"To her Door". I consider Paul Kelly's songs to be a social commentary on the ordinary/ forgotten Australians who don't work in the cities and may be differently educated, trained or considered by society. A brilliant story teller who finds the humanity in the situations that he sings about.
When I was a kid, old mate next door was in a band. I remember them practising this song clear as day. Every time I hear it takes me straight back to that place n time ❤️
“From Little Things Big Things Grow” is a great track with a powerful message, telling a completely true story of Aboriginal Land Rights. Also “To Her Door”.
Here are my next 5 Paul Kelly songs for you to check out: * To Her Door * Before Too Long * Leaps and Bounds * Darling It Hurts * From Little Things Big Things Grow
* Careless * Songs From the 16th Floor * Love Never Runs on Time * Deeper Water * Sydney From a 747 He just has so many songs He's a bit Dylan, a bit Young, a bit Mellencamp, a bit Springsteen, a bit Lightfoot
I think Australians know the words of 'To Her Door' more than they do the national anthem. Also the live version of 'They thought I was asleep' Paul Kelly does with the Storm Water Boys is brilliant.
To her door is the song that inspired me to buy my first guitar!! After spending my life from the age of 6, listening to pretty much exclusively the Beatles until I was around 19, I always wanted to learn how to play guitar, but never thought I could sound like them!! Then I heard Paul Kelly interviewed on the radio when I was 21, and he played To Her Door solo, just an acoustic guitar. And I thought, "well f@ck, I can do that!!" The next day was a Saturday, and I was waiting at my local music store when it opened the next morning!! Been playing every since, 22 years now!! Play most of Paul Kelly's repertoire now, even had the chance to hang out with him for a while before a show in Albany, Western Australia. I had been playing How To Make Gravy using chords I found on the internet, which were close, but not quite right!! Was honored to have Paul show me the correct fingering!! Absolute legend of an artist!!
His whole catalogue is huge and brilliant, with different phases having a different vibe to it (rock, bluegrass, folky, electronic). His greatest skill is being able to sing from a variety of perspectives with such empathy (Gravy being an example). A couple of my favourites; 'Everything's turning to White' from the view of a wife whose husband does something that rocks her to her core. 'From little things, Big things grow' - co-written & sung with indigenous songwriting legend Kev Carmody, tells the biographical tale of Indigenous Land rights. 'Every Fucking City' - which is just a brilliant and hilarious tale of lost love and clueless wanderings. I could go on and on there are literally hundreds - To Her door, Leaps & Bounds, Melting, Bradman, Our Sunshine, etc etc - but where to I stop. Any one of those 3 will give you just a little more insight. Hope you can check him out some more.
Your overkill week reminds me of the album curated by Andrew Denton called ‘Stairways to Heaven’ where he got various artists to do their own version of the song, including a pre-prison performance by Rolf Harris with wobble board. Another popular Paul Kelly song is Leaps and Bounds.
Paul Kelly used to do an A to Z tour with 100 different songs over 4 nights. The first night he performed his songs that started with the letters A to G, night 2 H to M etc. I was lucky enough to go to all 4 nights when he performed this in Dublin. For his next song there are so many great choices You can put your shoes under my bed, Darling it hurts, Leaps and Bounds, If I could start again today but a favourite is a little played track Until Death Do Them Part which he wrote about a wedding for a play. It is so good I got a wedding singer to learn it for my own wedding in Ireland.
Love u Boyz! I'm going to a outdoor concert on Sunday 19th at Tasmania botanical Gardens and Paul Kelly is in the line up of talent,can't Waite as always wanted to see him.Shout out from Australia !
Paul Kelly is the poet of every Australian - 1980s onwards. Back in the day the poets covered rural pre-1920's life, but we were overdue for a modern one.
"To Her Door" is one of his biggest hits, and a great emotional story-song. One of my personal favorites, but maybe won't quite hit as well for you if you don't have background with AFL / the MCG / Melbourne, is "Leaps and Bounds" . Also, speaking of Overkill (I assume you mean Motorhead) - check out the Men at Work song Overkill - superb
Paul Kelly songs are a part of Australia's DNA. They are not only a reflection of Australian culture at that time but an essential part of it. Three songs that immediately come to mind are "Before Too Long", "To Her Door", and "Leaps and Bounds". I was more into bands like Depeche Mode, The Cure, and Duran Duran at the time so I didn't ever really think about his music. It was just songs that I heard on the radio all of the time. I appreciate his talent a lot more in retrospect. His songs feel incredibly nostalgic to me.
Glad you've experienced this Paul Kelly classic! It was a big hit in the 80s. He's such a great storyteller. I'm similarly puzzled by the keyboard player's garb. Maybe he had a side gig as an accountant? 😂 Best track to check out next: To Her Door. Masterful storytelling.
Paul Kelly has many different faces and they are all brilliant. Here's a few songs to try, Leaps and bounds Darling it hurts Before too long. Keep up the great work guys ✌️
You guys always make me laugh. It's like watching a comedy show. Paul Kelly has lots of great tracks for you to discover . To Her Door From Little Things Deeper Water... Before Too Long
My favs are "Careless" and "Every Fucking City" (about back packing in Europe so you guys might appreciate that). On a darker note "If I could start today again" or "Everything is turning to white"
Leaps and bounds was o e of his biggest hits along with "To Her Door"., " Darling It Hurts" the list is endless he is Australia's Poet Laureate and a living national treasure.
Paul Kelly's songs are so relateable to so many everyman/woman people of all situations and backgrounds and shared experiences throughout most lives but from different view points or nuanced differenty. The biggest overall nuance is that of being out of Australia and recognising our own familiar culture, situations, landscapes and streetscapes ringing through the whole of it. I feel it is because the friendly, observant man himself has been able to personally relate to the many people he has encountered in his travels and locations in which he has lived. Also being a good listener, he can relate situations other people have lived and either suffered or laughed through. He can even tell a story from a woman's point of view. I THINK I heard him say that, in an interview at one time, that he didn't mind being a man singing songs from a woman's viewpoint....and I say, because he gets it right, women love to hear them. So my suggestion for a highly emotive and wildly vocal and instrumental performance is the rendition of SWEET GUY.
From St.Kilda to King Cross, Bradman, Leaps and Bounds, before too long, Too her door….. just some of his great songs…. And has written for others as well.
The first time I saw Paul Kelly was when he was with the Dots and support for Dire Straits on their Making Movies album tour at the Regent Theatre on George Street in Sydney in March 1981. That was the highpoint of Dire Straits and the beginning of the greatness of Paul Kelly.
I’d like you to do “from little things big things grow”. Is your Overkill week coming up during the reaction to Dumb Things coincidence? arh stuff it, go for it guys!
Paul Kelly does pop, rock, folk, but has also recorded an album of Bluegrass music, an album of great poems set to orchestral music, and an albums based on Shakespeare's sonnets. There is also live album with Tim Finn of Crowded House where they sing each others songs. He's also published an anthology of his personal favourite poems. Just does whatever he likes really.
I’ve learned that every company needs their unique selling point: Overkill-overkill. This is definitely one. And I’d love to hear more Paul Kelly songs, because I loved all tracks so far (the musicians more than the song itself in this case)
"They thought I was asleep" is another Paul Kelly classic about his father informing his mother he had been diagnosed with Parkinson disease when Paul was just 13. Another song that fills the eyes with tears.
Thanks gents, I've been waiting for you to react to Dumb Things. Its such a classic. And yes its a great song to blast out while you're driving. I highly recommend To Her Door. Other great Paul Kelly songs are Love Never Runs On Time, Before too Long and They thought I was asleep.
This will sound like a broken record by now guys.... " To Her Door" ! And I'll also vote for a PK week, not overkill at all for our Living National Treasure. Cheers from Oz. 🙂
I couldn't get the part of the chorus "I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings" when I first heard this back when it was released. The original has the harmonica at the beginning. Here he uses hi svoice to perform that part. Paul Kelly is one of Australia's best story tellers. You lads seem to be loving the 70's/80's Aussie pub rock. Give the Hunters and Collectors a go too. "Say Goodbye" & "When The River Runs Dry" are my favourites. "Say Goodbye" has a line that only a bunch of drunk Aussie blokes in a pub could scream "You don't make me feel like i"m a women anymore" hah! Love the show lads. Keep going to the 100k.
I highly recommend two less upbeat but masterful and quintessential Paul Kelly songs, When I First Met Your Ma and Everything's Turning to White. The first is a gorgeous song about the all-engulfing rush of finding the love of your life juxtaposed with the sentiment of how that love can disappear. It was written for his son to explain his parents' divorce, but is still yet a beautiful love song. The second is based on Raymond Carver's short story "So Much Water So Close to Home" (also a lyrical refrain in the song) and is gut-wrenching and haunting.
Late to the party but love Paul. So much water so close to home is another great track worth checking out the story is so good it’s been made into a movie
Like everyone else has said, has to be 'To Her Door'. PK has stated that he sees the protagonist in To Her Door to be Joe, the same protagonist who's writing the letter home from prison in How To Make Gravy. Again reiterating many others, with a few extra favourites of mine: From Little Things, Big Things Grow - this is his most Dylan-esque in my opinion, his version of a protest song, an important song to Australians. Meet Me in The Middle of The Air - beautiful a cappella, reminds me of James Taylor's That Lonesome Road Darling it Hurts - another good upbeat track Sydney from a 747 - just a great track Leaps and Bounds - will always be a favourite of Melburnians, very specific local references Every F**king City - the Aussie backpacking classic, just fun.
Great track by Paul Kelly. Thank you. Please play the video of To Her Door..the original video is full of Australian references and tells the story of the song very well.
There's a heap of Paul Kelly. There was Paul Kelly and the Dots, Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls and just Paul Kelly. He's a gem, anything you go with Paul Kelly is fantastic. My favourites are probably 'To her Door' and 'Before to Long' and the BEST imho SWEET GUY.
you gotta look into - about a decade before Paul Kelly ....there was Richard Clapton - another great aussie songwriter ........and that keyboard player - obviously had lessons from the keyboardist in Lancelot Link and Evolution Revolution 😁
Paul Kelly is our Bob Dylan. Fantastic song writer. He brings so much to the table so to speak. And this track is bloody brilliant. Thanks for your reaction. Great work as always Gents.
All the usual … To Her Door, Before Too Long, From Little Things Big Things Grow, Leaps and Bounds … All great. Also listen to “Bradman”. An Aussie legend singing about an Aussie legend!
Great work again guys. This is a beauty as well: “If I Could Start Today Again” Paul Kelly Not sure if you’ve done a reaction to “Hunters & Collectors,” …. noiseworks, sonnyboys, hilltop hoods, Australian crawl, Daryl braithwaite (sherbet), choirboys, are some goodies as well. Though it’s incredible the amount of ground you both have covered ⁉️👏👏👏
Pual Kelly, ghost town, Dumb Things, If I Could Start Today Again, Forty Miles to Saturday Night, your lovin is on my mind, Careless How to make gravy, Deeper Water !!!!!
Thanks for this fellas, but TBH this version is not quite up there with the studio version. Still great but. If you like his more 'pop' stuff, 'Darling it hurts' is a great banger with a very dark theme. Well worth a listen. And if you play Leaps and Bounds, you'll have every expat Melburnian in tears. Btw, the drummer is the great Peter 'Lucky' Luscombe.
This is a great song in its context. It was on the soundtrack for the Yahoo Serious movie "Young Einstein". The song worked really well with the theme of the movie and captured Yahoo Serious' character perfectly. I'm not sure that the song would be as popular without that soundtrack connection. Paul Kelly has a large catalogue and is a fine songwriter and performer. However, to be honest, Kelly isn't my cup of tea. I totally respect what he does, and he has some wonderful and important songs, he is a much-loved Australian icon. But in truth, I have never been motivated to buy one of his albums (that's un-Australian). I think the Overkill week is a ripper idea. I am not so strong on the Overkill cover week though; I don't know if you would find five quality covers of the song to make an effective week. Keep the good stuff coming.
Sheesh Len, go buy Songs From the South (greatest hits) play it, and then realise you know and do in fact enjoy all of those songs. And I think there's a reasonable number of us who knew this song without having seen the movie, it was a great soundtrack though! No pressure really on what you like and don't, it just makes me feel like you're missing out.
@@christhecurator Chris, I have come to appreciate Paul Kelly as my musical tastes have become more mature and more expansive. However, when I was younger apart from "To Her door", I was never really taken on a journey by him. Most likely it had something to do with my friends never being into his music either. We are, after all, a product of our environment. If it helps, I do like a good chunk of his music now, but still don't own an album. As I said, I recognise his artistry and sublime songwriting, but sometimes I find his diction and nasal twang a bit much for me. If I have to listen too hard for what is being sung, I tend to zone out a little.
My recommendations for Paul Kelly: Deeper Water (which I believe you already did?) Darling It Hurts Sweet Guy Love Never Runs On Time There’s a couple of ideas
Ok, Paul Kelly tunes to give a good overview!! Everything's Turning To White, Bradman, Deeper Water, From Little Things Big Things Grow, Our Sunshine, Every F@#king City, I could go on and on!! You have done artist weeks, you could do a Paul Kelly month, and still barely scratch the surface of his talent!!
"To her Door". I consider Paul Kelly's songs to be a social commentary on the ordinary/ forgotten Australians who don't work in the cities and may be differently educated, trained or considered by society. A brilliant story teller who finds the humanity in the situations that he sings about.
When I was a kid, old mate next door was in a band. I remember them practising this song clear as day. Every time I hear it takes me straight back to that place n time ❤️
“From Little Things Big Things Grow” is a great track with a powerful message, telling a completely true story of Aboriginal Land Rights. Also “To Her Door”.
Please do this one!
Here are my next 5 Paul Kelly songs for you to check out:
* To Her Door
* Before Too Long
* Leaps and Bounds
* Darling It Hurts
* From Little Things Big Things Grow
I love, I was hoping you'd say that! Its almost more of a beat poem than a song though and is a lot of fun live.
That's an excellent list that captures prime Paul Kelly.
* Careless
* Songs From the 16th Floor
* Love Never Runs on Time
* Deeper Water
* Sydney From a 747
He just has so many songs
He's a bit Dylan, a bit Young, a bit Mellencamp, a bit Springsteen, a bit Lightfoot
I think Australians know the words of 'To Her Door' more than they do the national anthem. Also the live version of 'They thought I was asleep' Paul Kelly does with the Storm Water Boys is brilliant.
To her door is the song that inspired me to buy my first guitar!! After spending my life from the age of 6, listening to pretty much exclusively the Beatles until I was around 19, I always wanted to learn how to play guitar, but never thought I could sound like them!! Then I heard Paul Kelly interviewed on the radio when I was 21, and he played To Her Door solo, just an acoustic guitar. And I thought, "well f@ck, I can do that!!" The next day was a Saturday, and I was waiting at my local music store when it opened the next morning!! Been playing every since, 22 years now!! Play most of Paul Kelly's repertoire now, even had the chance to hang out with him for a while before a show in Albany, Western Australia. I had been playing How To Make Gravy using chords I found on the internet, which were close, but not quite right!! Was honored to have Paul show me the correct fingering!! Absolute legend of an artist!!
Have you heard Adam Hills doing 'Working Class Man' to the tune of the Australian national anthem? th-cam.com/video/eobSMcB-nMA/w-d-xo.html
Second that
"When I First Met Your Mother" is another great get-you-in-the-feels song by Paul Kelly.
Dumb things on “Like a Version “ is amazing with rapping by AB Original and if you want to see PK rocking out more “Darling it hurts “ is awesome.
Agree 100%
@@reannejarvis9464 - so do I.
Here it is
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Scintillating
That version is awesome. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
'From little things big things grow' is just about the best Australian song ever... Iconic, a history lesson...a masterpiece...do it!
This and "Before too long" are top notch PK songs. Thanks for the reaction lads
Before Too Long has such clever lyrics!
Men at Work (australian band) actually had the song "OverKill" - being an original track
Always loved Paul doing the great Aussie backpacker anthem, 'Every F*****g City' live. It's worth a listen.
Love that line ‘I melted wax to fix my wings’ and it’s clever classical reference….
His whole catalogue is huge and brilliant, with different phases having a different vibe to it (rock, bluegrass, folky, electronic). His greatest skill is being able to sing from a variety of perspectives with such empathy (Gravy being an example).
A couple of my favourites;
'Everything's turning to White' from the view of a wife whose husband does something that rocks her to her core.
'From little things, Big things grow' - co-written & sung with indigenous songwriting legend Kev Carmody, tells the biographical tale of Indigenous Land rights.
'Every Fucking City' - which is just a brilliant and hilarious tale of lost love and clueless wanderings.
I could go on and on there are literally hundreds - To Her door, Leaps & Bounds, Melting, Bradman, Our Sunshine, etc etc - but where to I stop. Any one of those 3 will give you just a little more insight. Hope you can check him out some more.
You guys should do a Paul Kelly week , he has a lot of quality songs
Yes!
I think they'd need a month to cover the brilliant Mr Kelly's output, and they'd still need more time after that!
Your overkill week reminds me of the album curated by Andrew Denton called ‘Stairways to Heaven’ where he got various artists to do their own version of the song, including a pre-prison performance by Rolf Harris with wobble board. Another popular Paul Kelly song is Leaps and Bounds.
I remember that album and his tv show. The wobble board version was classic. 😂
Paul Kelly used to do an A to Z tour with 100 different songs over 4 nights. The first night he performed his songs that started with the letters A to G, night 2 H to M etc. I was lucky enough to go to all 4 nights when he performed this in Dublin. For his next song there are so many great choices You can put your shoes under my bed, Darling it hurts, Leaps and Bounds, If I could start again today but a favourite is a little played track Until Death Do Them Part which he wrote about a wedding for a play. It is so good I got a wedding singer to learn it for my own wedding in Ireland.
Love u Boyz! I'm going to a outdoor concert on Sunday 19th at Tasmania botanical Gardens and Paul Kelly is in the line up of talent,can't Waite as always wanted to see him.Shout out from Australia !
Paul Kelly is the poet of every Australian - 1980s onwards. Back in the day the poets covered rural pre-1920's life, but we were overdue for a modern one.
"To Her Door" is one of his biggest hits, and a great emotional story-song. One of my personal favorites, but maybe won't quite hit as well for you if you don't have background with AFL / the MCG / Melbourne, is "Leaps and Bounds" . Also, speaking of Overkill (I assume you mean Motorhead) - check out the Men at Work song Overkill - superb
If "How To....Gravy" got you in the feels, then "Deeper Water" will require the tissue boxes.
Love deeper water, amazing song
Paul Kelly born in my hometown of Adelaide, SA.
We've been very fortunate musically here.
" If I Could Start Today Again " is a perfect song. Universal emotion succinctly expressed.
This is a song that, when it comes on the radio or plays in a supermarket, everyone knows the the words and sings and bops along. Aussie classic.
Paul Kelly songs are a part of Australia's DNA. They are not only a reflection of Australian culture at that time but an essential part of it. Three songs that immediately come to mind are "Before Too Long", "To Her Door", and "Leaps and Bounds".
I was more into bands like Depeche Mode, The Cure, and Duran Duran at the time so I didn't ever really think about his music. It was just songs that I heard on the radio all of the time. I appreciate his talent a lot more in retrospect. His songs feel incredibly nostalgic to me.
“From little big things grow” is another amazing Paul Kelly song
Motorhead fan here, also enjoy a bit of Paul Kelly. So...that's 1.
Glad you've experienced this Paul Kelly classic! It was a big hit in the 80s. He's such a great storyteller. I'm similarly puzzled by the keyboard player's garb. Maybe he had a side gig as an accountant? 😂 Best track to check out next: To Her Door. Masterful storytelling.
I'll check it out!
Love Paul Kelly!! Anything he does is well worth a listen, To her door is a favourite of mine . Thanks for adding this one
Thanks for listening
Paul Kelly has many different faces and they are all brilliant.
Here's a few songs to try,
Leaps and bounds
Darling it hurts
Before too long.
Keep up the great work guys ✌️
You guys always make me laugh. It's like watching a comedy show. Paul Kelly has lots of great tracks for you to discover .
To Her Door
From Little Things
Deeper Water...
Before Too Long
My favs are "Careless" and "Every Fucking City" (about back packing in Europe so you guys might appreciate that). On a darker note "If I could start today again" or "Everything is turning to white"
He was wearing the tie ironically. I think I had a similar shirt and tie when I started working in 1979!
One of Paul Kelly's lyrically brilliant songs is 'Deeper Water'. It's a song writing masterclass.
Where to start - 28 studio albums, 63 singles & a bunch of EPs- and some of his best songs are just album tracks.
Just pick any & it will be good.
To her Door. Without doubt.
Sweet Guy, To her door, and "Before too long" are my favourites. All worth looking at.
Leaps and bounds was o e of his biggest hits along with "To Her Door"., " Darling It Hurts" the list is endless he is Australia's Poet Laureate and a living national treasure.
My favourite Paul Kelly song! Thank you so much for reacting to this Aussie classic.Next would have to be To Her Door.
Paul Kelly's songs are so relateable to so many everyman/woman people of all situations and backgrounds and shared experiences throughout most lives but from different view points or nuanced differenty.
The biggest overall nuance is that of being out of Australia and recognising our own familiar culture, situations, landscapes and streetscapes ringing through the whole of it. I feel it is because the friendly, observant man himself has been able to personally relate to the many people he has encountered in his travels and locations in which he has lived. Also being a good listener, he can relate situations other people have lived and either suffered or laughed through. He can even tell a story from a woman's point of view. I THINK I heard him say that, in an interview at one time, that he didn't mind being a man singing songs from a woman's viewpoint....and I say, because he gets it right, women love to hear them.
So my suggestion for a highly emotive and wildly vocal and instrumental performance is the rendition of SWEET GUY.
One of my personal faves from Paul is 'Nothing on my mind' from his 97 album Words and Music.
From St.Kilda to King Cross, Bradman, Leaps and Bounds, before too long, Too her door….. just some of his great songs…. And has written for others as well.
Great Lyrics......"..melted wax to fix my wings.."..........Let's do it again !
Bloody fantastic 💕💕
To Her Door.... another of Paul Kelly's great stories
The first time I saw Paul Kelly was when he was with the Dots and support for Dire Straits on their Making Movies album tour at the Regent Theatre on George Street in Sydney in March 1981. That was the highpoint of Dire Straits and the beginning of the greatness of Paul Kelly.
Paul kelly has got a catalogue of great songs . Enough for a couple of paul kelly weeks.
I’d like you to do “from little things big things grow”.
Is your Overkill week coming up during the reaction to Dumb Things coincidence?
arh stuff it, go for it guys!
Paul Kelly does pop, rock, folk, but has also recorded an album of Bluegrass music, an album of great poems set to orchestral music, and an albums based on Shakespeare's sonnets. There is also live album with Tim Finn of Crowded House where they sing each others songs. He's also published an anthology of his personal favourite poems. Just does whatever he likes really.
I believe this performance was at the Palais Theatre St Kilda from the final recording of the TV quiz show Rock Wizz
Filmed at the Empire Theatre, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia on 9/20/2007
I feel a Paul Kelly week is due. Lots of gems.
Love love love ‘Before Too Long’ and the original video clip really adds to it.
I’ve learned that every company needs their unique selling point: Overkill-overkill. This is definitely one. And I’d love to hear more Paul Kelly songs, because I loved all tracks so far (the musicians more than the song itself in this case)
To her door is another great track and so is Careless
My favourite is Deeper Water. I love how he goes about the cycle of life from baby to adulthood and then starts again
Hope to check it out
Need to check out Winter Coat by Mr Kelly. Very emotive.
Another one worth having a listen to is Everything is Turning to White.....haunting.
"They thought I was asleep" is another Paul Kelly classic about his father informing his mother he had been diagnosed with Parkinson disease when Paul was just 13. Another song that fills the eyes with tears.
How tragic. Tough subject
Thanks gents, I've been waiting for you to react to Dumb Things. Its such a classic. And yes its a great song to blast out while you're driving. I highly recommend To Her Door. Other great Paul Kelly songs are Love Never Runs On Time, Before too Long and They thought I was asleep.
This will sound like a broken record by now guys.... " To Her Door" ! And I'll also vote for a PK week, not overkill at all for our Living National Treasure. Cheers from Oz. 🙂
I couldn't get the part of the chorus "I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings" when I first heard this back when it was released. The original has the harmonica at the beginning. Here he uses hi svoice to perform that part. Paul Kelly is one of Australia's best story tellers.
You lads seem to be loving the 70's/80's Aussie pub rock. Give the Hunters and Collectors a go too. "Say Goodbye" & "When The River Runs Dry" are my favourites. "Say Goodbye" has a line that only a bunch of drunk Aussie blokes in a pub could scream "You don't make me feel like i"m a women anymore" hah!
Love the show lads. Keep going to the 100k.
I highly recommend two less upbeat but masterful and quintessential Paul Kelly songs, When I First Met Your Ma and Everything's Turning to White. The first is a gorgeous song about the all-engulfing rush of finding the love of your life juxtaposed with the sentiment of how that love can disappear. It was written for his son to explain his parents' divorce, but is still yet a beautiful love song. The second is based on Raymond Carver's short story "So Much Water So Close to Home" (also a lyrical refrain in the song) and is gut-wrenching and haunting.
This is my favourite Paul Kelly number after Billy Baxter his Ska venture from the early eighties
i too have done most dumb things , much love .
Hey guys , luv the Paul Kelly reactions try “ from little things big things grow “ 👍
Don’t Stand So Close to the Window is another classic Paul Kelly song ❤
"To Her Door" is my pick of songs by Paul Kelly. Im sure you wont be disappointed.
"To her door" is his biggest song next to gravy. A classic Kelly song. Quite a few other essentials but To her door is number one.
Late to the party but love Paul. So much water so close to home is another great track worth checking out the story is so good it’s been made into a movie
I love motorhead RIP Lem, Phil and Ed.....
And I love Paul Kelly.....
👍🤘
Like everyone else has said, has to be 'To Her Door'. PK has stated that he sees the protagonist in To Her Door to be Joe, the same protagonist who's writing the letter home from prison in How To Make Gravy.
Again reiterating many others, with a few extra favourites of mine:
From Little Things, Big Things Grow - this is his most Dylan-esque in my opinion, his version of a protest song, an important song to Australians.
Meet Me in The Middle of The Air - beautiful a cappella, reminds me of James Taylor's That Lonesome Road
Darling it Hurts - another good upbeat track
Sydney from a 747 - just a great track
Leaps and Bounds - will always be a favourite of Melburnians, very specific local references
Every F**king City - the Aussie backpacking classic, just fun.
From St Kilda to Kings Cross
Before Too Long
To Her Door
From Little Things Big Things Grow
Leaps and Bounds
Yep spot on
This song featured on that movie with John Travolta in it : Look who's Talking.
I love “Randwick Bells” by Paul Kelly. Jimmy Little did a great cover of it too. 😉
Go for To Her Door, Australia will be singing along. I love Cameron Bruce's ties. ☮️
The best singer songwriter Australia has produced and one of the very best world wide
Paul Kelly up there with Nick Cave with songwriting
Great track by Paul Kelly. Thank you. Please play the video of To Her Door..the original video is full of Australian references and tells the story of the song very well.
There's a heap of Paul Kelly. There was Paul Kelly and the Dots, Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls and just Paul Kelly. He's a gem, anything you go with Paul Kelly is fantastic. My favourites are probably 'To her Door' and 'Before to Long' and the BEST imho SWEET GUY.
Here’s 5 bands that each did a studio cover of ‘Overkill’.
Metallica
Overkill
Grave Digger
Vader
My Funeral
Ohhh thanks
you gotta look into - about a decade before Paul Kelly ....there was Richard Clapton - another great aussie songwriter ........and that keyboard player - obviously had lessons from the keyboardist in Lancelot Link and Evolution Revolution 😁
One of my favorite Paul Kelly tracks! You should definitely do a PK week - so many great songs to choose from, including some great collaborations.
Will do!
Paul Kelly is our Bob Dylan. Fantastic song writer. He brings so much to the table so to speak. And this track is bloody brilliant. Thanks for your reaction. Great work as always Gents.
Thanks for listening
So many great ideas in these comments. Paul Kelly week, please. Great reaction.
Coming soon!
Careless, To her door & From little things big things grow.
Think you guys would really like ‘Careless’(live).
Leaps and Bounds is his stand out track to me. if Paul Kelly covered Overkill it probably would have been called Roadkill.
kellys best song. midnight rain
Such a great great song. So simple , so emotive.
Meet Me In The Middle Of The Air (I played this at my mums funeral)
From Little Things Big Things Grow
To Her Door, Leaps & Bounds, From Little Things Big Things Grow.
Such a great song writer.
Definitely listen to "If I could Start Today Again", "Can't Fake It" and "About To Break" the versatility of this guy is phenomenal.
To her door definitely amongst others
All the usual … To Her Door, Before Too Long, From Little Things Big Things Grow, Leaps and Bounds … All great.
Also listen to “Bradman”. An Aussie legend singing about an Aussie legend!
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Great work again guys.
This is a beauty as well:
“If I Could Start Today Again”
Paul Kelly
Not sure if you’ve done a reaction to “Hunters & Collectors,” …. noiseworks, sonnyboys, hilltop hoods, Australian crawl, Daryl braithwaite (sherbet), choirboys, are some goodies as well.
Though it’s incredible the amount of ground you both have covered ⁉️👏👏👏
Pual Kelly, ghost town, Dumb Things, If I Could Start Today Again, Forty Miles to Saturday Night, your lovin is on my mind, Careless How to make gravy, Deeper Water !!!!!
Awesome to do this - the one thing the live version lacks compared to the studio recording is the harmonica - its just electric :)
Thanks for this fellas, but TBH this version is not quite up there with the studio version. Still great but.
If you like his more 'pop' stuff, 'Darling it hurts' is a great banger with a very dark theme. Well worth a listen. And if you play Leaps and Bounds, you'll have every expat Melburnian in tears.
Btw, the drummer is the great Peter 'Lucky' Luscombe.
Thanks for the info
'...and way up high, the clock on the silo says eleven degrees'.
I remember everything.
This is a great song in its context. It was on the soundtrack for the Yahoo Serious movie "Young Einstein". The song worked really well with the theme of the movie and captured Yahoo Serious' character perfectly. I'm not sure that the song would be as popular without that soundtrack connection.
Paul Kelly has a large catalogue and is a fine songwriter and performer. However, to be honest, Kelly isn't my cup of tea. I totally respect what he does, and he has some wonderful and important songs, he is a much-loved Australian icon. But in truth, I have never been motivated to buy one of his albums (that's un-Australian).
I think the Overkill week is a ripper idea. I am not so strong on the Overkill cover week though; I don't know if you would find five quality covers of the song to make an effective week.
Keep the good stuff coming.
Sheesh Len, go buy Songs From the South (greatest hits) play it, and then realise you know and do in fact enjoy all of those songs. And I think there's a reasonable number of us who knew this song without having seen the movie, it was a great soundtrack though! No pressure really on what you like and don't, it just makes me feel like you're missing out.
@@christhecurator Chris, I have come to appreciate Paul Kelly as my musical tastes have become more mature and more expansive. However, when I was younger apart from "To Her door", I was never really taken on a journey by him. Most likely it had something to do with my friends never being into his music either. We are, after all, a product of our environment.
If it helps, I do like a good chunk of his music now, but still don't own an album. As I said, I recognise his artistry and sublime songwriting, but sometimes I find his diction and nasal twang a bit much for me. If I have to listen too hard for what is being sung, I tend to zone out a little.
My recommendations for Paul Kelly:
Deeper Water (which I believe you already did?)
Darling It Hurts
Sweet Guy
Love Never Runs On Time
There’s a couple of ideas
Lovin' the popped collar ... 😉
you need to hear "from little things big things grow" completely different to what you have heard but still essential paul kelly
Ok, Paul Kelly tunes to give a good overview!! Everything's Turning To White, Bradman, Deeper Water, From Little Things Big Things Grow, Our Sunshine, Every F@#king City, I could go on and on!! You have done artist weeks, you could do a Paul Kelly month, and still barely scratch the surface of his talent!!
I’m an Australian who loves Motörhead and Paul Kelly. Both Paul Kellys if you include the AFL player from the Sydney Swans.
"To her Door" was a hit or "before to long "