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(audience hollering) ♪ Kristo ♪ ♪ Kristo ♪ ♪ Kristo ♪ ♪ Sina budi kwenda sasa ♪ ♪ Sasa ♪ ♪ Sina budi kwenda sasa ♪ ♪ Hmm ♪ ♪ Lazima nisichelewe ♪ ♪ Mtoto amezaliwa ♪ ♪ Mtoto amezaliwa Mtoto amezaliwa ♪ ♪ Kristo ♪ ♪ Kristo ♪ ♪ Kristo Gloria ♪ ♪ (audience clapping) ♪ (audience clapping) ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) (audience clapping) ♪ (audience clapping) ♪ ♪ ♪ Come here, come say ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) ♪ Ride ♪ ♪ ♪ On the night ♪ ♪ ♪ Sun become day ♪ ♪ ♪ Day ♪ ♪ ♪ Shall provide ♪ ♪ ♪ Soo, soolaimon ♪ ♪ Soolai, soolai, soolaimon ♪ ♪ Soo, soolaimon ♪ ♪ Soolai, soolai, soolaimon ♪ ♪ Soo, soolaimon ♪ ♪ Soolai, soolai, soolaimon ♪ ♪ ♪ Lord of my want, want, want ♪ ♪ God of my need, need, need ♪ ♪ Leading me on, on, on ♪ ♪ On to my woman, she dance for the Sun ♪ ♪ God of my day, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Lord of my night, night, night ♪ ♪ Seek for the way, yeah, hey ♪ ♪ Taking me home ♪ ♪ She callin' ♪ ♪ ♪ Bring home my name ♪ ♪ Soolaimon ♪ ♪ On the wings of a flea ♪ ♪ ♪ Wind in the plain ♪ ♪ Soolaimon ♪ ♪ ♪ Dance ♪ ♪ ♪ Once for me ♪ ♪ ♪ Soo, soolaimon ♪ ♪ Soolai, soolai, soolaimon ♪ ♪ Soo, soolaimon ♪ ♪ Soolai, soolai, soolaimon ♪ ♪ Soo, soolaimon ♪ ♪ Soolai, soolai, soolaimon ♪ ♪ ♪ Lord of my want, want, want ♪ ♪ God of my need, need, need ♪ ♪ Leading me on, on, on ♪ ♪ On to my woman, she dance for the Sun ♪ ♪ God of my day, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Lord of my night, night, night ♪ ♪ Seek for the way, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Taking me home and she calling my name ♪ ♪ Lord of my want ♪ (singer vocalizing) ♪ God of my need ♪ (singer vocalizing) ♪ Leading me on ♪ (singer vocalizing) ♪ Taking me home ♪ (singer vocalizing) ♪ (audience applauding) ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) (indistinct audience chatter) (indistinct audience chatter) ♪ ♪ She was morning, and I ♪ (audience applauds) ♪ Was night time ♪ (audience applauds) ♪ I one day woke up ♪ ♪ To find her lying beside my bed ♪ ♪ ♪ I softly said come take me ♪ ♪ ♪ For I've been lonely in need of someone ♪ ♪ As though I'd done someone wrong somewhere ♪ ♪ But I don't know where, I don't know where ♪ ♪ Come lately ♪ ♪ ♪ You are the Sun, I am the Moon ♪ ♪ You are the words, I am the tune ♪ ♪ Play me ♪ ♪ Song she sang to me ♪ ♪ Song she brang to me ♪ ♪ Words that rang in me ♪ ♪ Rhyme that sprang from me ♪ ♪ And warmed the night, and what was right ♪ ♪ Became me ♪ ♪ ♪ You are the Sun, I am the Moon ♪ ♪ You are the words, I am the tune ♪ ♪ Play me ♪ ♪ ♪ (Neil vocalizing) ♪ ♪ And so it was that I came to travel ♪ ♪ Upon a road that was thorned and narrow ♪ ♪ Another place, another place ♪ ♪ To guide me ♪ ♪ ♪ You are the Sun, I am the Moon ♪ ♪ You are the words, I am the tune ♪ ♪ Play me ♪ ♪ You are the Sun, I am the Moon ♪ ♪ You are the words, I am the tune ♪ ♪ Play me ♪ ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) NEIL: It's doing great, unbelievable.

Unbelievable.

38,000 of us here tonight.

A new record.

(audience cheering and applauding) Fantastic, fantastic.

I just see people on the sides there.

(audience cheering) People behind us.

(audience cheering) Those are among the best seats in the house.

I promise you we'll do a song for you guys.

I promise.

People here, the high- the high-rollers, yes.

(audience cheering and applauding) 38,000.

My God.

I think if we decided to tonight... Oh, I'm sorry about you in the back.

I didn't, I didn't...

Please, they're coming at us.

No, no.

Yes, now I can see you.

Beautiful.

The stands in the back, fantastic.

Just wave everybody in the back so I can- Oh wow, far out.

Something else.

I mean, you think you have the best seats in the house, right?

No way.

Right here, and I didn't pay to get in.

I have the best seat in the house.

I can see everybody, it's gorgeous.

Well, we are here.

This is the final concert of our Australian tour.

It's been one of the most exciting.

I mean, I've been touring and traveling all over the world for- this is 10 years.

March is my anniversary.

March is 10 years since March 1966.

(audience cheering and applauding) And this without any question, without any question has been our most exciting and most beautiful tour.

The audience is- oh, I don't wan- I'll just go on for hours about it.

It's been extraordinary.

We're here tonight to bring you beautiful music.

That's- that's- that's why we came and that's what we're gonna do tonight.

We're gonna start way back, March 1966, and we'll work our way forward.

Richard?

(audience cheering and applauding) ♪ ♪ Melinda was mine ♪ ♪ 'Til the time that I found her ♪ ♪ Holding Jim, loving him ♪ ♪ Then you came along and loved me strong ♪ ♪ That's what I thought ♪ ♪ Me and you, but that died too ♪ ♪ Don't know that I will ♪ ♪ But until I can find me ♪ ♪ The girl who'll stay ♪ ♪ And won't play games behind me ♪ ♪ I'll be what I am ♪ ♪ A solitary man, solitary man ♪ ♪ I've had it to here ♪ ♪ Bein' where love's a small word ♪ ♪ Part-time thing, paper ring ♪ ♪ And I know it's been done ♪ ♪ Havin' one girl who loves you ♪ ♪ Right or wrong, weak or strong ♪ ♪ ♪ Don't know that I will ♪ ♪ But until I can find you ♪ ♪ The girl who'll stay ♪ ♪ And won't play games behind me ♪ ♪ I'll be what I am ♪ ♪ A solitary man, solitary man ♪ (Neil vocalizing) ♪ ♪ Don't know that I will ♪ ♪ But until I can find me ♪ ♪ A girl that'll stay ♪ ♪ And won't play games behind me ♪ ♪ I'll be what I am ♪ ♪ A solitary man ♪ ♪ Solitary man ♪ ♪ Oh, solitary man ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) ♪ ♪ (audience cheering) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Baby love me, yes, yes she does ♪ ♪ My mama ♪ ♪ Ah, girl outta sight, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, ah ♪ ♪ Says she loves me, yes, yes she does, honey ♪ ♪ Gonna show me tonight, yeah ♪ ♪ Hey, she got the way to move me ♪ ♪ Cherry ♪ ♪ She got the way to groove me ♪ ♪ Cherry, baby ♪ ♪ All right ♪ ♪ She got the way to groove me ♪ ♪ Huh!

Real easy, yeah.

♪ ♪ Yeah, no, we won't tell a soul where we gone to ♪ ♪ Girl, we do whatever we want to ♪ ♪ Mm, I know you know what I'm sayin', baby ♪ ♪ Can't stand still while the music is playin' ♪ ♪ Kick it ♪ ♪ ♪ Ain't got no right, no, no you don't mama ♪ ♪ Ah, to be so exciting ♪ ♪ Huh, oww ♪ ♪ Won't need bright lights, no, no we won't honey ♪ ♪ Gonna make our own lightning ♪ ♪ Hey, she got the way to move me ♪ ♪ Cherry ♪ ♪ She got the way to groove me ♪ ♪ Come on, Cherry, baby ♪ ♪ All right ♪ ♪ She got the way to groove me ♪ ♪ Huh!

Real down.

♪ King Errisson, I want you to play some conga drums for us for a full while.

King Errisson.

♪ ♪ ♪ (crowd cheering) ♪ All right, King Errisson.

♪ Real easy guys.

♪ Real easy, get it down.

♪ Real easy.

♪ Oh, real down.

♪ Oh goodness.

♪ ♪ She won't tell a soul where we gone to ♪ ♪ Girl, we do whatever we want to ♪ ♪ Yeah, oh ♪ ♪ You know, you know what I'm sayin', baby ♪ ♪ Can't stand still while the music is playin' ♪ ♪ Kick it ♪ ♪ ♪ Hey, she got the way to move me ♪ ♪ Cherry ♪ ♪ She got the way to groove me ♪ ♪ Come on, Cherry, baby ♪ ♪ All right ♪ Let's do it.

♪ Huh!

One more now!

Here we go.

♪ (audience cheering and applauding) ♪ This is my little (indistinct).

♪ ♪ Where it began ♪ ♪ I can't begin to know when ♪ ♪ But then I know that it's growing strong ♪ I got that, baby.

♪ ♪ Was in the spring ♪ ♪ Spring became the Summer ♪ ♪ Who'd have believed you'd come along ♪ ♪ ♪ Hands, clappin' hands ♪ You've got it.

♪ Reachin' out, baby, yes, yes ♪ ♪ Touchin' me ♪ Oh, do what feels good.

♪ Touchin' you ♪ ♪ Sweet Caroline ♪ Oh, beautiful.

♪ Good times never seemed so good ♪ ♪ I've been inclined ♪ Honey, say I have ♪ To believe they never would ♪ ♪ But now I- I look at the night ♪ ♪ And it don't seem so lonely ♪ ♪ We fill it up with only two ♪ Yes.

♪ And when I hurt ♪ ♪ Hurtin' runs off my shoulders ♪ ♪ How can I hurt when I'm holdin' you ♪ Here we go gang.

♪ Warm ♪ Yeah.

♪ Touchin' warm ♪ You got it.

♪ Reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' me ♪ ♪ Sweet Caroline ♪ ♪ Good times never seemed so good ♪ ♪ I've been inclined ♪ Honey say I have ♪ To believe they never would ♪ ♪ Oh no no ♪ Real easy.

Now we start have to build it together, okay?

(Neil vocalizing) Okay, here we go.

A little clapping sounds good.

All right, let's do it!

♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Sweet Caroline ♪ ♪ Good times never seemed so good ♪ ♪ I've been inclined ♪ ♪ To believe they never would ♪ ♪ Sweet Caroline ♪ Woo!

(audience cheering) ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) Fantastic.

(indistinct) "Last Picasso?"

Yeah, "Last Picasso."

♪ ♪ ♪ Hey the last Picasso ♪ ♪ Last Picasso ♪ ♪ Was just acquired by some old museum ♪ ♪ And Don Quixote ♪ ♪ Well, Don Quixote ♪ ♪ The old man's rhyme has lost its reason ♪ ♪ Which only reminds me ♪ ♪ Have I remembered to say ♪ ♪ That without you this life of plenty ♪ ♪ Would seem so empty ♪ ♪ Ah, the last Picasso ♪ ♪ Oh, me and you ♪ ♪ Me oh me, oh me, oh me, oh me and you ♪ ♪ We, we can sigh ♪ ♪ Me, oh me, oh me, oh me we can sigh ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Oh, pocket tune ♪ ♪ Hey the last Picasso ♪ ♪ Last Picasso ♪ ♪ May gather dust amid the ruins ♪ ♪ And Don Quixote ♪ ♪ Don Quixote may no longer ♪ ♪ Make his wishful tunes ♪ ♪ But I will have you ♪ ♪ And I will have you ♪ ♪ When everything else is gone and done with ♪ ♪ We will be like one with, the last Picasso ♪ ♪ Oh, miss, me and you babe ♪ ♪ Me oh me, oh me, oh me, oh me and you babe ♪ ♪ We, we can sigh ♪ Yes baby.

♪ Me oh me, oh me oh me, oh we can sigh ♪ ♪ Oh, me and you, babe ♪ ♪ Me oh me, oh me, oh me, oh me and you, babe ♪ ♪ We, we can sigh ♪ (Neil scatting) ♪ Me oh me, oh me, oh me, oh we can sigh ♪ (Neil scatting) ♪ Me and you, yes ♪ ♪ Me oh me, oh me, oh me, oh me and you, babe ♪ ♪ We, we can sigh ♪ (Neil scatting) ♪ Me oh me, oh me, oh we can sigh ♪ ♪ Oh, me and you, babe ♪ ♪ Me oh me, oh me, and you babe ♪ ♪ We, we can sigh ♪ ♪ Me oh me, oh me, oh we can sigh ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) Ah, yes, ah, yes, what are all these streamers doing here?

Is this typical of Australia or no?

No, no, I tell you why we can't do that.

Because what happens, it gets caught in the guitar strings and there's this whole show.

You can throw it at the cameraman, he loves it.

You know?

And the photographers, that's all right.

When I was- When I was a youngster of about 14 or 15, the first hero that I ever had was a fictional character named Cyrano de Bergerac.

And why Cyrano?

Why that great, great classical figure?

For three reasons.

First of all, because he was a misfit.

He had this enormously long schnoz, you know?

This nose that just went on forever.

That's one thing.

And I was at that age, I was about 14 or 15, and I was kind of an awkward kid, and- And so Cyrano suddenly became someone I could identify with.

The second reason, he was a great swordsman.

There was always a great deal of romance and- and poetry and swordsmanship, which later on I went on to- when I went on to school, I- I started to study saber fencing and I did that.

And I know I did it because of Cyrano, okay?

And the third reason, the third reason that Cyrano was a poet.

He was a beautiful misfit who was a poet.

And he rid these beautiful- He wrote these beautiful poems to- to a woman that he loved and who he could never have.

He wrote this poetry to- to Roxanne.

And I always felt for that, I always ached for Cyrano because here he was writing this stuff and she never knew who it was from.

And so about four years ago, I decided to write a song about a man who reads poetry to win and to woo his woman.

And that became the saga of the "Longfellow Serenade."

We're gonna do it for you now.

(audience cheering and applauding) ♪ ♪ Longfellow serenade ♪ ♪ Such were the plans I'd made ♪ ♪ For she was a lady ♪ ♪ And I was a dreamer ♪ ♪ With only words to trade ♪ ♪ You know that I was born ♪ ♪ For a night like this ♪ ♪ Warmed by a stolen kiss ♪ ♪ For I was lonely ♪ ♪ And she was lonely ♪ ♪ Ride, come on baby, ride ♪ ♪ Let me make your dreams come true ♪ ♪ I'll sing my song ♪ ♪ Let me sing my song ♪ ♪ Let me make it warm for you ♪ ♪ I'll weave his web of rhyme ♪ ♪ Upon the Summer night ♪ ♪ We'll leave this worldly time ♪ ♪ On his winged flight ♪ ♪ Then come, and as we lay ♪ ♪ Beside this sleepy glade ♪ ♪ There I will sing to you ♪ ♪ This longfellow serenade ♪ ♪ ♪ Longfellow serenade ♪ ♪ Such were the plans I'd made ♪ ♪ But she was a lady ♪ ♪ As deep as the river ♪ ♪ And through the night we stayed ♪ ♪ And in my way I loved her as none before ♪ ♪ Loved her with words and more ♪ ♪ For she was lonely and I was lonely ♪ ♪ Ride, come on baby, ride ♪ ♪ Let me make your dreams come true ♪ ♪ I'll sing my song ♪ ♪ Let me sing my song ♪ ♪ Let me make it warm for you ♪ ♪ I'll weave this web of rhyme ♪ ♪ Upon the Summer night ♪ ♪ We'll leave this worldly time ♪ ♪ On his winged flight ♪ ♪ Then come, and as we lay ♪ ♪ Beside this sleepy glade ♪ ♪ There I will sing to you ♪ ♪ This longfellow serenade ♪ ♪ Weave your web of rhyme ♪ ♪ Upon the Summer night, honey ♪ ♪ We'll leave this worldly time ♪ ♪ On your winged flight ♪ ♪ Then come, and as we lay ♪ ♪ Beside this sleepy glade ♪ ♪ There I will sing to you ♪ ♪ This longfellow serenade ♪ ♪ ♪ Weave your web of rhyme ♪ ♪ Upon the Summer night ♪ ♪ We'll leave this worldly time ♪ ♪ On your winged flight ♪ ♪ Then come, and as we lay ♪ ♪ Beside this sleepy glade ♪ ♪ There I will sing to you ♪ ♪ This longfellow serenade ♪ ♪ ♪ And I will sing to you my longfellow serenade ♪ ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Thank you.

What's that back there?

(audience hollering) Can you decide what they're saying?

(audience hollering) It's a combination.

What it is, is a combination of every song I've ever written is coming at once to me.

♪ Holly ♪ ♪ Cheery ♪ (audience hollering) ♪ Sweet Carol granola ♪ I heard.

(audience laughing) ♪ Song, sung solitary ♪ (audience laughing) Soolaimon remember, yes.

Wait, wait, the back is calling out something.

I must hear this.

(audience hollering) (Neil laughs) Right.

I'll get to it.

Whatever it was you said, I promise we'll get to it.

I'm gonna do all the songs tonight.

This our last show.

We'll do 'em all for sure.

(audience cheering) I'm gonna sit just for a minute.

Oh, we'll- oh we'll get to that.

You just called out something I've never heard before in my life.

Spotlights of people over there.

Put the spotlight over there.

I just want to see.

Yeah, ooh, heavyweight stuff over there.

Is everybody here from Sydney?

(audience cheering) Okay, so most everyone's from Sydney.

Okay, how many from Sydney?

Okay, raise hands.

2,000, okay.

How many not from Sydney, from different parts of the country?

Yes, quite substantial numbers.

From where?

From where, where are you from?

(audience hollering) Wisconsin?

That's the United States, my dear.

You've made a wrong turn in New Zealand, honey.

Far out, Los Angeles.

God, but how about from Australia?

Where else from other cities here?

Darwin?

(audience hollering) Quarry?

(audience hollering) But in particular, just this little group.

I'm really curious.

It's an outstanding word.

Say it, now just say one of you.

Choose a leader amongst you.

Yes, stand.

Stand, sir.

Where are you from?

(audience hollering) Wait, wait, I can't tell.

400 people.

Spell it.

T-A-R-E-E. What is it, Taree?

Okay.

I'm gonna learn how to spell every city in this country because I can't pronounce any of them.

I might as well learn how to spell it.

Taree.

Anybody from Melbourne here, Melbourne?

Yes, fantastic.

(audience booing) Ohhhh.

Wait a minute, I'm gonna defend Melbourne.

(audience booing) Who's gonna defend me?

We played the Moomba Festival in Melbourne.

Extraordinary, the audience, we did it after the rain.

It was unbelievable.

And- and it didn't matter.

It didn't matter.

Why doesn't it rain here in Sydney?

No, never.

Right, last week it was beautiful, right?

(audience hollering) Okay, for the rest of Australia, it was beautiful here in Sydney for the last two weeks despite what you've heard about cyclones.

(audience laughing) No, we had a fantastic time in Melbourne.

The- the Lord mayor of Melbourne, who's a fantastic, fantastic man took us around and he's a fan also.

Is he here tonight?

Is the Lord?

Here he is, will you stand up?

Will you stand up and just wave to everybody?

Yes, yes!

That man is extraordinary.

He's a fan, be nice.

It's him and me.

We're gonna defend Melbourne.

How about from- how about from Adelaide?

Is anyone in here from Adelaide?

Yes, did you fly in, fly in?

You walked.

(audience laughs) A chartered skateboard tour you took.

(audience laughs) No.

And Brisbane?

Yes!

Quite an contingent.

At Brisbane, when we were in Brisbane, we had a chartered flight coming in and the- there was an airline strike as you heard about and about 300 people couldn't make it from Mount Islee?

Mount?

I- (audience hollering) Where are you people?

Just wave or something.

Yes, there they are.

They're all scattered.

They didn't want to put them all in one group because they figured they'd take over.

Right?

(audience laughing) And let's see, Perth, did anybody get in from Perth?

(audience cheering) Really, really, really from Perth?

Fantastic.

We played a- we played a football round in Perth just a few nights ago.

And it was unbelievable.

We got out there and just before the show, we looked at the football field and it was covered with seagulls.

They were just sitting out there.

Oh my God.

I said, "Did you do that special for me?"

(audience laughs) It was gorgeous and we left- We had the strangest thing.

Cecilia in Perth, I still love you, my sweet.

If you're still up in the balcony of the police station, honey, how you doing?

I dig you.

And we left Rhonda in Perth, didn't we also?

Did we leave Rhonda in Perth?

We- There was a girl who was in the- at the shows in Melbourne.

And I- I was looking out in the audience and one girl was jumping around insane, and I said, "Come up and sing 'Song Sung Blue' with me."

And she did.

It was just a tremendous amount of courage.

And then the next night, my eye caught another person.

I said, my God, and it was the same girl.

So I said, "This must be love or something or fate, you know?"

So we went off and we went off to Perth to do our shows there and- and we went off and then we heard after we left Perth that Rhonda had flown to Perth, except that she missed us by one day and she's stuck there.

She has no airfare.

So if any of you in Perth find Rhonda, please send the poor girl home.

She lives in Melbourne.

Give her a bus ticket or something.

It's a nice trip across the desert.

(crowd laughs) Rhonda, wherever you are, we love you.

And let's see.

Okay, so we got, now we are here in Sydney.

Aren't we, yes, gateway to Australia.

(audience cheering and applauding) And we have our own little inexpensive version of the Sydney Opera House here that we're traveling with.

This is the portable version.

Not quite as expensive, but it won't be around as long either.

Now this is called a Mobius and we brought it to Australia just because we heard it occasionally rains.

But look how wrong we were.

How foolish.

How foolish.

Really silly.

Anyway, we are going to- I'd like to try something.

An American flag out there.

Does that mean there's an American?

(crowd cheering) Really?

Did you come all the way over to see the show?

(crowd laughing) You flew out on Qantas with those little koala bear stewardesses?

(crowd laughing) Are you from the United States?

Yes you are.

Yeah, okay, fantastic.

You can put the flag down so that people can behind you can see now.

(audience cheering) Yes.

Okay, so here we are.

This is, I tell- I gotta tell you, this is really extraordinary for me because you know, every performance, every concert is a once- in-a-lifetime affair.

I mean, I've performed all over the world, but every one is unique.

We will never, us, be here the way we are tonight.

It's gonna happen once.

Before we know it, it will be over.

But while we have it, it's something to remember and to absorb for me too, for me too to look at all of these people here.

It's just something that I'll take with me when we go through the rest of the world.

I'll take this view right here with me.

(audience cheering and applauding) Three or four years ago, I- I- I was going through a period where I was trying to write some music and nothing would come.

You know, when you're really trying to do something very hard and- and the harder you try it, it doesn't come.

So I- I just sat down and I said, "Okay, I'm gonna relax for a while."

And I put a recording on the phonograph and it was- it was a very special recording.

It was a compilation of Mozart's piano concertos.

And the very first cut on the album was very, very, very, very special.

It was a thing which Mozart called the Piano Concerto Number 21.

And I sat there and I listened to it and it struck me that this is something that I could write words to and even complete the melody to.

And it just had that sing- a-long kind of quality.

Alan and Tom, do me a favor.

Just give us a little part of that Mozart piece, okay?

See if you recognize the song that was written from it.

♪ Do you know it?

♪ ♪ Song sung blue, everybody knows one ♪ Thank you, Mozart, wherever you are.

♪ Song sung blue, every garden grows one ♪ ♪ ♪ Me and you are subject to ♪ ♪ The blues now and then ♪ ♪ But when you take the blues ♪ ♪ And make a song ♪ ♪ You sing 'em out again ♪ ♪ Come sing 'em out again ♪ Here we go.

♪ Song sung blue, weeping like a willow ♪ ♪ ♪ Song sung blue, sleeping on my pillow ♪ ♪ ♪ Funny thing ♪ ♪ But you can sing it with a cry in your voice ♪ ♪ And before you know it's starting to feeling good ♪ ♪ You simply got no choice ♪ ♪ Song sung blue, everybody knows one ♪ We have a wonderful opportunity here tonight.

and that is to create the largest choir known in the history of man.

The first Sydney all-mixed choir.

38,000 voices strong.

Dare you sing with me?

Will you sing it with me?

All right.

(audience hollering) Don't be afraid, don't worry if you can't sing.

Doesn't matter, okay?

♪ Song sung blue, everybody knows one ♪ Oh yes, even stronger.

♪ Song sung blue, every garden grows one ♪ Weeping like a willow, let's do that one.

♪ Song sung blue, weeping like a willow ♪ Ahh, so good.

♪ Song sung blue, sleeping on my pillow ♪ Will you sway with me, let's see what happens.

♪ Song sung blue, everybody knows one ♪ All far out, even in the balconies!

♪ Song sung blue, every garden grows one ♪ Oh yes, take your hands up, good.

♪ Song sung, oh, blue, weeping like a willow ♪ Beautiful!

♪ Song sung blue, sleeping on my pillow ♪ Everybody do it now.

♪ Song sung blue, everybody knows one ♪ ♪ Song sung blue, every garden grows one ♪ Okay, now do it all by yourself.

♪ Song sung blue, everybody knows one ♪ Oh, you're good.

I'll sit back and listen.

♪ Song sung blue, every garden grows one ♪ Weeping like a willow, gang.

♪ Song sung blue, weeping like a willow ♪ ♪ Weeping like a willow ♪ ♪ Song sung blue, sleeping on my pillow ♪ Okay, here we go, funny thing.

♪ Funny thing ♪ ♪ But you can sing it with a cry in your voice ♪ ♪ And before you know it's starting to feeling good ♪ Everybody!

♪ Song sung blue, everybody knows one ♪ (Neil vocalizing) ♪ Song sung blue, every garden grows one ♪ (Neil vocalizing) ♪ Funny thing ♪ ♪ You can sing it with a cry in your voice ♪ ♪ And before you know it's starting to feeling good ♪ Here we go!

♪ Song sung ♪ Here we go!

♪ Blue, everybody, everybody, everyone ♪ ♪ Fantastic!

(audience cheering and applauding) That was, do it again, huh?

Oh, really?

(audience cheering) Oh, what do we do that's interesting if we do it again?

I mean, we have an opportunity here.

We have 38- how about whistling?

Can we try whistling?

Okay, real soft, we'll try whistling real soft.

Okay?

(whistling to tune of "Song Sung Blue") (audience laughing) 38,000 choppers.

(audience laughing) (whistling continues) Yeah, keep it going.

(whistling continues) Oh, it's fine, how about humming, do you think humming'll work?

(humming to tune of "Song Sung Blue") Yes, humming is required.

(humming continues) How about just ladies, would you sing with it me?

♪ Song sung blue, everybody knows one ♪ Oh, you girls, what would we do without you?

♪ Song sung blue, every garden grows one ♪ Weeping like a willow, girls.

♪ Song sung blue, weeping like a willow ♪ Ahh, yes.

♪ Song sung blue, sleeping on my pillow ♪ How about just gentlemen, just the men?

Here we go.

♪ Song sung blue, everybody knows one ♪ Becomes a drinking song.

(audience laughs) ♪ Song sung blue, every garden grows one ♪ Weeping like a willow guys, try it.

♪ Song sung blue, weeping like a willow ♪ Oh, hey.

(audience laughs) ♪ Song sung blue, sleeping on my pillow ♪ Okay, everybody together, me and you are subject!

♪ Me and you are subject to ♪ ♪ The blues now and then ♪ ♪ But when you take the blues and make a song ♪ ♪ Song sung blue, everybody knows one ♪ (Neil vocalizing) ♪ Song sung blue, every garden grows one ♪ (Neil vocalizing) ♪ Funny thing ♪ ♪ But you can sing it with a cry in your voice ♪ ♪ And before you know it's starting to feeling good ♪ Here we go!

♪ Song sung blue, everybody ♪ ♪ Everybody, everybody ♪ ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) (indistinct) Fantastic.

What was that?

What was that I told you earlier?

Alright, you keep this end and I'll keep that end.

That was really extraordinary.

I mean, we were 38,000 people moving and grooving like that, far out.

I hope we got some snapshots.

Did the television cameras see that at all?

Did they see that all over Australia, what the people of Sydney can do when they get together?

(audience cheering) Yes.

I wanna take just a moment now to introduce what I consider to be one of the most extraordinary bands that I've ever played for.

I call them the Neil Diamond Band, but they each have individual names and I want you to meet them all, my band.

(audience applauding) We'll start on the left here, Alan Lindgren on piano.

Alan, just wave to everybody, say hi.

(audience applauds) On the synthesizer too.

Tom Hensley on piano play those beautiful things.

Tom, say hello baby.

(audience applauds) Reinie Press on bass.

(audience applauds) There he goes.

(audience applauds) Linda Press, that's Reinie's wife.

She sings like an angel.

Linda, say hi to everybody.

(audience applauds) (audience applauds) Coming on our guitar, that is Richard Bennett on lead guitar.

In the back there hiding behind the conga drums because he's chased by ladies all over the world, King Errisson from the island of Nassau!

King!

(audience cheering and applauding) (indistinct) are a devil.

And on drums, this man has been my friend and- and been the heartbeat of my band now for so many years.

He played on all of the songs in the Hot August Night album.

He's on drums.

Dennis St. John.

Dennis.

(audience cheering and applauding) ♪ ♪ Cracklin' Rosie, get on board ♪ ♪ We're gonna ride ♪ ♪ Till there ain't no more to go ♪ ♪ Taking it slow ♪ ♪ Lord, don't you know ♪ ♪ Have me a time with a poor man's lady ♪ ♪ Hitchin' on a twilight train ♪ ♪ Ain't nothing here that I care to take along ♪ ♪ Maybe a song ♪ ♪ To sing when I want ♪ ♪ No need to say please to no man ♪ ♪ For a happy tune ♪ ♪ Oh, I love my Rosie child ♪ ♪ You got the way to make me happy ♪ ♪ You and me we go in style ♪ ♪ Cracklin' Rose ♪ ♪ You're a store- bought woman ♪ ♪ But you make me sing like a guitar hummin' ♪ ♪ Hang on to me, girl ♪ ♪ Our song keeps runnin' on ♪ ♪ Play it now, play it now ♪ ♪ Play it now, my lady ♪ ♪ Cracklin' Rosie, make me a smile ♪ ♪ Darlin', if it lasts for an hour ♪ ♪ Well that's all right ♪ ♪ We got all night to set the world right ♪ ♪ Find us a dream that don't ask no questions ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, I love my Rosie child ♪ ♪ You got the way to make me happy ♪ ♪ You and me we go in style ♪ ♪ Cracklin' Rose ♪ ♪ You're a store- bought woman ♪ ♪ You make me sing like a guitar hummin' ♪ ♪ Hang on to me, girl ♪ ♪ Our song keeps runnin' on ♪ ♪ Play it now, play it now ♪ ♪ Play it now, my lady ♪ ♪ Cracklin' Rosie, make me a smile ♪ ♪ Darlin', if it lasts for an hour ♪ ♪ Well that's all right ♪ ♪ We got all night ♪ ♪ Set the world right ♪ ♪ Find us a dream that don't ask no questions ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) (audience noises) (audience noises) ♪ ♪ ♪ Holly holy eyes ♪ ♪ ♪ Dream of only me ♪ ♪ ♪ Where I am, what I am ♪ ♪ What I believe in ♪ ♪ Holly holy ♪ ♪ Holly holy dream ♪ ♪ ♪ Wanting only you ♪ ♪ ♪ And she comes ♪ ♪ And I run just like the wind will ♪ ♪ Holly holy ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ Sing a song ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ Sing a song of songs ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ Sing it out, sing it strong ♪ ♪ Now, now, now, yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ Ah, yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ Call the Sun in the dead of night ♪ ♪ And the Sun gonna rise in the sky ♪ ♪ Touch a man who can't walk upright ♪ ♪ And that lame man, he gonna fly ♪ ♪ And I fly, yeah, and I fly ♪ ♪ Holly holy love ♪ ♪ ♪ Dream of only you ♪ ♪ ♪ And she comes ♪ ♪ And I run just like the wind will ♪ ♪ Holly holy ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ Sing a song ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ Sing a song of songs ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ Sing it out ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ Sing it strong ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ Oww, oww ♪ ♪ Sing it, sing it ♪ ♪ Oww, yeah ♪ ♪ Sing it, yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ Call the Sun in the dead of night ♪ ♪ And the Sun gonna rise in the sky ♪ ♪ Touch a man who can't walk upright ♪ ♪ And that lame man, he gonna fly ♪ ♪ And I fly, yeah, and I fly ♪ ♪ Holly holy love ♪ ♪ ♪ Dream of only you ♪ ♪ ♪ Holly holy Sun ♪ ♪ ♪ Holly holy rain ♪ ♪ ♪ Holly holy love ♪ ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) (audience noises) Just excuse me one moment.

I have to get a little drink of water.

Dennis, you have some drum roll for the water or?

♪ It's one of the extraordinary things about traveling all over the world is you get to understand that people are basic, basic, basic.

All of us, all of us.

Each and every one of us are unique and special in our own way.

And- and it's very, very special when we're alone 'cause we're in need more then than at any other time.

This song speaks about that.

Not only for myself, but for- for many, many people.

♪ (audience applauding) ♪ ♪ ♪ L.A.'s fine, the Sun shines most the time ♪ (audience applauding) ♪ ♪ And the feeling is lay back ♪ ♪ ♪ Palm trees grow and rents are low ♪ ♪ But you know I keep thinkin' about ♪ ♪ Making my way back ♪ ♪ ♪ Well I'm New York City born and raised ♪ ♪ But nowadays, I'm lost between two shores ♪ ♪ ♪ L.A.'s fine, but it ain't home ♪ ♪ New York's home, but it ain't mine no more ♪ ♪ I am, I said ♪ ♪ ♪ To no one there ♪ ♪ ♪ And no one heard ♪ ♪ Not even the chair ♪ ♪ ♪ I am, I cried ♪ ♪ ♪ I am, said I ♪ ♪ ♪ And I am lost and I can't even say why ♪ ♪ ♪ Leavin' me lonely still ♪ ♪ ♪ Did you ever read about a frog ♪ ♪ Who dreamed of bein' a king ♪ ♪ And then became one ♪ ♪ Well, except for the names ♪ ♪ And a few other changes ♪ ♪ If you talk about me ♪ ♪ The story's the same one ♪ ♪ But I got an emptiness deep inside ♪ ♪ And I've tried, but it won't let me go ♪ ♪ ♪ And I'm not a man who likes to swear ♪ ♪ But I never cared ♪ ♪ For the sound of being alone ♪ ♪ I am, I said ♪ ♪ ♪ To no one there ♪ ♪ ♪ And no one heard at all ♪ ♪ Not even the chair ♪ ♪ ♪ I am, I cried ♪ ♪ ♪ I am, said I ♪ ♪ ♪ And I am lost and I can't even say why ♪ ♪ ♪ Leavin' me lonely still ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, no, no, no ♪ ♪ No, no ♪ ♪ No, no, no, no ♪ ♪ No, no ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Sanctus ♪ ♪ Kyrie ♪ ♪ Sanctus ♪ ♪ Kyrie ♪ ♪ Kyrie Gloria ♪ ♪ Gloria Holy ♪ ♪ Holy Holy ♪ ♪ ♪ Gloria ♪ ♪ ♪ Y Sanctus ♪ ♪ Sanctus ♪ ♪ Kyrie ♪ ♪ Kyrie ♪ ♪ Sanctus ♪ ♪ Kyrie ♪ ♪ Kyrie Gloria ♪ ♪ Gloria Holy ♪ ♪ Holy Holy ♪ ♪ Gloria ♪ ♪ Y Sanctus ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Lost ♪ ♪ On a painted sky ♪ ♪ Where the clouds are hung ♪ ♪ For the poet's eye ♪ ♪ You may find him ♪ ♪ ♪ If you may find him ♪ ♪ There ♪ ♪ On a distant shore ♪ ♪ By the wings of dreams ♪ ♪ Through an open door ♪ ♪ You may know him ♪ ♪ ♪ If you may ♪ ♪ Be ♪ ♪ As a page that aches for a word ♪ ♪ Which speaks on a theme that is timeless ♪ ♪ ♪ And the Sun God will make for your day ♪ ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ As a song in search of a voice that is silent ♪ ♪ ♪ And the one God will make for your way ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ And we dance ♪ ♪ To a whispered voice ♪ ♪ Overheard by the soul ♪ ♪ Undertook by the heart ♪ ♪ And you may know it ♪ ♪ ♪ If you may know it ♪ ♪ While the sand would become the stone ♪ ♪ Which begat the spark ♪ ♪ Turned to living bone ♪ ♪ Holy, holy ♪ ♪ Sanctus, sanctus ♪ ♪ Be ♪ ♪ As a page that aches for a word ♪ ♪ Which speaks on a theme that is timeless ♪ ♪ ♪ While the Sun God will make for your day ♪ ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ As a song in search of a voice that is silent ♪ ♪ ♪ And the one God will make for your way ♪ ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) ♪ ♪ ♪ Dear father ♪ ♪ We dream, we dream ♪ ♪ We dream ♪ ♪ While we may ♪ ♪ ♪ Who are we to need ♪ ♪ ♪ We need, we need ♪ ♪ ♪ While we wait ♪ ♪ ♪ While we wait ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (Neil vocalizing) ♪ Skybird, make your sail ♪ ♪ And every heart will know of the tale ♪ ♪ And head for the farthest shore ♪ ♪ Skybird ♪ ♪ ♪ Songbird, make your tune ♪ ♪ For none may know it just as you do ♪ ♪ ♪ And make your song be heard, songbird ♪ ♪ Look at the way I glide ♪ ♪ Caught on the winds lazy tide ♪ ♪ Sweetly how it sings ♪ ♪ Rally each heart ♪ ♪ At the sight of your silver wings ♪ ♪ Skybird ♪ ♪ Skybird ♪ ♪ Eee ♪ ♪ Night bird ♪ ♪ Find your way ♪ ♪ For none may know it just as you may ♪ ♪ ♪ Seek out your harbor of light, night bird ♪ ♪ Look at the way I glide ♪ ♪ Caught on the winds lazy tide ♪ ♪ Sweetly how it sings ♪ ♪ Rally each heart ♪ ♪ At the sight of your silver wings ♪ ♪ Skybird ♪ ♪ Skybird ♪ ♪ Eee ♪ ♪ Night bird ♪ ♪ Find your way ♪ ♪ For none may know it just as you may ♪ ♪ ♪ Seek out your harbor of light, night bird ♪ ♪ ♪ And let your song be heard, songbird ♪ ♪ ♪ And rally each heart ♪ ♪ At the sight of your silver wings ♪ ♪ Skybird ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Lonely looking sky, lonely sky ♪ ♪ Lonely looking sky ♪ ♪ And bein' lonely ♪ ♪ Makes you wonder why ♪ ♪ Makes you wonder why ♪ ♪ Lonely looking sky ♪ ♪ ♪ Lonely looking sky ♪ ♪ ♪ Lonely looking sky ♪ ♪ ♪ Lonely looking night, lonely night ♪ ♪ Lonely looking night ♪ ♪ And bein' lonely ♪ ♪ Never made it right ♪ ♪ Never made it right ♪ ♪ Lonely looking night ♪ ♪ ♪ Lonely looking night ♪ ♪ ♪ Lonely looking night ♪ ♪ ♪ Sleep, we sleep ♪ ♪ ♪ For we may dream ♪ ♪ ♪ While we may ♪ ♪ ♪ Dream we dream ♪ ♪ ♪ For we may wake ♪ ♪ One more day, one more day ♪ ♪ ♪ Glory looking day ♪ ♪ Glory day, glory looking day ♪ ♪ And all it's glory ♪ ♪ Told a simple way ♪ ♪ Behold it if you may ♪ ♪ Glory looking day ♪ ♪ ♪ Glory looking day ♪ ♪ On lonely looking sky ♪ ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) ♪ ♪ Sanctus ♪ ♪ Sanctus ♪ ♪ Kyrie ♪ ♪ Kyrie ♪ ♪ Sanctus ♪ ♪ Kyrie ♪ ♪ Kyrie Gloria ♪ ♪ Gloria Holy ♪ ♪ Holy Holy ♪ ♪ Gloria ♪ ♪ Y Sanctus ♪ ♪ Sanctus ♪ ♪ Kyrie ♪ ♪ Kyrie ♪ ♪ Sanctus ♪ ♪ Kyrie ♪ ♪ Kyrie Gloria ♪ ♪ Gloria Holy ♪ ♪ Holy Holy ♪ ♪ ♪ Gloria ♪ ♪ Y Sanctus ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ And we dance to a whispered voice ♪ ♪ Overheard by the soul ♪ ♪ Undertook by the heart ♪ ♪ And you may know it ♪ ♪ ♪ If you may know it ♪ ♪ While the sand would become the stone ♪ ♪ Which begat the spark ♪ ♪ Turned to living bone ♪ ♪ Holy, holy ♪ ♪ ♪ Sanctus, sanctus ♪ ♪ Be ♪ ♪ As a page that aches for a word ♪ ♪ Which speaks on a theme that is timeless ♪ ♪ ♪ And the Sun God will make for your day ♪ ♪ ♪ Sing ♪ ♪ As a song in search of a voice that is silent ♪ ♪ ♪ And the one God will make for your way ♪ ♪ Be ♪ (audience applauding) ♪ (audience applauding) ♪ (audience applauding) ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It was a hot August night ♪ ♪ And the leaves hanging down ♪ ♪ And the grass on the ground smellin' sweet ♪ ♪ ♪ As we move up the road to the outside of town ♪ ♪ We hear the sound of that good gospel beat ♪ ♪ ♪ Sits a ragged tent ♪ ♪ Where there ain't no trees ♪ ♪ And that gospel group tellin' you and me ♪ ♪ It's Love, Love, Brother Love's ♪ ♪ Traveling Salvation Show ♪ ♪ Yeah, pack up the babies, grab the old ladies ♪ ♪ Everyone goes, everyone knows ♪ ♪ Brother Love's show ♪ ♪ ♪ And the room gets suddenly still ♪ ♪ When you'd almost bet ♪ ♪ You could hear yourself sweat, he walks in ♪ ♪ ♪ And with his eyes black as coal ♪ ♪ And when he lifts his face ♪ ♪ Every ear in the place is on him ♪ ♪ ♪ Starting soft and slow ♪ ♪ Like a small earthquake ♪ ♪ And then he lets go ♪ ♪ And half the valley shakes ♪ ♪ It's Love, Love, Brother Love's ♪ ♪ Traveling Salvation Show ♪ ♪ Hey, pack up the babies, grab the old ladies ♪ ♪ Everyone goes, everyone knows ♪ ♪ Brother Love's show ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ Sing it, children.

♪ Halle hallelujah ♪ ♪ Yes, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Halle hallelujah ♪ Brothers.

♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Halle hallelujah ♪ And sisters.

♪ Hallelujah ♪ And little bitty children, black and white and rich and poor.

Great and small, God's children all.

God's children.

And the good Lord gave us two hands, one for the giving and one for the taking.

And when your brother's hungry and he ain't got what to eat, when he's tired and he ain't got bueno sleep, when his heart is filled with an ache, and with a pain and he ain't got who to cry with and brothers, you've got to take your hand.

Take your hand and put it out to him, and that's what it's there for, brothers.

When our own hearts are in trouble, when our own hearts are in trouble, brothers, we've got to take our other hand.

We've got to take our other hand and put it out to the man out there.

And that's what he's there for, brothers.

Sing, children.

♪ Take my hand sweet Lord ♪ ♪ Walk with me this day ♪ ♪ In my heart I know I will never stray ♪ ♪ Halle, halle, halle, halle ♪ ♪ Halle, halle, halle, halle ♪ ♪ Love, Love, Brother Love's ♪ ♪ Traveling Salvation Show ♪ ♪ Hey pack up the babies ♪ ♪ Grab the old ladies ♪ ♪ Everyone goes, everyone knows ♪ ♪ Brother Love's show ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Halle hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Halle hallelujah ♪ ♪ Love, Love, Brother Love ♪ ♪ Ooh, halle, halle ♪ ♪ Love, Love, Love, Love ♪ ♪ Ooh, halle, halle ♪ ♪ Love, Love, Brother Love ♪ ♪ Ooh, halle, halle ♪ ♪ Love, Love, Love, Love ♪ ♪ Ooh, halle, halle ♪ ♪ Love, Love, Brother Love ♪ ♪ Ooh, halle, halle ♪ ♪ Love, Love, Love, Love ♪ ♪ Ooh, halle, halle ♪ ♪ Love, Love, Brother Love ♪ ♪ Ooh, halle, halle ♪ ♪ Love, Love, Love, Love ♪ ♪ Ooh, halle, halle ♪ ♪ Love, Love, Brother Love ♪ ♪ Ooh, halle, halle ♪ ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) We've got one more song for you tonight.

(audience cheering and applauding) And then we'll move on.

But we'll be back.

We'll be back.

(audience cheering and applauding) ♪ I've seen the light ♪ ♪ ♪ And I've seen the flame ♪ ♪ ♪ And I've been this way before ♪ ♪ And I'm sure to be this way again ♪ ♪ ♪ For I've been refused ♪ ♪ ♪ And I've been regained ♪ ♪ ♪ And I've sung my song before ♪ ♪ And I'm sure to sing my song again ♪ ♪ Once again ♪ ♪ ♪ For I've been released ♪ ♪ ♪ And I've been regained ♪ ♪ ♪ And I've seen your eyes before ♪ ♪ And I'm sure to see your eyes again ♪ ♪ Once again ♪ ♪ ♪ Some people got to laugh ♪ ♪ ♪ Some people got to cry ♪ ♪ ♪ Some people, they got to make it through ♪ ♪ By never wondering why ♪ ♪ ♪ Some people got to sing ♪ ♪ And some people got to sigh ♪ ♪ ♪ Some people, they never see the light ♪ ♪ Until the day they die ♪ ♪ But I've been released ♪ ♪ ♪ And I've been regained ♪ ♪ And I've been this way before ♪ ♪ And I'm sure to be this way again ♪ ♪ Once again ♪ ♪ ♪ One more time again ♪ ♪ ♪ Just one more time ♪ Thank you, Australia, you've been fantastic.

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