Hey, does anybody remember 82?
Yeah, yeah.
You do?
Sure.
I mean, can I reminisce?
Sure, go ahead, go on.
You don't mind or anything?
If you want to.
Can I get personal?
Sure.
Do what you want to do.
I mean, it's not to offend anybody or you don't want to object or anything.
Why should I?
You sure?
Come on.
Sure.
Which one?
Okay.
One, two.
Yeah.
Let me go back further, let me go back further if I may.
Yeah, please take it, go on, yeah.
Yeah, it was a rainy afternoon, it was two, maybe three months ago, I first started to
reminisce, I first started to reflect, you know.
I was walking by the Thames at the time and I started to think about the summer of 1980.
So what I did, I wrote this down on a piece of lined white paper while I still felt strong
about it.
Here's what I recall.
I was walking by the Thames at the time and I started to think about the summer of 1980.


It was August 1980.
I was searching for the spirit of Brendan Beale in the bars of Dublin.
I mean, at this point, you know, I had a bit of reputation as something of a searcher.
I see, I see.
Right.
Yeah.
I mean, I still have for that matter, but perhaps there's even more at this point.
Anyway, I went from one bar to another.
I mean, I started off with a couple of friends, but after a short while, I think they just
decided to abandon the search.
Well, you know how it is.
They probably had other plans or something.
Yeah, sure.
Yeah.
Yeah.













Yeah.
But, I mean, me, I carried on, you know.
I was determined.
I went from one bar to another.
I went to Brannigan's.
I went to Flanagan's.
You know, like in the song, you know, the one about the donkey.
Yeah, I've heard it.
I've heard it.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, like, because the thing is, I've got to confess, you know, at this point, I wasn't
feeling on top of the world, you know.
No?
No.
Frankly, no.
No, sir.
What?
In other words, you weren't exactly laughing.
I mean, I wasn't exactly walking down the road with a spring in my step.
You know, happy-go-lucky wasn't my main thing.


I mean, I heard that blind man, that man with the glasses.
I heard him singing.
I didn't like the song, you understand.
Oh, right.
No.
But I did know what he meant about the higher ground.
I knew what he meant about the higher ground.
You did.
I did.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You understood.
So, anyway, I went into this one bar.
I can't remember the name of it.
It doesn't really matter now.
But, you know, by this time, I was getting really impatient.
So, I plucked up the courage to ask somebody.
Yeah.
And I noticed a man.
He was probably in his early 20s.










It was well-built.
He had ginger hair and a big, fierce, powerful face.
He looked like the type you'd know.
I thought, you know.
Yeah.
I'll say.
Excuse me.
Do you know where I can find the spirit of Brendan Behan?
Said I.
Brendan Behan.
Said he.
Yes.
Said I.
New York.
Said he.
New York.
Said I.
New York.
He said again, quickly.
That's it.










New York, oh man, that's 3,000 miles to the west
I mean, you're on the wrong side of the world
Oh, so what did you do?
Well, what could I do?
I just got out of there, I put my coat on, I got out of there
I walked straight out of there, I walked down the road
And I started to sing
Ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, don't matter what you say
Ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, don't matter what you say
It doesn't matter much lately
Don't, don't matter much lately
It don't, it don't
It doesn't matter much
It doesn't matter, don't matter
It doesn't matter, who matters
It don't matter, don't matter
Much lately, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, it don't matter, it don't, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
oh, oh, it don't matter, oh, oh, oh, it don't matter, it don't matter
So...
And then, you know, there's always one or two things to be learned
to be learned from an experience like this
It don't matter
It don't matter
It don't matter
What's that?
Ken Livingstone is a folk hero
But it's not the right
You know what I'm talking about
You know what I'm saying
I'm making perfect sense
You're the one who's coming out with the car
You know what I'm saying
It's the truth
It's the truth
Oh yes
It don't matter
It don't matter
It don't matter
It don't matter