24 Hour Party People Page #7

everyone wanted a part of you.

-Tone.

-Yes?

-Coming back for a wabosh, mate? Come on.

-I've eaten, thanks.

-You're Iooking very beautifuI.

-He owns the Hacienda.

-I'm the big guy.

-He's the big one. He's the big boss.

MetaphoricaIIy speaking.

it was like being on a fantastic fairground ride...

...centrifugal forces

throwing us wider and wider.

And there's this brilliant machine at the center...

...that's gonna bring us back to earth.

That was Manchester. That was the Hacienda.

Now imagine the machine breaks.

For a while it's better,

because you're really flying...

...but then you're f***ed,

because nobody beats gravity.

I'm back.

What are you doing here? I thought

you were in gIamorous f***ing London.

I went to interview Sir Keith Joseph.

It's very important.

He Iikes to be caIIed Sir Keith.

His knighthood's very important to him.

They caII him the Mad Monk.

That's important at the end of the story.

i was supposed to get the train, right?

But i didn't, i drove.

i'm driving along, really well...

...and i end up on this f***ing Pennine.

There you go. A mobiIe phone.

Do you know how it works?

Yeah. I've used them before.

And i make a phone call

on this mobile phone thing.

it's like listening to a f***ing headache.

And then I was waIking aIong a raiIway Iine...

...and a train goes roaring past.

And i climbed onto the train.

You can't come in here, son.

I'm sorry, do you know who I am?

Ernie, we've got one here

doesn't know who he is.

Timing is everything.

When we built the Hacienda, it was too soon.

When we built the Factory office, it was too late.

it did, however, have a zinc roof,

which was very cool.

Even though you could only see it

if you were in a helicopter.

At Iast, Factory has...

...a proper office.

It's made of MDF.

What are aII these about?

How much was it?

It's not the materiaI, Hooky.

You're paying for design.

I didn't ask about the materiaI.

I asked how much it was.

-It was Pou30,000. But--

-Did you pick the shape?

-It was what?

-No, the shape is something that....

-Pou30,000?

-The point is, if you go to any London--

For a f***ing tabIe?

If you go to any London record company....

Are you out of your mind, you dozy prick?

ShaII we Iet go of him,

and shaII we not f***ing do that?

-You aII right?

-Yeah, fine.

-No, it's aII right.

-Are you okay?

-I'm absoIuteIy fine.

-Okay.

-Rob, sit down.

-I'm aII right, honestIy.

Pou30,000 for a f***ing tabIe, you c*nt!

WiII you stop? For God's sake.

There was only one problem with the Hacienda.

it never made any money.

There were huge crowds

and a great atmosphere.

But it was all fueled by ecstasy, not alcohol.

And we didn't sell E at the bar.

Although we did talk about it.

We were spending money on the building,

the staff, the DJs, the sound system...

...but most of the money

went to the drug dealers.

And guess what?

They didn't give the money to us.

They spent it on clothes

or cars or restaurants or houses...

...or girls or guns.

Especially guns.

AII right, man?

Drug dealers are like any other businessmen.

They like to increase their market share.

You IittIe f***ing pricks,

teII your mum I give you this.

Only, suppliers don't tend

to undercut each other on prices...

...just try to get rid of the competition.

Soon, the violence spread to the Hacienda.

-Hi, big feIIa.

-What can I do for you?

-Everybody pays, even gang members.

-Give him a sIap, PeI.

He shot him!

This is bad in itself,

but it's also bad for business.

And when someone's carrying a gun,

it's hard to turn them away.

Pretty soon there's shootings inside the club

as well as on the door.

if you've got a lot of drugs and guns

in your club...

...you're gonna get shut down.

So, you have to try and control it.

i took advice from Plutarch's Life of Caesar...

...where it says, ''Keep your friends close,

but your enemies closer.''

The problem is often the solution

in a different set of clothes.

Come on in.

in this case, we gave the drug dealers

the doorman's uniform.

Now we didn't control the door or the drugs.

You as weII, Iove, come on.

I'm sorry, it's not your scene tonight, mate.

Come on.

I pay your f***ing wages, mate.

-You're on a wind-up, aren't you?

-Just f***ing do one.

According to William Blake:

''The road of excess

leads to the palace of wisdom.''

i was on my way there, in a Jag.

-HeIIo.

-Hiya.

HeIIo. Are you aII right, Iad?

Kiss.

There's some very

unspectacuIar fIowers and grapes.

Nice views.

BeautifuI.

TroIIs.

I used to have TroIIs when I was IittIe.

Do you stiII caII them TroIIs?

Yeah.

-I've got you a mobiIe phone.

-Thanks.

Mummy's got a phone,

and I've got one, too. See?

So, it's Iike tin cans with string.

-Remember when we made tin cans with string?

-Yeah.

TaIked down the end of it?

I've got to go to Martin Hannett's...

...funeraI.

-Who?

-Martin Hannett.

Had a heart attack.

Okay...

...I shouId have found time to teII you earIier,

I did have chiIdren with my second wife, HiIary.

And there was a time with Lindsay

when that was aII I wanted.

And, no, I've not been

the best father in the worId.

Yes, I couId have been there more than I have.

And obviousIy I've got regrets about that,

but this is not a fiIm about me.

I am not Prince HamIet, nor was meant to be.

I'm a minor character in my own story.

This is a fiIm about the music...

...and the peopIe who made the music.

Ian Curtis, Shaun Ryder...

...and Martin Hannett.

Take your time, gentIemen, it's very heavy.

This coffin's not going to go down,

so we're going to Ieave it on top, okay?

GentIemen, Ieave the straps, pIease.

Thank you very much.

Death puts things in perspective.

We're all equal in the grave.

Except Martin, obviously,

who was a huge character.

So huge, his coffin wouldn't fit in his grave.

i remember thinking,

''Martin Hannett, too big for death.''

''...the hope of resurrection...

''...in those whose bodies are subject to decay.''

We'd been running on empty for months.

We shuffled cash from the club

to the record company...

...and back again.

-How are you doing?

-Good.

-What can I get you?

-I'm right, thanks.

You know, we do have to

restock the bar occasionaIIy.

You might wanna pass that on...

...to the guys.

We're thinking of having a temperance night.

That's IoveIy. And I'II see you next week, then.

We had to make some money.

So we had to release records.

New Order want to record another aIbum.

Thank Christ for that.

In Ibiza.

-Why Ibiza?

-Why not Ibiza?

It's gonna be monsoon season

when we get there.

-It's sunny, actuaIIy.

-Not aII the time.

New Order went off to ibiza,

and took two f***ing years to make the album.

-The Mondays want to make another aIbum.

-That's fantastic news.

And the great thing is,

we can do it in Manchester.

You know Shaun's had a bit of troubIe with...

...heroin recentIy?

Yeah.

I tried to get him off smack

and on to methadone, but now he's doing both.

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