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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: SOTT 19 - Feelgood By Numbers |
| Date | Thu, 10 Mar 2005 01:01:51 -0500 |
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From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@ameritech.net>
> And then he could have kept going --
>
> That he was going to mate R & B and soft pop styles
> with unwieldly lyrics that were wholly incompatible
> with the form, sing soul music that highlighted the
> inadequacy of his voice, and then embark on a solo
> career that sounded like warmed over Traffic featuring
> lengthy guitar solos bereft of creativity.
Well, yeah, but that came later. Up through "Have You Ever Had It
Blue," I would put the Style Council track for track up against the
Jam. I don't buy the argument that there was a strong drop-off in
quality, at least through the 1983-86 era. (Though admittedly, the
bizarre reconfiguring of the records between the US and the UK, where
each of the first three albums had not only a different name, but
entirely different tracklistings, did make it awfully confusing for me
at the time.)
And when you think about it, from ALL MOD CONS to "Have You Ever Had
It Blue" was a remarkably strong eight-year stretch. Admittedly, I
haven't given a damn about anything Paul Weller has done since then
(Dude, an acid house album? What the hell were you on?), and there's
no question that he's always come across as a supreme dick in
interviews, but that's still an impressive feat.
S
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