( APPLAUSE )
EVERYBODY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
THAT WAS A REAL TREAT.
>> Jon: THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS A SINGER AND
SONGWRITER WHO HAS SOLD OVER 65 MILLION RECORDS AND WON FOUR
GRAMMYS.
HIS NEW ALBUM IS CALLED "HIGHER."
PLEASE WELCOME, MICHAEL BUBLE!
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>> Stephen: LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON.
>> LOVELY TO BE HAD.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE BEEN LIGHTING UP THE CHARTS THRILLING
PEOPLE FOR 20 YEARS.
AND-- SONGS, MANY OF WHICH ARE THE AMERICAN STANDARDS.
YOU LOVE THE AMERICAN STANDARD SONGBOOK.
>> I DO, I DO.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
SO HOW DID YOU FIRST-- LIKE, HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU BECAME
AWARE OF THESE CLASSIC SONGS?
>> WEIRDLY, I WAS PROBABLY FIVE YEARS OLD, FOUR, FIVE YEARS OLD.
AND I THINK LIKE, THERE WAS INFILTRATION WITH CHRISTMAS,
WEIRDLY.
>> Stephen: WE'RE BING CROSBY, NAT KING COLE.
>> THERE WAS ALWAYS BING CROSBY PLAYING IN THE HOUSE, AND I
THINK IT WAS AN INTRODUCTION TO JAZZ, INCREDIBLE MUSICIANSHIP,
GREAT SONGS, GREAT MELODY, GREAT LYRICS.
VERY, VERY CATHOLIC UPBRINGING.
>> Stephen: ME, TOO.
>> IT WAS IN OUR HOUSEHOLD.
IT MEANT A LOT TO ME.
>> Stephen: SAINT CROSBY.
>> SAINT BING.
IT WAS INTERESTING.
IT'S WEIRD, IT'S EMBARRASSING A LITTLE BIT FOR ME TO SAY THAT.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> IT'S WEIRD.
MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY SAY, "SO, STING, WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR
MUSIC?" HE DOESN'T SAY, "CHRISTMAS."
>> Stephen: DAVID BOWIE DID A DUET WITH BING?
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOUR GRANDFATHER HELPED YOU GET INTO
MUSIC CLUBS, GET YOU GIGS, BUT ALSO SMUGGLE YOU INTO MUSIC
CLUBS AT A YOUNG AGE.
>> I COME FROM A FAMILY-- WE COME FROM A FAMILY OF COMMERCIAL
FISHERMEN AND PLUMBERS, NOT THE EASIEST WAY TO HAVE NEPOTISM
WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUSINESS.
>> Stephen: BOTH WORK WITH WATER.
>> SO MY GRANDFATHER WOULD SNEAK ME.
I WAS 16, AND HE KNEW THIS IS WHAT MY LOVE WAS.
I MEAN, I-- I LOVED IT.
I KNEW FROM AN EARLY AGE THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO BE.
SO HE WOULD GO TO THE NIGHT CLUBS, AND HE'D, YOU KNOW, WORK
IN THE CLUBS IN THE DAYTIME FIXING HOT WATER HEATERS OR
TOILETS, WHATEVER.
AND HE WOULD GO AND BRIBE-- HE'D BRIBE ME IN, BASICALLY.
>> Stephen: HOW?
>> WELL, HE'D SAID-- HE'D SAY, "LISTEN, THE KID IS A GREAT
SINGER.
LET HIM GET UP THERE WITH YOUR BAND."
>> Stephen: NOT JUST GET YOU IN THE CLUB, GET YOU ON STAGE?
>> ON STAGE.
>> Stephen: PAY THEM OFF WITH A TOILET?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU GOTTA LOVE GRANDPA.
>> YEAH, SO HE JUST LOVED ME SO MUCH AND HE BELIEVED IN ME SO
MUCH, THAT HE WOULD-- HE WOULD LITERALLY SAY TO THEM, "IF YOU
LET THE KID UP ON STAGE WITH YOUR BAND, I WILL GO AND FIX
YOUR-- WHAT DO THEY CALL THEM.
GARBAGE-ATORS IN CANADA.
>> Stephen: GARBAGE DISPOSAL.
>> GARBAGE DISPOSAL.
AND THIS IS WHAT HE WOULD DO LITERALLY, GET ME INTO CLUBS
DOING THAT.
ONCE I GOT INTO THE CLUB I WOULD WORK YOU.
>> Stephen: HAVE TO PAY IT FORWARD FOR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.
YOU SAY YOU HAVE TO LET THEM SING AND I WILL INSTALL YOUR
TOILET.
THE NEW ALBUM, "HIGHER," YOUR FIRST ALBUM IN THREE YEARS.
( APPLAUSE )
ALBUMS YOU HAVE DONE, NOT BEING A MUGZ MIEGZ, BUT LOOKING BACK
AT EACH ALBUM, I IMAGINE YOU SAY AT THAT POINT IN MY LIFE, I CAN
SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY LIFE REFLECTED IN THE ALBUM.
WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT HOW YOU ARE AS AN ARTIST IN THIS ONE?
>> GOD, THAT'S A HEAVY QUESTION.
>> Stephen: IT'S WHAT I DO.
>> YEAH.
I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT MY SON AND MY FAMILY IS OKAY AND HEALTHY.
WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH A TON.
NO ONE GETS THROUGH THIS LIFE WITHOUT DEALING WITH STRUGGLES
AND PAIN AND ALL OF THAT.
AND FOR ME, I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, I THINK I'M
ALIVE.
I THINK I'M BREATHING.
AND IF YOU CAN'T HEAR OR FEEL THE JOY IN THAT RECORD, OF HOW I
FEEL IN MY LIFE, THEN YOU NEVER WILL.
THIS IS AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE.
IT REALLY IS.
IT'S A LOVE NOTE TO THE WORLD.
( APPLAUSE )
IT A LITTLE BIT LATER WHEN YOU PLAY WITH THE BAND OAF THERE.
>> YEAH, I CAN'T WAIT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
BUT STICK AROUND.
WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK MICHAEL ABOUT HIS YOUTH AS A
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN.
IT'S TRUE.
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