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
Winter Coat
Paul Kelly Lyrics
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Walking through cold city streets like lovers do
Stopped inside a market
Kissed behind a stall
Someone said you'd better move on
If you're not buying at all
Then I saw the winter coat hanging on the rack
Hanging on my back
So you helped me try it on
It was just my size
Then you bought that coat for me
After haggling over the price
Now when it's chilly
Up in these cold, cold hills
I just put on my winter coat
My winter coat
Keeps me warm
Years have come along
Years have gone
Some friends have risen
Some have moved on
And my old winter coat still hangs by my front door
Holding all the stories
I don't remember anymore
And when it gets freezing
Up in these cold, cold hills
I just put on my winter coat
My winter coat
Keeps me warm
My winter coat
My winter coat
My winter coat
My winter coat
Paul Kelly's song Winter Coat is a reflection on the passing of time and the way objects can hold memories and emotions. In the opening verse, Kelly recalls a time when he and his lover were walking through the city, stopping to kiss behind a market stall. The lyrics are tinged with a sense of melancholy, as Kelly notes that somebody tells them to move on if they're not buying anything. However, his attention is caught by a winter coat hanging on a rack, and he tries it on with the help of his lover. They haggle over the price, and eventually, she buys it for him.
The winter coat becomes a symbol of the love they shared, a memory that he cherishes even as time passes and their relationship ends. Kelly notes that the years have come and gone, friends have come and gone, but the coat still hangs by his front door, holding stories he can no longer remember. Yet whenever it gets cold, he puts on his winter coat, and it keeps him warm, both literally and emotionally.
Overall, Winter Coat is a poignant meditation on the way that objects can hold meaning and memories long after the people and events associated with them have passed. The winter coat becomes a symbol of the love and warmth that the singer shared with his partner, and of the way that even small moments can have significance in our lives.
Line by Line Meaning
We were lovers once long ago
We used to be in a romantic relationship a while back
Walking through cold city streets like lovers do
We used to walk together through chilly streets of the city and enjoy each other's company
Stopped inside a market
We paused inside a marketplace
Kissed behind a stall
We had a moment of intimacy behind a stall in the market
Someone said you'd better move on
If you're not buying at all
An individual warned us to leave if we were not making a purchase in the store
Then I saw the winter coat hanging on the rack
I noticed a winter coat hanging on a rack
I thought about that winter coat
Hanging on my back
I contemplated owning that winter coat and having it on my back
So you helped me try it on
It was just my size
Then you bought that coat for me
After haggling over the price
You assisted me in trying on the coat that was appropriately sized for me, and then, after negotiating the cost, purchased it for me
Now when it's chilly
Up in these cold, cold hills
I just put on my winter coat
My winter coat
Keeps me warm
When it gets cold in the hills, I put on my winter coat as it keeps me warm
Years have come along
Years have gone
Some friends have risen
Some have moved on
With the passing of time, people have changed and departed from my life while others have remained
And my old winter coat still hangs by my front door
Holding all the stories
I don't remember anymore
My old winter coat remains hanging by the front door, containing stories from the past that I have forgotten
And when it gets freezing
Up in these cold, cold hills
I just put on my winter coat
My winter coat
Keeps me warm
When it gets freezing in the hills, I still depend on my winter coat to keep me warm
My winter coat
My winter coat
My winter coat
My winter coat
Reinforcing the significance of my winter coat has in my life as a source of warmth and comfort
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Paul Maurice Kelly
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@richendaandcraigmills757
One of our ballroom dance teachers danced to this last Saturday night as a solo routine and it had some of the audience all teary eyed. Such an emotional song.
@rick_fortune
In My Opinion, this is his best song. Big call for a man who's written some of the best Australian songs ever...
@rick_fortune
Still listening to this 8 years later. Brilliant, brilliant songwriter.
@MsPoppsie
I'm from the snow covered hills of Batlow.
I need my winter coat....
@complexlittlepirate3589
Agreed. Minimal and perfect.
@edsmith6953
A truly amazing song
@aussybuck
Awesome, awesome song :) Paul Kelly is a master.
@timothysmith8667
Man what a masterpiece just a total masterpiece great song great song awesome
@blackwingvalleylover
Brilliant lyrics and tune-so beautiful
@theobaudelaire7400
It's so beautiful that he references the love without ever directly mentioning it. Long ago, just as in the song, a woman I loved bought me a winter coat in Melbourne. When it's chilly, I put on that winter coat and I'm still wrapped in her...