I simply can't compete with the recent posts emotionally so I'm going purely from a musical point of view.

I think this is amazing on a number of levels.

Firstly, who stands up on a stage with electric guitar and does something like this solo? I think that's pretty rare.

Secondly, it's one of my favourites (and I nearly went with a Man of Great Promise but I couldn't find the live version on Spotify I wanted). We also haven't had any Weller, Style Council or Jam in this or the album thread I don't think.

I think his voice is incredible on this - he does nothing by halves. And nicking a phrase from a post a long time ago but made laugh out loud because I could literally see it in my mind is a 'Steve Marriott shoulder roll' mid verse. It's jazz tune underneath delivered with a dash of menace with choppy guitar on a butterscotch telecaster.

Anyone who can write like this and take it from the Style Council full blown horn production with Talbot on keys to stripped to almost nothing deserves a spot on the list.

As @Flaneur once said, you'll miss him when he's gone.

    Great choice.

    It's very rare to hear him do this on electric guitar, and not acoustic, and without a band accompanying him.

    That section from the end of the word 'more' to that section that sings "Naive and wise with no sense of time -
    As I set my clock with a heart beat, tick tock" is very clever and what set him apart from his contemporaries of his age.

    Nice, I was only listening to whirlpools end the other day.
    👍

    Great choice. When this song first appeared on the "mini LP" he was flying. Freed by the constraints of The Jam, it's got a real sense of joy to it. This is a great version and all. 👊

    I have this CD so know it well. One of the few artists who I like a lot of songs by. One of our greatest songwriters, too. I was going to post a Jam song on Sunday, but I’ll have to rethink, now! Prefer his solo stuff to his Style Council stuff, but they did do a few crackers, like this one. Great choice. I was gonna go for

      Think he’s an under appreciated guitar player. Love this. Is the Man Of Great Promise version the live one (Albert Hall?), if so I love that, especially the bit where the bass kicks in subtlety. Live some of the Style Council tunes really stand up. Not sure his greatness will be fully appreciated until he’s gone.

        Jon Think he’s an under appreciated guitar player. Love this. Is the Man Of Great Promise version the live one (Albert Hall?), if so I love that, especially the bit where the bass kicks in subtlety. Live so of the Style Council tunes really stand up. Not sure his greatness will be fully appreciated until he’s gone.

        Agree wholeheartedly with every sentence.

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            Loose Lips. The Boy. Fine chap. Admin. Shameful write-up. Set by example.
            Plaudits for Paul. Notwithstanding the fact that his face resembles a chewed toffee, and he could do with a trim, we still love him. Always will. He’s a National Treasure.
            The Jam were great. The Style Council equally as good, if not better. His solo stuff, personally, I’d rather leave alone. Much of it I find a bit dull.
            That said, decent job, LL. You didn’t cover yourself in glory, neither did you come out of it looking like a complete knob.

              That is a great album . Weller is One of the greats in my book no ifs & buts. He is always following his muse. He is class & good egg.

              The first from that jam documentary “I walked in them fucking shoes” Secondly “the style council documentary when he tears up playing the song together “ lastly last time I saw him supporting Blur, it’s an honour to support them. Imagine being in Blur hearing that. He had made my life a better place growing up with his songs.

              This is a good performance of a song that is ok, as said he has better ones.

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                His greatest achievement in my opinion was that he never reformed the Jam.

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                  Cooley I disagree with this. Thousands would love to see The Jam, the kids who made him rich for a start. Where’s the harm?