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...
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ReplyDeleteHonest tell's it like,it is, jam fan age 13, then style council, some
really great songs i thought! Then the solo years which for me is where i'm
at and always will be. That brings to mind the paul weller movement,but the masterpiece stanley road, also loved wild wood.
short and sweet!!! regards Pix........x
Some inspirational words from a man who as done and seen a lot in life, and been lucky to have true fans who have stuck by him. Keep up the good work Paul
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