Hello Mr Braithwaite, I'd like to be nerdy for a bit

At the end of my flight home to Melbourne, I realised I was sitting across from Daryl Braithwaite. That won't mean much to people outside Australia, or possible to Australians under the age of 30. But to the rest of us... he's still a nice looking man! And I only realised it was him when someone else stopped and said "I always thought that lyric was 'riding on the horse's tail' - what is it really?"  I didn't hear the reply, so I don't know the answer myself.

But I did get all nerdy and intro...