1998 Pop Goes Northern Ireland

MUSIC: Because We Want To by Billie

# Why you gotta play that song so loud?

# Because we want to! Because we want to!

# Why you always run around in crowds?

# Because we want to! Because we want to!

# Why do you always have to dance all night?

# Because we want to! Because we want to!

# Why d'you always say what's on your mind?

# Because we want to Because we want to... #

I would appreciate it if nobody asks us questions

on the political front or ceasefire, right?

It's just to do with the rubbish that's being printed

in the press, i.e., the sex, the booze, the drugs.

# Some revolution is going to happen today

# I'm going to chase the dark clouds away

# Come on and help me sing it... #

I think that we should, er, take stock and recognise

how close we have come to the end of this process,

and the inevitable consequences, horrific as they may be.

MUSIC: Frozen by Madonna

We remain as fundamentally committed to the process of negotiations

and this peace process today as we did yesterday,

as we did three years ago.

# You only see what your eyes want to see

# How can life be what you want it to be?

# You're frozen... #

And I've got the framework document here.

That's what we think of the framework document.

# ..You're so consumed with how much you get

# You waste your time with hate and regret

# You're broken

# When your heart's not open... #

We're unionists trying to take part in this,

but those banners was an insult.

And the other thing is that we see this as Sinn Fein

with the republican agenda dancing on innocent Catholics' graves.

-You finished, lads?

-Point scoring!

-No, I'm not finished!

Right, Billy, take...

-I think that was a disgrace!

-What was a disgrace?

-Those banners about the unionists!

-What banners?

-Come and talk here.

-We were there!

We were there to commemorate the innocent Catholics that were killed!

As far as we're concerned,

-those Catholics shouldn't have been killed.

-Come on and talk here.

We believe that the weight of material now available is such

that these events require re-examination.

# And if you tolerate this

# Then your children will be next

# And if you tolerate this

# Then your children will be next

# Will be next, will be next Will be next... #

I am absolutely pissed off with trying to make this thing work,

and those who have no interest in making it work seize upon two men

being killed to exploit it and to bring this process down.

# ..Or is it maybe shame?

# At being so young and being so vain? #

We are absolutely committed to our quest for equality,

for justice, for peace and for freedom.

# ..I've walked La Ramblas but not with real intent

# And if you tolerate this... #

I think the peace process is up to them

because it's obvious that the IRA do not want to partake in it.

After what they've done here in Portadown at the weekend, in Moira,

what chance has the peace process got now?

MUSIC: High by Lighthouse Family

# When you're close to tears, remember

# Someday it'll all be over

# One day we're going to get so high

# Though it's darker than December

# What's ahead is a different colour... #

APPLAUSE

This is the chance of a lifetime for peace in Ireland.

You must get it done.

# ..And at the end of the day Remember the days

# When we were close to the edge

# And we wondered how we made it through?

# And at the end of the day Remember the way

# We stayed so close till the end

# We'll remember it was me and you... #

A day like today, I mean,

it's not a day for sort of sound bites, really.

Erm, we can leave those at home, but I feel that...

I feel the hand of history upon our shoulder

in respect of this. I really do.

# Wake up, kids We got the dreamer's disease

# Age 14 We got you down on your knees

# So polite We're busy still saying please

# Frenemies who when you're down ain't your friend

# Every night They smash their Mercedes Benz

# First we run and then we laugh till we cry

# But when the night is falling

# You cannot find the light

# You feel your dreams are dying... #

The enemies of Ulster are now allowed into Stormont.

The loyalists of Ulster have been locked out of Stormont.

# ..You've got the music in you

# One dance left

# This world is going to pull through... #

Where are you taking us?! Ian, where are you going to take us?!

The Grand Old Duke of York, Mark I and Mark II!

Well, I wish you would walk out!

# ..I'm comin' home, baby

# You're tops... #

Certainly we're well on our way towards an agreement.

I never thought in my lifetime I would see it. It's here.

We all had, I suppose, some degree of faith and took the opportunity.

It's now happened, or it's about to happen.

# ..But when the night is falling

# You cannot find a friend... #

-This is it. This is the agreement.

-You have it in your hand?

I have it in my hand. 67 pages.

I have that bittersweet feeling that comes in life. I'm dying to leave.

LAUGHTER

But I hate to go.

The idea that if one side wins something in Northern Ireland

the other loses is gone.

The agreement that has emerged from the Northern Ireland peace talks

opens the way for the people there to build

a society based on enduring peace, justice and equality.

# Feed animals in the zoo

# Then later a movie too

# And then home

# Oh, it's such a perfect day

# I'm glad I spent it with you... #

What's the yes for?

# ..Oh, such a perfect day

# You just keep me hanging on... #

We can say with confidence that if people vote yes,

they are voting yes for the union.

It does weaken the union, it is all Ireland in character.

# ..Just a perfect day

# Problems all left alone

# Weekenders on our own

# It's such fun

# Just a perfect day

# You made me forget myself

# I thought I was someone else

# Someone good

# Yeah

# Oh, it's such... #

Never, never, never!

# ..A perfect day

# I'm glad I spent it with you

# Oh, such a perfect day

# You just keep me hanging on

# You just keep me hanging on. #

There's a lot of us who will say no, Blair.

Please ask two questions.

-There you are. Where are the pledges?

-OK, let's go.

Where are the pledges? Won't speak.

I wanted to ask... I wanted to ask...

SHOUTING

It doesn't sound like you got the support of the people here.

These are rent-a-mob.

-Excuse me, Mr McCartney.

-Mr McCartney.

I'm sorry. I object to you accusing us of being a rent-a-mob. I'm sorry.

-I came here. I didn't know the Prime Minister was coming. I'm at a local Holywood person.

-Yes, and so am I.

-I rest my case. I rest my case.

-Is this a rent-a-mob?

This is not a rent-a-mob.

Ulster still says no.

1972, Ian was urging the government to abolish Stormont and they did.

And then what happened?

What happened over the years? What happened?

We had people marching up and down hills, waving bits of paper.

We'd Third Forces. We'd Ulster Resistance and its berets.

And you dropped them pretty quick when some of them got into trouble.

# Oh, oh, oh, the sweetest thing

# Baby's got blue skies up ahead

# But in this I'm a rain cloud

# You know she wants a dry kind of love

# Oh, oh, oh, the sweetest thing

# I'm losing you. #

Yes - 71.12%.

CHEERING

# I'll huff, I'll puff

# I'll huff, I'll puff and blow you away

# Say you will say you won't Say you'll do what I don't

# Say you're true, say to me c'est la vie

# Say you will say you won't Say you'll do what I don't

# Say you're true Say to me c'est la vie

# Do you play with the girls Play with the boys?

# Do you ever get lonely playing with your toys?

# We can talk, we can sing

# I'll be the queen and you'll be the king

# Hey boy in your tree

# Throw down your ladder Make a room for me

# I got a house with windows and doors

# I'll show you mine if you show me yours

# Gotta let me in... #

He has presided over one of the biggest electoral disasters for

the Ulster Unionist Party in recent years.

I don't think Ken Maginnis should be pointing the finger at anyone.

Dublin is sick. Mr Tony Blair is sick.

His lies has caught up him and the sickest man of all is David Trimble.

What they're in danger of doing is undermining the rights of the

unionist people because the whole world will see them as

fascists if they try to wreck this agreement.

# Say to me What are you like?

# C'est la vie

# Hey, hey, na-na-na, hey

# Na-na-na, ho

# Na-na-na, hey! #

HE SPEAKS IN GAELIC

Can I have order for the speaker, please? Order, please.

-If we could understand him we might.

-Can I have or...? Can I have...?

It is also very good for the first time for me to see someone like

Sammy Wilson, who I've never met in my life and it's really

great to see him today with his clothes on.

Mr Adams said let us think of people.

I'm thinking today of the people,

of those that were murdered by his cohorts.

I congratulate both of you on being elected

first First Minister in Northern Ireland and first Deputy

First Minister in Northern Ireland.

APPLAUSE

# Uh-huh, yeah

# Uh-huh, yeah

# Uh-huh, yeah

# Uh-huh, yeah

# Uh-huh, yeah

# Uh-huh, yeah, yeah

# Hear my cries Hear my call

# Lend me your ears See my fall

# See my error Know my faults

# Time halts See my loss

# Know I'm lacking Backtracking

# Where I met you Pistol packing

# Itchy finger Trigger happy

# Try to trap me Bad rap

# Wiretap me Back-stab me

# Break the faith Fall from grace

# Tell me lies Time flies

# Close your eyes Come with me

# Come with me

# Yeah

# Come with me, uh-huh

# Yeah

# You said to trust you You'd never hurt me

# Now I'm disgusted Since then adjusted

# Certainly you fooled me Ridiculed me

# Left me hanging Now shit is boomeranging

# Right back at you Think long range

# Narrow-minded Left me blinded

# I co-signed it Shit backfired

# But I'm bouncing back

# I grinded Not many would bear the pressure

# You comprehend me

# You want to end me You offend me

# It's trauma Feel the trauma

# Come with me

# Yeah

# Uh-huh

# Come with me

# Don't be afraid

# Yeah

# Come with me

# I close my eyes

# And I see you

# Standing there

# I cry

# Tears

# Of sorrow... #

After last night's atrocious act,

a 15-minute walk down Garvaghy Road

by the Orange Order

would be a very hollow victory

because it would be in the shadow of three coffins

of little boys who wouldn't even know

what the Orange Order is about.

MUSIC: Torn by Natalie Imbruglia

# I'm all out of faith

# This is how I feel

# I'm cold and I am shamed

# Lying naked on the floor

# Illusion never changed

# Into something real

# I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn

# You're a little late

# I'm already torn... #

SHOUTING

MUSIC: Angels by Robbie Williams

# I sit and wait

# Does an angel

# Contemplate my fate?

# And do they know

# The places where we go

# When we're grey and old?

# Cos I have been told

# That salvation

# Lets their wings unfold

# So when I'm lying in my bed

# Thoughts running through my head

# And I feel the love is dead

# I'm loving angels instead.... #

There's no place whatever for violence

and if anybody has any doubt about that,

let them come to the streets of Omagh today,

let them come and see the blood on the streets of Omagh.

# ..A lot of love and affection

# Whether I'm right or wrong... #

This is not an attack on the peace process -

this is an attack upon the people of Omagh.

Women out shopping for their children...

returning to school in a week or so

and they've been murdered by people who wanted to murder.

# ..I'm loving angels instead... #

-Sorry.

-Thank you.

They've just destroyed my wife,

they've destroyed me.

If they get life sentences, I've started mine now

and I'm not going to get no parole from nobody.

I came here today, like so many people,

to show how much I care about the people of Omagh,

to show the pity and compassion, fundamentally, I have

for the people whose lives have been so devastated

by this act of the most extraordinary evil and anarchy

ever to be visited on the people of this island.

This action was wrong, totally and absolutely wrong.

I call upon whoever was involved to admit responsibility

for their involvement and to cease these actions.

MUSIC: Broken Things by Jennifer Paige

# You can have my heart

# If you don't mind broken things

# You can have my heart

# If you don't mind these tears

# But I heard that you make all things new

# So I give these pieces all to you

# If you want it You can have my heart... #

On an old ping-pong table in a backstreet office,

a tiny Belfast company is plotting global domination -

Black Stars, a new breed of firm which has turned its back

on the high street in favour of retailing on the internet.

We're also seeing airline tickets of late.

A lot of people are coming in to buy easyJet tickets

plus reservations of holidays.

MUSIC: Gettin' Jiggy Wit It by Will Smith

-# Gettin' jiggy wit it

-Na na na na na na-na

# Na na na na na-na

-# Gettin' jiggy wit it

-Na na na na na na-na

# Na na na na na-na

-# Gettin' jiggy wit it

-Na na na na na na-na

# Na na na na na-na

# What you want to ball with the kid Watch your step you might fall

# Trying to do what I did... #

Ladies and gentlemen,

please welcome the President of the United States,

Mr William Jefferson Clinton,

and the Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Tony Blair.

# ..Met Ali he told me I'm the greatest

# I got the fever for the flavour of a crowd-pleaser... #

I won't feel official if you're not sitting there.

If you're not sitting there, I won't feel official.

I'll get you coffee, you won't get me any.

-If you don't sit there...

-I'll be in trouble.

So where are we?

# Na na na na na-na

-# Gettin' jiggy wit it

-Na na na na na na-na... #

Whenever possible, you must try to act in concert, not conflict.

To overcome obstacles, not create them.

To rise above petty disputes, not fuel them.

# Who's the kid in the drop?

-# Who else?

-Will Smith

# Living that life some consider a myth

# Rock from South Street to 125th

# Women used to tease me

# Give it to me now nice and easy

# Since I moved up like George and Weezie

# Cream to the maximum I be asking 'em

# Would you like to bounce with the brother... #

Cardinal Hume said 19 years ago that there would be woman priests

in 20 years' time, even before the Church accepts married priests,

so I think that Frances and others will be accepted,

particularly in the context of a new papacy.

MUSIC: Millennium by Robbie Williams

# We got stars directing our fate

# And we're praying it's not too late

# Millennium

# Some say that we are players

# Some say that we are pawns

# But we've been making money since the day that we were born

# Got to slow down

# Cos we're low down

# Run around in circles Live a life of solitude

# Till we find ourselves a partner Someone to relate to... #

By the way, when you're reporting

the wonderful facilities that they have here,

please mention the elaborate bar that has been set up for yourselves.

# ..We got stars directing our fate... #

-Obviously you will be sharing space...

-There'll be no physical touching.

-..with Sinn Fein.

There will be no inappropriate relationships as far as the DUP is concerned.

..Hear the catcalls from the other bench and the gap between us

isn't just the space of floor which is between us.

I want to make friends with Dr Paisley...

MUTTERING

..and with those whom he represents.

We've had this great success today at the Commonwealth Games,

where we won one of the shooting competitions.

Incidentally...

LAUGHTER

Incidentally...

I'm...

I'm glad to see Mr Adams laughing because it was with legal firearms.

MUSIC: Mulder And Scully by Catatonia

# I'd rather be liberated

# I find myself captivated... #

I can say without fear of contradiction that that's the first

time there's been a standing ovation in the middle of a speech...

LAUGHTER

..and the person getting the ovation

isn't even the person making the speech.

# ..I dream I'm your one and only

# Stop doing what you

# Keep doing it to

# Things are getting strange I'm starting to worry

# That this could be a case for Mulder and Scully

# Things are getting strange now I can't sleep alone

# I'd rather be jumping ship

# I find myself jumping straight in

# Stop doing what you

# Keep doing it to

# Forever be dozy and dim

# I wake myself thinking of him

# Stop doing

# What you keep doing it to

# Things are getting strange I'm starting to worry... #

There are those who are scurrying about the undergrowth

trying to get some element of positivity, the suggestion being

that it will put others behind the eight ball,

and I'm sorry to have to tell you it won't make

a damn button of difference to the larger paramilitary organisations.

MUSIC: Never Ever by All Saints

# Never, ever have I ever felt so low

# When you gonna take me out of this black hole?

# Never, ever have I ever felt so sad

# The way I'm feeling, yeah You got me feeling really bad

# Never, ever have I had to find

# I've had to dig away to find my own peace of mind

# I've never ever had my conscience to fight

# The way I'm feeling, yeah It just don't feel right... #

To turn pro and to win all the majors.

-And would you like to win them all in one year?

-Yeah.

MUSIC: Ghetto Superstar by Pras feat Mya and Ol' Dirty Bastard

# Ghetto superstar That is what you are

# Coming from afar

# Reaching for the stars

# Run away with me to another place

# We can rely on each other, uh-huh

# From one corner to another, uh-huh

# Yeah, yeah

# Some got hopes and dreams We got ways and means

# The supreme dream team always up with the schemes

# From hubcaps to selling raps Name your theme

# My rise to the top floating on this cream

# Who the hell wanna stop me? I hated those who doubt me

# A million refugees with unlimited warranties

# Black Caesar, dating top divas

# Diplomatic legalese No time for a visa

# They just begun I'mma shoot them one by one... #