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I hated the Libertines.
From that very first article in NME, I hated them. I didn't like their music. I didn't like the things I read about them.
I would still like to stab Doherty in the face. Repeatedly.
But watching the video for Can't Stand Me Now (or whatever it's called), I feel really, really sad. The whole video is made to show - and it's not slash goggles, it's fucking deliberate - how completely devoted to each other they were. The mic-sharing moments where they're half a centimetre from kissing to the lingering looks they give each other, and the whole song itself... They actually just look totally in love.
And the one thing I ever heard about that band that stuck in my mind was that when they were doing the festivals, that last summer, after Pete was kicked out, they had to ban him from backstage before shows because "they knew if Carl saw him he'd be back in the band, just like that".
How fucking depressing that such a close relationship could be destroyed by something as heinous as fucking drugs.
*goes to cuddle Tricky and Petey and thanks fuck they're both straight edge*
From that very first article in NME, I hated them. I didn't like their music. I didn't like the things I read about them.
I would still like to stab Doherty in the face. Repeatedly.
But watching the video for Can't Stand Me Now (or whatever it's called), I feel really, really sad. The whole video is made to show - and it's not slash goggles, it's fucking deliberate - how completely devoted to each other they were. The mic-sharing moments where they're half a centimetre from kissing to the lingering looks they give each other, and the whole song itself... They actually just look totally in love.
And the one thing I ever heard about that band that stuck in my mind was that when they were doing the festivals, that last summer, after Pete was kicked out, they had to ban him from backstage before shows because "they knew if Carl saw him he'd be back in the band, just like that".
How fucking depressing that such a close relationship could be destroyed by something as heinous as fucking drugs.
*goes to cuddle Tricky and Petey and thanks fuck they're both straight edge*
