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| From | "mtn-high" <mtn-high@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Council of Style (was Re: SOTT 19 - Feelgood By Numbers) |
| Date | Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:47:42 -0700 |
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Never got into the Jam.
Dug TSC for the most part.
Very much enjoy solo Weller.
Say what you will, but Weller performed one of of my top 5 concerts on the
Heavy Soul tour.
Concrete Blonde was the opener (snore). A guy in the crowd, who sounds a lot
like Stewart does when he speaks of artists he doesn't enjoy, had to play
critic by holding a picture of Jeanette Neopolwhateverthehellhernameis up
for Weller to see...
This pissed Paul off...and he tagged the guy then and there as a
poser...then he went OFF on that guitar for about 2 hours....putting many of
the folks I was told/have seen along the way were "the greats" (townsend,
clapton, Beck, Rundgren) to shame. I thought it might have just been me or
the weed...but the folks I was with (Weller virgins) all agreed that this
was some of the best showmanship/playing they'd witnessed in thier 30+ years
of concert going.
I'm not sure how such a no-talent wanker pulled it off...but he did. Maybe
it was taped like ELO?
Whatever.
As always, your mileage may vary...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@ameritech.net>
To: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>; <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 6:00 AM
Subject: Council of Style (was Re: SOTT 19 - Feelgood By Numbers)
>I was just mapping out the rest of his career. But I
> would wholly agree with you -- I think Style Council
> began its artistic descent -- after what was called
> Internationalists here, the decline phase ramped up.
>
> Mike Bennett
> --- Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net> wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 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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