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99. Suster: On his throne. Um, the charisma … and stage presence and the personality and, and, and, and,
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100. Clarence: = = And he can sing. Hy laat waai {He lets loose}.
101. Suster: Hy laat waai, verstaan jy {He lets loose, you understand}? Um, yes, there’s just been so
many highlights, ja {yes}.
102. Clarence: For me it was definitely Jo Zo and all. He’s just absolutely, absolutely awesome and I was
disappointed with George Duke… I, I thought that, uh, this project was awful. That’s what I
thought quite frankly. Ja {Yes}, but, uh, what an awesome musical experience.
103. Suster: What, what, what… One of the great revelations for me was, uh, Katie Melua. I mean I’ve
heard about her. I actually, didn’t, didn’t really listen to he music, but sitting in that concert
and listening to her, um, singing like real, real meaningful songs, you know.
104. Clarence: Mmm.
105. Suster: And I went to meet her backstage and she’s such a lovely person. So {Such} tiny, small,
sieker ‘n bietjie jou hoegte (hoogte) {probably a bit like your height}, but beautiful, a
beautiful personality and, and, and then just, just listening to what she’s got to say and uh, uh,
uh, uh, about her music. You know, for her its all personal experiences. Ja {Yes}, she just
don’t write because it’s a poem, but it’s a personal experience. She sings beautifully.
106. Clarence: Mmm.
107. Suster: Ja {Yes}, but ja {yes} = =
108. Clarence: = = That’s the music. That’s the music. Uh, what was, what was a wonderful moment because
we are in The Hague right now, talking about the North Sea Jazz festival, was a moment, on
the beach, Danny Mitchell playing his guitar, singing ‘Daar kom die Ali Baba’ {There comes
the Ali Baba}, in front of [laughter] a whole lot of, uh, Dutch people, uh, who are who are
completely fascinated by, by this.
109. Suster: Ja {Yes} and, and we, we just …I played the goema and Danny played the guitar and we were
singing everything = =
110. Clarence: = = loud
111. Suster: Like very loud, like on this beach. This beach was packed and = =
112. Clarence: = = from Shosholoza to, uh, real klopse {minstrel} numbers
113. Suster: Ja {Yes}, and, and The Beatles and any other song that, that, you know, you also, you also,
also normally … kamp {camp} songs wat hulle sing {that they sing}. And before we knew,
everybody sort of just gathered around us and somebody came and said, “Are you guys going
to be here later on the evening as well?” You know? [laughter]
114. Clarence: [laughter]
115. Suster: Because, toe wil hulle geld gee {so they wanted to give money}.
116. Clarence: Where’s your hat? [laughter]
117. Suster: Toe wil ‘ie (wil die) mense geld gee. Jeene. {So the people wanted to give money. Gees.}
118. Clarence: En mense sing vals, ne {And the people sing false, hey}.
119. Suster : Ja {Yes}, oh yes, ons het mense ge-fine {Yes, oh yes, we fined people}. We had a fines
committee. Uh, daar was een ou wat gesing het {there was one guy that sang}, but what I
mean, elke {every} session wat ons gesing het, sing hy saam {that we sang, he sang along},
but hy sing VALS {he sings FALSE}. Hy was {He was} fined, what, five euros.
120. Clarence: What’s his name?
121. Suster: Um Lesley. He was fined five euros for, for singing TOTALLY out of tune. But hy sing oek
(ook) {but he sings too}, but it was the spirit of, of being there, uh, that he wanted to. Nou,
nou… baie mense het ge-communicate huistoe, verstaan jy {Now, now… many people
communicated home, you understand}? Sê {Saying}, like what a wonderful tyd hulle het en
so aan en een van ’ie (die), een van ’ie (die) ouens het nou die Vrydag, van wanneer het
die London bombing nou afgegaan {time they are having and so on and one of the, one of the
guys, on the Friday, because when did the London bombings take place}? Die Donner’ag
{The Thursday}. Die Vrydag toe realise hy, toe hy sober raak, dat, oh yes, sy Suster is in
London {So the Friday he realised, when he sobered up, that, oh yes, his sister is in London}.
En toe sien ek hy vat iemand se {And so I saw him take someone’s} phone. Toe stuur hy
nou {So, now, he sent an} SMS na sy pa toe om te vra {to his father to ask} like, um, is sy
Suster o’right (alright) en daai {is his sister alright and that}. Toe kry hy ‘n sms t’rug (terug)