But again the plug was yanked and everything went down the gurgler. Still agitating, this time more stylishly, over the next six years Weller gave the middle finger to anyone who dared shout: “kick out the style/bring back The Jam.”ĭespite some misdirected (and rather late in the case of Tears For Fears) outrage, The Style Council picked up a new legion fans, converted many of the old Jam ones and topped the charts around the world with a string of memorable singles. Swapping that incisive and incursive guitar sound for something far more Bensonesque, his new group delivered some of Weller’s most biting political manifestos, albeit in fresh musical settings where everything from blue-eyed soul, electro, hip hop, jazz and lush orchestra suites fused with imagery from glossy globetrotting men’s magazines. In 1982 at the height of his mod-punk power trio The Jams’ success, the singer pulled the plug and confounded a legion of working-class fans with a new group called The Style Council. There is something about that song title that sums up Weller’s career though: always shifting. Instead, like most Weller lyrics, it gives a glimpse inside the mind of a prolific and accomplished songwriter alongside social commentary and varying degrees of political bile. Despite the title, it doesn’t detail emotional mania or a prickly personality. There’s a terrific song on The Style Council’s second LP, 1984’s ‘Café Bleu’, called ‘My Ever Changing Moods’. PARIS POMPOR gets on the blower with The Modfather, finding him in a good mood and happy to talk.
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PAUL WELLER returns for three exclusive Sydney shows.