First saw this when I bought the Video Aid VHS compilation way back in the day. It had Culture Club, Ultravox, Paul Young, Frankie, Bananarama, Eurythmics, and more. This song most definitely has a _big boss groove!_
This is one of my absolute favorite Paul Weller songs~The lyrics are as true today as they were when this came out in the mid-eighties. It is such a brilliant riff on our ridiculous governments and our religious beliefs... And then he thoroughly cracks me up by dressing in sansabelt slacks and a teall green knock off Polo shirt. Bliley. I cannot look at this video without laughing but my God he got better at dressing himself!
one of the classiest brass pop bands ever..... even better than Haircut 100 and that's a big call coz i think Pelican West is such a legendary brass pop album... Paul is a musical genius.
The big brass thing was working at the time (see Sussudio and Would I Lie to You) and Paul Weller's look is cool (he pulls off white soul convincingly with the classic wear). Very ahead of their time, Style Council predicts the future with this song.
Dennis Munday Polydor A&R man strutting his stuff while Talbot and Weller in hysterics. I read somewhere that Dennis was reassured by them that his dancing scene was edited out of the final cut. However the next morning the band with Talbot and Weller grinning like Cheshire cats assembled at Polydor HQ to show the video to the Polydor executives. Dennis's scene was not edited out. How small must he felt when the executives saw that!
Get on up and keep posting in 1080p and/or put out a Style Council box set on bluray with surround sound too! Like the awesome Jam release. A Paul Weller solo video release too as long as I'm dreaming up a wish list here..
I always felt sorry for Mick. You can have the best tailors and designers providing you with one of the sharpest wardrobes in pop. But that hair was a permanent and unmitigated disaster, if I was him I'd have gone a number 2 all over and kept it like that permanently.
Here to look at Dennis Munday's dancing after reading his book. On another note, he has far too many digs at Weller in that book for my liking ... his singing .... his guitar playing .... his dancing (which is fair comment to be honest .... his humour ...his haircuts ...his moods. Yet he calls him a mate? Be surprised if Paul ever called him again after that book.
Paul Weller was a musician that was never led by his Audience.hes always said "this is what I'm going to do,if you'd like to come along,fantastic,if not That's fine too"
