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at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,
if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,
look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."
(Slim Dusty)
Show 145
It's
the Paul Kelly show!
Paul
Kelly turned 70 this year - 70 is the new 40, don't you know. His
birthday is January 13, he was born in 1955 in Adelaide in South
Australia.
According
to online sources, he has produced 28 albums, 4 EPs, 6 concert
albums, and 68 singles. And that doesn't count all the songs he's
written for other artists. We have an hour to cover all that - wish
us luck.
Houndstooth
Dress - from the album Fever Longing Still, which came out in
November 2024. When we started this show it was his most recent album
but, as you'll hear, things change. FYI, we are reliably informed
that the title "Fever Longing Still" is taken from from
Bill Shakespeare's Sonnet 147, "My love is as a fever, longing
still."
Rising
Moon - ,from the album Life Is Fine, a 2017 release. Featuring Vika
and Linda Bull on harmony vocals.
Careless
- from his 1989 album So Much Water So Close To Home, with his band
the Messengers, formerly known as the Coloured Girls. Another
literary nod, the album title and it's title song come from a short
story of the same name by American writer Raymond Carver.
Ball
And Chain - from the album Wanted Man, a 1994 release.
Seeing
Is Believing - a 1980 single from Paul Kelly and the Dots. That
band's first album, Talk, came out in 1981. This version from the
2016 compilation The Glory Days of Aussie Pub Rock, vol. 1.
From
St Kilda To Kings Cross - from the album Post, released in 1985, his
first as Paul Kelly with no band name attached. the song name-checks
some important stops along his musical journey.
Before
Too Long - from the 1986 album Gossip, the one that got him going,
the first with his greatest band, the Coloured Girls, featuring
guitarist Steve Connolly.
Dumb
Things - from the band's 1987 album Under The Sun.
Pouring
Petrol On A Burning Man - a 1990 single as the Messengers. This
version from a 1992 compilation, Hidden Things.
Paul
Kelly, songwriter
One
Blood - Yothu Yindi, the title track of their 1999 album, written by
Kelly and the members of the hugely influential First Nations band.
Difficult
Woman - Renee Geyer, the title track to her 1994 album. Kelly did his
own version on the 1995 album Deeper Water.
We've
Started A Fire - Vika and Linda, from their self-titled debut album,
a 1994 release. Kelly put out his own version in 1994 on the Wanted
Man album.
Special
Treatment - Uncle Bill, the title track to their 1998 album. Kelly
put it on the B-side of a 1989 single. The A-side was the song
Careless.
It's
Paul Kelly
Taught
By Experts - another song from his 2024 album Fever Longing Still
Rita
Wrote A Letter - an early single from his latest album, titled
Seventy - remember the birthday? - released November 7, 2025. It's a
sequel to his extremely popular 1998 song How To Make Gravy, which
has become an Australian Christmas-time classic.
Dom
Mariani and the Majestic Kelp provide our hello and goodbye and in
between musical bits.
