Bandslam Page #4

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-Something 2 Tone.

-I don't do blue beat.

Everybody knows

you could beat that kit senseless,

but real power is in holding back.

Control, you know, finding a groove.

Come on.

Use some hi-hat.

(PLAYlNG RHYTHM)

Okay, you know what a reggae groove is.

Cross stick.

There we go. Kick drum.

Sweet. No wonder you are a legend.

All right, Bug, come on, come on.

All right, listen to what he's doing

and try and play against it.

(PLAYlNG RHYTHM ON BASS)

Okay, that's good.

There we go.

That is what I'm talking about. That is what

you call a rhythm section. Everybody!

Come on. Just make up your part.

Don't worry about it being perfect, okay?

Just make it fit to what you're hearing.

And after the one,

let me hear some trombone.

Trumpet.

And sax.

(ALL PLAYlNG BLUE BEAT MUSlC)

Will Burton, you are amazing...

Mon.

WlLL:
You guys are gonna sound great.

But for Bandslam,

we need to find that one great song

-that says who we really are.

-So what exactly are you looking for?

I mean, I don't know,

but I will when I hear it.

CHARLOTTE:
What else?

All right, we have to talk

about the band name.

I mean, there can't be two Glory Dogs.

There just can't.

-Why? We are the Glory Dogs!

-We are the Glory Dogs. Yeah?

Honestly, the name just sucks.

It's lame and generic

and sounds like a Springsteen cover band.

Okay, well, what do you want to call us?

I Can't Go On, I'll Go On.

I Can't a What a What?

I Can't Go On, I'll Go On.

It's evocative. It's memorable.

It's ridiculous!

And it's not a name, all right?

-WlLL:
Don't say that!

-Glory Dogs, it says we're scruffy,

-you know? We bite.

-You know, it is a name.

Like Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly,

or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah,

which are both great bands.

This is where I draw the line.

I am not giving Ben Glory Dogs!

Get your ego out of it!

Will knows more about this stuff

in his little finger

than the rest of us put together.

You actually think we were better

before Will came along?

Yeah, we were a joke.

Now we have a shot at being a band.

Come on, to I Can't Go On, I'll Go On!

Fine. Fine.

-How was your day?

-WlLL:
lnappropriate! Inappropriate!

-Honey, I was just...

-Taking a shower!

Years from now, some shrink will pick out

this moment in time...

Fine, fine, but hurry up.

You're pulling away from me. A little bit.

And I don't know how I feel about it.

I just... I have to say that out loud.

We are not having this discussion now.

Can we continue this after rehearsal?

Please?

(PLAYlNG AMPHETAMlNE)

(SlNGlNG)

On the seventh hour of the seventh day

The seventh son was looking

for a seventh-stage getaway

The word came down from a blinding light

You got one chance, baby

Baby, you better do it right

Well, I was driving down on the 101

And it was late at night and I was thinking

about the things I'd done

All of my regrets

And baby, all of my fears

Yeah, I was slipping the car

From gear to gear to gear

Hey, hey, hey

God bless the child

God bless his soul

God perish the idea

that he'll die before he's old

You gotta be cool

You got to behave

Man, there'll be a time for that

when I'm lying in my grave

You gotta watch your step

or you'll lose your way

Take heed of the others

and do everything they say

Watch out for the man

Who never tolls the bells

'Cause if I fear for the devil

and I fear for myself

Then I'm gonna have to fear

for everybody else

(VOCALlZlNG)

I'm gonna fly

(VOCALlZlNG)

And I'm gonna live

Until the day I die

And I ain't got time

To wonder why

I'm gonna live

Till the day I die

SA5M:
We still have that stupid

Human Studies project to finish,

and we haven't hung out

since you've become Joe Cool Rock 'n' Roll.

You still haven't taken me

to your favorite place.

-'Cause I've never been there.

-How can it be your favorite place, then?

What?

Will.

What now? Huh?

Got you.

Oh, no.

-Check it out.

-Cool.

CBGB's.

The nerve center of everything that mattered

in music in the past 40 years,

and it closed

before I ever got to step inside.

Now they're turning it

into some cheesy clothing store.

It's better that way.

Now it can never disappoint you.

WlLL:
What are you doing?

Come on.

-Look at it.

-Yeah, it's a toilet.

Are you kidding me?

Birthplace of punk!

The Ramones.

Patti Smith.

Do you know how many times

she must've spit on this floor?

Bad Brains.

Without CBGB's,

there'd be no Sex Pistols or The Clash.

So U2 doesn't get inspired

to form a band in lreland.

And the Killers don't hear U2 in Vegas

and decide to pick up guitars.

The list is endless!

SA5M:
Wow. I'm starting to feel

like a Japanese tourist.

Then the rent got jacked, like, 2,000%.

So now CBGB's is just a T-shirt

Paris Hilton wears if she wants to look cool.

I knew it'd be my favorite place.

So, what's yours?

Now this is.

(TlRES SCREECHlNG)

(CAR HORN HONKlNG)

It's all right. You lived.

I think if you tried signaling,

people would honk less.

-They don't need to know my business.

-It's not really a privacy issue.

Pretty good rehearsal today,

don't you think?

So, what's up with you and Sa5m?

-You like her.

-She's my friend.

-No, you "like her" like her.

-Shut up.

-Have you kissed her yet?

-No.

Have you ever kissed any girl?

Remember how I said that "eating

your laundry for a month" conversation

was my least favorite memory?

We have a new champion.

You gotta go for her. Carpe diem.

You're crazy. She'd laugh at me.

Trust me, that girl is one kiss away

from doodling "Mrs. Will Burton"

all over her sneakers.

I wouldn't even know what to do.

Okay. I only do this for people with dazzling

artistic ability and whose initials are W. B.

Come here.

Don't have an aneurysm.

This is strictly educational.

Commit everything I do and say to memory.

How you handle this moment with Sa5m

will haunt you, good or bad,

for the rest of your life.

All right.

First, start by gently moving

a strand of hair from her face.

Go ahead.

Allows you to touch her

without freaking her out.

Nice.

Now that your hand is there,

turn it into a caress down her cheek.

Once you've made physical contact,

never cede your ground.

It's very important.

Now, lower your hand

to the back of her neck.

Then lean in. Slowly. Slowly.

Breathe.

Slight parting of the lips, and...

(SOFT SONG PLAYlNG)

I bet you'll never forget that song

for the rest of your life.

Night, Will.

Good night, Charlotte.

I am so going to heaven.

Hello, Mother.

-Morning.

-Morning.

You busy after school?

Have you ever been to the Overlook?

What's the Overlook?

What?

WlLL:
Dear David Bowie,

I wouldn't tell anyone this but you.

Boy, you sure like to read, huh?

My shrink says it allows me

to control something in my life.

This was it,

the moment that would haunt me,

for better or worse,

for the entire rest of my life.

Start with a strand of hair.

She's wearing a hat!

-What are you doing?

-You...

What was next? Caress!

This was not a caress.

This was petting. I'm petting her.

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