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So for this show, right, actually, I know Stephen laughed actually when I sent him the text,

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then maybe we do a song, then he's like, ha ha ha. I said, why is this guy laughing? Okay.

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He guessed the song. Oh, it's got to be something Elvis obviously.

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No, no, it's not. It's not. It's not. It's not. It's not. Fly me to the moon.

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Oh, fly me to the moon. Well, I haven't sung for two months, so don't ask me to sing today.

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Okay. I mean, Stephen asked me on Thursday, he said, hey, you know Jenny Unwell,

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you think you can come and cover? I said, I haven't sung since about the 10th of December.

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I'm very funny about my voice. I always work my voice out.

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I understand. Very, very dramatically, like a week in advance.

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Believe me, I'm a bathroom singer. Yeah. I've heard you sing. You can sing.

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And I could get to you guys. We're all coughing now. We're all a bit scared.

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No, no, if you don't want to. Why do you talk about singing?

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We'll talk about singing. Do your panic.

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We are, we are better than you. Interview over.

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Interview over. We don't believe this.

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I don't believe I'm hearing this in the both of you.

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No, but it's quite funny. So many people must think we just rock up and sing. Of course we don't.

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You have to work on your voice. Yeah, you got to warm up.

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Are you recording or? No. Yeah, of course. We're always recording, man.

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Oh, is it? Oh Jesus. That's okay.

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But he's got no, what do you call that? Filters.

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Yeah. No filters.

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Fart that. Fart that. No filters.

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So I can swear then. It's good for you then.

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Hey, you know, none of you said that. I had someone who visited yesterday and told me, Chris,

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you know, I've asked, because she's got quite a good business network and I'm out there looking

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for advertisers and sponsors, right? And she said, I asked two persons, you know, two business

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owners and they came back and they said, no, it sure is too vulgar. It really would not give our

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brand a good look. I said, what the fuck's wrong with you? It's not going to get better with us

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three. That's for sure. I think if you had any sponsors, I think she's bloody lost them all.

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You know, my reply is very simple, man. If today Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen,

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right, is going to open up for advertising and sponsorship for cheap. You'd jump at it,

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wouldn't you? It's very true actually. Yeah. So I love Golden actually. I'm a big fan of Golden.

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You are? Who? Gordon. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The way he said Gordon. I said Gordon again. Gordon.

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No, I'm a big, I'm a really big fan of him. I tell you, British accents, man, British accents.

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How do you say it the first time? Gordon. I heard Gordon. Gordon. Gordon. You're not a Brummie, are

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you? No. Bloody hell, no. OK, so what do you guys think? You want to do the song or not? No.

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Can I be honest? I literally have not, I have not used my voice in two months. I've got two guys here.

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You sing, then Stephen will follow. I have about a 10, ask you guys how are you going to do this shit,

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man? Have you heard this voice? Do I sound like I want to sing? I've been at the bar for five days

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in a row. OK, OK, OK, I'll tell you what. A magic word, sing. He goes. Yeah, anyway, everything can

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be post-produced. Everything can be post-produced. Panic stricken. If we sound like shit, yeah, I'm

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not going to put it on. Don't lie. If we sound like shit, it's going to go on the cutting floor.

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I'm going to do you guys that favor, OK? Fuck that, I'm going to do them that favor. He's panicking.

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I'm drinking wine, we're all coughing. Welcome to the world of singing. OK, OK, we just give it a

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shot. We fucked it up. And I'm telling you, I'm not in good shape, too. I burned my vocal cords a

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couple of weeks ago. Wow. Yeah, yeah, because I came back so sick and I project out vomited. Oh,

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my God. And then I sneezed and I have this stupid habit of doing this. Oh, yeah, I do that too,

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and the pressure. It's bad for you. I also do the same thing, you know, it's not good for you. Yeah,

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it's not. And I tell you, I'm not in good shape, you know. So let's all fuck up together, OK?

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This is going to be brilliant. OK, let's just give it a shot, for shits and giggles, man.

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This is more than shits and giggles.

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It's only 5 meters. It's not like a heavy song.

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No, but our favorite song. Is there a story behind that song? When you say that it's a song

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we love, but something went wrong with that song, is there? No, it's Stephen saying that as kind of

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a joke, because the one song that everybody was, especially back in the early, you know,

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Bellini Room place. Bellini Room, yeah. Everybody used to say, every piece of paper.

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It's flying to the moon. And he used to say, yeah, fly me to the moon. And like that.

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As if to say, fucking hell, not again.

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And we still say now, is that the reason why you laugh?

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Seven fly me to the moons on one night. Oh my God. Really?

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So we just played it. Yeah. Oh, did you?

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Even if we didn't, he used to pretend that we just did. There are some songs, actually,

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that I've never got tired of singing. Swae, I still never get tired of singing.

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Okay. There's some songs you don't get tired of singing. They're like your signature tunes,

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but flying to the moon is one of the ones I just think, oh, again.

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You know something, man? I honestly, honest to God, I didn't know.

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You know now. Now I know. When I picked that song.

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Give me two more glasses of water, I'll tell you even more.

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Oh, boy. Can you believe this? Okay.

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Okay. Let's give it a shot. Let's give it a shot. I'll start off again.

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Sounds like a doctor's surgery.

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Okay. Okay. Okay. So much.

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Okay. Let's cue this up. Let's cue this up. Let's really just mess this up.

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Let's mess this up. Let's mess this up. Okay. Let's play.

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Oh, fuck you know. Turn up the music a little. Yeah. I cannot hear.

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Yeah. I don't say something else.

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Don't kiss it.

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it's been a couple of months. Sounds like the believe big band.

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Yeah. All right. Yeah. Pretty good.

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It's kind of cool. You could have warned me I was singing today.

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I didn't want to tell you.

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I would have done a runner. Come on, Chris. Take it, baby.

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Be true.

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Okay. That wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.

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It wasn't as bad. Man, I really fuck it up. I can still sing. That's good.

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You got the right key. Yeah. Thank God for that. That was a start. That was pretty nice.

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It was funny though. It's funny at the beginning.

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You have my permission to put it up. Yeah. Thank you very much.

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We can get away with that one, I think.

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This is my tribute to the two of you guys. And this episode is called Epic Bromance with Rob

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Collins and Stephen Francis. Chris, can I tell you something, which is so random?

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Right. I landed in Singapore this very day in 2007.

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Really? February the 9th.

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Really? I've never forgotten the date.

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I've never forgotten the date. So actually, this is the first day I met you 18 years ago.

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18th anniversary, man. Happy anniversary, guys.

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Can you fucking believe this shit? And I'm going to tell you a story about how I met him.

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He fucking hated me as well. Yeah. I'll tell you the story in a while.

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Okay. We can swear, right? Because I'm swearing a lot.

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You can swear. I just want to tell you about the cameras. I should have told you earlier,

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but never mind my fucking recording. That one right there, that's all three of us.

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That one is the two of you. That one is me. Okay? Right. There we go.

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As long as you cut it all together later so we look gorgeous, I don't care.

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So 18 years ago, you guys met. Literally.

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I just need to, I want to find out from you, Rob,

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what prompted you to come to Singapore 18 years ago today?

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It was super random because I had had stuff online and I've been doing stuff in the UK,

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and I used to play in all the pub circuits and all the bars and the clamps. And I'd work with

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some of the guys from Big Country. I mean, you might not even remember that band.

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Big Country is the band that played the song Big Country. Of course I remember.

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Mark Brasicki and Josh Phillips had written some songs for me.

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My manager had put all these things together and I had these kinds of things online.

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And Stephen and I think it was Misha, right? No, Imelda.

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Oh, Imelda. Imelda Paulo.

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They were kind of online. She was the entertainment manager.

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Yeah. Right. I was music director.

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They've been scanning online. Yeah, we were looking for foreign artists

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to fit the bill of Michael Buble. It was supposed to be a Buble thing.

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Buble thing, yeah. Right.

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It's our big band. Where?

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St. James. In the Bellini Room.

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Right. Right.

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So it just, it was really random. And this is really true because my parents don't live

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there anymore, they're back in the UK. But I was going down to visit them in France

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and I had a Blackberry. I mean, fucking hell, we're really going back in time.

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Blackberry. Oh, man. And I'm in the back of the car going down

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and I got this message. Oh, we'd like you to come to Singapore. I was like, what the fuck?

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How did you feel? How did you feel about that? Learning that people, someone said you're going

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to want to come. Can I be really honest with you?

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Yeah, please. I was so daunted and scared and I was

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shitting myself. Why?

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Because I'd been online and I'd looked at St. James. I didn't know much about Dennis Fu,

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but then when I, you know, you could Google and things.

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Right. I mean, you could scan some stuff.

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I'd seen things on YouTube. I'd seen things about him and I just thought,

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I don't think I'm fucking worthy to work with these guys, man. I mean, I was really

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crapping myself. No joke. I was really scared.

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Really? I was so scared.

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And just that three months away from home, because it was supposed to be three months,

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which is now 18 years. Three months turned into 18 years.

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That completely changed my life, but I was really scared.

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The first day of rehearsal, he fucked me up.

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Yeah, I did. What happened?

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Because he was bloody late. Five minutes late, I was just downstairs

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preparing all the scores. I was just so nervous.

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He complained to the management. Yeah.

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Where's your music director? How come he's not here?

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Did this sound like a scared man? Yeah.

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I said, this motherfucker wants to fuck around with me, huh?

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I said, oh, you wait and see. I gave him hell, boy.

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Yeah, he did. He was so horrible to me. I hated him. For the first month that we knew

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each other, I fucking hated him. Yeah.

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Really? I hated him as well.

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Okay. And now could you imagine the pair?

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And now look at the pair of us. No joke, that is really true.

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Because I've never been so far. I mean, obviously I played in America and I'd done this,

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but I'd never been away on such a massive thing as St. James was.

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I think a lot of people, especially younger people now, that never were part of St. James,

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I never saw it, I never witnessed it, have no bloody clue how massive that thing was.

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You got to give it to Dennis on that one. You got to give it to the foo on that one.

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I mean, I always say that. I think you guys are going to agree with me.

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I know Dennis. He was, he'd been on my previous podcast twice.

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Oh, really? Yeah.

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Yeah. Great guy. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I hope he's up for it.

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Yeah. Yeah. And he's a great guy. You know, he came with Jenny, his missus.

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And wow, the stories. I was going to say the stories were going forever.

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Remarkable bloody stories. He was in the press yesterday. Did you see?

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Was he? Yeah. There was a thing about nightlife and how 3,000 places have just closed down in

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Singapore. Did they get him the quote? Because I think they're referring to this one. Kai,

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can you put that one up? You're referring to this article.

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This one. This is the one. He's in there. Right.

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He's in there. And so is Mogan from Pub Crawl. So one of my first bars, my first bar was in Boat

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Key. So I used to have the Pub Crawl guys. So I know there were so many names in that thing

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yesterday. I read the article that I knew these people, which is so weird for me because,

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yeah, obviously this is the first person I met 18 years later. I'm doing F&B and stuff like that

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as well. You know, so usually you brought it up because as you can see, I've actually prepped

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that article to appear. Right. And you brought it up, just brought it up. It was amazing actually.

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And since you brought that up, well, the reason why I have that there is because I want to ask

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you guys, I mean, we all know, and I just cannot imagine 18 years ago was Boyle Room and St. James

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Power Station, the Bellini Room and all that. It's so long ago. It doesn't seem that long ago anyway.

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And, you know, yeah, yeah, vibrant. And even before that, Dennis, Dennis is a king. Well,

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I think Steven's the one to answer this one because he's been doing this a lot more than me

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in Singapore, you know. Before that was Devil's Bar. Devil's Bar. The Europa group. Yeah. And I

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mean, those were the years that people like me, we were enjoying it. The bands, the Filipino

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explosion in Singapore. Right. And really it forced, I'm saying it boldly and I said it before

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on this show, it forced a lot of our local musos to also step up because the pinnoys were coming

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and they were great. Right. And it was a good thing. And Nightlife was so vibrant. Yeah. You

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know, so amazingly vibrant. And I was smitten by all of that, you know. And to me guys like you guys

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and to have met and also meeting soon, you know, a lot of people that I looked up to when I was

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younger, people who were quite influential for me, it all stemmed from guys like Dennis and what he's

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done, you know. And I think in my opinion, he's top notch in my book. Well, you got to think,

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sorry, you got to think, you just mentioned that article. And even after all the years,

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when was the last time Dennis actually operated in space or anything? He's retired anyway. He's

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been retired for ages, but still they go back to the Oracle to ask his opinion on stuff. So that

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shows you how influential he is as a person. And every time I see that name, I just think, well,

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he was my boss. It makes me think bloody hell. I learned so much from him. You know, you use that

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term Oracle, man. I think that's so suitable for him. Yeah. It's so appropriate. Really, if you

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think about obviously Stephen known him for God knows how long. I've known him for 18 years. Don't

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know how long Stephen's known him. Yeah. You know, probably 118 years. So what's missing?

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What's missing in Singapore's nightlife today, you guys? What do you think?

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Say it, just say it, man. I mean, the crowd has lessened a little bit, you know, all the,

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all the crowds that used to follow us, they don't go out no more. Yeah. We have parties at home or

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they have families. I retired. I gave up drinking, whatever, you know. So now it's a new trend.

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You know, it's a new batch of people, right? And they only party like once, twice a month.

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Right. Not like before. It can come party every, every night. So do you think it's a cultural thing?

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You think it's a cultural thing or do you think it's a matter of question of cost? I was just

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going to say, I actually think one of the biggest things is the bloody cost. Yeah. Of course it's

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just ridiculous as that article itself says. Yeah. Even for myself, obviously I'm at my own

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bar. Okay. So I don't have to spend money at my bar because it's my bar. So I drink for free, right?

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So I drink for free, but going home, I tell you what my taxi was last night, $64 to go home.

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Holy crap. I mean, of course I did the premier one. Otherwise I'll be sitting there for 20 minutes

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waiting for a plane to go home, right? But even if it wasn't $64, it's going to be 40 bucks. So if I

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go to my bar five days a week, that's four, eight, 12, 16, it's $200 a week just to take a taxi home.

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So times that by a month, that's two, four, six, it's $800 a month. So from the consumer's perspective,

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what you're saying is that from the consumer's perspective, it is about cost for them in terms

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of transportation, in terms of costs of cover charge, the cost of the booze they buy. I think

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a lot of places do they still do cover charges. Not much. I think a lot of people have dropped

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the cover charge. I don't know. I don't party anymore. Well, there you go. You should answer

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a bloody question. Why don't you go? I don't go out because, okay, I tell you frankly, I don't,

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not that I don't want to, I would love to. Hang on. Let me qualify this. No, no, no, no, no, no,

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really, really, really. I'm not saving my ass. I mean, I really don't give a fuck. I'll see things

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the way it is. I'll call a spade a spade, you know, so don't worry about that. You'll get everything

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cleaned out for me. First, today, what started a couple of years ago, and I realized that in

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this country, we're only seeing where bands are concerned, two piece, three pieces. Where's the

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money involved? Oh yeah. No, no, I understand. I understand that. So because bar owners, club owners,

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but I never forgive the hotels for this kind of, for this shit, because they've got money. Yeah.

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Yeah. And it's the P and L they're looking at, you know, but bar owners, you know, I can understand

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you bring in two piece, three piece. And you know, people like me, we grew up with five piece,

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at least on average, five piece, we get a five piece band. We get big sound. You've got to think,

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I think Steven and I, I don't know if there's a record, but I reckon in probably all of

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Singapore history, I reckon we had the biggest band. Oh yeah. Really? How big was that?

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Yeah. And Bellini, we've got nine piece. Oh, great. Just the band,

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schooling singers. Yeah. Plus three singers. Then Bellini Grande. Bellini Grande is 33.

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Musicians, singers and dancers. So big band. Yeah. Wow. So you can think that's why I mentioned

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Dennis. Wow. Talk about big balls to pull out something like that. You're talking about paying

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40 people a night. Orchestra. Yeah. We had an orchestra. I mean, who has an orchestra every

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night? You're such a lucky man, you know, because you sang at that big band, right? I mean, we opened,

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everybody remembers Bellini Grande. Actually, they don't really remember Grande that much.

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They remember Shanghai Dolly, but you've got to think before at Shanghai Dolly, we were the

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buggers that opened. There's one, there's one something I've yet to check off my bucket list,

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you know, singing of a big band. Oh, I've always wanted to do that. We should do it. We should do

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it. We should arrange it. Those things are so rare to be able to do. In fact, I still do now

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because there's the summertime's big band and the other one, Thompson's, right? I still,

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I still sing. I'm the lead singer for summertime. So I still get to do that. Well, it's such a

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lovely thing. I've seen, I've watched summertime once they were on one of my shows and they were

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the band for one of my gigs. It was years ago. This is a guy named Dale. Dale used to, used to

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come and play in the horn section with us every now and then when he was younger, before all the

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other businesses and everything else he's done as well. Yeah. But Dale used to come and sing.

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Well, there's something I have yet to check off my bucket list. So there's something I really want

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to do sooner or later. But anyway, coming back to the topic. So for the consumer, it's cost.

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For the bar owner and the club owner, it's also cost. So everything has got to do with the demise.

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I can dare say demise of our night scene is cost. Can we just boil it down to that? And then coming

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back to wait to my justification. Even for club owners, you know, it's all budget. Yeah. Cut down.

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That's why you see two piece, three piece. Because of it. And even the hotel I'm working at, you know,

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you know, Dow by Dorset. Yeah. Yeah. You know, now we've got three piece. Last year was just two

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piece, two night. And now we cut down to one night a week, but three piece. You know what I'm saying?

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It's just like, it's to balance up. But you know what's interesting now that you said this,

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what's interesting is you know, Mel's place. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, the guys are playing there all

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the time. Right. All the guys from Tanglin Club. I keep seeing them all the time. So Leonard, that's right. Leonard Daly and

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Gerard and sometimes Jeff Fonseca. They performed there, I think Friday nights. Yeah. Thursday night

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would be supernova. A bunch of young, you know, compared to us there. What do you mean compared to us?

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I'm only 12. Different Thursdays. And GMT with Sean. Yeah. I work with them a lot because I do some stuff

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at Tanglin as well every now and then. So they play on Saturdays. We're playing Tanglin Club this week actually.

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Ah, okay. So see, that's the thing. I'll come to that later. The country clubs, the recreational clubs.

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So Mel's place, I'm going to say this on there. Eurasian, right? I have never been. No, it's over here.

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I don't know where it is actually. It's in Katong. Just at the corner. Near Lorong Sanji in Katong.

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So I will tell you this because I'm a Katong boy, so I will tell you. You say Eurasian community, right?

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Actually, yes, you're right. But mostly the people who used to party every weekend at 57 Chevy.

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Oh. They had to close down. Right. Because it was unblocked. Yeah. Right. And it was sad because it

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was really a great community. And I was there. I'm there with my wife every Friday night, you know.

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Partying, drinking, partying. Not to boost it, like dead, but we're really having a great fun time.

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Band was great because Dad Sife played there. The late Jerry LaChica played there with Chicago.

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Right. And it was great music, man. Great DJs, great music. Great company. People were great.

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And it's safe. Everyone knows each other. So that group of people, the customers, you now find them

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at Mel's place. Why? You see, this is where I'm saying this because I want to make a point.

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You're not taking me out of retirement, are you?

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There's no way I'm singing six days a week again. You can shove that one.

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Do it once a week would be quite nice, isn't it? Once a week I don't mind, but six days.

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But the point is that when Mel's place, they were really quiet. Business was really quiet for me.

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A long time. Until somebody had the bright idea of let's try a band. Now I can tell you this much,

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because last week I was there, right? So they got the band in and then the crowd grew. Then they

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started Thursday night, we have band. Friday night we have bands. Saturday night we have a band.

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All different bands. Last Friday when I was there, they just changed the sound systems to accommodate

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for a band. So they're prepared to spend the money on it.

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So because something's working, right? And the place is packed. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, packed.

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Doesn't matter whether... So they got a hi-hats for Wednesday night.

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Yeah, when are we coming? I just said I wasn't going back to work.

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So, but then it just shows, right, that if you've got good bands playing, people come.

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But I think you've just kind of picked the nail on the head there, is that it's good bands.

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And I'm not saying that all places that have other bands are there, not good bands. I'm not

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picking between bands. I'm not saying this one's crap and this one's good. But if you've got bands

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that really can perform and they've got a following and they can do something, like Sean is great.

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That's life is great. I've seen these guys, you know, these aren't young boys as well, you know.

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Their life is not young. Sean's bloody two years older than me.

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Don't tell them that.

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No, but you know what I'm saying, right. But wow, they can put on a show, man. And people come for

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the show. Old school, I think. Old is gold. You've got to look at some of the young ones now.

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Yeah, they're great musicians. They've probably been to Berkeley and studied.

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But they don't have followers.

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They don't have followers. And you know, my biggest...

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That's most important today.

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And what's my biggest bugbear? What's my bloody biggest fucking thing that I hate the most

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about a singer on stage? Fucking iPads. Oh, God.

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You and I can really have a long conversation about that.

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The moment you have a bloody iPad there and you're reading the lyrics, you're not...

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You're interacting with the audience.

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It's a waste of bloody time. You might as well sit at home and sing KTV to yourself.

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Yeah, right. I agree. I hate that shit.

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That's one of the things that really fucks me off, actually. So, there's a 50 year old...

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But thank goodness I'm on the keyboard.

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You can cheat.

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You can cheat. It's like I'm reading the score.

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Yeah, you can cheat.

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No, no, no. They're not lyrics. They're not...

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It's not lyrics. It's scores.

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Scores.

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I mean, you've got to think... Don't get me wrong. Yeah.

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Basket.

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You've got to think, you know, all these big stadium shows and everybody,

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you think they don't read lyrics. Of course they do. They've teleprompter.

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Yeah, teleprompters on the ground.

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But they have them enough away so you can glance if you need it.

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But they're not bloody standing in your face.

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This is references. This is only for references.

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It's just to click your memory just in case, but not bloody standing.

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When we do stadium shows, we have teleprompters.

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Yeah.

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You know, say, fuck, the song, I just learned it. I need the lyrics. Don't worry.

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Or you know the funniest thing I do. He always says to me, bloody hell, man, you're old.

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He says that to me a lot. Anyway, bloody hell, you're old.

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You know what I do? I get a piece of paper. I put it in the printer.

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I print it out and I stick it on the floor in front of the monitor.

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So no one's ever going to see. I can look at the floor. No one ever going to notice.

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But there's no bloody way I'm having a night.

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I've done that before too.

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You don't know now.

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Yes. Shit. I've been lying for all these years.

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I've done that before too, man. On the floor monitors, right?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I did that before.

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I said, shit's a new song. Shit's a new song.

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And then you print out the font and make sure it's larger.

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Especially for me because I'm blind as a butt.

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You know, I thought I was alone, man, in this shit, man.

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No, no, no. I do exactly the same.

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Thanks for the confession.

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I don't mind. I don't mind confessing I'm old.

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I'm 50 in three weeks. I cannot believe I'm 50 in three weeks.

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You're not old. You're still young compared to me.

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Well, age is lateral.

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You're going to be 50, right? You're still 49, right?

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You're still going to be four in front of you in front of your age, right?

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I'm going to be 55 in April, man.

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Fucking hell. There's no hope. I'd give up now.

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I'm not quitting, man. I'm not quitting, man.

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I'm still going to go on as long as I can, man.

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Doing shit like this.

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Yeah, I mean, I enjoy this. I really do.

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Anyway, I was telling you just now.

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How many subscribers you have now?

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Like coming close to 70,000.

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Wow.

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God, there's 70,000 people who's going to be listening to me and you.

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They must be bloody bored.

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Just under 10.

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Say, shit, I need more subscribers.

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Come on, come on.

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Today is 70,000. Congratulations.

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Pretty soon we'll be hitting 70,000. Pretty soon.

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Yeah. In the next couple of days, we will hit 70,000.

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Wow.

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For sure.

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Well done.

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It's probably going to be 65,000 now that they've heard us sing fucking Fly Me To The Moon.

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It's gone that way.

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But the audience is not just local. The audience would be

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from Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore.

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Oh, wow. That's cool.

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Yeah. So it's regional.

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Hello to all those places.

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You've probably never heard of me, but anyway.

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Elvis.

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Yeah, you've heard of Elvis though.

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Hey man, Elvis, man. I mean, what can we do without it?

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If not for Elvis, we wouldn't have a job.

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No, that's true actually.

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That is true, man. Music wouldn't be what it is.

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You know I played at Grey Sands twice.

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I hate you.

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1997 and 2002.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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Wow.

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Wow. You and I are going to do some Elvis together.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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No, I still have this massive fascination with Elvis.

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When I was really young, it was really huge.

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You know, you go through phases of people

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and Elvis was one that I was just really demented about.

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Right.

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And I think there's a lot of his character that I think I've nicked a bit.

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I mean, I think all musicians do.

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We all laugh about the Rod Stewart thing.

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I nicked the bloody this out of that.

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I think all musicians, you steal something from somewhere else.

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We mirror people.

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Yeah, you mirror people because you admire them

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or there's something you watch and you think, oh, that's really cool.

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And then by accident, you end up kind of doing that yourself.

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Yeah.

412
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,760
But Elvis was really one of the first ones I just saw.

413
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,840
I just never seen anything like it.

414
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:41,280
And that career, so many people really,

415
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:44,240
they failed to understand that Elvis was 42 when he died.

416
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:44,880
Yeah. Yeah.

417
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,400
And a 20 year career, in which case in Hollywood,

418
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,000
he was the biggest paid star.

419
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:56,080
I mean, it's just the things are de-menting about what he achieved in 20 years.

420
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:56,640
Yeah, crazy.

421
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:57,760
It's quite mental.

422
00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,840
A lot of people, they don't see that.

423
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:03,840
I think a lot of youngsters nowadays, because, oh, it's old person's music.

424
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,320
They won't research that person.

425
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,400
There's so much to learn about old accents.

426
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,880
The biggest influence I've got, I mean, where singing is concerned.

427
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:12,800
I know it's me, but you don't have to tell me again.

428
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,680
It would have been you if you were 65 today.

429
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,120
Don't add another 15 years, please.

430
00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:24,080
If someone older than you cannot possibly be doing it.

431
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:29,520
Okay. No, actually he's on Elvis as well, because a lot of people don't know this.

432
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:35,280
I got influenced by him when I was about seven.

433
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,360
And at 10, I broke my voice deliberately.

434
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:44,240
I went so hard on working on trying to sound like the guy as a kid, right?

435
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:48,560
I remember when I was in primary one or two, when I got on stage

436
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:54,720
for the first time in my life and I sang, I discovered I'm tone freaking deaf.

437
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,120
And you know kids can be mean, right?

438
00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:04,800
And back then in 1977, you know kids, you get really teased, really insulted.

439
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,360
And I told myself never again would that happen.

440
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,800
I'll either run away from this or do something about it, right?

441
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:15,040
So I loved Elvis, so I just kept practicing his songs.

442
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,920
By the time I was 10, I broke my voice.

443
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:19,440
Then I could do Heartbreak Hotel.

444
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,240
Then I could do I Want You, I Need You, I Love You.

445
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,520
And it went on from there.

446
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:31,280
And then in 95, then TCS, now Media Corp came and called me.

447
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:37,200
And they did a feature on me on the Channel 8 program, Chen Lin Zha Zhi.

448
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:39,520
There are two features, one on something else.

449
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,360
I can't remember what, but on me it was an entire full day filming.

450
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,320
Came to my home, was in my car filming, me driving.

451
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,240
Then eventually doing a show.

452
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,000
Driving at 10 years old?

453
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,560
No, no, 1995.

454
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:53,440
Oh, sorry.

455
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:54,320
Keep up boss, keep up.

456
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,440
He's getting on a bit, I know.

457
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,520
All of a sudden you've got your timelines all warped.

458
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:03,920
And I'm the one drinking the wine.

459
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,160
Yeah, I'm wondering about that too, man.

460
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:07,440
We haven't asked him his age yet.

461
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:09,680
Official secret.

462
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,600
And you know, and then after I did the feature on me, right?

463
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,360
And all the Elvis shows that are coming in.

464
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:20,240
Yeah, very, very, very massive influence Elvis was.

465
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:21,600
And there's no way I can say that.

466
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,680
Question, because this is an interesting one.

467
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:24,180
Yeah.

468
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:25,840
Your favorite Elvis song.

469
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,880
Because that's, I mean, there's so many.

470
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:30,480
You really want to know, huh?

471
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:30,960
You, you, you.

472
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:32,080
Yeah, I would like to know.

473
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:33,680
You won't believe this.

474
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:34,960
Go on, shock me.

475
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:36,000
Don't Cry Daddy.

476
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,600
Oh, Don't Cry Daddy is a great song.

477
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:39,200
That's my favorite Elvis song.

478
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:43,200
So can I tell you something really that you'll just probably want to punch me?

479
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,080
Okay, what?

480
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:51,200
Okay, so in, I think it was, I think it was the first time I went.

481
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:52,880
So I think it was 97.

482
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:56,800
At the Memphis pyramid.

483
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:57,200
Yep.

484
00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:01,440
That was the first time they ever did the hologram of Elvis with the original band.

485
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:02,000
Okay.

486
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,800
And I was there as part of that thing to do the thing.

487
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:10,880
And that's one of the ones that he sung with Lisa Marie Presley.

488
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,200
So she sang live and he did the thing.

489
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:13,360
Yeah.

490
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,760
It was the original 70s band and everything else.

491
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:16,000
Right.

492
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,600
And I saw that at the Memphis pyramid in, I hate you.

493
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,360
I told you, can I hate me?

494
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:23,600
Yeah.

495
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:24,080
Amazing.

496
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:27,200
And because it was the, they isolated his vocal.

497
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,440
It's the first time anybody had done this thing.

498
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:30,640
They isolated his vocal.

499
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:35,440
So all of the original bands played and his vocal was isolated from recordings that they

500
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:36,880
had and other people sang along live.

501
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:41,440
But as if he was still alive in the, it was kind of the most incredible thing I've ever seen.

502
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:45,120
I'm going to move us away from Elvis a bit because I want to ask Stephen this question.

503
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:45,760
Yeah, go ahead.

504
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:53,760
I know for a fact, okay, the first time I saw you, I hope my memory serves me correctly.

505
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:58,720
But did you ever play in this bar in Novatel Orchid Inn called Cheers?

506
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:01,280
Cheers?

507
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:03,520
No.

508
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:04,160
Yeah.

509
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:04,800
I can't remember.

510
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,520
Not that I can recall.

511
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:08,320
I don't think so.

512
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:08,720
No.

513
00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:08,960
No.

514
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:09,440
No.

515
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:10,000
Okay.

516
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:10,320
Okay.

517
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:16,560
But I remember there was a keyboard player who sang that everyone calls boy.

518
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:17,280
That's him.

519
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:17,920
That's me.

520
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:18,400
Yeah.

521
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:19,920
But not in Cheers, I don't think.

522
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,680
Maybe I can't remember the place I saw you.

523
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:22,240
Yeah.

524
00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:24,880
Maybe I couldn't remember.

525
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:27,440
Back to Elvis again.

526
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,080
And there was a long time ago.

527
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,320
I think that was in the early nineties, probably.

528
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:34,880
Oh.

529
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:35,440
Yeah.

530
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:36,880
And why do people call you boy?

531
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,280
Because I'm the youngest in the family.

532
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:40,800
But I started real young.

533
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,000
Outside of your family.

534
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:43,040
I started at the age of 11.

535
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:43,280
Yeah.

536
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,000
But outside of your family, people call you boy.

537
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,440
People who knows me since young all call me boy.

538
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:50,000
Yeah.

539
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:50,400
It's weird.

540
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,880
I always call him boss because I didn't know him.

541
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:53,200
Yeah.

542
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,400
Then the other side of people that I've also encountered besides Rob.

543
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:57,040
I always call him boss.

544
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:57,600
It's very weird.

545
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,000
Colin Young calls you boss.

546
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:00,800
I don't know.

547
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,880
Quite a number of people call you boss as well.

548
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,080
Because I give them jobs.

549
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:04,640
Yeah.

550
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,040
Because he's always fucking bossing me about.

551
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:07,440
Okay.

552
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,840
And okay.

553
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:13,840
So you guys came together exactly today 18 years ago.

554
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:14,320
It's amazing.

555
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:15,520
I know that's really weird.

556
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:17,360
I remember when you told me the date.

557
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,400
I remember thinking, you know, you can't be serious.

558
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:21,600
And then the taxi on the way here.

559
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:22,080
No, no.

560
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:22,720
It was him.

561
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:23,200
Yeah.

562
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:24,640
It's so weird that you.

563
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:25,280
So weird.

564
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:25,840
Yeah.

565
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:27,440
Well, it just so happened to be.

566
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:27,840
Yeah.

567
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:28,400
Exactly.

568
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,240
I didn't buy 4D today.

569
00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:31,040
Okay.

570
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,280
So you guys came together exactly today.

571
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:34,480
Okay.

572
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,320
So 18 years ago.

573
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,120
And then for the last past 18 years, man.

574
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:43,520
What I'm saying, the two of you are like the epic bromance.

575
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:44,560
You know.

576
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:45,440
Everyone always says that.

577
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:46,320
But it's kind of true.

578
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:47,760
I must be honest.

579
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:48,560
It's kind of true.

580
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:50,400
From two people that bloody hated each other.

581
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,560
It's quite ridiculous that we love each other to death.

582
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:53,920
Let's continue the story from there.

583
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:59,680
Because the chemistry of we both working together is so strong.

584
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:00,240
Yeah.

585
00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:05,120
That, you know, we know what's going to come next.

586
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:07,920
Whether it's a song or what we're going to say.

587
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:08,960
So like telepathy.

588
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:09,520
Yeah.

589
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:09,680
Yeah.

590
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:10,240
A little bit.

591
00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:10,720
A little bit.

592
00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:11,520
It's kind of weird.

593
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:12,080
Yeah.

594
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,560
You know, everything just fits in together.

595
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:15,280
It's amazing.

596
00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:17,120
Everyone says that.

597
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,000
Maybe Mel Ferdinand told me almost the same thing.

598
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,600
That he and his brother, right, Joe.

599
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:22,080
Yeah.

600
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,560
And there's also like telepathy, you know, when they perform on stage.

601
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,840
So you two guys have actually managed to grow that chemistry.

602
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:31,840
I think the funny thing is, and you'll probably see this when you watch this back.

603
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,080
Or I don't know how you edit things or whatever you do.

604
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,840
It's the way that we bounce off each other.

605
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:38,160
Yeah.

606
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:39,120
It's very strange.

607
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,040
We've got a very similar sense of humor.

608
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,040
He's also got quite a dark sense of humor.

609
00:37:44,240 --> 00:37:45,760
Sometimes he says things.

610
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,240
I say to him, fucking hell boss, you can't say that.

611
00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:52,720
You know, it was the things I would want to say and think, shit Rob, don't do that.

612
00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:54,160
And he'll be the one that would do it.

613
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:55,440
So as time went by.

614
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:56,160
I look at him like that.

615
00:37:56,160 --> 00:38:02,000
As time went by, as time went by, you guys hate each other, but as time went by, what happened?

616
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,800
How do you, what happened to make that, that, that, that whole thing?

617
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,480
He won't remember.

618
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:07,040
Yeah.

619
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:11,520
He won't remember, but I will remember because I will never, ever forget this moment because

620
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:12,960
it's the moment that changed my.

621
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:15,120
He is.

622
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:16,000
My, my.

623
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:16,480
Right.

624
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:20,240
No, I can see tears in your eyes.

625
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:23,680
I'm only crying because my wine's running out.

626
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,240
Can I get a top up?

627
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:31,680
That's a good idea.

628
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,320
Like I say, we've got this seriously dark sense of humor between each other.

629
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:41,760
I really don't believe this man.

630
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:45,520
To get me wine.

631
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:47,600
To get you more wine.

632
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:48,080
Oh my God.

633
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:51,920
No, but this is really, really, really, really, really completely true.

634
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:56,640
I was sitting, do you remember downstairs from the entrance to Movida?

635
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,720
There used to be the outside bar thing.

636
00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:00,320
I can't remember what it was.

637
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,320
It's like beer corner or something like that.

638
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:03,440
I can't remember the bloody name.

639
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:05,280
And we just finished the night.

640
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,120
I think it was a Saturday or something.

641
00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:08,320
It had been a really busy one.

642
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,040
And I think we'd had a really good night in Bellini Room itself.

643
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:11,920
It had been busy.

644
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,440
Boss had been in, Dennis had been in, Andrew had been in, everyone saying, wow, this is great.

645
00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:20,400
And I remember you coming down to me and you, I was sitting there.

646
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,080
I was sitting there having a beer, which is very new.

647
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:23,600
I don't even drink beer anymore.

648
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:24,480
I drink wine though.

649
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:24,800
Thank you.

650
00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:31,680
I was sitting there and I remember you coming up behind me in a nice fashion, not horrible fashion,

651
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:35,120
and saying to me, hey man, you don't want to get drunk.

652
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:36,000
There's a lot of wine.

653
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,040
You just need a goldfish in that bowl.

654
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:41,840
I remember I always do his accent.

655
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,200
Hey man, hey man.

656
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,560
I remember coming up behind me and saying, hey man, tonight really good.

657
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:48,720
Just wanted to tell you, you'll find the garden.

658
00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:52,880
And then he walked off and I just thought, oh, I guess we're going to be friends now then.

659
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:56,880
Literally, and I've never forgotten that.

660
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:58,880
But you said you finally got it.

661
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:02,880
You meant basically that he was not up to your standard.

662
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:08,400
I wasn't, but to be fair, I must be honest, I think I don't think I was up to his standard

663
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:09,680
when I first started.

664
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:10,880
I'd be really truthfully honest.

665
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:12,880
Because you know why, he's a foreigner, right?

666
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:13,440
Yeah.

667
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:15,680
And he doesn't know the local taste.

668
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:16,640
I didn't get it.

669
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:17,280
I didn't know.

670
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:18,880
I didn't write our local taste.

671
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:26,080
I said, you have to speak slower because nobody fucking understand what the word you're saying.

672
00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:27,680
Because you speak saying, yeah.

673
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:28,240
You can imagine.

674
00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:30,800
You're like, what the fuck?

675
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:33,920
It's like, I said, you got to slow down.

676
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:40,160
Speak slowly, make sure everybody understands you and look at them and what you're talking

677
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,080
to them and stuff like that.

678
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:42,580
Okay.

679
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,120
But I learned so much.

680
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,120
If he hadn't have done it, I wouldn't have learned.

681
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,600
And I think that's something funny between the pair of us.

682
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:53,680
I think we both broke each other's balls at some point, but between the pair of us, we

683
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:57,440
understood that it was for my good actually to listen to what he was trying to teach me.

684
00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:58,000
Right.

685
00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,840
You know, and you should always learn.

686
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:01,040
You learn something every day.

687
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:02,160
Connect with the crowd.

688
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:03,040
Oh my God.

689
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:06,160
After that, we had a full house almost every night.

690
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:06,640
Every night.

691
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:07,280
It was amazing.

692
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,600
Only Sunday because we were close.

693
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:12,800
And I was at Tangjong Beach.

694
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:14,240
It wasn't even called that then.

695
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:15,680
Yeah.

696
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:16,720
I was pissed on the beach.

697
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:23,040
So Rob, the Singapore audience then, from what you've experienced in the UK and elsewhere

698
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:30,240
that you perform, how do you compare or describe the difference between the two?

699
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:36,320
The international audience versus the Singapore audience.

700
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:37,680
That's a tough one.

701
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:44,960
I think sometimes the Singapore audience is very difficult to engage because they are slightly

702
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:46,000
a bit more reserved.

703
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:46,640
Numb nuts.

704
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:47,140
Yes.

705
00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:55,840
We're a bit reserved, but the moment you catch that reservation, it all changes.

706
00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:58,400
It all changes.

707
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:02,800
And sometimes you've got to not be afraid to go out and just be a bloody idiot.

708
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:06,640
I know that sounds stupid because if you just stand there and just do your thing,

709
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:07,840
everyone's like...

710
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:13,280
But if you really engage over the top, then everybody really jumps in and enjoys it.

711
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:14,160
I mean, the things we used to do...

712
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,960
Even come down and PR with them and stuff like that.

713
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,000
It gets you closer to them.

714
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,760
They feel like, oh, you're a friend already.

715
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:24,080
Let's go and see him again tomorrow.

716
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:25,280
Interesting man, comparing notes.

717
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:26,080
He's our friend already.

718
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:28,400
I'm comparing notes because same thing.

719
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,680
I think so many singers now, they sing, they do their thing.

720
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:33,360
They, like you say, sometimes two piece.

721
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:34,000
Sit one corner.

722
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:34,560
Blah, blah, blah, blah.

723
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:35,840
Sing, sing, sing, bugger off.

724
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:36,480
Yeah.

725
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:40,320
No, I mean, you can imagine in our day, what Dennis used to say to us all the time.

726
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:41,280
Activate, activate.

727
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,360
Activate, get your bloody ass out there.

728
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:44,160
Yeah.

729
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:44,720
You've got to think.

730
00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:45,920
I was drunk every night.

731
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:47,200
I was drunk nearly every night.

732
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:48,880
Literally it nearly fucking killed me for five years.

733
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:50,240
Plus he's drinking my drink.

734
00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:50,880
Yeah, you're up.

735
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:51,120
Yeah.

736
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:51,840
There you go.

737
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:52,560
You do it.

738
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:52,880
Yeah.

739
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:54,800
No joke, seriously.

740
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,120
There were not, I mean, there were times I used to go, I'm just...

741
00:42:58,240 --> 00:43:00,160
I tell you one of the funniest stories.

742
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:00,800
One of the funniest...

743
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,040
You know, the auto barriers.

744
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:06,160
Yeah, yeah.

745
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:06,320
Yeah.

746
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:08,160
Car park barriers.

747
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:08,880
The car park.

748
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:11,200
There was one Sunday, I think it was, I woke up and thought,

749
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:12,880
fuck, what's hit me on the head?

750
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:13,440
I had a cut.

751
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,160
And I couldn't work out.

752
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:17,520
I thought, have I been in a fight?

753
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:18,880
No, I don't remember.

754
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:20,400
I just didn't remember anything.

755
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,640
Then about two weeks later, I was walking through,

756
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,200
saw the bar and thought, shit, I remember it hit me on the head.

757
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,960
I was so drunk, the damn thing hit me and I didn't realize.

758
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:33,520
Honestly, we would start drinking at bloody nine o'clock and finish drinking.

759
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:35,760
I used to finish in Dragon Fight Five.

760
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,360
Oh man, and every night.

761
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:37,840
Every night.

762
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,160
Yeah, because we finished our set, our last set.

763
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:41,760
It's amazing, I look so good, really.

764
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:43,760
It's amazing.

765
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:45,360
8 a.m. in the morning, can you imagine?

766
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:48,960
And after that, we go for supper and something.

767
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:49,520
Right, right.

768
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:51,280
But today, we don't see that anymore.

769
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:53,360
There's that type of fun.

770
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:55,760
The Chinese clubs don't close that late.

771
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:57,360
Wait, come on, I mean, to me, it's like,

772
00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:00,320
you don't have to booze to be a great performer anyway to get people going.

773
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:00,820
I don't.

774
00:44:00,820 --> 00:44:02,820
No, you're wrong.

775
00:44:03,540 --> 00:44:04,500
He needs to booze.

776
00:44:04,500 --> 00:44:05,220
I do, actually.

777
00:44:05,220 --> 00:44:06,820
To lose an up.

778
00:44:07,940 --> 00:44:09,220
Some people do.

779
00:44:09,220 --> 00:44:09,940
I can't.

780
00:44:09,940 --> 00:44:10,820
That's why I don't drink.

781
00:44:10,820 --> 00:44:11,940
I perform.

782
00:44:11,940 --> 00:44:12,580
Neither do I.

783
00:44:14,820 --> 00:44:17,700
I still, to this day, have a mint stage fright.

784
00:44:18,500 --> 00:44:20,420
So he'll drink before he goes on stage.

785
00:44:20,420 --> 00:44:22,500
Rob Collins, stage fright.

786
00:44:22,500 --> 00:44:23,000
Since...

787
00:44:23,540 --> 00:44:25,060
So now you know his secret, right?

788
00:44:25,060 --> 00:44:26,180
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

789
00:44:26,180 --> 00:44:27,700
Kai, Kai, play that video, please.

790
00:44:27,700 --> 00:44:30,260
Play the video.

791
00:44:30,260 --> 00:44:31,940
You talk about stage fright for fuck's sake.

792
00:44:31,940 --> 00:44:32,580
What am I doing there?

793
00:44:37,700 --> 00:44:39,140
Is that me drinking the drinks?

794
00:44:43,140 --> 00:44:44,660
What is this jazz by the Beach Boys?

795
00:44:46,180 --> 00:44:47,140
You sound good, man.

796
00:44:49,540 --> 00:44:50,100
Is that me?

797
00:44:50,100 --> 00:44:54,660
What am I doing?

798
00:44:59,940 --> 00:45:00,900
Oh, that's a bit easy.

799
00:45:00,900 --> 00:45:01,860
You're gonna kid, man.

800
00:45:01,860 --> 00:45:02,340
Oh, no.

801
00:45:02,340 --> 00:45:18,500
Oh, that's Bond there behind you.

802
00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:22,500
You sound good, boss.

803
00:45:22,500 --> 00:45:23,300
Steven Lewis?

804
00:45:23,300 --> 00:45:37,540
Let's get on it, baby.

805
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:31,520
Party Song, and ac?

806
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,520
The best that we make burn with mood.

807
00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:38,520
dib, dib, dib, dib.

808
00:45:37,540 --> 00:45:39,540
Stage fright, yeah, right.

809
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:41,580
Web

810
00:45:39,540 --> 00:45:41,540
Go on, Rob.

811
00:45:41,540 --> 00:45:43,540
I'm probably a little bit pissed.

812
00:45:41,580 --> 00:45:43,580
It's Otis Lee beating around him.

813
00:45:43,540 --> 00:45:45,540
Belly dancer.

814
00:45:43,580 --> 00:45:46,700
Beer bottle,

815
00:45:45,540 --> 00:45:47,540
Where did you find the dance?

816
00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:49,280
Hip hop

817
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:53,280
Where did you find this?

818
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:09,280
Some others I've seen, none of them been me

819
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:14,280
None of them get crossed, right on their boss

820
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:19,280
They knew what to do, found nobody else

821
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:24,280
Gave me that thrill with all your butts, all about a skull

822
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:49,280
And how to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you

823
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:59,280
Do you have stage fright Stephen?

824
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:04,280
No, unless it's a real huge big show

825
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:09,280
I've never seen him stage fright, he takes it all in stride

826
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:13,280
He doesn't really care, he puts his things and he's ready and off he goes

827
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:16,280
You know me, I'm pacing around like...

828
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:21,280
Especially when you're in front, if I'm not on the keyboard, yes I get a little bit

829
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:25,280
So if anyone would ask two music veterans, how do you get past that?

830
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:28,280
I fucking hate that word

831
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:30,280
Even though it's true

832
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:33,280
Two music oldies

833
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:38,280
It gets better, I used to like you

834
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:42,280
I mean, it's a nice term man, veterans, it shows a lot, it speaks a lot

835
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:43,280
It's all a character there

836
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:46,280
It just makes me feel bloody ancient

837
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:49,280
Mind you I am fucking ancient so it's okay

838
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:53,280
You're the youngest amongst the three of us seated here, mate

839
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:54,280
Let me remind you

840
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:59,280
But anyway, again, what do you think, what's the magic behind getting past all that?

841
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:03,280
You do eventually get past it as you get on with the performance

842
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:06,280
The age bit, the stage fright thing

843
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:09,280
Stage fright for me is always a drink, it's always been

844
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:11,280
I have a couple of glasses of wine and I'm ready

845
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:13,280
Do a couple of songs and just get warmed up

846
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:17,280
You know what I'm like, he knows me so well

847
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:21,280
Always my first two songs is probably really, I can say it right, wanky

848
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:25,280
It's probably not the best, I'm probably still a bit nervous trying to find out the sound and everything

849
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:28,280
But song number three, that's it

850
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:33,280
And then two hours later it's trying to get me up stage because I'm enjoying myself

851
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:36,280
We've been actually talking for a bit, haven't we?

852
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:39,280
I'm enjoying myself and you've got one so it's great

853
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:41,280
And I can see the rest of the bottle there so it's cheering up

854
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:47,280
I'm just going to scroll down to almost at the bottom of my set here

855
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:52,280
Rob, if you could give your younger self one piece of advice

856
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:55,280
Fuck you now

857
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:57,280
Don't swear so much

858
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,280
Don't drink

859
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:01,280
What would it be?

860
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:03,280
No, I can't do that one

861
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:06,280
If I could give my younger self some advice, what would it be?

862
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:08,280
Yeah

863
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:13,280
Maybe don't be so afraid of yourself

864
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:15,280
What do you mean?

865
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:19,280
I think there's a lot within me that I don't realise

866
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:20,280
Okay

867
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:23,280
And I think a lot of other people see that and I don't see it

868
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:25,280
I'm always a very anxious person, he knows this

869
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:29,280
I'm very anxious, I'm the biggest worry in the world

870
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:32,280
Like the great Ivan Lim, what does Ivan always say to me?

871
00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:35,280
In the mortal words of Mother Mary

872
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:38,280
Let it be, that's what Ivan says to me all the time

873
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:40,280
He says, well you stop fucking worrying about everything

874
00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:43,280
Because I am that type, I am a very anxious person

875
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:48,280
You know people say is the glass half empty, the glass half full or whatever

876
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:52,280
I always see it as half empty when sometimes it's really full

877
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:55,280
And then there's days that I'm really quite buoyant and I look and just think

878
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:57,280
Why have you achieved so much man?

879
00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:59,280
You just don't realise

880
00:49:59,280 --> 00:50:01,280
But I'm forever

881
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:03,280
Yeah, I mean this Friday coming

882
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:08,280
I'm singing five sets on Friday, I'm doing Asia Square and then with you at Tanglin

883
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:11,280
So I'm already anxious about that

884
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:15,280
Which is just so stupid because it's something that I've been doing for so long

885
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:18,280
So if I could teach myself something

886
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:21,280
Maybe have a bit more confidence in myself

887
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:24,280
Okay, it's so surprising man

888
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:26,280
I think that shocks a lot of people actually

889
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:28,280
Because they're everybody to everybody else

890
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:29,280
I'm like what?

891
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:30,280
Surprises me

892
00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:31,280
I'm so, no not at all

893
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:34,280
Inside I'm like a little kid hiding in a corner

894
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:35,280
Wow

895
00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:37,280
Basically we are humble people

896
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:38,280
Yeah

897
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:40,280
Do you ever take yourself seriously?

898
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:41,280
I never take myself seriously

899
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:42,280
Really

900
00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:46,280
The amount of times I've been on a beach somewhere and people walk up to me and say

901
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:48,280
You're that guy that sings in Singapore

902
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:50,280
I'm like oh yeah, hi

903
00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:52,280
And my mum always says to me

904
00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:55,280
Fucking everywhere we go you bump into somebody you know

905
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:57,280
But I never take it seriously

906
00:50:57,280 --> 00:50:59,280
It's just a job isn't it? Really

907
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:01,280
You and me and just go here and dance

908
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:03,280
Hey, you're that guy right?

909
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:05,280
Yeah, I just have a laugh with it

910
00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:06,280
Never take it seriously

911
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:08,280
The moment you take it so seriously

912
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:10,280
I think it's your biggest downfall as well

913
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:12,280
Because you end up acting like a bloody prick

914
00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:13,280
Yeah

915
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:15,280
Ego gets as large as a barn door

916
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:16,280
Can't be doing with that one

917
00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:17,280
Yeah

918
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:18,280
How about you Stephen?

919
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,280
What advice would you give your younger self man?

920
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:21,280
Younger self?

921
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:22,280
Stay young

922
00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:25,280
I've been in this business for over 50 years

923
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:26,280
Yeah

924
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:27,280
50

925
00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:28,280
Not that old

926
00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:30,280
I'm 54 this year

927
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:33,280
I'm 64 this year

928
00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:35,280
Well I'm 64

929
00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:37,280
Are you really 64 this year?

930
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:38,280
No

931
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:39,280
Are you really?

932
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:41,280
I still am young man

933
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:45,280
Fucking hell I better start working out

934
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:47,280
I mean how many gigs we got left

935
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:51,280
I'll have to replace you

936
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:53,280
So yeah I'm 64

937
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:54,280
You know

938
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:55,280
Started at 12

939
00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:58,280
So you can imagine how many years I've been in business already

940
00:51:58,280 --> 00:51:59,280
That's mental

941
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:00,280
Are you really 64?

942
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:02,280
I mean professionally

943
00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:03,280
Yeah

944
00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:04,280
What advice would you give anything?

945
00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:06,280
It doesn't have to be professional

946
00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:08,280
What would you have done?

947
00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:10,280
Would you have done anything differently man?

948
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:15,280
Couldn't see myself doing anything else because you know

949
00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:20,280
I'm born in the music family

950
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:21,280
Right

951
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:22,280
My dad was a musician

952
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,280
My brothers

953
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:25,280
My sister

954
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:26,280
You know

955
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:29,280
So everything is all just music in the house you know

956
00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:30,280
Right

957
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,280
My brothers rehearsed in the house

958
00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:33,280
My sister rehearsed

959
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:34,280
Myself

960
00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:36,280
My father said hey listen to this song

961
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:37,280
Practice

962
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:38,280
You know

963
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:39,280
So just play

964
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:42,280
A lot of people don't realise that Stephen plays drums

965
00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:43,280
He orchestrates

966
00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:44,280
He reads music

967
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:45,280
He writes music

968
00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:46,280
He plays piano

969
00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:47,280
He does this

970
00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:48,280
He does so much

971
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:50,280
A lot of people just think he plays piano and sings a bit

972
00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:51,280
But fucking hell he does everything

973
00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:52,280
Yeah

974
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:55,280
I remember that photo that I was playing drums when I was eight

975
00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:56,280
Right

976
00:52:56,280 --> 00:52:57,280
I started playing the drums

977
00:52:57,280 --> 00:52:59,280
And I said to myself I sing

978
00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:01,280
How am I going to accompany myself?

979
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:02,280
Like Phil Collins

980
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:03,280
Yeah

981
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:05,280
You need a band with you all the time right?

982
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:06,280
Yeah

983
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:08,280
So I picked up the guitar and said hey not bad

984
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:10,280
I could play and sing

985
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:12,280
Actually I've never asked you how did you find your voice?

986
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:14,280
I mean I know you love Stevie Wonder

987
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:17,280
We always laugh about that one but there must be other people

988
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:18,280
Why do you laugh about that?

989
00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:19,280
No because

990
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:20,280
We've got Stevie Wonder

991
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:22,280
No nothing I'm not saying that

992
00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:25,280
But it's like because they say Stephen and he sings like Stevie Wonder songs so nice

993
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:27,280
And he has this very unique tone of voice

994
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:28,280
Yeah his tone is very unique

995
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:29,280
His tone of voice

996
00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:32,280
My first song that my father

997
00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:36,280
Throwed the song to me and said listen to this song and see if you can sing this song

998
00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:38,280
It was Solomon King

999
00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:39,280
Oh wow

1000
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:40,280
She Wears My Ring

1001
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:42,280
It was my first ever song

1002
00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:46,280
I put the record on and just sing along with it

1003
00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:48,280
She wears my ring da da da da

1004
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:49,280
You know

1005
00:53:49,280 --> 00:53:51,280
And then there was Neil Reed

1006
00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:52,280
Remember Neil Reed?

1007
00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:53,280
Yeah

1008
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:54,280
British singer

1009
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:55,280
You know such

1010
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:56,280
Do you know Neil Reed?

1011
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:57,280
No

1012
00:53:57,280 --> 00:53:58,280
You're too young to know

1013
00:53:58,280 --> 00:53:59,280
Well thanks

1014
00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:02,280
What you trying to say is I'm bloody old then

1015
00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:04,280
No because Neil Reed is an English

1016
00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:05,280
Yeah

1017
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:08,280
He's a little young boy you know

1018
00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:11,280
And then from there we grew up and then we got the Jackson 5

1019
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:12,280
Right

1020
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:13,280
Michael Jackson that's how I get

1021
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:16,280
Oh you used to always sing Ben

1022
00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:17,280
Yeah

1023
00:54:17,280 --> 00:54:19,280
That's how the Motown stuff came to mind

1024
00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:21,280
Do some Ben do some Ben boss

1025
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:22,280
Do some Ben

1026
00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:23,280
Do you remember the key?

1027
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:25,280
And the two of us

1028
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:27,280
Not in that key anymore

1029
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:31,280
Ben

1030
00:54:31,280 --> 00:54:35,280
The Motown and the soul stuff came to me you know

1031
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:38,280
And then came you know there was Stevie Wonder

1032
00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:39,280
I said wow you know

1033
00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:41,280
So that's how it all got started

1034
00:54:41,280 --> 00:54:43,280
But it seems that when you pick up an instrument

1035
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:46,280
You seem to be able to just play it straight away

1036
00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:47,280
Yeah

1037
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:48,280
Is it?

1038
00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:49,280
Basically yes

1039
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:50,280
Really?

1040
00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:52,280
Yeah and I actually picked up the flute as well

1041
00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:53,280
I tried the trumpet

1042
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:55,280
But I didn't like because it hurts my glans

1043
00:54:55,280 --> 00:54:57,280
You know blowing too hard

1044
00:54:57,280 --> 00:54:58,280
Oh shit no

1045
00:54:58,280 --> 00:54:59,280
He hates blowing too hard

1046
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:00,280
I hate blowing too hard

1047
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:03,280
That's his job on Saturday nights

1048
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:05,280
You do a group blow job

1049
00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:08,280
I do a bad blow job then you

1050
00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:09,280
Oh boy

1051
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:10,280
Not me

1052
00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:11,280
Oh boy

1053
00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:13,280
I got the flute

1054
00:55:13,280 --> 00:55:17,280
You can kiss goodbye to any sponsors and advertisers

1055
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:20,280
Really you can kiss goodbye to making some money man

1056
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:23,280
So there's flute and then the guitar

1057
00:55:23,280 --> 00:55:26,280
I said guitar okay but then the guitar hurts my fingers

1058
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:27,280
You know the tip of my fingers

1059
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:28,280
What the fuck

1060
00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:30,280
No I used to get that too actually

1061
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:31,280
Yeah I say wow

1062
00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:33,280
So glans fingers

1063
00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:35,280
I said let's try the piano

1064
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:37,280
So I loved the piano

1065
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:38,280
And my auntie was a teacher

1066
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:40,280
So I went to my auntie

1067
00:55:40,280 --> 00:55:41,280
Learned some classical stuff

1068
00:55:41,280 --> 00:55:43,280
Read music a little bit

1069
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:46,280
And then I found classical is boring

1070
00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:51,280
You know and then I took my classical piece and jazzed it up

1071
00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:53,280
You know played into a pop style

1072
00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:54,280
Kind of like Vanessa Mae

1073
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:57,280
Just all the classical stuff into pop stuff

1074
00:55:57,280 --> 00:55:58,280
So can I tell you something

1075
00:55:58,280 --> 00:56:00,280
You're gonna love this

1076
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:02,280
My first producer that I ever worked with

1077
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:04,280
Produced Vanessa Mae's stuff

1078
00:56:04,280 --> 00:56:05,280
Andy Hill

1079
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:06,280
Oh yeah

1080
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:09,280
My original manager in the UK is

1081
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,280
His uncle is her uncle

1082
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:12,280
Andy Hill

1083
00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:13,280
He produced Vanessa Mae's all of it

1084
00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:16,280
And Think Twice by Celine Dion and all the Bucks Viz staff

1085
00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:18,280
The great Andy Hill if anybody were

1086
00:56:18,280 --> 00:56:19,280
Andy if you're out there

1087
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:21,280
Haven't seen you for a while

1088
00:56:21,280 --> 00:56:23,280
Oh wow amazing

1089
00:56:23,280 --> 00:56:26,280
So how come you could pick up an instrument

1090
00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:27,280
And just play it straight away

1091
00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:30,280
I think it's gifted

1092
00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:31,280
Yeah I know that

1093
00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:32,280
Thank you

1094
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:34,280
I agree actually because he is very gifted

1095
00:56:34,280 --> 00:56:36,280
What's through your mind when you do that man

1096
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:37,280
I mean I'm just trying to

1097
00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:39,280
I'm trying to feel that

1098
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:41,280
Okay you see an instrument

1099
00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:42,280
You pick it up

1100
00:56:42,280 --> 00:56:44,280
And straight away you can play it

1101
00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:47,280
Because I've seen my brother's and his band mates play

1102
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:48,280
You need to know

1103
00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:51,280
Anyone who would say for example

1104
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:52,280
You started to hear the drums

1105
00:56:52,280 --> 00:56:54,280
Then after that maybe you went to keyboard

1106
00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:55,280
My brother plays drums

1107
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:57,280
My eldest brother he plays drums

1108
00:56:57,280 --> 00:56:59,280
So from there just pick it up

1109
00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:00,280
Yeah I know this is it

1110
00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:03,280
Those days there's no YouTube

1111
00:57:03,280 --> 00:57:05,280
You can't learn from YouTube

1112
00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:08,280
Teach you which fingers which strings to play right

1113
00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:11,280
Yeah so everything is just self taught

1114
00:57:11,280 --> 00:57:14,280
I'm always amazed by people like that

1115
00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:15,280
You know like Stephen

1116
00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:17,280
You just pick something up and straight away

1117
00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:19,280
You could just manipulate the whole damn thing

1118
00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:22,280
Well I mean it's a God given talent isn't it

1119
00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:25,280
I find it very difficult to do anything like that

1120
00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:26,280
Literally apart from my voice

1121
00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:28,280
My musicality is bugger all

1122
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:30,280
Can you read music

1123
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:33,280
I mean I can read a small amount from piano lessons that I had

1124
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:35,280
And guitar lessons that I had and stuff like that

1125
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:36,280
But only a small amount

1126
00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:37,280
The only thing I was saying

1127
00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:40,280
He always says this to me and Ivan always says this thing

1128
00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:41,280
I've got a very good ear

1129
00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:43,280
So I can always tell

1130
00:57:43,280 --> 00:57:44,280
Yeah he's got a good pitch

1131
00:57:44,280 --> 00:57:46,280
I've got a really good pitch

1132
00:57:46,280 --> 00:57:50,280
You know I changed the key of his song

1133
00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:52,280
I said hmm that's not my key

1134
00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:54,280
And then I look again and say oh yeah shit

1135
00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:56,280
I forgot

1136
00:57:56,280 --> 00:57:58,280
So that one which is ridiculous

1137
00:57:58,280 --> 00:58:01,280
Because I've never had really any music stuff

1138
00:58:01,280 --> 00:58:03,280
But my ear is really good

1139
00:58:03,280 --> 00:58:04,280
No you just feel

1140
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:08,280
You know once he's not comfortable in hitting the first note

1141
00:58:08,280 --> 00:58:09,280
Oh that's not my key

1142
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:11,280
He knows straight away

1143
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:14,280
Which is a weird thing because I've got no musicality

1144
00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:17,280
In theory in terms of him obviously

1145
00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:18,280
We're chalk and cheese

1146
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:20,280
Yeah yeah chalk and cheese

1147
00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:24,280
But you make it work because you have gifts too

1148
00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:27,280
You can tell whether or not you're in pitch or not in pitch

1149
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:28,280
Whether you're in key or not in key

1150
00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:29,280
So that's how it works

1151
00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:32,280
Obviously he's a great musician of everything else

1152
00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:35,280
I've got a good idea sometimes of what I'm doing

1153
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:37,280
And actually I think I'm quite a good frontman

1154
00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:39,280
I think I'm still quite a good frontman

1155
00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:41,280
I'm pretty good at that one

1156
00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:43,280
That's one thing that I can pull off

1157
00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:46,280
That's quite an interesting thing

1158
00:58:46,280 --> 00:58:47,280
Frontman, frontman, frontman

1159
00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:50,280
Frontline man is not just singing, singing, singing

1160
00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:52,280
You've got to entertain the crowd

1161
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:53,280
It's not the easiest job

1162
00:58:53,280 --> 00:58:55,280
I find that is the hardest thing

1163
00:58:55,280 --> 00:58:56,280
Sometimes get off the stage man

1164
00:58:56,280 --> 00:58:58,280
And get into the audience

1165
00:58:58,280 --> 00:59:00,280
Wow, you're just to be part of everybody else

1166
00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:02,280
It's quite a daunting thing

1167
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:08,280
So for Steven, what's the one thing you're most worried about in the future?

1168
00:59:08,280 --> 00:59:10,280
Losing my voice

1169
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:11,280
Oh yeah

1170
00:59:11,280 --> 00:59:12,280
Rob, you feel the same?

1171
00:59:12,280 --> 00:59:14,280
Most definitely

1172
00:59:14,280 --> 00:59:16,280
Losing my voice, losing my fingers

1173
00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:18,280
I haven't changed keys much

1174
00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:20,280
That much every now and then right?

1175
00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:23,280
Our range, as we go older, our range just drops

1176
00:59:23,280 --> 00:59:25,280
You know like half a key or something

1177
00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:28,280
Some songs is just like one tone down

1178
00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:30,280
Yeah, semi tone down

1179
00:59:30,280 --> 00:59:33,280
As we go older, we can't hit that high pitch like we used to

1180
00:59:33,280 --> 00:59:34,280
Yeah, it's strange man

1181
00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:36,280
You know when I was in my 20s right

1182
00:59:36,280 --> 00:59:39,280
Besides Elvis, I used to do, believe it or not

1183
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:40,280
I used to do BJs

1184
00:59:40,280 --> 00:59:41,280
Oh wow

1185
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:42,280
Alone

1186
00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:43,280
And I used to have this

1187
00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:46,280
Because I saw Gino, Gino Sunga, hi Gino

1188
00:59:46,280 --> 00:59:50,280
I saw his routine years ago and I copied that routine for private gigs

1189
00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:53,280
You know Endless Love right? Diana Ross

1190
00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:55,280
And I was a lot slimmer then, not yet

1191
00:59:55,280 --> 00:59:59,280
And you know I one side make up with wig, long wig

1192
00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:00,280
Oh bloody hell you used to do that

1193
01:00:00,280 --> 01:00:02,280
Yeah, I used to do left and right

1194
01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:03,280
Gino used to do

1195
01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:05,280
And I used to do Endless Love alone

1196
01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:08,280
And I could hit falsetto, it was like no one's business

1197
01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:11,280
I used to do tragedy, staying alive

1198
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:14,280
I used to do all that, but guess what?

1199
01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:15,280
Effortlessly

1200
01:00:15,280 --> 01:00:17,280
Today, no way

1201
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:19,280
I've lost my falsetto

1202
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:22,280
I can't go there anymore man

1203
01:00:22,280 --> 01:00:24,280
You make me feel brand new, Sidus Dix

1204
01:00:24,280 --> 01:00:27,280
I used to do it like water, now no it's gone

1205
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:28,280
Just can't do it anymore

1206
01:00:28,280 --> 01:00:30,280
One of the best singers of that song, I love that song

1207
01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:33,280
One of the best singers of that song is the great Mick Hucknall from Simply Red

1208
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:34,280
Oh, Simply Red

1209
01:00:34,280 --> 01:00:36,280
Who does that song in full voice

1210
01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:38,280
Doesn't even use falsetto

1211
01:00:38,280 --> 01:00:40,280
Yeah, I mean that

1212
01:00:40,280 --> 01:00:42,280
Yeah, Simply Red, bloody hell

1213
01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:44,280
Mick Hucknall, Mick Hucknall

1214
01:00:44,280 --> 01:00:47,280
Man United fan, massive Man United fan

1215
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:49,280
Yeah, sometimes he's in the box

1216
01:00:49,280 --> 01:00:50,280
We'll say Alex Ferguson

1217
01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:51,280
Oh really?

1218
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:53,280
Yeah, yeah, yeah, and Old Trafford

1219
01:00:53,280 --> 01:00:55,280
Yeah, Mick Hucknall

1220
01:00:55,280 --> 01:00:56,280
So yeah, you're right

1221
01:00:56,280 --> 01:01:00,280
I'm also afraid of losing my voice man, it terrifies me

1222
01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:02,280
It terrifies me

1223
01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:07,280
I don't know, I think in some ways it's some kind

1224
01:01:07,280 --> 01:01:10,280
It's sometimes a little bit nice that you are kind of getting a little bit older

1225
01:01:10,280 --> 01:01:11,280
That your voice changes a bit

1226
01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:16,280
When I saw Tom Jones last year, last March actually

1227
01:01:16,280 --> 01:01:19,280
Most of his stuff was some was original keys, a lot of it wasn't

1228
01:01:19,280 --> 01:01:23,280
But his voice, his presence and everything was just still so amazing to watch

1229
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:27,280
And we saw Rod the week after, I mean I still love Rod

1230
01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:30,280
Does he sound the same as he did years ago? Of course he bloody doesn't

1231
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:34,280
But he's 80 years old, does he put on a great show and does he still belt it out?

1232
01:01:34,280 --> 01:01:36,280
Elton John the same

1233
01:01:36,280 --> 01:01:38,280
Elton sounds a bit shouty now

1234
01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:39,280
It's a bit

1235
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:41,280
It sounds a bit like that

1236
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:44,280
It's not so much singing, it's more shouting a bit

1237
01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:48,280
But yeah, I guess your voice just, it's like your body isn't it

1238
01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:50,280
There's only so much you can look after it

1239
01:01:50,280 --> 01:01:52,280
Yeah, you're right

1240
01:01:52,280 --> 01:01:54,280
And it's scary and I agree

1241
01:01:54,280 --> 01:01:57,280
So what are you looking forward to in the future?

1242
01:01:57,280 --> 01:01:59,280
For both of you?

1243
01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:01,280
More gigs

1244
01:02:01,280 --> 01:02:02,280
More gigs

1245
01:02:02,280 --> 01:02:04,280
Lots of sex

1246
01:02:04,280 --> 01:02:06,280
That's you

1247
01:02:06,280 --> 01:02:09,280
My sex life is over

1248
01:02:09,280 --> 01:02:11,280
Hi Emily

1249
01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:15,280
I've done that since I was 12

1250
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:18,280
You mean you've been having sex since you were 12?

1251
01:02:18,280 --> 01:02:20,280
What are you talking about?

1252
01:02:20,280 --> 01:02:23,280
We are so not trustworthy to be on a podcast

1253
01:02:23,280 --> 01:02:27,280
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, this show is getting a bit out of hand man

1254
01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:32,280
I don't know, what are you looking forward to?

1255
01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:37,280
I tell you what I'm looking forward to with him

1256
01:02:37,280 --> 01:02:39,280
If I'm really honest

1257
01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:43,280
What I'm looking forward to with him is I still want to do a 50th birthday concert this year

1258
01:02:43,280 --> 01:02:45,280
Oh, wow

1259
01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:47,280
It's too late man

1260
01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:49,280
No, even if it's after my birthday, it's still my 50th year

1261
01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:51,280
I'd like to do that with Steven

1262
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:53,280
I really would love to do that

1263
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:55,280
If we can find a nice venue and a nice place

1264
01:02:55,280 --> 01:02:58,280
I've got a booking for the venue but it's a Sunday

1265
01:02:58,280 --> 01:02:59,280
Send me the invite

1266
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:00,280
I don't think you want to do it

1267
01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:01,280
Send me the invite

1268
01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:02,280
It's got to be the right day at the right time

1269
01:03:02,280 --> 01:03:04,280
We can't seem to find the right thing

1270
01:03:04,280 --> 01:03:08,280
Okay, I'm going to say this again because in case it gets lost in this conversation

1271
01:03:08,280 --> 01:03:09,280
Send me the invite

1272
01:03:09,280 --> 01:03:10,280
Yeah, yeah, yeah

1273
01:03:10,280 --> 01:03:11,280
Of course, of course

1274
01:03:11,280 --> 01:03:14,280
Otherwise I'll play back this part over and over again

1275
01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:17,280
Of course, the invite is there

1276
01:03:17,280 --> 01:03:19,280
No, that's what I'd really like to do this year

1277
01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:20,280
And then

1278
01:03:20,280 --> 01:03:21,280
And you should, yeah

1279
01:03:21,280 --> 01:03:23,280
And again, advice is kind of being healthy and

1280
01:03:23,280 --> 01:03:25,280
Yeah, it's the most important

1281
01:03:25,280 --> 01:03:28,280
Because if you're not healthy, how are we going to go up and stitch?

1282
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:29,280
Yeah, yeah

1283
01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:32,280
So you still want to continue doing this for as long as you can?

1284
01:03:32,280 --> 01:03:34,280
As long as I can, you know

1285
01:03:34,280 --> 01:03:38,280
As long as I can still stand and you know, voice still going

1286
01:03:38,280 --> 01:03:39,280
I know

1287
01:03:39,280 --> 01:03:42,280
As I say, Rod Stewart's playing Glastonbury this year

1288
01:03:42,280 --> 01:03:43,280
Yeah, man, Glastonbury

1289
01:03:43,280 --> 01:03:44,280
Wow, 81

1290
01:03:44,280 --> 01:03:47,280
Yeah, bloody Glastonbury

1291
01:03:47,280 --> 01:03:48,280
Tom Jones

1292
01:03:48,280 --> 01:03:50,280
Tom Jones is doing another world tour

1293
01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:51,280
Johnny Mattis

1294
01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:52,280
Yeah

1295
01:03:52,280 --> 01:03:53,280
87

1296
01:03:53,280 --> 01:03:54,280
Johnny Mattis

1297
01:03:54,280 --> 01:03:55,280
Have you seen his hair though?

1298
01:03:55,280 --> 01:03:56,280
What happened there?

1299
01:03:56,280 --> 01:03:57,280
Oh my God

1300
01:03:57,280 --> 01:03:58,280
What happened to his hair?

1301
01:03:58,280 --> 01:03:59,280
He's growing his hair out, it's all white

1302
01:03:59,280 --> 01:04:02,280
And he's so, oh you did see the video

1303
01:04:02,280 --> 01:04:03,280
Johnny Mattis

1304
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:04,280
I need to send you the video

1305
01:04:04,280 --> 01:04:05,280
Can he still say?

1306
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:06,280
Yeah, I can still see

1307
01:04:06,280 --> 01:04:07,280
Johnny Mattis, man

1308
01:04:07,280 --> 01:04:08,280
I mean, wow

1309
01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:12,280
And then you've got to think, one of my favourites of all time, I met him twice

1310
01:04:12,280 --> 01:04:15,280
And I saw him numerous times, the great Tony Bennett

1311
01:04:15,280 --> 01:04:16,280
Oh yeah

1312
01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:20,280
You know, is it two years since Tony passed? I think it's two years

1313
01:04:20,280 --> 01:04:21,280
Yeah, yeah

1314
01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:24,280
He was 94 and still performing almost to the end

1315
01:04:24,280 --> 01:04:26,280
And when he had Alzheimer's right there

1316
01:04:26,280 --> 01:04:27,280
He was amazing

1317
01:04:27,280 --> 01:04:28,280
Even without Alzheimer's

1318
01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:31,280
And the moment the piano starts playing, all that goes away

1319
01:04:31,280 --> 01:04:33,280
Yeah, just astounding

1320
01:04:33,280 --> 01:04:34,280
He was such a lovely man

1321
01:04:34,280 --> 01:04:39,280
When I met him here in Singapore, I've got a lovely picture with me and him

1322
01:04:39,280 --> 01:04:41,280
And I've got this little grey jacket on

1323
01:04:41,280 --> 01:04:43,280
And I walked in, he had the yellow jacket on

1324
01:04:43,280 --> 01:04:47,280
And the first thing he said to me was, wow, your jacket's much nicer than my jacket

1325
01:04:47,280 --> 01:04:49,280
Come and stand with me

1326
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:52,280
And I was just like, Tony Bennett just spoke to me

1327
01:04:52,280 --> 01:04:54,280
I just want to pass out

1328
01:04:54,280 --> 01:04:56,280
What do you do when you meet people like that?

1329
01:04:56,280 --> 01:04:58,280
They're fucking legends to be fair

1330
01:04:58,280 --> 01:04:59,280
Legends, man

1331
01:04:59,280 --> 01:05:00,280
I mean, yeah, really, really, really

1332
01:05:00,280 --> 01:05:01,280
Come on, legends, man

1333
01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:03,280
I mean, Tony Bennett, Mike

1334
01:05:03,280 --> 01:05:05,280
That man is pipes, man

1335
01:05:05,280 --> 01:05:06,280
He's got pipes

1336
01:05:06,280 --> 01:05:08,280
I just cannot believe that I managed to meet him

1337
01:05:08,280 --> 01:05:09,280
American actors

1338
01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:10,280
I hate you

1339
01:05:10,280 --> 01:05:12,280
Even the American actors

1340
01:05:12,280 --> 01:05:14,280
I've got a few more going if you want

1341
01:05:14,280 --> 01:05:15,280
I've got a few stories

1342
01:05:15,280 --> 01:05:16,280
How long have you got?

1343
01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:17,280
Go on, get more wine out

1344
01:05:17,280 --> 01:05:19,280
18, 19, they're all still performing

1345
01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:20,280
Yeah, amazing

1346
01:05:20,280 --> 01:05:22,280
The Asians, I don't know

1347
01:05:22,280 --> 01:05:25,280
People just can't seem to accept when we are too old

1348
01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:28,280
I don't know, hopefully it changes

1349
01:05:28,280 --> 01:05:29,280
But then you've got to look at Uncle Lewis

1350
01:05:29,280 --> 01:05:32,280
We should give Uncle Lewis a big

1351
01:05:32,280 --> 01:05:33,280
I'd love to

1352
01:05:33,280 --> 01:05:34,280
Hang on

1353
01:05:34,280 --> 01:05:35,280
Let me qualify again

1354
01:05:35,280 --> 01:05:37,280
I did ask him

1355
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:40,280
I asked him last season to come on

1356
01:05:40,280 --> 01:05:42,280
First of all, he can't remember me

1357
01:05:42,280 --> 01:05:45,280
Which I find very sad

1358
01:05:45,280 --> 01:05:46,280
Ask him

1359
01:05:46,280 --> 01:05:49,280
And then he said

1360
01:05:49,280 --> 01:05:53,280
Don't know, Chris, my time is up

1361
01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:58,280
And talk to those who are younger

1362
01:05:58,280 --> 01:06:00,280
Lewis always says things like that

1363
01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:03,280
He's also somebody that doesn't take himself so seriously

1364
01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:05,280
Which I find so fucking ironic for somebody

1365
01:06:05,280 --> 01:06:07,280
I love Lewis's scatting

1366
01:06:07,280 --> 01:06:08,280
His scatting is brilliant

1367
01:06:08,280 --> 01:06:09,280
Oh my God, amazing

1368
01:06:09,280 --> 01:06:11,280
Scatting is ridiculous again

1369
01:06:11,280 --> 01:06:13,280
But yeah, I did ask him

1370
01:06:13,280 --> 01:06:15,280
Of course I asked him

1371
01:06:15,280 --> 01:06:16,280
I asked quite a number of guys

1372
01:06:16,280 --> 01:06:18,280
I'm not going to mention names though

1373
01:06:18,280 --> 01:06:20,280
But they just didn't want to

1374
01:06:20,280 --> 01:06:21,280
And they don't understand why

1375
01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:23,280
Yeah, but I think it's important

1376
01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:27,280
Lewis, because he's a little bit slow walking

1377
01:06:27,280 --> 01:06:29,280
Maybe you have to ask someone to go pick him up

1378
01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:31,280
Can I arrange for someone to go pick him up?

1379
01:06:31,280 --> 01:06:32,280
Things like that

1380
01:06:32,280 --> 01:06:35,280
He really outright didn't want to

1381
01:06:35,280 --> 01:06:36,280
And I could sense it straight away

1382
01:06:36,280 --> 01:06:39,280
He's quite a quiet person when it comes to those things

1383
01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:40,280
He doesn't always like the limelight

1384
01:06:40,280 --> 01:06:43,280
Which is quite funny for somebody that likes the limelight

1385
01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:46,280
The reason why I started a distribute show

1386
01:06:46,280 --> 01:06:47,280
And want to continue doing it

1387
01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:50,280
Is because I really think that it's sad

1388
01:06:50,280 --> 01:06:53,280
For musos that have done so much

1389
01:06:53,280 --> 01:06:55,280
For so little sometimes

1390
01:06:55,280 --> 01:06:57,280
For so many years especially

1391
01:06:57,280 --> 01:07:01,280
And be forgotten

1392
01:07:01,280 --> 01:07:04,280
I just feel it's sad

1393
01:07:04,280 --> 01:07:08,280
And I've asked quite some people

1394
01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:11,280
Like I said, some people I really would love to have on the show

1395
01:07:11,280 --> 01:07:14,280
But they just don't want to come on

1396
01:07:14,280 --> 01:07:15,280
And I don't get it

1397
01:07:15,280 --> 01:07:20,280
And I just feel that your name is going to come out again

1398
01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:22,280
It's got to be there somehow

1399
01:07:22,280 --> 01:07:24,280
And if I can do my little bit, my little part

1400
01:07:24,280 --> 01:07:25,280
I'll do it

1401
01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:28,280
It's super nice to be asked to do these things

1402
01:07:28,280 --> 01:07:29,280
But I think for me

1403
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:30,280
I don't know how Stephen feels

1404
01:07:30,280 --> 01:07:33,280
But for me I think

1405
01:07:33,280 --> 01:07:35,280
Even if I wasn't remembered

1406
01:07:35,280 --> 01:07:37,280
The memories I have of myself

1407
01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:38,280
I will remember myself

1408
01:07:38,280 --> 01:07:40,280
So I'll be very proud of what I've done

1409
01:07:40,280 --> 01:07:42,280
Even if other people don't remember me

1410
01:07:42,280 --> 01:07:43,280
You and I have a connection somehow

1411
01:07:43,280 --> 01:07:44,280
You know why not?

1412
01:07:44,280 --> 01:07:46,280
Because that's my final question actually

1413
01:07:46,280 --> 01:07:47,280
But before I go to that

1414
01:07:47,280 --> 01:07:48,280
I'm good at this

1415
01:07:48,280 --> 01:07:49,280
It's really strange

1416
01:07:49,280 --> 01:07:51,280
This is like the third time you said something

1417
01:07:51,280 --> 01:07:54,280
That's connected to things I want to talk about

1418
01:07:54,280 --> 01:07:56,280
The two little boys

1419
01:07:56,280 --> 01:07:57,280
What the fuck's that?

1420
01:07:57,280 --> 01:07:59,280
Can we flash that on the screen please?

1421
01:07:59,280 --> 01:08:00,280
What's that?

1422
01:08:00,280 --> 01:08:01,280
Okay, so two little boys

1423
01:08:01,280 --> 01:08:02,280
Two little boys

1424
01:08:02,280 --> 01:08:03,280
It's very funny

1425
01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:05,280
I have to tell you the truth

1426
01:08:05,280 --> 01:08:07,280
And he's going to get a shout out now

1427
01:08:07,280 --> 01:08:10,280
So Kenneth Stu, the great funk band DJ

1428
01:08:10,280 --> 01:08:11,280
We had a business together

1429
01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:14,280
Our first bar that we opened in Boat Key

1430
01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:16,280
Kenneth and I still work together on different projects

1431
01:08:16,280 --> 01:08:17,280
And different things

1432
01:08:17,280 --> 01:08:19,280
And we've been mates forever

1433
01:08:19,280 --> 01:08:22,280
But he came up with the name from Ralph Harris

1434
01:08:22,280 --> 01:08:25,280
But this was before Ralph Harris got kind of arrested

1435
01:08:25,280 --> 01:08:27,280
For child molestation

1436
01:08:27,280 --> 01:08:29,280
So two little boys

1437
01:08:29,280 --> 01:08:30,280
And sometimes I say

1438
01:08:30,280 --> 01:08:31,280
Oh, two little boys

1439
01:08:31,280 --> 01:08:32,280
And people go

1440
01:08:32,280 --> 01:08:33,280
Oh, okay

1441
01:08:33,280 --> 01:08:36,280
But it's too late to change the bloody company name

1442
01:08:36,280 --> 01:08:38,280
But that's where it came from

1443
01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:39,280
Because it was me and Kenneth

1444
01:08:39,280 --> 01:08:40,280
So this business

1445
01:08:40,280 --> 01:08:42,280
This is a business for the bar

1446
01:08:42,280 --> 01:08:43,280
The bar business

1447
01:08:43,280 --> 01:08:47,280
So actually it's a concert thing

1448
01:08:47,280 --> 01:08:48,280
It runs entertainment

1449
01:08:48,280 --> 01:08:49,280
It runs stuff

1450
01:08:49,280 --> 01:08:51,280
And it runs obviously Torrethies

1451
01:08:51,280 --> 01:08:55,280
But it's also I bring in shows and entertainment acts

1452
01:08:55,280 --> 01:08:56,280
And all different things

1453
01:08:56,280 --> 01:08:58,280
So it's like a two prong thing

1454
01:08:58,280 --> 01:09:00,280
So two little boys are still in existence

1455
01:09:00,280 --> 01:09:01,280
Of course, yeah

1456
01:09:01,280 --> 01:09:03,280
Can we flash it out one more time please?

1457
01:09:03,280 --> 01:09:05,280
Okay people

1458
01:09:05,280 --> 01:09:07,280
This is the business that Rob Collins has

1459
01:09:07,280 --> 01:09:09,280
It's called Two Little Boys

1460
01:09:09,280 --> 01:09:11,280
Music and entertainment

1461
01:09:11,280 --> 01:09:15,280
I don't know why entertainment actually ended up with an S at the end

1462
01:09:15,280 --> 01:09:17,280
Entertainment

1463
01:09:17,280 --> 01:09:18,280
Is it plural?

1464
01:09:18,280 --> 01:09:20,280
Because there's more entertainment

1465
01:09:20,280 --> 01:09:22,280
I've got so much entertainment to give you

1466
01:09:22,280 --> 01:09:23,280
Come on dude

1467
01:09:23,280 --> 01:09:26,280
It's supposed to be singular

1468
01:09:26,280 --> 01:09:27,280
It's not plural man

1469
01:09:27,280 --> 01:09:28,280
It's entertainment

1470
01:09:28,280 --> 01:09:30,280
Not entertainment, it's the Brits

1471
01:09:30,280 --> 01:09:32,280
I was a mother-of-god man

1472
01:09:32,280 --> 01:09:35,280
My bloody language and I still fucked it up

1473
01:09:35,280 --> 01:09:36,280
And he's a Brit man

1474
01:09:36,280 --> 01:09:38,280
He got his English wrong

1475
01:09:38,280 --> 01:09:40,280
More one please, more one please

1476
01:09:42,280 --> 01:09:44,280
What you said just now Rob

1477
01:09:44,280 --> 01:09:48,280
What you said just now about being remembered, right?

1478
01:09:48,280 --> 01:09:50,280
Here's my final question

1479
01:09:50,280 --> 01:09:52,280
This is the final question, okay?

1480
01:09:52,280 --> 01:09:53,280
For the both of you

1481
01:09:53,280 --> 01:09:56,280
What's the one thing you like to be remembered for?

1482
01:09:56,280 --> 01:09:57,280
Bloody hell

1483
01:09:57,280 --> 01:09:58,280
You go first

1484
01:10:01,280 --> 01:10:03,280
Funny you mention that really

1485
01:10:03,280 --> 01:10:05,280
Isn't it weird man?

1486
01:10:08,280 --> 01:10:11,280
You know I started at a real early age

1487
01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:14,280
So people remember me from back then to now

1488
01:10:14,280 --> 01:10:18,280
I've always been very humble

1489
01:10:18,280 --> 01:10:20,280
I don't brag much

1490
01:10:21,280 --> 01:10:23,280
Stephen let me just put it another way okay?

1491
01:10:23,280 --> 01:10:24,280
No egos

1492
01:10:24,280 --> 01:10:27,280
What's going to be written on your epitaph on your

1493
01:10:27,280 --> 01:10:29,280
You know what I mean?

1494
01:10:29,280 --> 01:10:31,280
In Chinese you, I'm not going to say too much

1495
01:10:31,280 --> 01:10:32,280
But you know what I mean?

1496
01:10:32,280 --> 01:10:33,280
Bloody hell

1497
01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:34,280
Jesus Christ

1498
01:10:34,280 --> 01:10:36,280
Just sum it up man, just sum it up

1499
01:10:36,280 --> 01:10:37,280
Toya, Toya, Toya

1500
01:10:37,280 --> 01:10:39,280
I've been here since Singapore

1501
01:10:39,280 --> 01:10:42,280
You know what would you like to have on your epitaph?

1502
01:10:42,280 --> 01:10:43,280
You know what I mean?

1503
01:10:43,280 --> 01:10:44,280
Where people

1504
01:10:44,280 --> 01:10:47,280
Something that you want to be remembered for

1505
01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:50,280
Fuck the humility aside for a minute

1506
01:10:50,280 --> 01:10:51,280
Will you?

1507
01:10:51,280 --> 01:10:52,280
And just deep down in your heart

1508
01:10:52,280 --> 01:10:55,280
Stephen Lloyd Francis, great guy, great singer

1509
01:10:55,280 --> 01:10:57,280
Oh what a nice name, that's lovely

1510
01:10:57,280 --> 01:10:59,280
Don't I want to kiss you now?

1511
01:10:59,280 --> 01:11:00,280
That's great

1512
01:11:00,280 --> 01:11:01,280
That's great

1513
01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:02,280
Oh gosh

1514
01:11:02,280 --> 01:11:04,280
That's quite sweet

1515
01:11:04,280 --> 01:11:07,280
This bromance is getting too epic man

1516
01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:08,280
Too epic man

1517
01:11:08,280 --> 01:11:09,280
18 years

1518
01:11:09,280 --> 01:11:11,280
18 years at all

1519
01:11:11,280 --> 01:11:13,280
How about you Rob?

1520
01:11:13,280 --> 01:11:16,280
What epitaph do you see man?

1521
01:11:16,280 --> 01:11:18,280
He who drinks too much

1522
01:11:20,280 --> 01:11:23,280
He who got knocked by a car park barrier

1523
01:11:23,280 --> 01:11:25,280
I would say

1524
01:11:26,280 --> 01:11:29,280
Don't light a flame near here

1525
01:11:33,280 --> 01:11:36,280
In case I take the old building down

1526
01:11:36,280 --> 01:11:40,280
I don't know, nothing

1527
01:11:42,280 --> 01:11:44,280
It was fun

1528
01:11:44,280 --> 01:11:45,280
So you want it

1529
01:11:45,280 --> 01:11:46,280
That's what I'm saying

1530
01:11:46,280 --> 01:11:47,280
It was fun

1531
01:11:47,280 --> 01:11:48,280
It was fun

1532
01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:49,280
That about

1533
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:50,280
So basically

1534
01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:51,280
It was fun

1535
01:11:51,280 --> 01:11:54,280
So am I right to sum it up for you right?

1536
01:11:54,280 --> 01:11:55,280
It's going to be like

1537
01:11:55,280 --> 01:11:57,280
It's something like

1538
01:11:57,280 --> 01:12:02,280
Rob Collins is remembered for always having a great time

1539
01:12:02,280 --> 01:12:04,280
And always fun to be around with

1540
01:12:04,280 --> 01:12:06,280
Yeah that's quite a nice thing I guess

1541
01:12:06,280 --> 01:12:08,280
I'm not always sure I'm always fun to be around with

1542
01:12:08,280 --> 01:12:10,280
I could be a right boss at times

1543
01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:14,280
Just I think in theory it was fun

1544
01:12:14,280 --> 01:12:22,280
I mean I fundraise so much now for you know from the bar for Action for AIDS and Uga Chaka

1545
01:12:22,280 --> 01:12:25,280
And then I also sponsor all the stuff for Pangdemonium from the bar

1546
01:12:25,280 --> 01:12:31,280
You know I literally I try and give back as much as I can now from everything that I gained here in Singapore

1547
01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:32,280
Well awesome man

1548
01:12:32,280 --> 01:12:36,280
Yeah I really try and do that and I'm lucky to be in a position that I can do that

1549
01:12:36,280 --> 01:12:42,280
And I can use my name and I can use whatever I've done in the past to be able to do that

1550
01:12:42,280 --> 01:12:44,280
Three months to 18 years

1551
01:12:44,280 --> 01:12:46,280
Why?

1552
01:12:46,280 --> 01:12:48,280
Because Stephen's gorgeous

1553
01:12:56,280 --> 01:12:59,280
Do you know what? I set up a life by accident

1554
01:12:59,280 --> 01:13:01,280
I actually set up a life by accident

1555
01:13:01,280 --> 01:13:07,280
What would have been a quick trip and singing some songs with some great musicians became a way of life

1556
01:13:07,280 --> 01:13:12,280
And I love Singapore and I really cannot say anything different than that

1557
01:13:12,280 --> 01:13:16,280
You've been in Singapore for 18 years trying to get a PR and still haven't got it

1558
01:13:16,280 --> 01:13:17,280
Yeah still not even PR

1559
01:13:17,280 --> 01:13:20,280
I really don't understand whoever watching this

1560
01:13:20,280 --> 01:13:21,280
Hello if you're watching

1561
01:13:21,280 --> 01:13:23,280
Hello give this man a PR please

1562
01:13:23,280 --> 01:13:24,280
Please hello

1563
01:13:24,280 --> 01:13:28,280
You know he's been around for 18 years doing all the charity work

1564
01:13:28,280 --> 01:13:32,280
I reckon I've raised about 6 million or 20 million or something for charities or something

1565
01:13:32,280 --> 01:13:34,280
It's just the way it is

1566
01:13:34,280 --> 01:13:36,280
Give that man a PR and a tiger

1567
01:13:36,280 --> 01:13:39,280
No don't drink beer give me a red one

1568
01:13:39,280 --> 01:13:43,280
No but really I think that would be my thing

1569
01:13:43,280 --> 01:13:51,280
Always give back whatever you can get in here if you have the ability to give it back give it back because that's very important

1570
01:13:51,280 --> 01:13:55,280
Thank you very much man really I appreciate that man I mean it's really nice knowing that you know

1571
01:13:55,280 --> 01:14:03,280
Guys like you come here to work and then you really give back to at least Singapore you know I mean I really thank you for that

1572
01:14:03,280 --> 01:14:04,280
Really thanks so much man

1573
01:14:04,280 --> 01:14:05,280
Yeah my pleasure

1574
01:14:05,280 --> 01:14:07,280
Even though the fact that you haven't given me a PR

1575
01:14:07,280 --> 01:14:12,280
You took me in so it's only good that I give something back

1576
01:14:12,280 --> 01:14:15,280
Anyway guys I really appreciate you coming on the show

1577
01:14:15,280 --> 01:14:16,280
Thank you for inviting us

1578
01:14:16,280 --> 01:14:20,280
I really don't know how we're going to do you know how we're going to do any post production of this

1579
01:14:20,280 --> 01:14:21,280
We're not singing again are we

1580
01:14:21,280 --> 01:14:25,280
You might just want to keep it all

1581
01:14:25,280 --> 01:14:27,280
Just keep the whole lot it could be a very long conversation

1582
01:14:27,280 --> 01:14:29,280
I'm not going to keep it all but we were all over the place

1583
01:14:29,280 --> 01:14:37,280
All over the place in fact most of the things I have here were actually all got laid out

1584
01:14:37,280 --> 01:14:38,280
Oh really

1585
01:14:38,280 --> 01:14:39,280
In the course of this conversation

1586
01:14:39,280 --> 01:14:40,280
Wow that's so weird

1587
01:14:40,280 --> 01:14:44,280
It's really weird and that's why I'm saying it's really been kind of strange

1588
01:14:44,280 --> 01:14:49,280
Like I say when you put me and him in a room together you see how the atmosphere changes

1589
01:14:49,280 --> 01:14:51,280
I don't just see the bromance I feel the bromance man

1590
01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:54,280
You can feel it right I genuinely have so much love for them

1591
01:14:54,280 --> 01:14:55,280
Bring Rob along

1592
01:14:55,280 --> 01:15:01,280
Can I bring a partner along Rob I see we've got so much things to say

1593
01:15:01,280 --> 01:15:05,280
So you didn't bloody invite me first you can fuck off now

1594
01:15:05,280 --> 01:15:10,280
You've been drinking my wine bro

1595
01:15:10,280 --> 01:15:16,280
Yeah exactly I'm going to drink more of it now

1596
01:15:16,280 --> 01:15:20,280
Anyway thank you so much and it's my tribute to the two of you

1597
01:15:20,280 --> 01:15:23,280
Please continue doing what you do okay

1598
01:15:23,280 --> 01:15:24,280
We will

1599
01:15:24,280 --> 01:15:25,280
I hope so

1600
01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:27,280
Just continue doing what you do

1601
01:15:27,280 --> 01:15:31,280
Another 18 years well if Rod can do 80 that gives me a lot of energy

1602
01:15:31,280 --> 01:15:36,280
I'll only be 70 so it's okay

1603
01:15:36,280 --> 01:15:39,280
I wish you guys the best and thanks again for being on the show

1604
01:15:39,280 --> 01:15:42,280
Everyone you've been watching the Chris Hansen conversation

1605
01:15:42,280 --> 01:15:47,280
Well I hope you don't censor us though

1606
01:15:47,280 --> 01:15:48,280
You possibly might

1607
01:15:48,280 --> 01:15:52,280
It's been a fun conversation and if you're one of those that's really feeling yicky about this

1608
01:15:52,280 --> 01:15:56,280
You're not meant to be on my show

1609
01:15:56,280 --> 01:15:58,280
Till next time this is still season five

1610
01:15:58,280 --> 01:16:02,280
And we're going to continue with some more guests for the tribute series

1611
01:16:02,280 --> 01:16:06,280
So make sure you come back again next Friday

1612
01:16:06,280 --> 01:16:13,280
I'll see you again real soon bye bye