Free Love Freeway
"Freelove Freeway" is a song written by
Versions
The first version of "Freelove Freeway" was played by Brent during an employee training seminar. He went home to get his guitar and entertained his employees with his original songs he used to sing with his
In 2004, singer-songwriter and musician
Gervais and Mackenzie Crook (as Gareth Keenan) performed the song at the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in 2007.[3]
In January 2009, Gervais was a guest on BravoTV Inside the Actors Studio season 15 with James Lipton, where at one point of the interview he answered Lipton's question as David Brent. Then Brent obliged the audience by singing his latest song "Freelove Freeway" with a guitar supplied to him by Lipton.[4]
In 2013, Gervais brought back his famous character Brent on his YouTube channel in a web series, "Learn Guitar with David Brent". He plays guitar, gives some tips on how to play and answers fan questions. Among the songs he played are "Freelove Freeway", "Spaceman Came Down", "Ooh, La La" and "Life on the Road".[5][6]
References
- ^ "Take a Trip Down the Free Love Freeway with Freeview". Freeview.co.uk. September 24, 2018.
- ^ "The Office: The Christmas Specials (15)". The Times. October 23, 2004.
- ^ "Concert for Diana - What happened minute by minute". BBC News. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ "Inside the Actors Studio Season 15 Ricky Gervais". Bravotv. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Ricky Gervais Presents Learn Guitar with David Brent". Open Culture. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Ricky Gervais Breaks 2 Million Barrier for Learn Guitar for David Brent". RadioTimes. Retrieved 29 March 2015.