The incredible thing about Paul Weller in The Jam was just how acute and sharp he was. Far sharper than a lot of the people around him. Many Jam songs are Buldungsroman principles realised in three minute Pop songs. Elvis Costello and Joe Strummer wre doing somular things at the same time. But they were quiye a lot older than Weller and every sux minths matters a lot at that age.
For me he allowed himself to be defined too much by the things that he loved in later years..His talent had much mre going for it than The Mod Revival. But listen to All Mod Cons and it will make you feel like ou are fifteen again.
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