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Great great video! Thank you very much!

I was really into this j pop band called Paris Match. After looking into them I discovered they're name after The Style Council song of the same name. Absolutely fell in love with teh song and the band after that.

One of my top 5 bands that have influenced my small world...turned on to them in 1984...56 now....still influence me and love their music as it is timeless 👍🏼

nice video

They were insane

What a pompus pathetic band, hope there glad Labour are in power taking money of pensioners

The orange one was actually quite good. Nice and orange and quite smooth and relaxing. It was a bit of a relief after the overdone quality of Favourite Shop. Bleu was good too. But the group were of their time. They helped kids struggling to adapt to Thatcherism by offering some sort of worthy-feeling resistance, but, in the end, most of my generation realised she won and she won because she was largely correct. Weller was better for dumping the politics and adjusting along with the rest of us. With politics as it is these days under a genuinely awful leftist government, another Thatcher would probably be pretty welcome amongst my generation. The current gang really are "throwing it all away".

"... flipping off the leather clad crowd..." - I don't think you understand The Jam's audience. They were NOT rockers but Mods. A Mod wouldn't be seen dead in a leather jkt 😂. You then show a pic of Weller and Talbot dressed head to toe in Mod gear riding the transportation of choice for Mods, the Lambretta/Vespa, as 'proof'of this. Yes, Weller did alienate his Jam audience. A decision he would regret, but it was THEY he turned to when it all went Pete Tong for him and he had to start from scratch in the clubs. I liked some of TSC's early stuff ('Headstart for Happiness' being a big favourite) but he got rather pretentious cosplaying as a stylish Parisienne intellectual. Each to his own I guess

Early 80s, we didn’t have cable-so no access to MTV but did have a local Atlanta video channel that played lots of videos from UK bands. I was a kid and had absolutely no clue about SC’s politics but their sound captured me. I’m so grateful for the early exposure.

Yes Comfessions is their masterpiece! One of my favourites ever. Good to hear the narrator think so too

Fun fact: the Style Council as a band never had a record deal. The deal was exclusive to the Weller’s ( Paul and his Dad). Mick Talbot was just a hired hand and had no part in the record deal.

Fun fact this is my grandmother

😂your funny….. on a gross topic😢……….😊Thx

Paul Weller is a talented guy. I have enjoyed listening to his musical journey since 1976. Always changing, not afraid to experiment, always fun to listen to. Thanks for sharing this documentary.

Really good band.

When I was a kid I fuckin hated The Style Council. I still do- shite.

Thank you for taking the time and care to out this together. The Style Council has remained one of my favorite bands since I was in high school. I love the two piano pieces on Confessions. The Story of Someone's Shoe is also an incredible song from that album. The vocal backdrop and the vibraphone provide an amazing tapestry for Weller's melody, and the vibe solo is killer.

While a great band, they are nowhere near the best band in the world. Nice try.

Great assessment of fantastic group. I am no longer embarrassed to say that I now listen to them more often than I listen to The Jam! True, they made some awful records, but my word, when they were good, they were very, very good. Confessions is a brilliant album, their singles discography is stellar and Cafe Bleu too wasn't bad either! You say that they're probably the best band in the world, I would agree, but add that they're probably the most underrated band in the world - ever.

What an entertaining documentary! I've adored the Style Council and Paul Weller since about 1985. I'd have to say that the Style Council is definitely one of the best bands in the world. That's only because I find it hard to narrow down just one best band in the world and I'm sure that as a fellow music lover, Paul would understand.

Wow, brilliant work. They are quality through and through. Clothes and music in perfect harmony. Ignore the critics and enjoy, music still fresh even after 40 years.

Wow I love this band and this documentary. Even at their weakest like "Cost of living" I still liked 7/9 tracks in that. I never realized how much deep politics and meaning were in the songs, They just sounded great to me. Especially the other vocalist they bring here. I think its always important for musicians to make music for what "they think is right" be true to themselves otherwise you'll end up sounding uninspired and not creative. Thats why paul weller is always good, he's forever changing and improving. Lastly, I've tried searching for bands like "The Style Council" but the thing is you really can't. They're just a mix of everything good r&b, jazz, soul, pop. It's few and far between. Nothing ever comes close to their energy. Genius!

You'll be happy to know that I saw 3/4 of The Style Council (plus Weller & DC Lee's daughter, Leah, as support) this evening at Koko (formerly Music Machine) in London. It was a very good gig. They played "Paris Match".

Thank you very much for this great docu, soul brother!

I recently listened to the shelved “Modernism” album. I can’t imagine what the hubbub was about. Listen now with open ears. The album is awesome.

talbot and weller should re unite.

Posso essere d'accordo, forse non hanno fatto troppi pezzi..

I agree with you (and for the same reasons), Confessions is their best album. I guess that's what happens when you get old.

Probably not.

Paul Wellar has been in my soul since 1979 in a town called malice. Greatest acoustic player shine on Paul n the crew ❤

Weller had a musical comeback in the 90s and got lumped into the dadrock movement which ideolises 60s rock. People forget who the jam and style council were musically adventurous and also lyrically interesting - doing songs about racist comedians and concentration camps. Even when they fail or veer into naffness theyre never boring

Great video - deserves far more views i hope its a grower. This band should have been huge

thanks very much for uploading, I really enjoyed it

Their actual last release was the "Long Hot Summer 89" single, previously released as the "Tom mix" of that song on their A Summer Quartet EP.

That line from "Shout to the Top" is "it's a funny little thing"…

It is kind of strange how they weren't as popular as they should have been, i guess, but, i was a big fan as a teen, and it was a great big treat in the 80's!

Not probably, it is the best

Great video, thank you! I feel honored that you screenshotted my (heavenonfire) annotation on the Cost of Loving from the Genius lyrics website. Paul Weller is on my Mt. Rushmore of all time greats, right there next to Brian Wilson and Neil Young. Artists whose work I have great difficulty finding anything not to like.

Listen to Sister Marian by the Japanese band T-Square and around 3:06 you’ll hear where he got the inspiration for the Super Mario theme song..

Preferisco i Jam, comunque negli anni 80 erano una delle band che trovavo più interessanti, per quanto un po' troppo inquadrati nelle tendenze dell'epoca

Well done my son.

I would say The Style Council were far more of a "Mod" band than The Jam were - even though The Jam were central to the late 70's mod revival, The Style Council were far more in tune with the mindset that mod was supposed to be about - Rising above your trappings both physically and mentally. It was a more sophisticated and cool outlook, a broader range of influences from jazz, soul, rock and pop, nods to poetry, art, French New-wave Cinema, the Beat Movement....this portrayed a more individualistic and knowingly cool demeanour.

I had a load of 12inch singles. Dont know what happened to them.

Carlsberg’s slogan: "Probably the best lager in the world” was originally created in 1973 and remained in constant use for more than 38 years.

As an American living in London in the early 80’s I listened to the style council and carried my passion back(and Introducing the style council album) to US. Next month I am fortunate that PW will be playing in my city of Seattle. Can’t wait. Shout out to on sunset another Weller gem

i always throw this album on when i work, it's on the same level as tangerine dream phaedra to me

They were totally unique in their time, and nothing has happened in the intervening 40 years to change that. Great, great band.

Paul Weller and the Style Council were producing beautiful music 83-88. The problem was young people lacked musical taste, and chose o buy shite like Wham, Nik Kershaw, Howard Jones, George Michael. I was 20 in 1983. Going home and away supporting Everton, wearing all the latest gear, listening to the Style Council/Jam stuff. Great days. I looked down my nose at Wham fans. To this day, I own everything Paul Weller has recorded, I think. I am lucky enough to be seeing Paul live again, in November in Liverpool. Thank God, before one of us carks it! Well you have to be realistic.

typical full of shit leftists - great music so so lyrics and truly pompous ignorance of anything

I'm annoyed that it's taken me 3 years to discover this piece of work. It has at its core a major flaw, it's about an hour too short. Beautifully done mate. I've been a Weller fan since 1978. I was hugely into the Jam and was bereft when Paul called it quits when they were at the top [which was the point of course]. But when Inroducing and then Cafe Bleu came along I understood. I never had a problem with the transition. This is great stuff thank you from the bottom of my heart.