September 5, 2024 • 6 mins
The extraordinary Tina Arena joins Jonesy & Amanda for an incredible chat!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jersey and Amanda jam Nation.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
We love this woman. She's one of Australia's highest selling
artists of all time. She has sold more than ten
million albums worldwide. Tina Arena is celebrating thirty years of
her landmark album Don't Ask. She's taking it on tour
and we're thrilled that she's chatting to us now.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Tina, Hello, good morning, thirty years thirty yees? Yeah, I
know where does it go?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Who were you thirty years ago? Who do you see
when you look back at that Tina?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Oh, you look at somebody who was young, fresh, not cynical.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
How do you miss her?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Yeah? I do?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
I miss parts of her for sure, absolutely Robust didn't
take no for an answer, just had.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
To go, really, why did you have the guts to
do that as a young woman in the industry.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
I just I don't know. I just did what I did.
I hated being I think looking back now, and after
a bit of therapy too, I kind of look and go,
good lord. I've had spent my life with people telling
me what they think I should do or how I
should do it, and so forth, and I think that
that is ultimately such a waste of time, you need
(01:17):
to just do what you do.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Remind us about the album, because I think it was
it five banging hits came from that album?
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Yeah? It was. I think will The songs were Chains,
Heaven Helped My Heart, Sorrento Moon, wasn't it good? So
it was really four that were the major, major songs
that came off one record, and you pushed.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
You pushed for Sorrento Moon, didn't you because a certain
a certain music executive said no, that's no good, it's
not going to work. Now.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well, a certain music executive said to me at the time,
what are you doing with those Italian lyrics? I said,
what do you mean Italian lyrics? La Luna, the Sorrento?
I said, well, it's not so much Italian. I said,
that's sort of universal. So I said, I remember responding
to him, which was very out of character for me
(02:09):
back then, certainly not now. I said, well, why don't
you stick to selling the records and leave the creatives
to me?
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I speak, you out last and all those executives.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I have outlasted most of those executives. It's funny, isn't it.
But that's what I truly believe because I believed in
that song, and I guess that time has proven to
us that that song had its place and extra extraordinary longevity.
And it's also it speaks about a place in Australia.
(02:42):
So it is a very patriot or patriotic nostalgic piece
of writing that's very representative of a place in Australia
in the Mornington Peninsula.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
I'd imagine you can't walk the streets of Sorrento that
have to be a TENA arena street in Surrender, surely.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Well, you know what's really funny is the Italians actually
think that it's written about Sorrento and the Amalfi Co.
So I'm like, you believe what you want.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
To mask as long as you record, you know.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
As long as you buy the record. I'm fine with that.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
On my feed lately, I've been seeing a lot of
it and it just makes me happy every time I
see it. Is you singing? Is it changed with Celine Dion?
It's just gorgeous. But suddenly it's re entering the sphere,
maybe because of Selene, the medical battle she's been through
in the paras Olympics, etc. I love seeing that.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Well, it's funny Amanda, because I don't think that that
wasn't purposely done. A friend of mine stumbled, I've got
a couple of people friends of mine that have fairly
established archives of performances of mine. Look, I had no
idea i'd done that. I mean, that was in the nineties,
like who remembers, right, So a friend of mine pulled
(03:51):
it out and said, do you remember this? And I went, no,
it's like I don't remember it. Of course I remember
meeting her because when Selena and I first met, she
was in Australia in Sydney doing promo of her work,
of an album or something that she was releasing. I
was doing promotion for Don't Ask, and so our paths
(04:13):
crossed because we were both Sony signings. And the first
time she met me, she's probably half a head bigger
than me, and she looked sort of looked down at
me and went, are you the girl that sings chains?
And I went yeah, she because I thought you were black.
I thought that was hilarious, and she loved the song.
And I remember her saying to me very clearly, she said,
(04:36):
every record you release, I always buy CDs of because
I really love your work.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
So my friend stumbled across that and it was rather
poignant trure for it to come out. And she's a
very dear woman who's had a tremendous amount of personal
battles that people would never be aware of. She's scored.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
That's great, and so are you and were you're Yeah,
this isn't about Selene Dion. This is about you. She
hasn't got a street in Sorrento named after Celene Dion.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
She's probably got a street in Montreal. I certainly hope.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
So you always downplay yourself, Tina. I'm here to big
you up. I know that. I know you're a big
fan of the Rambo trilogy. I'm like your Colonel Troutman.
You know I'm there saying she can do anything. She
can make eat things, will make a billy goat Pike.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Well that's very useful, Brandon.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
You need a hype man. I'm your hype man, Tina.
It's always great to talk to you. Get your tickets
now to see Tina at her thirtieth anniversary tour. Don't
ask at face to faceturing dot com dot au. Tina,
thank you, thank.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
You, guys, and I'll be going on the road with
some friends too, so I'm looking forward to that really.
Richard Marx and Brave, Daryl broth Wait, Southern Sons, Kate
Sebryan who wow, and I think we're going to have
a bit a lot of fun.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Wow. That backstage rider, Oh, it's a good rider. It
would be a great rode. Darrell Elite, all the sandwiches.
Probably Jabella.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Has the best days of road.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Bye.
Jersey and Amanda jam Nation.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
We love this woman. She's one of Australia's highest selling
artists of all time. She has sold more than ten
million albums worldwide. Tina Arena is celebrating thirty years of
her landmark album Don't Ask. She's taking it on tour
and we're thrilled that she's chatting to us now.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Tina, Hello, good morning, thirty years thirty yees? Yeah, I
know where does it go?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Who were you thirty years ago? Who do you see
when you look back at that Tina?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Oh, you look at somebody who was young, fresh, not cynical.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
How do you miss her?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Yeah? I do?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
I miss parts of her for sure, absolutely Robust didn't
take no for an answer, just had.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
To go, really, why did you have the guts to
do that as a young woman in the industry.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
I just I don't know. I just did what I did.
I hated being I think looking back now, and after
a bit of therapy too, I kind of look and go,
good lord. I've had spent my life with people telling
me what they think I should do or how I
should do it, and so forth, and I think that
that is ultimately such a waste of time, you need
(01:17):
to just do what you do.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Remind us about the album, because I think it was
it five banging hits came from that album?
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Yeah? It was. I think will The songs were Chains,
Heaven Helped My Heart, Sorrento Moon, wasn't it good? So
it was really four that were the major, major songs
that came off one record, and you pushed.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
You pushed for Sorrento Moon, didn't you because a certain
a certain music executive said no, that's no good, it's
not going to work. Now.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well, a certain music executive said to me at the time,
what are you doing with those Italian lyrics? I said,
what do you mean Italian lyrics? La Luna, the Sorrento?
I said, well, it's not so much Italian. I said,
that's sort of universal. So I said, I remember responding
to him, which was very out of character for me
(02:09):
back then, certainly not now. I said, well, why don't
you stick to selling the records and leave the creatives
to me?
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I speak, you out last and all those executives.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I have outlasted most of those executives. It's funny, isn't it.
But that's what I truly believe because I believed in
that song, and I guess that time has proven to
us that that song had its place and extra extraordinary longevity.
And it's also it speaks about a place in Australia.
(02:42):
So it is a very patriot or patriotic nostalgic piece
of writing that's very representative of a place in Australia
in the Mornington Peninsula.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
I'd imagine you can't walk the streets of Sorrento that
have to be a TENA arena street in Surrender, surely.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Well, you know what's really funny is the Italians actually
think that it's written about Sorrento and the Amalfi Co.
So I'm like, you believe what you want.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
To mask as long as you record, you know.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
As long as you buy the record. I'm fine with that.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
On my feed lately, I've been seeing a lot of
it and it just makes me happy every time I
see it. Is you singing? Is it changed with Celine Dion?
It's just gorgeous. But suddenly it's re entering the sphere,
maybe because of Selene, the medical battle she's been through
in the paras Olympics, etc. I love seeing that.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Well, it's funny Amanda, because I don't think that that
wasn't purposely done. A friend of mine stumbled, I've got
a couple of people friends of mine that have fairly
established archives of performances of mine. Look, I had no
idea i'd done that. I mean, that was in the nineties,
like who remembers, right, So a friend of mine pulled
(03:51):
it out and said, do you remember this? And I went, no,
it's like I don't remember it. Of course I remember
meeting her because when Selena and I first met, she
was in Australia in Sydney doing promo of her work,
of an album or something that she was releasing. I
was doing promotion for Don't Ask, and so our paths
(04:13):
crossed because we were both Sony signings. And the first
time she met me, she's probably half a head bigger
than me, and she looked sort of looked down at
me and went, are you the girl that sings chains?
And I went yeah, she because I thought you were black.
I thought that was hilarious, and she loved the song.
And I remember her saying to me very clearly, she said,
(04:36):
every record you release, I always buy CDs of because
I really love your work.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
So my friend stumbled across that and it was rather
poignant trure for it to come out. And she's a
very dear woman who's had a tremendous amount of personal
battles that people would never be aware of. She's scored.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
That's great, and so are you and were you're Yeah,
this isn't about Selene Dion. This is about you. She
hasn't got a street in Sorrento named after Celene Dion.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
She's probably got a street in Montreal. I certainly hope.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
So you always downplay yourself, Tina. I'm here to big
you up. I know that. I know you're a big
fan of the Rambo trilogy. I'm like your Colonel Troutman.
You know I'm there saying she can do anything. She
can make eat things, will make a billy goat Pike.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Well that's very useful, Brandon.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
You need a hype man. I'm your hype man, Tina.
It's always great to talk to you. Get your tickets
now to see Tina at her thirtieth anniversary tour. Don't
ask at face to faceturing dot com dot au. Tina,
thank you, thank.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
You, guys, and I'll be going on the road with
some friends too, so I'm looking forward to that really.
Richard Marx and Brave, Daryl broth Wait, Southern Sons, Kate
Sebryan who wow, and I think we're going to have
a bit a lot of fun.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Wow. That backstage rider, Oh, it's a good rider. It
would be a great rode. Darrell Elite, all the sandwiches.
Probably Jabella.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Has the best days of road.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Bye.
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