Velvet Goldmine Page #4

purely hypothetically...

...how might that scenario

appeal to you at this juncture?

What Jerry's trying to say is do you

want to come to London to cut a record?

Oh, yeah. Cool.

- Very good!

- But how can we help you?

You must tell us. What do you need?

Everything.

See, heroin was my mainman. But now I'm on

the methadone and I'm getting my act together.

You come here and say you wanna

help and I say, hey, far out.

You could be my mainman.

It was pretty clear what was

happening. It happens every day.

But for the world to think

it was happening, well...

That was Jerry's particular genius.

Right away he started promoting the two of

them like a pair of 40s starlets on the swoon.

A Tracy and Hepburn for the 70s.

My career was on the skids, mate.

And you fished me out of the muck.

You got me back on my feet, you did.

It was nothing, chum. I wanted to help you...

...make more of that far out sound. I

love your music, my son, and I love...

You don't have to say it, mate.

Every great century that produces art

is, so far, an artificial century...

...and the work that seems the most

natural and simple of its time...

...is always the result of the

most self-conscious effort.

I am not really myself except

in the midst of elegant crowds...

...at the heart of rich districts...

...or amid the sumptuous

ornamentation of palace hotels...

...an army of servants and

a plush carpet underfoot...

What is true about music is true about

life:
that beauty reveals everything...

...because it expresses nothing.

The first duty in life is to assume a post.

What the second duty is

no one has yet found out.

The Aesthete Gives

Characteristically Cynical Evidence...

Replete with Pointed Epigram

and Startling Paradox...

...while Explaining His

Views on Morality in Art.

Brian, Brian!

Maxwell Demon is the story of a space

creature, who becomes a rock and roll messiah...

...only to be destroyed by his own success.

Are you saying this is your

destiny? Are you Maxwell Demon?

Man is least himself, when

he talks in his own person!

- Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth!

- Brian! Brian!

Is it your belief that

all dandies are homosexual?

Ha! Nothing makes one so vain

as being told one is a sinner!

Hey! Coming through! Coming through!

Hey guys. Watch out! Excuse me!

- Coming through. Careful now! There you go.

- Tell us Brian!

Are the rumours true that say you and Curt

Wild have some sort of plans up your sleeve?

Oh, yes! Quite soon we actually

plan to take over the world.

Excuse me, fellas, while I raise a

glass to the loveliest man in Europe!

And they tell you it's not natural!

The world is changed because

you are made of ivory and gold.

The curves of your lips rewrite history.

This is too much!

Jim! What are you gonna do? Jim!

Could you conceivably turn down that

blasted... Arthur! Arthur, open this door!

You bring shame to this house. You

bring shame to your mother and me.

Its a shameful, filthy thing youre doing...

Do you hear me? Stand up!

It's funny how beautiful people look

when they're walking out the door.

Really Shannon, its no problem, honestly.

Im not fussed about it, Im quite open about it.

I was having a fabulous time last night myself.

Really luv.

You shouldnt let it upset you

so. Brian is a grown man and...

...fully capable of shagging

whatever he fancies and...

...exceedingly partial to the practice.

Now, just because someone seea, you know...

...two naked people asleep in bed together...

...it doesnt necessarily

prove sex was involved.

It does, however, make

for a very strong case.

But youre a sweet, sensitive

darling to be so broken up about it.

Brian would be absolutely

chuffed to know that you...

Dont you ever dare tell Brian!

Swear to me youll never say a word. Ever.

I swear.

Jesus!

Sudden change in plans.

Brief holiday, much needed.

Back by Hammersmith.

B.

That was it.

Look Im sorry. I wish I could help you

more. You seem like a nice guy. I just...

...dont think I have

what youre looking for.

See... I think you do actually.

Oh yeah? And what makes you think so?

Well that smile, for one thing.

Well, smiles lie.

Exactly.

Listen. Once, of course, it

was a gorgeous gorgeous time.

We were all... Living our dreams.

But you see all that went away.

All of it.

With Curt.

And not even the real Curt. I mean, it was

this... idea of Curt more than anything, this...

...image. Which, of course, nobody

could ever possibly live up to.

I mean Maxwell Demon, Curt

Wild. They were fictions!

Somewhere along the way, Brian

seemed to get lost in the lie.

- Sh*t!

- Cut it.

Should I stop it?

- Hes gonna hit the bridge a half-verse

early. - Now youre simply wasting tape.

Alright. Cut it.

What? What? Is there a problem?

- Again.

- What? What?

- Sorry, Curt, but it appears...

- What?

Curt, we only ask that when

you decide to make a change...

...you simply inform us in advance, so

Eton here is properly prepared, otherwise...

What the f*** are you talking about man?

I didnt make any f***ing changes!

Brian?

F***ing mother f***er! Mother

f***er, youre a mother f***er!

F*** you! F*** you, mother f***er! F*** you!

Eton! Eton, please!

Brian, Im sorry to be the

one to have to tell you this...

...but what started off as an

interesting experiment...

...has quite frankly descended into a

demeaning waste of your time and mine.

- I mean, youve already spent forty

hours studio time... - Thirty-six.

Whatever! Thirty-six hours studio

time on two, three bloody cuts!

Brian, you seem to forget,

youre a very big star now and...

I think your time is worth

a great deal more than this -

F***ing space-queen on

your f***ing high horse!

And all your f***ing

henchmen! F*** you, f*** you!

Perhaps its time for another

little break. Hey fellas?

Give us a stretch.

Jerry?

I cant risk extending his contract, Brian.

I think its quite clear why.

Ill talk to you tomorrow.

Piss off! Go on then! Back to

your wolves! Your junkie twerps!

Your bloody shock

treatment! And f*** you too!

Out!

O- U-T.

Well, Brian. Im afraid that is

completely out of the question.

You are contractually bound to finish

the Maxwell Demon tour as Maxwell Demon.

Jerry, I'm telling you, it's just

getting far too out of hand...

Brian! I realize youre

under tremendous strain...

...but youve just gotta hang on in

there and finish the bloody tour.

You hang on in there.

Ill hang on here. Right?

And then you can do what you want. OK?

Brian Slade shooting declared a hoax...

Down with Slade!

I dont believe that there is

much of a future to speak of.

- Were in a bit of a decadent spiral, arent we?

- Sinking fast.

- Big Brother, baby. All the way.

- Which is why we prefer impressions to ideas.

- Situations to subjects.

- Brief flights to sustained ones.

- Exceptions to types.

- And yourself?

Well Im... Im just looking

for a room at the moment.

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