Hey Savage Garden. Your first American single just
went gold; how do you feel?
(Darren and Daniel are speaking, joking actually, at same time )
DARREN : You know they're such friendly
people and if they bite you, every now and then, you can stick them in
the retired home for the monkeys.
DANIEL: Blah, blah, blah, blah, ran out
of words ( To others behind camera ) Help me out guys.
No guys, seriously.
DARREN : It's like every musician's dream.
We sat in Daniel's bedroom four years ago and wrote some songs and dreamed
about going to other countries and we're sitting here in New York City
and we've got a gold single, so that feels fantastic.
The gold single is for "I Want You" from their
self-titled debut (Clip from "I Want You" is shown)
DARREN : I guess it's about connecting,
and the song is about obsession and attraction and whatever and we just
rather have that than the "boy meets girl" kind of thing , we say something
a little different.
(Another clip is shown, now commenting on the
woman in the video)
DARREN : We wanted someone really tough
and had a bit of attitude or whatever but still was beautiful, but not
conventionaly, you know, what you call a babe or whatever cause umm ..
I think she did really well and came across really great, so......
Uh, yeah guys. Well thats all fine and good,
but what we want is the real dish about Australia... Kangaroos?
DARREN : (making a claw with his hand)
When they get older they have big claws and they can rip your stomach open
(Darren and Dan laugh ) Seriously!
Backwards toilets?
DANIEL : It's the southern hemisphere
(Making image of earth with hands) This is us, this is you guys, so it
goes around that way instead of that way (Daniel shrugs)
DARREN : The first thing any Australian
does when they come here is they sit there and watch the toilet (Pretends
to be watching toilet)
Whats the deal with vegimite anyway?
DARREN : It's DISGUSTING, don't believe
the hype. (Looks at camera) Don't believe the hype. It tastes like someone
scraped off the bottom of a birdcage and stuck it on a piece of toast.
Koala bears?
(Daniel about to say something, but Darren cuts him off.)
DARREN : Koala bears are really cute,
they're very nasty; don't ever pick them up... they'll scratch your face
off... they pee on you....
Well, that's some good advice from a couple of
Aussies who are conquering America.
DARREN : well...
DANIEL : Well, we haven't done it yet
...
DARREN : We're practicing to say things
like "Would you like fries with that" just incase the career doesn't happen.
This is a shot we're taking and we'll see what happens...
