Back in the day, I wasn't really a Libertines fan, but ended up at a secret gig Pete did at the Boogalloo in Highgate. Just him with his guitar and his mate with one snare drum, and about 40 people in the audience. They played for over 3hrs, sat on bar stools, and were absolutely brilliant. I realised that night is misjudged him - I'd read the headlines and thought he was just a hyped-up junkie. I was wrong. Very very talented lad - and such effortless charisma. He won my respect. Good luck to him
Dan Williams i was in the same boat. However, his stripped down “intimate” shows didn’t do it for me either. I am pulling for him. I hope he nails a great album
As someone with experience heroin, and I think, possibly methadone has that effect, I really should have googled this but I heard years back that it tightens the skin, and when you get clean from it for a substantial time your skin will look more like it's age...probably a load of bs
I can handle getting older, but when I see the artists i listened to in the London pubs in my 20s hitting 40 and growing up, a great sadness overwhelms me, knowing that those years and gone and shall never return.
When you first see him, his outward appearance is pretty striking. But when you listen to him for a few moments, there’s something so so young and such a youthful energy to him. He has a genuine and pure heart that manifests out. I’m glad he’s doing well. The world loves to demonize and ridicule addiction, until that person dies. Then it’s “so tragic, how heartbreaking... they were so young, so amazing so talented”. I hope moving forward we become more informed and compassionate. I’m so pleased to see him keep creating and working. Love you Pete.
Well said. The hypocrisy confuses me. It’s a ruthless part of human nature. I’d wager that same kind of polarisation is exactly what makes life so hard to navigate for gentle/sensitive/empathic souls like Pete Doherty. You’re right, authenticity radiates out of him.
Many years ago I worked with him for a year. Before all of this, he was just starting the Libertines. He was the loveliest person you could meet. You could't dislike him at all. I have always felt deeply sad this happened to him, the sweetest person.
I was in rehab with him in 2005 in priory Southgate we had many a long chat and singing sessions in the smoking room but he really is a great guy with a traumatic past hence the drug problem . Anyone who was to meet him would totally agree what a lovely character he is
@Rupert Red 😨would definitely not look at Pete the same way if that is true - never heard that before but anyone who hurts animals like that gets zero respect from me
I am an addict and glad to say 23 months clean, I've had to deal with a lot of pain and past traumas through a 12 step programme and I see a lot of pain still in Pete, I wish him all the best, I believe he is a kind, caring genuine man, hope you find peace mate
the man with the green cortina really? He was a rock n roll star. I’m sure some of the bands you like done a lot worse. We all done things we regret. Hope the man gets his life on track. Second chance. He’s bright I’m sure he has regrets. Get off your high horse you dickhead
I felt deep sorrow when he fell silent, then tears filled my eyes, just had some empathy with him at that moment. Hope you can fumigate the demon Peter.
it's really heartbreaking. I watched this video before attendig to Puta Madres' gig (which was the first time for me) and it was sad. I watched it again and I cried because his words aren't just sad, they are "soaked" in sorrow.
Really? I saw a person who had the world at his feet and made up imaginary demons to create an image that suited a fad trend. I have a feeling he tried pulling an Andy Kaufman on the British 'yoot' scene and it backfired. Now he runs a wanky BnB in a wanky town. Utterly pathetic and zero sympathies for the guy.
I cannot watch Pete without ending up crying. Such a deep empathy I feel to this guy. I sincerely wish him luck and hope the universe will give him an intrinsic harmony....:(
Heart wrenching to see him in bits, we are all human and it’s a big positive to see him come out of the other side. Must be a constant battle but the man has more strength than I and most I’m sure. Hope it all works out, quite a gentleman really.
Pete is going thru the worse part now when your body is clear of drugs & you have to deal with your emotions which have been lying dormant while your using, very difficult this is when most people start using again as you cry/laugh for no reason, feelings of guilt tear u apart then u have to learn how to live in the real world all over again i'm nearly 60yrs old I used for over 30 yrs I'm just getting my life together now it's really hard, I've done lots of detox's but I done it cold turkey this time felt like I was dying, some days I wished I would die, just wish I'd stayed clean yrs ago when I was younger as it's so much harder the older you get if only we could turn back time , good luck pete take it from an old timer it's not worth it to go backwards again.
I stopped paying attention to Pete Doherty about 10 years ago despite my love for the Libertines, and watching this interview makes me remember why -- it's really sad to see someone battle addiction to hard drugs. I'm happy he's alive and still has a creative mind intact, and I hope he lives much longer. I don't judge addicts; they're at war with their mind and body constantly.
Met him on accident one night in London in summer of 2006. He was really sweet, taking time to chat with us, a group of annoying teenagers 😂 seemed like a gentle and talented soul, wish him and his family health and piece
Its so true I've a friend who's an alcoholic, I don't know what to do for the best , I've tried to help him , I'm worried about him he always says he's ok but I know he's not he knows that but thats the indenal of an addiction
Kevin Hughes coming off is worse than being on in the short term .... in the long term it’s not but that short term is so horrific that you actually are ok as long as your not in that horrific place ....... it’s like a surfer & you think he’s just sitting on his board but really he’s waiting for everything to line up before he jumps on the right wave ,,,, all you can do is be there for him if he does decide to go on that wave
@@mjkrbjcw Thanks mate realy appreciate it . Yeah it's like I've often thought am I doing enough as a mate , you almost start thinking to yourself I should do more feel guilty myself , I've always said to him I'd help in any way but likes been said it's got to come from him . Anyway thanks again 👍
@@dreamsreselling7215 I'm sorry to hear about your friend Kevin but truth is he has to want it for himself but denial is an enormous part of alcoholism but perhaps when he realises that it's costing him more than money then lets hope he seeks help I wish him all the best.
Sadly, as with most chronic addicts their brains are left with 'holes' in them. They struggle with sounding comprehensive, they struggle with self-forgiveness. Their teeth are terrible, they age prematurely. I wish addicts, no matter how many friends and family have cut them off, start with self-forgiveness. Addiction is a terrible curse, but it's an illness. Own your behaviour, apologise, but commit to loving yourself no matter what. When you are kind to yourself you'll see how the world falls in line with you. It breaks my heart to see the monster of self-loathing and shame weigh down on a life. Go well Pete.
That was the most painful silence I think I've ever witnessed and that face he pulled as soon as she asked him about everyone he lost, it was a grimace to stop him breaking down. To everyone saying he's smashed here I'd say no because if he was that question wouldn't have affected him, it's only when your clean you get those emotions back. Not saying he's clean all the time, reminds me of a fumbling Ozzie Osbourne in his talk, I've known loads of long term addicts but not one who ended up like ozzy,they're all pretty together for the most part.
very good journalist, most interviewers wouldve interupted him when he paused to think but she let him think an create an awkard silence ( in a good way).
@@monoburgos9913 life doesn't have to be so negative, one of the things that makes this crazy world so interesting is how different we all are. For the record, Working class, Never done heroin (yet) and own a range of cds from classical to hip hop. But I get it, he's never going to be to everyones taste ... ✌🏻
Absolutely Criminally underrated as an artist and a poet. He’s our generations Dylan But it’s probably gonna take for him to pass on until he gets acknowledged as being as important to music and British culture as he is
@@67underpar61 yet I'll bet he has achieved more in his life than you ever will. Long after his death, he'll be remembered and revered for his music. Something tells me not many will care about some bitter chump on the internet
@@67underpar61 i don't in the slightest, in no way do i condone his drug taking, I'm quite obviously referring to his music which will live long after his death as it's touched many people around the world. I'm sure whoever bought your double glazing windows will remember you fondly when you've passed
So sad to see him like that. Broken in tears. I wish he could get to the place he needs to be healthy & happy. I know it's hard to get into new healthy habits when you have unhealthy psychological crutches. Whether it's drugs or just other unhealthy ways of living to just get us through the day. If only it was easier to cure psychological damage.
Josy Posy this is the first real thing I’ve seen from Pete, besides his music... He really does put a face on it, but I’ve noticed he’s letting up, it’s good, I think he’s healing!
He has major mental issues and no doubt should've been medicated before he started on the drugs. I remember seeing an interview of him and he was crying and said he had un unhappy home life and his father treated him terribly. I don't think he ever got the love a person needs to have a healthy life.
Oh Pete, thank you for the amazing music that was such a big part of my teenage years. I really hope you'll beat addiction. Don't give up, man, never give up. God bless you mate
"To your soul, to your soul" He tears for himself and his relationship with his mother. A broken heart that no one can heal but her or a loving spouse.
What a talent. This is incredibly sad to watch. As someone who was once living in the chaos of alcohol and addiction, I can see that he’s totally gripped by it during this interview. So many tell tale signs, he’s even possibly in ‘black out’ and won’t remember this being filmed. I hope Pete finds some clarity and gets the help and support that he clearly needs before it’s too late...obviously he’s got to want it first. 😔
I've heard one too many times that he's a good person, despite his addiction, personal problems, et cetera. Got to finally see the Libertines last year, and he made us feel like we're all part of the band.
Being an addict weather to drugs or alcohol doesn't make you a bad person diana m you must lead a very sheltered life if u don't know anyone who's addicted to something and their not bad ppl
Always dtruggle.life is a struggle. Embrace it.down from 110mls of methadone tp 3.8ml jumping next week or so, all just one big fight but itsnt that life.hostile
@Donnie Darko Haha, read what you said wrong, he didn't come down that amount in a week he's knocking down to 3.5ml in a week lol, doing that in a week is a rapid detox like stapleford or detox 5, they get you clean in 5 days but you'll seriously wish they hadn't, talk about walking dead, id love to see the figures of how many people are clean after a year and its 5 grand as well.
I feel like he's incapable of being a dishonest person....hes not a perfect human being and he doesn't pretend to be...it's refreshing and wholesome..love this dude
For the first time in all of the interviews I saw with him, this was the first time that I felt that there was a bit of hopelessness on the drugs subject. He may not do so many drugs as he once did, but I'm almost sure that heroin has once again take hold of him. It felt almost as he knows deep inside that this ''thing'' grabbed him, and it won't ever let him go.
Erik Lucidor Yes that's important. I've been clean just over 9 years. My partner Alex ( who died in August aged 42 ) was on 120ml of Meth and he use to say to me it was like a diabetic had insulin he needed Meth to function. If it works keep on doing you. Be lucky.
Erik Lucidor well done to you mate too. It's hard rebuilding a life after years of madness but I've found peace in the spiritual sense amid the chaos of things. I have my dogs that keep me on a level and I live somewhere peaceful. Take it easy ❤️💛💚🇬🇧
@@eriklucidor422 I'm so glad to hear someone else is thriving on methadone! I've been clean 5 years - the first year on Subutex and the past 4 years on 100 mg of methadone daily. Methadone has ABSOLUTELY, without a doubt, saved my life. I'm 35 and finally have a proper career, my own home, a new car and better than all that... the respect, love and close relationship of my family. Anyone who sees methadone as "trading one addiction for another," is seeing it in the wrong light. Like the insulin analogy... do people scoff at diabetics and look down on them, referring to them as "insulin addicts?" Years of drug use changes the way your brain functions. That's plain, proven science. Your brain stops producing certain chemicals because it's come to rely on your use of drugs (in my case, opiates) to produce them. If taking methadone is what my brain needs to properly function and allows me to be a productive and responsible member of society, a present and attentive parent, a loving and caring daughter and a reliable and hard working employee, why must there be such stigma associated with it? I love hearing methadone success stories. Congratulations on your sobriety!!
We should really look at Sweden, low crime rate and they don't send criminals to prison for petty crime, they go to correction facilities and not many of them re-offend from the statistics, it's society in the UK that wants to see everyone locked up and then prisons get overcrowded so the solution to the problem is to build more prisons, but unless society's thinking changes there will be no change and so we will go on to continue to fail and waste more money, 36k a year it costs to accommodate a prisoner in the UK, our average wage for workers is less than half of that
Dealers actually break into some prisons. Of course the guards know what's going on. You want a jail full of sober louts or drugged out docile junkies? They even keep them topped up on diet of prescribed methadone and Benzo's.
Look up breakfast at bronzefield, a short video on here, I read the book, I felt so downhearted after it, like they don't want offenders to be rehabilitated to prevent reoffending, the book Breakfast at Bronzefield was written by a woman who served time there.
Either the luckiest man alive or the best method actor in history.. either way you could never teach someone how to be so magnetic and fascinating if they lived 300 years.. I’ve always thought he was beamed down from somewhere else. X
If people can’t see what a nice guy he is ... poetic, emotional, human. Everyone has flaws x He also kissed me on my 40th at York Barbican x many happy returns Peter x
Ahhhhh same secret Gig in Melbourne he came off stage and kissed me then Carl Barratt second time ! They were a big part of my life in a hectic time the kisses sealed the end of a era and out the other side was such a blessing ♡' Peter for ever if you don't mind don't mind'
I’m 10 years free. Stopped at 42 and it was hard… putting down is easy, it’s living life sober that is in the beginning so damn hard. I’m free of the obsession now and life is so fucking beautiful. All I can say is >> it’s NEVER too late. Never! As the minutes turn into days that turns to years; so called ‘friends’ that abandoned you will be but shades from another lifetime. You will be divorced from the entire past lifetime. Water seeks its own level my friend. I wish you the best!
Someone will say 'I don't want to loose you, I don't want to loose you like that'. But there's just something in me that, I don't know, it's just this mad soldier inside me who never crys who never gets upset, you know? and nothing can kill him. I know exactly what he is talking about here, it's this stoic figure inside me that no matter how low I get hes always there to pick me up.
I am really sorry drugs and alcohol destroyed his life but he is talented artist and i hope he will stay clean and he will develop his potential as musician. good luck Pete !
I was at Glastonbury a good few years back, and I was trying to get back to my tent, it was one of those wet years, anyway I had been trudging about for what seemed like a long time, and decided I needed a pit-stop, anyway ended up in some type of bar, got myself a little straightener.. I was in there a while when a couple of people sat next to me, I didn't really pay much attention to them at first, they looked like they were in the same mess as me, the girl said something to me, I'm not sure what, I turned to them, and I thought they were familiar, it took me a few seconds to realize it was Mr Pete docherty and Kate moss, we said a few pleasantries and that was that...
I grew up going to see his gigs a lot. In 2005 I think I saw him 5 or 6 times. Brilliant songwriter. Looking at him now. Him and Carl were the people I used to look up to. Dressed like how they did. Same haircut. Now seeing how grey he is, makes me realise I’m only actually 6 years younger than him. Time catches up quick
Ha legend, remember him @ Glasto ages ago now, thought he was going to be a knob turned out to be one of the most down to earth people we had to deal with (hospitality), didn’t expect anything & was just a genuine guy. Much love to him & his
Say what you want about him but he can write a good song this lad. Loads of tunes and some of my greatest gig memories are from The Libertines / Babyshambles.
Only the pig ignorant could say that about his writing. A great poet, song writer and performer. Possibly the best from that little period of real music. Sad that people can be so narrow minded. Don’t see anything Pete has ever done wrong apart from live his life and make mistakes like we all do.
As someone who has suffered addiction this is heart breaking....the mans a genius and he's managed to hold on to that genius despite being a struggling addict. Jim Morrison lost his mojo to addiction, that's what i think killed him in the end. The day a genius becomes a mere mortal its like superman losing his powers, death comes shortly after. I hope this doesn't happen to Pete. the last true rock and roll star.
@@stevechristie2569 oo hard to say off the top of my head but ill name a few. I go to conventions as well and haven't paid to meet anyone but have still bumped into people. Warwick Davis, John Barrowman, Pamela Anderson, saw a panel for the game of thrones cast and met them after, Alyson Hannigan, Hayley Atwell. I also met Geri Halliwell in a park lol. Bradley from s club 7 😂. The list goes on a bit. Pete was just incredibly nice and polite and actually a bit shy.
The sad thing in this world is that all the comments want to discuss the state he is in/ or has been in/ or his skin YET no one wants to comment on the beauty of the song he sings at the beginning that is riddled with Poetry. Sums up the current state of the world to be fair. "For poetry could solve all of worlds problems, the problem is that no f****er likes poetry"
I think Pete is a very talented musician as well as nice a nice individual. He just happened to fall into the abyss that is addiction; drugs, alcohol, gambling - all three can be addicting in high frequency but there are ways to get clean. A lot of addicts to gear resort to methadone treatment programme or buperenorphine although some addicts may chose a natural route (to avoid the second addiction) by using Kratom or Ibogaine. The latter is supposed to ‘reset’ the body / mind to a state where you are not addicted to opiates/opioids and I’m quite sure Ibogaine can treat crack/cocaine addiction (to stop cravings as not a physical addiction is hsd from cocaine). The Ibogaine is from a plant grown in Nigeria 🇳🇬 and is illegal since, I think 2016 due to a lot of side effects, namely a slowed heart beat and possible cardiac arrest chances. I’m aware that there are lots of other, possible side effects but I’ve not remembered much of the information about it so you’d be best off Googling the answer to questions about Ibogaine but if you or someone you know wants to try Ibogaine treatment then remember there are lots of hallucinations, both visual and auditory so will feel pretty strange and you will have a much altered perception: of people you talk to as well as what you see around you. I’m just over a year clean from crack plus off h and OxyContin also.
I actually subscribe to the umberto-echo view that Pete is an absolute genius and underrated songwriter, regardless of his fame. Broke my fucking heart when she asked about him losing people as well
He gives off Sid Vicious vibes in a way but but much more poetic & he made it where we all know Sid didn't. Dresses more stylish too,plus I think Doherty is smarter ???( but I don't really know really)
Back in the day, I wasn't really a Libertines fan, but ended up at a secret gig Pete did at the Boogalloo in Highgate. Just him with his guitar and his mate with one snare drum, and about 40 people in the audience. They played for over 3hrs, sat on bar stools, and were absolutely brilliant. I realised that night is misjudged him - I'd read the headlines and thought he was just a hyped-up junkie. I was wrong. Very very talented lad - and such effortless charisma. He won my respect. Good luck to him
Dan Williams i was in the same boat. However, his stripped down “intimate” shows didn’t do it for me either. I am pulling for him. I hope he nails a great album
He is poetry from head to toe. It's amazing.
I appreciate your honesty
He's such a talent
Yep best kept at a distance. Pretty vile individual in his full on junkie days. Hope he's concentrating on his art more now.
he looks 40 and 19 at the same time
As someone with experience heroin, and I think, possibly methadone has that effect, I really should have googled this but I heard years back that it tightens the skin, and when you get clean from it for a substantial time your skin will look more like it's age...probably a load of bs
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He’s got a baby face
A real life Doriean Gray!
that one tired looking 19 year old. tough paper round lol
I can handle getting older, but when I see the artists i listened to in the London pubs in my 20s hitting 40 and growing up, a great sadness overwhelms me, knowing that those years and gone and shall never return.
So true life moves fast
Gives me weird feelings in my stomach.
Same. I don’t to, and will not, grow older than my prime
It seems like he’s doing better than he’s ever been. Kind of seems like a positive, yea?
@@benedicthampus4964 what if you hit your prime at 78? Don’t check out too early, if you can help it.
When you first see him, his outward appearance is pretty striking. But when you listen to him for a few moments, there’s something so so young and such a youthful energy to him. He has a genuine and pure heart that manifests out. I’m glad he’s doing well.
The world loves to demonize and ridicule addiction, until that person dies. Then it’s “so tragic, how heartbreaking... they were so young, so amazing so talented”. I hope moving forward we become more informed and compassionate. I’m so pleased to see him keep creating and working. Love you Pete.
Well said. You're absolutely spot on.
Well said. The hypocrisy confuses me. It’s a ruthless part of human nature.
I’d wager that same kind of polarisation is exactly what makes life so hard to navigate for gentle/sensitive/empathic souls like Pete Doherty. You’re right, authenticity radiates out of him.
Beautifully said
if press don't have people loving and hating - there's no media.
Many years ago I worked with him for a year. Before all of this, he was just starting the Libertines. He was the loveliest person you could meet. You could't dislike him at all. I have always felt deeply sad this happened to him, the sweetest person.
I was in rehab with him in 2005 in priory Southgate we had many a long chat and singing sessions in the smoking room but he really is a great guy with a traumatic past hence the drug problem . Anyone who was to meet him would totally agree what a lovely character he is
@@ianbed1 Awesome!
@Rupert Red 😨would definitely not look at Pete the same way if that is true - never heard that before but anyone who hurts animals like that gets zero respect from me
@@lolly5453 i don' t understand. Whad does he do to Animals ?
@@vamosama there was a comment mentioning abuse of dogs and cats... guess it’s been deleted, not sure how true it was 🤷🏻♀️
I am an addict and glad to say 23 months clean, I've had to deal with a lot of pain and past traumas through a 12 step programme and I see a lot of pain still in Pete, I wish him all the best, I believe he is a kind, caring genuine man, hope you find peace mate
❤
Respect bro
Babyshambles shot to fame through the tabloids coverage of his addiction. Over or under rated junkie. The decision is yours.
Well done Neil hope your torch is still burning
Hope you're well ✌
For all his faults, he's an underrated songwriter with a good heart.
bob don't believe everything you read in the tabloids.
the man with the green cortina really? He was a rock n roll star. I’m sure some of the bands you like done a lot worse. We all done things we regret. Hope the man gets his life on track. Second chance. He’s bright I’m sure he has regrets. Get off your high horse you dickhead
No he's not a good songwriter, not at all,
he writes simple basic lyrics , not a patch on bowie, Prince, Phil lynott etc
Hes a weird fella him mate
Underrated? Is about as two-bob as it gets. Listen to real musicians sometime.
I felt deep sorrow when he fell silent, then tears filled my eyes, just had some empathy with him at that moment. Hope you can fumigate the demon Peter.
it's really heartbreaking. I watched this video before attendig to Puta Madres' gig (which was the first time for me) and it was sad. I watched it again and I cried because his words aren't just sad, they are "soaked" in sorrow.
@Henry Discipline not every expression of emotion in an interview is contrived
Really? I saw a person who had the world at his feet and made up imaginary demons to create an image that suited a fad trend. I have a feeling he tried pulling an Andy Kaufman on the British 'yoot' scene and it backfired. Now he runs a wanky BnB in a wanky town. Utterly pathetic and zero sympathies for the guy.
@@Soulrollsdeep And You are?
@@thehitpack766 lol a random internet hater
I hate how some people just see him as a junkie. His music and poetry is seriously underrated. ❤️
he`s my favorite song writer
Every “junkie” has far more to there character than just there addiction. Not saying they are all good there’s good and bad in all walks of life
His song writing reminds me of Syd Barrett’s only more grown up. Both underrated in my opinion.
Nothing remarkable with his music career imho. Never understood the hype around Libertines. Songs are simply not there imho
@@iggypopisgod9 I prefer Babyshambles. I don't understand why the Libertines are so popular.
I cannot watch Pete without ending up crying. Such a deep empathy I feel to this guy. I sincerely wish him luck and hope the universe will give him an intrinsic harmony....:(
Me too 🥲
man, life sure goes quickly by, people who epitomized youth are suddenly middle aged man, how did that happen?
"Time is Strange, Life is twice as Strange."
juan altredo yeah fucking weird
Tell me about it, where did all the time go.
Excellent comment
A silent thing called time! I woke up today and I'm fucking old, where does time go!?
Heart wrenching to see him in bits, we are all human and it’s a big positive to see him come out of the other side. Must be a constant battle but the man has more strength than I and most I’m sure. Hope it all works out, quite a gentleman really.
Pete is going thru the worse part now when your body is clear of drugs & you have to deal with your emotions which have been lying dormant while your using, very difficult this is when most people start using again as you cry/laugh for no reason, feelings of guilt tear u apart then u have to learn how to live in the real world all over again i'm nearly 60yrs old I used for over 30 yrs I'm just getting my life together now it's really hard, I've done lots of detox's but I done it cold turkey this time felt like I was dying, some days I wished I would die, just wish I'd stayed clean yrs ago when I was younger as it's so much harder the older you get if only we could turn back time , good luck pete take it from an old timer it's not worth it to go backwards again.
Never liked his music but glad to see he has survived addiction long enough to have Grey hair. More power to you mate.
I never liked him much but I like his music
Shame for those that died around him on his journey.
He's moved on from his Biscuit addiction now.
@Samuelson baker?
@@fantasyproduct1042 that's their problem not his
I stopped paying attention to Pete Doherty about 10 years ago despite my love for the Libertines, and watching this interview makes me remember why -- it's really sad to see someone battle addiction to hard drugs. I'm happy he's alive and still has a creative mind intact, and I hope he lives much longer. I don't judge addicts; they're at war with their mind and body constantly.
absolute respect for that last sentence.
Met him on accident one night in London in summer of 2006. He was really sweet, taking time to chat with us, a group of annoying teenagers 😂 seemed like a gentle and talented soul, wish him and his family health and piece
"The addictive mind convinces you you're alright" Fact legit!
Its so true I've a friend who's an alcoholic, I don't know what to do for the best , I've tried to help him , I'm worried about him he always says he's ok but I know he's not he knows that but thats the indenal of an addiction
Kevin Hughes coming off is worse than being on in the short term .... in the long term it’s not but that short term is so horrific that you actually are ok as long as your not in that horrific place ....... it’s like a surfer & you think he’s just sitting on his board but really he’s waiting for everything to line up before he jumps on the right wave ,,,, all you can do is be there for him if he does decide to go on that wave
@stephen stewart Thank you Stephen for the advice I've got to see him soon so this information is so helpful to me 👍
@@mjkrbjcw Thanks mate realy appreciate it . Yeah it's like I've often thought am I doing enough as a mate , you almost start thinking to yourself I should do more feel guilty myself , I've always said to him I'd help in any way but likes been said it's got to come from him . Anyway thanks again 👍
@@dreamsreselling7215 I'm sorry to hear about your friend Kevin but truth is he has to want it for himself but denial is an enormous part of alcoholism but perhaps when he realises that it's costing him more than money then lets hope he seeks help I wish him all the best.
When he said ‘ there is a great difference in writing a poem in a prison cell compared to writing one in a cottage by a lake’😎👍💊🎸
SSSPPPPIIIIISSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jane Austen wrote by the latter, so who can guess which one's more sustainable 😂
Anne Frank didn't write her work by a fucking pond and it sold well@@jamesjohnston1297
@@rfcalm it sold because she is dead babe !!
@@lawrencetrafford8860 her father wrote it wit a bic biro
Sadly, as with most chronic addicts their brains are left with 'holes' in them. They struggle with sounding comprehensive, they struggle with self-forgiveness. Their teeth are terrible, they age prematurely. I wish addicts, no matter how many friends and family have cut them off, start with self-forgiveness. Addiction is a terrible curse, but it's an illness. Own your behaviour, apologise, but commit to loving yourself no matter what. When you are kind to yourself you'll see how the world falls in line with you. It breaks my heart to see the monster of self-loathing and shame weigh down on a life. Go well Pete.
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Is it me or does he look like that guy that was queuing for an Oasis Album.....?
I meant that “like” literally literal......
Don’t know if this is a joke or not, but just to be safe. Yes he is.
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Umberto Eco
What's queuing
That was the most painful silence I think I've ever witnessed and that face he pulled as soon as she asked him about everyone he lost, it was a grimace to stop him breaking down.
To everyone saying he's smashed here I'd say no because if he was that question wouldn't have affected him, it's only when your clean you get those emotions back.
Not saying he's clean all the time, reminds me of a fumbling Ozzie Osbourne in his talk, I've known loads of long term addicts but not one who ended up like ozzy,they're all pretty together for the most part.
100%. Long term addicts will know that you can't feel anything - when you're so far gone you don't care about anything or anyone.
very good journalist, most interviewers wouldve interupted him when he paused to think but she let him think an create an awkard silence ( in a good way).
well, he hasn't cried on camera before so it would've made "good television".. Interviewers interrupt those moments to help distract them.
taliwakka27 he has cried on television before. In his news night interview years ago he cried his eyes out
@@andyrhodes9435 oh. Well it's still good TV as far as those sneaky bastards are concerned
taliwakka27 she should of got up and slapped him when he cried.
@@67underpar61 haha. she should have said why don't you go write a song about it you little baby
Most People will only realise that this guy is a genius when the world no longer hosts him anymore ... A real genuine artist
As it usually happens, my friend
@@monoburgos9913 life doesn't have to be so negative, one of the things that makes this crazy world so interesting is how different we all are. For the record, Working class, Never done heroin (yet) and own a range of cds from classical to hip hop. But I get it, he's never going to be to everyones taste ... ✌🏻
artistic at being a fanny who is more famous for being a druggy, jailbird. only muppets look up to clowns like this.
Preach
Yes, he is a genius no denying that
I wish him peace and sobriety.
Absolutely Criminally underrated as an artist and a poet. He’s our generations Dylan But it’s probably gonna take for him to pass on until he gets acknowledged as being as important to music and British culture as he is
Absolutely agree....he is a gifted songwriter/poet/artist.....but highly addicted.....
That interview ended exactly when it should have continued
Dog on the snooker table.
Pete: Don’t let him put you off
😂😂
Beautiful dog. I love that!
67 under Par actually I was talking about music but that appears lost on this monotonous diatribe.
Alex Higgins wouldn't have blinked.
@@67underpar61 yet I'll bet he has achieved more in his life than you ever will. Long after his death, he'll be remembered and revered for his music. Something tells me not many will care about some bitter chump on the internet
@@67underpar61 i don't in the slightest, in no way do i condone his drug taking, I'm quite obviously referring to his music which will live long after his death as it's touched many people around the world. I'm sure whoever bought your double glazing windows will remember you fondly when you've passed
So sad to see him like that. Broken in tears. I wish he could get to the place he needs to be healthy & happy. I know it's hard to get into new healthy habits when you have unhealthy psychological crutches. Whether it's drugs or just other unhealthy ways of living to just get us through the day. If only it was easier to cure psychological damage.
Josy Posy this is the first real thing I’ve seen from Pete, besides his music...
He really does put a face on it, but I’ve noticed he’s letting up, it’s good, I think he’s healing!
@@willbaldwin3605 let's hope so 😊
Josy Posy
Self inflicted
He has major mental issues and no doubt should've been medicated before he started on the drugs. I remember seeing an interview of him and he was crying and said he had un unhappy home life and his father treated him terribly. I don't think he ever got the love a person needs to have a healthy life.
When you have been to the edge of reality and made it back alive you learn something few people understand
Deep thought....
But you are never the same. You are always seeing things differently to most.
If your not living life on the edge your taking up to much room ! ♡' la belle et la bete'
Oh Pete, thank you for the amazing music that was such a big part of my teenage years. I really hope you'll beat addiction. Don't give up, man, never give up. God bless you mate
I heard he’s been clean for a bit now
"To your soul, to your soul"
He tears for himself and his relationship with his mother.
A broken heart that no one can heal but her or a loving spouse.
What a talent. This is incredibly sad to watch. As someone who was once living in the chaos of alcohol and addiction, I can see that he’s totally gripped by it during this interview. So many tell tale signs, he’s even possibly in ‘black out’ and won’t remember this being filmed. I hope Pete finds some clarity and gets the help and support that he clearly needs before it’s too late...obviously he’s got to want it first. 😔
@D B looking and acting like he does in the video
Just on bupe or methadone probably right? Not necessarily smacked out of his face.
looks like someone out of a Tim Burton movie
Johnny depp
I've heard one too many times that he's a good person, despite his addiction, personal problems, et cetera. Got to finally see the Libertines last year, and he made us feel like we're all part of the band.
Diana M
What both of you.
Being an addict weather to drugs or alcohol doesn't make you a bad person diana m you must lead a very sheltered life if u don't know anyone who's addicted to something and their not bad ppl
Always think this is what Jamie Cullum would look like if he took the wrong turn
💀💀💀
😂🤣😂🤣😂
😅
If he had any talent, he could be this important. But he doesn't, so he can't.
😂
When he teared up so did I. Such a lovely and talented soul. Wishing him all the best that life can afford.
It's a shame he allows his dogs to rip apart people's pet cats other than that I'm sure he is lovely.
Never been a fan of his music
But addiction is a horrible thing it's obvious that he is still struggling
Always dtruggle.life is a struggle. Embrace it.down from 110mls of methadone tp 3.8ml jumping next week or so, all just one big fight but itsnt that life.hostile
@@adamwalkeraw it is mate we can only keep our heads up fight a day at a time
The reason we take drugs is often overlooked ?
It's a horrible thing when you can't get the drugs.
@Donnie Darko Haha, read what you said wrong, he didn't come down that amount in a week he's knocking down to 3.5ml in a week lol, doing that in a week is a rapid detox like stapleford or detox 5, they get you clean in 5 days but you'll seriously wish they hadn't, talk about walking dead, id love to see the figures of how many people are clean after a year and its 5 grand as well.
I feel like he's incapable of being a dishonest person....hes not a perfect human being and he doesn't pretend to be...it's refreshing and wholesome..love this dude
Poor old boy , so much talent , I can’t help but like him, he’s good stuff as far as I’m concerned
christ that broke my heart watching him just break. best wishes to all affected and effected by addiction
Seems a lovely guy and I can relate to addiction. I hope he battles his demons - he looks like he has it in him to do so
"The biscuits will kill me one day... I know that"
Pete Doherty
The Jammy dodger!
@@twistedsis100 U knows it !!!
where does he say that
@@KutayUgurluer please search 'Pete Doherty Jammy Dodger' on TH-cam
Does he put crack in his biscuits then?
For the first time in all of the interviews I saw with him, this was the first time that I felt that there was a bit of hopelessness on the drugs subject. He may not do so many drugs as he once did, but I'm almost sure that heroin has once again take hold of him. It felt almost as he knows deep inside that this ''thing'' grabbed him, and it won't ever let him go.
AMF He still has hope but doing the band thing might not be a good choice for him.
Erik Lucidor Yes that's important. I've been clean just over 9 years. My partner Alex ( who died in August aged 42 ) was on 120ml of Meth and he use to say to me it was like a diabetic had insulin he needed Meth to function. If it works keep on doing you. Be lucky.
Erik Lucidor well done to you mate too. It's hard rebuilding a life after years of madness but I've found peace in the spiritual sense amid the chaos of things. I have my dogs that keep me on a level and I live somewhere peaceful. Take it easy ❤️💛💚🇬🇧
@@eriklucidor422 This is nice to read stories that aren't tragic, thanks.
@@eriklucidor422 I'm so glad to hear someone else is thriving on methadone! I've been clean 5 years - the first year on Subutex and the past 4 years on 100 mg of methadone daily. Methadone has ABSOLUTELY, without a doubt, saved my life. I'm 35 and finally have a proper career, my own home, a new car and better than all that... the respect, love and close relationship of my family. Anyone who sees methadone as "trading one addiction for another," is seeing it in the wrong light. Like the insulin analogy... do people scoff at diabetics and look down on them, referring to them as "insulin addicts?" Years of drug use changes the way your brain functions. That's plain, proven science. Your brain stops producing certain chemicals because it's come to rely on your use of drugs (in my case, opiates) to produce them. If taking methadone is what my brain needs to properly function and allows me to be a productive and responsible member of society, a present and attentive parent, a loving and caring daughter and a reliable and hard working employee, why must there be such stigma associated with it?
I love hearing methadone success stories. Congratulations on your sobriety!!
My heart broke for him when he got upset 💔
The Truth is prison , in the U.K. , helps drugs and crime, change a failed system .
We should really look at Sweden, low crime rate and they don't send criminals to prison for petty crime, they go to correction facilities and not many of them re-offend from the statistics, it's society in the UK that wants to see everyone locked up and then prisons get overcrowded so the solution to the problem is to build more prisons, but unless society's thinking changes there will be no change and so we will go on to continue to fail and waste more money, 36k a year it costs to accommodate a prisoner in the UK, our average wage for workers is less than half of that
Very true , i'm going to send to my MP, is about time youtube was put to work ,
still liked him singing a Marc Bolan song , Elton on the Joanna
Dealers actually break into some prisons. Of course the guards know what's going on. You want a jail full of sober louts or drugged out docile junkies?
They even keep them topped up on diet of prescribed methadone and Benzo's.
Look up breakfast at bronzefield, a short video on here, I read the book, I felt so downhearted after it, like they don't want offenders to be rehabilitated to prevent reoffending, the book Breakfast at Bronzefield was written by a woman who served time there.
@@Gunzee It's not the answer though is it. The goal is not sober louts, it's sober rehabilitated ex criminals who can contribute to society.
first time I'm watching an interview of him. He seems like such a nice person
Either the luckiest man alive or the best method actor in history.. either way you could never teach someone how to be so magnetic and fascinating if they lived 300 years.. I’ve always thought he was beamed down from somewhere else. X
Never judge a person until you've walked a mile in their shoes.
If they've got veruccas, I think I'll just carry on judging them.
... because then, if you decide you don't like the person, you're a mile away... and... you've got a new pair of shoes.
When he talked about lost friends and torn friendships... that made me cry! 😢
I love him, he's such a character. I had to laugh out loud when I saw that dog on the pool table.
Always loved him always will. I see his heart so clearly. He gets hated and judged beyond but I see his talent and poetry is beauty.
L 1711 ❤️
If people can’t see what a nice guy he is ... poetic, emotional, human. Everyone has flaws x He also kissed me on my 40th at York Barbican x many happy returns Peter x
Ahhhhh same secret Gig in Melbourne he came off stage and kissed me then Carl Barratt second time ! They were a big part of my life in a hectic time the kisses sealed the end of a era and out the other side was such a blessing ♡' Peter for ever if you don't mind don't mind'
When he fell silent and tears filled his eyes, that got to me ❤️
You big baby
No Matter How He Looks Or What People Say Or Think About Him, Pete Is Such A Sweetheart, With A Beautiful Soul.Take Care Of You, Buddy. 🖤
My eyes filled up with tears when he went silent, let me hold you bro
I’m 10 years free. Stopped at 42 and it was hard… putting down is easy, it’s living life sober that is in the beginning so damn hard. I’m free of the obsession now and life is so fucking beautiful.
All I can say is >> it’s NEVER too late. Never!
As the minutes turn into days that turns to years; so called ‘friends’ that abandoned you will be but shades from another lifetime. You will be divorced from the entire past lifetime.
Water seeks its own level my friend. I wish you the best!
Pete Doherty is such a great musician with a great heart, massive respect to him for getting to where he is today!
I absolutely love his work, it's beautiful
If you're a middle-class tarquin who can afford to indulge the childish bullshit that comes with first world problems
Is it? Beautiful? It over rate nonsense. Listen to more music. As a man hes an evil selfish scum bag
I’d love it if one day people asked him about something other than drugs.
there's not much else there, average singer songwriter when you take it all away
@@RJH1971 I feel impressive and sad at the same time, his life is full of drug and rehab..
He is / was just a filthy drug riddled scumbag
"theres a mad soldier inside me who never crys and gets upset" said whilst he gets upset and crys
Lol I thought that
Inside and outside are different. Hes crying outside but inside hes soldiering on. Expand your narrow mind
Samuelson baker Why are you saying that? What did Pete do wrong?
That's what heroin does.
Samuelson baker 👨🍳
He used to live downstairs from my parents' apartment in Paris. Nice bloke.
I miss Pete, so happy to see him doing well, Cheers❤️👏
Lovely Skull he’s not doing well here sadly, he’s back on the gear :(
the man with the green cortina That’s what I was thinking!
Doing well!? Eek. He’s out of his skull, probably in black out during this filming. I hope he finds sobriety before it’s too late.
Pete I wish you well
You can do it
Your now 40 new life
Be Strong and courageous
You can do it
Do it for yourself
And your Mum
May God bless you
He’s got a good heart
"There's just this soldier inside me who never cries"... *cries*
Someone will say 'I don't want to loose you, I don't want to loose you like that'. But there's just something in me that, I don't know, it's just this mad soldier inside me who never crys who never gets upset, you know? and nothing can kill him.
I know exactly what he is talking about here, it's this stoic figure inside me that no matter how low I get hes always there to pick me up.
I have one that wants to kill me.
Lose.For christs sake, will you people ever learn, it's really not that difficult. Loose is the opposite of tight.
Stiff upper lip and all, sir!
He seems way more together here than I've seen him in other videos.
@@genghiskhanjunior9581 you don’t make sense mate
We love you Pete. You inspired a generation. Peace be with you Brother xxx
I am guessing you speak for yourself. Peace be with you too xxx
Inspired a generation? Don't make me laugh
Didnt inspire anyone u clown hes a smack head middle class traitor
I am really sorry drugs and alcohol destroyed his life but he is talented artist and i hope he will stay clean and he will develop his potential as musician. good luck Pete !
It's not too late Peter. Change your life around and don't look back, find all the ways you can to get clean.
Don’t do drugs, folks!
So it seems Worzel Gummidge Scissorhands is his final form.
hahaha
Cup of tea and a slice of cake...your a genius mate!!!
Spooky hollow
Ha ha ha. Fantastic. 😂😂😂
Good half hour chuckle top draw comment
I was at Glastonbury a good few years back, and I was trying to get back to my tent, it was one of those wet years, anyway I had been trudging about for what seemed like a long time, and decided I needed a pit-stop, anyway ended up in some type of bar, got myself a little straightener..
I was in there a while when a couple of people sat next to me, I didn't really pay much attention to them at first, they looked like they were in the same mess as me, the girl said something to me, I'm not sure what, I turned to them, and I thought they were familiar, it took me a few seconds to realize it was Mr Pete docherty and Kate moss, we said a few pleasantries and that was that...
Yea something happened to me mate!!
Being astute enough to allow that pause to run from 4:20 is one of the best pieces of interviewing I have ever seen.
I grew up going to see his gigs a lot. In 2005 I think I saw him 5 or 6 times. Brilliant songwriter. Looking at him now. Him and Carl were the people I used to look up to. Dressed like how they did. Same haircut. Now seeing how grey he is, makes me realise I’m only actually 6 years younger than him. Time catches up quick
I remember someone describing his dress sense as 'heroin chic'. Lol.
LOL!
Kate Moss was the original heroin chic
hows urmum? That was a common term in the 90s to describe super skinny fashion models like Kate Moss.
Such is the vapid business we call fashion
Brilliant! Personally, I used to be a follower and admirer of the “Alcoholic Attire”. Thankfully I have moved on.
Ha legend, remember him @ Glasto ages ago now, thought he was going to be a knob turned out to be one of the most down to earth people we had to deal with (hospitality), didn’t expect anything & was just a genuine guy. Much love to him & his
Who ever thought he would live to 40? Remember seeing the Johnathan Ross interview thinking he’s gonna be gone within 2 years. That was back in 2007.
He knew he was destined to die young and join the 27 Club but he decided to change the narrative written for him. Good on him.
He definitely speaks like a guy whose brain has been fried by drug abuse
Still better than u though
Every way
@@skar5541 Aw boo boo, did you get triggered coz someone made a light hearted joke about Pete.... Hope you get over it soon (:
@@Razormiller Ha! Brilliant. Nah. I don't get triggered mate. Nice try 😁
@Joe Bloggs cause your're the eveyman, nothing about you is uniquie
Amazing he survived it all, hope it keeps going strong.
Say what you want about him but he can write a good song this lad. Loads of tunes and some of my greatest gig memories are from The Libertines / Babyshambles.
What a sheltered life you lived if anything he touched appeared great
Only the pig ignorant could say that about his writing. A great poet, song writer and performer. Possibly the best from that little period of real music. Sad that people can be so narrow minded. Don’t see anything Pete has ever done wrong apart from live his life and make mistakes like we all do.
No matter what condition he is in. This guy is always stylishly dressed, paired with a terrific haircut
Lol his hair is a greasy mess
The Libertines were one of the most important bands we ever had.
As someone who has suffered addiction this is heart breaking....the mans a genius and he's managed to hold on to that genius despite being a struggling addict. Jim Morrison lost his mojo to addiction, that's what i think killed him in the end. The day a genius becomes a mere mortal its like superman losing his powers, death comes shortly after. I hope this doesn't happen to Pete. the last true rock and roll star.
I've met a few celebs by chance and Pete remains the nicest celeb I've ever met. Was truly a very polite and lovely chap.
Who else have you met?
@@stevechristie2569 oo hard to say off the top of my head but ill name a few. I go to conventions as well and haven't paid to meet anyone but have still bumped into people. Warwick Davis, John Barrowman, Pamela Anderson, saw a panel for the game of thrones cast and met them after, Alyson Hannigan, Hayley Atwell. I also met Geri Halliwell in a park lol. Bradley from s club 7 😂. The list goes on a bit. Pete was just incredibly nice and polite and actually a bit shy.
When's it actually going to open? Oh I don't know 😂 love him
He seems mentally unwell..like someone drunk on the edge of a building,looking down at people far below holding a sheet.
His song this is for lovers got me through a dreadful time i love him
At 5:00 I would just want to give him a hug. You see he is feeling really emotional about that question.
The sad thing in this world is that all the comments want to discuss the state he is in/ or has been in/ or his skin YET no one wants to comment on the beauty of the song he sings at the beginning that is riddled with Poetry. Sums up the current state of the world to be fair. "For poetry could solve all of worlds problems, the problem is that no f****er likes poetry"
I don't know much about this guy but he has the most hurt stare ever to me. Not sad, hurt.
I think Pete is a very talented musician as well as nice a nice individual. He just happened to fall into the abyss that is addiction; drugs, alcohol, gambling - all three can be addicting in high frequency but there are ways to get clean.
A lot of addicts to gear resort to methadone treatment programme or buperenorphine although some addicts may chose a natural route (to avoid the second addiction) by using Kratom or Ibogaine. The latter is supposed to ‘reset’ the body / mind to a state where you are not addicted to opiates/opioids and I’m quite sure Ibogaine can treat crack/cocaine addiction (to stop cravings as not a physical addiction is hsd from cocaine). The Ibogaine is from a plant grown in Nigeria 🇳🇬 and is illegal since, I think 2016 due to a lot of side effects, namely a slowed heart beat and possible cardiac arrest chances. I’m aware that there are lots of other, possible side effects but I’ve not remembered much of the information about it so you’d be best off Googling the answer to questions about Ibogaine but if you or someone you know wants to try Ibogaine treatment then remember there are lots of hallucinations, both visual and auditory so will feel pretty strange and you will have a much altered perception: of people you talk to as well as what you see around you. I’m just over a year clean from crack plus off h and OxyContin also.
There's something almost like Peter Pan about him
Haha what his youthful look and the way he seems like he's not a complete shambles of a man 🤦♂️
He likes to fly high ? 💉🌿
That Guy HOOKed on drugs
Like Michael Jackson but without the serial child abuse.
@@stavrosgeorgios5577 like MJ with twice the drugs, not half the voice, and yes without the exchange of bodily fluids with the lost boys
Now he's been clean for 3 years. Let's hope he can keep it up. Brilliant artist.
I wish him the best of luck for the future and his music and his new adventure with a hotel in Margate
How can anybody not love him. Delicate darling he is.
Drugs are bad mkay
I cant tell if you're being ironic or not but some drugs like magic mushrooms can be a very useful tool.
One of the very rare TH-cam videos with some lovely comments ❤
I actually subscribe to the umberto-echo view that Pete is an absolute genius and underrated songwriter, regardless of his fame.
Broke my fucking heart when she asked about him losing people as well
He gives off Sid Vicious vibes in a way but but much more poetic & he made it where we all know Sid didn't.
Dresses more stylish too,plus I think Doherty is smarter ???( but I don't really know really)
i love you Pete, seriously. Youre a great inspiration.
I hate you Pete seriously. And you re going to pay for the misery you have caused