The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 3, Episode 10 - Rock 'n Roll - full transcript
When Kevin watches The Beatles on TV he notices a new kid at his school named Larry. Larry asks Kevin does he want to join his band. After turning him down Larry asks again but Kevin's dad tells him "No." So he buys his own guitar. While in the band Larry tells Kevin and the other band members that he got them a gig which Kevin fells there not ready for.
-♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪
♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪
♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪
♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪
♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ - ♪
TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA ♪
-♪ OH, OH, OH, OH ♪
-♪ SOMEBODY WHO
KNOWS QUITE SURE ♪
♪ BABY ♪
-♪ BY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ SAID I'M GONNA MAKE
IT WITH MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ OH, I'M GONNA
KEEP ON TRYING ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KEEP ON
TRYING NOW, BABY ♪
-♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
-ON FEBRUARY 9, 1964,
SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT CHANGED
THE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
-LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, THE BEATLES!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
-♪ OH, YEAH, I'LL TELL
YOU SOMETHING ♪
♪ I THINK YOU'LL UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ WHEN I... ♪
-73 MILLION PEOPLE SAT
IN FRONT OF THEIR TV SETS
AND LOOKED INTO THE FUTURE.
-♪ I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND ♪
-IT WAS WILD. IT WAS EXCITING.
WE'D NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
-♪ OH, PLEASE SAY TO ME ♪
♪ YOU'LL LET ME BE YOUR MAN ♪
♪ AND PLEASE SAY TO ME ♪
♪ YOU'LL LET ME HOLD YOUR HAND ♪
-OF COURSE, I WAS ONLY
8 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.
BUT IN THOSE FLICKERING IMAGES,
I SENSED A NEW
ERA HAD BEEN BORN.
A SEED HAD BEEN PLANTED,
A DREAM THAT WOULD
SOMEDAY LEAD ME
FROM JOHN, PAUL,
GEORGE, AND RINGO TO...
THAT GUY.
THE FIRST TIME I LAID
EYES ON LARRY BEEMAN,
I KNEW I WAS LOOKING
AT SOMEONE... DIFFERENT.
-HEY, WHAT'S HAPPENIN'?
-NOTHING MUCH.
-SURE, HE WAS WEIRD,
BUT HE WAS ALSO KIND OF...
INTERESTING.
-YOU, THERE!
-NOT ALWAYS THE BEST THING
TO BE IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
-WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
-ME?
-WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MISTER?
-BEEMAN. LARRY BEEMAN.
-YOU'RE NEW HERE.
-JUST MOVED FROM FRISCO.
-WELL, MR. BEEMAN
FROM SAN FRANCISCO,
LET ME ACQUAINT
YOU WITH OUR RULES.
-HEY, THAT'S COOL.
-SPECIFICALLY,
PERTAINING TO THE PLAYING
OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS...
IN SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT PERMISSIBLE.
-NOW, THIS WAS TECHNICALLY
NONE OF MY BUSINESS.
CRUSHING INDIVIDUAL SPIRIT
WAS THE VICE PRINCIPAL'S JOB,
AND HE TOOK IT SERIOUSLY.
STILL...
-MR. DIPERNA?
-ARNOLD.
-IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO
PLAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL?
-WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT?
-WELL, TECHNICALLY
SPEAKING, SIR, WE ARE OUTSIDE.
I MEAN, THIS IS A COURTYARD.
-ANYTHING IN THE RULES
ABOUT COURTYARDS?
-YOU'RE NEW HERE.
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.
-THANKS, MAN.
I OWE YOU ONE.
[GUITAR PLAYS]
- SO YOU REALLY PLAY THAT THING?
- SURE.
- LIKE IN BANDS AND STUFF?
- SURE.
MATTER OF FACT, I'M THINKING OF
PUTTING TOGETHER A BAND HERE.
YOU PLAY?
-OH, NOT EXACTLY.
-YOU OUGHT TO TRY IT.
-YEAH, BUT DON'T YOU
HAVE TO PRACTICE A LOT?
-HEY, IT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL, MAN.
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
IS LIKE THREE CHORDS.
TELL YOU WHAT.
I COULD TEACH YOU.
-YOU COULD?
-IT'S GREAT, MAN...
THE MUSIC, THE BABES.
NOTHING LIKE IT.
YOU INTERESTED?
-INTERESTED? OF
COURSE I WAS INTERESTED.
STILL...
-NO. I DON'T THINK SO.
-THINK ABOUT IT.
-SURE.
-BUT THERE WASN'T
MUCH TO THINK ABOUT.
NOT REALLY.
AFTER ALL, I WAS A
CHILD OF THE SUBURBS.
I'D GROWN UP ON PEANUT BUTTER
AND STATION WAGONS AND TANG.
THE WHOLE IDEA OF ME PLAYING
ROCK-'N'-ROLL GUITAR WAS...
WELL, IT JUST WASN'T ME.
[GUITAR PLAYING
LOUDLY, DOG BARKS]
WHICH MAY BE WHY THE NEXT DAY,
I FOUND MYSELF
IN LARRY'S GARAGE.
-HOW'S IT FEEL, MAN?
-FINE.
-STILL, STANDING THERE
ACTUALLY HOLDING THAT GUITAR,
I KNEW I'D MADE A MISTAKE.
-OKAY, MAN.
-WHO WAS I KIDDING?
I FELT... FOOLISH.
-GO AHEAD. PLAY IT.
-I FELT SQUARE.
I FELT...
[CHORD PLAYS]
I FELT 40 BILLION VOLTS OF
POWER RUN THROUGH MY BODY.
-PLAY IT.
[CHORD PLAYS]
-6 TRILLION MEGAWATTS OF
PURE ENERGY SEARED MY BRAIN.
-LET ME TURN UP THE JUICE.
LET 'ER GO.
[CHORD PLAYS LOUDLY]
-IN THE LINGERING ECHOES
OF THAT WALL OF SOUND,
I REALIZED A NEW
DOOR HAD BEEN OPENED.
IT WAS...
-ROCK 'N' ROLL, MAN.
ROCK 'N' ROLL.
WHOO!
-AND SO I KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO.
AT LEAST THEORETICALLY.
-DAD, I NEED A GUITAR.
-GREAT... I'D JUST MADE
AN ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT WOULD SHAPE A GENERATION,
AND WHAT WAS I GETTING?
-MORE POTATOES, HONEY?
-WHAT DO YOU WANT A GUITAR FOR?
-WELL... I WAS THINKING ABOUT
JOINING A ROCK-'N'-ROLL BAND.
-[LAUGHING]
-[CHUCKLES]
-SOMETHING AMUSING HERE?
-[LAUGHING CONTINUES]
-LOOK, I JUST NEED TO
BORROW THE MONEY, OKAY?
-BUT YOU'RE NOT
SERIOUS, ARE YOU, HONEY?
-WELL, I MEAN, YOU PAID
FOR MY PIANO LESSONS.
-HONEY, THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
-WHY? WHY WAS THAT DIFFERENT?
-THERE.
I HAD HER STUMPED.
-THAT WAS... REAL MUSIC.
-SO, WHAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL?
-NOISE.
-NOISE?
NOISE?!
OKAY, MAYBE THAT WAS TRUE.
BUT I WASN'T GONNA BE
DERAILED BY SIMPLE LOGIC.
I WAS DETERMINED.
-SO, DAD, CAN I HAVE A GUITAR?
-HERE IT CAME.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE
ANSWER I'D ACCEPT.
-NO.
[TOILET FLUSHES] WHAT DO YOU MEAN
YOUR PARENTS WON'T LET YOU HAVE A GUITAR?
-I WAS GONNA HAVE
TO EDUCATE LARRY
ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY OF
INTERPERSONAL FAMILY DYNAMICS.
-MY DAD SAID NO.
-MAN, YOU'RE HOPELESS.
YOU THINK JIMI HENDRIX
ASKED HIS DAD FOR A GUITAR?
-SO, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
ARE YOU SAYING I SHOULD GO BY
MYSELF AND JUST BUY A GUITAR?
[SCOFFS]
[THE WHO'S "MY
GENERATION" PLAYS]
-♪ PEOPLE TRY TO PUT US D-DOWN ♪
-♪ TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION ♪
-♪ JUST BECAUSE WE GET AROUND ♪
-♪ TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION ♪
-AND SO I HANDED
OVER THE PROCEEDS
FROM A SUMMER
SPENT MOWING LAWNS.
-♪ TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION ♪
-♪ I HOPE I DIE BEFORE... ♪
-IT WAS TIME TO DECLARE
A LITTLE INDEPENDENCE.
IT WAS TIME TO PUT THE
OLDER GENERATION ON NOTICE
AND TAKE WHAT WAS
RIGHTFULLY MINE.
I BOUGHT MY FIRST USED
ELECTRIC GUITAR AND AMP
FOR $38 AND CHANGE.
-♪ DON'T TRY AND DIG
WHAT WE ALL S-S-SAY ♪
-AND THE MOMENT
OF TRUTH ARRIVED.
-♪ ...CAUSE A BIG
S-S-SENSATION ♪
-♪ TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION ♪
-♪ I'M JUST TALKIN' 'BOUT
MY G-G-G-GENERATION ♪
-AS I STRAPPED ON
THAT GUITAR, I FELT AWED
TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF
A RICH MUSICAL TRADITION
THAT WAS AS OLD... AS I WAS.
I KNEW SOMETHING
WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN...
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
["MY GENERATION"
CONTINUES INTERMITTENTLY]
[DOGS BARKING IN DISTANCE]
-KEVIN!
-AND SO, FROM THE
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
OF LARRY BEEMAN'S GARAGE,
A NEW MUSICAL FORCE WAS BORN.
AND WHAT A BAND IT WAS.
ON DRUMS... OUR
FOUNDATION, OUR SUPPORT...
[DRUMS PLAY]
[Echoing] ...MARK BERNSTEIN!
[ CROWD CHEERING]
ON BASS GUITAR... TO
KNOW HIM IS TO LOVE HIM...
[BASS PLAYS]
NEAL RHODES!
[ CROWD CHEERING]
ON LEAD GUITAR...
[GUITAR PLAYS]
LARRY BEEMAN!
AND ON RHYTHM GUITAR,
A MAN WHO NEEDS
NO INTRODUCTION...
[CHORD PLAYS]
YOURS TRULY.
[ CROWD CHEERING]
OKAY, WE HAD OUR EQUIPMENT.
WE KNEW OUR THREE CHORDS.
IT WAS OFFICIAL.
WE WERE A ROCK-'N'-ROLL BAND.
-OKAY, LET'S GET GOING.
LET'S PLAY "SUNSHINE
OF YOUR LOVE."
-I DON'T KNOW
"SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE."
-THAT'S COOL. COOL.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
-UM..."SATISFACTION"?
-NO, NO. I DON'T
KNOW "SATISFACTION."
-HOW ABOUT..."LOUIE, LOUIE"?
-HOW'S THAT GO?
-OKAY, SO IT WASN'T AN
AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING.
BUT IT WASN'T GONNA STOP LARRY.
-WHY DON'T WE JUST JAM?
-THAT'S THE SPIRIT.
ROCK 'N' ROLL.
LET IT ALL HANG OUT.
-ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
[OFF-KEY MUSIC PLAYS]
[MUSIC STOPS]
-HMM.
-SO, WHAT ARE WE
GONNA CALL OURSELVES?
-THE ELECTRIC SHOES?
-YEAH.
-THE ELECTRIC SHOES?
-YES... THE ELECTRIC SHOES!
WE'RE CALLED THE
ELECTRIC SHOES, OKAY?
-WHY?
-BECAUSE W...
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
-WELL, IT JUST DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE.
-BOY, TALK ABOUT A COUPLE
OF STICK IN THE MUDS.
-PAUL, DOES "STRAWBERRY
ALARM CLOCK" MAKE ANY SENSE?
DOES "VANILLA FUDGE"
MAKE ANY SENSE?
-[SIGHS]
-[SCOFFS]
-SO, YOU ANY GOOD?
-LOOK, PAUL, WE'VE
PRACTICED ONCE, RIGHT?
DO YOU THINK THE
BEATLES SOUNDED SO GREAT
THE FIRST TIME THEY PLAYED?
-I JUST HOPE YOU DON'T MAKE A
COMPLETE FOOL OUT OF YOURSELF.
-I DON'T KNOW.
I GUESS I COULD SEE
KEVIN AS A MUSICIAN.
-WELL, WELL, WELL.
WHAT HAVE WE HERE?
POTENTIAL GROUPIE MATERIAL?
-YOU KNOW, I THINK HE KIND
OF LOOKS LIKE PAUL McCARTNEY.
-HE DOES?
-YEAH.
-STICK THAT IN YOUR PIPE
AND SMOKE IT, PFEIFFER!
-ACTUALLY...
HE LOOKS MORE LIKE DONNY OSMOND.
- HUH?
- HUH?
-I JUST HOPE YOU DON'T MAKE A
COMPLETE FOOL OUT OF YOURSELF.
-AH, WHO NEEDED FRIENDS, ANYWAY?
I HAD A BAND.
-ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
-♪ SO YOU WANT TO BE
A ROCK-'N'-ROLL STAR? ♪
♪ THEN LISTEN
NOW TO WHAT I SAY ♪
♪ JUST GET AN ELECTRIC GUITAR ♪
♪ THEN TAKE SOME TIME
AND LEARN HOW TO PLAY ♪
♪ AND WITH YOUR HAIR... ♪
-FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS,
THE ELECTRIC SHOES
PRACTICED DAY AND NIGHT.
WELL... DAY, ANYWAY.
-♪ WHERE THE AGENT
MAN WON'T LET YOU DOWN ♪
-WE EXPLORED NEW RHYTHMS.
WE FOUND OUR SOUND.
BUT MOSTLY, WE JUST HAD FUN.
-♪ AND IN A WEEK OR TWO,
IF YOU MAKE THE CHARTS ♪
♪ THE GIRLS'LL TEAR YOU APART ♪
[ WOMEN SCREAMING, CHEERING]
-AND PRETTY SOON...
WE'D ACTUALLY GOTTEN BETTER.
[OFF-KEY MUSIC PLAYS]
-WHOO! YEAH!
- ALL RIGHT!
- YEAH, MAN.
-IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING.
OKAY, SO WE WERE LOUSY.
BUT WHO CARED?
NO ONE HAD TO LISTEN TO US,
SO WHAT DIFFERENCE DID IT MAKE?
-GUYS, I MEANT TO TELL
YOU... I GOT US A GIG.
-AND SUDDENLY IT
MADE A DIFFERENCE.
-YEAH!
-ALL RIGHT!
-WHAT'D YOU SAY?
-AMY ERMIN'S BIRTHDAY
PARTY, FRIDAY NIGHT...
WE'RE BOOKED.
-YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?
A REAL PARTY?
WITH PEOPLE?
THAT WE KNOW?
-IT'S GONNA BE GREAT, MAN.
-LARRY, WE'RE NOT READY!
-HEY, WE'RE NEVER GONNA KNOW
UNLESS WE GET
OUT THERE AND DO IT.
-YEAH, BUT...
-COME ON. WHAT
ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
-WHAT WAS I AFRAID OF?
HOW ABOUT, SAY, TOTAL PUBLIC
HUMILIATION, FOR STARTERS?
-LOOK, LARRY, YOU'VE
PLAYED IN BANDS BEFORE.
YOU KNOW WE JUST CAN'T...
LARRY?
YOU HAVE PLAYED IN
BANDS BEFORE, HAVEN'T YOU?
-[Chuckling] WHAT
DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE?
-AND THEN IT ALL CAME CLEAR.
PAUL HAD BEEN RIGHT.
THERE WAS POTENTIAL
FOR REAL DISASTER HERE.
-LOOK, LARRY, I'M NOT
GONNA GO OUT THERE
AND MAKE A COMPLETE
FOOL OUT OF MYSELF.
-IT'S UP TO YOU, MAN.
WE'RE GONNA BE THERE.
YOU'RE EITHER WITH
US OR YOU'RE OUT.
-WHAT COULD I SAY?
I WANTED TO BE WITH THEM.
I WANTED TO TAKE THE CHANCE
AND THROW CAUTION TO THE WINDS.
I WANTED TO ROCK 'N' ROLL.
BUT THE FACT IS, I
DIDN'T HAVE THE GUTS.
-SORRY, GUYS.
YOU CAN COUNT ME OUT.
-AND SO I QUIT THE
ELECTRIC SHOES.
-WON'T YOU PADDLE MADELINE HOME?
♪ 'CAUSE WHEN I'M
PADDLIN' MADELINE... ♪
-THAT FRIDAY NIGHT, I
ACTUALLY FELT RELIEVED.
OR SO I TOLD MYSELF.
-DON'T YOU WANT
SOME COOKIES, HONEY?
-NO, THANKS.
-I MEAN, PLAYING IN LARRY'S
GARAGE WAS ONE THING,
BUT RISKING MY REPUTATION?
THAT WAS JUST DUMB.
-♪ ...PADDLIN' MADELINE HOME ♪
-SO, KEV, HEARD YOU QUIT
THE OLD ELECTRIC SHOES, HUH?
THINKING ABOUT GOING SOLO?
[CHUCKLES]
-YOU'RE NOT PLAYING
IN THE BAND ANYMORE?
-NO, MOM.
-OH.
THAT'S TOO BAD.
-YEAH, I WAS KIND
OF LOOKING FORWARD
TO WATCHING YOU CRASH AND BURN.
-OH, HA HA.
-WELL, AT LEAST YOU GOT IT
OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM, SWEETIE.
-WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!
-WELL, I JUST MEAN THAT...
IT WASN'T REALLY YOU.
-WHAT?!
-IT WAS PRETTY DUMB, KEVIN.
- DUMB?
- DUMB?
-NOW, WAIT A DARN MINUTE HERE!
WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE
TELLING ME WHO I WAS AND WASN'T?
WHAT DID THEY KNOW?
-I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THIS!
SO WHAT IF IT WAS DUMB?
WHAT, YOU'VE NEVER DONE
ANYTHING DUMB IN YOUR LIFE?
LOOK, I'LL DECIDE WHAT'S
DUMB AND WHAT ISN'T.
AND NOBODY'S GONNA TELL
ME I CAN'T DO SOMETHING DUMB
IF I WANT TO DO SOMETHING DUMB!
-YEP. I WAS ONTO SOMETHING HERE.
-HONEY, WHAT ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT?
-[SCOFFS] NEVER MIND!
-BUT I KNEW WHAT I MEANT.
DUMB OR NOT, IT ALL
BOILED DOWN TO ONE THING.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]
I WAS BACK.
-YEAH! KEVIN MADE IT!
YEAH! RIGHT!
-I WAS CALM.
I WAS READY.
I WAS A MAN WITH A MISSION.
-KEVIN, IS THAT YOU?
-YEAH.
-HEH-HEH.
WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN
FINALLY CONFRONTED
BY A HERO OF ROCK 'N' ROLL...
IN THE FLESH?
-IS THAT YOUR SISTER'S SHIRT?
GOOD LUCK.
-THANKS.
-AS I STEPPED UP TO THAT PATIO,
I FELT A WILDNESS
WELLING UP INSIDE OF ME.
I UNDERSTOOD WHAT LARRY
HAD BEEN TRYING TO TELL ME
ALL ALONG.
ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE UP HERE.
ANYTHING!
-HE'S CUTE!
-HEY, LARRY.
LARRY?
-INCLUDING STONE-COLD PANIC.
-HE'S FREAKIN', MAN.
WE'VE BEEN WARMING
UP FOR LIKE 15 MINUTES.
[FEEDBACK BLARES]
-AS HE GAZED INTO A SEA
OF EIGHTH-GRADE FACES,
REALITY FINALLY CAUGHT
UP WITH LARRY BEEMAN.
-SO, ARE YOU GUYS
GONNA PLAY OR WHAT?
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
-WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
-IT WAS UP TO ME.
AND I MADE MY DECISION.
I WASN'T GONNA
LET THIS DREAM DIE.
IF WE WEREN'T GONNA PLAY
GOOD, WE WERE GONNA PLAY LOUD.
-LET'S DO IT!
ONE, TWO...
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]
-BOYS?
BOYS!
BOYS!
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO STOP.
THE NEIGHBORS ARE
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISE.
-DADDY!
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
-IT WAS THE END OF THE ROAD.
WE'D BEEN SHUT DOWN... BUSTED.
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
AND THEN IT HAPPENED.
-LET THEM PLAY! COME ON!
-LET THEM PLAY!
-LET THEM PLAY!
-YEAH, LET THEM PLAY!
-LET THEM PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
-[Chanting] LET THEM
PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
LET THEM PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
LET THEM PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
LET THEM PLAY!
-I COULDN'T SAY EXACTLY
WHY IT HAPPENED.
MAYBE NO ONE THERE COULD.
MAYBE IT WAS THE
IMPATIENCE OF YOUTH.
OR MAYBE IT WAS THE TIMES.
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
FOR ONE BRIEF MOMENT THAT NIGHT,
LARRY BEEMAN AND
I LIVED OUT A DREAM.
-ROCK 'N' ROLL, MAN.
ROCK 'N' ROLL.
-LET THEM PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
LET THEM PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
-THE ELECTRIC SHOES
BROKE UP A WEEK LATER.
AND FOR A TIME, THERE
WAS TALK OF A REUNION,
BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED.
STILL, THAT DREAM
NEVER REALLY DIED.
WHAT WE FELT IN THOSE YEARS...
THE HOPE, THE JOY,
THE POSSIBILITIES,
THE SENSE THAT
ANYTHING MIGHT HAPPEN,
NO MATTER WHO WE WERE...
WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF US.
AFTER ALL, PEOPLE SAID THE
BEATLES WOULD NEVER LAST.
AND THEY WERE RIGHT.
EXCEPT, OF COURSE, THEY DID.
-♪ ...SAY THAT SOMETHING ♪
♪ I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND ♪
♪ I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND ♪
♪ I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND ♪
♪ I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND ♪
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪
♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪
♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪
♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪
♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ - ♪
TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA ♪
-♪ OH, OH, OH, OH ♪
-♪ SOMEBODY WHO
KNOWS QUITE SURE ♪
♪ BABY ♪
-♪ BY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ SAID I'M GONNA MAKE
IT WITH MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ OH, I'M GONNA
KEEP ON TRYING ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KEEP ON
TRYING NOW, BABY ♪
-♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
-ON FEBRUARY 9, 1964,
SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT CHANGED
THE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
-LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, THE BEATLES!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
-♪ OH, YEAH, I'LL TELL
YOU SOMETHING ♪
♪ I THINK YOU'LL UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ WHEN I... ♪
-73 MILLION PEOPLE SAT
IN FRONT OF THEIR TV SETS
AND LOOKED INTO THE FUTURE.
-♪ I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND ♪
-IT WAS WILD. IT WAS EXCITING.
WE'D NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
-♪ OH, PLEASE SAY TO ME ♪
♪ YOU'LL LET ME BE YOUR MAN ♪
♪ AND PLEASE SAY TO ME ♪
♪ YOU'LL LET ME HOLD YOUR HAND ♪
-OF COURSE, I WAS ONLY
8 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.
BUT IN THOSE FLICKERING IMAGES,
I SENSED A NEW
ERA HAD BEEN BORN.
A SEED HAD BEEN PLANTED,
A DREAM THAT WOULD
SOMEDAY LEAD ME
FROM JOHN, PAUL,
GEORGE, AND RINGO TO...
THAT GUY.
THE FIRST TIME I LAID
EYES ON LARRY BEEMAN,
I KNEW I WAS LOOKING
AT SOMEONE... DIFFERENT.
-HEY, WHAT'S HAPPENIN'?
-NOTHING MUCH.
-SURE, HE WAS WEIRD,
BUT HE WAS ALSO KIND OF...
INTERESTING.
-YOU, THERE!
-NOT ALWAYS THE BEST THING
TO BE IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
-WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
-ME?
-WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MISTER?
-BEEMAN. LARRY BEEMAN.
-YOU'RE NEW HERE.
-JUST MOVED FROM FRISCO.
-WELL, MR. BEEMAN
FROM SAN FRANCISCO,
LET ME ACQUAINT
YOU WITH OUR RULES.
-HEY, THAT'S COOL.
-SPECIFICALLY,
PERTAINING TO THE PLAYING
OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS...
IN SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT PERMISSIBLE.
-NOW, THIS WAS TECHNICALLY
NONE OF MY BUSINESS.
CRUSHING INDIVIDUAL SPIRIT
WAS THE VICE PRINCIPAL'S JOB,
AND HE TOOK IT SERIOUSLY.
STILL...
-MR. DIPERNA?
-ARNOLD.
-IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO
PLAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL?
-WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT?
-WELL, TECHNICALLY
SPEAKING, SIR, WE ARE OUTSIDE.
I MEAN, THIS IS A COURTYARD.
-ANYTHING IN THE RULES
ABOUT COURTYARDS?
-YOU'RE NEW HERE.
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.
-THANKS, MAN.
I OWE YOU ONE.
[GUITAR PLAYS]
- SO YOU REALLY PLAY THAT THING?
- SURE.
- LIKE IN BANDS AND STUFF?
- SURE.
MATTER OF FACT, I'M THINKING OF
PUTTING TOGETHER A BAND HERE.
YOU PLAY?
-OH, NOT EXACTLY.
-YOU OUGHT TO TRY IT.
-YEAH, BUT DON'T YOU
HAVE TO PRACTICE A LOT?
-HEY, IT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL, MAN.
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
IS LIKE THREE CHORDS.
TELL YOU WHAT.
I COULD TEACH YOU.
-YOU COULD?
-IT'S GREAT, MAN...
THE MUSIC, THE BABES.
NOTHING LIKE IT.
YOU INTERESTED?
-INTERESTED? OF
COURSE I WAS INTERESTED.
STILL...
-NO. I DON'T THINK SO.
-THINK ABOUT IT.
-SURE.
-BUT THERE WASN'T
MUCH TO THINK ABOUT.
NOT REALLY.
AFTER ALL, I WAS A
CHILD OF THE SUBURBS.
I'D GROWN UP ON PEANUT BUTTER
AND STATION WAGONS AND TANG.
THE WHOLE IDEA OF ME PLAYING
ROCK-'N'-ROLL GUITAR WAS...
WELL, IT JUST WASN'T ME.
[GUITAR PLAYING
LOUDLY, DOG BARKS]
WHICH MAY BE WHY THE NEXT DAY,
I FOUND MYSELF
IN LARRY'S GARAGE.
-HOW'S IT FEEL, MAN?
-FINE.
-STILL, STANDING THERE
ACTUALLY HOLDING THAT GUITAR,
I KNEW I'D MADE A MISTAKE.
-OKAY, MAN.
-WHO WAS I KIDDING?
I FELT... FOOLISH.
-GO AHEAD. PLAY IT.
-I FELT SQUARE.
I FELT...
[CHORD PLAYS]
I FELT 40 BILLION VOLTS OF
POWER RUN THROUGH MY BODY.
-PLAY IT.
[CHORD PLAYS]
-6 TRILLION MEGAWATTS OF
PURE ENERGY SEARED MY BRAIN.
-LET ME TURN UP THE JUICE.
LET 'ER GO.
[CHORD PLAYS LOUDLY]
-IN THE LINGERING ECHOES
OF THAT WALL OF SOUND,
I REALIZED A NEW
DOOR HAD BEEN OPENED.
IT WAS...
-ROCK 'N' ROLL, MAN.
ROCK 'N' ROLL.
WHOO!
-AND SO I KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO.
AT LEAST THEORETICALLY.
-DAD, I NEED A GUITAR.
-GREAT... I'D JUST MADE
AN ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT WOULD SHAPE A GENERATION,
AND WHAT WAS I GETTING?
-MORE POTATOES, HONEY?
-WHAT DO YOU WANT A GUITAR FOR?
-WELL... I WAS THINKING ABOUT
JOINING A ROCK-'N'-ROLL BAND.
-[LAUGHING]
-[CHUCKLES]
-SOMETHING AMUSING HERE?
-[LAUGHING CONTINUES]
-LOOK, I JUST NEED TO
BORROW THE MONEY, OKAY?
-BUT YOU'RE NOT
SERIOUS, ARE YOU, HONEY?
-WELL, I MEAN, YOU PAID
FOR MY PIANO LESSONS.
-HONEY, THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
-WHY? WHY WAS THAT DIFFERENT?
-THERE.
I HAD HER STUMPED.
-THAT WAS... REAL MUSIC.
-SO, WHAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL?
-NOISE.
-NOISE?
NOISE?!
OKAY, MAYBE THAT WAS TRUE.
BUT I WASN'T GONNA BE
DERAILED BY SIMPLE LOGIC.
I WAS DETERMINED.
-SO, DAD, CAN I HAVE A GUITAR?
-HERE IT CAME.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE
ANSWER I'D ACCEPT.
-NO.
[TOILET FLUSHES] WHAT DO YOU MEAN
YOUR PARENTS WON'T LET YOU HAVE A GUITAR?
-I WAS GONNA HAVE
TO EDUCATE LARRY
ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY OF
INTERPERSONAL FAMILY DYNAMICS.
-MY DAD SAID NO.
-MAN, YOU'RE HOPELESS.
YOU THINK JIMI HENDRIX
ASKED HIS DAD FOR A GUITAR?
-SO, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
ARE YOU SAYING I SHOULD GO BY
MYSELF AND JUST BUY A GUITAR?
[SCOFFS]
[THE WHO'S "MY
GENERATION" PLAYS]
-♪ PEOPLE TRY TO PUT US D-DOWN ♪
-♪ TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION ♪
-♪ JUST BECAUSE WE GET AROUND ♪
-♪ TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION ♪
-AND SO I HANDED
OVER THE PROCEEDS
FROM A SUMMER
SPENT MOWING LAWNS.
-♪ TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION ♪
-♪ I HOPE I DIE BEFORE... ♪
-IT WAS TIME TO DECLARE
A LITTLE INDEPENDENCE.
IT WAS TIME TO PUT THE
OLDER GENERATION ON NOTICE
AND TAKE WHAT WAS
RIGHTFULLY MINE.
I BOUGHT MY FIRST USED
ELECTRIC GUITAR AND AMP
FOR $38 AND CHANGE.
-♪ DON'T TRY AND DIG
WHAT WE ALL S-S-SAY ♪
-AND THE MOMENT
OF TRUTH ARRIVED.
-♪ ...CAUSE A BIG
S-S-SENSATION ♪
-♪ TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION ♪
-♪ I'M JUST TALKIN' 'BOUT
MY G-G-G-GENERATION ♪
-AS I STRAPPED ON
THAT GUITAR, I FELT AWED
TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF
A RICH MUSICAL TRADITION
THAT WAS AS OLD... AS I WAS.
I KNEW SOMETHING
WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN...
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
["MY GENERATION"
CONTINUES INTERMITTENTLY]
[DOGS BARKING IN DISTANCE]
-KEVIN!
-AND SO, FROM THE
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
OF LARRY BEEMAN'S GARAGE,
A NEW MUSICAL FORCE WAS BORN.
AND WHAT A BAND IT WAS.
ON DRUMS... OUR
FOUNDATION, OUR SUPPORT...
[DRUMS PLAY]
[Echoing] ...MARK BERNSTEIN!
[ CROWD CHEERING]
ON BASS GUITAR... TO
KNOW HIM IS TO LOVE HIM...
[BASS PLAYS]
NEAL RHODES!
[ CROWD CHEERING]
ON LEAD GUITAR...
[GUITAR PLAYS]
LARRY BEEMAN!
AND ON RHYTHM GUITAR,
A MAN WHO NEEDS
NO INTRODUCTION...
[CHORD PLAYS]
YOURS TRULY.
[ CROWD CHEERING]
OKAY, WE HAD OUR EQUIPMENT.
WE KNEW OUR THREE CHORDS.
IT WAS OFFICIAL.
WE WERE A ROCK-'N'-ROLL BAND.
-OKAY, LET'S GET GOING.
LET'S PLAY "SUNSHINE
OF YOUR LOVE."
-I DON'T KNOW
"SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE."
-THAT'S COOL. COOL.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
-UM..."SATISFACTION"?
-NO, NO. I DON'T
KNOW "SATISFACTION."
-HOW ABOUT..."LOUIE, LOUIE"?
-HOW'S THAT GO?
-OKAY, SO IT WASN'T AN
AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING.
BUT IT WASN'T GONNA STOP LARRY.
-WHY DON'T WE JUST JAM?
-THAT'S THE SPIRIT.
ROCK 'N' ROLL.
LET IT ALL HANG OUT.
-ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
[OFF-KEY MUSIC PLAYS]
[MUSIC STOPS]
-HMM.
-SO, WHAT ARE WE
GONNA CALL OURSELVES?
-THE ELECTRIC SHOES?
-YEAH.
-THE ELECTRIC SHOES?
-YES... THE ELECTRIC SHOES!
WE'RE CALLED THE
ELECTRIC SHOES, OKAY?
-WHY?
-BECAUSE W...
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
-WELL, IT JUST DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE.
-BOY, TALK ABOUT A COUPLE
OF STICK IN THE MUDS.
-PAUL, DOES "STRAWBERRY
ALARM CLOCK" MAKE ANY SENSE?
DOES "VANILLA FUDGE"
MAKE ANY SENSE?
-[SIGHS]
-[SCOFFS]
-SO, YOU ANY GOOD?
-LOOK, PAUL, WE'VE
PRACTICED ONCE, RIGHT?
DO YOU THINK THE
BEATLES SOUNDED SO GREAT
THE FIRST TIME THEY PLAYED?
-I JUST HOPE YOU DON'T MAKE A
COMPLETE FOOL OUT OF YOURSELF.
-I DON'T KNOW.
I GUESS I COULD SEE
KEVIN AS A MUSICIAN.
-WELL, WELL, WELL.
WHAT HAVE WE HERE?
POTENTIAL GROUPIE MATERIAL?
-YOU KNOW, I THINK HE KIND
OF LOOKS LIKE PAUL McCARTNEY.
-HE DOES?
-YEAH.
-STICK THAT IN YOUR PIPE
AND SMOKE IT, PFEIFFER!
-ACTUALLY...
HE LOOKS MORE LIKE DONNY OSMOND.
- HUH?
- HUH?
-I JUST HOPE YOU DON'T MAKE A
COMPLETE FOOL OUT OF YOURSELF.
-AH, WHO NEEDED FRIENDS, ANYWAY?
I HAD A BAND.
-ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
-♪ SO YOU WANT TO BE
A ROCK-'N'-ROLL STAR? ♪
♪ THEN LISTEN
NOW TO WHAT I SAY ♪
♪ JUST GET AN ELECTRIC GUITAR ♪
♪ THEN TAKE SOME TIME
AND LEARN HOW TO PLAY ♪
♪ AND WITH YOUR HAIR... ♪
-FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS,
THE ELECTRIC SHOES
PRACTICED DAY AND NIGHT.
WELL... DAY, ANYWAY.
-♪ WHERE THE AGENT
MAN WON'T LET YOU DOWN ♪
-WE EXPLORED NEW RHYTHMS.
WE FOUND OUR SOUND.
BUT MOSTLY, WE JUST HAD FUN.
-♪ AND IN A WEEK OR TWO,
IF YOU MAKE THE CHARTS ♪
♪ THE GIRLS'LL TEAR YOU APART ♪
[ WOMEN SCREAMING, CHEERING]
-AND PRETTY SOON...
WE'D ACTUALLY GOTTEN BETTER.
[OFF-KEY MUSIC PLAYS]
-WHOO! YEAH!
- ALL RIGHT!
- YEAH, MAN.
-IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING.
OKAY, SO WE WERE LOUSY.
BUT WHO CARED?
NO ONE HAD TO LISTEN TO US,
SO WHAT DIFFERENCE DID IT MAKE?
-GUYS, I MEANT TO TELL
YOU... I GOT US A GIG.
-AND SUDDENLY IT
MADE A DIFFERENCE.
-YEAH!
-ALL RIGHT!
-WHAT'D YOU SAY?
-AMY ERMIN'S BIRTHDAY
PARTY, FRIDAY NIGHT...
WE'RE BOOKED.
-YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?
A REAL PARTY?
WITH PEOPLE?
THAT WE KNOW?
-IT'S GONNA BE GREAT, MAN.
-LARRY, WE'RE NOT READY!
-HEY, WE'RE NEVER GONNA KNOW
UNLESS WE GET
OUT THERE AND DO IT.
-YEAH, BUT...
-COME ON. WHAT
ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
-WHAT WAS I AFRAID OF?
HOW ABOUT, SAY, TOTAL PUBLIC
HUMILIATION, FOR STARTERS?
-LOOK, LARRY, YOU'VE
PLAYED IN BANDS BEFORE.
YOU KNOW WE JUST CAN'T...
LARRY?
YOU HAVE PLAYED IN
BANDS BEFORE, HAVEN'T YOU?
-[Chuckling] WHAT
DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE?
-AND THEN IT ALL CAME CLEAR.
PAUL HAD BEEN RIGHT.
THERE WAS POTENTIAL
FOR REAL DISASTER HERE.
-LOOK, LARRY, I'M NOT
GONNA GO OUT THERE
AND MAKE A COMPLETE
FOOL OUT OF MYSELF.
-IT'S UP TO YOU, MAN.
WE'RE GONNA BE THERE.
YOU'RE EITHER WITH
US OR YOU'RE OUT.
-WHAT COULD I SAY?
I WANTED TO BE WITH THEM.
I WANTED TO TAKE THE CHANCE
AND THROW CAUTION TO THE WINDS.
I WANTED TO ROCK 'N' ROLL.
BUT THE FACT IS, I
DIDN'T HAVE THE GUTS.
-SORRY, GUYS.
YOU CAN COUNT ME OUT.
-AND SO I QUIT THE
ELECTRIC SHOES.
-WON'T YOU PADDLE MADELINE HOME?
♪ 'CAUSE WHEN I'M
PADDLIN' MADELINE... ♪
-THAT FRIDAY NIGHT, I
ACTUALLY FELT RELIEVED.
OR SO I TOLD MYSELF.
-DON'T YOU WANT
SOME COOKIES, HONEY?
-NO, THANKS.
-I MEAN, PLAYING IN LARRY'S
GARAGE WAS ONE THING,
BUT RISKING MY REPUTATION?
THAT WAS JUST DUMB.
-♪ ...PADDLIN' MADELINE HOME ♪
-SO, KEV, HEARD YOU QUIT
THE OLD ELECTRIC SHOES, HUH?
THINKING ABOUT GOING SOLO?
[CHUCKLES]
-YOU'RE NOT PLAYING
IN THE BAND ANYMORE?
-NO, MOM.
-OH.
THAT'S TOO BAD.
-YEAH, I WAS KIND
OF LOOKING FORWARD
TO WATCHING YOU CRASH AND BURN.
-OH, HA HA.
-WELL, AT LEAST YOU GOT IT
OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM, SWEETIE.
-WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!
-WELL, I JUST MEAN THAT...
IT WASN'T REALLY YOU.
-WHAT?!
-IT WAS PRETTY DUMB, KEVIN.
- DUMB?
- DUMB?
-NOW, WAIT A DARN MINUTE HERE!
WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE
TELLING ME WHO I WAS AND WASN'T?
WHAT DID THEY KNOW?
-I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THIS!
SO WHAT IF IT WAS DUMB?
WHAT, YOU'VE NEVER DONE
ANYTHING DUMB IN YOUR LIFE?
LOOK, I'LL DECIDE WHAT'S
DUMB AND WHAT ISN'T.
AND NOBODY'S GONNA TELL
ME I CAN'T DO SOMETHING DUMB
IF I WANT TO DO SOMETHING DUMB!
-YEP. I WAS ONTO SOMETHING HERE.
-HONEY, WHAT ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT?
-[SCOFFS] NEVER MIND!
-BUT I KNEW WHAT I MEANT.
DUMB OR NOT, IT ALL
BOILED DOWN TO ONE THING.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]
I WAS BACK.
-YEAH! KEVIN MADE IT!
YEAH! RIGHT!
-I WAS CALM.
I WAS READY.
I WAS A MAN WITH A MISSION.
-KEVIN, IS THAT YOU?
-YEAH.
-HEH-HEH.
WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN
FINALLY CONFRONTED
BY A HERO OF ROCK 'N' ROLL...
IN THE FLESH?
-IS THAT YOUR SISTER'S SHIRT?
GOOD LUCK.
-THANKS.
-AS I STEPPED UP TO THAT PATIO,
I FELT A WILDNESS
WELLING UP INSIDE OF ME.
I UNDERSTOOD WHAT LARRY
HAD BEEN TRYING TO TELL ME
ALL ALONG.
ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE UP HERE.
ANYTHING!
-HE'S CUTE!
-HEY, LARRY.
LARRY?
-INCLUDING STONE-COLD PANIC.
-HE'S FREAKIN', MAN.
WE'VE BEEN WARMING
UP FOR LIKE 15 MINUTES.
[FEEDBACK BLARES]
-AS HE GAZED INTO A SEA
OF EIGHTH-GRADE FACES,
REALITY FINALLY CAUGHT
UP WITH LARRY BEEMAN.
-SO, ARE YOU GUYS
GONNA PLAY OR WHAT?
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
-WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
-IT WAS UP TO ME.
AND I MADE MY DECISION.
I WASN'T GONNA
LET THIS DREAM DIE.
IF WE WEREN'T GONNA PLAY
GOOD, WE WERE GONNA PLAY LOUD.
-LET'S DO IT!
ONE, TWO...
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]
-BOYS?
BOYS!
BOYS!
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO STOP.
THE NEIGHBORS ARE
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISE.
-DADDY!
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
-IT WAS THE END OF THE ROAD.
WE'D BEEN SHUT DOWN... BUSTED.
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
AND THEN IT HAPPENED.
-LET THEM PLAY! COME ON!
-LET THEM PLAY!
-LET THEM PLAY!
-YEAH, LET THEM PLAY!
-LET THEM PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
-[Chanting] LET THEM
PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
LET THEM PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
LET THEM PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
LET THEM PLAY!
-I COULDN'T SAY EXACTLY
WHY IT HAPPENED.
MAYBE NO ONE THERE COULD.
MAYBE IT WAS THE
IMPATIENCE OF YOUTH.
OR MAYBE IT WAS THE TIMES.
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
FOR ONE BRIEF MOMENT THAT NIGHT,
LARRY BEEMAN AND
I LIVED OUT A DREAM.
-ROCK 'N' ROLL, MAN.
ROCK 'N' ROLL.
-LET THEM PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
LET THEM PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
-THE ELECTRIC SHOES
BROKE UP A WEEK LATER.
AND FOR A TIME, THERE
WAS TALK OF A REUNION,
BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED.
STILL, THAT DREAM
NEVER REALLY DIED.
WHAT WE FELT IN THOSE YEARS...
THE HOPE, THE JOY,
THE POSSIBILITIES,
THE SENSE THAT
ANYTHING MIGHT HAPPEN,
NO MATTER WHO WE WERE...
WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF US.
AFTER ALL, PEOPLE SAID THE
BEATLES WOULD NEVER LAST.
AND THEY WERE RIGHT.
EXCEPT, OF COURSE, THEY DID.
-♪ ...SAY THAT SOMETHING ♪
♪ I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND ♪
♪ I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND ♪
♪ I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND ♪
♪ I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND ♪