![]() ![]() I also never thought about whether I could or would make a success of it because I just presumed it was a matter of time. “I left school in the mid-’70s without any qualifications and I had no interest in getting any because all I wanted to do was play the guitar and write songs. ![]() God knows, he says with gum-chewing sincerity, what he would have done if it hadn’t been for music. What stands out the most, perhaps, is the breadth and range of songs, with the varying music styles culled from a lifetime of listening, living and breathing them. On the Weller album scale, it’s up there with one of his most accomplished works, but it will hardly convert the naysayers. Nevertheless, I do what I do, and I perceive what I do as having some level of value.” But I’ve obviously calmed down over the years and have come to view criticism – and I mean constructive criticism, not criticism as a personal attack – as not such a bad thing. “When I was a much younger man, if someone didn’t like the music it would put my back up straight away, I’d be biting at the leash. ![]() What about severe criticism? It depends, he says. As for the new album, more people have said they like it than not, but I’ve been around for about 45 years now, so the most important thing is that I just continue to make the records I want to make.” “It’s nice, isn’t it? The bottom line, of course, is if people don’t like what I do, then what can I do about it? If it’s positive feedback, yeah, I’m flattered and pleased, and for people to actually dig what I do is part – but only part – of why I do it, I suppose. “I quite like it, to tell the truth,” says Weller. With one of his early lyrics rattling in the background ("I don't give two f***s about your review," from The Jam's 1977 single This Is the Modern World), I ask does he ever get fed up with people telling him how great he is? There is a cheerful laugh at the other end of the phone line. This features 4 unreleased tracks including a demo of a track Paul wrote with Noel Gallagher for The Monkees’ last album.Here we go again: a new Paul Weller album, and in its trail a stream of positivity from just about every constituent part of media, from broadsheets to blogs, from rags to Rolling Stone. ![]() Preceding this will be a digital only EP entitled the ‘Whoosh’ EP, available from September 22. The album features sleeve notes written by writer and broadcaster John Wilson. Will Of The People will released on triple vinyl, 3CD and digitally. Scattered across the tracks are appearances from the likes of Primal Scream, Simon Tong & Graham Coxon. It also includes Paul’s first foray into film soundtracks with the sublime “Ballad Of Jimmy McCabe” from the film Jawbone. Here you will find such gems as Paul’s cover of The Beatles’ “Birthday”, released to celebrate Paul McCartney’s 70th, and the sparkling disco-ball banger remix of Cosmic Fringes by none other than the Pet Shop Boys. Will Of The People follows up Fly On The Wall and takes the listener through a similar mix of rarities, this time spanning the period 2002 to 2021.įrom covers to eclectic remixes, Will Of The People delivers a scintillating array of songs which skirt across many genres. Furthermore, in many instances, they’d become highly sought after in their original formats and were fetching significant sums from fans and collectors. ![]()
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