Paul Kelly: Darling it Hurts (Damn he is good!): Reaction

[@taniaPBear]

Paul Kelly is legendary here, but I don't think he was widely understood overseas. He was so quintessentially Australian in his storytelling. He wrote stories for the people, his voice was never 'technically' great, but it was absolutely perfect for what he did, conveying the emotion and the feeling, which is all you need. Anyway guys, thanks so much, can't wait for more, love ya! ❤

[@dylanking1895]

My late brother would have been 40 today, when we were kids Paul Kelly would blast through my father’s huge Marantz stereo that he got out of a movie theatre from the early 80’s. Paul Kelly exists in some of my earliest memories. I Just sat down after a long day, cracked a beer and this popped up. It was like my big brother saying cheers from wherever he is now.

[@TheThamesmen]

Sending love.

[@bundy10409]

I love PK. He has a huge catalogue of songs. I'm not surprised Chris found it hard to narrow it down to 6 tracks. I'm looking forward to PK week.

[@davidburnett93]

I can't wait for Paul Kelly week in the next soon

[@tetleyT]

National treasure!

[@MrParksies]

Great live footage. Classic 80's pub gig. Nice.

[@TheThamesmen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

Loved the energy of the live version. Reminded me that so many Aussie bands/artists sound as good or much better live than produced. It’s especially noticeable with Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham. It’s like the Aussie studios over produced them, editing them down into a commercial blandness that did them no justice, and weren’t as catchy or emotional either. As you all might be aware by now, that’s the effect of the ‘pub’ in pub rock. There wasn’t such a huge star system in Australia that found musical talents young and signed them up singing/playing other people’s music on produced records straight away. Instead the vast majority of Aussie artists pulled themselves together and launched on the live pub music circuit, playing an evening for a few hundred dollars. Live music was pretty much the only game in town. Hell,, back in the 50’s radios refused to play Australian music on the radio, the ‘cultural cringe’ was so pervasive. English and ‘American music dominates our commercial radios to this day.

[@jemxs]

Brilliant PK! Especially like the live performance.. just makes it even better.

[@Teamcashola]

'Darling it hurts to see you down Darlinghurst tonight' is a great play on words, as Darlinghurst is a Red light area of Sydney.

[@stevelever83]

Yep, street walking on Darlinghurst Rd, the main drag through Kings Cross, for drug money.

[@ronheaps6499]

Classic kick arse ditty from Mr Kelly.. my favourite.

[@almango873]

It will be interesting to see what songs end up on Paul Kelly week. He has so many good songs.

[@lencooke944]

I can't believe that this song only made it to 25 here in Oz. Staggering to me, as it is one of his songs that I know best (I'm probably going to say that throughout the Kelly week haha). I can't say that Paul Kelly was a soundtrack of my life as I have only come to truly appreciate him in the last 10 years of so. As such, I am really looking forward to seeing which way Chris goes in his song selection, as PK has some amazing songs which would make this week hard to put together; which songs make the cut, and which don't. I can't wait to see. Oh, I also loved seeing a studio cut and a live performance in the one video. I love it when channels do this as it is what I do when I am listening to new music. First, I listen to the studio version and then I will track down a live performance if there is one. I find this lets me know if they are fair dinkum or not.

[@mals4125]

I don't envy Chris trying to find 1 week's worth of songs from the hundreds of brilliantly written tunes he's recorded. I certainly hope 'Everything is turning to White' , 'Every F**king City' and 'Behind the Bowlers Arm' can find their way in there. Good Luck Chris.

[@TheThamesmen]

No it’s decent footage

[@kimhughes-anderson6350]

Forty Miles to Saturday Night is one of my classic road trip songs ❤

[@lbd-po7cl]

Paul Kelly week! Bring it on, mate!!👍👍

[@TheThamesmen]

That's the plan!

[@simonmartin3864]

Hey guys, love your channel. Not sure you understand, if Australia had a National Poet Laureate as other Countries do, it would be Paul. His breadth of work is astonishing. A reaction channel to Paul alone would be a killer. Think I am missing something here! Please keep enjoying your journey with Paul.

[@TheThamesmen]

✌️

[@BrianR.]

Looking forward to discovering this music.

[@flor9389]

This showed me a new side of him and it was great!

[@arconeagain]

Still kicking myself for missing that wedding. Was talking about Paul just the other day.

[@danielflack7902]

I was only liatening to Paul, today in the car. A song called Everything's turning to white, it's such an of topic song, but it gets you in the emotionals, everytime you listen to it. I encourage you to have a listen, he is a master of story telling.

[@lesliedavis2185]

One of my favourite songs

[@almango873]

A song written from a female perspective. Paul did more than one like this and didn't seem to have a problem being a male and singing them.

[@sean---the-other-one]

Paul’s songs often had the music as a simple backdrop to the lyrics. I like this one for its reverse where it’s much more of the instrumentation and delivery that’s the focus. I’m sure his band always looked forward to this one in the set.

[@fender282]

PK is one of Oz's great balladeers .. up there with Banjo Patterson and Henry Lawson!

[@tazgecko]

100% One of our great songwriters, if not the greatest. Everyone down here knows a Paul Kelly song.

[@mitchellbeston1033]

He's a different live act. He cracks jokes, tell stories, and in between he sings the odd song. He reminds me a lot of Colin Hay, and not surprisingly, both are two of my favourite songwriters and vocalists. Check out Colin's "My Briiliant Feat" which is a tribute to George Best.

[@lawrencekelli]

Love this Paul Kelly song.

[@professornuke7562]

According to my copy of the album, this is called Darlinghurst Darling. I saw him play this at the Baxter Tavern when Connolly was still alive. Paul introduced it as that too. Connolly is probably my favourite guitar player. The solo from Leaps and Bounds sends your heart out there. Side note....Connolly was my boss' high school mate.....he even went out with his sister! Not sure how that ended.

[@christhecurator]

Interesting, I've never seen it listed as that, must be a very, very early pressing of Gossip. Paul took the name from a piece of graffiti, so Darlinghurst Darling could not have lasted long! I agree about Connolly, absolutely saw what was needed for a song and put it in place.

[@Dingo-aroo]

Saw him live, mid to late 80s at the Collendina pub.

[@iceberg5220]

Thanks Fellas, that was great !

[@TheThamesmen]

Our pleasure!

[@lesliedavis2185]

Aah Paul Kelly, big fan here, he is wonderful live. Seen him quite a bit. As others have said he has been our poet, and described so many things that have meant something to us. And yeah it will be hard to pick just 6.

[@amandacheevers9678]

Well this has wet my appetite I've been anticipating the arrival of PK week. Getting closer all the time, much excite

[@phoenixgreen9047]

Do you mean... "whet" your appetite ?

[@rickfairman5640]

On those two songs it takes me back to the fifties early 60k s heard a little Everly brothers that era.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

never noticed it before but the lyrics are clever - down Darlinghurst tonight I remember seeing Paul Kelly and the Dots and Split Enz at the same venue and they both played I See Red/ Great days.

[@malcolmrayner3480]

We in Australia had a crucible that forged bands that could play and hold a room, called the PUB ROCK circuit.

[@paulnicholls3377]

So true Malcolm. And nobody wanted to hear covers bands back then. If you weren't playing originals no-one would bother.

[@davidnelson6874]

The Messengers were a really great band. I saw Paul long after the Messengers and wish I could have caught them.

[@andieslandies]

Thanks for this video! I love this song but always wondered what it was about. I can't wait for Paul Kelly week, I love Chris's curated work (I'd really like to make one request? If "From Little Things Big Things Grow" is on the list, please include the full version of "Gurindji Blues" as a bonus track even though it's not by Paul Kelly).

[@TheThamesmen]

Chris is fab. We love him.

[@stevep2430]

George, what you trying to put your finger on about Aussie music, is that it always has that raw edge. When you guys were talking about dyslexia, I am positive that my key board has dyslexia and it can't spell most of the time.

[@TheThamesmen]

Ha ha

[@pauloverbeeke2352]

And now it's time for something totally different :) The Endshow | Defqon.1 Weekend Festival 2022. Yes, Dutch, yes every year, contains "some" Fireworks ! and Yes there's more !

[@digimont]

Reminds me of all that classic grafitti.... Dyslexia Rules KO, Dyslexia Lures, Dyslexics of the world untie!

[@TheThamesmen]

Ha ha

[@colinclark7180]

G'day fellas. I can't find on Spotify one of my favourite Paul Kelly songs, "Roll on Summer, Roll on". If anyone could find it, it would have to be your mate Chris. Could you ask him to do a bit of delving and if successful show it on your reaction show please. It's a great song and captures the Aussie summer perfectly. Also, thanks for your always entertaining show. Cheers

[@kathyconway5327]

It is on KZbin but it was never released on an album.

[@colinclark7180]

Thanks

[@FrothNinja]

That is more the period of Paul Kelly I know, when he was Paul Kelly And The Messengers - and the Dots before then (when I was in high school and he has to have still been a teenager)

[@barbararees604]

Good choice Chris, hope I catch the PK special and I hope you included Billy Baxter in the mix (If the guys haven't already heard it), always my favourite and first one of his I heard.

[@donna25871]

Paul Kelly is our Bob Dylan.

[@brianparsa7794]

Top 20 single here in the U.S. in 1986?! I have absolutely no memory of that song, but as a relatively young university student at that time, I was not listening to pop music. Decent song, but I didn't care for the keyboards; they made it sound like we are visiting a circus. Very much looking forward to the curated week!

[@christhecurator]

Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on him Brian!

[@malcolmrayner3480]

Mr Luscombe on the pig skins has been there since the beginning, he also is the drummer on RokWiz

[@christhecurator]

Sorry, Lucky didn't join him til 1995, but has been with him ever since.

[@FrothNinja]

Kinda hoping you Reckless by Paul Kelly and The Messengers in your curated week. It's a cover of a classic Australian Crawl song but he changes the feel - and makes the lyrics more prominent

[@rossschabe8109]

Very popular in Europe

[@rmw250]

Great Aussie music. Love it 🎵

[@TheThamesmen]

Thanks for listening

[@mikeschenk4730]

At the very least Alex put himself down before disparaging the disabled man who climbed Everest. Paul Kelly week sounds incredible. The curated weeks are where you guys mostly stay on script right? ;) That first track was a great, driving rock song. It doesn't need a lot of frills to sound really good.

[@TheThamesmen]

Ha ha

[@robinakym2356]

❤

[@iankearns774]

Early Kelly would be with the Dots, songs like Billy Baxter and Alive and well. 1981- 82 I think.

[@scottie55]

You know what they say Alex, "When life gives you melons, you're dyslexic".

[@TheThamesmen]

Ha ha. My is that the worlds your lobster.

[@rickfairman5640]

It would be interesting to combine with Ronnie Hawkins in a raunchy hotel bar just kicking ass

[@jayjayjase9796]

Well fook me. I was literally listening to this today in the car on the way home.

[@TheThamesmen]

We know. We bug you. We did this to freak you out. Look above the fridge. That’s a cam

[@jayjayjase9796]

I knew it. I've just moved it to the toilet. Happy viewing.

[@roostersbays95]

PK , a few beers , chuff , a bit of slim dusty ....graet night

[@TheThamesmen]

Sounds perfect!

[@seanlynch1185]

Never heard Paul sing so bad live - pity.

[@cmore7465]

HAahah better have Bradman and Every Fucking City in there if ya want the full deck

[@steveowen3407]

Bradman is an absolute epic!

[@reallyoldskeptic]

You two have the best job in the world - discovering Australian songs that free the soul! Legend! Umm - "Southern River Band" - just saying...

[@christhecurator]

Look back about 2 months! 😉

[@TheThamesmen]

Not paid :).

[@robrichards585]

Probs going to upset some peeps but I think the ‘screaming jets’ version is far superior 🤷‍♂️

[@professornuke7562]

Yeah....get lost mate! ;-) No Steve Connolly on that. Nothing wrong with the Jets by the way! I'm a big fan of Nick Cave, but I prefer the Screaming Jets version of Shivers to that oversung, tortured version by The Boys Next Door!

[@robrichards585]

@professornuke, I have never the version by boys next door

[@dennispower5362]

SHOULD HAVE A AUSSIE 2MONTHS.say no more ☮️🇦🇺🥗

[@wilks6]

You could do a Paul Kelly year and not run out of tracks

[@seanlynch1185]

Poor Ronnie Barker had all kinds of speech impediments and look what he achieved.

[@ronthornton3466]

What are you talking about.

[@TheThamesmen]

Your mum mostly.

[@ronthornton3466]

Well she's dead so it could be your sister

[@kirkgannaway5098]

Dyslexia a word Dyslexics' can't spell and spell check hates me