Keith Barry - "I'm very clear on who I don't want to be – an absent father"
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Who is Keith Barry and why is he on the show today?
I'm delighted now to welcome back to the show, world class uh mentalist, brain hacker, subconscious, mind expert, uh all of that. Keith Barry. Hi Keith.
How are ya? Good to see ya. It's been a while.
We're not gonna mess with people's heads today. Uh we're gonna look back at your life so far through five songs you've chosen. And look look, often we try and kind of psychoanalyse people through the five songs, but actually what you've the approach you've taken is you five great songs and you five great stories to go with them. Yeah, yeah, the song. And I I wouldn't even dare try and get into your head because I I I you'd get back into mine and we'd be we'd be all day. Your first song tries today relates to your late father. So your father was a really interesting character. He was involved in the show bands on your mother kinda told him to cop on, yeah?
Yeah, a lot of people don't know that. So my dad, uh Ken, he passed away January last year and uh back in the day, yeah, he was always the lead in do you remember the tops of the town? Yeah,
yeah. And that And
was huge in Waterford. And like if if the tops town was on, if if it was Jesus Christ superstar, my dad Ken, he was Jesus. If it was if it was Joseph and his technicolor raincoat, he was Joseph. So yeah, and he was in the show bands all the time. And my mum Kitty was listening to this now. I know she won't mind me saying, but like when she got together with him, she was like, Listen, it's showbiz or me, make your choice. Uh which was probably a smart choice on her behalf, and he made that choice. He chose her Sure. So he was always a a man for a good sing song and life of the soul of every party. And uh yeah, it was actually his birthday yesterday.
How does Keith honor his late father Ken with the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends”?
I I completely forgot until I uh I met a friend yesterday. Jesus, my dad's birthday. So uh yeah, he like there was many songs he used to sing, but uh he loved the Beatles, so I know you're gonna you're gonna play a Beatles song in a second. But uh yeah, like he he would just he was always the the person who would say, you know, just one more drink, jucka Dorish and it was aw It was a Often that I would sit on the swing in my back garden and we'd be there till the dawn chorus. He'd love to sing in the dawn chorus. Be there till six AM sitting on the back swing with him, you know.
Fair play. Okay. And why did you pick this song with a little help from my friends by the Beatles to remember?
Say so the the Beatles when they sing that song, and I'm sure you're gonna play their version now, like it's kinda laid back. But he made it his own and he made it into a sing song so everybody would sing with Ken to the song. He just kind of had that little bit of uh. He was managing those
guys. We all know that. Yeah, like so so like
Curan's Bar and Dingle, for example. Uh it was the last time I remember him singing it. And the whole bar was singing it. You know what I mean?
Excellent. Okay, here it is. For for his dad, Ken, this is uh Keith Barry's first choice today. The Beatles with a little help from my friends.
What would you think if I sank attitude? Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song and I'll try not to sing at a key Oh I get by with a little help from my friend I get high with a little help from my friend Gonna try with a little belly. Right.
What do I do when my love is awake as it worry to be alone? How do I feel by the end of the day? Are you sad because you're on your own? No, I did buy with a little help for my friends. Dead high with a little help.
Okay, that's With a Little Help from My Friends by the Beagles. That's Keith Barry's uh first uh song choice today and that and that's uh in memory of his dad who died last year. And we're gonna come back to your dad actually. But your second song today, I think it kinda relates to your fortieth birthday, but uh also kinda to your fiftieth, which is next weekend. How are you feeling about turning fifty? People ask me.
But I just feel great. Don't overthink it then. I know yeah. Like some people get really panicked when they're turning fifty for me.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Who is Keith Barry and why is he on the show today?
0:00–1:23
2
How does Keith honor his late father Ken with the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends”?
1:23–10:06
3
What memories does Keith share about his 40th‑birthday party and the song “The King of Soho”?
10:06–18:40
4
How did the “Eternal Flame” trick shut down a Bangles concert in Los Angeles?
18:40–23:17