Cricket, Blood Pudding, Paul Weller
Anyone catch Tabloid Wars last night? Who knew working at NY Daily News was so boring?
The paper's pop critic Jim Farber is probably better off hiding in his cubicle and listen to the Jam. Today he maligns America's indifference to Paul Weller: "Pick up this album, and you'll find yourself racing back through Weller's deep catalogue, wondering where he has been all your life."
The album he's referring to is a the new double-live LP Catch-Flame! and it's a fine Paul primer indeed.
DISC 1
1. The Weaver
2. Out Of the Sinking
3. Blink and You'll Miss It
4. Paper Smile
5. Peacock Suit
6. From the Floorboards Up
7. The Changingman
8. Savages
9. Going Places
10. Up In Suzie's Room
11. Porcelain Gods/I Walk On Guilded Splinters
DISC 2
1. In the Crowd
2. Come On/Let's Go
3. Foot of the Mountain
4. You Do Something to Me
5. Wishing On a Star
6. Wild Wood
7. The Pebble and the Boy
8. That's Entertainment
9. Broken Stones
10. Long Hot Summer
11. Shout To the Top
12. A Town Called Malice
Here's a freebee:
Paul Weller - "That's Entertainment" (Live) (MP3)
Posted at 11:11 AM in MP3
"...wondering where he has been all your life."
I know where Paul Weller was for most of my life -- in the Style Council...who sucked. A LOT.
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Jim Farber is a pretty good critic...he always has something interesting to say and he answers emails. I must have emailed Farber 100 times, most of my emails taunting him for a review he wrote. He always emailed me back and took the taunts like a man, which is the mark of a great critic.
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The Jam rules!
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I love Paul Weller, but everything I have of his is on vinyl (read: in the basement for the time being).
Saw the Jam in the early 80s, one of my favorite shows ever. (Now I am expecting to be banished from Stereogum as a fossil...)
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The Style Council's only problem was being book-ended by The Jam and Weller's solo career (and, well, the occasional over-reach). Otherwise, Weller wrote some of his finest songs with that band.
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I'm an old Jam fan too (saw them twice -ha!) but if Farber reckons their first two albums are their best he must be deaf. Decent albums but nowhere near as good as everything they did from 'All Mod Con' onwards.
Also, the Style Council's second album is 'My Favourite Shop' not 'Cafe Bleu'
This guy gets paid to make mistakes like that?
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Reluctant to jump to Farber's defense here but... he actually called "Cafe Bleu" their second *release*, which would be correct, following as it did the Money-Go-Round/Long Hot Summer EP. That one tripped me up, too.
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does anyone have this full ablum? if you could be a doll and upload it for me, i'd be idebted to your service
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It is truly a shame America has little appreciation for Paul Weller- truly one of the most emotive, poetic, and melodic singer/player/songwriters. He doesn't promote himself in the good ole' USA because noone knows him and vice versa -its a catch 22 really.
But all his stuff is excellent (especially the live stuff-Days of Speed is my fave-mostly acoustic and very well done) Grew up w/ the angry Jam stuff couldntve lived w/o it- even angrier and more cutting than Clash,Wire,& Pistols (other teen year faves). Weller is very much one of my favorite songwriters of all times. It is dissapointing that one must travel to Europe or Japan( he's huge there I understand) to see him.
LONG LIVE THE JAM Style Council's alright with me too- like the name says he tried something beautiful and stylish and for awhile - it worked
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