- [whispering] I am not a woman.
I am an icon.
I am not a woman.
[inhales deeply] I am an icon.
I am not a woman.
[inhales deeply]
I am an icon. [knock at door]
- Angelyne?
- [normally] Read it.
- Oh, I don't think that that's a very good i--
- Read it.
- Okay.
"The mystery of LA billboard diva Angelyne's
"real identity is finally solved,"
by Jeff Glaser of "The Hollywood Reporter."
"Way before Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian,
"the enigmatic blonde bombshell
"was famous for being famous,
"perpetually driving the streets of Hollywood
"in that pink Corvette, but her true identity
"has remained secret all these years...
until now."
[Electric Light Orchestra's "Evil Woman"]
- * You made a fool of me *
* But them broken dreams have got to end *
* *
* Hey, woman, you got the blues *
* 'Cause you ain't got no one else to use *
* There's an open road that leads nowhere *
* So just make some miles between here and there *
* There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in *
* You took my body and played to win *
- Who is she?
- * Ha, ha, woman, it's a cryin' shame *
- All right.
- * But you ain't got nobody else to blame *
* *
* Evil woman *
* *
* Evil woman *
* *
* Evil woman *
* *
* Evil woman *
* *
* Rolled in from another town *
* Hit some gold, too hot to settle down *
* But a fool and his money soon go separate ways *
* You found a fool lyin' in a daze *
- Mysterious billboards are popping up around the city
featuring the striking image
of a blonde with a single name,
Angelyne,
raising the question for millions of Angelenos:
who is Angelyne,
and what exactly is she advertising?
- What do I think she does by looking at it?
- Actually, I did hear that she was trying to be a star
and that she bought all these billboards
trying to be a star. Am I right?
- Angelyne, why are you famous?
- I'm famous for being on billboards.
- Angelyne! - I see her sometimes.
I saw her ride by in her car,
and she was just paying maximum attention
to the people on the sidewalk,
just, you know, showing up.
- Ooh.
- The one, the only Angelyne.
[cheers and applause]
- Angelyne finally decided
all those billboards weren't enough,
so she put up this ten-story-tall
mural of herself
at the corner of Hollywood and Vine.
It was there for six months and cost more than $50,000.
- The mystery of Angelyne has become a media obsession,
although she outright refuses
to tell you anything about her past.
* *
- People have a lot of opinions about who you are.
How would you describe yourself?
- I'm a Rorschach test in pink.
[gasps] Ooh.
An innocent little doll
or a whore
or a porn star.
People see...
what they see.
- I love Angelyne
for all the same reasons that I love Los Angeles:
the extremes, the weirdness, the glamour, the enigma.
- There's something sexy about a mystery.
That's why everybody wants to know my story.
- Back then, you could still disappear
or reappear as someone else.
You can't really do that anymore.
Angelyne existed at a point in American history
when that was still possible.
- Everyone wants to interview her.
They're doing a story about the history of Los Angeles.
They're doing a story about
the greatest sex symbols of our time.
They want to interview Angelyne.
- Who is Angelyne really?
What's her story? Where is she from?
That's what I set out to learn,
and I was successful.
- Jeff Glaser turned out to be...
A liar, and I hate liars.
He was just biting at the ch--
mm, whatever you call it
to get the story.
- So the story isn't true?
[phone ringing, indistinct chatter]
- Hey, Jeff, here are those photos
you asked for of Angelyne.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, she was in a band called Baby Blue in the '70s.
That guy's name right there is Cory Hunt.
- Cory?
Oh.
[sighs]
Cory's dead.
- I am not dead.
Of course she would say that, man.
You know why she would say that?
Because I created Angelyne.
Does she know you're talking to me?
- Did I say Cory was dead?
Well, he doesn't live in LA anymore.
I sometimes get the two confused.
- God's honest truth?
This whole Angelyne story starts with me.
She was nothing before me.
[Yoko Ono's "Mindtrain"]
* *
- * Dub-dub *
* Dub-dub *
* Dub-dub, dub-dub *
* Oh, ooh *
* Ooh, oh *
* Oh *
* *
* Dub-dub train *
- He's probably gonna tell you some story
about how he saved me or discovered me,
and if that'll make him happy, he can do that.
But the truth is, when I met him,
I was already quite busy modeling and acting.
But the characters weren't reflective
of who I am on the inside, so...
I had a different plan.
[rock music playing]
- * You can take me around the world *
- I was looking for a band that wasn't going anywhere,
one that I could mold.
That's how I discovered him.
Coca-Cola, please.
- * Baby, you got me *
- They were nothing much to look at,
but that's okay, 'cause no one was looking.
- * Where I stand *
I will never forget that night.
We had a residency at the Starwood.
We were already gaining a ton of buzz.
There was cosmic energy in the air that night.
* Baby, you got me *
* You got me, you got me *
[cheers and applause]
We have been and we will always be
Baby Blue.
Thank you, and good night.
- You guys rip, man!
- Hey, Cory, great show.
- [laughs] - Mm-hmm.
- And that's when I discovered her,
this divine creature from outer space.
[dreamy music]
I'll be right back.
I never saw anything so beautiful.
* *
So what did you think of the band?
- What band?
- Mine. [laughs]
We were just onstage.
- Oh, was that you? I wasn't listening.
How'd you do?
- We were incredible.
We were fine.
- If you're aiming for just fine,
you'll probably end up just missing it.
You gotta aim higher.
- Yeah, I know.
I mean, this place is not bad,
but we really should be playing the Whisky.
- Then you gotta play every show as if it's the Whisky,
and one day... [snaps fingers]
It will be.
- Can I buy you a drink?
- I don't drink...
Or smoke.
- Who are you?
- Angelyne.
Yeah, my dad, right,
he's got this whole Soviet work ethic
where you just work your whole life
and you expect nothing,
but I say what's the point of living if you aren't...
both: Following your dreams.
- Yeah, yeah. [chuckles]
Yeah, so I said, "No, I'm not gonna live like that."
So I packed up all my shit.
I fled to LA,
started a band.
I mean, I've played every club around here.
Eventually I'm gonna play the Whisky.
That'll prove him wrong, you know?
- Fathers can ruin your life.
- So what about you? Are you close with your dad?
- Oh, I never knew him. He died when I was a baby.
- Oh.
I'm sorry.
Your mom?
- What's your sign?
- Aquarius. - [gasps]
- [laughs]
- No wonder you're a rebel.
- Hey, wait. Where you going?
- Home, of course.
- She'd occasionally share things about herself
to gain sympathy, but when it comes
it the actual truth about her past,
no, she never went there.
Hey, hey, wait up.
You know how many freaks and weirdos are out here?
You could get your head chopped off.
- Don't worry, Daddy. I'm stronger than I look.
- No, but you-- - [laughs]
- You shouldn't be walking.
Hey, I work at a garage.
I could help you get a cheap car if you want.
- Oh, I don't want just any car.
A car is supposed to be an extension of you,
your being.
I want something fast
so I can get away if I have to.
- What would you need to get away from?
- Anyone, anything,
I have to know I can escape.
That's why I'm saving up to buy my dream car,
my very own Star 'Vette.
- Star 'Vette. - Mm-hmm.
[laughter]
That's what Barbie calls her Corvette,
her dream machine.
- Barbie the doll?
- The American icon.
I'd love to be like Barbie.
- You're already blonde and beautiful.
- Oh, she's so much more than that.
She lives a painless existence.
You can stick her with things, and she won't cry.
She doesn't hurt.
Wouldn't that be nice, never to hurt?
- Yeah, I would never let you get hurt.
* *
- Come on, Aquarius,
we don't want to get our heads chopped off.
[laughs]
You know, pink is the color of the Beverly Hills Hotel...
- Okay. - Jayne Mansfield's house...
and my house. [laughs]
That's why I picked pink.
I came to Hollywood to follow the dream.
I had to leave everything behind
in order to become what I knew I needed to become.
The season of change is upon us.
- Hey, candles are a classy touch.
Sets a nice vibe.
- No, these are because...
[yelling] My asshole neighbor
cut my power! [feet stomping]
[normally] I mean, she is-- whoo--
evil, but no matter what she does,
she can't...
[yelling] Fucking hurt me
because I will call the goddamn cops!
[laughs]
[normally] Anyway, this place is a work in progress.
I'm designing a whole new look for it.
- No, I love it.
Yeah, especially all these mirrors.
Hey, is that the--
- Oh, I don't let anybody in there.
That's my sanctuary.
It's my cocoon.
- Your cocoon? [bird caws]
Jesus fucking--what the fuck?
- That's my parrot. [laughs]
He's very jealous.
Person.
[bird caws] Ooh.
You be nice. [laughs]
- Person? - Yeah.
He was here when I moved in, so I adopted him.
I called him Bird at first, but...
[bird chitters] [laughs]
The more I got to know him,
the more I realized he's complex.
- Oh, hey, this is... - Marilyn.
Yeah.
She's my honorary mother.
Since I was a little girl,
I've known that fame is my destiny.
Huge, gigantic fame.
Are you ready to do it?
- Oh, God, yes.
- Let's get famous together.
I'll sing in your band,
and we'll conquer the world.
* *
- So I asked her to join my band.
- So I asked him if he wanted to play guitar in my band.
- We made a pact that night to get famous together.
Some weird witchy shit...
But I was along for the ride.
- Marilyn needs an offering, something personal.
- It's my demo.
- Marilyn loves music.
It's perfect.
Marilyn, you have known sorrow and pain,
and so have we,
but our hearts are pure.
Please guide us in your footsteps on this Earth
and light our way to the top, where we were born to be.
She wants us to formalize it with our blood.
[gasps, inhales sharply]
[groans, breathes sharply]
- [groans]
[sighs]
Holy shit, this is fucking intense.
- Our destiny is sealed...
together.
- [moans]
[both moaning]
- Ew, gross. That did not happen.
And light our way to the top, where we were born to be.
[electricity buzzing]
- Holy shit.
- Marilyn agrees, see?
We should be in a band together.
[laughs]
[clock chiming] [gasps]
Oh, my goodness, wow, it is so late.
- Okay. - I have to dye my hair.
Careful walking back to your car.
- Oh, I-- - Oh.
Mwah.
- Uh--
[breathing heavily]
- I know how to get what I want from a man.
The band was just all part of my grand plan.
[indistinct chatter]
- I mean, she's a total paradox.
I can't wait for you to experience her.
You know, she dresses like a slut,
but she sees herself as innocent,
and I know what you're thinking,
but it's not about that.
You know, she's, like...
super disciplined.
She kicks me out of her house every night at 10:00 p.m.
to dye her hair and take a bubble bath.
She's a lot, man.
- Yeah, but do we need a singer?
- We need her.
- We need her or you need her?
- Hey, guys, I think we're being watched.
- Hey, hey, don't worry. Honestly, she's moldable.
We just--we'll put her where we want to put her.
She's eye candy.
All right, crowds will eat that shit up.
- I met Cory a few years before he met Angelyne.
Yeah, I remember he said he went to Berklee School of Music
but he left because he was too good.
[laughs]
Too good.
Oh, but still, he had true God-given talent.
[Nikki and the Corvettes' "Criminal Element"]
But when Angelyne came along...
- * You're such an animal *
- She did a number on him.
- * Ooh, I want to smash in the door *
* And try to take just what I need *
* Ooh, oh, baby, can't you see *
* That I am just what you need *
* You're such a criminal element *
- Hey, Bud, Ray, meet Angelyne.
- Hi, boys.
Pleased, I'm sure.
So we have to talk photos.
I know what you're going for with your old posters,
the brick wall, little-boy fake machismo.
It's all a bit cliché, though, no?
Since we have to take new photos anyway,
I'm going to experiment with a new look.
The posters are key. The posters are everything.
- Yeah, but isn't it about the music?
- That's a ridiculous question. No.
Look, it's marketing 101.
You could waste years of your life holed up
in a crummy rehearsal studio,
writing your masterpiece that no one will ever hear,
or you can put your masterpiece up--
oh--around town,
capture the city's attention, and they'll be begging for it.
These little punk clubs are fine,
but wouldn't the Whisky be so much better?
- Sorry. - Sure.
- And to that end, five is better than four,
so I put an ad in "The Recycler"
for a keyboardist.
- I knew we were being watched.
- That's Tim in the blue, Freddy with the tie,
Hector is in the glasses,
and the balding one is Keith or Kenneth.
Anyway, I already have my favorite,
but feel free to look around.
- Did you know about this?
- I mean, it's actually a pretty smart idea
to add keys.
- [squeaks]
Okay, suit yourself. I'll pick.
[rock music]
* *
Nope, sorry.
Nope, you can go.
* *
No. No, no, no.
Freddy.
* *
Welcome to Baby Blue.
- [laughs]
- She's great, isn't she?
* *
- The band...loved me.
* *
[indistinct chatter]
Are you ready for Baby Blue?
Ooh.
[light applause]
- One, two, three, four.
[upbeat rock music playing]
* *
* Oh, baby, you're a fantasy man *
* Try to love me any way that you can *
* You're the one I love to tease *
* And then I play so hard to please *
* You can take me for a ride *
* We got nothing to hide *
* Oh, baby, you're a fantasy man *
* Try to love me any way that you can *
* *
- * Oh, bitch, scratch my itch *
* I ain't got money, but you know I don't miss *
- * Oh *
- * Oh, baby, it's such a sin * - * Ooh *
- * When you put me in the state I'm in *
- * Ah *
- I'll be honest, people definitely thought
it was a joke at first.
Nobody took her very seriously, but...
I knew what to do.
Every day, I would take pictures of Angelyne.
- Lower.
- I must've taken thousands over the years.
- There you go. - Like this?
- Mm-hmm.
Cory took photos, sure,
but not the ones everybody know.
- You're a wild animal. - Back up.
- Okay, sorry. - Back up.
He never really had a photographer's eye.
- She'd always choose the shitty overexposed shots
so you didn't see any of the flaws on her face.
- Maybe he'd get one decent shot out of a thousand.
- You're a movie star.
- Not the best track record, if you ask me.
- And I was right, people were curious.
- [echoing] * Yeah *
- [snorts]
Love is strange, man.
You know, you guys will see it too.
Good stuff is coming.
I promise you.
Like, real, like...
supernatural success.
We are, like, this close to, like, fucking
getting on that rocket ship, man.
- You realize you're starting to sound like Angelyne, right?
- No, Angelyne,
she's starting to sound like me.
- Is that what you tell yourself?
- Hey, come on. Hurry up.
We don't want to be here all night.
- We're working our asses off, man.
Where is she right now?
- Ooh.
- Man, she is super clean. - [laughs]
- Hey, put up your posters. Keep the beat. Believe.
That's your job.
- [scoffs] Okay.
- I think Bud was a little bit jealous of me and Angie
'cause of this powerful thing that we had going on
outside of the band, you know?
- [breathes deeply]
- We have to take them all down.
- [laughs]
Wait, what?
- Yeah, no.
- The printing is awful and cheap.
My thighs look massive.
This is not what I look like, is it?
- I'd say it's pretty generous.
- You don't know what you're saying.
Take them down.
- What do you do for the band?
I mean, I'm so curious.
I mean, we've been out here all night.
Cory pays for the posters. What do you do?
- I am the reason that people show up.
You are replaceable.
- Right. Okay.
You take them down.
I'm gonna take a bubble bath.
- Hey, Bud, come on, man.
- Well?
- Yeah, no, I'm--
Yup.
- I get what I want.
That doesn't make me a brat.
That makes me in control.
- She had to go.
We couldn't take it anymore.
I think Cory was relieved.
- I was pissed.
But the guys had a point, so...
I knew what had to be done.
- * Smell like a rose, taste like a tangerine *
- Hey, how about we go out for some tacos tonight?
- You know I don't eat on Tuesdays.
- Well, can I at least take you out somewhere?
- * Take it to the limit *
- There's just some stuff
I really want to talk to you about.
- * Far so I provoked you *
* Doo-doo-doo-doo, ba-ba *
* And then I shut the door *
[squeals] That is good. I love that.
- Hey, I should get off around 3:00.
How about we go out for a test drive?
Maybe up to Malibu?
- Marilyn didn't rest until she was famous.
We need to stay focused.
- Jesus Christ, Angelyne, just listen to me.
[sighs]
So the guys and I have been talking,
and we think it might be time--ugh.
This is really hard for me, you know?
- [gasps, squeals] There he is.
Steve. - What?
- This is Cory. Cory, this is--
- Steve Hughes. I book the Whisky.
- So I was at El Coyote yesterday with Freddy,
and who does the universe put at the table next to me?
So we got to talking, and not only does Steve handle
the bookings for the Whisky.
He also happens to need his car fixed.
It was all part of the grand plan.
Step one: find a band.
Step two: play the Whisky.
- Well, obviously we couldn't kick her out anymore.
I mean, you say what you will.
Maybe she was the devil in disguise.
But that devil made it happen.
[sultry rock music playing]
* *
- * You know I'm getting off on you *
* You know I get off on you *
* You know I'm getting off on you *
* You know I get off on you *
* Off on you, off on you *
* Off on you *
* You *
* *
* Kiss me, LA *
- * K-k-k-kiss me, LA *
- * Kiss me, LA *
- * K-k-k-kiss me, LA *
- * Kiss me, LA *
- * K-k-k-kiss me, LA *
- * Kiss me, LA *
- * K-k-k-kiss me, LA *
* *
[laughter and cheers]
- Crazy, you guys were so awesome.
[laughter] - Yeah!
- Whoo! - Incredible!
- Whoo! - Oh, my God.
[indistinct chatter]
- [snorts] - We fucking played that.
- Told you! - [sighs]
- I know! I know! - Told you!
- I know!
I know. I know.
[indistinct chatter]
- [sighs]
Going in there too?
- No, that's not really my thing.
You?
- The crowd is my drug.
Their love is like--
It's like a natural high.
- You were really great tonight.
- Was I? - Mm.
- That is so sweet of you.
You, you were the glue who held us all together.
- [chuckles]
I don't think anyone's ever said that
about a keyboard player before.
- Freddy...
you are a good, spirited person.
Your body contains a benevolent, calm energy,
and that'll leave you open to new and magical possibilities.
You'll see.
[indistinct chatter]
[camera shutter clicks]
- [snorts]
[laughs]
- [laughs]
Oh, Freddy.
- All the greats play the Whisky.
I mean, when I first moved to LA,
every night of the week, I ended up seeing a show there.
So to finally get to play there,
I mean, I felt like I had made it, you know?
Till about a week later.
[rock music]
* *
Hey, have you seen this shit? - Language.
- Uh,
"The once-promising Los Angeles punk scene
"suffered a potentially fatal attack Thursday night
"at the Whisky by a little-known
"and best-forgotten band called Baby Blue."
- "The blonde Barbie ootsy-pooing her way
"through songs couldn't decide if she wanted
"to sing or to strip.
I wanted to scream."
Look, if I didn't like you, I didn't like you.
- [laughs]
We should cut this out and frame it.
- What are you-- are you fucking crazy?
- This is our first review. - We're a joke.
- We are being written about.
That is a huge deal.
- What?
There's nothing good about this.
- There is good in everything.
It's all about what you choose to see.
- That's not how life works.
You don't get a bunch of chances.
I mean, this was, like, our only shot.
- You need to get into a "so what" mentality.
I am in a place that is...
filled with light.
I feel good.
- You're fucking delusional.
[screams]
I have worked so fucking hard,
and this bitch comes around and just fucks everything up!
- I think if you need to get into--
- I, I, I!
It's all about you
all of the time.
You've made this whole thing about you.
- That's because it is about me.
- You are a fucking black hole
that sucks the life out of everything that you touch.
Fuck!
- I feel good.
A lion never loses sleep
over the opinions of a sheep.
If a reporter says something bad about me,
I just...
keep rising up higher.
- Whenever I tried to run away--
and I was right at the edge--
I'd always get pulled back into that vortex, man.
I mean, I believe it was
my karmic responsibility to take care of her.
I was meant to be with her.
[knock at door]
Hey, Ang?
- [sighs] - It's me. Open up.
- I'm not home.
- Come on, I messed up.
I'm sorry.
- Sorry?
I don't believe in sorry. Sorry doesn't mean anything.
- Okay, well, how about I show you, then?
[car horn blares]
- [gasps]
- Does this mean something?
[Delta 5's "You"]
- Oh, my God. [gasps]
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
[gasps] Oh, my God.
The color is all wrong, but oh, my God, Cory.
- [laughs]
Just don't use it to get away from me, okay?
[laughter]
Yeah, I just want you to be happy, Angie.
- I am. [laughs]
[squeals] Ooh.
[gasps] Oh, wow.
- Beautiful, Angelyne...
- * You, you, you, you *
- Will you be my Mrs. Hunt?
- * You, who forgot to phone last Tuesday *
- Of course.
* *
- You will?
- Oh, no, I meant of course that's what this is.
* *
I don't believe in marriage.
- * You, you, you, you *
* *
* You, who's got hunger and lots of sentiment *
* You, you, you, you *
- [sighs]
* *
- * You *
- Of course I kept the car.
But marriage? [squeals]
Mm.
Total suffocation.
Why would I ever get married, hmm?
I'm sufficient enough to myself.
[engine rumbling]
[laughs] [engine revving]
[sighs]
You want to take it for a spin with me?
Come on, Daddy.
- Man, people always pass judgment on other people.
That's just the shit world that we live in.
- Ready?
[tires squealing]
- But to anyone who judges me for getting in that car...
You've never been in love.
Hey, what can I say?
I taught her the NY hustle, and she learned it well.
[chuckles] You know, I felt like I had to...
help her survive this predatorial world
that we live in, man.
And Hollywood, that is a world of predators.
They will eat you alive, man.
[dramatic music]
* *
- Where is he?
We were supposed to take photos.
- I thought we were supposed to practice.
- And then take photos.
- I don't know.
Maybe...
you've been pushing him too hard.
- Excuse me?
- We all need a break every once in a while.
- I don't need a break. Maybe you should take a break.
- [chuckles]
- Sorry, Ang, he's my ride.
- Be my guest.
[sighs] - I can do it.
Um...
I just got this the other day, and I've been...
meaning to try it...
If that's okay with you.
- Yeah.
Okay.
[laughs] - Yeah, that's nice. Okay.
[electric guitar music]
- There can only be one top dog,
and I started to realize that Angelyne and I
couldn't both be it.
You know, I didn't want to compete with her,
but I had to remember why
I came out to LA in the first place:
to play and make music.
I had to think of myself first.
["Wild Thing" playing]
* You turn me on *
* *
* Ow, you drive me crazy *
- [sighs]
I'm just gonna play it again.
Not as a producer...
as a fan. - Yeah?
- Yeah, buddy. - All right.
- Let's crank it up, fellas. - Whoo.
[funky bass riff playing]
* *
[band joins in]
* *
- * Wild thing *
My "Wild Thing" cover was the exact fresh take
that people were looking for, man.
I mean, KROQ, they put it in their rotation immediately.
It was a certified hit.
I mean, you know, honestly, I thought Angie
would be happy for me, you know,
because that's how relationships
are supposed to go.
You're supposed to... support each other.
* But I want to know for sure *
* *
* Oh, come on and hold me tight *
- What are we doing?
I told Freddy to meet at El Coyote.
- I have a surprise.
Close your eyes.
Promise you won't be mad.
- No, of course I'm not gonna promise that.
- I know I've been MIA the past few weeks,
but it's been for a really good cause.
Come on.
[laughs]
Right over here.
Turn around.
All right, you ready?
[laughs]
[dramatic music]
- [gasps]
* *
[whimpers]
Traitor.
Famous together, that was the deal.
- It still is.
I'm just going first.
Now I can help you.
Hey, nobody says that you can't get a billboard, too, someday.
- [huffs]
- What are you doing?
- You betrayed me.
- Oh, no, no, don't, don't. Oh, fuck!
Oh, you are fucking crazy.
Damn it! I'm done!
I can't take it anymore! - [cries]
- We're done, you fucking jealous lunatic!
- [laughing]
* *
Sorry, I can't go on.
A billboard for a cover song?
Is this the story you've been telling yourself?
It's delusional.
You were never on a billboard...
* *
Or in a Chevelle.
And when I broke up with you,
it did not happen on this street.
Let's go. - Do we have to?
- Come on.
* *
[tires screech, horn honking]
* *
You know what you did and where I found you.
Go.
* *
Action.
[breathes heavily]
How long has it been going on?
- What do you mean?
- How long?
- Look, baby, she's just a friend.
Look, I don't even know her.
- [seethes]
- Wait a minute. No, no, no, not my guitar!
No, please!
No, come on! Stop! Stop! I'm sorry!
Fuck!
Please stop!
- [crying]
You betrayed me.
- I just--I made a mistake. I'm sorry.
I love you.
I love you, Angie.
- I don't need you to take care of me.
This is my story.
Don't you dare try to make it about you.
- No, no.
[somber music]
[sighs]
* *
- Cory can say whatever he wants about his success
but not the billboards.
Those are mine.
They've always been mine.
- You either grow together, or you grow apart,
and she was growing apart.
I mean, it was all about her, and that's good.
That's fine.
Hey, I wrote about it all in my novel.
The audiobook should be out soon.
You know, people have been comparing it to a...
Shakespearean tragic comedy.
This tale...
tells the story of two souls
thrown together by fate,
mixed to a frappe in the blender of life.
Those were crazy days, man.
But they were probably the best years of my life.
[mellow rock music]
- I loved him.
I did.
But he loved me more. [chuckles]
[sighs]
I'm too much for some people.
I'm like uncut heroin. [chuckles]
And it put him in an institution.
[chuckles]
- I checked myself into rehab to get away from her.
You know, I had all these empty vials of coke in my pocket,
and they wouldn't commit me unless I was an addict,
so I said, "Here," and I took the vials out.
[Girlschool's "Emergency"]
* *
- * 9-9-9, emergency * - * Emergency *
- * 9-9-9, emergency *
* *
* Oh, no *
* *
* Can't think straight, can't decide *
* *
- You look...different...
good.
- I feel good.
- * You better look out, 'cause it's come for you *
- [laughs]
- I just...
did what I felt I was inside,
the piece of artwork that I am.
I am fully realized,
and everybody should do that.
- I came to tell you I forgive you.
I don't want the negative energy
between us to hold me back...
Or you.
- Yeah, me too.
[clears throat] - So how much longer
are you gonna be in here?
- Just another week,
two, tops.
- And then what?
- I think I'm done with LA.
- Not everybody is equipped for it.
- No, no, I got a call from an old friend from New York,
and he wants me to join his band.
So we're doing a whole...
East Coast tour.
- Oh, okay. Well, that's...
Exciting.
I'm happy for you.
- Yeah, thanks. - Mm-hmm.
- What about you?
- Well, by the time you're out of here,
my image will be all over Los Angeles,
and everyone will know my name.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
You'll see.
[The Animals' "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"]
* *
- So that was the end of us.
* *
- * You must leave now *
* Take what you need *
- We both kept playing music, just not together.
It's for the best.
- * But whatever it is you think *
- I didn't really care for the music she played after us.
* *
- * Yonder stands your orphan *
* With his gun *
* *
Come on, Angie, come on.
Turn around.
- * In the sun *
* *
- * Look out, the saints are comin' *
- Angelyne, she was never really about the music.
It was always just a vehicle for her,
a pit stop on her way to bigger things.
* *
- * The highway is for gamblers *
* You better use your sense *
* *
* Take whatever you've gathered up *
* From coincidence *
* *
* The empty-handed painter *
* From your streets *
- Ooh, that's better.
- * Is drawing crazy patterns *
[engine turning over]
* On your sheets *
* *
[tires squealing]
* Is falling upon you *
* *
* And it's all over now, baby blue *
- That's it?
- That was the earliest I was able to go back.
Yeah, it's like she didn't exist before then.
- It doesn't matter. She's not returning my calls.
- And how many times have you tried?
- Just once or twice.
- He called me 82 times.
82, and then I figured, why not?
My fans had been begging for a new billboard for years,
and so I'd started an Indiegogo campaign
to pay for one, so...
I had Rick call him back.
[rock music]
[phone rings]
- Jeff Glaser.
Hello? Hello?
- Hello, this is Rick Krause, and I work for Angelyne.
Please take me off of speakerphone.
- You're not on--
yeah, sure, no problem.
Thank you so much for calling.
It's great to finally talk to someone on the Angelyne team.
When could I meet her?
- She'll meet you now. - Now?
- Remember that she can shut down the interview at any time.
She is in charge.
Angelyne... is always in charge.
- * You're not looking forward *
* And you are not looking back *
* You've lost the warranty *
* You'll never get your money back *
* My baby's buying me another life *
* Getting nowhere fast *
* *
* I am pretty smart *
* I don't do what they want me to *
* I don't, and nor do you *
* That's what the general public do *
* My baby's buying me another life *
* Getting nowhere fast *
* *
* It makes you feel good *
* You've answered all the questions right *
* He's won a holiday *
* That'll help you sleep tonight *
* My baby's buying me another life *
* Getting nowhere fast *
* *
* We're not looking forward *
* And we are not looking back *
* You've lost the warranty *
* You'll never get your money back *
* My baby's buying me another life *
* Getting nowhere fast *
* *
* I am pretty smart *
* I don't do what they want me to *
* I don't, and nor do you *
* That's what the general public do *
* My baby's buying me another life *
* Getting nowhere fast *
* *
* My baby's buying me another life *
* *