Practiced laziness

“Now you know why I keep saying the same old shit” Colin Hay, writer of Land Down Under and other global hits, isn’t just a great songwriter. He’s a great story teller too. At his lives shows, he respects the audience by playing the hit songs. We’ll indulge some new or deep-catalogue songs mid-set, but don’t you dare deprive us of Who Can It Be Now! He respects the audience by telling the hit stories too. I’ve seen Colin Hay many times, and I’ve heard him tell the same stories again and again. And I love it! The one time he told a new story and fluffed the punchline, it only emphasised how much practice and care has gone into the classic anecdotes. Col opens this Good Friday Fink Tank with one of his “hits”, while I pretend to be an audience of lawyers. Hopefully it inspires you to make sure you’ve got one or two anecdotes in the chamber that you can pull out at a moment’s notice to grab and hold people’s attention.