Michael Bublé: Time traveler

Bublé: It's one of those things where it's hard. Who am I? It turns out that I'm far too schizophrenic musically for people to categorize me. I think people judge me a lot before they ever really know who I am.

He's not a man who takes himself too seriously, as we discovered when Michael gave us a tour backstage in San Jose, California.

He was getting ready for the 150th show of his latest tour.

Bublé: Going on tour, is like a camp, right, like a summer camp.

Bublé: This is the crappiest interview I've ever done.

Bublé: Watch yourself here if there's a bump, wow, look.

Logan: Look at that, that's fabulous, huh?

Bublé: I mean, I've talked to entertainers, I remember talking to Tony Bennett and I asked him what advice he could give me and he said, 'Be nervous before every show.' He said, 'Everybody should be a little bit nervous before every show.' And I thought, 'Oh f...I'm toast.' Because I just didn't have that. I, I was so comfortable up there. This is, I'm more comfortable there than I am in a, in a room. It's where I was sort of...

Logan: Meant to be.

Bublé: My personality, who I am, I was meant to be up there.

It all started here, off the coast of Vancouver. Michael spent much of his time growing up on the water. He's the son of a fisherman.

Logan: What does it feel like to come back on a fishing boat? How long has it been?

Bublé: Oh man, it's 15 years, 16 years.

For three months every summer he worked grueling 20 hour days catching and sorting salmon. He and his dad, Lewis, showed us around the kind of boat they used to work on together.

Bublé: We would jump in, in our rain gear. And you'd be up to here in fish and you'd basically separate, ah, each of the species.

Logan: You were up to here in fish?

Bublé: Yeah. Not just fish. But beautiful jellyfish and lice and everything else that comes with--

Lewis Bublé: Slime.

Bublé: Slimy fish.

This is also where he often dreamed of making it as a singer, listening to his Walkman in his bunk, memorizing hundreds of old classics.

Bublé: I just felt that's how you make something happen. You just, you will it.

Logan: What would you do?

Bublé: I would just sneak in a room, practice and grab a hairbrush and go, (singing) "What are the things you think that you pine for, gee, I'd like to see you lookin' swell, Lara."

Michael's passion for swing music came from his grandfather, Mitch, who we met in Vancouver at a Bublé family dinner. A plumber and music lover, he introduced Michael to the greats and they spent years listening to them together.

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[sisrejojo]

MY MOTHER DIED NOVEMBER 7,2011 THIS YEAR FROM VERY POOR NEGLECT
THEY SAID SHE HAD DEMMENTIA THESE PASS FEW MONTHS I DISAGREE
SHE LOVED HER MUSIC THE DAY BEFORE SHE PASSED SHE HAD A FEEDING TUBE
HAD BEEN DETOX FROM DRUGS PERSCIBED TO HER AFTER FIFTY YEARS HUGE BED SORE AN SAD CASE I PLAYED MICHAEL TAPE SONG WORLD ON A STRING
WHEN THE SONG CAME ON SHE LOVE HIM SHE ALWAYS DID NEVER TO CRAZY
FOR FRANK SINATRA , SHE TOOK HER BLACK AND BLUE ARMS AND TINY HANDS
AND I SAID COME ON MA LETS DANCE, SHE STATRED SWAYING THAN AS WEAK
AS SHE WAS STARTD DANCING AND MOVING HER HANDS MY MOTHER ALWAY'S HAD GOOD TASTE IN MUSIC FROM MARIO LANZA JIMMY ROSALE EVEN JAMES BROWN
AND BB KING, SHE THOUGHT HE WAS A DOLL, AND HE GAVE ME THE BEST MOMENT
OF NY LIFE WITH HER, FOR AS SORRY AS HER CASE WAS SHE DIED THE NEXT
DAY WITH MYRSA PNONEOMA SO BAD WE HAD TO HAVE A CLOSED CASKET I WAS ANGRY, BUT MICHEAL MADE HER LAST DAY A WORLD ON A STING AND GAVE
ME A JOY I WILL ALWAY,S REMEMBER I DON,T CARE WHO HE IS MARRIED TO
HE WOULD OF MADE IT HIS WAY.

[patster1155]

Buble is another pop imitator. He is not making the songs of Frank and Dean "his own"?? (by whose standards)? He married his producer's (David Foster) daughter. Its a narcissistic, incestual club. End of story. Mediocrity rules the day.

[sedsall]

For the last few years, I cannot produce a beauty pageant without someone using one of Buble's songs. He's got quite the voice and have grown to like him.

[porter36]

I saw the 60 Minutes show where beautiful, sexy Lara Logan interviewed Michael Buble. This young fellow is not only amazing as a person, but singing the songs of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and others was a treat to say the least. It's so refreshing to hear a true voice, and real music instead of this so called todays music and people who think they have a voice. I am heading to the store to purchase a Michael Buble album, and probably more. Maybe the NFL can get him to sing the Star Spangled Banner at the pre-game show of Super Bowl. Wouldn't this be a refreshing change from previous pregame singers.

[jhuggler21]

I agree!! I wish they would book him for the Super Bowl instead of Madonna. He's a great entertainer. He could rock the house.

[636anton33]

WHO!!!!!!!!!!

[Renegade.Rivers]

I guess I am behind on this one, but thanks for introducing Michael to me, what a great voice. I went to youtube and checked out a few of his songs, they all sounded great, and some even took me back to my childhood, and the days of Tony, and Perry, and Deano, and Frank, and all of those great voices, and the songs from the 50s and 60s that I loved. Thanks again for the introduction, and Michael if you happen to read this, keep up the great work. You have a new fan!

[Hobbhouse]

Loved the story, I will never look at a Segway quite the same way.
Magnifique Ms. Logan!

[newsworthy8]

He is gteat..this billymoz negative comment is a typical no brainer american comment..

[ilg0729]

I absolutely love Michael Buble. I've seen him at 5 of his concerts. All of them amazing. He is truly a fantastic entertainer and singer. I grew up listening to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Tony Bennett. Michael, in my opinion, does that music great justice. I love his passion for it and the closeness he has with his grandfather and family. His wife is beautiful and they make such a great couple. He's the whole package - funny, adorable, and just a great person. If you've never seen him in concert, try to go if he's in your area. You will walk away happy and so glad you did.

[billymoz]

Give me a break. This Buble dude is off key, super egoed, and just another manufactured talent that just does not cut it. Sorry
Charlie.

[jhuggler21]

Video can distort sound sometimes. You obviously haven't been to one of his concerts and heard him belt out stuff a cappella. He's got talent, there's no denying it. But it's okay, don't be jealous. Work hard enough and maybe someday you'll catch your big break, too. Until then, we'll be listening to enjoying Buble.