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Paul Kelly And The Messengers
Paul Maurice Kelly (born 13 January 1955) is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five. Kelly's music style has ranged from Bluegrass music, bluegrass to studio-oriented dub music, dub reggae, but his core output straddles folk music, folk, rock and country music, country. His lyrics capture the vastness of the culture and landscape of Australia by chronicling life about him for over 30 years. David Fricke from ''Rolling Stone Australia, Rolling Stone'' calls Kelly "one of the finest songwriters I have ever heard, Australian or otherwise". Kelly has said, "Song writing is mysterious to me. I still feel like a total beginner. I don't feel like I have got it nailed yet." After growing up in Adelaide, Kelly travelled around Australia before set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kelly (American Musician)
Paul Kelly (born June 19, 1940) is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for the soul music, soul songs "Stealing in the Name of the Lord", which was a major hit in 1970, and "Hooked, Hogtied & Collared". He also wrote "Personally (Karla Bonoff song), Personally", which has been widely cover version, covered, and was a hit for soul singer Jackie Moore (singer), Jackie Moore and singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff and country music, country singer Ronnie McDowell. Other songs have been covered by gospel music, gospel artists, including the Mighty Clouds of Joy and The Staple Singers. Early life Kelly was born in Overtown, Miami, Florida, Overtown Miami, Florida, the fourth of six siblings. Kelly was brought up by his grandmother. In about 1956, Kelly's brother Henry formed a vocal group, with Paul as lead vocalist. It only lasted a few months, before Henry left Miami to go to college. Paul then formed a group with school friends from Booker T. Washington High School (Miami) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of Hawaiian, New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Country music often consists of ballads and honky-tonk dance tunes with generally simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), banjos, and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to '' hillbilly music'', with "country music" being used today to describe many styles and subgenres. It came to encomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy (Paul Kelly & The Messengers Album)
''Comedy'' is a double album recorded by Paul Kelly & the Messengers and originally released in 1991. It peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top 50 for 12 weeks. ''Comedy'' reached the top 30 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. It was released via Mushroom Records in Australia and New Zealand, and via Doctor Dream Records in the United States. Track 9, "Take Your Time" is used in the 1997 Australian comedy feature film, '' The Castle''. This was the last album released before the partnership of Kelly & the Messengers was dissolved. Track listing All songs written by Paul Kelly, except where noted. # "Don't Start Me Talking" – 3:30 # "Stories of Me" – 2:56 # "Winter Coat" – 3:58 # "It's All Downhill from Here" – 3:03 # "Leaving Her for the Last Time" (Steve Connolly) – 2:10 # "Brighter" – 4:25 # "Your Litter Sister (Is a Big Girl Now)" – 3:02 # "I Won't Be Your Dog Anymore" – 5:40 # "Take Your Time" – 2:32 # "Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Sun (Paul Kelly Album)
''Under the Sun'' is the second album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls and was originally released in December 1987 by Mushroom Records. In the North American and European markets, it was released by A&M Records in 1988 with the band credited as Paul Kelly & The Messengers, with a different track order and listing. On the Australian albums charts it peaked at #19 with the single "To Her Door" peaking at #14. Another single, "Dumb Things" peaked at #36 in early 1989, on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) singles charts; it reached #16 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock chart. The song was included in the soundtrack for the 1988 Yahoo Serious film ''Young Einstein''. "To Her Door" won an ARIA Award in 1988 for 'Best Video' directed by Claudia Castle. In 2001, the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) listed the Top 30 Australian songs of all time, including "To Her Door" written by Kelly. Note: requires user to input song titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gossip (Paul Kelly And The Coloured Girls Album)
''Gossip'' is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status. There was commercial success for "Before Too Long" which peaked at No. 15 and " Darling It Hurts" reached No. 25 on the related Singles Chart. ''Gossip'' was released in different forms, initially as a double album with 24 tracks, it was edited down to a single 15-track LP for North American and European release on A&M Records, when released on CD in North America, it featured 17 tracks. At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the album was nominated for Best Australian Album. Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls had been named for a lyric in Lou Reed's song " Walk on the Wild Side", but all North American and European releases were credited to Paul Kelly and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roll On Summer
''Roll on Summer'' is an EP by Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...n artist Paul Kelly and originally released in October, 2000. It was released on EMI in Australia. The track "Every Fucking City" was recorded live at The Continental, 25 November 1999. The EP peaked at No. 40 on the ARIA singles charts. Track listing All songs were written by Paul Kelly, except where noted. Note: User may have to search for song title. # "You're So Fine" (Paul Kelly, Peter Luscombe) – 3:28 # "Roll on Summer" – 3:13 # "I Was Hoping You'd Say That" – 2:42 # "Every Fucking City" – 3:35 Personnel * Paul Kelly – vocals * Kirsty Stegwazi – vocals ("Roll on Summer") * Madeleine Kelly – vocals ("Roll on Summer") * Memphis Kelly – vocals ("Roll on Summer" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumb Things
"Dumb Things" or "I've Done all the Dumb Things" is a song by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, released as the fourth single from their second album, '' Under the Sun''. It was released by Mushroom Records imprint White Label Records in January 1989 and reached No. 36 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Chart. In the US, it was released under the band name, Paul Kelly and the Messengers, which reached No. 16 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock chart. A music video, directed by Larry Williams, was provided for the single – a still from the clip is used as the single's cover. The song was included on the soundtrack for the 1988 Yahoo Serious film ''Young Einstein'' and the single was re-released with a different cover, although with the same catalogue number. The song was also in the 1989 film, ''Look Who's Talking'', which starred John Travolta and Kirstie Alley. It was also released as a double single, with the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Her Door
"To Her Door" is a song by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, released as a single ahead of their second album, '' Under the Sun'' (released in North America and Europe as by Paul Kelly and the Messengers). The single was released in September 1987 and reached No. 14 on the Australian singles charts. "To Her Door" won an ARIA Music Award in 1988 for Best Video, directed by Claudia Castle. In 2001, the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) listed "To Her Door" as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time, as one of two songs written by Kelly (alongside "Treaty"). Note: requires user to input song title e.g. TO HER DOOR In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "To Her Door" was ranked number 26. Music and lyrics The song is a ballad with country-rock underpinnings, in which Kelly tells the story of a young couple who "married early". The man is identified as "Jack" in the unedited album version, but no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling It Hurts
"Darling It Hurts" is a song by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls released in September 1986 as the second single from their first double album, ''Gossip''. The song, written by Kelly with lead guitarist Steve Connolly, reached No. 25 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in October. It was issued in 1987 on A&M Records in the United States, where it reached No. 19 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Chart. Due to possible racist connotations the band changed its name, for international releases, to Paul Kelly and the Messengers. According to Allmusic's Mike Gagne, "Kelly's pain can be felt as he describes an ex-girlfriend of his who has turned to prostitution." Background After recording his solo album, ''Post'' in early 1985, Kelly established a full-time band in Sydney. It included Michael Armiger (bass guitar, rhythm guitar), Michael Barclay (drums, later in Weddings, Parties, Anything) and Steve Connolly (lead guitar). Bass guit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before Too Long
"Before Too Long" is a song by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, released as the first single from their debut double album, ''Gossip''. It was released in June 1986 on the original White Label Records, a subsidiary of Mushroom Records. It reached No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart, remaining for 19 weeks. The track was a surprise hit for Kelly at a time when chart success had eluded him and provided increased interest for the release of ''Gossip'', which would become his biggest mainstream success to that date. The success of the single can partly be attributed to the accompanying video, which was directed by John Witteron, depicting Kelly as a long-suffering cab driver dealing with a night shift full of eccentric passengers. At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the song was nominated for Best Male Performance in a Video and Best Single, losing out to John Farnham's "You're the Voice" in both categories. In January 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Baxter (song)
"Billy Baxter" is a song by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Dots, released on 20 October 1980 as the lead single from the album ''Talk'' (1981). It was written by band members Paul Kelly and Chris Langman. It peaked at No. 38 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. The song was produced by Joe Camilleri (from Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons) for Mushroom Records. In early November the group performed the track on national pop music TV show, ''Countdown'' – it was Kelly's first TV appearance. The song's subject, Billy Baxter, is an Australian musician and was a long term member of '' Coodabeens Footy Show'' on ABC Radio National. Background Paul Kelly and the Dots had formed in August 1978 in Melbourne from the remains of High Rise Bombers, the Dots underwent line-up changes prior to the release of "Billy Baxter". Their debut single "Recognition" was issued in 1979, under the name The Dots, on an independent label, but had no chart success. "Recognition" line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pub Rock (Australia)
Pub rock is a style of Australian rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and that was still influencing contemporary Australian music in the 2000s. The term came from the venues where most of these bands originally played — inner-city and suburban pubs. These often noisy, hot, small and crowded venues were not always ideal as music venues and favoured loud, simple songs based on drums and electric guitar riffs. The Australian version of pub rock incorporates hard rock, blues rock, and/or progressive rock. In the ''Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop'' (1999), Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described how, in the early 1970s, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Blackfeather, and Buffalo pioneered Australia's pub-rock movement. Australian rock music journalist Ed Nimmervoll declared, " e seeds for Australian heavy rock can be traced back to two important sources, Billy Thorpe's Seventies Aztecs and Sydney band Buffalo". Origins The emergence of the Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
