record label. 1573 01:10:25,981 --> 01:10:27,519 -Really? -Hmm. 1574 01:10:27,554 --> 01:10:30,291 Wow, that is so interesting because, um... 1575 01:10:30,326 --> 01:10:34,295 I'm a singer-songwriter, um... 1576 01:10:34,330 --> 01:10:35,923 Della. 1577 01:10:35,958 --> 01:10:37,331 Will you... 1578 01:10:37,366 --> 01:10:39,432 Will you take a listen? 1579 01:10:39,467 --> 01:10:40,895 I mean, it needs work, 1580 01:10:40,930 --> 01:10:43,568 but it has my number on it on the back. 1581 01:10:43,603 --> 01:10:47,440 ALAN: Now, one of three things can happen here. 1582 01:10:47,475 --> 01:10:49,541 She gets what she wants. 1583 01:10:49,576 --> 01:10:50,509 [ Both moaning ] 1584 01:10:50,544 --> 01:10:51,708 ALAN: I get what I want. 1585 01:10:51,743 --> 01:10:53,512 DELLA: I'm like a cross between 1586 01:10:53,547 --> 01:10:57,384 Joni Mitchell and Patti Smith. 1587 01:10:59,850 --> 01:11:04,457 Creation would be the perfect label for me. 1588 01:11:04,492 --> 01:11:05,986 How do you know I own Creation? 1589 01:11:06,021 --> 01:11:08,054 Or, we both get fuck all 1590 01:11:08,089 --> 01:11:09,891 and jog on. 1591 01:11:09,926 --> 01:11:11,959 Don't try and hustle a hustler. 1592 01:11:11,994 --> 01:11:15,435 I've got people listening to demos all day long. 1593 01:11:15,470 --> 01:11:17,503 Thank you. 1594 01:11:17,538 --> 01:11:19,802 Fucking asshole. 1595 01:11:21,707 --> 01:11:22,739 Alan! 1596 01:11:22,774 --> 01:11:24,378 ALAN: You see this Charlie? 1597 01:11:24,413 --> 01:11:26,446 He's someone else that's gonna change my life, 1598 01:11:26,481 --> 01:11:27,843 and not for the better. 1599 01:11:27,878 --> 01:11:29,812 You cheeky fucking... 1600 01:11:29,847 --> 01:11:32,012 ALAN: I couldn't remember his name for the life of me. 1601 01:11:32,047 --> 01:11:33,079 But when you've done enough drugs... 1602 01:11:33,114 --> 01:11:34,520 Rambo, I'm with him. 1603 01:11:34,555 --> 01:11:35,983 ALAN: ...you just open your mouth, 1604 01:11:36,018 --> 01:11:37,721 and say the first name that comes into your head. 1605 01:11:37,756 --> 01:11:39,558 Alright, Ralph? 1606 01:11:39,593 --> 01:11:41,659 I was just talking about you the other day to, um... 1607 01:11:41,694 --> 01:11:44,695 oh, what's his name, tall fucker with the piggy eyes. 1608 01:11:44,730 --> 01:11:47,027 Who gives a fuck? How are you, darling. 1609 01:11:47,062 --> 01:11:48,633 I'm good, Ralph. You? 1610 01:11:48,668 --> 01:11:50,030 Yeah, really great. 1611 01:11:50,065 --> 01:11:52,098 -Actually, really smashing. -How was rehab? 1612 01:11:52,133 --> 01:11:54,375 Fantastic. Best ever. 1613 01:11:56,137 --> 01:11:58,104 -I'm producing again. -No way! 1614 01:11:58,139 --> 01:11:59,875 -Yeah, I know. -ALAN: Back in the zone. 1615 01:11:59,910 --> 01:12:01,778 I'm being totally different this time, I swear to God. 1616 01:12:01,813 --> 01:12:03,043 A little bird told me you are 1617 01:12:03,078 --> 01:12:06,354 fucking killing the music business. 1618 01:12:06,389 --> 01:12:08,752 -World domination time. -Too modest. 1619 01:12:08,787 --> 01:12:10,083 Um... 1620 01:12:10,118 --> 01:12:12,118 Fancy a cheeky toot? 1621 01:12:12,153 --> 01:12:14,626 I shall live and die in LA. 1622 01:12:14,661 --> 01:12:18,696 ALAN: There are a million Ralphs in LA. 1623 01:12:18,731 --> 01:12:21,127 Rastafarians who left the public schools of England 1624 01:12:21,162 --> 01:12:22,898 to be Hollywood producers. 1625 01:12:22,933 --> 01:12:24,570 Of course, they conned me out of the inheritance. 1626 01:12:24,605 --> 01:12:26,803 But who needs a fucking castle. Chin-chin. 1627 01:12:26,838 --> 01:12:28,607 ALAN: Never seen a frame of anything he's produced, 1628 01:12:28,642 --> 01:12:30,576 and I don't think anyone else had. 1629 01:12:30,611 --> 01:12:33,447 Just met at some forgotten Hollywood bash somewhere. 1630 01:12:33,482 --> 01:12:34,778 That's the thing about cocaine. 1631 01:12:34,813 --> 01:12:36,714 -Shall we? -ALAN: You end up sniffing it 1632 01:12:36,749 --> 01:12:38,848 off toilet seats with total strangers 1633 01:12:38,883 --> 01:12:42,918 who become your best friend for the next few hours. 1634 01:12:42,953 --> 01:12:45,987 RALPH: Ah! 1635 01:12:46,022 --> 01:12:47,890 So, what's your new movie about? 1636 01:12:47,925 --> 01:12:49,496 Oh, I met this amazing, 1637 01:12:49,531 --> 01:12:51,729 really charming young man from Compton, 1638 01:12:51,764 --> 01:12:53,962 called Hercules the Reaper. 1639 01:12:53,997 --> 01:12:55,568 [ Farts ] 1640 01:12:55,603 --> 01:12:58,505 Actually, oh, this place is absolutely moribund. 1641 01:12:58,540 --> 01:12:59,902 Let's go to his club. 1642 01:12:59,937 --> 01:13:01,475 -His club? -Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1643 01:13:01,510 --> 01:13:03,136 It's right up your straza. 1644 01:13:03,171 --> 01:13:04,544 -Let's go. -RALPH: Come. 1645 01:13:04,579 --> 01:13:05,644 Tidy up. 1646 01:13:05,679 --> 01:13:08,108 Here we go. 1647 01:13:12,455 --> 01:13:16,424 Oh, Christ. 1648 01:13:16,459 --> 01:13:17,953 RALPH: Give us a couple of beers, will you? 1649 01:13:17,988 --> 01:13:20,857 This is the life. 1650 01:13:20,892 --> 01:13:21,990 Love this town. 1651 01:13:22,025 --> 01:13:24,432 [ Sniffles ] Ah. 1652 01:13:24,467 --> 01:13:25,895 So, what is this film? 1653 01:13:25,930 --> 01:13:28,964 Is it like some kind of, uh, documentary or a... 1654 01:13:28,999 --> 01:13:30,196 No, it's a biopic. 1655 01:13:30,231 --> 01:13:31,736 Story of a man's incredible life. 1656 01:13:31,771 --> 01:13:33,166 Well, it looks like a vanity project 1657 01:13:33,201 --> 01:13:34,706 because he's paying for it all, but it's not. 1658 01:13:34,741 --> 01:13:36,004 "Forrest Gump" meets "Boyz in the Hood." 1659 01:13:36,039 --> 01:13:37,775 -"Forrest Gump"? -RALPH: Yeah. 1660 01:13:37,810 --> 01:13:39,645 -What's that about, then? -More like a black Forrest Gump 1661 01:13:39,680 --> 01:13:41,482 with good music, you know. 1662 01:13:41,517 --> 01:13:44,111 If we're lucky, we'll have them singing songs 1663 01:13:44,146 --> 01:13:45,684 and shooting each other in the playground. 1664 01:13:45,719 --> 01:13:47,213 I hate biopics. 1665 01:13:47,248 --> 01:13:49,886 Yeah, let's hope nobody else sings like you, cunt. 1666 01:13:49,921 --> 01:13:51,822 We'll see. Do you need some music for it? 1667 01:13:51,857 --> 01:13:53,692 I don't -- What, your kind of music? 1668 01:13:53,727 --> 01:13:55,793 [ Exhales ] I don't think so, unless you're gonna Black up. 1669 01:13:55,828 --> 01:14:00,094 [ Party music playing ] 1670 01:14:00,129 --> 01:14:02,701 Hey. 1671 01:14:02,736 --> 01:14:04,769 Herc, my brother. 1672 01:14:04,804 --> 01:14:06,606 Boom! 1673 01:14:06,641 --> 01:14:07,838 This is my very good friend, Alan. 1674 01:14:07,873 --> 01:14:09,070 Where are you? 1675 01:14:09,105 --> 01:14:12,876 He's a major player in the music biz. 1676 01:14:12,911 --> 01:14:15,043 -Major. -Pull up. 1677 01:14:15,078 --> 01:14:16,176 Thank you. 1678 01:14:16,211 --> 01:14:18,486 Hello, how are you? 1679 01:14:18,521 --> 01:14:21,885 Ralph tell you? He making a movie about me. 1680 01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:23,755 -What? -A movie, yes. 1681 01:14:23,790 --> 01:14:25,922 HERC: Some real shit. 1682 01:14:25,957 --> 01:14:27,825 Rags to riches. 1683 01:14:27,860 --> 01:14:29,728 RALPH: But Alan's just like you, Herc. 1684 01:14:29,763 --> 01:14:32,599 -He's from the hood. -What? 1685 01:14:32,634 --> 01:14:34,832 Well, in the UK, we call them council estates, 1686 01:14:34,867 --> 01:14:36,669 but they're really the same thing. 1687 01:14:36,704 --> 01:14:40,805 It's just lots of poor people crammed into suffering together. 1688 01:14:40,840 --> 01:14:44,270 Hmm, I'd like to visit the UK one day. 1689 01:14:44,305 --> 01:14:46,074 Not at the moment, though. 1690 01:14:46,109 --> 01:14:48,109 Feds won't let me leave the country. 1691 01:14:48,144 --> 01:14:50,210 Oh, the Feds are persecuting Herc, Alan. 1692 01:14:50,245 --> 01:14:51,882 They're all up in his shit. 1693 01:14:51,917 --> 01:14:53,950 They won't give a brother a break, right? 1694 01:14:53,985 --> 01:14:55,149 Right, well... 1695 01:14:55,184 --> 01:14:59,087 Brother, take it to the VIP. 1696 01:14:59,122 --> 01:15:00,187 Laters, holmes. 1697 01:15:00,222 --> 01:15:03,630 You. 1698 01:15:03,665 --> 01:15:05,764 -In here. -What's happening? 1699 01:15:05,799 --> 01:15:07,634 Whatever you like, my friend. 1700 01:15:07,669 --> 01:15:10,604 What happens in Compton, stays in Compton. 1701 01:15:10,639 --> 01:15:12,969 [ Laughs ] Hello, ladies. 1702 01:15:13,004 --> 01:15:16,137 This is my friend, Alan. He's terribly shy. 1703 01:15:16,172 --> 01:15:19,239 [ Insect buzzing ] 1704 01:15:19,274 --> 01:15:23,276 [ Maurice beatboxing ] 1705 01:15:31,121 --> 01:15:34,023 MAURICE: ♪ If you hear any noise ♪ 1706 01:15:34,058 --> 01:15:35,827 [ Beatboxing ] 1707 01:15:35,862 --> 01:15:38,291 RALPH: Oh, Sleeping Beauty. Welcome back. 1708 01:15:38,326 --> 01:15:40,898 -[ Maurice beatboxing ] -This is Maurice. 1709 01:15:40,933 --> 01:15:42,669 Fucking fantastic. 1710 01:15:42,704 --> 01:15:44,869 -[ Maurice beatboxing ] -[ Fly buzzing ] 1711 01:15:44,904 --> 01:15:46,068 I said -- I said you might give him -- 1712 01:15:46,103 --> 01:15:47,872 give him a record deal. 1713 01:15:47,907 --> 01:15:50,270 Maurice, you haven't already got a record deal, have you? 1714 01:15:50,305 --> 01:15:52,107 Shit. I didn't -- I didn't think of that. 1715 01:15:52,142 --> 01:15:53,647 He might -- He might already have a record deal. 1716 01:15:53,682 --> 01:15:55,143 -I don't know. -Ricky ticky tick. 1717 01:15:55,178 --> 01:15:58,080 Ricky ticky ticky ticky ticky ticky tick-tick. 1718 01:15:58,115 --> 01:16:00,313 -Ralph. -This is... 1719 01:16:00,348 --> 01:16:01,985 Ralph! 1720 01:16:02,020 --> 01:16:05,318 [ Beatboxing ] 1721 01:16:05,353 --> 01:16:07,859 -Ralph, can I have a wee word? -Yeah, yeah, sure. 1722 01:16:07,894 --> 01:16:10,829 As I say, you're on my soundtrack, 1723 01:16:10,864 --> 01:16:12,292 I swear. 1724 01:16:12,327 --> 01:16:13,898 [ Maurice beatboxing ] 1725 01:16:13,933 --> 01:16:17,198 [ Laughing ] 1726 01:16:17,233 --> 01:16:19,805 [ Serene music playing on radio ] 1727 01:16:19,840 --> 01:16:24,172 How did we end up in that fucking crack den? 1728 01:16:24,207 --> 01:16:26,174 -Aaah! -I know. 1729 01:16:26,209 --> 01:16:29,881 It's awesome, isn't it? 1730 01:16:29,916 --> 01:16:32,015 -[ Sighs deeply ] -No one's gonna jack you. 1731 01:16:32,050 --> 01:16:34,182 They all know I'm down with Herc's crew. 1732 01:16:34,217 --> 01:16:36,151 [ Alan exhaling ] 1733 01:16:36,186 --> 01:16:38,054 Looking at that lovely lolly, though, it reminds me, 1734 01:16:38,089 --> 01:16:40,155 there's a fabulous whore house over there I used to frequent. 1735 01:16:40,190 --> 01:16:42,894 Let's pop in for some breakfast and a happy ending, hmm? 1736 01:16:42,929 --> 01:16:45,292 Just take -- take me to the hotel. 1737 01:16:45,327 --> 01:16:47,393 Alright, Grandpa. 1738 01:16:47,428 --> 01:16:49,835 There we go. 1739 01:16:49,870 --> 01:16:53,168 Ah, I'm afraid I can't take you up the hill. 1740 01:16:53,203 --> 01:16:56,039 The reverse is a little unpredictable on this thing. 1741 01:16:56,074 --> 01:16:58,008 It's alright. [ Coughing ] 1742 01:17:01,783 --> 01:17:03,244 Oh... 1743 01:17:03,279 --> 01:17:06,181 Well, better out than in, as Mummy used to say. 1744 01:17:06,216 --> 01:17:07,754 Oh, now listen. 1745 01:17:07,789 --> 01:17:10,119 Tonight, there's a fabulous bash in Topanga. 1746 01:17:10,154 --> 01:17:11,824 Porn producer friend of mine. 1747 01:17:11,859 --> 01:17:12,924 Wall-to-wall totty. 1748 01:17:12,959 --> 01:17:15,322 -Fancy it? -I'd better not. 1749 01:17:15,357 --> 01:17:16,862 Fine, well, I'll give you a tinkle later, 1750 01:17:16,897 --> 01:17:18,325 in case you grow your cock back. 1751 01:17:18,360 --> 01:17:20,129 One for the road? 1752 01:17:22,199 --> 01:17:23,902 NEWS REPORTER: We begin with that breaking news. 1753 01:17:23,937 --> 01:17:25,805 A state of emergency in California. 1754 01:17:25,840 --> 01:17:27,400 Here's what we know right now. 1755 01:17:27,435 --> 01:17:30,007 [ Neuroticfish's "They're Coming To Take Me Away" plays ] 1756 01:17:30,042 --> 01:17:31,976 Homes have been destroyed there... 1757 01:17:36,851 --> 01:17:38,686 ...mandatory evacuations of more than... 1758 01:17:38,721 --> 01:17:40,820 NEUROTICFISH: ♪ Remember when you ran away ♪ 1759 01:17:40,855 --> 01:17:42,756 ♪ And I got on my knees ♪ 1760 01:17:42,791 --> 01:17:46,320 ♪ And begged you not to leave because I'd go berserk? ♪ 1761 01:17:46,355 --> 01:17:49,422 ♪ Well, you left me anyhow ♪ 1762 01:17:49,457 --> 01:17:52,062 ♪ And then the days got worse and worse ♪ 1763 01:17:52,097 --> 01:17:53,965 [ Alan screaming ] 1764 01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:56,231 ♪ They're coming to take me away, ha-ha ♪ 1765 01:17:56,266 --> 01:17:57,837 ♪ They're coming to take me away ♪ 1766 01:17:57,872 --> 01:17:59,740 ♪ Ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-ha ♪ 1767 01:17:59,775 --> 01:18:02,842 ♪ To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time ♪ 1768 01:18:02,877 --> 01:18:05,141 ♪ And I'll be happy to see those nice young men ♪ 1769 01:18:05,176 --> 01:18:06,813 ♪ In their clean white coats ♪ 1770 01:18:06,848 --> 01:18:11,983 ♪ And they're coming to take me away, ha-ha! ♪ 1771 01:18:12,018 --> 01:18:13,919 [ Glass shattering ] 1772 01:18:13,954 --> 01:18:15,855 NEWS REPORTER: ...Southern California this morning. 1773 01:18:15,890 --> 01:18:18,187 I want you to take a quick look at this town, 1774 01:18:18,222 --> 01:18:20,794 That's actually the main part of the... 1775 01:18:20,829 --> 01:18:22,763 NEUROTICFISH: ♪ You know you laughed, I heard you laugh ♪ 1776 01:18:22,798 --> 01:18:24,061 ♪ You laughed, you laughed and laughed ♪ 1777 01:18:24,096 --> 01:18:25,964 [ Alan screaming ] 1778 01:18:25,999 --> 01:18:28,802 ♪ And then you left, but now you know I'm utterly mad ♪ 1779 01:18:28,837 --> 01:18:32,036 ♪ And they're coming to take me away, ha-ha ♪ 1780 01:18:32,071 --> 01:18:35,138 ♪ They're coming to take me away, ho-ho ♪ 1781 01:18:35,173 --> 01:18:37,976 [ Music distorts ] 1782 01:18:39,782 --> 01:18:42,816 ♪ To the happy home ♪ 1783 01:18:42,851 --> 01:18:44,015 [ Alan screams ] 1784 01:18:44,050 --> 01:18:47,887 [ Loud metal music playing ] 1785 01:19:14,245 --> 01:19:17,246 [ Metal music continues ] 1786 01:19:17,281 --> 01:19:19,853 ALAN: I don't believe that anybody 1787 01:19:19,888 --> 01:19:24,121 feels the way I do about you. 1788 01:19:24,156 --> 01:19:26,519 Exhaustion, panic attacks. 1789 01:19:26,554 --> 01:19:28,224 It's a breakdown, Ed. 1790 01:19:28,259 --> 01:19:30,127 Looks like the rock and roll 1791 01:19:30,162 --> 01:19:32,195 has finally caught up with me, eh? 1792 01:19:32,230 --> 01:19:34,131 ED: I'm gonna stay with you as long as it takes. 1793 01:19:38,236 --> 01:19:41,105 I need you to get me the fuck home. 1794 01:19:41,140 --> 01:19:43,943 I can't stay here. This place is evil. 1795 01:19:47,080 --> 01:19:49,982 Hey, how you doing? 1796 01:19:50,017 --> 01:19:51,313 Nice and cozy. 1797 01:19:51,348 --> 01:19:53,117 You're alright, mate. 1798 01:19:53,152 --> 01:19:54,481 Just some Valium. 1799 01:19:54,516 --> 01:19:58,221 You don't need that. 1800 01:19:58,256 --> 01:19:59,860 You know, a fear of flying 1801 01:19:59,895 --> 01:20:02,588 comes from the fear of not being in control, 1802 01:20:02,623 --> 01:20:04,029 and that's caused by the fear 1803 01:20:04,064 --> 01:20:08,000 of not feeling worthy of your position. 1804 01:20:08,035 --> 01:20:09,430 And that leads to all sorts of things, 1805 01:20:09,465 --> 01:20:14,270 like excessive drink, excessive drug-taking. 1806 01:20:14,305 --> 01:20:17,603 For fear of actually engaging in reality, 1807 01:20:17,638 --> 01:20:20,375 because in reality... 1808 01:20:20,410 --> 01:20:23,884 we're not in control. 1809 01:20:23,919 --> 01:20:25,446 That's why God 1810 01:20:25,481 --> 01:20:28,152 gave everyone an ego. 1811 01:20:28,187 --> 01:20:31,287 To feel like we're important enough, 1812 01:20:31,322 --> 01:20:35,159 to feel like we're in control. 1813 01:20:35,194 --> 01:20:38,833 [ Soothing music playing ] 1814 01:20:43,301 --> 01:20:45,400 That's pretty deep, Ed. 1815 01:20:47,943 --> 01:20:51,912 You've got so many people that love you, so many. 1816 01:20:57,183 --> 01:20:59,348 You're gonna get all the help you need. 1817 01:21:09,096 --> 01:21:11,360 I just want you to get better, Alan. 1818 01:21:14,662 --> 01:21:16,596 [ Susan sobs softly ] 1819 01:21:22,472 --> 01:21:26,914 [ Peppy music playing ] 1820 01:21:26,949 --> 01:21:29,213 GEMMA: Heck, this joint took some finding. 1821 01:21:29,248 --> 01:21:30,676 ALAN: Avoid Central London these days. 1822 01:21:30,711 --> 01:21:32,513 -How long are you in town? -GEMMA: Uh, four days. 1823 01:21:32,548 --> 01:21:34,581 I'm doing a piece on Bono with Rolling Stone. 1824 01:21:34,616 --> 01:21:36,990 -ALAN: Ouch! -It's been years. 1825 01:21:37,025 --> 01:21:39,223 Tell me about it. You're doing really well. 1826 01:21:39,258 --> 01:21:42,325 I read a lot of your stuff. That Lou Reed piece. 1827 01:21:42,360 --> 01:21:44,360 The memories of Michael Ronson piece. 1828 01:21:44,395 --> 01:21:45,966 You read that? 1829 01:21:47,134 --> 01:21:49,101 Hey, I heard that you had Bill Clinton 1830 01:21:49,136 --> 01:21:50,465 come and crash at your house. 1831 01:21:50,500 --> 01:21:52,401 He was looking for somewhere free to crash. 1832 01:21:52,436 --> 01:21:54,172 He's a tight cunt like me. 1833 01:21:54,207 --> 01:21:56,537 So, I think someone from the Labour Party hooked it up. 1834 01:21:56,572 --> 01:21:59,012 Oh, yeah, I wanted to ask you about that. 1835 01:21:59,047 --> 01:22:00,508 You'd taken some time off. 1836 01:22:00,543 --> 01:22:02,312 ALAN: Call it what it was. 1837 01:22:02,347 --> 01:22:04,116 It was a breakdown. 1838 01:22:04,151 --> 01:22:06,019 BMX BANDITS: ♪ She said maybe ♪ 1839 01:22:06,054 --> 01:22:08,285 ALAN: Agraphobia. 1840 01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:12,157 Or agoraphobia, as the Americans call it, 1841 01:22:12,192 --> 01:22:16,293 which makes it sound like some kind of luxury wool. 1842 01:22:16,328 --> 01:22:18,592 No, it ain't woolly. 1843 01:22:18,627 --> 01:22:22,002 It's fear and dread. 1844 01:22:22,037 --> 01:22:24,400 It's all around you, and it's far away. 1845 01:22:24,435 --> 01:22:27,172 It's just fucking terrible. 1846 01:22:27,207 --> 01:22:29,471 I went to therapy, all that jazz. 1847 01:22:32,608 --> 01:22:33,673 Just get better. 1848 01:22:33,708 --> 01:22:35,048 Yeah, alright. 1849 01:22:35,083 --> 01:22:36,313 See you soon. 1850 01:22:42,354 --> 01:22:46,125 [ Door slams shut ] 1851 01:22:46,160 --> 01:22:47,654 [ Sighs ] Fuck. 1852 01:22:47,689 --> 01:22:49,458 Come in, come in. 1853 01:22:54,333 --> 01:22:56,630 Oh, no. No, no, no. 1854 01:22:56,665 --> 01:22:58,665 No, here. 1855 01:22:58,700 --> 01:23:01,305 Oh, sorry. 1856 01:23:01,340 --> 01:23:02,735 It's okay. 1857 01:23:08,116 --> 01:23:10,545 [ Chuckles ] Talk about predictable, eh? 1858 01:23:10,580 --> 01:23:13,713 WOMAN: I suppose I was feeling extremely pressured. 1859 01:23:13,748 --> 01:23:16,386 I mean, my parents are high-flyers, you know? 1860 01:23:16,421 --> 01:23:19,290 And I wanted them to be proud of my achievements. 1861 01:23:19,325 --> 01:23:22,194 All of the time, though. 1862 01:23:22,229 --> 01:23:25,428 Did you read the info on the Alcoholics Anonymous? 1863 01:23:25,463 --> 01:23:27,331 I'm with Groucho Marx. 1864 01:23:27,366 --> 01:23:29,465 I wouldn't want to join a cult that would have me as a member. 1865 01:23:29,500 --> 01:23:32,204 [ Laughs ] 1866 01:23:32,239 --> 01:23:33,205 They're not a cult. 1867 01:23:33,240 --> 01:23:34,635 I started self-medicating. 1868 01:23:34,670 --> 01:23:37,704 Prozac, Valium, beta-blockers. 1869 01:23:37,739 --> 01:23:41,048 Me too, but I was writing myself 1870 01:23:41,083 --> 01:23:46,218 prescriptions for ecstasy, speed, coke, acid, whiskey -- 1871 01:23:46,253 --> 01:23:50,189 -almost every day. -[ Banging on door ] 1872 01:23:50,224 --> 01:23:53,423 I've been trying to contact you. Where you been? 1873 01:23:53,458 --> 01:23:56,162 I've got something here that'll liven you right up. 1874 01:23:56,197 --> 01:23:57,559 ALAN: If there's one thing dealers hate more 1875 01:23:57,594 --> 01:23:59,462 than not being paid, it's being paid. 1876 01:23:59,497 --> 01:24:01,200 You owe them, they've got the upper hand. 1877 01:24:01,235 --> 01:24:03,334 Pay off the debt, and they lose interest charges. 1878 01:24:03,369 --> 01:24:05,171 You don't have to settle the tab yet. 1879 01:24:05,206 --> 01:24:07,833 How much is the tab? How much? 1880 01:24:07,868 --> 01:24:09,373 ALAN: They're no different to bankers. 1881 01:24:09,408 --> 01:24:11,078 It's exactly the same transaction. 1882 01:24:11,113 --> 01:24:12,277 Thank you. 1883 01:24:12,312 --> 01:24:15,346 But Alan, you're my best customer. 1884 01:24:15,381 --> 01:24:17,843 There we go. There we go, alright? 1885 01:24:17,878 --> 01:24:19,482 All right, well, look, 1886 01:24:19,517 --> 01:24:21,418 give me the money for that next time. 1887 01:24:21,453 --> 01:24:23,222 ALAN: They just have a better product. 1888 01:24:23,257 --> 01:24:25,158 Oh, shit. 1889 01:24:25,193 --> 01:24:28,260 -[ Door creaks ] -That's Alan's dealer. 1890 01:24:28,295 --> 01:24:30,658 He's not in the kitchen, is he? 1891 01:24:30,693 --> 01:24:33,166 Where is he? 1892 01:24:35,863 --> 01:24:37,665 That was my dealer just 'round, eh? 1893 01:24:39,768 --> 01:24:41,669 Flushed it down the pan. 1894 01:24:41,704 --> 01:24:43,704 At least your ones were over the counter. 1895 01:24:43,739 --> 01:24:46,278 -[ Scoffs ] -Uh, well... 1896 01:24:46,313 --> 01:24:51,250 it's not important what type of crutches we all use. 1897 01:24:51,285 --> 01:24:54,187 See, what's important is getting to the root 1898 01:24:54,222 --> 01:24:56,783 of why we needed those crutches in the first place. 1899 01:24:56,818 --> 01:24:59,225 BLAIR: Education, education and education. 1900 01:24:59,260 --> 01:25:01,359 Susan's gone to meet a doctor. 1901 01:25:01,394 --> 01:25:03,130 He's got a clinic. 1902 01:25:03,165 --> 01:25:04,659 ALAN: Crutches? 1903 01:25:04,694 --> 01:25:07,167 Oasis were becoming the biggest band on the planet, 1904 01:25:07,202 --> 01:25:10,797 and here I was, a shivering mess. 1905 01:25:10,832 --> 01:25:12,634 It's like I was throwing the best party in the world, 1906 01:25:12,669 --> 01:25:14,240 but got shit-faced the night before 1907 01:25:14,275 --> 01:25:16,605 and was too hungover to join in. 1908 01:25:16,640 --> 01:25:18,409 Was I the ghost at the feast, 1909 01:25:18,444 --> 01:25:20,180 the mythical creator of this world, 1910 01:25:20,215 --> 01:25:23,249 hosting this party in my absence? 1911 01:25:23,284 --> 01:25:25,911 Truth is, no one gave a fuck. 1912 01:25:25,946 --> 01:25:30,421 The party just rolled on, whether I was there or not. 1913 01:25:30,456 --> 01:25:32,522 What the fuck? 1914 01:25:32,557 --> 01:25:35,162 I replaced it with cold tea. 1915 01:25:35,197 --> 01:25:36,592 You're a man. 1916 01:25:36,627 --> 01:25:41,498 It's up to you what you do with your life, son. 1917 01:25:41,533 --> 01:25:44,897 I don't want this to come across the wrong way, but... 1918 01:25:44,932 --> 01:25:46,734 Oh, go on. 1919 01:25:46,769 --> 01:25:49,308 Bottom line is... 1920 01:25:49,343 --> 01:25:52,476 it was fun. 1921 01:25:52,511 --> 01:25:54,907 -[ Upbeat music plays ] -Hmmm. 1922 01:25:54,942 --> 01:25:56,843 I was having a good time. 1923 01:25:56,878 --> 01:25:58,713 I could afford it. 1924 01:25:58,748 --> 01:26:00,583 The only person I was putting at risk was me. 1925 01:26:00,618 --> 01:26:02,585 If someone had said to me, "Hey, Alan, 1926 01:26:02,620 --> 01:26:05,555 all that shite is gonna fuck you up one day," 1927 01:26:05,590 --> 01:26:09,526 well, truth is, I still would have done it. 1928 01:26:09,561 --> 01:26:11,924 And you know something? 1929 01:26:11,959 --> 01:26:13,827 If I wasn't such a fucking lightweight, 1930 01:26:13,862 --> 01:26:16,203 I wouldn't be sitting here right now, 1931 01:26:16,238 --> 01:26:18,568 in this circle of whatever. 1932 01:26:18,603 --> 01:26:21,241 I'd be out there, be out there with my mates, 1933 01:26:21,276 --> 01:26:22,506 right now. 1934 01:26:22,541 --> 01:26:23,870 If I had the constitution 1935 01:26:23,905 --> 01:26:25,806 of some of the rock stars I was looking after, 1936 01:26:25,841 --> 01:26:29,612 I'd still be out there, taking everything in sight. 1937 01:26:29,647 --> 01:26:30,976 Hey? 1938 01:26:31,011 --> 01:26:34,947 [ Music continues ] 1939 01:26:34,982 --> 01:26:39,292 It was exceedingly...dull. 1940 01:26:39,327 --> 01:26:40,755 It's just noise. 1941 01:26:40,790 --> 01:26:42,757 [ Mimicking instruments ] 1942 01:26:42,792 --> 01:26:46,497 Music does not exist in science. 1943 01:26:46,532 --> 01:26:48,268 Why is it some noise... 1944 01:26:48,303 --> 01:26:52,701 [ Shouting indistinctly ] 1945 01:26:52,736 --> 01:26:54,439 See, what you call something 1946 01:26:54,474 --> 01:26:56,342 completely changes perceptions of it. 1947 01:26:56,377 --> 01:26:59,378 You say "nervous breakdown," people think "funny farm", 1948 01:26:59,413 --> 01:27:01,479 but you say rehab, now you're cool. 1949 01:27:01,514 --> 01:27:04,944 I've got millions riding on a bunch of noises 1950 01:27:04,979 --> 01:27:07,386 that it's impossible to even quantify. 1951 01:27:07,421 --> 01:27:10,785 It's enough to make anybody absolutely crackers. 1952 01:27:13,493 --> 01:27:15,526 You're an industry casualty. 1953 01:27:15,561 --> 01:27:18,925 It's like membership to the "Terminal Fame Club 1954 01:27:18,960 --> 01:27:21,598 of Rock and Roll Fatality." 1955 01:27:21,633 --> 01:27:23,930 [ Mumbles ] 1956 01:27:23,965 --> 01:27:25,800 I can come back tomorrow, if you like? 1957 01:27:25,835 --> 01:27:28,440 No, I'm good. I'm good. 1958 01:27:28,475 --> 01:27:30,673 Everyone's asking about you. 1959 01:27:30,708 --> 01:27:32,444 Oh, yeah? 1960 01:27:32,479 --> 01:27:34,545 What did you tell them? 1961 01:27:34,580 --> 01:27:36,910 That you're ill. 1962 01:27:36,945 --> 01:27:38,879 ALAN: Just tell them the truth, Dick. 1963 01:27:38,914 --> 01:27:41,046 It's nothing to be ashamed of. 1964 01:27:41,081 --> 01:27:43,653 What, that you're in rehab? 1965 01:27:43,688 --> 01:27:44,852 Yeah. 1966 01:27:44,887 --> 01:27:47,855 It's pure rock and roll, isn't it? 1967 01:27:47,890 --> 01:27:49,593 Thank God for that. 1968 01:27:49,628 --> 01:27:50,792 I was running out of illnesses. 1969 01:27:50,827 --> 01:27:52,497 You know, I told The Guardian 1970 01:27:52,532 --> 01:27:54,829 that you was having an operation to remove piles. 1971 01:27:54,864 --> 01:27:57,667 Fuck off! What did you tell them that for? 1972 01:27:57,702 --> 01:27:59,834 Well, I had it done. 1973 01:27:59,869 --> 01:28:04,905 Could you not think of something a bit more sexy than piles? 1974 01:28:06,744 --> 01:28:08,381 Well, maybe we should tell them 1975 01:28:08,416 --> 01:28:10,911 that you're having plastic surgery on your penis. 1976 01:28:10,946 --> 01:28:13,353 Okay, tell the world I've got a tiny cock. 1977 01:28:13,388 --> 01:28:15,685 -How's that sexy?! -No, no, no, no, no. 1978 01:28:15,720 --> 01:28:17,621 You're gonna have a penis reduction. 1979 01:28:17,656 --> 01:28:21,922 Christ, Dick, just stick to the rehab story. 1980 01:28:21,957 --> 01:28:24,694 Keep my cock out of the press. 1981 01:28:24,729 --> 01:28:26,333 Okay. 1982 01:28:29,030 --> 01:28:30,832 This came for you as well, It's, um... 1983 01:28:30,867 --> 01:28:32,966 It's addressed to you personally. 1984 01:28:36,136 --> 01:28:37,674 ALAN: New Labour? 1985 01:28:40,008 --> 01:28:43,812 But it did get me off the rollercoaster for a while. 1986 01:28:43,847 --> 01:28:48,520 As soon as I got out, though, I knew I needed to reconnect. 1987 01:28:48,555 --> 01:28:50,522 I started going to see my bands again. 1988 01:28:50,557 --> 01:28:53,085 It felt strange watching them straight. 1989 01:28:53,120 --> 01:28:55,461 [ Music playing ] 1990 01:28:55,496 --> 01:28:56,957 I was still the same Alan. 1991 01:28:56,992 --> 01:28:58,530 Only now I was seeing things 1992 01:28:58,565 --> 01:29:00,697 that I would remember the next day, 1993 01:29:00,732 --> 01:29:01,863 and most of it... 1994 01:29:01,898 --> 01:29:03,128 Till the day you fucking die. 1995 01:29:03,163 --> 01:29:04,998 ALAN: ...wasn't worth remembering. 1996 01:29:05,033 --> 01:29:06,571 LIAM: Just gotta get in your own world, man, 1997 01:29:06,606 --> 01:29:08,133 You know what I mean, like, sort it out. 1998 01:29:08,168 --> 01:29:09,772 Everyone gets told they're worthless, you know what I mean. 1999 01:29:09,807 --> 01:29:11,103 Like, you've gotta prove it, ain't you? 2000 01:29:11,138 --> 01:29:12,940 Maybe one day they'll sit up and listen. 2001 01:29:12,975 --> 01:29:15,481 As you were, Alan. 2002 01:29:15,516 --> 01:29:17,450 What's he like, eh? 2003 01:29:17,485 --> 01:29:18,781 And I'd lost Joe. 2004 01:29:18,816 --> 01:29:20,618 Creation was becoming too corporate 2005 01:29:20,653 --> 01:29:23,423 for our in-house anarchist. 2006 01:29:23,458 --> 01:29:26,118 I think this is as much as Dick could squeeze out, you know. 2007 01:29:26,153 --> 01:29:28,758 I'm sure it's a fortune. 2008 01:29:28,793 --> 01:29:30,089 Please stay. 2009 01:29:30,124 --> 01:29:34,126 Nah, not for me. 2010 01:29:34,161 --> 01:29:36,733 Bloody rock and roll. 2011 01:29:36,768 --> 01:29:39,670 All them corporate tosspots. 2012 01:29:42,169 --> 01:29:44,972 -Been a blast, though. -Yeah. 2013 01:29:48,175 --> 01:29:51,110 ♪ Here they come ♪ 2014 01:29:51,145 --> 01:29:53,453 ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 2015 01:29:53,488 --> 01:29:54,751 Come on! 2016 01:29:54,786 --> 01:29:57,083 ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 2017 01:29:57,118 --> 01:29:58,623 ♪ The part time punks ♪ 2018 01:29:58,658 --> 01:30:00,526 ♪ The part time punks! ♪ 2019 01:30:00,561 --> 01:30:03,056 ♪ Here they come! 2020 01:30:03,091 --> 01:30:05,630 ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 2021 01:30:05,665 --> 01:30:08,600 ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 2022 01:30:08,635 --> 01:30:10,503 ♪ The part time punks ♪ 2023 01:30:10,538 --> 01:30:11,702 ALAN: And there he went, 2024 01:30:11,737 --> 01:30:13,572 the world's wealthiest anarchist. 2025 01:30:13,607 --> 01:30:15,871 And in true unconventional style, 2026 01:30:15,906 --> 01:30:17,906 went on to marry a midget. 2027 01:30:17,941 --> 01:30:20,645 You know what, Ed? 2028 01:30:20,680 --> 01:30:26,750 I just realized I don't know any of these people. 2029 01:30:28,787 --> 01:30:30,721 You resented Sony. 2030 01:30:30,756 --> 01:30:32,217 ALAN: No, it wasn't resentment. 2031 01:30:32,252 --> 01:30:36,925 It was more I'd given my favorite toy to the big boys. 2032 01:30:36,960 --> 01:30:39,598 Now I had nothing left to play with. 2033 01:30:39,633 --> 01:30:42,964 So, is that when you started getting into politics? 2034 01:30:42,999 --> 01:30:47,133 Well, they do say politics is rock and roll for the ugly. 2035 01:30:47,168 --> 01:30:49,707 I started hooking up with Malcolm McLaren. 2036 01:30:49,742 --> 01:30:51,610 Sex Pistols were my favorite band, 2037 01:30:51,645 --> 01:30:53,073 and I was in awe of him. 2038 01:30:53,108 --> 01:30:55,009 Ennui's a killer, Alan. 2039 01:30:55,044 --> 01:30:59,112 Everything I've done, the shop, the clothes, 2040 01:30:59,147 --> 01:31:03,490 the Sex Pistols, the opera, the hip-hop, the art, 2041 01:31:03,525 --> 01:31:07,494 was all a reaction against boredom. 2042 01:31:07,529 --> 01:31:09,925 Since man learned to harness fire, 2043 01:31:09,960 --> 01:31:12,631 and build shelter and clothe and feed himself, 2044 01:31:12,666 --> 01:31:14,963 boredom reared its ugly head. 2045 01:31:14,998 --> 01:31:23,070 All creativity, all culture is a reaction against boredom. 2046 01:31:23,105 --> 01:31:28,581 You've done hedonism, and you need to find something 2047 01:31:28,616 --> 01:31:34,081 to stop you from falling into that claustrophobic comfort. 2048 01:31:34,116 --> 01:31:37,887 We are alchemists... 2049 01:31:37,922 --> 01:31:40,692 of magical stuff. 2050 01:31:40,727 --> 01:31:46,731 We take boredom, and we weave it into a spectrum. 2051 01:31:46,766 --> 01:31:50,867 A gift that often bestows. 2052 01:31:50,902 --> 01:31:53,133 We are masters 2053 01:31:53,168 --> 01:31:55,806 of other people's destiny. 2054 01:32:01,880 --> 01:32:03,748 You've always voted Labour, right? 2055 01:32:03,783 --> 01:32:05,178 Mom always voted Labour. 2056 01:32:05,213 --> 01:32:06,982 What do you think about this Tony Blair dude? 2057 01:32:07,017 --> 01:32:08,786 I think he's giving them a real chance 2058 01:32:08,821 --> 01:32:10,150 of winning the election. 2059 01:32:10,185 --> 01:32:11,954 Did Noel agree with you? 2060 01:32:11,989 --> 01:32:14,891 [ Chuckles ] Noel's like me. 2061 01:32:14,926 --> 01:32:17,256 Good on him. Listen, we can help. 2062 01:32:17,291 --> 01:32:19,159 They fucking love us. 2063 01:32:19,194 --> 01:32:20,600 They want us to get involved. 2064 01:32:20,635 --> 01:32:22,129 You can't tell him what to do. 2065 01:32:22,164 --> 01:32:24,263 British music brought £8 billion into the... 2066 01:32:24,298 --> 01:32:26,903 But you can lay out the facts and trust that he'll do 2067 01:32:26,938 --> 01:32:28,806 exactly what you want him to do. 2068 01:32:28,841 --> 01:32:30,907 We represent all this cool Britannia bollocks. 2069 01:32:30,942 --> 01:32:32,271 They still didn't win the election. 2070 01:32:32,306 --> 01:32:33,745 But they will this time. 2071 01:32:33,780 --> 01:32:35,241 Obvious it's the right idea. 2072 01:32:35,276 --> 01:32:36,814 PRESENTER: And the winner is... 2073 01:32:36,849 --> 01:32:38,618 Oasis! 2074 01:32:38,653 --> 01:32:40,818 [ Crowd cheering ] 2075 01:32:46,661 --> 01:32:49,992 Politics isn't that much different from entertainment. 2076 01:32:50,027 --> 01:32:52,599 Seven people in this room tonight 2077 01:32:52,634 --> 01:32:55,096 will give a little bit of hope to young in this country. 2078 01:32:55,131 --> 01:32:57,769 That's me, our kid, 2079 01:32:57,804 --> 01:33:00,266 Bonehead, Guigsy, Alan White, 2080 01:33:00,301 --> 01:33:01,806 Alan McGee, 2081 01:33:01,841 --> 01:33:03,170 and Tony Blair. 2082 01:33:03,205 --> 01:33:04,941 And if you've all got anything about you, 2083 01:33:04,976 --> 01:33:06,877 you'll get up there and shake Tony Blair's hand, man. 2084 01:33:06,912 --> 01:33:08,780 Why, because it's like, uh... 2085 01:33:08,815 --> 01:33:10,881 It's like selling an idea, right? 2086 01:33:10,916 --> 01:33:12,311 Correct. 2087 01:33:12,346 --> 01:33:14,016 Packaging... 2088 01:33:14,051 --> 01:33:15,820 and selling. 2089 01:33:17,890 --> 01:33:24,059 [ Upbeat music plays ] 2090 01:33:24,094 --> 01:33:26,226 Ah, Alastair Campbell, Communications Director. 2091 01:33:26,261 --> 01:33:30,868 We spoke on the phone. And you are...Alan McGee. 2092 01:33:30,903 --> 01:33:32,639 Where's Tony? 2093 01:33:32,674 --> 01:33:34,135 ALASTAIR: Oh, Tony can't be with us, I'm afraid. 2094 01:33:34,170 --> 01:33:35,268 Have you met Peter Mandelson? 2095 01:33:35,303 --> 01:33:37,171 -Mandy! -Mmm-hmm. 2096 01:33:37,206 --> 01:33:39,074 We've got Peter to thank for the modernization 2097 01:33:39,109 --> 01:33:40,306 of the Labour Party. 2098 01:33:40,341 --> 01:33:43,375 The man is a political genius. 2099 01:33:43,410 --> 01:33:44,750 Peter, Alan McGee. 2100 01:33:44,785 --> 01:33:45,949 Oh, super! 2101 01:33:45,984 --> 01:33:47,720 Man of the hour. Ah! 2102 01:33:47,755 --> 01:33:49,183 Dying to meet you, Alan. 2103 01:33:49,218 --> 01:33:52,318 Can't tell you how much we appreciate your help. 2104 01:33:52,353 --> 01:33:54,188 [ Reporters shouting ] 2105 01:33:54,223 --> 01:33:55,761 Do you really think that it's a good idea 2106 01:33:55,796 --> 01:33:57,796 for pop stars to get involved in politics? 2107 01:33:57,831 --> 01:34:01,030 Do you think they can influence the future Labour government? 2108 01:34:01,065 --> 01:34:03,230 What's in it for you, McGee? 2109 01:34:03,265 --> 01:34:07,432 Well, we're all big fans of The Oasis and The Blur. 2110 01:34:07,467 --> 01:34:09,335 Blur aren't one of my bands. 2111 01:34:09,370 --> 01:34:12,140 It's all Britpop, isn't it? 2112 01:34:12,175 --> 01:34:15,242 -Spice Girls? -No. 2113 01:34:15,277 --> 01:34:16,980 -MAN: Silly. -[ Chuckles ] Thank you. 2114 01:34:17,015 --> 01:34:20,247 Sweet boy, saving me once again from humiliation. 2115 01:34:20,282 --> 01:34:22,018 Nothing in it for me. 2116 01:34:22,053 --> 01:34:23,382 I pay something called income tax on my earnings. 2117 01:34:23,417 --> 01:34:25,219 They're supposed to be spent helping people 2118 01:34:25,254 --> 01:34:26,726 less fortunate than me. 2119 01:34:26,761 --> 01:34:28,354 I just want to see others given a chance. 2120 01:34:28,389 --> 01:34:30,092 Not what I was expecting at all. 2121 01:34:30,127 --> 01:34:31,192 I'm sure. 2122 01:34:31,227 --> 01:34:32,424 I can't imagine any of this lot 2123 01:34:32,459 --> 01:34:35,427 on a picket line or a demonstration. 2124 01:34:37,233 --> 01:34:40,773 New Labour. Modernization. 2125 01:34:40,808 --> 01:34:42,368 Can you understand why some people might think 2126 01:34:42,403 --> 01:34:44,205 that this is a publicity stunt? 2127 01:34:44,240 --> 01:34:45,844 Some sort of hype? 2128 01:34:45,879 --> 01:34:47,879 Creation Records doesn't need any hype. 2129 01:34:47,914 --> 01:34:50,409 We look after the biggest band on the planet. 2130 01:34:50,444 --> 01:34:52,444 Alastair is going to want to talk to you 2131 01:34:52,479 --> 01:34:54,886 about the campaign song. 2132 01:34:54,921 --> 01:34:57,020 We're expecting great things. 2133 01:34:57,055 --> 01:34:58,758 FEMALE REPORTER: Does this mean that you might possibly stand 2134 01:34:58,793 --> 01:35:00,023 for election yourself one day? 2135 01:35:00,058 --> 01:35:01,255 -Me?! -I think Alan... 2136 01:35:01,290 --> 01:35:03,092 Are you taking the fucking piss? 2137 01:35:03,127 --> 01:35:04,830 [ Laughter ] 2138 01:35:04,865 --> 01:35:06,359 That's all the questions we're gonna answer right now. 2139 01:35:06,394 --> 01:35:10,836 -Alan's a very busy man. -[ Reporters clamoring ] 2140 01:35:10,871 --> 01:35:13,773 I genuinely believed in Tony Blair. 2141 01:35:13,808 --> 01:35:16,039 He was a man that wanted to progress the party 2142 01:35:16,074 --> 01:35:18,041 without scaring away the working classes. 2143 01:35:18,076 --> 01:35:20,340 D:REAM: ♪ In a different life ♪ 2144 01:35:20,375 --> 01:35:22,342 ♪ In a different light than I did before ♪ 2145 01:35:22,377 --> 01:35:24,883 ♪ And I've found the cause ♪ 2146 01:35:24,918 --> 01:35:26,247 That's the campaign song he chose. 2147 01:35:26,282 --> 01:35:27,952 Mmm-hmm. 2148 01:35:27,987 --> 01:35:30,020 It's house music for people who hate house music. 2149 01:35:30,055 --> 01:35:32,385 Well, somebody in Peter's team 2150 01:35:32,420 --> 01:35:35,993 suggested that maybe Oasis could do a cover of it 2151 01:35:36,028 --> 01:35:37,390 for the campaign theme. 2152 01:35:37,425 --> 01:35:39,326 D:REAM: ♪ Things can only get better ♪ 2153 01:35:39,361 --> 01:35:41,394 Let's face it, that's shite. 2154 01:35:41,429 --> 01:35:45,838 D:REAM: ♪ Can only get better now ♪ 2155 01:35:45,873 --> 01:35:49,435 ♪ Can only get better ♪ 2156 01:35:50,812 --> 01:35:52,944 Under a Labour government, 2157 01:35:52,979 --> 01:35:56,046 things can only get better. 2158 01:35:56,081 --> 01:36:00,545 D:REAM: ♪ Things can only get better ♪ 2159 01:36:00,580 --> 01:36:04,318 ♪ Can only get better ♪ 2160 01:36:04,353 --> 01:36:08,421 ♪ Now I found you ♪ 2161 01:36:08,456 --> 01:36:10,324 ♪ Things can only get, can only get ♪ 2162 01:36:10,359 --> 01:36:13,195 ALAN: We helped them win. 2163 01:36:13,230 --> 01:36:14,999 We were invited to the podium. 2164 01:36:15,034 --> 01:36:17,100 Everybody saw us on TV. 2165 01:36:17,135 --> 01:36:19,938 It was all part of the circus. 2166 01:36:22,206 --> 01:36:24,437 But then came the invite 2167 01:36:24,472 --> 01:36:26,109 to Chequers. 2168 01:36:26,144 --> 01:36:27,880 The very private country residence 2169 01:36:27,915 --> 01:36:29,948 of the incumbent prime minister. 2170 01:36:29,983 --> 01:36:31,950 Hello, hello. 2171 01:36:31,985 --> 01:36:35,382 ALAN: To walk in the footsteps of leaders and kings, 2172 01:36:35,417 --> 01:36:38,121 like Churchill, Eisenhower, Gorbachev. 2173 01:36:38,156 --> 01:36:40,222 Did you know Tony used to be in a band? 2174 01:36:40,257 --> 01:36:41,894 Yes, I heard about that. 2175 01:36:41,929 --> 01:36:45,260 Great thinkers and world leaders discussed means of peace 2176 01:36:45,295 --> 01:36:48,560 and laws for the betterment of mankind. 2177 01:36:48,595 --> 01:36:52,839 Now, Kate, come and let me show you around our little pad. 2178 01:36:52,874 --> 01:36:55,567 You'll love it. See you boys later. 2179 01:36:55,602 --> 01:36:57,305 ALAN: A wee ginger tool from Glasgow... 2180 01:36:57,340 --> 01:36:58,878 What a place you've got here, Tony. 2181 01:36:58,913 --> 01:37:00,506 Oh, it's a bit ostentatious for my taste, 2182 01:37:00,541 --> 01:37:01,914 but, yes, I suppose it is magnificent. 2183 01:37:01,949 --> 01:37:03,278 ALAN: ...in the court of kings. 2184 01:37:03,313 --> 01:37:05,115 We need to get started on this new deal 2185 01:37:05,150 --> 01:37:08,052 for unemployed musicians as soon as possible, please. 2186 01:37:08,087 --> 01:37:10,384 Right, yes, uh... Chris Smith's your man. 2187 01:37:10,419 --> 01:37:12,122 -He's not here. -JIMMY: Now then. Now then! 2188 01:37:12,157 --> 01:37:15,026 -[ Chuckles ] -TONY: Sir Jimmy. 2189 01:37:15,061 --> 01:37:16,962 Anthony, Anthony, Anthony, my dear boy. 2190 01:37:16,997 --> 01:37:20,933 -TONY: Ah! -JIMMY: Oh! 2191 01:37:20,968 --> 01:37:22,528 TONY: Oh, have you met Alan McGee? 2192 01:37:22,563 --> 01:37:24,530 JIMMY: I do not believe he has had the pleasure. 2193 01:37:24,565 --> 01:37:26,972 ALAN: Jimmy Savile. 2194 01:37:27,007 --> 01:37:28,303 Alright? 2195 01:37:28,338 --> 01:37:31,944 JIMMY: Um, Mr. Brit-pop, I presume. 2196 01:37:31,979 --> 01:37:34,111 ALAN: Everyone in music knew. Malcolm told me. 2197 01:37:34,146 --> 01:37:36,311 Johnny Rotten even said it on the BBC in the '70s. 2198 01:37:36,346 --> 01:37:38,181 JIMMY: Sir James... 2199 01:37:38,216 --> 01:37:40,315 ALAN: It's hard to believe all these royals 2200 01:37:40,350 --> 01:37:42,185 and politicians didn't know. 2201 01:37:42,220 --> 01:37:44,253 -[ Laughing ] -Excuse me. 2202 01:37:44,288 --> 01:37:46,420 JIMMY: Eh? Oh, yes. The little girl's room 2203 01:37:46,455 --> 01:37:48,323 is just across the hall, young lady. 2204 01:37:48,358 --> 01:37:50,028 You'll get used to the lie of the land, 2205 01:37:50,063 --> 01:37:52,162 over the course of the weekend. 2206 01:37:52,197 --> 01:37:55,264 CHERIE: Tony's band was called Ugly Rumour. 2207 01:37:55,299 --> 01:37:57,596 TONY BLAIR: That's right. 2208 01:37:57,631 --> 01:37:59,433 ALAN: Jimmy Savile, 2209 01:37:59,468 --> 01:38:02,975 one of the most prolific child rapists in history. 2210 01:38:03,010 --> 01:38:05,010 Did you see the way Blair was sucking up to him? 2211 01:38:05,045 --> 01:38:06,979 Oh, he makes my skin crawl. 2212 01:38:07,014 --> 01:38:09,641 You don't understand, that beast is the sickest cunt 2213 01:38:09,676 --> 01:38:12,182 in show business. 2214 01:38:12,217 --> 01:38:14,481 What have we done? 2215 01:38:16,958 --> 01:38:18,650 Try the chamomile tea. It's out of this world. 2216 01:38:18,685 --> 01:38:22,291 See, this decade, it started with a bang, 2217 01:38:22,326 --> 01:38:26,064 and ended with an explosion. 2218 01:38:26,099 --> 01:38:27,494 What we wrestled out of the hands 2219 01:38:27,529 --> 01:38:30,332 of the dullest cunts on earth... 2220 01:38:30,367 --> 01:38:33,500 got taken back, and they weren't losing it again. 2221 01:38:35,405 --> 01:38:40,111 Corporate disguised itself as hipster, 2222 01:38:40,146 --> 01:38:42,080 and indie... 2223 01:38:42,115 --> 01:38:44,951 just disappeared. 2224 01:38:44,986 --> 01:38:47,316 They were gonna do whatever they wanted, 2225 01:38:47,351 --> 01:38:50,253 no matter what the people thought. 2226 01:38:50,288 --> 01:38:52,123 GEMMA: My next guest on the couch 2227 01:38:52,158 --> 01:38:54,686 is music industry guru, kingpin, 2228 01:38:54,721 --> 01:38:57,128 and former head of Creation Records, 2229 01:38:57,163 --> 01:38:59,295 who brought us the likes of Primal Scream, 2230 01:38:59,330 --> 01:39:02,661 Jesus and Mary Chain, and, of course, Oasis. 2231 01:39:02,696 --> 01:39:06,467 He's political, occasionally controversial, 2232 01:39:06,502 --> 01:39:08,733 and he's a great friend. 2233 01:39:08,768 --> 01:39:12,275 He is, of course, Mr. Alan McGee. 2234 01:39:12,310 --> 01:39:14,013 PRODUCER: And roll VT. 2235 01:39:14,048 --> 01:39:15,608 ALAN: Beaming lights. 2236 01:39:15,643 --> 01:39:17,984 PRESENTER: Alan McGee, the man with a masterplan, 2237 01:39:18,019 --> 01:39:20,415 whose Creation Records went supersonic 2238 01:39:20,450 --> 01:39:23,154 by taking him from Brit Rail employee 2239 01:39:23,189 --> 01:39:24,991 to Britpop president. 2240 01:39:25,026 --> 01:39:26,685 But some might say he went 2241 01:39:26,720 --> 01:39:29,028 from rolling with it to rolling in it, 2242 01:39:29,063 --> 01:39:32,295 by selling his shares little by little to Sony 2243 01:39:32,330 --> 01:39:33,659 before collapsing the label. 2244 01:39:33,694 --> 01:39:35,199 -Did he slide away? -Whoa. 2245 01:39:35,234 --> 01:39:37,201 Wait a minute, whoa. Is this a stitch-up? 2246 01:39:37,236 --> 01:39:38,631 PRESENTER: Leaving the bands 2247 01:39:38,666 --> 01:39:40,369 all around the world without contracts. 2248 01:39:40,404 --> 01:39:41,667 -No. -What is your first question? 2249 01:39:41,702 --> 01:39:43,570 PRESENTER: One thing's for sure. 2250 01:39:43,605 --> 01:39:47,046 Creation Records didn't live forever, know what I mean? 2251 01:39:47,081 --> 01:39:49,279 Stop that racket. 2252 01:39:49,314 --> 01:39:52,183 You can edit it in afterwards. What's your first question? 2253 01:39:52,218 --> 01:39:55,450 Uh, what happened with Creation? 2254 01:39:55,485 --> 01:39:57,419 Why did you shut it down? 2255 01:40:01,524 --> 01:40:04,558 It was mine. I made it. 2256 01:40:04,593 --> 01:40:06,395 I folded it. No one got hurt. 2257 01:40:06,430 --> 01:40:09,068 Most of the bands got re-signed to Sony. 2258 01:40:09,103 --> 01:40:10,762 We didn't need Creation anymore. 2259 01:40:10,797 --> 01:40:13,402 Yeah, but why kill it? 2260 01:40:13,437 --> 01:40:16,207 -It doesn't make any sense. -Why not? 2261 01:40:16,242 --> 01:40:19,474 Look, I built the biggest independent record company 2262 01:40:19,509 --> 01:40:21,344 out of nothing. 2263 01:40:21,379 --> 01:40:24,512 I discovered and signed the world's biggest act 2264 01:40:24,547 --> 01:40:27,383 and reignited a record industry I was told was dying. 2265 01:40:27,418 --> 01:40:32,058 CD sales went up 800% between '89 and '99 2266 01:40:32,093 --> 01:40:34,060 with me on the charts, and overseas sales 2267 01:40:34,095 --> 01:40:35,622 made the UK more money than the motor industry. 2268 01:40:35,657 --> 01:40:38,724 My bands did that, and everyone else, 2269 01:40:38,759 --> 01:40:42,200 Pulp, Blur, Radiohead, benefited. 2270 01:40:42,235 --> 01:40:46,402 I got a whole country into E's and dance music. 2271 01:40:46,437 --> 01:40:49,174 And then I got them into coke and rock and roll. 2272 01:40:49,209 --> 01:40:51,473 And once I'd done that, I got political, 2273 01:40:51,508 --> 01:40:53,541 and went and put some of the biggest cunts 2274 01:40:53,576 --> 01:40:55,510 on God's green earth into government. 2275 01:40:55,545 --> 01:40:58,249 -Mandy Mandelson, what a tool. -[ Whispers ] He said cunt. 2276 01:40:58,284 --> 01:41:01,417 Tony Blair, they made out they cared about social justice, 2277 01:41:01,452 --> 01:41:04,090 when all they cared about was keeping hold of power 2278 01:41:04,125 --> 01:41:06,488 and lining their own pockets. 2279 01:41:06,523 --> 01:41:08,787 Who got them to make a new deal for the musicians? 2280 01:41:08,822 --> 01:41:11,724 I did, despite George Martin's objections. 2281 01:41:11,759 --> 01:41:14,397 That's government policy. I changed that. 2282 01:41:14,432 --> 01:41:17,136 Anyway, Blair had me ex-communicated, 2283 01:41:17,171 --> 01:41:19,831 because I tried to turn Malcolm McLaren 2284 01:41:19,866 --> 01:41:21,338 into Mayor of London. 2285 01:41:21,373 --> 01:41:23,208 Ex-communicated! 2286 01:41:23,243 --> 01:41:24,737 Who does he think he is, the bastard Pope? 2287 01:41:24,772 --> 01:41:26,541 See, you give them a little bit of power, 2288 01:41:26,576 --> 01:41:28,774 they lose all touch with reality. 2289 01:41:28,809 --> 01:41:30,677 Christ, look at me! 2290 01:41:30,712 --> 01:41:34,549 I lost it when I got a bit of power running a record label. 2291 01:41:36,586 --> 01:41:40,225 I know how those fuckers think. 2292 01:41:40,260 --> 01:41:42,359 Look, Gemma. 2293 01:41:44,528 --> 01:41:46,726 There is... 2294 01:41:46,761 --> 01:41:51,401 magic in this world. 2295 01:41:51,436 --> 01:41:52,600 OASIS: ♪ Hold up ♪ 2296 01:41:52,635 --> 01:41:54,668 Some people 2297 01:41:54,703 --> 01:41:57,770 are alchemists. 2298 01:41:57,805 --> 01:41:58,870 OASIS: ♪ Hold up ♪ 2299 01:41:58,905 --> 01:42:00,608 It chooses you. 2300 01:42:00,643 --> 01:42:03,875 You become able to make things happen because of it. 2301 01:42:03,910 --> 01:42:06,548 Able to manifest destiny. 2302 01:42:06,583 --> 01:42:09,650 OASIS: ♪ Don't be scared ♪ 2303 01:42:09,685 --> 01:42:11,421 ♪ You'll never change ♪ 2304 01:42:11,456 --> 01:42:13,225 You see, if I'd fallen off of that ladder 2305 01:42:13,260 --> 01:42:14,886 when I was a kid, 2306 01:42:14,921 --> 01:42:17,922 this world wouldn't be the same. 2307 01:42:17,957 --> 01:42:21,299 Everyone I touched, 2308 01:42:21,334 --> 01:42:23,532 everyone I worked with... 2309 01:42:23,567 --> 01:42:25,600 OASIS: ♪ Shine on ♪ 2310 01:42:25,635 --> 01:42:27,503 ...gone on, been a success. 2311 01:42:27,538 --> 01:42:29,571 ♪ Shine on ♪ 2312 01:42:29,606 --> 01:42:30,605 Even you, Gem. 2313 01:42:30,640 --> 01:42:32,343 ♪ Don't be scared ♪ 2314 01:42:32,378 --> 01:42:33,872 Made millions. 2315 01:42:33,907 --> 01:42:35,181 OASIS: ♪ Don't be scared ♪ 2316 01:42:35,216 --> 01:42:36,710 It's a Midas touch. 2317 01:42:36,745 --> 01:42:40,186 Excuse me if I'm... 2318 01:42:40,221 --> 01:42:43,519 wary of what I apply my skills to next. 2319 01:42:55,500 --> 01:42:56,895 That's a lot to take on board 2320 01:42:56,930 --> 01:42:59,568 for someone that hasn't been in your shoes. 2321 01:43:01,770 --> 01:43:03,770 But why don't you try and change the way 2322 01:43:03,805 --> 01:43:05,508 that you fit into your environment, 2323 01:43:05,543 --> 01:43:09,380 rather than try and change your environment? 2324 01:43:11,681 --> 01:43:14,385 I mean, friends, family. 2325 01:43:14,420 --> 01:43:16,321 Build a bridge. 2326 01:43:16,356 --> 01:43:19,654 Don't try and change the course of the river. 2327 01:43:23,693 --> 01:43:24,725 Hmm. 2328 01:43:24,760 --> 01:43:27,233 [ Scoffs ] 2329 01:43:27,268 --> 01:43:30,335 Yeah, you're right. 2330 01:43:30,370 --> 01:43:32,964 Listen, everybody. Sorry about that. 2331 01:43:32,999 --> 01:43:35,241 [ Scoffs ] I'm a tool. 2332 01:43:35,276 --> 01:43:38,706 Scrap that shite. Let's -- 2333 01:43:38,741 --> 01:43:40,906 Let's go again from the beginning. 2334 01:43:40,941 --> 01:43:42,611 -Huh? -GEMMA: Really? 2335 01:43:42,646 --> 01:43:44,481 Roll VT. Did I say that right? 2336 01:43:44,516 --> 01:43:46,780 -PRODUCER: Roll VT. -Alright. 2337 01:43:46,815 --> 01:43:52,489 My guest on the couch is music industry guru, kingpin, 2338 01:43:52,524 --> 01:43:54,557 and former head of Creation Records... 2339 01:43:54,592 --> 01:43:56,625 ALAN: See, I don't really believe 2340 01:43:56,660 --> 01:43:59,925 it's about bridges or rivers. 2341 01:43:59,960 --> 01:44:01,960 It took me a long time to realize. 2342 01:44:01,995 --> 01:44:04,402 I see that thing you push against... 2343 01:44:04,437 --> 01:44:06,338 Dad! 2344 01:44:06,373 --> 01:44:07,537 Dad! Dad! 2345 01:44:07,572 --> 01:44:09,275 ...that's the same thing 2346 01:44:09,310 --> 01:44:12,003 that's pushing you forward. 2347 01:44:12,038 --> 01:44:15,578 And it can sometimes be the wall 2348 01:44:15,613 --> 01:44:17,481 that's propping you up. 2349 01:44:17,516 --> 01:44:19,912 [ Singing off-key ] ♪ There are many things that ♪ 2350 01:44:19,947 --> 01:44:22,915 ♪ I would like to say to you ♪ 2351 01:44:22,950 --> 01:44:25,687 ♪ But I don't know how ♪ 2352 01:44:25,722 --> 01:44:27,590 [ Oasis' "Wonderwall" plays ] 2353 01:44:27,625 --> 01:44:31,726 OASIS: ♪ I said maybe ♪ 2354 01:44:31,761 --> 01:44:37,061 ♪ You're gonna be the one that saves me ♪ 2355 01:44:37,096 --> 01:44:42,066 ♪ And after all ♪ 2356 01:44:42,101 --> 01:44:49,513 ♪ You're my wonderwall ♪ 2357 01:44:49,548 --> 01:44:53,319 ♪ I said maybe ♪ 2358 01:44:53,354 --> 01:44:54,551 ♪ You're gonna be the one that saves me ♪ 2359 01:44:54,586 --> 01:44:55,915 ALAN: So be a punk, 2360 01:44:55,950 --> 01:44:58,720 be a poet, be political, 2361 01:44:58,755 --> 01:45:01,459 be posh, be proud, 2362 01:45:01,494 --> 01:45:03,857 or be poor. 2363 01:45:03,892 --> 01:45:06,365 But be a rebel always. 2364 01:45:06,400 --> 01:45:08,928 OASIS: ♪ You're my wonderwall ♪ 2365 01:45:08,963 --> 01:45:12,030 ALAN: 'Cause there's always something to rebel for. 2366 01:45:12,065 --> 01:45:15,836 OASIS: ♪ I said maybe ♪ 2367 01:45:15,871 --> 01:45:21,380 ♪ You're gonna be the one that saves me ♪ 2368 01:45:21,415 --> 01:45:24,482 ♪ You're gonna be the one that saves me ♪ 2369 01:45:24,517 --> 01:45:26,550 ♪ You're gonna be the one ♪ 2370 01:45:26,585 --> 01:45:28,618 ALAN: Thank you, Glasgow. Goodnight. 2371 01:45:28,653 --> 01:45:32,820 ♪ You're gonna be the one that saves me ♪ 2372 01:45:49,036 --> 01:45:51,069 [ Glasvegas' "Shake The Cage (fur Theo)" plays ] 2373 01:45:51,104 --> 01:45:52,807 ♪ Start ♪ 2374 01:45:52,842 --> 01:45:54,006 ♪ Breathe ♪ 2375 01:45:54,041 --> 01:45:55,480 ♪ Hatch ♪ 2376 01:45:55,515 --> 01:45:56,679 ♪ Begin ♪ 2377 01:45:56,714 --> 01:45:58,582 ♪ See ♪ 2378 01:45:58,617 --> 01:46:00,144 ♪ Dream ♪ 2379 01:46:00,179 --> 01:46:02,047 ♪ Come ♪ 2380 01:46:02,082 --> 01:46:03,015 ♪ Go ♪ 2381 01:46:03,050 --> 01:46:04,654 ♪ Appear ♪ 2382 01:46:04,689 --> 01:46:05,985 ♪ Disappear ♪ 2383 01:46:06,020 --> 01:46:07,723 ♪ Reappear ♪ 2384 01:46:07,758 --> 01:46:09,395 ♪ Remember the future ♪ 2385 01:46:09,430 --> 01:46:10,759 ♪ Predict the present ♪ 2386 01:46:10,794 --> 01:46:12,156 ♪ Guess, win ♪ 2387 01:46:12,191 --> 01:46:13,762 ♪ Guess, lose ♪ 2388 01:46:13,797 --> 01:46:15,467 ♪ Guess more ♪ 2389 01:46:15,502 --> 01:46:16,864 ♪ Guess lest ♪ 2390 01:46:16,899 --> 01:46:18,602 ♪ Rev, rev, rev, say yes ♪ 2391 01:46:18,637 --> 01:46:19,966 ♪ Observe ♪ 2392 01:46:20,001 --> 01:46:21,605 ♪ Understand ♪ 2393 01:46:21,640 --> 01:46:23,035 ♪ Look ♪ 2394 01:46:23,070 --> 01:46:24,575 ♪ Look ♪ 2395 01:46:24,610 --> 01:46:26,071 ♪ Lock, snap ♪ 2396 01:46:26,106 --> 01:46:27,776 ♪ Hang photographs ♪ 2397 01:46:27,811 --> 01:46:29,173 ♪ Crawl ♪ 2398 01:46:29,208 --> 01:46:31,010 ♪ Crawl ♪ 2399 01:46:31,045 --> 01:46:32,583 ♪ Crawl ♪ 2400 01:46:32,618 --> 01:46:33,881 ♪ Rise ♪ 2401 01:46:33,916 --> 01:46:35,146 ♪ Cry ♪ 2402 01:46:35,181 --> 01:46:36,851 ♪ Stand ♪ 2403 01:46:36,886 --> 01:46:38,589 ♪ Step ♪ 2404 01:46:38,624 --> 01:46:40,118 ♪ Step-fall ♪ 2405 01:46:40,153 --> 01:46:41,724 ♪ Cry ♪ 2406 01:46:41,759 --> 01:46:43,088 ♪ Laugh ♪ 2407 01:46:43,123 --> 01:46:44,661 ♪ Cry with laughter ♪ 2408 01:46:44,696 --> 01:46:46,190 ♪ Stand alone ♪ 2409 01:46:46,225 --> 01:46:47,598 ♪ Run ♪ 2410 01:46:47,633 --> 01:46:49,534 ♪ Speed ♪ 2411 01:46:49,569 --> 01:46:50,898 ♪ Race ♪ 2412 01:46:50,933 --> 01:46:52,570 ♪ Fall ♪ 2413 01:46:52,605 --> 01:46:54,033 ♪ Forget ♪ 2414 01:46:54,068 --> 01:46:55,639 ♪ Bleed ♪ 2415 01:46:55,674 --> 01:46:57,102 ♪ Read ♪ 2416 01:46:57,137 --> 01:46:58,774 ♪ Heal ♪ 2417 01:46:58,809 --> 01:47:00,138 ♪ Need ♪ 2418 01:47:00,173 --> 01:47:01,876 ♪ Imagine ♪ 2419 01:47:01,911 --> 01:47:03,515 ♪ Help ♪ 2420 01:47:03,550 --> 01:47:07,486 ♪ Wear trousers under a skirt ♪ 2421 01:47:07,521 --> 01:47:09,015 ♪ Travel ♪ 2422 01:47:09,050 --> 01:47:10,753 ♪ Unravel ♪ 2423 01:47:10,788 --> 01:47:12,755 ♪ Eclipse your world ♪ 2424 01:47:12,790 --> 01:47:14,493 ♪ Collect ♪ 2425 01:47:14,528 --> 01:47:15,857 ♪ Reflect ♪ 2426 01:47:15,892 --> 01:47:17,529 ♪ Expect ♪ 2427 01:47:17,564 --> 01:47:18,893 ♪ Release ♪ 2428 01:47:18,928 --> 01:47:20,598 ♪ Disconnect ♪ 2429 01:47:20,633 --> 01:47:22,127 ♪ Perfect ♪ 2430 01:47:22,162 --> 01:47:23,601 ♪ Play ♪ 2431 01:47:23,636 --> 01:47:25,130 ♪ Speak ♪ 2432 01:47:25,165 --> 01:47:26,736 ♪ Sting ♪ 2433 01:47:26,771 --> 01:47:28,166 ♪ Bleed ♪ 2434 01:47:28,201 --> 01:47:29,640 ♪ Tear ♪ 2435 01:47:29,675 --> 01:47:31,235 ♪ Smash ♪ 2436 01:47:31,270 --> 01:47:32,742 ♪ Break ♪ 2437 01:47:32,777 --> 01:47:34,546 ♪ Admire ♪ 2438 01:47:34,581 --> 01:47:36,042 ♪ Regret ♪ 2439 01:47:36,077 --> 01:47:37,648 ♪ Romanticize ♪ 2440 01:47:37,683 --> 01:47:39,045 ♪ Criticize ♪ 2441 01:47:39,080 --> 01:47:40,684 ♪ Fantasize ♪ 2442 01:47:40,719 --> 01:47:42,246 ♪ Crucify ♪ 2443 01:47:42,281 --> 01:47:43,852 ♪ Watch time fly by ♪ 2444 01:47:43,887 --> 01:47:45,051 ♪ Wonder why ♪ 2445 01:47:45,086 --> 01:47:46,789 ♪ Hardly try ♪ 2446 01:47:46,824 --> 01:47:48,494 ♪ Propel high ♪ 2447 01:47:48,529 --> 01:47:49,858 ♪ Tighten ♪ 2448 01:47:49,893 --> 01:47:51,530 ♪ Enlighten ♪ 2449 01:47:51,565 --> 01:47:53,191 ♪ Feel threatened ♪ 2450 01:47:53,226 --> 01:47:54,764 ♪ Dance ♪ 2451 01:47:54,799 --> 01:47:57,701 ♪ Doubt ♪ 2452 01:47:57,736 --> 01:47:59,230 ♪ Dance ♪ 2453 01:47:59,265 --> 01:48:00,803 ♪ Enchant ♪ 2454 01:48:00,838 --> 01:48:02,508 ♪ Spread love ♪ 2455 01:48:02,543 --> 01:48:03,872 ♪ Speak above ♪ 2456 01:48:03,907 --> 01:48:05,511 ♪ Stand on a wave ♪ 2457 01:48:05,546 --> 01:48:07,579 ♪ Calculate quantum mechanics ♪ 2458 01:48:07,614 --> 01:48:08,745 ♪ Surf ♪ 2459 01:48:08,780 --> 01:48:10,549 ♪ Dance ♪ 2460 01:48:10,584 --> 01:48:11,781 ♪ Believe in trance ♪ 2461 01:48:11,816 --> 01:48:13,244 ♪ Escape ♪ 2462 01:48:13,279 --> 01:48:15,015 ♪ Make love ♪ 2463 01:48:15,050 --> 01:48:16,522 ♪ Not war ♪ 2464 01:48:16,557 --> 01:48:17,952 ♪ Stand up for ♪ 2465 01:48:17,987 --> 01:48:19,558 ♪ Fly a kite ♪ 2466 01:48:19,593 --> 01:48:21,087 ♪ And speak the light ♪ 2467 01:48:21,122 --> 01:48:22,726 ♪ Hold on tight ♪ 2468 01:48:22,761 --> 01:48:24,057 ♪ Never give up the fight ♪ 2469 01:48:24,092 --> 01:48:25,729 ♪ Trip ♪ 2470 01:48:25,764 --> 01:48:27,093 ♪ Be inappropriate ♪ 2471 01:48:27,128 --> 01:48:28,831 ♪ Stay there ♪ 2472 01:48:28,866 --> 01:48:30,261 ♪ Transmit ♪ 2473 01:48:30,296 --> 01:48:31,834 ♪ Commit ♪ 2474 01:48:31,869 --> 01:48:33,297 ♪ Be fully wrong ♪ 2475 01:48:33,332 --> 01:48:34,870 ♪ Rise ♪ 2476 01:48:34,905 --> 01:48:36,641 ♪ Brave ♪ 2477 01:48:36,676 --> 01:48:38,038 ♪ Keep the faith ♪ 2478 01:48:38,073 --> 01:48:39,776 ♪ Explain ♪ 2479 01:48:39,811 --> 01:48:41,107 ♪ Remain the same ♪ 2480 01:48:41,142 --> 01:48:42,779 ♪ Evolve again ♪ 2481 01:48:42,814 --> 01:48:44,176 ♪ Philosophize ♪ 2482 01:48:44,211 --> 01:48:45,947 ♪ Surprise ♪ 2483 01:48:45,982 --> 01:48:47,311 ♪ Teach me how ♪ 2484 01:48:47,346 --> 01:48:48,917 ♪ Roll dice ♪ 2485 01:48:48,952 --> 01:48:50,556 ♪ Radiate ♪ 2486 01:48:50,591 --> 01:48:51,953 ♪ Investigate ♪ 2487 01:48:51,988 --> 01:48:56,089 ♪ Single-handedly move God's airwaves ♪ 2488 01:48:56,124 --> 01:48:57,662 ♪ Help hurt ♪ 2489 01:48:57,697 --> 01:48:59,290 ♪ Help help ♪ 2490 01:48:59,325 --> 01:49:00,863 ♪ Help hate ♪ 2491 01:49:00,898 --> 01:49:02,326 ♪ Her love ♪ 2492 01:49:02,361 --> 01:49:03,899 ♪ Help hurt ♪ 2493 01:49:03,934 --> 01:49:05,604 ♪ Disturb ♪ 2494 01:49:05,639 --> 01:49:06,968 ♪ Operate ♪ 2495 01:49:07,003 --> 01:49:08,673 ♪ Don't do ♪ 2496 01:49:08,708 --> 01:49:10,202 ♪ Do ♪ 2497 01:49:10,237 --> 01:49:11,742 ♪ Don't ♪ 2498 01:49:11,777 --> 01:49:13,271 ♪ Accept ♪ 2499 01:49:13,306 --> 01:49:14,976 ♪ Struggle ♪ 2500 01:49:15,011 --> 01:49:16,307 ♪ Produce ♪ 2501 01:49:16,342 --> 01:49:18,045 ♪ Experiment ♪ 2502 01:49:18,080 --> 01:49:19,310 ♪ Break on through ♪ 2503 01:49:19,345 --> 01:49:20,850 ♪ Alter ♪ 2504 01:49:20,885 --> 01:49:22,918 ♪ Give-get-get ♪ 2505 01:49:22,953 --> 01:49:26,251 ♪ Offer ♪ 2506 01:49:31,093 --> 01:49:36,294 [ Music fades ] 170671

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