My Ballad Presentation
30 08 2006
I decided to put together a quick presentation about a ballad since everyone else is presenting one. So here it is.
Paul Kelly was born in Adelaide in 1955 but has called Melbourne home for many years. His early records were rock but has since made recording in the style of bluegrass, folk and country. He recorded his first albums with The Dots in 1981 and in the years since has recorded with The Coloured Girls, The Messengers, Uncle Bill and the Stormwater Boys.
He has written and recorded nineteen albums to date.
Paul Kelly has written and performed many iconic Australian ballads including To Her Door about a family in crisis, From Little Things Big Things Grow about the struggle for land rights, and Everything’s Turning to White which is a murder ballad/relationship song.
The song I am presenting is a quick ballad called I Was Hoping You’d Say That and it is a boy meets girl story. Like so many of Paul Kelly’s songs it is both funny and, in it’s own way, touching. This song was first released on the Paul Kelly Live May 1992 double album. Years later a studio version of this song was released as a B-side on a single that came free with the Weekend Australian newspaper. Anyhow here is the live version for you.
