Take 40 - Australia
Interview Transcript
August, 2000

Thanks to YK (teensavage) for typing this transcript up for us!)

Barry Bissell: Hey Darren welcome home

Darren: It's great to be home how are you?

Barry Bissell: I'm good, how are you? it's been awhile since you've been home

Darren: Yea actually this is been my 4th trip home this year so I actually feel like I've been home more than ever in my career, but yea it's been a busy year

Barry Bissell: What have you been doing

Darren: You know just promoting Spin. The great thing is this tour is about to be six month of me singing, whereas I've just spent the last year just talking about myself. so I've been everywhere from all over Europe, I've just got back from China it's been kind of crazy but fun

Barry Bissell: Now your very first solo concert is being presented by take40.com we're proud to say. It's called Too Close For Comfort. What's that all about?

Darren: Well basically, what I wanted to do with this tour is to get people in my space. Really…just looking at me as a singer, as a songwriter. To get the attention back on to the music for a change. And I really wanted to do something that was ahh intimate something that was really special and once again that just focus' on the music and on me as a vocalist.

Barry Bissell: Cool…now Darren I'm just looking at you and I have to say you're looking fashionable today. And I hear you keep up with the latest fashion trends and I also hear that the lovely Donatello Versace flew you to Milan for the Versace Men's wear parade. Then you went back to her apartment for dinner. True story?

Darren: That's true, the part about me being very fashionable today, he's lying folks. I'm in jeans and a pretty bad t-shirt, but it was abit of a laugh. I got invited over to Milan and they dress you head to toe. All those clichés you hear about fashion awards are true. They dress you and there's fancy parties and celebrities. And ah the whole thing was a blur, a lot of fun and yea I look back at the photographs and can't believe I was there either to be honest.

Barry Bissell: Do you get to keep the clothes?

Darren: You dooo… you get to keep the clothes, isn't that great.

Barry Bissell: That's it I'm getting famous! Sounds cool.

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ONE HOT MINUTE WITH DARREN HAYES

Barry Bissell: What is your favourite Michael Jackson video?

Darren: The way you make me feel

Barry Bissell: What is your favourite scene in ET?

Darren: Umm…when Elliot puts ET in the closet and he fakes being sick with the thermometer by putting it in the light bulb

Barry Bissell: What hairstyle did you have back in the 80s?

Darren: (laughs) What ever it was, it was bad. It probably looks likes the hair in my video for Crush 1980 Me

Barry Bissell: Did you ever wear a Choose Life t-shirt?

Darren: Never did

Barry Bissell: Favourite Star Wars movie?

Darren: The Empire Strikes Back

Barry Bissell: Which 80s song do you never want to hear again?

Darren: Shining Shining Right Down Behind Me by Aeasy Fantasy

Barry Bissell: I'd forgotten all about that till now (hehehe)

Barry Bissell: What was your favourite Molly Ringwalde movie?

Darren: Ohhh…Pretty In Pink

Barry Bissell: Did you ever own fingerless gloves?

Darren: Yea I did, black ones though. They were masculine mens'

Barry Bissell: Good on ya Darren…Thanks Darren

Darren: It's a pleasure

Barry Bissell: See you on the stage.

Darren: Thank you

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