1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: It fits in with her with Cape Ridgie podcast as 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: a bit of a treat for you right now. 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 2: We do adore this lighting, which is fitting that I 4 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 2: start with that, I've used it before. Now the new song, 5 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what. We're loving this new song, beautiful Eyes. 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 2: She said that this is her favorite song that she's 7 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 2: ever written. It is the magnificent Amy Shuck Hoil alone. 8 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 3: Welcome, Amie. I didn't know that, is this really your 9 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 3: most favorite song? 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 4: It's a big call, right, Yeah, kind of nervous saying that, 11 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 4: but yeah, it's for I didn't say my best song 12 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 4: because that's that's a little bit controversial, but like, I 13 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 4: think it's my favorite for a few reasons. Like I 14 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 4: went on that really big regional tour and I had 15 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 4: a lot of time alone and I was up to 16 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 4: like Show twenty seven. It was like kind of halfway 17 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 4: and I was in this really weird mindset, like it 18 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 4: was kind of defeating me, and I wasn't eating good 19 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 4: and I just, I don't know, I just felt crap. 20 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 4: And then I asked my tour manager. I said, can 21 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 4: I just like get my guitar and I'm just going 22 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 4: to try and write, like to try and pick my 23 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 4: mood up. And I wrote this song and it just 24 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 4: changed my whole rest of the tour. And it just 25 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 4: came out very easily, and it was kind of like 26 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 4: a lot of songs now after being in these rooms 27 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 4: with you guys, and that you can be a little poisoned, 28 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 4: like you can write something to like oh radio like 29 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 4: this and I know how to do this trick and whatever, 30 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 4: and this song felt really pure and just I wasn't 31 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: trying any tricks. 32 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: It was And when you went, sorry, Fitz, when you 33 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: say open your beautiful eyes, is that to you? 34 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you so much. 35 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 5: That's all I needed to know. 36 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: Outside of it as it goes with my long hair, Yeah, 37 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,479 Speaker 1: but it is it meant to mean have a look 38 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: at how look what's around you. 39 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. 40 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 4: It was just a very universal line that I was 41 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 4: pretty proud of because I was although I was looking 42 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 4: back at all my decisions that I had made, and 43 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 4: the song's very personal if you listen to like the verses, 44 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 4: the chorus is very like don't hold back, you know, 45 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 4: just just kind of re act on what your gut 46 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 4: is telling you. Open your beautiful eyes. And it could 47 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 4: be to anyone. 48 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 2: That you posted a video, Aims, and you know what 49 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: that the smile on your face before with an acoustic guitar, 50 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: You'll buy a lake? Where were you you? And you 51 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: showed everyone this song and the smile on you were 52 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 2: glowing and it was as if you'd just written the 53 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 2: song where were you? Is that on the regional tool 54 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 2: the teas. 55 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 4: With the water in the back, Yeah, that's at the 56 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 4: batch we have, like this batch in New Zealand in 57 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 4: the South Island and very it's like, do you know, 58 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 4: have you ever heard of batches in New Zealand? 59 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 5: I was about to say, yeah, Yeah, it's. 60 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 4: Like it's like a cabin and there's not much Wi 61 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 4: Fi there and it's just stunning, Like it's that. 62 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: Is that? 63 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 2: Is that an inspirational place for you to write music? 64 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 2: Do you go to places like that to find inspiration? 65 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 3: Sometimes? Aims? Yeah. 66 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 4: I mean I've been going there since I met Shane, 67 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 4: since I met my husband, and it's kind of been 68 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 4: in his family forever. I always joked that I only 69 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 4: married him to get into the patch in on this 70 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 4: property move. But so anyway, yeah, I've been going there, 71 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 4: you know, since I was like twenty twenty two, twenty three, 72 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 4: So I have been writing that that place. 73 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, what was the cold Play over in Perth? You 74 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: supported Coldplay over there? That looked unbelievable. One off show. 75 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: I mean they call the thing was everyone traveled from 76 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 2: all over Australia to go to Perth for that one 77 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 2: off show and then they called a national tour at 78 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: the end of it. But that looked you did you 79 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 2: hang with the boys? 80 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 3: Did you did you get to move? Now? 81 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 4: I kind of knew that would happen. Fits like it 82 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 4: just it's one of those things everyone thinks, Oh, you're 83 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 4: going to hang out. There's such a big band, you know, 84 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 4: there's such a big band, there's so many moving pieces, 85 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 4: there's there's millions of people in their crew. But I 86 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 4: did get a beautiful card and like a nice bottle 87 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 4: of wine and so and I think for me it 88 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 4: was just the fact that Chris and the guys actually 89 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 4: listened to the songs and we're like, yeah, we want 90 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 4: you to do it so they know my name and 91 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 4: that was all enough for me. 92 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: That was enough, All right, this is exciting. She's brought 93 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: the guitar in Beautiful Eyes is the name of the 94 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: song which we're playing here at Nova, and we've said, Amy, 95 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: you have to come in and do this on the 96 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: guitar when an acoustic version Amy shark beautiful eyes take 97 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: it away. 98 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 3: Aim. 99 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 6: If you spend enough time with someone, chances are you 100 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 6: probably going to fall in love. Maybe it's the way 101 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 6: they pick your brain. 102 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 3: Maybe you're bored and you need to change. 103 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 6: Don't hold back when you like start moving, try to react, 104 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 6: don't think, just do in darling, don't let the days 105 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 6: go back. 106 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 3: Open your beautiful plas. 107 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 5: Yeah, I remember when I was seventy, Amy, why you 108 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 5: always got it disagree? 109 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 2: My mother was a baby with a baby like me. 110 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 6: My boyfriend at the time wasn't nice to me. Don't 111 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 6: hold back when your legs start moving, try to react, 112 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 6: don't think, just do and don't let. 113 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 3: The days go back. 114 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 7: Open your beautifulas. 115 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, lie down when you had start spinning right 116 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 8: and down. 117 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 6: The pain starts here and on the day God die, 118 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 6: I will, I'll miss you. Don't hold back when your 119 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 6: leg start. 120 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 3: Moving, and try to read. Don't think, just. 121 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 6: Do and darn until let the days go die. 122 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 3: Open your beautiful. 123 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 6: Don't hold back when you leg start moving, try to read, 124 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 6: don't think, just do it. 125 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 3: Don't let the days go by. 126 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 7: Open your Beautiful, Open your Beautiful, Open your Beautiful. 127 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: Fits In Whipper with Kate Ritchie is a Nova podcast 128 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: walk great shows like this. Download the Nova Player via 129 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: the app store or Google Player. 130 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 3: The Nova Player