S2 [1] Billy Balls and His Babygirl | The Ballad of Billy Balls

The Ballad of Billy Balls

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History, Society & Culture

4.4 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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New York City. The 1970s. Artists flock to the East Village hoping to make a name for themselves. Enter Rebecca, an aspiring model, who meets Billy Balls, a rock and roll musician like no other. They fall madly in love and are inseparable, until one night, when Billy is mysteriously shot.

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0:15.0	A lot of people are afraid of crime in New York City.
0:18.0	Afraid that there's no such thing as a safe neighborhood anymore.
0:22.0	It's the mid-70s in New York City.
0:26.0	Graffiti covered subway cars rattle through wormholes beneath the streets.
0:31.0	New Yorkers saw one result of the city's tight new budget when garbage began to pile up in the streets.
0:36.0	The city is bankrupt and drugs and violence are destroying people's lives.
0:42.0	I'm petrified. I'm afraid to be alone on the street.
0:46.0	And then there's the music scene downtown.
0:50.0	Bars with sticky floors like CBGB's and Max's Kansas City explode with sweat and filth and energy.
0:58.0	Can you hear the bubbles?
0:59.0	The birthplace of many Iraq legends.
1:02.0	And also this guy.
1:04.0	Everybody thinks I'm going to die with for 30, you know?
1:08.0	Billy Balls, dead set on making a name for himself.
1:11.0	That's the truth!
1:16.0	Billy had a girlfriend named Rebecca.
1:19.0	She was bleached blonde in a bombshell.
1:22.0	You think I'm pretty, huh?
1:24.0	You think I'm pretty?
1:26.0	Sugar, I'm one of the few not-so-meet, man.
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