Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! Page #2

I was his best friend.

I would know if he was doing something.

No, no. His music was

his best friend, Sal.

Don't you understand?

Eddie did not think

you belonged in this session.

He started playing

with other musicians

'cause he was

leaving you behind, pal.

That's a lie.

You're a goddamn liar!

Eddie wouldn't...

Somehow it's never

good enough

At times it's hard

to tell the difference

Between what you know

as right and wrong

(REDUCES VOLUME)

ON MICROPHONE:
Eddie Wilson

was my best friend.

That meant something

back then.

Maybe you don't

understand that.

(INCREASES VOLUME)

Hey. No, Lew!

Wait a minute.

Wait, Lew. Lew!

Sal's not thinking it's Eddie

makes this even better.

What are you

talking about?

Let me explain

it to you.

The Season In Hell album

will for sure be a big hit, but now...

So?

Now we raise

the question of

"Who the hell played

on the mystery tape? Where was it recorded?"

And best of all, "Were these songs

recorded after Eddie Wilson died?"

What the hell

you getting at, Dave?

What I'm getting at

is creating a rock 'n' roll mystery.

We don't know how

old this new tape is.

It could've

been recorded before or after

Eddie Wilson's car

went off that bridge.

Because Eddie Wilson's

body was never found.

That's right.

After Season In

Hell goes gold,

we announce that

we have discovered this mystery tape.

Release each cut

of it as a single,

and promote

the hell out of it.

Get people

to start believing

that Eddie

could still be alive.

You know,

"Eddie lives" kind of stuff.

We could arrange

sightings of Eddie,

newspaper articles,

maybe even a TV special!

People do not want

their heroes to die.

And that stuff

sells records, Lew, lots of records.

So? What do you think?

I think Eddie Wilson lives.

I got smokestack lightning

running right through my veins

Trouble hanging

round my neck

Just like a ball

and chain

(VOCALIZING)

(SIGHS)

Gotta be more than

this to being alive

Everyday spitting

out nine to five

Every night running

all over this town just feeling no pain

I got a hunger

and a cold desire

Someday, it's gonna

take me higher

(CROWD CHEERING)

Hey, come on!

Get off of him!

Hey, he's on him,

ref, come on!

MAN:
Come on, ref!

God damn it!

What's wrong with you?

He's blind!

See that?

(INAUDIBLE)

I don't know, man.

You call this playoff hockey?

You're right.

We ain't skating.

Come on,

the second period's ready to start.

We got time, man.

Excuse me, I thought...

No need

to excuse yourself.

Hey, tell me something,

that's your brother over there, right?

You have

an amazing face, you know that?

Yeah, so do you,

but I'm here to watch a hockey game, okay?

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