Speaker 1: Welcome to them, Christian no Common Show podcast. Whenever he's
Speaker 1: on the show. I love chatting to Jimmy Barnes. And
Speaker 1: the great news is he's calling the show today because
Speaker 1: we can go and see him live. It's so great.
Speaker 1: You know, we've been talking on the show about us
Speaker 1: trying to get tickets for our teenage kids to go
Speaker 1: and see Harry Styles. Next year. You can go and
Speaker 1: see Jimmy Barnes live, who is amazing live. So Jimmy
Speaker 1: Barnes is on the line right now. Jimmy, you must
Speaker 1: be so excited you get him back out there. You're
Speaker 1: going to do what you love live in front of us.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, and especially can be doing these songs on the
Speaker 2: SOLDI thirty album because the thing about recording this album, Christian,
Speaker 2: thirty years ago, I realized the importance of the quality
Speaker 2: of songs. You know. I put this album out and
Speaker 2: I thought, oh, this might be okay, And of course
Speaker 2: it went to become the biggest record I've ever had,
Speaker 2: and that's based purely on the quality of songs. And
Speaker 2: I just I love singing these songs live.
Speaker 1: Did you enjoy Blues Fest last week? Had some friends
Speaker 1: up there said it was amazing.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we had a.
Speaker 2: Really great time.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 3: It was really nice to get out and do what
Speaker 3: we all do best, which is you know, make rock
Speaker 3: and all music in front of a big crowd. The
Speaker 3: audience were really, really in full voice and were very
Speaker 3: low and all the bands were just dying to get
Speaker 3: up and play.
Speaker 2: It was awesome.
Speaker 1: And what have you missed about live? Because it's hard work,
Speaker 1: isn't it? Touring?
Speaker 2: Well, it's hard work, but it's a slipping around. It's
Speaker 2: a hard work.
Speaker 3: You know, you're getting like anybody going through airport's travel
Speaker 3: and you know you're going to drive for eight hour
Speaker 3: serry gig or something like that.
Speaker 2: That's it's always hard work, but it's a reward at
Speaker 2: the end of it. It makes it all worth while. No,
Speaker 2: my wife and I we did songs every day during
Speaker 2: lockdown and we were putting them up on social media as.
Speaker 1: You've known, and Jimmy, I've got to say on a
Speaker 1: half of so many of us, because obviously you know
Speaker 1: I'm here in Melbourne with six lockdowns. So many of
Speaker 1: my listeners we watch those every day. It was like
Speaker 1: you're doing us a public service. Thank you to you
Speaker 1: and your wife for doing.
Speaker 2: That it was actually doing other public service question because
Speaker 2: it was really and not only did to keep us
Speaker 2: connected to the audience, but it kept us connected as
Speaker 2: a couple too. It was really good fun. But in
Speaker 2: saying that, there's something you know which you know, you
Speaker 2: sort of you know, you take for granted for a
Speaker 2: long time, and then then when when it's taken away
Speaker 2: like it was through the pandemic, you know, you realize
Speaker 2: that that connection that you make with an audience at
Speaker 2: a live show is really what brings that whole thing
Speaker 2: to life.
Speaker 1: And what is on the ride of these days? Do
Speaker 1: you have much on there? Now? What's on there? Now?
Speaker 2: Oh? You know, listen, there's all sorts on there. I mean,
Speaker 2: my my drink of choices, honey and hot water. You know,
Speaker 2: but that's that's good just because that's good for singing,
Speaker 2: you know, but lots of water. You know, there's there's
Speaker 2: always a bottle of whiskey on there. There's always a
Speaker 2: bottle booty on there.
Speaker 3: You know, the boys, the boys and the band drink
Speaker 3: and you know, they're like there's a there's always a.
Speaker 2: Bit for guests and they'd be here and you know,
Speaker 2: but it's you know, I mean whereas before the Rider
Speaker 2: was was was sort of bigger, bigger, a longer document
Speaker 2: than the stage. There's much less important much just we're
Speaker 2: just happy to get out and play shows.
Speaker 1: And tell me this. Who do you like the sort
Speaker 1: of new wave of artists now? I see this week
Speaker 1: that's Harry Styles is coming over next year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and he's he's very good. My daughter loves him
Speaker 2: and I've seen some videos if he shows. He's a
Speaker 2: young fellow, has come through really quick, and he's got
Speaker 2: a good depth to him. You know that people really
Speaker 2: like him, any of the snappy act very There's a
Speaker 2: lot of talented young musicians out there and they're listening
Speaker 2: to everyton from grunge to punk to crooning, and they
Speaker 2: find the ways of combining them all. Music's really changed
Speaker 2: over the years, and there's lots of bands that are
Speaker 2: still really taking what we were doing and reinterpreting it
Speaker 2: and making it even more special.
Speaker 1: Do you know what I'd like to hear a collaboration
Speaker 1: between you and Harry Styles? That'd be good.
Speaker 2: Can you organize? I'm in he's on your show, you
Speaker 2: tell him, yes, Jimmy, come on in.
Speaker 1: And what would you do? What would you if you
Speaker 1: could pick any song to do with him. What would
Speaker 1: it be? An old classic of soul, one, a motown one,
Speaker 1: a samkin.
Speaker 2: I think probably a motown song or something like that
Speaker 2: would be good.
Speaker 3: You know, you'd have to have.
Speaker 2: Something to get moved to, so you know, I don't
Speaker 2: know whether it be like we have money.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that'd be brilliant.
Speaker 2: You have one of those great old songs where he
Speaker 2: can bands off each other. He'd be awesome.
Speaker 1: Now tell me this on the show, Jimmy, we're talking
Speaker 1: about the birds and the bees. Do you remember how
Speaker 1: did you find out about the facts of the of life? Jimmy.
Speaker 2: Oh, you know, I found out like a lot of
Speaker 2: people did in the school yard. But I remember remember
Speaker 2: your father didn't talk much about any of that, and
Speaker 2: my mom they just sort slapped me by the ear
Speaker 2: and said, look, just don't ask questions and get out
Speaker 2: of here. But my stepfather, the bless his heart, my
Speaker 2: stepfather and Adelaide. I remember it came the day he
Speaker 2: decided he was going to give me the big sex
Speaker 2: salk and he and he took me aside and said
Speaker 2: sit down some you know, we've got to talk. And
Speaker 2: I can see he was so nervous. He was, you know,
Speaker 2: he was terrified. And he said, and I said, what
Speaker 2: do you want to talk about? And he said, oh,
Speaker 2: you know, we're going to talk about sex. And I said,
Speaker 2: don't worry about a couple of years too late. You know,
Speaker 2: I'm okay, I'm in a band now.
Speaker 1: And then suddenly when you're a dad. You know, how
Speaker 1: did you handle those chats?
Speaker 2: But time all happened with us. You know, sex education
Speaker 2: in schools, it wasn't a taboo subject. Kids couldn't do
Speaker 2: anything that would surprise me because that's your everybody. So
Speaker 2: it was just we were very open family, and you
Speaker 2: know there was you just have to sort of be
Speaker 2: prepared to talk about anything over the dinner table with
Speaker 2: your family because you know that's what you do. It's
Speaker 2: open line of communication with no repercussions, to just be
Speaker 2: able to talk freely.
Speaker 1: Well, if you're taking requests when I come and see
Speaker 1: you on tour, I'd like to hear you do let's
Speaker 1: talk about sex, baby. I think you could do a
Speaker 1: rip raw and cover version of that.
Speaker 2: Jimmy, I'll bring executive all right, you do it with Harry.
Speaker 1: All right, Jimmy, I love change you always Jimmy, You're
Speaker 1: you're a force for good in the world. Go and
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