Ian Brown Documentary (The Works 2001)

Documentary from 2001, Ian talking about The Stone Roses and his solo career and stuff..
Don't know much about it but enjoy!

(c)Joe Lister

(music plays)

Good evening.

The American writer Andreas Thompson has this great line about how

if you stand on the hill top outside Las Vegas and look west you can see the very point

at which the tide of the 60's finally stopped and begun to head backwards.

If you stand on this hill outside **** and look north you can see the very point

at which the thrill and the vigour of late 80's British youth culture reached its high water mark

before heading backwards into the flocks of some Brit-Pop and Fizzy-Pop.

You can see Spike Island witness and the man who helped enter stage

of the council of the worlds Spike Island was the legendary Ian Brown.

I shouldn't be here. You know, if you was in a group in '66

and you were known, you wouldn't have been there in '78 & '79

If you was known in '77 you shouldn't be there in 1999

You know my first LP was 12 years ago, I shouldn't be here.

Pop music a short life span. I'm not one of those big like Bowie, I shouldn't be here.... but I am.

Music plays.