MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, AND WRITER WHO IS JOINING US FROM SOMEWHERE

IN THE MIDDLE OF AUSTRALIA, THE AMAZING TIM MINCHIN!

HE'S HERE ON THE SHOW.

HOW ARE YOU, TIM?

>> HI, JAMES.

I'M PRETTY GOOD, REALLY.

YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT.

I'M HERE IN THE HOUSE -- >> James: WHERE ARE YOU IN THE

WORLD RIGHT NOW?

WHERE ARE YOU?

>> I'M IN A LITTLE VALLEY A COUPLE OF HOURS SOUTH OF S SYDNE

BELOW THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS AND I'M HERE, BASICALLY, I'M IN THE

MIDDLE OF 12 ACRES OF RAIN FOREST AND KIND OF IN A HOUSE

BUILT IN, CLEARLY, 1981, AND, YEAH, IT'S NICE.

CAN YOU HEAR THE CECADAS?

>> James: I CANNOT.

WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SCREAMING CECADAS.

>> James: I DON'T.

YOU SHOULD, JAMES.

THEIR LIFE CYCLE -- >> James: IS SHORT, I KNOW

>> THEY SPEND SEVEN YEARS UNDERGROUND AS NYMPHS AND FEED

ON ROOT MATTER FOR SEVEN YEARS.

THEY COME OUT OF THE GROUND.

THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL WINGS, LITTLE PLATES ON THEIR ABDOMEN

WHICH VIBRATE AND THEY SCREAM AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS

SCREAMING AT THE SAME TIME AND IF YOU SPEAK CECADA, WHICH I DO,

IS THEY'RE SAYING SOMEONE COME AND SHAG ME, I HAVE BEEN

UNDERGROUND SEVEN YEARS, I'M DESPERATE FOR A SHAG!

I'M UP HERE ON A TREE!

AND IT'S BASICALLY TINDER, AND SOMEBODY SHAGS THEM AND THEN

THEY DIE.

SO IT'S TOUGHER THAN BEING IN LOCKDOWN.

>> James: ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT'S HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL

LEAVE LOCKDOWN WHEN IT COMES.

>> I THINK 2022 IS, LIKE, I WANT SOMEBODY SHAG ME!

DEFINITELY.

>> James: THE LAST TIME YOU WERE ON THE SHOW, YOU JUST

RELEASED YOUR AL ALBUM, "APART TOGETHER," AND IT'S BEEN THE

MOST PHENOMENAL SUCCESS.

IT WENT STRAIGHT TO NUMBER THREE IN THE AUSTRALIAN ALBUM CHARTS.

DID YOU EXPECT THE ALBUM WOULD DO SO WELL COMMERCIALLY?

>> YEAH, I DID.

I THOUGHT, WHEN THIS COMES OUT, IT'S GOING TO BE AC/DC, BTS AND

ME DOING THIS.

I DON'T SEE MYSELF AS THAT SORT OF ARTIST.

I HAVE BEEN WRITING SONGS FOR 30 YEARS AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN

DOWNIT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT MY LIVE SHOWS, YOU KNOW HOW IT

WENT, AND I WASN'T SOMEBODY THAT GOT RADIO PLAY IN THE SOUTH

BECAUSE TO HAVE THE CONTENT IN MY SONGS AND BECAUSE THEY'RE

STUPID AND, YES, ALTHOUGH I REALLY WANTED THIS RECORD TO BE

OUT OF REACH OF A NEW AUDIENCE, CHARTS.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CHARTS MEAN THESE DAYS, BUT THE RESPONSE HAS

BEEN SO GORGEOUS.

AND PEOPLE ARE BUYING THE VINYL AND STUFF.

HOW GREAT'S THAT, THERE'S VINYL BACK IN THE WORLD?

>> James: IT'S RICHLY DESERVED BECAUSE I THINK THE ALBUM IS

COMPLETELY BRILLIANT.

THE SONG YOU WILL PERFORM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONG TITLES MAYBE

EVER BUT CERTAINLY THAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH, AND YOU KNOW WHAT

A FAN I AM, BUT THE SONG IS CALLED "TALKED TOO MUCH, STAYED

TOO LONG."

>> YEAH.

DOES THAT RING A BELL.

>> James: TELL US WHAT THE SONG IS ABOUT AND WHERE IT CAME

FROM.

>> QUITE OFTEN, I FIND MYSELF WAKING UP IN THE MORNING HAVING

BEEN OUT WITH FRIENDS OR AT A DINNER PARTY.

I LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN DRINKING WINE WITH FRIENDS

AROUND A DINNER PARTY AND HAVING A GOOD CHAT.

AS YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND A WRESTLE OVER IDEAS AND I LOVE A

GENTLE ARGUMENT, BUT I QUITE OFTEN WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND

SAY TO SARAH, DID I -- DO WE -- I THINK I MIGHT HAVE -- DID WE

TALK TOO MUCH AND STAY TOO LONG?

AND IT'S THE REFRAIN THAT MY REMORSE IN THE MORNING IS I

SHOULD HAVE LEFT EARLIER AND JUST SHUT UP.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EPITAPH, I SHOULD HAVE IT

ON MY TOMBSTONE, "TALKED TOO MUCH, STAYED TOO LONG."

AND IF I'M GOING TO HAVE IT ON MY TOMBSTONE I SHOULD TRACK ALL

THE TIMES I'VE NOT SHUT UP.

>> James: COMPLETELY BRILLIANT AND WE'RE SO THRILLED ANYTIME

YOU'RE ON THE SHOW.