WEBVTT - MINI: Paul Kelly

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to them, Christian no Common Show podcast, say hello

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<v Speaker 1>to our special guest who's come in today. He's not

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<v Speaker 1>plugging anything. He just responded to an invitation a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of weeks ago when I was saying how much I

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<v Speaker 1>love Paul Kelly and how to Make Gravy and he's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be singing for us. But first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>Paul Kelly, thank you very much for coming in on

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<v Speaker 1>the show today.

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<v Speaker 2>My pleasure. Christian's good to be here, so Paul.

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<v Speaker 1>For many years before I moved here to Australia on

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty first December, I used to love playing How

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<v Speaker 1>to Make Gravy and not many people knew about the song,

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<v Speaker 1>but I would always get a very big reaction in

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<v Speaker 1>the UK. Want to know who this song was by?

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<v Speaker 1>Because it's a beautiful and a rare, contemporary, good new

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas song. I'm dying to know was a song not

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<v Speaker 1>that hard to write because there's been so many Christmas songs?

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<v Speaker 1>How do you come up with an original angle?

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<v Speaker 2>I guess the thinking about it for a little while

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<v Speaker 2>that was probably more the hard part. I remember thinking, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>hell the hell am I going to write a Christmas song? This?

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<v Speaker 2>There's how many out there, and I thought, what's the

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<v Speaker 2>best way to write about the feeling of Christmas? And

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<v Speaker 2>my next thought was, well, maybe the best way to

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<v Speaker 2>write about the feeling of Christmas is to write from

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<v Speaker 2>the point of view of someone who can't be there

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<v Speaker 2>for Christmas. And as soon as I had that thought,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought, you know that, the next one was, well,

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<v Speaker 2>why can't they be there? And I thought, ah, they're

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<v Speaker 2>in prison. Once that was that was like the key,

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<v Speaker 2>and then the rest of the song sort of wrote

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<v Speaker 2>itself from there. I realized. I realized afterwards, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that was sort of the most popular Christmas song of

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<v Speaker 2>all time. White Christmas is the same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a yearning and long and isn't it. It's that

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<v Speaker 1>ache of the heart that feels not just the people

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<v Speaker 1>that are there, but also feels equally the absence of

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<v Speaker 1>those that aren't there, and it's so powerful.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't think it would be a widely popular song

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<v Speaker 2>because I thought, well, it doesn't have a chorus, it's

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<v Speaker 2>set in prison. You know, nothing repeats, So I just

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<v Speaker 2>sort of I thought, I thought, this is I like

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<v Speaker 2>this song, but I didn't think it'd be like massively popular.

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<v Speaker 1>It's also very uniquely Australian Christmas song because queens ain't

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<v Speaker 1>gets mentioned in there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and also being hot on Christmas Day. So a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of this song is about the phrasing more than

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<v Speaker 2>the rhyming. I think it's more I listened to a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of hip hop.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to see a collaboration with you and M

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<v Speaker 1>and M in the next couple of years, next Grand

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<v Speaker 1>Final playing that a unique collaboration, very unique comedy of

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<v Speaker 1>p K and eminem live at the sp That could

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<v Speaker 1>be the next album.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, what did that understand? That's that's That's an incredible though.

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<v Speaker 1>How much do you know about the movie? Then? I'm

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<v Speaker 1>reading a couple of weeks ago about how to make

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<v Speaker 1>Gravy is going to be a movie?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I know a little bit about it. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>pretty much sort of hands off, but they finished shooting

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<v Speaker 2>so that I haven't seen any anything of it.

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<v Speaker 1>But is there a cameo? Do you get you could

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<v Speaker 1>be a very menacing prisoner. Now I'm not one of

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<v Speaker 1>the life is.

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<v Speaker 2>Or something you know in there? Well Briggs is playing

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<v Speaker 2>one of the screws, one of the guards.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well it should have been you, Ambriggs. Would have

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<v Speaker 1>been fun and so what happens? What is Christmas for you? Then?

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<v Speaker 1>Because obviously you're part of a big family. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you got eight brothers or sisters?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's eight of us. It's sort of roughly scattered

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<v Speaker 2>between queens and then Victoria, I guess our main event

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<v Speaker 2>these days we have Christmas Eve where we get together

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<v Speaker 2>and stumble the way through some carols.

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<v Speaker 1>What a great thing to do. So you'll sing together,

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<v Speaker 1>What a great thing to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Mary, my sister made the song. She she plays piano,

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<v Speaker 2>and my nephew down and I stumbled along with the guitars.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone brings a plate.

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<v Speaker 1>Well does this sound as much as a Carol's bint?

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<v Speaker 1>Candlight is great? This is what we should be watching.

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<v Speaker 1>You should be streaming this live from Paul's. I paid

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<v Speaker 1>to watch that. I bet that's great fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I'm going to miss it this year because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>doing Carols by candle like.

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<v Speaker 1>You double booked and double book this year.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to tell the family story.

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<v Speaker 1>Your poor family. The way is Paul, he's got a

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<v Speaker 1>big gig tonight, he's working tonight. It's going to be fun.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to do how to make gravy and grow

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<v Speaker 2>in Silent Night, which is putting my beautiful favorite Carol.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, gorgeous him and all kind of. It's a beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>song actually as well, isn't it so, Paul, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>very much, have a lovely Christmas. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a great Christmas yourself too. Thanks Christian well,

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