I was 12 years old in 2002. I had just arrived at a boarding school in England, 2000km from home in Francr, the result of being brought up by a mother as strict but with her head constantly in the clouds. Therefore since the very beginning, she got confused with the weekends exit authorisations. While she was think she was restricting myself as much as possible, I was actually free to leave the boarding house every weekend without her being notified. Well, I took the train to London every weekend where cousins of mine aged 16-17 hid me to sleep at their house so my uncle couldn’t snitch to my mother and they showed me this city. The real London. They said to me: have you ever heard of The Libertines, they just released a single or an EP, it’s great. They put the CD on. I was stunned. What was that. Poetry + guitars + elegance and decadence. “They’re playing live tonight at the 100 Club, we have tickets and we made you a fake ID.” This concert changed my life. And even better, it was recorded and released as a live album 2 years ago. I saw them again two months later at the Marquee, at the Astoria, in rotten apartments, seedy pubs. My cousins followed them like groupies and I just had to follow my cousins. Mummy. I'm almost 35 years old, you still don't know the "mistake" you made and you still think that my weekends were studious, sporty and filled with pension activities. These weekends were worthy of the rock and roll of the Libertines from 12 to 17 years old. Thanks Mom. Thank you Laura and Filippa, bless your fantastic taste in music, your blind as fuck parents and your hormones on fire.
I always worry people don’t understand Peter, he wasn’t born a junkie. He was a wide eyed poet who loved The Smiths and Suede and who after meeting Carl they managed to make their dreams come true for a couple of years, until fame and tabloids reared it’s ugly head. Thank god they’re back to who they used to be these days with the hotel in Margate and regular contact again between the band 🖤
this is exactly like looking back pictures of the best relationship you've ever had, you see how things could have stayed perfect forever, you miss those times, all makes you wanna try again. but you and her fucked it up together, you'll never forget those problems, things never going to be the same.
So young. They all look so young and wreckless. That little nod and smile between Carl and Pete at the end though - that was what the Libertines were about and don't pretend otherwise. ;)
Yeah! It's on one of their earliest demos, Legs 11, which they made in 2000-ish. This video: /watch?v=4jSQwoiNNOE is from 1999, when they had Mr Razzcocks on drums, and a cellist.
@lisafz yeah, what is it? i saw a video once of pete in a bar (i think) and he was playin it alone with a guitar, and never found it again.... WHAT IS THAT SONG?
so not true. he would have wide pupils. cant people understand that he wasnt always a junkie? he was just excited because his dreams came true, thats all.
thought Pete almost sounds gay ? ~any news of this 2002 ...aswell only ystrday seein video 'last of the english roses' (!) ...maybe this (in accent) was to decease +over years meeting an havin Russell Brand in co. ? : D x
I was 12 years old in 2002. I had just arrived at a boarding school in England, 2000km from home in Francr, the result of being brought up by a mother as strict but with her head
constantly in the clouds.
Therefore since the very beginning, she got confused with the weekends exit authorisations. While she was think she was restricting myself as much as possible, I was actually free to leave the boarding house every weekend without her being notified.
Well, I took the train to London every weekend where cousins of mine aged 16-17 hid me to sleep at their house so my uncle couldn’t snitch to my mother and they showed me this city. The real London.
They said to me: have you ever heard of The Libertines, they just released a single or an EP, it’s great. They put the CD on.
I was stunned. What was that. Poetry + guitars + elegance and decadence.
“They’re playing live tonight at the 100 Club, we have tickets and we made you a fake ID.”
This concert changed my life. And even better, it was recorded and released as a live album 2 years ago.
I saw them again two months later at the Marquee, at the Astoria, in rotten apartments, seedy pubs. My cousins followed them like groupies and I just had to follow my cousins.
Mummy. I'm almost 35 years old, you still don't know the "mistake" you made and you still think that my weekends were studious, sporty and filled with pension activities.
These weekends were worthy of the rock and roll of the Libertines from 12 to 17 years old.
Thanks Mom. Thank you Laura and Filippa, bless your fantastic taste in music, your blind as fuck parents and your hormones on fire.
John is always so serious but when he smiles - his whole face lights up. All that talent on one little couch!!! Lucky couch!
I always worry people don’t understand Peter, he wasn’t born a junkie. He was a wide eyed poet who loved The Smiths and Suede and who after meeting Carl they managed to make their dreams come true for a couple of years, until fame and tabloids reared it’s ugly head. Thank god they’re back to who they used to be these days with the hotel in Margate and regular contact again between the band 🖤
You do realise he’s addicted to heroin here?
pete actually speaks in the same style as carl in this, shows how much time they musta spent together in those days
this is exactly like looking back pictures of the best relationship you've ever had, you see how things could have stayed perfect forever, you miss those times, all makes you wanna try again. but you and her fucked it up together, you'll never forget those problems, things never going to be the same.
One of the best bands of all time
So young. They all look so young and wreckless. That little nod and smile between Carl and Pete at the end though - that was what the Libertines were about and don't pretend otherwise. ;)
"...playing nursing homes is what we used to do - we played 'I no longer hear the music'..."
hahahaha!
"someone died during our set..they just wheeled her out"
"the song we were playing was i no longer hear the music" LOL
Wow Gary said something. You can tell this was the early days!
they all look so very happy and joyful :D great! i love them and wish it would still be like that
I love Peter's voice in this.
incredible that pete is singing 'music when the lights go out' all the way back here...
i miss them, their friendships, dreams and innocence : (
Time when Pete was super cute.
He always has been and still is to me 😍😊
its the first clip i've seen when pete and carl looks pretty decent and genuine happy.
Before pete did drugs
@peepeepoopooman1234 actually no, he was dabbling with drugs just wasn't full speed
pete's hair! he's so adorable ... in every single way.
I laughed for like 10 mins at that nursing home story, what a way to go!
The last thing he whispers is "Do us a favour."
such a sad feeling theyre not like that anymore.....memories.
@pozocobain The song is called Music When the Lights Go Out
oh wow this is really old... cool intie thanx!! An heyy... Pete was actually still able to talk properly here.... :p
Gary's laugh is so cute and Peter is like a little furry animal
@Muscle61 Gary is actually from NY. He has dual citizenship--mother is American and his father is English.
i miss them so
looove this
"we also got a lot of ex members that want to kill us.. that could be problomatic" lol
how adorable they are!
the should be back..no...they HAVE reunite again!...for people sake!....the libertines!..they rule!
never heard Gary speak until i watched this interview!!!lol XD
So young.
the coolest and maybe most intelligent junkie on earth(((:
august 2002 i think. definitely mid 02. 6 months odd after they signed.
August 02 i think. defiitely looks like mid 02. probs about 6 months odd, after they signed.
ok relative innocence
It's so weird to me to hear Pete talking so fast and such, ahah
you can hear the leather
i fall in love
Ha ha, I thought I was the only one not to understand, thanks!!
Love the video anyway! Pete seems another guy...
you can't really tell if someones on/not on drugs just by looking at their pupils from a video on youtube through a computer screen though
petes voice sounds deep!:o and he wasnt fukd up on anythig haha thats amzeing lol love his work
music when the lights go out
great!
how fast is pete speakin!!! :( makes you cry how much he slurs now... and since when was gary american!! xx
i know what you mean but it makes me feel so sad to watch it at the same time
@manuelisalibertine
obviously not seeing as though they are singing a song off the second album?
Yeah! It's on one of their earliest demos, Legs 11, which they made in 2000-ish. This video: /watch?v=4jSQwoiNNOE is from 1999, when they had Mr Razzcocks on drums, and a cellist.
¬¬ great video
Great video!
HE looks like Julian Casablancas, omg
Literally just thought that
noooo he doesn’t 😭
@steveraff01 i thought he said "do this forever"
omg....they were so cute
bring em back
@lisafz you mean music when the lights go out or what a waster?
i think that that probably is the "normal" pete, and we sadly are used to the because of the druges slowed down pete.
that is least amount o striped shirts i have ever seen with all four of them together
@lisafz yeah, what is it? i saw a video once of pete in a bar (i think) and he was playin it alone with a guitar, and never found it again.... WHAT IS THAT SONG?
"you cant really step your image you better play for the peeps who dont know your music" what does pete say at the start?
cool vieo, anyone know what a "divy" is
john may aswell not have bothered even showing up
Music when the lights go out.
This is when Pete was clean, before he even started really
Pete's hair looks like Julian Casablancas'
..wow.
why are pete's middle finger nails painted in red?!
no but its "and all the drugs and the tubs and the clubs we shared together" so he just didnt want to say it...
Pete looks beautiful in this. Poor John.:(
when pete was cool
Carl, is sooo hot!!
SO FUCKIN GOOD
I can smell the leather
so not true. he would have wide pupils. cant people understand that he wasnt always a junkie? he was just excited because his dreams came true, thats all.
Even pete's accent seems different. Am I wrong?
innocence?
lol :D everytime someone moves their upperbody you hear that "lether-sound"
@MultiBERGZ
ok never mind. i though you tried to call him wierd and spelt it wrong lol
ex band members who wanna kill us ! that could be problamatic...... cheers 8D
Whats the song they sing at the start?
xKillzzz music when the lights go out
xKillzzz You can use a app called Shazam to find the names of some songs.
leather jackets :D
crunching.
Pete looks like a young Jimmy Page... cool..!!
great band
haha bit harsh, it's only a bit of nail varnish!
Probably wired but who knows, I get like that when I'm hypomanic with all the talking quickly and wriggling around and never shutting up :/
Hannah89 I'll give you that !
0:27 Carl ashing in the bottle ...oops!
peter seems so strangely sober in this...
is gary american ?
He is
it is as much about noses as it is about drugs....now that is funny :)
1:25 piercing eyes
The libertines were just a band
thought Pete almost sounds gay ? ~any news of this 2002 ...aswell only ystrday seein video 'last of the english roses' (!) ...maybe this (in accent) was to decease +over years meeting an havin Russell Brand in co. ? : D x
new york.
pete looked healthy :-
pete still sounds posh in this video..
cant believe how healthy pete sounds....and now he just mega slurs his words
lol awsome
lol too true
cough Johnny Borrell cough
Is the black fella American?
@TheQueerTrickyThing 2:29
pete seems wired during this... constantly talking, quickly and a bit inaudible at times
That's because his upbringing was posh!!!
@MultiBERGZ
wired? not as wierd as someone who can't spell