2 posts tagged “paul kelly”

My husband knows that if he ever wants to butter me up, the best thing to do is to put a Paul Kelly CD on.  I haven't him perform live for years now but hope to again one of these days.  I just get too tired to go and see live music these days.

I am hoping to go and see a theatre show directed by his wife, Kaarin Fairfax, soon (at least I hope she is still his wife).  It is called Mums the Word 2 and is a follow up to another Mum's the Word show I saw when I was pregnant in 1999 (think Kaarin Fairfax directed that one too).  This one is about the trials and tribulations of being a parent to teenagers - something I feel is almost upon me even though Little Miss Hormonal still only 9! 

 

What are your top five break-up songs?
Submitted by gt.

 

Well it has been quite a long time since I have broken up with anyone so this is pretty much theoretical:

 

1.  Go Nancy!

 

 2. You tell him, Aretha!

3.  This one makes me think of those awful, long, drawn up break ups that some people seem to specialise in. 

 

 

4. And yes, I know this is corny but can't help feeling sad for Karen Carpenter. 

 

5.  And my fifth one (which i can't find a clip for) is Paul Kelly's "When I first met your ma".  I think the chorus is a bit of a give away that he is singing (to his child) about a relationship (with the child's mother) that didn't work out:

 

Love like a bird flies away
You'll find out the only way
Love like a bird flies away  

Ah ... how I love Paul Kelly ...