>> Bryan: AS YOU KNOW, JAMES AND HIS WIFE JULIA HAD A BABY GIRL
YESTERDAY, THEIR FIRST CHILD TO BE BORN HEREIN THE SUNSHINE OF
CALIFORNIA, A LONG WAY FROM LOVED ONES BACK IN BRITAIN.
AS HIS DAUGHTER AND WIFE ARE STILL RECOVERING, HE ASKED HIS
FRIEND TIM MINCHIN IF HE WOULD COME AND SING ONE OF HIS
FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME, AND ONE THAT FEELS PARTICULARLY
SPECIAL AT THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW.
HERE PERFORMING HIS SONG "WHITE WINE IN THE SUN,"
PLEASE WELCOME TIM MINCHIN.
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♪ I REALLY LIKE CHRISTMAS IT'S SENTIMENTAL, I KNOW
♪ BUT I JUST REALLY LIKE IT I AM HARDLY RELIGIOUS
♪ I'D RATHER BREAK BREAD WITH DAWKINS THAN
♪ DESMOND TUTU, TO BE HONEST AND YES, I HAVE ALL OF THE
♪ USUAL OBJECTIONS TO CONSUMERISM
♪ THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF AN ANCIENT RELIGION
♪ TO THE WESTERNIZATION OF A DEAD PALESTINIAN
♪ PRESS-GANGED INTO SELLING PLAYSTATIONS AND BEER
♪ BUT I STILL REALLY LIKE IT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS
♪ THOUGH I'M NOT EXPECTING A VISIT FROM JESUS
♪ I'LL BE SEEING MY DAD MY BROTHER AND SISTERS
♪ MY GRAN, AND MY MUM THEY'LL BE DRINKING
♪ WHITE WINE IN THE SUN I DON'T GO IN
♪ FOR ANCIENT WISDOM I DON'T BELIEVE JUST 'CAUSE
♪ IDEAS ARE TENACIOUS IT MEANS THAT THEY'RE WORTHY
♪ I GET FREAKED OUT BY CHURCHES SOME OF THE HYMNS THAT THEY SING
♪ HAVE NICE CHORDS BUT THE LYRICS ARE DODGY
♪ AND YES, I HAVE ALL OF THE USUAL OBJECTIONS
♪ TO THE MIS-EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WHO
♪ IN TAX-EXEMPT INSTITUTIONS ARE TAUGHT TO EXTERNALIZE BLAME
♪ AND TO FEEL ASHAMED AND TO JUDGE THINGS AS PLAIN
♪ RIGHT AND WRONG BUT I QUITE LIKE THE SONGS
♪ I'M NOT EXPECTING BIG PRESENTS THE OLD COMBINATION OF
♪ SOCKS, JOCKS, AND CHOCOLATES IS JUST FINE BY ME
♪ 'CAUSE I'LL BE SEEING MY DAD MY BROTHER AND SISTERS
♪ MY GRAN AND MY MUM THEY'LL BE DRINKING
♪ WHITE WINE IN THE SUN ♪ AND YOU, MY BABY GIRL
MY JETLAGGED INFANT DAUGHTER ♪ YOU'LL BE HANDED
'ROUND THE ROOM ♪ LIKE A PUPPY
AT A PRIMARY SCHOOL ♪ AND YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND
BUT YOU WILL LEARN SOMEDAY ♪ THAT WHEREVER YOU ARE
AND WHATEVER YOU FACE ♪ THESE ARE THE PEOPLE
WHO'LL MAKE YOU FEEL SAFE ♪ IN THIS WORLD
MY SWEET BLUE-EYED GIRL ♪ AND IF MY BABY GIRL
WHEN YOU'RE TWENTY-ONE ♪ OR THIRTY-ONE
AND CHRISTMAS COMES AROUND ♪ AND YOU FIND YOURSELF
9,000 MILES FROM HOME ♪ YOU'LL KNOW WHAT EVER COMES
YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ♪ AND ME AND YOUR MUM
WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU ♪ IN THE SUN
IN THE SUN ♪ DRINKING WHITE WINE IN THE SUN
DARLING, WHENEVER YOU COME ♪ DARLING, WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES
WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU ♪ IN THE SUN
WAITING ♪ I REALLY LIKE CHRISTMAS
IT'S SENTIMENTAL, I KNOW... ♪ (
>> Bryan: WOW, THAT WAS AWESOME.
THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Bryan: TIM MINCHIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.