Working For A Living - Popproperly

John from here in Brisbane has ripped and uploaded this rare
and fantastic piece of Brisbane's musical history.
Popproperly are a name I haven't heard in such a long time,
I'm sure I saw them somewhere, the Maleny folk festival is
a possibility. I love the story of how John came to know this
band and have to tell that I saw Bob Geldolf play in the car
park at Dooley's many years ago, a great time indeed.
Many thanks John for bringing this back to life.


I discovered Popproperly by accident.
One Sunday afternoon in the very early 90's
I was bored so I decided to try and find some music
to listen to. I had thought that Jazz would be the go,
no complaints there as I like jazz, but instead I ended
up at Dooley's Hotel in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley
and got the shock of my life to find a well packed Irish
bar with a slate floor thick with split Guinness and
a slightly Pogues sounding band thrashing it out to the
dancing crowd. I watched a great folk/bush/pop band
playing a mix of covers and self written material having
a great time and the crowd also downing beer and
dancing and singing along. I was hooked and made sure
that I went every Sunday afternoon whenever I could.
Later I got chatting to a band member, sorry no memory
who, and he told me that the band had had it's genesis during
Expo 88 as side walk balladeers and had been at Dooley's
for a good while.I have no memory of how much longer
Popproperly played their residency, it is a long time ago
and many a brain cell has been fried, but in the end it did
sadly end. They went on to make a couple of albums and
tour Europe with a very different lineup than the one that
had the Sunday residency.
This EP was sold at Dooley's and contained their signature
tune of the time, Working For A Living.
A terrific song live that had the crowd dancing, singing
and drinking. Great times. Please enjoy a rare EP from one
of Brisbane's better but sadly unknown folk bands.

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