In a little bar in a little town in the Midwest not so long ago. Mike Shinoda and "The Boss" sitting over drinks. Both are quite tanked.
Bar Keep: That'll be ten fifty.
Mike Shinoda: Where'd you go?
Bruce Springsteen: I come from down in the valley
Jeanie C. Riley: Harper Valley?
Bruce Springsteen: No, the one with the River.
Jeanie C. Riley: Oh… cuz my Momma socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.
LL Cool J: (He has just walked up, glances at Mike) Momma said knock you out.
(Mike Shinoda leaves hurriedly)
Bruce Springsteen: What about your Poppa?
Jeanie C. Riley: Oh, Poppa was a rolling stone.
(Man at bar tilts up his cowboy hat to reveal the face of Bob Dylan)
Bob Dylan: How does it feel?
Jeanie C. Riley: To be Poppa?
Bob Dylan: No, to be stoned.
Jeanie C. Riley: Uh…I have an appointment with Janis Joplin right now. Sorry, I'm late.
(Jimi Hendrix is coming down the aisle like a jester, playing an electric guitar with his teeth, Joni Mitchell on his arm. Jeanie C. Riley steps out.)
Jimi Hendrix: I'm Stone Free
Bob Dylan: (Nonchalant)But everybody must get stoned. (then thoughtfully) You've never seen a ghost… but you have heard of them.
Bruce Springsteen: Hey, baby.(To Joni Mitchell) Glory Days, they'll pass you by. Wanna start dancing in the dark?
Joni Mitchell: Are You trying to give me a case of you?
JIMI Hendrix: (noticing Springsteen trying, he looks at Joni) Let me stand next to your fire
Joni Mitchell: I'm looking out for love but (Glancing at Bob) I want a Midnight Cowboy.
Bob Dylan: (To no one in particular) I'm married. I want You. There must be some kinda way outta here. (Glancing now at Joni)
What's a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?
Joni Mitchell: Where are you from, Coyote?
Bruce Springsteen: (Butting in rudely) I was born in the U.S.-A.
Joni Mitchell: Well we just come from such different sets of cir-cumstance. I dunno. (Nicely) …you're not my type
Jimi Hendrix: You know I really don't mind. It's all groovy baby. (Calling to bar keep) Hey Joe…
LL Cool J: (To Jimi) I wouldn't take that from nobody
Bob Dylan: (snidely, to nobody) Whose gonna take away his license to kill?
LL Cool J: (Defensively)I can control myself... You don't believe me?
Bob Dylan: The answer my friend is blowing in the wind. You could at least try to maintain your Dignity though. After all, a hard rains a-gonna fall and the times they are a-changing.
Joni Mitchell: (In agreement) I Know!! They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Bruce Springsteen: I remember riding into Darlington County. It was me and Wayne on the Fourth of July.
Joni Mitchell: Doesn't he work on the county line now?
Bruce Springsteen: Uh yeah.
Bartender: Anymore drinks???
Bruce Springsteen: Fill her up. Think I'll drink till I get my fill. And I hope when I'm older I don't sit around thinking about it. But I probably will. I'm going Down.
Joni Mitchell: Cool Water. And coffee and conversation. That's all I want.
Jimi Hendrix: I'm groovy baby. This Purple haze is all in my brain.
Bob Dylan: That's not so bad. I'm tangled up in blue. I'll Have One more coffee b4 I go.
LL Cool J: Go Where?
Bob Dylan: I like to spend some time in Mozambique
LL Cool J: You're going to Mozambique?
Bob Dylan: (Pause) No, Senor. I'm going to the Alamo right above Mexico to search for my Brownsville Girl before I become all unplugged.
Jimi Hendrix: Groovy. I thought you were chained to your true love. You aren't hitched to your honey?
Bob Dylan: I married Isis, but I love my Brownsville Girl. Everybody gotta Serve Sombody.
LL Cool J: Well who luvs you better?
Joni Mitchell: So are you taken or not?
Bob Dylan: I shall be released
Joni Mitchell: Ohh! I can see from both sides now. (Nodding her head wisely) Sex kills.
Bruce Springsteen: I can't take this anymore. (Rising up) I'm drivng a stolen car. On a pitch black night. If you come along Joni, everything's gonna be alright.
Bob Dylan: May you stay Forever Young
LL Cool J: (Flexing) You stil Doin' It. Wanna get your head sprung?
Joni Mitchell: Be Cool. Where you going?
Bruce Springsteen: Thunder Road. Wanna come? I feel like I'm on a Down-bound train…
Joni Mitchell: Only if you take me to Paris. You can be a free man there, Mr. Blue.
