0:00:03 > 0:00:05Six months ago, Andrew Lloyd Webber and I were given the honour of
0:00:05 > 0:00:09writing a special song for the Queen to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13This is the story of the making of that song.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15It would be really enjoyable to have something
0:00:15 > 0:00:18- with these different sounds. - I know.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Our mission was to capture the sounds
0:00:21 > 0:00:24of the Queen's proudest achievement - the Commonwealth.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27I could listen to that for hours.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31I set out to find musicians from different cultures and backgrounds,
0:00:31 > 0:00:35record them on their home turf and blend them into one record.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Wow! This is great fun. I want to be in your band!
0:00:38 > 0:00:41I'd never done anything like this before
0:00:41 > 0:00:43and I wasn't even sure it could be done.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45A day to remember.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46One I'll never forget.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51'And my last stop would be the most nerve-wracking -
0:00:51 > 0:00:54'playing our record to the Queen.'
0:00:54 > 0:00:56No pressure!
0:01:01 > 0:01:05# Listen as the wind blows to me
0:01:07 > 0:01:11# I know the dreams will tell me
0:01:12 > 0:01:16# And all it is is answers... #
0:01:16 > 0:01:21This is the Silver Jubilee, 1977,
0:01:21 > 0:01:25a garden party for the whole street in our back garden.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Both Nans are there.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Look, all the kids in the street.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Here we all are, celebrating.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Oh, there's me, wanting to be noticed.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40I mean, a lot of those people, they're not people
0:01:40 > 0:01:43we used to see every day - everyone just invited everybody.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48It brought everybody together.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Do you think? Yeah...
0:01:52 > 0:01:54I mean, it's nice.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Is it weird?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Well, I think, I don't know whether we need...it's very pretty.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Yeah, but we need a key word when we don't like each other's ideas,
0:02:04 > 0:02:10so you should say, "That sounds great for the Platinum Jubilee,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14"you should use that for the Platinum Jubilee." OK?
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Yes, OK.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19So do you think I should save that one for the Platinum Jubilee?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22There's a touch of the Platinum there.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Ah, OK! So let's slow down a little touch.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27ANDREW PLAYS A SEQUENCE OF CHORDS
0:02:27 > 0:02:28# Listen to... #
0:02:28 > 0:02:29BOTH LAUGH
0:02:31 > 0:02:33OK, let me try this on top of it.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36HE ADDS A MELODY LINE
0:02:39 > 0:02:41And now to A flat.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- I like that. - That's lovely, yeah.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47And keep it going.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Yeah, yeah, that's nice.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53# Ta da da-da... #
0:02:53 > 0:02:55We're telling everyone today what we're doing.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56We've been hiding it for so long.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59# ..do dee-do. #
0:02:59 > 0:03:01I quite like that.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Yeah.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05'This is letting the country know'
0:03:05 > 0:03:07we've been commissioned to do this,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09we're taking it seriously, we're going on a journey,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11and see you at the Jubilee.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14So the reason you came in,
0:03:14 > 0:03:18you're in charge of the official single for the Diamond Jubilee.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21You're going to write it together and you embark upon Wednesday,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24around the Commonwealth, looking for musical influences and people
0:03:24 > 0:03:27to take part in that story and that journey, is that right?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- Exactly.- Who else has been involved in the story so far?
0:03:29 > 0:03:33I've heard rumours, whispers, of Prince Charles being involved.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36We're hoping to try and get some guidance
0:03:36 > 0:03:39from the family of the Queen to try and help us make this thing
0:03:39 > 0:03:41something she's going to enjoy.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Are you nervous? Is it a great weight on the shoulders,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- or another fantastic opportunity? - Great opportunity.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49You look a bit more worried, Gary!
0:03:49 > 0:03:51'This is quite big, so...'
0:03:51 > 0:03:53It still puzzles me,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56the whole idea of writing a song for an event like this,
0:03:56 > 0:04:00such an important day in the Queen's life, and I want to get it right.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02We're going to meet the Prince of Wales today,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05so I'm slightly nervous and excited about that.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Young lad from Cheshire!
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Your Highness!
0:04:13 > 0:04:15- Is there a Gary Barlow in here? - How are you?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17I think I'm all right, thank you very much.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Thank you for inviting us to your house.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23There's so much he's experienced around the world, musically,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25that I want to find out about.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Here we are, the Click Song, let's see.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33'Prince Charles was keen to play me some of the world music he'd heard on his travels.'
0:04:33 > 0:04:35VOCAL SOUNDS ON RECORDING
0:04:35 > 0:04:38That's right. You see - unng - you can't!
0:04:38 > 0:04:41VOCAL MELODY WITH CLICKS
0:04:41 > 0:04:44SOUNDS RESEMBLING A PLUCKED STRING INSTRUMENT
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- That's the mouth making that noise? - Yes, yes.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Amazing pictures. If we can see a fraction of this...
0:04:53 > 0:04:55There's a well known musician here.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57BOTH LAUGH
0:04:58 > 0:05:00That's me in disguise.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Much better shaven.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09The difficulty sometimes is digging out where these characters are
0:05:09 > 0:05:11because they're not always in the main street,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14but then you find marvellous things going on in little corners.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Yeah, well, we need to travel, clearly.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19These instruments are fascinating.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Aren't they wonderful? Do you see, what IS that?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Actually, you must get these. It would be really enjoyable
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- to have something with these different sounds.- I know.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31For me, it's about picking elements of this music,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- pulling it out and adding it to our record.- Exactly.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Is it just one single?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38It's one single.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40But you could use all these people!
0:05:40 > 0:05:42We could, actually. We could make an ensemble,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- a three-and-a-half minute ensemble. Absolutely we could.- Fantastic.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49It's daunting, but I like a challenge.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I'm going to go off travelling and find these amazing musicians.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54You're really good to do it.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- Thank you, sir.- The Queen will be thrilled you've taken such trouble.
0:05:57 > 0:06:03- RADIO JINGLE:- The Chris Evans Breakfast Show - good morning!
0:06:03 > 0:06:07'The order from the Palace said "we want you to include the Commonwealth".
0:06:07 > 0:06:10'And so I'm actually going to go round the world
0:06:10 > 0:06:13'recording unique musicians and adding them to this record,
0:06:13 > 0:06:16and the very last thing...'
0:06:16 > 0:06:18The Commonwealth is massive.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21All right? Like, massive.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27I mean, massive massive.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Antigua, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34No way on Earth we can get round all of these countries.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38..Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, St Kitts and Nevis. I got married in Nevis.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Without counting every one, it looks like there's about 50.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46The truth is it comes back to the record.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48We've got to remember that's why we're going.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50We're going to give this record
0:06:50 > 0:06:53a feel that the Commonwealth's on there.
0:06:53 > 0:06:59We want it to sound rich and, you know, full of personality.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01There's musicians all over the world
0:07:01 > 0:07:03and we've just got to dig them out.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06We've got to dig them out and find them.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21So with just a simple piano version of the melody
0:07:21 > 0:07:24that Andrew and I have written, it's time to hit the road.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I've got to write some lyrics and find musicians
0:07:26 > 0:07:30around the Commonwealth who can put their own stamp on this record.
0:07:32 > 0:07:38I'm starting my journey near the equator in East Africa, in Kenya.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41And there's a very special reason why I've chosen to start here.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45I'm at the safari lodge, Treetops, at the very spot where
0:07:45 > 0:07:50a young Princess Elizabeth spent the night on February 5th, 1952.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57Whilst here, she learned her father had died, and she had become Queen.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01I can't imagine being 25 and given this responsibility.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03What a task, what a job.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06What an undertaking for such a young person.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I thought today would be a brilliant time
0:08:12 > 0:08:15to really start bashing the lyric around.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18I've taken with me from my session with Andrew
0:08:18 > 0:08:20the lyric Sing.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23And I thought I'd soak up the environment here
0:08:23 > 0:08:25and the historic nature of this site
0:08:25 > 0:08:28and see if it brought up any new ideas.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31# Sing it louder # Sing it louder
0:08:31 > 0:08:33# Sing it # Sing it
0:08:33 > 0:08:35# Sing it louder. #
0:08:35 > 0:08:38'I couldn't think of anything more perfect, really,'
0:08:38 > 0:08:41that we're starting to write the lyric of the song right here
0:08:41 > 0:08:42in this historic place
0:08:42 > 0:08:45where the Queen found out she was going to be the Queen.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49With the lyrics in place, it's time to start recording.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53I'm off to see an African children's choir at a remote school
0:08:53 > 0:08:56two hours' drive from Nairobi.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01I've spent 20 years recording things in dark studios with no light.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02We're in Africa.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Look where we are, look at the landscape.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11If I was to imagine African music, I think of those choirs singing
0:09:11 > 0:09:13with their hands in the air.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15That's it, that's what we want.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17THEY SING IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE
0:09:23 > 0:09:25This is what we've come for.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Oh, yeah!
0:09:41 > 0:09:42Wooo!
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Wow. Hi!
0:09:46 > 0:09:47ALL: Hi.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- How are you? - ALL: We're fine, thank you.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Good. Do you do everything at the same time?
0:09:52 > 0:09:53ALL: Yes.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- Your singing's amazing! - Thank you.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57It really is, it's beautiful.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Do you know about the Queen? Eunice?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02She was born in 1926,
0:10:02 > 0:10:07and also she made her first speech when she was 14 years old.
0:10:07 > 0:10:13Eunice, how do you know that? Where did you learn this?
0:10:13 > 0:10:14- School.- At school?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16She likes dogs and horses.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18She definitely likes dogs and horses.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Yes, you?- She's a great swimmer.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24She's a great swimmer? Do you know that for sure?
0:10:24 > 0:10:29- Questions for me?- Yes.- That's not the deal, I ask the questions!
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Are you in the band and at the same time you are singing?
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Exactly, I'm in a band. There's four of us, sometimes five.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39That could get confusing, so I won't explain that one!
0:10:39 > 0:10:42I'm actually here today listening out for voices
0:10:42 > 0:10:48hopefully to put on my record, so would you guys be up for trying out
0:10:48 > 0:10:50some harmonies and some melodies?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51ALL: Yes.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53CHOIR SINGS
0:10:58 > 0:11:01'This is why I wanted to do this trip,'
0:11:01 > 0:11:04I wanted to be set up in the middle of nowhere on a desk,
0:11:04 > 0:11:09with all our fantastic technology, battling against the elements.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Because we've had a horrible, windy day, there's dust in all our equipment.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Perfect. That's exactly how I wanted it to be!
0:11:17 > 0:11:20'This is the most glamorous studio I've ever been to.'
0:11:20 > 0:11:22You move in here. OK.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Now you guys at the back,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27you come and fill the gaps in between their shoulders now.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31The first line of the song I want you to sing
0:11:31 > 0:11:33is the title of the song - Sing.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35That's all you say - Sing.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38But there's a melody.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40The melody goes like this.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44# Si-i-i-i-ing. #
0:11:44 > 0:11:47So the end of the line each time goes down
0:11:47 > 0:11:48and the second time goes up.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52With a one, two, three!
0:11:52 > 0:11:57# Just si-i-i-i-ing
0:11:57 > 0:12:03# Just si-i-i-i-ing
0:12:03 > 0:12:07# Just si-i-i-i-ing. #
0:12:07 > 0:12:11'It's the feeling you get when you listen to them,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13'because music's all about emotion.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17'And the emotion that they gave me today was I just feel great.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19'I feel great.'
0:12:19 > 0:12:20It's good, sounds beautiful.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23All of a sudden, I thought, wouldn't it be amazing
0:12:23 > 0:12:25to get one of these kids to start the track?
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Make sure you stay nice and close to the mic. That's it, here we go.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Some words...
0:12:30 > 0:12:34# Some words they can't be spoken
0:12:34 > 0:12:38# Only sung
0:12:38 > 0:12:43'When Lydia started to sing I got really excited.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45'Beautiful voice, really innocent, as well.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49'And the little bit of pronunciation that tells you she's not American,'
0:12:49 > 0:12:52she's not British, she's from somewhere else.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53'And that's the flavour.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56'We know we've got the Commonwealth now on this track.'
0:12:56 > 0:13:02# So hear a thousand voices
0:13:02 > 0:13:05# Shouting love. #
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Gorgeous, absolutely beautiful.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13'Today we've started the record. That's what's happened.'
0:13:13 > 0:13:18All of a sudden, we have symmetry in our track and the Queen's life.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22She started her reign here and our song's going to start here.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24It's beautiful.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28We've made a good start
0:13:28 > 0:13:31but I've got many challenges ahead to make a record fit for the Queen.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38I'm off now to the Great Rift Valley to visit a Maasai tribe.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44This may sound stupid, but I'm a little bit nervous.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48They're actually quite daunting, physically and the way they dress.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50CHANTING AND SINGING
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Wow!
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Hello! Nice to meet you.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55You're so very welcome.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Daniel, how old are you?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I'm 27 years old.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02And do you get married here?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05About the marriage, my father
0:14:05 > 0:14:08and the father of the girl will arrange the marriage.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11You'll pay 10 cows or 15 cows for one wife.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13And if I want to get a second wife,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16the second wife will be chosen by my first wife.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- Hang on, wait one second. So you've got one wife?- Yeah.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Your father chooses you another wife?
0:14:21 > 0:14:24No, my second wife will be chosen by my first wife.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26OK.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28THEY SING IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Imagine if we could all have three wives who builds our houses
0:14:31 > 0:14:33and milks our goats.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34It's job done, innit?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Who's to say right or wrong? They're all happy.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41It's been amazing to tiptoe into this.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44The tribe were keen to be on the record,
0:14:44 > 0:14:47so now it was time for them to show me what they could do.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51I felt slightly intimidated, just because I didn't know what to do.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55To try and describe the sound...
0:14:55 > 0:14:59It was like a battle between the men and the women.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00THEY SING
0:15:02 > 0:15:05This was not going to be straightforward.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- I want to record just a few different things.- Yeah.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Hopefully we can try and play it into the song somewhere.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18It's very difficult to hear, though, because everybody sings at one time.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22One, two.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24# He-ey-ya. # You sing.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25# He-ey-ya. #
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Yeah, so here we go. One, two...
0:15:28 > 0:15:30# He-ey-ya. #
0:15:30 > 0:15:31# He-ey-ya. #
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Ready? Wait. One, two...
0:15:33 > 0:15:36I've no idea at all how I can use any of that in the record.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40'It was just all too much for me to take in.'
0:15:42 > 0:15:47It's been lovely, been great seeing this lifestyle
0:15:47 > 0:15:50but I'm not on holiday here, I'm trying to make record.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55So these next few days are critical for the record itself.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00The Maasai have made me realise
0:16:00 > 0:16:02just how much of a challenge I've taken on.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06There's music everywhere in Africa,
0:16:06 > 0:16:10and I'm determined to find a way to make it work on our record.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15I want there to be people who've never played on a record on here
0:16:15 > 0:16:17but I also want some professionals.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21I want people who are well known, and when I researched Kenyan music
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Ayub was one of the most successful musicians in this country.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30So I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of this session today.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32HE SINGS IN HIS NATIVE LANGUAGE
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Oh, I loved his track. I loved it.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48I could have listened to that for hours.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54The only thing missing was I could have got a nice massage
0:16:54 > 0:16:56as he was playing it.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58That would've been spot on, then.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Hi.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I really hate interrupting you making music.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09I'm so intrigued about your instrument.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11The good old nyatiti. It's, er...
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- What's it called again?- Nyatiti.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Nyatiti?
0:17:14 > 0:17:18- Nyatiti, which translates into "daughter of the clan".- OK.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Have you spent some time in the UK?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- I busked for about four years in London.- Did you really?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26It was great for me because it gave me
0:17:26 > 0:17:29four years to work through my instrument and perfect myself.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32'It's a wacky old instrument'
0:17:32 > 0:17:34but we've got to get it on this track.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36'I play Ayub the piano melody,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38'hoping he can add something special.'
0:17:38 > 0:17:40RECORDING PLAYS
0:17:42 > 0:17:45HE PICKS OUT SOME NOTES
0:17:48 > 0:17:50HE PLAYS A VERSION OF THE MELODY LINE
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Working with Gary was actually surprisingly easy.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11He's very easy going, he's precise and he knows what he wants.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12It flowed smoothly.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15MELODY LINE REPEATS
0:18:17 > 0:18:20I think the word is "save" at this point.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22LAUGHTER
0:18:28 > 0:18:32'Back in my hotel, and a chance to listen to what I've recorded.'
0:18:32 > 0:18:34RECORDING OF AYUB PLAYS
0:18:34 > 0:18:36How great was Ayub?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Who'd had ever thought we'd have got that instrument on this record?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45And Lydia. I mean, what a star she was.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50# Some words they can't be spoken
0:18:50 > 0:18:54# Only sung. #
0:18:54 > 0:18:55It's sweet, really nice.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Now I need to find some percussion to give the track its backbone.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09My search brings me to Kibera.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Just three miles outside Nairobi,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14it's one of the biggest slums in Africa.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Nobody knows how many hundreds of thousands of people
0:19:20 > 0:19:22are crammed in here.
0:19:23 > 0:19:30This is hard to describe. Real poverty at its lowest, lowest level.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34It's pretty hard to take it in, I've got to be honest.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36It's pretty hard to take it in.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40And yet, from this poverty
0:19:40 > 0:19:44springs a remarkable group of percussionists
0:19:44 > 0:19:48who call themselves the Slum Drummers.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Where did these instruments come from? Have you made them yourselves?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- These are scrap metals.- I see.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10These are plastics that street children collect and sell.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15So all of these instruments, it was just rubbish,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17it was about to be thrown away?
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Everything you have around you, it has music in it.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23It has the potential to be an instrument.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25It has the potential of music in it.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28HE PLAYS A DESCENDING SCALE
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Whose invention was this?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Who knew this could make this noise?
0:20:34 > 0:20:39We ourselves, we invented it, because we just took a big, big pipe,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42a very long pipe - we just hit.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43You hit the end?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Yes, we hit at the end, and we heard that that can produce sound.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Goosebumps have happened for the first time
0:20:54 > 0:20:56when they started to play.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Music is their lives.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02This is their escape from where they live, how they've been brought up.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Yeah, I love music.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Music is in me.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Though everyone here loves music.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15It's like a passion we have.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Michael's a sad story.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19I didn't actually realise
0:21:19 > 0:21:21when I first went to meet them all he was blind.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28I guess he's needed music, more so now than ever before.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31I was looking round as they were playing and he was lost.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32He'd escaped somewhere
0:21:32 > 0:21:35for those few minutes.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37And, yeah, good on him.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40No matter what you go through,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43no matter what difficulties you have,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45you still have to stay strong.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48You don't have to break down
0:21:48 > 0:21:50and give up on everything.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51You need to keep your head up
0:21:51 > 0:21:55and keep focusing on what you want to do.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01You're reminded, wow, this is a language we all speak, this is.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06How much fun did I have?!
0:22:06 > 0:22:09You know, a drum-off! It was great.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Really, I loved it. Loved it.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16I think I'll remember that, actually, for the rest of my life.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20It was a beautiful moment, to be somewhere like this
0:22:20 > 0:22:24which is so far removed from how and where I live.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27That connection of music. I'm taking it home with me.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Woooo!
0:22:30 > 0:22:33THEY LAUGH AND CHEER
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Oh, yeah! Well done! Well done!
0:22:36 > 0:22:37I think the problem is this.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38THEY LAUGH
0:22:38 > 0:22:40That's the problem!
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Well done. Amazing. Amazing.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Wow, this is great fun!
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I want to be in your band!
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Yeah, that's why I was asking you if you'd been in a band.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- You need to give... - I'm leaving that band!
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Forget that band! I'm coming in this band.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Time to record the guys for the Queen.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03HE TAPS OUT A RHYTHM
0:23:03 > 0:23:06I record their instruments one by one.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13I add them into the music on my computer,
0:23:13 > 0:23:17working out where they'll fit in.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20OK, I think I'm there.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24So...I've put you in there.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29MUSIC PLAYS
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Like it?
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Yeah, very much!
0:23:32 > 0:23:37Music doesn't really need words for you to understand it.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39# Just si-i-i-i-ing... #
0:23:39 > 0:23:41THEY WHISTLE
0:23:41 > 0:23:44It's like a legacy.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45Even after we've gone,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48it will be a record that will never be forgotten.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53Genuinely, I've met some special people today
0:23:53 > 0:23:56and they've really touched me.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00And I feel great. I feel motivated now
0:24:00 > 0:24:03to get on a plane and finish this record.
0:24:03 > 0:24:09MUSIC: "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" by Jimmy Cliff
0:24:10 > 0:24:15Next stop, I'm off to the Caribbean and to the realm Jamaica,
0:24:15 > 0:24:19one of the 16 Commonwealth countries where the Queen is Head of State.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I've been really looking forward to coming here
0:24:22 > 0:24:25and visiting the birthplace of so much music.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29First time ever in Jamaica.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Never been here before.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34It's pretty off the scale, this place, I've got to be honest.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38REGGAE MUSIC PLAYS
0:24:38 > 0:24:43We've just arrived here in this market
0:24:43 > 0:24:44and already, you know,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47the people working in the stalls, they're dancing.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49There's music everywhere.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56'Remembering what Prince Charles told me
0:24:56 > 0:24:59'about digging out characters off the beaten track,
0:24:59 > 0:25:00'I'm really keen to explore.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06'I'm being led up to a Rastafarian village
0:25:06 > 0:25:10'to meet some drummers in the Blue Mountains above Kingston.'
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Every time I look up it's getting higher!
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Higher and higher!
0:25:13 > 0:25:16'I feel like I'm in the middle of nowhere.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18'After a two-hour drive from town,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20'and now a 45-minute hike up this mountain,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22'I'm not sure what to expect.'
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- Is this the start of the village? - Yeah.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Hello, nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- He's also a singer. - He sings as well?
0:25:31 > 0:25:35A chanter, and play the drums.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37But I'm the singer here.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38THEY LAUGH
0:25:38 > 0:25:40You're going to be! You're going to be!
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Is it finished? Am I finished?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44We're going back down!
0:25:44 > 0:25:46No, no, you don't meet the priest yet!
0:25:46 > 0:25:48He's the priest of the school now.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Oh, he's the priest? Nice to meet you.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53There's a very nice smell in the air here.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Everything smells fresh and nice.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- I think it has to do with the altitude.- Maybe.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- I think we are more than 5,000 feet above sea level here.- OK.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03How do I make one of these?
0:26:03 > 0:26:06THEY LAUGH
0:26:06 > 0:26:07I want one.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11I am impressed by his personality, yes.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15I see congeniality there in that person.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16I need to try a bit harder.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21THEY LAUGH
0:26:21 > 0:26:23When I leave today, I'm going to start.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27THEY LAUGH
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Oh, it is a pleasure, sir.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Brilliant.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33The drumming starts
0:26:33 > 0:26:36and it's like nothing I've ever seen.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39# Raise the voice. #
0:26:39 > 0:26:42By special privilege and for royal purpose,
0:26:42 > 0:26:46we want to send out a special blessing at this time
0:26:46 > 0:26:48for the Kingdom of England.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53'The drums are a key part of the Rastafarian religion,
0:26:53 > 0:26:56'and I'd love to get a flavour of them on this record.'
0:26:56 > 0:26:58It was incredible.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00You know, small kids really hitting these instruments
0:27:00 > 0:27:04like their hands must be made of steel.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08I mean, it was passionate, it was from the heart.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10It was brilliant.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14One kid who does catch my eye is the priest's son,
0:27:14 > 0:27:1712-year-old Selassie.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- Priest?- Yes, sir?
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- Can I see his hands?- Selassie.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Wow. They play loud, very loud.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29I would love to try and get him on the record.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Selassie was great.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33His timing was amazing.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35You watch the way his hands move
0:27:35 > 0:27:37and touch the different parts of that drum.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39He really owned that instrument.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Mm, rise up, rise up!
0:27:41 > 0:27:44SELASSIE DRUMS
0:27:44 > 0:27:46OK. OK.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48He's commissioned by the Queen.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51I don't think she could have found anyone more equipped
0:27:51 > 0:27:53to deal with this work that he is doing.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56That's my personal opinion of the brethren.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57I'm off on my travels now.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- OK, sir. Guidance, protection and blessings.- Thank you.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01A day to remember.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03One I'll never forget.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Bye, everyone!
0:28:05 > 0:28:06THEY SHOUT GOODBYES
0:28:06 > 0:28:11Now I've got to work out how I use the drums on the record.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13The little boy.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16DRUM RECORDING PLAYS
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Sounds great.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24If I just sneak the verse in...
0:28:26 > 0:28:28SONG PLAYS
0:28:33 > 0:28:35It's good. It's going to work well.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Uhh! Say wha'?
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Listen, market! Wow!
0:28:41 > 0:28:45# I drink up me rum # And me tongue be dumb
0:28:45 > 0:28:48# Me no wan' no girl # Complain at me. #
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Jamaica's music is every bit as rich
0:28:50 > 0:28:52and authentic as I hoped it would be.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57# Iron ball # An iron ball
0:28:57 > 0:29:00# Iron ball # An iron ball
0:29:00 > 0:29:03# Iron ball # An iron ball
0:29:03 > 0:29:06# Me no wan' no girl # Complain at me
0:29:06 > 0:29:08# I went upstairs # But the door was locked... #
0:29:08 > 0:29:12I'm not the only Brit to be enjoying the culture of Jamaica.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Prince Harry is also here
0:29:15 > 0:29:17on his Diamond Jubilee tour of the Caribbean.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19I join him at a community project in downtown Kingston
0:29:19 > 0:29:23and I'm intrigued to see how Jamaican people respond
0:29:23 > 0:29:25when royalty's in town.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27The whole street outside, everyone's going crazy.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Reminds me of my old days in a boy band.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33We're starting our recording.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36We've done some already this morning for the Diamond Jubilee song.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38- Yeah?- Yeah. We're here all week
0:29:38 > 0:29:41and we're hoping to get you on the track tomorrow.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Erm, last time I checked, I can't sing!
0:29:43 > 0:29:45- Tambourine? - Oh, you want me to do a tune?
0:29:45 > 0:29:47- There's got to be some tambourine. - OK, well...
0:29:47 > 0:29:50- Just one hit? - One hit, I don't know.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51It's going to cost you!
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Bob Marley's One Love.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57THEY PLAY "ONE LOVE"
0:29:57 > 0:30:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:30:02 > 0:30:04I think it must be lovely for him to come out here
0:30:04 > 0:30:05and see this reaction.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09People love the Royal Family here. There's no question about it.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11They've turned out in their droves.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:30:17 > 0:30:20After all the excitement, I catch up for a quiet chat with the prince.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24How are you? You all right?
0:30:24 > 0:30:25- Yeah, not too bad.- Good.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28It's a pretty big year for your family, isn't it?
0:30:28 > 0:30:29It's a massive year, yes.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31I can't speak for the rest of my family,
0:30:31 > 0:30:33but I've slightly taken my grandmother for granted
0:30:33 > 0:30:36over the years and this tour has really opened my eyes
0:30:36 > 0:30:38to the achievements that she's done.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41The response to people celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
0:30:41 > 0:30:43has been absolutely amazing, it really has.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47I have to ask, just because I've got you here,
0:30:47 > 0:30:50but we are in charge of doing this song for the Diamond Jubilee.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54Any tips from you, as to what your grandmother likes musically, or...?
0:30:54 > 0:30:56It's been a very difficult challenge, this has, for us.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59I don't know whether to say that honestly or not!
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Other than drum and bass, is there anything else she...?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- If it spans across cultures, she's going to love it.- Yes.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07If it's really, really loud and modern music,
0:31:07 > 0:31:08- then she's probably not.- OK.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11She's an amazing woman and she'll love anything.
0:31:11 > 0:31:12- She's seen it all.- Of course.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15And so you couldn't surprise her.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Or maybe you could, I don't know. Try!
0:31:17 > 0:31:19I'm desperate to get you on this record.
0:31:19 > 0:31:20I want you to play on it.
0:31:20 > 0:31:21I've got a tambourine here.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24It's going to be painless, believe me!
0:31:24 > 0:31:26All I want is two tambourine hits.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27One like this.
0:31:27 > 0:31:28Like what? Like...
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Literally that. Just that. Literally one tap.
0:31:34 > 0:31:35And one more like this.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Nice! That was the ring.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I've loved this week.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47I've loved getting out there and going to places
0:31:47 > 0:31:51I know, as a tourist, I'd never have been to or seen.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53There's music definitely I've found here
0:31:53 > 0:31:55I'd have never heard before.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58I've opened my ears to Jamaica and what they've got to offer.
0:32:03 > 0:32:08Music superstar Gary Barlow has arrived back in Australia.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09First stop in here at Sunrise.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Tell us about the trips.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13You've been to Jamaica, to Kenya, you're now here in Australia.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Yes, we're on a mission at the moment
0:32:15 > 0:32:19because we're doing a one-off, unique song for the Diamond Jubilee.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21It's going to be a lot of influences from all over the world,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24and it's going to have this worldly sound to it.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27- Good to see you, Gary. - Nice to see you.- Safe travel!
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Still ahead, when she was a he...
0:32:34 > 0:32:38'Driving through the outskirts of Sydney,
0:32:38 > 0:32:40'there was one house I couldn't miss.'
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Look at this!
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Oh, my goodness!
0:32:47 > 0:32:48Wow!
0:32:48 > 0:32:50HE LAUGHS
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Prince Charles sat in his seat.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Oh, this is class.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Shall we knock on? This way.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Between the Beefeaters.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05- I think I'm looking for Janet. - Hello!
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Hello, I'm Gary. Nice to meet you.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- Pleased to meet you. Welcome here. - Thank you, thank you.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11- And I'm Philip.- Philip?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13- Yes.- That's a royal name. - It certainly is!
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Oh, my goodness!
0:33:15 > 0:33:18You are officially royal mad.
0:33:18 > 0:33:19I'm a nutter.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Wow.
0:33:21 > 0:33:22Yeah.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Every cupboard in this house, if I open, has royalty in it.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Here.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Every time you eat, they're sat with you.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36They're not much company, I can tell you.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Just in case. Just in case.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Oh, here we go.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45That is wonderful.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47All just for a laugh.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49And you use this for real?
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- Of course you do! - Of course you do, it's a throne!
0:33:52 > 0:33:55It's got a royal flush!
0:33:57 > 0:34:01I get this (SHE SIGHS) real feel about when I see the Queen.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04I can be anywhere in the house and the television will be on
0:34:04 > 0:34:08and anything to do with Harry or anything, I'm down here.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Just give us an idea of this whole collection, what...?
0:34:11 > 0:34:12?The cost of it?
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Oh, Philip, I think you're needed.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Philip, you're needed over there.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19You go over there.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23It has to be hundreds of thousands. Don't tell him, for God's sake!
0:34:23 > 0:34:25- 400,000 or 500,000? - Oh, it would have to be!
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- More?- Yeah. - Do you think it's worth it?
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Course it is, every penny of it!
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Janet's astonishing collection is a reminder
0:34:34 > 0:34:36that the Queen is also Australia's monarch
0:34:36 > 0:34:39and is held in affection by many people here.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Time to get some Aussie music.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45I'm heading deep into the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48I've arranged to meet with Gurrumul,
0:34:48 > 0:34:52an aboriginal musician who's been blind since birth.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55He's a unique performer with an unusual voice,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58and I'm really looking forward to seeing him play.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02GURRUMUL SINGS TRADITIONAL SONG
0:35:07 > 0:35:10'Gurrumul's friend Michael travels everywhere with him.'
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Are you Gurrumul's translator?
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Does Gurrumul speak English?
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Gunga - which means a little bit.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21A little bit, OK. Does he understand everything I'm saying?
0:35:21 > 0:35:22Yeah, most of it.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26I need to tell him that experience was absolutely gorgeous,
0:35:26 > 0:35:29listening to him sing, it really was. I wanted to join in, actually.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38I listen to your song and I obviously couldn't understand
0:35:38 > 0:35:42any of the words, but it just sounds so beautiful.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45- It's such a flowing, lyrical, beautiful language, you know?- Yep.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Some languages are quite harsh, I think.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55I know that Gurrumul has played for the Queen before.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- Yeah, a couple of times. - A couple of times?!
0:35:58 > 0:36:02Yeah, aboriginal people love the Queen. She's such a constant.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05They love structure and hierarchy
0:36:05 > 0:36:09and things that don't change so much.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12And for her head to be on the currency,
0:36:12 > 0:36:14you know, that speaks a lot.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18I was fascinated to see what he was going to do with our track.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33It was very emotional when he played.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40He made the classic acoustic guitar feel like...
0:36:40 > 0:36:43a really different instrument.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Yeah, I was absolutely drawn in.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56But then when he sings, oh, my goodness.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04It's actually not a loud voice but it's high
0:37:04 > 0:37:07and it's, oh, so passionate, it's gorgeous.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14He warmed to me a little bit.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17I couldn't get any words out of him at the start
0:37:17 > 0:37:21but he was starting to have a little laugh and a giggle by the end.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23If you just sing those two lines over and over...
0:37:23 > 0:37:24Over and over.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26...what I can do is make tracks of them
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- so it sounds like there's six of you singing it. It'll sound big.- OK.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Really nice for me to sit and record with him, sat next to each other,
0:37:38 > 0:37:39because he's done that classic trick
0:37:39 > 0:37:43where he knows more English than he cracks on to know.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Which is good, it's a good way of being. The French are like that!
0:37:51 > 0:37:52Meeting Gurrumul in the mountains
0:37:52 > 0:37:56was one of the most uplifting experiences I've had on this trip.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59But now, I've got a special appointment
0:37:59 > 0:38:02in one of the most iconic buildings in the world.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15When I think of the Commonwealth, I always think of Australia,
0:38:15 > 0:38:19and when I think of Australia, I think of the Sydney Opera House.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21And the fact that we're here today,
0:38:21 > 0:38:23recording the Sydney Symphony Orchestra,
0:38:23 > 0:38:26it's just a big milestone for our record.
0:38:30 > 0:38:31(Check this out.)
0:38:32 > 0:38:37It's so important to me that the record has a rich, orchestral feel,
0:38:37 > 0:38:41so I've had a score written for 50 instruments.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44The whole time we've been planning the track
0:38:44 > 0:38:47the one thing we always said was, "Wouldn't it be a dream
0:38:47 > 0:38:49"to go to Sydney and record in the Opera House?"
0:38:49 > 0:38:52And so it's such a pleasure for us to be here today.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54So thank you, everybody, for coming.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04ORCHESTRA PLAYS SWEEPING MELODY
0:39:19 > 0:39:24The most amazing bit of being here is if I remind myself
0:39:24 > 0:39:28of being stood on the edge of that slum, recording the Slum Drummers,
0:39:28 > 0:39:30this is another world to them.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33This place doesn't exist.
0:39:38 > 0:39:43I feel lucky every time I record an orchestra because it's such a treat.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47People pay money for tickets like this, and we're front row.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49It's just brilliant, I love it.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51If I could do this every day, I would.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57These moments, these are the golden moments.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09The track's building
0:40:09 > 0:40:11so you're interested to then start experimenting
0:40:11 > 0:40:15with some of the instruments we've already got, like Ayub.
0:40:15 > 0:40:16How's he going to work?
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Sounds great.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28You wonder, what's the Slum Drummers going to sound like in there?
0:40:30 > 0:40:32There they are,
0:40:32 > 0:40:35on their instruments made of rubbish.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Here comes Gurrumul.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47It's all working.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08First and foremost, I was a musician when I started.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11My one passion was playing the piano. I absolutely loved it.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16I used to rush home from school at lunchtime, play for an hour,
0:41:16 > 0:41:19go back to school, get home from school, play all night.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26And when I look back now, the day I started to sing,
0:41:26 > 0:41:28I kind of lost it.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30I lost the musician in me somewhere.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37Being a part of this has given what I do a bit more validity
0:41:37 > 0:41:41and it makes me feel like we've done something really good here.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48And it's something I'll remember in my career forever.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04My final stop is one of the most remote places I've even been.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Yet even here, their Head of State is our Queen.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11I'm on one of 1,000 islands dotted in the Pacific Ocean
0:42:11 > 0:42:14that make up the Solomon Islands.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17And I'm feeling a long way from home.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Ah, the rain.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23It hasn't stopped raining since we've arrived.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29But not just rain. I'm used to rain. I come from the north-west, right?
0:42:29 > 0:42:31I'm used to lots of rain.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36But this is like someone's just throwing buckets from the sky.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43Tourism, it doesn't exist, really. People don't come here on holiday.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Of course, they only told us that once we got here.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51I can't remember the last time I slept in a single bed, actually.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59I've arranged to meet the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Band.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02They're the only brass band in the country
0:43:02 > 0:43:04and play at all State events.
0:43:04 > 0:43:10THEY PLAY "THE FINAL COUNTDOWN"
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Today, they're rehearsing for a visit by Prince William and Kate
0:43:13 > 0:43:16as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27One thing's for sure,
0:43:27 > 0:43:29they're very serious about their job.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46It's fair to say they've taken the idea of marching
0:43:46 > 0:43:50and made it their own, adding a few tasty moves.
0:43:54 > 0:43:58One of the joys of being on the other side of the world
0:43:58 > 0:43:59is finding the unexpected.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02I'll take that little dance routine home with me.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05Lullaby, making small babies go to bed, sleep.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07Now that bit I do like.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10I love children when they go to sleep.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12It's the best time of the day!
0:44:12 > 0:44:13'There's no doubt about it,
0:44:13 > 0:44:16'I live most of my life not in the real world.'
0:44:17 > 0:44:21It's been just nice going and meeting strangers, talking to them.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24- Let's go again. So you've got the baby...- You've got the baby.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28Dum-dum-dum... Oh, my wife's gonna love this.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31I think that's been the piece I've enjoyed most of all.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32Thank you.
0:44:36 > 0:44:37The rain lets up for a bit,
0:44:37 > 0:44:42and I'm drawn to an astonishing sound coming from inside a church.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44CHOIR SING POWERFULLY AND MELODICALLY
0:44:53 > 0:44:54I haven't heard anything like that,
0:44:54 > 0:44:56I haven't heard voices like that,
0:44:56 > 0:44:59I haven't heard volume like that. Ever.
0:45:10 > 0:45:14OK, good, I think we're going to try and do some recording now,
0:45:14 > 0:45:15so I would love,
0:45:15 > 0:45:20I would love that sort of volume that you all sang with.
0:45:20 > 0:45:24It's such a fantastic, powerful sound. One, two, three.
0:45:24 > 0:45:30# We have to celebrate... #
0:45:30 > 0:45:32I like working with choirs.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35I don't really know what I'm doing, if I'm honest,
0:45:35 > 0:45:37but I kind of know what I want.
0:45:37 > 0:45:41Smile and loud. Two, three, four.
0:45:41 > 0:45:45# Ooh-way ooh-way ooh-way... #
0:45:45 > 0:45:47When they're a good choir, like these guys,
0:45:47 > 0:45:49they really picked up stuff quickly.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52And, yeah, I thought it was enjoyable.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54It was really good and we got all the results we wanted today.
0:46:09 > 0:46:14The one thing I've really loved to see
0:46:14 > 0:46:17is how much the people we've met and recorded,
0:46:17 > 0:46:20how much they love music.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23I was there when I started.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25That's why I played an instrument,
0:46:25 > 0:46:28that's why I used to get up and sing - because I loved it,
0:46:28 > 0:46:30absolutely loved it.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36I've fallen in and out of love with music...
0:46:37 > 0:46:39..because I exist in a business.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42I'm signed to a major record company.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44There's money they build into their profits
0:46:44 > 0:46:45because of what I do for them.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49And so I remind myself that, now and again,
0:46:49 > 0:46:52I need to just play music and enjoy it.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57I'm determined...
0:46:57 > 0:47:00to try and find that spot again.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06LOUD SHOUTING
0:47:06 > 0:47:07Oh, my good...
0:47:09 > 0:47:10Oh!
0:47:10 > 0:47:12Woah, woah!
0:47:16 > 0:47:20MAN SPEAKS MALAITAN
0:47:20 > 0:47:22MAN RESPONDS IN MALAITAN
0:47:22 > 0:47:25Well, we've had some welcomes!
0:47:27 > 0:47:29Wow.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Now I feel like we're in the Solomon Islands.
0:47:39 > 0:47:44I'm in the rainforest on the island of Malaita.
0:47:44 > 0:47:48The tribe have brought me to their village, called Oterama.
0:47:51 > 0:47:55This is the welcome song for us into the village.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58They seem to think we're somebody important.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01I'm going to play along with it so they keep playing.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12- ALL:- Wooo!
0:48:12 > 0:48:15'The journey here was six hours on a boat,'
0:48:15 > 0:48:19places, you know, way, way, way off the beaten track.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21There's no tourists have been here.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25Yeah, I feel lucky to have seen what we've seen today.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32Mm, gorgeous.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37I've been round the world and this is the moment I've been waiting for.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39For a feast on the Solomon Islands.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41I'll definitely come back.
0:48:41 > 0:48:44Even though I have some necklaces,
0:48:44 > 0:48:47you seem to have a better necklace than me.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49- These are human teeth. - Human teeth?
0:48:49 > 0:48:53- Whose teeth are they? - Of our ancestors.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56Beautiful. Mine doesn't look so good now.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02The music's been exceptional.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05Everywhere we've been, I think we've got...
0:49:05 > 0:49:11incredible players and people on this record.
0:49:13 > 0:49:17So many interesting lives we've met and touched, and they've touched us.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23We've got to be taking all this home.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Great.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29Great. Thank you. Thank you, everyone.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39Back in the UK, I'm heading to the famous Abbey Road Studios
0:49:39 > 0:49:42in London, to put the finishing touches to the record.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45And I'm bringing a few friends with me.
0:49:47 > 0:49:50Gareth Malone's Military Wives Choir is perfect
0:49:50 > 0:49:52to take the lead vocals.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55Abbey Road is my favourite recording studio.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58I feel the history in the walls here.
0:49:58 > 0:50:02If you were going to finish a record somewhere, have your last day here.
0:50:04 > 0:50:05Gary Barlow's here.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:50:08 > 0:50:10Is it like that everywhere you go?
0:50:10 > 0:50:14I feel like we've found the sound of the Commonwealth
0:50:14 > 0:50:15and brought it to this record.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18And what better now than to put something really, truly British
0:50:18 > 0:50:21on the top of this record?
0:50:21 > 0:50:24- Which is where you guys come in! - ALL:- Yeah!
0:50:24 > 0:50:26For the Military Wives,
0:50:26 > 0:50:28who are absolutely red, white and blue right the way through,
0:50:28 > 0:50:30to sing for the Queen, for her Jubilee...
0:50:30 > 0:50:33I mean, it's a good job we didn't talk too much about that
0:50:33 > 0:50:36because I think they would have been in tears. Patriotic tears.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40- Good morning, New York.- Hi.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42How is everybody this morning?
0:50:42 > 0:50:43Three and...
0:50:43 > 0:50:47# Sing it louder # Sing it clearer
0:50:47 > 0:50:50# Knowing everyone will hear. #
0:50:50 > 0:50:52- Now we've arrived! - That's national isn't it, yeah?
0:50:52 > 0:50:55Good. Right, well, you're in. You got the job. Well done.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57It's a joy for me to work with Gary.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59It's interesting for me. I come from the classical world
0:50:59 > 0:51:03and I think that's been quite a happy marriage, actually.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05And what an honour, Gary Barlow called me up
0:51:05 > 0:51:08and said, "Do you want to be on a single?" Unbelievable.
0:51:08 > 0:51:13# Just sing
0:51:13 > 0:51:15# Just sing... #
0:51:15 > 0:51:19It's gone brilliantly today. It's very smooth.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Gareth really rehearsed everybody and...
0:51:21 > 0:51:22No, it's good.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25# Just sing
0:51:25 > 0:51:28# Just sing... #
0:51:28 > 0:51:32It sounds really big. 70 voices, this is what we need,
0:51:32 > 0:51:34this is what the lyric relates to,
0:51:34 > 0:51:37it's about standing shoulder to shoulder, saying, "Thanks".
0:51:37 > 0:51:43# Just sing... #
0:51:43 > 0:51:44I think that sounds great.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47Well done, ladies. Round of applause!
0:51:54 > 0:51:55I'm shaking!
0:51:55 > 0:51:59It's this simple, really - we finish the vocals today,
0:51:59 > 0:52:03we mix it tonight and the next person we play it to is the Queen.
0:52:05 > 0:52:06No pressure.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15I tell you what it is about London -
0:52:15 > 0:52:18when I was little and we were going there on our holiday,
0:52:18 > 0:52:21it was because the Queen lived there.
0:52:21 > 0:52:22That's why it was so exciting.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24And I remember distinctly
0:52:24 > 0:52:26holding those bars and those railings
0:52:26 > 0:52:30and looking through at the house where the Queen lived.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33It just seemed untouchable when we looked at the Palace.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36There was never any point in my life
0:52:36 > 0:52:39I'd ever be the other side of those gates.
0:53:06 > 0:53:07How mad is this?
0:53:09 > 0:53:11I'm about to meet the Queen.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14It's a massive thing for me just to be able to meet the Queen.
0:53:14 > 0:53:15It would be for anyone.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22Feels like the journey's really coming to its end now.
0:53:28 > 0:53:31Gareth and Andrew are here with me today.
0:53:31 > 0:53:32They've been a big part of this.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49Your Majesty, this is Gary Barlow, who co-wrote the song.
0:53:49 > 0:53:52- Good morning.- Nice to meet you, Your Majesty. Andrew Lloyd Webber.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55'We're very excited to tell you about what we've been up to.'
0:53:55 > 0:53:59We've actually had tremendous fun. It seemed like a big mission
0:53:59 > 0:54:03to start with, but we've had a great time, actually.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05- Now I actually went to Treetops. - Oh, did you?
0:54:05 > 0:54:08I thought it would be a lovely place to start.
0:54:08 > 0:54:09We found a girl called Lydia.
0:54:09 > 0:54:13Her beautiful voice opens and closes the record.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16They're called the Slum Drummers and they live in the Kibera slums
0:54:16 > 0:54:20and they basically make all their instruments out of litter.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23I was so excited to spend the day with these guys
0:54:23 > 0:54:26and, actually, they've sort of stayed with me, in a way.
0:54:26 > 0:54:27They were really amazing.
0:54:27 > 0:54:31I think you've heard Gurrumul before. He's Aborigine,
0:54:31 > 0:54:32he's been blind from birth
0:54:32 > 0:54:34Oh, yes, I do remember him, yes.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36And we sat on this beautiful precipice
0:54:36 > 0:54:39- and he played amazingly. - That's very brave of him.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41It is!
0:54:41 > 0:54:45So we've had a really exceptional journey.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47On a three-minute piece of music, we have about 200 people,
0:54:47 > 0:54:49so it's getting rather full.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52- So we thought we should play it to you.- Right.
0:54:52 > 0:54:56So, if you don't mind, we're gonna play you the song.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58OK, here we go.
0:55:10 > 0:55:15# Some words they can't be spoken
0:55:15 > 0:55:19# Only sung
0:55:22 > 0:55:27# So hear a thousand voices
0:55:27 > 0:55:31# Shouting love
0:55:33 > 0:55:36# There's a place # There's a time
0:55:36 > 0:55:38# In this life
0:55:38 > 0:55:43# When you sing # What you are feeling
0:55:45 > 0:55:48# Find your feet # Stand your ground
0:55:48 > 0:55:54# Don't you see right now # The world is listening
0:55:54 > 0:55:56# To what we say
0:55:58 > 0:56:01# Sing it louder # Sing it clearer
0:56:01 > 0:56:04# Knowing everyone will hear ya
0:56:04 > 0:56:09# Make some noise # Find your voice tonight
0:56:09 > 0:56:13# Sing it stronger # Sing together
0:56:13 > 0:56:16# Make this moment last forever
0:56:16 > 0:56:21# Old and young # Shouting love tonight
0:56:21 > 0:56:30# To sing we've had # A lifetime to wait
0:56:30 > 0:56:32# Wait, wait, wait
0:56:32 > 0:56:40# And see a thousand faces celebrate... #
0:56:40 > 0:56:41'Today's been amazing.'
0:56:41 > 0:56:44It's so much more than a three-minute song, this,
0:56:44 > 0:56:46it's a whole story.
0:56:46 > 0:56:50To be able to have the time to tell her about that's been great.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52- Well, we hope you've enjoyed it. - Yes, very much so.
0:56:52 > 0:56:56There's some beautiful stories and some gorgeous people we've met,
0:56:56 > 0:57:00so it's my job, really, to come here and tell her about them.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02I would like to present, on behalf of Gary and I,
0:57:02 > 0:57:04a copy of the original score.
0:57:04 > 0:57:08It's splendid, isn't it? I hope it's a great success, too.
0:57:08 > 0:57:09What a great ending.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12# Sing it louder # Sing it clearer
0:57:12 > 0:57:15# Knowing everyone will hear ya
0:57:15 > 0:57:20# Make some noise # Find your voice tonight
0:57:20 > 0:57:24# Sing it stronger # Sing together
0:57:24 > 0:57:27# Make this moment last forever
0:57:27 > 0:57:33# Old and young # Shouting love tonight
0:57:33 > 0:57:39# Some words they can't be spoken
0:57:39 > 0:57:42# Only sung... #
0:57:42 > 0:57:44I feel a lot of things right now. I feel very privileged,
0:57:44 > 0:57:47very honoured and very lucky that we've got to do this
0:57:47 > 0:57:50and I've got to have seen what I've seen and heard what I've heard.
0:57:50 > 0:57:52Because it'll be a part of our lives forever.
0:57:56 > 0:58:01# Just si-i-i-i-ing
0:58:01 > 0:58:07# Just si-i-i-i-ing
0:58:07 > 0:58:14# Just si-i-i-i-ing
0:58:14 > 0:58:19# Just si-i-i-i-ing
0:58:19 > 0:58:23# Come on and sing it louder # Sing it clearer
0:58:23 > 0:58:26# Knowing everyone will hear ya
0:58:26 > 0:58:32# Make some noise # Find your voice tonight
0:58:32 > 0:58:36# Sing it stronger # Sing together
0:58:36 > 0:58:38# Make this moment last forever
0:58:38 > 0:58:44# Old and young # Shouting love tonight
0:58:44 > 0:58:49# Hear a thousand voices
0:58:49 > 0:58:53# Shouting love. #