It's All Gone Pete Tong Page #2

With a lyrical smelter.

Yeah.

- Not as beautiful as you.

- Thank you.

And I got these two...

...like, Austrian mates...

...who are stoking the fires.

Everybody should have

at least two Austrian mates.

Everybody should have

at least two.

When can we expect

the new album to come out?

- Soon.

- Soon?

Ish.

Can I have a word?

Can I have a word?

Yeah. It's good?

I took a call just before,

a couple of hours ago.

I forgot to mention it, but I need to...

I need to...

The album people,

they want the lyrics for the sleeve.

I just need you to write them down.

We can pop them off.

Get them off and we don't have

to worry about it.

No, no, we never write them down.

That's it.

What else did you sing after that?

Frankie.

Frank.

Frank!

What?

Have you got a condom?

- Have you got a condom?

- No, I'm not gonna f*** her.

I'm knackered.

I'm just gonna have a nosh.

Frankie! Frankie! Frankie!

Well, denial is a river in Frank,

and it runs deep.

And his sets

were shambolic on times.

Clearly, could only be the work

of a man who couldn't hear.

It wasn't pretty, but, you know,

for me...

...for someone that has gone

through something like that...

...to still get up there

and give it a go is a big thing.

Off! Off! Off! Off!

Let go, f***ers!

F***ers!

F***ing f***ers!

- Because they dangle

when they're cold.

Yeah.

Now, listen very carefully, okay?

It's very important.

This is very important.

I have cancer, okay?

And I'm very delicate.

So they have to be very gentle.

- Hey, Frank.

- All right?

- How are you?

- All right.

- Attaboy.

- How you doing?

Good, good. Motherf***er.

Listen, I had that dream again.

I was sucking my own cock.

But this time,

I don't have a huge cock.

I have a normal-sized cock.

No spine. My spine disappears.

So my head, it just flops down

onto my... Anyway...

- You all right?

- Yeah. Sit down, sit down, sit down.

Look, I was just talking to the label...

...and they'd like to see

a couple of tracks.

The label would like

a couple of tracks, Frank.

- It's coming. It's coming.

- Yeah.

The tracks are coming, man, relax.

Don't worry, mate, it's fine.

- It's all right.

- I saw your show last night.

I tell you,

I really f***ed up last night, man.

- It's my call. I picked the wrong set.

- It stunk. It stunk like sh*t, Frank.

It stunk like...

Well, like you sh*t your pants...

...and you just sat in it for a week,

and then you sh*t yourself again.

That's how f***ing bad

it stunk, Frank.

- It was sh*t, yeah?

- It was sh*t, Frank. Yes, it was sh*t.

I tell you, the f***ing monitors

at that place.

You know,

I'm f***ing mixing my heart out.

I can't hear a f***ing thing.

We gotta have words with them...

...get this sorted out,

otherwise we blow that place out.

- I couldn't hear a f***ing thing.

- Right.

Because you might be deaf, Frank.

- What's that?

- You could be deaf, Frank.

- What you saying?

- You are deaf.

- Can't hear you, Max.

- You're f***ing deaf, a**hole!

Who the f*** you fooling, Frank?

You're talking like

a 95-year-old war vet.

Frank, you need professional help.

I'm thinking about getting

some professional help.

Yeah.

Yeah.

F*** it.

Hello, Frank.

Come in, Frank.

Frank!

I don't want you to panic, Frank.

I've got some bad news

for you, though.

You're going deaf.

Completely deaf.

As you know, your right ear

is completely shot.

Your left ear, that's this one,

has got 20 percent left.

You were born

with little holes in them...

...and slowly the fluid pressure

is dropping.

Can't you just plug it up

with some ear putty or something?

The ear organism, it's way too

sensitive and delicate for that.

Surgery doesn't work.

Cochlear implant doesn't work.

You've gotta stop exposing yourself

to so much noise.

What do you mean by that?

It means that if you listen

to absolute silence...

...your ears are gonna last

a little bit longer.

They're crumbling as we speak.

Stop the drugs, Frank.

Stop the drinking.

Go to bed at a decent hour.

We can give you a hearing aid

that gives you temporary hearing...

...but that damages the ear

even further.

- Speak up.

- These are the facts, Frank.

These are the facts, Frank.

We can't change them.

You are deaf, man.

You are a deaf man.

This is costing me 2000

f***ing euros an hour.

Chuck me a f***ing bone!

This is your hearing aid, Frank.

Use it only when you have to.

Only when you have to.

- Only when I have to.

- Right. Only when you have to.

Got that? No exceptions.

Can you keep on gigging?

Frankie?

Can you keep on gigging?

Can you keep on gigging?

I love them both, you know?

I love hearing, and I love DJ'ing.

I was thinking this morning

maybe I should write a book.

That's a brilliant idea.

That might take years, though, so...

Perhaps, like, a pamphlet.

A sort of brochure thing.

Listen, Frankie, l...

I want to tell you that

whatever your decision...

...I will support it wholeheartedly.

You and me and little Kingie.

That's all that matters to me.

Deaf, dumb or blind, baby,

we will get through this.

It's brilliant to almost hear that.

Fair play to the guy.

I have no idea what

I would have done in that situation.

I mean, there he is.

You know, he's between a rock...

...and you know, another rock...

...which is harder and bigger.

Hi.

I'm actually thinking about

giving it a bit of a break.

Of course I f***ing love you.

How can you say that?

I just think we don't necessarily

bring out the best in each other.

Not always the best thing for me.

It's my problem.

It's not your problem.

You know what I mean? Why can't we

just be mates for a little bit?

I could just give you a ring

every few weeks, you know?

Just make it a little bit more casual.

Couldn't we do that?

It sounds like the caca.

No.

Is Frank there?

Is this Frank standing

in front of me?

No, this is a drunken baboon

drooling on the mix board.

What in all of the heavens

are you on, Frank?

Are you f***ing deaf

or something?

What's your f***ing problem?

They would laugh you

out of Austria.

I can hear them laughing now.

Where is Frankie f***ing Wilde,

Frankie?

Is he f***ing gone?

And the f***ing,

"Go away. Stay, stay, stay," huh?

So you're deaf?

You're deaf?

Almost.

This is like all the terrors

and the horrors of the world...

...raining down on your skull.

Last three months,

it's really rapidly accelerated.

But I've... I've got this.

And I really thought

I could do this job, man.

I'll show you.

Hello, Mr. Drum!

Drummer!

The left ear,

there's still a little bit left.

And this little fella

is a f***ing lifeline, man.

But I can use it only when I have to.

Long as I'm careful,

I can hear more.

- What? What has happened?

- What?

He was stone-f***ing deaf.

There's not much you can do as a DJ

if you can't hear.

Generally, the field of music...

...other than the obvious example...

...has been dominated

by people who can hear.

He was never gonna hear again.

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