Claire Foy and Louise Brealey read a hilarious exchange of letters between '80s teenagers

Pamela Des Barres spent many of her younger years as a groupie, travelling the world in an effort to get close to, and spend time with, the rock ‘n’ roll stars of the moment. The following exchange of letters--between teenage her and a couple of friends--is from her 1987 memoir, I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie.

Louise Brealey and Claire Foy joined us to read these brilliant letters at Wilderness Festival, UK, in August 2023.

May 1965. © Pamela Des Barres

[CajunCraft]

I think the memoir was published in 1987- these are from the 60s as part of her high school memories.
She followed bands for a pretty long time and definitely went harder than Cathy and Stevie ever would 😆

[frogpalpeeper]

Just for the coinage "repugnate", this gets my thumbs-ups! 🤣

[icetech]

Love Claire sooo much... since she played Adorabella Dearheart.. :)

[garbledtransmission]

This makes SOOOO more sense when you ignore the title and realize the brief "5965" was the date of the letter. The Beatles vs The Stones was life shatteringly important in 1965...not so much in the 80s despite Lennon's passing.

[filmsforsmartpeople]

"You repugnate me" i think i'm gonna use that.

[mattdavis]

LOL! Claire that was once again absolutely perfect and hilarious! Thank you!!

[cmtippens]

According to the description, Pamela (aka - Famous Groupie) included these letters from the 60s in her memoir which was published in the 80s.
These are two British actors doing their best at portraying what three 1960s era girls could have sounded like, not an impersonation of the actual letter writers.
Please stop dissecting the minutiae and just enjoy the presentation.

[alexasaltz]

Pam as in Pamela DesBarres? Hah!!! I love it!

[WalterBurton]

Not 80s teenagers. No, these were 60s teens.

This is from the book _I'm with the Band_.

[mattdavis]

And hands down....Pam won the argument...lol....

[jackielinde]

I have a question, as someone who was a teen in the 80's. HOW CAN THESE BEEN TEENS IN THE 1980's WHEN THE DATE ON THE LETTER IS 1965???

[mollysidney]

I've met Pamela, this is spot on.

[thembikunene]

I still have some letters from my friends in the 80's.
And an entire diary of 1986!
Interesting reads indeed...

[penihavir]

Typo, it’s 1960’s teenagers, not 1980’s teenagers. And 1960’s teenagers didn’t speak in a valley-girl accent, that’s the 1980’s. 🤦‍♀️

[antoinepetrov]

In case it isn't clear from the other comments: THE TITLE OF THE VIDEO HAS TO BE CHANGED to "[...]'60s teenagers"

[echognomecal]

Just wondering if they'll fix the title to the correct: '60s...especially since the exact date is even stated in the beginning of the video. This is not the best effort from the channel by a long shot, but they could at least get the title right.
Usually, these are a delight.
(18 hours & counting)

[ChrisSmith-lokp]

the beatles wanted to hold your hand, while the rolling stones wanted to burn your house down

[sue.F]

No 1980’s teenagers would be concerned with the Beatles or Stones…

[stanbts]

Jackson and Yibo know each other and battled on street Dance of China lolol

[pumpthewater]

So this is what the English do between servings of boiled beans. Bravo!