So love Weller and I loved The Jam, but for me the very best of it all were THE STYLE COUNCIL. I even went to get my haircut in my local village at a barber's called STYLE COUNCIL!!! Saw them for the very first time in 1987 at Birmingham NEC. I've seen Weller loads since and to capture the heart, the style, the white jeans, the black rollneck, the white jean jacket, the youth, the enthusiasm etc etc takes me back in a lovely fun way. For me one of the most undertated bands in the world - thank goodness the Documentary will be upon us on 30th October, though it should be on terrestial tv really. Long Live The Style Council.
First time I've seen Weller on bass. Although it's different from the record, it's a great bassline played beautifully. You can tell he used to be a bassist. ( As opposed to just being a guitarist who plays bass).
He's singing while chewing gum. 🤣😂 I like this song. I first heard it on MTV in 1984. I only recently found the video o RU-vid. I never knew the name of the group, just remembered the video, vamp and bass line and that I liked it.
Remember recording this...or rather...my friend recording this on a betamex video recorder. Still have my copy. Great live version. And perhaps the one and only time Weller captured playing bass live
As much as I like the final, fretless bass-like arrangement (a bass keyboard really) on the studio recording, this reggae/dub-influenced approach is also amazing! Thanks for sharing!
I stumbled upon this looking up something else. Not bad. I love the bass and drums. Early 80's hD some good music. I don't remember these guys at all. Pretty good. Love the clothes.
Well, he did start off as the bassist in The Jam until Steve Brookes left, then him and Bruce swapped instruments. Coincidentally this bass is 1 of 2 that Bruce used at the end of the Jam. They kept 1 each
@VFA-102S Diamondbacks That makes sense too. That can be hard. actually i think doing one or the other should be sufficient! I've tried playing Harmonica guitar and singing... made a fool myself!
Its still Paul playing bass on all the vesrions but sometimes bass synth oscilators triggered with a real bass plugged in. The bass synth sounded great IMHO as it still had the fluidity of Pauls bass playing.