[applause]
- I can't go to lunch.
I've got a meeting with Derek Stevens.
I hear he's clean.
Well, he's living on a farm next to Roger Waters.
Yeah, let's hope so.
Okay, Irving. Thanks, babe, ciao.
Are you ready?
- Let's do it.
- Okay, send him in.
Derek.
- Hello, Michael.
- Welcome to L.A.
[laughter]
Private joke.
Derek, meet Paula Collins, our new head of A&R.
- Hello, Paula, very nice to meet you.
- Hi, Derek, actually, we met at the Roxy in 1981.
- '81? Was I born yet?
[laughter]
- You get settled okay?
- Oh, yes. I'm at The Chateau actually.
- Derek, you look good. I mean it.
- You really do.
- I'm ready to work, I really am.
- Well, that's good to hear.
This is a critical album for you.
- We want you to score with this one.
- Well, I'm sorry about "Dark Impulse."
I don't know what happened there.
- Well, we have to share the blame for that one.
We had a bit of a shake-up in promotions.
Some people dropped the ball and had to be let go.
- We're ready to work, too, Derek.
- Well, I was hoping you'd say that,
'cause, um, I really want to bloody score.
- Barry said you had a demo tape of the new songs.
We can't wait to hear them.
- We really can't.
- Well, um, I haven't actually finished the tape.
- Derek, your deal calls for a demo, and Barry promised--
- Well, I know that. I know that.
But what I thought I'd do
is play some of the tracks for you here now live.
- We'd love that!
There's the piano!
- Don't keep us in suspense!
- Great! This is great.
Well, these are just sort of works in progress,
you know, but... well, here it goes.
This one I call, um...
"The Lady I Know."
[piano music]
[singing] There's a lady I know
If I didn't know her
She'd be the lady
I didn't know
And my lady she went downtown
She bought some broccoli
She brought it home
She's chopping broccoli
Chopping broccoli
She's chopping broccoli
Chopping broccoli
She's chopping broccoli
She's chop--uh!
She's chopping broccoli
Eee
[cheers and applause]
- Wow.
- Great.
- Here's another one I call...
I call "New Beginnings."
[singing] New beginnings
New beginnings new beginnings
New beginnings
Well, you see where that might go, you know?
It'd be like sort of like synthesizers blaring about
and drums and bongos and the whole thing.
It'd be great, don't you think?
Oh, there's one more I want to show you.
This is called "Going to the Club."
[clears throat]
[singing] Going to the club, gotta work out, work out
Going to the club, gotta work out, work out
Well, that's what I've got now.
And I'm writing every day, and that's what I feel good about.
I'm right back on the horsey.
- Well, I think you've really got something.
That "Broccoli" tune,
are you thinking what I'm thinking, Michael?
- Uh, yes. Yes, I am.
You're, uh, getting back to the vegetable thing,
which seems so...
- Organic.
- Exactly.
- Oh, great! Great! Thank you!
- Well, thank you for everything.
- Thank you. - Really, it's great.
- All right, this is-- oh, great.
- Hey, thanks. Tell Barry we'll be in touch.
- All right. Great! Thanks. Ta.
[cheers and applause]