Plot
A pre-fame Beatles head for the seedy clubs of Hamburg in search of success. The band meet up with a group of trendy German beatniks, one of whom (Astrid Kircherr) bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe falls in love with. Whilst best friend John Lennon can only watch, Sutcliffe has to choose between rock 'n roll and a new life in Germany...
Keywords: 1960s, art-student, artist, body-painting, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, electric-guitar, england, female-nudity, female-photographer, friend
He Had To Choose Between His Best Friend... The Woman He Loved... And The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band In the World.
5 guys, 4 legends, 3 lovers, 2 friends, 1 band.
John Lennon: Did ya shag her?::Stuart Sutcliffe: She's a photographer.::John Lennon: You'll never shag her.
John Lennon: You can't do your solo spots any more, Stu.::Stuart Sutcliffe: Why not?::John Lennon: Because it's shite.::Stuart Sutcliffe: Give it to me straight. Let's not beat around the bush.
John Lennon: You don't say much, do you?::Pete Best: Drummers don't talk. You must have noticed that. Just might as well be deaf and dumb, drummers. When was the last time you heard a drummer say anything?::[John looks at Pete, then turns away]::Pete Best: See? You know why, don't you? I'll tell you why. 'Cause nobody ever fuckin' listens.
[Stu has just been badly beaten]::John Lennon: You alright, Stu?::Stuart Sutcliffe: How do I look?::John Lennon: Put it this way - you'll get better. I'll always be ugly.
Astrid: How can you be such an asshole?::John Lennon: Practice.
John Lennon: We're gonna be big Stu, we're gonna be too big for Liverpool, we're gonna be too big for Hamburg, we're gonna be too big for our own bloody good.
John Lennon: I had a word with Van Gogh last night. He said if he could do it all again he'd be down here shaking his bottom to "Blue Suede Shoes." I gave him your regards.
Stuart Sutcliffe: Ahhh, Liverpool.::John Lennon: Home of...::Stuart Sutcliffe: ...Liverpudlians.::John Lennon: You know what it is I like about Liverpool, Mr. Sutcliffe?::Stuart Sutcliffe: No, what is it you like about Liverpool, Mr. Lennon?::John Lennon: I was hoping you'd tell me.
Stuart Sutcliffe: I like the blonde but I prefer the brunette.::John Lennon: Blondes have more fun.::Stuart Sutcliffe: Says who?::John Lennon: Swedes.
John Lennon: Hello, Ladies and Genitals. We're the band. You'll be happy to know we keep our clothes on. On drums, Mr. Pete Best! On guitar, Mr. Paul McCartney. On bass, recently arrived from the dark side of the moon, Mr. Stuart Sutcliffe. And on guitar, Mr. George Harrison. He's only just on solid food. My name is Lennon, John Winston Lennon. My parents named me after Churchill, John Churchill, the wet fish man. They were thinking of naming me after my father, but Dad's such a stupid fuckin' name, don't you think?
Plot
A struggling single father's kids are ashamed of him for taking a job as the voice of the title character on a new sitcom called _Dad's a Dog_. In the show within the show, the father had been struck by a bus and reincarnated as a dog. The dog would give the TV family advice with the actor behind the couch. He has to deal with the typical troubles of the single father, and the fact that his kids are berated about the show while at school.
Keywords: actor, single-father, sitcom
Tony Sheridan (born Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity on 21 May 1940 in Norwich, Norfolk), is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as an early collaborator of The Beatles, (though the record was labelled as being with "The Beat Brothers"), one of two non-Beatles (the other being Billy Preston) to receive label performance credit on a record with the group, and the only non-Beatle to appear as lead singer on a Beatles recording which charted as a single.
In his early life, Sheridan was influenced by his parents' interest in classical music, and by age seven, he had learned to play the violin. He eventually came to play guitar, and in 1956, formed his first band. He showed enough talent that he soon found himself playing in London's "Two I's" club for some six months straight, but at the same time he also found himself reduced to sleeping in doorways. In 1958, at 18, he began appearing on the BBC's Oh Boy, playing electric guitar on such early Rock classics as "Blue Suede Shoes", "Glad All Over", "Mighty Mighty Man" and "Oh Boy!". Sheridan was soon viewed as a very promising guitarist and as such was employed backing a number of singers, reportedly including Gene Vincent and Conway Twitty while they were in England. Early in 1960, Sheridan performed in a package tour of the United Kingdom which also included Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran. On April 17, Vincent and Cochran rebuffed his request to ride along with them to the next venue, but he thereby escaped the road accident which would leave Cochran dead and Vincent badly injured. He also played guitar for Cherry Wainer on her recording of "Happy Organ".
Pete Best (born 24 November 1941) is a British musician, principally known as the original drummer in The Beatles. He was born in the city of Madras, which was then part of British India. After his mother moved to Liverpool in 1945, Best's mother, Mona Best (1924–1988), opened The Casbah Coffee Club, in the cellar of the Bests' large house in Liverpool, which became very popular, having a membership of over 1,000. The Beatles (at the time known as The Quarrymen) played some of their earliest concerts at the club. Best played there with his first band, The Black Jacks, and later with The Beatles.
Best was invited to join The Beatles on 12 August 1960, on the eve of the group's first Hamburg season of club dates. He was eventually replaced by Ringo Starr on 16 August 1962, when The Beatles manager, Brian Epstein, dismissed Best under the direction of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, following The Beatles' first recording session at Abbey Road Studios. After working in a number of commercially unsuccessful groups he gave up the music industry to work as a civil servant for twenty years, before starting The Pete Best Band. He has been married for over 45 years to Kathy Best; they have two daughters and four grandchildren. Best is sometimes referred to as the "Fifth Beatle".
Hey baby won't you take a chance? Say that you'll let me have this dance
Well let's dance, well let's dance We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too Any old dance that you wanna do But let's dance, well let's dance
Hey baby, yeah, you thrill me so Hold me tight, don't you let me go
But let's dance, well let's dance We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too Any old dance that you wanna do But let's dance, well let's dance
Ok, wail now..... oh, yeah
Hey, baby, if you're all alone Maybe you'll let me walk you home
But let's dance, well let's dance We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too Any old dance that you wanna do But let's dance, well let's dance
Hey, baby, things are swingin' right Yes, i know that this is the night
Well let's dance, well let's dance We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too Any old dance that you wanna do But let's dance, well let's dance
The warden threw a party in the county jail. The prison band was there and they began to wail. The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing. You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing. Let's rock, everybody, let's rock. Everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone, Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone. The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang, the whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang. Let's rock, everybody, let's rock. Everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.
Number forty-seven said to number three: "You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see. I sure would be delighted with your company, come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me." Let's rock, everybody, let's rock. Everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.
The sad sack was a sittin' on a block of stone way over in the corner weepin' all alone. The warden said, "Hey, buddy, don't you be no square. If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair." Let's rock, everybody, let's rock. Everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.
Doo-n' doo-n' doo Doo-n' doo-n' doo Doo-n' doo-n' doo doo ooh
Why, why can't you love me again Why, why are you shamed of love If you only knew how much I love you Why can't you love me again
Why, why don't you open your heart Why, why are they so far apart If you only knew how much I love you Why can't you love me again
I just want your Loving arms about me, yeah I've gotta find a way To make you take me back
Baby, won't you tell me Why, why, why, why are we so far apart Why, why don't you open your heart If you only knew how much I love you Why can't you love me again
I just want your Loving arms about me, yeah I've gotta find a way To make you take me back
Baby, won't you tell me Why, why, why, why are we so far apart Why, why don't you open your heart If you only knew how much I love you
My skinny Minnie is a crazy chick,
Six foot high and one foot thick
Do I love her
Does a boy love pie
She is the apple of my eye,
Skinny Minnie
She ain't skinny, she's tall, that's all
Tho' her shadow doesn't take much ground
What there is sure gets around
What there ain't that's what she be
'N' even that's too much for me
Skinny Minnie
She ain't skinny, she's tall, that's all
Slightly slimmer than a fishing pole
One half rock and one half roll
Dig that chick from either side
Man, you'll yell "Where did she hide"
Skinny Minnie
Oh ain't she sweet,
Well see her walking down that street.
Yes I ask you very confidentially:
Ain't she sweet?
Oh ain't she nice,
Well look her over once or twice.
Yes I ask you very confidentially:
Ain't she nice?
Just cast an eye
In her direction.
Oh me oh my,
Ain't that perfection?
Oh I repeat
Well don't you think that's kind of neat?
Yes I ask you very confidentially:
Ain't she sweet?
Oh ain't she sweet,
Well see her walking down that street.
Well I ask you very confidentially:
Ain't she sweet?
Oh ain't that nice,
Well look it over once or twice.
Yes I ask you very confidentially:
Ain't she nice?
Just cast an eye
In her direction.
Oh me oh my,
Ain't that perfection?
Oh I repeat
Well don't you think that's kind of neat?
Yes I ask you very confidentially:
Ain't she sweet?
Oh ain't she sweet,
Well see her walking down that street.
Well I ask you very confidentially:
Ain't she sweet?
Well I ask you very confidentially:
Hey mama don't you see me wrong
I come and love you daddy all night long
Alright hey hey hey hey
See the gal with the diamond ring
She knows how to shake that thing
Alright hey hey hey hey (play the thing)
See the gal with the red dress on
She knows how to do it all night long
Alright hey hey hey hey
Well tell your mama, tell your pa
Gonna send you back to Arkansas
Alright hey hey don't do it right now
(Play it now, play that instrument)
When you see me in misery
Well you see me in misery
Well baby save my fee
Alright hey hey hey hey
Oh tell me what'd say
Well let me tell you well no chick made
Could be the same
As sweet georgia brown.
Crazy feet that dance so neat
Has sweet georgia brown.
Fella's sigh, and even cry
For sweet georgia brown.
I tell you just why
You know i don't lie.
It's been said
She knocks them dead
In any old town.
Since she came right
It's a shame
How she brings them down.
In liverpool she even dare
To critize the beatles' hair.
With their whole fanclub
Standing there
I mean sweet georgia brown.
I say this group is absolutely marvellous with the piano, don't you
Think so. not too commercial, boys, not too commercial!
When it comes to music
Sweet georgia is known to mind,
Don't buy clothes at fashion shows
But she still looks fine
Snap chicks cry,
They want to die
When georgie does the twist
I never would try
To tell you just why.
Use your imagination
Theres a dj crazy for her
Living in out home town
Since she came it's a shame
She turns him down
Records that she can get
Are records, they ain't sent him yet
Carolina may have dina,
But that don't have georgia brown.
Oh that sweet georgia,
Yeah yeah yeah i mean brown, oh oh oh.
My Bonnie lies over the ocean
My Bonnie lies over the sea
My Bonnie lies over the ocean
Oh bring back my Bonnie to me
My Bonnie lies over the ocean
My Bonnie lies over the sea
Well my Bonnie lies over the ocean
Yeah bring back my Bonnie to me
Yeah bring back, ah bring back
Oh bring back my Bonnie to me to me
Oh bring back, oh bring back
Oh bring back my Bonnie to me
Well my Bonnie lies over the ocean
My Bonnie lies over the sea
Yeah my Bonnie lies over the ocean
Oh I said bring back my Bonnie to me
Yeah bring back, ah bring back
Oh bring back my Bonnie to me to me
Oh bring back, ah bring back
I said I love a girl and Ruby is her name This girl don't love me, but I love her just the same Oh, oh, Ruby, Ruby, how I want ya Like a ghost I'm gonna haunt ya Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, will you be mine sometime?
Well, each time I see you waving my heart cries I'll tell ya, I'm gonna steal you away from all those guys Oh, oh, from the happy day I met you I made a bet that I was going to get you Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, will you be mine sometime? Alright now
Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey
I said I love a girl and Ruby is her name Oh, when this girl looks at me she just sets my heart aflame, oh Oh, I got some love and money too I'm gonna give them all to you Now, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, will you be mine sometime? Come on, Ruby, baby, now, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey come on, oh, come on Shake it honey, oh
I said Ruby, Ruby, Ruby Ruby won't you be mine? Oh
Doo-n' doo-n' doo Doo-n' doo-n' doo Doo-n' doo-n' doo doo ooh
Why, why can't you love me again Why, why are you shamed of love If you only knew how much I love you Why can't you love me again
Why, why don't you open your heart Why, why are they so far apart If you only knew how much I love you Why can't you love me again
I just want your Loving arms about me, yeah I've gotta find a way To make you take me back
Baby, won't you tell me Why, why, why, why are we so far apart Why, why don't you open your heart If you only knew how much I love you Why can't you love me again
I just want your Loving arms about me, yeah I've gotta find a way To make you take me back
Baby, won't you tell me Why, why, why, why are we so far apart Why, why don't you open your heart If you only knew how much I love you
Why can't you love me Why can't you love me Why can't you love me again
My skinny Minnie is a crazy chick,
Six foot high and one foot thick
Do I love her
Does a boy love pie
She is the apple of my eye,
Skinny Minnie
She ain't skinny, she's tall, that's all
Tho' her shadow doesn't take much ground
What there is sure gets around
What there ain't that's what she be
'N' even that's too much for me
Skinny Minnie
She ain't skinny, she's tall, that's all
Slightly slimmer than a fishing pole
One half rock and one half roll
Dig that chick from either side
Man, you'll yell "Where did she hide"
Skinny Minnie
She ain't skinny, she's tall, that's all
Hey mama don't you see me wrong
I come and love you daddy all night long
Alright hey hey hey hey
See the gal with the diamond ring
She knows how to shake that thing
Alright hey hey hey hey (play the thing)
See the gal with the red dress on
She knows how to do it all night long
Alright hey hey hey hey
Well tell your mama, tell your pa
Gonna send you back to Arkansas
Alright hey hey don't do it right now
(Play it now, play that instrument)
When you see me in misery
Well you see me in misery
Well baby save my fee
Alright hey hey hey hey
Oh tell me what'd say
Tell me what'd I say...