As Paul
Weller returns with his 24th studio album, he talks MOJO magazine through his
extensive songbook.
On sale in
the UK from Tuesday, April 28, the latest issue (June 2015/ #259) sees the
former Jam and Style Council man reliving 20 of his most significant
compositions, including toff-baiting breakthrough single Eton Rifles, telling
our writer Tom Doyle that he’s still staggered that David Cameron has claimed
it as one of his favourite songs.
“The whole
thing with Cameron saying it was one of his favourite songs… I just think,
Which bit didn’t you get?” wonders Weller of the Old Etonian Prime Minister.
“People
say, Why don’t you write any more political songs? But I would just write
exactly the same f**king things I wrote thirty-odd years ago. Every time they
fire a missile in the Middle East, that’s 850,000 pounds, right? And then they
talk about the NHS, f**king selling it off or it crumbling. So nothing’s really
changed, has it?”
As for the
origins of The Jam’s iconic single from 1979’s Setting Sons, a wet weekend
rather than a summer of rioting was primarily responsible for Weller’s call to
arms.
“We had a
week off and I never even thought about going abroad for a holiday at that
time. So I went down to my mum and dad’s caravan in Selsey and it pissed with
rain for the whole week, so I just ended up writing,” he recalls. “And I wrote
Eton Rifles. I thought it was a powerful statement.”
Order your
copy of the new MOJO now for the exclusive interview with Weller, spanning his
first compositions to new record Saturn’s Pattern.
The issue
comes with a cover-mounted free CD, Beyond Saturn featuring 15 mind-blowing
cosmic tracks personally approved by Weller, including Panda Bear, TOY, Public
Service Broadcasting, Neu! and more.
PHOTO: Tom Sheehan
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