Backbeat Page #5

Is there anyone who can

help this man out with a blow job?

(All cheer)

Ta, Cyn.

(# Rock-'n'-roll)

# If you wanna hear some music

like the boys are playin'

# Hold tight, tap your foot,

don't let 'em carry you away

# Don't let the heat overcome you

when you're playing so loud

# Let the music intrigue you

when they get a crowd

# Well, if you can't dance,

I know that you wish you could

# I got my eyes on you, baby,

cos you dance so good #

(Girls screaming)

(Train horn)

(Brakes screeching)

Come on. Rise and shine, Tonto.

Come on, surf's up.

Hamburgy-burgy-burgy.

(People speaking German)

(Station announcement in German)

Breaks your f***ing heart, doesn't it?

I never finished this.

(Laughing) The painting!

F*** the painting.

Open your eyes.

You've made me look like Klaus.

(Astrid) You don't like it?

I know what John's going to say.

F***in' hell.

(# Rock-'n'-roll)

# Well, you know that I love you,

tell the world that I do

# C'mon, pretty baby, why can't you be true?

# I need your lovin', baby, oh, so bad

# The best little woman that I ever had

# Slow down

# Baby, now you're movin' way too fast

(# Out-of-tune bass notes)

# You gotta give me a little lovin',

give me a little lovin'

# Oh! If you want our love to last #

(Cheering)

- (John) Thanks.

- You off? Pressing engagement?

- You're a bit flat.

- Flat?

I think it's the E string. Ask John.

Oh! I'm flat? Me!

That's it. Finish.

- Leave it alone.

- Something's got to be done.

We can't go on like this.

Half the time he doesn't turn up.

When he does, he's in the fifth dimension.

It's a waste of f***ing time.

I've told you before, Paul.

If you kick Stu out, I'll go with him.

No, you won't. You f***ing won't.

- You know how good we can be.

- Not without me.

- You won't kiss it goodbye.

- Just watch me, mate.

What is it? What is it between you two?

- What is it?

- Yeah, what's going on?

- Are you saying I'm a queer? Is that it?

- Oh, look.

- You saying I'm a f***ing fairy?

- That's not what I said.

- That's what you said!

- He never said that.

He never said you were a fairy.

For Christ's sake!

Will you just leave it alone?

He spoke.

You can't blame Paul.

You act like you're not interested.

- I'm not.

- Bollocks.

I'm not going to play in a band

for the rest of me life.

Paul is, you are. It's what you want.

Found something better, have you?

I'll let you know. I'm going to find out.

- Calls for a drink, eh?

- I've got to go, mate.

Stu, she's just a girl.

All right, she's got a bit of

je ne sais f***ing quoi.

She swept you off your feet.

But she's just another shag.

She's having a bit of fun with you.

She hasn't finished with you yet.

- She'll get bored.

- You don't know her.

- She'll get tired.

- You don't know me either.

She'll finish with you like she did to Klaus!

She's going to do it to you too!

She'll f***ing do it to you!

F*** you. F*** you.

F*** you.

(# Latin-style pop with flute and drums)

(Man speaking Russian)

(Speaks Russian)

He knows War And Peace word by word.

- The whole thing?

- The whole thing, in Russian.

My advice - take two.

What can I say?

You don't need to say anything.

Calls for a drink.

(Cheering)

You can do it.

(Cheers become fainter, distorted)

(Cries out)

- (Gasps and yelps)

- Stuart!

- Klaus!

- (Klaus speaks German)

(Shouts in German)

This has happened to you how many times?

I don't know. A couple.

I'm in a band.

We play eight days a week.

It can give you a headache.

Hmm. Er...

Mm... (Speaks German)

A blow to the head.

- You have had such a blow?

- Who hasn't?

Hmm.

It was the pills, the speed.

I'll lay off the speed.

Ja. Do so, Mr. Sutcliffe.

And also do this -

slow down.

Take your time.

Life is long.

You must not be in too much of a hurry.

(Bicycle bell)

(Astrid) Well?

- What did he say?

- You want the truth?

Please.

He said I should find a nice German girl

and ask her to marry me.

Oh, that's absurd.

I think I've got something to offer.

I've got a long way to go. I know that.

I'm not trying to pass meself off

as something I'm not.

But I want to be a painter.

I want the chance.

(Speaks German)

So, what do you say?

# Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music

# Any old way you choose it

# It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it

# Any old time you use it

- # It's gotta be rock and roll music

- (Dogs barking)

# If you wanna dance with me...

- I'm in! They said yes!

- Oh!

# ..modern jazz

Unless they try to play it too darn fast #

Great news!

- Cyn.

- Er, Miss Powell to you.

Stu!

I'm in. The art school said yes.

Bollocks.

(# Edith Piaf on radio)

Who's that?

That's that old Edith Piaf.

Up here.

I don't want a lot. The usual things.

I'd like a house. I'd like babies.

But all I really want is John.

He's all I've ever wanted.

John wants the world.

- That's it.

- Yes!

- She wants babies.

- I know.

She thinks you're going to marry her.

I am.

She's lucky.

Do you think so?

- Yuck.

- It's rum.

- That's what sailors drink.

- I'm a sailor.

I'm the son of a sailor.

I'm the son of a sailor's son.

Tell me something, John Lennon.

When you are rich and famous,

when you are number one,

when your name is in lights

and everybody wants to be your friend

and somebody asks,

"Do you remember Astrid in Hamburg?"

what will you say?

I'll say, "She was the girl I always wanted.

"The girl of me dreams.

"Like Brigitte Bardot with better manners.

"I might have fallen in love with her

"but she fell in love with me best friend.

"And that was the end of that."

I love him, John.

I do.

Yeah.

Don't we all?

Paul can play bass.

Paul can play bass a lot better than I can.

He can sing a lot better too.

He's a bit flat, you know.

You don't need me, John. You never did.

Yeah, but it was our band, wasn't it?

- You and me, Stu.

- No.

It was your band, yours and Paul's.

We're going to be big. You know that, don't ya?

You'll miss it, Stu.

You're going to kick yourself.

We've got them by the throat, Stu.

- You're going to be here in Hamburg.

- It's what I want.

It's where I want to be.

"There goes Stuart Sutcliffe."

That's what they'll say.

"He could have been in the Beatles."

"There goes Stu Sutcliffe."

"He fell in love with a German girl.

"He could have been in the Beatles

"but he never really learned how to play."

(Whooping)

(Laughter)

# Wait!

# Oh, yes, wait a minute, Mr. Postman

# Wait!

# Wa-a-ait, Mr. Postman

- # Mr. Postman, look and see

- (Screaming)

# Oh, yeah

# Is there a letter in your bag for me?

# Please, please, Mr. Postman

# I've been waitin' a long, long time

# Oh, yeah

# Since I heard from that girl of mine

# There must be some word today

# From my girlfriend so far away

# Please, Mr. Postman, look and see

# If there's a letter, a letter for me

# I've been standing here waiting, Mr. Postman

# So patiently

# For just a card, or just a letter

# Saying she'll be coming home to me

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