Gurrumul on BBC Breakfast

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu on BBC Breakfast

[@MrBobpass]

57 years old ( me )......this mans voice just makes me cry...he is unbelievable !!!!! what a guy ..what a voice ......beautiful ;

[@jcee6886]

One of those rare voices that penetrates the soul. Just angelic. RIP my brother.

[@bloodyhellism]

Couldn't say it any better

[@richl6966]

Had the absolute joy of hearing this fella live at the Sydney Opera House. I can't exactly explain what it means to me.

[@357HFC]

You have experienced heaven on earth. Sadly I did not have that pleasure.

[@oliviawutam]

I read that Gurrumul told what happened to an aborininal girl named 'Bayini' who was drowned in the river with heavy chaines around her neck, horrible monsters the first settlers.

[@shalinika]

Oh Dr G. Yunupingu, my heart aches hearing of your passing. How we will miss you! Rest in everlasting peace.

[@357HFC]

Wonderful interview. Gurrumul, maybe greatest Australian Ever. Just my opinion.

[@PlatinumRatio]

This is a beautiful gift from mother earth, to her children, whom she clearly loves

[@ReshmiChandrasekhar2014azxy]

Quite a heavenly voice

[@John-gv2ug]

Gurrumul's timeless talent joins the distant past with the present and will endure across the ages. RIP.

[@manna6618]

King Geoffrey was as big as Elvis in Australia...we adore him and miss him like a King, love you bro...forever missed. X

[@genevievesoulmusic]

Your music will always fill my soul with happiness. RIP my dear dear friend. xoxo

[@Tom-ye5dn]

Beautiful man. I bet he's on his beach now.

[@VashtiAratangi-p3w]

It’s his soul that sings.

[@kpcart]

@wattlesong also Gurrumul is a very shy person, and only has confidence around people he knows (from what i know about him).

[@MegaGreendayfan101]

legend

[@alyn927]

😍❤️ thankyou so much for sharing

[@Dodge76]

He goes on BBC Breakfast, yet Australia's Sunrise and Today Show have One Direction. I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

[@357HFC]

Nobody is forcing you.

[@cletusbigtoe]

@@357HFC No one's forcing you either. Maybe it's time for you to go.

[@357HFC]

@@cletusbigtoe what? Cough.

[@TimmyTickle]

It's amazing, the music that gets shown on British breakfast TV. Here in Australia, we have to put up with shit like Pink and The Veronicas all the time.

[@neddyladdy]

That has to be their own fault.

[@happytraveller2122]

There’s a place for all music in this world

[@savedbygodsgrace.9058]

RIP Gurrumul. .

[@waggingtale2635]

Aboriginal islanders culture is reserved respectful and connected to their people and land he is what most western people are not we can learn from aboriginal people who have survived through so much .Admiration is owed to this singer he is true to his nature and yes he is blind from birth as many aboriginals suffer from poor health which has declined because of a disconnection to their land and clash of western influences and removal of many to be raised as wards of the state they had no choice .The balance between their land and belief in dreamtime has upset their way of life they struggle with culture which we Europeans blame them for they lived here in harmony with their connection to land long before we arrived

[@ozlakota1]

where were they when he needed them most sad world

[@Zamella1]

WOW!!!

[@mariane1023me]

So peacefull, God bless you.

[@janetconnolly4754]

Genius

[@aefhwtra]

i think he knows more english than he's letting on hahahahahahaha.....fantastic !!!

[@01cozza]

paul griffin extremely shy I think

[@SilverCharmbracelet]

His incredibly awkward and uncomfortable. I think he knows a lot more English than he's letting on. His voice is beautiful.

[@MegaGreendayfan101]

***** alot of it comes down to culture as in aborigine culture it can be considered disrespectful to speak in a foreign language towards some aboriginal people

[@Rambunctiouslip]

you said it!

[@timmatthews9317]

A beautiful artist, taken too soon.

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

I think that it's unfair to heap too much criticism up on the shoulders of a pair of white, British people. How in the name of GOD'S green earth could they possibly, and plausibly, be expected to be fully prepared to cope with the colossal cultural spaces that separate them from an indigenous Australian !? Impossible. It's a thing that can but be achieved, if ever at all, from a lifespan's worth of familiarity.

[@oliviawutam]

Yes, I understand but why resort to this kind of violence, it never solves anything.

[@TimmyTickle]

@wattlesong: You mean the Breakfast show on ABC2?

[@oulanvradush1111]

Pourquoi, au seuil de la beauté, ces journalistes ne sont même pas étonnés ou émus par ce qu'ils viennent d'entendre ? Parce qu'ils s'en foutent.

You are talking about 10-20 thousand years of songs and culture, something you British Nazi-English will never understand. There are millions of people in Australia who never get a chance to voice their full potential. Because British English are Nazis who ban their languages. I've heard & seen British brutality in Cyprus when the Brits invaded my mother's home & land. My mother told me everything before she died. So I think Gurrumul deserves more recognition than you Brits give him. Plus: Gurrumul is the best voice Australia has ever heard, indeed.

[@roryalgate872]

Bloody awesome...Australian TV is a joke!

[@oliviawutam]

what's 'bloody' about it ? yuk & yikes.

[@chookinathunderstorm3446]

I've seen him appear on a couple of TV channels in Australia but mostly on the indigenous dedicated NITV channel. I think it's more a case of him preferring not to appear on too many mainstream tv shows ( rather than him not being in demand by them) with all the directives and the long hassles involved in where to wait, when to move onto the set, where to sit.... All for a short uncomfortable interview and a quick cold, start up performance, then stop and be bustled off to meet time slot demands. Not the same as performing in a relaxed mood in a relaxed familiar setting with the interviewers going to the performer and then waiting to be given the go ahead by him when he is ready. This gives time to think about how to answer a few questions in a relaxed interview session that is more under the control of the interviewee who can wrap it up politely at any time they feel. That's the impression I get anyhow.

[@ManicallyMellow]

I'm no psychologist but it's pretty obvious he isn't keen on being interviewed or asked menial questions and would rather just simply play music.

[@Mr.Oblivian]

is Gurrumul somewhat 'special'? Im not trying to be mean, im really wondering, as the translator seems more of a handler/guardian

[@LittleElse]

Gurrumul was born blind.

[@01cozza]

Jarret H. Being an Australian Aboriginal myself, mostly brought up in the city tho. I know most of my people are really reserved and shy. In Gurramul's case he has come from a extremely remote place with only his family and closest friends around him. Now being blind and in the spotlight has made him more reserved. He is a very very shy person and has chosen this man as his spokesperson. There was a standing ovation at one concert and people wanted him to come back out to applaud him but he was so shy he did not want come back out. The trust he has in this man must be very great. But I can assure you that if he was back in familiar place with people he knows he would talk just about as openly as you and I.

[@Mr.Oblivian]

01cozza I understand now... thank you for the insight!

[@MELODYMUNRO]

He is blind...and speaks little english.

[@margaretdavies1725]

@Bekah I can understand how you feel and I agree the two cultures are very different. For us white people some of the cultural customs you bring up are considered impolite as well. To NOT look someone in the eye when you speak to them or encounter them is very shifty or rude. To us white people someone who wont look us in the eye is either not to be trusted or is telling us that we are not worth their time and attention. IT may seem insincere to your culture but to us its being courteous and respectful by giving this person our full attention. I personally don't get offended because I realize that different behaviours mean different things to different people. Human behaviour is odd that way. I wonder how many other species have so few universal behaviours ....

[@spackhollogay]

I thought he couldn't understand English?

[@MELODYMUNRO]

Some.

[@rogerroger6049]

The presenter says it is "indigenous music". That is wrong. The only thing indigenous is the language (one of more than 250) in which the lyrics are sung. Prior to 1770 the only musical instruments these primitive indigenous people used were hollowed out logs (didgeridoos) , sticks which they banged together and the like.

[@daviddeck8509]

Roger Roger fuck off idiot

[@Toretowhaptoby]

What an idiot go fuck yourself

[@NebraskaGonvilleJones]

Roger your an absolute tool

[@davidparris7167]

The only hollowed out log is your head if you think the authenticity of Gurrumul's music is somehow dependent, or not, on a particular type of European musical instrument being used. Gurrumul's instrument is even older than his own people, the human voice, which was one amazing gift embodied in this man. May he rest in peace.