tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963342751739311325.post938155328008724117..comments2015-08-04T19:31:31.381+01:00Comments on The Curse of the Haunted Headphones: Paul WellerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759231006142306157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963342751739311325.post-18930370928813748542015-03-26T10:23:13.637+00:002015-03-26T10:23:13.637+00:00I sort of understand his desire to move away from ...I sort of understand his desire to move away from stuff he wrote with Foxton et al over 30 years ago, but IMO those are still the best written songs he's done. His more recent work has a few gems, but lack the rawness and immediacy of the Jam work. He did come across as a little serious initially, but nice to see that thaw during the gig. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12330831385421218328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963342751739311325.post-28856698492896987292015-03-25T19:07:56.151+00:002015-03-25T19:07:56.151+00:00I have never truly succeeded in taking to Paul Wel...I have never truly succeeded in taking to Paul Weller. The Jam, as all right-thinking poeplel agree were really special, but I have always found his dismissal of that period of his career slightly condescending - particularly when many of those Jam songs means so much to people. And his jettison of (and subsequent comments about) Buckler and Foxton I found, to put it mildly, disappointing.. The Style Council was naught but an ill thought out vanity project.<br /><br />But clearly he is a chap who is doing something right.Ian38018https://www.blogger.com/profile/11341931294270709775noreply@blogger.com