1 00:00:16,636 --> 00:00:19,423 History teaches us that men behave wisely... 2 00:00:19,681 --> 00:00:22,386 ...once they've exhausted all other alternatives. 3 00:00:22,643 --> 00:00:25,976 For most rock bands, the pursuit of wisdom's a low priority... 4 00:00:26,229 --> 00:00:29,264 ...compared to fame, fortune and fornication. 5 00:00:29,523 --> 00:00:31,682 Such a band was "Strange Fruit. " 6 00:00:31,943 --> 00:00:35,526 - You said this is an important gig! - It is! 7 00:00:35,780 --> 00:00:38,353 It's a waterlogged field miles from anywhere. 8 00:00:38,616 --> 00:00:42,068 I was the road dog 20 years ago when they played the Wisbech Rock Festival. 9 00:00:42,329 --> 00:00:45,081 There's 20,000 fans out there waiting for you. 10 00:00:45,330 --> 00:00:47,822 They can't go anywhere. They're up to their bollocks in mud. 11 00:00:48,083 --> 00:00:50,753 We should sing "Painted Lady" as a tribute to Keith. 12 00:00:51,004 --> 00:00:52,249 Why? What's the point? 13 00:00:52,506 --> 00:00:54,913 It's two years since he passed on. 14 00:00:55,175 --> 00:00:58,874 He didn't "pass on. " He OD'd in a Little Chef. 15 00:00:59,136 --> 00:01:01,759 Nice thought, but it'll bring everybody down. 16 00:01:02,015 --> 00:01:03,889 You told us we'd close the night. 17 00:01:04,142 --> 00:01:07,641 No, I didn't. I said you'd go on after Blodwyn Pig and Uriah Heep. 18 00:01:07,894 --> 00:01:08,927 What about Mott the Hoople? 19 00:01:09,190 --> 00:01:11,182 I can't move that. It's a done deal. 20 00:01:11,442 --> 00:01:14,229 We're the Fruits, Neil. We're the Fruits! 21 00:01:14,486 --> 00:01:16,894 - You should be on stage. - Without Brian? 22 00:01:17,155 --> 00:01:19,647 Where is he? And where's Karen? 23 00:01:19,908 --> 00:01:21,237 It's a question of stature. 24 00:01:21,493 --> 00:01:23,782 You have to consider where we stand in the overall spectrum. 25 00:01:24,037 --> 00:01:25,151 Where do we, Ray? 26 00:01:25,413 --> 00:01:26,955 Above Mott the fucking Hoople. 27 00:01:27,206 --> 00:01:30,124 We're on at 3 a.m. No one will be awake. 28 00:01:30,377 --> 00:01:31,787 Lindisfarne went on in daylight. 29 00:01:32,045 --> 00:01:34,915 So they should, they're fucking folk singers! 30 00:01:35,173 --> 00:01:38,460 What's he on? Horse tranquilizers? 31 00:01:38,719 --> 00:01:41,424 - You were to look after him, Karen. - I never let him out of my sight. 32 00:01:41,681 --> 00:01:44,715 Forget about the album and all that negative press stuff. 33 00:01:44,974 --> 00:01:46,005 Go out there. 34 00:01:46,267 --> 00:01:49,684 Remind them what the Fruits were, are, will be! 35 00:01:49,938 --> 00:01:52,856 You've been very patient, but it's worth waiting for. 36 00:01:53,108 --> 00:01:54,768 I know you want to see the guys. 37 00:01:55,027 --> 00:01:58,028 So let's hear it for Strange Fruit! 38 00:02:13,504 --> 00:02:14,914 Watch where you turn 39 00:02:15,172 --> 00:02:16,418 It might be today 40 00:02:20,053 --> 00:02:21,250 For fuck's sake! 41 00:02:21,512 --> 00:02:22,922 You lose your head 42 00:02:23,430 --> 00:02:24,711 Then just throw it away 43 00:02:34,650 --> 00:02:36,478 It was their last gig. 44 00:02:36,736 --> 00:02:38,016 Divine intervention... 45 00:02:38,279 --> 00:02:39,821 ...pulled the plug on the Fruits. 46 00:02:40,614 --> 00:02:42,606 I think God just got sick of... 47 00:02:42,866 --> 00:02:44,409 ...all that 70s excess. 48 00:02:44,661 --> 00:02:47,068 That's why He invented The Sex Pistols. 49 00:02:47,371 --> 00:02:48,866 That ought to tell us something. 50 00:03:00,300 --> 00:03:04,464 So they went their separate ways, dragging their dwindling royalties... 51 00:03:04,722 --> 00:03:06,880 ...and bruised egos behind them. 52 00:03:07,140 --> 00:03:08,421 Tony sold his Yamaha... 53 00:03:09,144 --> 00:03:12,726 ...but he still puts "rock star" as his job description. 54 00:03:12,981 --> 00:03:14,773 Mind you, for the last few years... 55 00:03:15,025 --> 00:03:18,191 ...no one's been quite sure what it is he actually does. 56 00:03:20,196 --> 00:03:21,109 Tony Costello? 57 00:03:22,782 --> 00:03:24,028 Maybe. 58 00:03:24,325 --> 00:03:25,274 Who wants to know? 59 00:03:26,494 --> 00:03:28,404 Strange Fruit, right? 60 00:03:28,830 --> 00:03:30,028 Steve Greenblatt. 61 00:03:30,289 --> 00:03:31,665 Big fan of yours, Tony. 62 00:03:31,917 --> 00:03:33,826 God, this is amazing. 63 00:03:34,085 --> 00:03:35,877 My dad put on the Wisbech Rock Festival. 64 00:03:36,088 --> 00:03:37,711 Yeah? No kidding? 65 00:03:37,964 --> 00:03:39,339 Can I buy you a drink? 66 00:03:40,091 --> 00:03:42,298 Maybe later. I have some business. 67 00:03:43,761 --> 00:03:46,928 You live here? Retired to the sun, eh? 68 00:03:47,182 --> 00:03:48,759 Lucky you. 69 00:03:52,979 --> 00:03:54,225 - How's business? - Slow. 70 00:03:55,981 --> 00:03:58,057 English are not here. 71 00:03:58,817 --> 00:04:01,309 Bloody hell, things are slow. 72 00:04:07,201 --> 00:04:09,824 Karen still had ink on her fingers from school... 73 00:04:10,081 --> 00:04:11,788 ...when she went to work for the Fruits. 74 00:04:12,041 --> 00:04:13,416 Started by sorting their laundry. 75 00:04:13,668 --> 00:04:16,418 By Wisbech, she was sorting their lives. 76 00:04:16,669 --> 00:04:19,755 They treated her like crap, but she loved the music... 77 00:04:20,007 --> 00:04:21,252 ...and idolized Brian. 78 00:04:21,508 --> 00:04:23,715 That bastard was a near-genius... 79 00:04:23,969 --> 00:04:27,219 ...but hell-bent on going the way of his brother Keith... 80 00:04:27,472 --> 00:04:30,391 ...already dead from a drug overdose. 81 00:04:30,643 --> 00:04:31,674 Baby? 82 00:04:31,936 --> 00:04:33,051 Get some fucking help! 83 00:04:34,145 --> 00:04:38,309 So she did a complete 180:. Marriage, mortgage, daughter, a divorce. 84 00:04:38,567 --> 00:04:40,358 Welcome to the Viking Hotel. 85 00:04:40,611 --> 00:04:42,484 Everything's set up for you in the Collingwood Suite. 86 00:04:42,738 --> 00:04:45,691 You'll find tea and coffee, leaded and unleaded. 87 00:04:45,949 --> 00:04:49,366 Lunch will be served at 12:30. Thank you. 88 00:04:51,163 --> 00:04:53,285 Brilliant, Karen. I'll buy you a drink later. 89 00:04:53,706 --> 00:04:55,534 Admiral's Locker at six? 90 00:04:58,503 --> 00:05:00,828 He brings 12 conferences a year here. 91 00:05:01,089 --> 00:05:02,833 Give him the benefit of the doubt. 92 00:05:03,092 --> 00:05:04,372 He tries it every time. 93 00:05:04,634 --> 00:05:07,553 What this job needs is a people pleaser. 94 00:05:07,805 --> 00:05:09,216 Sometimes I think you don't even like people. 95 00:05:09,473 --> 00:05:12,593 Pleasing people is letting them touch my arse? 96 00:05:14,227 --> 00:05:18,179 - Can I have the Mitsubishi list? - Hi, babe. What's happening? 97 00:05:22,653 --> 00:05:23,898 Tony! 98 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:26,854 He's the son of the original promoter... 99 00:05:27,117 --> 00:05:29,608 ...of the Wisbech Rock Festival. 100 00:05:31,203 --> 00:05:33,409 He wants to set it up again. 101 00:05:33,663 --> 00:05:36,666 20th anniversary. A lot of the original acts. 102 00:05:37,669 --> 00:05:40,290 - And he wants the Fruits. - Sure. 103 00:05:41,630 --> 00:05:43,089 Come on. Come on! 104 00:05:43,340 --> 00:05:46,046 I'm at work, Tony. What do you want? 105 00:05:46,303 --> 00:05:49,636 I've no idea how to track the guys down. 106 00:05:49,846 --> 00:05:51,424 I could use a little help. 107 00:05:53,809 --> 00:05:56,845 Mitsubishi delegates are wandering around reception like lost sheep. 108 00:05:57,105 --> 00:05:59,643 I'll be with you in one minute. 109 00:06:02,318 --> 00:06:06,648 You can't see this happening? You hated each other in the end. 110 00:06:06,865 --> 00:06:08,442 Hate's a bit heavy. 111 00:06:08,699 --> 00:06:10,775 I need a few phone numbers. That's all. 112 00:06:11,285 --> 00:06:13,742 I owe it to the guys to let them know about it. 113 00:06:13,997 --> 00:06:16,370 Some of them may not be doing so well. 114 00:06:17,250 --> 00:06:19,456 Desperate times best forgotten. 115 00:06:20,628 --> 00:06:23,500 I had enough rock 'n' roll to last a lifetime. 116 00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:27,506 So you gave it all up for this. 117 00:06:49,282 --> 00:06:52,533 Les Wickes was the most pissed off when the band broke up. 118 00:06:52,786 --> 00:06:55,158 He'd been pissed off since Keith died... 119 00:06:55,413 --> 00:06:57,287 ...and Ray Simms replaced him. 120 00:06:57,624 --> 00:06:59,663 He swears he doesn't miss it. 121 00:07:00,085 --> 00:07:01,994 Well, his wife believes him. 122 00:07:02,421 --> 00:07:05,208 You could break your neck in those heels. 123 00:07:05,757 --> 00:07:09,968 There's only two reasons to get you to haul your ass up here. 124 00:07:10,637 --> 00:07:12,714 Either I owe you money... 125 00:07:13,307 --> 00:07:14,137 Or? 126 00:07:14,474 --> 00:07:16,966 Or you want to put the band back together. 127 00:07:17,185 --> 00:07:18,680 We had a shot. 128 00:07:19,312 --> 00:07:21,472 A real shot for greatness. 129 00:07:21,733 --> 00:07:24,271 Don't tell me it hasn't haunted you. 130 00:07:26,277 --> 00:07:27,309 Nope. 131 00:07:27,904 --> 00:07:31,605 I'm just glad I got out when I did. Built up a decent business. 132 00:07:32,493 --> 00:07:34,284 That's Camille talking. 133 00:07:36,997 --> 00:07:38,954 Is it stickier going down? 134 00:07:39,376 --> 00:07:42,045 You wanted it as much as any of us. 135 00:07:42,336 --> 00:07:45,205 Money, hit records, being famous. 136 00:07:45,463 --> 00:07:48,298 Don't tell me this is a step up, Les. 137 00:08:00,312 --> 00:08:02,555 You frightened the life out of me. 138 00:08:03,273 --> 00:08:04,471 What are you doing? 139 00:08:05,776 --> 00:08:07,732 Look at all this stuff. 140 00:08:07,987 --> 00:08:09,315 Should've straightened it out years ago. 141 00:08:10,364 --> 00:08:11,562 Why didn't you? 142 00:08:13,910 --> 00:08:15,701 You might like to wear these. 143 00:08:16,412 --> 00:08:17,907 Oh, God. 144 00:08:58,539 --> 00:09:00,329 Costello Music. Good morning. 145 00:09:00,580 --> 00:09:01,991 Tony, it's me. 146 00:09:02,917 --> 00:09:04,994 Listen, I've just handed in my notice. 147 00:09:05,253 --> 00:09:06,581 You're in? 148 00:09:06,963 --> 00:09:09,536 Fantastic, man. 149 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,343 Can't believe he managed to hang on to this pile. 150 00:09:16,599 --> 00:09:18,722 Ray was always careful with his money. 151 00:09:19,726 --> 00:09:22,643 And I'm dossing down at my sister's flat. 152 00:09:23,479 --> 00:09:26,267 The only thing I have of value is this. 153 00:09:26,567 --> 00:09:27,942 What is it? 154 00:09:28,693 --> 00:09:30,816 Jimi Hendrix's tooth. 155 00:09:31,405 --> 00:09:33,480 There was a fight in a club on Oxford Street. 156 00:09:33,741 --> 00:09:36,113 Somebody planked him and I picked it up. 157 00:09:36,702 --> 00:09:38,445 I knew he was a genius even then. 158 00:09:38,703 --> 00:09:40,696 You think it'd fetch a fortune, right? 159 00:09:40,955 --> 00:09:43,625 Absolutely. No two ways about it. 160 00:09:46,628 --> 00:09:48,501 What's going on here? 161 00:09:49,672 --> 00:09:51,001 Ladies and gentlemen... 162 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:54,378 ...a toast by our host, the father of the bride. 163 00:10:00,391 --> 00:10:01,968 One, two. 164 00:10:05,813 --> 00:10:07,142 Hello, Wembley. 165 00:10:12,614 --> 00:10:14,073 As you know, I'm a man of music... 166 00:10:14,866 --> 00:10:16,442 ...and Tamsin... 167 00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:18,195 ...is a child of song. 168 00:10:20,954 --> 00:10:23,790 She remains one of the best songs I ever wrote. 169 00:10:24,041 --> 00:10:26,034 I think our timing's a bit off. 170 00:10:27,169 --> 00:10:30,004 Well, I should say, co-wrote... 171 00:10:30,256 --> 00:10:31,667 ...with her mother... 172 00:10:31,925 --> 00:10:33,549 ...June, who we're... 173 00:10:34,927 --> 00:10:37,714 ...lucky enough to have with us today. 174 00:10:38,388 --> 00:10:40,179 What was the name of his band? 175 00:10:40,433 --> 00:10:44,181 Trying to remember. It's driving me crazy. 176 00:10:44,436 --> 00:10:45,516 Strange Fruit. 177 00:10:46,813 --> 00:10:48,308 - Strange...? - Fruit. 178 00:10:48,524 --> 00:10:50,517 I'd like to read this, which is... 179 00:10:50,777 --> 00:10:55,188 ...from my first solo album, Taking Wing. 180 00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:56,936 Thank you. 181 00:10:57,907 --> 00:11:00,067 "Love is the heat... 182 00:11:00,703 --> 00:11:02,991 ...that melts the wax of wings. 183 00:11:04,331 --> 00:11:06,241 Fly close to that heat... 184 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,576 ...dear girl, fly close. 185 00:11:09,504 --> 00:11:11,082 For when the smoke clears... 186 00:11:11,339 --> 00:11:13,213 ...what remains? 187 00:11:13,467 --> 00:11:17,049 The sweet kissing breath of lips and thighs... 188 00:11:17,303 --> 00:11:21,467 ...and sky-blue eyes that love. " 189 00:11:41,119 --> 00:11:44,487 - You're ex-directory, obviously. - No, it's cool. 190 00:11:44,747 --> 00:11:47,286 Why don't we talk in the crypt? 191 00:11:48,752 --> 00:11:51,456 Tony's trying to get the Fruits together for a reunion. 192 00:11:53,464 --> 00:11:54,329 Really? 193 00:11:56,174 --> 00:11:58,050 Have you spoken to Les? 194 00:11:58,469 --> 00:12:01,921 We wanted to talk to you first, naturally. 195 00:12:02,181 --> 00:12:05,265 It was always complex karma between him and me... 196 00:12:05,518 --> 00:12:07,677 ...from the moment I joined the band. 197 00:12:07,938 --> 00:12:10,429 It was long ago, Ray. We've all moved on. 198 00:12:10,648 --> 00:12:14,777 He said you were a wanker, but he always thought you had great pipes. 199 00:12:15,612 --> 00:12:18,282 What are you doing here? Please. 200 00:12:18,532 --> 00:12:20,110 Hello, baby. 201 00:12:20,826 --> 00:12:21,857 Hello, Astrid. 202 00:12:22,494 --> 00:12:25,698 Hello. I am forgetting. Did we invite you? 203 00:12:26,165 --> 00:12:29,035 They're getting the Fruits together. 204 00:12:30,251 --> 00:12:32,493 Why would you want to? 205 00:12:32,754 --> 00:12:37,582 A lot of outfits are surfing the nostalgia wave, cleaning up. 206 00:12:38,051 --> 00:12:40,625 Ray is in the middle of a solo album. 207 00:12:40,887 --> 00:12:42,465 - We work night and day. - "We"? 208 00:12:42,723 --> 00:12:44,467 Ray plays every instrument himself. 209 00:12:44,725 --> 00:12:48,177 Sometimes I make percussions on tinkerbells. 210 00:12:48,437 --> 00:12:51,354 This is very "happening now" music. 211 00:12:51,606 --> 00:12:53,183 Strange Fruit? 212 00:12:54,109 --> 00:12:57,359 It's passé. They're an old hat. 213 00:13:02,951 --> 00:13:06,652 - Without a singer, we're bollixed. - But Astrid said no. Not Ray. 214 00:13:06,913 --> 00:13:09,450 His last solo album was in '89. 215 00:13:09,707 --> 00:13:11,367 Dying for a pee. 216 00:13:11,959 --> 00:13:13,372 - Hang on. - Where are you going? 217 00:13:13,630 --> 00:13:17,045 I'm not going back in there. I'm not dressed for the occasion. 218 00:13:19,927 --> 00:13:21,718 Come and look at this! 219 00:13:28,143 --> 00:13:31,263 He's got it on the market. This is all a front. 220 00:13:31,521 --> 00:13:33,147 Bet he's as broke as I am. 221 00:13:41,866 --> 00:13:42,981 Mrs. Baggot? 222 00:13:44,577 --> 00:13:45,407 Who's asking? 223 00:13:45,869 --> 00:13:47,447 I'm Karen Knowles. 224 00:13:47,704 --> 00:13:49,862 This is Tony Costello. 225 00:13:51,250 --> 00:13:54,002 Do you remember us from years ago? With the band? 226 00:13:54,294 --> 00:13:55,493 Yeah. 227 00:13:56,755 --> 00:13:59,294 Beano sold all his gold disks, you know. 228 00:13:59,550 --> 00:14:01,590 Well, the wife took everything. 229 00:14:01,844 --> 00:14:04,680 The cow. Lives in Wales now. 230 00:14:04,930 --> 00:14:06,092 Serves her right. 231 00:14:06,348 --> 00:14:07,676 Does he still live with you? 232 00:14:07,933 --> 00:14:09,391 No. Moved away. 233 00:14:09,644 --> 00:14:10,640 Where to? 234 00:14:11,270 --> 00:14:12,598 Over there. 235 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,354 Comes home for his meals and his washing. 236 00:14:19,321 --> 00:14:20,864 Where can we contact him? 237 00:14:21,949 --> 00:14:24,355 You're the second lot looking for him this morning. 238 00:14:24,576 --> 00:14:27,066 He's at work. At the nursery. 239 00:14:27,328 --> 00:14:29,120 He works in a nursery? 240 00:14:29,789 --> 00:14:31,118 Not with children? 241 00:14:31,542 --> 00:14:36,582 If you don't put these in today, give them a drink before bedtime. 242 00:14:36,837 --> 00:14:38,214 Remember, they don't like lime. 243 00:14:38,465 --> 00:14:42,213 Excuse me, do you know if David Baggot works here? 244 00:14:42,428 --> 00:14:44,917 Sometimes known as "Beano" Baggot? 245 00:14:47,639 --> 00:14:50,926 There was a Mr. Baggot worked here a while back. 246 00:14:51,186 --> 00:14:54,187 Had to leave. Allergic to azaleas, apparently. 247 00:14:54,439 --> 00:14:56,016 It turned his piss green. 248 00:14:56,273 --> 00:14:58,481 Where can we get in touch with him? 249 00:14:58,985 --> 00:15:01,773 One of the girls had a postcard from Zimbabwe, I think. 250 00:15:02,029 --> 00:15:03,737 A call for you, Beano! 251 00:15:04,657 --> 00:15:08,276 I'll be straight there! Just turn the hose off. 252 00:15:08,578 --> 00:15:09,408 Excuse me! 253 00:15:10,288 --> 00:15:12,327 If it's true that men are from Mars... 254 00:15:12,582 --> 00:15:14,622 ...and women are from Venus, then drummers... 255 00:15:14,877 --> 00:15:16,420 ...are from Pluto. 256 00:15:16,629 --> 00:15:19,203 The others were haunted by the past. 257 00:15:19,465 --> 00:15:21,920 Beano worried it may catch up with him. 258 00:15:27,890 --> 00:15:29,301 What you doing here? 259 00:15:29,683 --> 00:15:32,174 How do you feel about getting together again? 260 00:15:32,436 --> 00:15:34,144 Not a moment too soon. 261 00:16:10,224 --> 00:16:12,015 Bastard. Please. 262 00:16:12,266 --> 00:16:15,969 Come on. Do me a fucking favor, would you? 263 00:16:16,732 --> 00:16:19,352 You can do it. Come on, do that. 264 00:16:20,526 --> 00:16:22,269 Will you shut up?! 265 00:16:22,527 --> 00:16:25,446 Button it! Fucker. 266 00:16:25,698 --> 00:16:27,774 Yeah, come on, please. 267 00:16:32,622 --> 00:16:36,205 All I want is to watch the Brazilian Grand Prix. Which button is it?! 268 00:16:36,459 --> 00:16:39,032 - There's a limousine outside. - What? 269 00:16:39,295 --> 00:16:42,166 Obviously, Karen did this. She must think we are so easy. 270 00:16:47,053 --> 00:16:48,167 Mr. Simms? 271 00:16:48,804 --> 00:16:50,085 Big fan, sir! 272 00:16:50,472 --> 00:16:52,881 The reunion lunch is at 12:30! 273 00:16:55,979 --> 00:16:57,603 Give me a few minutes! 274 00:16:58,147 --> 00:17:00,222 - This came for you. - Thanks. 275 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:04,439 Try to be back by four, even if it is your last week. 276 00:17:38,521 --> 00:17:41,059 I'm not sure how long this will take. 277 00:17:41,275 --> 00:17:42,685 I'm not to take you back. 278 00:17:43,318 --> 00:17:46,272 Costello Music said you'd be taking the train. 279 00:17:46,487 --> 00:17:49,193 Well, there's some mistake, surely. 280 00:17:51,577 --> 00:17:54,743 You were engaged to a Guinness heiress, wasn't it? 281 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:57,196 Yeah, but they paid me to go away. 282 00:17:57,957 --> 00:18:01,291 - Not enough, by the look of you. - Never is, man. 283 00:18:09,719 --> 00:18:11,547 You old tosser! 284 00:18:13,972 --> 00:18:15,468 - How you doing? - All right. 285 00:18:15,768 --> 00:18:18,520 I was reminding Tony about that night in Air Studios... 286 00:18:18,729 --> 00:18:21,220 ...we caught you shagging that singer on an amp. 287 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:22,354 Surely not. 288 00:18:24,818 --> 00:18:26,610 Why are we meeting here? 289 00:18:26,821 --> 00:18:28,778 We shot an album cover here years ago. 290 00:18:29,031 --> 00:18:31,071 That was before Ray's time. 291 00:18:31,909 --> 00:18:35,242 We dropped some acid in the Druids' Circle. 292 00:18:46,132 --> 00:18:48,290 Brian wrote quite a good song. 293 00:18:48,509 --> 00:18:50,666 The last verse even rhymed. 294 00:18:51,303 --> 00:18:53,176 Do you want a beer, Ray? 295 00:18:54,723 --> 00:18:56,632 Jack Daniels, right? 296 00:18:57,226 --> 00:18:59,183 It's usually Evian nowadays. 297 00:18:59,478 --> 00:19:02,478 - And I don't touch those anymore. - How about a sausage, then? 298 00:19:07,111 --> 00:19:08,391 Hey, Wicksey! 299 00:19:10,739 --> 00:19:12,197 Hey. Great. 300 00:19:12,407 --> 00:19:14,150 Still pounding them drums? 301 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:21,041 - How are you, Ray? - Cool. Thanks, Les. 302 00:19:21,876 --> 00:19:23,916 - Like the T-shirt. - This? 303 00:19:24,588 --> 00:19:27,707 - What's that mean? - It's a Zen quotation. 304 00:19:27,966 --> 00:19:32,093 Is it? I thought that was Japanese for "Calvin Klein. " 305 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,883 Are we getting a table, or waiting for Brian? 306 00:19:37,308 --> 00:19:38,588 He won't be here. 307 00:19:39,269 --> 00:19:41,759 I've got news about Brian. 308 00:19:43,982 --> 00:19:47,316 I reckoned his song royalties must be paid somewhere... 309 00:19:47,527 --> 00:19:49,685 ...so I tried his publishers... 310 00:19:49,903 --> 00:19:53,320 ...and I got a fax just before I left work. 311 00:19:53,574 --> 00:19:55,282 But it was too late to call you all. 312 00:19:55,493 --> 00:19:57,236 Call us all about what? 313 00:19:58,037 --> 00:20:01,870 His royalties have been paid to a cancer foundation in the States... 314 00:20:02,084 --> 00:20:03,543 ...for the last five years. 315 00:20:03,793 --> 00:20:05,418 He gave his royalties away? 316 00:20:05,629 --> 00:20:08,581 Gave his Rolls away once to his window cleaner. 317 00:20:09,172 --> 00:20:10,667 This is a bequest. 318 00:20:11,550 --> 00:20:13,259 Something you leave in a will. 319 00:20:15,639 --> 00:20:17,715 You mean the silly sod's dead? 320 00:20:36,701 --> 00:20:40,616 It was always in the cards, something like this. He was... 321 00:20:40,831 --> 00:20:42,990 ...you know what I'm saying... 322 00:20:43,208 --> 00:20:44,867 ...fragile. 323 00:20:46,127 --> 00:20:47,918 And we crushed him. 324 00:20:49,130 --> 00:20:52,582 Keith screwed himself up, we screwed up Brian. 325 00:20:54,427 --> 00:20:56,420 So make it up to him. 326 00:20:56,804 --> 00:20:59,558 Do the gig and let people hear his songs. 327 00:21:00,017 --> 00:21:04,642 If Wisbech works out, maybe the record company will rerelease the old albums. 328 00:21:04,854 --> 00:21:05,684 Definitely. 329 00:21:06,105 --> 00:21:08,145 - What do you say? - Can't see it. 330 00:21:08,608 --> 00:21:10,731 We'd bollix it all over again. 331 00:21:12,529 --> 00:21:14,984 Pretty pointless reunion. 332 00:21:15,282 --> 00:21:18,319 Suppose I might get a shepherd's pie out of it. 333 00:21:21,956 --> 00:21:23,331 You hear that? 334 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,839 - That's Brian. - Yes. Tequila Mockingbird. 335 00:21:40,058 --> 00:21:41,173 Track one. 336 00:21:47,815 --> 00:21:49,724 Is that spooky, or what? 337 00:21:54,279 --> 00:21:55,738 It's a sign. 338 00:21:57,408 --> 00:22:00,195 A message from the gods of rock 'n' roll. 339 00:22:12,423 --> 00:22:15,211 Oh you dangerous things 340 00:22:17,596 --> 00:22:19,754 I'm not sure of the vibe here. 341 00:22:20,139 --> 00:22:24,719 Maybe we should've rented in the country. Somewhere more cloistered. 342 00:22:24,936 --> 00:22:28,601 What's wrong with your place? You've got enough bedrooms. 343 00:22:28,815 --> 00:22:32,682 That would've been cool, but we're having the lake drained. 344 00:22:38,074 --> 00:22:40,363 I'm very surprised you'd do this. 345 00:22:40,576 --> 00:22:42,984 I suppose you hope to see Brian again. 346 00:22:44,706 --> 00:22:46,248 Doing it for all of us. 347 00:22:47,459 --> 00:22:50,709 Even though you married, he was the love of your life. 348 00:22:50,961 --> 00:22:53,584 That's very sad for a woman of your age. 349 00:22:54,550 --> 00:22:57,716 Astrid was wrong. Age has got sod-all to do with it. 350 00:22:57,969 --> 00:23:02,429 And if they're putting their balls on the block again, I won't miss it. 351 00:23:02,681 --> 00:23:05,054 Fuck me! I can't believe it! 352 00:23:05,268 --> 00:23:09,182 What've I strayed into here? Night of the Living Dead! 353 00:23:12,401 --> 00:23:15,604 You big sack of shite! Beano Baggot! 354 00:23:16,656 --> 00:23:18,362 Where's Tony? 355 00:23:18,740 --> 00:23:20,282 Tony-boy! 356 00:23:20,533 --> 00:23:21,529 Look at you! 357 00:23:21,786 --> 00:23:23,446 Big bollock! Let me see. 358 00:23:23,662 --> 00:23:27,031 Cuban heels! He's been walking downhill since 1969. 359 00:23:27,291 --> 00:23:31,419 I have made herb tea for everyone, and also dried fruit. 360 00:23:31,671 --> 00:23:34,161 You'll get fat if you just eat Mars bars. 361 00:23:34,757 --> 00:23:39,797 Well, Astrid, my wee Nordic charmer, so you and Ray went the distance. 362 00:23:40,386 --> 00:23:42,427 Are you still a road dog, Hughie? 363 00:23:42,681 --> 00:23:47,142 The last tour I did was ten years ago, with Aerosmith. 364 00:23:47,352 --> 00:23:50,139 But it's all wheatgrass juice and pumpkin seeds now. 365 00:23:50,398 --> 00:23:53,813 Hope you're still crazy, or I'm out. I have a surprise. 366 00:23:54,026 --> 00:23:55,188 Eat something. 367 00:23:55,443 --> 00:23:59,108 Strange Fruit! Rock musicians, poets, legends! 368 00:23:59,614 --> 00:24:01,857 This is your life! 369 00:24:02,075 --> 00:24:03,949 Except for these. That's my life. 370 00:24:04,828 --> 00:24:06,405 Some memories in here. 371 00:24:06,663 --> 00:24:08,952 - Don't believe it. - Hello. 372 00:24:09,208 --> 00:24:10,619 How did these get here? 373 00:24:11,043 --> 00:24:13,913 Groupies keep them on their mantelpiece. Sent ours back. 374 00:24:14,837 --> 00:24:16,165 Look at this bugger. 375 00:24:16,422 --> 00:24:18,998 Hello? Testing. One, two, three. 376 00:24:19,218 --> 00:24:22,670 Ray! Ask Astrid if she recognizes this. 377 00:24:22,889 --> 00:24:24,431 Give me my horns, man! 378 00:25:13,730 --> 00:25:14,679 No, no. 379 00:25:14,982 --> 00:25:17,355 That's not it. Just a minute. 380 00:25:21,156 --> 00:25:22,187 That's not it. 381 00:25:22,407 --> 00:25:25,028 - What's not it? - The way you sing it. 382 00:25:25,285 --> 00:25:26,744 I'm sorry, Les. 383 00:25:26,996 --> 00:25:29,617 It's not a wimpy song, you know. 384 00:25:29,873 --> 00:25:32,707 It's got to be sung with balls. 385 00:25:32,959 --> 00:25:36,542 Given, Ray, but they can't be borrowed balls. 386 00:25:36,796 --> 00:25:40,296 Recycled balls. They have to be Fruit balls. 387 00:25:40,842 --> 00:25:44,887 What he's saying is Keith used to sing it with more... 388 00:25:45,973 --> 00:25:46,838 ...panache. 389 00:25:47,057 --> 00:25:50,888 You wouldn't know panache if it bit you on the ass, Beano. 390 00:25:54,898 --> 00:25:56,974 - Pill break. - Hand them around. 391 00:25:57,651 --> 00:26:00,521 From my herbalist. They won't get you high. 392 00:26:00,779 --> 00:26:02,771 - Yeah, well, we can try. - Here. 393 00:26:07,702 --> 00:26:10,406 Why don't I take the guitar break on the synth... 394 00:26:10,663 --> 00:26:13,070 ...so you can focus on the singing? 395 00:26:14,501 --> 00:26:17,917 It'd help if I could hear myself over Beano's drumming. 396 00:26:18,797 --> 00:26:20,624 Sounds like he's building a shed. 397 00:26:20,883 --> 00:26:21,712 Steady. 398 00:26:23,929 --> 00:26:29,052 He should go back on the sauce. Get some juice back in his voice. 399 00:26:29,349 --> 00:26:32,185 The guy's easing himself in. We all are. 400 00:26:35,063 --> 00:26:39,891 In an uncertain world, it's good to know some things never change. 401 00:26:40,111 --> 00:26:42,234 These stairs here? Thank you. 402 00:27:05,802 --> 00:27:07,711 Where have you been hiding? 403 00:27:07,970 --> 00:27:09,714 Doing different things. 404 00:27:10,222 --> 00:27:14,056 Wanted to get back in the biz, make sure the timing's right. 405 00:27:14,311 --> 00:27:15,591 Strange Fruit? 406 00:27:16,604 --> 00:27:20,390 There's a whole new audience discovering 70s stuff. 407 00:27:21,444 --> 00:27:25,856 It's a great time to bring out some reissues, maybe even a box set. 408 00:27:26,198 --> 00:27:28,191 Listen to you, sweetie. 409 00:27:28,408 --> 00:27:31,031 20 years ago, you were Neil Gaydon's doormat. 410 00:27:31,871 --> 00:27:34,825 Well, you were a tea boy at Virgin, Clive. 411 00:27:35,041 --> 00:27:38,327 - Came to you first. - Only because I own their catalog. 412 00:27:39,796 --> 00:27:41,456 I used to fancy Brian. 413 00:27:41,715 --> 00:27:44,880 Had that dirty, sweet, helpless Marc Bolan thing. 414 00:27:45,092 --> 00:27:48,461 - Where is he, rehab or ashram? - We're tracking him down. 415 00:27:49,513 --> 00:27:51,341 The other guys are really juiced. 416 00:27:51,599 --> 00:27:53,010 Strange Fruit. 417 00:27:53,225 --> 00:27:54,221 Cool name. 418 00:27:54,436 --> 00:27:56,392 Tour them. That's my advice. 419 00:27:57,146 --> 00:27:59,519 Good idea. Maybe colleges? 420 00:27:59,774 --> 00:28:03,473 Not the U.K., sweetie. Get them across the Channel. 421 00:28:04,403 --> 00:28:06,027 See what they've got. 422 00:28:14,455 --> 00:28:17,741 How do you feel about your mom getting back into this? 423 00:28:18,001 --> 00:28:20,836 I hope we can pay the mortgage next month. 424 00:28:22,547 --> 00:28:23,792 Tell me, Clare. 425 00:28:26,092 --> 00:28:28,714 What's the situation, boyfriend-wise? 426 00:28:28,971 --> 00:28:30,346 I've had a couple. 427 00:28:30,597 --> 00:28:32,008 Nothing serious. 428 00:28:32,849 --> 00:28:35,008 I'm talking about your mother. 429 00:28:36,020 --> 00:28:40,727 Why is a nice girl like you putting herself through this crap again? 430 00:28:41,148 --> 00:28:44,150 - Revenge? - If it's crap, why are you here? 431 00:28:44,652 --> 00:28:48,947 I seem to have this irresistible urge to chronicle human folly. 432 00:28:49,199 --> 00:28:50,942 I still love their music. 433 00:28:52,327 --> 00:28:56,575 I want to stand in the dark and see an audience feel the way I do. 434 00:28:57,291 --> 00:28:58,702 Panic-stricken? 435 00:29:01,336 --> 00:29:02,533 Just keep singing! 436 00:29:05,340 --> 00:29:07,048 You know why that is. 437 00:29:08,134 --> 00:29:10,755 There's a hole in the middle of this band. 438 00:29:12,097 --> 00:29:13,923 It's called Brian Lovell. 439 00:29:14,225 --> 00:29:17,428 All we need is a guitarist with a bit of charisma. 440 00:29:18,688 --> 00:29:20,430 Do you want a hit on this? 441 00:29:21,564 --> 00:29:23,807 Haven't done that in years. 442 00:29:28,906 --> 00:29:31,741 Now may be a very good time to start. 443 00:29:37,331 --> 00:29:39,240 Could you sign this, please? 444 00:29:40,333 --> 00:29:41,613 Sure, man. 445 00:29:44,213 --> 00:29:45,790 "Best wishes... " 446 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:48,003 ...to who? 447 00:29:48,801 --> 00:29:51,718 I need a signature for the pizzas. 448 00:30:01,479 --> 00:30:02,678 Dickhead. 449 00:30:24,712 --> 00:30:26,586 Are you sure about this one? 450 00:30:26,839 --> 00:30:30,210 He'll make you sound younger, make you look younger. 451 00:30:35,848 --> 00:30:38,136 He's all show-off. We don't need him. 452 00:30:38,392 --> 00:30:40,433 Clive's paying for these rehearsals. 453 00:30:40,645 --> 00:30:44,594 He may underwrite a tour, but he'll notice that Brian's not there. 454 00:30:44,816 --> 00:30:47,935 There's got to be someone brilliant in his place. 455 00:30:48,194 --> 00:30:50,401 Ray's doing this for the boys. 456 00:30:50,613 --> 00:30:53,484 We have many stoves in the fire. We don't need it. 457 00:30:53,741 --> 00:30:56,066 How are Kirby, Steele and Oakes? 458 00:30:57,745 --> 00:30:59,370 I never listen to their music. 459 00:30:59,622 --> 00:31:04,450 Your estate agents. So don't tell me you don't need this. 460 00:31:07,922 --> 00:31:10,496 You're a bloody nosy bitch. Also a slut. 461 00:31:11,426 --> 00:31:12,802 I remember Isle of Wight. 462 00:31:13,051 --> 00:31:13,917 Come on, Ray. 463 00:31:39,788 --> 00:31:41,282 Is that all right? 464 00:31:43,250 --> 00:31:44,080 Call me. 465 00:31:44,334 --> 00:31:45,448 You know I'll call. 466 00:31:45,752 --> 00:31:48,505 I call you even when I'm up on a roof. 467 00:31:50,716 --> 00:31:52,708 But if this thing works out... 468 00:31:53,634 --> 00:31:55,710 ...you won't see me up a ladder again. 469 00:31:58,932 --> 00:32:01,683 It took us a long time to build this business. 470 00:32:06,649 --> 00:32:07,562 Yeah. 471 00:32:07,817 --> 00:32:09,477 And I hate it, Camille. 472 00:32:09,735 --> 00:32:11,726 I really hate it. 473 00:32:13,946 --> 00:32:16,652 Your train tickets and your traveling checks. 474 00:32:16,909 --> 00:32:20,029 I faxed Karen about your vitamins, how many and how often. 475 00:32:20,288 --> 00:32:21,319 Wish you were coming. 476 00:32:21,580 --> 00:32:26,492 I'm not going on a bus with them all drinking beer and farting. 477 00:32:26,711 --> 00:32:30,161 Karen arrange flights for me. Give her your credit card number. 478 00:32:30,422 --> 00:32:31,832 I don't know it. 479 00:32:34,468 --> 00:32:36,793 It's on your credit card. 480 00:33:02,246 --> 00:33:04,998 Feast your eyes on this magnificent land yacht. 481 00:33:05,249 --> 00:33:08,913 Tinted windows, air conditioning, and twin portaloos. 482 00:33:09,128 --> 00:33:12,497 Not to mention an extensive library of pornography... 483 00:33:12,756 --> 00:33:17,502 ...courtesy of the Psychedelic Furs' world tour of 1988. 484 00:33:17,762 --> 00:33:20,597 Step right up, ladies and gentlemen. 485 00:33:21,892 --> 00:33:23,221 Pongs a bit in here. 486 00:33:23,477 --> 00:33:25,885 Think one of the Furs is still in here? 487 00:33:26,604 --> 00:33:27,849 That's pedigree. 488 00:33:28,565 --> 00:33:32,016 Smell that Dettol... fag-ends... vomit. 489 00:33:32,276 --> 00:33:36,405 Yes! I love the smell of vomit in the morning! 490 00:33:50,212 --> 00:33:51,077 Wait! 491 00:33:57,260 --> 00:33:58,209 Wait! 492 00:33:58,469 --> 00:33:59,799 Karen, look! 493 00:34:00,013 --> 00:34:01,425 Harpoon that whale! 494 00:34:05,100 --> 00:34:07,306 Go, Beano, go! You can do it! 495 00:34:07,561 --> 00:34:10,267 - Peel rubber, Hughie! - Paternity suit, eh? 496 00:34:13,568 --> 00:34:15,110 Wait! Wait! 497 00:34:15,361 --> 00:34:18,648 I bet she's bloody Inland Revenue, come out of the woodwork. 498 00:34:21,619 --> 00:34:25,283 - What's the problem? - I owe the buggers 33,000 pounds. 499 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:26,911 How? 500 00:34:28,376 --> 00:34:30,202 Bad management. 501 00:34:30,586 --> 00:34:34,963 In the history of the Fruits, you're our strongest link to the past. 502 00:34:35,215 --> 00:34:36,081 Thank you. 503 00:34:36,341 --> 00:34:41,253 In all the time I've known you, there's been zero growth. 504 00:34:41,514 --> 00:34:43,920 You're what they call a "flatliner. " 505 00:34:45,642 --> 00:34:48,098 It's better than being a "wanker. " 506 00:35:00,825 --> 00:35:01,653 That's right. 507 00:35:01,908 --> 00:35:04,446 Astrid will join us in a couple of days. 508 00:35:04,702 --> 00:35:08,286 Could somebody look into flights and get some options? 509 00:35:08,540 --> 00:35:09,951 Sure. No problem. 510 00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:14,253 And when we get to wherever we're going, I'll need a meeting. 511 00:35:14,504 --> 00:35:15,334 Band meeting? 512 00:35:16,131 --> 00:35:18,171 No. You know. A.A. 513 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:21,343 - Right. - No problem. 514 00:35:26,851 --> 00:35:30,220 So are you enjoying yourself, doing wardrobe? 515 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:35,023 Trying to get Beano to change his socks? Yeah, I'm mad for it. 516 00:35:35,610 --> 00:35:37,270 Didn't you want to come? 517 00:35:37,779 --> 00:35:39,652 I didn't have much choice. 518 00:35:39,905 --> 00:35:42,028 Mom didn't want to leave me at home. 519 00:35:42,283 --> 00:35:44,442 Afraid of what I might get up to. 520 00:35:51,542 --> 00:35:54,663 America. That was the greatest, weren't it? 521 00:35:54,921 --> 00:35:56,297 If you say so. 522 00:35:56,757 --> 00:35:59,328 We toured it on the back of Sonic Handshake. 523 00:35:59,591 --> 00:36:03,173 That was like our Sgt. Pepper. We were mega. 524 00:36:03,554 --> 00:36:05,048 Hollywood Bowl. 525 00:36:06,474 --> 00:36:08,134 That was a great gig. 526 00:36:08,392 --> 00:36:11,097 We never played the Hollywood Bowl. 527 00:36:13,189 --> 00:36:14,352 Didn't we? 528 00:36:16,567 --> 00:36:19,402 That's one of my most vivid memories! 529 00:36:19,653 --> 00:36:21,361 And it never happened? 530 00:36:26,327 --> 00:36:28,237 I think this is us! 531 00:36:35,962 --> 00:36:37,242 It's a fucking boat. 532 00:36:45,931 --> 00:36:47,473 Grumbling ulcer. 533 00:36:50,102 --> 00:36:51,929 Torn cartilage. 534 00:36:55,981 --> 00:36:57,607 Dutch curry. 535 00:37:08,161 --> 00:37:10,996 My God! It's Night of the Living Dead 2. 536 00:37:11,248 --> 00:37:14,699 I'll get some of them organ donor cards. I'll be back. 537 00:37:14,959 --> 00:37:16,417 Sorry. 538 00:37:18,254 --> 00:37:20,081 And where's Tony? 539 00:37:20,340 --> 00:37:22,001 He's throwing up. 540 00:37:23,094 --> 00:37:25,845 - This place is a shithole. - It's a happening shithole. 541 00:37:26,054 --> 00:37:29,922 Tell him that we started out in places like this. 542 00:37:30,185 --> 00:37:33,470 He didn't. He waltzed in when we were number one. 543 00:37:33,730 --> 00:37:36,516 It was all white wine and chicken wings in the dressing room. 544 00:37:36,773 --> 00:37:40,819 Is that your idea of the highlife? Warm bottle of Blue Nun? 545 00:37:41,070 --> 00:37:44,071 Actually, I prefer a very dry Montrachet. 546 00:37:46,366 --> 00:37:50,116 If you spy any toothsome strumps, bring them around. 547 00:37:50,371 --> 00:37:52,660 - Not my job. - It always was! 548 00:37:56,834 --> 00:37:58,709 You are the man, Ray. 549 00:37:59,296 --> 00:38:01,004 You are the man. 550 00:38:01,631 --> 00:38:02,830 You are the man. 551 00:38:03,341 --> 00:38:05,915 You are the goddamn motherfucking man. 552 00:38:06,595 --> 00:38:08,505 Kick some ass! 553 00:38:18,398 --> 00:38:20,391 Strange Fruit! 554 00:38:21,736 --> 00:38:22,851 Hello, Belgium. 555 00:38:23,529 --> 00:38:25,107 Holland, you prick. 556 00:39:17,250 --> 00:39:19,289 One, two, three! 557 00:39:26,176 --> 00:39:27,754 Fuck me! 558 00:39:31,431 --> 00:39:33,056 I've got me a woman 559 00:39:33,642 --> 00:39:35,302 Twice my height and size 560 00:39:35,561 --> 00:39:39,059 She's a married woman Comes to see me sometimes 561 00:39:39,314 --> 00:39:41,389 You don't believe I love you 562 00:39:41,816 --> 00:39:42,932 Magic, huh? 563 00:39:43,152 --> 00:39:47,445 Doctors, civil servants, moguls. They got no idea what it's like. 564 00:39:48,114 --> 00:39:50,154 Stealing 565 00:39:52,870 --> 00:39:55,194 Go and have a word with him. 566 00:39:55,872 --> 00:39:57,034 I'm stealing 567 00:39:57,290 --> 00:40:00,291 Back to my same old used-to-be 568 00:40:05,174 --> 00:40:07,046 I didn't feel like... 569 00:40:07,425 --> 00:40:09,133 ...I was happening tonight. 570 00:40:09,385 --> 00:40:11,010 What are you talking about? 571 00:40:11,221 --> 00:40:14,388 - I was shouting, not singing. - Bollocks! 572 00:40:15,016 --> 00:40:17,139 - You were brilliant. - Was I? 573 00:40:17,393 --> 00:40:19,137 You were like- 574 00:40:20,021 --> 00:40:21,481 Totally. 575 00:40:22,734 --> 00:40:24,109 Love you, man. 576 00:40:25,444 --> 00:40:27,732 I love you too, Tony. 577 00:40:29,155 --> 00:40:30,947 What do you think, Luke? 578 00:40:33,286 --> 00:40:35,029 I thought we were shit. 579 00:40:37,206 --> 00:40:38,783 Kill that racket. 580 00:40:39,416 --> 00:40:40,283 Come again? 581 00:40:42,211 --> 00:40:44,003 We were totally crap. 582 00:40:45,130 --> 00:40:46,921 Especially on "Heartbreaker. " 583 00:40:47,131 --> 00:40:50,217 - I think we should dump that. - It's a classic! 584 00:40:50,470 --> 00:40:53,636 Maybe we should agree what key it's in, then. 585 00:40:53,889 --> 00:40:54,885 - B flat. - C. 586 00:40:55,098 --> 00:40:57,636 The sound was terrible, and the stage- 587 00:40:57,893 --> 00:40:59,518 Sit down, Karen. 588 00:40:59,979 --> 00:41:01,141 Band stuff. 589 00:41:01,605 --> 00:41:02,886 Crap? 590 00:41:05,567 --> 00:41:07,524 You got no right in saying that. 591 00:41:07,944 --> 00:41:08,976 Sorry, man. 592 00:41:09,237 --> 00:41:11,645 We've been around the block, you shit! 593 00:41:12,033 --> 00:41:14,654 We know who we are. Been Fruits a long time. 594 00:41:15,076 --> 00:41:17,651 You can't go calling us crap! 595 00:41:17,956 --> 00:41:20,281 Listen. I was out of order. 596 00:41:22,126 --> 00:41:24,118 And we weren't crap. 597 00:41:25,463 --> 00:41:28,215 We were seriously, diabolically... 598 00:41:28,717 --> 00:41:29,879 ...shite. 599 00:41:44,982 --> 00:41:46,228 You're right. 600 00:42:24,690 --> 00:42:29,731 Clogface! There's more than 200 people in here. This is not enough. 601 00:42:31,488 --> 00:42:32,402 Excuse me? 602 00:42:32,655 --> 00:42:35,029 You make me horny. I'll buy you a drink. 603 00:42:35,284 --> 00:42:38,901 Pay what you owe me and I'll buy you a drink, arsehole. 604 00:42:40,121 --> 00:42:42,956 Almost sounded like a band a couple of times. 605 00:42:43,166 --> 00:42:46,120 People are finding their spaces, you know? 606 00:42:46,962 --> 00:42:48,955 Our lead singer isn't. 607 00:42:49,756 --> 00:42:52,128 Same old fucking poseur. 608 00:42:52,467 --> 00:42:54,710 Only this time, he doesn't have the chops. 609 00:42:54,971 --> 00:42:56,927 For chrissake, he'll get there. 610 00:42:57,181 --> 00:42:58,555 He should be there. 611 00:42:59,474 --> 00:43:01,715 Even if it's just a pisshole in Hoogeven. 612 00:43:01,976 --> 00:43:03,257 Groningen. 613 00:43:03,521 --> 00:43:04,895 It's a pisshole in Groningen. 614 00:43:05,147 --> 00:43:07,602 The Hoogeven pisshole is tomorrow. 615 00:43:10,777 --> 00:43:13,150 I remember this old model. 616 00:43:18,451 --> 00:43:20,408 Going to get something to eat? 617 00:43:21,078 --> 00:43:22,324 Got other plans, have you? 618 00:43:34,177 --> 00:43:36,085 You should be so lucky. 619 00:43:41,183 --> 00:43:43,341 Haven't you got washing to collect? 620 00:43:44,270 --> 00:43:45,100 Sorry, Mum. 621 00:44:08,210 --> 00:44:10,120 No problem, mate. 622 00:44:10,964 --> 00:44:12,755 No problem. 623 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,509 Fucking massacre them. 624 00:44:17,635 --> 00:44:20,591 Take no prisoners, you know what I'm saying? 625 00:44:44,289 --> 00:44:47,540 Zoë Ball here in the Netherlands, where Blind Fish begins their tour. 626 00:44:47,793 --> 00:44:50,414 Also present, rock veterans Strange Fruit. 627 00:44:50,670 --> 00:44:52,164 All Over The World, remember? 628 00:44:52,422 --> 00:44:53,832 Ray Simms, you must be a big follower of the boys. 629 00:44:54,090 --> 00:44:57,044 I got on their vibe with their first album. 630 00:44:57,928 --> 00:44:58,959 Favorite track? 631 00:45:00,180 --> 00:45:01,460 The third one. 632 00:45:03,516 --> 00:45:07,645 Why do they always assume that the singer is the voice of the band? 633 00:45:07,896 --> 00:45:09,095 How do you see your career? 634 00:45:09,356 --> 00:45:12,356 When I look at my career, I feel it's like the universe. 635 00:45:12,566 --> 00:45:14,524 Unfolding on schedule. 636 00:45:15,779 --> 00:45:17,438 Sorry. We'll be back. 637 00:45:19,282 --> 00:45:22,448 - I don't know why we're here. - Clive wants it. 638 00:45:23,119 --> 00:45:24,745 The Fish are on his label. 639 00:45:24,997 --> 00:45:27,037 We're in the same city. It's a great P R. op. 640 00:45:27,375 --> 00:45:28,573 How big are these buggers? 641 00:45:28,834 --> 00:45:30,625 They're platinum in the States. 642 00:45:30,919 --> 00:45:33,042 They don't mean shite in my local. 643 00:45:42,514 --> 00:45:45,136 That was worth an hour on the fucking autobahn. 644 00:45:45,393 --> 00:45:47,681 They need a few minutes. Obviously. 645 00:45:47,937 --> 00:45:51,850 Well, the chances of me getting a shag around here is slim. 646 00:45:52,064 --> 00:45:53,690 I'm off to the bar. 647 00:46:20,844 --> 00:46:22,220 You okay? 648 00:46:24,056 --> 00:46:25,468 Yeah. 649 00:46:26,101 --> 00:46:27,558 I was, you know... 650 00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:30,767 ...feeling a bit fragile. 651 00:46:31,564 --> 00:46:32,809 I needed a meet. 652 00:46:34,192 --> 00:46:36,184 I forgot it'd be in Dutch. 653 00:46:37,278 --> 00:46:39,271 I blew it last night. 654 00:46:40,198 --> 00:46:42,868 I shouldn't have let Clive talk me into it. 655 00:46:44,703 --> 00:46:47,193 Just seeing them, you know... 656 00:46:48,372 --> 00:46:49,403 ...soar... 657 00:46:51,250 --> 00:46:53,243 ...it brought it all back. 658 00:46:55,004 --> 00:46:56,202 You know, what we were. 659 00:46:56,672 --> 00:46:58,960 What you'll be again. 660 00:47:02,304 --> 00:47:04,545 I've got a birthday tomorrow. 661 00:47:06,181 --> 00:47:08,340 Do you know how old I'll be? 662 00:47:08,558 --> 00:47:09,389 How old? 663 00:47:12,647 --> 00:47:13,761 Old. 664 00:47:18,027 --> 00:47:20,269 You haven't lost it, Ray. 665 00:47:20,530 --> 00:47:23,365 You need the big stage, the great arena. 666 00:47:23,616 --> 00:47:25,942 That's the kind of artist you are. 667 00:47:28,872 --> 00:47:29,821 Sorry. 668 00:47:32,333 --> 00:47:33,365 Sorry. 669 00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:37,083 My name's Ray... 670 00:47:37,505 --> 00:47:38,502 ...and... 671 00:47:39,883 --> 00:47:41,757 ...and I'm an alcoholic. 672 00:47:43,219 --> 00:47:44,334 Alcoholic? 673 00:47:45,889 --> 00:47:47,632 We zijn overeaters. 674 00:47:48,934 --> 00:47:51,056 Dit is Overeaters Anonymous. 675 00:47:59,820 --> 00:48:01,101 Thank you. 676 00:48:06,910 --> 00:48:08,155 It's easy enough. 677 00:48:08,411 --> 00:48:10,203 Just name a band whose name... 678 00:48:10,455 --> 00:48:12,079 ...corresponds with a body part. 679 00:48:12,332 --> 00:48:14,574 I'll give you one: The Faces. 680 00:48:15,459 --> 00:48:18,995 - Small Faces. - Excellent. That's a point to you. 681 00:48:19,799 --> 00:48:21,172 I've got it: 682 00:48:21,424 --> 00:48:22,289 Badfinger. 683 00:48:22,508 --> 00:48:25,046 How about the Stones? As in "kidney" stones. 684 00:48:26,138 --> 00:48:28,594 Find someone to share the condom with? 685 00:48:30,226 --> 00:48:32,895 I only had that out of a professional interest. 686 00:48:33,145 --> 00:48:36,479 - Run that by me again? - That's what I did in Ibiza. 687 00:48:36,733 --> 00:48:39,650 It's not something you boast about, but... 688 00:48:39,903 --> 00:48:42,772 ...I had the condom concession for the Balearics. 689 00:48:43,030 --> 00:48:46,399 I personally am in a state of celibacy at this time. 690 00:48:46,658 --> 00:48:50,323 - It's of no interest to me. - It obviously is. 691 00:48:50,579 --> 00:48:52,738 If not, you wouldn't be using that snotty voice. 692 00:48:52,956 --> 00:48:53,787 What snotty voice? 693 00:48:54,041 --> 00:48:56,828 That voice you use on club owners and waitresses. 694 00:48:57,045 --> 00:48:59,748 Really doesn't bother me, all right? 695 00:49:00,881 --> 00:49:02,458 Then why did you ask me? 696 00:49:08,597 --> 00:49:10,637 Thumbscrew! First band I was in. 697 00:49:10,891 --> 00:49:13,976 Has to be a band someone's heard of, Ray. 698 00:49:14,395 --> 00:49:15,427 Bollocks, then. 699 00:49:15,688 --> 00:49:16,969 You get two points for that. 700 00:49:17,231 --> 00:49:18,641 - Spooky Tooth. - Good. 701 00:49:18,898 --> 00:49:19,929 Talking Heads! 702 00:49:20,150 --> 00:49:22,189 Now we're rolling. Einsteins, every one. 703 00:49:22,402 --> 00:49:24,526 Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show! 704 00:49:26,032 --> 00:49:27,491 Objection, Your Honor. 705 00:49:27,742 --> 00:49:28,655 Sustained. 706 00:49:28,910 --> 00:49:30,452 Some people have hook instead of hand. 707 00:49:30,703 --> 00:49:34,287 It's not a part of the body. It's not anatomical. 708 00:49:34,541 --> 00:49:36,747 It is if you ain't got a fucking hand. 709 00:49:42,715 --> 00:49:44,838 Only the footlights up first. 710 00:49:45,051 --> 00:49:47,542 When the drums kick in, everything up. 711 00:49:47,804 --> 00:49:50,175 Hughie, I want to do "Scream Freedom. " 712 00:49:50,431 --> 00:49:53,766 The way we always did it, with the amps up full volume. 713 00:49:53,977 --> 00:49:55,352 Full? In this wee place? 714 00:49:55,603 --> 00:49:58,557 Karen feels I need scale. What do you think? 715 00:49:58,814 --> 00:50:01,187 Sure, go for it. 716 00:50:01,442 --> 00:50:03,400 "Scream Freedom. " 717 00:50:12,537 --> 00:50:16,534 And the flame still burns 718 00:50:20,127 --> 00:50:21,788 It's there in my soul 719 00:50:23,547 --> 00:50:25,422 For that unfinished goal 720 00:50:26,718 --> 00:50:30,633 And the flame still burns 721 00:50:33,934 --> 00:50:35,557 From a glimmer, back then 722 00:50:37,186 --> 00:50:38,895 It lights up again 723 00:50:40,524 --> 00:50:41,722 In my life 724 00:50:48,615 --> 00:50:49,991 It's a good song. 725 00:50:50,326 --> 00:50:51,785 "The Flame Still Burns. " 726 00:50:52,036 --> 00:50:54,276 Les and Brian wrote it after Keith's death. 727 00:50:54,537 --> 00:50:55,450 Why don't they play it? 728 00:50:56,455 --> 00:50:58,745 You're in murky waters there. 729 00:50:59,001 --> 00:51:01,622 For a while, Les stood in as the lead singer. 730 00:51:01,878 --> 00:51:04,796 But he was never a frontman. It was obvious to everybody. 731 00:51:06,174 --> 00:51:07,799 Is that why he's got it in for Ray? 732 00:51:08,010 --> 00:51:10,086 The song always meant a great deal to Les... 733 00:51:10,346 --> 00:51:12,836 ...but he always hated the way Ray did it. 734 00:51:13,139 --> 00:51:15,262 Ray wouldn't let anybody else do the lead... 735 00:51:15,517 --> 00:51:17,889 ...so they stopped doing it forever. 736 00:51:18,144 --> 00:51:21,514 All part of the weird shit that's the history of the Fruits. 737 00:51:22,107 --> 00:51:24,146 It'd be cool to see them make it again. 738 00:51:25,902 --> 00:51:28,146 We wait with bated breath. 739 00:51:29,491 --> 00:51:34,151 Sounds a bit grandiose to me, dry ice in a place like this. 740 00:51:34,411 --> 00:51:38,908 I saw a rat when I was taking a leak. You don't get that in Albert Hall. 741 00:51:39,166 --> 00:51:42,500 - Les hates "Scream Freedom. " - I don't give a flying dog's bollock. 742 00:51:42,753 --> 00:51:46,206 I've been doing this for years. He's been whistling up a ladder. 743 00:51:46,424 --> 00:51:50,089 It's full and noisy. Lots of headbangers. Rough crowd. 744 00:51:50,344 --> 00:51:53,178 Maybe we should cut the Joni Mitchell tribute. 745 00:51:53,471 --> 00:51:55,179 - Any sign of Astrid? - Not yet. 746 00:52:03,732 --> 00:52:04,847 Fuck. 747 00:52:07,195 --> 00:52:10,776 Tokyo, 23,000 people. Anaheim, 44,000 people. 748 00:52:11,031 --> 00:52:13,901 Dallas, 67,000 people! 749 00:52:14,158 --> 00:52:16,781 And you bring me headbangers! 750 00:53:23,772 --> 00:53:24,887 Oh, go home! 751 00:53:47,378 --> 00:53:49,122 Forget this, man. 752 00:53:49,798 --> 00:53:51,791 It's supposed to be rock 'n' roll! 753 00:53:52,050 --> 00:53:55,135 Not the Phantom of the fucking Opera! 754 00:54:06,356 --> 00:54:09,524 I know what you're up to. I've known it since day one. 755 00:54:09,776 --> 00:54:12,315 I can feel your eyes on me every time I'm onstage. 756 00:54:12,571 --> 00:54:17,197 Why can't you just get your notes right and remember the lyrics? 757 00:54:17,450 --> 00:54:19,942 I hate your fucking lyrics! 758 00:54:20,245 --> 00:54:23,696 They're not meaningful poetry like Brian's, right? 759 00:54:24,624 --> 00:54:28,920 For him, the music was enough. Before the hair and the limos. 760 00:54:29,172 --> 00:54:32,622 All I remember about Brian is missed cues, missed gigs... 761 00:54:32,884 --> 00:54:34,792 ...brother OD'd in a Little Chef. 762 00:54:35,052 --> 00:54:37,545 You worshiped the ground he vomited on. 763 00:54:37,806 --> 00:54:40,676 It's not because they're great. It's because they're dead! 764 00:54:41,518 --> 00:54:44,221 Maybe if I was dead, I'd get some respect. 765 00:54:44,436 --> 00:54:45,635 It would be a start. 766 00:54:52,486 --> 00:54:54,110 I'm not fifty. 767 00:54:54,906 --> 00:54:56,983 I'm not fifty! 768 00:55:03,872 --> 00:55:05,070 Back off! 769 00:55:05,624 --> 00:55:07,867 You got a problem, pick on me. 770 00:55:11,922 --> 00:55:12,953 Where's Ray? 771 00:55:13,215 --> 00:55:14,758 No one's seen him. 772 00:55:14,967 --> 00:55:16,545 He's doing one of his moodies. 773 00:55:16,802 --> 00:55:19,175 Don't go after him, that's what he wants. 774 00:55:19,430 --> 00:55:23,177 - Hope this isn't another Sunderland. - What happened in Sunderland? 775 00:55:23,433 --> 00:55:26,221 He tried to slash his wrists with my Swiss Army knife. 776 00:55:26,437 --> 00:55:27,766 He couldn't find the blade. 777 00:55:28,023 --> 00:55:30,395 This could be serious. He's on Prozac. 778 00:55:30,609 --> 00:55:33,894 Prozac and alfalfa sprouts? That could be lethal. 779 00:55:37,992 --> 00:55:40,778 I love playing the guitar, you know? 780 00:55:42,203 --> 00:55:44,659 Ain't much joy for me here tonight. 781 00:55:45,082 --> 00:55:47,703 I think I'll retire to my boudoir... 782 00:55:47,917 --> 00:55:50,076 ...if the youngsters will keep the noise down. 783 00:55:50,337 --> 00:55:52,792 Hell, you sound like their father. 784 00:55:53,048 --> 00:55:55,621 Might be. We toured here 20 years ago. 785 00:55:55,884 --> 00:55:57,960 And I know I had a shag then. 786 00:55:58,302 --> 00:56:00,129 Know what your problem is? 787 00:56:00,387 --> 00:56:03,058 You see yourself as keeper of the flame. 788 00:56:03,267 --> 00:56:05,258 All these reasons for your anger. 789 00:56:05,477 --> 00:56:07,469 Ray's style, Ray's taste, Ray's lyrics. 790 00:56:07,937 --> 00:56:09,561 His shoes piss me off. 791 00:56:09,814 --> 00:56:12,269 You had your shot. You couldn't hack it. 792 00:56:12,526 --> 00:56:14,317 Dearie me, trouble in paradise? 793 00:56:14,570 --> 00:56:16,361 Fuck off, Hughie! 794 00:56:16,697 --> 00:56:18,818 Why'd you come on this ride? 795 00:56:19,573 --> 00:56:22,659 Just to watch us bollix it all up again? 796 00:56:23,494 --> 00:56:26,910 Maybe the antique trade's slow this time of year. 797 00:56:27,123 --> 00:56:28,583 Blood, Sweat and Tears! 798 00:56:29,168 --> 00:56:29,997 What? 799 00:56:30,711 --> 00:56:32,372 Name of a band. Parts of the body. 800 00:56:33,089 --> 00:56:34,667 Triple whammy, right? 801 00:56:37,384 --> 00:56:39,091 The woman from the tax! 802 00:56:39,344 --> 00:56:41,836 I thought I saw her at the gig. 803 00:56:44,016 --> 00:56:46,637 - I want to go home. I'm sick of it. - Not now. 804 00:56:46,851 --> 00:56:49,010 But this is stupid! 805 00:56:49,437 --> 00:56:50,553 Why don't we just pack it in? 806 00:56:50,815 --> 00:56:51,978 What's he saying? 807 00:56:52,191 --> 00:56:54,267 He wants the police to impound your bus! 808 00:56:54,485 --> 00:56:58,316 Tell him we're well-established on the British music scene... 809 00:56:58,571 --> 00:57:01,028 ...and will live up to their obligations. 810 00:57:01,659 --> 00:57:04,575 Why don't you live up to yours and get us out of here? 811 00:57:07,872 --> 00:57:10,626 This isn't about me, it's about him. 812 00:57:23,305 --> 00:57:26,223 Hey, Fruit. Want to get high? 813 00:57:30,188 --> 00:57:31,563 What you... 814 00:57:31,981 --> 00:57:33,061 No, I... 815 00:57:36,318 --> 00:57:38,026 What you got? 816 00:57:38,655 --> 00:57:41,655 You want to go up, or you want to go down? 817 00:57:41,866 --> 00:57:43,657 Down. Definitely... 818 00:57:44,869 --> 00:57:46,113 ...down. 819 00:57:52,627 --> 00:57:54,168 I heard you were here. 820 00:57:54,753 --> 00:57:55,951 You okay? 821 00:57:56,213 --> 00:57:58,206 No, not really, no. 822 00:57:59,425 --> 00:58:03,090 They want to hold the bus till I get money wired for damages. 823 00:58:04,514 --> 00:58:06,638 What made me think I could do this? 824 00:58:06,892 --> 00:58:10,260 It's only you who's held us together this long. 825 00:58:13,397 --> 00:58:16,933 You're going to need some help. Financial. 826 00:58:17,901 --> 00:58:19,776 I want you to have this. 827 00:58:22,072 --> 00:58:25,857 No. This is your fallback, your rainy day. 828 00:58:26,078 --> 00:58:27,452 It's yours now. 829 00:58:29,373 --> 00:58:31,115 Where's the tooth? 830 00:58:31,373 --> 00:58:33,947 Oh, shit. Oh, no! Where is it? 831 00:58:34,210 --> 00:58:36,084 - So tiny... - Bollocks! 832 00:58:42,552 --> 00:58:44,794 Hold on, man! Quick, quick! 833 00:58:46,974 --> 00:58:47,969 Stop! 834 00:58:49,310 --> 00:58:54,434 Stop! You're about to violate a piece of rock 'n' roll history! 835 00:59:04,909 --> 00:59:07,067 "They called him the Prince of Darkness. 836 00:59:08,412 --> 00:59:11,827 And he ruled the Zuider Zee. 837 00:59:13,625 --> 00:59:15,333 And he had one mantra-" 838 00:59:20,549 --> 00:59:22,874 Bugger me. 839 00:59:27,847 --> 00:59:29,009 There we are. 840 00:59:33,270 --> 00:59:34,681 Bollocks. 841 00:59:41,195 --> 00:59:42,690 Fuck. Oh, no. 842 00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:49,070 Oh, no, no! Help, somebody! 843 00:59:50,036 --> 00:59:52,528 Jesus! Help! Somebody! 844 00:59:53,165 --> 00:59:54,446 Help! 845 00:59:55,334 --> 00:59:56,828 Oh, my God! 846 00:59:57,086 --> 00:59:59,411 Stay there! I'm coming! 847 01:00:19,233 --> 01:00:20,811 Oh, my God! 848 01:00:24,821 --> 01:00:25,687 Somebody! 849 01:00:33,915 --> 01:00:35,325 Somebody... 850 01:00:36,751 --> 01:00:38,127 Oh, God! 851 01:00:55,811 --> 01:00:57,092 For God's sake, grab this! 852 01:00:58,857 --> 01:00:59,806 Pull! 853 01:01:04,945 --> 01:01:07,401 I think I had a near-death experience. 854 01:01:07,699 --> 01:01:10,451 It was almost a full-death experience. 855 01:01:10,701 --> 01:01:13,026 - I slipped. - You're on a frozen canal. 856 01:01:13,287 --> 01:01:18,199 The tragedy for people like me is our lives peak too early. 857 01:01:18,460 --> 01:01:19,373 Tragedy? 858 01:01:20,003 --> 01:01:24,213 Famine's a tragedy, Ray. Or knocking down the rainforests. 859 01:01:24,465 --> 01:01:28,961 Anyway, some people's lives never peak. Think about it. 860 01:01:29,387 --> 01:01:31,096 Happy birthday, by the way. 861 01:01:31,348 --> 01:01:32,427 I'm not fifty. 862 01:01:32,974 --> 01:01:34,516 Bollocks! 863 01:01:35,018 --> 01:01:37,937 Maybe it wasn't his tooth, anyway. 864 01:01:39,439 --> 01:01:43,389 That was the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me. 865 01:01:44,027 --> 01:01:46,732 I'd do anything for you, you know that? 866 01:01:47,656 --> 01:01:51,440 If you weren't so hung up on Brian, I'd have married you years ago. 867 01:01:51,660 --> 01:01:53,617 I told you once. Remember? In Detroit. 868 01:01:53,870 --> 01:01:56,327 - No, it was Cardiff. - Close. 869 01:01:56,582 --> 01:01:57,578 Brian- 870 01:01:59,917 --> 01:02:00,913 Tony. 871 01:02:04,714 --> 01:02:06,754 Let's get back to the hotel. 872 01:02:14,057 --> 01:02:16,845 Why are you still chasing ghosts? 873 01:02:24,902 --> 01:02:26,182 Can you move? 874 01:02:32,034 --> 01:02:35,238 I am at Amsterdam at 3:00! There is no limo. 875 01:02:35,455 --> 01:02:38,123 I wait an hour. I don't know who to call! 876 01:02:38,415 --> 01:02:40,621 I get train to this terrible place! 877 01:02:40,875 --> 01:02:44,744 The taxi driver's a fool! He has not heard about the club. 878 01:02:45,005 --> 01:02:47,544 I have to tell you, I'm bloody pissed off! 879 01:02:53,806 --> 01:02:55,431 Hello, baby. 880 01:02:55,683 --> 01:02:57,675 I'm okay now, thank you. 881 01:02:58,018 --> 01:02:59,299 Hello, baby. 882 01:03:00,103 --> 01:03:02,097 - What's happening? - What happened to you? 883 01:03:02,314 --> 01:03:04,106 What have you taken? 884 01:03:04,358 --> 01:03:05,983 I love you, Momma. 885 01:03:08,529 --> 01:03:09,394 My God! 886 01:03:19,331 --> 01:03:20,160 What? 887 01:03:20,415 --> 01:03:23,998 Cockney Rebel! "Cock" and "knee, " bonus points for that one. 888 01:03:24,253 --> 01:03:25,712 Who is this? 889 01:03:27,047 --> 01:03:28,589 Bastard! 890 01:03:29,633 --> 01:03:31,675 Sorry about that, darling. 891 01:03:39,185 --> 01:03:40,894 Who the fuck is this? 892 01:03:41,145 --> 01:03:42,973 Sorry, boss. I mean Karen. 893 01:03:43,231 --> 01:03:46,398 - Get your socks on. We're leaving. - What? Now?! 894 01:03:57,119 --> 01:03:58,947 Come on, Tony-boy! 895 01:04:00,915 --> 01:04:02,030 Here we go! 896 01:04:04,168 --> 01:04:05,711 Easy, now! 897 01:04:09,091 --> 01:04:10,122 Here we go! 898 01:04:25,482 --> 01:04:28,103 Was this your tooth, Tony? 899 01:04:30,278 --> 01:04:32,153 Hilarious, Beano. 900 01:04:33,489 --> 01:04:35,529 Fucking hilarious. 901 01:04:44,335 --> 01:04:45,414 Hello, man. 902 01:04:47,047 --> 01:04:48,374 About last night... 903 01:04:49,215 --> 01:04:50,840 It's a heavy thought that... 904 01:04:51,175 --> 01:04:53,213 ...I drove you to do something that desperate. 905 01:04:54,094 --> 01:04:54,923 What? 906 01:04:57,014 --> 01:04:59,090 Well, you know, man. 907 01:04:59,475 --> 01:05:02,345 A dark night of the soul, I suppose. 908 01:05:02,686 --> 01:05:04,228 Yeah, well. 909 01:05:05,523 --> 01:05:08,440 There's maybe some things I shouldn't have said. 910 01:05:09,193 --> 01:05:11,101 Shouldn't have said them 20 years ago. 911 01:05:11,361 --> 01:05:13,152 He says he's a very bastard pig. 912 01:05:15,199 --> 01:05:18,650 Does Les think Ray was trying to kill himself? 913 01:05:19,328 --> 01:05:22,743 I may have given him that impression, yes. 914 01:05:23,665 --> 01:05:26,453 Best for the band, I thought. 915 01:05:31,088 --> 01:05:32,500 You should know this. 916 01:05:33,133 --> 01:05:34,794 Last night... 917 01:05:35,136 --> 01:05:37,674 ...as the icy waters closed over me... 918 01:05:39,098 --> 01:05:40,675 ...I saw Brian. 919 01:05:45,189 --> 01:05:47,227 What was he wearing? 920 01:05:47,607 --> 01:05:49,266 I don't remember. 921 01:05:49,525 --> 01:05:51,731 But I saw him so clearly. 922 01:05:52,569 --> 01:05:56,022 Maybe he was on some astral travel trip. 923 01:05:56,240 --> 01:06:00,024 I don't know, but he was sending a message. 924 01:06:00,786 --> 01:06:03,741 And the message was positive, man. 925 01:06:27,771 --> 01:06:31,853 Better call the club. Tell them we might not make it. 926 01:06:32,069 --> 01:06:34,737 The fates have conspired against us. 927 01:06:34,946 --> 01:06:37,069 It was that old Scottish phrase again: 928 01:06:37,282 --> 01:06:40,699 - "If you don't succeed... " - "... pull your foreskin over your head. " 929 01:06:40,953 --> 01:06:43,241 Is that how you all feel? Is it? 930 01:06:43,497 --> 01:06:45,488 If it is, we can all piss off home... 931 01:06:45,832 --> 01:06:48,120 ...and get on with the rest of our lives. 932 01:06:49,543 --> 01:06:51,122 Excuse me. 933 01:06:51,630 --> 01:06:53,871 You go, maybe, to Antwerp? 934 01:06:55,091 --> 01:06:57,629 Hasn't been decided yet, my lovely. 935 01:07:01,932 --> 01:07:03,890 Where did you get that T-shirt? 936 01:07:04,142 --> 01:07:06,846 This? It belonged my father. 937 01:07:07,270 --> 01:07:08,301 Look at that. 938 01:07:11,691 --> 01:07:13,684 Must've been through the wash a few times. 939 01:07:13,985 --> 01:07:15,444 My father, he died. 940 01:07:15,737 --> 01:07:17,859 - Sorry. - That's a shitter. 941 01:07:18,114 --> 01:07:19,941 They were his favorite band. 942 01:07:20,200 --> 01:07:23,367 He say, best band he ever saw. 943 01:07:23,911 --> 01:07:25,654 It's another sign. 944 01:07:27,123 --> 01:07:28,404 Brian sent her. 945 01:07:29,417 --> 01:07:30,995 Thank you, Brian. 946 01:08:54,129 --> 01:08:55,373 Band sounds good. 947 01:08:56,048 --> 01:08:57,127 Wicked! 948 01:09:57,400 --> 01:09:58,810 Excuse me! 949 01:10:04,115 --> 01:10:06,986 Get lost, you slut! He's mine! 950 01:10:55,208 --> 01:10:56,488 I love you! 951 01:11:05,552 --> 01:11:09,385 A week later, a record deal. Straight into the studio. 952 01:11:09,641 --> 01:11:11,929 And Ray let Les sing! 953 01:11:12,183 --> 01:11:14,721 Just one song, but on the scale of miracles... 954 01:11:14,978 --> 01:11:18,348 ...this rated at a level with the Immaculate Conception. 955 01:11:57,689 --> 01:11:59,681 Zoë Ball's program's on. 956 01:11:59,899 --> 01:12:01,524 In a minute. There's money on this. 957 01:12:01,776 --> 01:12:06,190 I also caught up with seminal 70s rockers, Strange Fruit. 958 01:12:06,448 --> 01:12:08,488 Why play such down-and-out venues? 959 01:12:08,951 --> 01:12:11,156 This tour, we wanted to be... 960 01:12:11,410 --> 01:12:16,203 ...more grassroots, you know, with the audience right in your face. 961 01:12:16,791 --> 01:12:18,748 As a band, do you miss Brian? 962 01:12:18,959 --> 01:12:21,285 If you want my opinion... 963 01:12:21,670 --> 01:12:24,163 ...Brian Lovell was as near to a genius... 964 01:12:24,424 --> 01:12:26,631 ...as you can get in this business. 965 01:12:26,885 --> 01:12:27,999 Don't remember this. 966 01:12:28,261 --> 01:12:30,087 You'd left. She got them tanked up. 967 01:12:30,303 --> 01:12:32,343 People who remember the Fruits... 968 01:12:32,598 --> 01:12:35,007 ...remember Keith and Brian. 969 01:12:35,853 --> 01:12:39,517 They don't remember Wicksey, Ray, or me. 970 01:12:39,773 --> 01:12:44,186 Except maybe when I fell off the stage once, pissed as a bollock. 971 01:12:44,445 --> 01:12:48,905 No use kidding yourself we're Strange Fruit, because we ain't. 972 01:12:49,156 --> 01:12:51,778 Not with Brian and Keith ten feet under. 973 01:12:52,119 --> 01:12:53,992 You dickhead, Beano! 974 01:12:54,246 --> 01:12:58,706 Maybe if we was to call ourselves "Slightly Strange Fruit. " 975 01:12:58,958 --> 01:13:01,712 Or how about "Fairly Ordinary Fruit"? 976 01:13:01,962 --> 01:13:05,082 Or "Canned Fruit. " I'm canned. 977 01:13:05,340 --> 01:13:07,048 Don't know about you. 978 01:13:09,844 --> 01:13:11,125 Ray, come here! 979 01:13:12,514 --> 01:13:14,756 - You fucking assholes! - Hey! 980 01:13:14,975 --> 01:13:17,051 This is set point! 981 01:13:17,311 --> 01:13:21,095 - What's rattled your eyeliner? - You two crapped all over this band! 982 01:13:23,734 --> 01:13:25,560 - That's enough! - Get off me! 983 01:13:28,154 --> 01:13:29,529 I'm sorry. 984 01:13:29,781 --> 01:13:31,156 I didn't mean... I'm sorry. 985 01:13:36,748 --> 01:13:38,241 Leave it! 986 01:13:41,128 --> 01:13:44,910 You'll be hitting each other with your handbags next. 987 01:13:45,172 --> 01:13:48,256 You never forgave me for taking over from Keith! 988 01:13:49,969 --> 01:13:51,167 Well... 989 01:13:51,805 --> 01:13:55,008 ...you can find yourself another fucking singer. 990 01:14:02,857 --> 01:14:04,398 For chrissake! 991 01:14:05,609 --> 01:14:07,068 This was about us. 992 01:14:07,318 --> 01:14:09,193 This was our second shot. 993 01:14:10,114 --> 01:14:13,150 And it was working. Anybody who was at Antwerp saw it. 994 01:14:13,409 --> 01:14:18,486 We were brilliant, better than we ever were. We were a great band! 995 01:14:18,915 --> 01:14:20,788 Stupid bastards! Why couldn't you... 996 01:14:21,042 --> 01:14:23,413 ...bury the past before it buried us? 997 01:15:13,720 --> 01:15:14,835 Ironically... 998 01:15:15,097 --> 01:15:19,225 ...a week later was the 25th anniversary of Keith's death. 999 01:15:19,434 --> 01:15:22,184 Because she didn't have a grave for Brian... 1000 01:15:22,436 --> 01:15:24,560 ...Karen went to pay her respects. 1001 01:15:25,065 --> 01:15:27,104 God, look at them all! 1002 01:15:28,818 --> 01:15:31,356 This one's written in Dutch. Look! 1003 01:15:37,662 --> 01:15:40,578 "Even after all this time, the flame still burns. 1004 01:15:40,830 --> 01:15:43,237 Love you, man. Brian. " 1005 01:15:49,256 --> 01:15:50,999 Where is he, Hughie? 1006 01:15:51,675 --> 01:15:53,467 He's alive, isn't he? 1007 01:15:55,763 --> 01:15:58,514 We went to the cemetery. He sent flowers. 1008 01:15:58,723 --> 01:16:01,179 Probably a fan with a twisted sense of humor. 1009 01:16:01,392 --> 01:16:04,809 Or you, looking after him like you always did. 1010 01:16:05,439 --> 01:16:08,808 I thought he was dead! Why did you put me through that? 1011 01:16:09,443 --> 01:16:12,065 - I love the wee guy. - You're not the only one. 1012 01:16:12,279 --> 01:16:16,194 When he came back from the States, he was a basket case. 1013 01:16:16,409 --> 01:16:20,405 I couldn't let him go through all that shit again. 1014 01:16:20,662 --> 01:16:23,284 Maybe it wouldn't have been all that shit again. 1015 01:16:23,540 --> 01:16:28,167 But wasn't it? There's no blinding flash on the road to Damascus. 1016 01:16:28,378 --> 01:16:31,879 Listen, Hughie. The guys don't deserve this. 1017 01:16:32,091 --> 01:16:33,834 You saw how close they were. 1018 01:16:34,343 --> 01:16:37,047 - You were there. - Did you tell him? 1019 01:16:37,429 --> 01:16:38,592 How good they were? 1020 01:16:39,848 --> 01:16:41,842 As a matter of fact, I did. 1021 01:16:42,102 --> 01:16:44,639 I even let him hear a couple of tracks. 1022 01:16:47,940 --> 01:16:50,610 - You'll find him just over there. - Thanks. 1023 01:16:58,658 --> 01:17:01,067 Maybe you should talk to him first. 1024 01:17:45,123 --> 01:17:48,410 I was trying to picture what you would look like. 1025 01:17:51,380 --> 01:17:53,003 Still look like yourself. 1026 01:17:54,465 --> 01:17:56,043 You don't look much different. 1027 01:17:57,385 --> 01:17:58,500 A few more lines. 1028 01:17:59,512 --> 01:18:01,304 Less than you deserve. 1029 01:18:04,433 --> 01:18:06,344 How long have you been working here? 1030 01:18:06,603 --> 01:18:08,477 Since I stopped being a patient. 1031 01:18:09,690 --> 01:18:12,358 Kind of handy if I have a relapse. 1032 01:18:14,109 --> 01:18:15,854 But you're fine now, yeah? 1033 01:18:16,363 --> 01:18:18,485 Tchaikovsky, when conducting... 1034 01:18:18,740 --> 01:18:21,860 ...used to cradle a hand on his head. 1035 01:18:22,118 --> 01:18:24,574 He thought it might fall off. 1036 01:18:25,414 --> 01:18:28,249 - Did you know that? - No, I didn't. 1037 01:18:28,708 --> 01:18:30,083 Is that how you felt? 1038 01:18:31,752 --> 01:18:33,994 Is that why you gave your royalties away? 1039 01:18:34,798 --> 01:18:35,913 No. 1040 01:18:38,469 --> 01:18:41,469 The only way I could get away from the life I had... 1041 01:18:41,764 --> 01:18:44,052 ...was to start again with a new one. 1042 01:18:47,895 --> 01:18:49,472 Do you like my garden? 1043 01:18:50,480 --> 01:18:51,476 It's beautiful. 1044 01:18:51,731 --> 01:18:53,012 I write songs here. 1045 01:18:53,483 --> 01:18:54,397 Yeah! 1046 01:18:54,652 --> 01:18:59,360 I've got over a hundred of them in a Sainsbury's plastic bag. 1047 01:19:05,580 --> 01:19:08,699 Did you play the Fruits' tracks? 1048 01:19:10,333 --> 01:19:15,328 Too much reverb for my taste, but they were definitely happening. 1049 01:19:16,298 --> 01:19:17,673 They missed you. 1050 01:19:18,509 --> 01:19:20,133 I miss them. 1051 01:19:25,600 --> 01:19:28,884 Anything in the rules says I can't give you a hug? 1052 01:19:30,019 --> 01:19:31,812 I don't think so. 1053 01:20:01,178 --> 01:20:04,713 Why did you leave me all those years ago? 1054 01:20:10,353 --> 01:20:12,511 I didn't want to watch you die. 1055 01:20:40,175 --> 01:20:41,884 The house has much history. 1056 01:20:42,136 --> 01:20:45,503 Queen Victoria slept here, and so did Steve Winwood. 1057 01:20:50,811 --> 01:20:52,222 You cannot see Ray. 1058 01:20:52,479 --> 01:20:55,645 He don't want to see you bloody people again. 1059 01:20:55,858 --> 01:20:56,972 That's nice. 1060 01:20:58,194 --> 01:20:59,937 He'll see me. 1061 01:21:02,238 --> 01:21:03,732 Brian, careful! 1062 01:21:44,365 --> 01:21:47,531 I can see you, Brian. So clearly. 1063 01:21:48,494 --> 01:21:50,451 Do you have a message? 1064 01:21:51,622 --> 01:21:53,579 Got a gig on Saturday, man. 1065 01:21:56,044 --> 01:21:57,241 What? 1066 01:21:57,504 --> 01:22:02,460 A record number of people, maybe 200,000. Wisbech is happening! 1067 01:22:06,137 --> 01:22:07,465 Great to see you. 1068 01:22:07,722 --> 01:22:09,465 This is a great thrill for me. 1069 01:22:09,724 --> 01:22:10,755 Brian Lovell? 1070 01:22:11,016 --> 01:22:14,516 I'm pleased the rumors of your demise were premature. 1071 01:22:14,729 --> 01:22:17,481 I hope we're on after Mott the Hoople this time. 1072 01:22:17,690 --> 01:22:20,643 - After Mott and Little Feat. - Little Feet, one point. 1073 01:22:23,154 --> 01:22:24,316 Questions, please. 1074 01:22:24,571 --> 01:22:26,114 So which Fruit's which? 1075 01:22:26,782 --> 01:22:29,355 I'm Posh Fruit. Les is Sour Fruit. 1076 01:22:29,619 --> 01:22:32,654 Ray's the one with money. He's Bread Fruit. 1077 01:22:32,914 --> 01:22:35,583 What does that make you, Brian? Bruised fruit? 1078 01:22:35,916 --> 01:22:37,956 Brian, 20 years ago you said... 1079 01:22:38,210 --> 01:22:41,330 ..."I'll never walk on stage with the Fruits again. " 1080 01:22:41,589 --> 01:22:42,669 How do you feel about that now? 1081 01:22:44,050 --> 01:22:46,837 Since when did anyone believe what they read? 1082 01:22:47,095 --> 01:22:51,389 Any new material on the tour, or just golden oldies? 1083 01:22:53,768 --> 01:22:55,596 Any punch-ups on the tour? 1084 01:22:55,854 --> 01:22:58,973 - It was sweetness and light. - Very mellow vibe. 1085 01:23:10,118 --> 01:23:11,494 Oh, fuck! 1086 01:23:11,787 --> 01:23:16,115 Did you plant the story of Brian's death as a publicity stunt? 1087 01:23:16,331 --> 01:23:17,162 Of course not. 1088 01:23:17,416 --> 01:23:21,284 There are questions about your life. Wasn't the pressure too much? 1089 01:23:21,546 --> 01:23:23,539 Was that when you lost your plot? 1090 01:23:23,798 --> 01:23:26,799 - Were you in a mental home? - Or in a clinic? 1091 01:23:27,051 --> 01:23:30,966 - You used to be a patient- - One question at a time, please. 1092 01:23:31,181 --> 01:23:36,304 Was the breakdown chemically induced, or brought about by Keith's death? 1093 01:23:41,191 --> 01:23:42,353 Can you answer? 1094 01:23:42,568 --> 01:23:43,599 Let's go. Come on. 1095 01:23:43,944 --> 01:23:48,072 - You called a press conference! - You've got a responsibility to answer. 1096 01:23:48,324 --> 01:23:50,032 Are you going to answer? 1097 01:23:50,284 --> 01:23:51,944 We need pictures, guys! 1098 01:23:52,161 --> 01:23:53,489 You people are really something! 1099 01:23:53,704 --> 01:23:58,164 All you want is a few free drinks and a chance to tear people down. 1100 01:23:58,458 --> 01:24:00,784 Those guys deserve a bit more respect. 1101 01:24:03,046 --> 01:24:05,418 You bunch of wankers! 1102 01:24:12,431 --> 01:24:15,596 Find Beano, love. I want everyone to hear this. 1103 01:24:15,809 --> 01:24:17,183 Hear what? 1104 01:24:18,729 --> 01:24:20,520 Brian's not going on. 1105 01:24:22,524 --> 01:24:24,433 We knew it might happen. 1106 01:24:24,693 --> 01:24:26,685 With or without him, you'll be okay. 1107 01:24:26,946 --> 01:24:31,157 He just feels he could do without all that flack again, you know. 1108 01:24:38,583 --> 01:24:40,042 Mr. Baggot! 1109 01:24:43,546 --> 01:24:45,088 Who are you? 1110 01:24:49,677 --> 01:24:51,550 You were in the first band I ever saw. 1111 01:24:51,845 --> 01:24:55,095 My father banned me from seeing a rock concert again. 1112 01:24:55,307 --> 01:24:56,137 He was a Methodist. 1113 01:24:57,936 --> 01:25:01,470 - So what do you want from me? - Quick, violent sex. 1114 01:25:10,281 --> 01:25:13,067 You're not from the Inland Revenue, then? 1115 01:25:19,081 --> 01:25:21,488 What can I tell you? I'm minus a drummer. 1116 01:25:21,750 --> 01:25:26,045 Don't pull this stroke on me. You're not going on after Quo. 1117 01:25:26,297 --> 01:25:28,089 If you don't go on now, they'll get ugly. 1118 01:25:28,341 --> 01:25:30,214 Listen, they're baying for our blood. 1119 01:25:30,467 --> 01:25:34,548 Let's find another drummer. There's got to be a dozen here. 1120 01:25:34,763 --> 01:25:38,263 - Thank you very much for the loyalty. - Where have you been? 1121 01:25:38,475 --> 01:25:43,388 - It doesn't matter. Are you okay? - I'm very okay, as a matter of fact. 1122 01:25:43,649 --> 01:25:45,227 Shall we do this then? 1123 01:25:45,484 --> 01:25:48,733 All right, let's go. Come on! Let's go, Fruits! 1124 01:25:49,070 --> 01:25:51,477 Okay, everyone, it's been far too long. 1125 01:25:51,739 --> 01:25:56,153 So let me hear you give a great welcome to Strange Fruit! 1126 01:27:03,938 --> 01:27:05,182 Come on! 1127 01:27:40,767 --> 01:27:41,681 Go on! 1128 01:27:44,728 --> 01:27:46,520 "The Flame Still Burns. " 1129 01:27:58,952 --> 01:28:00,197 What key are we in? 1130 01:28:00,453 --> 01:28:01,781 E. B. 1131 01:30:33,857 --> 01:30:35,481 Don't you dare. 1132 01:30:45,244 --> 01:30:46,738 I was wrong about God. 1133 01:30:46,954 --> 01:30:49,743 Turns out He likes that 70s stuff after all. 1134 01:30:50,000 --> 01:30:53,664 So it didn't piss down, and they played four encores. 1135 01:30:53,919 --> 01:30:57,918 And with the Almighty in their corner, who knows what might happen? 1136 01:30:58,174 --> 01:31:02,753 And how will the Fruits conspire to bollix things up this time around? 1137 01:31:03,012 --> 01:31:05,716 We wait with bated breath. 1138 01:35:24,193 --> 01:35:28,321 I've got one. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. 1139 01:35:28,530 --> 01:35:32,907 Here, I had one with "heart. " Gerry and the Pacemakers.