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[Lois] Washington, D.C.,
Philadelphia, Boston,

Toronto, New York City,

Detroit...
Milwaukee was amazing.

-[Dennis] Best crowd
-Best crowd.

-Phenomenal kids in Milwaukee.
-They were surfing.

They were pullin' them out
one a minute.

Props to the kids of Milwaukee,
of all places.

-Why?
-Yeah.

605 freeway, right?

Yeah, you want 605.

Yeah, we told you that story
that time we went to Texas

to see Primal Scream

and one of the roadies
looked at us.

We knew him from like 1970s.

And he looked at us. He says,
"Are you still doing this?"

And I looked at him, I said,
"You're still doing this?"

Now, it seems more
the band's supporting us

-than we're supporting the band.
-[chuckles]

But that half-hour that they're
on stage each night,

there's energy then.

It's just so uplifting

or rock 'n roll.

[rock music]

I mean we go all over the world
and meet lots of people,

but, you know,
we don't classically spend...

[rock music]

[Peter] But they are
a real pair of characters

and everybody fuckin' knows 'em.

[Damon] They drove to one show,
they drove so far

that the wheel fell off the car.

[cheering]

[Robert] Rock 'n roll
is keeping them young

and I think they plan
to live forever.

[rock music]

It's kind of ironic
when you get onstage

and you realize your merch
people are more famous than you.

[rock music]

I like it when people give in
to their obsessions,

you know, all the way.

[Damian] The true punk rockers,
they genuinely believe
in free spirits,

anybody can do it
kind of attitude.

[rock music]

[man] Best way
for the interviews to happen,

by holding the microphone,
is to be as close
as possible to--

-Yes, perfect.
-Okay.

You've got it.

You're listening to Jetlag
with me, Andy Rourke,
on East Village Radio.

I'm here
with my very special guests,

super music fans,
Dennis and Lois.

We're talking about the life
and times and exploits

of these two wonderful people.

You gave me a list
and 50 percent of these bands

have all slept on your sofa
or on your floor at some point.

[Dennis] Or we on theirs.

-[Lois] We get attracted
to the music.
-[Andy] Yeah.

And I'm curious of what kind
of person created this music.

[Andy] Yeah, yeah.

And so I want
to get to know them

and we spend time with them
and drive them around and...

Wow.

And, oh, you don't have
a place to sleep,

well, you can stay
by us, and...Yeah.

-[Andy] You're guardian angels.
-[Lois chuckles]

How would I describe you,
as sofa to the stars?

Super music fans?

-[Dennis] Old.
-Old.

-[chuckles] Old? Okay.
-In a word.

So, we're talking
about your last forty years
exploits, basically.

And I mentioned
the sofa thing earlier

and you said
the first band was--

[Dennis] A lot of people,
when they see us at gigs,

wonder why we're still doing it.

Love for music doesn't have a beginning or end.

[rock music]

[rock music]

[Dennis] Nothing beats
a live concert.

Nothing beats the emotion.

The fact that you never know
what's going to happen.

[rock music]

As much pleasure as we get
from all of our records,
all of our CD's,

for us it's an important ride.

That's what we live for.

[rock music]

[Lois] Smoke started coming up.

Everybody was doing
this mosh pit, slam dancing,

and body surfing
and all this stuff
going on and like.

And out there
I'm sitting in the chair.

[rock music]

I met Dennis and Lois
right before our first album
ever came out.

Pretty much after that,
they were coming to every show
we had in New York.

They were really cool
and they would just come
to all the shows.

I remember someone tellin' me,

"Hey, Ollie, your parents
are here at the show."

And I was like, "Where?"

And then... [laugh]

It was Dennis and Lois.
They still got it.

[rock music]

[Lois] They're passing
the guitars over.

They're passing guys over,
and they're doing all...

And it was like
the most incredible show
I ever saw.

[cheers and applause]

[Dennis] Seeing the audience
happy after a gig
is just a good feeling.

For an hour
or whatever on stage,

these people
can make a difference
in so many people's lives.

[Jon] I like the fact
that their life project

seems to be collecting
all these toys

and pursuing
the kind of thrill of live music

way into, you know, a time
when it's not, acceptable

in the ageist society
we live in.

I'm supposed to have packed in
when I was thirty.

I shouldn't be doing what I do.

And Dennis and Lois
should definitely
not be doing what they do

if you listen
to the powers that be
or the arbiters of taste.

But you know what?

People just keep on doing
what they love,

and that's what's wonderful
about 'em.

[Dennis] Uh...
What happened to my Presleys?

I don't see any
of my Elvis pictures.

[Dennis]
He was unbelievable live.

The power he had in his voice
was just like, oh, my God.

Unbelievable.

[whirling]

There's not too many people
I can think of

who we haven't seen.

We span the music
from the 50s through now,

which is a wealth of beautiful
and wonderful music.

[rock music]

[Lois] I grew up in Brooklyn.
I was born in Flatbush.

My grandparents
came from Brooklyn.

When I was about thirteen,
I had a transistor radio

and you listened to DJ's
and they became your friend.

You listened to them
every night.

They gave you advice.
They'd talk to you about life.

They played music.

Alan Freed, Murray The "K",
who brought the Beatles
to America

had a rock 'n roll show
in downtown Brooklyn.

And I went to these shows

and I hung out by the stage door
to get autographs.

I saw the Beatles
in the very begin--

That's what started
a lot of this.

I saw James Brown,
Marvin Gaye,

and then I saw
The Rolling Stones
right after that.

And I always liked
English music better.

I grew up in New Jersey,
but I keep tryin'
to forget that.

[chuckles]

[Dennis] I was born in Hoboken,

in the same hospital
that Sinatra was born in.

When I was in high school,
I worked in television

with Chuck McCann.

And on the same station,
there was The Clay Cole Show.

[Clay Cole] I started in 1963.

I was doing a rock 'n roll show.

And that's where
I first met Dennis.

He was 15
when he came to our show

and would hover
in the background.

I could see his enthusiasm.

He was in just total awe
of everything.

[Dennis] And the show
just had everybody,
The Shirelles, The Supremes,

Little Stevie Wonder,
when he was
Little Stevie Wonder.

It was the first show in America The Rolling Stones did.

[Clay Cole] In order to keep
my core audience,
which was the teenagers,

Dennis became my meter.

When he'd perk up
hearing a song, I'd know,

oh, that's the one we got
to keep playing.

It took the edge off
of an artist being a celebrity

and made them a human being.

So, I think that freed me up
for later on.

When I'm with a band,

I can separate the person
from the stage image.

But I got all my early rock love through Clay and his show.

I mean, Dennis goes back
to the early 1960s.

before the British invasion,
and he never stopped.

And I'm tellin you right now,
if you see him,
tell him to stop it already.

[chuckles] I mean, how long can
you keep being a fan like that?

Anything for you.

[interviewer] So, I want
to know how you guys met.

Was it a set up? Just--

-[chuckles]
-[chuckles] Was it a set up?

Yeah, we're six months apart,

so, we're fortunate
in that we're both
from the same geographic area,

we're the same age,

so, all our points of reference,
all the stuff before we met
is basically the same.

He had the same record
collection I had.

I was like, uh... [laughs]

We were watching
the same TV shows,

listening to the same music.

It just seemed
like a natural fit.

The Monty Python Movie
was the very first date.

One of those afternoon dates,

so, if it doesn't work out,
you didn't waste the whole day.

-[chuckles]
-It was-- [laughs]

Then, when I first met him,
I said, well, we had sex,

and I said, "Well,
some people just
get attracted to other people

for this, uh, physical thing."

And I said, "Well,
if he really likes me

and if he's really interested
in these other things

that I'm interested in,

let's just get the sex
out of the way and,

yeah, he's had it
and move on", but...

-It didn't work.
-The music went past--

[chuckles]
The music went past all that.

The first real
evening date-date,
commitment date

was CBGB's.

[rock music]

[Lois] CBGB's had just started.

It was very curious, new music.

-Neither one of us
knew anything about it.
-[Andy] Yeah.

So, that was our first date
going to CBGB's.

[Andy] Wow.

And, um, Talking Heads
and Richard Hell were on stage.

Amazing.

And Lou Reed was shooting pool
at a pool table in the back.

[Andy] I bet he was
shooting more than pool.

[laugh]

That's probably before there was
any graffiti in the toilet, huh?

[Lois] Yeah. They had food.
It was just amazing.

[Dennis] Yes, they actually
served food at CB's.

And we actually ordered it.

[Andy]
And it didn't smell of piss?

-Well...
-Oh, well, uh... [laughs]

[Lois] So, then,
the Ramones had played

and we thought, like,
these people are amazing
and we went every night.

[rock music]

[Arturo] When an artist
inspires you as much

as the Ramones inspired people,

they attract a very,
very special kind of a fan.

I could tell up to the first,
you know,

maybe a couple of months
of shows at CBGB's

that some of the faces
started looking familiar.

Just a handful of them
that would be there

most of the time,
if not all the time.

I had noticed this couple,

and I knew they were
like hardcore fans.

[Dennis] We saw them
at CB's a bunch of times.

Then we drove
to Antonio's Pizzeria

in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

which is something like
a nine-hour drive each way

to watch them
do a twenty-minute set.

They thought we were either nuts

or super cool when we did that.

[Dennis] And we saw
in the beginning

that Arturo Vega,
who did their lights,

was also doing their merch.

[Arturo] I would sell shirts at the beginning of the evening.

Then, come show time,
I would put the T-shirts away,

and then do the light show.

During the last song, I would leave all the lights on,

come back, run out, and start selling shirts again.

And we figured
we're there anyway,

why should he have to do that?
We can do it.

[Arturo] Lois said, "We can
watch the T-shirts for you.

You know, we'll start selling,
so you don't have to rush."

Then I realized
that they were trustworthy

and that they loved doing it,

and that they were cool people to hang out with and to talk to.

So, really fast, you know,
they became like

members of the inner circle.

And that's how it started.

[Dennis] Lois used to mend
Joey's jeans.

The Ramones' hallway.
Is that what you call it?

[Dennis] Yep. Where do we start?

The late 70s to the early 80s,

these jeans
were the original jeans
from the beginning

through
"Rock 'N Roll High School."

[Monte] I can't believe
he fit in those.

Those pants are unbelievable.

[Dennis] There was one time
when John had a shit fit

because Joey was takin'
like an hour and a half
to get his jeans on

because he couldn't find
what hole to put
his foot through.

[chuckles]

So, he said, "That's it.
That's the last time
you're wearing these jeans."

They threw them in the corner
and Lois said,
"Can we have 'em?"

And he said, "Yeah, sure."

Unbelievable.
What about the jacket?

-Where'd you get the jacket?
-That's one of Dee's.

-He gave it to you?
-Yeah.

Post cards from Johnny
that read just like John.

-I mean, they-- [chuckles]
-And from Spain. Wow.

I hear the accent when I read
them.

It's so John.

And some lyrics
Joey was writing.

[Monte] Huh.

[Dennis] Some of this
went into other songs.

Some of it are just words
that never were used.

And he just said,
"Yeah, take it."

But this is how Joey
used to write.

[Monte]
What's this telegraph here?

[Dennis] It was from Joe.

"Been trying to get
in touch with you.

Need your services
tomorrow morning at 1 o'clock.

Very important.

Joey Ramone."

He actually needed Lois
to drive him somewhere,

a doctor or something.

[laughs] He sent you a telegram.

-Unbelievable.
-Yeah. Yeah.

I don't think I've ever
sent a telegram in my life.

He's the reason
I learned how to drive.

Really? Explain this.

Because in the beginning,
when we got our first car,

we'd follow you
to get to the gigs.

Uh-huh.

Because I didn't know
where I was.

[chuckles]

And you were drivin'
like at 90 miles an hour.

[both chuckle]

And I figured either I got
to stay watching him

or I'm gonna be lost.

[chuckles]

So, I taught you
how to drive fast.

[both laugh]

[Dennis] I don't think
we would be in the position

with a lot of bands today
that we are

if it wasn't for Ramones.

[Lois] Because we went
to CB's all the time,

we got to meet all these
other bands.

[Dennis] Maybe we would have ended up down that road anyway,

but there's a good chance
we wouldn't have

and our whole story
would have been different

and there'd probably
be no story.

[rock music]

[Lois] We got to know
The Ramones, The Undertones,

Adrian Wright, who became
The Human League.

Then we got to know Mark Reeder,

and then Mark Reeder
introduced us to New Order.

[Dennis] And Nick Cave.

[Lois] And Nick Cave.
'Cause Nick Cave used to stay
in Mark's house.

Then we went
to England all the time.

And then we got to meet
Jon Langford.

He had The Three Johns.

And then, we met the Mekons
and Captain Sensible

and then The Damned.

[Dennis] We're dead lucky

that most of these people
seemed to get us and our passion

right from the start

and they realized, yeah,
these people are sincere.

You sure it's not the time
that Mickey and Feargal

came over and seen the Ramones
and met the Ramones.

Oh, I wasn't there then.

[Lois] Most of these people
are nice people

if you go up to them and just
relate to them as people.

There's an intimidation factor
with people

about musicians, bands,

especially the ones
that they really like

that they're afraid to meet them

or what are you
gonna say to them,

or they're not gonna
want to talk to me.

That's not the case.

Especially if you approach them
as people

and don't, "Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!"

If somebody comes up to you
and stands there and says,

"Oh, my God!" to you
and screams and it gets fanatic.

I mean, it's a bit weird.
[chuckles]

They get star struck
a little bit,

but they know
how to get out of it

because they know
they could just stand there

or they could say something
and actually make contact
with that person.

[Craig] I think
that Dennis and Lois
are able to connect

more so maybe than other fans

because somehow they're able
to communicate their sincerity

in a way
that comes off very real.

A lot of fans, unfortunately,
aren't able to do quite that.

[Dennis] We'll meet them
a lot of times
to get autographs.

We usually end up
talking with them

because we don't fit the makeup of their normal audience

because of our age.

I think they relate to us
slightly different.

And if there is a rapport,

if there are things in common,

if we get on with them
as people,

then we continue
the connection as people.

Possibly the first friends
I had around New York state,

or the States even.

-Joan, say, "Hi, Lois."
-Say, "Hi, Lois".

-[Joan] Hi, Lois.
-[all chuckle]

[Mani] Aren't they sweet.
You're being good.

[Mani] They're my angle
on the New York punk scene.

And, you know, they would go
to CBGB's and see the bands
who I grew up loving

and just to be with them and hearin' some of the stories

of who they had seen
and what they've been to and...

you know it's living history,
man, in music.

To have, you know, uh,
Lois or Dennis say, you know,

our first date was the Ramones.

And we saw
this many Ramones shows

and we've seen this many shows,
uh, since, you know,
nineteen-seventy whatever,

and your band's awesome.

That makes me feel better
than a guy who said,

"I've been to four shows
in my life

and yours is the best one
so far," you know.

They're like really committed,
but not in an irritatin' way.

They don't do that shit
that they come backstage

and they'll kind of,
they'll sit there right
next to you, you know,

and you'll be like sweating
after the gig.

You just want
to be on your own,

not to sound
like a diva or anything.

But you'll get some fans
who will follow you to the bar.

You know, they'll come
and take a shit with ya.

[chuckles]

They're not like that at all.

Yeah, we don't talk music
too much.

Oh, we talk music, but--

-Not their music.
-It's not a praise--

More about music in general.

[Dennis] We find another topic.

With British bands,
it's britcoms, kids shows,

science fiction
that was over there,

that we were aware of
that we like,

that's a common ground
with them.

[Tim] They've been to a lot of our shows from at least '93.

Um, that's the first time
I met them.

That was at the Limelight.

I remember the occasion,
and I think I'd be upset
if they didn't show up.

For me it would mean
like we were doing
something wrong.

[Lois] We'll tell them
that we like what they do.

Or if they've had a bad night,
we'll say, "Mm-uh..."

[chuckles]

[Lois] And they accept
that we're honest with them.

Like, not everybody
can be perfect all the time.

[rock music]

[Dennis]
It starts as a fan thing,

but it develops
into a friendship

in the sense that these people
will contact us.

It's not just us
contacting them.

["Millonaire" by Mekons]

They were so generous
when the Mekons first came over

and we'd stay at their house
when they lived in Brooklyn.

And it was tiny and it was entirely full of toys and games

and we'd sleep
all over the floor.

["Millonaire" by Mekons]

By offering
all sorts of services

became part of our lives.

Actually, I think we became
part of their collection.

[Sally] They arrived with their Mekons plates one day

and it's never changed.

They arrived with their Mekons
plates last night and that's
30 years down the line.

[laughs]

They had Ramones plates
on their car

and they used to park here
up behind CBGB's.

And every time
they'd get new plates,
someone would rip 'em off.

I think after that they decided they really liked the Mekons,
so they got Mekons plates

and no one ripped 'em off.

-[laughs]
-[car honk]

They started showing up
in their van to, like,

take us to our rehearsals.

And then they were
at every rehearsal,

every rehearsal we had.

We used to rehearse
like three times a week

and they were
at every rehearsal.

[interviewer] What would they do
in there, in rehearsal?

They'd just stare at us
and smile

and just nod their heads
and be well into the music.

Kind of like, oh, we've got
two new band members

and it's Dennis and Lois.

They don't play anything,

but they're in the band,
so to speak.

They just fit right in.

[Lois laughs]

I think I'm gonna be mad.

[Lois laughs]

[Dennis] We've been together
night and day for 40 years.

[Lois] You sure it's their van?

[laughs] I don't-- Yeah.

[Lois] Yeah,
that's the other thing.

We've been together 40 years,
but we've not gotten married.

I mean, I asked her
to marry me in the beginning.

She said, "No."
I said, "Okay."

You know, if this is working,
this is working.

[Lois] It's not about goin'
to some stranger

and giving him money
and getting a piece of paper.

It's about a relationship.

Whether you have
this paper or not...

[sighs] ...it doesn't make
any difference really.

[soft rock music]

[Dennis]
We're both only children,

so I don't think having
a family ever was really
something we thought about.

[Lois] And we thought
maybe we can do both.

But I thought, no,
I don't think we can do both,

so, we didn't have any
because we wanted
to have this life.

[Dennis] But, no regrets.

I honestly feel that music
has served us both
very well indeed.

So, we were in Manchester,
selling shirts for the Ramones,

and this father comes in
with his little kid

and they asked us
about the Ramones.

And I don't have
a little T-shirt
to sell this kid,

even to give to him.

And I said, "Do you want
to go backstage after the show
and meet the band?"

And, "Yeah, yeah."

[rock music]

[Jimi] Dennis and Lois
were doing the merchandizing.

I think they saw me
fucking freakin' out
to the Ramones

and said, "Well, we can do it.
We can help this kid out."

Wouldn't it be a gas
to introduce this kid
to the band?

and they fucking did.

I can remember
shaking Joey's hand.

It was unbelievable.

That was a really
magical memory.

Years later, I listened
to this band, Doves,

and I read in the NME,

they talked to Jimi
and they said,

"What made you decide
to do music as your life?"

And he said
"Well, when I was six,

these people took me
backstage to see them."

And I was like,
"That's that kid?" [chuckles]

[Jimi] My formation
as a musician,
they facilitated that.

The seeds were set
by meetin' my idols.

It's like out of a film, right?
You can't make it up.

You know Lois is
like a mother figure.

And that's what you need
when you're away from home.

Yes, I suggest,
if you're into it,

'cause this is it
for the whole tour.

He only signed twelve posters.

[Lois] When bands,

they've given me music
and they've helped me just getting through your life.

And if I can do something
to repay them,

yeah, I'm here.

Whatever you need me to do.

Okay, so a poster. [sings]
That's forty altogether, please.

[Lois] You are the musicians
and you shouldn't be doing it.

We'll do it for you.

That's what we know
how to do,

stand there and sell T-shirts.

Yeah. She'll go
get it signed for you.

You got the last one.

[Robert]
They know the realities, like,

by the time you get
to the East Coast you burn out

and you could use it.

You could use
a friend and a hand.

And that's the real way
to say thanks, you know.

And they know that shit

and that's why
they're Dennis and Lois.

Black Rebel, when they,
the first time we saw them
opening for the Charlatans,

they tried selling
their own merchandise
after the gig

and they were hopeless.

Plus they retired
from playing, so they really...

But they had no idea who we were

and we just said,
"You want help?
We'll sell your stuff."

And they just handed over
a bag of merchandise to us

not knowing
who the hell we were.

If we were gonna
beat them out of money,

beat them out
of their merchandise.

Uh, I guess
we don't look threatening,

'cause neither one of us
can run very fast

to make a quick getaway, so.

But, yeah,
we still do it to this day.

It's just something
that's a natural extension

or our way of saying thank you.

[Lois] What street are we on?

[Dennis] You're at Gary.
You got to worry about.

You've not seen it yet.

I told you the same thing
I told you a hundred times.

Yeah, I've seen it
and I didn't say anything.

I figure, oh,
let's keep this a secret.

Look it's another Denny's.

-Uh, Denny's.
-Denny's everywhere.

You don't get any sleep

and you don't eat
at normal times.

And even when I go
in the room to sleep,

I'm so wound up because
I've listened to this music.

This probably would kill me,

but I could do this
for the rest of my life

and do just
what I'm doin' right now,

just goin' around watching bands
who play every night.

It's making me very happy.

I just love it.

[rock music]

[beeping]

[man] Hey,
another fucking amazing show.

Uh, this rock 'n roll
is in our bloodstream.

[Lois] God damn it.

We're out
in the middle of Nebraska.

[Dennis] It's snowing
in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

[woman] Hey, it's Analogue Girl.

My God. Life is so good.

[Dennis]
When we find a rest area.

We're gonna pull over and pee
and sleep for an hour or two.

[Lois] Everyone should have
the blessing

of seeing a country
with a band they love.

We've been cataloging
all the ticket stubs we have.

We sit down.

I read the date.
He logs it in a book.

[interviewer] If you have
to estimate, how many shows?

[Lois] We used to go
to maybe four shows a week.

[Dennis] Sometimes,
three shows in a day.

[Lois] Early show, late show.

[Dennis] And real late show,
over 40 years.

It could be a completely
ridiculous number,

but I'm coming up
with like 10000 shows.

[cheering and applause]

[Adam]
We are an architecture firm
here in New York City.

We do a lot of cultural work.

So, a lot of museums,
performing arts' buildings,

a lot of work
in New York proper.

This is called, uh...

Westchester Community College.

We're building a college.

Lois is the head
of the print room

and responsible for the quality
of documents printed.

[Lois] There's my plaque
on the wall, 25 years.

You can't guess
what you're gonna hear
when you talk to Lois.

She can't wait
to tell you stories

and she tells
the same story all day

until everybody in the office
has heard that story.

[Lois] This is all
my rock 'n roll stuff

from places
where I've been and set lists.

When I come
back from wherever I am,

all these people want to know
what I've done

'cause they don't have a life.

They just do architecture.

So, I tell them about my life.

[James] I'm of the generation
where rock 'n roll
is a foreign language.

It still is.

But underneath that collection,

there's a really interesting
imaginative mind.

One time, I said I needed
six weeks off to go on a tour,

and they said no.

Either you give me
the time off or I'm quitting.

[chuckles]

So, they gave me the time off.

[Mark] They're beyond fans,
Lois and Dennis.

Being a fan is usually
just a faddy sort of thing.

It lasts a few years
and it kind of dwindles, maybe,

and you might still
collect the records
a few years down the line,

but your life moves on
and it goes on
to something else.

For Lois and Dennis,
it's not like that.

You don't find people like that around the world.

[Lois] When we got
to know Oasis,

we'd go to work in the day

and then run
to the airport at night,

travel to England, barely get in to see their show,

take the red-eye back to go back to work the next day.

[Marc]
They're intriguin', you know.

Dennis got fired from his job.

He must have been
in his mid-fifties.

And he got fired for taking
three days off work
without permission

to go and see the Mekons
in, I think, Chicago.

How many fifty-five year old
people would do that, you know.

[Dennis] It was a problem.
I mean, you got fired.

I worked
at the Panasonic Corporation.

It's electronic
and they do music.

There go that sponsorship.
[laughs]

[Lois] Towards the end,
I was wearing
my Ramone shirt to work

because I was out
the night before with the band

and I didn't have time
to come home and change, so.

"Well, you love the Ramones
more than you love us.

We have to let you go."

[chuckles]

[Dennis] The Village Voice
used to be our enemy.

As soon as we'd call in sick,

they'd thumb the music pages
of the Village Voice.

Who's in town?

"Oh, they had that T-shirt on
the other day."

-Oh, suddenly, they're sick.
-[chuckles]

[Dennis] We found out
it's not good to call in sick

-from an airport pay phone.
-[chuckles]

If you're trying to say
you're sick and they go,

"Flight 302 to Miami
now boarding."

[on speaker]
Please make sure you have
all your personal belongings

and watch your step
as you exit.

[interviewer] What is it
about England you love so much?

It's not just the music.
It's the people as well.

Americans are good,

but somehow English people
have some edge to them

and it all came through
on the music.

It's not the quality
or hitting the right note.

It's about the feel of it.

[Lois] It's bigger than me.

[man] Let me see your T-shirt,
'cause I haven't seen that yet.

And you think
that was from when?

From the first tour I believe
they did after "Pills, Thrills,
and Bellyaches."

One time we went to Oasis
in the stadium,

and I bought these T-shirts and
like put 'em in the carry bag.

And the guy said to me,
"I think you should
double bag this."

And then I went out
in the mosh pit.

And that's when I fell down
and that's when I really hurt
my knee.

And I had my hand
around those T-shirt,
that T-shirt bag,

and I'm not losing
these T-shirts in this mosh pit.

The merch is gonna be upstairs,
in the main room in the back.

And he said that's what the band
wanted, so when we go up,

we should go up a little,
not the last-last minute,

in case they have our size
for a change.

[rock music]

[rock music]

[cheers and applause]

[Shaun] Thank you very much.

Dennis.

Happy New Year,
Mr. Shaun William Ryder.

You almost had me crying
during that show.

-Yeah, was it good?
-I just felt so happy.

Really? Thank you.

What? A man loves
to tell the truth about why
Dennis and Lois really...

Well, when we first,
uh, got to New York, uh...

Dennis and Lois,
uh, brought the pot,

-the weed, the good stuff.
-[Lois laughs]

I got a phone call
off Lois once.

It must have been about 1990.

She said, "Oh we're gonna go
and see Happy Mondays,

and we're gonna get to meet them and get to know them

and go and hang out with them."

I said, "Oh, hmm...
Do you know them at all?"

"No."

What we're gonna do
is stand by the stage door.

We're gonna wear
our Frank Sidebottom T-shirt.

Happy Mondays will walk past
and go, "Wow, Frank Sidebottom?"

And we'll go, "Yeah, sure."

It was
like a military operation.

[Paul] I came out the back doors

and across the way
was this big chain-link fence.

And Dennis stood there
and Lois stood there
shouting "Paul."

And it was like, wow.

Who are these?

'Cause they don't look like Mr. and Mrs. Conventional.

So, I have to go across,

and it just kind of went
from there, man.

[Paul] Their reputation
in Manchester were bad boys.

[Lois] And I wanted
to see for myself...

We just got on
right away with them.

[rock music]

[Dennis] Here they are
in L.A., in the studio,

and they can't find weed.

I think they were just nervous
about who they went up to

and so they said,
"Can you do us a favor?

Can you score us some weed
and FedEx it to us?"

So, I went,
scored ounces, a pound.

I don't know
what the hell I scored.

Put it in a FedEx envelope
with a phony return name

and saw them
through the recording

of "Pills, Thrills,
and Bellyaches."

I only did it
as a friendship thing.

A friendly something,
I can help them.
Yeah, I'll help them.

And Shaun called us up
when he was L.A. in the studio

and said,
when the album comes out,

we've got
a big surprise for you.

[Lois] And I was on my lunchtime
and I got the "NME"

and the cover said,
"New Mondays Album Out Now,
and it had the track listings.

And I was like,
"Oh, my God."

[chuckles]

Then I called him and I said,
"You'll never guess
what they did."

They wrote a song about you
called "Dennis and Lois."

That must have been
quite a compliment.

A compliment and a surprise.

[Lois] The fact that they did
something for us,

I was really touched with that.

["Dennis and Lois"
by Happy Mondays"

[Paul] Well, they must have
just popped up in my head

when we was writin'
the music, you know.

They must have been
swimming around there
somewhere subconsciously.

I had heard of them just
through the Happy Mondays song.

The Happy Mondays Song.

The Happy Mondays Song.

There aren't many people
who don't know
who Dennis and Lois are,

or at least know the names
Dennis and Lois

in the whole of Manchester.

When I mention Dennis and Lois
or the band and Dennis and Lois,

people can't believe
that they're real people.

[Lois] I went to the stage door
at Oasis

and Noel comes out
and I said,

"Can we talk with you later on?"

"Yeah. I'll put your name on the list. What's your name?"

And I said,
"Dennis and Lois."

And he looked at me
and he says,

"You are 'The Dennis and Lois'?"

And it was like, "Ah". [laughs]

Dennis always says,
"When is his 15 minutes of fame
gonna be over?" Never.

The greatest moments
was when The Mondays
did the song, of course,

is what, you know,
makes people like them legend.

Dennis is hard at work.

Not really.

We're in the bowels
of Pennsylvania in a church.

This is the first time
I've been in one of these
in quite a while,

so you may get
some flames shooting out,

especially since I saw
Ozzie last week.

[Damon] The first time
I met Dennis and Lois
was a New York show.

Some guy working at the venue
said these two people
are outside.

And they're trying to get in,
'cause they want
to see your show,

and I said, "Who are they?"

Oh, they said,
"Dennis and Lois."

So, I went outside to meet them.

I'd heard so much about them
from other bands,

so I was really flattered
that hey were coming
to one of my shows

'cause I felt
like that validates me

as part of Manchester royalty
in music or something.

[Damon] They've been sellin'
our merchandise as well.

I can never repay them.
I couldn't even try,

for puttin' in the effort and...

comin' to waste their time
on a loser like me.

[chuckles]

I tell you what,
when I get back,

can you bring these back there
and I'll sign some,

maybe if you think
that's a good idea.

I think that's a great idea.

What about Dennis and Lois
signing it?

I mean definitely not...

[Dennis laughs] No.

We'll have to pay them
to take it.

[applauses]

[Lois] I took the week off
to do this tour with Damon.

The first night in the village
everything was great.

And then the second morning,
I woke up and I couldn't,
I had no power in my side.

I got to the show,

and when I got out of the car,
I couldn't walk.

I had to hold on
'cause I had no balance.

And I was like, "Help!
Somebody come and help me."

["Silent Sigh"
by Badly Drawn Boy]

[Lois] All these people
came over and like,

"Lady, are you okay?
Get you an ambulance?"

"No, no, no.
I have to go to the show."

[singing]

[Lois] I'll be alright.
We'll worry about this later.

[chuckles]

-[applause]
-Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

Thank you.

Damon, nice job.

They do what everyone
should be doing,

living life on their terms.

But I do worry
about their health.

[Jimi] It's obvious they're not gettin' any younger.

None of us are.
But that outlook is inspiring.

It's amazing.
At that age most people want
a cup of cocoa at nine o'clock.

Put their feet up.
And they're out rock 'n rolling.

[Sarah] I don't know
how they find the energy.
I really don't.

[rock music]

-Elbow.
-Elbow.

And you have Morrissey.

-Just like the real thing,
a bobble head.
-[Lois] They have Stone Roses.

Right here.
That's Thomas Street
and Oldham Street.

This is like "old Manchester".

This is where I want my ashes
to be thrown out, right here.

Dennis wants to be buried,
but we'll bury him under the...

[Lois] Well,
I've been coming since '68.

We've come at least
twice a year, every year.

-More than that.
-At least twice a year, yeah.

Over a hundred times,
I would say, we've been here.

Somehow, I met the nicest people
here in Manchester.

It's like I feel
as much at home here,

if not more so
than in the States.

It's just easy.

They'd probably recognize
something else genuine
and from the heart.

There's no bullshit about
Manchesterean people,

whether it be on the street
or in a band, you know.

Not too dissimilar from how
New Yorkers are, you know.

We're a similar breed.

[Lois] Oh, the Manchester
Evening News Arena.

All the bands have played
there, everybody.

[Dennis] A good chunk
of the music
that has impressed me

over the years
has originated here.

If it wasn't for Factory Records
and Joy Division, New Order,

and Happy Mondays,

there wouldn't have been
a Manchester scene.

Okay, people.

So. this is one
of our older songs.

And I'm gonna play it
for two of our oldest fans,

Dennis and Lois.

-[Dennis] Thank you!
-[Peter] Wherever you are,
my darlings, this is for you.

["Love Will Tear Us Apart"
by Peter Hook]

[Lois]
When I was about thirteen,

I didn't really travel anywhere,

but I found the Beatles,
the Rolling Stones,

and I wanted to see the place where they came from,

'cause it wasn't Brooklyn.

And I went to England on my own.

I had to see this.

[guitar playing]

[Lois] I'd go to England
with a train pass, get an NME.

The NME, it was a bible.

Look to see what bands
were playing,
get on the train and go there.

["Love Will Tear Us Apart"
by Peter Hook]

["Love Will Tear Us Apart"
by Peter Hook]

[Lois] England was just amazing.

And then, when I met Dennis,

we both went together.

We're both the same person.

["Love Will Tear Us Apart"
by Peter Hook]

They're iconic
in the way that they were there

when a movement started.

When Manchester
and New Order came to America

and the way
it affected the world

was because of New York
and people like them.

["Love Will Tear Us Apart"
by Peter Hook]

[Peter] You tend to pick up
friends when you're small.

And those friends are the ones that last right the way through.

When you get to that period
as a band when you're huge,

when you can't tell your friends from your enemies or whatever,

people like Dennis and Lois
are very, very important.

["Love Will Tear Us Apart"
by Peter Hook]

You should never underestimate
the friendship value.

[audience cheering]

You love it?
Do you love it?

[Dennis]
Our last night in Manchester,

we figured we'd do
something special,

especially
since Frank Sidebottom

is going to be playing
a show in Manchester.

Mommy, what's that noise?

It is, of course,
Frank Sidebottom.

Yes, that's me.

Frank Sidebottom,
international showbiz superstar.

[Dennis] We've known Frank
for many, many years.

He's one of the earlier people

we met in our Manchester career.

[music playing]

[Dennis] When he first came over
the first time,

he had a duffle bag with him
with his costume.

And Customs stops him.

Says, "What do you have
in your bag?"

He said,
"I have a ventriloquist dummy.

I have a papermaché head,
and I have a Casio keyboard."

[singing]

They asked where he was staying.

He said, "I'm staying
with Dennis and Lois."

And they said,
"Well, what's their address?"

- He goes, "I don't know."
-[Lois] "I don't know."

[Dennis]
"Well, where do they live?"

-[Lois] "I don't know."
-"What's their last names?"

[Lois] " It's Dennis and Lois."

Oh, then he says,
"Well, do you know
Madonna's last name?"

[Dennis] He discovered
America wasn't so bad,

so he came back
three other times.

Each time he stayed with us.

-Thank you! Whoo!
-[cheers and applause]

[Lois] We can get
all of them at home.

What's this one?
No, we don't have this one.

That's a Constantine.
Do we have that?

Yeah, it doesn't look familiar.

I would say no,
because they don't remember
the gas mask.

Based on that alone,
I would say no.

All right.

[Lois] Here. This, this.

This.

Look, a silver Dalek.
Exterminate!

And that's it.

No more?

[seller] For this visit.

The last time you were in,

White Rebel Motorcycle Club
came with you.

They're coming in April.
They're gonna be here on tour.

Yay!

Yay! Forbidden Planet. Hurray!

I paid their rent
for the next month.

[chuckles]

-[Mark] Joey Ramone's pants.
-[Dennis] Yeah.

[Mark] She told me the story.

Every piece of this house
is like a bit of homage...

-Yeah.
-Yeah. Get it.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

-It's got Happy Mondays
on the wall over there.
-I know. I've seen that, yeah.

-[Mark] Was this the kitchen?
-[Dennis and Lois] Yep.

We need to clear some room.

See all these bottles.
These are all from different
shows and concerts I went to.

[Lois] I would take
the empty bottle because
they drank out of it.

-[Mark exhales]
-[chuckles]

Is there any beer left in 'em?

-No.
-Get out!

[all laughs]

We don't really
have any furniture.
We just have stuff.

Their collecting is obsessive.

[Mark] It's a compulsion
of some kind.

[Robert] Every square inch
was filled with things
that make them happy,

toys, memorabilia, records.

Where they sleep
is the least important thing.

It was amazing,
like going to a museum. Wow!

[Simon]
It's like a time capsule.

This stuff that was important
ages ago

is now buried
deeper and deeper.

[Mark] It's not about the money
it's worth.

It's about the meaning
and what it means.

[Lois] I think
it's really important

that you remember
where you come from,
your history,

take great comfort in toys.

'Cause those were
the happy moments
of your childhood.

[Damian] You could never
have a kid there.

But if you were a kid, you'd just fall in love with it

because there's so many toys.

[Dennis]
We have a Spider Man room,
a Batman room.

We have a Simpsons room.

The basement is vinyl,
and Star Wars.

Near the furnace we have
some Freddy Krueger stuff

'cause we just felt
from the films

he always was the janitor
who was stoking the furnaces.

And the front room
is all Dr. Who's stuff.

[recording] Enemies of Dr. Who
must be destroyed.

[Lenore] Oh, my God.

This house I love!

-[Lois chuckles]
-[Lenore] A whole Godzilla!

[Lenore] Oh, my goodness.

[Lenore] They're living here
about 12 years I guess.

And I have never seen
a light on in 12 years.

-I am overwhelmed.
-Look at this.

[Lenore] Oh, my.
I just can't comprehend it.

-[laughs]
-[Lenore] Oh, my God.

[Lois] Look at Dracula.

We got him
the first year we moved in.

The first Christmas
we got that Dracula.

Every Christmas
we were gettin' one.

-Underneath the table...
-[Lenore] Oh!

[Lois] He's really good,
those two under there
in the corner.

[Lenore] Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah!
Look at that.

[Frank] That's scary.

[Lenore]
They're wonderful people.
They're quiet.

We don't bother them. They don't bother us, you know.

And they enjoy
what they're doing,

and I think that's wonderful.

You know, I wish I knew
half the bands and things that,
you know, they know.

I mean, at my age,

I don't think I'd be able
to travel that far

to go see my favorite band,
you know.

But as neighbors go,
they're great.

[Dennis]
We got two emails there.

[Lois] What emails?

-From our tenant.
-Yeah.

[Dennis] Thanking us
for giving them
a rent reduction for Christmas.

Rock and roll.

[interviewer] And you just gave
a tenant a free month
for Christmas?

No, a rent reduction.

-A rent reduction?
-Yeah.

We gave our two tenants
a rent reduction
just 'cause it's Christmas.

[Dennis] Give 'em one month
a couple hundred dollars
off their rent.

It's just, it's somethin' to do,
you know.

[interviewer] What do you guys
think of Christmas?

[Lois]
It's Baby Jesus' birthday.

I mean, people are all worried
about giving gifts and, uh,
what did you get me?

And, oh, how much
did you spend on me?, and...

I think it's about people
being close with each other
and just, uh,

just being there for each other.

It's not about the gifts.

[Dennis]
To keep in the festive mood,

what better...

since they're all dead

and you don't have to worry
about royalties probably
on this one,

[chuckles] The Three Stooges.

["Jingle Bells Drag"
by The Three Stooges]

We went to this Prince concert
on Sunday. It was fantastic.

And I went to work on Monday
and I was feeling really weak,

like I was gonna collapse.

And, uh, made it home.

And I went to get out
of the car,

and I just like sunk,
just collapsed.

So, the neighbor
across the street comes over
and he looks at me.

- "I'll call 911."
-[siren whaling]

[Lois] So, the ambulance came.

They just threw a sheet over me,

put me in the stretcher
and took me to hospital.

When I first went in,
I couldn't move at all.

When they picked me up
from the stretcher, I couldn't
move my arms, couldn't walk.

And it really scared me.

They thought I had a stroke.

They did all kinds of tests, but they couldn't find anything,

so I guess
it's not that bad, huh?

I don't know what happened.

But I had the same thing
like six months ago.

[Richard] In my practice,

I take care
of lots of red zebras,

things that have not been
figured out.

And they come to me

with three feet
of medical records and tests.

Please help me. No one's
been able to figure out why.

Her major complaint is pain

in her back lateral thigh
down her leg.

She thought
she originally injured it

at a Oasis concert
in a mosh pit, uh, situation.

But ever since that event,
it's been getting worse.

[Lois] I thought, "Okay,
I'm gettin' a bit older,

and, yeah, I did
a lot of rock 'n rolling."

So, I went for physical therapy, but it didn't get any better.

It's gotten me really crazy

because I just want
to get better

or I want to get told
this is what it is, you know.

-Anyway, here I am in life.
-[Dennis] Yeah.

Ho-ho-ho.

[Lois] Wow.

-[Lois] Dee Dee should be
in here, right?
-[Dennis] Dee Dee I think is in.

[Lois] Oh, there's Johnny.

[Dennis] Yeah, I see it.

[Lois sighs]

Well...

see he was the same age.

1948.

A legendary.

[Lois] Dennis, look at his eyes.

[Dennis] I know.
The eyes are very spooky.

[Lois] It's like
he's starin' you down.

[Lois] We got attracted to them

because when some idea
went in their head,
they went and did it.

There's no regrets about, "Well, yeah, I should have done that."

Do what you really like and hell with what everybody thinks.

No matter what people say,
you have to do what you think,

and that's what
we've been trying to do.

Where's Dee Dee?

[kid] My dad works here.

I love Ramones.
My dad loves 'em, too.

[Lois] We were friends to them.

We worked with the Ramones
for a long time.

[Dennis]
Yeah, in the beginning,
we sold their T-shirts.

[kid] I have a bunch
of those T-shirts.

Dee Dee Ramone
is right over here.

See that one black statue
right there.

Right here, Dee Dee Ramone.

Beer cans. [laughs]

Money, cigarettes.

[Dennis] This is great.
[chuckles] It's Dee Dee.

No big monument, just Dee.

[Lois] Yep,
beneath the shade of a tree.

Yeah, you can have
Georgia Peach French toast.

[scoffs]

Please.

Uh, coffee, French toast,
bacon, please.

[waitress]
French toast and bacon.

-That's all?
-That's all.

And I want coffee with a--
I want a Grand Slam.

Yeah.

Um, two eggs, sunny side up.

Isn't that free
because it's your birthday?

Oh, yeah. Today's my birthday.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Mi cumpleaños.

We've done somethin'
like twelve cities

in a little over two weeks,
two and a half weeks.

It was short enough and it ended
officially on Lois' birthday.

So, it just seemed
like it was fate almost

that we should be here.

I thought, at this age,
how many more tours can we do?

I mean you want to,
but physically, can you?

[interviewer] How has it been
physically and mentally?

Uh, my bags have bags.
[chuckles]

I feel rejuvenated.

[both laugh]

["Blow It Up" by The Vaccines]

You think fuck.
We've been on a bus
for the last, like, 17 hours.

[Justin] I've been sleeping
for ten of them.

And then here I'm fine
every day. It's kind of cool.

["Blow It Up" by The Vaccines]

How often have you been asked
if they're your grandparents?

I think five times I've been
asked if they were my parents.

-Parents?
-Parents.

I've been asked
if they're my grandparents,

so I'm younger looking than you.

Obviously.

["Blow It Up" by The Vaccines]

I mean, it's a struggle.

[Lois] I'm not sleeping a lot.
I can't walk too well.

I don't know.

But we've seen tons of bands,
but this one is just...

It's like when you fall in love,

and it's like that first day
when you're in love,
it's just like, wow.

And we've not been in love
with anything so strong as this.

-Right? For a long time.
-Yeah. There's some power there.

["Blow It Up" by The Vaccines]

You feel quite sort of privilege
that they're doing this

and you feel like you're not
doing anything in return.

[Justin] I just have a kind
of urge to look after them

for some reason.

I have a maternal instinct.

I just run beers out and chips, food if I can find it, water.

["Blow It Up" by The Vaccines]

[cheers and applause]

Have we figured out what
we're gonna give her for her 65?

[Justin] I bought her
some presents.

["Blow It Up" by The Vaccines]

[cheers and applause]

Four, three, two, one.

-Wait, one.
-[all] Happy birthday!

♪ Happy birthday to you

♪ Happy birthday to you

♪ Happy birthday, dear Lois♪

♪ Happy birthday to you

Whoa!

-Wait till they play it.
-Wow.

-[all laugh]
-I would have bought that
for sure.

[Justin] But they're real frogs.

They're really, really good.

[Dennis] A roadie friend
of ours, Crumie, uh,
from Manchester,

he called us in the middle
of the night one night and said,

"There was just a piece
in the newspaper.

Have you heard?
Frank's got cancer?"

And I said, "What?"

Chris Sievey, who created
the comedy character
Frank Sidebottom,

died of cancer at the age of 54.

[TV presenter] Now, he may
have had a cult following,

but the unveiling of a statue
of comic character,
Frank Sidebottom,

attracted hundreds
of people today.

A life-sized bronze statue
was unveiled

in the center
of Timperley Village
near Altrincham.

[Lois] We're all connected
in this world

and we should give
each other attention

because, the next day,
we might not be there.

With Frank we never thought that he would die the next day.

[Dennis] It's so easy,
especially with the pacing
of the world today,

to just take friends
for granted.

- It's not intentionally.
-[Lois] Yeah,
I'll see ya tomorrow.

-[Dennis] Yeah, whenever.
-[Lois] Maybe not.

[Dennis] Friends
are a precious commodity.

[Lois] Ow!

I can't lift my leg up.

I went out at lunchtime
and my leg collapsed
and I almost fainted.

[sighs]

-Did you fell?
-I got dizzy. Yeah.

I said, I don't think
I can work anymore today,

because I can't walk anymore
and I don't know why.

[Lois] I'm afraid this thing
is gonna get worse.

It's sad because you realize
this person that has
this inner vibrance

is beginning
to struggle physically

and all these things
she loves to do
she can't do anymore,

and I think that's grown.

[Lois] I told them I don't think
I should work anymore
'cause I can't do it.

I haven't been
upstairs or downstairs
in like six months.

-[Dennis] Yeah.
-Six months.

And I sleep in there.

[Dennis] I need an escape.

I don't forget problems,

but I don't want
to focus totally on it

to the point
of becoming neurotic,

which is where it was getting.

The only thing that was really
making us be happy
was going to gigs.

I mean, that slowed down.

I mean, we only went
to one gig this week,
which is pretty slow for us.

[Lois] We were in Brooklyn

at some bar that this band
is gonna play in and Dennis
is in there already,

but I can't go in,
it's not worth it.

["Auto Neutron"
by Fat White Family]

[Dennis] It's awkward for me
when I'm there without Lois.

I don't feel complete.

I don't feel I'm sharing
the experience with her

and it's all about sharing.

["Auto Neutron"
by Fat White Family]

[Dennis] I'm not happy
about the situation,

but if she isn't comfortable
doing something,

fuck it, don't do it.

["Auto Neutron"
by Fat White Family]

["Auto Neutron"
by Fat White Family]

[cheers and applause]

[Lois] Yes, I cry every day.

I do, 'cause I can't stand this.

And Dennis has been
putting up with me.

[chuckles]

-Yeah, I cry, too.
-Ow!

[Richard]
Recently she was tested by a very well-known neurologist

who did MRI's
of her brain, her spine,

and also did
an electrodiagnostic study.

-You're not gonna fall.
-I've got to sit over here. Ow!

He concluded that she has MS,
Multiple Sclerosis.

[Lois] This problem
got me really depressed

because everything
was taken away from me.

All the things I loved,

going to shows and standing
in the front and dancing

was taken away.

My day job
was taken away from me.

If all the things you know

and all the things
you depend on, your being,

is suddenly stopped,

and if you have
no control over it

and it's not gonna go away,
it's not gonna change,

it's really scary.

[Jon] Personally,
I begged them to take it easy,

but they're always off
on the next adventure,

so a part of me
says more power to them.

The other part of me
wants to strap 'em down
and lock 'em up somewhere.

Let them have a rest
for a while,

but they're not
interested in that.

[Jon]
It's thrillin' still for them.

What keeps Dennis and Lois
on the road

where others fear to tread?

What keeps us all going?
It's the love of music.

[Christopher]
I think about the struggle,

the sheer will of I've got
to get to that rock show.

And what it gives them,
I think, is their medicine.

You know, I think
that is their sustainability.

I think that is
what keeps Lois vital.

[Jimi] There seems to be
an imperative in them now.

They really want a fair line

and they want to be
in their spiritual home,
which is Manchester.

["Music Is Our Medicine"
by Vic Thrill]

[Dennis] Now, it's a necessity to get in before doors are open,

so that we can stake an area
that is comfortable for us,

what's safest for us.

[Lois]
Because I have a wheelchair,

I can't always be
in the front like I used to,

but at least I can hear it.

["Music Is Our Medicine"
by Vic Thrill]

[Dennis] I think you now,

you can always have
Sigourney Weaver in your pocket.

Keep her in your pocket.

That's so nice of you.
[chuckles] Thank you.

We wanted to give you
many gifts,

but we couldn't find good stuff.

[Lois]
We brought him a little toy.

He carries it with him
and it reminds him of us.

Dennis and Lois really just,
uh, seem to connect
with what I'm doing.

♪ I wanted to change the world

♪ But I could not even change
My underwear ♪

[Dennis] There's some music,

if you're down,
it gives you strength.

It's like recharging a battery.

♪ I hope I didn't destroy
Your celebration ♪

♪ And you should probably
Get down on your knees ♪

♪ And pray

♪ It's really fun to look
Embarrassed all the time ♪

[Lois] We're all related in this world

and even though
we don't want to admit it,

we need somebody else
to help us.

We cannot do this alone.

The singer of a band
needs the band.

♪ If I can see your license
And your registration? ♪

♪ I don't know what to want
From this world ♪

We all have to play
a part in helping each other.

[Lois] And I think that's where
this music comes in.

♪ You have no right to want
Anything from me at all ♪

♪ Why don't you take it out
An somebody else? ♪

♪ Why don't you throw this shit out on somebody else? ♪

♪ Why don't you tell
Somebody else ♪

♪ That they're selfish?

♪ Weepy coward
And pathetic forever ♪

[Lois]
John has physical problems

and, hey, I'm going
through that right now.

He's in front of me singing
about what I'm going through.

["Queen of Denmark"
by John Grant]

[John] It brings a lot
to the artist to have somebody
there that gets you.

It would be nice for them
to know that the artist

is getting just as much
as they're getting
from the music, you know.

It's a beautiful thing.

♪ You're just a sucker

♪ But we'll see who gets
The last laugh ♪

♪ Who knows
Maybe you'll get to be ♪

♪ The next queen of Denmark

-[cheers and applause]
-[John] Thank you very much.

You can thank me.

[cheers and applause]

[Lois chuckles] Well...

[woman] We'll see you next week.

Oh, wait. Okay.

[Lois] John Grant, he said,
"Oh, my parents are your age."

He says they never go out, they don't want to do anything.

They just want to sit home,
watch TV.

He says, "I wish my parents
were like you." [chuckles]

[Lois] I had that coffee
right before we left.

What should I do?

[on phone]
Exit left, three miles,

then head to roundabout.

[Dennis] It's about getting you
to pee before the roundabout.

[Lois] It's insane.

This is it, right?

I pee, you pee, we all pee.

[chuckles]

-All right. Let just go.
-All right. Let's go.

Oh, I'm going pee.

I'm gonna be part of the party.

[Lois] We're Americans.
We can pee any place.

[Dennis]
It's our constitutional right.

[both laugh]

-[beep]
-[Lois] Dennis and Lois.

Uh, we've done a terrible thing.

We're going to just go
onto L.A. to see Elbow.

Oh, my God. I've got to rest up.

[cheers and applause]

This next song's dedicated
to our very, very good friends,
Dennis and Lois.

[cheers and applause]

[Guy] Okay.

[Guy] When Lois started
getting bad on her feet,

I remember her telling me,
New York's so kind
to a lady that needs help.

People give up their seat,
and open doors for me.

She put her finger
on what I love about the city

and that's kind of what became
the song, "New York Morning".

♪ The first to put
A simple truth in words ♪

♪ Binds the world
In a feeling all familiar ♪

♪ 'Cause everybody owns
The great ideas ♪

♪ And it feels like
There's a big one ♪

♪ Round the corner

♪ I see a city and I hear
A million voices ♪

♪ Driving, welding, drilling

♪ Carrying their fingers
To the nub ♪

♪ Reaching down
Into the ground ♪

♪ Stretching up into the sky

♪ Why? Because they can

♪ They did and do so you and I
Could be together ♪

[Guy] Lois said,
"You're the big test."

And I said, "What do you mean?"

And she said, "I'm not able
to get out of this chair,

but I've been to a couple
of concerts and I've been able
to get up and walk around.

That side of my body
starts working again."

♪ Oh my God, New York can talk

♪ Somewhere in all that talk
Is all the answers ♪

[Guy] Halfway through
the concert, we look around

and Lois just stood up
to the railings dancing.

♪ And it feels like there's
A big one round the corner ♪

♪ The desire to part
Sure symphony ♪

So she reckons she's got to follow us on tour from now on

in order to keep moving.

And if we can't do that,
then I'm just gonna have to be
here to sing to her,

make sure she can get about.

♪ And it feels like there's
A big one round the corner ♪

♪ The way the day begins

♪ Decides the shade
Of everything ♪

♪ But the way it ends
Depends on if you're home ♪

♪ For every soul

♪ A pillow at a window, please

♪ In a modern Rome
Where folk are nice to Lois ♪

[cheers and applause]

[Guy] Okay.

[Guy] Thank you very much.

[Lois] There's a beginning
and there's an end.

But it's about
the passion of life.

It's about doing what you love.

[Lois on phone]
Sorry, it's Dennis and Lois.

It was the most incredible
dedication.

It was absolutely amazing
and every bone in my body
is killing me,

but the band
was worth driving to.

We love it!

All these shirts,

two rows back and front,
are what we did this year.

No!

[all laugh]