Peter O'Brien

So Lloyd Webber decided he would go for a more, you know, bums on seats name.

And he hired Glenn Close to do it.

So Miss Lupone was not best pleased and developed laryngitis and came to Paris for the weekend.

And we had a friend called Jurgen who had this bar, which is smaller than this studio on three floors.

On this first basement, all these French boys would sing.

Edith Piaf, Tragic Songs.

And there was a 955-year-old piano player.

So they're all going, Miss Lupin, Miss Lupin.

And Patti was the original Evita in Evita on Broadway.

So that's kind of what made her famous.

And so Patti sang Don't Cry For Me, Argentina, and 45 homosexuals died and went to musical theatre heaven.

I mean, it was fabulous.

Okay, that's Patti LuPone.

Yeah, singing a terrible... I hate Andrew Lloyd Webber music, but it's fine.

As she's my pal, I'll forgive you.

We're getting all the wrong choices for you.

All of that kind of lush, syrupy...

I can't bear it.

I can't bear it.

um what do i like i like billy wilder i like kind of classic hollywood movies i love terence davies movies i love distant voices still lives i particularly like that because i really identified with the boy in it in a kind of working class area with glamorous aunties like glamorous aunties and he was listening to bbc and listening to the carousels and i love it because they have um