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00:00We're travelling across the country to hear the people of Britain sing the songs that tell their incredible stories.
00:08Our mentors, Sam Ryder and Paloma Faye, will choose one singer from each city to perform at a once-in
00:16-a-lifetime concert at the legendary Hackney Empire.
00:20This week we've brought the Your Song stage to Edinburgh.
00:24We're inviting you to listen, not just to music, but to memory, hope and courage.
00:30Welcome to Your Song.
00:40Isn't it gorgeous?
00:41It's amazing. It feels magic.
00:43Unbelievable, the architecture.
00:45Beyonce left their wind machine for us.
00:46Yeah, we've looked like pop stars.
00:48Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not quite working as well as it does for her and me.
00:52Yeah. Who are your favourite Scottish musicians?
00:55Biffy Clyro.
00:57Remember me and those guys at the Brit Awards, I was a bit starstruck.
01:00I'm so glad you get starstruck as well because I absolutely love Paolo Natini.
01:06I did meet him once and I told him that I loved him so much that I'd been sitting in
01:11the tree in his garden for ages without him noticing.
01:14How did he take that?
01:15I think that he, funnily enough, it didn't go down well.
01:20Paloma and Sam will be able to watch all of our Edinburgh singers whilst hidden away inside the city's nearby
01:26National Gallery.
01:27This is the first one.
01:29My name's Sarah.
01:30I'm an admin assistant.
01:32This song, I've never sung it in front of anybody before.
01:37Hi, Sarah.
01:38Lovely to meet you. You look beautiful.
01:39We've got elegance.
01:41We've got elegance.
01:42We've got actually star quality.
01:44Tell me a little bit about your song.
01:46So, the song I'm going to be singing today is At Last by Etta James.
01:50It tells a story of how things come along in your life which can be completely unexpected.
01:56I love this song so much.
01:58It's that first bend note into this song.
02:01You just know if it's there or not.
02:02At last my love has come along
02:17My lonely days are over
02:26And life is like a song
02:34I'm singing it for my husband David
02:36When I was 18, he was the bus driver that used to drive my bus home.
02:42It already sounds like a rom-com.
02:44From the moment that I saw him, I just thought he was adorable.
02:47My heart was wrapped up in clover
02:53I used to sit on a bus trying to catch his eye in the rear view mirror.
02:57The night I looked at you
03:03Wondering how on earth I could get this guy to know that I really, really liked him.
03:08And then I stopped seeing him for a couple of years.
03:13Oh, the dream that I
03:17I can call my own
03:21One night when I was going home from work
03:24A bus drove past and this horn just started blaring
03:28And it was him, it was this guy I hadn't seen in two years
03:31And he's waving like a mad person
03:33And comes running around the corner
03:35Takes my hand and pushes a bit of paper into it
03:38And says, I can't stop, I'm holding up the traffic
03:42This is amazing
03:43And it disappears around the corner
03:45And I look down and it's a letter
03:48I've still got the letter
03:49Saying maybe we should go out sometime
03:52That was May 1999
03:54And we've been together ever since
03:57That's so romantic
03:59God, I hate dating apps
04:11She is cooking here
04:13It's a classy voice, isn't it?
04:16It's like a smoky jazz lounge
04:18You don't often hear people singing in that placement
04:21Like this real deep, open vowel
04:23For you are mine
04:31Holding that note for that long
04:37There's so much power
04:38It feels like it means so much
04:43Oh, look at this
04:48He's so proud of me
04:49I've been there
05:00It's the first person for me
05:01For me, it has everything
05:04She's got me
05:06I love you too
05:07You know that
05:08That's what I'm saying
05:14And I'll just ask one more question
05:16Did you ever get a free bus ticket?
05:18Yes, I got free travel
05:21For the entire time he worked on the buses
05:22Result
05:23Next to sing the song that means the most to them
05:25Will be 26-year-old law graduate Spencer
05:28I'll be singing
05:29She's Always a Woman by Billy Joel
05:30Because I'm a hopeless romantic
05:32I love love
05:33And that's why the breakup has hit so hard
05:36It's my first relationship where it's lasted two years
05:40And my advice for anyone that's going for a breakup
05:43Is to take the time to heal
05:44And pursue any hobbies
05:47Whenever I'm doing music
05:48It's my happy place
05:50But this is the biggest thing I've ever done singing-wise
05:52And the song, it resonates with the breakup
05:56How recent was it?
05:58About a month ago
05:59So yeah, pretty recent
06:01I'm still pretty sad about it
06:02But we're powering through it
06:03It's my heart
06:06It's my heart
06:07She can care with her smile
06:08She can one with her eyes
06:11She can ruin your faith
06:14With her casual eyes
06:16And she only reveals
06:19What she wants you to see
06:22She hides like a child
06:25But she's always a woman
06:27Oh, beautiful sound
06:30She can lead you to love
06:32She can take you or leave you
06:35Just pure
06:36She can ask for the truth
06:38But she'll never believe you
06:40And she'll take what you'll give her
06:44As long as it's free
06:46And she steals like your faith
06:49But she's always a woman
06:52There's a lazy diction
06:54And lazy in the best possible sense
06:56Like a lulling, almost
06:58Oh, she takes care of herself
07:03She can wait if she wants
07:08She's ahead of our time
07:15And oh, and she never gives in
07:21And she never gives in
07:26She just changes your mind
07:31And she'll promise you more
07:34Than the garden of Eden
07:36And she'll carelessly cut you
07:40And laugh while you're bleeding
07:42She'll bring out the best
07:45And the worst you can be
07:47Blame it all in yourself
07:50Cause she's always a woman
07:54Going through a breakup
07:55I would describe it as
07:57Losing a part of yourself
07:59We talked a lot about the future
08:01We're bringing in together
08:01Marriage, everything like that
08:03And it feels like that part of yourself
08:05Is permanently lost
08:07Oh, she takes care of herself
08:14She can wait if she wants
08:17Just reflecting on how it could have been better
08:20But just have to deal with it
08:22So, yeah
08:24And oh
08:27And she never gives out
08:31And she never gives in
08:36She just changes her mind
08:39Oh, he's moved
08:41Man, I'm going to go and see this guy
08:43If that's all right
08:44Yeah
08:44I'm going to just give him a hug
08:46He's honest
08:47I feel nothing but truth
08:49He's ticking all my boxes
08:51And I'm just, I'm buzzing
08:52Go, go
08:53Go, go, go
09:31Oh, look, he's emotional
09:32Dude, you're inspiring me
09:34Because when I'm like
09:35Watching you
09:36Getting emotional and nervous
09:37And the way you carried it
09:38Teach me how to do that
09:40When I lose it
09:41I'm off the rails
09:42I'm gone
09:42And you found a way
09:43Thank you so much
09:44Stay around on track
09:44Nice and nice
09:46Thank you very much
09:46Thank you
09:53That was incredible
09:55You guys have a lovely rest of your day
09:57When I saw him in the front
09:58And I was like
09:59I didn't expect this
10:00I'm just right there
10:01It was amazing
10:02You've got to get a picture
10:05Just
10:05That really got me
10:06Yeah
10:07Just really nice
10:07Just a nice moment
10:09That's a real man there
10:10It's so common for men
10:12To find it difficult
10:14To talk about feelings
10:15And sometimes music
10:17Gives you
10:19Permission
10:19And access
10:21To how you're feeling
10:23Nice to meet you guys
10:24Thank you
10:25Thank you, well done
10:25Thank you very much
10:26Have a nice day
10:26He's a model
10:28Of what should be done
10:30About like men
10:32You're in?
10:33Yeah, yeah, yeah
10:34I know you mean
10:40I am Gabby
10:41I'm 20 years old
10:43And I'm from Glasgow
10:44Hi Gabby
10:45Hello, how are you doing?
10:46You all right?
10:47I'm going to go in front of you
10:47Is that all right?
10:49Yeah, lovely to meet you
10:50I've seen your family out there
10:51They're all waiting
10:51So, what are you singing
10:53And why?
10:54So, today I'm singing
10:55Just a Man
10:56By Alex Clare
10:57I'm dedicating it to my dad
10:58He's my total inspiration for music
11:00What's your earliest memory
11:02Of you and your dad?
11:03Singing in the car
11:07Me and my dad are really close
11:08Grew up going fishing together a lot
11:10That was kind of our thing
11:11Singing in the car
11:13We would drive all about the place
11:15With my sisters
11:16He would give me all these
11:18Aretha Franklin songs
11:19And Tina Turner songs
11:20And I'd be belting them out
11:21Sometimes your two sisters
11:23Were louder than you
11:24But maybe not
11:25Maybe not quite as good though
11:27In the car
11:28My sister always used to bring
11:29A big sock filled with snacks
11:30We called it a sock snack
11:33Why sock?
11:33I don't know
11:34Gabs, how are you feeling
11:35For your singing?
11:36Are you nervous?
11:37A bit
11:38I feel like you don't get nervous
11:39Before you sing
11:40We all get more nervous
11:41Oh my god
11:42They really kill my sisters
11:44What's nice is we're all in caring careers
11:46One's a nurse
11:47One's a dental nurse
11:48And I look after kids with additional needs
11:51It's pretty much the job I've been waiting to do my whole life
11:53But it's funny because school for me was terrible
11:56I hated school
11:57I would hear the stories
11:59I couldn't believe that young people would treat each other like that
12:03I got bullied a lot just for being different
12:05And being gay
12:08But so proud of Gabby
12:09She is resilient and she pushes through
12:11Usually ends up now doing something creative
12:15Singing definitely got me out of that dark place
12:18And this song's so important to me because of my dad
12:23I can just picture him in the front of the car when I'm in the back
12:26Listening to him sing Just a Man
12:28It gives me a funny feeling inside
12:31She knows that song hits a spot for me
12:39See I'm just a man
12:41I got these troubles
12:42I'm making plans
12:43No there's really nothing but you
12:46Really great voice
12:47I don't think before I speak
12:50My mind is strong
12:51But my heart is weak
12:52I'm not the only one
12:53Who's been made this way
12:57I haven't slept for days
13:00Wow
13:01I haven't slept for days
13:05I haven't slept for days
13:10Oh I love that man
13:11Digging in
13:14No there's really nothing if I know I can't have you
13:23Or would I be forgiven for the things I've heard you through
13:29Bending into a note with that grit
13:31Add small things
13:32Yeah
13:32You see I'm just a man
13:34Trying to understand
13:40It's got quite a lot of swagger on the stage
13:42She ain't got to do anything
13:43I love when singers can just stand there with her hands like this on the mic and that's them
13:48You haven't got to be extra
13:50And I love the accent not being toned down, truly authentic
13:55No there's really nothing if I know there's really nothing if I know I've got a girl
14:00She definitely knows how to connect to a song doesn't she
14:04You can imagine it bouncing around the walls at the Hankley Empire
14:13You can see I'm just a man trying to understand what I love what I love to do
14:25Thank you
14:30Thank you
14:31Thank you
14:33That was amazing
14:33Thank you very much
14:35Really proud
14:36I mean it's going to be hard to choose a finalist
14:40Making our job difficult straight away
14:48We're in Edinburgh to hear ordinary people sing the songs that mean the most to them
14:52Welcome to your song
14:54Oh thank you so much
14:55I'm so excited to be here
14:56You're amazing
14:57How old are you?
14:5813
14:59But I want to be
15:00Probably 40
15:01It's like wish your life away too
15:03Yeah
15:0540
15:05So you want to be born in the 80s
15:08Oh I love the 80s
15:09The music
15:10The fashion
15:11There's so many things about the 80s that I just love
15:14When are you gonna come down?
15:18When are you going to land?
15:21I should have stayed on the farm
15:25Should have listened to my old man
15:29I love Elton John
15:31He's from the 80s
15:32And this song has a real connection with me
15:36Sing in the blue
15:40I love his high register
15:42Pure
15:43There's so much softness in his time
15:51Some people can just take a song and sing it
15:54But that's not how a song should be sang
15:57I've got struggles with autism
15:59But I can feel the colours of the song
16:03So you should think about the colours of music
16:06And what the song is about
16:09You should take those emotions
16:11And you can feel those colours of their emotions
16:14And feel the song
16:16So goodbye Yellow Brick Road
16:19Where the dogs of society house
16:23You can't plant me in your penthouse
16:28I'm going back to my plough
16:33He's brilliant isn't he?
16:34He's brilliant
16:35But for me he's at the beginning of his journey
16:37Yeah
16:38And I feel like he's got so much potential
16:40But for what we're looking for
16:42Yeah
16:42I probably don't see him as a finalist
16:45But I really want him to carry on
16:46Beyond the Yellow Brick Road
16:58If I'd have done any of these shows at 13
17:01He could have been like she's useless
17:03I remember actually at school once
17:05I did a show and someone's mum said
17:07She's very confident
17:10Which means
17:11You could do better
17:12Yeah
17:12I don't wanna love her
17:16I want these t-shirts
17:17Bad choices
17:18Make good stories
17:19Yeah
17:19Are you making some stories?
17:21Yeah, yeah, yeah
17:21I hope I'm not going to be involved
17:23In that situation
17:24Where are you from?
17:25I'm from Dallas, Texas
17:26Dallas, Texas?
17:28Yes
17:28Y'all okay?
17:30Yeah, yeah
17:30Y'all okay
17:31How are you fine in Edinburgh?
17:32Isn't it beautiful?
17:33It's beautiful
17:33Good evening, you
17:35Thank you
17:36Are you going to be singing for us today?
17:39That would be a bad choice
17:43It's rock and roll
17:44Is this like an acoustic?
17:46Yeah, it's an acoustic
17:46Next to perform for us is 22-year-old Finley
17:50Who's only ever sung in public once before
17:52Okay
17:55I just hope he's all clear
17:56I hope nothing goes wrong
17:58No
17:58Don't speak it into existence
18:01Oh my god, he's walking
18:03I feel like Finley's done pretty well in the genetic lottery here
18:07Yeah
18:08You know what I mean?
18:09Oh, good to meet you
18:10I'm Aniston
18:11Lovely to meet you
18:12Yeah, I was in Aniston
18:13Sit yourself down
18:13You've got your guitar with you then?
18:15I do indeed
18:15So when did you get into singing then Finley?
18:18Do you know what?
18:19This has only really kicked off in the last year or so
18:21My mum heard me practising my guitar
18:23And she'd said come through and play me something
18:25And I felt really nervous, you know, to do that
18:27So I sat down and I told her I'm going to have my back to you
18:30Because I can't look at you because I'm so nervous
18:31You turned your back on your mind
18:32I did, so I sat there and I played the song that I'll be playing today
18:35I turned around and she was in floods of tears
18:38Aww
18:39So that's a special song
18:42Air's a nice seaside town
18:44When the weather's good, great place to live
18:47I'm a trainee quantity surveyor
18:49And for the last 17 years I've played for a rugby club
18:54Cut, cut, cut
18:55That's been a huge part of my life
18:57My dad loved rugby
18:59Every game that I had
19:00He was always there supporting
19:02So generous, so loving
19:04Aww, your dad
19:06Unfortunately, in 2018 we found out that my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer
19:13And we lost him in June of 2020
19:16And the week before he died
19:18That's when we found out the really shocking news that my mums had come back
19:26My parents loved music
19:30My dad was a huge Elvis fan
19:32My mum's favourite songs
19:34Candy by Paolo Natini
19:36I'm biased, but she was just amazing
19:38She'd sit and listen to you
19:40And she just had so much love to give
19:43So when the breast cancer came back
19:46We were all devastated
19:49Oh, that's a nice one
19:50New man
19:52One day she asked me to play Candy at her funeral
19:56Which was obviously a question you don't think you're ever going to be asked
20:01It was one of the toughest days of my life
20:03It was really the first time I'd ever sang for quite a lot of people
20:07How you doing?
20:09I don't play it very often anymore
20:12If I ever play it, it's alone
20:13Please give it off
20:15To Binley
20:19I do feel very close to my mum when I play it
20:22I feel her presence
20:25She'll be by my side
20:26No doubt, singing along
20:29What a strong young bloke
20:32Come on Finlay
20:33Thank you
20:33Thank you
20:42Thank you
20:43Thank you
20:44Thank you
20:44I was perched outside in the pouring rain
20:47Trying to make myself a sail
20:50Oh my goodness, this is one of my favourites
20:53Yeah, I'm crying now.
21:05He's perfect.
21:24And his tone of voice, everything's gorgeous.
21:36Oh, just think of him singing it to his mum.
21:43Just knowing that he was not going to see her for much longer.
21:48The lyrics take on such a new movie.
22:03It's been difficult adjusting to this new life that we've found ourselves in.
22:08We've all had to grow up very quickly.
22:11It's really important not to let your grief define you.
22:16That was a message from my mum.
22:18No matter how hard life gets, pick yourself back up again and keep going.
22:37You're smashing it.
22:39Just all in his stride.
22:41Things that would crush most of us.
22:43And still carry the song flawlessly.
22:46Just untransported.
22:48Makes you a bit speechless, doesn't it?
22:48Just give me some candy.
22:52After my heart.
23:00Yes!
23:12Nailed that.
23:14Absolutely.
23:15He's an absolute legend.
23:20Thank you guys.
23:20Thank you so much.
23:30Thank you so much.
23:45So good.
23:46Look!
23:46For the final.
23:47Oh my gosh!
23:50Oh!
23:51Oh mate!
23:54Oof!
23:55That was very special.
24:03Oh, she's got the Scottish tarp on!
24:06I can't believe I've been out of it alone!
24:08This is class.
24:09I love this.
24:09I love it.
24:10They're bonded.
24:11I'm excited.
24:11I'm nervous.
24:12I'm shitting myself.
24:13Sorry.
24:15I'm so sorry.
24:16I am scared.
24:17Why are you scared today?
24:18Is it the audience?
24:19It's actually more Grace and my mum are here.
24:22Grace is my daughter.
24:23She's amazing.
24:24She's amazing.
24:25She's 15.
24:26So you had her quite young then?
24:2716 when I fell pregnant.
24:2817 when I had her.
24:30Imagine that at 17.
24:31That pressure.
24:33My mum told me to take a pregnancy test.
24:35She knew me so well that she was like,
24:37you're pregnant.
24:39My family are Catholic.
24:40I was just so worried about telling people.
24:42There was a lot of shame around things like that.
24:44But my dad, he just said,
24:46there's worse things that can happen than a wee baby.
24:48And I was like, oh my God, you're right.
24:50Thanks.
24:52School was hard.
24:53I wasn't allowed in the school yearbook
24:55because they were like,
24:56oh, there'll be no mention of Hannah and the baby in the yearbook.
24:58So I had to leave school, instantly get a job.
25:01I just had to become an adult.
25:03I literally just went into mum mode.
25:05And that was me for my whole life.
25:06I never really done anything else.
25:08And I think it just, um, oh, don't cry.
25:12Sorry.
25:12I'm not going to cry.
25:14I think because it was such a shock to my system.
25:16I did not mean to fall pregnant that young,
25:19but it's been the best thing that's ever happened to me
25:21and I don't regret a thing.
25:22Oh, man.
25:23I wonder when she'll be on.
25:25So the song is about Grace.
25:27So it's called It Is You.
25:28It's an original song.
25:29Has she wrote it?
25:30Yeah.
25:30Have you ever performed your song at all?
25:33I've done it for my very close family and friends.
25:35It's just a very scary thing to share,
25:37such a personal song.
25:38You lift me higher than the sun and the moon.
25:44You make me feel lighter than a balloon.
25:49You are my lemon tea on a cold winter morning.
25:54You are the harness that keeps me from falling.
25:59That is a measured vocal there.
26:02It's just so solid.
26:04It is you that makes me complete.
26:09It is you that knocks me off my feet.
26:15Where she's placing her vibrato as well is so nice.
26:19This is a gorgeous song, you know.
26:21There's a natural talent when it comes to writing.
26:23I'm sat here just listening as if this song's existed for years.
26:26It is you.
26:31When I wrote it, it was during lockdown.
26:33She went to her dad's for a few weeks.
26:35We couldn't mix households.
26:37You make me feel alive.
26:41In that time that she was away, I was completely lost
26:43because me and Grace have grew up together.
26:46So I didn't really know who I was out with being a mum
26:49and I started writing, which is bizarre
26:52because I don't know how a song came to my head.
26:55I don't play an instrument, so it's the weirdest thing.
26:58It is you that makes me complete.
27:00It's about her.
27:02She's kind.
27:03She's so smart.
27:04There's a line in it.
27:05You are the harness that keeps me from falling.
27:16Oh, look at her.
27:17Look at her.
27:19Look at her.
27:20Just everything that she does.
27:22Sorry.
27:23Sorry.
27:24Everything she does, like getting a job at 17,
27:27all of it is just to like give her daughter a chance.
27:32I need to go and give her a mum hug.
27:34You got it.
27:34It is you.
27:39It is you.
27:42It is you.
27:42Simple words that all of us are feeling.
27:45Paloma's gotta give her a massive hug.
27:48It is you.
27:50It is you.
27:52It's not happening here!
28:00I'm gonna show you too!
28:03Oh my god!
28:05Come here!
28:08You did so well!
28:10It's so hard!
28:12I've felt that so much!
28:14I love you so much!
28:17That's the best love song ever!
28:19Like, people talk about love songs all the time
28:22but the loves of our lives are our kids!
28:25Do you know what? It's a brilliant song!
28:27It's brilliant songwriting!
28:28Thanks so much!
28:29She's got another style!
28:31There's gonna have to be some kind of metric that you use
28:33like who gets to do the Hackney Empire
28:35that isn't just... that!
28:39I'm so afraid of you!
28:41Thank you!
28:45I can't do this show anymore!
28:47It's too much!
28:47It's too emotional!
28:50Guys, have you got a t-shirt?
28:51I'm in bits here!
28:57So far, nearly all of our singers in Scotland's capital
29:00have given Summer Paloma a headache.
29:03I've just looked through my notes
29:05and I've put a star next to six of them
29:08and we can only take one person to the final.
29:11This is gonna be impossible, by the way.
29:13But Edinburgh isn't done with us yet.
29:15My name's Mikey.
29:17The song I'm singing today is by a guy called Zach Bryan
29:19who's a country singer and it's called Something In The Orange.
29:22It reminds me of the times I was away,
29:23obviously missing loved ones like my wife and my kids.
29:26Daddy's coming up?
29:27Yeah, he's coming on to see you, Doc.
29:29Lovely to meet you!
29:30Yeah, how are you?
29:31I'm very nervous.
29:32You're shaking.
29:33Oh!
29:34He's like, what have I done?
29:38So what brings you to your song?
29:40So I started singing about six months ago.
29:42Only six months ago?
29:43Yeah, in front of my wife and friends.
29:45So who was the first person to hear Mikey sing?
29:48There was a guy in the showers when I was in Afghanistan
29:50and he heard me sing and then he said to me,
29:52he says, you're a really good singer.
29:53And I just laughed it off.
29:54Do you miss the army?
29:56Very much so, yeah.
29:56I wish I was still in.
29:57What do you miss?
29:58Just a crack with the lads.
29:59You know, you live together, you work together,
30:01you did everything together.
30:01What made me a...
30:03Oh, my gosh, you are a soldier.
30:06You're so amazing.
30:09So strong.
30:11I was the eldest of six boys.
30:13We used to argue over food and outfits and girls.
30:17But where I'm from, it wasn't the best place.
30:19It was quite rough.
30:20So I thought I'd set an example for my younger brothers
30:21and join the army and hopefully they'd follow.
30:23So I left home at 22.
30:25So I did 13 years.
30:28I was a troop sergeant in the Royal Answers.
30:32I loved the army.
30:33We got to deploy all over the world
30:35and see things that not everyone else gets to see.
30:37But obviously you've got the downside of it
30:39where you're in conflicts and war zones.
30:42I did deploy to Afghanistan.
30:46That was a bit of a cheeky tour, but, yeah.
30:51I'd just come back on leave for a month.
30:54You're surrounded by alpha males in the army.
30:57You know, you don't expect it to happen to you.
30:59But my mental health just spiralled out of control.
31:02It was in a year, actually, and he got really upset and stuff.
31:06And I says, this isn't right.
31:09Like, something's going wrong.
31:12So I'd phone the army med centre and he was in the next morning.
31:16I was diagnosed with PTSD and I was medically discharged into 2022.
31:22I found it very hard transitioning onto City Street.
31:26Went through some dark times.
31:27It got to a point in my life where I didn't want to live anymore.
31:31I was surrounded by love and people that cared for me.
31:34I just didn't want to be near any of them.
31:36I was pushing them all away.
31:38Take breaths, Mikey.
31:39Yeah.
31:42My wife.
31:42I don't know anyone else that would have slipped by anyone
31:44that was struggling like I was, but she did.
31:51Hiya, my name's Mikey.
31:53This song, along with my lovely wife and kids, saved my life.
31:59It'll be fine by a dust cloud, I'm telling you, baby.
32:05These things eat at your bones and drive your young mind crazy.
32:10Oh, I do love his voice.
32:12Smokey.
32:13But when you place your head between my collar and jaw.
32:20I don't know much, but there's no way to dawn.
32:25He has got a persona because he's put on the American accent.
32:29Yeah, singing that genre, it would be hard to dismantle.
32:32That from the accent.
32:35Cause if I say I miss you, I know that you won't.
32:38Country music is like always got a sense of longing and reflection.
32:46It's full of story.
32:48A lot of people that sing country music have either served
32:51or are close with people that have served.
32:53And I know that Zac Bryan was in the armed forces.
32:56Something in the orange tells me you're never coming home.
33:02The song says, we're not sure if you're coming home,
33:04which kind of reminds me of being back in Afghanistan.
33:08I weren't sure if I was going to make it home.
33:12I need to hear you saying you ain't no night.
33:17Life now is really good.
33:19I get to come home every night.
33:20I get to wake up next to my wife and see my children every day.
33:23But there are still struggles.
33:25Your voice only trembles when you try to speak.
33:29Singing is very important to me because it helps me massively with my mental health.
33:33Back to us dancing this wood used to creak.
33:36Within five minutes I'm back to being happy again.
33:39To you I'm just a man.
33:42To you you're all I am.
33:44Where the hell am I supposed to go?
33:47I'm pausing myself again.
33:50Something in the orange tells me you're never coming home.
33:55This is a gorgeous performance.
33:57And he's got the experience in his life to carry the message and the emotion behind it.
34:02Please turn those headlights around.
34:21I think he would be able to carry an audience in a final.
34:26What I'm finding with everyone so far is technique is gorgeous.
34:31And in some ways better than professionals.
34:34And I think the reason is where these guys are singing from.
34:38And the intention with which they're singing with.
34:40Is coming from a totally different place.
34:42And I feel completely like how are we going to whittle it down?
34:46Overwhelmed.
34:47This is going to be incredibly tough.
34:49Do you know what the best thing about it was?
34:51Watching you two watching me.
34:56I'm very short.
34:58You alright Pat?
34:59I'm fine.
35:00Alright good.
35:01Well that's still too tall isn't it?
35:03Do you want me to out there?
35:04You alright?
35:07I love Pat.
35:08I'm Pat.
35:09I volunteer in Gartneville Hospital in Glasgow.
35:13And I got along there on a Tuesday morning and we sing together.
35:16Aww, that's so sweet.
35:18One of the patients who was there was a bit special.
35:21That was Jimmy.
35:22He was a D-Day veteran and he was a lovely man.
35:24He had his 100th birthday and he requested A Fond Kiss by Robert Burns.
35:29It's a traditional Scottish song.
35:32So I sang it for him and he had a tear in his eye.
35:35And when I asked him why he said it was because his mother used to sing it for him.
35:39If you all think about a song that brings a memory to you, you'll know what I'm talking about.
35:43That's what songs do.
35:44So this song is A Fond Kiss.
35:46And as far as I'm concerned, it's Jimmy's song.
35:50Oh, I love it!
35:52It's Jimmy's song!
35:55A Fond Kiss and then we sever
36:02A per meal will last forever
36:08Oh, I love the D-Day.
36:10Yeah, really.
36:11Deep in her trunk tears I'll pledge thee
36:17Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee
36:26Nothing could resist mine and sea
36:33Her voice is so pure.
36:35You can't fail to sort of imagine yourself as Jimmy.
36:38Yeah.
36:39I feel like I'm being sung to.
36:40You know, someone that cares for me is singing to me.
36:45Jimmy was a bit special and that made me really pleased that I could sing it for him
36:50because although there was a tear, there was a memory there for his mother.
36:54That's what songs should do.
36:55There should be memories in songs of places and people and occasions.
37:01Mothers sing to their babies, there's lullabies.
37:04Two people who are getting married choose a song that means something to them.
37:08You go to a concert, you sing, you give it lullabies, you shout it out there.
37:11Everybody has a song.
37:13It's your life.
37:14It's your soundtrack.
37:14A fond kiss and then we sever A farewell that lasts forever
37:28It's a burn song but to me, Jimmy will always be there for me in that song.
37:34It will always be Jimmy's song.
37:37It will always be I'll always be.
37:57I'll always be.
38:05You wish them well. It doesn't matter. You can't be with me, but I still wish you well.
38:09Because you love them too much.
38:10Yeah.
38:13My name is Sahila. I'm 28 and I'm from Dundee.
38:16I'm actually teaching assistant just now.
38:19Wow, you look incredible.
38:20Thank you so much.
38:22Hi.
38:23Hello.
38:24Have you ever tried a beret?
38:25Oh, I've got several, many colours.
38:27I can't pull it off.
38:29Who's supporting you today? Who's there?
38:31My big brother, Marcellus.
38:32I'm very excited to hear what is your song.
38:35Fast Car by Tracey Chapman.
38:36True.
38:38Oh, yeah.
38:42I can connect to Tracey Chapman and what she's wrote about in that song because I've had similar experiences.
38:48Both my parents went through some difficult times struggling with poverty.
38:53And me and my two brothers experienced what the foster care system was like.
38:56Obviously, there's a huge stigma with children that have gone through the foster care system.
39:00People just categorize them as troubled.
39:02It's just an emotional, turbulent time.
39:07When I was 16, I needed to just get as far away as I could.
39:11And I wanted to just break free.
39:13I had a friend that lived in New Zealand, so that was a perfect opportunity.
39:17Going to New Zealand and living there was my fast car moment.
39:21That's so young to leave, 16 years old and went to New Zealand.
39:27We've got a fast car, I want a ticket to anywhere, people want to make a deal.
39:34Maybe together we can get somewhere, any place is better.
39:39Starting from zero, got nothing to lose.
39:41Maybe we'll make something.
39:44Me and myself, I got nothing to prove.
39:47He's not saying I got nothing to prove.
39:49No, yeah.
39:53She's making it her own.
39:54Yeah.
40:20What I want to share the message of is it does shine after the rain.
40:24You can take your fast car and have the courage to start a new life for yourself.
40:29I know things will get better.
40:31Go find work and I'll get some more than a woman by the shelter.
40:36Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs.
40:39She's got a musical knowledge.
40:41She knows where the path's laid out, but she also knows where she can take these little scenic routes.
40:45Ad-libbing and doing her own thing.
40:47Like she did when she was a kid, go into a whole other country.
40:50And I feel emotional about it because she took herself as a child across the other side.
40:56Yeah.
40:57I'm sorry.
40:58I want to go give her a hug.
41:00Go see her.
41:00Go see her.
41:01See, I remember we were driving, driving in your car.
41:05These of us felt like I was walking.
41:08Did you like standing out before?
41:10And you all fell nice right from my shoulder and I, I, had a feeling that I've known.
41:17I, I, I, had a feeling I can meet someone, meet someone, meet someone.
41:33You're so brave.
41:35I can't believe you're here.
41:37You've got such a beautiful voice.
41:40It takes so much to be strong and brave and at 16 just go to the other side of the
41:45world.
41:46And you took a song that was by somebody else and it was like it was your song.
41:51I really appreciate that, it means a lot.
41:53No, you're really brave.
41:59Everyone who sang for us in Edinburgh is back on the Your Song stage to hear who Paloma and Sam
42:04will choose to perform in their final concert at the iconic Hackney Empire.
42:08I'm so glad I'm not mentors because you've got to make a massive decision now.
42:13I just, I also think it's important to know that we think everyone's amazing and that's a big problem for
42:19us.
42:20Yeah, yeah, yeah.
42:20Darling, I'll breathe your skin.
42:24Finley was so special.
42:26The way he delivered the song, the lyrics take on new meaning, the tone of his voice was incredible.
42:33And Spencer, I just want to give him praise as well.
42:38Singing one of the best love songs written of all time.
42:42But Hannah writing her own song, I thought it was amazing as well.
42:49When you look at Hannah and another favourite of ours, Sahela, Sahela's was actually the closest to another original song
42:59because it felt like this was about Sahela and it wasn't someone doing somebody else's song.
43:05So true.
43:06Well, listen, you have got the toughest job.
43:10So, do you know what? I'm going to leave you to it.
43:11You can deliver out a little bit more.
43:13I don't like you very much, Alison.
43:14I don't like you very much, Alison.
43:18I don't like you very much.
43:20I don't like you very much.
43:30aks and souls telling your stories and singing for us.
43:33As you know, you wasn't just singing for the Edinburgh crowds.
43:36You were singing for the phenomenal Paloma Faith and Sam Ryder.
43:47Thank you everybody.
43:49You've all really blown us away and we've had tears.
43:53Me particularly probably needs therapy after this weekend.
43:57But no, we are going to be putting on a special grand final concert
44:02and we are so happy to say that you're all invited
44:05and we can't wait to see all of you again.
44:09There can only be one singer at this amazing event,
44:12which is a real shame because this was impossible.
44:15Every single one of you blew my mind.
44:17But the singer that we've chosen to come and sing in London
44:20at the grand final is...
44:31...finly.
44:42It's completely just gobsmacked.
44:47I don't know what the right thing does to say.
44:50I'm just...yeah, I'm just delighted.
44:52Absolutely delighted.
44:54Cheers, mate.
44:56The reason we chose Finlay, the voice, phenomenal.
44:59Stopped me in my tracks.
45:00The care and sincerity of just his command of the stage.
45:05The guitar, the instrument in his hands, the love you can feel from him.
45:09I recognised you singing on that stage was your moment for you and your sisters.
45:12He's been through hell.
45:13He's here now, stepping up to the plate
45:16that no 22-year-old should have to step up to.
45:19Amazing man.
45:20Roll model.
45:21Oh my gosh, thank you so, so much.
45:23He floored us with his story and his performance combined
45:26and those two things felt very connected.
45:29There's no separating him from the song and the story.
45:33I've not been able to stop thinking about my parents and things at all.
45:36They loved to brag and boast about their kids
45:39and I feel like this is something that, you know,
45:41they'd be marching around the whole town talking about.
45:55I don't know really how to say this other than the fact that I've won.
46:00Yeah, yeah, I know.
46:09This is you.
46:10This is you.
46:10Fine, you've done this.
46:11You deserve this.
46:13And honestly, like, mum and dad would be proud of you, mate.
46:17Like, seriously.
46:17Oh, I hope so.
46:23Thank you, Edinburgh.
46:26You've been amazing.
46:31Next time...
46:32When I was a little girl...
46:35We take the Your Song stage to London...
46:38I feel like I might need to lift you up.
46:40..to hear songs that celebrate college...
46:47..love...
46:47You didn't break my heart.
46:51And hope...
46:52That voice should never be trapped.
46:56But who will be chosen...
46:58..for the final concert?
47:00I want that song!
47:01Yeah.
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