1/3/2023 0 Comments Paul weller tour dates 2016![]() ![]() He wanted a very long piece, like 20 minutes long experimental kind of piece or kind of mood piece and that was the main vibe of the soundtrack, so I kind of did it off that. But I started…even just after hearing the kind of stories from the actor and writer, Johnny Harris, I kind of just buzzed off what he was telling me and the kind of idea and the vision he had for it. I was kind of lucky with this film, Jawbone, because I started work on the music probably like four years ago when they were still trying to get funded. ![]() ![]() And composing a score is such a different process than doing an original album as you are writing to fit a director’s vision. I know you also just did the film score for Jawbone. But often I’m more affected by the mood of a record and the melody. I’m not always straightaway connected to the lyrics, maybe that’s something I’ll pick up on later. I’m not always necessarily connected to other people’s music. I think these days it’s more the music that moves me. It’s hard to think of one at the moment, but probably something like “Ghost Ship” off the last Blur album. What was the last song where you felt a song spoke to you that way cause it still happens all the time? That’s always a sort of nice compliment as a writer, anyway, when people connect to the song like that. They connected with it and whatever they’ve gone through over the time. And they were saying how much they loved it and felt it was their song. I saw a couple the other day when we were on tour and they said how much they liked, “Long, Long Road,” which is off the new album. But are there responses you have heard that have really pleased you? But it’s always good reaction, it’s always tough playing new songs to people cause yeah, but I think people are digging it, we’ve had a pretty good positive reaction so far.Īre you seeing people uplifted when you play the new material live? And now of course with social media you get immediate responses, which can be good and bad. We’ve done about a half a dozen of the songs, we’ll probably add a couple more as we go on. How much of the new material have you been playing live? But I think there are other things that come back slightly later on really. There are some love songs on the record, so they’re kind of self-evident really. So yeah, somethings have different meanings or more meaning after a period of time, unless it’s something straightforward. That’s true, but, yeah, that type of can be months or sometimes years, you look back and think, “Ah, that’s what I was writing about, that’s what I was trying to say.” I think that’s true cause I think when you write some of it’s conscious and some of it’s very much subconscious as well I think. Were there things you learned in writing this record because so often you don’t gain perspective on a record until well after it is done? But at the same time it also addresses the same things you’re talking about, some aspects of it anyway. But I was trying to make something that would make people feel good as well. But I guess I thought it’d be nice to make something that was uplifting, write a song of hope in a hopeless world or situation. I don’t know, it’d be a nice thing, anyway, to have some peace in the world. Was it a conscious decision to write such an upbeat album when things are so crazy in the world right now? Weller spoke with about the new album, writing for film and the one song he wishes he could’ve written, and it is a good one. Morrissey, Oasis and Billy Bragg are just three of the artists who’ve covered Weller songs over the years. artist since the Jam’s 1977 debut, In The City. Between the two, 2017 marks a very prolific year for one of Britain’s most enduring and revered singer/songwriters, a man whose influence has been felt by virtually every major U.K. He is also exploring his creativity with his first ever film score for the film Jawbone. His new album, Kind Revolution, finds Weller writing upbeat soulful tunes to do the best he can to soothe an increasingly anguished and tumultuous world. “The Modfather,” as he will forever be known to fans of the Jam and Style Council, is feeling good these days. ![]()
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