Live, May 1992

Kelly, Paul

Genre: music4me > Rock > Rock

Format: 2 CD

Released: Fri 21 Jan 2011

Catalogue Number: GAWD007

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Description:
Paul Kelly remains after 30-odd years at the forefront of music - Australia's most treasured songwriter and performer. With sales into the millions, his influence is felt beyond music into areas of social justice, politics and other spheres interwoven into Australian culture. UMA proudly welcomes Paul Kelly and looks forward to re-presenting (in this third and final of three batches) his valued, cherished catalogue; songs that have become unanimous unofficial national anthems.
Live, May 1992, recorded during two shows in his homeland of Australia (Perth and Melbourne), is simply Paul Kelly centre stage for nearly an hour and a half with just his voice, guitar, harmonica, and songs. In the studio, his band, the Messengers/Coloured Girls, were able to fill in the missing pieces and accentuate every little hook in Kelly's music, fleshing out his simple guitar and vocal. But because of the depth of the writing, his vignettes of life, love, and the underbelly of both have plenty of power on their own. And quite often he's actually able to use the limitations of a solo performance to his advantage, peeling away the veneer to the point where the words and melody are all that really matter. Tracks such as the stark and longing "Wintercoat," the Raymond Carver-inspired "Everything's Turning to White," and "From Little Things Big Things Grow"'s story of quiet rebellion actually gain from the stripped-down setting.
It's a testament to the strength of the material that, while Kelly rarely varies from a slow to midtempo strum on the guitar and doesn't really lighten things up with between-song banter, he's able to hold your attention for the better part of the 22 songs and 80-plus minutes.

Track Listing:

Disk 1
1.	Foggy Highway
2.	To Her Door
3.	Wintercoat
4.	Taught By Experts
5.	From Little Things Big Things Grow
6.	I Can't Believe We Were Married
7.	Until Death Do Them Part
8.	Same Old Walk
9.	Don't Explain
10.	Stupid Song
11.	Brand New Ways
Disk 2
1.	Stories Of Me
2.	Everything's Turning To White
3.	Dumb Things
4.	Just Like Animals
5.	Keep It To Yourself
6.	I Won't Be Your Dog Anymore
7.	I Was Hoping You'd Say That
8.	Careless
9.	Invisible Me
10.	When I First Met Your Ma