Best Bits: Kacey Musgraves on Tame Impala and Dolly Parton!
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Howdy and welcome to some of the best bits of Take 5 from the last few years. In the lead up to our next big season, I'll be sharing some golden moments with some of my favourite guests over the coming weeks.
Back in 2019, I headed out of the studio for a special conversation with Casey Musgraves.
She was about to play a sold-out show at Sydney's Enmore Theatre.
What is the Best Bits Take 5 episode introduction and context for Kacey Musgraves' visit?
It was her first Australian visit and there were cowgirls and gays in pink hats already lined up down the street to get prime position. It was a time for Casey. She'd won every category she was nominated in at that year's Grammys, including Album of the Year for Golden Hour. And as a long-time fan, it was such a treat to grab some time with the woman of the moment. But I took her back to an old song she wrote when I asked her to pick five songs that helped her follow her arrow. One of her picks was by an Australian, Kevin Parker, aka Tame Impala, and Casey shared with me just how it resonated with her.
Well, I just, I love Tame Impala so much. I just instantly feel really good when I hear Kevin's music and I know that they're Aussies, right? So, so naturally it felt like a really good choice and their, their last record, I don't know, gave me a lot of peace going into making mine. And yeah, And I just think that it's really it's really nice to see a world where kind of like synthy, hazy, very like mellow music can live with lyrics that really mean something. I don't think that it all has to be abstract. And I really appreciated that a lot about this song. I take it to mean the impending kind of doom of needing to break up with someone, knowing that it's not right and knowing that it's got to happen and that eventually it'll feel better eventually.
And that's like what I take away from that. But. I got to see Tame Impala live the other night in Nashville. They came through and man, it was just the grooviest show. I had the best time. I don't really get a lot of chances to see live music anymore because I'm always out playing my own. And I randomly had a night off in town. The weather was perfect. And I. It was the perfect day.
Why was Kacey Musgraves touring Australia and what was the Enmore Theatre moment?
I woke up in my own bed, which is very rare. I cooked myself breakfast, woke up in my own house. That's like such a rarity these days. And then I went over to my friend's backyard studio, Daniel Tashian. He and Ian Fitchhook created my record with me. you know, whenever we can, we still get together and, you know, toss around some song ideas. So I got up, I made breakfast and I went over to Daniel's house and we, we played around with a new idea, a new song. And then, um, we all got in the car and went down to the Tame Impala show together and the weather was perfect. And it just was like such a beautiful day, you know, inspiring on many levels. And, um, I got to say hello to Kevin afterwards and just tell him how much the show really meant to me and, um,
I just think that it's just, you know, so much, especially in the genre where I came from, is so much emphasis is put on whether something has tempo or not, you know, up-tempo songs. It's sadly the deciding factor a lot of times in whether something will be successful or not. And I think that that's dangerous because... There's so many other factors that make music good, not just tempo. And it reinforced that fact to me when I went to the Tame Paula show and I saw a sea of people just bobbing their heads and grooving out to this show, you know, this 90 minute show where there wasn't much talking to the audience. There wasn't a lot of high tempo and everyone had the best time. It's like if something feels good, that's all that matters.
Feel enveloped in something as well. Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We have one more choice to get to. We can't forget about Dolly. Oh, you cannot forget about the Queen. Here you come again. And this is a song that you performed in tribute at the Grammys. Yeah. Why did you choose this song?
Well, this is a song that I have covered a lot myself. And then when I got the chance to actually perform it with the Queen herself, it was just one of the most unforgettable moments of my life.
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