" Cut it." " Got it back on." "It's really about the innocence... and loss of innocence." "And, um, the exploitation of innocence, um, always appeals to me... because, again, that happened in Tommy." "And it certainly began to happen with Tom and Barry... the way they were bought." "Conjoined twins." "Desolate location." "Cut off from everything." "Where they are." "Where they grow up." "They're sold by their own father... and they move out into the world." "What happens to them then?" "I mean, it's all, uh, incredibly gothic." "# Doola and Dawla #" "# They live in my shoes #" "# So how come Doola #" "# Don't come out and play #" "# And how come Dawla #" "# Don't talk no more #" "# Doola dropped me in it #" "# Dawla poked my eye #" "# Doola made me do it #" "# And Dawla #" "# Made me cry #" "Mum had been having these terrible nightmares." "She thought she was expecting triplets." "Doctors got it wrong." "And Mum passed away the next day." "Never even saw 'em." "And there they were, my two brothers." "Joined together." "Just here at the chest." "Peas in a pod." "The doctors wanted to try a separation surgery... but Father would have none of it." "It was bad enough he'd lost his wife." "He wasn't having' the doctors messin' about with his boys." "Father took us off to live out on the Head." "Didn't let no one near us." "No one knew us." "We didn't go to school like other kids." "Dad taught us everything." "They were grand times." "# Every little moment I'm with you #" "# I'm happy #" "# Every little moment without you I'm blue #" "# Every little daydream I dream is about you #" "# Every little moment I'm thinking of you #" " # You can make a day- #" " Music Hall." "I trod the boards before I could walk." "I did a double act with me mum." ""Zelda and Little Zak." Ever heard of 'em?" "Music business now is no different to what it was then." "People want a show." "Punters wanna see something a bit different." "Yeah, well, back in the late '50s and '60s... you know, if I'm being honest, Zak Bedderwick was the king." "Whatever, whoever he wanted, he had." "He reckoned The Noize was gonna be the new Small Faces." "That Chris Dervish was gonna be the new Steve Marriot." "The band collapsed when Chris Dervish, the lead singer... took his 1968 Ford Shelby for a swim in Staines Reservoir." "The run of bad luck had left Zak Bedderwick bruised... and pretty battered." "He hadn't had a pop hit of any kind for some years." "Uh, by 1974, he was ready to, uh, raise the stakes." "When my father signed that contract... he believed he'd secured Tom and Barry an income." "If you would just sign there, please." "He wanted his boys to be able to look after themselves." " Dad?" " So many wanted to claim them." "In some ways even more now than when they were alive... but there's never been, like, any real concern or love." "The contract stipulated that Bedderwick Walker Entertainments... would own exclusive publishing rights to the Howe Twins' music." "In return, Albert Howe and his sons... were guaranteed a substantial salary... payable monthly for a period of one year." "Hand on my heart, I never exploited anyone... who didn't want to be exploited." "Then Mr. Couling took them away." "I never thought I'd be in a rock band." "I thought we might get away from the Head and I thought we might go and get a job, but" " We listened to lots of music." " So you were into music?" "We always used to get records on, and, like, at Christmas and that, we'd always get on some old" "Like, well, just generally, we'd always like get on, like" "But I-I think" " I don't know, we've got something special." "I mean, everyone who's ever been famous... has always had something that's special to them, and we've got something special." " But no, we ne'er ever thought we'd ever, ever be" " Doing an interview." "And, like, doing this with a band and doing this" "Someone recording an interview with us." "No, but I think it has always been, like, sort of a-a dream." "All right, hello, mate." "I just want a kind of a nice, happy vibe, but I'm gonna introduce you to the boys." "Sucking it out, but holding it." "This is" " This is amazing stuff really." "Looking at it after all these years." "It was a weird place." "Zak created this- this magical wonderland." "And he had every freak in the world there." "But, of course, the boys were the main attraction." "It was all about them." "I-I didn't have that much going on myself at the time... so they were gonna give me a few bucks a week... all my expenses, and I was gonna have the opportunity... to shoot whatever I wanted to about this- this weird idea." "Sounds good." "Perfect." "You can also play it here." "Right?" "Mm-hmm." "Okay, now... hold 'em tight, press 'em down, and just play those three." " You're goin' like this." " Listen to him." "Just play the things that you want." " I am." " It's all right." "It's all right." "Most of the chords, you know, you can put them anywhere." "You can write a fucking song with that." "Keep doing that." "Make sure you've got it in your head." " I'm gonna put a song on." " No, it's doot-doot." " Doot-doot." " Don't argue." " I'm not!" " And listen." "Are you ready?" "I want you to listen to this, right?" " Paul, that's what I was playing." " # Girl, I want to be with you #" "# In the daytime #" "Then all I have to teach you is to play... another couple of chords and you've got the song, mate." "Me and Zak go back to, like, the mid-'60s." "He was always getting me in to babysit the new kids." "Zak wanted singing Siamese twins... and he wanted them pop." "The name was his idea, The Bang Bang." "It was my job to sort the boys out musically." "I can't reach." "I hurt my fingers." "Well, it's gonna hurt, isn't it?" "# Girl, I want to be with you all of the time #" " Get off." "You're getting in the way." " Don't argue." "You're fucking it up!" "We need to get that plectrum now, don't we?" " Where have you put it?" " Well, Barry threw it." " No, I didn't." " Don't throw it." "Barry, look, at some point you're gonna have to play it." "See what I'm doing?" "You're gonna have to learn this stuff at some point." " No way." " Have a sing, then." "Sing it." "Yeah, that's a good idea." "Sing it." "That's it." "Keep going." "A" "E-A" "Have a beer." "We'll share it." " Thanks, Paul." " You're welcome." "Keep going." "E, A, E." "That's almost in tune." "Drink a bit more and then it'll be in tune." "It works." "Maybe that's what we'll do." "We'll string a load of those together." "Bottle solo from Baz." "# La, la, la, la, la, la, la #" "# La, la, la, la, la, la, la #" "That's it." "# La, la, la, la, la, la, la #" " That's it." " Ooh, ooh." "Reload." "Zak Bedderwick, he give me a call to take me on." "An apprenticeship, he called it." "My future in the entertainment industry." "Ooh, fucking hell, he's there!" "Oh, he's got it." "Georgie Best!" " Georgie Best!" " They were a shock." "That's what they were like." "A real shock." " Fuck it!" " Bedderwick had called me." "He told me, but he didn't tell me, if you know what I mean." " Two-one!" "Two-one!" " I was just a henchman." "Just his henchman, you know?" "Unpaid asswipe." "Handling all those freaks was just another shitty gig to me." "# I am a sock A toe-rag #" "# All on my own No direction home #" "# Half a fucking sixpence A car with no wheels #" " # A car with no wheels #" " Here." "Paul." "Paul." "Look, give the other one a guitar, eh?" "Give 'em both a guitar." "It'll look good." "No, trust me, give 'em one each." "Yeah?" "Give 'em this one." "There you go." "Here you are, Barry." "Barry." "No, it'll look good." "Eh?" "It's not gonna work, Paul." "It's a stupid idea." "Um, let's just start" " Let's just" "Fucking hell!" "Have you got something to say to me, Barry?" "You should turn it off." "It's a fucking joke." "There was a bit of a discipline problem with Barry right from the start, you know." "So I used to hose him down if he got out of control." "No, I'm serious." "You know, with kids and that" "You've gotta have a firm hand, ain't ya?" "# Where are you #" "Barry, you know, he was always holding something back." "There was always something else going on with him." "I mean, a lot of people's take was he's mischievous, he's a country kid... but, no, I think very deep." "I think it was something that ran real deep with him." "It's all gonna end in a couple years." "It doesn't make a difference." "I'd like to be going home." "You ever dream?" " Why does he have to come in?" " He's gotta come in, Baz." " Why?" " Well, he's gotta see it, mate." "He's gotta see it." "So I have to" " I have to get him in." "But it's fine." "You know, all it is, we'll just go through this." "He'll see, uh, you know, how much you've improved." "Look, boys, I mean... do it for me, you know, 'cause- 'cause I'll get shit on..." " if-if I'm not seen to be doing my job, so" " Let's just bloody do it." " I'm not playing if Nick comes in." " You have to, mate." "You have to." "I can't get around it." "You gotta do it." "And at some point you've gotta do it in front of an audience, so" "I mean, you know, Nick's the least of your worries." "So, Paul, uh, we haven't really spoken about Nick Sidney... and how he interacted with Tom and Barry." "Why did you stand by when these kids were getting beaten up?" "# Don't turn out the light #" "# We go bang, bang through the night #" "# We're going #" "# Through a red light #" " Fuck off!" " Fuck off, Eddie!" "What are you fucking still doing here, eh?" " What's going on?" " The roof." "Oi!" "What are you doing up there?" "Both of you, down now!" "Fuck off!" "Do you-Jesus!" "Tom, what do you think you're playing at?" "This is silly." " Eddie, fuck off!" " What was that?" "Do you wanna be in the band?" "Jesus Chr" " Little bastard!" " Swear to God, if you don't come down" " No, we won't now!" "You will not be in a band." "I will take you home!" "Do you want it?" "You fucking cunt, you'll be out of a job if you take us home!" "You need us more than we need you!" "What's Zak gonna say then, eh?" "Yeah, sure, there was a bad vibe, you know." "Barry was out of control, so what?" "Barry delivered when he was under the cosh, yeah?" "The treatment I give him worked." "# We were movin', we were groovin' #" " # Pussy-footin' and puttin' it round #" " You see all them girls?" " Yeah?" " # We were bopping' #" " # We were hoppin' #" " That's you." "# We were jumpin' to the shang-a-lang sound of the music #" " Everybody!" " # Hey, hey, rockin' to the music #" "# Hey, hey, rockin' to the music #" "# Rockin' every night and day #" "# Hey, hey, we sang shang-a-lang as we ran with the gang #" "# Doin' doo-wop be-dooby-do-ay #" "Well, Zak decided it was high time that we took the next step." "He called me." "He said the boys need a band, and they need an original song." "Their signature, if you like." "The only brief he gave me, he wanted something a bit sexy." "So I thought, okay, well, we've got two Siamese twins" "Well, you know, a pair of Siamese twins... so I called up Tubs Puller, the ex-Noize drummer." "And I knew this art school kid, Spitz, on guitars." "And I was on bass." "Here we go." "Well, "Two-Way Romeo," if you listen to the lyrics... it'll tell you what it's about." "# Bending the rules Touching the tools #" "# Don't make us feel fools #" "# You're looking cool Feel the crown jewels #" "# All the way home #" "And then the chorus again." " # Two-way Romeo # - # Romeo #" "# We go bang, bang through the night #" "# Two-way so and so #" "# Don't turn out the light, we go- #" "# Bending the rules Touching the tools #" "# Don't make us feel fools #" "# You're looking cool Feel the crown jewels #" "# All the way home #" "# Two-way Romeo #" "# We go bang, bang through the night #" "# Two-way so and so #" "# Don't turn out the light #" "# We go bang, bang through the night #" "Now don't do that to his hair." " Fuck's sake." " What are you doing?" "Get off!" " What's a matter?" " Don't flick cigarettes in my hair." "Bedderwick was very keen for the boys to do their first live gig." "He wanted to know up front whether or not to cut his losses." "Ah, we're gonna play down at this, uh, grotty little pub in Stokey." "But it had a great reputation for good new bands." "I mean, back then, we had, uh, music three nights a week." "Deejays Wednesdays." "Bands Fridays and Saturdays." "Now they'd rather have a meal." "Yeah, the bands used to just walk through here." "There's a bar along here." "And over there in the corner was the little stage." "It was a rough crowd that night." "Really nasty." "At Humbleden, these guys were protected." "But suddenly they were thrust into this audience." " They were dead nervous." " The crowd are just- they're shouting things out at them, things like, uh... you know, "Who's these two poofs coming on cuddling each other?"" "Chanting, "Get off." "Get off, you queer wankers!"" "Everybody just froze." "Everyone just froze." "Out of the blue- I'll never forget this" "Barry just grabs the mike stand and starts screaming the lyrics." "I mean, really snarling it out." "I'd never seen anything like that before." "# Bending the rules Touching the tools #" "# Don't make us feel fucking fools #" "# You're looking cool, feel the crown jewels #" "# All the way home #" "The audience are going fucking mad, throwing things at them." "And then one of the lads just- he just started kind of taunting the audience back." "Barry's lifting his shirt up." "Tempting them, you know?" "Showing them kind of where the join was." "Everyone in that audience thought it was a gag." " "Show it, show it, show it!"" " And then he just rips open his shirt... and you just see this incredible, you know... band of skin joining them together." "It was like a freak show." "# Bending the rules Touching the tools #" "# Don't make us feel fucking fools #" "It was like, "Here I am." "Fuck you."" "Bedderwick didn't want no filming that night." "Just in case they flopped." "Well, they didn't flop." "# Oh, bang B-B-B-B-Bang #" " That was The Bang Bang." " # B-B-B-B-B-B-B-Bang #" "# B-B-B-B-B-B-B- #" "# Bang #" "# Bang, bang #" "I called Zak straight away." ""Zak, you got a band." "It's working."" "# Every little moment I'm with you I'm happy #" "# Every little moment without you I'm blue #" "# Every little daydream I dream is about you #" "Happy Christmas." "Oi!" " What is it?" " What is it?" "That's a special from Mr. Bedderwick, mate." "There's a letter in there as well." " Let's have a look." " It's antique" " Don't." "Just gently, lads, gently, gently." ""I hope you can do something with this." "With great expectations." "Zak Bedderwick."" "Look, it means a lot to him, that sheet music." "What is it, Tom?" "Show me." " "Every Little Moment."" " The Hilton Sisters." "Words and music by Bobby Jones." "Featuring the phenomenal success, The Hilton Sisters." " The Hilton Sisters, eh?" " Yeah, they were another Siamese act." " Siamese sisters?" " Gently, gently, it's an antique." "Well, what does he want us to do with it?" "I don't know." " You figure it out, boys." " God, right." "Go on then, sing it." "# Every little moment #" " # I'm with you I'm happy # - # I'm happy #" "# Every little moment #" "# Without you I'm blue #" "# Every little daydream I dream #" "# Is about you #" "It's not a fucking joke." "Come on." "It sounds like one of our dad's old songs" "I don't care what it sounds like." "Change it, do something with it, yeah?" " Just" " We'll change it." "We'll change it." "Whole idea of it was it was Zak's blessing." "It was." "It was his blessing." "It was his way of saying "Go ahead, make an album." "Go for it." "I'll pay for it."" "I mean, Zak" "Zak thought it was just a matter of, you know... padding out a couple of catchy hits with a few extra tunes." "# Bending the rules Touching the tools #" "# Don't make us feel fucking fools #" "# You're looking cool Feel the crown jewels #" "# All the way home #" "# Two-way Romeo Giving me a boney-o #" "# Bang, bang it's all right #" "# Bang, bang through the night #" "# Bang, bang through the night #" "Oh, come on!" "# You're looking cool Feel the crown jewels #" "# Where art thou now #" "# Two-way Romeo Giving me a boney-o #" "# Bang, bang it's all right #" "# Bang, bang through the night #" "# Bang, bang it's all right #" "# I go bang, bang through the night #" "# I go bang #" "# Bang, bang #" "All right!" "Nobody else." "I wanted it to be me in the room." "It felt like it was." " The boom, boom, bang, bang thing?" " Really buzzing from it." "Brilliant." "My ears are ringing." "I've been so upset." "I didn't care anymore, because" "Doesn't matter what you look like, what you dress like." " We're here to dance." " My mum's gonna kill me when she finds out." "When he undid his shirt, we kind of fancied them." " If they can do that, then we can do anything." " That's fucking rocking." "# Looking through the window #" "# There's three people in this car #" "# Don't know where we're going #" "# Could be far #" "# There's trees and lampposts and people out in the streets #" "Zak Bedderwick wanted me to get the photo for the album sleeve... the record sleeve, you know, and, um" "Well, I was going to do this kind of Fontainebleau." "You know, the two women that are holding each other's nipples." "Well, one's holding the other one." "I thought that, you know, with the play, with the twins... with the join-with the girls, with the masks." "# It's all going on But we don't give a shit 'cause #" "# We're sitting in a car #" "And then Barry, he took the whole thing completely out of my hands." "The girls didn't know." "I didn't" " I just thought I've got to go with this." "Tom was" " He was a little studious boy that wanted to be a good musician... that wanted to get it right... that wanted to please me, and Barry wanted to fuck with me." "# Kicking cans Passing the time of day #" "Testosterone" "That's what happened." "That's what I'm talking about." "They're threatening to do an exposé- Muckraking." " They're talking freaks, Henry." " Right, uh" "Talking cruel training methods." "Mr. Bedderwick, would you say that the information in this proposed article... comes within any appreciable distance of being accurate?" "Well, that's what I'm worried about." "I know the journalist." "So do you." "Laura Ashworth?" "Laura Ashworth?" "Laura Ashworth was a slapper, mate." "If you're in trouble... and you need a friend..." "Laura Ashworth is the last person you want coming around the corner." "Maybe a cowbell." "# Looking through the window There's three people in this car #" "Hello." "How are you, sweetheart?" "Good to see you." " It's been a while." " Look at you." " Paul, what's this" " Who's this?" " This is Laura." "Laura Ashworth." " Is it?" " Yeah." "Bit old for a groupie, aren't you, darling?" " Actually, no, I don't think I am." " I think you are." " Do you?" " Yeah." " Oi." "Gently." " It's Tom, isn't it?" "That's right." "You are correct." "I am Tom." " Good to meet you, Tom." " This is George." " I thought it was Barry." " Hi, I'm George." "George." "Do you mind if I call you Barry?" " Look, he's joking." "I'm actually Barry." " Call me Georgina if you want." "I'm Barry." "Shake my hand." "Touch my hand." " Hello." " I'm Barry." " Bloody hell." " Same old same old, ain't it?" "What's the fucking gag then?" "What is she doing here?" " Haven't you been told?" " She's gonna write your autobiography." " Does she fuck?" " What?" "No, I'm not writing your autobiography." "No, I know you're not." "See you later." " Nick." " What?" "What exactly have" " So that's all right." " So, are you a music journalist then or" "Well, not quite, but the, um" "I'm writing for an academic publication." " Whoo!" " You're gonna be in an academic publication." "Academic publication no less." " Yeah." " You're on the way up." " So what are you writing about?" " Well, you guys specifically." " What about us?" " Well, you know... you're kind of-you know, you're-you're different." "What?" "Young and exciting and, you know" "What else?" "Young, exciting- Give me" " Give me a third." "Listen, I'm-I'm actually writing an article about exploitation of the physically impaired." "Speak to Tubs." "He's got a dodgy ankle." "Of course, I had this image of these two young victims... these poor defenseless boys that were being totally exploited." "And then... when I see these-these-these-these... young, vibrant men with this energy and this presence, and... it just threw me totally." "When Mr. Bedderwick approached me... with the, um, Laura Ashworth problem..." "I suggested he took her on the payroll." "I knew she wouldn't be able to resist recapturing her past." "And I knew she wouldn't be able to resist the twins." "No" " Child psychology." "So have you interviewed loads of other bands and stuff, Laura?" " Um, unofficially, yes." " Off the record." " Off the record." "On the Q.T." " Covert operations." " Microphone down your panties?" " No." " Barry" " I have to keep him on a lead." " Do you?" " Is that your job, between the two of you?" " Yes." " Really?" " Yeah." "That's my job." "How do you feel about the people at Humbleden?" " Tubs and Spitz?" " Tubs and Spitz." " And Jack." " It's a great crowd." "You like them?" " Yeah, well, the" " You know, there's lots of" " And Mick and Aaron and" " Felix." " Ben." "Are there any people, um, in particular that you, um... you get on with more than" " Ask him about Adelle." " Who's Adelle?" " Adelle." " Adelle?" " Just a girl I like." " Just a girl." "Oh, really?" "Is there interest already?" " You wanna ask Tom about that." " Tell me about Adelle." " No, it's not important." " No, go on, tell" " Am I embarrassing you?" " No, don't" " What was he gonna hand me?" " It's my songbook." "It's what I write chords in." " Have you written a song about Adelle?" " No." "It's talking dirty." "It says you-says you wanna... says you wanna have sex with her." "Says you wanna have sex with Adelle." "What?" "Oh, what?" "Tommy does." "Tommy-Tommy wakes up in the night, what, talking about Adelle and that... and-and that he wants to" " He wants to touch her bum." " No." "Shut up." " And-And he fiddles." " Shut up." " Rubs himself up and down at night." " Shut up." " He does." "He does." " Shut up." "Shut up." " He does." "He wakes up in the night" " Just shut up." "and I can feel the bed rolling around and I know it's" " Just shut up, Barry." " What's that?" " He likes to touch himself?" " Barry, just shut up." " Guys, why don't we just" " Just shut up!" " Shut up!" " Does Tommy likes to touch himself?" "Tommy likes to touch himself!" "Tommy likes to touch himself!" " Just fucking shut up!" " Tommy likes to touch himself!" " Just shut up!" " Tommy fiddles with himself!" "Just shut up!" " Tommy's a bit sensitive today." " Shut up." "He hasn't had his normal morning wank." " Probably heard it all before." " What?" "Probably wanked boys off yourself." "Barry." "You two should go upstairs and take your boots off." " Do you want us to play another song?" " Go in there and spread your legs." " Hey!" " Sorry." "Okay, um" " So, can I ask you what- what happened there?" " He speaks the truth." " Who does?" " Hasn't got a name." "He's just there." " What?" "He just sits there." " Nothing" " Nothing's there." " Just" "Just sometimes." "I'm just interested to know, um" "Sieg Heil!" "Sieg Heil!" "Sieg Heil!" "Sieg Heil!" "In the first series of ugly scuffles... 47 left-wing protesters were arrested." "Tension rose still higher as the National Front march, well over 1,000 strong... reached the entrance to Red Lion Square." "Their way was blocked by the left-wingers, and both sides were kept apart by the police." "I noticed that Tom was writing stuff down." "He had a lot of ideas." "Um, so I let him-let him, you know, just-just go with it." "I mean, it was like an explosion of stuff." "If you listen to the lyrics of the songs, it was very small." "It was all about really the places they came from." "They always had an edge." "They always had a sense of danger." "Play it again, yeah?" "# Doola and Dawla #" "# They live in my shoes #" "# So how come Doola #" "# Don't come out and play #" "# How come Dawla #" "# Don't talk no more #" "# Doola dropped me in it #" "# Dawla made me cry #" "# Doola made me do it #" "# Dawla #" "# Made me #" "# Cry #" "# Those dolls been messin' with her head #" "# She said they told her everything that was said #" "# Chucking stones Breaking window panes #" "# Chopping worms and nicking from her dad #" "# Two to one, and one is three #" "# Are you you, or are you me #" ""Two to one, and one is three."" ""Are you you, or are you me?"" "Now you tell me what that's about." "# Always there hanging around #" "# Always nagging Making stupid sounds #" "# I wanna fuck you up Kick you to the ground #" "# Squashed like a snail A fish that's drowned #" "# Two to one, and one is three #" "# Are you you, or are you #" "# Me #" "Like all little kids, Tom and Barry had a secret friend they used to talk to." "I had two myself." "Doola and Dawla." "They lived in my shoes." "I don't know what the boys called theirs." " Help me." " Bury me." "Bury me." "Kill me." "It was their secret friend brought all those terrible nightmares." "His oldest trick, right, what it is, is we got lots of rubber bands, right?" " Rubber bands." " From Robbie's sewing box and that." " Robbie's box." " We put them together." " And that just stuck us together." " Tom grows on Barry." "Barry grows on Tom." "And that is" " And that is what it is." " Life is that" " Will you give us one?" " You got the lyrics there?" "As long as we're in together, be all right." " Bang, bang!" " Ready?" "Come on." "# Nelson's blood is what we drink #" "# But we don't like the face and don't wanna think #" "# Yeah #" "# Oh, who buys this and who buys that #" "# Makes you feel good and tastes like crap #" "# Yeah #" "# Nelson's blood runs through our veins #" "# Nelson's blood runs through our veins Nelson's blood runs through our veins #" "# We've got Nelson's blood in our veins #" "# Ain't no leaving' 'cause there's nowhere to stay Ain't no running, no running away #" "# 'Cause we lost our mum and we're left with Dad #" "# Ain't too bad, but it's kind of sad #" "# Oh, when we move we flow like the river #" "# Glide like quicksilver Moving together #" "# Liquid limbs racing through the grasses #" "# Crossing fields, streams and marshes #" "# Nelson's blood runs through our veins Nelson's blood runs through our veins #" "# Nelson's blood runs through our veins Nelson's blood runs through our veins #" "# Ah-ah-ah-oh #" "# Oh-oh-oh #" "# Birds are singing till they stuff our dad One minute fly, the next minute dead #" "# Yeah #" "# Blood coming through my veins #" "# Nelson's blood running through our veins Nelson's blood running through our veins #" "# Nelson's blood running through our veins Nelson's blood running through our veins #" "# We've got Nelson's blood in our veins #" "# We've got Nelson's blood in our veins #" "# Nelson's blood running through our veins Nelson's blood running through our veins #" "Whoo!" "Go, Tommy." "Ah!" "# Nelson's blood running through our veins Nelson's blood running through our veins #" "# Nelson's blood running through our veins We've got Nelson's blood in our veins #" "Too fucking right!" "One more time!" "You did and you didn't forget that they were actually... physically joined together, because they were two very different people." "I found the way Tom held his... silence was attractive." "And Barry was... vulnerable and..." "I tapped into that very quickly... and, although he made me feel uncomfortable... because he was so in your face a lot of the time... um, I just wanted to- protect him, really." "They're-They're-They're right through" "They're right through these posh girls, hang out, whatever, they've got the education... you know" "You know, they lead- lead people astray, mate, lead people astray." "# Sink or swim #" "# Make your mind up #" "# Before you let the #" "# Fat cats win #" "# Wipe your chin Ain't no one looking after you #" "# Now, now, now Give nothing away #" "# But give it loud, loud, loud #" "# There's a stench of the suits and dirt on the doors #" "# The fat cats #" "# And top hats #" "# The fats cats The top hats, the drag acts #" "# Cause a late night frenzy #" "# And there's no time #" "# To whinge or whine #" "# So fall in line #" "# Oh, the push and pull #" "# The freaks and ghouls #" "# Fuck the big-buck boys #" "# Break their toys #" "# Oh, the fat cats #" "# And top hats #" "# The fat cats, the top hats, the drag acts #" "# Cause a late night frenzy #" "It's, um, generally held that... conjoined twins should be separated, whenever medically possible, as early as possible." "The Howes were omphalopagus, um, joined at the lower chest... as were the original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng Bunker." "Tom and Barry Howes' circulatory system was interconnected." "And in addition, they shared a liver." "An operation to separate the twins would have been accompanied... by extraordinary dangers, given the medical knowledge of that time." "Especially as Barry had been born with a congenital heart defect... which made him the weaker sibling." "However, I have no doubt that that would have been the correct decision." "Chang and Eng." "They were born in Siam." " And they were like" " They could have cut themselves apart." "You got a bread knife, 'cause that's probably better... but this is like- like a hot knife through butter, that is." "Bye-bye, Bar." "Bye-bye, Barry." "Bye-bye." "Bye-bye, Barry." " Do you want to be separate?" " Might do." "Might not." " Could do." " Could not." " Are you guys gonna have kids?" " Don't know." "Are you gonna have a kid?" "Huh." "Imagine if I had twins." "Imagine if I had triplets." "Imagine if I had quads." " Imagine if I had" " Sextuplets." ""Five-teplets."" "If I had conjoined twins" "I would cut 'em down the middle, like a slice of bread." "# Bending the rules Touching the tools #" "# Don't make us feel fucking fools #" "# You're looking cool Feel the crown jewels #" "# All the way home #" "# Two-Way Romeo Giving me a boney-o #" "# Bang, bang It's all right #" "# Bang, bang through the night #" "# Bang, bang through the night #" "That's right!" "Um, I think Ken Russell should stick to Women In Love... which I think is brilliant." "But like a lot of biopics, you know, um... they miss the essence... the essential beauty." " What else do you want?" " Are you done with those?" " Oh, darling." " Thank you very much." "Oh, Laura." "You're a star." "You're my wonderful woman." "Excuse me." " Adelle?" " It's all right." " Adelle." " That's just how I like them." "Something I can dunk my soldiers in, if you know what I mean, Laura." " Do you like dunking your soldiers, Barry?" " I love to dunk my soldier." "You love it when I dunk my soldier, don't you, Laura?" " Shut up, Barry." " Oh, hard." "Never mind, never mind." " Would you like some toast?" " No, just on its own, thanks." "I reckon what we should do... just to make this beautiful sunny morning even better" " # And she had flowers #" " Does it look nice?" " I love it." " Thank you, Barry." "You look very pretty, Laura." "You do." "You look very pretty this morning actually." "What?" "Okay." " What, Tommy?" " Soldier?" "# Can't you just feel it #" "# Can't you sense the power of love #" "# From me to you, babe #" "# From me to you #" "# Could it be #" "# I'm calling out to you, my friend #" " # 'Cause this is a message of love to you #" " Play something else, Tom." " # Well, can't you just sense it #" " Tom." "# Can't you just sense it #" " Tom, try another fuckin' song." " # Can't you sense the power of love #" "# From me to you, babe #" "# From me to you #" "Tom, you've been playing that song for the last fucking half an hour." "# 'Cause this is a message of love to you #" "# Can't you see me #" "# Can't you see my eyes on you #" "It wasn't an ideal situation, and I know that, you know." "And I had my own anger and frustration about it." "I fell in love with Tom." "You can't choose who you fall in love with." "# La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la #" "# Oh, ships in the ocean #" "# Create a commotion #" "# Can you feel this pain I feel #" "# For you #" "# Can't you see me #" "# 'Cause I've got my eye on you #" "# Can't you feel it #" "# The way I'm feeling #" "# From fuckin' me to you #" "# I'm calling out to you, you cunt #" "# 'Cause this is a message of hate to you #" "# My friend #" "Rock and roll." "When Barry performed, it was like he was fighting for his life." "It was like he just wanted that- to keep going." "I think he was afraid it would stop." "I think the thought of not having that kind of sense of- of power maybe." "A sense of being wanted, being adored." "I think that frightened Barry a lot." "Oh." "Fuck off!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" " All right, Tom, you're right." " What are you doing?" "Get off!" "Go!" "Get off." "There were always fights, but one time in particular..." "Barry actually threatened Tom with a knife." "And it got very real." "I actually examined the Howe brothers on a single occasion... just once, after one of those, um... violent episodes that they were prone to." "And it was here that I discovered something very interesting." "This dark patch." "A... growth of some kind." "Now, Barry's, um, mood swings and restlessness and general paranoia... are indicative of amphetamine abuse... but those symptoms can also be attributed to a tumor." "There have been cases where one twin is encapsulated... in a cyst or tumor inside the other." "It's" " It's known as fetus in fetu." "There was a case of a farmer, age 28... who went to the doctor complaining of a stomachache." "He was found to have a 13-pound fetal twin inside his abdomen." "On opening the head of the fetus, two additional fetuses were found... in the cranial cavity." "It's conceivable that Barry Howe harbored the rudiments... of a third fetus in his cranium." "A lot of people have asked me about- this-this third head on the shoulders of the brothers." "In the novel, I just simply didn't believe it... because things don't grow like that." "Whereas, a sort of growth on the- on the back of the neck, these things..." " are medically documented in such cases." " 144, take 12." "But I did think it was a wonderful metaphor for their, um- for their genius, if you like." "It was as though it-it contained the essence of their being." "Happy Christmas." "Hey, hang on." "No, no, love." "Sorry." "Sorry, sweetheart." "Our present." " Where do you put it, on top?" " Shut up." " What do you reckon, Barry?" " Tommy wants one." " Shall we let Tommy do a line?" "You want to do a big one, Tommy?" " Tommy, you're gonna be in our club." " Can you do a big one, Tom?" " Yeah." " Leave some for me, all right?" " Tommy can do a big one." "No." "Hold it." "Tommy's doin' a big one." "You're not on it, not even on it." " Get it." "Get it." "Get it all." " Oh, give it here." " Get it all." " Come here." " Tommy, you naughty boy." " How was that?" "You like that?" " Tommy" " That was nice." "You want another?" "You want a bigger one?" " Tommy wants a bigger one." " Wash it down, Tommy." "Wash it down." "Tommy's fucked off that his girlfriend isn't here tonight." "Aren't ya, Tommy?" " What do you reckon?" " Tommy wants another one, Barry." "Says Tommy does not want another one." " Tommy wants another one." " Tommy does not want another one." "Barry, what else does he say?" "He says it's time for you to go now, Bob." "Says we're sailin' on, so we don't need you anymore." "We're off." "Bye!" "See ya later." "Bye." "We're goin' now." " Tommy" " Nick" "No more." "That is the last time you will do it." " You remember" " Tommy's trying to fuck me up." "Sit down for 10 minutes." " No, I'm all right." "I just want to get up." " Tommy." "Sit down." " I'm all right." " Sit down." "If you stopped and tried to change the world... every time you've got the camera turning... um, I guess you'd never make a film and maybe you shouldn't." "Maybe you should never be there." "For I know one thing, we should have had a psychiatrist at Humbleden." "You know, if you're going to push all those buttons with people's psyches... somebody should be there, qualified to handle it when it gets out of control." "Is there anyone here tonight called William?" " William?" "Is there a William?" " Yeah." "You're a fuckin' cunt." "# Oh, sink or swim #" "# Make your mind up #" "# Before you let the fat cats win #" "# Oh, wipe your chin Ain't no one looking after you #" "# Now, now, now Give nothing away but give it #" " # Now, now, now #" " Fuck off!" "# There's a stench of the suits and dirt on the doors #" "# The fat cats #" "# Top hats #" "# Oh, the fat cats, the top hats the drag acts #" "# Cause a late night frenzy #" "# There's no time to whinge or whine #" "# So fall in line #" "# You really fucking want this #" "# Oh, the push and pull #" "# Freaks and ghouls #" "# Fuck the big-buck boys #" "# Break their toys #" "Get off the stage." "Off!" "Put your arm around me, Barry." "Put your arm around me." "Get the door, Tom." "Get 'round the fucking front." "Get in the back." "Get in the back." "What?" "Beat it!" "Where are you, Tom?" "What can you see?" "Sand." "Where's Barry gone?" "He's whispering in his ear." "He's whispering" "Who's whispering?" "Tom?" " Is Barry whispering?" " Mm-hmm." "Growing out the sand." "What's it saying, Tom?" "He's getting out." "He's getting out." "Oh" "Shh." "Tom, it's just a bad dream." "Just a bad dream." "There's nothing going on with the band." "Everything is good, Mr. Bedderwick." "Well, you'll see for yourself, won't you?" "You'll see for yourself." "And when you see for yourself, you'll be very, very happy." "# The pavement's full of it It's all going on #" "# But we don't give a shit 'cause we're sitting in a car #" "# We're sitting in a car #" "# There's flowers and dirt and fat slobbering old men #" "# Young girls, mothers #" "# Walking with their friends #" "Tom, how's it going?" "It's great, Eddie." "It's great." "It's really great." " Yeah?" "What's happening?" " Oh, Barry did a monster one, didn't he?" "You don't have to answer his questions, Tom." "Tom does one, Barry does one." "Goes in a circle, doesn't it, Barry?" " Why do you think Barry eats itself?" " Eats itself, don't it, Barry?" "What's happening, Baz?" "What's happening with you?" "Tom does one." "One." " Barry does one." " No!" "Barry does one!" "Bang." "Bang." "# We're driving down the road in between the white lines #" "# There's police cars coming #" "# Solving all the crimes #" "# Faces on the posters towering over our heads #" "I know as time went on that..." "Tom became less and less happy... with his situation, and..." "I know that may have been something to do with me... but if it wasn't me, it would have been somebody else, you know, and..." "I think he wanted his freedom." "The emotional and intellectual lives of conjoined twins... are entwined in a- in a highly complex way." "There may be a physical separation that is successful, but... in my opinion, I think it's very, very difficult... to have a successful emotional severance." "# Make you smell so sweet those cinnamon bath sticks #" "# You make me smell so sweet #" "# I'm trying to make this #" "# Trying to make this good #" "# Someday #" "# You and me might even go home #" "# Won't you save this #" "# You make me sick #" "# I'm gonna raise this, right on #" "# I'm gonna raise this Raise this up #" "# Raise this up #" "# Try and raise this up #" "Fuck all to do with me." "# And if I find it, find it, sign it #" "# No one will mind me, mind me #" " Stop playing for two minutes." " What's that?" "What?" "Read it." "It's to Laura." "What?" "Right." "Where's Laura?" " Where's Laura?" " Where is Laura?" "Where is Laura?" " I don't know." " Paul, what does it say?" "Um" " It's from some doctor." ""Come in for a consultation"... with reference to fucking separating 'em." "To Laura." "I received this letter from Laura Ashworth... acting on behalf of the twins." "The gist is they wished to explore the possibility of separation." "I didn't send that letter to Allardyce Stevens." "Who else would have wrote a letter like that?" "Who would else, you know, who would have had the connections?" "Who would have known them sort of people, you know?" "Of course it came from Laura." "Got to, ain't it?" "Sort of thing she would have done." "I have serious doubts that both twins would have survived the operation." "As it was, my response went unanswered." "I never heard from them or Laura Ashworth again." "Bedderwick, you know, he went fucking ape shit!" "He said that bitch had to go." "Someone had to shut her up." "I left because Tom didn't ask me to stay, really." "You know, he didn't... say anything, he didn't back me up." "He" "I wasn't really in a position to defend myself." "Or I didn't feel I was then, anyway." "Really, I was set up." "Well, if you ask me, I think Tom guessed who sent the letter." "So, are you guys gonna get separated?" "Maybe when one of us" "What?" "What?" "He says... when one of us dies... then we both die." "Together." "We go together." "Go together." "Yeah." " Sounds fucking good." " Yeah." "It sounds fucking brilliant." "So let's get the bass right." "# Unbury me #" "Tom was a very cool customer." "But..." "I don't think he knew how angry he was." "I" "I think" " I think that he was a walking time bomb." "This is a special night for The Bang Bang." "First, we'd like to welcome the record company people." "And, of course, Mr. Zak Bedderwick." " We're up here, are we?" "Rita's fine." " She didn't wanna come tonight?" "No, no, no, no." "Not tonight." "Next time." "Tammy, have a nice evening." "Pleased to meet you." "Hi, how you doing?" "A lot of you have been here before." "You have seen 'em many, many a fucking time." "So you know what's coming, don't you?" " Who do you want?" " Bang Bang!" " Who do we fucking want?" " Bang Bang!" "So here they are, The Bang Bang." "Is there anyone out there called Zak?" "This one's for you, Zak." "What you give, you get back." "# Every little moment with you I'm happy #" "# Every little moment without you I'm blue #" "# Every little daydream I dream is about you #" "# Every little moment I'm thinking of you #" "# You can make the day go by like a song #" "# Or seem centuries long #" "# Every little moment I'm thinking about you #" "# Every little moment I only want you #" "# Every little moment I'm thinking about you #" "# Every little moment I only want you #" "This was the future." "That's what we were trying to do." "It was something to do with the future." "And Barry and Tom just took it into a different place." "Just build and build and build, and it was fucking wonderful." "# Doola and Dawla They live in my shoes #" "# So how come Doola don't come out and play #" "# And how come Dawla don't talk no more #" "# Doola dropped me in it #" "# Dawla poked my eye #" "# Doola made me do it #" "# Dawla made me cry #" "Cry!" "# Those dolls been messin' with her head #" "# She said they told her everything that was said #" "# Chucking stones Breaking window panes #" "# Chopping worms and nicking from her dad #" "# Two to one, and one is three #" "# Are you you, or are you me #" "# East wind tugging on her leg Make her crazy, makin' her beg #" "# Live in her conscience Sleep in her bed #" "# It's like they're living but she wanted them dead #" "# Two to one, and one is three #" "# Are you you, or are you me #" "# He makes us listen when we wanna talk #" "# Makes us sit down when we wanna walk #" "# It's like a fish hook stuck in your throat #" "# Wanna swim but we're stuck on this boat #" "# Two to one, and one is three #" "# Are you you, or are you #" " # Me # - # Or are you #" "# Two to one, and one is three #" "# Two to one, and one is three #" "# I need you #" "# I need me #" "# I need me I need you #" "Here." "Impossible to see exactly what happened." "I didn't see." "I was, um" "I couldn't get to them." "I just" "There's the guitar being lifted, right there." "Now where's Barry?" "There's a few rumors going around." "Some people said they saw this." "Some people said they saw that, but you can't" "I would have to say that Barry had been struck." "Look how anguished Tom is here." "I just think that he snapped." "Tom and Barry was out of it by then, and Tom was, uh" "He was shaking when he come out." "He didn't speak or nothing." "White." "I didn't see the twins." "Nick bundled them off." "Got them back to Humbleden." "All I know is that they were in bad shape." "It's a long time ago, mate." "Long time ago." "When I went to the big house to collect my brothers... they were in a terrible state." "And no one could tell me what happened." "It was, um" "Tom was crying." "In anger." "And fear too." "And Barry... just stared." "It's like he wasn't there at all." "Unbury me." "Unbury me." ""You better take us home, Robbie," Tom says." "So I did." "Who's burying me?" " I can't" " I can't breathe." " Shh." "Can't breathe." "I can't breathe." "Can't breathe." "Shh, Tom." "Help me." " Shall we do it, Tommy?" " Go on." "One, two, three." " You hold the other side." " Go on." "I'll close my eyes." " You hold the other side." " Go on, do it." " Hold the other side." " All right." " Ready?" " One, two, three." "Ooh." "Oh, look away a minute, look away a minute." " Yeah, I've done it." " Done it." " I just can't be bothered to move." " No." " Can't." " He's whispering." "Shh." "Just shh." "Here's where I found 'em." "They were" "They were huddled together." "It was like they were sleeping." "Like when they were little kids." "I'm not sure if Barry had died first, but Tom... you could see where he'd tried to sever himself... from his brother." "Help me." "Where are you, Tom?" "What can you see?" "Sand." "Sand." "Where's Barry gone?" "Hmm." "He's whispering in his ear." "He's whispering." "Who" " Who's whispering, Tom?" "He doesn't have a name." " He doesn't" " Shh." "Shh." "Tom, it's just a bad dream." "It doesn't have a name." "Just a bad dream." "# Can you not see me #" "# Can you not see my eyes on you #" "# Can you not feel it #" "# Can you not feel my soul calling out #" "# I'm calling out to you, my friend #" "# 'Cause this is a message to you my friend #" "# Oh, can't you just sense it #" "# Can't you just sense the power of love #" "# From me to you, babe #" "# From me to you and back again #" "# I'm calling out to you, my friend #" "# 'Cause this is a message of love to you #" "# We're ships in the ocean #" "# Create an emotion #" "# Oh, can't you feel this pain #" "# I feel for you #" "# La, la, la, la, la #" "# La, la, la, la, la #" "# Ships in the ocean #" "# Create a commotion #" "# Can you feel this pain I feel #" "# Do you #" "# Can't you see me #" "# 'Cause I've got my eyes on you #" "# Can you feel it #" "# Can you feel it I feel it too #" "# I don't fucking see it #" "# I'm calling out to you, my friend #" "# 'Cause this is a message of hate to you #" "# My friend #" "# Nelson's blood is what we drink #" "# But we don't like the face and don't wanna think #" "# Yeah #" "# Oh, who buys this and who buys that #" "# Makes you feel good and tastes like crap #" "# Yeah #" "# Nelson's blood runs through our veins #" "# Nelson's blood runs through our veins Nelson's blood runs through our veins #" "# Nelson's blood runs through our veins #" "# Ain't no leaving' 'cause there's nowhere to stay ain't no running, no running away #" "# 'Cause we lost our mum and we're left with dad #" "# Ain't too bad, but it's kind of sad #" "# Oh, when we move we flow like the river #" "# Glide quicksilver Moving together #" "# Liquid limbs racing through the grasses #" "# Crossing fields, streams and marshes #" "# Nelson's blood runs through our veins Nelson's blood runs through our veins #" "# Nelson's blood runs through our veins We've got Nelson's blood in our veins #" "# Ah-ah-ah-oh #" "# Oh-oh-oh #" "# Birds are singing till they stuff our dad #" "# One minute fine the next minute dead, yeah #" "# Wants to, wants to when the flies do flow #" "# Blowing through the branches of the oak tree #" "# Blood coming through my veins #" "# Nelson's blood running through our veins Nelson's blood running through our veins #" "# Nelson's blood running through our veins Nelson's blood running through our veins #" "# We've got Nelson's blood in our veins We've got Nelson's blood in our veins #" "# Nelson's blood running through our veins Nelson's blood running through our veins #" "Yeah!" "# Nelson's blood running through our veins Nelson's blood running through our veins #" "# Nelson's blood running through our veins We've got Nelson's blood in our veins #"