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The Sparks Brothers

Ah. -Merci. Thank you.My relationship to Sparks, like most everything else,is based on...

Ah. [speaks French] -Merci. Thank you.
-[applause] [continues in French] BOHEM:
My relationship to Sparks, like most everything else,
is based on coffee

Full Transcript

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Ah. [speaks French]
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-Merci. Thank you. -[applause]
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[continues in French]
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BOHEM: My relationship to Sparks,
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like most everything else, is based on coffee.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
01:16:44
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, comedy
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

A musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks.
The one place you could go in Los Angeles - The Sparks Brothers 00:05
The one place you could go in Los Angeles
RODDY BOTTUM: People started to say, - The Sparks Brothers 00:13
RODDY BOTTUM: People started to say,
BOHEM: I started noticing - The Sparks Brothers 00:04
BOHEM: I started noticing
They were there almost every day that we were there, - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
They were there almost every day that we were there,
RUSSELL: One thing led to the next, and we, uh, - The Sparks Brothers 00:08
RUSSELL: One thing led to the next, and we, uh,
But it was the start of the '80s version of Sparks. - The Sparks Brothers 00:04
But it was the start of the '80s version of Sparks.
BOHEM: We went to S.I.R.-- - The Sparks Brothers 00:11
BOHEM: We went to S.I.R.--
I want to say we rehearsed for six weeks, - The Sparks Brothers 00:07
I want to say we rehearsed for six weeks,
RON: Sometimes, we just kind of drift into things, - The Sparks Brothers 00:08
RON: Sometimes, we just kind of drift into things,
You know, it's an interesting thing - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
You know, it's an interesting thing
Russell would kind of do, - The Sparks Brothers 00:07
Russell would kind of do,
Ron would furiously finish the lyrics, - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
Ron would furiously finish the lyrics,
The lyrics would show up, and we'd go, - The Sparks Brothers 00:27
The lyrics would show up, and we'd go,
♪ Crash, bam, now you're looking good ♪ - The Sparks Brothers 00:18
♪ Crash, bam, now you're looking good ♪
Like, literally being like, - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
Like, literally being like,
♪ Tips for teens, the kind you don't see... ♪ - The Sparks Brothers 00:18
♪ Tips for teens, the kind you don't see... ♪
RON: The radio station that really mattered was - The Sparks Brothers 00:10
RON: The radio station that really mattered was
["Don't Go" by Yazoo playing] - The Sparks Brothers 00:08
["Don't Go" by Yazoo playing]
Sometimes they hit it - The Sparks Brothers 00:05
Sometimes they hit it
KROQ played all the-the weird stuff coming from England: - The Sparks Brothers 00:08
KROQ played all the-the weird stuff coming from England: