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This was performed by a virtual mass-orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, in acknowledgement of the long Melbourne lockdown, only now being relaxed.
This is the history of the song, & why/how Kelly wrote it. It was actually started by Paul Kelly & Chris Langman in 1977, but they only completed the chorus then!
The song was finished by Paul Kelly & released by Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls in 1986. This link has the original Music Video, with many old shots of Melbourne & the MCG.
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Watch the MSO perform Paul Kelly's 'Leaps and Bounds' with nearly 200 people
Paul Kelly's song 'Leaps and Bounds' is a magnificent, visceral love letter to Melbourne. Anyone who's lived in the city gets a shiver up their spine as Kelly s
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This is the history of the song, & why/how Kelly wrote it. It was actually started by Paul Kelly & Chris Langman in 1977, but they only completed the chorus then!
The song was finished by Paul Kelly & released by Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls in 1986. This link has the original Music Video, with many old shots of Melbourne & the MCG.
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