Telstar: The Joe Meek Story Page #2
- No need to thank me, Geoff. It's a good tune.
- You did such a wonderful job with Lonnie Donegan.
SKIFFLE MUSIC:
He's putting on the agony
Putting on the style
That's what all the young folks are doing all the while.
MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY
Well, the royalties from those tunes helped set this place up.
- Let's hope you get some royalties from your little tune.
- Well, that would be nice.
CAR HORNS:
I know it's a little impractical, with the stairs and the traffic, but...
It's got a very strong...energy.
Yes! I was going to say that.
TRAFFIC NOISE:
- Keep your hair on!
- How would you like a smack in the mouth?
THUNDER:
Can I ask? I don't mean to be rude. Something unusual I heard about you.
Go on, I won't bite.
About you and Buddy Holly. About his death. Your prediction.
Yeah. Well, it came to me. A message.
- A warning for Buddy.
- Tragedy. Great loss.
I give him a note backstage. I warned him. I told him the date.
If only he'd listened.
- Do you still try to...communicate?
- When I have time.
LOUD VOICES:
- Perhaps you'd like to join me?
- I'd love to.
Here comes the cavalry.
- You selfish, skinny runt.
- Those bastard stairs. I've done me sodding back.
- You can shut your cakehole.
I've got to bring the rest of the kit up, yet.
- It's not the kit, it's having to lug that fat arse.
- Watch your mouth!
- Watch your diet!
- You want to f*** right off!
- Ladies and gentlemen, Flanagan and Allen.
- Oi, Joe, it's pissing down out there.
- Really?
- Has anybody got a towel? I'm drenched.
- I'm going to have a crap.
- I'll bring a towel back down with me.
- No, you won't. I have a girl singing backing up there.
- It's vital for her singing that she's able to breathe in.
- Who's got the arse now?
FARTING:
Nearly shat meself!
You do that again, I'll find something to plug the hole with!
This is the band.
What they lack in looks, they make up for in charm.
I've warned you about those ridiculous costumes!
Now...! Oh, good God, what is that! It's like a rotting trout! Come here, take those off right now!
SINGER WARMING UP
Good Lord!
- And you are?
- Singing.
- Of course.
- Last time I got pissed on in this getup, my nipples and armpits went all black.
- You are a soapy bastard.
- Joe, I thought we discussed this?
- Oh, shush!
Took a week to get the stains off. Carbolic, I had to use.
Why don't you use an umbrella?
- Cos cowboys didn't have umbrellas.
- No, and I bet they didn't have black armpits, either.
- Take off those ridiculous cowboy suits!
- They look wonderful.
- I will not pay another fine for their antics!
- Marvellous publicity.
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