GMMore 887: Bill Newman Performs Barcelona Live!

that’s the noise that lobsters make when they throw them in the boiling water for him well I was at flatlining you didn’t want to wake the baby you should have Stevie one time her mom sent her some lobsters live lobsters as a birthday present what gonna good mythical more my baby hatches like yeah what you’re not supposed to talk about that because it was a sore spot about relationship this is mine this is my new little girl her name is Chieko that’s why I put I put her name tag up here guys we didn’t lace wife has been pregnant with her fourth child for a while now no cheap good reason we didn’t say it because we don’t want people to judge link for having two larger family people Ike for babies what are you thinking overpopulation much and so but then we were like well you can’t not present your baby to the world because what are you gonna do pretend like this new baby Chico doesn’t exist it’s a girl named Chico welcome to the world she has her own nameplate and you know what look at you you can have as many babies as you want to wants to alright uh don’t correct me this is just let that be real this is little bit oh don’t tell miss Drew’s baby don’t tell miss actually Drew’s baby okay it’s Drew’s make him think that the baby for the baby so the internet will her name is Chieko though yeah make no mistake okay um I’m very excited about what’s about to happen which involves me pulling up Skype give it give the backstory if you work is I can’t do this and speak you may remember we did an episode weird things you could do with peanut butter and weird ways you can use pen or was anyway let’s get weird in this peanut butter and we ruined a CD that we found and then put peanut butter on it and saw if we could listen to it and when we did listen to it we heard one of the most beautiful songs that we have ever been witnessed to and that was Barcelona by Bill Newman this is the 99 cent was a steal it was in a dollar dollar Bend we didn’t steal it no we decide a dollar a dollar it was a great price on a nice thing a what was it what was a thrift store I can’t remember but we scratched the crap out of it rubbed peanut butter all over it and then played it and it was it was the most human musical experience we’ve ever had you love Barcelona to finally bill has reached out to us and said I heard you were trying to get in touch with me we’re like yeah so right now we’re going to have a Skype video conversation with the one the only love unconditional bill Newman all right so let me bring up so I’m going to click video call and then I’m answering video of this all I’m recording it so we they can see the piece they can see it but I think I have to so that is that looks like it’s recording audio but it’s also recording the video of Bill because it’s not I’ll just hold this right here because that’s what he looks like bill how are you man I’m great how are you guys we are nowhere else thanks so much for skyping with us happy to do that oh who’s that over your left shoulder my friend Roger hello Roger hey guys Roger plays guitar for me sometimes okay including this guy they were gonna have a good time today guys solutely well bill we were just explaining again to any of our people who did not know exactly how we found out about you and the way we felt like to know and the way we found out about you was at a local thrift store yeah I don’t know if that’s one of your distribution outlets but we paid a pretty rose I though penny for that man well like a hundred pennies so any what made you pick it up this day I actually think chase picked it up didn’t he Alex was it you was case I believe right what do you case is in here right now so we can’t ask him why what what drew him to your face but I I know it only that I’ll say definitely it was the cover uh which what do you call that look intense intense that’s it it’s just like this guy’s about to give you some love unconditional and be very very unconditional so what where are you we’re like oh this guy’s probably down the street in Burbank and he like put put this in the thrift shop as a marketing ploy but where are you Toronto oh wow Toronto that’s right Wow so you’re not currently in Barcelona you did not make it there oh I’ve been there what and you took me there many times bill listen so when we put peanut butter all over the shore see when we scratched your CD and then put peanut butter all over yeah we did not expect that trip to Barcelona we were just like oh what is this this is just a CD in the thrift store bill Newman love unconditional yeah right we just destroyed it it’s going to be it’ll be fine and then we were so glad when the peanut butter revived it and it went into our ear holes man I mean there is just something about parcel that hook man and a lot of our fans agreed and I think I think it looks that way on YouTube yeah and what were they saying like what what kind of comments were you getting this is the best song I’ve ever heard my mother loves this song and what did you think when you started seeing the comments I just couldn’t believe it first of all I didn’t know how you got hold of it and why would you pick this CD out of the millions and billions of CDs that are out there like why this is like unbelievable because it had lived in total obscurity for how long this CD came out in what year four years ago okay yeah four years edit it just sank without a trace so right off light it bubbled up in the thrift bin move on up to the – how long you been playing music um all my life basically but do you want me give you a little background by oh yeah especially if the us I want to hear the background story about Barcelona that specifically I’ll come to that okay I grew up in the Caribbean actually in Guyana okay but spend a lot of time in Barbados like Rogers from Barbados huh we have a B Caribbean Festival in Toronto every year we have like a million people in the parade prior to that we have some venues that operate in Toronto that do calypso music so the music that I grew up with was Calypso so I’ve been involved in the Calypso field for about 15-20 years yeah and I’ve done four calypso albums but I did one love song album and that’s it thank you for that non Calypso non Calypso right so most of my writing and performing has been in the Calypso genre because that’s what I grew up with that’s the music of that region right and there’s a and there’s a little bit of that on this album so you can hear it and Finders Keepers oh I have trust me we listen I found it and we’re keeping it so Barcelona why why is that spot special to you because the first time I went to Barcelona I fell in love with the city have you been there no it’s a beautiful city everything about it is beautiful and it’s a it’s an outdoor city so people stroll they haven’t haven’t you called the Ramblas where everybody strolls in the evening and it just rambling surround let’s go out and of course the people are beautiful mm-hmm the food is beautiful the city is beautiful and of course that I met somebody and when I came back to Toronto life was not the same so I had to write the song of course I’ve been back a few times looking forever saying does this person know that Barcelona is about them I think so well I think so as it worked no because when you go back it’s never the same oh right well maybe at Phil in Toronto May if you perform like just give us a taste of it like give us of us a verse and a chorus in between let’s see it before I do that though because one of my favorite parts of the song is the woman singing in the background oh I do I can’t get her here today can we be those watchable saying that part Rodgers ok Rodgers gonna say that great because I was and I was ready to step in well step in if you like Roger you gonna do a falsetto on that he’s kicking into a man I wish I were in Barcelona nah yeah – up with you along the Avenue I wish I were in Barcelona nah life is not the same since a long game you know I went to Paris yeah Anna went to London to win every women but to keep returning why to the time I spent with you because I walk along the ramblas a drink in a small cafe t4i where we have some tappers that’s we soon as they capture tap-tap-tap was showering Barcelona now I stick to walk with you along the Avenue on the Avenue I wish I were in Barcelona now life is not the same it’s not decision to mobile game since I’m home again you spoke to the waiter in Spanish I couldn’t understand either I saw he adored you but you gave me your hand you showed me Salvador Dali and Picasso’s painting spoons apart and the guide you use you I fell in love with you but did it go both ways I wish I were in bus amelong another 50 who walk with you to walk with you on the Avenue Lilly Avenue I wish I were in Barcelona now life is not the same it’s not decisions of all the games since I’m home a girl I wish I were in Barcelona now just to let you know just to let you know that I love you so heavy so I wish I were in Barcelona nah I’d never let you go never let you go your take euros something it’s baby I love you I love you alright so hello we are we are pleased to announce that we’re gonna have a 3-way Skype chat right now with her let’s bring her in the girl from Barcelona her name is Cindy Cindy join us up we’re having difficult yeah yeah so looks like she dropped off so she dropped off but sorry founder yeah we did not find out oh wow that’s amazing well guys thanks for performing that for us I mean that’s a highlight of my my MOT I think the only way that that can be topped is if we one day meet in Barcelona and enjoy some tapas together and you’re seeing that to her if if you if I saw you seeing that to her mmm I could die at that point I’d weep I’m weeping my tapas wow I want to tell you I didn’t know any of this was going on right I didn’t know that you use the song or played the CD but one of the comments on one of my other songs that’s on YouTube one of your fans wrote a comment and said are you the same guy who did Barcelona and they’re playing it on GMM and I thought no yeah so then somebody uploaded the whole album to YouTube I didn’t even know that had happened Oh little piracy action you okay with that hahaha I’m very happy but put it wherever you like as long as it gets played okay right there you have a mythical beast put it wherever you like oh thanks for singing for us thanks for the CD even though you didn’t give it to us we just found it thanks for the pictures on the inside yes thanks for the front cover thanks for your love unconditional in it that you know the Tourism Board of Barcelona thanks you if they haven’t already I’m sure they’re thinking I said I’m a copy but they haven’t responded yeah they’re lost listen it you have increased the tourism to Barcelona by at least a percentage point there’s absolutely no doubt in my mind and that’s significant when you put it in perspective right how can where can we send people to help you out bill what do you what do you want the fans to go to show you some love just go to iTunes the album is on iTunes right the album is on iTunes so so alright Amazon or wherever you want you can find it it’s in all the stores 13 songs Barcelona is the beginning little clip so on Finders Keepers a lot of Clips so elsewhere on his other albums in there going you don’t find the Calypso under the album is called by request and the my name on that album is the Calypso crooner Oh whoo you changed your name for also on iTunes and the album is by request okay all right well thanks for joining us we wish you the best give our love to Canada thank you very much guys great meeting you yeah you too time all right all right okay well then I probably will thanks a lot all right later bye from alright so that that was that was fabulous I’ve got like ten moments in my life that I consider the peaks and a couple of years of gone by we just peaked a couple of years have gone by before one of those moved into the top ten and pushed something out I think that just moved into number 10 and my second child being born move out of the top ten that’s where we’re at right now Shari Shepard here to number 11 that’s where we’re at right now

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