J“
Invisible airwaves
crackle with life
bright antennae bristle with the energy
Emotional feedback on timeless wavelength
bearing a gift beyond price
almost free
All this machinery
making modern music
I
J“ I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
j“ livin' in the past, it's a new generation
j“ a girl can do what she wants to do
j“ and that's what I'm gonna do
I and I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
I oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I not me
j“ whah! No!
J“ no, no, no, no, no, no
I not me
j“ me, me, me, me me, me
j“ I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
I I've never been afraid of any deviation
I and I don't really care if you think I'm strange
j“ I ain't gonna change
I and I'm never gonna care 'bout my bad reputation
You look a little bit like my grandpa.
Oh, is your grandpa super cool?
All right. Simmer down, petunias.
Let's go. We got a busy week ahead of us.
It's time to start training
for the president's physical fitness test.
Jimmy Carter's a wimp!
Hey, can it, white.
Now, we're gonna start on upperbody strength
with a little ropeclimbing.
Yeah. That's gonna help us get into a good college.
All right, fellas, let's- oh, one more thing.
New district policy-
everybody must take a shower after class starting today.
And, hey, look, I'm gonna be checking for wet hair,
so don't think you can pull a fast one.
Is Weir allowed to shower with us?
'Cause he's a woman.
Come on, ladies, let's move!
Get up there.
Kiss the beam, you're on my team.
What do I look like, a freakin' Tarzan?
- You got it. - Okay.
Whoa.
- Come on, bill. - Okay.
They cannot make us take a shower.
This is school.
They can make us do anything.
Don't you think it's kinda weird
that they want us to, you know, get naked?
It's not a burlesque show, Sam.
They just want us to shower.
What are you guys talking about?
Stop iookin' up my shorts.
Why would we?
There's nothing to see.
Just keep climbing, wonder woman.
There is something to see.
Well, I'm not gonna do it.
Why, because you don't have any pit hair?
I have pit hair.
And besides, I think it's kinda weird
that you wanna get naked in front of everybody.
Hey, schweiber.
You gonna show us your circumcision
in the showers today?
Yeah. Take a number.
Well, I guess it is kinda weird.
All right.
Then that's settled. We're not doing it.
I can't go up any farther, guys.
How do I get back down?
Hi, everybody.
If you're just a boy or girl who can't say no...
Then you won't be able to say no to tickets
to the McKinley drama club's presentation of...
What? What?
Both: “Oklahoma!"
Oh, no!
No way.
So come on down, partner,
and leave the ducks and geese at home.
Oh, what a beautiful evening youfllhave.
Both: Yeehaw!
Okay, tickets are $2 at the box office.
Don't miss it. It's a great show.
Wow. You'd look good in that dress.
Thanks.
Hey. You guys wanna rehearse today?
- Hell yeah. - Yeah?
- Yeah. - Yeah, sure.
Yeah?
Oh, is this your guys' rock band?
We got an audition for battle of the bands coming up.
Man, winner gets 300 bucks.
Oh, yeah!
I bet you guys are really good.
I don't think so. Come on.
- Do you guys have a name? - Yeah.
Creation.
No, we don't have a name.
Come on. I like that name.
All right. 3:00.
No. I gotta do something with Kim at 3:00.
Ahh. How about 3:01?
How about 3:15?
I gotta fit in your mother.
You wanna sleep with my mom?
Mm-hmm.
You know, to be honest, I don't smell so good.
I could probably use a shower.
We have to stick together.
Hey, if we don't shower,
then we are gonna stick together.
You get it?
Are you ladies having a nice time
at the beauty parlor?
You see, uh, Mr. Fredricks,
the thing is that-Schweiber?
I told you guys, everybody has to shower.
Well, we-we didn't even sweat.
Smell us.
Uh, you know what, Weir?
I'll put that on my "to do" list, all right?
Fellas, hit the shower.
Well, see, we're gonna be late for class,
and I have an algebra test that I cannot make up.
And I can't be late for class.
Just go to class.
All right. Go-
tomorrow, you will get in the shower.
And if you don't do it, I'm gonna know about it.
That guy's really into making guys shower.
Tell me about it.
I've been waiting so long
yes, I've been waiting solong
I said, I've been waitin' too long
to be where I'm goin'
in the sunshine of your love
- Ahh! - Good night, Detroit!
Ahh! Yeah!
That was amazing.
Baby, you look so hot when you play.
I wish I could smash this thing.
Do it! Do it!
What'd you think?
That was pretty amazing, huh?
That was really wild.
Hey. Hey, hey, listen, uh,
Lindsay came up with
some great names for the band.
Tell 'em, Lindsay.
Oh, yeah? I hope it's something catchy,
like, uh, the mathletes.
All right. Let's hear 'em.
Well, I thought the band needed a name
that not only said who you were,
but what you want to represent to the audience.
Go tell 'em.
Okay. Here's one.
Mission control.
- No way. - Why not?
'Cause it sounds like some space thing.
So? What's wrong with that?
Space blows?
Okay. Hey, tell 'em the next one that you thought up.
You guys are gonna love this one.
- Tell 'em. - Okay.
Anarchy's child.
No way! Boo!
What does that even mean?
I don't see you guys coming up
with any names for the band.
Hello, ladies, gentlemen.
- All: Hello, Mr. Andopolis. - Hey, dad.
I take it the symphony is over.
I'm sorry, dad. We just finished.
It sounded a lot better, though, right?
Nick, can I talk to you for a moment?
Yes, sir.
I'll be upstairs.
Ladies, gentlemen.
Let's get outta here.
Hey, uh, I'll just be a minute.
Yeah, but he won't.
Hey, I'm hungry.
Can we get something to eat?
Yeah. Let's go.
Hey, you working the drivethrough?
Yeah, in an hour.
All right! Let's go there,
get a bunch of free crap.
You've got to at least buy a pop, man,
or I'm gonna get caught.
Hey, can't you just wait for me?
Just meet us there.
This is mission control,
requesting permission to rock out.
Hey, I'll wait for you.
Yeah?
Hey, dad, I know I'm not supposed to play past 5:00.
I'm really sorry.
Well, if you're sorry, you wouldn't keep doing this.
I guess I just forgot to look at the clock.
Nick, you're killing me here.
Jeez, I keep trying to be a good guy.
You're pushing me.
I'm not pushing you, dad.
You're pushing me, Nick.
I want your drums out of the basement.
Dad, you already made me move the drums out of the garage.
Pi...
Where am I supposed to put them
if I can't keep them in the basement?
Instead of practicing with your friends,
why don't you try practicing at keeping your grades up?
'Cause your 18th birthday is coming up fast.
You've got to maintain a c+ average.
You know our deal.
Dad, I really-
I don't wanna join the army, okay?
I'm not cut out for the army.
C+.
It's not too much to ask for, Nick.
I'm studying as hard as I can.
Maybe I'm not smart enough or something,
but I'm doing the best that I can.
You're not working hard enough, Nick.
Yes, sir.
Dad?
I really think that I can make it as a drummer.
Nick, I really thought that I could walk on the moon,
but you just don't see
any moon rocks around here, do ya?
Thanks for the talk, dad.
Your mom cans her own vegetables?
Are you okay?
Look, why don't you go, um-
why don't you go meet up with those other guys?
Yeah, okay.
Look, Nick, I couldn't help overhearing.
And I know maybe it's none of my business,
but you're the one who told me when I first met you
that your drums are your reason for living,
and I don't think you should let anyone
talk you out of that.
You just need to stick with it
and prove everybody wrong.
Is that really what you think?
Absolutely.
You can do whatever you want if you believe in yourself.
No one's ever said that to me before.
Well, it's true.
Thank you.
Lindsay,
you're, like, the only person
who's ever gotten what I'm about.
Yeah, well, we're not that different.
Except you're gonna be a famous drummer.
Do you wanna come with me to meet up with those guys?
All right. Let's go.
I should probably change out of these shorts first.
I think they look good.
It's just a lot easier for me to drum
without fabric around my thighs.
This earth ball doesn't look like the earth.
Whoa!
That's it. I'm gonna die in gym glass.
Guys, okay. Everybody hit the shower.
Come on, that's it. Good job.
Good job today.
Come on, this is ridiculous.
My hands are filthy.
Yeah, and I can't say no to a long, luxurious shower.
No! You can't!
You're on your own.
I'm farshtinkener and I'm showering.
Oh, come on. Just one more day.
Come on, one.
Would you quit being such a baby?
Just close your eyes, and it'll be over
before you know it.
I'm with him.
Oh, thanks!
You know?
Friends.
Hey, Sam.
Are, uh-
are you taking French next year?
Uh-
I don't know.
I'm thinking of taking German, since I'm 1/4 German.
C-Could you put on a towel?
Why?
Well-
'Cause you're naked.
Sam, our bodies are merely a shell
which conceal our heavenly souls.
Try not to get too uptight.
Auf wiedersehen.
When did you get chest hair?
What? I have chest ha-
Oh! Would you look at that?
Gonna slow you down in the pool.
So, you guys are gonna do it.
I mean-
you're gonna take a shower.
It's just water.
What could happen?
Well, you could stop smelling like my butt, for one.
Oh, shoot!
I was gonna bring some Cologne.
I completely forgot.
Nail the geeks!
No! Ow! Ow! Get away from me!
Aah! Ow!
Ow! Stop it! Stop!
I hope I can still have kids.
Come on. You got hit in the groin.
You didn't have a hysterectomy.
Ow! Oh, my god!
Weir, what are you doing?
Look at that head of hair, huh?
You just get that cut?
That is very stylish and very, very dry.
Come on. I'm not going through this again.
Off with the clothes and into the shower.
What?
I mean-
I don't feel too well.
You don't feel well.
You think I'm new?
Now, don't pull the fake sick crap on me. Come on.
No, no, no. I-I am sick.
I'm dizzy.
And-and I have a headache.
And I'm nauseous.
All right, okay.
Just go to the nurse's office.
Thank you.
Pick up the academy award on the way there, Weir.
Sheesh.
Schweiber, put on some clothes.
You look like a 50-year-old man.
Hey, I thought you guys were practicing today.
Yeah. I don't know if those guys
are coming or not. Um-
they went down to the junkyard
to get a carburetor for Kim's gremlin.
Yeah, it might take awhile.
What?
No. I just-
I think you guys need to rehearse more.
I thought that you said that we were good.
Yeah, but you guys aren't good enough
to win any competitions.
Thanks a lot, you know?
Thanks a lot, Lindsay.
No. I-
well, I mean, it's true, Nick.
If you wanna prove your dad wrong,
then the band has to be really great,
or else he's gonna send you to the army.
I know. I know.
You just need to work harder.
Uh-huh.
Yeah. When I was in the mathletes,
we did logarithms until we couldn't see straight.
You know, but it paid off.
We were state champions,
and we went to nationals two years in a row.
Yeah. I don't know.
Daniel isn't really into practicing.
Well, who's the leader of this band?
You or Daniel?
Ooh, it's hot!
It's smokin'- it's so hot
On the drums.
Thank you!
I like it fast.
Hey, uh, listen, guys.
Listen, uh,
that wasn't very good.
Let's try it again.
What?
Let's, uh, try “sunshine of your love" again.
Well, we just played it, man.
Why would we do it again?
'Cause it wasn't, uh it wasn't right, man.
It was really sloppy,
and it didn't really sound anything like the record, so-
I don't care what the record sounds like, okay?
We play it the way we play it.
Are you still buyin' pot from the same guy?
You mean me?
Look, guys.
I just wanna play the song right, you know?
Look, any way we play is the right way.
Not if we want to get into battle of the bands-
I could give a crap about battle of the bands!
Who cares?
You were right, Lindsay.
Right about what?
Please. Do tell.
I'll tell you.
That you guys don't care, you know?
Look, maybe you guys are just screwin' around,
but I-I want us to be good, you know?
I'm tired of sucking at everything in my life,
and I wanna nail that audition, all right?
But we're not gonna nail that audition
unless we play the songs over and over and over again
until they're perfect.
All right, Daniel?
So can we just play the song right once?
Please?
All right?
Let's play the stupid song.
Thank you.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
Did you hear any sticks, man?
Wait for my sticks, all right?
Gee, this is really fun, guys.
I'm glad we have a band.
I've been waiting so long
to be where I'm going
in the sunshine of your
love
Wow, that sucked.
Royally.
No, wait-hey.
Hey, it sounded better.
Yeah, it really did sound better.
Oh, did it, Lindsay?
Do you approve?
Come on, Daniel.
I'm outta here.
You're a piece of work, Lindsay.
Daniel, where you going?
Anywhere!
We need to rehearse more, Daniel!
No, you need to rehearse more.
We need to get the hell out of here.
I hate this song now. We played it, like, six times.
I never wanna hear it again.
It sounded better.
Who cares, man?
We're in a paneled basement, not the silverdome.
You know, you and yoko here have turned music into school.
What are you gonna do,
start handing out band homework?
I just wanna play the song right, Daniel!
Then go join the marching band, geek.
You know what? Shut up!
At least the marching band can
play something right twice in a row!
You are a dumb ass, andopolis!
Rock 'n' roll don't come from your brain.
It comes from your crotch.
And if you ever got any, Mr. Cute shorts,
you'd know that.
Let's get out of here.
I quit.
Fine!
I guess that means I quit.
Fine! Quit!
You're not even good enough to be in creation!
Thanks a lot, Lindsay.
I don't get it.
What do they have that we don't?
Good bodies.
So he can throw her over his shoulder?
Big deal.
He should use his legs more.
He's gonna throw out his back.
I don't know. I mean-
my mom says that women prefer
guys with a good sense of humor.
But you're not very funny.
Screw you. I'm hilarious.
Ooh, how witty.
Get this guy on “Hollywood squares."
I overheard that Todd shellinger
takes off his shirt when he makes out.
Why would he do that?
Why would anybody do that?
Probably to show off his chest hair.
I know that's what I'm gonna do.
Go ahead, laugh,
but all cool guys have hairy chests:
Selleck, Reynolds, rockford.
Hey, what about mork?
He's got more hair on his hand
than Sam has in his pits.
Shut up!
Will girls ever like us?
I think our best play is to go for
the smart, sexy librarian type.
You know, she's sweet and shy,
but then she takes off her glasses and
Like Bailey on “wkrp in Cincinnati."
But Cindy Sanders is like a librarian type.
Yeah. Librarian for the playboy mansion.
This push-up's too hard to push up.
Oh!
- Oh, man! - Gross!
Oh, you're sick.
Oh, my god. It's cold.
So, where is everybody?
No idea.
Well, that's kinda weird, isn't it?
I mean, that no one is around,
not that you don't have any idea where anyone is.
I'm gonna go.
Hey, Lindsay.
Thanks for breaking up the band.
What?
I didn't break up the band.
I just thought you guys should learn one song.
So, you admit it.
Yes, I admit it. I-
god! How could I be so awful
to suggest that you actually play an entire song
correctly all the way through?
God knows zeppelin only plays half of “stairway to heaven,"
and the who never even practices “teenage wasteland."
“Baba o'Riley."
What?
The name of the song is “baba o'Riley."
- Oh. - It's on “who's next?"
You know, I didn't break up the band.
I just wanted to help Nick.
Nick doesn't need any help.
How can you say that?
If he doesn't make it as a drummer,
then he has to go into the army.
What?
He's not gonna make it as a drummer.
So why don't you just let him have some fun
before he has to ship off?
Yeah? Well, you sound just like his dad.
Well, maybe his dad is right.
I can't believe you're saying that.
Lindsay, he's not gonna be the next Keith moon.
So if he's got some place to go that's gonna take care of him,
why don't you just stay out of his way?
Daniel, that is not how it has to be.
Oh.
Okay.
Schweiber.
Here.
- Trinsky. - Ich bin hier.
Anybody seen Weir?
Yeah, man, and this kid,
he was, like, “redrum! Redrum!"
Get it, man, redrum's "murder" backwards.
Hey! Come on.
This ain't tea with the queen.
You leave now, you're still 10 minutes
late to class.
Come on, let's go.
Redrum.
Ah, get out of here, you nut!
Who's in there?
Hey, you know it's a little easier
if you sit down and drop your pants.
So, uh, how come you weren't in English today?
I bailed.
The, uh, whole band breaking up thing
has gotten me really down.
You know?
Yeah, well, it shouldn't.
And it wasn't a real band.
Those guys were just screwing around.
You're the only one trying to be a professional.
I still don't have a band though, you know?
Well, maybe you could join this one.
What are you talking about?
Dimension is looking for a new drummer?
Yeah, it was up at the record store.
These guys are, like, the top working band in Detroit!
I saw them open for Jethro tull at cobo hall last year.
Tull could barely follow them.
Oh, man!
You could be getting paid to drum, like a real job.
Oh, hell, yeah!
Oh, man, I gotta go call these guys
and set up an audition.
And then I gotta go practice. It's-
it's not 5:00 yet, is it?
- Mm-mm. - Yeah!
Oh!
Thank you.
You're welcome.
I don't want to get naked in front of other guys.
Well, who does?
Do you know how many men have seen me naked in my lifetime?
Do you think I'm comfortable with it?
No, but I live with it.
I just don't want them to tease me.
Oh, who would tease you?
All right, look, here's what you do.
You tell them you're proud of your body.
That'll show 'em.
Sam, you have a beautiful body.
Doesn't he, Harold?
I just said he had a beautiful body.
Those other boys are probably just jealous.
Lindsay, tell your brother what a beautiful body he has.
- Mom! - Mom!
- Lindsay. - What?
Your mother asked you to tell your brother
that he has a beautiful body.
That is so stupid.
Lindsay, tell him.
It's not gonna help him.
Lindsay, just say the words.
It'll make him feel better.
Sam,
you have a beautiful body.
You're an Adonis, a slab of beef.
If I wasn't your sister
oh, my god.
Lindsay, can it!
See, sweetheart?
That was great, Paul.
We'll be in touch.
I never played on a drum kit this small before.
I'm sure it'll be fine.
Hey, are you Nick?
- Hey, I'm Scott. - Hello, Scott.
This is Alex, and that's Vance.
Hey, Alex. Hello, Vance.
- How's it goin', man? - Great.
I hope this kit's okay with you.
Oh, yeah. No, it's fine.
The one I normally play on is a lot bigger.
Oh, wow, really? How many piece?
29.
Whoa!
29-piece kit.
Wow, what are you doing here?
You should be auditioning us.
Psh. Yeah, right. Right?
I saw you guys open for Jethro tull
at cobo hall last year.
You guys blew them away.
Yeah, well, you must've been there Friday night,
'cause Saturday night we got booed off the stage.
We didn't get booed off the stage.
So what do you say? You wanna jam or what?
Yeah!
Let's rock it, man.
Cool. Jump on.
You call the tune.
Um, how about a little cream?
Yeah, let's do “crossroads."
What do you, uh-what about “sunshine of your love"?
I hate that song. Let's do “crossroads."
No problem. All right.
Count it off, my man.
All right.
That was good, but let's try it a little bit tighter.
- Tighter? - Yeah.
All right. Let's do it.
- Count it off. - Right.
Hold it. Yeah, hold it.
Hold on. Let's try it just a little bit quicker pace.
Oh, a quicker pace.
- Yeah, just a little bit. - Okay.
Sorry 'bout that. Ready?
All right, here we go.
Count it off.
I went down to the crossroads
got down on my knees
got to the crossroads
dropped down on my knees
asked the lord above for mercy
save me if you please
- Great. - All right. Great job, man.
What do you mean? That's it?
What, that's it?
Yeah. Thanks a lot.
I- I, uh-
hey, uh, good luck with that 29-piecer, man.
Maybe someday, you'll knock it up to an even 30.
Thanks.
So, what are you gonna do now?
Join the army, I guess.
No. I mean, right now.
Do you want to go to the record store or anything?
I suck, Lindsay.
No, you don't.
You were in there with me, right?
You-you heard me playing?
I was a joke.
You know, Nick, those guys
are five years older than you.
In five years, you're gonna be way better than they are.
No, I'm not.
Sometimes I go down in my basement,
and I put on a live album,
I can see myself on the stage.
Do you understand what I mean?
I can see it.
And I'm playing a ten minute solo,
and I'm on one of those hydraulic risers, you know,
that make the drum kit go way up high,
like I'm Peter criss or something.
Oh, man.
I'm not gonna be that guy.
I'm never gonna be that guy.
I'll be lucky if I get to be the guy
who pushes the button and makes the riser go up,
but I'm not even gonna be that guy.
I'm not even gonna be that guy
'cause I can't even keep a c+ average, man.
Well, Nick, I could-
I can help you get your grades up.
He's gonna make me join the army.
Oh, man, I'm gonna have to join the army.
I'm gonna be surrounded by a group of psychopaths
like my brothers and like my dad.
Nick, come on.
That's not gonna happen to you.
I wouldn't let it.
Oh, my god.
I'm done, man.
I'm done.
I in a white room
I with black curtains
I near the station
j“ blackroof country,
I no gold pavements,
j“ tired starlings
j“ silver horses
I ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
j“ dawnlight smiles on you leaving,
I my contentment
what is wrong with them?
Why do they think that hitting people with towels
is still funny?
If it wasn't us
It would be kinda funny.
Afternoon, gentlemen.
Hev, have you lost weight?
Shut up!
Get out of my way.
I'm gonna take a shower.
Look who finally decided to take a shower.
Nice pecs, Weir.
You look like a flatchested girl.
Flatchested girl.
Well, I'm proud of my body.
Oh, he's proud of his body.
Oh, well, you should be proud. Look at this.
Get out of my way.
Maybe you should show it to everybody then,
- huh, Weir? - What are you doing?
Come on, guys. Guys, come on, don't-
I wouldn't want you to miss class.
Oh, come on!
Let me in! Mr. Fredricks!
So, uh, how long have you been teaching?
Two months.
Two months? Do you like it?
I love it. I love it, too.
Mr. Fredricks!
Oh, I'm sorry, Weir.
I forgot to take that!
God!
Got some shorts in my locker.
J“ one step beyond
Why?
Sam, Alan's gone.
It's all clear, you can come back now.
J“ one step beyond
hey, Lindsay.
- Hey.
Can I, uh-can I talk to you for a second?
Yeah. Sure.
Yeah? Come on.
Strea ker!
Go, Sam! Go!
J“ one step beyond
but where you from?
I'm from here.
I actually live down the street.
You're from right here?
- Yeah, yeah. - Oh, my-
yeah, right. You know-
oh, jeez.
J“ one step beyond
well, what the hell are you looking at?
Weir, the shower's that way.
I just wanted you to know I can't stop
thinking about that kiss.
Oh, good.
It really meant a lot to me.
I'm glad.
Let's, uh, go out to the patio.
Pafio?
I thought you were fighting with those guys.
Yeah, we were, but not anymore.
We fight like that all the time.
- It doesn't mean anything. - Oh.
They heard what happened at the audition.
They came over last night, we're cool.
No, you guys, I'm serious.
I think my mom, like,
wants to come see the band play or something.
When she gets out of rehab?
Shut up.
Ringo starr.
You finally got your wish, Nick.
You're as good a drummer as John bonham.
Of course he's dead.
You should've seen the looks on those guys' faces, man.
I think I ruined their love of music forever.
Hey, hey, is dimension gonna charge you
for the pee stain you left on the drum seat?
Shut up. Look, dimension sucks, man.
You're too good for them.
I saw 'em open for tull,
they got booed off the stage.
Thanks a lot, man.
Hey, Lindsay.
So are we gonna rehearse at your house today,
or is the old man gonna pop a vein?
You are such a slut.
No. It's cool. We just gotta be out by 5:00.
Hey, let's play some real songs for once.
I wrote out some Iggy pop and ramones songs.
Aw, the ramones?
The ramones only play, like, three chords, man.
All right, so I'll learn another one.
I gotta pee.
I heard that you jumped him.
What?
You don't have to act innocent, Lindsay,
I know you're a slut.
I'm pretty sure Cindy didn't see you.
And if she did, it was just with her peripheral vision, so
you know, it wouldn't be bad if people saw my back.
But my front's a whole 'nother story, you know?
Maybe I could transfer to another school.
Well, well, well.
Hey, Weir, that was fun in gym class today, huh?
Leave me alone.
I heard they're bringing in the psychiatrist
for all the kids who had to see you naked.
Shut up, Alan.
- There he is! - Whoo!
Hey, Sam, I heard you streaked!
Way to go!
Hey, shut up!
All right, Sam.
You guys are losers, and you always will be.
Then how come you're the one
riding home with no friends?
You're like a god.
People are gonna worship you.
I play so much better when you're around.
Hey, I want to play it again.
Put more dry ice in the bucket.
Sure.
Thanks.