Cultural depictions of Ned Kelly a "significant respect for authority". Former criminal and celebrity Chopper Read produced numerous paintings of Ned Kelly, alluding directly to Sidney Nolan's imagery. One of Read's paintings features Kelly with a woman's breasts. He explained that "it relates to the fact that I think Kelly was a homosexual, ... I'm not really a fan of his. I'm tired of people calling me the modern-day Ned Kelly." However, Read compared himself with Kelly in some of his paintings. One such self-portrait titled "Tast Ful Old Criminal" ["sic"] was purchased amid controversy by the State Library of Victoria in 2003. "The Story
Ned Kelly (soundtrack) Ned Kelly (soundtrack) Ned Kelly is the score to the 1970 film about the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. It features music written by Shel Silverstein, produced by Ron Haffkine and performed by Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Ghent, and a solo track by Mick Jagger, who played the title character. The album was originally issued by United Artists Records in 1970 as UAS-5213 but reissued in 1974 as UA-LA300G. The album and the film contain music unique to each other. Rykodisc reissued this album in 1997, with added dialogue from the movie and multimedia files. Side 1 Side 2 Note: