Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!

The dark side's

calling now nothing is real

She'll never know

just how I feel

From out of the shadows

she walks like a dream

Makes me feel crazy

makes me feel so mean

Ain't nothing gonna save you

from a love that's blind

When you slip

to the dark side you cross that line

On the dark side,

oh, yeah

On the dark side, oh, yeah

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Hi, guys.

Hi.

The dark side's

calling now nothing is real

She'll never know

just how I feel

Hey, Joe,

come on, drink up.

We only got half

an hour for lunch.

From out of the shadows

she walks like a dream

What's the matter

with you?

WOMAN ON TV:
That was Eddie and

the Cruisers doing On The Dark Side.

It was a long time ago,

right, kids?

But take it from me,

Eddie Wilson was it,

rock 'n' roll's

fastest-rising star.

Then on a cold March morning,

Eddie Wilson died.

Tonight at 10:
00 p.m.,

for the first time anywhere in the world,

an Eddie Wilson look-alike contest,

sponsored by Satin Records.

It'll be broadcast live,

right here on Rock TV News.

Do you believe this?

Just like Elvis.

Now it's this clown.

Hey, Joe. Joe?

Where's Joe?

(NYC SONG PLAYING)

Say, hey, little girl,

take me by the hand

Walk me down this boardwalk

one last time again

We see those

pretty pier lights

Hear those carnival sounds

We stop right

at the top tonight

When the Ferris wheel

goes round

You say that

I've been restless

You don't understand

Tomorrow I'll be leaving

on that morning train

Gonna leave this

candy apple town behind

Get out while I still can

Going to New York City

With this guitar in my hand

Been wishing

on these stars too long

Been playing

in these bars too long

Holed up

in your arms too long

Been a prisoner

of my heart too long

Going to New York City

To find out where I stand

And I'll be walking

down Broadway

With this guitar

in my hand

MAN ON RADIO:
The re-issue of the Eddie

and the Cruisers' album

has gone platinum

in only four weeks, a major phenomenon.

And with me here tonight

is one of the original Cruisers, Sal Amato.

Welcome to the show, Sal.

SAL:
Thanks.

Nice to be here.

MAN:
Now tell me something.

In a few minutes, you're gonna

receive the Platinum Album Award

for selling over

a million albums.

How does that feel?

Well, it's hard.

I feel good and bad.

You know, I mean,

for our album

to become this popular after all these years

of being out of release,

never being heard on the radio.

You gotta understand,

with Eddie, music was everything.

I mean, it wasn't

just songs or records.

With Eddie, music was

your whole life.

MAN:
Now tell me

something, Sal.

What's this whispering we hear around

about some surprise announcement?

Does it have

something to do with the old band?

SAL:
I'm sorry.

I can't talk about it.

All right, Sal.

Well, the tension is

building up right here

at Club Metropolis.

(CARS HONKING)

MAN:
She'll never know

just how I feel

From out of the shadows

she walks like a dream

Makes me feel crazy

makes me feel so mean

Ain't nothing gonna save you

from a love that's blind

When you slip

to the dark side you cross that line

On the dark side, oh, yeah

On the dark side, oh, yeah

Ain't nothing gonna save you

from a love that's blind

When you slip

to the dark side you cross that line

On the dark side, oh, yeah

On the dark side, oh, yeah

On the dark side, oh, yeah

On the dark side, oh, yeah

All right, everybody.

You have now heard...

Whoa, whoa, whoa

for a second.

You have now heard

the last of the finalists

in the Eddie Wilson

Look-Alike Contest.

We've given Sal Amato

his Platinum Award.

Come on, Sal.

(CROWD CHEERING UPROARIOUSLY)

(CHANTING)

Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!

Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!

(WHISTLING)

HOST:

All right, all right, hold on, here!

At this time I'd like to introduce

somebody from Satin Records.

These are the people

who re-issued Eddie and the Cruisers.

I'd like to introduce

a man by the name of Dave Pagent

who has something

you all want to hear.

Before Eddie Wilson died,

he was working on a new album,

an album called

Season In Hell.

(CROWD CHEERING

AND WHISTLING)

Now you all know

that Eddie Wilson is the greatest, right?

Satin Records has just

re-acquired the lost tapes

of Eddie Wilson's

never-released album, Season In Hell!

And we at Satin Records

are now gonna release it just for you!

Now here it is,

in its world premiere!

(WHOOPING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(CHANTING)

Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!

Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!

EDDIE:
You know,

what I want is songs that echo.

The stuff we're doing now

is like somebody's bed sheets.

Spread them out, soil them,

ship them out to the laundry, you know?

With our songs,

I want to be able

to fold ourselves

up in them forever.

You understand?

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON TAPE)

Bad moon on the horizon

Something in the air today

Hear the sound of thunder

That's a pretty good

imitation of Eddie.

Who is it?

When we re-acquired

the Season In Hell album,

we found another totally unrelated

tape in the box, a mystery tape.

This tape.

And you think

this is Eddie?

Don't you?

It can't be.

Eddie always

played with me.

I knew every song he knew.

I knew everything that he...

No, no, this is Eddie.

What are you

trying to pull here?

There aren't

any tricks, Sal.

I've had the tape analyzed

and experts agree that this is Eddie Wilson.

Screw the experts.

I was his best friend.

I would know if he was doing something.

No, no. His music was

his best friend, Sal.

Don't you understand?

Eddie did not think

you belonged in this session.

He started playing

with other musicians

'cause he was

leaving you behind, pal.

That's a lie.

You're a goddamn liar!

Eddie wouldn't...

Somehow it's never

good enough

At times it's hard

to tell the difference

Between what you know

as right and wrong

(REDUCES VOLUME)

ON MICROPHONE:
Eddie Wilson

was my best friend.

That meant something

back then.

Maybe you don't

understand that.

(INCREASES VOLUME)

Hey. No, Lew!

Wait a minute.

Wait, Lew. Lew!

Sal's not thinking it's Eddie

makes this even better.

What are you

talking about?

Let me explain

it to you.

The Season In Hell album

will for sure be a big hit, but now...

So?

Now we raise

the question of

"Who the hell played

on the mystery tape? Where was it recorded?"

And best of all, "Were these songs

recorded after Eddie Wilson died?"

What the hell

you getting at, Dave?

What I'm getting at

is creating a rock 'n' roll mystery.

We don't know how

old this new tape is.

It could've

been recorded before or after

Eddie Wilson's car

went off that bridge.

Because Eddie Wilson's

body was never found.

That's right.

After Season In

Hell goes gold,

we announce that

we have discovered this mystery tape.

Release each cut

of it as a single,

and promote

the hell out of it.

Get people

to start believing

that Eddie

could still be alive.

You know,

"Eddie lives" kind of stuff.

We could arrange

sightings of Eddie,

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