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Reveal your Paul Weller fandom/hatt

skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
Plaese to tell your favourite tracks from the three Weller erasb,121b,121Jam / Council / Solob,121b,121and reveal a Weller fashion/haircut that you sported, or an anecdote or some political foolishness.b,121b,121b,121b,121Bonus beatb,121 img src="http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08/NatWellerES3108_243x221.jpg"1 b,121Nat, Weller's son with Dee C.Leeb,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" /1

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  • inVrsinVrs 687 Posts
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    b,121Plaese to tell your favourite tracks from the three Weller eras
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    b,121Jam / Council / Solo
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    b,121and reveal a Weller fashion/haircut that you sported, or an anecdote or some political foolishness.
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    b,121Nat, Weller's son with Dee C.Lee
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121is this tokio hotels big brother?
  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    I don't know who Paul Weller is, but I have a 45 for a song called "Wild Wood" that I bought way back when because it was a Portishead remix. Same dude?
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
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    b,121I don't know who Paul Weller is
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121For real?b,121b,121Why did this guy and his bands never break America?b,121Someone please give me a perspective on this.b,121Could be some hatt flying...
  • HamHam 872 Posts
    I have an 80's live version of i think, "round & round" that i like. other than that, no.
  • barjesusbarjesus 872 Posts
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    b,121I don't know who Paul Weller is, but I have a 45 for a song called "Wild Wood" that I bought way back when because it was a Portishead remix. Same dude?
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121I like that joint, just listened to it the other day.
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
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    b,121 but I have a 45 for a song called "Wild Wood" that I bought way back when because it was a Portishead remix. Same dude?
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Yeah, same dude. He's collabbed with/played live with/contributed to many over the last 30 years. Looking so old now.b,121b,121FWIW, IMHOb,121= the Jam >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> solo stuff
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,954 Posts
    Have ridden since 1978.b,121b,121Jam-erab,121-------b,121b,121"Dig The New Breed" Live set.b,121All Mod Consb,121The Giftb,121Setting Sonsb,121b,121TSCb,121---b,121b,121Cafe Bleub,121Speak Like A Childb,121b,121SOLOb,121----b,121b,121Not feeling it. Too much hype. Round and Round was nice though.b,121b,121Haircutsb,121--------b,121b,121My soul-boy wedge was better than Weller's. Almost Oakey in it's dimension. My brother is a die-hard mod and has ridden for the mod "Feather" cut since forever. Has shared numerous ciggies with Der Modfather and band over the years. Of course, Weller is a diamond geezer.b,121b,121WTF is with his son though. It looks more serious than a case of teenage angst. We need a graemlin of Weller coming with the "Nevarr that, son."
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,954 Posts
    b/wb,121b,121"Never be photographed within 30cm of a blue cocktail".
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    I rate as follows:b,121b,121Jamb,121'Heatwave' and 'Wasteland' from Setting Sonsb,121b,121TSCb,121'Headstart for Happiness' from Introducingb,121'My Ever Changing Moods' on 12, crisp and jazzy pop perfectionb,121'Have You Ever Had It Blue' on 12, beautiful Halfon cover and I could never resist that Portuguese rhythm (called Baiaon?) a la 'Its Not Unusual'.b,121I recently checked through all the later TSC 12s, and the brilliant b'sides = pure fiyahhhhhb,121b,121Solob,121Only 'Into Tomorrow', his first release after the Council imploded.b,121b,121At the interval of one of these secret squirrel gigs (TSC billed as The Party Chambers Orchestra) I was having a tinkle in the gents, urinal stylee, partially wasted, and accidentally pissed a few dribbles on the brown jumbo cords of the one Nick Heyward. FACT.
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,954 Posts
    Hard to single out Jam product as it's all tied up with schoolyard shenanigans and Dave Comber's facemelting zx-81 masterpiece which scrolled the lyrics of "Bitterest Pill" inside a box, and Stu Keouski printing covers for his bootlegs on that Sinclair "scratcher" silver paper (rabid Gary-Crowley-band-intro-R)b,121b,121TSC came out hard with their own label and studio, (Solid Bond IIRC) and I remember beign blown away by them live, when Weller was rolling with the momentum of the critical acclaim of The Jam plus the hungry new blood of TSC. And Dee C Lee was pretty fit at the time, despite being unable to sing her way out of a paper bag. Ever. (fact) They had a tight, tight horn section and the energy was huge.b,121b,121"Money Go Round" and "Strength of Your Nature" were the ones that slayed it. "Internationalists" was fiery too.b,121b,121Since going solo, I wasn't feeling the Faces / Retro Mod sound, I think he was rolling with Steve Craddock and it wasn't pressing any buttons for me.b,121 TSC > Solo.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    I like the Jam...I have some Jam LPs, they're good. I like to listen to them. Thats about it.b,121b,121End of hyperbole laden fan boy declaration of admiration.
  • DJBombjackDJBombjack Miami 1,665 Posts
    'Sunflower' was a good song.b,121Also, if you look inside the covers of the first 2 solo albums he did, they printed money inside... random and weird.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
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    b,121I like the Jam...I have some Jam LPs, they're good. I like to listen to them. Thats about it.
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    b,121I like the Jam...I have some Jam LPs, they're good. I like to listen to them. Thats about it.
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    b,121Ditto.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Yeah, I'll throw on In The City and All Mod Cons from time to time. I don't hatt on Setting Sons or Sound Affects, but I don't really listen to them either. The rest is just whatever.
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    So the Style Council made zero impression on America....b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/oof.gif" alt="" /1
  • SupergoodSupergood 1,213 Posts
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    b,121 but I have a 45 for a song called "Wild Wood" that I bought way back when because it was a Portishead remix. Same dude?
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    b,121Yeah, same dude. He's collabbed with/played live with/contributed to many over the last 30 years. Looking so old now.
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    b,121FWIW, IMHO
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    = the Jam >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> solo stuff b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121In total agreement with you, skel! I celebrate the entire TSC catalog; Confessions of a Pop Group is an underrated baroque pop masterpiece and one of Weller's most complete artistic statements IMO, while The Cost of Loving is a brilliant slab of British Modern Soul. b,121b,121I am not into the Jam as much as TSC, but I can appreciate their iconic status. The solo Weller's I go back to the most are his acid-jazzy S/T debut and 22 Dreams, the double LP he released earlier this year.
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
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    b,121 baroque pop
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121This entire idea offends my sensibilities.
  • kalakala 3,361 Posts
    who is paul weller?
  • Strider79itStrider79it 1,176 Posts
    his solo output is ok also.... after all this is the man that covered Hercules img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /1
  • magpaulmagpaul 1,314 Posts
    rumour has it Lee Mavers from the La's wrote the Changingman from Stanley Road (which also featured his version of 'I Walk on Gilded Splinters' as used on the season 4 ending of The Wire).b,121b,121i never thought I'd see the day when members of Ocean Colour Scene (Steve Cradock) are mentioned on the Strut, the singer of which I just discovered to be gay via Wiki.
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
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    b,121i never thought I'd see the day when members of Ocean Colour Scene (Steve Cradock) are mentioned on the Strut
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  • CBearCBear 902 Posts
    This thread sounds like every day at the scooter shop.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
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    b,121I don't know who Paul Weller is
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    b,121For real?
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    b,121Why did this guy and his bands never break America?
    b,121Someone please give me a perspective on this.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121I can't speak for his other bands, but as far as the Jam goes, it just wasn't their moment. Their music is as British as the day is long, and America was still ruled musically by Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon, and Pat Benatar at that point. The Jam must have looked and sounded a little too esoteric for the typical Joe Sixpack, back in '79-'80.
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
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    b,121I can't speak for his other bands, but as far as the Jam goes, it just wasn't their moment. Their music is as British as the day is long, and America was still ruled musically by Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon, and Pat Benatar at that point. The Jam must have looked and sounded a little too esoteric for the typical Joe Sixpack, back in '79-'80.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121This is true of course. We'd probably rate Weller roughly equal with Ray Davies but RD rode in on the back of the British Invasion and so had some momentum.b,121It always puzzles me how bands like A Flock of Seagulls or Depeche Mode make some dent in the US but the likes of Weller fall flatter than a witch's tit. Admittedly he makes no effort Stateside.
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    b,121It always puzzles me how bands like A Flock of Seagulls or Depeche Mode make some dent in the US but the likes of Weller fall flatter than a witch's tit. Admittedly he makes no effort Stateside.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Well, you can dance to a lot of Depeche Mode stuff.b,121b,121/font1
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    b,121baroque pop
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  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
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    b,121I can't speak for his other bands, but as far as the Jam goes, it just wasn't their moment. Their music is as British as the day is long, and America was still ruled musically by Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon, and Pat Benatar at that point. The Jam must have looked and sounded a little too esoteric for the typical Joe Sixpack, back in '79-'80.
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    b,121This is true of course. We'd probably rate Weller roughly equal with Ray Davies but RD rode in on the back of the British Invasion and so had some momentum.
    b,121It always puzzles me how bands like A Flock of Seagulls or Depeche Mode make some dent in the US but the likes of Weller fall flatter than a witch's tit. Admittedly he makes no effort Stateside.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121And that's another thing, too - the Jam were a little too early for the 1980's British Invasion. They were on their way out the door when the likes of Flock of Seagulls and Depeche Mode were coming in. And even then, the Jam were more guitar-rock compared to the synth-heavy UK bands that followed.b,121b,121There was a small window of time in '79-'80 where power-pop bands were being played regularly on FM rock stations, like Cheap Trick and the Knack. The Jam, while not strictly power-pop, could have been slotted in that scene. They may have been test-driven for a song or two, but in general never really caught on in the States.b,121b,121Matter of fact, if the Jam broke NOW, even though 2008 America might be more ready for it than it was 30 years ago, they'd still have to smooth out their edges to get on the radio.
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