Paul Weller (2)

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is a cunt.

I did like The Jam. But the way Weller just cut the other two off and out of his life when he chose to finish the band showed an early indication of what a cunt he could be. Just frozen out like they never even existed.

Then – after the pretentious Style Council – Weller was feted and sucked up to big during the Britpop hype. And, the ‘anti-rock star’ behaved like one. Booze, powder, women and all that. Nothing wrong with that, but the way Weller used to sneer at the Rock ‘N’ Roll lifestyle also shows a hypocritical cunt.

It appears, his monumental ego never came down from this mid 90s adulation. And, even his closest friends weren’t immune from his cunt side.

The link touches on it. But, he does come across as a cunt….

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Nominated by Norman.

65 thoughts on “Paul Weller (2)”

  2. Looks like a raddled old granny these days, with that daft haircut..

    Any one who gives money for someone else to go up the ramp for them is a cunt in my eyes.

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  3. Don’t remember much about the Dodger’s. The only band I stuck with was the Fall, who had more fallouts and new weekly members than any musical group and didn’t give a fuck whether they got into the charts or not. Mark E Smith was the boss and whatever he said went. Now he’s pissed up in the great wheelchair drug infected sky with the rest.

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    • Had the pleasure of Mark’s company a few times over the years in Prestwich watering holes.

      A seriously bitter blue cunt, but an extremely dry and funny bastard.
      Mark Edward Smith RIP.

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      • More likely that prototype from Robocop 2 that removes its helmet to reveal a screaming skull.

    • Dr.Cuntengine. Not your first ever mention of Robocop ; I thusly believe you are a fan. As am I, top 3 movies ever for me… time & place factored-in.

      Anyhoo. There’s a YT link isac WILL NOT allow posted for some bizarro reason. Not today, not 2 years ago.

      But stick ‘Robocop puppet kenny’ in YT search and it’ll show up. Parody done right! Really.

      **

      As for rhe cunted today? I know nothing. I from Barcelona. Link story pretty who cares? though. (no offence Norman). He looks like the cunt from the Full Monty. That’s all I got.

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      • (cunt going to the bar ‘for’ him like a butler in the first place is as much a cunt, maybe) .. 🤷

      • Cuntemall, Robocop is in my top three films ever: in no order of preference: Robocop, Aliens, The Thing.
        All out-and-out masterpieces.
        What’s your favourites?

      • I am with you both. Robocop is excellent and a top 5 for me. Paul Veerhoven got the dark humour spot on. Two others that he directed – Total Recall and Starship Troopers – are firm favourites for me. Aliens as well, yes.

    • 1997’s The Game is in my top 3 -instant answer.

      All 4 mentioned by you & Grasshopper(hello!) are here on DVD but I hold a fondness for South Park Bigger, Longer and Uncut.

      I dared mysrlf several times to post ‘The Game, Brokeback Mountain’ & exit, poker-faced. Typed it up, even. But lost my bottle last second. 😄

      Both o’yiz – watch that parody. The boardroom video-wall alone is worth the watch.

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      • Excellent picks Cunt Engine.

        Demolition Man and Falling Down too. I recently rewatched Starship Troopers, great stuff.

      • The fun thing about Demolition Man, after first seeing it in the mid 90s and then watching it last year, is how it shows such a woke society, with the leaders very much like the EU poofters, but with the underground gammons wanting freedom. It is weirdly prescient. Aged well me thinks.

  9. I’m frightened to remind myself of this shite, incase I won’t be able to rid my mind of it. similar to shit on the shoe.

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  12. It would appear that my phone is having a Rosie Jones style spaz this morning. Never mind.
    No wonder Weller’s a cunt. His dad was also one of weapons grade proportions.
    Also the band’s manager, he could never quite understand why the other two members should get paid.
    He was instrumental in his son’s efforts to erase them from memory and they both caused them untold grief for years.
    What a family sized pair of cunts.

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    • That’s what stank about it, Field Marshal.

      Weller’s dad was the manager, and he sided with his son on every matter. Even Weller’s sister once remarked that the last time she saw the other Jam members was Christmas 1982. She said it was both sad and awkward, as everyone was in their own corner of the room and not speaking to one another. She didn’t like how Bruce and Rick were suddenly persona non grata for no real reason whatsoever. They didn’t put a foot wrong musically, and they were never pain in the arse let downs, druggies, pissheads or troublemakers, like Brian Jones or Keith Moon. it’s said (especially by the Weller camp) that the Jam split up. The other two had no choice in the matter. They were sacked, by Weller and his biased father.

      It’d be like Sting firing both Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers at the height of the Police’s popularity. Which didn’t happen. Had Sting tried that, Stewart would have kicked his teeth out.

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  14. As an avowed leftard, Weller will be hanging on every word of the anally-retentive Dalek’s speech to the nation today.

    To be delivered with all the charisma of a bank’s compliance officer reading out a 30 page risk assessment for a new financial product.

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  16. True story, this….

    During his Stanley Road period of re-acclaim, and the height of the Oasis thing. Paul Weller was sort of mates with Noel Gallagher.

    When both were in Weller’s garden having a drink or two, Noel asked Paul if he (Weller) still ‘mattered’. As in was he as relevant now as he was in his Jam days.

    Paul took his shirt off, and began running round the garden. Beating his chest like a demented gorilla, and shouting ‘Weller! Weller! Wellarrrrgh!’ over and over. When he finally stopped, Gallagher said calmly, ‘Fuckin’ ell, mate , I only asked.’

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  17. Weller is a cunt.

    He said to the music press, ‘I really don’t give a fuck if I never see Rick Buckler again.’

    Then, Rick Buckler died. Nice one, Paul.🙄

    The way his Jam bandmates were simply discarded was snide. He has never worked with better musicians since. But, it was all that cutting them off stuff. Weller didn’t reply to Christmas cards, talk to them or anything. It’s like they never existed. Even bands who were far bigger (Beatles, Eagles, Floyd, Zeppelin) spoke to each other after they finished. Weller also publicly scorned his former bandmates for their From The Jam band. Bruce and Rick didn’t have the financial cushion that Weller has. They had to still earn money in their late 40s and early 50s, and they were two thirds of an admittedly very good band. So they were entitled to go out and play the songs. And, the thing is, Weller would call his former bandmates doing it ‘Fucking cabaret’. Then he himself is singing Jam songs in his live set.

    Joke is, they never even fell out. like those bigger acts mentioned above. One day, Weller decided he wanted to form a pretentious jazzy soul type band (Style Council) and that the two lads who had helped take him to the very top were suddenly surplus to requirements. Bruce Foxton even pleaded with Weller to take a year off from the band and the Jam could come back recharged. But he didn’t budge, and one of the finest rhythm sections of the New Wave post punk era was discarded without a thought. Imagine Townshend saying to Moon and Entwistle ‘You’re both fired. Fuck off.’ Or Page dropping Jones and Bonham?

    Weller fanboys still say he was ‘brave’ for wrecking the much loved Jam. But it was cold, calculating and rather ruthless.

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  18. The Jam were shit and Weller’s a wanker. All their crap going in at number one proves the charts were rigged even back then. What was that band he sang for in the late 90s? They were shit an all, arses licked by ‘Cool Britannia’ in exchange for supporting Blair the cottaging child rapist sacrificer and eater.

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    • I think you mean the Style Council in the 80s, WokeUp.

      They were staggeringly pretentious. With records called ‘A Paris EP’ and ‘Cafe Bleu’. They made insipid yuppie bar music like ‘Long Hot Summer’ and ‘You’re The Best Thing’. At least The Jam had some firepower.

      The Style Council’s most gruesome record was ‘Have You Ever Had It Blue’. Dreadful wine bar watered down jazz muzak, with loads of ‘Doo Be Doo’ and ‘Baba Daba Da Bya’ vocal noodling.

      Weller made the Style Council even worse. By letting his Mrs (Dee C Lee) join the band. The Mrs in the group or the workplace is always a no no. Ask the ex-Beatles.

      Weller was solo in the 90s. A lot of Steve Marriott impersonations, and a whole lot of arselicking as the Britpop hype gathered speed.

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    • I have to confess that I don’t know any songs by him other than three performed by the Jam – Going Underground, Eton Rifles (which were good) and Town Called Malice (a cover).

      Based on Norman’s amusing description, perhaps I’ve heard other material whilst in a lift somewhere but didn’t notice.

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    • If that was a man on fire you know the embers are not far behind 😂

      Far right, Brexit, Iran, his answer is closer to Europe, well that’s convinced me…. Cunt!

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    • We should all hope that the dozy cunt stays on as PM.
      He’s in such self-denial that he can’t see that the electorate fucking hate him & that won’t change no matter what, so it’ll be a fucking Corbyn-style kicking for Labour at the next GE.

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      • He’s not serving parliament or us. He has been very honest about this. He stated it clearly to Emily Mateless, who responded with an approving smile. He is, as he said, more interested in Davos, and serving the WEF. Part of his function in that role is to have a thick skin and to not care about what the public thinks of him. In private they will be putting a reassuring hand on his shoulder, and will give him a warm smile. “We know it’s hard. You’re doing really well. It’ll all be worth it, we promise.”

        As long as you think democracy is working or even real, you are not seeing the matrix.

  20. And, the Weller fanboys who trumpet that their hero has never sold out…

    Is that the backing track from ‘Taxman’ rip off ‘Start!’ I hear on Sainsbury’s commercials?

    And, it’s his ex-Jam bandmates playing on it. Foxton made that track with his bass playing. But, I bet he or Rick’s family gets fuck all royalties from the Sainsbury’s bonanza.

    Not sold out, my arse.

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    • Too fucking right, Norman.
      And if he’s not a sellout, why has he made no attempt to distance himself from all the ‘Modfather’ bollocks?
      Even now he’s still got the haircut, so he obviously revels in that wholly undeserved accolade.
      And how can you be the ‘father’ of any youth movement when you’re basically a tribute act copying what happened two decades earlier?
      It’s like calling Shakin’ Steven’s the king of rock and roll.

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  21. Lead singers often are massively egotistical and embarrassing cunts. I suppose it goes with the territory. I was a fan of The Verve back in the day, but seeing old interviews now with Ashcroft are excruciating. Three and then four talented enough, quiet lads fronted by a total bellend, although he and they did good work together for the time.

    It might have helped the Beatles to have two leaders in effect, but four ordinary lads who for a long time (ten years?) stuck together. Perhaps the right blend of personality types to make it work and considering how good they were and on top of the world for such a long time, decidedly humble. The egos these days on z listers who have achieved so little illustrates the point.

    I see he is wearing that flag on his lapel in the header pic. Remember when all the regime approved numpties were boycotting South Africa in the 70s and 80s? For what exactly? Because a superior white elite were running an otherwise backward country very well, despite the natives. End Apartheid! Why would you not live apart in a country like that? Only if you’re a low-IQ cunt with silly ideas, as the evidence of majority rule since shows all too clearly.

    Tony Blair was clearly meant to be the lead singer in a band, but lacking musical talent, settled for a career in the realm of show biz for ugly people. Shame for us really, although was he any worse than the alternatives? Y fronts, ERM blundering Euro fanatic, Major, followed by Bumder Hague and whoever the Lib Dums had at the time. Not really. And everybody who has followed has been complete shite. Prove me wrong.

    Having said that, I think painters make better political leaders.

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  22. I’m not a Weller fan particularly, but I liked The Jam amongst many other bands.
    However, it’s very clear from both his actions with his old band mates & the linked excerpts from that book, that Weller is a massive egotistical cunt.
    Doubtless, his offering people out antic was saved for those he knew wouldn’t take him up on it, or the ones he thought he could slap around.

    Fucking typical rich leftie-leaning knob.

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  23. We all have our choices in music, but what riles me more is the inflection that occurs in people’s speech. We wouldn’t know on here, of which there are bound to be some of you, mainly the young that have this annoying rising voice problem at the end of a sentence. It mostly came from hamshankland and parts of Australia.

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    • What fucks ME off seeing as we’re tsngenting like this ; is that the ‘2nd longest word in the English language’ has a fucking spelling-mistake in the cunting thing.

      Fuckin’ species of assholes. 😄

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      • Antidisestablishmentarianism is one of our longest words.

        Arseholes is the English spelling. Your one is the hamshankland version.

      • That Welsh one,. I once went through the train station and saw the sign on the platform.

        Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

      • We’re a global society these days Sammy. The word I selected for the sentiment expressed serves purpose admirably.

        Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the one that every cunt on the planet that uses it ; spells incorrectly. Every website in this copy & paste lazy world ditto. Dictionaries included.

        Peoples is dumb!

  24. For all his Labour Blairite Red Wedge Kinnock shite and Gaza bollocks. Didn’t Weller openly say he voted Maggie before the 1979 General Election?

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  25. Over the years I’ve read and watched videos about Weller’s transition from The Jam to The Style Council and beyond.

    At the time Weller pulled the plug on The Jam, Bruce Foxton (bass) and Rick Buckler (drums) were both shocked. They felt The Jam had another couple of albums in them and were OK with the change in musical direction. To be fair, The Jam’s final album (The Gift) does sound like The Jam playing mostly The Style Council songs. Lots of brass and some keyboards too. The Jam’s appeal and sweet spot was their raw energy and angst. Many of their songs stand the test of time, nevertheless many are of their time – harping back to the gritty social unrest of the late 70s. Weller strongly resisted all attempts to re-form The Jam and given their place in the grand scheme of things I think he was probably right.

    Given the change in musical direction on The Gift, the transition from The Jam into The Style Council seems obvious now. A pity because Buckler and especially Foxton are/were fine musicians whose time in the limelight was snuffed out by Weller’s ego and desire for something new. Dropping your band mates in the manner he did was both shocking and cruel. Weller would not have had the opportunities afforded him without Buckler and Foxton.

    So is Weller a cunt? Yes. He’s openly admitted he treated his then wife D C Lee like crap – and when I say crap I mean lots of extra-marital affairs. Weller has a ton of kids for a reason. More importantly (to me at least) he’s a cunt for being a massive hypocrite. At the height of The Jam’s fame (’79-’81) the musical landscape was changing. The traditional rock bands had had their day, punk was dead/dying, pop/disco/soul/r ‘n’ b was trying to fill the void but couldn’t and then the stars aligned. From almost nowhere a new musical god took centre stage. It’s not very often that (popular) music makes a massive evolutionary change of direction, spawning a new genre and a new sound. But that’s what happened in 1979 when Tubeway Army released Are ‘Friends’ Electric? If you were around at the time, you’ll know how unbelievably different that sounded compared to everything else which was around at the time. Using synthesisers, Gary Numan opened the door to a new era.

    Ground breaking standard bearers are often the ones who get slagged off the most. That was certainly true in Numan’s case and Weller was quick to jump on the band wagon. Taking the moral high ground from his guitar/bass/drums perch, Weller slagged Numan for being plastic and fake, claiming synthesiser music wasn’t real/proper music. Which even at the time was jaw droppingly ignorant because what Numan did was add electronics to a conventional band line up featuring…wait for it….real drums, bass and guitar. Duh! So why’s Weller a hypocrite? Take a listen to early The Style Council recordings, especially their huge hit single Long Hot Summer and what do you hear as the lead instrument? Yep, a synthesiser. Who would have thunk it?

    I could also go on about Weller’s hypocritical involvement in Red Wedge and his penchant for touring with a stage production comprised of half a dozen coloured light bulbs. At a time when he was charging the same ticket prices as Numan who toured with massive stage shows which lost him 10s of 1000s of £ in the process. Who’s the greedy exploiting capitalist cunt now Paul?

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    • Great post, IY.

      Numan – and the early Human League – were innovators where the synth was concerned. Followed by New Order and OMD as it became a genre in its own right.

      Thing was, the Style Council were nothing that special. Not at all. To break up The Jam for that was just crazy. Not unlike The Seahorses following The Stone Roses.

      Thing with Weller is he gets almost dictatorial over his opinions. Disagree with him at your peril, and he’s fallen out seriously with people/friends over mere differing views. Joe Strummer and Jerry Dammers also destroyed their bands – The Clash and The Specials – by using this sole authority and it’s my band attitude. Strummer thought he could recreate the Clash’s spark without Mick Jones and Topper Headon (who he both sacked), he was badly wrong and admitted it years later. Dammers also tried to do it with the cringingly right on Special AKA. Without the darkly charismatic Terry Hall (RIP), it failed. Weller may have been doing the music he wanted to do with Merton Mick Talbot and DC Lee. But it was miles behind The Jam. In terms of musicianship, magic, popularity. and a place in the hearts of the English public.

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      • Thanks Norman.

        Although a massive (and I mean absolutely devoted) Numan fan at the time, I’ve subsequently felt a bit sorry for bands like The Human League and OMD. They were twiddling with electronics (in Sheffield and Scouserpool respectively) but not really making much headway. Then up rocks Numan on TOTP and pisses on everyone’s firework. I can understand how they might have been a bit narked at the time. Still, Numan did take OMD out on tour as his support in 1979. That made them a household name. The Human League subsequently found their feet and scored huge with the Dare album, so they did OK. Someone had to open the door for everyone one else to get away with using synths on pop records. Numan just got there first. Talented of course, but lucky too. Makes me weep into my beer to hear him scraping the barrel of dark wave industrial these days. Critically acclaimed and commercially successful it may be for him, but it ain’t Numan. Sad to say.

        I didn’t know about the Strummer and Dammers stories, so thanks for that. Adds to my musical knowledge making it a good day.

        I do agree the musicianship, songwriting, impact and standing of The Jam was way ahead of anything achieved by The Style Council. I have all the albums by both. Sound Affects by The Jam being the highlight for me.

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