Paul Weller interview at the Mercury Prize nominations 2010

[W3LSH100]

Who cares how he looks? Much more alarming is his appreciation of Dizzee Rascal. I know The Style Council did that rap song in the 80's but i'm very surprised he listens to uk hip hop rubbish. Each to their own i suppose.

[mrpicky510]

Jesus Christ he looks like Andy fucking warhol

[dmien746]

a page full of cunts indeed

[geflad]

I don't know what all the abuse is about, I think Weller looks like a right geezer.

[joydivision808]

at last ive found a page full of CUNTS

[waster1976]

Paul Weller is a legend purely on the basis of his jam catologue and the odd bit of his solo work but music isnt fasion.Sadly the comment about him borrowing the shades off of posh spice is totally fucking funny he looks like a cock, just needs a pen behind his ear! i

[CoxandTanfield]

Sunglasses indoors. Silly. I must change my page! At least he doesn't dye his hair like Paul McCartney

[JennySussex]

Paul!!! I love you man but you seriously need to go to spec savers!! lol :-) I find it hard to take you seriously wearing those glasses! :-)

[gsh73la]

@JennySussex He looks hot. Stick to Michael Jackson style, sweetie (just saw your channel).

[JennySussex]

@gsh73la Oh plz dont get me wrong I DO love Paul Weller! I have uploaded 2 vids of live concerts I went to last yr, as well as a tribute vid for him! :-)

[braddyboy82]

Paul, looking sharp... minus those ridiculous glasses. You're indoors. Don't be "that guy".

[JennySussex]

@braddyboy82 LOL I made a comment about Paul's glasses too!

[blurskajoe]

Looks like Weller's sense of style has completely abandoned him at this point. Very sad.

[MrCatastrofeas]

You absolute paper hats!

Punk credentials...PUNK CREDENTIALS!!.. Don't make me laugh, what were your punk credentials based upon? An economy size can of boots hairspray and hanging 'round Leicester Square gobbing on the pavement to impress the tourists?

Punk credentials should surely mean an ability to articulate the anger of your youth through art, not by acting like a f**king neanderthal. Oh, that and putting on a bleeding good show for 'the kids'.

RE: Lydon, Strummer and oh yeah...Weller.

[gsh73la]

@MrCatastrofeas "Imaginext® Dragon World Fortress™"

lol

[amy15976]

pauls great, says it how it is and not that everyting is fantastic!! i love his music, esp the jam, i agree theres no 'fire' in music today, but it will come back.

[MrPaulp66]

strummer was the son of a diplomat/ i fought the law, crap/ more like pick up yer chewing gum joe, oh ok officer and the law won/ the clash hypocritical crap

[thebanksys]

Reading some of the negative comments below it's actually nice to see somebody in the industry stir up a bit of anger. Why? He's got something many artists lack of today, whats that? Attitude! Not enough of it around. Most modern bands and artists are well, lacklustre and erm??? Shite really. Weller. Legend.

[davymgaunt]

SoulstylistJukebox....I am impressed by your post-punk musical credentials! Referring to my diatribe about Weller..I was more of a Clash man myself and baulked at the Jam's pseudo political stance.They were merely regarded as a variety act who sold out to appear on Top of the Pops! THEY WERE AND STILL ARE RIDICULOUS! As for Weller now.....C'mon...you have got to admit it. He looks so stupid! Isn't it time he grew old gracefully? His asinine dirge hasn't changed in the last 30 years! No1 TOSSER!

[thejenkoLFC]

@davymgaunt you sap

[gsh73la]

@davymgaunt The Jam were great and Paul has a classic style, really glad for guys like him !

You actually sound like the boring tosser

[davymgaunt]

@gsh73la And you sound like a cunt!

[joydivision808]

@davymgaunt fuck off

[davymgaunt]

@joydivision808 Hurrah! The response I required. What a CUNT you are!

[glossopcrue]

love him music but hes arrogent

[trident3b]

humm... his answers were fine, why the bad comments here? I never knew he had such a strong cockney accent though, doesn't come out at all when he sings. I like the guy.

[hand2gland]

Hes such a miserable cunt.

[Madlookin]

Nothing wrong with Wellers anwers...he didn't slate anyone!When Weller talks of attitude hes talkin about how bankers,big brother and governments are fuckin us over,and how he wants to see/hear young bands speak out and tell there generation whats going on..proper attitude....go listen to wellers lyrics...he says it how it is.

[KGBfbiSECUpolitia]

POST2, Consequently now,even BlueCollar preTeens die2but not in sweatshops like India,China but like inChannel4-TheHospital-of: STIs,AIDS,boozing,ODs,Obesity

[Bdiddly1]

@KGBfbiSECUpolitia ,blue collar pre teens?wtf are you talking about?bliue collar pertains to a working environment not school!fuck off you wierdo!

[Bdiddly1]

@KGBfbiSECUpolitia ,do you believe everything you see and hear on british t.v?coz if you do your fucking wired to the moon my dearest!

[KGBfbiSECUpolitia]

Bdiddly1, english blueCollar preTEENs SWALLOW _CouncilEstate_DADs' & their MATES' : Pee,Cum+evenSHIT! while aristo/Upper & Middle Class preTEENs (paul Weller's, Geldof's,etc-Kids) SWALLOW _CountrysideEstate_ DADDYs' & his friends' : Pee, Cum+evenSHIT! Re: _IndecentProposal_, VIRGIN's webAUCTIONs, I'd not sleep with an english"man" even4 $2 million. Although the men R CLEANer compared2their WC=english Swine:daughters,mums,sisters,w­ives, they R still v.DIRTY, UNmannered,selfish. I preferBLACKs

[Bdiddly1]

@KGBfbiSECUpolitia ,youv obviously got problems!what kind of woman talks like that?yuuuuchh you should wash that dirty mouth out&you can like black folk all you want(if you think ime racist or s-thing your wrong!)

oh and p.s-ime scottish doll&were a total different kettle of fish compared to the english but i would still back one up over a foul mouthed skank like you!pps-remember your a swede and apparently they fuck anything with(or w-out ive heard)a pulse so i shouldve expected u 2 b a skank!

[Bdiddly1]

@KGBfbiSECUpolitia ,STOP FUCKING POSTING TO MY SITE YOU FUCKING LOONY,IVE GOT 3 SMALL KIDS & I DONT LIKE THE IDEA OF THEM READING MY PAGE AND YOUR DIRTY,FILTHY,SKANKY,WHORY COMMENTS ARE RIGHT THEIR,IVE DELETED YOUR VERY STRANGE COMMENTS ANYWAY&IVE BLOCKED YOUR PSYCHOTIC ASS 2&EVERYONE ELSE WHO READS YOUR COMMENTS WILL DO THE SAME MOST PROBABLY!FUCKING DERANGED FREAK!

[gsh73la]

@KGBfbiSECUpolitia  Attention Deficit ?

[WhatIAm99]

@KGBfbiSECUpolitia I usually don't engage with apparent loonies, but I'm curious... Could you convey your points without talking-,like THIS?,.

[Bdiddly1]

loved the jam but hes a pretentious wanker!

[KGBfbiSECUpolitia]

POST1,in the book-CapitalAffairs-,even b4theSwingingSixties'-Drugs,Se­x&Rock & Roll(+boozing)-,the UppperClass english teens were up4Fun(boozing included),the onlyDifference being that b4the'60s men used2boast ab.whatTEENgirls did4them.Then after CreditCard &"feminist" sixties,preTEEN girls boasted ab.what they did4men(C LynBarber,Mrs.Bercow,etc braggingPublicly)

[Bdiddly1]

@KGBfbiSECUpolitia ,wtf is that got to do with him being pretentious?oh wait a minuite your being pretentious 2!otherwise how can u comment about the 60's in england when your 33 & live in sweden.go fuck yourself ya fannie!

[gsh73la]

@Bdiddly1 Pretentious ? He actually seems very natural.

[sellobic]

Looks like he borrowed the shades off posh spice. Miserable cunt.

[written12]

@sellobic Your comment about his borrowing the shades off posh spice isn't bad-witty, actually. Too bad you have to follow it by calling him a cunt. What exactly makes him a cunt?

[bluegrinder84]

this man has brought more to music than the twats these days like dizzie rascal and cascada. Don't disrespect him. He made one of the best bands ever

[matt301273]

He's alright here. Wildwood was a great album.

[antistar1000]

Somebody call Deirdre Barlow, her sunglasses have been found.

[julia3465]

ignorant twats..I knew the Gallagher bros when they used to hang out in Errwood Park Levenshulme..they were listening to Weller then back in the 80's..it was they who based themselves on the man himself.

[Paulph04]

It's evident here that Weller is just as much of a self-absorbed prick as he's always been.

[davymgaunt]

Paul Weller is the most uninspiring twat in modern music.The Jam were a laughable silly pub rock band (and still vapid ) and everything he has done since has been a dirge. In my punk days, we used to snigger at his punk credentials! He's a silly boy from leafy Surrey. And what a stupid haircut for a fifty year old. A first class CUNT.

[mistaben2k]

@davymgaunt Speak for yourself.TWAT

[davymgaunt]

@mistaben2k....You, my man, are a common little scrote who will wither and die on the council estate from whence you came! You will come to nothing, you sad little bore!

[SoulstylistJukebox]

@davymgaunt Blimey, what an incredibly nasty comment. "Punk rock credentials"? And where are all of those '76/'77 punk musicians NOW? Most of them imploded by the early 80s. Weller's STILL going strong 33 years after The Jam's debut single. It's fine for you to dislike his music but shouldn't someone of YOUR AGE be above the need to use childish slurs like "twat" and "cunt"?

I wonder what YOUR hair looks like. Also: take a few moments to provide us with examples of INSPIRING modern music.

[ssinclairB]

@davymgaunt  Bastard!!!!!!!!!!!!

[written12]

@davymgaunt I've been trawling through the comments on this video. Twice you've referred to his work or how he speaks as being a "dirge". There's really nothing dirge-like about his work or his public persona. Are you using "dirge" to mean boring? As for the arbiters of true punk back in the 70s thinking Weller and the Jam weren't the real thing, didn't the Jam think of themselves as latter day mods, rather than punks?

[davymgaunt]

@written12 I really cannot stand him. Personal preference. There are a number of "artists" (sic) that make me turn off the radio immediately. My first hate is anything by Weller/The Jam and secondly anything by Ray Davies/The Kinks. Awful, awful music. Overrated claptrap. Both bring me out in hives.

[geflad]

@davymgaunt You really need to sort out your taste in music then..

[geflad]

@written12 You seem to know the score mate, I've never thought of The Jam as punk myself; as Weller once said 'I was born a mod, they can bury me a mod', I think that sums it up pretty clearly.

[masterofscotland]

Retards, Liam and Noel modelled themselves on PAUL.

[edwards21416]

Sold out lefty

[edwards21416]

And take the glasses off you twat

[edwards21416]

Can't stand him anymore

[spinlessbastard1]

i love the way he say "record" ...real old ..skool :)

[ilikebeertoo]

I love the disco music he did in the 80's, LMFAO

[yourmumandme999]

What a total prick he is, he's about as cool as a fart in an elevator.

[ilikebeertoo]

@yourmumandme999 My thoughts exactly

[tombeth1597]

ha ha sell out to em !!!

[TheAbsoluteBeginner]

Weller is a Genius. What was the name of the other band he mentioned? Sounded like "other than the Canivoire" to me. Wild Beasts are cool...

[festacod1]

lol

[nealewiseman]

@lukesmyth

Any prize that brings a previously unheralded band like elbow to the fore is worth it's weight in gold so stop talking drivel !

[nealewiseman]

Also have a look at "'villagers'" who are nominated for mercury this year . The track "home" is out of this world.... Hope they win !!!

[nealewiseman]

Went to see from the jam recently (Bruce foxton) guess we were looking for the old jam but were pleasantly surprised by "the targets" who were the the support give them a look on YouTube if you like the jam you will not be disssapointed !

[llllukesssmyth]

mecury is a joke

[666fannyfart]

cheep cockney

[playareasound]

@ meesterlowe didn't realise this was a school exam, so what about his writing? thought this was about music? tell us then, who is a musical genius in your obviously highbrow opinion.... easy to criticise... and how many riffs have been stolen from him? anyway, looking forward to your reply young man.

[DavidRasssam]

why is he wearing sunglasses inside?

[llllukesssmyth]

@DavidRasssam because he's a knob

[thewiganjoker]

he has absolutely nothing to say...... an old dummy.

[FMJGamers123]

lmao :L

[CincinnatiBowties]

it's like watching an old man doing a bad laim gallagher impression on stars in their eyes

[bonzibonzibonzi1987]

@CincinnatiBowties He influenced Oasis. Not the other way round.

[Schniddo]

@CincinnatiBowties As if 'being cool' isn't vacuous in itself. I defy you to point out an indie band that isn't obsessed with posturing and self-mythologizing

[quinny707]

@CincinnatiBowties Are you joking? You must know nothing about music because The Jam (the band paul weller is from) were around way before Oasis. In fact, Noel Gallagher listened to the jam as a kid.

[CincinnatiBowties]

@quinny707

that's not what i'm saying, learn to read. he's modelled his latest look on the schtick that liam gallagher's been trotting out for years. stupid haircut, vacuous swagger, chewing gum with his mouth open. honestly it's like watching someone's dad try to be cool. hence my original comment. i never said anything about music influence.

[michaelkan1]

@CincinnatiBowties Can you really be so ignorant an asswipe that you don't know that Weller looked and sounded the same in 1978? How on earth could he have "modelled" himself on Liam Gallagher?

[written12]

@CincinnatiBowties As much as I love Weller(and feel an affinity with him, my being 50, too), you may have a point here. The gum chewing is tacky. It annoys me in a teenager; certainly, a grown man ought to avoid it. His comments here do have kind of a "vacuous swagger". I mean, calling for more edge in the music. What "edge" could possible still await entry into the rock world?

[meesterlowe]

Tony's comment makes my point for me - he can't even write properly!

There's nothing wrong with liking derivative Dadrock - just don't claim it's something better than it actually is.

[MrHollandoo]

I'm 14 and i've seen him twice already, i'm going again in December, can't wait!

[SatansCheese]

the modfather !

[meesterlowe]

Paul Weller is the moron's idea of a musical genius. Stealing riffs does not a legend make.

[tony671]

@meesterlowe the mans a fucking god one song (going underground) says more in 3 mins than all the new shite ! and he right about bands now, no rebellion,no balls all sound same.in the words of joe stummer " ha you think its funny turnin rebellion into money"and u have to go back to 89 for the last great brit album the stone roses since then fuck all and i love my music but fuck theres nothing out there nuff said

[forestfan3]

@meesterlowe

get fucked

so he stole all the riffs when he was In style council

[Mods130]

YER FOR WELLER! LOVE HIM AND LOVE BEING A MOD!

[BledsoeBluvd]

lol utter shite

[HENRYTHEBEAR]

Cutting edge? Fucking Cunt.

[rapperzondernaam]

This is LiamG. at 60 years old

[Jefflowe22]

@rapperzondernaam Not sure about that one man. Liam and paul are two fundamentally different personalities .Theyre both british.Thats about it.

[rapperzondernaam]

@Jefflowe22 well I observed Liam quite a lot, and he is very influenced By Lennon, Weller and Ian Brown.. He's a big mix of em, That's not a bad thing.. But I've seen this interview of Weller and noticed that he was scratching under his chin, scratched his head, knot his head up and down, chew gum, self-confident attitude.. You can't deny that Liam'd love 2 be weller man! I think he even said Weller was the collest guy on the planet!

[Jefflowe22]

@rapperzondernaam Sure thing. Liam probably does want to be him . Its impossible to say for sure.I think thats very different to taking influence from somebody though. I bet he was influenced by all the people you mentioned for definite.Theres probably far more layers to paul however. Just an impression i get.More going on underneath the surface. I happen to agree with you as well that wellers the coolest man on the planet.If theres a better dressed guy in the world id love to know who he is.

[rapperzondernaam]

@Jefflowe22 Yeah I def lov his style, someone who dresses better than Weller, the chances are.. 1 in a million haha!