" It looks like my lighter." " There you go." "I've got this band called Winstons." "It's John Lennon's middle name:" "John Winston..." "You sing like a strangled cat." "And you're stopping that shit now." "You follow?" "If you speak to me like that one more time " " I'll fucking stick this guitar up your arse!" "BIG PLANS!" "this is your last interview before you return to the world." "I'm ready." "buddy." " You say you have a place to live?" "I have a son..." "His mother has a room I can use." "I'm his big idol." "But that's the way boys are at that age." "You're 36." "Do you plan to keep on living like this?" "long criminal record - selling stolen goods... may I interrupt?" "you know." "and pigs can fly." " He's a musician." "does it?" "Why don't you get yourself together and get a job?" "Or an education?" "I have a band..." "We've got big plans." "You have a band?" "and hope for the best." "Willy." "Big plans." "please." "Thank you." "baby." "He has plenty of footballs." "Susanne." "You're really looking good." "He's out playing football." "I told him you've been in Germany." "right?" "Why Germany?" "Why didn't you say the USA?" "I said you'd been working as a plumber in Frankfurt." " Why?" " I don't know so many German cities." "A plumber?" "You should've said I was on the road with Winstons." "I could also have told him the truth." "Susanne..." "Can I stay here a couple of weeks?" "You really look good." " I've met someone." " Who?" "Willy." " Not him." " Mogens is good-looking." "He earns money." "He doesn't run around playing at school parties." "he's nice to Mikkel." "My name's Mogens." "You must be Willy." "I have a cousin named Willy." "Is that a fact?" "I think I'll go say hi to Mikkel." "you ridiculous pompous poof." "my name is Mogens"" "Mogens...!" "So you're in charge of the personals?" "Fantastic." "The ad I sent in yesterday starts with:" ""New babe in discreet surroundings." "You wrote "new baby" instead of "new babe"." "it's almost the same." "I don't... okay." "But then you write "dirty" instead of "discreet"." "but I don't think anyone will notice." "New baby in dirty surroundings"?" "Try and guess whether I've had any calls!" "Mikkel!" "Well?" "little man?" "Fine." "I've got something for you..." "What do you think it is?" "too." "It cost 50 euro." "isn't it?" " Yes." "Mik." "The hell with him." "Come sit down." "Did you see many games in Germany?" "What?" "No..." "Not so many." " Can you speak German now?" " Yeah..." "Guten heute-leute." "I'm not a real plumber..." "But..." "My band played a lot down there." "It's really a hit." "Why didn't you send me a postcard?" "It was a little..." "It's hard to send letters in Germany." "They have this special kind of postal system... freckles." "Won't you try out that ball?" "I want to see what you can do." "you've gotten fucking good!" "but he'll try anything." "right?" "Bye." " Well?" " You're out already?" " What the hell do you think?" " I thought it was next week." "Yeah..." "Can I come in?" " Why do you have all your things?" " I'm just staying a couple of days." "I thought you were going to stay at Susanne's." "You know how it is:" "Move in with your ex and you end up banging her." "Then she starts thinking all kinds of things." " Like what?" " It's also for Mik's sake." "He believes all kinds of things about me and Susanne." " We better bring in your things." " I'll give you a hand." "okay?" "We shouldn't play other people's music." "No more cover songs or school parties." "No." "We're too old for that." "and play real concerts." "for Christ's sake." "Us!" "and all these songs came to me." "just pouring out." "It's never happened before." "How's Mikkel doing?" "hey." "What's going on?" "It's 24 brand new songs!" "How nice." "Nice?" " They'll change your fucking life." " That's nice." " Sometimes you're such a country boy." " And you'd prefer a country girl." " How's it going with the band?" " A little slow at the moment." "I'm gone four months and already things are slow?" "How's Flemming?" " He's got a pension." " He's not on dope?" "No..." "Not exactly." "It's okay you never wash the dishes or clean up   and it's okay you piss in the sink because the balcony's too far... do you piss in the sink?" "But when you overdraw my bank account by 2000 euro - it's too fucking much!" "Jesus Christ..." "I took a pill." "I thought it was just aspirin." "It sure wasn't." "my head feels so huge." "What's it called?" "Spacious." "isn't it?" " This time I'm not taking you back!" "Willy." "We'll drop the guitar off at the rehearsal room." "it's..." "Svend?" " We don't have one anymore." "No rehearsal room?" "We all know how hard it is to find a place to practise." " That reminds me..." " Why don't we still have that room?" "I forgot to pay the rent." "I once knew a guitarist with a cat that ate vegetables." " We'll drop the guitar off at home." " You're both going to live with me?" "Svend!" "or we'll find a new guitarist." " You're one freaked out cat." " That's enough out of you." "huh?" "I'm making money." "You should try it." "I've got big plans for Winstons." "I don't want to play that cover shit anymore." "too." "From now on we'll only play our own numbers." "But..." "If you'd rather work in your old man's diner..." "Leave my father out of it." "right." "This time it's for sure." "It's just old man Witterburg downstairs." "What's his problem?" "we'll take it again." "Two!" " Who's that?" " It's your home-help." "Listen." "I've got a tattoo and I just got out of prison." "If you so much as breathe while we're playing " " I'll come after you with a crow bar." "You follow?" "Take it easy." "We're just practising." "It's going to sound great." "Some of us feel..." "like..." "If the band... our band..." "What?" "Because you..." "Your singing style..." "You sing right in tune... the name sucks." "And we think we need a new singer." "Someone who's really cool." "We've always been called Winstons." "and I write the tunes." "lugging gear..." " We're making a demo..." " We've got a right to speak." "The companies will love us!" "It may not be all that easy to get record companies excited." "Gunnar owes me." "He's Sony's press secretary's big brother." "Bingo." "The same Gunnar who happens to know everyone in this business." "He happens to owe me a mega-favour!" "I played in a band once where the singer had a throat cancer operation." "He sure sounded weird." "would you open the door?" "what the hell..." " Oh..." " I live next door..." "Bettina." "it's Svend who lives here..." " I want to warn you about the sounds." " The sounds?" "but don't worry." "Sounds?" "Sex games." "They sound a little more serious than they are." " That's fine..." " I lived next to an old lady once." "I told her 100 times that they were sex games   but she called the police every time." "no..." "No reason to what?" "I don't understand..." "There's no reason to call the police." "It's on purpose." "It's supposed to sound like that." "It's my living." "I'm a professional." "now I get it." "too." "I have a band called Winstons." "good." "we make sounds." "So we're even." "what do you think of our sounds?" "Dunk it." "You missed." "Come ahead on." "Is it Frans?" "This is Willy." "I want to find Gunnar." "000 different idiots today." "I'm waiting... but next time I'll have money." "or something." "Should we do that?" "We've got a pretty big band." "Lots of expenses and no money coming in." "and all those cute back-up vocalists." "We have to have a tour manager." "It's damn expensive." "Does that guy Mogens make a lot of money?" "He took me to the public aquarium." "you're kidding." "Wasn't it boring as hell?" "I've got an aquarium at home." "right." "What the hell!" "Willy!" "but the tune's great." "I'm going to turn on those record companies." "Good luck." "They get 3 times more demos than they bother to listen to." "But we have something the others don't." "We have you." "And you owe me." "I kept my mouth shut and took the fall." "I just fucking got out." "You owe me." "You know everyone worth knowing in this business." "I'm a little in the dog house." "I cooked the books on a tour and borrowed some money." "They flipped completely out." "I'm holding a low profile and helping my son-in-law." "He makes films." "What the hell..." "Those Polish girls..." "They're completely unique." "Winstons" sounds too much like a girls' pop band." "Find a funkier name." "And you need a new vocalist." "You sing too much like a wimp." "Gunnar." "Gunnar." "Henning Bagger." "Who the hell is he?" "He's a booker." "A big shot." "He's in the process of making a TV series on new Danish bands." "et cetera." "He has to have a list of bands ready by the 28th." "getting on TV." "Then the rest is child's play." "On Thursday..." "He's coming out to hear 3 bands at the Backstage Club." "So?" "The guy who has the club is named Werner." "Werner owes Gunnar a favour." "So now it's not just three bands..." "Noisy clowns..." "So now it's four bands." "And we get to play last!" " We don't know many of the tunes." " We just need Bagger to hear us." "Hey..." "I just thought of something." "Is it true you people have a bigger cock than the rest of us?" "Flemming?" " "I Believe In You"." "okay?" " Where's that break?" " At the first chorus?" " What if I play over the break?" "This way." "Coming?" "Are you ready?" "Howdy." " What's the matter with you?" " Nothing." " You haven't taken anything?" " Some pills." "They don't work." "...and here come the Winstons." "It's our fucking turn!" "Hey." "Now they're working..." " Your turn." " What?" " You're on." " We're ready." "for Christ's sake." "Come on..." " Bagger's waiting..." " That's our guitarist." "or what?" " What the hell do you think?" "!" "I think I'll tell Gunnar we're even." "And thanks so much for coming." "There's no more music this evening." "The disco is open..." "Here he is." "Flemming." "You okay?" " I'm okay." "now!" "I'm okay." " Are you sick in the head?" " Relax!" "Come here..." "Svend." "I'm not finished with Bagger." "you jerk!" "It's the last time I take a pill like that." "Absolutely." "I promised my father we'd return the car by eleven." "neighbour." "I was thinking..." "Want to invite me over for a cup of coffee?" "right?" "does it mean coffee?" "Or does it mean you want to buy sex and are too embarrassed to say it?" "Coffee" means coffee." "Danish" is normal:" "In and out." ""French" is with the mouth   and "mutual French" means 69." "Swedish" is by hand." " Any famous clients?" " Business is a bit slow." "But I had a top politician before I started here." " And the boss of a big farmers' union." " Wow." "I also worked in a massage parlour for two years." "But you know at some point you want to be your own boss." "That's a butt plug." "It's to put up their arse." "There are lots of people who want something up their arse these days." "too." "You..." "Do you sing?" "We need a vocalist." " You've got someone who sings." " A female vocalist." "We need a female vocalist and we're in a bit of a rush - so... you could try..." " I knew "coffee" didn't mean coffee." "It rarely does." "You ask for coffee and suddenly I'm singing with the band next door?" "You sing fucking great." "but..." "Maybe I'm not the type." "The female vocalist type." "listen." "May I say something?" "Svend." "right?" "please." "Listen." "We've got to have that demo ready in three weeks." "Was there something about problems with my voice?" "We'll work that out." "something fucking wild's going to happen!" "okay?" "Boys?" "May I present..." "Bettina." " Hello" " Hi." "Let's get started." "Come on." "It'd be great if you stood over here..." " Like that." " Okay." "Right..." "Like that." "Are we ready?" "Bettina." " Okay." "four..." "Hold it..." "Cut." " You come in after the guitar." " After the guitar?" "Right." "four..." " Thank you." "That's it for today." " Just a second... okay?" "Svend." "Now we're ready." "We'll try again." "These things happen." "four..." "More monitor." "Where the hell did I put it?" "Bettina." "you might as well forget it." "but we've got to get busy." "if this works out?" " What?" " That I don't have to lie to my mom." "shit." "She doesn't know that?" " No." "My brothers know." "My mother thinks I work at CopyQuick's." "At CopyQuick's?" "It'd be nice to tell her that I'm singing in a band again." "Now you can tell her." "Have you ever been to New York?" "When I was a little girl I dreamt of singing abroad." "I've also thought about it since." " I have a cousin in New York." " Really?" " She's married to a musician." " Wow." "huh?" " Sure is." "She keeps inviting me over to see what's happening." "You could just go." "we've got to rehearse." " Susanne!" " You promised to call yesterday." "He waited all day for you to call." "And you don't fucking call." "too!" "You're so selfish!" "hell..." "You can just call." "You don't even have to be with him." "I'm trying to get things under control." "God help us." " What is it?" " Nothing." "Keep moving... so I'm moving back home." "Hi." "I'm sorry I was angry last time." "I didn't mean it." "and I've promised not to piss in the sink." "He's just so romantic." "hurrah." "Congratulations." "These are going to take a lot of space." " We need a guitarist who's straight." " What do you mean?" "when we have to play." "We'll have to give Flemming a reprimand." "It's fucking for real now with this band." "He's got to go." " What?" " I'll call Gunnar tomorrow." " And then we'll find a new guitarist." " But Flemming's our friend." "Willy." "You fucking bet we can." "Bye-bye." "See you later." "I'm thinking about firing our guitarist." "He's too doped up." "We have to be straight." "But you haven't fired him yet?" "I'm meeting with him today." " Then I'll fire him." " You're sure you're firing him?" "It's his own fault." "He's always on something." "Someone has to say: "Enough's enough"." "too..." " Just so you know." " That's all right." "Think it over." "anyway." "fuck it." "I'm in." " That's a deal." " Fantastic." "He fucks up just when we're playing for Bagger." "or what?" "we're not talking about high school parties anymore." "This is TV and record companies." "It's big and it's fucking hard!" "With more time we could give him a warning." "the time is now." "Hey!" "Look what my girlfriend gave me!" "What's up?" "Good morning!" "It's a Fender." "and a band." " Flemming?" " Willy?" " You take too much dope." " But luckily it hasn't hurt me." "You take too much dope." "You're always on something." "Not always." "It started when they threw me in a boys' home." "After my dad went to prison for what he'd done to me and my sister." "all that shit from the old days comes back." "music..." "That's why it's so great we're together again." "It's so great that we're playing again." "It really helps me a lot." "Flemming." "It won't work." "What won't work?" "This." "What are you saying?" "What I'm saying?" "He fucking asks me what I'm saying." "You wanna know what I'm saying?" "and you stop that fucking dope!" "I'm trying." "Of course I am." "The French fries are on me." "Fuck my father." "it's just a song." "This is too much." "Something wrong?" "Willy!" "You turn me on." "How far out can you get?" "Far out"?" "Men don't turn me on that often nowadays." "I have jerks coming here to get things stuck up their arse." "Real tempting." "Right." "It just makes me want to get the hell out." "Goodbye!" "Is that a problem?" "Okay..." "Here we lie." "We'll hold hands and that's all we'll do." " How're you doing?" " Fine." "It reminds me of the time Lennon and Ono lay in bed in Amsterdam in the name of world peace." "Let me be Lennon." "too." "We can both be him." "I've begun thinking about New York again." "But it's so huge." "You come over there thinking you're somebody." "Bettina." "You're a great singer." "In my line of work people are capable of anything." "pissing on them." "that's enough." "But there's one thing whores don't do." " They don't kiss on the mouth." " Really?" "There's something special about kissing on the mouth." "Mik." "It's Dad." "I'm sorry I haven't called earlier." "You look the type who'd help a student." "you know how it is." " We're making that demo." " One euro." " We have problems with our manager." " A euro would help." "Let's make a date." "We'll go out one day soon and really have some fun." " How about Thursday?" " For 2 euro you can have my body." "Mik." "Thanks... 25 cents?" "!" "They should name a street after you!" "Where the hell do you think you're going?" " Pardon me?" " Coming here with your stiff prick." "Get out of here and find a girlfriend." "Run home and jerk off!" "It's free." "Get out!" "Dumb prick." " What the hell are you doing?" " Nothing." " Chasing my clients away?" " Not exactly... you can throw my clients out?" "now?" "okay?" "Do you think girls wake up one day wanting to be a whore?" "No!" "They grow up dreaming about going to New York." "Then they let themselves be photographed for a magazine." "They make some money." "It's all quite innocent." "One of them can get you a telephone-sex job." "but you don't really fuck them." "Then one day you realise there isn't much difference." "and the money's better." "In the end you get used to it   and it's quite normal to stick things up some big shot's arse." "It's all gotten so complicated since you came over for that cup of coffee." "and talking about New York again." "That was the most romantic moment of my life." "No one has ever chased someone away for my sake before." "Yeah..." "It was just one client..." "Willy." "I learned the tunes." "Let's see what happens with everything." "It's rolling." "we're ready..." "That's fine." "for God's sake." "Svend." "come on." "Svend!" "You're unbelievable." "man." "Now we've got the numbers we need." "because..." "It's just that they're starting a petition in our building." " Because of the noise." " That's too bad." "are we?" "I know we just kiss." "We're moving a little slowly." "There's time enough." " I've got a problem with men." " It doesn't matter." "so what the hell." "Mr. Witterburg." "You might as well know:" "I bought steaks." "tell me." " What's this?" " How about a steak?" "I bought two for each of us." "I was wondering..." "How's your money situation?" "well..." " I've got a date with Mik today." " I've got a saving's account." "Do you think I could borrow forty or fifty euro from you?" " You want to borrow money?" " Or twenty." "with ice cream and... aren't we?" "Lovers don't borrow money from each other." "it's just 20 euro." " There are special rules." "Lovers share things and look out for each other." "I'll give you 80." "And there are rules." "Can't we eat the steaks after I've dropped off Mikkel?" "Willy." "and then we're on TV." "I want to speak with Bagger." " He's at a meeting in town." " I'll just wait in his office." "His office?" "That's where we're holding our meeting." "May I ask what your name is?" " Hannah." "Hannah Møller." " Willy." "gee..." "It's over there." "Hannah." "And who have we here?" " Willy." " Willy?" "Willy's the one who was cheeky with Bagger's secretary   and Willy sneaked himself in." "And why did Willy want to sneak in?" "Willy has a band..." "called Winstons." "That sounds exciting." " "Willy has a band called Winstons."" " And they made a demo." "And they made a demo." "And Willy would sure like to be in that TV series." "A demo..." "which we give back to Willy." "Willy." "man?" " Not much at all." " Why not?" " Because I have too many bands." "Because the name "Winstons" sucks." "Because my secretary is hopeless." "Because the bitch I'm banging ran off with a doorman." "Because you sneaked into my office without an appointment." "Willy." "Winstons"." "Sometimes I wonder what kind of world we live in." "What doesn't kill us makes us stronger." " What?" " Nietzsche." "Svend." " Can't we just play?" " Sniff a line and hop out the window." "I'm trying to cut down." "My girlfriend wants me to." " I think I've fallen in love with her." " Congratulations." "Love's a trip." "It can make you do things." "She bought me a Fender." "and fuck everything." " Can't we just play?" " What the hell good would it do?" "I was pronounced brain-dead once." "and went into a coma." "The doctor says to my girlfriend:" ""He's brain-dead." " They can measure things like that." " Then what?" "I sat up in bed and said:" ""Where do you feed the dogs?" "Svend!" " I didn't say anything." "I'm not talking to you." "I forgot my date with Mikkel." "God dammit!" " Do you guys like steak?" " I'll eat steak anytime." "Piss...!" "Shit!" "I know." "Mogens took him to the movies after he'd waited for you two hours." "God dammit!" "I'll kill you." "I won't." "Mogens." "Mikkel?" "I'm really..." "I'm sorry." "okay?" "are you?" "now." "I can understand if you're mad at me." "little man." "It's a very particular gift." "It's a very... special gift." "come here." "It's John Lennon." "Look at that autograph there." "It's John Lennon's." "I've had it for a hundred years." "At all the places I've lived." " I don't really know who he is." " Don't you know John Lennon?" "but I don't know what he does." "don't you?" " Yes." "When am I going to hear your band?" "Really soon." "man." " You are?" "We're going to be on TV." "Me and the boys." "What do you say to that?" "man!" " It was supposed to be a surprise." " Are you sure?" "come in now." " I'm coming." " I've never known anyone on TV." " Run along to your mother." "What?" "Do you think I'm lying to him?" "Do you?" "Willy." "I've been thinking..." "Now we go over to Plan B." " I think it's Plan C." " What do you mean?" "and now it's Plan C." "and listen:" "In two days it's the 26th." "On the 26th Bettina and Willy are going to a release party." "Willy tells Bettina who Henning Bagger is." "Bettina goes up to Bagger with a nice smile and shows him her demo." "But he can see it's still Winstons." "But before we leave here this evening we've got to find a new name." " We've always been called Winstons." " Yes." "But now we're going to find a new name." "the cheap bastard." "Just start throwing out names." "someone's got to say something." "Can't we just call ourselves "Brainstorm"?" "Can't you just find your own band?" "do you?" "Brainstorm"?" "No fucking way." "Just shove the CD in his face." " Willy?" " What?" "but I'm not taking clients these days." "Oh... okay." "I've left a message on my voice mail that I'm on vacation." "Because... the two of us   and thinking of going to New York one day." "Willy..." "Maybe I'm ready for a little more than just kissing." "I think... we can try and take off our clothes and..." " We'll just see what happens." " We should go." "Of course." "I was talking about later tonight." " What the hell's happened to you?" " I've been to see my dad." "I told him I was a musician and I was done working in his diner." "Jojo!" "Fantastic." "Fuck those French fries!" "Your invitation?" "I'll have one of those..." "He's fucking got to be here somewhere." "I'm just going to the ladies' room." " Hi." " What the hell?" "secretary." "aren't we?" " Where's the boss?" " Don't turn around." "There's someone really famous standing behind you." "right." " We're two real music freaks!" "secretary." " Hanne." "My name's Hanne Møller." " Hi." " Hi." "over there..." "Now the blonde's leaving..." "You go over and talk to him and say how much you've heard about him." "Now take the CD and go." "chief?" "Weren't you supposed to call me?" " What?" " You were firing your guitarist." "Didn't we have a deal?" "we did... but..." "Then I got leukaemia." "That's why I'm sitting down." "I was feeling weak." "It's because of the chemo." "But I'm feeling better now." "I'm sorry to hear it." "I hope you get well." "I'm sorry." " I'll call you if I get well." " Don't worry about it." "Get well." " What happened?" " He couldn't be bothered." " What?" " He wouldn't listen to it." " What's the problem with that faggot?" " He's sure no fag." "He'd be happy to listen to it if I fucked him first." " What?" "Did he say that?" " Uh-huh." "Willy." "I hope you're not thinking what I'm afraid you're thinking." "What?" "What are you talking about?" "no..." "I promised Mikkel we'd be on TV." "I actually promised him." "but I promised him." "and there's nothing I can do about it now." "You used to do it for money." " Then tell me to do it." " It's not for me to decide!" "You have to ask me." "You have to say it straight out." "Then get it over with." "Willy." " Howdy." " Hi." "Something you want to ask?" "Are you okay?" "I drank and danced and cried with some homeless people." "They're really good at crying." "and I know what you're thinking." "but there's a difference here." "It's possible to have a girlfriend who's a prostitute   but you can't prostitute your girlfriend." " I was really drunk..." " There are special rules for lovers." "I know." "It won't happen again." "There are very strict rules." "Did you know that?" "Suddenly there's an attraction between two people." "and you don't know how it happened." "Other times... it's gone." " Where are you going?" " Away." " Where to?" " Just "away"." "You'd better be out of here before my brothers fetch my things." "Bettina?" "Won't you stay?" "You should have asked me that yesterday." "There's something I want to tell you." "Willy." "The kind who has a sofa ready when you get out of jail." "I share with you." "I'm your friend." "Svend." "Then stop telling me to shut the fuck up." "I actually don't like to hear it all the time." "I'll stop." "I'm not a Henning Bagger." "I'm not a Gunnar." "I'm sure I'll never get us a record deal... you know." "Does this have something to do with Nietzsche?" "No." "We're just a couple of all-around regular guys." "Where are you going?" "I have to speak with him." "I know what you're going to say." "And you're right." "But I have to speak with him." "I..." "I don't have any really cool band." "no manager... even though I promised." "I wasn't in Germany those four months I was gone." "and I've been in prison many times before   because I did bad things with stolen goods and credit cards   that weren't mine." "and that's not right." "Mikkel." "I know." "It doesn't matter." "That's got to be one of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me." "But you could write a postcard when you're gone." "of course." "There are some rules between father and son." "I should learn them." "I am learning them." "I've been the world's biggest fool." "And I'm jealous of you and Mogens." "Mogens is nice." "Don't say anything bad about him." "But I'm your father." "I don't like it when you don't come when you promise." "I won't have it." "No." "I've got to learn those rules." "either?" " Not a word." "I sure can't." "But you can hear me play with the boys one day." "I'd like that." "Excuse me." "Is this the flight to New York?" "I haven't been there before." "I haven't travelled much." "It's because I'm a singer." "and I'm really little - anyway." "definitely." "Sometimes you forget that." "and then I met someone who reminded me." "And now I'm going to New York." "I'm just going to do it." " Two minutes." " Yes." " It's just a school party." " I know." "But Ballerup's a big school with a thousand students." "yeah." "Almost a thousand." "I'm a better singer these days." "Just wait and hear." "you might as well forget it." "Mikkel." "Are you ready?" "Ballerup?" "I can't hear you!" 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