Love After Music (2023) s01e02 Episode Script

[atmospheric music playing]
[audience cheering]
[man 1] The set list looks great, guys.
- [man 2] Really?
- Yes.
[man 2] "On the Tightrope"?
We should close the show
with "Life is But a Coin."
[indistinct chatter]
[blowing raspberry]
- [man 3] Let's change it.
- But we already agreed!
Let's do "Tightrope."
[indistinct chatter]
[sighs]
The three of us may go ♪
Go take a peek, it's crazy.
The three of us may go ♪
[indistinct chatter]
[man 4] Hey, Charly!
[Charly] Hello.
- [woman] Hi.
- [man 3] Hello.
I heard you don't like me.
No.
No way, how could I not like you? [coughs]
Maestro,
I love your music more than anything ever.
[chuckling]
[laughter]
[guys continue laughing]
[laughing continues]
["Dale Alegría a mi Corazón"
by Fito Paez playing]
LOVE AFTER MUSIC
[phone ringing]
Let's see. Should we ask Melingo,
Gonzo, and Fabiana as well?
Of course, Gallo.
Guyot, Iturri, Toth,
and the new guy on the keyboards.
He's a hippie, but he's good.
Come to rehearsal tomorrow.
Practice tonight.
MODERN CLICKS
["Nos Siguen Pegando Abajo"
by Charly García playing]
[Charly] Minimalism, polyrhythm,
neoclassicism, discretion.
And if possible,
small strokes of ambiguity.
I'm calling it Modern Clicks.
Let's hear it again.
[music stops]
["Nos Siguen Pegando Abajo" starts]
[practicing on piano]
[Fito] This isn't right.
["Ojos de Videotape"
by Charly García playing]
[man] Dinner in five.
[Fito] What key is this in?
[humming]
I don't get
why I can't find the right key.
[rewinds tape]
[Fito] I can't find it, man!
[music starts]
No, I don't get it.
There's something wrong here.
Charly is going to fire me.
[rewinds tape]
Here.
[Fito] Sounds like a key
that doesn't exist.
[music starts]
It's neither F nor F sharp.
It's like something in the middle.
- Ugh.
- [music stops]
[line calling]
[line calling]
- Hello?
- Tweety? It's Fito.
- [Fito] How are you?
- Good.
I'm struggling with one of Charly's songs.
- What is it?
- I can't find the right key.
- Give it a listen.
- Sure.
["Ojos de Videotape" starts]
[music heard through mic]
[chuckles]
[music continues]
[chuckles]
Man, this guy is brilliant.
What do you think?
Man, it's extraordinary.
Let me explain.
The dude re-scaled the whole song
a quarter key higher,
right in between F and F sharp.
And the vocals?
- He altered the pitch.
- He altered it.
How the fuck do I play it?
You'll have to choose
to either play F or F sharp.
- What if I make the wrong choice?
- Then practice both.
Learn both.
When they play the first chord,
you'll know.
But the song starts on the keyboard part.
I'm the first to play.
[blowing on mouthpiece]
Can I have the Irishman's number?
Ronaldo, was it? The carburetor guy.
[man 1] Sure, it's 7-9-6-3
[man 2] Let me write it down.
[Fito] Hello.
[practicing on saxophone]
[man 2] 7-9-6-9-6-0.
[man 1, whistling] Hey!
Hello.
[saxophone playing continues]
[footsteps approaching]
- [man 1] You're not saying hi?
- Hi.
[subdued emotional music playing]
[exhales]
[footsteps]
- [grandmother] Rodolfito, wake up.
- What is it?
Come, let's get you dressed.
- What is it, Granny? I was sleeping.
- Wake up and get dressed.
This is Felipa.
She'll be working here from now on.
Hi, Fito.
Will she live here?
[grandmother] Of course,
in the room upstairs.
She'll help Pepa and me around the house,
and she'll mind you too.
I don't need to be minded.
How fortunate! It'll be less work for me.
[singer] Thanks, Ale.
Guys, Dani said he'd be dropping by
at the end of the day,
so if you need anything,
you can talk to me.
- What about the big guy?
- Huh?
[man] No vocals today?
[singer] I'll do it.
- Do you have the lyrics?
- Ale?
No.
[clears throat]
"Videotape Eyes"?
It starts with the piano.
[man] Ready?
["Ojos de Videotape"
by Charly García playing]
I don't have any hot water at home ♪
I don't have any love songs to write ♪
Can't you see ♪
That I'm waiting to come back to life ♪
While you stare
At those videotape eyes ♪
Here comes that final test
Of what's right and wrong ♪
Here come the news from across the sea ♪
Can't you see ♪
That the world is turning backwards ♪
While you stare
At those videotape eyes ♪
This world will forever miss ♪
That movie that I once saw ♪
And this world will forever tell you ♪
That it's better to stare at the wall ♪
You already have the postcards
From Paraguay ♪
You already have your suitcase
Set on the couch ♪
Why don't you go play with the others?
Get some movement in.
[children playing in the background]
Will you play with me?
While you stare
At those videotape eyes ♪
This world will forever miss ♪
That movie that I once saw ♪
And this world will forever tell you ♪
That it's better to stare at the wall ♪
Ready or not, here I come!
Oh, come on!
[Charly] Let's start with "Embrace."
[hits random key]
Sorry.
[Charly] Three, four
["Bancate Ese Defecto"
by Charly García playing]
[plays intro]
There are too many
Strange things going on ♪
Yet nothing's changed in the world ♪
I don't trust your educated face ♪
I don't trust your survival instincts ♪
I haven't been reading the news ♪
Because I'm mad that everything sucks ♪
But until then
You'll carry a shadow on your face ♪
You can't brag
About being a normal guy ♪
Don't play dumb
Your flaw defines you ♪
And I'm telling you
Hey! ♪
Embrace that flaw ♪
It's not your fault
That your nose doesn't match your face ♪
And I'm telling you
Hey! ♪
Embrace that flaw ♪
You can get a boob job, hon
But you're still the same ♪
[children continue playing]
["Bancate Ese Defecto" continues playing]
Felipa!
I give up!
Felipa!
[music ends]
[man 1] Great job, guys.
Daniel said that tomorrow
we start at 9:00, okay?
- [man 2] Okay.
- See you.
Do you like UFOs?
Sure, of course. Yes.
See you tomorrow!
[man 1] Want a ride? We're going that way.
No, thanks. I'm going the other way.
Fabiana Cantilo.
Harmonies, choreography, magic.
Pleasure.
Fito Paez.
Keyboards
and screwups. [chuckles]
Charly is happy with you.
Nah.
It's just the way he is.
Hey, listen
I was thinking that
[bike engine running]
Your spaceship is here.
Goodbye, Fito Paez.
"Your spaceship," what an idiot.
[sighs]
[disc dialing]
[line calling]
[line calling]
[grandmother] Hello?
Hello, is this Rosario's
Psychiatric Hospital?
- Fito!
- [chuckles] How are you, Granny?
It's so nice to hear your voice!
Me too. Me too.
How are things going?
- Fine
- [Pepa] Is that Fito?
- Give me the phone. I want to say hi.
- [grandmother] Wait! Let me finish.
Is that Pepa? Send her my best.
I'll let you talk to her,
or she'll kill me.
When are you coming to visit?
I don't know.
I'm not sure if I can make it back soon.
I'm rehearsing non-stop.
- Really?
- Yes, with Charly García.
With Charly García?
Pepa, he's making a record
with Charly García!
- [Pepa] Wow! Really?
- [Rodolfo] Mom, who is that?
Is that Dad? Can I talk to him?
[grandmother]
He's just about to leave, Fito.
He sends you his best.
Okay.
[grandmother] He says
you can talk some other time.
- Okay, send him my best.
- He says bye.
Love you guys, bye.
Bye, I love you.
- Love you.
- Take care, sweetie.
The stars left the skies ♪
They left, they left for ♪
The stars left th ♪
- The stars left ♪
- [man] Come on, Fito.
Tell us about Charly.
His backup singer
is the most beautiful girl I've ever seen.
If she ever likes me back,
my life is made.
[laughing]
The stars left the skies ♪
The sea carried traces of her sand ♪
Shining wound that torn the sky apart ♪
And the sun rises on you again
Old world ♪
Japan erupts in noises and devices ♪
The night lends its sex
To Buenos Aires ♪
I keep thinking of getting on stage ♪
And the sun rises on you again
Old world ♪
["Viejo Mundo" by Fito Paez playing]
[grandmother] Wow, 102.
I'm worried that it won't come down.
[Rodolfo] I know.
- [grandmother] Can you call Eduardo?
- [Rodolfo] Yes.
- Excuse me.
- [Rodolfo] Sure.
- Excuse me, ma'am.
- Yes.
I brought cold compresses.
I also brought
some herbs from my hometown.
My grandmother's recipe. It never fails.
Can I?
[music track starts]
You haven't started yet!
I thought I was late. [giggles]
Always late, Cantilo.
Always so sweet, García.
So sweet, like you.
[vocalizing]
- Your timing's off, Cantilo.
- I don't think so.
Clearly. Otherwise,
you'd be doing it on purpose.
I think the drum machine
is sounding too robotic.
Willito, don't you mess with my Rucci.
She plays a lot better than you.
I think I'll buy a few more of these
and get rid of you all.
You did good, Rosario.
- [Felipa] Here, Fito.
- [grunts]
[Felipa] This will make you better.
You'll see.
Where is your hometown?
Far, far away.
What is it called?
Clodomira.
Clodomira.
[Felipa chuckles]
[Fito] Clodomira.
You're not eating. You don't like it?
You should eat now.
There's no knowing
when we'll have another break.
Thank you.
Us small-town guys have to stick together.
Where are you from?
I'm from the place
where the best weed grows.
- Paraguay?
- No, dummy. Venado Tuerto.
- Really?
- Hell yes! Can't you tell?
Excuse me.
She stole your sandwich.
Can I have a smoke?
[gentle music playing]
[Fito] Excuse me.
What date were you born?
Me? March 13th, 1963.
One plus three is four. Plus three, seven.
Seventeen plus nine.
Twenty-six! Your number is eight.
Eight? Okay. Is that good?
- Not that good?
- No.
[Fito chuckles]
What is your number?
- Three.
- Three!
[chuckles]
Your timing was fine.
What's it like in Rosario?
Everybody there
has this sort of melancholic vibe to them.
You guys are kind of wistful, right?
Full of nostalgia.
My life is but a blank piece of paper ♪
An out of tune piano ♪
Ten long slender fingers ♪
A bunch of words strung together ♪
Those long slender fingers
are yours, right?
[gentle music continues]
[giggling]
No, no.
- Sorry, I thought
- Don't worry.
- I know you have a boyfriend, but
- No, I only have friends.
One of those friends is downstairs
and he gets jealous.
Do you understand?
See you downstairs, little pup.
["Karma Chameleon"
by Culture Club playing]
There's a loving
In your eyes all the way ♪
If I listen to your lies
Would you say ♪
- Hello.
- Hi, how are you?
Good.
Eli.
- Fito.
- Nice to meet you.
I'm a man who doesn't know ♪
How to sell a contradiction ♪
You come and go ♪
[laughter]
You come and go ♪
Karma, karma, karma,
Karma, karma chameleon ♪
You come and go ♪
You come and go ♪
Loving would be easy
If your colors were like my dreams ♪
Red, gold and green ♪
Red, gold and green ♪
Didn't hear
Your wicked words every day ♪
And you used to be so so sweet
I heard you say ♪
That my love was an addiction ♪
[sniffing]
[grunts, laughs]
["Are You Ready" by Billy Ocean playing]
Oh, baby ♪
We going out tonight ♪
Meet me ♪
10:30 ♪
And we'll get in to fly ♪
What are we gonna do? ♪
Going to a party ♪
2nd and 52 ♪
That's where we gonna start ♪
Saturday rendezvous ♪
We're gonna light up the city ♪
- This one's mine.
- [laughs]
We'll tear the place apart ♪
[laughter and giggling]
- [man 1] Ready?
- [man 2] Let's go.
- [man 1] Come on.
- [man 2] Let's go kick some ass.
DECEMBER 1983
ALBUM RELEASE TOUR FOR MODERN CLICKS
[cheering]
Ale! I have my back to the crowd.
That's how it goes. What can I say?
What? You don't like it?
Come on. Let's rock this city.
Okay?
["Nos Siguen Pegando Abajo"
by Charly García playing]
[reporter] After listening to the songs
on the album, one can't help but wonder
Where is the old you from Sui Generis?
That more contemplative, more thoughtful,
more daring version of you.
- What's left of that guy?
- Nothing.
She's underage
He's an ordinary guy ♪
And it's a cardinal sin
What they're doing now ♪
She missed out
On the wedding and the rice ♪
And the groom got attacked
By more than a few guys ♪
They're beating him all the time ♪
[woman] Come on, sing, dude!
They keep beating us down ♪
[Fabiana] they land in those places
because they are allowed
to park their spaceships.
- Cantilo!
- García.
I'll take you there someday.
I was at a club
It was really dark ♪
There was a blue light
Over the exit door ♪
He passed out in front of me ♪
VILLA CARLOS PAZ STADIUM
CÓRDOBA
It wasn't the pills
It was the men in gray ♪
They're beating him all the time ♪
Over and over again ♪
Alberto Spinetta said that now,
young people dance to your songs.
I dance to his songs.
[cheering]
Would you say this record
is for dancing, not thinking?
If you don't dance, you can't think.
- What does that mean?
- You clearly don't dance, moron.
[vocalizing]
[Charly] Motherfucking fuck!
Who the fuck threw this at me?
You bumbling baboons!
Go back to the jungle!
[mic feedback]
[thud]
[mic feedback]
[audience cheering, booing]
[audience whistling]
You sounded awful, you hick.
- Calm down, it'll be okay.
- [Charly] Go fuck yourself.
You did great, Paez.
Good job.
Excuse me, please. Good evening.
- Mister Carlos García?
- That's him.
Come with us. You're under arrest.
- Excuse us.
- No, wait!
What is this, Charly?
Where are they taking you?
What were you thinking up there?
- Bring whiskey, Daniel.
- [man 1] It'll all be okay.
- [man 2] Charly!
- [woman] Where is he going?
[man 1] Relax, Charly.
Everything will be okay.
It will be fine, it will be fine.
[man 2] Where are they taking him?
[reporter 1] Charly looked quite strange.
Charly is an artist.
People are not used to that.
He looked unwell.
Was he under the influence?
He was fine.
- Do you know where he went?
- [reporter 2] Who's paying his bail?
[Rodolfo] Take this to Felipa.
[Pepa] Another one, Rodolfo?
[Rodolfo] It's Saturday, Pepa.
Let her enjoy it.
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
You're welcome.
Dad, can I try it?
No, mister. No.
[Rodolfo] Careful!
[chuckles]
It's strong, right?
No, I liked it.
- [Rodolfo] You liked it?
- It was fine.
[Rodolfo] You're still young.
[grandma chatters indistinctly]
[laughing]
They called him Carlos García!
He never dropped his glass!
He went to the station
holding a glass of whiskey!
[gentle music playing]
[chuckling]
I need some fresh air.
Come with me.
"You sounded awful, you hick."
To insult you, he says "I love you."
Look into his eyes
and ignore what he says.
His eyes speak volumes.
That's why he wears sunglasses.
And he knows I discovered his secret.
Mount Uritorco is around here, right?
No idea.
Why?
What do you mean, why?
What planet are you on, Paez?
Because of the UFOs!
The mothership is here.
There is a huge landing strip
with lots of entryways
that nobody can see.
Except me.
Okay, Mothership. Listen to this.
- Is this the new one?
- Uh-huh.
[music playing over headphones]
[giggles]
[humming]
Piano, piano, piano ♪
[atmospheric music playing]
[humming]
Fabi
I think I'm falling for you.
[music continues playing over headphones]
I think I'm falling for you too.
["La Rumba del Piano"
by Fito Paez playing]