The Style Council - Jerusalem (1/4)

[INDEPF]

the tragical mister he twoer

[Louiseskybunker]

Paul Welly

[VoceTubeia]

The Style Council is great. Mick Talbot is one of my favourite musicians. And this film is kind of like Magical Mistery Tour. It's non-sense, but it's enjoyable. Only negative side are the songs, which are from their weakest album, though I still like it. If there were songs from Our Favourite Shop, this would be much better.

[VoceTubeia]

@VoceTubeia I didn't mean to say "but", right after non-sense. I actually like the fact it is non-sense.

[sproggett1]

rubbish.style where ok in the early days but seem to run out of ideas

[bucklerfoxton]

JerUSAlem rules.  It's like Monty Python on acid. Paul Welly!

[tubby61]

its a piss take boys and girls and was filmed 87/88 not 89

[StonefieldJim4]

Yep, but it was released in '89.

[43egglane]

@tubby61 I hate to be pedantic but it was filmed in 86. The Film was first shown on the Council's General Election Tour in Feb 87......and you're right it is a piss take........and the narration is quite amusing in parts.

[StonefieldJim4]

Not pedantic, no - accurate. As was I: it was released, as in 'released on video', in '89@43egglane

[StonefieldJim4]

Although... I have conflicting information elsewhere, which says the video release was 87. Yep, pretty sure I was wrong about saying it was 89@StonefieldJim4

[StonefieldJim4]

On being pedantic: I suppose I should've reproduced its title as JerUSAlem, a not very subtle joke about the USA's contemporary cultural and political dominance.

[INDEPF]

@43egglane or embarrasing,who wrote the script ?

[dfresh0114]

Paul Wellie! hehe

thanks for sharing

[TartanarmyMagazine]

self indulgent pish. AS Madness once sang..."you're an embarrassment ! And Mick Talbot WTF! Long Live The Jam, Sex Pistols, Clash, Small Faces, Who. Kinks, Specials, e t c

[StonefieldJim4]

A bit unfair, methinks. I'd put it in the same category as the first, Julie Temple-directed, edition of The Comic Strip (1981), or Alexei Sayles Itch (1989): those off-the-wall 80s comedies - the likes of which are just too odd for the BBC or Channel 4 to commission these days. Self-indulgent? Maybe - on Paolo Hewitt's part anyway. As for Weller's self-indulgence, I miss it. At least it gave us The Style Council, instead of the worthy, wooden Dad Rock we have to endure today.

[wellerslastloafers]

I love Weller to bits, but this was crap when it cam out and it's still crap now.  Weller's only error.

[starman888]

this is a stunt about the priory of zion and and new world order, also a kick at miles copeland, a big mogul in the music buissnes, who tried to control paul weller in the 80s, the new jerusalem is coming is what the STC is trying to tell us.

[Toracube]

Great great Post!!! Never seen this!! Classic!

[Squeaky1423]

Funky and fun! "Paul Welly!"

;-)

[eevilangelo]

Thank u..Thank u...Thank u...Stonefieldjim4!

[likewow99]

Yes! SC rulez extraordinary!!!!

[alfadaisical]

I read some negative thoughts about this on the Style Council boxed set notes, it's actually funny and enjoyable, literary and bizarre, I guess it depends on your sense of humor, thanks for sharing...

[StonefieldJim4]

Agreed, alfa - see my reply to TartanarmyMagazine.

[XDV595K]

Paul Welly!

[StonefieldJim4]

My pleasure!

[whattheholf91]

Thank you so much for uploading this...