Geraldine Hickey, comedian

Geraldine Hickey is one of Australia's most beloved comedians, and multiple award-winning at that. She's a regular face on TV, a veteran of the Melbourne International Comedy and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, and... a bird watcher. More on that in the episode.

We discuss music by Diana Ross, RVG, and Cash Savage.

Further reading:

• Follow Geraldine on Instagram
• Buy tickets to her upcoming Oct/Nov 24 shows here
• Check out the Switchboard charity here

The other bits:

• Tracks of Our Queers is recorded and edited between Gadigal and Ngarigo land by me, Andy Gott
• Listen to all of the music discussed in the pod with the Selections from Tracks of Our Queers playlist
• You can email me with your own queer tracks or guest recommendations at tracksofourqueers@gmail.com
• Our beautiful artwork is illustrated by Luke Tribe

Transcript

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Andy Gott: Hello. Welcome to trucks of our quiz. My name is Andy got. And each episode I chat to a fascinating queer person about one song, one album, and one artist that soundtrack, bad life. 

Geraldine Hickey is one of Australia's most beloved comedians. she's a veteran of the Melbourne international comedy festival winning most outstanding show in 2022 and a familiar face on TV regularly. Popping up on primetime shows with her droll wit and broad Ozzy broke. 



Andy Gott: As I discovered in researching this chat, she's also a passionate birdwatcher. More on that in our conversation, but proof once again, that queer people contain multitudes. 



Geraldine and I spoke a few months ago, halfway through her latest store. 

Don't tease me about my gloves. [00:01:00] Which as I speak to you now still has dates through October and November in Australia, after she spent a whole month in Edinburgh. Tickets are linked in the show notes. 

Trucks of our quiz is produced, presented and edited by me. If you enjoy this episode and feel compelled to shout me a coffee. You can do so via the link in the show notes, Every penny goes to editing and hosting costs and it's deeply appreciated. Over to Geraldine. 

Okay, Geraldine Hickey, welcome to Tracks of our Queers.

Geraldine Hickey: Thank you very much for having me. 

Andy Gott: Tell me about your earliest musical memory.

Geraldine Hickey: Oh. It's, this is so weird. But I remember, With, What's that song? Must be talking to an angel. Do you know the one? Must be talking to an angel,

Andy Gott: I love it.

Geraldine Hickey: to an angel. [00:02:00] And I just have this early memory of, like, singing that song over and over, but just in a really specific place in our, like, In our kitchen, looking at, like, at the door, but the door was closed, and just looking outside, and just having that song in my head going over and over again, and just I don't know, just outside looking for angels or fairies or something.

It just took me to that, that kind of place. It was just like, this is just a magical song. I was obsessed with it. And that's just, it's weird because it's one of my earliest

memories.

Andy Gott: It does sound magical. 

Geraldine Hickey: Anyway, that's an early, early memory. And then my parents, we didn't have a lot of music, I guess, growing up. It's like Foster and Ellen, Mum and Dad listened to, you know, Irish folk [00:03:00] music and stuff. Or we'd go, the first concert I ever went to was John Williamson, who's, I don't know if you, are you aware of John Williamson?

Andy Gott: I am familiar with John Williamson. Yes. Yes.

Geraldine Hickey: Oh, you are. we sang it a lot in, in primary school and stuff. And yeah, that was the first concert I ever went to. And I loved it because it was like, I knew, I knew the songs. Like if I go to a, a concert where I'm just, Oh, I know what you, I know, I know what's happening here. Wooo! I can sing along, you know?

So, yeah, there's a couple of my early music memories, for sure.

Andy Gott: So first of all, my partner's in a band and he, supported John Williamson once in WA and, and being from the UK, I didn't really fully understand what a big deal that was. And now I do. And he was like, this is a [00:04:00] really big deal to be playing with someone like this.

But the other thing was, going back to the Eurythmics, there's two things I love about that track. The first is, and this will not be going in the recording because I can't sing, but I love the Annie Lennox bit where she's like, Oh, it's so good the way that she does that.

But I've got some trivia for you, Geraldine. Do you know? Are you familiar with the Australian regional town in which the Eurythmics were formed?

Geraldine Hickey: what state? Can you give me a clue what state it was?

Andy Gott: New South Wales,

Geraldine Hickey: Oh, a regional town, New South Wales. How, like, Newcastle? Would you class that as regional?

Andy Gott: So Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, they are in, I don't know what band they were in before, but they were touring Australia, because obviously they're from Scotland, and they were touring Australia, and the two of them decided they were [00:05:00] in this motel, and they were like, let's go. Break out of this band and let's start our own.

And that was the birth of the Eurythmics. The town was Wagga 

Geraldine Hickey: That was going to be my first guess! And then, but no, it was in the mix. It was in the mix. Wagga Wagga, are you serious? Oh my gosh.

Andy Gott: is that?

Geraldine Hickey: Because I grew up just near Wagga Wagga. 

Andy Gott: Albury, right?

Geraldine Hickey: yeah. Riverina represent.

Andy Gott: Oh my goodness. That's blown my mind. I love that. 

back to you.

how about the music when you were shaping your own sense of taste? So as you were getting older into your teens, what music were you searching out for yourself?

Geraldine Hickey: the first album that I ever got was Arrested Development. And was like their first album was like, Three years, 27 days, whatever it was. And it was the amount of time that it took for them to release their first album.

[00:06:00] but it had, you know, all your classics. Mr. Wendell and, I bought it with a voucher that I stole off my sister. But I loved, yeah, I guess when I was younger, like in my early teens, it was that kind of, poppy kind of hip hop stuff. And yeah, A lot of music tastes were shaped by my older siblings.

My elder sister loved Guns N Roses. So would listen to Use Your Illusions. All of them, loved them. And Prince was another sister that really loved listening to Prince. So I absorbed that. So I'm just, I'm one of those people that kind of absorbs other people's music tastes a lot, I [00:07:00] find. So

I guess,

motets can be quite eclectic.

Like, I was always a fan of making, you know, the mixtapes or the mixed CDs. Like, and later on, doing like comedy festival roadshow tours, so we'd be driving around a lot to all the towns, and so, this is before podcasts and, and whatnot, so we would just listen to music, so I would, you know, ask for, when I was trying to get, get to do these gigs.

I'd like, I'd email the producers at the comedy festival and be like, can I please do Roadshow? I will make mix CDs for the car. And, and I loved doing that because I'd, I really loved kind of seeing who was on, who was going to be in the car and what kind of music they would like to listen to and So I'd make these lists and like just sit in the front and wait for like a particular song to come on.

So someone in the back would go, Oh, I love this song. And I'd be like, [00:08:00] yes, I knew you'd like that. That's why I'd put it in there. So

Andy Gott: love that.

Geraldine Hickey: yeah, yeah. 

are great and I love the idea of, leaving those little easter eggs for your co travellers because that's a very exciting, I can relate to that. You get a bit of a buzz from hearing people go like, oh my god I love this song, but I do have to ask did you ever give a mixtape as a romantic gesture to anyone in your life?

no, no, because I, I mean I was because I was so late in coming out, so the idea of like, doing something like that was just A, I'd have to admit to myself that, like, who would I give it to, you know? I could never acknowledge a crush if it was one. Like if there was a man that I was like, oh, maybe I, you know, that I'd have to pretend that I had a crush on. It was like, that was just pretending, so I'd never go to the depths of making a mixed CD for them. Or, and then [00:09:00] with the With a woman, if I had a crush on a woman, it would be like, oh no, I'm, I'm not gay, so why would I make a mixed CD for them, you know? but later, later in life, I guess, with my wife, I will make lots of, you know, I, I will, she shares my Spotify account, so I make all the music choices because she doesn't have good taste in music. I think I like music better than her. I'm more inclined to, yeah, seek music out. But that's, oh man, no, I've been unfair to her. I think she's very similar to in that she will absorb stuff, things, and her parents She grew up on ABBA and Bob Dylan. Her dad is he loves, he describes music that, yeah, music that he loves.

He likes music, with a chord progression, with a good chord progression. That's the type of music that he likes. Whereas, I Anyway, sorry. I go off track a lot, sorry.

Andy Gott: no, I love this. I love this. 



[00:10:00] Wow, there was something else that I really wanted to talk to you about and this is a music podcast So I can't spend too much time on it, but i'm very passionate about it. And I love your passion for it It's bird watching

Geraldine Hickey: Yes, but there's music right there. We can link music and birds, because think about, think about the beautiful tunes that birds make. And then people are like, do you know what, I wish they could make like a, what's that, an app so you could play a bird song and work out what bird it is. Like, what's Shazam for birds?

People are like, why can't they do a

Shazam for birds? I don't but they can't because the bird songs it's too there's too much It's too intricate for our tiny little like non bird brains that we can't differentiate Between them all so it's just like that's what magic that [00:11:00] is. There you go.

There's your link with with birds and music

Andy Gott: magical and thank you for that link. I, I heard a interview with you the other day on like a bird watching, I typed in your name on Spotify and saw what came up and it was this bird watching Podcast. So I, it was only 20 minutes. So I listened to you Rhapsodize about birds while I was like chopping veggies for dinner And you were talking about the meditative aspect of what you really get out of it And I was going into a meditative state more from chopping carrots, but I was like I Want to go outside tomorrow when it's sunny and sit in my garden and just look for birds because Geraldine Hickey has told me to

Geraldine Hickey: yeah, because it's so easy to do because you can just you know, you spend 20 minutes in, in, you could just sit in the one spot and do it. But I get to, well, what if there's a bird just around the corner? And so I will slowly move around. So I like combining, you know, going for a [00:12:00] walk and, and looking for birds.

Because it's been described the best way. To describe it, it's bushwalking with a purpose, and that's what I love about birdwatching. So I'll get my camera and my binoculars and, and go. And this is, most of the time it's a solo activity, because I walk at a certain pace. So I can, if I'm really, I kind of have to concentrate.

I'm like, am I, am I hiking? Am I, you know, getting, getting the steps up? Am I, you know, doing a proper walk? A proper, or am I bird watching? And so I have to kind of make the decision and then, but then it alternates between the two. Like I'll, I'll be like, cause I'll hear a bird and then I'll stop. And. Be waiting and where is it?

And oh, oh no, I just, I just keep, and I've, sometimes I find if I walk quickly, the birds can't get out of the way quick enough. So I, I've got more of a chance of seeing them, but then, then I'll [00:13:00] just, yeah, stop. 

Anyway, 

Andy Gott: there's a few techniques 

Geraldine Hickey: yeah, anyway, I, yeah, I love it. It's, but it is quite meditative.

Andy Gott: is birdwatching queer? Can we make birdwatching queer?

Geraldine Hickey: Yeah, of course we can. Of course we can. We can make anything queer. Like it is. But also, we can't be the gatekeepers of it. But absolutely, it is a, 

Andy Gott: For 

Geraldine Hickey: be a queer thing. For sure. Birds. You know. I'm into birds. Both

Andy Gott: And Sign me up for your next Sold out calendar series. I hear it's Australia's most in demand calendar. I looked on your shop website. It's just sold out for every year. Of your own photos of birds, I should clarify. So, yes, that'll be me in 2025 for sure.

Geraldine Hickey: At the end of this, give me your address and I'll get one to you. Because I've still got some. I just, I,



Geraldine Hickey: I've just, I've been selling them after shows. And so we, we've just put sold out because we need to do a proper stock take. But, They'll, they'll be back, I think.

But just, [00:14:00] obviously, not the old bird calendars. Once, I don't do reprints of 2019, no. When did I start? I started in 

Andy Gott: course. 

Geraldine Hickey: 20, 2020, I think I did the first one, maybe? So, 

Andy Gott: And we're not reprinting that year. 

Geraldine Hickey: no, nah, that's done. It's a, it's a, you know, special treat if you've still got one of those. so, back to comedy. In my mind, comedy and music goes hand in hand in a way, you know, very different art forms, but a huge crossover. To my knowledge, you don't incorporate too much music into your comedy performances, is that wrong? Would you ever?

yeah, no, not really. But I do, I think a lot about the music that I play before the show starts. So, creating a playlist for the house [00:15:00] music, when people are coming in and sitting down and waiting, I'd spend a good amount of time thinking about what I'm going to put in that list. like last year's show was, Of course we've got horses.

And so every song on, on the playlist was related to horses, somehow. Horses or ponies. So, and it's, I tried to make it like, not too obvious. So I did not include Daryl Braithwaite's horses, but I did include the original artist of that song. Ricky Lee Jones, I think it was the original, So you are educating the audience at the same time as entertaining them.

And so I like to, yeah, include, new songs that, yeah, kind of highlight some artists and stuff. Like, last year [00:16:00] was about horses, so I put horse stuff. And the year before was, Now I've got a boat. So I just, it was a playlist of all Yacht Rock songs.

Whereas this year, my show is essentially about grief and getting older But I didn't want it, so it's really hard to try and think of songs that would, like, I don't, I don't want sad songs, you know? so I just, I had to kind of step away from finding songs that would link to the theme of the show, because 

You know, you can't have sad songs while people are waiting for a, for a comedy show. So I just made a list of kind of more current, Songs that I think people would really like and and also songs that I really liked. 

Andy Gott: You're doing the same as what you were doing on the van to all the comedy roadshows. You're doing

Geraldine Hickey: Yeah. I love it.

Andy Gott: so your new show, your current show, is Don't Tease Me About My Gloves, and as you say it's about grief and getting older. how much have you been performing it? How far [00:17:00] through the show's lifespan are you? 

Geraldine Hickey: we're reaching, just past the halfway point, I think. I started it in, in Perth at the start of the year. I did a week at, yeah, the Perth fringe. I did a week in Adelaide. And then Melbourne, I guess, but yeah, just kind of finished up in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago, and then I do a few nights in Sydney, a few nights in Brisbane, and then I'm taking it to Edinburgh, and doing the whole month there, so yeah, I'm really happy with, with where it's at.

I, you know, I did a lot of work, a lot of work on it. So, I think cause I've, for the last few years, topics of my shows have been, you know, nice things. And it's been, you know, talking about things that are really good and making that funny. Whereas this year is It's one of those things where I, like, essentially I just talk about my shows, I, because I get the material from what's been happening in [00:18:00] my life in the last 12 months since I did the last show.

So, and normally things have been pretty good, but then the last 12 months. I was like, Oh no, things, things haven't been that great. So I just, yeah, just experienced a bit of grief in, in different, in different forms of grief, like grief for, big things with you know, very close people passing away and.

And also grief for, like, small things, like yeah, having to wear gloves now, because I've got this thing where, there's a medical condition where I, my fingers have like an overreaction to the cold and I have to wear gloves because it's like a circulation thing and it's, so my fingers get really cold, but it also really hurts.

It's quite painful during, during winter. So, and it's just like, it's this mild kind of. It can be really annoying, but at the same time, like, just, it, yeah, does my head in a little [00:19:00] bit, and it's just so, you know, kind of, the show's kind of exploring all those little things that we want to get really angry about, but we can't because, you know, oh, we're not supposed to sweat the small stuff, and don't worry about it, you know, there's, oh, there's bigger things to worry about in the world, and it's like, Yeah, I know.

But also, fuck, you know? So, so the show was just kind of looking at those kinds of things and like I want the audience to, be okay with getting angry and frustrated about little, little things that they have going on in their life.

Andy Gott: I love that. I love that. And without prodding too, too deeply into any of these topics, have you found that in this year of experiencing these different types of grief, have you found yourself going to any particular pieces of music or like, albums or artists to kind of find solace or comfort in those trying

Geraldine Hickey: Yeah, do you know what, in this show I do talk, there's two artists that I talk about in, in the show [00:20:00] that, kind of I listen to a bit to deal with grief. And in, in the show I talk about how, how I love music and how I love how you can channel your emotions through music. And, So my dad passed away last year, but my dad had dementia, and so when you, people with dementia, it's a long goodbye, so when they go, yes it is very sad, but it's also a big relief.

But my dad was a massive fan of Tina Arena and it just, it, it, I just, I find it so funny because he's not, you, you don't, when you think of Tina Arena, you don't think of an interstate truck driver that likes fishing and putting a bet on the horses. And Been at the pub on a Friday afternoon with his mates but, but he, he loved Tina and he loved, you know, like he'd have her CDs in his truck and he'd just belt out Sorrento Moon as 

he was [00:21:00] driving down the Hume Highway.

Andy Gott: so on the day after he, he passed away, I wanted, I wanted to listen to, to Tina, but I didn't have like a CD player and I didn't want to listen on my computer or anything. And I've, you know, I've got a record player and So in the show I talk about when you, like, I do a thing called grief jobs and a grief job is something that is sort of the big important things that need to get done.

Geraldine Hickey: A grief job is something that is mostly just for you and it could be something practical, but it's basically there to take up time and occupy your mind. And so for me, the day after I, you know, I wanted to get Tina on vinyl. I just, and I, so I just thought, you know, I'll just browse to the local record stores and see if I can find any Tina.

But there's, [00:22:00] there's no Tina on vinyl. Like, she's, you know, a massive artist of the 90s and it's when they were just all CDs. So, I, you know, I did take up some time looking for Tina on vinyl, but I didn't find any, but I did find Diana Ross and you know, that did the trick because instinctively she gave to me the love that I needed.

So

Andy Gott: I love that, I love that. That is a perfect segue maybe into the track you chose. So, maybe, do you want to explain why you chose the track and what is the track?

Geraldine Hickey: yeah, the track is Diana Ross. I'm coming out because it's just a solid banger that you can listen to again and again and again. And, and obviously the backstory for it is, is great. You know, because it was one of the the guys [00:23:00] that wrote it was was in like a gay bar and he noticed there was like six drag queens.

as dressed up as Diana Ross. And he was just like, this is, we've got to, you know, and it's kind of, you know, came up with this tune and came and it just became like this, this gay anthem. And of course, at first, you know, she was against recording it because, you know, people like, people are going to think that you're gay.

And it's like, nah, you're just, you know, singing it for, for us. So just having that, and then during the marriage equality survey, during that debate, I was working, on doing the breakfast show on RRR, And so just, yeah, having [00:24:00] to be working in the media at that time and having to kind of discuss that kind of thing on, on a daily basis almost, and just being hyper aware of all the, the debate that was going on at the same time, being the topic of that debate was Like, just like a, you know, I don't know, it was, yeah, traumatic at times, but 

Andy Gott: Exhausting. 

Geraldine Hickey: Exhausting.

That's a, yeah, that's a good word for it. Because it was just kind of, and relentless, but when we found out that it was yes, and and the song we played was, was Diana Rossum coming out, and we played it a lot during that time, so it was, yeah, it was really. And it's, it's, it's just a bangin tune.

I love it.

Andy Gott: I love that. I love that it was, it was there for you when you needed it but it ended up being an anthem of celebration, as it always has been, but in that particular moment, that was a very, very [00:25:00] difficult, it felt like a good year that that marriage equality stuff was going on for, it was. An

exhausting time for any queer person in Australia, and people from around the world will I feel like it was a I'm probably going to get my dates mixed up, but it was around the time that Ireland had marriage equality passed, and and I guess that was a similar vote in a way, but it was like, well, if Ireland can pass it, Ireland, which has this incredible history with the Catholic Church and You know, that kind of conservative social attitude.

If Ireland can pass it, why is Australia even going through this? And, and it was awful hearing stories about like kids of gay parents getting bullied. And I mean, we could, we could go on and on with the stories, 

but I'm happy that there's a song like I'm Coming Out, which has turned it on its head a little bit.

Geraldine Hickey: Yeah, it was great.

Andy Gott: The album you picked. Tell me about this album and why.

Geraldine Hickey: This is RVG, Brain Worms, and it's just a, it's a, it's just an album [00:26:00] that came out last year, I think? And I really like RVG, and it was just like a, a kind of recent album that I really, I really dig. And, Romi is the, the lead singer, is a, a trans woman. And it's, she just has the most incredible voice and the whole band is they're amazing.

I don't know, there's something, you know, when you just see a band live and you're just like, I don't know what it is, but you've got it. Like, the first time I, Because I just knew of RBG when I was working in radio and every Friday we would have breakfasts live. And so, you know, a band would come into the studio and we'd have a chat and they'd play a song.

And Romy [00:27:00] came in one morning and And I think it was just her and a guitar and there might have been some and someone to accompany her as well, but it was just, I just have this memory of her just sitting like in this swivel chair, just kind of being so herself and was just something really, and it was like, yeah, just really special.

And, and there's some, you know, Just some really great tunes on this album one of which I included in my, in my house music for my, for my show, so, it's just, yeah, it's really, it's a great album, just like, you know, good kind of punk rock,



Andy Gott: Yeah, I had never heard this album. It was, it was a new album to me and I love it when a guest will share an album that [00:28:00] I end up really, really loving. So, 

thank you for gifting me this album in a way. But yeah, I would love to see this band. I'd love to see Romy live. I feel like they would be an amazing band to see live.

And I kind of get like, not dreamy, but like a bit like stargazery kind of. It's, it is a bit like of that. 80s, The Cure ish to me a bit moody, but definitely very modern and very like of the now, and also I just love that the, the front woman just happens to be trans as well in a very male heterosexual genre,

Geraldine Hickey: Yes, totally. And it's, I don't know, I just, you know, I was thinking about you know, when you think of queer music, I think a lot of people, they'll think of Kylie Minogue, and they'll think of all the you know, queer, you know, dance tracks. I'll think, Oh, what are they listening to in the gay clubs?

Whereas when I think of queer music, I, you know, [00:29:00] I think of the music that I, yeah, like, I, I love that as well, but I, I really, I just, I love the alternative kind of indie rock stuff that there is a heavy representation of queer people there that is often, overlooked because it is, it's not seen as being queer.

Andy Gott: They're just a band, like a really great band, that happens to have a trans woman as the, as the front person. but it's through that, it's through that soft, it's through that just, just being who you are. in these spaces, which can actually change minds. It can change people's minds because you know, someone might fall in love with that music and they go to a gig and they're like, Oh, the front person just happens to be trans.

Maybe that challenges my, what the, the feeling, [00:30:00] the views that I hold about trans people, because I really admire this person. I think they're brilliant at what they do. And it's that soft power and that soft, kind of, Influence, which is so important and so 

Geraldine Hickey: Mm. Yeah. Yeah, I love it.

Andy Gott: All right, the artist, Geraldine Who did you pick and tell me

Geraldine Hickey: Yeah. The artist is Cash Savage from Cash Savage and the Last Strings and a similar reason for having RBG in that Cash is is a, you know, a gay, I guess blues and roots is their kind of, genre of music. and I know Cash as well, and she's just such a well spoken, I just, yeah, I, I really admire the, they're so, they're one of those people that doesn't say a lot, but the, the words that they do.

come out with a like, [00:31:00] oh, yeah, you've, you've quite, you've nailed it in, in one sentence or the, you know, when you're thinking about how to articulate something and you're just like, Oh, and then Cash just is able to

Andy Gott: It's saying the most with the least words.

Geraldine Hickey: Yeah. Yeah. And so, And she just works so hard and I, I admire the work ethic. You know, they, she doesn't have like a management or anything like that.

And it's just her and a band. I think it's her and one of the other band mates kind of organize everything and they do like, international tours and stuff and, you know, just do all the work themselves and the, and the songs are, are great. I love her music and I just think she's so cool and I'm, and Cash Savage, what a name, [00:32:00] you know, and that's, that's not a stage name, that's 

her name.

That's a real name. And I think she comes from the whole, I think her parents were musicians as well. But yeah, just like, you know, yeah, it's one of those things where there's, there's people that are pretending to be rock stars that are like, Hey, and then there's just people that are like, rock stars and I think Cash Savage is one of those people.

Like even, you watch, watch this band live and Cash will just, is so like, into it. They're just such a brilliant performer that, you know, because they're not even trying. They're just like, So in the zone kind of thing. Yeah, and I'm obsessed by it. I, yeah, I love it.

Andy Gott: So if you've um, Pricked up some ears listening to this [00:33:00] episode and some people are like, you've sold me in on Cash Savage Where do I start? Would you recommend a particular album or like top three tracks or something like that?

Geraldine Hickey: Oh, yes, Where do you start? I, I loved the, the album Good Citizens. Yeah, that I, I, I think that was like the first album where I was really kind of, oh. Yes. Cause that was, and this is similar, I was working in radio at the same time. And so it was just, I think that album had a, you know, bit of a high rotation for sure, at the station.

But there's a song it's like Pack Animals is a great one. And then the latest album So this is Love. Yeah, it's another, it's a, yeah, banging album. 600 short on the rent is, yeah, a great track. But one of my favourite tracks is [00:34:00] Rat A Tat Tat. And it's, it's a great song to hear live. And it's just like, you know, it's one of those, the whole audience can get involved.

Andy Gott: I love that. I love those selections. They are all very different, but I loved all the stories behind them. Thank you very much for sharing. Now, just to wrap up, I'm gonna try something with you, Geraldine, that I didn't give you fair warning on. So if you can't think of anything, don't worry, but I was gonna try a quickfire round with you if you're open to it.

Geraldine Hickey: Okay, let's go.

Andy Gott: All right. A song that reminds you of an ex.

Geraldine Hickey: Oh I'd have to have an X. No, I did. I, no, I, oh, hmm. Nah, can't, I did have an X once, but I can't think of, nah, a song that would go for them.

Next in the past. They're in the past. Okay. Well, a song that reminds you of your wife.

Oh, it's Abba . It's Abba. And [00:35:00] it's, the, super trooper by Abba, because it was my wife that pointed out that Super Trooper is a spotlight.

you know that? So it is.

Yeah. Super Trooper 

Andy Gott: That's, 

Geraldine Hickey: of Spotlight and

it's, yeah, and that, My Wife, yeah, that song. And also, I will say one more, and it's, Electric Fields, 

nah, cut that out because I can't remember the fucking title of the song that we had at our wedding. Yeah.

Andy Gott: A song that makes you feel powerful.

Geraldine Hickey: Mmmmm.

Oh. What? It's just in my head I've gone to I'm Every Woman, but it's so, that's such a cliché. [00:36:00] The, I'm every 

Andy Gott: We're keeping it.

Geraldine Hickey: It's all in me. Anything you want, don't need me. that's a good one. Yeah, I like 

that. 

Andy Gott: Perfect. 

Okay, well, I'm gonna link to your upcoming shows in the show notes here, whether you are in Sydney, Brisbane or Edinburgh. And just finally, did you want to give a shout out to a particular charity or social initiative?

Geraldine Hickey: Oh yes. Oh Switchboard, is it's Switchboard. It's, it's just in Victoria, but I think that it's a branch of a, a national thing, but it's essentially a, like a, a phone service for people who are You know, in the LGBTIQ community, and it's got trained professionals and it's, a little, little shout out to them because they do some, they do some great work.

Andy Gott: Perfect. Geraldine Hickey, you are queer and thank you very much for your tracks.

Geraldine Hickey: Thank you.

Andy Gott: You can find tickets to don't tease me about my gloves in the show notes, [00:37:00] alongside links to switchboard and Geraldine online. 

Tracks of Our Queers is presented and produced by me. Andy got entirely on unseeded, Gadigal, and McGarrigle Aboriginal land. My podcast artwork is illustrated by Luke tribe. 

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