If, like us you are still slightly intrigued by Weller’s vision of a cappuccino slurping utopia, populated by beautiful people, riding say, to a late night jazz club in Soho, on scooters, wearing 60s influenced fashions and reading French magazines, it seems to us that this was finally nailed some years later by the lovely St Etienne. Paul Wellers guitars at the exhibition St Peter’s Church has allowed us to use it as a music venue. Quotes from Smash Hits found on the excellent ifyouwerethere1980s HERE Tracie has never confessed to being influenced by Punk, but with that kind of attitude…we think that somewhere she may have been. Tracie Young has since carved out a career as a radio presenter with both Radio Essex and Connect FM, and in 2014 Cherry Red released “No Smoke Without Fire” her second album, recorded for Polydor, but never released.Īt 17, it must have taken some guts to answer an ad in Smash Hits, and even more to jump into Wellers vision of a brave new world. Respond themselves shut up shop in 1986, the new Motown dream in tatters, in a world not quite ready to be dragged back into the glory days of twenty years ago, or indeed lectured by Paul Weller about “proper music”. Tracie never made it into the Top Ten again, and despite her feisty vocals and cool hat, her subsequent singles gradually drifted out of sight altogether. Weller wrapped up his Jam career that same year with the uptempo “Beat Surrender”, and Tracie, apparently no longer unemployed and bored, found herself on Top of The Pops…in The Jam. It was very serious, and Weller, ever the Northern Soul Boy suddenly started spouting off about “real music” and having his photo taken at Bar Italia to hint at his new found sophistication – which might have been seen as something of a rejection of his Punk fanbase. The other was his Respond Records label, the “new Motown” with Weller taking on the role of the “new Berry Gordy”. One was his new band The Style Council – where the slicking of hair, and wearing a pastel shade Pringle jumper around your shoulders, like it was a cape, was actively encouraged. Paul Weller’s post Jam offerings came in two varieties. When I saw the advert I couldn’t believe it: it was exactly the sort of thing I was looking for”, she told Neil Tennant in a future issue of the aforementioned publication, just before the release of her debut single the following March. “That was just after I moved from Chelmsford to Hereford and I was unemployed and really bored. Tracie Young was only 17 when she answered Paul Weller’s call for a new young female singer in the pages of Smash Hits in September 1982. Paul - who has adult kids Leah and Natt from his first marriage to Dee C.So, it’s 1982, you’re 17 years old, you’re a bit bored, and one afternoon as you’re idly flicking through the pages of Smash Hits magazine… “The songwriting part of it still involves an awful lot of finessing and chipping away.”Īnd the former Jam star joked he made his album so he could get a “break” from his young children. “I mean, perhaps I make it sound easier than it is. But generally I don’t think people invest in music like we did before streaming/downloads etc."ĭespite being unsure if he'll put out another LP, Paul recently admitted he felt grateful to still have a creative outlet when the world shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Īsked what it would have been like without access to a studio over this time, he said: “I’d probably be in a padded cell. He added: "Thankfully, there’s still great music being made and I’m sure that will always stay that way.
The 62-year-old musician believes that when streaming came along, people became less invested in albums. He continued: "The music business has changed so much in the last few years, I don’t really recognise it anymore." “I often think that after I finish an album – there’s so much more involved in making/putting out albums these days.” This is my 16th solo album! I can’t believe it! Taking part in a Tim’s Twitter Listening Party session for his LP, he tweeted: “I don’t know if I’ll make any more records after this one it’s hard to say at the moment. 1)’, but he's admitted making and releasing a full-length collection is a bigger undertaking than it used to be. 'The Changingman’ rocker is in with the chance of bagging his sixth No1 record with his latest studio effort, ‘Fat Pop (Vol.
Paul Weller "isn't sure" if he'll make another album.
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