Broken Hill Page #5

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# Even your enemies #

# Save some for your future #

# Waste some in the now, and... #

Tommy, what are you doing?

Do you want to go

to the dance with me?

What?

Tommy, careful!

Do you want to go

to the dance with me?

Yeah, I kinda do.

Um, but...

Look, I'm already going

with someone else, Tommy.

I'm sorry. You should have

asked me earlier.

I did ask you earlier.

I'll see you tomorrow, all right?

You're crazy!

# So you keep the letters, and... #

# I'll keep the video #

Crikey, Tommy,

if you're gonna get up early...

Attaboy.

No, no.

No, no.

We are way out of sync, all right?

Um, we've got to fix this up.

First of all, you're coming

in two bars too early, okay?

Two bars! You're lucky

I'm even holding it right!

All right, and, um,

you're going way too fast, all right?

Can we slow it down?

And this is you here.

Okay, that's the piano,

so let's focus on that line there.

Ed on bells. Right.

Three, two, one, and...

# Ooh #

No, guys. Okay, it's got to be

a clear "ooh" sound

or it's not gonna sound right.

At least it won't sound stupid.

Now might be a good time to stop.

Um, okay, guys, we need

to take a break there

for a couple of minutes.

Um, then we'll come back

and we'll do it once more,

and that'll be it, I promise.

Okay? See you back here in five?

Leaving already?

Yeah. Is that all right?

Gotta go get ready...

for the dance.

Yeah, of course.

I mean, you've been on the clock

since you got here anyway.

Why are you treating me like that?

I'm just trying to get

some work done.

Whatever.

Whoa-ho-ho!

Girlfriend trouble?

She's not my girlfriend.

Sure she's not.

What's the real deal

with Broken Hill?

What do you mean?

Look, I think your music's cool.

I do.

But you'd obviously get

faster results

if you'd do something

the guys were more familiar with,

something they dig.

There's gonna be

this talent scout at the exhibition.

He's from a school in Sydney,

a school that I want to go to.

I wasn't exactly up front

with the warden about this...

Or any of us.

Don't sweat it, brother.

I've got your back.

You want to go to a good school.

I understand.

I wish I'd done the same.

What do you think I should do?

Well, they weren't

expecting all this.

If you want them to stick around

for much longer,

you're gonna have to do

something different.

Come on, Tommy,

get your head in the game!

Tommy, get your head in the game!

Get your head in the game.

I think I've got to cancel.

I'm just gonna make

a fool of myself. Again.

They can't read music.

Some of them are naturally talented,

but they've got no training

of any kind.

They make good noise,

but it's impossible

to turn the noise into anything.

You know, back in the dreaming,

you know,

back in the dream time,

the spirits come down

from the heavens, you see.

Then they started

creating the earth,

but saw it was too flat,

and they started creating the hills,

mountains,

creeks, rivers,

the trees,

the shrubs.

All things.

And as they were doing that,

traveling through, you see,

traveling through the land,

they were singing a song.

The song of creation.

And that's our song line.

If you went somewhere

where there's...

where there's no music,

you sit there and you listen,

and then you'll hear it.

The music is already there.

Just pay attention, Thomas.

You'll find it.

# Joanna #

# I have not forgotten #

# The man #

# That I once thought I knew #

# For I've heard word #

# That he's wanderin' #

# A-wanderin' round the bend #

# For you #

# He asked me #

# The fool #

Excuse me.

- Come on.

- Tommy...?

# I never... #

What are you doing here?

I want to show you something.

#... stood much of a chance #

Come on.

- Okay. Close your eyes.

- What?

- Come on, close 'em.

- No way!

Come on, trust me.

Close your eyes.

- Why?

- 'Cause.

Okay.

Okay, first, just listen

to everything.

Then...

Slowly...

Just let it all disappear

till it's absolutely silent.

Now...

Okay, now let

the dominant sound emerge.

That's the crickets.

But imagine that sound

as if it was coming...

from a piano.

I can't hear anything.

Now, next, the wind.

Strings.

Introduce a simple melody.

Okay, find another.

The creek,

a cello.

The low tone that you can feel,

the soul of the song.

And then, to top it all off...

The choir.

Listen to the voices.

Where's that coming from?

I just made that one up myself.

You're crazy!

See?

The music's already there.

Okay, I can hear sounds, but...

...I can't hear a song.

What does it sound like?

Come on.

Come on!

Tommy!

Okay, listen.

Is it just stuff

that you hear in your head?

Yeah!

I love this song.

Okay.

Fuzz. Got a present for you.

Mate, give that a go.

That's more like it!

Who else wants to bang the bucket?

Yeah, over here? All yours.

All right. Now, bells guy.

- Jeffrey.

- Jeffrey.

So, what do you know

about col legno?

We did it with my church.

You know that thing where you bang

the violin with the sticks?

You know, it's really simple.

Well, you reckon you can teach

some of the others how to do it?

Sounds pretty easy...

just like ringin' a bell!

See, I been tryin' to teach you guys

to play my music,

when what I should have been doing

is listening to the music

you guys already have here.

And, anyway, this stuff's

supposed to be fun.

Yeah, so what about

the rest of us, eh?

I don't sing, I don't play

an instrument... not even bells.

Well, um...

Ever use one of these?

This is more your style.

Give that a go, Bear.

- I'll get you something to work it on.

- Hey.

Well, it's a start, anyway.

Okay, guys, now you've got

your instruments,

let's see what kind of noise

we can get out of 'em.

# Ooh, ooh #

Okay, okay!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

We gotta make some changes.

# There's a race to run

in the electric age #

# Communication

caught in the waves #

# Transmit the haze #

# And we know

there's something coming #

# We don't know what #

# Bleed through the wires #

# Hide in the cut #

# We perpetuate #

# A tragic fate #

# I telephone #

# Are you alive? #

# So let me know now #

# I telephone #

# Are you alive? #

# History reveals the trends #

# War's still waged

from behind the lens #

# We perpetuate #

# Revolving days #

# And we know

there's something coming #

# We don't know when #

# Reach for the change #

# But where to begin? #

# We perpetuate #

# A tragic fate #

# I telephone #

# Are you alive? #

# So let me know now #

# I telephone #

# Are you alive? #

# Are you alive? #

# Are you alive? #

# I telephone #

# Are you alive? #

# So let me know now #

# I telephone #

# Are you alive? #

Nice, guys.

Well, we're live tomorrow,

so make sure you don't miss the bus.

You're sounding good. Thank you.

It's sounding so good!

Well, it's almost there.

Oh, it's there.

Thank you.

Hey.

Good work.

I hope you don't mind me

performing in shackles.

I guess they think I'll make a break.

Well, they don't realize

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