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...
This gig was filmed & will be up on Moshcam.com in about 2 week's time..I know this because I asked the camerawoman...
ReplyDelete..just looking at that set list, I don't think he did "Fast Car" did he ?....Another top performance from the Modfather..
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ReplyDeleteThanks aplenty for the vids Kenny. Brilliant. Were you standing second tier back just to the right of the mixer? If so I was immediately on your left. Stoked you put up 'Paper Chase' Cheers mate. Re previous post. No PW did not play 'Fast Car/Slow Traffic' did he! And re the first comment, thanks for the tip about the Metro gig on Moshcam. Nice!