0:00:02 > 0:00:04So there I was, hard at it, doing my homework when my ma comes in.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Ah, Roy, that doesn't look like your homework.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09But, Ma, it's history homework for Hammo.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Ah, history.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Gossip's fancy cousin.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Your assignment is to write the life story
0:00:15 > 0:00:18of a historical figure of your choice. I want every fact...
0:00:18 > 0:00:20He wants every fact...
0:00:20 > 0:00:24every figure, and every single detail.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25I don't know where to start.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28What do I know about the woman who built France
0:00:28 > 0:00:30or the man who invented hiccups?
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Why not try writing about the person you know best?
0:00:32 > 0:00:34- Who's that? - You. We're all a part of history.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Ma was right,
0:00:35 > 0:00:38but did I really want everybody knowing everything about me?
0:00:38 > 0:00:40There's some things I wish even I didn't know.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42My da was very persuasive, though -
0:00:42 > 0:00:45you know what HE'S like when he gets worked up about something.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Will whatever you're saying mean I have to stop reading this paper?
0:00:49 > 0:00:50No.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54- Good, then. - So I'm writing it all down,
0:00:54 > 0:00:56the life and thoughts of Roy O'Brien.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Because these are The Roy Files.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00- ALL:- ROY!
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Do you want to hear the best joke ever? Go on, Da.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07OK.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08OK.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09Ahem!
0:01:09 > 0:01:14Why is Roy O'Brien, Ireland's first cartoon boy,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16such a big fan of music?
0:01:17 > 0:01:19It's because...
0:01:19 > 0:01:20This is deadly!
0:01:20 > 0:01:22It's because...
0:01:22 > 0:01:23This will kill you!
0:01:23 > 0:01:25..because he really likes the TUNES!
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Cos, you see, Roy is a carTOON!
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Don't explain it, Da!
0:01:31 > 0:01:33You've ruined it.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Seriously, though,
0:01:35 > 0:01:36I am mad about music.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40GUITAR RIFF
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Whoa!
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Cool!
0:01:42 > 0:01:43- MA:- Roy!
0:01:45 > 0:01:46'Music can do so many things.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48'It can make you happy...'
0:01:48 > 0:01:51# Dum-dum, dee-dee, happy boys are we
0:01:51 > 0:01:53# Dum-dum, dee-dee, happy boys are we
0:01:53 > 0:01:55# Living in Toytown, happy boys are we. #
0:01:55 > 0:01:56'It can amaze you...'
0:01:56 > 0:01:58# Ah-ah
0:01:58 > 0:02:00# Ah-ah-ah CRACK!
0:02:00 > 0:02:01# Ah-ah-ah... #
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- What's that..?- It cracked my glass.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06'It can even help you tell people how you really feel.'
0:02:06 > 0:02:09ROY SINGS IN FRENCH
0:02:16 > 0:02:19What? You think my breath smells like dead fish
0:02:19 > 0:02:21and my eyes are like dog poo?
0:02:21 > 0:02:22What?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24But I guess it can't make you good at French!
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Still, though, where would you be without music?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- And there's music for everybody. - You're not wrong, son.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31You're not wrong.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34You know, I think my favourite song, got to be the birthday song.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37The birthday song? You're joking me?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39How could the birthday song be your favourite?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Well, it's the only song that comes with cake!
0:02:42 > 0:02:44CYMBAL CLASH
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Ha!
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Oh, I should have known!
0:02:47 > 0:02:51It's funny, but these days I find myself drawn to the classics.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Is that so? My ma, the classical music fan.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Beethoven, Bach...
0:02:57 > 0:02:59..Barlow.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Since when was Gary Barlow the classics?
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Well, he's a lot better than those zombies you listen to.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Zombies?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Hey, my music is a lot better than it sounds.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12No, wait... That came out wrong.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14LOUD MUSIC
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Isn't it wonderful how music brings a family together?
0:03:17 > 0:03:20It's always played a big part in the O'Brien house.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Roy!
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Roy!
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Roy, can you please just turn that off?!
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Shh! Can you keep your voice down, please?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36What...are you doing?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Playing classical music to Roy Junior.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- Roy Junior?- Yeah.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42It's supposed to be good for his development.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Everybody loves music, even teachers.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Something to do with expanding the mind.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Miss Jervis loves that sort of thing.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Oh, yes!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54At Sandyford Progressive Learning,
0:03:54 > 0:03:58we see music as a KEY part of the curriculum.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00You could say that it was our FORTE,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02but I don't want to HARP on about it,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05but we aim to promote HARMONY
0:04:05 > 0:04:09by taking careful NOTE to keep in TUNE with our pupils.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Well done, miss. Personal best.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14You fitted six into one sentence.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16She's the only person I know who could sprain her wrists
0:04:16 > 0:04:19by talking too much.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22But at least Miss Jervis just talks about it.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25# Happy, happy sunshine
0:04:25 > 0:04:28# Shining down on me
0:04:28 > 0:04:33# Hello, Mr Sunshine, from all the birds and bees
0:04:33 > 0:04:36# Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy sunshine
0:04:36 > 0:04:40# Shining down on me. #
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Boo-bee!
0:04:41 > 0:04:42'And Hammo's even worse.'
0:04:42 > 0:04:45He uses the power of music for evil.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48He uses it...to teach.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50# Alexander the Great
0:04:50 > 0:04:52# Was very, very great
0:04:52 > 0:04:56# And his horse was in a state
0:04:57 > 0:04:59# Scared of his own shadow
0:04:59 > 0:05:03# Scared of his own shadow...
0:05:03 > 0:05:05# Bucephalus
0:05:05 > 0:05:07# Boo! #
0:05:07 > 0:05:09And as for Becky singing in the shower...
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Talk about a soap opera!
0:05:11 > 0:05:12GHASTLY HIGH-PITCHED SINGING
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Ooh! What's going on?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Is someone hurt?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18It's just Becky singing in the shower.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20PIERCING HIGH-PITCHED NOTE
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Oh...
0:05:23 > 0:05:27'Listening to music that loud must be bad for Becky's hearing.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31'I guess that explains why she likes that tuneless rubbish.'
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Yeah, well, if it was tuneless, melodic death metal,
0:05:34 > 0:05:39it wouldn't have the word "melodic" in the genre title, now, would it?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Duh!
0:05:40 > 0:05:43And the word...death.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Maybe you don't get it,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48but this music really speaks to me.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Well, it really shouts at me!
0:05:51 > 0:05:54I suppose I've always felt there's a rock star trapped inside me
0:05:54 > 0:05:55just trying to get out.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I'm not surprised he wants to get out. You've got no talent.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03So now you want to become a guitarist, do you?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Yeah, why not?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08You might have a little bit of a problem there.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Don't listen to her.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13I'm actually deadly at my chosen instrument.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16'Air guitar is not an instrument.'
0:06:16 > 0:06:19# Diddly-doo! Diddly-doo! #
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Rock on, Dublin!
0:06:21 > 0:06:24'And it still took you ages to get the hang of it.'
0:06:24 > 0:06:26'It's trickier than it looks.'
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Get out!
0:06:29 > 0:06:32'People have paid good money to see me play the guitar.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34'The real guitar.'
0:06:34 > 0:06:37'Yeah! To see you play it somewhere else.'
0:06:37 > 0:06:38'The point is, they paid me.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41'There's nothing those pop star fellows have that I haven't got.'
0:06:46 > 0:06:48'Apart from looks and talent.'
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Ah, I'm sorry.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52Did I burst your bubble?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54No, but I'm busting yours.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Hey!
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Becky's just jealous.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00'She saw how close I came to the big time.'
0:07:00 > 0:07:04THEY PLAY A TUNELESS RACKET
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Stop, stop, stop!
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Thank you. Look, lads, I told yous both, I don't play any instrument.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13I can't either, but we can learn.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16OK, so the music needed work,
0:07:16 > 0:07:19but maybe we could distract the crowd with our banging dance moves.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23One, two, three...
0:07:23 > 0:07:25One, two, three...
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Come on, Roy. Where's your moves?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30That was different.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32I was free-styling! Going mad!
0:07:32 > 0:07:34This is different.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36This is useless.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38We'll never be ready in time.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Like, even if yous two could dance, none of us can sing.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46Disaster. But then I realised we were going about this all wrong.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48We needed a more modern approach.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49We don't have to sing.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Nobody sings nowadays.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Most of them can't.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55It's all backing tracks.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Tommy, could you make us one?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Yeah, I suppose I could.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I just need to find someone who can sing.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Yeah, but wouldn't that be cheating?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07We were the perfect band.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Sinead had the voice, Tommy had the brains and I had...
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Um...
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I had...
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Listen...to this.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18'Well...I had Sinead and Tommy!'
0:08:19 > 0:08:22# You may think it's impossible
0:08:22 > 0:08:25# You may say it's not true
0:08:25 > 0:08:28# But I say that it's only natural
0:08:28 > 0:08:30# This love between me and you. #
0:08:30 > 0:08:33That's really good. Who is it?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- It's Sinead. - I didn't know you could sing.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- Maybe she should be in the band instead of me?- No way.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40I can't sing in public.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42I know the feeling.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43But then it won't be a Roy...
0:08:43 > 0:08:46I mean, BOY band, if it has a girl in it.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Doesn't matter. I can make Sinead sound like a guy.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Easy.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- SINEAD'S VOICE: - # It's only natural...
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- DEEPER BOY'S VOICE: - # It's only natural...
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- DEEPER VOICE: - # It's only natural... #
0:09:01 > 0:09:04This will be you, Roy.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06ROY WITH A DEEP VOICE: # Love is only natural...
0:09:06 > 0:09:10# Like this love between me and you... #
0:09:10 > 0:09:13And now for the chorus...with all three of us.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17ALL SING DEEPLY: # So don't listen to your parents
0:09:17 > 0:09:20# Who are they to judge us, anyway?
0:09:20 > 0:09:24# We've got to hold on to each other
0:09:24 > 0:09:29# This love is here to stay. #
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- Ah, that's deadly. - Yeah! Yeah!
0:09:32 > 0:09:35We were so close to stardom, we could taste it.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37And it tasted sweet!
0:09:37 > 0:09:40All we needed was for Sinead to do her bit.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Um, I think someone tripped on the lead over there.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Oh, thanks, I'll have a look.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49'And then we just storm the audition.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- 'No sweat.'- And the next up is...
0:09:54 > 0:09:56..Bandjaxed.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Bandjaxed? I mean, what kind of name is that for a band?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Eurgh, what's he doing here?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06I heard that, Roy.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07Sorry, sir.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09One-two, one-two.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12EAR-SPLITTING FEEDBACK
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Things have changed a lot since my days in the industry.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18What, you were in the music biz?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Too right, O'Brien.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Everybody loved my...
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Groovy Gravy.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27But now, it's all backing tapes this
0:10:27 > 0:10:28and Auto-Tune that.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33In my day, you needed to master your instrument.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37It's all about study with you, isn't it, sir?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Oh, yes.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Did you know, it takes 10,000 hours of practice
0:10:42 > 0:10:45to become an expert in an instrument?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47I'm not even sure I'm that old.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53SINGS BEAUTIFULLY: # Some say love is just an illusion... #
0:10:53 > 0:10:56'But you don't need 10,000 hours' practice if you're a natural.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59'Or have a sneaky plan that couldn't possibly fail.'
0:10:59 > 0:11:02# But I say love
0:11:02 > 0:11:05# Is the only answer
0:11:07 > 0:11:12# It's like sunshine after the rain
0:11:12 > 0:11:15# You may think that it's impossible... #
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Is he...?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19He certainly is, dear!
0:11:19 > 0:11:21# Love is only natural... #
0:11:21 > 0:11:24'I guess it's just a fact of life that,
0:11:24 > 0:11:26'when it comes to music,
0:11:26 > 0:11:28'not everyone's going to like what you do.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31'And Kathy certainly wasn't a big fan of Bandjaxed.'
0:11:33 > 0:11:34That's not them singing.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36What? Of course it is.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44OUT OF TUNE: # ..our love is here... #
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Give it back!- No, let go!
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- What's going on? - This doesn't look good.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Just give it! Give it here!
0:11:51 > 0:11:55COMMOTION FROM BACKSTAGE
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Face it, O'Brien,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59you don't have a musical bone in your body.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04What about my tromBONE, Sir?!
0:12:04 > 0:12:07It's jokes like that that make me want to burst my own bubble.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Goodbye, O'Brien.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Thought he'd never leave.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11I heard that, O'Brien!
0:12:14 > 0:12:16No, Roy!
0:12:16 > 0:12:19DISTORTED, TUNELESS SINGING
0:12:19 > 0:12:22SINGING CONTINUES
0:12:22 > 0:12:24OK, I know it's wrong to cheat and all,
0:12:24 > 0:12:28and maybe pop stardom will have to wait another 10,000 hours,
0:12:28 > 0:12:32but Bandjaxed won't be forgotten, not around our way, anyhow.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35TERRIBLE SINGING
0:12:35 > 0:12:37CAR CRASHES INTO BUILDING
0:12:37 > 0:12:39WOMAN SCREAMS
0:12:41 > 0:12:43TERRIBLE SINGING CONTINUES
0:12:51 > 0:12:54So, plenty to think about when it comes to music.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57But keep to these simple rules and you'll be fine...
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Music is the greatest, so if there's an instrument lying around at home,
0:13:01 > 0:13:03give it a go.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Who knows, you could be the next Bandjaxed!
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Or if singing is your thing,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09the shower is a great place to practise,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11because, no matter how bad you are,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14your family will always love you.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16And even if they get annoyed, what are they going to do?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18The door's locked.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19And finally...
0:13:19 > 0:13:21everybody has their own taste in music,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24so just because someone doesn't like the music you like,
0:13:24 > 0:13:25you shouldn't give them a hard time.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Except about their rubbish taste in music, of course!
0:13:29 > 0:13:31There you go. Scrapbook sorted.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- MA:- Roy, love, dinner's ready!
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Ah, Ma calling me for dinner.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Now THAT'S music to my ears.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39See yous!