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Creation Stories

Corporate disguised itselfas hipster, and indie just disappeared

Corporate disguised itself
as hipster, and indie just disappeared

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Corporate disguised itself as hipster,
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and indie just disappeared.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:34:18
Uploaded
May 12, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, music
Production
Burning Wheel Productions,Head Gear Films,Metrol Technology,Carte Blanche,Lightcraft

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Movie Summary

Creation Stories tells the unforgettable tale of infamous Creation Records label head Alan McGee; and of how one written-off young Glaswegian upstart rose to irrevocably change the face of British culture.
They were gonna do whatever they wanted, - Creation Stories 00:05
They were gonna do whatever they wanted,
My next guest on the couch is music industry guru, kingpin, - Creation Stories 00:13
My next guest on the couch is music industry guru, kingpin,
He's political, occasionally controversial, - Creation Stories 00:07
He's political, occasionally controversial,
Alan McGee, the man with a masterplan, - Creation Stories 00:10
Alan McGee, the man with a masterplan,
But some might say he went from rolling with it to rolling in it. - Creation Stories 00:05
But some might say he went from rolling with it to rolling i...
By selling his shares little by little to Sony - Creation Stories 00:06
By selling his shares little by little to Sony
Is this a stitch-up? - Leaving the bands all around - - Creation Stories 00:06
Is this a stitch-up? - Leaving the bands all around -
Creation Records didn't live forever, know what I mean? - Creation Stories 00:05
Creation Records didn't live forever, know what I mean?
They didn't need Creation anymore. - Yeah, but why kill it? - Creation Stories 00:04
They didn't need Creation anymore. - Yeah, but why kill...
Look, I built the biggest independent record company out of nothing. - Creation Stories 00:06
Look, I built the biggest independent record company out of ...
I discovered and signed the world's biggest act - Creation Stories 00:07
I discovered and signed the world's biggest act
CD sales went up 800% between '89 and '99 with me on the charts. - Creation Stories 00:06
CD sales went up 800% between '89 and '99 with me ...
And overseas sales made the UK more money than the motor industry. - Creation Stories 00:04
And overseas sales made the UK more money than the motor ind...
My bands did that, and everyone else, - Creation Stories 00:07
My bands did that, and everyone else,
I got a whole country into Es and dance music. - Creation Stories 00:05
I got a whole country into Es and dance music.
And once I'd done that, I got political, - Creation Stories 00:07
And once I'd done that, I got political,
They made out they cared about social justice, - Creation Stories 00:08
They made out they cared about social justice,
Who got them to make a new deal for the musicians? I did. - Creation Stories 00:04
Who got them to make a new deal for the musicians? I did.
Despite George Martin's objections, - Creation Stories 00:05
Despite George Martin's objections,
Anyway, Blair had me excommunicated, - Creation Stories 00:08
Anyway, Blair had me excommunicated,