thank heavens
- New Order want to record an album. - Thank Christ for that.24 Hour Party People · 2002 — 第 8 / 10 章 · 4'55" · B2
Tony Wilson Buys Back the Tape, Explained：back down
On the surface it's a ransom stand-off: the Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder holds the master tapes and Factory is bracing for a demand. But Tony Wilson turns it into a punchline, offering the sum total of his wallet — "That's 50 quid, that's all I've got." The hostage tape is bought back for pocket change.
あらすじ
Factory Records wants a new Happy Mondays album, but singer Shaun Ryder's heroin habit is out of control. A planned Barbados recording trip collapses into theft and drug use, and Shaun ends up holding the master tape hostage. Tony Wilson meets him at the Dry Bar and, instead of paying a ransom, empties his wallet: fifty pounds buys the tape back.
注目の表現
both barrelsout of your wagestake someone's eye outback down
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このシーンの表現
back down
to give in
They fear that if Shaun names a hundred grand he will never back down.
Neither side would back down over the price.
このシーンの他の表現
- both barrels
full blast, both at once
- out of your wages
deducted from your pay
- take someone's eye out
to put an eye out
- man enough
brave or tough enough
- kept watch
to watch and wait
このシーンのメモ一覧
97 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
subject-verb agreement: British English treats a band name as plural, so it takes want.
- New Order want to record an album. - Thank Christ for that.the rainy season
It's gonna be monsoon season by the time we get there.Link get-him-off, dropping the h in him.
I've tried to get him off smack onto methadone but now he's doing both.heroin — Drug slang for heroin; not for general use.
I've tried to get him off smack onto methadone but now he's doing both.registered to me
Look, they're all mine, they're all in my name.idiotic jerks — A strong British insult; never in polite company.
It's fuckin' coming out of your wages, you fuckin'... wankers!cocaine, in rock form — Drug slang for cocaine rocks; specific and risky.
There was no heroin on the island. But there was plenty of crack.was used up
When the cash ran out, the stole the recording gear,...time clause: The when-clause sets the moment, then the main clause reports the theft.
When the cash ran out, the stole the recording gear,...not my business
- It's nothing to do with me. - We spent ?200,000 on that recording.buy it from them
And now Shaun wants you to buy it off us.a thousand pounds — British slang for a thousand pounds; informal money talk.
But what if he... what if he asks for, like,... 100 grand?Run someone's-eye-out together in one breath.
You could... You could take someone's eye out.offer you a deal
I'm gonna make you an offer. Glad you came.everything in
In my wallet... The sum total of my wallet,...reduced relative clause: The relative that is dropped after all, meaning everything I have.
That's 50 quid, that's all I've got.leave; or no way
- Fuck off. - Come on, fucking get out of here.idiots — A crude British insult; keep it informal.
- What you laughing at? - Twats.in the sales
You wouldn't get that in the January sales.Keep in the weak and land hard on January.
You wouldn't get that in the January sales.worth the trouble
- The Mondays. It's here, it's here. - Hope it was fuckin' worth it.a strong rhythm
It's good. It's got a good groove.「Tony Wilson Buys Back the Tape」を読み解く
What's really going on
The joke is that a finished album costs less than a pair of trainers. Tony knows Shaun isn't a hardened criminal but a junkie bluffing for cash, so the power move is to refuse the game entirely. Instead of haggling, he offers his whole wallet and calls the bluff, getting the tapes back for "50 quid." It's also self-mythology: Tony Wilson, the label boss who never made money, wins by being the cleverest man in the room. And the punchline "You wouldn't get that in the January sales" frames the whole mess as a bargain — the film's running joke that Factory ran on charm, nerve and terrible business, delivered in one gesture.
Theme
MoneyA record that cost 200,000 pounds is bought back for 50, mocking how Factory valued art over cash.
SatireThe label, the artist and the hostage tape are all played as a joke about the music business.
このチャプターで学べること
- Back down means to give up a firm position.
- Out of your wages means the money is deducted from pay.
- Both barrels means full force, both at once.
- Man enough is a dare about being bold enough.
発音のポイント
- get him off — Link get-him-off, dropping the h in him.
- take someone's eye out — Run someone's-eye-out together in one breath.
- in the January — Keep in the weak and land hard on January.
That's 50 quid, that's all I've got.Tony's entire offer, stated flatly: he will pay fifty pounds for the stolen tapes and not a penny more.
You could... You could take someone's eye out.Tony warns Shaun, who is waving a gun around, that the weapon could seriously injure someone.
You wouldn't get that in the January sales.A sarcastic aside on the bargain: even the winter sales would not beat fifty pounds for a whole album.
My only distraction was to write lyrics for my forthcoming album.Shaun's mock-heroic narration of being stranded in Barbados, where he had nothing to do but write songs.
If he says 100 grand, he won't back down.Factory expects Shaun to name a huge ransom and refuse to budge, which is exactly what they fear.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Shaun kidnap the master tape?
He needs money for drugs. After the Barbados trip collapses into theft and addiction, the finished album is his only valuable asset, so he holds it hostage and asks Tony to buy it back.
Does Tony really only pay fifty pounds?
Yes. In the film he empties his wallet and hands over "the sum total" — fifty quid — and Shaun takes it. The scene plays the lowball offer as a victory, not a cheat.
What does "both barrels" mean here?
It is a gun metaphor: giving something both barrels means going at it with full force. Here it is a grim joke — Shaun is on heroin and methadone at once, so he is doing "both barrels."
Why does Tony stay so calm when Shaun waves the gun?
He treats Shaun as a friend and a bit of a kid rather than a real threat. He even jokes that Shaun could take someone's eye out, then moves straight on to his fifty-pound offer.
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第 2 章print the legendTony Wilson Names Joy Division
第 3 章straight upTony Wilson Announces the US Tour
第 4 章go to townTony Wilson Opens the Hacienda
第 5 章out of shapeTony Films the Happy Mondays Video
第 6 章nice as pieTony Wilson Meets Sir Keith Joseph
第 7 章put things in perspectiveMartin Hannett's Funeral
再生中 · 第 8 章back downTony Wilson Buys Back the Tape
第 9 章drop a bollockFactory Meets London Records
第 10 章sell outTony Wilson Refuses the Buyout第 8 / 10 章 · 残り約 8 分