My ever changing moods the style council

But again the plug was yanked and everything went down the gurgler. Still agitating, this time more stylishly, over the next six years Weller gave the middle finger to anyone who dared shout: вЂњkick out the style/bring back The Jam.вЂќДespite some misdirected (and rather late in the case of Tears For Fears) outrage, The Style Council picked up a new legion fans, converted many of the old Jam ones andВ topped the charts around the world with a string of memorable singles. Swapping that incisive and incursive guitar sound for something far more Bensonesque, his new group delivered some of WellerвЂ™s most biting political manifestos, albeit in fresh musical settings where everything from blue-eyed soul, electro, hip hop, jazz and lush orchestra suites fused with imagery from glossy globetrotting menвЂ™s magazines. InВ 1982 at the height of his mod-punk power trio The JamsвЂ™ success, the singer pulled the plug and confounded a legion of working-class fans with a new group called The Style Council. There is something about that song title that sums up WellerвЂ™s career though: always shifting. Instead, like most Weller lyrics, it gives a glimpse inside the mind of a prolific and accomplished songwriter alongside social commentary and varying degrees of political bile.

Despite the title, it doesnвЂ™t detail emotional mania or a prickly personality. ThereвЂ™s a terrific song on The Style CouncilвЂ™s second LP, 1984вЂ™s вЂCafГ© BleuвЂ™, called вЂMy Ever Changing MoodsвЂ™.

PARIS POMPOR gets on the blower with The Modfather, finding him in a good mood and happy to talk. PAUL WELLER returns for three exclusive SydneyВ shows.

My ever changing moods the style council