Days Of Speed - Paul Weller

Since the birth of the Mod father in May 1958 in humble Woking in Surrey, it wasn’t long before it wasn’t just his doting parents looking admiringly at him for in around 1983, he came to the for with the unsurpassable Style Council and since then, he has been not just an icon in the Mod movement of the late Seventies , but a political spokesman on the very important social issues of the eighties with his band. Calming down the tone somewhat on his venture into solo-ism, his music changed again, into deep, reflective themes. Not at all what we had first remembered him for in The Jam and then into the pastel coloured clad brass musicians in The Style ...

Many of you who have read some of my reviews will know that I am a huge Paul Weller fan, and even more so when he plays live, as this is when he is truly at his magnificent best. I hate the term “The Modfather” which seems to have been tagged onto him, as this gives the idea that he is only on the scene to nuture others, which is certainly not the case, as I think after a few decades on the music scene he is still finding new ways to evolve as an artist. This album was eagerly anticipated by me, as it is a compilation of some of his most popular tracks but played live on an acoustic tour, which as I have mentioned is where he really shines for me, although this time he ...

The Modfather has returned to the British music scene with a bang after releasing a live compilation album Days Of Speed, featuring some of his greatest hits. For those of you that don’t know, Paul Weller was in a group called The Jam along with a couple of school friends. For five short years The Jam were involved in reshaping the British music scene, along with groups like The Clash and The Sex Pistols. Paul became discontented and left to form Style Council, who were never as highly acclaimed, although Paul’s writing had progressed massively, drawing on influences from Motown. Eventually he left the Style Council and decided to go it alone and has been ...