Listening coursework : Pete Doherty 'Help! A Day In The Life...'

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This is a monologue written as a listening piece of material for English Language/Literature at AS level. It achieved an A at AS level.

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Pete Doherty: Help! A Day In The Life...

Introduction:

For the next two weeks BBC Radio 1 is giving the listener an insight into the world of modern day contemporary artists. Today we focus on musicians, and to start us off is a man more famous for his girlfriend and well documented drug abuse than for any cultural impact on the world. He now plays and writes for a band aptly titled 'Babyshambles', but his most worthy credentials come from a band hundreds of new indie bands cite as their biggest influence 'The Libertines'. He was ejected from the band in 2004 for his heavy drug use and erratic behaviour, but is know proving with Babyshambles he is still a great composer and lyricist. In his own words, Pete Doherty;

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Hello, my name is Peter Doherty and I'm a musician. I play in a band called Babyshambles, and yeah (pause) we're the best mother-f**king band out there (laughs). Let me guess, you've never read any reviews of my records, or articles about me that have mentioned the music?

(Pause) what a surprise eh! Crack crack crack crack crack. That's all anyone is ever interested in, but crack isn't my specialised subject. I mean, when you've got a pipe in your hand, you haven't got a guitar in your hand, have you?

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