1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Fitzi and Whipper podcast. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 2: We've got a very good friend in the studio. He's 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 2: brand new album, Precious is out today. It is the 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 2: magnive and con. 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 3: About time baby gee personal title. 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: You're mentioning off air that your mom used to call 7 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: you that and still does precious. That's really cute, mate. 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: Are you a Lord of the Rings fan? 9 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 3: Precious is the lead. Well, it's my favorite song on 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 3: the album, and it's about you know, and obviously I've 11 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 3: had my son this year and this album is you know, 12 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 3: all of my life coming to that moment where it 13 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 3: was like do I give up? Do I keep going 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 3: making music? 15 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 2: And yeah, this is precious? 16 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: Is it? 17 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 2: Precious? 18 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 4: Is it? 19 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 2: This is? 20 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 3: I record this whole album live with the best musicians 21 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 3: on the planet. Also, it's my you know, it's my 22 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 3: passion progress. 23 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 4: And Memphis is one now one today? How many leather 24 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 4: jackets is Memphis? And instruments? 25 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 3: I bet he does he truma when you're when you're singing, 26 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 3: it's like all people get you his instruments for your kid. 27 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 3: It's like it's just we got everything, not another ud, 28 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 3: like seven guitars and it's like so. 29 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: If he's not a muser, there's an issue. 30 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, totally. 31 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:17,839 Speaker 2: Is he shredding already? 32 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 3: He's terrible, but he loves he loves music, and he 33 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 3: definitely knows the difference between Dad and other singers when yeah, yeah, 34 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 3: Legs just goes nuts like loves it. 35 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: The last time we spoke to you, I mean, you 36 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 2: wrote this album about a year ago, so you've been 37 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 2: waiting for this to drop. It finally drops that in 38 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 2: between that time and you're writing more stuff for you 39 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 2: What are you doing? 40 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 4: Yeah? 41 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 3: I mean I'm constantly writing it pretty much every couple 42 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 3: of days. But I'm about to It's funny, you know, 43 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 3: the album comes out today, but I'm already like planning 44 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 3: the next album. I'm already I leave for La next 45 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 3: week to go work on the next batch of songs. 46 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 3: So it's kind of like also I went through I 47 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 3: started this album pre pandemic, and then you know, I've 48 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 3: had a baby, I've had changes within Yeah. 49 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, weet week. 50 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 3: Last week went to Mexico City for my mate's wedding. 51 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 4: How did that go? 52 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 3: It was a show and I had to So it's 53 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 3: worse because my Greek green card is run out, so 54 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 3: I had to go through Canada. So I flew Brisbane 55 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 3: to Vancouver fourteen hours, ten hours in Vancouver airport, and 56 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 3: a six hour flight to Mexico City, then a two 57 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 3: hour flight to Guadalajara, landed, had three days on the ground. Oh, 58 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 3: I was a groomsman as well. Went out the night 59 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 3: before the wedding. Had to sing at the wedding, so 60 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 3: put myself together and then the next morning out of there, 61 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 3: same route back. Obviously, jazz is looking up to Memphis 62 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 3: this whole time. Get back in the doghouse, not happy. 63 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 3: There's a song that I have to go and place 64 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: two shows in Melbourne that weekend. 65 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: There's a song called Oh Mexico, Hey Mexico, look what 66 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: you've done one you could. 67 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: Write a song about that. Hey, if you're writing a 68 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 2: new album, now, are you going to use your bess 69 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 2: mate mad at all? Now? He was your guitarist. He's 70 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 2: now with Delta, and Delta's I feel like Delta's stolen 71 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 2: Matt away from you. 72 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: I'm a bit angry about it, to be honest, we 73 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: got to know im angry about it. 74 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 2: You you guys wrote some great music together, he did. Yeah, 75 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: do you reckon? You could get him back do you 76 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 2: reckon he would come back to you. 77 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 3: I have laid the law down and I've said, hey, listen, 78 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 3: you got to choose. And I guess he's chosen. 79 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's chosen. 80 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 3: She's hotter than me. 81 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 2: That's true. 82 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: He hasn't pad question yet. 83 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 3: No, he hasn't. He's not fully committed. 84 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:31,959 Speaker 4: I want to see what his allegiances to you. 85 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 2: Okay, So if you rang Matt from your phone and 86 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 2: asked him to come back to record this new album 87 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 2: with you, give me somewhere that you could go in 88 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:41,839 Speaker 2: the world to write this album. It will take six 89 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 2: months to do. 90 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 3: The guy who's signed out band, he's a guy out 91 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 3: of Germany what we call Sons of Midnight. 92 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 2: Say Sons of Midnight. They're really keen to getting back. 93 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: But you've got to go to Berlin for six months 94 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 2: to write an album. I like that, Caul, we call it. Yeah, 95 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 2: let's call it. 96 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: Let's give him a call, yo, how are you? He 97 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: liked that one? 98 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 3: Eh? Wait, Oh, I got to tell you something. Had 99 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 3: the craziest call with Hayden last night. Oh yeah, he's 100 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 3: been trying to get me something happening in Germany. Yeah, 101 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 3: he was like, what's the band doing now. I was 102 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 3: listening to some of the old songs they never came out, 103 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 3: had they gone anything else? He was like, listen, like, if. 104 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 2: They what the band's back together? 105 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 3: Wait, if they honestly said like no, we've got to 106 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 3: go to Berlin and go would you come? 107 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 2: Yeah? 108 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 4: Yeah? 109 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 2: What about Delta? 110 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 4: Well, I mean if it's like come and release songs 111 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 4: as an album, so like, of course we're going to 112 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 4: do that. 113 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 3: We'd pretty much have to do like another six month 114 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 3: stint like last time, if they were to promote it 115 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 3: and do it properly, like I would take Jasmine Memphis, 116 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 3: but obviously you can take Delta. But I mean it's 117 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 3: not like he gets married or anything. 118 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 2: Who knows. I mean maybe she, who knows. There's no 119 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 2: crazy ideas anymore. 120 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 3: So you you were happy, you would leave Delta for 121 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 3: six months, you would be You're ready, ready roll if 122 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 3: they if they're like, okay, we'll fly you out. 123 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, of course I consider that. 124 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 4: That's that's a great opportunity. 125 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 2: That's not something that comes every single day. All Right, 126 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: we're not going to say no to that. Let's have 127 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 2: the conversation. You would leave Delta for six months to 128 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 2: go back to Conrad, that's what we wanted. 129 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 3: Welcome the man. 130 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 4: The band went back together very well. 131 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: I love how excited you were, mate. 132 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I see. 133 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 3: Maybe he's loyal after all. Look at that. 134 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 2: That is commitment. You want the band back together, Maddie. Yeah, 135 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 2: that's it. 136 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 3: We laugh about we're going back to the Domini. 137 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 2: What was always a conversation. So then that means if 138 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 2: you're locked in for the next six months, you're not 139 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 2: proposing to deal with in the next ste. 140 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 3: It always comes back to that. 141 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 2: We'll have to give her my personal life. 142 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: We'll have to give her a call now. 143 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 4: Yeah. 144 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 3: I feel I'm here promoting my album all they want 145 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 3: to know about when you're getting a game. 146 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 2: Love you, Maddie. 147 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 3: Thank you Anyboddy, I love you better than I thought. 148 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, mate, I love you. Not out of the question, mate, 149 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 2: We love you, mate. Thank you very much for coming in. 150 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 2: The new album, Precious is out now. Conrad, Saul, thank 151 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 2: you very much. 152 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: Thanks guys, Thanks buddy. You're listening to the Fits and 153 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: Whipper podcast.