{"id":254791,"date":"2025-11-10T11:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/254791\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T11:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:52:12","slug":"the-first-song-paul-weller-ever-fell-in-love-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/254791\/","title":{"rendered":"The first song Paul Weller ever fell in love with"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Paul<\/p>\n

(Credits: Dean Chalkley)<\/p>\n

Mon 10 November 2025 8:31, UK <\/p>\n

As far as vital English musicians go, it does not get much more treasured than the eminent king of Woking,\u00a0Paul Weller<\/a>. He is undoubtedly one of the finest songwriters from this tiny sceptred isle known as Great Britain, and his career has been one of such creative triumphs that he has inspired \u2013 and continues to inspire \u2013 many contemporary artists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He has done this by being authentically himself. No matter the outside pressure to conform or continue with a particular project, Weller has allowed himself to evolve and outgrow his former skin to become a brand new entity. <\/p>\n

Weller acutely understands the need for a musician to continue to progress, and this is by mixing things up. Duly, his career has seen him go from punk hero to master of blue-eyed soul, to a more experimental and cerebral solo musician creating cuts like \u2018Wild Wood\u2019. This unwavering desire to never go stale has created a back catalogue that is comprised of many surprising twists and turns, a testament to the genius that is Paul Weller.<\/p>\n

Weller is affectionately known by his fans as \u2018The Modfather\u2019, a nickname that has origins in the mod revival that his first most important project, The Jam, set in motion. In existence from 1972 to 1983, the Surrey trio rose to become one of the country\u2019s most exciting bands, creating an electrifying racket that set them apart from their other punk peers, with the young Weller saying more than any of his contemporaries could do, with much more of a bite, augmented by the fact that he is a guitar hero. <\/p>\n

His words on anthems such as \u2018Going Underground\u2019 and \u2018Eton Rifles\u2019 remain timeless, as does the angular twang of his Rickenbacker that dovetailed brilliantly with the busy basslines of Bruce Foxton, one of the era\u2019s most talented yet consistently overlooked rhythmic masters.<\/p>\n

After The Jam split, Weller went on to form The Style Council<\/a> alongside Mick Talbot, a blue-eyed soul group that produced some of the best-written and headiest pop songs of the era, including \u2018Shout to the Top\u2019, \u2018Long Hot Summer\u2019, \u2018You\u2019re The Best Thing\u2019 and \u2018My Ever Changing Moods\u2019.<\/p>\n

After The Style Council split in 1989, Weller became a solo artist, and after the release of his eponymous solo album in 1992, he would continue to go from strength to strength, just this time, he was doing it all alone, something that freed him creatively. He has enjoyed a stellar career since, and one that shows no signs of abating. <\/p>\n

Whilst Weller\u2019s artistry is inspired by the works of a whole host of musicians ranging from The Small Faces to Sex Pistols and the likes of John Coltrane, there was one group that had a defining impact on his life by way of being the first group that made him fall in love with music. Unsurprisingly, the band were The Beatles, and the first song he fell in love with was 1964\u2019s \u2018She Loves You\u2019. Hearing the track set him on his long journey to becoming the legend we all know and love today.<\/p>\n

Weller told the\u00a0NME<\/a>: \u201cIt isn\u2019t my favourite Beatles song now, but it was when I was five or whatever I was. That was the first time I saw The Beatles on TV: they played the 1963 Royal Command performance thing, and they played \u2018She Loves You\u2019 on that. That was the first time I fell in love with The Beatles, really, so right from that age, and it\u2019s never stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n

While simple now, the track was actually a landfmark moment. \u201cIt was again a she, you, me, I, personal preposition song,\u201d explained McCartney. \u201cI suppose the most interesting thing about it was that it was a message song, it was someone bringing a message. It wasn\u2019t us any more, it was moving off the \u2018I love you, girl\u2019 or \u2018Love me do\u2019, it was a third person, which was a shift away. \u2018I saw her, and she said to me, to tell you, that she loves you, so there\u2019s a little distance we managed to put in it, which was quite interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nuance of this change might not have been noted down by a toddling Weller, but it certainly has remained in his own work. So perhaps the five-year-old soon-to-be Modfather was being influenced right form the start. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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