If These Walls Could Sing

00:00:47 My name is Mary.

00:05:07 which I'd sort of fantasized in my bedroom about as a child.

00:09:12 And anyone who thinks that, um, this is an easy business should come and have a try.

00:12:05 And we did it in one day.

00:15:22 And many of my, sort of,

00:20:55 I mean, if you think about... You know, it's just crazy.

00:24:14 So, this is gonna give us a lot of time to record.

00:27:22 Have the mic on the piano quite low, this.

00:30:57 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,

00:34:17 Reg Dwight was a songwriter that we knew,

00:37:24 And he has no idea what that moment meant to me, but, hopefully, he will now.

00:40:58 And, of course, when she sings, she's doing all the histrionics and things.

00:45:17 I was losing control. Uh, my voice wasn't heard.

00:48:55 so they're just, like, trying to work out the enigma machine.

00:52:55 It was, um...

00:56:21 And then press the play button, then you sit there and listen to a whole album.

00:59:59 At that time, his recording company wanted him to record in Nigeria,

01:04:00 We had a two-day sale. A Saturday and a Sunday.

01:07:14 You think, "Oh, whoopee, this is... Wow, what a... what a sound.

01:10:36 Or perhaps in the world.

01:13:49 You know, it starts with the Beatles, and then The Stones appear,

01:17:07 Making this film and collecting these stories,

01:21:59 When you enter a place with so much history around it,

01:25:22 That's your lot.