Pop Band My Story

This story belongs to Matilda and her daddy Douglas.

It's a tiny tale about Daddy Douglas's life

and the things he used to do.

That's a bit messy!

Now it's time for him to share his memories

and take Matilda on a journey of discovery.

What's this you're drawing here?

Hey, what does it look like?

Your guitar.

-My guitar?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-And what colour is it?

-It's green.

-It's green.

-And you know that I play in a band?

-Yes.

What do bands play?

-Play the guitar.

-Play the guitar.

Play music in the band.

-Do you know what this is, Matilda?

-Disc.

-A disc?

-And why did I get a disc?

-You were with the people.

Because I was in the band with my people. That's right.

And that's what happens when lots of people like your music.

You end up with one of these.

-Would you like one of these?

-Yeah.

We need to teach you to play the guitar.

-But first, we'd need to work together on a song, wouldn't we?

-Yeah.

-Do you think you could do that?

-Yes!

-You'd be good at writing a song.

-You could help me write a song. Would you like that?

-Yes!

Daddy Douglas has a music disc, because in the old days,

we was a member of a well-known band called Love And Money.

And this is him in the band in this film.

Lots of people loved their music and bought their songs.

They were so popular they were on television.

# Lack of trust, didn't love you too much. #

So when we were touring, we went all over the world.

We went to interesting places in America, like New York,

which is fantastic, then we went to the other coast to a place called LA.

That's where they make lots and lots of movies in Hollywood.

LA looks fantastic!

Matilda and Daddy Douglas have written a song together

and now Daddy Douglas is going to show Matilda how to play guitar.

-So, will I tell you a wee story about playing the guitar?

-Yes.

Do you know, when I was a wee boy, I got my first guitar.

It was quite like this except it was a bit smaller, and you know what?

-Soon as I got home from school every single day, guess what I did?

-What?

I practised. Practised going...

HE STRUMS CHORDS

I practised playing every single day. And do you know what?

-What?

-Eventually, I got quite good.

And I practised and I practised and I got better and better.

And eventually, I started playing in bands. Does that sound like fun?

Yeah! And look. Sometimes it'll be this chord here, which is D.

-Do you want a wee shot to do it?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Do it right down.

Very good!

And this chord here.

And this chord here.

Does that sound good?

Let me see how good. This good?

Or this good? Or this good?

Or this good? Do you want to help me play a tune?

Could you try doing that?

SHE STRUMS

OK, try again.

SHE STRUMS

Very good.

Would you like me to try and play you a song?

My goodness gracious. That's very good indeed.

Will I play your song now?

-Yes, please.

-OK. And you can join in.

# I like playing in the garden

# With my sisters by my side

TOGETHER: # I like playing football

# With my brothers kicking the ball up to the sky

# Way up high

# Up to the sky

# Up to the sky. #

THEY LAUGH

Daddy Douglas isn't the only musician in the family.

-Mummy Katie is a singer in a band too.

-Here is my mummy.

A long time ago,

Matilda's mummy and daddy met through their love of music.

And they ended up playing in the same band. Check this out!

Groovy glasses, Daddy Douglas!

When we started making music all those years ago,

it was records people bought, not CDs.

We had friends who did the same thing,

and incredibly, many of us became famous.

Bands like The Bluebells, who had hits,

and Aztec Camera and Del Amitri, were our friends.

Not forgetting Altered Images!

# Happy, happy birthday in a hot bath

# To those nice, nice nights. #

We hung out together and went to parties

and had a lot of fun together.

So much talent came out of Scotland back then. We had such a laugh.

Mummy and Daddy are taking Matilda to a very special place.

A recording studio.

It's where Daddy Douglas came as a teenager to record

his very first song with the band he started at school.

We used to make music down here and we went upstairs and recorded

and we recorded it into this here.

-How desk work?

-How does the desk work?

Well...

See, if you press this button here up...

We can make Mummy sound very funny.

Do you want to do it? There you go then. Slowly.

Right up to the top.

MUM SINGS

See? She sounds really funny, doesn't she?

# Up above the world so high

# Like a diamond in the sky. #

-Do you want to go and sing with Mummy?

-Yes.

-Come on.

I'll do it, I'll do it. You stay here.

-Right, girls, are you ready to sing?

-Yes.

-OK, let's go. Figure up.

One, two, three.

MUM AND MATILDA: # Twinkle, twinkle Little star

# How I wonder what you are

# Up above the world so high

# Like a diamond in the sky

# Twinkle, twinkle, little star

# How I wonder what you are. #

-That was very good, girls. Well done.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-And I think maybe we can do a show at the school now.

-Yes.

One more time.

-One more time?

-Yeah!

There is one more thing Matilda has to do before her big performance.

She needs to decide on what to wear.

Matilda?

-Does Mummy look a wee bit funny? Do I? Do I look quite nice?

-Yes.

I'm in very...

-Fancy clothes.

-Very fancy clothes and very sparkly.

And this is one of the outfits that I wore

when I was up on the stage singing songs with Daddy

and the band and making videos.

I wore it cos it's really sparkly

and everybody can see you and it makes you feel really special.

-Do you like dressing up?

-Yeah.

-Would you like to try on one of my other outfits?

-Yes.

This is a nice, soft, velvety jacket. Try it on.

-Does it feel good?

-Yes.

-What colour's that?

-Red.

-Do you like red?

Yeah.

Red is quite a good colour for being on stage,

because it's nice and bright.

Can you sign "red" for everybody?

-Red. That's good, isn't it? What's this over here?

-Dress.

-A nice dress. What colour's this one?

-White.

Stand up to show this one because it's long

and has beautiful straps at the back.

My mummy wore this in the 1970s when I was a little girl!

Then I wore it in the 1980s when I was on stage.

Isn't that a lovely one? I think it's a little bit too big for you.

Let's have a look inside your wardrobe and see what we see.

This is your favourite, isn't it? Why is this your favourite?

-It's all sparkly.

-It's very sparkly. Let's see.

Beautiful.

Now Matilda has sorted out what she's going to wear,

she wants to show it off to her family.

Here's my family.

Matilda is ready to perform her song in front of her class...

..with help from Mummy, Daddy and her sister Amelia.

Hello, boys and girls. We've got Amelia here and Matilda here

and they are going to sing Matilda's song today.

A nice round of applause, please.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

MUSIC BEGINS

# I like playing in the garden... #

Big sister Amelia on the tambourine, Mummy on the shakers...

Daddy is too!

# With my brothers kicking the ball up to the sky... #

It's the song they sang in the garden earlier.

But now Daddy Douglas has added lots of music to it.

Looks like Matilda might be following in her mummy

and daddy's footsteps!

What a star!

It's not just her family,

all her friends are dancing to Matilda's special song.

And everybody's joining in.

DAD: Yay!

Wow, Matilda! That was an amazing performance.

And, Daddy Douglas did a good job writing a good song for you too.

Thank you, Dad...

for writing me a song.

Good. And you know what?

I had a fantastic time spending so much time with you

and I had so many favourite times.

-What was your favourite thing?

-I loved singing with my friends.

You loved singing with your friends.

I love... Sandy made a funny face.

You loved Sandy's funny face, didn't you? Cheeky monkey, isn't he?

What about seeing your friends?

That was fantastic, wasn't it? And did you like singing?

-And what about dancing?

-Yes!

-Were you break dancing?

-Yes.

I thought you were. Well, I had a fantastic time with you.

So can we have a great big cuddle?

-Group hug!

-Girl.

What a fabulous heap of fun!

That was Matilda and Daddy Douglas's tiny tale about the things

Daddy Douglas used to do and the fun he head.

And why he has a music disc!

Now Daddy Douglas has shared his story,

it's time for Matilda to start her own story.

Do you know someone ho has a story to share?

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