Fresh back from a short tour of the US and Japan, Paul Weller talks about the 30th anniversary of The Jam's sixth and final studio album, The Gift, and where he's at right now. Repost From The Huffington Post By: Jason Holmes Paul Weller bounds into his chair, an electronic cigarette gripped in his hand. We're in the BBC's Studio Three in Maida Vale. Visibly calm owing to post-tour exhaustion and a morning trip to the gym, Weller is here to be interviewed by John Wilson for BBC Radio 4's Mastertapes series. "Back in those days, bands put out an album a year, you toured with it for a year, then you went back in the studio and repeated the process. Looking back, I was glad I experienced that pressure. It helped me refine my craft and find myself as a writer. It kept me on my toes," says Weller, Gibson acoustic on knee. "It wasn't a treadmill, it was just what bands did back then. I never questioned it." Lest the passing decades dim...
Paul's concert in San Francisco has been relocated to the Ballroom at the Regency Center.
Paul and the band were very good last night; I particularly liked the songs from 22 dreams. But the sound mix was not up to usual standard. It seemed that Paul was aware the of this; at many points in the show, he seemed agitated.
ReplyDeleteI was at the show and had a great time. Loved the set list (although would have preferred switching out one of the slow 22 dreams songs for either peacock suit or sigh going places). the band was rockin and Paul was havin' it! Yes - do remember wondering if he was displeased with sound a couple times. I think they turned his mic down too low right before the show.
ReplyDeleteI have seen the band many times both in the UK and US, to be honest I thought there was no connection with the crowd this time. The last show at the Fillmore was great.
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