Batt Mann 100% to have been in the jam would be enough for most people... but to change direction completely straight away and knock out at least 5 of the very best singles ever made (child, summer, best thing, moods and shout to etc ) is just unbelievable
I was so upset when the Jam broke up, but then the Style Council songs started coming and I loved them even more. Great that Paul decided at a very young age that he wanted to grow up.
Can't agree, unfortunately. When artists change / go through development, it might not be anything to do with growing up. Maybe they get less angry. Maybe more. Hopefully their talent evolves.
Love The Style Council.. Mick Talbot, Dee C Lee & Paul. Lovely melody & original lyrics by the 'poet' Mr Weller. Underrated band. Music & lyrics of the band still sound so current today. Thanks to my own 'Paul' for putting me in touch with TSC x
Weird how the presenters never mentioned the fact that this was a live performance. But then it was Simon Bates, so perhaps I shouldn't be that surprised!
"The Paris Match" by The Style Council. Live on Top of the Pops in 1983. th-cam.com/video/-ztcz7FFYWw/w-d-xo.html Personnel: Paul Weller (vocals), Mick Talbot (keyboards), Steve White (drums), Tracie Young (backing vocals)
I have to say I disagree with the sentiment here and prefer the Tracy Thorn version. She emotes a melancholy timbre that just seems to fit the mood of the song. Listening to it transports me to a smoky room in a downstairs cabaret in Paris with Tracey playing the role of Chanteuse.
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One of the most under-rated tracks of Paul Weller's in my opinion. Sublime and atmospheric.
Some of the style council songs were and still are very good 👍
Well,ER😉said,Trudie😎
There is a version with d c lee singing it
Mick Talbot's playing on this version is absolutely bloody superb!
A truly wondrous song. Paul Weller really is a genius, so much quality with so much diversity in such a vast catalogue of brilliance.
Batt Mann 100% to have been in the jam would be enough for most people... but to change direction completely straight away and knock out at least 5 of the very best singles ever made (child, summer, best thing, moods and shout to etc ) is just unbelievable
daniel MARSHALL
Quite right,
He didn’t rest in his laurels, he kept evolving, kept writing classics. The mark of true genius.
Weller should be given a lifetime achievement award.
Met my future wife to this tune, and I've loved it for ever and a day. 🍺
I hope you're a great match, pal!😎👌All the best from,🏴
I was so upset when the Jam broke up, but then the Style Council songs started coming and I loved them even more. Great that Paul decided at a very young age that he wanted to grow up.
Can't agree, unfortunately. When artists change / go through development, it might not be anything to do with growing up. Maybe they get less angry. Maybe more. Hopefully their talent evolves.
I Agree, what a little GEM of a song, Beautiful
Love The Style Council.. Mick Talbot, Dee C Lee & Paul. Lovely melody & original lyrics by the 'poet' Mr Weller.
Underrated band. Music & lyrics of the band still sound so current today. Thanks to my own 'Paul' for putting me in touch with TSC x
Love that voice and the piano.
The best version of the song. Exquisite !!!
So much nostalgia
Great song by mr Weller...
This song gives me goosebumps. What a voice.
Inderdaad wat een fantastische stem.. weergaloos
TOTPs best moment in their entire history....
utterly superb on all angles
Except Paul’s hair 😂
Still got the original " 12" to this, still love it, a very young Steve white on drums, great drummer, even today.
One of their best songs ever.
The LP version of this is my number one fav of all time. 😊
What a track.
you and me both, buddy!
It's really really great
My favourite
Weller forever!!!
Such a rare treat to hear this live version by Paul! I much prefer this over the Tracy Thorn version.
I totally agree
I prefer the Tracey Thorn version….so sultry
One of Paul's best songs, one of his worst haircuts
😂😊
For little ol' me, nothing compares to this arrangement or the PW vocal. Respect to Tracey T, for sure.
Miss those times.
Odd that they never reached No1 with any of their singles. Weller looking cool as ever!
Excellent clip.Thanks.
Probably my favourite TSC song
Great song fashion turned a different corner musically stunning. Cafe Bleu great album
A great song from a great singer
My mid 70's Action Man had that very same barnet.
Love your songs mr Weller ❣
Incroyable.
Paul Weller - epitome of style
what a relief...
This version is better than I remembered. It took me 10 years to learn the Thorn version on guitar. Took another 10 to find a bird that could sing it.
😂👌🤣
83? Ti adoro! Io minorenne e ascoltando....bellisimo❤
This is the version I remember on the long hot summer EP.
rare..very rare..
Muito bom!
What a sensitive man ! Great song !
bella che altro aggiungere...
I LOVE the Weller vocal version of this song, to me it just has so much more vocal punch than the Thorn version.
Planet of the Deaf Both versions are great. Weller version tips it for me..... But Thorn also..... Sometimes. Depends on my ever-changing mood ☺
@@chelseajools5137 Haha I understood that reference
I agree. Also I have to say that to beat a song sung by Tracey thorn is a task almost impossible. She’s exquisite 🙏🏻
Have you heard Dee C Lee’s version? that’s great as well
Take a look at Walking the Night/Cost of Loving - (Japan 1987) Amazing musical arrangement & vocals.
Sublime
💛
I so agree
Weird how the presenters never mentioned the fact that this was a live performance. But then it was Simon Bates, so perhaps I shouldn't be that surprised!
TOTP you never had it so good
*I like this singer, has he done much more, never seen him before* 🇳🇫
Steve Blonde Are u winding ? It's Paul Weller.
What's life been like on Mars since the mid 70s
such a manly voice especially on those high notes
Stratospheric sound love Paul Weller
weller looking bowie-esque....
Prefer the version on the Long Hot Summer EP with the accordion 🪗 and French speak.
Nice Piano rift from Mick which isn't on the EP version.
"The Paris Match" by The Style Council. Live on Top of the Pops in 1983. th-cam.com/video/-ztcz7FFYWw/w-d-xo.html
Personnel: Paul Weller (vocals), Mick Talbot (keyboards), Steve White (drums), Tracie Young (backing vocals)
Paul the best!!
Even though its his song I liked dee c Lee's version of it.
This is evidently live. Who said New Order were the only band playing live on 1983's TOTP?
Not anyone that I know tbf...but still...y'know...
Weller's definitely not singing live. He misses a bit at 1:48.
Anyone know of any more live versions of this song? Paul Weller singing, of course!
Simon Bates was a propper Bell-End....Great song though.
Love the way he says "parry match"😂😂
Dee C Dee has an awesome version too
This seems live to me. Am I right?
Too bad he didn't get rid of his barber lol
Myming
I presume the dislikes are from the thick die hard Jam fans!! FFS
Calling them thick is a bit strong, but TSC didn’t relate to many people the same way that The Jam did which is completely understandable
Thorn gives much more flat sound to it. THis song needs to be more silent. So album version is to be preffered
I have to say I disagree with the sentiment here and prefer the Tracy Thorn version. She emotes a melancholy timbre that just seems to fit the mood of the song. Listening to it transports me to a smoky room in a downstairs cabaret in Paris with Tracey playing the role of Chanteuse.
tracy thorn version is much better for me.
Weller was lost at the time.
Captain Sensible Cocaine 😔
The audience was lost. A real artist doesn't have to please anybody but himself.
Pish
not there best
Weller forever!!!