A goof
When Mike is knocked down in his boxing match with Jim, the man refereeing the fight starts counting in Spanish (uno, dos, tres, cuatro) then switches to Italian, saying "cinque" rather than "cinco" for "five".
shareAren't you clever.
shareNo ! The referee was clever. Proving that he was multi-lingual and probably quoting latin to the boxers along the way.
shareA minor goof is when they are in back of the van and Stevie says his mum drove a bus during the war. Keith Moon then says "His dad was a number 69er".
shareAnother goof , though not in the dialogue or direction, is Jim Maclaine being the voice of the youth voicing his opinions on sex, starvation and drugs. This would have been 1966 or possibly even '65 when he is seen on TV being interviewed. Even though this was the era Lennon was crucified for his blasphemous comments, I don't think pop stars were revered enough to be giving their world opinions on a major TV network (CBS) at prime-time at this point. Pop was on the verge of becoming art but not at this time and not so early - only 18 months or less - into an artists career. These rock bands were still considered light entertainment flash in the pans by the establishment.
shareAlso the fact that he never starts playing guitar until the early 60's as the prequel ends is another possible goof in the script. He plays only harmonica up till then and doesn't play much of that in the last part of TBTD. It doesn't really add up that he could become a musical genius - the minstrel of a generation - without many years and real knowledge of chords. He was writing with Stevie in The Straycats initially so maybe he learnt his musical prowess through him. Still doesnt equate with the big names in modern music who played for many years honing their craft before making it big.
shareI don't think pop stars were revered enough to be giving their world opinions on a major TV network
Adam Faith had been interviewed by the BBC on their prestigious "Face To Face" programme in the early 1960s, so it wasn't completely unknown for pop stars to appear on serious programmes, even if it was some times seen as a gimmick. share
Women did drive buses during the war.
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