Claire Foy and Louise Brealey read a hilarious exchange of letters between '80s teenagers

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  • čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
  • Pamela Des Barres spent many of her younger years as a groupie, travelling the world in an effort to get close to, and spend time with, the rock ‘n’ roll stars of the moment. The following exchange of letters--between teenage her and a couple of friends--is from her 1987 memoir, I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie.
    Louise Brealey and Claire Foy joined us to read these brilliant letters at Wilderness Festival, UK, in August 2023.
    May 1965. © Pamela Des Barres

Komentáře • 54

  • @CajunCraft24
    @CajunCraft24 Před 10 měsíci +47

    I think the memoir was published in 1987- these are from the 60s as part of her high school memories.
    She followed bands for a pretty long time and definitely went harder than Cathy and Stevie ever would 😆

  • @frogpalpeeper4249
    @frogpalpeeper4249 Před 10 měsíci +20

    Just for the coinage "repugnate", this gets my thumbs-ups! 🤣

  • @icetech6
    @icetech6 Před 10 měsíci +10

    Love Claire sooo much... since she played Adorabella Dearheart.. :)

  • @garbledtransmission
    @garbledtransmission Před 6 měsíci +2

    This makes SOOOO more sense when you ignore the title and realize the brief "5965" was the date of the letter. The Beatles vs The Stones was life shatteringly important in 1965...not so much in the 80s despite Lennon's passing.

  • @mattdavis1735
    @mattdavis1735 Před 10 měsíci +13

    LOL! Claire that was once again absolutely perfect and hilarious! Thank you!!

  • @cmtippens9209
    @cmtippens9209 Před 10 měsíci +28

    According to the description, Pamela (aka - Famous Groupie) included these letters from the 60s in her memoir which was published in the 80s.
    These are two British actors doing their best at portraying what three 1960s era girls could have sounded like, not an impersonation of the actual letter writers.
    Please stop dissecting the minutiae and just enjoy the presentation.

  • @filmsforsmartpeople3587
    @filmsforsmartpeople3587 Před 9 měsíci +14

    "You repugnate me" i think i'm gonna use that.

  • @alexasaltz4229
    @alexasaltz4229 Před 2 měsíci

    Pam as in Pamela DesBarres? Hah!!! I love it!

  • @WalterBurton
    @WalterBurton Před 10 měsíci +22

    Not 80s teenagers. No, these were 60s teens.
    This is from the book _I'm with the Band_.

  • @juliamaddox4408
    @juliamaddox4408 Před 10 měsíci +27

    The letter was dated 1965, correct?

    • @CatsandJP
      @CatsandJP Před 10 měsíci +9

      That’s what she said. 5/9/65

    • @echognomecal6742
      @echognomecal6742 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Yup. They completely botched the title.

  • @thembikunene5175
    @thembikunene5175 Před 8 měsíci

    I still have some letters from my friends in the 80's.
    And an entire diary of 1986!
    Interesting reads indeed...

  • @mattdavis1735
    @mattdavis1735 Před 10 měsíci +8

    And hands down....Pam won the argument...lol....

  • @mollysidney1963
    @mollysidney1963 Před 8 měsíci

    I've met Pamela, this is spot on.

  • @cath3638
    @cath3638 Před 10 měsíci +14

    Definitely 60's teens.

  • @jackielinde7568
    @jackielinde7568 Před 10 měsíci +75

    I have a question, as someone who was a teen in the 80's. HOW CAN THESE BEEN TEENS IN THE 1980's WHEN THE DATE ON THE LETTER IS 1965???

    • @San1984
      @San1984 Před 10 měsíci +19

      Description says the letters were published in 87, I guess the person writing the title got confused

    • @echognomecal6742
      @echognomecal6742 Před 10 měsíci +7

      @@San1984 Quite confused...or lackadaisical.

    • @stevenredpath9332
      @stevenredpath9332 Před 9 měsíci +4

      If you were born in 1965 you were a teenager right up to 1984 and would stop being a teenager in 1985.

    • @echognomecal6742
      @echognomecal6742 Před 9 měsíci +7

      @@stevenredpath9332 Sorry, you're suggesting the letter was written by an infant?

    • @drooplug
      @drooplug Před 8 měsíci +1

      The date is read directly from the letter. 5/9/65. They were written in 1965 and published in 1987.

  • @jbpeltier
    @jbpeltier Před 9 měsíci +2

    You tell 'em, Pamela lmao

  • @penihavir1777
    @penihavir1777 Před 10 měsíci +17

    Typo, it’s 1960’s teenagers, not 1980’s teenagers. And 1960’s teenagers didn’t speak in a valley-girl accent, that’s the 1980’s. 🤦‍♀️

    • @kitty1376
      @kitty1376 Před 10 měsíci +6

      Who cares if they didn't speak that way in the '60s? She's reading it in 2023 and I'm guessing no one said she had to read it in a specific way.

    • @CatsandJP
      @CatsandJP Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@kitty1376The letters are authentic so you would expect them to be read in an authentic manner…I’m guessing your of the generation who like to kill authenticity…

    • @echognomecal6742
      @echognomecal6742 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@kitty1376 The idea is to present in an authentic manner. Sorry someone had to be uncommonly rude about it, tho.

    • @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991
      @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 Před 9 měsíci

      They aren't the first British actors to do an American accent as SoCal Valley style.

  • @antoinepetrov
    @antoinepetrov Před 5 měsíci +1

    In case it isn't clear from the other comments: THE TITLE OF THE VIDEO HAS TO BE CHANGED to "[...]'60s teenagers"

  • @echognomecal6742
    @echognomecal6742 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Just wondering if they'll fix the title to the correct: '60s...especially since the exact date is even stated in the beginning of the video. This is not the best effort from the channel by a long shot, but they could at least get the title right.
    Usually, these are a delight.
    (18 hours & counting)

  • @josephteller9715
    @josephteller9715 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Title is Mislabeled, obviously.

  • @ChrisSmith-lo2kp
    @ChrisSmith-lo2kp Před 21 dnem

    the beatles wanted to hold your hand, while the rolling stones wanted to burn your house down

  • @ja.ts.eva00
    @ja.ts.eva00 Před 25 dny

    Queen Elizabeth and Molly Hooper

  • @K10House
    @K10House Před 10 měsíci +2

    Be like Pamela y'all

  • @sue.F
    @sue.F Před 10 měsíci +17

    No 1980’s teenagers would be concerned with the Beatles or Stones…

    • @lancer525
      @lancer525 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Can confirm...

    • @sarahjones8396
      @sarahjones8396 Před 10 měsíci +6

      The letters were actually written in the ‘60s but published in the ‘80s hence the references to The Stones and The Beatles, but the heading of the video does suggest otherwise!

    • @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991
      @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 Před 9 měsíci

      Perhaps not, though they likely would have been aware of both bands (speaking a person who was a teenager in the 80s). Plus, the Rolling Stones were touring and releasing music in the 1980s, and perhaps would be even more likely to "repugnate" a teen in the 80s than in the 60s, and maybe even more likely to do so now than in the 80s. 😂

    • @OrangeTabbyCat
      @OrangeTabbyCat Před 4 měsíci

      The Stones were still around and pretty bigin the 80s. The Beatles didn’t interest me at all back then.

    • @karenkalweit6018
      @karenkalweit6018 Před měsícem

      Loved them both in the 80s.

  • @stanbts7365
    @stanbts7365 Před 10 měsíci

    Jackson and Yibo know each other and battled on street Dance of China lolol

  • @bmacpher
    @bmacpher Před 9 měsíci

    Comedy really _is_ subjective.

  • @pumpthewater419
    @pumpthewater419 Před 9 měsíci +1

    So this is what the English do between servings of boiled beans. Bravo!

  • @philomelodia
    @philomelodia Před 3 měsíci

    These are boomer kids. 60s teens. Beatles mania and Rolling Stones. 80s was different. Think Eddie Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Michael Jackson and Prince. And Madonna! You can’t forget Madonna.

  • @dupersuper1938
    @dupersuper1938 Před 10 měsíci +11

    Wow. Teen girls were always awful.

  • @CatsandJP
    @CatsandJP Před 10 měsíci +1

    Where’s the hilarious part?....this is just two supposed teenage Americans and their usual obsessions with singers…on being groupies…plenty of girls did it back in the day ..and still do…clearly stated 5/9/65 right…