The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

It's like, playing and driving sort of goes hand in hand. 720 00:30:46,178 --> 00:30:48,915 You know, you do a five grand launch from a dead stop. 721 00:30:48,948 --> 00:30:51,050 Same thing as when you walk out in front of a crowd 722 00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:52,351 And everybody's like... 723 00:30:52,384 --> 00:30:53,519 [IMITATES CROWD] 724 00:30:53,552 --> 00:30:55,854 You know? Same blast, you know? 725 00:30:55,888 --> 00:30:57,223 It's just a rush of adrenaline. 726 00:30:57,256 --> 00:30:58,991 WOMAN: Are you doing it for the money? 727 00:30:59,025 --> 00:31:00,292 No. If I was in it for the money, 728 00:31:00,326 --> 00:31:02,128 I would have left a long time ago. 729 00:31:02,161 --> 00:31:04,430 - You know? - Are you in it for the fame? 730 00:31:04,463 --> 00:31:05,664 That would be nice. 731 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:07,934 But you know, it's just like something, uh... 732 00:31:07,967 --> 00:31:09,835 I do... I enjoy doing it. You know, it's like... 733 00:31:09,868 --> 00:31:11,503 WOMAN: Are you in it for the chicks? 734 00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:13,672 No, at first I might have thought it'd been like that, 735 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:15,107 But then, you realize that 736 00:31:15,141 --> 00:31:16,708 Half the chicks that are gonna be out there, 737 00:31:16,742 --> 00:31:17,809 That you're gonna be with, 738 00:31:17,843 --> 00:31:19,111 Aren't worth the time anyway, you know. 739 00:31:19,145 --> 00:31:20,446 Well, she wanted to get married, 740 00:31:20,479 --> 00:31:22,915 She wanted me to have the nine to five lifestyle. 741 00:31:22,949 --> 00:31:26,318 The marry, go normal, kinda, you know... 742 00:31:26,352 --> 00:31:27,920 If you're gonna bump into some chick 743 00:31:27,954 --> 00:31:30,356 And you just pull into town and she's gonna fuck you, 744 00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:32,224 You know she's fucked everybody else 745 00:31:32,258 --> 00:31:35,227 From this star on down, so what's the point? 746 00:31:35,261 --> 00:31:37,997 I mean, that's pretty much conquered ground, you know. 747 00:31:38,030 --> 00:31:39,365 [PLAYING HEAVY METAL MUSIC] 748 00:31:46,272 --> 00:31:47,806 You go hungry, you go broke... 749 00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:49,141 But if you believe in yourself, 750 00:31:49,175 --> 00:31:50,509 You'll fucking make it, you know. 751 00:31:50,542 --> 00:31:52,678 WOMAN: Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 752 00:31:52,711 --> 00:31:53,579 Retired. 753 00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:56,348 Living some place nice. 754 00:31:56,382 --> 00:32:00,252 My stocks working for me, investments, bonds, securities. 755 00:32:00,286 --> 00:32:02,254 You know, shit like that. I'm responsible. 756 00:32:02,288 --> 00:32:05,024 I got long hair, but fuck, I'm a businessman, you know. 757 00:32:05,057 --> 00:32:08,794 Yes, I've devoted all my life to rock and roll. 758 00:32:08,827 --> 00:32:10,862 WOMAN: Does that ever get scary for you? 759 00:32:10,896 --> 00:32:13,099 Yeah, 'cause I wonder sometimes 760 00:32:13,132 --> 00:32:17,970 If I, uh, if I wind up 45 years old 761 00:32:18,004 --> 00:32:19,905 And I never did anything or something like that... 762 00:32:19,938 --> 00:32:21,207 WOMAN: Why do people devote their 763 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:22,241 Whole lives to rock and roll? 764 00:32:23,075 --> 00:32:24,410 Well, if you want to become famous, 765 00:32:24,443 --> 00:32:26,845 It usually takes your whole life to get there, you know? 766 00:32:26,878 --> 00:32:28,514 I mean, to keep on going and going and going, 767 00:32:28,547 --> 00:32:30,749 It's like, "You're almost there, you're almost there", 768 00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:32,218 And then it's like, "Oh, no!" 769 00:32:32,985 --> 00:32:34,186 Crash Landing, it's about us. 770 00:32:34,220 --> 00:32:35,421 We, we wrote this music for it 771 00:32:35,454 --> 00:32:37,189 And I was thinking about an idea for the song. 772 00:32:37,223 --> 00:32:39,125 And there was a plane crash and, uh, 773 00:32:39,158 --> 00:32:40,426 We just thought about, you know, 774 00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:42,194 It'd be kind of neat to write the song about that. 775 00:32:42,228 --> 00:32:44,263 And what it would be like if you were the pilot of the plane 776 00:32:44,296 --> 00:32:45,564 And like, what you'd be going through 777 00:32:45,597 --> 00:32:47,299 As you're, you know, getting ready to crash. 778 00:32:47,333 --> 00:32:48,700 [BAND PLAYING CRASH LANDING] 779 00:32:57,843 --> 00:32:59,411 Flying high up in the sky 780 00:32:59,445 --> 00:33:01,447 Who understands The reasons why 781 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:02,848 That I 782 00:33:02,881 --> 00:33:04,416 I was lost 783 00:33:05,417 --> 00:33:07,486 Tried to find my way back home 784 00:33:07,519 --> 00:33:09,421 Suddenly I'm all alone 785 00:33:09,455 --> 00:33:10,822 In the ni