Weller will be heading Stateside to his hardcore fans for a limited number of performances, hitting in, ,
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With much of his songwriting rooted in British culture, he is particularly credited with reviving the mod movement in the 1970s and 80s, which has led to his nickname as The Modfather. It’s my life I’ve been doing it since I was 14.As one of the UK's premier singer-songwriters, Weller's career hasn't reacher the superstar status of many of his contemporaries, but remains a solid and recognized musician on a national level in his native Britain. “I like making records, but I like playing live as well,” said Weller, pausing a moment before adding almost wistfully: “I just love playing music. “Last year we played in a place called Cincinnati, which is a place I’ve never been and I wasn’t expecting anything really, and there were over 800 people in this club, which was fucking amazing,” said Weller.įor Weller, touring, with all its ups and downs and relentless hours in the bus, is just part of a life spent in pursuit of a passion. While chart-topping success in the US has yet to happen for Weller, that’s not to say his music is unappreciated in the States – far from it. “It’s nice to have your music appreciated everywhere, innit?” “Obviously, if my record went to No 1 in America, that would be great, but it’s not going to happen,” said Weller.
Still, he wouldn’t mind having his record top the Billboard charts in the US. But if you’re going to make it that’s what you need to do.” “Even when I was 18, 19 and first came to America, I loved the people, but I was not interested in spending six months on the road in a bus going around America. “You’ve got to spend months or years on a road trip and I was never willing to do that,” said Weller. “If it was going to happen, it would have happened a long time ago.” Weller admits that he was never inclined to devote the time and energy to making it in America. At this point in his career, he’s accepted that, though, and has no designs on cracking the charts on this tour. While Weller is wildly popular in the UK, the US market has always proved elusive for him. “I love this new record and I loved the last one and I’m looking forward to making the next one,” said Weller.īut before he can head back into his studio, he is touring the US.
Instead of dwelling on the past, Weller is much more interested in the future and the music that he is making now and will make soon. I don’t want to spend my time trying to recapture something that can’t be recaptured.” “Not enough money in the world to do that,” said Weller.
“I’m not a nostalgic person,” said Weller, dismissing any idea of the Jam or Style Council getting the band back together and hitting the road like their cohorts the Who. But until then he has his sites aimed squarely on the future. “I’m sure time and age will do that for me,” laughed Weller. While some people consider Weller to be anchored to the past by his well-loved work from the 80s and 90s, as Weller continues to push boundaries, try new technology, and create new, fresh sounds, he makes it clear that, at 57 years old, he has no desire to slow down. “There are a few bonkers bits on it,” laughed Weller, but all that matters for him is that: “At the end of the day there are good tunes on it. Weller spent a great deal of time on this album, scrapping songs he had written over the last three years, starting from scratch and then massaging the arrangements to his liking. “I am just trying to push myself forward and see where else I can go with music after all these years.”īruce Foxton and Paul Weller backstage while in the Jam. “I don’t think that there’s anything else out that that sounds like this, for me personally,” said Weller. Weller, who honed his craft in the Jam and Style Council before breaking out on his own in the 90s, admits that the album is pushing his own boundaries, as well as those of his listeners. Saturn’s Patterns finds the so-called Modfather jettisoning himself into continued relevancy with a healthy dose of bluesy guitar, space-age synthesizers and slick production. Weller has described the LP, his 12th studio album, as “defiantly 21st century”, and it lives up to that description. Tomorrow Weller will begin his tour of the US in support of that album, bringing his “perfect” song on the road to remind the eastern half of the country that he is still here, and still very, very relevant. The lamentful Wings of Speed off his celebrated 1995 album Stanley Road the ode to London, Strange Town, which he wrote with the Jam in 1979, and Going My Way, on his new album, Saturn’s Patterns. P aul Weller thinks he has written three perfect songs over the course of his career.
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