The Commitments
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:28:00
East or west, I don't care
:28:02
From now on, I don't want you listenin'
to Guns N' Roses an' The Soup Dragons.

:28:06
I want a strict diet of James Brown for
the growls, Otis Redding for the moans,

:28:10
Smokey Robinson for the whines,
and Aretha for the whole lot put together.

:28:14
- Jimmy says soul is sex.
- Dirty bastard!

:28:16
I said the rhythm of soul
is the rhythm of ridin'.

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You want us to sing as if
we were ridin'with someone?

:28:22
You can practise with me.
:28:24
I'd bite your bollix off, yeh spotty fuck!
:28:27
- Might fancy that.
- Or make earrings out o' them!

:28:30
Soul is the rhythm of sex.
Rhythm of the factory, too.

:28:33
The working man's rhythm.
Sex and the factory.

:28:35
Not in the factory I'm in.
Not much rhythm in guttin' fish!

:28:39
Soul is the music that people understand.
It's basic and it's simple.

:28:43
But it's somethin' else. Somethin' special.
Cos... cos it's honest.

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It's honest. There's no fuckin' bullshit.
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It says it straight from the heart.
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There's lots of music yeh can get off on,
but... soul is more than that.

:28:56
It takes yeh somewhere else. It grabs you
by the balls and lifts you above the shite.

:29:03
Said to the man at the railroad station
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I want a ticket
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Just for one
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He said: Well, if you insist
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But where you wanna go, miss?
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Oh-oh
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Destination anywhere
:29:23
East or west, I don't care
:29:27
You see, my baby don't
want me no more

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And this old world ain't got
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No back door

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