From: David Bassin (bassyd_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 2003-02-12 16:59:11
Hey Wendy,
Politics and history aside, Weller's new album is a big
disappointment. Several songs are so bad, that they ruined the rest
of the disc for me. Needless to say, I was bummed, as he used to one
of my favorites.
David
At 9:38 AM +0000 2/12/03, nethed wrote:
>Brian
>
>not sure who was dissing weller on the list, but last nite jazz fm late lounge
>(ok middle of the road sure, but this show at least mixes it up)
>played some Paul Weller... I was round @ the beginnings of Talkin
>Loud workin with Gilles.
>The Disciples were in the studio with weller all the time - he came
>round my house cause my partner had the entire original blue note &
>fantasy collection & weller was deeply into jazz, house, soul. I
>was dragged kickin & screaming to a Jam gig in Oakland in the 70's,
>hated them, and in the early 80's someone played me "The Long Hot
>Summer" by The Style Council and I was hooked onto the entire uk
>"blue eyed" soul scene which included everyone from Style Council,
>Dr.Robert and the Blow Monkeys (who lived across the street from
>Madness studio and around the corner from my house when I moved to
>London in 88 after Bush sr entered the white house), Swing Out
>Sister (they were all such talented session musicians), Simply Red
>(ok dis me, but Mick Hucknell was/has been known to be a northern
>soul boy dj deeply into dub), Brilliant (youths attempt via Beggars)
>and more than I can remember but are all still cherished in my 80's
>collection.
>
>The biggest risk Weller ever took was in 1991 when, after Polydor rejected his
>house album, he appeared at the Royal Albert Hall and played an
>amazing mix of house, soul, jazz, funk and failed to satiate the
>aging mods who stood up angrily during the gig.....and were totally
>ignored as the band played on. Mick Talbot later was the genius on
>the road with Galliano..... and Weller was good mates with the
>Disciples and formed a fast friendship with Carleen Anderson who
>then did backing vocals on a few Weller tunes and at some gigs.
>
>And I even stand by his recent decision to remove himself from the
>political fray of taking any position about politics @ the mo.
>
>wendy
>
>
>
>At 7:41 pm -0800 7/2/03, BRIAN wrote:
>>Hello all,
>>
>>A Also here this week, Paul Weller on the second gig of the Illumination
>>tour. Was baffled by a note on the acid jazz list dismissing Weller as
>>simply mod and questioning his a-jazz credibility. Absolutely, unforgivably
>>ridiculous. The Style Council were at least as-IF NOT MORE-responsible for
>>creating the archetype for the sound that became acid jazz as any other
>>group in the years immediately preceding the birth of the sound. Why the
>>hell do you think Mick Talbot went on to help form Galliano and mentor the
>>Young Disciples? And Weller's songwriting has-albeit only at its best-come
>>closer to offering an Anglo counterpart to Terry Callier, Jorge Ben or
>>Marcos Valle than just about any other male vocalist/songwriter in recent
>>years. Acid jazz owes plenty to the Style Council, and I think most people
>>realize that. If they don't, they should go back and listen to the
>>catalogue again (check Universal Japan's immaculate Café Blue Café Best
>>comp). At any rate, I'm sadly too broke to catch it, but the word is that
>>he's doing Style Council and Jam songs with a band for the first time since
>>the originals.
>
>
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