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...
Great pics..and thanks for the set list reminder.
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For me it was magic, loved it - if anyone heard a guy shouting for 'Running On The Spot', it was me haha, No one else made any noise, so i thought bugger it, i'm goin too, and Paul glanced my way and grinned, made my night.
The version of 'Eaton Rifles' was corking (bar the fluffed intro)
Full credit to the new/tempory Rhythm section? They swung, and for me, were pretty bloody good, given time they will groove even more.
Was great to hear lots of new tracks, this gig was clearly a paid rehearsal for the band, but hey ho, i'm not complaining.
All in all, a bloody good night, bar a lot of dead pan people in the audience, but that's another story.
Great pics..and thanks for the set list reminder.
ReplyDeleteI was there that night (first time i've caught Paul live)
For me it was magic, loved it - if anyone heard a guy shouting for 'Running On The Spot', it was me haha, No one else made any noise, so i thought bugger it, i'm goin too, and Paul glanced my way and grinned, made my night.
The version of 'Eaton Rifles' was corking (bar the fluffed intro)
Full credit to the new/tempory Rhythm section? They swung, and for me, were pretty bloody good, given time they will groove even more.
Was great to hear lots of new tracks, this gig was clearly a paid rehearsal for the band, but hey ho, i'm not complaining.
All in all, a bloody good night, bar a lot of dead pan people in the audience, but that's another story.
Saw Weller in Cork and it was amazing! The crowd, and Weller, were well up for the gig and it rocked! Would love to see the setlist for that night, trying to remember everything he played!
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