Good Vibrations Page #6

of defaulting.

You risk losing the shop

and your collateral.

Ruth.

Our house.

For God's sake, Terri,

why didn't you tell me?

All those mornings...

Kids running away...

The f***ing rain.

I was telling myself,

"This is all right.

"This was what allowed

us to open the shop. "

And all the time...

- It was our house.

- It was one moment.

I wasn't thinking.

I never thought.

I just did it.

It's the same as with Big Time,

I just did it.

Same as with the tour,

I just did it.

Teenage Kicks, the Harp,

I just did it.

It's how I operate.

It's who I am.

And you know what?

I haven't done too badly.

Open your eye, Terri.

We saw your light on.

Thought I told you

you were barred.

F*** away off and find some

old ladies to frighten.

You're very funny.

Isn't he, Hatchett?

- Isn't he very funny?

- Oh, aye.

Actually, this is a business call.

Me and Hatchett's in a band now.

- Aren't we, Hatchett?

- We are.

Tight wee unit.

F***'s sake!

Behave.

Thought you might be in

interested in our demo tape.

We were gonna call it The Only

Good Wog's A Dead Wog,

and then we thought,

The Only Good Taig...

And then we thought,

The Only Good One's A Dead One.

Covered pretty much everything.

I'd sooner sell bog rolls

than Nazi shite like that.

You'll sell what I tell you to sell.

I'm used to getting me own way.

Ask the fellas you used to say

would put me to bed.

You made such a big deal

about not letting me in here.

And look at it. It's f***-all.

You're f***-all.

You're f***ing lost.

Open your eye.

Very funny. The other one.

That must have been some door.

What was it, a car ferry?

Don't suppose there's any point

in me mentioning the police?

They'd probably wanna

buy the door a drink.

I never knew a wee boy as bad at

keeping his head out of harm's way.

And what does Ruth

think about all this?

Here.

Did your mother send

you out with that?

Thought I'd better offer

before she put the window in.

She's getting herself worked up

about me and Ruth.

She has very strong

views on marriage.

She wouldn't have stayed with me

all these years otherwise.

You remember that dig you had at me

about all those elections?

- Dad, look, I'm...

- It wasn't ten.

It was 12.

The Returning Officer used to say

if I was a horse, they would

have shot me after the sixth.

But do you know what?

I have friends and comrades

living all over this city.

And do you know what else?

In every election I increased my vote.

Victory doesn't always look

the way other people imagine it.

Right.

Couple of apologies are in order.

- Brian, do you wanna start?

- Who...

I'm only messing you.

Dave?

I hold my hand up.

I've taken me eye off the ball,

but there's no time to argue.

It's time to focus.

We got a gig to organise.

- A gig?

- A Good Vibrations gig.

- A fundraiser?

- Yeah, a fundraiser.

No harm to you, Terri,

but unless you're charging

a hundred quid a head,

I don't think a night at the Harp's

gonna save you.

Who said anything about the Harp?

At The Pound, then.

Ooh, the Students' Union.

Try Ulster Hall.

Why not?

Well, because the Ulster Hall

holds 2,000 people.

I know how many people it holds.

I've been in it often enough.

Okay, we'll call in favours.

We'll get Siouxsie back to headline.

Oh, f*** it, er, we'll call The Clash,

Stiff Little Fingers...

F***ing show bands.

We don't need them.

It's a Good Vibrations gig.

It's gonna be Good Vibrations bands.

Terri, we're talking 2,000 people.

Be realistic.

What?

Like you were realistic when you

brought us round this place?

How many posters do

you think you'll need?

We're f***ing back!

Northern Ireland, for reasons

best known to itself,

is the last great stronghold

of the punk world.

The Ulster Hall bill tonight represents

the largest-ever gathering here

of homebred punk and

New Wave bands on one stage.

Where the f*** is everyone?

It'll be all right. They'll come.

You know we've

hardly sold a ticket?

- It's John f***ing Peel.

- Always nice to get the full name.

I can't believe you're here.

You gave me the best two minutes

and 28 seconds of my life.

How could I not come?

I'm just glad I got here in one piece.

- Rough journey?

- Oh, no, the flight was fine.

I mean getting through the

doors of this place.

You mean you haven't had a look

out the front?

Can you not just throw

the doors open?

I'd be within my rights

to shut them altogether.

Half of them are full drunk

and the other half are trying

to run in without paying.

Terri!

Hey, he's on the guest list.

Come on, move your arse!

What about my mates?

Hurry up, hurry up.

- It's too many.

- Ah, don't worry, it'll be fine.

Jesus Christ.

Rudi! Rudi! Rudi!

You're a good audience.

People always say

Belfast is the best audience.

And now here's your best band.

The Outcasts.

# I was born in 1959

# I see no point being alive

# I see no point in keeping clean

# I see no point in anything

# Mummy always

seemed to be there

# To wash and scrub

little Jackie's hair

# To pick the dandruff

from his scalp

# And give him pills

when he's ill

# Mummy doesn't seem to realise

# Little Jackie is now a problem child

# She asks the doctor,

"What's wrong with him?"

# The doctor says

# Another teenage rebel

# Another spotty problem kid

# Another teenage rebel

- Cool, Terri, great night.

- All right, Terri? Thanks, mate.

# Another teenage rebel #

Isn't it incredible?

It's f***ing unbelievable.

- Best night ever.

- Terri, we've made a loss.

We have packed out

the Ulster Hall

and we've somehow

made a f***ing loss.

Your man at the front says

you had the longest guest list

in the Hall's entire history.

Longer than all the other

guest lists put together,

and all of it, apparently,

carried in your head.

Terri.

The whole point of tonight

was to raise money for your shop.

No, Dave.

No, it wasn't,

not the whole point.

Money couldn't buy

what we've just done.

You and your guest lists.

I'm sorry.

Sure, it's only bricks.

Terri! Terri! Terri!

You're wanted.

But you still owe me 40 quid.

I've made some bad

decisions in my life.

I haven't been on the

winning side very often.

But there were no winning

sides back then. So...

Like my dad said, the trick was

to get yourself on the right side.

The side of the angels.

Hey, Terri is our leader.

Terri is our...

No leaders.

No godfathers.

Thank you for coming.

When I look out at youse

all gathered here,

it confirms something

I've always felt.

When it comes to punk,

New York has the haircuts,

London has the trousers,

but Belfast has the reason!

Good Vibrations isn't a record shop.

It's not a label.

It's a way of life!

We're gonna do an old

Sonny Bono number...

because we f***ing can.

# Why can't I

# Be like any guy?

# Why do they try

to make me run?

# Son of a gun

# What do they care

# About the clothes I wear?

# Why get their kicks

from making fun?

# Well, this world's

got a lot of space

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