1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:16,649 --> 00:00:22,122               [♪♪♪]              4 00:00:22,222 --> 00:00:24,457      [John Lennon] I wanted          the Beatles thing to end.    5 00:00:28,628 --> 00:00:29,729         I felt as though                I couldn't breathe        6 00:00:29,829 --> 00:00:31,164     if it went on any longer.    7 00:00:33,666 --> 00:00:35,068         [telephone rings]        8 00:00:35,168 --> 00:00:36,870      We got this phone call                from Toronto           9 00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:37,771       on a Friday night...       10 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:39,472     It's John Brower calling.    11 00:00:42,242 --> 00:00:45,111    [Lennon] ...that there was       a Rock & Roll Revival show    12 00:00:45,211 --> 00:00:47,714      with 100,000 audience,            or whatever it was...      13 00:00:47,814 --> 00:00:49,215         [crowd screaming]        14 00:00:49,315 --> 00:00:51,251               [♪♪♪]              15 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:53,286         ...and that Chuck               was gonna be there.       16 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:55,221   Let me hear you say "peace!"   17 00:00:55,321 --> 00:00:56,523     [crowd screaming] Peace!     18 00:00:56,623 --> 00:00:59,959               [♪♪♪]              19 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:01,694     [Lennon] ...and Jerry Lee          was gonna be there...      20 00:01:01,795 --> 00:01:03,029         [Jerry Lee Lewis]        It's a great pleasure to be here 21 00:01:03,129 --> 00:01:04,798 at the revival of rock 'n' roll, 22 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:06,099      and I'll guarantee you,     23 00:01:06,199 --> 00:01:08,835    if it ain't revived today,      we'll never have it revived.   24 00:01:12,605 --> 00:01:13,473             [Lennon]               ...and all the great rockers   25 00:01:13,573 --> 00:01:14,741     that were still living...    26 00:01:14,841 --> 00:01:15,708      [Bo Diddley] Right now,         we're gonna take you back    27 00:01:15,809 --> 00:01:18,111       to the year of 1955!                  Have mercy.           28 00:01:18,211 --> 00:01:19,279         [Little Richard]               Ladies and gentlemen,      29 00:01:19,379 --> 00:01:21,981       you are listening to            the true rock 'n' roll!     30 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:24,150    [Lennon] He added The Doors         were top of the bill.      31 00:01:25,552 --> 00:01:26,719          [Claudja Barry]                It was monumental.        32 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:31,024       I did feel like I was         a part of a bigger moment.    33 00:01:31,124 --> 00:01:33,259         It was something             that I would not forget.     34 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:35,495           [Kim Fowley]            The ninth wonder of the world,  35 00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:38,398           Alice Cooper!          36 00:01:40,133 --> 00:01:41,668          [Alice Cooper]             It was upsetting the system   37 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:43,369          on every level.         38 00:01:45,705 --> 00:01:47,307    A lot of tension going on.    39 00:01:48,441 --> 00:01:50,243           [Shep Gordon]             It was a social phenomenon.   40 00:01:50,343 --> 00:01:53,913           For Toronto,               this was their Woodstock.    41 00:01:54,013 --> 00:01:56,883    [Geddy Lee] The combination        of people on the stage      42 00:01:56,983 --> 00:01:59,819 at that particular point in time 43 00:01:59,919 --> 00:02:02,021  is, without question, historic. 44 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:04,691           You can't see              a seismic shift happening    45 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:07,026         when you're a kid              in the middle of it.       46 00:02:09,062 --> 00:02:12,332       This was far too much      47 00:02:12,432 --> 00:02:14,534        ahead of its time.        48 00:02:14,634 --> 00:02:17,337     Okay, we're just gonna do    a number that we know, you know, 49 00:02:17,437 --> 00:02:19,839     'cause we've never played            together before.         50 00:02:19,939 --> 00:02:21,708          [crowd roaring]         51 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:23,576               [♪♪♪]              52 00:02:26,112 --> 00:02:27,280           [John Brower]              The Rock & Roll Revival,     53 00:02:27,380 --> 00:02:29,549       did it really happen?      54 00:02:29,649 --> 00:02:30,950     Did John Lennon really--     55 00:02:31,050 --> 00:02:33,353  was he really here last night?  56 00:02:33,453 --> 00:02:36,356    It was so under the radar,       it was almost a non-event,    57 00:02:36,456 --> 00:02:37,757      until all of a sudden,      58 00:02:37,857 --> 00:02:39,225     it was the biggest thing               in the world.          59 00:02:45,498 --> 00:02:47,901          [crowd roaring]         60 00:02:52,539 --> 00:02:54,874               [♪♪♪]              61 00:02:54,974 --> 00:02:56,943   [heavy traffic, cars honking]  62 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,850               [♪♪♪]              63 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:05,285        This is the office        64 00:03:05,385 --> 00:03:07,720    of two of the most unlikely       show-business impresarios    65 00:03:07,820 --> 00:03:08,821      you're likely to meet.      66 00:03:08,922 --> 00:03:11,224          Ken Walker, 23,                Business Manager...       67 00:03:11,324 --> 00:03:12,425               [♪♪♪]              68 00:03:12,525 --> 00:03:13,793        [telephone ringing]       69 00:03:13,893 --> 00:03:14,928           [Ken Walker]               We are thinking right now    70 00:03:15,028 --> 00:03:16,596     of maybe doing something               in the fall.           71 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:18,598            [reporter]                 ...and John Brower, 22,     72 00:03:18,698 --> 00:03:20,066    producer and talent scout.    73 00:03:20,166 --> 00:03:21,834           [John Brower]               They're now in Toronto,     74 00:03:21,935 --> 00:03:23,036    and they're just changing,    75 00:03:23,136 --> 00:03:25,538         and getting ready            for the concert tonight.     76 00:03:25,638 --> 00:03:27,140           Brower-Walker          77 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,343      had been the principal        concert promoters in Toronto   78 00:03:30,443 --> 00:03:31,978         for about a year.        79 00:03:32,078 --> 00:03:33,880          A lot of people                 coming and going.        80 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:37,050            That office             was all about rock festivals.  81 00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:38,351            [reporter]                No wall-to-wall carpets,     82 00:03:38,451 --> 00:03:39,552        no mahogany desks,        83 00:03:39,652 --> 00:03:40,887       and for the visitor,       84 00:03:40,987 --> 00:03:42,655     instead of the big cigar              in the humidor,         85 00:03:42,755 --> 00:03:44,023        you can just reach        86 00:03:44,123 --> 00:03:45,959        into any number of         a group of crates around here,  87 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:47,894      pick yourself an apple,           a pear, an orange...       88 00:03:47,994 --> 00:03:49,762        [Brower] There was           this excitement in the air    89 00:03:49,862 --> 00:03:51,497  that, like, we have an office.  90 00:03:51,598 --> 00:03:53,032  You know, we have a clubhouse.  91 00:03:53,132 --> 00:03:54,867       They said in the ads               for the festival,        92 00:03:54,968 --> 00:03:56,236       "If you want tickets,                send bread."           93 00:03:56,336 --> 00:03:57,904         Well, some people                 did just that.          94 00:03:58,004 --> 00:03:59,305         White and sliced.        95 00:03:59,405 --> 00:04:01,207     The surprising thing is,           they got the tickets.      96 00:04:01,307 --> 00:04:02,508     What are you going to do              with the bread?         97 00:04:02,609 --> 00:04:03,710      Well, I can't bank it,      98 00:04:03,810 --> 00:04:05,411            so I guess              I'll have to eat it. [laughs]  99 00:04:05,511 --> 00:04:06,579           [Shep Gordon]             Promoters weren't corporate   100 00:04:06,679 --> 00:04:08,248       like they are today.       101 00:04:08,348 --> 00:04:10,783          They were kids             who had passion for music.    102 00:04:10,883 --> 00:04:11,884     They were looking to have                some fun,            103 00:04:11,985 --> 00:04:13,720        get some people in,       104 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:14,721       and make a few bucks                and eat lunch.          105 00:04:16,022 --> 00:04:17,590        [typewriter clacks]       106 00:04:17,690 --> 00:04:18,958        [typewriter dings]        107 00:04:20,126 --> 00:04:21,794        [Brower] Back then,       108 00:04:21,894 --> 00:04:23,463          we started out                 just for the music.       109 00:04:23,563 --> 00:04:24,998         This was so new.         110 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:27,867       [Gordon] In the '60s,        it wasn't the music business,  111 00:04:27,967 --> 00:04:29,335        it was just music.        112 00:04:29,435 --> 00:04:31,571        It was really about               A) eating lunch,         113 00:04:31,671 --> 00:04:34,140        and B) not working                in a normal job.         114 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,542         [Brower] This was                after penicillin         115 00:04:36,643 --> 00:04:38,144         and before AIDS.         116 00:04:38,244 --> 00:04:40,780        You know, free love                was free love.          117 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:41,981         It was out there.        118 00:04:44,050 --> 00:04:45,752    Agents were talking about,    119 00:04:45,852 --> 00:04:47,920         "There's gonna be               big rock festivals        120 00:04:48,021 --> 00:04:51,457      for the summer of '69,"     121 00:04:51,557 --> 00:04:53,760      and we were putting on              the pop festival.        122 00:04:53,860 --> 00:04:55,328   You've seen the news footage.  123 00:04:55,428 --> 00:04:58,131       Well, it's the first            pop festival in Canada,     124 00:04:58,231 --> 00:04:59,999       and I think it's got                a talent lineup         125 00:05:00,099 --> 00:05:00,867     that hasn't been beaten.     126 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:04,504         [crowd cheering]         127 00:05:06,939 --> 00:05:09,475             [Gordon]                 John Brower had a spark.     128 00:05:09,575 --> 00:05:12,879           He could turn           a really difficult negotiation  129 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:13,846        and conversation--        130 00:05:13,946 --> 00:05:15,048 he'd always have a little twist. 131 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:17,984    We're bringing in 28 groups   132 00:05:18,084 --> 00:05:19,619     and over 200 performers.     133 00:05:19,719 --> 00:05:21,754         [crowd cheering]         134 00:05:21,854 --> 00:05:23,690             [Brower]                 The Toronto Pop Festival     135 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:26,926  was the first festival of 1969. 136 00:05:27,026 --> 00:05:30,463   There were probably 25 bands.  137 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:31,764          Not a bad show.         138 00:05:34,367 --> 00:05:36,536 It was amazing that Chuck Berry, 139 00:05:36,636 --> 00:05:39,272        one of the greatest         rock 'n' rollers of all time,  140 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:41,240  ended up the magic of the show. 141 00:05:42,475 --> 00:05:45,945  He brought just incredible joy          to the afternoon         142 00:05:46,045 --> 00:05:48,181          when he played.         143 00:05:48,281 --> 00:05:51,084     There was this excitement               in the air.           144 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:52,919      We sold that show out,      145 00:05:53,019 --> 00:05:54,921      and made a ton of money               on that show.          146 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:57,757          It created such                 a phenomenal buzz        147 00:05:57,857 --> 00:06:00,059            in Toronto.           148 00:06:00,159 --> 00:06:01,961    [newscast] It's been called      the first real pop festival   149 00:06:02,061 --> 00:06:04,263       Canada has ever seen.      150 00:06:05,398 --> 00:06:07,600             [Brower]                I think we felt invincible.   151 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:09,369   Kenny and I could've gone out       and played the ukulele,     152 00:06:09,469 --> 00:06:12,739    and we would have sold out            Varsity Stadium.         153 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,540  We needed a show for the fall.  154 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,876          My thought was,         155 00:06:16,976 --> 00:06:19,379   "If Chuck Berry can do this,   156 00:06:19,479 --> 00:06:21,848       what would it be like         to have Little Richard..."    157 00:06:21,948 --> 00:06:24,283          ♪ Tutti frutti                 oh, rootie, woo! ♪        158 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:25,585          ♪ Tutti frutti                    oh, rootie ♪           159 00:06:25,685 --> 00:06:26,552  [Brower] ...Jerry Lee Lewis...  160 00:06:26,652 --> 00:06:28,654              Shake!              161 00:06:28,755 --> 00:06:30,289       Shake, honey, shake!       162 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:32,091    [Brower] ...Gene Vincent...   163 00:06:32,191 --> 00:06:33,993            ♪ All right                 You get your gal... ♪      164 00:06:34,093 --> 00:06:34,827     [Brower] ...Bo Diddley...    165 00:06:34,927 --> 00:06:37,063               [♪♪♪]              166 00:06:41,367 --> 00:06:44,103       [Brower] All of them               on the same stage        167 00:06:44,203 --> 00:06:45,505         at the same time,        168 00:06:45,605 --> 00:06:47,407       and that was the seed      169 00:06:47,507 --> 00:06:49,942          of the Toronto               Rock & Roll Revival...      170 00:06:50,042 --> 00:06:52,145               [♪♪♪]              171 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:53,146       ...and in a meeting,       172 00:06:53,246 --> 00:06:55,181     the concept was created,     173 00:06:55,281 --> 00:06:58,551   "Let's put all of these guys      together on the same bill."   174 00:07:01,621 --> 00:07:03,055         We called around,               and lo and behold,        175 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:04,123          Little Richard,         176 00:07:04,223 --> 00:07:05,825   Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley,   177 00:07:05,925 --> 00:07:07,226           Gene Vincent,          178 00:07:07,326 --> 00:07:10,062           all available              on the same day as Chuck,    179 00:07:10,163 --> 00:07:12,231  and that became September 13th. 180 00:07:16,836 --> 00:07:18,171       The definitive sound                 of the '50s,           181 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:19,806     and there probably isn't                a musician            182 00:07:19,906 --> 00:07:20,973      in the whole wide world     183 00:07:21,073 --> 00:07:23,176      that hasn't consciously             or unconsciously         184 00:07:23,276 --> 00:07:25,111   been influenced by his music.  185 00:07:25,211 --> 00:07:27,413       Ladies and gentlemen,              Mr. Chuck Berry!         186 00:07:27,513 --> 00:07:28,948            [applause]            187 00:07:29,048 --> 00:07:31,584           Good evening,                ladies and gentlemen,      188 00:07:31,684 --> 00:07:34,787   and I shall do for you first   189 00:07:34,887 --> 00:07:37,190  a song that I first recorded... 190 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:38,424        [Robert Christgau]              I was a rock critic.       191 00:07:38,524 --> 00:07:41,994       I respected and cared        for the artists of the '50s.   192 00:07:42,094 --> 00:07:44,330     The idea that Chuck Berry           was a great artist        193 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:48,534     was one I started selling       to my editors in '64, '65.    194 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:53,973               [♪♪♪]              195 00:07:54,073 --> 00:07:56,709        A great performer,               a great guitarist.        196 00:07:56,809 --> 00:07:58,211           The Beatles,           197 00:07:58,311 --> 00:08:01,714     they told everybody that       they came out of Chuck Berry.  198 00:08:01,814 --> 00:08:03,616    I like Chuck Berry, Elvis,    199 00:08:03,716 --> 00:08:06,953        and Little Richard,             Eddie Cochran. Many.       200 00:08:07,053 --> 00:08:08,754            Bo Diddley.           201 00:08:08,855 --> 00:08:09,722   [Christgau] Let me tell you,   202 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:11,757     sitting across the table             from John Lennon,        203 00:08:11,858 --> 00:08:13,025       it's very impressive,      204 00:08:13,125 --> 00:08:15,361    and what we discussed there   205 00:08:15,461 --> 00:08:17,530      is that we talked about         many of the other artists    206 00:08:17,630 --> 00:08:18,931           of the '50s.           207 00:08:19,031 --> 00:08:19,999     He made "Hound Dog" real.    208 00:08:20,099 --> 00:08:21,567        And then there was                  Gene Vincent.          209 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:26,839          ♪ Be-bop-a-lula               I don't mean maybe ♪       210 00:08:26,939 --> 00:08:31,310          ♪ Be-bop-a-lula                  She's my baby ♪         211 00:08:31,410 --> 00:08:32,778      [Lennon] Gene Vincent's             "Be-Bop-A-Lula",         212 00:08:32,879 --> 00:08:35,181      one of the first songs                I ever sang,           213 00:08:35,281 --> 00:08:38,217    and the first day I sang it      in public with a real band    214 00:08:38,317 --> 00:08:39,585      is the day I met Paul,      215 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:42,722       and it's always been        one of my all-time favourites.  216 00:08:42,822 --> 00:08:44,490               [♪♪♪]              217 00:08:44,590 --> 00:08:45,825        [Brower] We needed                 a back-up band          218 00:08:45,925 --> 00:08:47,827         for Gene Vincent.        219 00:08:47,927 --> 00:08:49,729            [Christgau]                 The people who put on      220 00:08:49,829 --> 00:08:51,097  the Toronto Rock & Roll Revival 221 00:08:51,197 --> 00:08:52,632       did hedge their bets.      222 00:08:52,732 --> 00:08:53,966      Not only did they hire      223 00:08:54,066 --> 00:08:56,869     many of the other artists              of the '50s,           224 00:08:56,969 --> 00:08:58,104      they hire Alice Cooper,     225 00:08:58,204 --> 00:09:00,673         who at that time              was completely unknown.     226 00:09:00,773 --> 00:09:02,608     [Gordon] When I met John,    227 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:04,911        they had this idea               of a big festival.        228 00:09:05,011 --> 00:09:06,245     In order to get the gig,     229 00:09:06,345 --> 00:09:09,248      John said, "You have to        back up some of the bands."   230 00:09:09,348 --> 00:09:10,516          [Alice Cooper]               When we got with Shep,      231 00:09:10,616 --> 00:09:12,585        it was always just,               "Get us on stage,        232 00:09:12,685 --> 00:09:14,887         and we will build                 that audience."         233 00:09:14,987 --> 00:09:17,089    [Kim Fowley] Alice Cooper!    234 00:09:17,189 --> 00:09:18,824         [crowd cheering]         235 00:09:18,925 --> 00:09:21,327             [Gordon]              Alice was an unknown quantity.  236 00:09:21,427 --> 00:09:23,129  We couldn't get work anywhere.  237 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:24,530        We had zero money.        238 00:09:24,630 --> 00:09:28,134       So Shep wanted to get         as much money as possible,    239 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:31,804     so he got us to book them      on the show as Alice Cooper,   240 00:09:31,904 --> 00:09:33,439    and then to pay them again    241 00:09:33,539 --> 00:09:35,942       to be the backup band              for Gene Vincent.        242 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:37,843       Totally unknown band,      243 00:09:37,944 --> 00:09:38,878      and they said, "Okay."      244 00:09:38,978 --> 00:09:40,947         So, off we went.         245 00:09:41,047 --> 00:09:42,949             [Brower]                 We were full-tilt boogie     246 00:09:43,049 --> 00:09:45,217    on the Rock & Roll Revival.   247 00:09:45,318 --> 00:09:46,819    Everybody was talking about   248 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:49,021         this was gonna be                earth-shattering,        249 00:09:49,121 --> 00:09:50,122         ground-breaking.         250 00:09:50,222 --> 00:09:51,624        A few weeks later,        251 00:09:51,724 --> 00:09:52,725     tickets were not selling.    252 00:09:53,859 --> 00:09:55,328     It was a terrible shock,     253 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:56,696    and it was a personal blow    254 00:09:56,796 --> 00:10:00,166       because I was the one           that created this show.     255 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:03,069               [♪♪♪]              256 00:10:03,169 --> 00:10:05,004          Truth be told,          257 00:10:05,104 --> 00:10:06,839    the kings of rock 'n' roll    258 00:10:06,939 --> 00:10:09,342  were playing hotels and motels  259 00:10:09,442 --> 00:10:11,444      along the Vegas strip.      260 00:10:11,544 --> 00:10:13,179         There was a sense           that many of these artists,   261 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:15,047     while they may have been              living legends,         262 00:10:15,147 --> 00:10:19,285          were no longer             of contemporary relevance--   263 00:10:19,385 --> 00:10:21,487    what would today be called                 a meme.             264 00:10:21,587 --> 00:10:24,056   The notion that rock was dead  265 00:10:24,156 --> 00:10:28,027           in the hippie                 artistic community.       266 00:10:28,127 --> 00:10:30,529  Their artistic heyday was gone. 267 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:32,198           [bus honking]          268 00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:34,567  [Brower] I looked at the show,  269 00:10:34,667 --> 00:10:35,768 and said, "That's what's wrong." 270 00:10:35,868 --> 00:10:37,436    We did not have superstars.   271 00:10:37,536 --> 00:10:39,338   "We need somebody big here,"   272 00:10:39,438 --> 00:10:42,675      and that's when we got                 The Doors.            273 00:10:42,775 --> 00:10:45,144          [Robby Krieger]              ♪ People are strange ♪      274 00:10:45,244 --> 00:10:47,413    ♪ When you're a stranger ♪    275 00:10:47,513 --> 00:10:50,182       ♪ Places look ugly ♪       276 00:10:50,282 --> 00:10:51,751       ♪ When you're down ♪       277 00:10:51,851 --> 00:10:53,052             Take two.            278 00:10:53,152 --> 00:10:54,420          [Krieger] '69,          279 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,689        "Hello, I Love You"               had just come out        280 00:10:56,789 --> 00:10:57,890       and made number one.       281 00:10:57,990 --> 00:11:01,427        ♪ Hello, I love you        Won't you tell me your name? ♪  282 00:11:01,527 --> 00:11:03,162       ♪ Hello, I love you ♪      283 00:11:03,262 --> 00:11:05,798   ♪ Let me jump in your game ♪   284 00:11:05,898 --> 00:11:08,267      We were playing, like,               the big places.         285 00:11:08,367 --> 00:11:12,004     That was kind of the top       of our career at that point.   286 00:11:12,104 --> 00:11:13,706               [♪♪♪]              287 00:11:13,806 --> 00:11:16,375    [Brower] Kenny did not want       to spend any more money.     288 00:11:16,475 --> 00:11:17,777   "We don't need anybody else.   289 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:18,911       Things will pick up."      290 00:11:19,011 --> 00:11:21,847     The Doors wanted $25,000.    291 00:11:21,947 --> 00:11:23,416     That was a lot of money,     292 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:25,885    and the only person I knew       that had that kind of money   293 00:11:25,985 --> 00:11:27,119             was Edjo,            294 00:11:27,219 --> 00:11:29,989    the leader of the Vagabonds           Motorcycle Club.         295 00:11:30,089 --> 00:11:31,857       [motorcycle rumbling]      296 00:11:31,957 --> 00:11:33,325               [♪♪♪]              297 00:11:33,426 --> 00:11:37,029     I don't remember as much        as I should about that era.   298 00:11:37,129 --> 00:11:38,330          Gotta remember,         299 00:11:38,431 --> 00:11:39,899   there was a lot of marijuana         smoked in them days.       300 00:11:39,999 --> 00:11:41,467            [chuckles]            301 00:11:42,568 --> 00:11:45,938           At that time,              there was 105 Vagabonds,     302 00:11:46,038 --> 00:11:49,341        plus about 25 guys         that wanted to be in the club.  303 00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:51,677               [♪♪♪]              304 00:11:53,412 --> 00:11:54,380             [Brower]                  Kenny said, "Go ahead,      305 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:56,315         borrow the money              from whoever you want,      306 00:11:56,415 --> 00:11:57,883        but if it's a bomb,                 it's on you."          307 00:11:57,983 --> 00:12:00,252       Your word's your bond               in my business.         308 00:12:00,352 --> 00:12:01,754  You say something, you mean it. 309 00:12:01,854 --> 00:12:04,490    You don't need a contract,     or you never did in them days.  310 00:12:05,624 --> 00:12:09,562   [Brower] There were no limit        to what Edjo would do.      311 00:12:09,662 --> 00:12:11,397       Nobody needs enemies.      312 00:12:11,497 --> 00:12:13,099               [♪♪♪]              313 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,970   [Brower] I thought The Doors            would be huge,          314 00:12:18,070 --> 00:12:19,939      so I called New York...     315 00:12:20,039 --> 00:12:21,407     It's John Brower calling.    316 00:12:21,507 --> 00:12:23,309       ...and got a contract               for The Doors.          317 00:12:23,409 --> 00:12:24,510    Everybody was very excited.   318 00:12:24,610 --> 00:12:26,345             The Doors                 were coming to Toronto.     319 00:12:26,445 --> 00:12:29,415            [Christgau]               I don't know exactly how     320 00:12:29,515 --> 00:12:32,685       Brower got The Doors                 on his bill,           321 00:12:32,785 --> 00:12:33,919        but it was a coup.        322 00:12:34,019 --> 00:12:35,387    The Doors were a real draw.   323 00:12:35,488 --> 00:12:37,723        They were legendary                at that moment.         324 00:12:38,991 --> 00:12:42,595       [Krieger] Right about       the time that Toronto happened, 325 00:12:42,695 --> 00:12:45,464           just before,               we had to play in Miami.     326 00:12:45,564 --> 00:12:47,700        It turned out to be            kind of a weird night.      327 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:52,438  Jim got a little bit too drunk          before the show,         328 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:53,405    which wasn't that unusual.    329 00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:54,940       As the show went on,       330 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,777 he starts berating the audience. 331 00:12:57,877 --> 00:13:00,980     [Jim Morrison] You're all       a bunch of fucking idiots!    332 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:02,648         [crowd shouting]         333 00:13:02,748 --> 00:13:06,252   Oh, you guys didn't come here    just to-- for music, did you?  334 00:13:06,352 --> 00:13:07,953        You just, you want            to see something, right?     335 00:13:08,053 --> 00:13:09,054       You want to see this?      336 00:13:09,155 --> 00:13:10,322   [crowd shouting and jeering]   337 00:13:10,422 --> 00:13:12,391   [Morrison] What do you want?   338 00:13:12,491 --> 00:13:14,126          [crowd booing]          339 00:13:14,226 --> 00:13:16,862          [Morrison] Huh?         340 00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:17,830         I can't hear you!        341 00:13:17,930 --> 00:13:19,265             [Krieger]             I didn't think he was serious,  342 00:13:19,365 --> 00:13:21,133   and he never did whip it out,  343 00:13:21,233 --> 00:13:22,368     but it was a crazy show.     344 00:13:22,468 --> 00:13:24,470     Three or four days later,    345 00:13:24,570 --> 00:13:26,205        they arrested Jim--       346 00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:29,141        indecent exposure,        347 00:13:29,241 --> 00:13:30,943        indecent language.        348 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:34,380     That was the first night                of a tour,            349 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:38,651      and we had at least 10           or 15 dates after that.     350 00:13:38,751 --> 00:13:41,821   Every one of them cancelled,   351 00:13:41,921 --> 00:13:43,055           but luckily,           352 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:45,457  we got to do the Toronto show.  353 00:13:45,558 --> 00:13:47,993           The publicity              around The Doors in Miami    354 00:13:48,093 --> 00:13:49,161      and the felony charges,     355 00:13:49,261 --> 00:13:52,064      that did not translate        into ticket sales in Toronto.  356 00:13:53,365 --> 00:13:55,568       Of course, there were             some newspaper ads.       357 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:58,871        There were flyers.        358 00:13:58,971 --> 00:14:02,341        There were posters.       359 00:14:02,441 --> 00:14:04,610     It was a very tough sell.    360 00:14:04,710 --> 00:14:07,079   Tickets just were not moving.  361 00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:09,915    Everything was just frozen.   362 00:14:10,015 --> 00:14:11,250      A week before the show,     363 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:13,252    we had 2,000 tickets sold,    364 00:14:13,352 --> 00:14:16,322     and we needed almost nine             to break even.          365 00:14:16,422 --> 00:14:18,290     It was my brilliant idea,    366 00:14:18,390 --> 00:14:21,093       that turned out to be           not quite so brilliant.     367 00:14:21,193 --> 00:14:22,428     It needed a little help.     368 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:23,896          [Ritchie Yorke]                I was a journalist        369 00:14:23,996 --> 00:14:25,831  working for The Globe and Mail             in Toronto,           370 00:14:25,931 --> 00:14:27,633          and John Brower                was trying to call        371 00:14:27,733 --> 00:14:30,970         about the Toronto              Rock & Roll Revival.       372 00:14:31,070 --> 00:14:34,506    [Brower] Ritchie Yorke was    the top rock writer in the city. 373 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:36,408   He was one of our confidants.  374 00:14:36,508 --> 00:14:39,445      He said, "You've gotta         bring Rodney Bingenheimer,    375 00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:41,313    the Mayor of Sunset Strip.    376 00:14:41,413 --> 00:14:42,615         Rodney's famous."        377 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:45,985     ♪ Talking about the Mayor         of the Sunset Strip... ♪    378 00:14:46,085 --> 00:14:47,253       [Rodney Bingenheimer]             Got your radios on?       379 00:14:47,353 --> 00:14:48,220           It's time for                  Rodney on the ROQ.       380 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,389     [Brower] And Kim Fowley,     381 00:14:50,489 --> 00:14:53,092    who was a legendary madman.   382 00:14:53,192 --> 00:14:54,760  [Fowley] Ladies and gentlemen,        I hear some applause.      383 00:14:54,860 --> 00:14:57,396       Start applauding now!                  Now! Now!            384 00:14:57,496 --> 00:14:58,931      [Brower] "You've gotta             bring them up here        385 00:14:59,031 --> 00:15:00,065           to be the MCs          386 00:15:00,165 --> 00:15:01,367    and let them do promotion.    387 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:03,535    They do great interviews,"    388 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:06,238              and so,              for a couple of plane tickets,  389 00:15:06,338 --> 00:15:10,542      we had two certifiable        Hollywood legends on the bill  390 00:15:10,643 --> 00:15:13,512        promoting the show.       391 00:15:13,612 --> 00:15:14,847      Even that didn't help.      392 00:15:14,947 --> 00:15:16,248            Didn't make                any difference at all.      393 00:15:16,348 --> 00:15:18,083         You notice I got               the Toronto shirt on?      394 00:15:18,183 --> 00:15:19,218               [♪♪♪]              395 00:15:19,318 --> 00:15:20,286             [Fowley]                   Rodney Bingenheimer!       396 00:15:20,386 --> 00:15:23,455         [crowd cheering]         397 00:15:23,555 --> 00:15:24,690       I think the promotion      398 00:15:24,790 --> 00:15:26,558         wasn't as strong               as it should've been.      399 00:15:26,659 --> 00:15:29,395           Ticket sales               weren't doing that well.     400 00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:31,363        [Brower] Investors            were saying, "We're out.     401 00:15:31,463 --> 00:15:32,898        Cancel everything.        402 00:15:32,998 --> 00:15:34,667         The deal's off,"         403 00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:36,001            and it just                 came out of nowhere.       404 00:15:36,101 --> 00:15:37,970         All of a sudden,          the show's gonna be cancelled.  405 00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:40,172       "This is a disaster.       406 00:15:40,272 --> 00:15:41,540           Stop it now."          407 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:43,542       Who's gonna pay Edjo?      408 00:15:43,642 --> 00:15:46,211    Where's the money for Edjo        if the show's cancelled?     409 00:15:46,312 --> 00:15:49,581      The pressure that night               was intense.           410 00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:53,052        It was just beyond            anything I could imagine,    411 00:15:53,152 --> 00:15:54,987      and going to the hotel      412 00:15:55,087 --> 00:15:57,323        to tell Kim Fowley             and Rodney Bingenheimer     413 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:58,857 that they may as well get packed 414 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:02,428      because we're going to          fly them back tomorrow...    415 00:16:02,528 --> 00:16:04,697  Kim Fowley went into a tirade,  416 00:16:04,797 --> 00:16:07,132 storming around the hotel suite. 417 00:16:07,232 --> 00:16:08,434   "You can't cancel this show!   418 00:16:08,534 --> 00:16:10,135      This is a classic show!     419 00:16:10,235 --> 00:16:11,470        This is ridiculous!       420 00:16:11,570 --> 00:16:14,273   If it was in Dodgers Stadium,         it would sell out!        421 00:16:14,373 --> 00:16:15,607    Here's what you need to do.   422 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:18,377   You need to call John Lennon           tomorrow at Apple        423 00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:20,546      and invite he and Yoko                to be the MC,          424 00:16:20,646 --> 00:16:23,983   because he loves Chuck Berry         and Little Richard,"       425 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:26,852      and I mean, Kim Fowley         was walking around the room   426 00:16:26,952 --> 00:16:28,954         preaching to me,         427 00:16:29,054 --> 00:16:30,356          and he got me.          428 00:16:30,456 --> 00:16:32,091     There was so much tension               that night            429 00:16:32,191 --> 00:16:34,126     because I had to hold off         until the next morning      430 00:16:34,226 --> 00:16:37,863      and see if we could get         John Lennon on the phone.    431 00:16:42,034 --> 00:16:43,068       So, before we start,       432 00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:44,570     can I just get a tiny bit             more red wine?          433 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:46,005             -Mm-hmm.                     -If that's okay.         434 00:16:46,105 --> 00:16:47,306     Is that a cigarette? No.     435 00:16:47,406 --> 00:16:49,108             -Mm-hmm.                -No, it's not, no. [laughs]   436 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:51,310      Toronto Rock & Roll...      437 00:16:51,410 --> 00:16:53,479               19...                     Was it 1969 or '70?       438 00:16:53,579 --> 00:16:54,546           When was it?           439 00:16:54,646 --> 00:16:56,548      It was a long time ago.     440 00:16:56,648 --> 00:16:58,984      This is Anthony Fawcett            in Bag Productions.       441 00:16:59,084 --> 00:17:00,119        How can I help you?       442 00:17:00,219 --> 00:17:03,856               [♪♪♪]              443 00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:05,290             [Fawcett]                 London in the mid-'60s      444 00:17:05,391 --> 00:17:06,425       was really colourful.      445 00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:07,926      We all mixed together.      446 00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:09,595             You know,               we'd go to the same clubs,    447 00:17:09,695 --> 00:17:10,863         we'd go to Tramp,        448 00:17:10,963 --> 00:17:13,465      and The Stones would be           in one table, and...       449 00:17:13,565 --> 00:17:15,100    Anyway, you need to edit me   450 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,170          and get me back            to John and Yoko, so "cut."   451 00:17:18,270 --> 00:17:19,204     [distant crowds cheering]    452 00:17:19,304 --> 00:17:20,739    I grew up with The Beatles,   453 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:23,242       never even imagining                 that one day           454 00:17:23,342 --> 00:17:25,177   I would be one of the closest         people in the world       455 00:17:25,277 --> 00:17:27,346          to John Lennon,         456 00:17:27,446 --> 00:17:31,050   and actually living with him,             literally.            457 00:17:32,518 --> 00:17:34,353     They always used to say,         "Anthony is the only one     458 00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:35,754        that comes between                 John and Yoko."         459 00:17:35,854 --> 00:17:36,755             Lucky me.            460 00:17:36,855 --> 00:17:38,891             You know,                 20-year-old art critic.     461 00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:39,858         Can you imagine?         462 00:17:39,958 --> 00:17:43,162           Just tell us                what's going on today.      463 00:17:43,262 --> 00:17:44,730     It's all Japanese today.     464 00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:46,165       Yeah, and what about                 the evening?           465 00:17:46,265 --> 00:17:47,166        When do we finish?        466 00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:49,001        Two more Japanese.        467 00:17:49,101 --> 00:17:51,103             [Fawcett]             John was in a really bad state. 468 00:17:51,203 --> 00:17:52,504      He was very depressed.      469 00:17:52,604 --> 00:17:53,972  I think he missed playing live. 470 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:57,276    I mean, actually, for John,             playing live,          471 00:17:57,376 --> 00:17:58,811    probably in his whole life,   472 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:01,547    that's what he loved best,              on the stage.          473 00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:04,817          He'd thrown off            the mantle of The Beatles.    474 00:18:06,018 --> 00:18:08,053    [Lennon] Ringo's left once.   475 00:18:08,153 --> 00:18:09,088       George had left once       476 00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:11,056       for a couple of days              or something. Yeah.       477 00:18:11,156 --> 00:18:12,825          Complete chaos.         478 00:18:14,059 --> 00:18:16,261   [Fawcett] You have to imagine           Bag Productions         479 00:18:16,361 --> 00:18:18,730      in the Apple building.      480 00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:20,566           There's a big                 black leather desk.       481 00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:22,267     John and Yoko behind it.     482 00:18:22,367 --> 00:18:24,336   I'm sitting here on the side.  483 00:18:24,436 --> 00:18:26,205       We have a fire going                in the office,          484 00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:27,739        a burning log fire.       485 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,709    So I'm screening everything       for John Lennon and Yoko.    486 00:18:30,809 --> 00:18:32,711       [telephones ringing]       487 00:18:32,811 --> 00:18:34,580        It was really weird       488 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,349         for a 20-year old                to be the conduit        489 00:18:37,449 --> 00:18:39,084     to John Lennon and Yoko.     490 00:18:39,184 --> 00:18:41,820     So if I get a phone call         from the prime minister,     491 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,156       if I get a phone call             from Salvador Dali,       492 00:18:44,256 --> 00:18:48,193       if I get a phone call        from John Brower in Toronto,   493 00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:49,528         I take the call.         494 00:18:49,628 --> 00:18:50,829    [Brower] The next morning,    495 00:18:50,929 --> 00:18:52,698   I've gotten Kenny and myself   496 00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:55,968        down at the office             at 6:00 in the morning.     497 00:18:56,068 --> 00:18:58,837          It's now 11:00              in the morning in London.    498 00:18:58,937 --> 00:19:00,139             [beeping]            499 00:19:00,239 --> 00:19:02,341         [telephone rings]        500 00:19:02,441 --> 00:19:03,809              Hello.              501 00:19:03,909 --> 00:19:05,144       "This is John Brower.      502 00:19:05,244 --> 00:19:06,278     I'm calling from Toronto.    503 00:19:06,378 --> 00:19:07,613   You need to tell John Lennon   504 00:19:07,713 --> 00:19:10,315   all these people are playing           on the same bill         505 00:19:10,415 --> 00:19:12,918     this Saturday in Toronto,    506 00:19:13,018 --> 00:19:15,220    and we would like to invite             John and Yoko          507 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,256     to come and be the MCs."     508 00:19:17,356 --> 00:19:18,590    So I told John right away,    509 00:19:18,690 --> 00:19:20,993    "Hey, we just got a call in             from Toronto.          510 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:23,128       They want you to play        in a rock 'n' roll festival.   511 00:19:23,228 --> 00:19:25,464    There's someone on the line              from Canada           512 00:19:25,564 --> 00:19:27,733            inviting you                 to cur this weekend       513 00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:29,334   at some big rock concert in--  514 00:19:29,434 --> 00:19:30,569        [Lennon] In Canada?       515 00:19:30,669 --> 00:19:32,471          [Fawcett] Yeah,              for a big rock concert.     516 00:19:32,571 --> 00:19:33,605           [Lennon] Well,               get a bit more detail.     517 00:19:33,705 --> 00:19:34,773         Find out who's on.       518 00:19:34,873 --> 00:19:36,475             He says,                  "Well, find out more,"      519 00:19:36,575 --> 00:19:39,578     so I start getting calls            from Ritchie Yorke.       520 00:19:39,678 --> 00:19:41,580   Ritchie was a writer like me.  521 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:42,948              [Yorke]                 I happened to be at Apple    522 00:19:43,048 --> 00:19:44,716    because I had an interview     planned for the Monday morning  523 00:19:44,816 --> 00:19:47,052           with George.           524 00:19:47,152 --> 00:19:49,621      John was being hassled         by John Brower on the phone   525 00:19:49,721 --> 00:19:51,890      to come over and be at          this Rock & Roll Revival.    526 00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:54,560        Was that John Brower              that just phoned?        527 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:57,162           -John Brower.                       -Was it?            528 00:19:57,262 --> 00:19:57,863         John Brower, yes.        529 00:19:57,963 --> 00:19:59,097        It was John Brower?       530 00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:00,199                Yes.              531 00:20:00,299 --> 00:20:01,600   Okay, and he's the organizer,              isn't he?            532 00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:02,601   He's the producer of it, yes.  533 00:20:02,701 --> 00:20:03,902           The producer.                     Great, okay.          534 00:20:04,002 --> 00:20:05,404  Basically, John wanted to know  535 00:20:05,504 --> 00:20:06,572     if they were good people                 doing it.            536 00:20:06,672 --> 00:20:07,606       Could he trust them?       537 00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:09,308      Would it be okay to go?     538 00:20:09,408 --> 00:20:11,743    [Brower] Had Ritchie Yorke           not been at Apple,        539 00:20:11,843 --> 00:20:13,111   John Lennon might've thought   540 00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:15,180         that we were just             a couple of crazy kids      541 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:16,715     calling him on the phone.    542 00:20:16,815 --> 00:20:17,849          [knock on door]         543 00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:19,952        [Fawcett] I've got             Ritchie Yorke outside.      544 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:22,020   [Lennon] Maybe he knows a bit         about Canada, then.       545 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:23,255         Hi, how are you?         546 00:20:23,355 --> 00:20:25,657      A-ha. There's a Toronto            Rock & Roll Revival       547 00:20:25,757 --> 00:20:26,925           on tomorrow,           548 00:20:27,025 --> 00:20:28,694     which has Jerry Lee Lewis            and Gene Vincent         549 00:20:28,794 --> 00:20:29,962   and Little Richard, and all--  550 00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:30,996    you know, they've got them              all together,          551 00:20:31,096 --> 00:20:32,664   and Kim Fowley and The Doors,  552 00:20:32,764 --> 00:20:34,933          and, you know,              it's a nice little scene.    553 00:20:35,033 --> 00:20:37,869    I know the two guys who are       running it. John Brower.     554 00:20:37,970 --> 00:20:38,870     [Lennon] Oh, he's the one     that was on the phone just now, 555 00:20:38,971 --> 00:20:40,138           John Brower.                -[Ritchie] Oh, really?      556 00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:41,607             [Lennon]                  Find out how much, too.     557 00:20:41,707 --> 00:20:42,741          [call ringing]          558 00:20:42,841 --> 00:20:44,343   [Brower] And there's a pause.  559 00:20:44,443 --> 00:20:45,711 Now, this is on a speaker phone. 560 00:20:45,811 --> 00:20:46,712   We are looking at each other,  561 00:20:46,812 --> 00:20:48,113   like, "Are you hearing this?"  562 00:20:48,213 --> 00:20:50,916             Now Kenny                starts going like this...    563 00:20:51,016 --> 00:20:52,884       and I go, "You know,              we can't pay you,"        564 00:20:52,985 --> 00:20:54,987           and he says,              "Oh, no, no, that's okay,"    565 00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:56,888      and Kenny starts going                 like this,            566 00:20:56,989 --> 00:20:58,790       and I go, "But we'll            get you plane tickets,      567 00:20:58,890 --> 00:20:59,758           first class,"          568 00:20:59,858 --> 00:21:01,860         and Kenny goes...        569 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,596     [Lennon] They'll give us          a chartered plane of 30     570 00:21:04,696 --> 00:21:06,098          to go and play                 at a rock concert.        571 00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:09,001   We could get a group together            to take over.          572 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:10,969            [Yoko Ono]                George and Eric might go.    573 00:21:11,069 --> 00:21:12,004             [Lennon]              Could you ring George and ask,  574 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:13,071          could he get me                 a group together         575 00:21:13,171 --> 00:21:15,941        for tomorrow night                in... for Canada?        576 00:21:16,041 --> 00:21:17,709       It sounds about good,            this Canadian thing.       577 00:21:17,809 --> 00:21:19,678        [Ono] Yes, it does.       578 00:21:19,778 --> 00:21:21,813  To cut a very long story short, 579 00:21:21,913 --> 00:21:23,849  John said, "Yeah, we'll do it.  580 00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:25,417         [scanning through                 radio stations]         581 00:21:25,517 --> 00:21:26,918     ...on the CHUM News Watch    582 00:21:27,019 --> 00:21:28,754   for Sid Silver formal rentals. 583 00:21:28,854 --> 00:21:29,921           Apparently...          584 00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:32,190        [Brower] Of course,            where were we running?      585 00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:34,192      Right up to CHUM radio               with the news.          586 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:39,164     ♪ C-H-U-M 1050 Toronto ♪     587 00:21:39,264 --> 00:21:41,400    [Brower] The radio support             was CHUM radio.         588 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:42,467           That was it.           589 00:21:42,567 --> 00:21:44,202    It was radio, radio, radio.   590 00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:46,471     "I just got off the phone             a few hours ago         591 00:21:46,571 --> 00:21:47,439         with John Lennon.        592 00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:48,940   He's coming over on Saturday.  593 00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:49,875       They're gonna play,"       594 00:21:49,975 --> 00:21:51,143      and they're just, like,     595 00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:53,712       looking at us, like,          "Your show's bombing here,    596 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:54,980     and John Lennon's coming,    597 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,882          and you want us           to go on the air with that?"   598 00:21:56,982 --> 00:21:58,250         [elevator dings]         599 00:21:58,350 --> 00:22:01,086   At which point, they threw us         out of the station.       600 00:22:01,186 --> 00:22:02,954        Now, Kenny's going,              "We're in trouble."       601 00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:05,557          I said, "Look,            John Lennon is gonna tell us   602 00:22:05,657 --> 00:22:07,159        who's in his band.        603 00:22:07,259 --> 00:22:09,261   We will tape that phone call.  604 00:22:09,361 --> 00:22:11,463        We'll come up here,          and we'll show these guys."   605 00:22:11,563 --> 00:22:12,497     Kenny goes, "Okay, good."    606 00:22:12,597 --> 00:22:14,399 So now we have to wait 24 hours. 607 00:22:26,478 --> 00:22:28,113         [Klaus Voormann]           The start of the whole story,  608 00:22:28,213 --> 00:22:31,016          I'm gonna start            right from the very start,    609 00:22:31,116 --> 00:22:33,151     which is John called me.     610 00:22:33,251 --> 00:22:36,088      "Klaus, we have a band        called the Plastic Ono Band.   611 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:39,191        There's going to be           a rock 'n' roll festival,    612 00:22:39,291 --> 00:22:41,860    and the Plastic Ono Band's           gonna play there,"        613 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,296     and I thought, "Oh, shit.           Plastic Ono Band?"        614 00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:47,265  and I thought maybe you have to      get up on stage naked.      615 00:22:52,637 --> 00:22:53,872    So I was a little hesitant,   616 00:22:53,972 --> 00:22:55,474      then he started saying,     617 00:22:55,574 --> 00:22:56,775      "Eric already said yes.     618 00:22:56,875 --> 00:22:58,076    He's gonna be in the band,"   619 00:22:58,176 --> 00:22:59,578           and then Yoko                was in the background      620 00:22:59,678 --> 00:23:02,514    saying, "Yeah, we're gonna          go there for peace,"       621 00:23:02,614 --> 00:23:03,582    and I said, "When's that?"    622 00:23:03,682 --> 00:23:04,916     "Well, tomorrow morning."    623 00:23:05,016 --> 00:23:06,385        [telephone ringing]         [Alan White] He called me up   624 00:23:06,485 --> 00:23:07,853      at my house in London.      625 00:23:07,953 --> 00:23:09,187    [Lennon] And I said, "Look,   626 00:23:09,287 --> 00:23:10,889       there's this thing on        in Toronto, you wanna come?"   627 00:23:10,989 --> 00:23:12,657              [White]                I didn't think it was him,    628 00:23:12,758 --> 00:23:15,260  so I kinda put the phone down,  629 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:17,095      and then he called back            ten minutes later.        630 00:23:17,195 --> 00:23:18,630   He said, "No, no, no, really,        this is John Lennon."      631 00:23:24,002 --> 00:23:26,204       "I've gotta do a show                 in Toronto.           632 00:23:26,304 --> 00:23:27,873            Can you be                at the airport tomorrow?"    633 00:23:27,973 --> 00:23:29,241          I said, "Sure."         634 00:23:29,341 --> 00:23:32,677       [Fawcett] John Lennon            was incredibly fast.       635 00:23:32,778 --> 00:23:34,146        Everything happened              in a split second.        636 00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:36,948   He just liked the idea that,       "I can play live again."     637 00:23:37,048 --> 00:23:38,383       We have to remember,       638 00:23:38,483 --> 00:23:41,853      John hasn't played live          for a long, long time,      639 00:23:41,953 --> 00:23:44,423       and he had to decide            who he would play with.     640 00:23:44,523 --> 00:23:47,793   John asked me to try and find            Eric Clapton           641 00:23:47,893 --> 00:23:48,860    to see if he'd come or not.   642 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,096    Literally, the day before.    643 00:23:51,196 --> 00:23:53,198      [Brower] Having Klaus,      644 00:23:53,298 --> 00:23:54,566             and Eric,            645 00:23:54,666 --> 00:23:56,668       and Alan White there,      646 00:23:56,768 --> 00:23:58,003      that was the first time     647 00:23:58,103 --> 00:24:02,774       that John really had              a Plastic Ono Band.       648 00:24:02,874 --> 00:24:05,377         [Lennon] The band            is our Plastic Ono Band,     649 00:24:05,477 --> 00:24:06,778     which Yoko and I formed.     650 00:24:06,878 --> 00:24:08,380       The band will expand       651 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,549   depending on how many people         want to play with us,      652 00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:11,783      so the Plastic Ono Band     653 00:24:11,883 --> 00:24:13,752       could be four people                 or 10 people.          654 00:24:13,852 --> 00:24:16,822     Only the Plastic Ono Band            will be constant.        655 00:24:16,922 --> 00:24:18,790           John and Yoko            are bigger than John Lennon.   656 00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:21,927     John and Yoko are bigger           than George Harrison.      657 00:24:22,027 --> 00:24:23,862           John and Yoko           are bigger than Paul McCartney. 658 00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:25,297     So that's our power now,     659 00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:27,232  and the power is for the people 660 00:24:27,332 --> 00:24:29,000    instead of for The Beatles,   661 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:31,570    and we destroyed the myth.    662 00:24:33,004 --> 00:24:35,474     [Dan Richter] I was over         in the kitchen at Ascot.     663 00:24:35,574 --> 00:24:38,777     John came down the stairs    664 00:24:38,877 --> 00:24:39,878 and said, "They've just asked us 665 00:24:39,978 --> 00:24:41,546        to go over to this               Rock & Roll Revival       666 00:24:41,646 --> 00:24:42,647            in Toronto,           667 00:24:42,747 --> 00:24:43,682        and it's tomorrow.        668 00:24:43,782 --> 00:24:45,016     You wanna come with us?"     669 00:24:50,355 --> 00:24:52,958             [Richter]              Yoko was one of the founders   670 00:24:53,058 --> 00:24:54,259      of the Fluxus Movement,     671 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,395   which is pretty rarified air.  672 00:24:57,496 --> 00:24:59,197          The avant-garde                of the avant-garde.       673 00:24:59,297 --> 00:25:01,333    People like George Maciunas   674 00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:02,934         and Jonas Mekas.         675 00:25:03,034 --> 00:25:04,936     [Fawcett] She had worked           with Ornette Coleman.      676 00:25:05,036 --> 00:25:06,838  She'd worked with Andy Warhol.  677 00:25:06,938 --> 00:25:08,139     When she came to London,     678 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,075   she was very well established          in the art scene,        679 00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:11,276        so we all knew her.       680 00:25:11,376 --> 00:25:14,279        [Richter] The '60s             opened all these doors,     681 00:25:14,379 --> 00:25:17,148    and behind one of the doors             was Yoko Ono.          682 00:25:17,249 --> 00:25:20,652 She believed in her art totally. 683 00:25:20,752 --> 00:25:23,054               [Ono]                  I, myself, in my own way,    684 00:25:23,154 --> 00:25:26,057       was coming to a point          where I was feeling that     685 00:25:26,157 --> 00:25:27,826    I'd explored all the things         that I could explore       686 00:25:27,926 --> 00:25:29,461     in the avant-garde world,    687 00:25:29,561 --> 00:25:31,329         and I was looking               for something else.       688 00:25:31,429 --> 00:25:32,898         [Richter] Really,        689 00:25:32,998 --> 00:25:35,033      it wasn't until she did              her Film No. 4,         690 00:25:35,133 --> 00:25:36,768        which is also known                 as "Bottoms."          691 00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:38,637         That film created                 some notoriety.         692 00:25:38,737 --> 00:25:41,473   The world found out about her           at that point.          693 00:25:41,573 --> 00:25:42,774       [Ono] And every day,       694 00:25:42,874 --> 00:25:44,042        I was talked about                in the newspaper.        695 00:25:44,142 --> 00:25:46,144        In fact, in a way,        696 00:25:46,244 --> 00:25:48,446         I was ostracized             by the avant-garde world     697 00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:49,714             by then.             698 00:25:49,814 --> 00:25:51,082           At that time,          699 00:25:51,182 --> 00:25:54,019      Yoko really didn't get         much respect from anybody.    700 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,488           [Ono] Because              I was getting too famous     701 00:25:56,588 --> 00:25:58,523       for a serious artist,      702 00:25:58,623 --> 00:26:00,125    but I wasn't famous enough    703 00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:03,428      for the Lennon league,                 I suppose.            704 00:26:03,528 --> 00:26:05,530     [Richter] He wanted to be          around real artists,       705 00:26:05,630 --> 00:26:08,800  and Yoko was as real an artist           as you can get.         706 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:10,235        Yoko said to John,        707 00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:12,637          "When you sing             I wanna hold your hand..."    708 00:26:12,737 --> 00:26:16,007          [Beatles sing]           ♪ I want to hold your hand... ♪ 709 00:26:16,107 --> 00:26:17,475   [Richter] "100 million people          around the world         710 00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:18,877         hear those words,        711 00:26:18,977 --> 00:26:22,380       so why don't you say             something important?"      712 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,016          He said, "Yoko                can give me the words      713 00:26:25,116 --> 00:26:28,887  through conceptual techniques.  714 00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:31,389     We can do this together."    715 00:26:31,489 --> 00:26:34,359           John would do           his rock 'n' roll kind of thing 716 00:26:34,459 --> 00:26:35,493              in one,             717 00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:37,462         and Yoko would do          her conceptual thing as one.   718 00:26:37,562 --> 00:26:39,130               [♪♪♪]              719 00:26:39,230 --> 00:26:42,667     They just fell head over        heels, uh, for each other.    720 00:26:44,703 --> 00:26:46,938  It was like they'd been missing       a part of themselves,      721 00:26:47,038 --> 00:26:48,640        and they found it.        722 00:26:50,075 --> 00:26:52,043    [Brower] The next morning,    723 00:26:52,143 --> 00:26:53,612  we're back down at the office,  724 00:26:53,712 --> 00:26:55,146     the tape recorder ready.     725 00:26:55,246 --> 00:26:56,448        Call Apple Records.       726 00:26:56,548 --> 00:26:58,617          [call ringing]          727 00:26:58,717 --> 00:27:00,018   "Hello, this is John Brower.   728 00:27:00,118 --> 00:27:01,252   I'm calling for John Lennon.   729 00:27:01,353 --> 00:27:02,954     He's expecting my call."     730 00:27:03,054 --> 00:27:03,888      The phone is picked up.     731 00:27:03,989 --> 00:27:05,523   "Hello, it's Anthony Fawcett.  732 00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:06,758       I'm Yoko's assistant,      733 00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:08,226 and I've got the names for you." 734 00:27:08,326 --> 00:27:09,361    Okay, what am I gonna say?    735 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:11,630         "Well, no, I need           John Lennon on the phone"?    736 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:12,897   I mean, we're kinda stunned,   737 00:27:12,998 --> 00:27:14,099  but we got a guy on the phone,  738 00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:15,800     he's giving us the names.    739 00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:17,002           John Lennon.           740 00:27:17,102 --> 00:27:18,403         Yoko Ono Lennon.         741 00:27:18,503 --> 00:27:19,771           Eric Clapton.          742 00:27:19,871 --> 00:27:20,839          Klaus Voormann.         743 00:27:20,939 --> 00:27:22,173            Alan White,           744 00:27:22,273 --> 00:27:25,577  and this guy, Anthony Fawcett,  745 00:27:25,677 --> 00:27:29,114       and the next morning,         Kenny and I go up to CHUM.    746 00:27:29,214 --> 00:27:30,348      We're pretty smug now.      747 00:27:30,448 --> 00:27:32,317   Punch the button, tape plays.  748 00:27:33,518 --> 00:27:36,688    Hello, it's Anthony Fawcett            here in London.         749 00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:38,123       I've got the names now     750 00:27:38,223 --> 00:27:41,326        coming on the travel                 to Toronto.           751 00:27:41,426 --> 00:27:43,762           [Brower] Now            the program director stands up. 752 00:27:43,862 --> 00:27:45,030       "You know something?       753 00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:47,165    We've been promoting shows           for you guys here,        754 00:27:47,265 --> 00:27:51,169    and you would come up here    with this bullshit on this tape, 755 00:27:51,269 --> 00:27:53,972   with a guy with a pretty good           English accent,         756 00:27:54,072 --> 00:27:56,041       and you want us to go            on the air with this?      757 00:27:56,141 --> 00:27:57,976      I don't even wanna look          at either one of you,"      758 00:27:58,076 --> 00:27:59,110     and they just walked out.    759 00:27:59,210 --> 00:28:01,279          Well, now Kenny             is about ready to faint,     760 00:28:01,379 --> 00:28:03,715   and I have one last thought--  761 00:28:03,815 --> 00:28:06,785     "I need to get Russ Gibb         in Detroit on the phone."    762 00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:08,987            [Russ Gibb]            Russ Gibb, jumping up and down, 763 00:28:09,087 --> 00:28:12,157      and we're inviting you              to hang in there.        764 00:28:12,257 --> 00:28:13,925  I dial him from the boardroom,  765 00:28:14,025 --> 00:28:15,527     and I play him the tape.     766 00:28:15,627 --> 00:28:16,628       [Fawcett on recording]             Do you have a pen?       767 00:28:16,728 --> 00:28:17,829      I've got the names now.     768 00:28:17,929 --> 00:28:19,330      John Lennon, Yoko Ono...    769 00:28:19,431 --> 00:28:20,932             [Brower]                Russ Gibb is promoting this   770 00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:22,367       as the Second Coming.      771 00:28:22,467 --> 00:28:25,503    This is the greatest thing       to happen in rock 'n' roll.   772 00:28:25,603 --> 00:28:27,839   The next day, all the tickets    in Detroit-Windsor are gone.   773 00:28:29,307 --> 00:28:31,876      [traffic, horns blare]      774 00:28:31,976 --> 00:28:33,812          In New York...          775 00:28:33,912 --> 00:28:36,581         [telephone rings]        776 00:28:36,681 --> 00:28:38,116        ...D.A. Pennebaker,       777 00:28:38,216 --> 00:28:40,885         who had made two            brilliant documentaries...    778 00:28:43,054 --> 00:28:44,556               [♪♪♪]              779 00:28:46,458 --> 00:28:49,661        [Brower] Pennebaker        contacted our office and said,  780 00:28:49,761 --> 00:28:52,764     "I wanna come up and film        the Rock & Roll Revival."    781 00:28:52,864 --> 00:28:54,065      Well, this was amazing.     782 00:28:54,165 --> 00:28:55,967      Not only were we gonna              have John Lennon,        783 00:28:56,067 --> 00:28:57,235   now we're gonna have a movie.  784 00:28:58,336 --> 00:28:59,270         [D.A. Pennebaker]                 I went up there         785 00:28:59,370 --> 00:29:00,939      because those four guys               were playing.          786 00:29:01,039 --> 00:29:02,707         I thought it was                a great film to do,       787 00:29:02,807 --> 00:29:03,641     and I was happy to do it,    788 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:04,743          because I think         789 00:29:04,843 --> 00:29:08,480  that's an extraordinary history         of rock 'n' roll.        790 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:10,348               [♪♪♪]              791 00:29:10,448 --> 00:29:11,549            [Christgau]                 A brand-new magazine       792 00:29:11,649 --> 00:29:12,584           called "Show"          793 00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:16,354    asked me to write a profile            of Pennebaker.          794 00:29:18,323 --> 00:29:20,592        Pennebaker gave me             the journalist's dream,     795 00:29:20,692 --> 00:29:22,127           total access.          796 00:29:22,227 --> 00:29:23,561      Nothing off the record?     797 00:29:23,661 --> 00:29:26,397   That's a very rare privilege      for any journalist to get,    798 00:29:26,498 --> 00:29:27,932    and I took advantage of it.   799 00:29:28,032 --> 00:29:30,168             The Show                 agreed to pay my airfare.    800 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:31,436    I was following the story.    801 00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:34,339        That was what I was          supposed to do, and I did.    802 00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:36,608   They didn't paste any limits        on what I could report.     803 00:29:37,742 --> 00:29:39,811         [Chris Dalrymple]               When Bob Christgau        804 00:29:39,911 --> 00:29:41,312       arrived in the office      805 00:29:41,412 --> 00:29:43,581    to do the profile of Penne,   806 00:29:43,681 --> 00:29:47,852          I had never met             a rock journalist before.    807 00:29:47,952 --> 00:29:50,455             My first                and only impression of him    808 00:29:50,555 --> 00:29:54,325          was him trying               to gain my confidence,      809 00:29:54,425 --> 00:29:58,196       and possibly give him              some inside dirt.        810 00:29:58,296 --> 00:29:59,831    You know, once he couldn't         get anything out of me,     811 00:29:59,931 --> 00:30:01,900          he was through,          and moved on to somebody else.  812 00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:04,302       [film set bell rings]      813 00:30:04,402 --> 00:30:06,237           [Molly Davis]            All right, quiet on the set!   814 00:30:06,337 --> 00:30:07,372     [cameraman] Camera speed.    815 00:30:10,341 --> 00:30:12,544     [Davis] Everybody somehow           met at the airport.       816 00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:14,646    There were a lot of people               that came.            817 00:30:14,746 --> 00:30:17,215    If there was a plane ticket       provided, you just went.     818 00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:19,284      I mean, it wasn't like          you were gonna get paid.     819 00:30:20,185 --> 00:30:21,152          Molly filming.          820 00:30:21,252 --> 00:30:24,422       Roll 4A, wild sound.       821 00:30:24,522 --> 00:30:26,991     [Dalrymple] Very quickly,      it was, "Pack everything up,   822 00:30:27,091 --> 00:30:28,860        and we're leaving."       823 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,261   Penne would use his friends.   824 00:30:30,361 --> 00:30:32,831     If he called, they'd go.     825 00:30:32,931 --> 00:30:35,066      'Cause everybody wanted       to go everywhere with Penne.   826 00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:36,167             Why not?             827 00:30:36,267 --> 00:30:37,268          And Penne said,               "Take a Super-8 cam,       828 00:30:37,368 --> 00:30:39,370        and then maybe get             some backstage stuff,"      829 00:30:39,470 --> 00:30:42,307   and I'm going, "That's great,      I'll go," you know, so...    830 00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:43,741        Yeah, I just went.        831 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:48,813            [Dalrymple]              So off we flew to Toronto.    832 00:30:48,913 --> 00:30:50,248      Pennebaker was in town.     833 00:30:50,348 --> 00:30:51,850             They were                 getting ready to roll.      834 00:30:51,950 --> 00:30:53,184     Pennebaker had been given    835 00:30:53,284 --> 00:30:54,652    these little movie cameras,   836 00:30:54,752 --> 00:30:57,689      and he'd given them out                to people.            837 00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:00,758       [Davis] Penne didn't            do anything on the fly.     838 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:01,826              [claps]             839 00:31:01,926 --> 00:31:04,662         Penne had rented           practically an entire motel.   840 00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:07,365              [Davis]                 Saturday morning, hotel.     841 00:31:07,465 --> 00:31:09,634     Outside hotel with Penne.    842 00:31:09,734 --> 00:31:12,036   [Dalrymple] Got to the hotel,  843 00:31:12,136 --> 00:31:13,238     just dropped everything,     844 00:31:13,338 --> 00:31:14,906    went right to the stadium.    845 00:31:16,507 --> 00:31:18,042              [Davis]                 Entering stadium at gate.    846 00:31:18,142 --> 00:31:19,978          Stadium, Penne.         847 00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:23,481   [Dalrymple] It was just like       a weekend in the country.    848 00:31:23,581 --> 00:31:25,350           [Pennebaker]                 One started at half.       849 00:31:25,450 --> 00:31:26,818   Okay, ask him to bring 'em up         to three-quarters.        850 00:31:26,918 --> 00:31:27,518    That's what I want to see.    851 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:29,120   I just want to get 'em even.   852 00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:30,121            [Dalrymple]               We're just gonna set up,     853 00:31:30,221 --> 00:31:31,389       we'll have daylight,       854 00:31:31,489 --> 00:31:33,491  we'll have spots on the stage,          and we'll do it.         855 00:31:33,591 --> 00:31:34,826      What could be simpler?      856 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:38,529      After that, it was just        a matter of waiting around    857 00:31:38,630 --> 00:31:39,831      till the sun went down.     858 00:31:43,067 --> 00:31:44,335           [Pennebaker]                  We just raised it,        859 00:31:44,435 --> 00:31:45,837          just raised it.         860 00:31:45,937 --> 00:31:47,538     I know that, but just see     where the light's coming from.  861 00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:49,007   That's the end of your spots.  862 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:50,675   You can't see the spotlight.   863 00:31:53,044 --> 00:31:54,245      [Brower] I called Edjo,     864 00:31:54,345 --> 00:31:56,147         and I said, "Ed,              I've got a great idea.      865 00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:57,448      John Lennon is coming.      866 00:31:57,548 --> 00:31:58,683       He's bringing a band.      867 00:31:58,783 --> 00:32:00,051  They're gonna play at the show. 868 00:32:00,151 --> 00:32:01,886         How about you get                some of the bikes        869 00:32:01,986 --> 00:32:03,221       and we escort him in?      870 00:32:03,321 --> 00:32:06,224  Bikes in front, bikes in back." 871 00:32:06,324 --> 00:32:07,692          Edjo loved it.          872 00:32:07,792 --> 00:32:11,129         So Edjo organized                 80 motorcycles,         873 00:32:11,229 --> 00:32:12,697 but, of course, during the week, 874 00:32:12,797 --> 00:32:14,432    the talk all around Toronto   875 00:32:14,532 --> 00:32:16,701        is that John Lennon                is not coming.          876 00:32:16,801 --> 00:32:20,872     In fact, CHUM had called             Capitol Records,         877 00:32:20,972 --> 00:32:22,040      who called Allen Klein,     878 00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:22,974 The Beatles manager in New York, 879 00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:24,342          who told them,          880 00:32:24,442 --> 00:32:26,377 "John Lennon doesn't do anything        I don't know about.       881 00:32:26,477 --> 00:32:27,512          It's not true.          882 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:29,080    He's not going to Toronto."   883 00:32:30,281 --> 00:32:31,950  Some of the Vagabonds sold pot  884 00:32:32,050 --> 00:32:33,384  to some of the people at CHUM,  885 00:32:33,484 --> 00:32:35,086    and they heard that story,    886 00:32:35,186 --> 00:32:36,888  and they go back and tell Edjo. 887 00:32:37,855 --> 00:32:38,656             [kissing]            888 00:32:38,756 --> 00:32:39,490         So Friday night,         889 00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:40,959      Edjo comes to my place,     890 00:32:41,059 --> 00:32:43,127    and he's had a few drinks,        and he's had some smoke,     891 00:32:43,227 --> 00:32:44,896     and he pounds on my door,    892 00:32:44,996 --> 00:32:46,331      and he just barges in,      893 00:32:46,431 --> 00:32:47,765    and I go, "Ed, what's up?"    894 00:32:47,865 --> 00:32:50,902     and he goes, "Look, man,          I'm really pissed off.      895 00:32:51,002 --> 00:32:52,670    How could you bullshit me?    896 00:32:52,770 --> 00:32:55,306     I've been backing you up         all week on this thing."     897 00:32:55,406 --> 00:32:57,041      "John Lennon is coming.     898 00:32:57,141 --> 00:32:58,676    We got him plane tickets."    899 00:32:58,776 --> 00:33:02,046     Ed goes, "Look, if I have      80 bikes out there tomorrow,   900 00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:03,314    and there's no John Lennon,   901 00:33:03,414 --> 00:33:05,783           there's guys               that are gonna come here,    902 00:33:05,883 --> 00:33:08,319     and they're gonna fucking       beat the shit out of you."    903 00:33:08,419 --> 00:33:10,088       [Fawcett] As always,       904 00:33:10,188 --> 00:33:11,422      I go up to the bedroom      905 00:33:11,522 --> 00:33:13,758      to see if they're ready        to come out to the airport,   906 00:33:13,858 --> 00:33:16,461            and they're                 in a really bad mood.      907 00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:17,695    "We're not feeling so well.   908 00:33:17,795 --> 00:33:19,297    I don't think we can do it.   909 00:33:19,397 --> 00:33:20,999       I think you're gonna              have to cancel it.        910 00:33:21,099 --> 00:33:22,533        Send some flowers."       911 00:33:22,633 --> 00:33:24,769             [exhales]                      Deep breath.           912 00:33:24,869 --> 00:33:27,538   Klaus, I think, had said yes,         was at the airport.       913 00:33:27,638 --> 00:33:29,774  Alan White was at the airport.  914 00:33:29,874 --> 00:33:31,109  We hadn't heard back from Eric, 915 00:33:31,209 --> 00:33:33,311  whether he even knew about it,       whether he could come,      916 00:33:33,411 --> 00:33:34,212        he hadn't replied.        917 00:33:34,312 --> 00:33:35,980    So at 4:00 in the morning,    918 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,017          my phone rings,         919 00:33:39,117 --> 00:33:41,352     and it's Anthony Fawcett.    920 00:33:41,452 --> 00:33:43,488    He's trembling on the phone              right now,            921 00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:45,490       and he's just talked                to John Lennon          922 00:33:45,590 --> 00:33:47,558       at Tittenhurst Park,               where John lives,        923 00:33:47,658 --> 00:33:50,294         who has told him          that he and Yoko can't make it, 924 00:33:50,395 --> 00:33:52,296   and that he's to send flowers          to the festival,         925 00:33:52,397 --> 00:33:53,898        "Love John & Yoko."       926 00:33:53,998 --> 00:33:55,767     I don't know what to say               except, "No.           927 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:57,435  If John Lennon doesn't show up, 928 00:33:57,535 --> 00:33:59,337     I have to leave my city.     929 00:33:59,437 --> 00:34:00,772    I have to leave my country.   930 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:01,539           I am ruined."          931 00:34:01,639 --> 00:34:02,874        [church bell tolls]       932 00:34:04,575 --> 00:34:05,576     I said, "He has to come."    933 00:34:05,676 --> 00:34:07,412      After that first call,      934 00:34:07,512 --> 00:34:10,181      I went back downstairs               to the kitchen.         935 00:34:10,281 --> 00:34:11,883   I decided not to do anything.  936 00:34:11,983 --> 00:34:15,286      [Voormann] Terry Doran      went up to Eric Clapton's house. 937 00:34:15,386 --> 00:34:16,821            They called                 and tried everything.      938 00:34:16,921 --> 00:34:17,989   He didn't hear the telephone,  939 00:34:18,089 --> 00:34:18,923    and he banged on the door,    940 00:34:19,023 --> 00:34:20,825          and he got him.         941 00:34:20,925 --> 00:34:23,561  So he turned up at the airport         at the last minute.       942 00:34:23,661 --> 00:34:25,430       [Fawcett] And I said,            "John, you know what?      943 00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:28,299       Eric got the message,           and he wants to come,"      944 00:34:28,399 --> 00:34:30,902      and John, he suddenly,           "What? Eric said yes?"      945 00:34:31,002 --> 00:34:31,936          I said, "Yeah."         946 00:34:32,036 --> 00:34:34,105       I said, "He woke up.             He was sleeping late.      947 00:34:34,205 --> 00:34:35,940         Eric's on his way                 to the airport,         948 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,508       so what shall I say?"      949 00:34:37,608 --> 00:34:39,610  and John suddenly got excited,  950 00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:41,913      and he looked at Yoko,          he says, "Okay, let's go.    951 00:34:42,013 --> 00:34:42,980         We're doing it."         952 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:44,449          [call dialing]          953 00:34:44,549 --> 00:34:45,550          [call ringing]          954 00:34:45,650 --> 00:34:46,984      So I call the airport,      955 00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:47,785     and I say, "We're coming.    956 00:34:47,885 --> 00:34:49,353    Get us on the next flight."   957 00:34:49,454 --> 00:34:50,521       So suddenly, it's on.      958 00:34:50,621 --> 00:34:52,590      [Brower] So he and Yoko              get out of bed          959 00:34:52,690 --> 00:34:53,891       and get in the limo--      960 00:34:53,991 --> 00:34:54,859            [car honks]           961 00:34:54,959 --> 00:34:57,328         --and they arrive              at Heathrow Airport,       962 00:34:57,428 --> 00:34:59,130  and, of course, they're mobbed, 963 00:34:59,230 --> 00:35:01,299        and John, he gives           a little press conference.    964 00:35:01,399 --> 00:35:02,500   "Yes, we're going to Toronto.  965 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,001        We're going to play                at a rock show.         966 00:35:04,102 --> 00:35:05,536           It's gonna be               the Plastic Ono Band's      967 00:35:05,636 --> 00:35:06,471           first show."           968 00:35:06,571 --> 00:35:07,405         [fanfare sounds]         969 00:35:07,505 --> 00:35:09,273   So this goes out immediately.  970 00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:10,741           "John Lennon.                  Heathrow Airport.        971 00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:14,612  Announces on his way to Toronto       for a rock festival."      972 00:35:15,613 --> 00:35:16,647  [Fawcett] We get on the plane.  973 00:35:16,747 --> 00:35:19,350       We're with the band.       974 00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:20,618            [Voormann]             We're all sitting in the back.  975 00:35:20,718 --> 00:35:23,988       We got the last row.       976 00:35:26,023 --> 00:35:27,525           So this one's                 the Toronto flight.       977 00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:29,127         So this is Eric,         978 00:35:29,227 --> 00:35:30,495           this is John,          979 00:35:30,595 --> 00:35:32,630        that's Alan White,        980 00:35:32,730 --> 00:35:36,534    and me trying to play bass             in an airplane.         981 00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:38,035           No amplifier.          982 00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,972       Very, very difficult.      983 00:35:41,072 --> 00:35:42,607             [Fawcett]               We're on the way to Canada    984 00:35:42,707 --> 00:35:44,142            to play at                a rock 'n' roll concert,     985 00:35:44,242 --> 00:35:46,844     and no one actually knows         what we're gonna play.      986 00:35:46,944 --> 00:35:50,515   They had to make the playlist            on the plane.          987 00:35:50,615 --> 00:35:51,916           [Lennon] Now,            we didn't know what to play,   988 00:35:52,016 --> 00:35:53,985         'cause we'd never             played together before.     989 00:35:54,085 --> 00:35:54,886         On the airplane,         990 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:56,320       we're running through                these oldies           991 00:35:56,420 --> 00:35:58,589      with electric guitars.      992 00:35:58,689 --> 00:35:59,757  They just grabbed the guitars,  993 00:35:59,857 --> 00:36:01,192         and we went down             to the back of the plane,    994 00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:02,860  and I was playing on the seat.  995 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:05,630      [Voormann] And Alan was          hitting on the headrest     996 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:07,832       [imitates drum beats]      997 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,068        When you sit there,                 and you play,          998 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:11,969        and you hear John,        999 00:36:12,069 --> 00:36:15,540         he's a fantastic               rhythm guitar player,      1000 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,042     and then Yoko's gonna do                her thing,            1001 00:36:18,142 --> 00:36:20,444      and then she came down           the aisle of the plane,     1002 00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:22,513             and said,                "Can we do my song now?"     1003 00:36:22,613 --> 00:36:24,315     and John got up and said,    1004 00:36:24,415 --> 00:36:26,284        "Let's go and have                 a cup of tea."          1005 00:36:26,384 --> 00:36:28,386    So no rehearsal with Yoko.    1006 00:36:28,486 --> 00:36:30,821  He kept it really away from us. 1007 00:36:30,922 --> 00:36:33,724         He just wanted us                to be surprised.         1008 00:36:33,824 --> 00:36:34,825     [Fawcett] I can't imagine    1009 00:36:34,926 --> 00:36:37,161      what the air hostesses               were thinking.          1010 00:36:37,261 --> 00:36:39,597      They must have thought            they were in heaven.       1011 00:36:43,701 --> 00:36:45,803        For the first time                  in his life,           1012 00:36:45,903 --> 00:36:47,939        coming to play live               with a new band,         1013 00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:48,873         not The Beatles,         1014 00:36:48,973 --> 00:36:51,175   he was so excited about that.  1015 00:36:56,681 --> 00:36:58,416      [Geddy Lee] We were all           suburban kids still.       1016 00:36:58,516 --> 00:37:00,284     We didn't live downtown.     1017 00:37:00,384 --> 00:37:02,153       Even coming downtown                 to see a band          1018 00:37:02,253 --> 00:37:03,654         was an adventure.        1019 00:37:05,289 --> 00:37:07,725     Especially when you would           normally drop acid,       1020 00:37:07,825 --> 00:37:12,263     as we would, quite often.    1021 00:37:12,363 --> 00:37:14,232         That was the vibe                 of the times...         1022 00:37:14,332 --> 00:37:15,967               [♪♪♪]              1023 00:37:20,404 --> 00:37:23,874   ...which is how I came to be      at the Rock & Roll Revival.   1024 00:37:25,176 --> 00:37:28,312  I got a call from John Rutsey,            our drummer,           1025 00:37:28,412 --> 00:37:31,449           and he said,                "Let's go to this show.     1026 00:37:31,549 --> 00:37:32,450       It should be great."       1027 00:37:32,550 --> 00:37:34,151    We literally got together,    1028 00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:35,319           dropped acid,          1029 00:37:35,419 --> 00:37:37,121    and went down to the show.    1030 00:37:38,389 --> 00:37:40,291         [crowd cheering]         1031 00:37:43,694 --> 00:37:45,830    [Claudja Barry] The Toronto          Rock & Roll Revival       1032 00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:49,367  was something that you'd never         heard about before.       1033 00:37:49,467 --> 00:37:51,302       It was, like, "What?       1034 00:37:51,402 --> 00:37:53,271            I gotta go,               I gotta go, I gotta go."     1035 00:37:54,505 --> 00:37:57,241         [crowd cheering]         1036 00:37:57,341 --> 00:37:58,709               [♪♪♪]              1037 00:37:58,809 --> 00:37:59,810         And I heard about                 Little Richard,         1038 00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:02,513   and I thought, "Oh god, yes,"  1039 00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:03,848     and I said to my brother,    1040 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:05,650    "Oh, come on, we gotta go,"   1041 00:38:05,750 --> 00:38:07,752       so we both snuck out,      1042 00:38:07,852 --> 00:38:09,620 primarily to see the Black guys. 1043 00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:11,956         [crowd cheering]         1044 00:38:12,056 --> 00:38:14,825    The excitement was amazing.   1045 00:38:14,925 --> 00:38:17,495       I had not experienced         something like that before.   1046 00:38:17,595 --> 00:38:21,565    I don't remember ever being      in such a big crowd before.   1047 00:38:21,666 --> 00:38:23,934       We were just laughing          and having a grand time.     1048 00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:27,538     I was thinking, "My god,           this is very scary,"       1049 00:38:27,638 --> 00:38:29,373        because there were                 so many people.         1050 00:38:29,473 --> 00:38:31,008          I'm pretty sure                 my brother and I         1051 00:38:31,108 --> 00:38:32,843         were the only two               Black people there.       1052 00:38:34,945 --> 00:38:36,781           [Lea Harper]              On the day of the festival,   1053 00:38:36,881 --> 00:38:39,717        we hopped on a bus          not far from where we lived.   1054 00:38:39,817 --> 00:38:41,285       We had our cigarettes              and our lighters,        1055 00:38:41,385 --> 00:38:42,787     and that was about it...     1056 00:38:47,058 --> 00:38:48,025               [♪♪♪]              1057 00:38:48,125 --> 00:38:50,761      ...and the whole place             was on their feet.        1058 00:38:50,861 --> 00:38:52,596        We never sat down.        1059 00:38:52,697 --> 00:38:54,398        We were on our feet                 for 12 hours.          1060 00:38:55,733 --> 00:38:57,735          These four guys           whose names we never learned,  1061 00:38:57,835 --> 00:38:59,470       we took turns sitting             on their shoulders        1062 00:38:59,570 --> 00:39:01,472     and swaying to the music.    1063 00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:04,675         The show was on,               everything was going.      1064 00:39:04,775 --> 00:39:05,943        The stage is good.        1065 00:39:06,043 --> 00:39:07,645      Everything was set up.            We're all good there.      1066 00:39:07,745 --> 00:39:10,147  There were thousands of people             down there.           1067 00:39:10,247 --> 00:39:11,849               Edjo,              1068 00:39:11,949 --> 00:39:15,119   who had been given an entire        section in the stadium,     1069 00:39:15,219 --> 00:39:17,154       and it was now filled            with about 300 bikers      1070 00:39:17,254 --> 00:39:18,089         and their friends        1071 00:39:18,189 --> 00:39:21,759         who were partying               absolutely madly...       1072 00:39:25,296 --> 00:39:29,400     [Christgau] Then I spent     the entire day in the press pit, 1073 00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:30,434          right up front          1074 00:39:30,534 --> 00:39:32,703   on a very hot day in Toronto,  1075 00:39:32,803 --> 00:39:35,806  and I watched the whole thing.  1076 00:39:35,906 --> 00:39:37,675  It was a remarkable experience. 1077 00:39:37,775 --> 00:39:40,811  [crowd screaming and cheering]  1078 00:39:40,911 --> 00:39:44,215               [Lee]               Everyone was so nice that day.  1079 00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:48,686       It was one of the few      acid trips I ever did in my life 1080 00:39:48,786 --> 00:39:50,321         where I actually                 had a good time.         1081 00:39:51,589 --> 00:39:53,624     We tripped the whole day.    1082 00:39:53,724 --> 00:39:55,860          Walked around,               and around, and around      1083 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:57,795      listening to all these               amazing bands,          1084 00:39:57,895 --> 00:39:59,397    getting more and more high.   1085 00:39:59,497 --> 00:40:01,132     The music was incredible.    1086 00:40:01,932 --> 00:40:02,733   [Brower] We had a great show,  1087 00:40:02,833 --> 00:40:04,101        we had great bands.       1088 00:40:04,201 --> 00:40:07,905     Chicago had a hit record,             "25 or 6 to 4."         1089 00:40:12,910 --> 00:40:13,844           [Kim Fowley]                 Ladies and gentlemen,      1090 00:40:13,944 --> 00:40:14,879          this group said                they wouldn't play        1091 00:40:14,979 --> 00:40:16,213  until they hear some applause,  1092 00:40:16,313 --> 00:40:17,348     so start applauding now.     1093 00:40:17,448 --> 00:40:18,449             Now! Now!            1094 00:40:18,549 --> 00:40:20,718             Chicago!             1095 00:40:20,818 --> 00:40:23,721          ♪ Searching for                something to say ♪        1096 00:40:23,821 --> 00:40:26,590               [♪♪♪]              1097 00:40:26,690 --> 00:40:29,994         ♪ Dancing lights               against the sky... ♪       1098 00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:31,662         [Danny Seraphine]               That original band        1099 00:40:31,762 --> 00:40:33,297       was an amazing force.      1100 00:40:33,397 --> 00:40:35,166        We could do things              that nobody could do.      1101 00:40:36,467 --> 00:40:38,269         [crowd cheering]         1102 00:40:38,369 --> 00:40:40,604               [♪♪♪]              1103 00:40:40,704 --> 00:40:41,739            We released                 a couple of singles,       1104 00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:45,476      "Questions 67 and 68."      1105 00:40:45,576 --> 00:40:47,645       [Chicago performing]       1106 00:40:47,745 --> 00:40:49,914               [♪♪♪]              1107 00:40:53,150 --> 00:40:55,019     It was just a great song.               I love it.            1108 00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:57,354    Yeah, I love the drum part.      I mean, it was high energy.   1109 00:40:57,455 --> 00:41:00,224     I still love playing it.     1110 00:41:00,324 --> 00:41:04,295        ♪ Can this feeling             that we have together ♪     1111 00:41:04,395 --> 00:41:08,699          ♪ Ooh, suddenly                exist between... ♪        1112 00:41:08,799 --> 00:41:10,401            [Seraphine]                 "Questions 67 and 68"      1113 00:41:10,501 --> 00:41:12,670   to me, was an important song             for the band.          1114 00:41:12,770 --> 00:41:14,538        It's got an amazing              Peter Cetera vocal,       1115 00:41:14,638 --> 00:41:16,340   at the very top of his range.  1116 00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,009      ♪ Appears in my mind ♪      1117 00:41:19,109 --> 00:41:23,647        ♪ As a beautifully               mysterious thing ♪        1118 00:41:23,747 --> 00:41:25,182           ♪ Oh, yeah ♪           1119 00:41:25,282 --> 00:41:27,017               [♪♪♪]              1120 00:41:27,117 --> 00:41:29,587               [Lee]                 Chicago Transit Authority,    1121 00:41:29,687 --> 00:41:31,755    they were a different sound       for an outdoor rock show,    1122 00:41:31,856 --> 00:41:33,257     'cause of all the horns.     1123 00:41:33,357 --> 00:41:37,628               [♪♪♪]              1124 00:41:41,298 --> 00:41:42,833         [Seraphine] I was              one of the architects      1125 00:41:42,933 --> 00:41:44,768    putting that band together.   1126 00:41:44,869 --> 00:41:45,970        We were really not                 a revival band.         1127 00:41:46,070 --> 00:41:47,905        We were futuristic,                we were modern.         1128 00:41:48,005 --> 00:41:52,910               [♪♪♪]              1129 00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:56,380        [song winding down]       1130 00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:57,414            [song ends]           1131 00:41:57,515 --> 00:41:59,517   [Fowley] Well, let's hear it             for Chicago!           1132 00:41:59,617 --> 00:42:00,351         [crowd cheering]         1133 00:42:00,451 --> 00:42:01,986               Hey!               1134 00:42:02,086 --> 00:42:04,622  [crowd screaming and cheering]  1135 00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:06,957         [taps microphone]        1136 00:42:07,057 --> 00:42:08,225      [Bo Diddley] Right now,     1137 00:42:08,325 --> 00:42:11,161     we're gonna take you back          to the year of 1955!       1138 00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:12,396            Have mercy.           1139 00:42:12,496 --> 00:42:16,934      [starts playing guitar]     1140 00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:21,138               [♪♪♪]              1141 00:42:21,238 --> 00:42:23,007    [tambourine tapping rhythm]   1142 00:42:23,107 --> 00:42:25,809      [strumming same rhythm]     1143 00:42:25,910 --> 00:42:28,045    [tapping tambourine rhythm]   1144 00:42:28,145 --> 00:42:30,281     [backup singer] Let's get     those hands together out there. 1145 00:42:30,381 --> 00:42:32,883        [Diddley] Come on,          get it together now, come on.  1146 00:42:32,983 --> 00:42:35,953       [strumming in rhythm,            crowd clapping along]      1147 00:42:36,053 --> 00:42:37,988    [backup singer] Do anything         you feel like doing.       1148 00:42:38,088 --> 00:42:39,256         This is your day!        1149 00:42:39,356 --> 00:42:41,358      [Diddley] Getting good            as I go on, come on!       1150 00:42:41,458 --> 00:42:42,826      Tasting all right. Ha!      1151 00:42:42,927 --> 00:42:43,861             Come on!             1152 00:42:43,961 --> 00:42:47,932               [♪♪♪]              1153 00:42:51,936 --> 00:42:53,103          [Alice Cooper]             If you watch the old guys,    1154 00:42:53,203 --> 00:42:54,738     when they hit that stage,    1155 00:42:54,838 --> 00:42:56,073          they brought it         1156 00:42:56,173 --> 00:42:57,942      like it's the last show           you're ever gonna do.      1157 00:42:58,042 --> 00:43:00,344              ♪ Hey!                        Bo Diddley! ♪          1158 00:43:00,444 --> 00:43:02,046       ♪ Hey, Bo Diddley! ♪       1159 00:43:02,146 --> 00:43:04,014              ♪ Hey!                        Bo Diddley! ♪          1160 00:43:04,114 --> 00:43:05,950       ♪ Hey, Bo Diddley! ♪       1161 00:43:06,050 --> 00:43:07,785              ♪ Hey,                        Bo Diddley! ♪          1162 00:43:07,885 --> 00:43:09,753               [♪♪♪]              1163 00:43:09,853 --> 00:43:11,789       ♪ Hey, Bo Diddley! ♪       1164 00:43:11,889 --> 00:43:13,991               [♪♪♪]              1165 00:43:14,091 --> 00:43:16,727  [Davis] I just couldn't believe      I had the good fortune      1166 00:43:16,827 --> 00:43:18,495       to see Bo Diddley...       1167 00:43:18,596 --> 00:43:20,898     of course, the guys that           originated everything      1168 00:43:20,998 --> 00:43:23,601      that anybody ever did.      1169 00:43:23,701 --> 00:43:25,069       The heroes, you know?      1170 00:43:25,936 --> 00:43:27,338               Yeah!              1171 00:43:27,438 --> 00:43:29,273            [strumming]           1172 00:43:29,373 --> 00:43:31,375               [♪♪♪]              1173 00:43:35,312 --> 00:43:37,648    ♪ I called the other night           on the telephone ♪        1174 00:43:37,748 --> 00:43:39,249       ♪ Hey, Bo Diddley! ♪       1175 00:43:39,350 --> 00:43:41,418         ♪ Your mama said                you're not alone ♪        1176 00:43:41,518 --> 00:43:43,320       ♪ Hey, Bo Diddley! ♪       1177 00:43:43,420 --> 00:43:44,622             ♪ Yeah! ♪            1178 00:43:44,722 --> 00:43:46,924       ♪ Hey, Bo Diddley! ♪       1179 00:43:47,024 --> 00:43:48,759             ♪ Yeah! ♪            1180 00:43:48,859 --> 00:43:50,594  [Lee] The music was important.  1181 00:43:50,694 --> 00:43:54,431       Your ears pricked up            over artists like that.     1182 00:43:54,531 --> 00:43:56,333           You could see                they were digging it.      1183 00:43:56,433 --> 00:43:59,570          ♪ Yeah! Yeah! ♪         1184 00:43:59,670 --> 00:44:02,706               [♪♪♪]              1185 00:44:05,409 --> 00:44:06,810    ♪ Yeah, let's be together ♪   1186 00:44:06,910 --> 00:44:08,646               [♪♪♪]              1187 00:44:08,746 --> 00:44:10,314      ♪ Let's get together ♪      1188 00:44:10,414 --> 00:44:11,749           ♪ Oh, yeah! ♪          1189 00:44:11,849 --> 00:44:12,983    ♪ Oh, let's be together! ♪    1190 00:44:13,083 --> 00:44:15,686         [crowd cheering]                     ♪ Yeah! ♪            1191 00:44:15,786 --> 00:44:18,555               [♪♪♪]              1192 00:44:18,656 --> 00:44:19,723            [song ends]                        Peace!              1193 00:44:19,823 --> 00:44:22,226   [crowd cheering and roaring]   1194 00:44:22,326 --> 00:44:22,993               Yeah!              1195 00:44:23,093 --> 00:44:25,596            Yeah! Yeah!           1196 00:44:25,696 --> 00:44:26,930         [crowd cheering]         1197 00:44:27,031 --> 00:44:29,500            Yeah! Yeah!           1198 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,235            Have mercy.           1199 00:44:31,335 --> 00:44:32,503            All right.            1200 00:44:33,637 --> 00:44:35,673  [crowd cheering and screaming]  1201 00:44:37,708 --> 00:44:39,777    And the day just went on...   1202 00:44:39,877 --> 00:44:40,911              and on.             1203 00:44:41,011 --> 00:44:43,881       All these great bands              kept coming out.         1204 00:44:43,981 --> 00:44:46,784  [crowd screaming and cheering]  1205 00:44:47,885 --> 00:44:49,953      [microphone feeds back]     1206 00:44:50,054 --> 00:44:51,588         [crowd cheering]         1207 00:44:52,589 --> 00:44:53,323      [Jerry Lee Lewis] Whoo!     1208 00:44:53,424 --> 00:44:54,825       Thank you very much,                  neighbours.           1209 00:44:54,925 --> 00:44:55,959   I'll guarantee you one thing.  1210 00:44:56,060 --> 00:44:57,327 It's a great pleasure to be here 1211 00:44:57,428 --> 00:44:59,463          at the revival                  of rock 'n' roll,        1212 00:44:59,563 --> 00:45:00,698      and I'll guarantee you,     1213 00:45:00,798 --> 00:45:03,000    if it ain't revived today,      we'll never have it revived.   1214 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:04,501         [crowd cheering]         1215 00:45:04,601 --> 00:45:05,602               Whoo!              1216 00:45:05,703 --> 00:45:07,137         Look out, child!         1217 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:10,374         [rolling tongue]         1218 00:45:11,442 --> 00:45:13,043            Here's one                we done pretty good with.    1219 00:45:13,143 --> 00:45:15,145          [playing piano]         1220 00:45:16,980 --> 00:45:19,283            ♪ Hmm... ♪            1221 00:45:19,383 --> 00:45:21,852          ♪ I got a woman               mean as she can be ♪       1222 00:45:21,952 --> 00:45:23,921         [crowd cheering]         1223 00:45:24,021 --> 00:45:26,957       ♪ Whoo! I got a woman            mean as she can be ♪       1224 00:45:27,057 --> 00:45:29,226          [playing piano]         1225 00:45:29,326 --> 00:45:32,429      ♪ Oh, sometimes I think         she's almost mean as me ♪    1226 00:45:32,529 --> 00:45:35,065               [♪♪♪]              1227 00:45:35,165 --> 00:45:37,367        ♪ I ain't braggin'              but it's understood ♪      1228 00:45:37,468 --> 00:45:39,903         ♪ Everything I do               I sure do it good ♪       1229 00:45:40,003 --> 00:45:41,538       ♪ I got a woman... ♪       1230 00:45:41,638 --> 00:45:44,308      [Christgau] Jerry Lewis         did some wonderful stuff.    1231 00:45:44,408 --> 00:45:46,777    Absolutely superb showman.    1232 00:45:46,877 --> 00:45:50,848               [♪♪♪]              1233 00:45:58,088 --> 00:46:00,557         ♪ I drink coffee                   I drink tea ♪          1234 00:46:00,657 --> 00:46:03,427          ♪ Jerry, Jerry              You're the thing for me ♪    1235 00:46:03,527 --> 00:46:06,363          ♪ I got a woman               mean as she can be ♪       1236 00:46:08,699 --> 00:46:10,834  ♪ Now, my gal, I'm-a braggin ♪    She's almost mean as me... ♪   1237 00:46:10,934 --> 00:46:11,935       Jerry Lee Lewis made                his best record         1238 00:46:12,035 --> 00:46:13,303       performing his hits.       1239 00:46:13,403 --> 00:46:14,538          [starts to play              "Great Balls Of Fire"]      1240 00:46:14,638 --> 00:46:17,541       ♪ You shake my nerves          and you rattle my brain ♪    1241 00:46:17,641 --> 00:46:20,511          ♪ Too much love             drives ol' Jerry insane ♪    1242 00:46:20,611 --> 00:46:21,879       ♪ You broke my will ♪      1243 00:46:21,979 --> 00:46:23,280         ♪ What a thrill ♪        1244 00:46:23,380 --> 00:46:26,316        ♪ Goodness gracious           great balls of fire... ♪     1245 00:46:26,416 --> 00:46:29,086              [Barry]             I wanted to see Jerry Lee Lewis. 1246 00:46:29,186 --> 00:46:30,020        I heard his music.        1247 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:32,656  I really liked Jerry Lee Lewis, 1248 00:46:32,756 --> 00:46:33,924     because he was different.    1249 00:46:34,024 --> 00:46:36,493               [♪♪♪]              1250 00:46:36,593 --> 00:46:38,028         [crowd cheering]         1251 00:46:38,128 --> 00:46:39,563   [Christgau] He was a hit man.  1252 00:46:39,663 --> 00:46:41,698           Magnificent.           1253 00:46:41,799 --> 00:46:44,301       Vital rock 'n' roll.       1254 00:46:44,401 --> 00:46:46,537              [Barry]                   He was so commanding.      1255 00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:48,672       He was so in control.      1256 00:46:48,772 --> 00:46:50,641         [crowd cheering]         1257 00:46:50,741 --> 00:46:51,775               Whoo!              1258 00:46:51,875 --> 00:46:53,277         Look out, child!         1259 00:46:53,377 --> 00:46:56,814            I love you                 like a hog loves slop,      1260 00:46:56,914 --> 00:46:58,949          and I need you.         1261 00:46:59,049 --> 00:47:00,417   I couldn't do it without you.  1262 00:47:00,517 --> 00:47:01,885          God bless you.          1263 00:47:01,985 --> 00:47:04,755         [crowd cheering]         1264 00:47:04,855 --> 00:47:07,958  [Fowley] Ladies and gentleman,           are you ready?          1265 00:47:08,058 --> 00:47:08,992         [crowd cheering]         1266 00:47:09,092 --> 00:47:10,327     [Christgau] Chuck Berry,     1267 00:47:10,427 --> 00:47:12,796         who was renowned             for going to the airport,    1268 00:47:12,896 --> 00:47:13,797       getting his Cadillac,      1269 00:47:13,897 --> 00:47:15,332            and playing                  with a pickup band        1270 00:47:15,432 --> 00:47:16,600   that he'd never see again...   1271 00:47:16,700 --> 00:47:19,069        a great performer,               a great guitarist.        1272 00:47:19,169 --> 00:47:21,305         [crowd cheering]         1273 00:47:21,405 --> 00:47:22,773  [Lee] Chuck Berry was awesome.  1274 00:47:22,873 --> 00:47:25,209   We were kind of glued to him.  1275 00:47:25,309 --> 00:47:26,777    I think it was Chuck Berry    1276 00:47:26,877 --> 00:47:31,448       who was backed up by        some of the guys from Nucleus.  1277 00:47:31,548 --> 00:47:35,118    I think maybe Hughie Leggat     played bass for him that day.  1278 00:47:40,023 --> 00:47:41,091    [Hugh Leggat] I had no idea   1279 00:47:41,191 --> 00:47:42,759      that I was gonna end up             playing the bass         1280 00:47:42,860 --> 00:47:43,760         for Chuck Berry.         1281 00:47:43,861 --> 00:47:44,928    I said, "Give me your bass    1282 00:47:45,028 --> 00:47:46,296      and get out of my way,"                 you know?            1283 00:47:46,396 --> 00:47:47,464       [laughs] That was it.      1284 00:47:47,564 --> 00:47:49,566               [♪♪♪]              1285 00:47:49,666 --> 00:47:51,435    [Danny Taylor] I didn't go       to the Rock & Roll Revival    1286 00:47:51,535 --> 00:47:55,472       with the notion that         I was gonna play with anyone.  1287 00:47:55,572 --> 00:47:57,474      Danny Taylor interview,                 take one.            1288 00:47:57,574 --> 00:47:58,475           Common mark.           1289 00:48:00,277 --> 00:48:02,713           When we were              in the dressing room area,    1290 00:48:02,813 --> 00:48:03,914       our management said,       1291 00:48:04,014 --> 00:48:05,816       "You guys wanna play              with Chuck Berry?"        1292 00:48:07,751 --> 00:48:08,986          I was nervous,          1293 00:48:09,086 --> 00:48:11,255       and I said, "Hughie,             make sure you cue me.      1294 00:48:11,355 --> 00:48:12,756           I'm not sure                  of the arrangements       1295 00:48:12,856 --> 00:48:13,824     of some of these songs,"     1296 00:48:13,924 --> 00:48:15,158        and he goes, "Well,            you know, don't worry."     1297 00:48:15,259 --> 00:48:16,226    He's like, "I'll cue you."    1298 00:48:16,326 --> 00:48:17,160       I go, "Okay, great."       1299 00:48:17,261 --> 00:48:18,495         [crowd cheering]         1300 00:48:18,595 --> 00:48:19,496           Are you ready          1301 00:48:19,596 --> 00:48:21,498        for the Guitar King              of Rock and Roll...       1302 00:48:21,598 --> 00:48:23,100           Chuck Berry!           1303 00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:24,568         [crowd cheering]         1304 00:48:24,668 --> 00:48:26,370      [Taylor] The first time         I saw him that whole day,    1305 00:48:26,470 --> 00:48:27,437        he came walking out           of the side of the stage     1306 00:48:27,537 --> 00:48:28,572         with his guitar.         1307 00:48:28,672 --> 00:48:30,507    I hadn't even talked to him          before that point,        1308 00:48:30,607 --> 00:48:32,109         and he walks up,          doesn't even look at the band,  1309 00:48:32,209 --> 00:48:33,043         and goes, "Olé!"         1310 00:48:33,143 --> 00:48:34,244               Olé!               1311 00:48:34,344 --> 00:48:35,312       [crowd cheering] Olé!      1312 00:48:35,412 --> 00:48:36,046               Olé!               1313 00:48:36,146 --> 00:48:37,247          [cheering] Olé!         1314 00:48:37,347 --> 00:48:38,882               -Olé!                   -[crowd cheering] Olé!      1315 00:48:38,982 --> 00:48:40,717   Let me hear you say, "Peace."  1316 00:48:40,817 --> 00:48:42,019              Peace!              1317 00:48:42,119 --> 00:48:43,687       -[Chuck Berry] Peace!           -[crowd cheers] Peace!      1318 00:48:43,787 --> 00:48:45,522              -Peace!                          -Peace!             1319 00:48:45,622 --> 00:48:48,225      Oh, that was beautiful,            that was beautiful.       1320 00:48:48,325 --> 00:48:49,426              Let's--                   With no further ado,       1321 00:48:49,526 --> 00:48:52,796            let's go on             with a little of this stuff.   1322 00:48:52,896 --> 00:48:54,298        [strumming guitar]        1323 00:48:54,398 --> 00:48:57,501    He didn't tell us what key    he was in or anything, you know? 1324 00:48:57,601 --> 00:48:59,603            [chuckles]              One of my band members said,   1325 00:48:59,703 --> 00:49:01,238      "What key is it, baby?            What are we playing?"      1326 00:49:01,338 --> 00:49:02,506    I said, "I don't know yet."   1327 00:49:02,606 --> 00:49:05,242         All you heard was          "Oh, give me some of that..."  1328 00:49:05,342 --> 00:49:07,945      ♪ Rock 'n' roll music ♪     1329 00:49:08,045 --> 00:49:10,547   ♪ Any old way you choose it ♪  1330 00:49:10,647 --> 00:49:13,884       ♪ It's got a backbeat             you can't lose it ♪       1331 00:49:13,984 --> 00:49:16,486    ♪ Any old time you use it ♪   1332 00:49:16,586 --> 00:49:20,057          ♪ It's gotta be               rock 'n' roll music ♪      1333 00:49:20,157 --> 00:49:22,993  ♪ If you wanna dance with me ♪  1334 00:49:23,093 --> 00:49:25,162       ♪ If you wanna dance                   with me ♪            1335 00:49:25,262 --> 00:49:26,964         ♪ I have no kick             against modern jazz... ♪     1336 00:49:27,064 --> 00:49:28,465     [Taylor] All of a sudden,             we're on stage,         1337 00:49:28,565 --> 00:49:30,467      and I'm sitting behind               a kit of drums          1338 00:49:30,567 --> 00:49:32,703      that I had never played                 before...            1339 00:49:32,803 --> 00:49:34,638          ♪ ...and change            the beauty of the melody ♪    1340 00:49:34,738 --> 00:49:37,574        ♪ And make it sound               like a symphony ♪        1341 00:49:37,674 --> 00:49:41,011    ♪ That's why I go for this          rock 'n' roll music ♪      1342 00:49:41,111 --> 00:49:42,679         Man, it was like              the rollercoaster ride      1343 00:49:42,779 --> 00:49:44,047     was about ready to begin,    1344 00:49:44,147 --> 00:49:47,217        and we didn't know              what was coming next.      1345 00:49:47,317 --> 00:49:48,986            [laughing]            1346 00:49:49,086 --> 00:49:51,955      I just was hanging on,              like, petrified.         1347 00:49:52,055 --> 00:49:53,357         You know, "Wha...        1348 00:49:53,457 --> 00:49:54,925    What's gonna happen next?"    1349 00:49:55,025 --> 00:49:57,227   ♪ ...hear 'em play a sambo ♪   1350 00:49:57,327 --> 00:50:00,697  ♪ Way too late for the congo ♪  1351 00:50:00,797 --> 00:50:02,866        ♪ You're too early               for the mambo... ♪        1352 00:50:02,966 --> 00:50:05,268   I'm looking around at Hughie     and the other guys, going...   1353 00:50:05,369 --> 00:50:06,436   and they're all looking at me  1354 00:50:06,536 --> 00:50:08,438     like I'm supposed to know            what's going on,         1355 00:50:08,538 --> 00:50:10,907    and then, all of a sudden,                I got it.            1356 00:50:11,008 --> 00:50:15,278   ♪ Any old way you choose it ♪  1357 00:50:15,379 --> 00:50:17,481       ♪ It's got a backbeat         you can't lose it, child ♪    1358 00:50:17,581 --> 00:50:20,083   He looks at me and he goes--   1359 00:50:22,285 --> 00:50:23,487    And at that point in time,    1360 00:50:23,587 --> 00:50:25,756   he realized that, "Hey, man,         these little kids--"       1361 00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:26,923        'cause we were 18--       1362 00:50:27,024 --> 00:50:28,225         "They can play."         1363 00:50:28,325 --> 00:50:33,196      ♪ If you want to dance                  with me ♪            1364 00:50:33,296 --> 00:50:35,065            [ends song]           1365 00:50:35,165 --> 00:50:38,101         [crowd cheering]         1366 00:50:38,201 --> 00:50:39,803            Thank you.            1367 00:50:39,903 --> 00:50:40,771         [crowd cheering]         1368 00:50:40,871 --> 00:50:42,105            Thank you.            1369 00:50:42,205 --> 00:50:44,775           I kinda think                 we're tuned up now.       1370 00:50:44,875 --> 00:50:46,676      We'll open the show...      1371 00:50:46,777 --> 00:50:48,011         [crowd cheering]         1372 00:50:48,111 --> 00:50:52,416        we'll open the show               with a cool one.         1373 00:50:52,516 --> 00:50:54,751  Yeah, now, this is a cool one.  1374 00:50:54,851 --> 00:50:56,186              Dig it.             1375 00:50:56,286 --> 00:50:58,488       Modern rock 'n' roll           is based on Chuck Berry.     1376 00:50:58,588 --> 00:51:00,290     They were the architects.    1377 00:51:00,390 --> 00:51:02,859   Even then, we bowed to them.   1378 00:51:02,959 --> 00:51:03,927          That's royalty.         1379 00:51:04,027 --> 00:51:05,028         [crowd cheering]         1380 00:51:05,128 --> 00:51:07,664    Ah, have we shook a groove?   1381 00:51:07,764 --> 00:51:08,565         [crowd cheering]         1382 00:51:08,665 --> 00:51:10,667    Now, do we dig this groove?   1383 00:51:10,767 --> 00:51:11,435         [crowd cheering]         1384 00:51:11,535 --> 00:51:13,937   Shall we lay in this groove?   1385 00:51:14,037 --> 00:51:15,138         [crowd cheering]         1386 00:51:15,238 --> 00:51:18,675     Did I hear "Maybellene"?     1387 00:51:18,775 --> 00:51:21,845         [crowd cheering]         1388 00:51:21,945 --> 00:51:26,416         ♪ Oh, Maybellene             why can't you be true? ♪     1389 00:51:26,516 --> 00:51:28,452          ♪ Maybellene ♪          1390 00:51:28,552 --> 00:51:30,821      ♪ Can't you be true? ♪      1391 00:51:30,921 --> 00:51:33,690   ♪ You done started back doing     the things you used to do ♪   1392 00:51:33,790 --> 00:51:36,526               [♪♪♪]              1393 00:51:39,329 --> 00:51:41,364     It's John Brower calling.    1394 00:51:41,465 --> 00:51:43,033      The Doors have arrived.     1395 00:51:43,133 --> 00:51:44,434      They're now in Toronto,     1396 00:51:44,534 --> 00:51:45,569     and they're just changing    1397 00:51:45,669 --> 00:51:47,337         and getting ready            for the concert tonight.     1398 00:51:47,437 --> 00:51:51,007         ♪ Oh, Maybellene               can't you be true? ♪       1399 00:51:51,108 --> 00:51:53,143        ♪ Oh, Maybellene ♪        1400 00:51:53,243 --> 00:51:55,612      ♪ Can't you be true? ♪      1401 00:51:55,712 --> 00:51:57,247      ♪ You done started back              doing the... ♪          1402 00:51:57,347 --> 00:51:58,081             [Leggat]              While we're doing that groove,  1403 00:51:58,181 --> 00:51:59,749   you know, "doo-doo, doo-doo,"  1404 00:51:59,850 --> 00:52:02,185        I look to my right,               past Chuck Berry,        1405 00:52:02,285 --> 00:52:03,820       and right next to him              was Jim Morrison.        1406 00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:04,821       Standing watching us.      1407 00:52:04,921 --> 00:52:06,890               [♪♪♪]              1408 00:52:06,990 --> 00:52:10,460     ♪ You started back doing        the things you used to do ♪   1409 00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:14,498               [♪♪♪]              1410 00:52:37,287 --> 00:52:40,524           ♪ Maybellene               why can't you be true? ♪     1411 00:52:40,624 --> 00:52:41,658       ♪ Oh, Maybellene... ♪      1412 00:52:41,758 --> 00:52:44,094           Chuck Berry,             and he was just on fire, man.  1413 00:52:44,194 --> 00:52:45,529     That was, like, amazing.     1414 00:52:45,629 --> 00:52:48,265  [Christgau] His show was one of        the best live shows       1415 00:52:48,365 --> 00:52:50,400      he'd given in that era.     1416 00:52:50,500 --> 00:52:51,801      ♪ The motor cooled down           The heat went down ♪       1417 00:52:51,902 --> 00:52:52,969       ♪ That's when I heard            that highway sound ♪       1418 00:52:53,069 --> 00:52:56,473     Clearly, at that moment,            he was putting out.       1419 00:52:56,573 --> 00:52:58,542    It was a great performance.   1420 00:52:58,642 --> 00:52:59,910     A thrilling performance.     1421 00:53:00,010 --> 00:53:01,444       ♪ ...sittin' still ♪       1422 00:53:01,545 --> 00:53:03,246        ♪ Oh, Maybellene ♪        1423 00:53:03,346 --> 00:53:06,082    ♪ Why can't you be true? ♪    1424 00:53:06,183 --> 00:53:07,517    [Krieger] Besides the fact    1425 00:53:07,617 --> 00:53:10,287     that he was duck-walking            all over the place,       1426 00:53:10,387 --> 00:53:14,090       he was just really on                 that night.           1427 00:53:14,191 --> 00:53:16,893     I'm so lucky to have seen      that show, I think, you know.  1428 00:53:16,993 --> 00:53:19,429     That was one of the best        rock shows I've ever seen.    1429 00:53:19,529 --> 00:53:21,865        [audience cheering]       1430 00:53:27,037 --> 00:53:30,574            [cheering]            1431 00:53:37,314 --> 00:53:41,918            [cheering]            1432 00:53:42,018 --> 00:53:44,421     [Lee] Throughout the day,    1433 00:53:44,521 --> 00:53:45,689            Kim Fowley,           1434 00:53:45,789 --> 00:53:48,959   who was making announcements       about a special guest...     1435 00:53:50,660 --> 00:53:53,863     "Well, the special guest           is boarding a plane,"      1436 00:53:53,964 --> 00:53:56,900      and "The special guest        is getting close to Toronto,"  1437 00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,569      and "The special guest                is landing."           1438 00:53:59,669 --> 00:54:01,571              [Davis]                Penne said I had to go out    1439 00:54:01,671 --> 00:54:04,241            to be with                 the motorcycle people.      1440 00:54:04,341 --> 00:54:07,744      That took a large part                 of the day.           1441 00:54:07,844 --> 00:54:12,816        It was kinda scary,               'cause I was 24.         1442 00:54:12,916 --> 00:54:14,551             Roll 3A.             1443 00:54:14,651 --> 00:54:15,685            Wild sound.           1444 00:54:15,785 --> 00:54:19,089   Motorcycles outside airport.   1445 00:54:19,189 --> 00:54:20,790    We were waiting and waiting        and waiting out there,      1446 00:54:20,890 --> 00:54:23,460      so more and more drugs              were being done.         1447 00:54:23,560 --> 00:54:25,762     [man] I'm getting a buzz.    1448 00:54:25,862 --> 00:54:27,264               Edjo?              1449 00:54:27,364 --> 00:54:29,466  [Davis] And that's when Edjo--  1450 00:54:29,566 --> 00:54:31,701      he's the kind of person        that's an innate gentleman.   1451 00:54:31,801 --> 00:54:33,703  He looked a little scary to me            at the time,           1452 00:54:33,803 --> 00:54:36,873       but he's a defender,            a gentleman by nature.      1453 00:54:39,509 --> 00:54:41,778       I sorta fell in love             with the camera girl.      1454 00:54:41,878 --> 00:54:43,246            [chuckling]           1455 00:54:43,346 --> 00:54:44,681             She says,                 "I wanna go with him,"      1456 00:54:44,781 --> 00:54:46,616     so she jumped on my bike.    1457 00:54:46,716 --> 00:54:47,851       It was a pretty bike,      1458 00:54:47,951 --> 00:54:50,287       nice pink metal flake                 and white.            1459 00:54:50,387 --> 00:54:53,089             Probably                 the prettiest bike there.    1460 00:54:53,189 --> 00:54:55,325    She shot a lot of footage,         let's put it that way.      1461 00:54:55,425 --> 00:54:56,993     [Davis] It's kind of cool    1462 00:54:57,093 --> 00:55:01,164          to be riding in              with a motorcycle gang.     1463 00:55:01,264 --> 00:55:02,399     [Brower] Edjo and I meet,    1464 00:55:02,499 --> 00:55:05,302   and we have a little drawing            of the airport.         1465 00:55:05,402 --> 00:55:06,603         We're gonna meet               on the service road.       1466 00:55:06,703 --> 00:55:09,439     He's gonna have the bikes             laid out there.         1467 00:55:09,539 --> 00:55:10,540          My whole agenda         1468 00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:14,577     was getting Edjo's bikes              to the airport,         1469 00:55:14,678 --> 00:55:16,313     but I was mostly focussed    1470 00:55:16,413 --> 00:55:18,548      on getting John Lennon               at the airport,         1471 00:55:18,648 --> 00:55:19,582    getting him to the stadium.   1472 00:55:26,556 --> 00:55:28,758             [Fawcett]              And then, of course, we land.  1473 00:55:33,596 --> 00:55:35,031       We get off the plane,      1474 00:55:35,131 --> 00:55:38,868         and immediately,               there's a huge crowd.      1475 00:55:38,968 --> 00:55:40,570             [Richter]                 When we got to Toronto,     1476 00:55:40,670 --> 00:55:42,105    we got out at the airport,    1477 00:55:42,205 --> 00:55:43,640       and the driver said,       1478 00:55:43,740 --> 00:55:45,942      "We've arranged for you      to go into a special entrance.  1479 00:55:46,042 --> 00:55:48,978      Nobody knows about it.             We'll get you in."        1480 00:55:51,748 --> 00:55:54,117   [Brower] We get John and Yoko            in the limo.           1481 00:55:54,217 --> 00:55:56,619     Pulled up with our bikes       out in front of the airport.   1482 00:55:59,155 --> 00:56:01,491    [Brower] John looks up and     he sees all these motorcycles,  1483 00:56:01,591 --> 00:56:02,492        and he reaches over       1484 00:56:02,592 --> 00:56:04,828        and he pushes down               the two door locks,       1485 00:56:04,928 --> 00:56:06,363  and I said to him, "Well, John, 1486 00:56:06,463 --> 00:56:07,964        this is your escort                into Toronto,"          1487 00:56:08,064 --> 00:56:10,800       and he looked at me,                his eyes wide,          1488 00:56:10,900 --> 00:56:12,836      and Yoko looks at him,      1489 00:56:12,936 --> 00:56:15,004        and we pull slowly                into the centre,         1490 00:56:15,105 --> 00:56:17,774        where Edjo has left           a big space for the limo.    1491 00:56:20,610 --> 00:56:23,713             [Leslie]                Then John Lennon pulls up.    1492 00:56:23,813 --> 00:56:27,016   Made him roll down the window      and made sure it was him.    1493 00:56:27,117 --> 00:56:29,919  [Brower] The window goes down,         and Edjo looks in,        1494 00:56:30,019 --> 00:56:33,189   and sees the real John Lennon              and Yoko.            1495 00:56:35,759 --> 00:56:38,328    [Leslie] John Lennon would      roll down a window and wave.   1496 00:56:38,428 --> 00:56:39,629       It sorta confirmed it               in my own head          1497 00:56:39,729 --> 00:56:41,865       that it was for real.      1498 00:56:41,965 --> 00:56:43,400 [Brower] He gave me a look like, 1499 00:56:43,500 --> 00:56:45,402           "I don't know                how you did it, man,       1500 00:56:45,502 --> 00:56:46,836   but that's the real people."   1501 00:56:50,673 --> 00:56:53,443  And he just goes, "John, Yoko,        welcome to Toronto,"       1502 00:56:53,543 --> 00:56:54,511       and he puts his hand                up in the air,          1503 00:56:54,611 --> 00:56:56,246    and goes around like that,    1504 00:56:56,346 --> 00:56:58,882   and vroom, 80 bikes fire up,   1505 00:56:58,982 --> 00:57:00,083    and off we go into Toronto.   1506 00:57:09,359 --> 00:57:13,696     We come in high spirits,         airport, motorcade, fans.    1507 00:57:17,333 --> 00:57:19,636       [Leslie] Away we went            with the procession.       1508 00:57:24,207 --> 00:57:26,376    [Brower] So when the bikes           came into the city,       1509 00:57:26,476 --> 00:57:28,378     it was two by two by two,    1510 00:57:28,478 --> 00:57:30,213  so they could proceed safely... 1511 00:57:36,152 --> 00:57:39,222      'Cause now, you've got          John Lennon in this limo.    1512 00:57:45,862 --> 00:57:48,932      [Voormann] And they had      all those motorbikes coming up, 1513 00:57:49,032 --> 00:57:50,767        and you're sitting               in a big limousine,       1514 00:57:50,867 --> 00:57:53,036     and you're looking out of     the window, "Hello." You know?  1515 00:57:53,136 --> 00:57:55,338         [Davis] I do have              a camera in my hand,       1516 00:57:55,438 --> 00:57:57,674         shooting the guys               riding next to me,        1517 00:57:57,774 --> 00:57:59,209             my friend                 on the back of a bike,      1518 00:57:59,309 --> 00:58:00,910  because she had striped pants,  1519 00:58:01,010 --> 00:58:03,313        so that looked good              against the silver.       1520 00:58:03,413 --> 00:58:05,181      [Leslie] I couldn't see            what she was doing,       1521 00:58:05,281 --> 00:58:07,817          'cause she was              on the back of the bike.     1522 00:58:07,917 --> 00:58:10,053       I just seen the lens          of the camera the odd time.   1523 00:58:14,457 --> 00:58:17,160     [Brower] It was complete        pandemonium on the highway    1524 00:58:17,260 --> 00:58:18,127        because these bikes       1525 00:58:18,228 --> 00:58:19,796         were just riding             right through red lights     1526 00:58:19,896 --> 00:58:21,297    and driving around cars...    1527 00:58:21,397 --> 00:58:24,734  snaking down through the city,  1528 00:58:24,834 --> 00:58:26,870          and the police               having traffic stopped      1529 00:58:26,970 --> 00:58:29,005       so they could proceed               safely through.         1530 00:58:29,105 --> 00:58:30,673          [siren wailing]         1531 00:58:30,773 --> 00:58:32,442      [Leslie] John arranged      1532 00:58:32,542 --> 00:58:36,112          a whole section                in Varsity for us,        1533 00:58:36,212 --> 00:58:38,681          a big long line               of bikes pulling up.       1534 00:58:41,851 --> 00:58:43,820    We escorted John Lennon in.   1535 00:58:49,692 --> 00:58:50,927         People went nuts.        1536 00:58:51,027 --> 00:58:53,229    They were all cheering and       everything when we rode in.   1537 00:58:53,329 --> 00:58:55,598     [Fawcett] When our car's        coming up into the stadium,   1538 00:58:55,698 --> 00:58:57,333          it's very hard               for the car to get in,      1539 00:58:57,433 --> 00:58:59,702     'cause there's all these         crowds of people and kids    1540 00:58:59,802 --> 00:59:00,904           and they're,                "Oh, it's John Lennon."     1541 00:59:01,004 --> 00:59:03,773       And a girl yells out,         "It's one of The Beatles!"    1542 00:59:03,873 --> 00:59:05,408          You always see                 in those newsreels        1543 00:59:05,508 --> 00:59:10,780   people banging on the window,   people on top of the car, even. 1544 00:59:12,482 --> 00:59:15,218     People were going crazy.     1545 00:59:15,318 --> 00:59:16,753    I got to witness all that.    1546 00:59:18,488 --> 00:59:21,658   [Brower] When we pulled into         that northwest gate,       1547 00:59:21,758 --> 00:59:26,329    I felt a feeling I'd never         felt before in my life.     1548 00:59:26,429 --> 00:59:28,831  It was a thrill of a lifetime.  1549 00:59:31,501 --> 00:59:34,904   We actually have John Lennon      and Yoko Ono sitting here,    1550 00:59:35,004 --> 00:59:37,874      and I know Eric Clapton      and the band are down the hall. 1551 00:59:42,679 --> 00:59:46,883         [crowd screaming]        1552 00:59:52,021 --> 00:59:53,690    [Voormann] And we went into     one of those dressing rooms,   1553 00:59:53,790 --> 00:59:56,225        just a barren room.       1554 00:59:56,326 --> 00:59:58,795      You know, only took our         suitcase and the guitars     1555 00:59:58,895 --> 00:59:59,996           and went in,           1556 01:00:00,096 --> 01:00:03,066         and one amplifier              for all three of us.       1557 01:00:03,166 --> 01:00:07,904    In the middle of the room,       you had a half a drum kit,    1558 01:00:08,004 --> 01:00:11,774   which was a hi-hat, a snare,        that was the drum kit.      1559 01:00:11,874 --> 01:00:12,775         And a bass drum.         1560 01:00:12,875 --> 01:00:14,577         No, no bass drum.        1561 01:00:14,677 --> 01:00:15,812      Was there a bass drum?      1562 01:00:15,912 --> 01:00:17,880             So we had                to write down the lyrics     1563 01:00:17,981 --> 01:00:19,315          to put in front              of everyone, you know?      1564 01:00:19,415 --> 01:00:21,884 [Lennon] And that's what we did.     We just wrote this list.     1565 01:00:21,985 --> 01:00:24,687      I hadn't got the words            to any of the songs.       1566 01:00:24,787 --> 01:00:26,289       I said, "Once we get               onto Yoko's riff,        1567 01:00:26,389 --> 01:00:28,324      just keep hitting it."      1568 01:00:28,424 --> 01:00:30,760           John and Yoko              are sitting on the bench.    1569 01:00:30,860 --> 01:00:34,030         John was nervous,              and, you know, edgy,       1570 01:00:34,130 --> 01:00:37,200       just got off a flight                from England,          1571 01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:38,568         so I said, "John,            what can we get you guys?    1572 01:00:38,668 --> 01:00:39,702         What do you need?        1573 01:00:39,802 --> 01:00:41,404     Something to drink? Food?           What do you want?"        1574 01:00:41,504 --> 01:00:43,673        So John said to me,          "Can you get us some coke?"   1575 01:00:43,773 --> 01:00:45,508      and I turned to Dennis                 and I said,           1576 01:00:45,608 --> 01:00:47,777   "Dennis, let's get some Cokes      in here for these guys,"     1577 01:00:47,877 --> 01:00:49,879       and John looks at me       1578 01:00:49,979 --> 01:00:52,882  with this unbelievably hopeless         look on his face,        1579 01:00:52,982 --> 01:00:54,951        and looks at Yoko,        1580 01:00:55,051 --> 01:00:56,586       and she looks at me,       1581 01:00:56,686 --> 01:00:59,689           and she goes,              "No, coke for the nose,"     1582 01:00:59,789 --> 01:01:01,157       and she puts her hand               up to her nose.         1583 01:01:01,257 --> 01:01:03,793       I just looked at them                 and I said,           1584 01:01:03,893 --> 01:01:07,363    "I'll be back in a minute."   1585 01:01:07,463 --> 01:01:09,999      [Gordon] And came back          with this terrible dope,     1586 01:01:10,099 --> 01:01:12,001       which we all took...       1587 01:01:12,101 --> 01:01:15,705    [Brower] ...and they looked        at me like I was Jesus,     1588 01:01:15,805 --> 01:01:18,174 and John reached over and got it 1589 01:01:18,274 --> 01:01:21,811    and he goes, "Thanks, man.     Would you ask Eric to come in?" 1590 01:01:21,911 --> 01:01:24,881            [cheering]            1591 01:01:27,316 --> 01:01:28,985               [♪♪♪]              1592 01:01:29,085 --> 01:01:30,620         [Gordon] The band           had never met Gene Vincent,   1593 01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:32,989  but they were really big fans.  1594 01:01:33,089 --> 01:01:35,091  They were overwhelmed that they      were gonna back him up.     1595 01:01:35,191 --> 01:01:38,194       Traffic was backed up        coming into Varsity Stadium,   1596 01:01:38,294 --> 01:01:40,029         and I was getting                 really nervous,         1597 01:01:40,129 --> 01:01:41,464    'cause they weren't there,    1598 01:01:41,564 --> 01:01:43,399      and they were supposed         to go on with Gene Vincent    1599 01:01:43,499 --> 01:01:44,834       in about 30 minutes,       1600 01:01:44,934 --> 01:01:46,736     so I remember running out       and running down the road,    1601 01:01:46,836 --> 01:01:48,137         and I found them.        1602 01:01:48,237 --> 01:01:50,707         They were dressed          in their really crazy stuff.   1603 01:01:50,807 --> 01:01:53,076         Our stage clothes             was our street clothes.     1604 01:01:54,410 --> 01:01:56,813         Our stage clothes              were like Barbarella.      1605 01:01:56,913 --> 01:01:58,581          It was all this               space kind of thing,       1606 01:01:58,681 --> 01:02:01,918    and at that time, that just       seemed very normal to us.    1607 01:02:02,018 --> 01:02:05,955     And we didn't really have       to get ready for the show.    1608 01:02:06,055 --> 01:02:07,490    We were dressed like that.    1609 01:02:07,590 --> 01:02:11,661     I got him out of the car     and we ran into Varsity Stadium, 1610 01:02:11,761 --> 01:02:13,796      and it was on that walk     1611 01:02:13,896 --> 01:02:16,032       when we were running              back to the stadium       1612 01:02:16,132 --> 01:02:17,266          that there were                 feral chickens--         1613 01:02:17,366 --> 01:02:19,435 don't know why, don't know how-- 1614 01:02:19,535 --> 01:02:21,504          and I went over               to the security guys.      1615 01:02:21,604 --> 01:02:24,974      I said, "Can any of you        throw one in a pillow case    1616 01:02:25,074 --> 01:02:27,443           and tie it up               and bring it back here?     1617 01:02:27,543 --> 01:02:30,246   And I just kept it in a room          that nobody was in.       1618 01:02:30,346 --> 01:02:34,817          I brought them               into the backstage area     1619 01:02:34,917 --> 01:02:36,185          to get together                with Gene Vincent,        1620 01:02:36,285 --> 01:02:37,453    'cause they were very late.   1621 01:02:39,422 --> 01:02:41,257      That was the first time       they ever backed anybody up.   1622 01:02:41,357 --> 01:02:43,960            [cheering]            1623 01:02:46,596 --> 01:02:47,663   [Fowley] You wanna hear more?  1624 01:02:47,764 --> 01:02:49,665            -[cheering]                        -Okay!              1625 01:02:49,766 --> 01:02:52,435            [cheering]            1626 01:02:52,535 --> 01:02:55,138               Hey!               1627 01:02:55,238 --> 01:02:57,373    [Gene Vincent] Here we go.    1628 01:02:57,473 --> 01:03:00,176               [♪♪♪]              1629 01:03:00,610 --> 01:03:01,978            Thank you.            1630 01:03:02,078 --> 01:03:04,647      Thank you so very much.     1631 01:03:04,747 --> 01:03:06,482              Love...             1632 01:03:06,582 --> 01:03:07,350            Here we go.           1633 01:03:07,450 --> 01:03:08,718            [cheering]            1634 01:03:08,818 --> 01:03:10,553            Thank you.            1635 01:03:10,653 --> 01:03:12,655      Thank you so very much.     1636 01:03:12,755 --> 01:03:15,825        I was just talking          to ol' John Lennon backstage,  1637 01:03:15,925 --> 01:03:19,061     and I was kinda thinking     1638 01:03:19,162 --> 01:03:22,532        on these old songs            we used to do, you know.     1639 01:03:22,632 --> 01:03:25,234     First, I'd like to thank     1640 01:03:25,334 --> 01:03:28,371        some of the members               of the band here.        1641 01:03:28,471 --> 01:03:30,640         There's old Neal              back here on the drums.     1642 01:03:30,740 --> 01:03:34,677      Lead guitarist's name?      1643 01:03:34,777 --> 01:03:37,880  I'm reading it, love, you know. 1644 01:03:37,980 --> 01:03:40,750        And the bass guitar                is old Dennis.          1645 01:03:40,850 --> 01:03:42,118         And the last one,               but not the least,        1646 01:03:42,218 --> 01:03:43,419   he's been so very kind to me   1647 01:03:43,519 --> 01:03:45,555       since I've been here             rehearsing with you,       1648 01:03:45,655 --> 01:03:47,790         Mr. Alice Cooper.        1649 01:03:47,890 --> 01:03:51,294            -Thank you.                  -Whoo, whoo, whoo!        1650 01:03:51,394 --> 01:03:53,529 [Cooper] Backing up Gene Vincent      was a very cool thing.      1651 01:03:53,629 --> 01:03:55,865       It was really kind of            a feather in our cap.      1652 01:03:55,965 --> 01:03:58,201       Nobody ever asked us            to back them up before.     1653 01:03:58,301 --> 01:04:00,536        It kind of made us                 into a, "Wow."          1654 01:04:00,636 --> 01:04:02,605     And we were a pretty good           rock 'n' roll band,       1655 01:04:02,705 --> 01:04:04,140        so we went, "Sure."       1656 01:04:04,240 --> 01:04:06,108    You know, "Be-Bop-a-Lula,"     "Woman Love," all those songs,  1657 01:04:06,209 --> 01:04:07,376           that would be                 a privilege for us.       1658 01:04:07,476 --> 01:04:10,780          ♪ Be-bop-a-lula               I don't mean maybe ♪       1659 01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:14,183 ♪ Be-bop-a-lula, she's my baby ♪ 1660 01:04:14,283 --> 01:04:16,552          ♪ Be-bop-a-lula               I don't mean maybe ♪       1661 01:04:16,652 --> 01:04:18,221         [Cooper] I always            really dug Gene Vincent.     1662 01:04:18,321 --> 01:04:20,656          He was sort of             the dark side of the '50s.    1663 01:04:20,756 --> 01:04:22,391         Even then, he was                an older greaser.        1664 01:04:22,491 --> 01:04:23,593           The bad boy.           1665 01:04:23,693 --> 01:04:26,462  ♪ She's the woman that I know ♪ 1666 01:04:26,562 --> 01:04:29,232         ♪ She's the woman             that could love me so ♪     1667 01:04:29,332 --> 01:04:33,002          ♪ Be-bop-a-lula                  she's my baby ♪         1668 01:04:33,102 --> 01:04:36,539               [♪♪♪]              1669 01:04:41,410 --> 01:04:43,045         [Davis] And then,                for some reason,         1670 01:04:43,145 --> 01:04:46,115            we were all               up on the stage dancing.     1671 01:04:46,215 --> 01:04:47,950           I'm not sure                  when that happened.       1672 01:04:48,050 --> 01:04:49,852         That was probably                 later at night.         1673 01:04:49,952 --> 01:04:52,588        It was a long day.        1674 01:04:52,688 --> 01:04:56,592 [Leslie] I think a lot of people  partied a little bit too much,  1675 01:04:56,692 --> 01:04:57,894         myself included.         1676 01:04:57,994 --> 01:04:59,295            [chuckles]            1677 01:05:01,530 --> 01:05:04,233        Time flies as long              as you're having fun.      1678 01:05:14,277 --> 01:05:17,179      Thank you, good night.      1679 01:05:17,280 --> 01:05:18,748       [Fowley] Gene Vincent              and Alice Cooper,        1680 01:05:18,848 --> 01:05:20,049       ladies and gentlemen.      1681 01:05:20,149 --> 01:05:21,117        And the Vagabonds!        1682 01:05:21,217 --> 01:05:25,154  And the Vagabonds from Toronto. 1683 01:05:25,254 --> 01:05:27,757 And the Vagabonds, Gene Vincent,         and Alice Cooper.        1684 01:05:27,857 --> 01:05:29,825            Thank you.            1685 01:05:29,926 --> 01:05:31,694            [cheering]            1686 01:05:33,462 --> 01:05:35,031             [Leslie]               And I started being backstage  1687 01:05:35,131 --> 01:05:39,201        when all my friends            were out in the crowd.      1688 01:05:39,302 --> 01:05:41,671   I got to meet Little Richard.  1689 01:05:47,109 --> 01:05:51,247     Chuck Berry and The Doors           were all sociable.        1690 01:05:51,347 --> 01:05:54,617   I sorta ran around backstage      and kept my eye on things.    1691 01:05:54,717 --> 01:05:58,554  [Cooper] When you're surrounded        by that many stars,       1692 01:05:58,654 --> 01:06:00,256          and you're just               the fly on the wall,       1693 01:06:00,356 --> 01:06:03,292            we just sat              and watched the big stars.    1694 01:06:03,392 --> 01:06:05,661        We'd never actually           been in a thing that big     1695 01:06:05,761 --> 01:06:07,730     where we were backstage.     1696 01:06:07,830 --> 01:06:10,399   We just were like little kids       sitting there waiting,      1697 01:06:10,499 --> 01:06:12,868 and the day just went on and on, 1698 01:06:12,969 --> 01:06:14,670         and we just went,                 "This is great,         1699 01:06:14,770 --> 01:06:18,140    just sitting here watching     how people work the backstage." 1700 01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:21,010       [Brower] Alice Cooper               was next to us.         1701 01:06:21,110 --> 01:06:23,846             He looked                 very diminutive and shy     1702 01:06:23,946 --> 01:06:26,649      with these raccoon eyes      and stringy hair hanging down.  1703 01:06:26,749 --> 01:06:28,284            [clucking]            1704 01:06:31,420 --> 01:06:33,622            [cheering]            1705 01:06:34,690 --> 01:06:38,561     [Fowley] The ninth wonder       of the world, Alice Cooper!   1706 01:06:38,661 --> 01:06:40,629               [♪♪♪]              1707 01:06:47,169 --> 01:06:49,171      [Cooper] We were always               the underdog,          1708 01:06:49,271 --> 01:06:50,806   so when we get on the stage,   1709 01:06:50,906 --> 01:06:52,641        you're never gonna                forget this show,        1710 01:06:52,742 --> 01:06:55,978      musically and visually.     1711 01:06:56,078 --> 01:06:58,781  We were just sort of this thing           that existed           1712 01:06:58,881 --> 01:07:01,050     that nobody could define,    1713 01:07:01,150 --> 01:07:04,220   some sort of dark, hard rock              vaudeville.           1714 01:07:04,320 --> 01:07:07,223        We were an affront                  to everybody.          1715 01:07:07,323 --> 01:07:08,724        We were the future.       1716 01:07:08,824 --> 01:07:10,893               [♪♪♪]              1717 01:07:19,869 --> 01:07:21,971   So much of Alice's stage show  1718 01:07:22,071 --> 01:07:24,340        comes from his love               of Salvador Dali.        1719 01:07:24,440 --> 01:07:27,510       For them, it was like              a Dali painting.         1720 01:07:27,610 --> 01:07:30,146            It was art.           1721 01:07:30,246 --> 01:07:32,515         It was abstract.         1722 01:07:32,615 --> 01:07:35,584     I think in their brains,          it was performance art.     1723 01:07:35,684 --> 01:07:37,286         We did this thing        1724 01:07:37,386 --> 01:07:40,022        where it revved up           into basically white noise.   1725 01:07:40,122 --> 01:07:43,592    It was mayhem up on stage.    1726 01:07:53,869 --> 01:07:56,105    I just remember he had a...   1727 01:07:56,205 --> 01:07:57,206       a half a watermelon,       1728 01:07:57,306 --> 01:07:59,875            and I just                    didn't know why.         1729 01:08:03,879 --> 01:08:06,248        It was so chaotic.        1730 01:08:06,348 --> 01:08:09,018         It was energetic,                 but so chaotic.         1731 01:08:09,118 --> 01:08:11,454            I thought,                 "Somebody's gonna die."     1732 01:08:17,626 --> 01:08:20,162  They're fighting and hammering, 1733 01:08:20,262 --> 01:08:23,933   and it's like when you're in       a scary movie sometimes,     1734 01:08:24,033 --> 01:08:26,202     you don't wanna see the--    1735 01:08:26,302 --> 01:08:27,536    the axe murderer's coming,    1736 01:08:27,636 --> 01:08:29,371   so you had your eyes covered           most of the time.        1737 01:08:29,472 --> 01:08:32,007             [Gordon]                That show is very historic    1738 01:08:32,108 --> 01:08:34,677        in Alice's career.        1739 01:08:34,777 --> 01:08:37,847      At the end of the show            was a feather pillow       1740 01:08:37,947 --> 01:08:39,648         that got sprayed                 across the stage         1741 01:08:39,748 --> 01:08:40,983     and blew the feathers up,    1742 01:08:41,083 --> 01:08:42,485          'cause it gave                 a beautiful effect        1743 01:08:42,585 --> 01:08:44,353          on the lights.          1744 01:08:44,453 --> 01:08:46,822   [Cooper] Feathers everywhere,     it looked like a snowstorm,   1745 01:08:46,922 --> 01:08:48,657   and then you hit it with CO2,  1746 01:08:48,757 --> 01:08:52,061        and it even becomes             more of a snowstorm.       1747 01:08:52,161 --> 01:08:54,930    So The Doors are over here,    and John and Yoko's over here,  1748 01:08:55,030 --> 01:08:56,365     and they're like, "Yeah!"    1749 01:08:56,465 --> 01:08:58,000             You know,               they're seeing this as art.   1750 01:08:59,802 --> 01:09:03,606         It was truly art.        1751 01:09:04,540 --> 01:09:06,475           The music was              [imitates playing guitar]    1752 01:09:06,575 --> 01:09:08,410   and the feathers are flying,               the CO2.             1753 01:09:11,046 --> 01:09:12,448  When I saw the chicken, I said, 1754 01:09:12,548 --> 01:09:15,484   "Let me just surprise Alice,     and we'll see what happens."   1755 01:09:15,584 --> 01:09:17,620         I just picked up                  the pillowcase,         1756 01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:20,723 went up to the side of the stage         and let it loose.        1757 01:09:25,728 --> 01:09:27,096    [Cooper] And the next thing               you know,            1758 01:09:27,196 --> 01:09:28,764    there's a chicken on stage.   1759 01:09:28,864 --> 01:09:30,833          [makes sounds]          1760 01:09:30,933 --> 01:09:33,202     It seemed, in the mayhem,    1761 01:09:33,302 --> 01:09:35,738  that it had feathers and wings,          it should fly,          1762 01:09:35,838 --> 01:09:36,906   and I picked up the chicken.   1763 01:09:37,006 --> 01:09:38,240   I figured, "Well, I'll throw         this in the audience,      1764 01:09:38,340 --> 01:09:39,842    and somebody will catch it,   1765 01:09:39,942 --> 01:09:41,210           take it home,          1766 01:09:41,310 --> 01:09:42,711        and it'll be a pet          and they'll call it 'Alice.'"  1767 01:09:44,813 --> 01:09:47,082        Chickens don't fly            as much as they plummet.     1768 01:09:47,183 --> 01:09:48,984          Everybody knows                chickens don't fly,       1769 01:09:49,084 --> 01:09:51,153    but Alice is from Detroit.    1770 01:09:51,253 --> 01:09:52,655  He claims to not know anything           about chickens.         1771 01:09:52,755 --> 01:09:55,791     Somebody bit a chicken's          head off or something.      1772 01:09:55,891 --> 01:09:57,526      Of course, the next day               in the paper,          1773 01:09:57,626 --> 01:09:59,695      it said, "Alice Cooper               Kills Chicken."         1774 01:09:59,795 --> 01:10:03,265 [Brower] So of course, the story     went out around the world    1775 01:10:03,365 --> 01:10:05,935       that Alice had bitten            a head off a chicken,      1776 01:10:06,035 --> 01:10:08,837     and this created the myth        of the chicken incident.     1777 01:10:08,938 --> 01:10:10,439               [♪♪♪]              1778 01:10:13,209 --> 01:10:15,244             [Cooper]               Toronto Rock & Roll Revival,   1779 01:10:15,344 --> 01:10:19,448     that show, in particular,          was what launched us.      1780 01:10:19,548 --> 01:10:22,151   They gave us the Willy Wonka            Golden Ticket.          1781 01:10:22,251 --> 01:10:27,156     Now we had to back it up                with music,           1782 01:10:27,256 --> 01:10:29,091         and that's really               what started Alice        1783 01:10:29,191 --> 01:10:32,161     becoming this personified                villain.             1784 01:10:32,261 --> 01:10:33,862       There was no villain               in rock 'n' roll.        1785 01:10:33,963 --> 01:10:36,432  There was all these Peter Pans        and no Captain Hook,       1786 01:10:36,532 --> 01:10:38,968  and I went, "Well, I'll gladly          be Captain Hook.         1787 01:10:39,068 --> 01:10:40,002     I love the villain part."    1788 01:10:42,304 --> 01:10:44,240      [Fowley] Alice Cooper,            ladies and gentlemen.      1789 01:10:44,340 --> 01:10:45,975           Alice Cooper!          1790 01:10:46,075 --> 01:10:47,309     The group of the future!     1791 01:10:47,409 --> 01:10:49,111           Alice Cooper!          1792 01:10:49,211 --> 01:10:52,214            [cheering]            1793 01:10:52,314 --> 01:10:54,617            Thank you.            1794 01:10:56,352 --> 01:10:57,853             [Gordon]               That moment lighted the path   1795 01:10:57,953 --> 01:11:02,358       for the next 25 years              of the career...         1796 01:11:02,458 --> 01:11:04,193            which I get                 a lot of credit for,       1797 01:11:04,293 --> 01:11:05,194      but it was very lucky.      1798 01:11:05,294 --> 01:11:07,096  [Cooper] He never copped to it. 1799 01:11:07,196 --> 01:11:12,401     He never ever said, "No,      I threw the chicken on stage."  1800 01:11:12,501 --> 01:11:15,337     For 53 years, he's never           copped to that to me.      1801 01:11:15,437 --> 01:11:17,006       I just said, "Where'd           the chicken come from?"     1802 01:11:18,707 --> 01:11:20,009          "I don't know."                    [laughing]            1803 01:11:22,578 --> 01:11:24,713      [Davis] John and Yoko.      1804 01:11:24,813 --> 01:11:26,815     [Bingenheimer] Backstage,       everybody was hanging out.    1805 01:11:26,915 --> 01:11:28,851           I was hanging                 with John and Yoko,       1806 01:11:28,951 --> 01:11:32,087     and John Lennon pulls out              a briefcase,           1807 01:11:32,187 --> 01:11:33,956    and he had some postcards,    1808 01:11:34,056 --> 01:11:35,457  and he autographed a postcard,  1809 01:11:35,557 --> 01:11:38,594       one for Gene Vincent                and one for me.         1810 01:11:38,694 --> 01:11:41,864           Gene Vincent                  did the same thing.       1811 01:11:41,964 --> 01:11:44,066          He autographed                 pictures of himself       1812 01:11:44,166 --> 01:11:46,535      to give to John Lennon,     1813 01:11:46,635 --> 01:11:48,704   'cause it was a classic show.  1814 01:11:52,875 --> 01:11:56,011   Everybody was hanging out in    a communal dressing room area.  1815 01:11:56,111 --> 01:11:57,780       Everybody was there,       1816 01:11:57,880 --> 01:12:00,382       and all of a sudden,             the doors burst open       1817 01:12:00,482 --> 01:12:03,686       and it's John Lennon                with Yoko Ono,          1818 01:12:03,786 --> 01:12:06,455        and all the police          and all the flashbulbs going.  1819 01:12:06,555 --> 01:12:08,190     It's the press, you know?    1820 01:12:08,290 --> 01:12:11,460        And Little Richard                  yelled out...          1821 01:12:11,560 --> 01:12:13,028         Are you enjoying              Little Richard tonight?     1822 01:12:13,128 --> 01:12:14,763            [cheering]            1823 01:12:14,863 --> 01:12:17,399        When I'm finished,                I wanna hear you!        1824 01:12:17,499 --> 01:12:20,035            Let me know                 by round of applause!      1825 01:12:20,135 --> 01:12:21,970 My, my, my, my. Are you ready... 1826 01:12:22,071 --> 01:12:24,940      [Davis] Little Richard        was getting ready to perform,  1827 01:12:25,040 --> 01:12:26,141    and he didn't wanna go out.   1828 01:12:26,241 --> 01:12:28,143     He said, "I can't go out      'cause I don't have my light."  1829 01:12:28,243 --> 01:12:30,746 He then puts on a mirrored vest, 1830 01:12:30,846 --> 01:12:31,947            and he said                 he's not gonna go out      1831 01:12:32,047 --> 01:12:34,983     until he gets his light.     1832 01:12:35,084 --> 01:12:37,519   So there's quite a little bit           of interaction,         1833 01:12:37,619 --> 01:12:40,255         "You gotta go on.                You gotta go on."        1834 01:12:40,356 --> 01:12:42,191          Little Richard.         1835 01:12:42,291 --> 01:12:43,125           Live filming.          1836 01:12:43,225 --> 01:12:45,594       No beginning signal.       1837 01:12:45,694 --> 01:12:47,196  [Little Richard] See, my outfit         is not effective         1838 01:12:47,296 --> 01:12:48,831        without, you know,        1839 01:12:48,931 --> 01:12:52,167        with the lights on,         my outfit just does nothing.   1840 01:12:52,267 --> 01:12:53,302   [man] I just have the feeling  1841 01:12:53,402 --> 01:12:54,503      that the guy who knows             how to turn 'em off       1842 01:12:54,603 --> 01:12:56,605       isn't even listening.            He's probably asleep.      1843 01:12:56,705 --> 01:12:59,675   Could you turn out the lights        on the stage, please?      1844 01:12:59,775 --> 01:13:02,010   Could you turn the lights out            on the stage?          1845 01:13:02,111 --> 01:13:03,712     The lights on the stage,         would you turn them out?     1846 01:13:03,812 --> 01:13:05,381  No lights on the stage at all.  1847 01:13:05,481 --> 01:13:06,348        Just the spotlight.       1848 01:13:06,448 --> 01:13:07,449        All the lights out.       1849 01:13:07,549 --> 01:13:09,852            [cheering]            1850 01:13:09,952 --> 01:13:14,423 [Davis] And so then they finally      did get that organized.     1851 01:13:14,523 --> 01:13:16,458         Way up in the top                 of the stadium,         1852 01:13:16,558 --> 01:13:18,994           a giant spot                came down and hit him.      1853 01:13:19,094 --> 01:13:20,529            [cheering]            1854 01:13:22,398 --> 01:13:26,869       [cheering continues]       1855 01:13:26,969 --> 01:13:28,103            Thank you.            1856 01:13:28,203 --> 01:13:30,939    Are you having a good time?   1857 01:13:31,039 --> 01:13:33,275       Let it all hang out!       1858 01:13:33,375 --> 01:13:34,309               My...              1859 01:13:34,410 --> 01:13:37,413       Let all the womenfolk                say, "Whoo!"           1860 01:13:37,513 --> 01:13:38,414               Whoo!              1861 01:13:38,514 --> 01:13:40,883    And all the men say, "Uh!"    1862 01:13:40,983 --> 01:13:41,784                Uh!               1863 01:13:41,884 --> 01:13:43,051           Oh, my soul.           1864 01:13:43,852 --> 01:13:46,755    ♪ Good Golly, Miss Molly ♪    1865 01:13:46,855 --> 01:13:49,858        ♪ Sure like to ball                    Whoo ♪              1866 01:13:49,958 --> 01:13:55,697     ♪ Ooh, golly, Miss Molly,           sure like to ball ♪       1867 01:13:55,798 --> 01:13:58,167         ♪ You're rockin'               and a-rollin', yeah ♪      1868 01:13:58,267 --> 01:14:00,068   ♪ Can't hear your mama call ♪  1869 01:14:00,169 --> 01:14:01,503             ♪ Whoo! ♪            1870 01:14:01,603 --> 01:14:04,873        ♪ Golly, Miss Molly              sure like to ball ♪       1871 01:14:04,973 --> 01:14:09,244              [Barry]                The excitement was amazing,   1872 01:14:09,344 --> 01:14:12,114        and I wanted to see                Little Richard.         1873 01:14:12,214 --> 01:14:14,683    I'd never seen a Black guy            with a pompadour.        1874 01:14:14,783 --> 01:14:16,118          I mean, he had                  a big pompadour.         1875 01:14:16,218 --> 01:14:17,286      I looked at my brother      1876 01:14:17,386 --> 01:14:20,155       and I said, "You need              hair like that."         1877 01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:26,695                Ow!               1878 01:14:30,766 --> 01:14:33,202       [Barry] His presence              was so commanding.        1879 01:14:33,302 --> 01:14:34,870               "Ow!"              1880 01:14:36,438 --> 01:14:37,573         ♪ Well, I'm going                 to the corner ♪         1881 01:14:37,673 --> 01:14:39,408   ♪ Gonna buy a diamond ring ♪   1882 01:14:39,508 --> 01:14:40,642        ♪ Hug me, kiss me ♪       1883 01:14:40,742 --> 01:14:42,177  ♪ Make me ting-a-ling-a-ling ♪  1884 01:14:42,277 --> 01:14:44,613    ♪ Good golly, Miss Molly ♪    1885 01:14:44,713 --> 01:14:47,850    ♪ Whoo, sure like to ball ♪   1886 01:14:47,950 --> 01:14:50,652       ♪ When you're rockin'               and a-rollin' ♪         1887 01:14:50,752 --> 01:14:53,088   ♪ Can't hear your mama call ♪  1888 01:14:53,188 --> 01:14:55,357            [horn solo]           1889 01:14:58,460 --> 01:14:59,895    [Barry] He was like a train   1890 01:14:59,995 --> 01:15:02,431             going at                 a million miles an hour.     1891 01:15:02,531 --> 01:15:04,233    He really was a personality   1892 01:15:04,333 --> 01:15:07,936    that I'd never experienced         close up and personal.      1893 01:15:08,036 --> 01:15:09,738               [♪♪♪]              1894 01:15:19,581 --> 01:15:21,083    When I saw Little Richard,    1895 01:15:21,183 --> 01:15:23,719          I said, "Ah..."         1896 01:15:23,819 --> 01:15:25,320   You know, I sort of exhaled,   1897 01:15:25,420 --> 01:15:27,823          because I said,                "Yeah, I feel now.        1898 01:15:27,923 --> 01:15:29,424            I see where                 I'm supposed to be."       1899 01:15:29,525 --> 01:15:34,730               [♪♪♪]              1900 01:15:34,830 --> 01:15:36,431     [Krieger] Little Richard             just tore it up.         1901 01:15:36,532 --> 01:15:38,400         I remember he did            the last couple of songs     1902 01:15:38,500 --> 01:15:39,535      standing on the piano.      1903 01:15:39,635 --> 01:15:52,581               [♪♪♪]              1904 01:15:52,681 --> 01:15:53,916     I was standing with Jim,     1905 01:15:54,016 --> 01:15:56,518           and he goes,             "Man, we gotta follow that?"   1906 01:15:56,618 --> 01:15:57,920            [chuckles]            1907 01:15:58,020 --> 01:16:04,326               [♪♪♪]              1908 01:16:04,426 --> 01:16:07,896            [song ends]           1909 01:16:07,996 --> 01:16:10,899            [cheering]            1910 01:16:18,540 --> 01:16:19,841 [Fawcett] I noticed very quickly 1911 01:16:19,942 --> 01:16:22,744          John has a very               nervous disposition.       1912 01:16:25,647 --> 01:16:27,249            [Voormann]               Here you have John Lennon,    1913 01:16:27,349 --> 01:16:30,686     a member of The Beatles,     1914 01:16:30,786 --> 01:16:32,654          going out there                for the first time        1915 01:16:32,754 --> 01:16:33,689        playing by himself.       1916 01:16:33,789 --> 01:16:36,925        He's the front man,              which he never was.       1917 01:16:37,025 --> 01:16:40,362       Through all his life,          he was not the front man.    1918 01:16:42,631 --> 01:16:44,666      There he was, suddenly             in that situation.        1919 01:16:44,766 --> 01:16:46,735 I was nervous too, I must admit, 1920 01:16:46,835 --> 01:16:48,670     and Eric was nervous too.    1921 01:16:48,770 --> 01:16:50,238    I could see it in his face.   1922 01:16:57,746 --> 01:16:59,081   [Davis] End of John and Yoko.  1923 01:17:00,716 --> 01:17:03,852    [Brower] Kim Fowley created         a moment at that show      1924 01:17:03,952 --> 01:17:07,289      that has become iconic          in rock 'n roll history.     1925 01:17:07,389 --> 01:17:09,691     So Kim goes out on stage     1926 01:17:09,791 --> 01:17:12,027             and says,                "When they come out here,    1927 01:17:12,127 --> 01:17:14,763      I want everybody to get      your matches and lighters out,  1928 01:17:14,863 --> 01:17:17,432        and let's give them            an incredible welcome."     1929 01:17:17,532 --> 01:17:23,105            [cheering]            1930 01:17:23,205 --> 01:17:28,310       Ladies and gentlemen,            the Plastic Ono Band.      1931 01:17:28,410 --> 01:17:29,945      Get your matches ready.     1932 01:17:31,680 --> 01:17:35,217         Toronto welcomes               the Plastic Ono Band.      1933 01:17:35,317 --> 01:17:36,351             Toronto,             1934 01:17:36,451 --> 01:17:39,721    Brower and Walker presents          the Plastic Ono Band.      1935 01:17:39,821 --> 01:17:42,090       Give peace a chance.       1936 01:17:42,190 --> 01:17:44,226            Give peace                        a chance.            1937 01:17:44,326 --> 01:17:46,094            [cheering]            1938 01:17:51,600 --> 01:17:53,935       They all lit candles                 or lights up,          1939 01:17:54,036 --> 01:17:55,604   and it was really beautiful,   1940 01:17:55,704 --> 01:17:58,173      you know, and the vibes              were fantastic.         1941 01:17:58,273 --> 01:18:00,909        Little tiny lights            going on, and on, and on.    1942 01:18:02,844 --> 01:18:05,414      He changed the history              of rock 'n' roll         1943 01:18:05,514 --> 01:18:07,382    that everybody's doing now.   1944 01:18:10,318 --> 01:18:12,654      And I ended up on stage               on the side,           1945 01:18:12,754 --> 01:18:16,692 and you can just hear the crowd. 1946 01:18:16,792 --> 01:18:19,394        John and Yoko were         getting ready to walk on stage. 1947 01:18:19,494 --> 01:18:21,863        If you notice Yoko,       1948 01:18:21,963 --> 01:18:26,835        that's the set list                she's holding.          1949 01:18:26,935 --> 01:18:29,671       [Voormann] We went up       to the stage and John went out. 1950 01:18:29,771 --> 01:18:31,406  "Just hang on a second, boys."  1951 01:18:31,506 --> 01:18:34,076  Went in a corner, and he puked, 1952 01:18:34,176 --> 01:18:36,211        and then we plugged             into the amplifiers.       1953 01:18:38,780 --> 01:18:40,148           Good evening!          1954 01:18:40,248 --> 01:18:41,817         [crowd cheering]         1955 01:18:51,993 --> 01:18:54,730     Okay, we're just gonna do    a number that we know, you know, 1956 01:18:54,830 --> 01:18:57,099          'cause we never              played together before.     1957 01:18:57,199 --> 01:18:58,734            [cheering]            1958 01:18:58,834 --> 01:19:00,068   [Christgau] I would say that,       historically speaking,      1959 01:19:00,168 --> 01:19:01,870   the John and Yoko performance  1960 01:19:01,970 --> 01:19:05,240   was the most important thing       that happened in Toronto.    1961 01:19:05,340 --> 01:19:06,408       John and Yoko decided      1962 01:19:06,508 --> 01:19:10,645        that that was where       they wanted to debut their band. 1963 01:19:10,746 --> 01:19:13,882          As a statement,                 it was historic.         1964 01:19:13,982 --> 01:19:15,350      And the aura was there,     1965 01:19:15,450 --> 01:19:17,886 especially for somebody like me. 1966 01:19:17,986 --> 01:19:19,287     I was only 40 feet away.     1967 01:19:23,058 --> 01:19:25,827           ♪ Well, it's                 a-one for the money ♪      1968 01:19:25,927 --> 01:19:27,863       ♪ Two for the show ♪       1969 01:19:27,963 --> 01:19:30,766       ♪ Three to get ready               now go, cat, go ♪        1970 01:19:30,866 --> 01:19:36,505          ♪ But don't you           step on my blue suede shoes ♪  1971 01:19:36,605 --> 01:19:37,839 ♪ Well, you can do anything... ♪ 1972 01:19:37,939 --> 01:19:39,274       [Lee] The perspective               of a stoned kid         1973 01:19:39,374 --> 01:19:40,675     standing in the audience,    1974 01:19:40,776 --> 01:19:44,246  being surprised by the presence          of John Lennon,         1975 01:19:44,346 --> 01:19:46,748           Eric Clapton,          1976 01:19:46,848 --> 01:19:49,518            Alan White,           1977 01:19:49,618 --> 01:19:51,052          Klaus Voormann,         1978 01:19:51,153 --> 01:19:52,654           and Yoko Ono           1979 01:19:52,754 --> 01:19:53,922        was a kind of awe.        1980 01:19:54,022 --> 01:19:57,192         The light shining                from John Lennon         1981 01:19:57,292 --> 01:19:59,728         left you kind of              with your jaw dropping.     1982 01:19:59,828 --> 01:20:01,329         He was a Beatle,         1983 01:20:01,429 --> 01:20:03,532  and that had an aura about it,  1984 01:20:03,632 --> 01:20:06,935          imbued everyone                with a kind of awe,       1985 01:20:07,035 --> 01:20:10,806       the fact that we were        in the same vicinity as him,   1986 01:20:10,906 --> 01:20:11,940    and he was playing for us.    1987 01:20:14,075 --> 01:20:16,411           At the time,               we didn't have any idea,     1988 01:20:16,511 --> 01:20:18,079 you know, what we were gonna do. 1989 01:20:18,180 --> 01:20:22,150          We just played             whatever came to our mind.    1990 01:20:22,250 --> 01:20:26,354       But then, John said,             "I've got this song.       1991 01:20:26,454 --> 01:20:28,123    It's called 'Cold Turkey.'"   1992 01:20:33,128 --> 01:20:36,364   [Ono] This is the newest song          that John wrote.         1993 01:20:36,464 --> 01:20:37,365    It's called "Cold Turkey."    1994 01:20:37,465 --> 01:20:38,466     [Lennon] We've never done            this song before,        1995 01:20:38,567 --> 01:20:40,869         so best of luck.         1996 01:20:40,969 --> 01:20:44,172    It's called "Cold Turkey."    1997 01:20:44,272 --> 01:20:49,678               [♪♪♪]              1998 01:20:49,778 --> 01:20:53,381   ♪ The temperature's rising ♪   1999 01:20:53,481 --> 01:20:56,918         ♪ Fever is high ♪        2000 01:20:57,018 --> 01:20:59,921     ♪ Temperature's rising ♪     2001 01:21:00,021 --> 01:21:01,823         ♪ Fever is high ♪        2002 01:21:01,923 --> 01:21:03,725          I said, "Whoa,                 what a great song."       2003 01:21:03,825 --> 01:21:06,361               Ah...              2004 01:21:06,461 --> 01:21:08,563              -Ah...                            -Aah!              2005 01:21:08,663 --> 01:21:09,764            And "Aah!"            2006 01:21:09,865 --> 01:21:11,032         This scream came.        2007 01:21:11,132 --> 01:21:13,568   "Shit, you must have stepped       on a nail or something."     2008 01:21:13,668 --> 01:21:19,741           -Ah... Ah...                         -Aah!              2009 01:21:19,841 --> 01:21:21,810      And Eric looked at me,               "What's this?"          2010 01:21:21,910 --> 01:21:22,677             [laughs]             2011 01:21:22,777 --> 01:21:25,580               Aah!               2012 01:21:25,680 --> 01:21:27,883         And the audience                  didn't applaud,         2013 01:21:27,983 --> 01:21:30,518   and then he said, "Wake up."   2014 01:21:30,619 --> 01:21:32,254         Come on, wake up.        2015 01:21:35,757 --> 01:21:37,592     And then Yoko came along.    2016 01:21:42,030 --> 01:21:43,198             [Krieger]              I really thought it was cool   2017 01:21:43,298 --> 01:21:45,867         that Yoko decided              to do the whole show       2018 01:21:45,967 --> 01:21:47,969         in a laundry bag.        2019 01:21:48,069 --> 01:21:50,338             I really             gained respect for her for that. 2020 01:21:53,942 --> 01:21:55,744             You know,              it sounded like shit, but...   2021 01:21:55,844 --> 01:21:56,945             [laughs]             2022 01:21:57,045 --> 01:21:58,446           First of all,                  she got in a bag,        2023 01:21:58,546 --> 01:22:00,682          and I thought,              "Now, that's interesting.    2024 01:22:00,782 --> 01:22:02,751         She's in a bag."         2025 01:22:02,851 --> 01:22:05,520      [Fawcett] One of Yoko's             conceptual pieces        2026 01:22:05,620 --> 01:22:07,088       was called "Bagism."       2027 01:22:07,188 --> 01:22:09,024 It's a very conceptual art idea. 2028 01:22:09,124 --> 01:22:12,394         Getting in a bag,               you lose yourself.        2029 01:22:12,494 --> 01:22:15,096     When you're inside a bag,      are you John Lennon and Yoko?  2030 01:22:15,196 --> 01:22:17,465           But, anyway,             it's part of the whole event.  2031 01:22:19,267 --> 01:22:20,402     [White] All of a sudden,              I was on stage          2032 01:22:20,502 --> 01:22:23,605         on this drum kit             I'd never played before,     2033 01:22:23,705 --> 01:22:24,973      with all these people,      2034 01:22:25,073 --> 01:22:27,509      and Yoko lying in a bag         on stage in front of me,     2035 01:22:27,609 --> 01:22:30,779       and I'm going, "Whoa,         this is way over my head."    2036 01:22:30,879 --> 01:22:34,049              ♪ Oh ♪              2037 01:22:34,149 --> 01:22:35,417      ♪ That's what I want ♪      2038 01:22:36,051 --> 01:22:37,986            [song ends]           2039 01:22:39,487 --> 01:22:42,357         John and Yoko did             "Give Peace a Chance,"      2040 01:22:42,457 --> 01:22:46,027     and it was the first time      that he did it live on stage.  2041 01:22:46,127 --> 01:22:48,496           This is what                 we came for, really.       2042 01:22:48,596 --> 01:22:52,500           And you too!           2043 01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:54,169    It's "Give Peace a Chance,"   2044 01:22:54,269 --> 01:22:56,204      so sing along with it.      2045 01:22:56,304 --> 01:22:57,472 [Ono] Yeah, let's sing together. 2046 01:22:57,572 --> 01:22:59,407   I've forgotten all those bits         in between, though.       2047 01:22:59,507 --> 01:23:00,642     I know the chorus, so...     2048 01:23:03,111 --> 01:23:04,446            Eins, zwei,           2049 01:23:04,546 --> 01:23:05,981      eins, zwei, drei, vier!     2050 01:23:06,081 --> 01:23:09,551               [♪♪♪]              2051 01:23:11,820 --> 01:23:13,188   ♪ Everybody's talking 'bout ♪  2052 01:23:13,288 --> 01:23:16,191         ♪ Bagism, bagism,                bagism, bagism ♪         2053 01:23:16,291 --> 01:23:18,393       ♪ This-ism, that-ism                Ism, ism, ism ♪         2054 01:23:18,493 --> 01:23:21,363  People were jumping up and down       waving the peace sign      2055 01:23:21,463 --> 01:23:23,098      when they were singing            "Give Peace a Chance.      2056 01:23:23,198 --> 01:23:26,401       ♪ All we are saying ♪      2057 01:23:28,737 --> 01:23:32,240    ♪ Is give peace a chance ♪    2058 01:23:33,708 --> 01:23:35,844             Peace was                the most important thing     2059 01:23:35,944 --> 01:23:37,145      they wanted to promote.     2060 01:23:37,245 --> 01:23:40,615        The peace campaign         had already been in full swing  2061 01:23:40,715 --> 01:23:42,150      for many, many months.      2062 01:23:42,250 --> 01:23:44,519     John got to love Canada.     2063 01:23:44,619 --> 01:23:46,654   Canada became his mouthpiece   2064 01:23:46,755 --> 01:23:49,190    to spread the peace message          all over the world,       2065 01:23:49,290 --> 01:23:52,861      especially to America,                 via Canada.           2066 01:23:52,961 --> 01:23:58,299       ♪ All we are saying ♪      2067 01:23:58,400 --> 01:24:01,469    ♪ Is give peace a chance ♪    2068 01:24:02,370 --> 01:24:03,805        [Cooper] Everything              was revolutionary.        2069 01:24:03,905 --> 01:24:05,907         Everything about                  that generation         2070 01:24:06,007 --> 01:24:08,176     was upsetting the system.    2071 01:24:08,276 --> 01:24:10,879    Toronto Rock & Roll Revival          just happened to be       2072 01:24:10,979 --> 01:24:13,314       right in the pivotal              crosshairs of that.       2073 01:24:13,415 --> 01:24:14,849            [cheering]            2074 01:24:18,686 --> 01:24:21,756   Now Yoko's gonna do her thing            all over you.          2075 01:24:23,591 --> 01:24:27,195    [Fawcett] Yoko used to sing      in this very primal voice.    2076 01:24:27,295 --> 01:24:28,329     She trained classically.     2077 01:24:28,430 --> 01:24:30,765           Yoko's voice                is like an instrument.      2078 01:24:30,865 --> 01:24:35,270           [vocalizing]           2079 01:24:45,080 --> 01:24:47,715     [Voormann] Funny thing is        that when I was up there,    2080 01:24:47,816 --> 01:24:49,517    I suddenly was behind Yoko,   2081 01:24:49,617 --> 01:24:52,854        and I felt suddenly              what she was doing.       2082 01:24:55,190 --> 01:24:59,327         She was actually          telling the people, in her way, 2083 01:24:59,427 --> 01:25:02,964 that all those people are dying. 2084 01:25:03,064 --> 01:25:06,234   Those tanks and bombs falling  2085 01:25:06,334 --> 01:25:08,636   and dead bodies lying about.   2086 01:25:16,010 --> 01:25:23,251           [vocalizing]           2087 01:25:26,888 --> 01:25:28,022  What she was doing was really,  2088 01:25:28,123 --> 01:25:30,425  really felt like a dying bird.  2089 01:25:30,525 --> 01:25:32,727            [weak caws]           2090 01:25:32,827 --> 01:25:34,229           [vocalizing]           2091 01:25:34,329 --> 01:25:35,563   She couldn't have stood there  2092 01:25:35,663 --> 01:25:36,865       and talked about it,       2093 01:25:36,965 --> 01:25:38,099      and said, "Yeah, peace.     2094 01:25:38,199 --> 01:25:40,401    Just think of Vietnam." No.   2095 01:25:40,502 --> 01:25:44,405           [vocalizing]           2096 01:25:44,506 --> 01:25:49,611             This was                  far ahead of its time.      2097 01:25:49,711 --> 01:25:52,413  The audience didn't understand          a fucking thing.         2098 01:25:52,514 --> 01:25:55,750       A lot of the audience                 walked out,           2099 01:25:55,850 --> 01:25:57,318     but the ones that stayed,    2100 01:25:57,418 --> 01:25:59,787    they were in a trance, man.   2101 01:25:59,888 --> 01:26:01,089           They just all                 came to the front.        2102 01:26:01,189 --> 01:26:03,525            [cheering]            2103 01:26:03,625 --> 01:26:05,026       [Gordon] I don't know       if the audience got it at all.  2104 01:26:05,126 --> 01:26:08,496           Like, I think               they were just, like...     2105 01:26:08,596 --> 01:26:11,432     But they stayed with it,           and he supported her.      2106 01:26:11,533 --> 01:26:12,534         It was her show.         2107 01:26:12,634 --> 01:26:14,903     But I was very impressed            by his love for her       2108 01:26:15,003 --> 01:26:17,438    and his dedication to her.    2109 01:26:17,539 --> 01:26:20,742     [Voormann] The two twins      being together, John and Yoko,  2110 01:26:20,842 --> 01:26:22,310  so when she was doing her song, 2111 01:26:22,410 --> 01:26:25,713       John went up to her,              and he hugged her.        2112 01:26:28,416 --> 01:26:30,885      Yoko's thing at the end              was so ballsy,          2113 01:26:30,985 --> 01:26:31,920       and John is out there      2114 01:26:32,020 --> 01:26:35,089          daring anybody              to yell out and complain.    2115 01:26:35,190 --> 01:26:37,225   I mean, he's like a wild man.  2116 01:26:37,325 --> 01:26:39,327  He's like a warrior, you know?  2117 01:26:39,427 --> 01:26:41,462          The whole thing            was an amazing production.    2118 01:26:41,563 --> 01:26:44,265           [vocalizing]           2119 01:26:52,307 --> 01:26:54,642    When John said, "What we do   2120 01:26:54,742 --> 01:26:58,780       is we tune my guitar               on an open chord,        2121 01:26:58,880 --> 01:27:01,749       and we just put them          in front of our amplifiers    2122 01:27:01,849 --> 01:27:02,984     and let it feed it back."    2123 01:27:03,084 --> 01:27:07,322           [vocalizing]           2124 01:27:12,160 --> 01:27:13,895  I just said, "Look, at the end. 2125 01:27:13,995 --> 01:27:15,330   Lean your guitars on the amps  2126 01:27:15,430 --> 01:27:16,931     and let it keep howling,"    2127 01:27:17,031 --> 01:27:18,933    because you can't very well     go cha-ching like The Beatles  2128 01:27:19,033 --> 01:27:22,904 and bow at the end of screaming. 2129 01:27:23,004 --> 01:27:25,406   He left those amps full out,   2130 01:27:25,506 --> 01:27:30,111     so it sounded like a 707            about to take off.        2131 01:27:30,211 --> 01:27:34,148  It was such a fantastic ending. 2132 01:27:34,249 --> 01:27:36,985       It was like that was            the end of The Beatles.     2133 01:27:37,085 --> 01:27:40,955           [vocalizing]           2134 01:27:48,096 --> 01:27:49,697            The Toronto                rock 'n' roll festival      2135 01:27:49,797 --> 01:27:52,300         gave John Lennon          a completely new lease on life. 2136 01:27:52,400 --> 01:27:53,701        "This is my future.       2137 01:27:53,801 --> 01:27:54,902    The Beatles is yesterday."    2138 01:27:56,304 --> 01:27:58,439         He was a new man                 with a new band,         2139 01:27:58,539 --> 01:28:01,276   and I think he loved Toronto               for that,            2140 01:28:01,376 --> 01:28:03,311  and I think Toronto loved John. 2141 01:28:03,411 --> 01:28:07,382         [guitar feedback]        2142 01:28:07,482 --> 01:28:09,484    I told Alan I was leaving.    2143 01:28:09,584 --> 01:28:12,453   I told Eric Clapton and Klaus         that I was leaving.       2144 01:28:12,553 --> 01:28:15,223     I announced it to myself       and to the people around me.   2145 01:28:15,323 --> 01:28:16,357           "It's over."           2146 01:28:16,457 --> 01:28:18,626      [guitars feeding back]      2147 01:28:34,208 --> 01:28:37,378      [guitars feeding back]      2148 01:28:48,289 --> 01:28:50,591     Having John Lennon there               was amazing.           2149 01:28:50,692 --> 01:28:53,561        We'd been signed up        as the headliners, so he said,  2150 01:28:53,661 --> 01:28:54,996      "No, you guys go last,"                 you know.            2151 01:28:57,465 --> 01:29:02,236      I'm trying to find out         who decided not to film us.   2152 01:29:02,337 --> 01:29:06,507   It might've been Jim's idea.   2153 01:29:06,607 --> 01:29:09,777     He was pretty particular           about getting filmed.      2154 01:29:12,113 --> 01:29:15,483    We changed our setup a bit.   2155 01:29:15,583 --> 01:29:17,785  We actually did The End first,  2156 01:29:17,885 --> 01:29:20,288           as an opener,          2157 01:29:20,388 --> 01:29:23,391    because Jim wanted to talk             about the guys.         2158 01:29:23,491 --> 01:29:25,360        He was just trying                 to tell people          2159 01:29:25,460 --> 01:29:28,496     about how he was affected              by those guys          2160 01:29:28,596 --> 01:29:30,565  when he was a kid in the '50s,  2161 01:29:30,665 --> 01:29:35,570           and that was              the perfect place to do it.   2162 01:29:35,670 --> 01:29:36,571          I can remember          2163 01:29:36,671 --> 01:29:40,408        when rock 'n' roll            first came on the scene,     2164 01:29:40,508 --> 01:29:48,082        and for me, it was          a very liberating experience   2165 01:29:48,182 --> 01:29:52,320       because it burst open      2166 01:29:52,420 --> 01:29:56,958             whole new               strange catacombs of wisdom   2167 01:29:57,058 --> 01:29:58,059     that I couldn't remember,    2168 01:29:58,159 --> 01:29:59,560     and I didn't know about,     2169 01:29:59,660 --> 01:30:01,329        and I couldn't see               any equivalent for        2170 01:30:01,429 --> 01:30:04,399        in my surroundings.       2171 01:30:04,499 --> 01:30:07,101     That was the whole reason             for the concert         2172 01:30:07,201 --> 01:30:10,071    was to give them their due.   2173 01:30:10,171 --> 01:30:12,840   They were the true beginners.  2174 01:30:12,940 --> 01:30:14,409      And that's why, for me,     2175 01:30:14,509 --> 01:30:23,084     this evening has been...           really a great honour      2176 01:30:23,184 --> 01:30:26,287   to perform on the same stage   2177 01:30:26,387 --> 01:30:30,925     with so many illustrious             musical geniuses.        2178 01:30:39,934 --> 01:30:40,768      [Fowley] Are you ready      2179 01:30:40,868 --> 01:30:42,270        for the guitar king               of rock 'n' roll,        2180 01:30:42,370 --> 01:30:43,971           Chuck Berry?!          2181 01:30:53,080 --> 01:30:57,151         Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!        2182 01:30:58,252 --> 01:31:00,988            Yeah! Yeah!           2183 01:31:07,728 --> 01:31:08,563   [Lewis] It's a great pleasure             to be here            2184 01:31:08,663 --> 01:31:10,598 at the revival of rock 'n' roll, 2185 01:31:10,698 --> 01:31:11,933      and I'll guarantee you,     2186 01:31:12,033 --> 01:31:13,868    if it ain't revived today,      we'll never have it revived.   2187 01:31:23,177 --> 01:31:25,112            Here we go!           2188 01:31:37,492 --> 01:31:38,559       Ladies and gentlemen,      2189 01:31:38,659 --> 01:31:41,362 the legend to the rock 'n' roll. 2190 01:31:41,462 --> 01:31:45,566      The 1956 rock 'n' roll            with Little Richard.       2191 01:31:52,807 --> 01:31:54,375      [Brower] At the Toronto           Rock & Roll Revival,       2192 01:31:54,475 --> 01:31:56,043       The Beatles broke up,      2193 01:31:56,143 --> 01:31:59,847         and they broke up          in front of our eyes onstage,  2194 01:31:59,947 --> 01:32:05,253     and it was only by a set        of unforeseen circumstances   2195 01:32:05,353 --> 01:32:08,589     that it happened at all.     2196 01:32:08,689 --> 01:32:10,458    [Lennon] Sounds about good,         this Canadian thing.       2197 01:32:10,558 --> 01:32:11,626   [Ono] Yes, it does, you know.  2198 01:32:22,370 --> 01:32:23,404          It's just like,         2199 01:32:23,504 --> 01:32:24,872            it's a trip                 that we went through.      2200 01:32:24,972 --> 01:32:26,040         We both suffered         2201 01:32:26,140 --> 01:32:28,476 because people didn't appreciate        what we were doing,       2202 01:32:28,576 --> 01:32:32,647    and we were always sort of         inspired by each other.     2203 01:32:43,658 --> 01:32:45,593      I wasn't gonna fold up                on that film           2204 01:32:45,693 --> 01:32:46,627     because I knew that film     2205 01:32:46,727 --> 01:32:48,863          was going to be               a hard film to sell.       2206 01:32:48,963 --> 01:32:50,765           I never made                any money on it at all.     2207 01:32:50,865 --> 01:32:52,633   I lost a lot of money on it.   2208 01:32:52,733 --> 01:32:54,669         I love that film,                so I don't care.         2209 01:33:05,646 --> 01:33:09,951      This was a moment that         transformed rock 'n' roll.    2210 01:33:10,051 --> 01:33:11,852         This was history.        2211 01:33:24,999 --> 01:33:26,934               [♪♪♪]              2212 01:34:18,486 --> 01:34:21,956               [♪♪♪]              2213 01:34:24,892 --> 01:34:29,363        The fact that I was             part of this band...       2214 01:34:29,463 --> 01:34:30,631           to this day,           2215 01:34:30,731 --> 01:34:32,933       I can't believe that        this happened to me, you know?  2216 01:34:36,570 --> 01:34:37,371        I've been listening                to The Beatles          2217 01:34:37,471 --> 01:34:40,374        since I was, like,                11, 12 years old.        2218 01:34:40,474 --> 01:34:42,343  It was all going by so quickly, 2219 01:34:42,443 --> 01:34:44,245   and I was only 20 years old,   2220 01:34:44,345 --> 01:34:45,780   so I was kinda, like, in awe.  2221 01:34:46,847 --> 01:34:49,083            I was just                  so lucky to be there.      2222 01:34:49,183 --> 01:34:52,586       It's one of the most         memorable nights of our life.  2223 01:34:55,690 --> 01:34:56,624       That's the only time       2224 01:34:56,724 --> 01:34:58,693      I ever saw John Lennon                perform live.          2225 01:34:58,793 --> 01:35:00,761   This was a moment of history,  2226 01:35:00,861 --> 01:35:02,063   and that part was understood.  2227 01:35:03,964 --> 01:35:05,066   This was a last-minute thing,  2228 01:35:05,166 --> 01:35:08,302        and an opportunity                for John and Yoko        2229 01:35:08,402 --> 01:35:10,671            to show off                 the Plastic Ono Band.      2230 01:35:12,840 --> 01:35:13,941      One day, Yoko came over     2231 01:35:14,041 --> 01:35:16,143             and said,                "John wants to meet you,"    2232 01:35:16,243 --> 01:35:18,979     and there's John and Yoko          with sort of, "Well,       2233 01:35:19,080 --> 01:35:20,681        I'm gonna introduce         my boyfriend," kind of thing,  2234 01:35:20,781 --> 01:35:22,416      and we're going, like,                "Oh, my god,           2235 01:35:22,516 --> 01:35:23,718      it's a fucking Beatle."     2236 01:35:26,287 --> 01:35:30,024        For me, Toronto was          a very significant moment.    2237 01:35:30,124 --> 01:35:31,992       I was thrilled to be             in the middle of it,       2238 01:35:32,093 --> 01:35:34,695        but not quite aware        of what I was in the middle of. 2239 01:35:37,264 --> 01:35:39,200  It brought Toronto into focus.  2240 01:35:39,300 --> 01:35:41,936     A lot of historic things           happened that night.       2241 01:35:43,170 --> 01:35:44,004       There's a few reasons      2242 01:35:44,105 --> 01:35:46,707      this concert stands out                in my mind.           2243 01:35:46,807 --> 01:35:48,809        One was, of course,       2244 01:35:48,909 --> 01:35:51,212       it was the last time         we were gonna see The Doors.   2245 01:35:51,312 --> 01:35:52,279       We didn't know that.       2246 01:35:54,815 --> 01:35:57,885          That really was                a memorable night.        2247 01:35:57,985 --> 01:36:00,554          Getting to play               with all those guys.       2248 01:36:00,654 --> 01:36:02,923        Having Lennon there              and Clapton, and...       2249 01:36:03,023 --> 01:36:06,026           and to be met              by a gang of motorcycles.    2250 01:36:08,262 --> 01:36:11,799   If I had not seen the madness          of Alice Cooper,         2251 01:36:11,899 --> 01:36:14,401         if I hadn't seen             Little Richard that day,     2252 01:36:14,502 --> 01:36:16,470      I might be, today, a...             a schoolteacher.         2253 01:36:18,873 --> 01:36:21,675      It was the golden years                of that era           2254 01:36:21,776 --> 01:36:23,844       in music and culture.      2255 01:36:23,944 --> 01:36:25,980  When you played, they listened, 2256 01:36:26,080 --> 01:36:28,449    and when you did something    that was really unique and cool, 2257 01:36:28,549 --> 01:36:29,383           they reacted.          2258 01:36:31,452 --> 01:36:32,520       It was just the fact       2259 01:36:32,620 --> 01:36:35,289      that I was lucky enough               to be there,           2260 01:36:35,389 --> 01:36:36,290     and I was honoured enough    2261 01:36:36,390 --> 01:36:40,127        to be able to play                 with a legend,          2262 01:36:40,227 --> 01:36:41,996       even though he scared       the living daylights out of me. 2263 01:36:43,364 --> 01:36:44,265             [Leggat]                 We were with Chuck Berry,    2264 01:36:44,365 --> 01:36:45,800     and Chuck said, "Come on,            I'm gonna take ya        2265 01:36:45,900 --> 01:36:48,269        and get ya a burger                 and a Coke."           2266 01:36:48,369 --> 01:36:49,804       Chuck Berry took us,       2267 01:36:49,904 --> 01:36:52,273      and we went to Harvey's        directly across the street.   2268 01:36:54,441 --> 01:36:57,711    I remember after the show,        the stadium emptied out.     2269 01:36:57,812 --> 01:36:59,246        It was a great day.       2270 01:36:59,346 --> 01:37:00,114      We were all exhausted.      2271 01:37:00,214 --> 01:37:01,849     I'd never worked so hard                in my life.           2272 01:37:03,717 --> 01:37:05,052  [Davis] At the end of the set,  2273 01:37:05,152 --> 01:37:07,955     Yoko and John walked off        past where we were sitting,   2274 01:37:08,055 --> 01:37:13,194       and Chuck Berry said,         "Wow, that's John Lennon."    2275 01:37:13,294 --> 01:37:14,428    My immediate response was,    2276 01:37:14,528 --> 01:37:15,930     "But you're Chuck Berry."    2277 01:37:18,132 --> 01:37:19,934     [Leslie] The camera girl,           she was wonderful.        2278 01:37:20,034 --> 01:37:20,835            [chuckles]            2279 01:37:20,935 --> 01:37:23,070       Say hi to her for me.      2280 01:37:23,170 --> 01:37:24,471       I think of her often.      2281 01:37:24,572 --> 01:37:26,040            [laughing]            2282 01:37:28,709 --> 01:37:31,445         I don't remember            how I got home that night.    2283 01:37:31,545 --> 01:37:34,281       I don't even remember               if we ate food.