Book description
REVISED, UPDATED AND WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY PAUL ABBOTT
This edition of Suburban 100 includes new lyrics from the
critically acclaimed albums, 22 Dreams and Wake Up the
Nation, which has been nominated for the Mercury Music Award.
Paul Weller first burst onto the national music scene with The Jam
in 1977 and was quickly marked apart from his contemporaries as a
brilliant lyricist. In a writing career that has now spanned three
decades, his songs have been acclaimed, imitated and loved by many.
Suburban 100 - the first selection of Paul Weller's lyrics -
draws on songs written for The Jam, The Style Council and solo
releases that, together, tell stories of life and love, rage and
romance. The youthful frustrations of small-town life that fuelled
Weller's early writing is palpable, as is the angry but poignant
response to Thatcher's Britain. His lyrics, rooted in English suburban
culture, explore the hopes, dreams and crashing disappointments of
ordinary people. They also revel in the mystical beauty of the English
country landscape and repeatedly revisit dreamlike childhood summers.
For the first time Paul Weller shares his reflections on his lyrics,
offering candid insights to his writing process and the inspiration
behind some of pop music's best loved songs. Suburban 100
reveals aspects of a famously private man.
Paul Weller was born John William Weller on 25 May 1958, Woking,
Surrey. Paul was the leader and creator behind the formation of two
highly successful bands, The Jam and The Style Council. Paul launched
himself as a solo artist in 1992 with his self titled solo album.
