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Happy birthday, Paul Weller
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Re: Happy birthday, Paul Weller
Now he can go travelling on buses &
Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs for free
In my humble, the greatest wordsmith this country has ever produced. Lyrics that soundtrack my life.
Many Happy Returns
Here’s one of my (many) favourites
Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs for free
In my humble, the greatest wordsmith this country has ever produced. Lyrics that soundtrack my life.
Many Happy Returns
Here’s one of my (many) favourites
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Re: Happy birthday, Paul Weller
Chicken Run Supreme wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 12:09 pm Now he can go travelling on buses &
Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs for free
Love The Jam & Weller
A very underrated song writer, not sure anyone has ever captured ordinary life so well in songs
I remember as a kid in the mid 80’s getting buses to school and the seats covered in graffiti and all torn and ripped with the usual messages of I love so & so or so and so was here, or if you want sex ring this number etc etc
Every time I hear those lyrics reminds me of the bus ride to school
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Re: Happy birthday, Paul Weller
'Spring, Summer , Autumn'
A Style Council B side - for my money they tucked a lot of their real gems away on the B side of hit singles.
Weller has been such an influence on me since the late 70s so Happy Birthday Paul - thanks for the music, thanks for everything
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Re: Happy birthday, Paul Weller
Happy Birthday Paul. Thanks for enriching my life beyond words, not just for the music you've made, but for many of the things / people you've name checked along the way.
This has always been one of my faves, off of the Wildwood LP
This has always been one of my faves, off of the Wildwood LP
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Re: Happy birthday, Paul Weller
Wow, Weller turning 65 does sound a bit mad.
He has written and recorded so many wonderful tracks, for so many years.
The excitement and anticipation of buying those Jam singles on the day of release...
He is up there with the very best. Icon ? Legend ? To me absolutely
This is a cracking version of a stunning song:
He has written and recorded so many wonderful tracks, for so many years.
The excitement and anticipation of buying those Jam singles on the day of release...
He is up there with the very best. Icon ? Legend ? To me absolutely
This is a cracking version of a stunning song:
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Re: Happy birthday, Paul Weller
His crowning achievement was being the subject of my favourite Viz letter ever.
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Re: Happy birthday, Paul Weller
The Jam are still one of my favourites today & Paul Weller is a proper bonafide legend, and cool as f***
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Re: Happy birthday, Paul Weller
Remember sneaking a listen of Sound Affects LP when I was a nipper and it blew me away.
Remember getting a bargain-bin cassette of Café Bleu and it blew me away and changed my attitude to music enormously.
Remember getting a CD of Wild Wood in a post-rave haze and it blew me away with it's gentle tunes and heartfelt lyrics.
He's a songwriting colossus who maintained incredibly high standards throughout a prolific career and should be lauded more as this countries premier bard. He's up there with the best of them all and we'll miss him when he's gone.
Remember getting a bargain-bin cassette of Café Bleu and it blew me away and changed my attitude to music enormously.
Remember getting a CD of Wild Wood in a post-rave haze and it blew me away with it's gentle tunes and heartfelt lyrics.
He's a songwriting colossus who maintained incredibly high standards throughout a prolific career and should be lauded more as this countries premier bard. He's up there with the best of them all and we'll miss him when he's gone.
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Re: Happy birthday, Paul Weller
"Cause I hate you, and your wife, and if i get the chance I'll f*** up your life". Brilliant.
Love every song on this album. Probably my favourite Jam record.
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Re: Happy birthday, Paul Weller
Oh yes.Billy Hunt wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 3:54 pm
The excitement and anticipation of buying those Jam singles on the day of release
I would have been 14 years old and in what was in those days, the 3rd Year at Secondary School when Going Underground went straight to No.1 in the singles chart. I remember being so excited going into school on the Monday after so we could all talk about how we’d helped The Jam get their first No.1. In those days getting to the top of the charts was a big deal and we celebrated The Jam getting there like West Ham winning.
As it happens only a few weeks later we were celebrating the FA Cup win vs Arsenal.
Happy Days
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Re: Happy birthday, Paul Weller
Same here- fifth form at the time and jumped on a bus to Chatham at lunchtime to pick up a few copies we had pre-ordered.Chicken Run Supreme wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 2:17 pm Oh yes.
I would have been 14 years old and in what was in those days, the 3rd Year at Secondary School when Going Underground went straight to No.1 in the singles chart. I remember being so excited going into school on the Monday after so we could all talk about how we’d helped The Jam get their first No.1. In those days getting to the top of the charts was a big deal and we celebrated The Jam getting there like West Ham winning.
Mine still has a little orange sticker on the cover from the Longplayer record shop with my name on it