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Paul Weller\\u2019s been writing songs for 50 years now and he\\u2019s chosen over 100 of his lyrics for the new and gorgeous, picture-packed publication \\u2018Paul Weller: Magic \\u2013 A Journal Of Song\\u2019, each accompanied by his memories of how and why he wrote it compiled from interviews with long-time admirer, multiple author and old pal of the podcast, Dylan Jones. No-one was better qualified for the job. The teenage Dylan saw the Jam countless times in London pubs and has followed Weller closely ever since, a songwriter, he says, \\u201cwho\\u2019s proved he\\u2019s beyond reproach and, in some senses, possibly without equal\\u201d. This is full of stories and insights, among them \\u2026

\\u2026 \\u201cyou don\\u2019t tell Paul Weller what to do\\u201d.

\\u2026 his unease about the sentimentality of English Rose.  

\\u2026 \\u201cthe Style Council were a better group than the Jam\\u201d.

\\u2026 the teenage Weller travelling to London to make cassette recordings of the traffic.

\\u2026 his love of tabloid song titles and unrhyming lyrics.  

\\u2026 what saved him from being dropped by Polydor.

\\u2026 Steve Winwood, the Liverpool Poets, the Beatles, Kinks and other key influences.  

\\u2026 the burden of being a hero.

\\u2026 and the likelihood of a Jam reunion.

Order Paul Weller \\u2013 Magic: A Journal Of Song here \\u2026

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Journal-Song-Paul-Weller/dp/1905662742

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