Paul Kelly is Australian Dylan and very sympathetic to the Aboriginal cause. The story told here was a landmark win for indigenous land rights. The man pouring a handful of sand into Vincent Lingiari’s hands in the reformist Prime Minister of the 70s, Gough Whitlam. However, there’s still a long way to go for Aboriginal recognition. I recommend Ziggy Ramo’s response. Paul Kelly lends his voice to that too
Lord Vesty was a property owner who amongst other things owned a large rural property. At the time they employed Aboriginal stockmen for very low wages and rations for their families. Vincent Lingari lead a walk off in response to the wages but asking that as an Aboriginal his forbears had illegally been kicked off the land. He waned land rights. He led a walk off. The song says what happened. The tall man who pours the sand through his hand is Gough Whitlam one of Australia's great Prime Ministers. The pouring of the sand was a symbol of transfer of ownership. Lingari was a true Australian hero
Gough Whitlam signed the Lima agreement, that was not common knowledge back then. That doomed two generations of Australian people an inability to find regular work and doomed us to generations of cheap asian imports. That truth tarnishes his name quite a bit in my book.
@@tomfrombrunswick7571 Please mate put the ice pipe down, you obviously werent looking for work as I was in 1982 when there was no work around so you have no idea how tough things were, Australia is no powerhouse and we never will be because of people such as yourself parasiting off the taxpayers.. We were the "lucky country" in the mid 80's for awhile until Keating told us to tighten our belts for the recession we had to have. We have all been skating downhill ever since, of course you are from Brunswick. Leftist capital of Victoria, I am a few suburbs away in Heidelberg buddy, I know your type, chardonnay socialists with no real idea of how the world works. Uni degrees out the wazoo but never worked a hard days work in your life. I bet you are an academic, Am I right?
Paul Kelly is also known as PK. He can tell a story in his songs. Gravy Day is 21st December because of his song, How to Make Gravy. That song now has a video about the pandemic, and being away from loved ones. However it originally tells the story of a man who can’t be with his family on Christmas Day due to being in prison, and the song is a letter that he writes to his family.
Paul Kelly is a national icon. He wrote an Australian classic "How to Make Gravy" which is a christmas song with a different twist back in the 90s. It became so popular December 21st is now know as "Gravy Day" is Oz. He has too many fantastic song to list.
If you want to blast back in time to some absolute top-shelf Aussie rock of the 1970s, then this live classic performance of Evie in all three parts from Stevie Wright will set your ears on fire man! ruclips.net/video/lPveBD6WWXc/видео.html@@deepcutsreactions7774
Paul Kelly is a legend - 100s of brilliant songs - definitely some politic ones amongst them. 'Everything is turning to white' is amazing - 'Bicentennial' great political song or more recently 'If not now'
Beautifull song, catchy and thought provoking. Described a momentous occasion beautifully. Yes Paul Kelly is a legend of Australian music, often described as Australia's Bob Dylan. Great story telling and fantastic folky rock.
Yes it does and he should definitely do that next. And I reckon the official video is the best - especially for someone outside of Australia coz you really get the feel of Yolngu people.
Perhaps stating the obvious but if you want politically oriented Oz. music....check out Midnight Oil. I'd also suggest early Cold Chisel ....more "class" based, blue collar a la Springsteen.
Yeah, I've got a couple of Midnight Oil songs lined out but I just haven't gotten there yet. I wanted to hear something besides their two big hits in the U.S. I don't have much of a clue as to politics in Australia. Although I do get a little bit from the Guardian We are pretty self-absorbed up here. At the moment, that's pretty reasonable considering we might be electing a fascist dictator as president.
@@peterdubois65Yes, the song continues to have a life and should add, that the song is a collaboration of PK with First Nation and country artist Kev Carmody.
Love Paul Kelly but again i don't like the politics of this song but Paul is one of Australia's greatest songwriters (great harp player too) and he's been performing for 5 decades. I'm going to throw "Everything's turning to white" at you because it shows off his story telling talent perfectly.
The tall man who poured the sand through Vincent's hand was our Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. 🎉🎉❤
Paul Kelly is Australian Dylan and very sympathetic to the Aboriginal cause.
The story told here was a landmark win for indigenous land rights. The man pouring a handful of sand into Vincent Lingiari’s hands in the reformist Prime Minister of the 70s, Gough Whitlam.
However, there’s still a long way to go for Aboriginal recognition. I recommend Ziggy Ramo’s response. Paul Kelly lends his voice to that too
I did play the Ziggy Ramo version a couple of weeks ago. Great stuff. ruclips.net/video/bfAAD1FDUKM/видео.html
Lord Vesty was a property owner who amongst other things owned a large rural property. At the time they employed Aboriginal stockmen for very low wages and rations for their families. Vincent Lingari lead a walk off in response to the wages but asking that as an Aboriginal his forbears had illegally been kicked off the land. He waned land rights. He led a walk off. The song says what happened. The tall man who pours the sand through his hand is Gough Whitlam one of Australia's great Prime Ministers. The pouring of the sand was a symbol of transfer of ownership. Lingari was a true Australian hero
Gough Whitlam signed the Lima agreement, that was not common knowledge back then. That doomed two generations of Australian people an inability to find regular work and doomed us to generations of cheap asian imports. That truth tarnishes his name quite a bit in my book.
@@iankearns774 Cheap Asian imports and the freeing of trade barriers has turned Australia into an economic power house.
@@tomfrombrunswick7571 Please mate put the ice pipe down, you obviously werent looking for work as I was in 1982 when there was no work around so you have no idea how tough things were, Australia is no powerhouse and we never will be because of people such as yourself parasiting off the taxpayers..
We were the "lucky country" in the mid 80's for awhile until Keating told us to tighten our belts for the recession we had to have.
We have all been skating downhill ever since, of course you are from Brunswick. Leftist capital of Victoria, I am a few suburbs away in Heidelberg buddy, I know your type, chardonnay socialists with no real idea of how the world works.
Uni degrees out the wazoo but never worked a hard days work in your life.
I bet you are an academic, Am I right?
Paul Kelly is also known as PK. He can tell a story in his songs. Gravy Day is 21st December because of his song, How to Make Gravy. That song now has a video about the pandemic, and being away from loved ones. However it originally tells the story of a man who can’t be with his family on Christmas Day due to being in prison, and the song is a letter that he writes to his family.
Paul Kelly is a national icon. He wrote an Australian classic "How to Make Gravy" which is a christmas song with a different twist back in the 90s. It became so popular December 21st is now know as "Gravy Day" is Oz. He has too many fantastic song to list.
Cool. Sounds like another rabbit hole I need to follow.
If you want to blast back in time to some absolute top-shelf Aussie rock of the 1970s, then this live classic performance of Evie in all three parts from Stevie Wright will set your ears on fire man!
ruclips.net/video/lPveBD6WWXc/видео.html@@deepcutsreactions7774
Paul Kelly is a legend - 100s of brilliant songs - definitely some politic ones amongst them.
'Everything is turning to white' is amazing - 'Bicentennial' great political song or more recently 'If not now'
Keep the Aussie songs coming. 👍 Paul Kelly is another legend.
Beautifull song, catchy and thought provoking. Described a momentous occasion beautifully. Yes Paul Kelly is a legend of Australian music, often described as Australia's Bob Dylan. Great story telling and fantastic folky rock.
I'm sooooooooooooo glad that you are exploring and appreciating Aussie music ! We have loads of it for you to hear and see. Keep it up !
Yothu Yindi - Treaty - speaks for itself
Yes it does and he should definitely do that next. And I reckon the official video is the best - especially for someone outside of Australia coz you really get the feel of Yolngu people.
Definitely worth checking out more Paul Kelly if you're so inclined. He is the Australian 'bard'. We love him dearly.❤
It's a huge union movement song, rightly so.
The handful of sand was to represent the land being handed back from the white man, back to the traditional owners.
Perhaps stating the obvious but if you want politically oriented Oz. music....check out Midnight Oil. I'd also suggest early Cold Chisel ....more "class" based, blue collar a la Springsteen.
Yeah, I've got a couple of Midnight Oil songs lined out but I just haven't gotten there yet. I wanted to hear something besides their two big hits in the U.S. I don't have much of a clue as to politics in Australia. Although I do get a little bit from the Guardian We are pretty self-absorbed up here. At the moment, that's pretty reasonable considering we might be electing a fascist dictator as president.
link to original video ruclips.net/video/6_ndC07C2qw/видео.html
Check out the later reinvention of this track by indigenous artist Ziggy Ramo - Little Things
@@peterdubois65Yes, the song continues to have a life and should add, that the song is a collaboration of PK with First Nation and country artist Kev Carmody.
Love Paul Kelly but again i don't like the politics of this song but Paul is one of Australia's greatest songwriters (great harp player too) and he's been performing for 5 decades. I'm going to throw "Everything's turning to white" at you because it shows off his story telling talent perfectly.