Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty's Service Page #4

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for the Diamond Jubilee song.

Yeah? Yeah.

We're here all week

and we're hoping to get you

on the track tomorrow.

Erm, last time I checked,

I can't sing!

Tambourine?

Oh, you want me to do a tune?

There's got to be some tambourine.

OK, well...

Just one hit?

One hit, I don't know.

It's going to cost you!

Bob Marley's One Love.

I think it must be lovely for him

to come out here

and see this reaction.

People love the Royal Family here.

There's no question about it.

They've turned out in their droves.

After all the excitement, I catch up

for a quiet chat with the prince.

How are you? You all right?

Yeah, not too bad. Good.

It's a pretty big year

for your family, isn't it?

It's a massive year, yes.

I can't speak for the rest

of my family,

but I've slightly taken

my grandmother for granted

over the years and this tour

has really opened my eyes

to the achievements that she's done.

The response to people celebrating

the Queen's Diamond Jubilee

has been absolutely amazing,

it really has.

I have to ask,

just because I've got you here,

but we are in charge of doing

this song for the Diamond Jubilee.

Any tips from you, as to what your

grandmother likes musically, or...?

It's been a very difficult

challenge, this has, for us.

I don't know whether to say

that honestly or not!

Other than drum and bass,

is there anything else she...?

If it spans across cultures,

she's going to love it. Yes.

If it's really, really loud

and modern music,

then she's probably not. OK.

She's an amazing woman

and she'll love anything.

She's seen it all. Of course.

And so you couldn't surprise her.

Or maybe you could, I don't know.

Try!

I'm desperate to get you

on this record.

I want you to play on it.

I've got a tambourine here.

It's going to be painless,

believe me!

All I want is two tambourine hits.

One like this.

Like what? Like...

Literally that.

Just that. Literally one tap.

And one more like this.

Nice! That was the ring.

I've loved this week.

I've loved getting out there

and going to places

I know, as a tourist,

I'd never have been to or seen.

There's music definitely

I've found here

I'd have never heard before.

I've opened my ears to Jamaica

and what they've got to offer.

Music superstar Gary Barlow

has arrived back in Australia.

First stop in here at Sunrise.

Tell us about the trips.

You've been to Jamaica, to Kenya,

you're now here in Australia.

Yes, we're on a mission

at the moment

because we're doing a one-off,

unique song for the Diamond Jubilee.

It's going to be a lot of influences

from all over the world,

and it's going to have

this worldly sound to it.

Good to see you, Gary.

Nice to see you. Safe travel!

Still ahead, when she was a he...

'Driving through

the outskirts of Sydney,

'there was one house

I couldn't miss.'

Look at this!

Oh, my goodness!

Wow!

Prince Charles sat in his seat.

Oh, this is class.

Shall we knock on? This way.

Between the Beefeaters.

I think I'm looking for Janet.

Hello!

Hello, I'm Gary. Nice to meet you.

Pleased to meet you. Welcome here.

Thank you, thank you.

And I'm Philip. Philip?

Yes. That's a royal name.

It certainly is!

Oh, my goodness!

You are officially royal mad.

I'm a nutter.

Wow.

Yeah.

Every cupboard in this house,

if I open, has royalty in it.

Here.

Every time you eat,

they're sat with you.

They're not much company,

I can tell you.

Just in case. Just in case.

Oh, here we go.

That is wonderful.

All just for a laugh.

And you use this for real?

Of course you do!

Of course you do, it's a throne!

It's got a royal flush!

I get this... real feel

about when I see the Queen.

I can be anywhere in the house

and the television will be on

and anything to do with Harry

or anything, I'm down here.

Just give us an idea

of this whole collection, what...?

The cost of it?

Oh, Philip, I think you're needed.

Philip, you're needed over there.

You go over there.

It has to be hundreds of thousands.

Don't tell him, for God's sake!

400,000 or 500,000?

Oh, it would have to be!

More? Yeah.

Do you think it's worth it?

Course it is, every penny of it!

Janet's astonishing collection

is a reminder

that the Queen

is also Australia's monarch

and is held in affection

by many people here.

Time to get some Aussie music.

I'm heading deep into

the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

I've arranged to meet with Gurrumul,

an aboriginal musician

who's been blind since birth.

He's a unique performer

with an unusual voice,

and I'm really looking forward

to seeing him play.

'Gurrumul's friend Michael

travels everywhere with him.'

Are you Gurrumul's translator?

Does Gurrumul speak English?

Gunga... which means a little bit.

A little bit, OK. Does he

understand everything I'm saying?

Yeah, most of it.

I need to tell him that experience

was absolutely gorgeous,

listening to him sing, it really

was. I wanted to join in, actually.

I listen to your song

and I obviously couldn't understand

any of the words,

but it just sounds so beautiful.

It's such a flowing, lyrical,

beautiful language, you know? Yep.

Some languages are quite harsh,

I think.

I know that Gurrumul has played

for the Queen before.

Yeah, a couple of times.

A couple of times?!

Yeah, aboriginal people love

the Queen. She's such a constant.

They love structure and hierarchy

and things that don't change

so much.

And for her head

to be on the currency,

you know, that speaks a lot.

I was fascinated to see what

he was going to do with our track.

It was very emotional

when he played.

He made the classic acoustic

guitar feel like...

a really different instrument.

Yeah, I was absolutely drawn in.

But then when he sings,

oh, my goodness.

It's actually not a loud voice

but it's high

and it's, oh, so passionate,

it's gorgeous.

He warmed to me a little bit.

I couldn't get any words

out of him at the start

but he was starting to have a little

laugh and a giggle by the end.

If you just sing those

two lines over and over...

Over and over.

What I can do is

make tracks of them

so it sounds like there's six of you

singing it. It'll sound big. OK.

Really nice for me to sit and record

with him, sat next to each other,

because he's done that classic trick

where he knows more English

than he cracks on to know.

Which is good, it's a good way

of being. The French are like that!

Meeting Gurrumul in the mountains

was one of the most uplifting

experiences I've had on this trip.

But now, I've got

a special appointment

in one of the most iconic

buildings in the world.

When I think of the Commonwealth,

I always think of Australia,

and when I think of Australia,

I think of the Sydney Opera House.

And the fact that we're here today,

recording the Sydney

Symphony Orchestra,

it's just a big milestone

for our record.

Check this out.

It's so important to me that the

record has a rich, orchestral feel,

so I've had a score written

for 50 instruments.

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