Just taken delivery of “here’s some that got away” on 2nd hand cd from 1993 - has a further 10 months unreleased songs / demos plus 12 b side - it’s also excellent so worth hunting down - thanks to @beatleytonebeatleschannel for the heads up on that one ☝️
No need to defend. The Style Council were awesome. I still have every single & LP and various memorabilia and saw them Live at Bristol Hippodrome in 1984 and have lots of happy teenage memories of the band .
Good to hear from fans at the time - I kinda regret coming in so late ! They have some fabulous tracks in the catalogue - thanks fir sharing and comments 🫡
I love The Style Council. Such a brave move for Mr. Weller. Leaving The Jam and forming a radically different type of band. They basically introduced the world to the genre of sophistipop. They introduced most of us to the brilliance of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn. I can't think of any other band that did such subversively beautiful pop music other than Steely Dan. Such an important band and my favorite period of Paul Weller's musical career.
Mmm - trying to think what else was around in 85 ? Hounds of love , meat is murder .. but yes it’s a strong contender- I’m still taken aback all these years later by the directness of those political lyrics - could you imagine a mainstream pop act making an album like that now ? Thanks for commenting 🫡
I personally love early Style Council including fabulous ‘Introducing’ EP which was behind you! Absolutely correct on their best album, and some of their 45’s belong amongst the best of Weller full stop.
Good spot - I forgot to mention it ! Thanks for the comment 👍 I brought a couple of those albums from Claire David ! See you at RSD - bring your cash 💰
My favourite Weller period. I bought Speak Like A Child 7inch the day it came out. I bought Our Favourite Shop on vinyl last week for a fiver! My second favourite eighties band after The Smiths
Stay tuned lots of smiths stuff on the way - they are my number 1 of the 80’s too - I have really enjoyed doing this style council stuff and am astonished at the stuff tucked away on singles - thanks for comments Dan 🫡
Great video and a fair summary of their career. Favourite shop is far and away their best but i like Cafe Bleu. TSC were a singles band to me -they put great singles but fairly average albums. I tjink i have everything including the box set and saw them once at Live Aid. I hated The Cost of Loving when it came out but love it now. The singular adventures is also a good comp. There is an “ Extras-esque” gathering called something like the songs that got away but i think all the songs are on the box set. Ghosts of Dauku is on it and where i girst heard it. Brilliant song i agree
Thanks for commenting- wish I’d been around to see the Jam - have really enjoyed doing these videos - what has surprised me is how much I’ve loved going thru the Style Council years - I’m looking at doing a solo ranking video but it’s well hard as he’s remarkably consistent- no real clunkers and all have merits. Waiting till 66 has revealed its charms fully as I’m enjoying that more and more
I never liked that Bruce and Rick were left high and dry by Paul. TSC were much better than people gave them credit for. Both the Jam and TSC are among my favourite bands. Good video Gav.
Style Council had some great stuff..Introduced me to different styles and opened my mind to politics.. I gave up after Our Favourite Shop.. The B Side I still think is great and worth a listen is “Spring,Summer, Autumn “ off The Ever Changing Moods 12inch.
Thanks for. Comment- Sadly that great song you and a few others have mentioned is not available on Spotify! Catalogue is a bit neglected. Another reason to hang on to your vinyl and cds ! 🫡
@@gavaxemanspinsOne of my biggest regrets was selling my vinyl collection many years ago. It was a case of keeping a roof over my head. Same roof I’m under today, so music did save my life..Lol I replaced them all on C.D . I do agree keep the solid format , cause some of this stuff could just disappear. Couple of vinyl I still have include The Jam live E.P which came with the initial copies of the album Snap. The Mods May Day 79 album and Stiff Little Fingers Alternative Ulster. Kept those back as being extra special..I would part with them to a decent home. Really good work you’re doing and appreciated . All the best from North London.
@@mauricerevelle8451 thanks again for kind comments- fortunately I’ve never been in that position but if it came to it the collection would go to pay the bills everytime - I’ve always thought of it as a back up pension - which I’ll hopefully never cash in!!
Why thank you sir Jim - I did a few takes of that one as getting thru the political side without being overly political was quite tricky ! Glad you appreciated the effort !! Stay safe and well 🫡
Spotify playlist- quite a few b sides not available - but have done my best ! open.spotify.com/playlist/3nCFKQYsYgnlmL41hXxICC?si=RchMDGH4T1OhlyHxH71Tkg&pi=e-pT-11Qy6QZ2m
Cafe Bleu definitely Weller just going out of his way to distance himself from The Jam as far as possible and to see what fans were worth taking with him.
@@gavaxemanspinswas a tad bemused listening to it as a Jam obsessed 17 year old back in 1984. Think the strength of first single Speak Like a Child kept me engaged and grew to love them but agree not as consistent as The Jam. Like you mention they shine as a singles band and the quality of B sides like Spin’ Drifing and It Just Came to Pieces is incredible. It’s also telling how time has been so kind to the Confessions album and how even the most ardent critics of the time see it now as a damn good album. Every May, June, July and August it’s TSC on my car stereo non-stop. TSC will forever be the summer band for me.
The Style Council had some banging singles of course Weller genius. He was fucking about half the time, he knows in his heart never a patch on the Jam with Bruce and Rick.
Weller is on my Mount Rushmore of all time greats with decades of output, less than 10% of which I think is bad. Brian Wilson, Neil Young, Ray Davies and PW. Paul has the lowest percent of misfires, probably under 5%. Neil is a close second. It’s a funny thing how with music one person’s gold is another’s trash. Confessions is an absolute masterpiece.🤷🏻♂️
@@cannyvalley - yep he’s really consistent- I gave up trying to rank his solo albums as they are all so good - a few stand outs but no duffers … I’m a big fan of Confessions side 1 - less so side 2 - but I’ve grown to be a bit kinder to cost of loving after doing that video - really enjoyed revisiting the council catalogue! Thanks for that very insightful comments - and yep all those others you menu are great too - I can’t keep up with Neil Young releases !! 🫡
Very disappointing. I have decided to take the role of Judge and Jury. I find Messrs Weller and Talbot guilty of crimes against Rock and Roll and may the good lord have mercy on their souls !!!. Hope you and yours are well. All the best.
Great video and a fair summary of their career. Favourite shop is far and away their best but i like Cafe Bleu. TSC were a singles band to me -they put great singles but fairly average albums. I tjink i have everything including the box set and saw them once at Live Aid. I hated The Cost of Loving when it came out but love it now. The singular adventures is also a good comp. There is an “ Extras-esque” gathering called something like the songs that got away but i think all the songs are on the box set. Ghosts of Dauku is on it and where i girst heard it. Brilliant song i agree
@beatleytonesbeatleschannel thanks Tone - I enjoyed doing this one and re listening to the albums - and again what struck me was the amount of great stuff left of the albums - had a scout on eBay and the vinyl and albums are quite scarce and prices going up up up ! Thanks for commenting and have a good weekend
@@gavaxemanspins That's interesting. luckily I have the 4 records as i bought them as they came out. Seems quite surprising that they are going for big money as they weren't that loved at the time
Just taken delivery of “here’s some that got away” on 2nd hand cd from 1993 - has a further 10 months unreleased songs / demos plus 12 b side - it’s also excellent so worth hunting down - thanks to @beatleytonebeatleschannel for the heads up on that one ☝️
No need to defend. The Style Council were awesome. I still have every single & LP and various memorabilia and saw them Live at Bristol Hippodrome in 1984 and have lots of happy teenage memories of the band .
Good to hear from fans at the time - I kinda regret coming in so late ! They have some fabulous tracks in the catalogue - thanks fir sharing and comments 🫡
I love The Style Council. Such a brave move for Mr. Weller. Leaving The Jam and forming a radically different type of band. They basically introduced the world to the genre of sophistipop. They introduced most of us to the brilliance of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn. I can't think of any other band that did such subversively beautiful pop music other than Steely Dan. Such an important band and my favorite period of Paul Weller's musical career.
@@rft2001 great comments - thanks for your contribution to the debate ! A much misunderstood band 🫡
'Our Favourite Shop' was easily the best album of '85. It was voted as such in an end of year poll.
Mmm - trying to think what else was around in 85 ? Hounds of love , meat is murder .. but yes it’s a strong contender- I’m still taken aback all these years later by the directness of those political lyrics - could you imagine a mainstream pop act making an album like that now ? Thanks for commenting 🫡
I personally love early Style Council including fabulous ‘Introducing’ EP which was behind you! Absolutely correct on their best album, and some of their 45’s belong amongst the best of Weller full stop.
Good spot - I forgot to mention it ! Thanks for the comment 👍 I brought a couple of those albums from Claire David ! See you at RSD - bring your cash 💰
My favorite band of all time! Much love and respect from Los Angeles!❤❤
Thanks for commenting 👍respect and love paid back from the less than sunny West Midlands ! You have good taste ❤️
Hi gav always loved the style council saw them live many times cheers 👍
Good to hear from you again Rob - glad we have another fan commenting 👍 there is gold in the catalogue- i impressed myself with my playlist !
I was pleased you mentioned the political aspect I saw them at a CND rally in 83 in Brixton Maggie Maggie Maggie out out out!
My favourite Weller period. I bought Speak Like A Child 7inch the day it came out.
I bought Our Favourite Shop on vinyl last week for a fiver!
My second favourite eighties band after The Smiths
Stay tuned lots of smiths stuff on the way - they are my number 1 of the 80’s too - I have really enjoyed doing this style council stuff and am astonished at the stuff tucked away on singles - thanks for comments Dan 🫡
Probably, the best band in the world ;)
Great singles band featuring Weller's best song:
Shout To The Top
Thank for commenting- no argument with that choice from here
Great video and a fair summary of their career. Favourite shop is far and away their best but i like Cafe Bleu. TSC were a singles band to me -they put great singles but fairly average albums. I tjink i have everything including the box set and saw them once at Live Aid. I hated The Cost of Loving when it came out but love it now. The singular adventures is also a good comp. There is an “ Extras-esque” gathering called something like the songs that got away but i think all the songs are on the box set. Ghosts of Dauku is on it and where i girst heard it. Brilliant song i agree
PW still playing 4 songs on tour: Shout, Blue, Headstart and My Ever Changing Moods!
@@kiritmookerjee2744 great stuff ! Did you get to see him ?
@@gavaxemanspins Absolutely I did. I like a lot of the solo stuff also but living in America never saw TSC live so it’s special to hear those tunes.
@@kiritmookerjee2744 well done - he’s a top live act ! Thanks for commenting- good to see the Style Council stuff is in the set lists
Followed wellers music career since 1978 and love all of his work end of.
Thanks for commenting- wish I’d been around to see the Jam - have really enjoyed doing these videos - what has surprised me is how much I’ve loved going thru the Style Council years - I’m looking at doing a solo ranking video but it’s well hard as he’s remarkably consistent- no real clunkers and all have merits. Waiting till 66 has revealed its charms fully as I’m enjoying that more and more
Party Chambers is my fave TSC track though Weller I bet wrote that in the jam . A classic and hidden away as a b side .
@@MrBenmanning indeed it is - thanks for commenting and watching 🫡🇬🇧
Quality band pure style
@@nickclark5932 - agree - I have had a great time revisiting the catalog this last month- thanks for commenting 🫡
I never liked that Bruce and Rick were left high and dry by Paul. TSC were much better than people gave them credit for. Both the Jam and TSC are among my favourite bands. Good video Gav.
@@berwickshiremike51 cheers Mike - yep he kinda made up with Bruce but he really doesn’t like Rick ! Glad you enjoyed👍🫡
If you open the cover up on tcol album the photos of the band are bery cool and stylish ,hence tge name
Style Council had some great stuff..Introduced me to different styles and opened my mind to politics.. I gave up after Our Favourite Shop..
The B Side I still think is great and worth a listen is “Spring,Summer, Autumn “ off The Ever Changing Moods 12inch.
Thanks for. Comment- Sadly that great song you and a few others have mentioned is not available on Spotify! Catalogue is a bit neglected. Another reason to hang on to your vinyl and cds ! 🫡
@@gavaxemanspinsOne of my biggest regrets was selling my vinyl collection many years ago. It was a case of keeping a roof over my head. Same roof I’m under today, so music did save my life..Lol I replaced them all on C.D . I do agree keep the solid format , cause some of this stuff could just disappear.
Couple of vinyl I still have include The Jam live E.P which came with the initial copies of the album Snap. The Mods May Day 79 album and Stiff Little Fingers Alternative Ulster.
Kept those back as being extra special..I would part with them to a decent home.
Really good work you’re doing and appreciated .
All the best from North London.
@@mauricerevelle8451 thanks again for kind comments- fortunately I’ve never been in that position but if it came to it the collection would go to pay the bills everytime - I’ve always thought of it as a back up pension - which I’ll hopefully never cash in!!
I can't understand why people don't like The Style Council. I've got the box set etc. Another Bostin video Gav they keep getting better.
Why thank you sir Jim - I did a few takes of that one as getting thru the political side without being overly political was quite tricky ! Glad you appreciated the effort !! Stay safe and well 🫡
Spotify playlist- quite a few b sides not available - but have done my best !
open.spotify.com/playlist/3nCFKQYsYgnlmL41hXxICC?si=RchMDGH4T1OhlyHxH71Tkg&pi=e-pT-11Qy6QZ2m
Cafe Bleu definitely Weller just going out of his way to distance himself from The Jam as far as possible and to see what fans were worth taking with him.
Very well said- he certainly pushed them! Thanks for commenting 👍
@@gavaxemanspinswas a tad bemused listening to it as a Jam obsessed 17 year old back in 1984. Think the strength of first single Speak Like a Child kept me engaged and grew to love them but agree not as consistent as The Jam. Like you mention they shine as a singles band and the quality of B sides like Spin’ Drifing and It Just Came to Pieces is incredible. It’s also telling how time has been so kind to the Confessions album and how even the most ardent critics of the time see it now as a damn good album. Every May, June, July and August it’s TSC on my car stereo non-stop. TSC will forever be the summer band for me.
@@racingspoon brilliant comments - good to hear from someone who was there - I was a tad too young
The Style Council had some banging singles of course Weller genius. He was fucking about half the time, he knows in his heart never a patch on the Jam with Bruce and Rick.
@@collo5034 - certainly a hard act to follow ! Thanks for commenting
Weller is on my Mount Rushmore of all time greats with decades of output, less than 10% of which I think is bad.
Brian Wilson, Neil Young, Ray Davies and PW. Paul has the lowest percent of misfires, probably under 5%. Neil is a close second.
It’s a funny thing how with music one person’s gold is another’s trash. Confessions is an absolute masterpiece.🤷🏻♂️
@@cannyvalley - yep he’s really consistent- I gave up trying to rank his solo albums as they are all so good - a few stand outs but no duffers … I’m a big fan of Confessions side 1 - less so side 2 - but I’ve grown to be a bit kinder to cost of loving after doing that video - really enjoyed revisiting the council catalogue! Thanks for that very insightful comments - and yep all those others you menu are great too - I can’t keep up with Neil Young releases !! 🫡
Some the stuff you said is nonesense about the lps
Thanks for joining the debate .. so which album is your favourite
@@gavaxemanspins our fav shop but cost of loving is a great lp as well
@@RyanShaw-t2p - I may have been a bit harsh on a cost of loving ! Good case for the defence Ryan!
Loved Paul's solo, Jam. But never liked this at all!
Thanks for commenting- all views are welcome 🙏 it’s a hung jury at the moment !
They were dire
Tell it like it is ! Thanks for commenting- all are welcome 🙏
@@gavaxemanspins There's always one.
Very disappointing. I have decided to take the role of Judge and Jury. I find Messrs Weller and Talbot guilty of crimes against Rock and Roll and may the good lord have mercy on their souls !!!.
Hope you and yours are well.
All the best.
Great video and a fair summary of their career. Favourite shop is far and away their best but i like Cafe Bleu. TSC were a singles band to me -they put great singles but fairly average albums. I tjink i have everything including the box set and saw them once at Live Aid. I hated The Cost of Loving when it came out but love it now. The singular adventures is also a good comp. There is an “ Extras-esque” gathering called something like the songs that got away but i think all the songs are on the box set. Ghosts of Dauku is on it and where i girst heard it. Brilliant song i agree
@beatleytonesbeatleschannel thanks Tone - I enjoyed doing this one and re listening to the albums - and again what struck me was the amount of great stuff left of the albums - had a scout on eBay and the vinyl and albums are quite scarce and prices going up up up ! Thanks for commenting and have a good weekend
@@gavaxemanspins That's interesting. luckily I have the 4 records as i bought them as they came out. Seems quite surprising that they are going for big money as they weren't that loved at the time
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel - looks like people hold on to them - and not many reissues- I got that b sides CD on eBay for £4 !