03-11-2016, 12:07
album cover was painted by the same guy who created the Sgt Peppers album cover.
Weller has been offered a "knighthood" from The Queen on two occasions for his "services to English music", both times he knocked it back because he doesn't support anything to do with the British Class system.
theres really only Weller and Elvis Costello from that 1977 explosion of UK music who are still continually releasing music, sure Sting releases music but only sparsely.
he is also the biggest influence on UK bands/artists who have emerged since 1980, and more modern UK artists cite Weller as the reason they picked up a guitar and learned to play as kids.
"you do something to me" off Stanley Road is also the most popular song to be played as the "bridal waltz" in the UK in the last thirty years besides Robbiw Williams' "angels" song.
IMO, Stanley Road encompasses everything that sums up Paul weller's music, soul, pop, rock, ballads, a touch of alternative, its the complete package mate, not my favourite album of his, that honour goes to Wild Wood, the second solo set from 1993, but this one is the most accessible to "newcomers" to his music and my second favourite of his.
I probably would have picked "you do something to me" as my favourite, but yours is up there with it IMO.
BTW, i'd actually forgotten i'd even bought this one over for you, so your post was a complete surprise to me.
Weller has been offered a "knighthood" from The Queen on two occasions for his "services to English music", both times he knocked it back because he doesn't support anything to do with the British Class system.
theres really only Weller and Elvis Costello from that 1977 explosion of UK music who are still continually releasing music, sure Sting releases music but only sparsely.
he is also the biggest influence on UK bands/artists who have emerged since 1980, and more modern UK artists cite Weller as the reason they picked up a guitar and learned to play as kids.
"you do something to me" off Stanley Road is also the most popular song to be played as the "bridal waltz" in the UK in the last thirty years besides Robbiw Williams' "angels" song.
IMO, Stanley Road encompasses everything that sums up Paul weller's music, soul, pop, rock, ballads, a touch of alternative, its the complete package mate, not my favourite album of his, that honour goes to Wild Wood, the second solo set from 1993, but this one is the most accessible to "newcomers" to his music and my second favourite of his.
I probably would have picked "you do something to me" as my favourite, but yours is up there with it IMO.
BTW, i'd actually forgotten i'd even bought this one over for you, so your post was a complete surprise to me.
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.