1) an Austral… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least nine artists with the name Paul Kelly:
1) an Australian singer-songwriter
2) an American film and TV composer
3) an American soul singer & songwriter
4) an Irish folk singer and songwriter
5) a member of British bands Birdie and East Village
6) a member of English rock band Northern Uproar
7) an English multi-instrumentalist for The Islanders
8) an American bass player
9) a member of The Martial Arts, BMX Bandits and How to Swim
1) Paul Kelly is an Australian singer-songwriter, based in Melbourne, and widely considered as an icon of Australian music. He has released music under his own name and as Paul Kelly and the Messengers, Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, and Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys. His output has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output comfortably straddles folk, rock, and even some country. His lyrics, simply and laconically voiced, have managed to speak to Australian experiences and history perhaps more broadly and directly than any other artist.
2) Paul Kelly is an American composer based in New York City. He is the talent that brings music to the world of film, TV, and advertising. He has been sought after by renowned directors, like Oliver Stone, for his blockbuster films, Savages, Any Given Sunday, Comandante and Oscar-Nominated short film Everything In This Country Must. Glowing reviews that Kelly has received, can be seen in the following from Thom Jurek, Soundings in Film, who say, “His moving sound constructions are full of emotions and moods — not all of them pleasant — and his takes on funk, rock, and blues are not journeyman, but those of a musician who takes these art forms seriously and seeks to represent them accurately in his utterances. Kelly may be a sketcher, but his sketches stand on their own outside the realm of the image,” and Frank O. Gutch Jr, Evolution In Film, who give glowing context to the work of Kelly in the following, “Paul Kelly knows what music is. He knows that it can be a setup, a climax, or an anticlimax. He knows the value of music applied to other media. More than that, he knows music. Not at all unlike a classical composer or even the rock band which plays beyond the fringe, he creates music for a reason.”
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3) Paul Kelly (born Paul Laurence Dunbar Kelly in Overtown, Miami, Florida, USA on 19 June 1940) is an American Soul singer, musician and producer. He is best known for the song "Stealing in the Name of the Lord", which was a hit in 1970. And in 1974 another hit with "Hooked, Hogtied & Collared" from the album with the same title. He also wrote "Personally", which has been widely-covered, and was a hit for soul singer Jackie Moore, as well as country singers Karla Bonoff and Ronnie McDowell. Other songs have been covered by gospel artists, including The Mighty Clouds Of Joy and The Staple Singers.
4) Paul Kelly (born 1957 in Dublin) is an Irish folk singer and songwriter. He has played Irish traditional music, bluegrass and country, and is equally at home in a variety of different styles of music.
5) Paul Kelly is a British member of Birdie and East Village
6) Paul Kelly is a member of English rock band Northern Uproar
7) Paul Kelly is an English multi-instrumentalist for The Islanders
8) Paul Kelly is an American bass player
9) a member of The Martial Arts, BMX Bandits and How to Swim
Everything's Turning to White
Paul Kelly Lyrics
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To the mountains with three friends
They took provisions and bottles of bourbon
To last them all through the weekend
One hundred miles they drove
Just to fish in a stream
And there's so much water, so close to home
They set up their camp quickly
Warmed up with whiskey, they walked to the river
Where the water flowed past darkly
In the moonlight they saw the body
Of a girl floating face down
And there's so much water, so close to home
When he holds me now, I'm pretending
I feel like I'm frozen inside
And behind my eyes, my daily disguise
Everything's turning to white
It was too hard to tell how long she'd been dead
The river was that close to freezing
But one thing for sure
The girl hadn't died very well to judge from the bruising
They stood there above her all thinking
The same thoughts at the same time
There's so much water, so close to home
So this is what they did
They carried her downstream from their fishing
Between two smooth rocks, they gently wedged her
After all, it was late, and they'd come a long way
The girl would keep, she was going nowhere
They stayed up there fishing for two days
They reported it on Sunday when they came back down
There's so much water, so close to home
When he holds me now, I'm pretending
Nothing is working inside
And behind my eyes, my daily disguise
Everything's turning to white
The newspapers said that the girl had been strangled
To death and also molested
On the day of the funeral the radio reported
That a young man had been arrested
I went to the service a stranger
I drove past the lake out of town
There's so much water, so close to home
When he holds me now I'm pretending
I feel like I'm frozen inside
And behind my eyes, my daily disguise
Everything's turning to white
The lyrics to Paul Kelly's song 'Everything's Turning to White' narrate a chilling story of a group of men who discover the body of a young girl while on a fishing trip. The lyrics suggest that the group of men knowingly leave the girl's body and continue their weekend fishing trip, only reporting the incident when they return. The song beautifully captures the guilt and shame that the singer feels, even though she was not directly involved in the incident. The line "everything's turning to white" is a metaphor for the singer's state of mind, which is becoming numb as she struggles to come to terms with the traumatic event.
The song's haunting melody and poetic lyrics have made it a fan favorite since its release. The story's vivid imagery and allegories make it open to interpretation and discussion, but Kelly has been vocal about the inspiration for the song. The song is inspired by a short story by Raymond Carver, which Kelly read when he was young. Carver's is a story entitled 'So Much Water So Close to Home' and provides the name for Kelly's song.
Line by Line Meaning
Late on a Friday, my husband went up
At the end of the week, my spouse departed
To the mountains with three friends
To the hills, accompanied by three companions
They took provisions and bottles of bourbon
Supplies and bourbon containers were carried
To last them all through the weekend
To endure through the entire weekend
One hundred miles they drove
They traveled a distance of 100 miles
Just to fish in a stream
Only to angle in a stream
And there's so much water, so close to home
Many nearby water sources exist
When they arrived, it was cold and dark
Upon arrival, it was chilly and dim
They set up their camp quickly
Their camp was quickly established
Warmed up with whiskey, they walked to the river
Whiskey aided in their warming, so they walked to the river
Where the water flowed past darkly
Where the tenebrous water coursed
In the moonlight they saw the body
The corpse was seen in the moon's radiant beams
Of a girl floating face down
Of an inverted young female drifting
And there's so much water, so close to home
Nearby, there is an abundance of moving water
When he holds me now, I'm pretending
When he embraces me currently, I pretend
I feel like I'm frozen inside
I experience as if I'm immobilized inwardly
And behind my eyes, my daily disguise
And beneath my peepers, my established facade
Everything's turning to white
All is becoming white
It was too hard to tell how long she'd been dead
It was arduous to estimate how long she had passed
The river was that close to freezing
The river was near to freezing
But one thing for sure
One thing was certain
The girl hadn't died very well to judge from the bruising
The young woman had not perished without injury, evident from the bruises
They stood there above her all thinking
They all contemplated while standing over her
The same thoughts at the same time
Simultaneously, they held identical thoughts
There's so much water, so close to home
Many accessible water sources are nearby
So this is what they did
Therefore, this is what they did
They carried her downstream from their fishing
While fishing, they moved her downstream
Between two smooth rocks, they gently wedged her
Her body was softly embedded amid two glossy rocks
After all, it was late, and they'd come a long way
It was late, and they had traveled a great distance after all
The girl would keep, she was going nowhere
She would stay put as she had nowhere to go
They stayed up there fishing for two days
They lingered there for two days angling
They reported it on Sunday when they came back down
Upon their return, the incident was revealed on Sunday
There's so much water, so close to home
So many water sources are in proximity
When he holds me now, I'm pretending
When he embraces me nowadays, I feign
Nothing is working inside
Nothing is functioning inside
And behind my eyes, my daily disguise
And hidden beneath my peepers, my standard false exterior
Everything's turning to white
All is becoming white
The newspapers said that the girl had been strangled
The periodicals stated that the female had been choked
To death and also molested
Fatal and sexually assaulted
On the day of the funeral the radio reported
On the day of the funeral, the radio revealed
That a young man had been arrested
That a young man had been detained
I went to the service a stranger
I attended the service as an unknown person
I drove past the lake out of town
I passed the out-of-town lake while driving
There's so much water, so close to home
Many water sources are nearby
When he holds me now I'm pretending
When he embraces me nowadays, I sham
I feel like I'm frozen inside
I feel as if I'm motionless internally
And behind my eyes, my daily disguise
And hidden beneath my peepers, my habitual mask
Everything's turning to white
All is becoming white
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Paul Maurice Kelly
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@mikinozz
In my opinion, Paul Kelly is one of Australia's greatest singer /songwriters. This is one of his finest.
@ricfabulous
That’s not a personal opinion, it’s an actual fact.
England had John Lennon, America have Bob Dylan and we have Paul Kelly.
@cazzaizdabomb
so brave
@CNS946
DEVINE
@TheStrayTatt
This is like saying in my opinion, the sky is blue
❤
@troyvannellestyn368
If you listen to Paul Kelly all the time he has a story to every song
@michaelscott1060
Every piece of your music has grown to be beautiful.
@kt6207
Paul Kelly ìs my bastard spiritual father. I've never seen him in person, not even from a distance but he is a part of me. I love the man.
@MadeleineFougere-tf3fz
My favourite of Mr Kelly’s. beautiful. The story is so sad but the music and his voice soothe my heart if it is aching.
@rebbeccaheaven2681
Best voice I ever had heard love you Paul Kelly