Australia’s response to Neil Finn and Paul Kelly’s DVD release of their critically acclaimed , sold out concert tour ‘Goin’ Your Way’ has been nothing short of overwhelming as the release has debuted at #1 in the ARIA DVD chart with the audio album coming in at #5 in the ARIA album chart.
In early 2013, Neil Finn and Paul Kelly – two of the best songwriters of their generation –– put together a concert tour that was in every sense the live music highlight of 2013. Kelly and Finn delved into each other’s catalogues rummaging around for their favourite tunes; trying new things on songs that had become part of the nation’s fabric. The unique tour has been recognised by ARIA with a nomination for ‘Best Australian Live Act’ at this year’s ARIA Awards.
The tour kicked off on February 16 with a 7-night stand at the Palais in Melbourne and then romped around the country playing to 30,000 at the opening of the Adelaide Festival and finishing with 5 nights at the Sydney Opera House. More than 100,000 people came to the 21 sold-out shows.
“’Goin Your’ Way if your lengthy souvenir of the most wonderful tour of the year….” – Herald Sun
“…a beautiful marriage from two giants of song.” – The West Australian
“…two of the deepest and richest catalogues in one spot…” – The Sydney Morning Herald
“There’s wall-to-wall magic and goosebump moments here…” – Daily Telegraph
Recorded at the Sydney Opera House, Goin’ Your Way is a sublime meeting of talents, a once-in-a-lifetime reimagining of Australia’s favourite songs. Simply one of the greatest concert experiences of this century.Bob Clearmountain, known for his work with Bruce Springsteen and many others mixed the tapes while VMA-winning director Paul Goldman (Suburban Mayhem) directed the concert DVD. Their peers at the prestigious Helpmann Awards voted the event “Best Australian Contemporary Concert”.
Finn and Kelly have been friends since they first met in Melbourne in the early 1980s when they were both starting out in the vibrant Australian pub rock scene. In 1987, Neil invited Paul and his band the Messengers to support Crowded House on an American tour and their paths have crossed regularly since. In 2012, the idea of a joint tour was raised.
“We didn’t want this to be in any way a token romp through each other’s songs,” said Neil at the time. “We wanted to put the work and time into creating distinctive versions that are unique to this tour and are never going to sound the same again.”
“We’re different songwriters but there’s a lot of common ground,” said Paul. “We both like melody. We’re roughly from the same era. We’ve grown up listening to a lot of the same music. We both like pop music and probably both could sing a lot of Beatles songs.”
Potential set lists were exchanged via email. In late 2012, Paul and his guitarist Dan Kelly (who is also his nephew) flew to Auckland to play with Neil and his drummer Elroy Finn (who is also his son). When rehearsals moved to Melbourne, Zoe Hauptman joined the crew on acoustic and electric bass guitar and harmonies. As wish list of 50 songs became a ever-changing set list of about 35. The choice of material covered plenty of hits but also some personal favourites, new songs and a few surprises.
For more than two hours they explored the craft of song writing; swapping verses, rearranging songs and memorably taking over one of the others’ classics: Paul reinvented the Crowded House classic “Into Temptation” while Neil brought a stark new light onto Paul’s “(You Can Put Your) Shoes Under My Bed.”The band brought freshness to the material – rocking out “Distant Sun” and “Love Is the Law” or exploring the subtleties of “New Found Year” and “Private Universe”. The shows blended the hugely popular “To Her Door”, “Four Seasons In One Day”, “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, “Fall At Your Feet”, “How To Make Gravy”, “Leaps and Bounds”, “One Step Ahead” “Better Be Home Soon” “Deeper Water” “Before Too Long” with some more obscure tracks like “Sinner” or “Don’t Stand So Close to the Window” and finished with a version of “Words of Love” from Buddy Holly via The Beatles and a haunting rendition of “Moon River”.
The tour kicked off on February 16 with a 7-night stand at the Palais in Melbourne and then romped around the country playing to 30,000 at the opening of the Adelaide Festival and finishing with 5 nights at the Sydney Opera House. More than 100,000 people came to the 21 sold-out shows.
Goin’ Your Way – out on DVD, Blu-Ray, 2CD and Limited Edition Deluxe – Available Now
Goin’ Your Way (2CD)
CD1
1. Don’t Stand So Close To The Window
2. Four Seasons In One Day
3. Before Too Long
4. She Will Have Her Way
5. Not The Girl You Think You Are
6. For The Ages
7. Sinner
8. Won’t Give In
9. Careless
10. Leaps And Bounds
11. Only Talking Sense
12. New Found Year
13. Into Temptation
14. You Can Put Your Shoes Under My Bed
15. Private Universe
CD2
16. Dumb Things
17. One Step Ahead
18. Deeper Water
19. Better Be Home Soon
20. How To Make Gravy
21. Distant Sun
22. Winter Coat
23. Fall At Your Feet
24. To Her Door
25. Don’t Dream It’s Over
26. Message To My Girl
27. Love Is The Law
28. Words Of Love
29. Moon River
DVD and Blu-Ray
1 Introduction
2 Before Too Long
3 She Will Have Her Way
4 Not The Girl You Think You Are
5 For The Ages
6 Sinner
7 Won’t Give In
8 Careless
9 Leaps And Bounds
10 Into Temptation
11 You Can Put Your Shoes Under My Bed
12 Private Universe
13 Dumb Things
14 One Step Ahead
15 Deeper Water
16 Better Be Home Soon
17 How To Make Gravy
18 Distant Sun
19 Winter Coat
20 Fall At Your Feet
21 Love Is The Law
22 Message To My Girl
23 To Her Door
24 Don’t Dream It’s Over
25 Moon River
26 Words Of Love
DVD/Blu-Ray BONUS MATERIAL: Finn / Kelly : Orientation Day
Limited Edition Deluxe (2CD + DVD AND BLU-RAY + 54 page booklet, with exclusive tour artwork).
