The Commitments - Unlikely Encounters Among Friends and Family
Jimmy Rabbitte:
Hi Imelda, You're Looking Deadly.
Imelda:
What are you doing here Jimmy Rabbitte?
Jimmy Rabbite:
Friend in the band.
Imelda:
You sure not a friend of my sister's?
Jimmy Rabbitte:
From what i heard, the fella she's marrying hardly knows her.
Imelda:
Cheeky Bastard.
Jimmy Rabbitte:
I suppose you'll be next?
Imelda:
Why me, I'm not bleedin pregnant.
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The Commitments - Tension in a Taxi Offer
Natalie:
You all right, Jimmy?
Jimmy Rabbitte:
Sure. They just get on my arse at times.
Natalie:
Wanna share a taxi home?
Jimmy Rabbitte:
For fuck's sake, Natalie. How could you ask me that after what I just said in there?
Natalie:
Well if you weren't the manager, would you?
Jimmy Rabbitte:
Would I what?
Natalie:
...take me home?
Jimmy Rabbitte:
But I am the manager.
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The Commitments - Divine Inspiration in Unexpected Conversations
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.: [referring to Joey]
What did Evel Knievel want?
Jimmy Rabbitte:
God sent him.
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.:
What?
Jimmy Rabbitte:
God sent him.
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.:
On a fucking Suzuki?
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The Commitments - Meeting the Band's Aspirations
Jimmy Rabbitte:
Who're you, then?
Joey:
Are you the one startin the band?
Jimmy Rabbitte:
Yeah.
Joey:
The name's Joseph Fagin. Joey "The Lips" Fagin.
Jimmy Rabbitte: [sarcastically]
And I'm Jimmy "The Bollocks" Rabbitte
Joey:
I get mine from my horn playing. How'd you get yours?
Jimmy Rabbitte:
Don't get snotty with me.
Joey:
I get snotty with no man.
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The Commitments - Understanding the Article "The
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The Commitments - Facing the Reality of Solo Careers
Jimmy Rabbitte: [talking about kicking Ray out of the band]
How did Ray take the news?
Derek:
Not too bad. Said he was goin solo.
Jimmy Rabbitte:
He doesn't have much of a choice, does he?
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The Commitments - Naming a Band: The Northsiders
Outspan Foster:
There's a band around called "Free Beer". Always draws a big crowd.
Derek:
I like "A Flock of Budgies".
Jimmy Rabbitte:
We have to be "the" something. All the great sixties bands were "The Somethings".
Outspan Foster:
We could be... The Northsiders.
Derek:
Or The Liffy Lads.
Outspan Foster:
How about... The Fucking Eejits?
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The Commitments - Band Name Ideas and Poster Design
Jimmy Rabbitte:
What do you call yourselves?
Derek:
And And And.
Jimmy Rabbitte:
And And fuckin And?
Derek:
Well, Ray's thinking of putting an exclamation mark after the second "and." Says it'd look deadly on the posters.
Jimmy Rabbitte:
Psshh...
Outspan Foster:
You don't like it? You think it should go at the end?
Jimmy Rabbitte:
I think it should go up his arse.
Outspan Foster:
Well, we're not married to it.
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The Commitments - Debating Elvis's Soulful Identity
Jimmy Rabbitte:
Elvis is not soul.
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.: [defensively]
Elvis is God.
Jimmy Rabbitte:
I never pictured God with a fat gut and corset singing "My Way" at Caesar's Palace.
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The Commitments - Misery Amidst Temporary Happiness
Smiths Song Singer: [singing, auditioning for Jimmy]
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour, but heaven knows I'm miserable now...
Jimmy Rabbitte:
Yeah, I know how you feel.
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The Commitments - Conversation About Musical Skills
Jimmy Rabbitte:
What do you play?
Failed Drug Buyer:
I used to play football in school.
Jimmy Rabbitte:
I mean what instrument.
Failed Drug Buyer:
I don't.
Jimmy Rabbitte:
Then what are you doing here?
Failed Drug Buyer:
Well, I saw everyone else lining up, so, uh.... I thought you were sellin drugs.
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The Commitments - Job Struggles in a Challenging Economy
Unemployment Official:
Mr. Rabbitte, you've been collecting unemployment benefit for two years. Are you trying to tell me you can't get a job?
Jimmy Rabbitte:
We're a third world country - what can you do?
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The Commitments - Introducing The Commitments Band Members
Jimmy Rabbitte:
I'd like to introduce you to the hardest-workin band in the world. On bass, Derek "Meatman" Scully. On piano, Steven "Soul Surgeon" Clifford. Dean "Mr Nipple" Fay on sax. Joey "The Lips" Fagan on trumpet. Our gorgeous chanteuses are Bernie, Imelda, and Natalie. Deco "Deep Throat" Cuffe on vocals. On lead guitar, Outspan "Fender bender" Foster. Finally, on drums, Mickah "Don't Fuck With Me" Wallace. Ladies and gentlemen, The Commitments.
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The Commitments - The Essence of Soul Music
Jimmy Rabbitte:
Soul is the music people understand. Sure it's basic and it's simple. But it's something else cause, cause, cause it's honest, that's it. Its honest. There's no fuckin bullshit. It sticks its neck out and says it straight from the heart. Sure there's a lot of different music you can get off on but soul is more than that. It takes you somewhere else. It grabs you by the balls and lifts you above the shite.
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The Commitments - Identity and Pride in The Commitments
Jimmy Rabbitte:
The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once and say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud.
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