She was Australia’s Queen of Pop in the 70s, now Marcia Hines is celebrating 50 years in the music industry, Clairsy & Lisa got her on the phone for a chat
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Her album is Still Shining.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
The fiftieth anniversary Ultimate Collection is out now and joining
us Marcia Heinz. You've released twenty two albums sold two
point six million copies. So how on earth did you
decide which tracks would make the cut for this album?
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:16):
I think with a lot of arguing and banging of
desks to my manager and so yeah, so we just
sort of I've had the same manager for my whole
career and he's not really my manager, he's my brother.
And you can argue with your brother. Yes, we.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
So we had lots and lots of arguments and we
worked it through.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
But you know, it's all about the songs that have
resonated to the general public and the songs I like singing.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
That's really important, you guys.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Yeah, of course, Marsha fifty years and when you started
at six, obviously, But this is that.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
I've been working, are used there is? I've been working
my butt, That's what I've been like.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Yeah, but it's been great, you know, because I'm doing
what I really love doing. So I think when you
know that gives you a reason to get out.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
You first came to Australia from Boston when you were
just sixteen years old and you came to star in
the production of Air. I can remember my parents going
to say it Mo'm coming home and saying.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
That what was naked?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Do you remember what they pitched to you about Australia,
how they sold us.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
How they sold Austria to me? You mean Australia, yes, No,
not Austria. I was really in Europe, yes, man, Because.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
You don't learn anything in America about Australia at school.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
And so it's the truth, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
I feel bad about it now, but when I go
to America to watch the news, Australia is not even mentioned.
It's like it's not even on the map, you know.
But you know, I mean, like, look, it was a
great surprise. And I came to Australia and I fell
into a great show. And I saw it in Boston
before I left, and friends of mine had already done
(01:58):
it in Boston and Donna Summer, my best friend was
Donna Summer's sister, and her name is Linda, and we're
still very tight now. And she did it in Boston
and said, oh, come come on in audition. I said, nah,
I want to get stuck in Boston. I'll do it
in Philadelphia or New York or somewhere. And then I
got Australia.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Yeah, what a great show. Amazing show, hey much. I
mean you can tell by the time our voices this
morning that we're fans. You've got so many fans. But
it wouldn't happen. It wouldn't happen without them, though I would.
They love for you and why you were in Brice
bad guy.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
But it's a love thing, you know. And I mean
people said, so, what accolade? Do you remember the most?
I got to say that winning Queen of pap was
pretty huge because when I when I did win it,
I was still just a permanent resident in Australia.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
I wasn't a citizen.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
And then when I wanted, I'd already adopted Australia. And
then when I wanted it said to me, oh god,
Australia's adopted you. So it was a good teammanship. We
were great partners, you know, because I really this is
I look at America now and I have to say,
my work, ethic and a lot of this stuff I
learned has given me the success I've got.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
But the America I grew up in is.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
No longer the America that I know, and I think
I've chosen very nicely, just quite Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Now, the album is about celebrating fifty years in the
in the industry.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
You would have seen some changes over that.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Girlfriend, I've seen, Girlfriend, I've seen some stuff. Okay, I've
seen some crazy stuff, you know. But you know, back
in the day when when I used to tour with the
guys like you know, Sherbet and and all the guys
from Ted Muwery and John Paul Young, you know and.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Ac DC, we had we had to work hard.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Man. We we were on the road most of the time, so,
you know, and and we all had a great bond
with one another because we were live bands. But now
you can become a star on on through the internet,
which is fascinating from your bedroom.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Yes, you know, it's it's it's all those digital changes
would be the biggest change, I guess.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Yeah, it's been done. Yeah, it's been done, and you
know it's being done, you know. Yeah, So it's just fascinating.
But when we grew up, you had to sort of
go on the road or hear a band in the
garage and walk up and tap and say can I
sing with you guys.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, that would all worked. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Yeah, it has to go through vinyl and then CDs
and back to vinyl and all the rest of it.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
But the work yeah, but see you know vinyl, Yeah,
you know it though, but vinyl is the bomb. It stuns, yeah, yeah,
it is, it is. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
That was the biggest, biggest card of my music listening
life was when they said here and now you here
are CDs replace everything?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
And I did, yes, like, oh you did it? Now
did you get rid of all your stuff?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
I got rid of all my vinyl.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
Now I want it.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
All back, all those twelve inchre remixes and everything March.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
They all went yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
But you know, we used to look in the album
cover and the.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Performer and read everything.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Who produced it, who wrote it, you know, who played
drums on it? Yeah, there was I mean with the CD,
I need a magnifying yeah yeah yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
The digital world yeah, the streaming world. Yes, no one said.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
No, one said I mention it happy birthday for tomorrow
because we're only talking to you.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
She sweet, thank you. Yeah, I turned seventy. Don't know
how that happened. It's happening. It's galloping towards me.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
You know it's happening to us. So is it a
party you do? Duck? That tried and I tried the
moon didn't.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
All right?
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Well we also hear that you're returning to our screens
later and this year. Is that a bit of Australian
auto business?
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Well, I can't see, I think you know, yeah, you know,
you know, did you know March the lawyer? Now? Yeah,
is somebody somebody is trusting Mark holding the but a
given kind of are just big bills?
Speaker 3 (06:01):
No?
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Probably just no Mark, just bills. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Well, Marsha, Happy birthday for tomorrow and thank you for
giving us the present still shining. The fiftieth Anniversary Ultimate
Collection is out now.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Thank you God, bless you guys. Thank you. I appreciate it.
Thank you. Bye,
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