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Old 10-17-2004, 03:29 PM   #1
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i've never heard of this guy but:
this is in today's Toronto SUN paper:



Weller's got it covered
By DARRYL STERDAN
Winnipeg Sun

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STUDIO 150
Paul Weller
(V2/BMG)
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Love Paul Weller so much you'd listen to him sing the phone book? Now's your chance.

OK, not quite -- but on Studio 150, the former Jam master and Style Councilman does croon a veritable catalogue of covers. And not the Beatles and Kinks oldies you might expect.

Instead, Paul blows his smoky '70s soul and singer-songwriter stylings over everything from Dylan's All Along the Watchtower and Neil Young's Birds to Gordon Lightfoot's Early Morning Rain and The Carpenters' Close to You.

It's not as compelling as an album of originals would be, admittedly, but you can't accuse him of phoning it in.



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Old 10-17-2004, 03:29 PM   #2
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i've never heard of this guy but:
this is in today's Toronto SUN paper:



Weller's got it covered
By DARRYL STERDAN
Winnipeg Sun

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STUDIO 150
Paul Weller
(V2/BMG)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Love Paul Weller so much you'd listen to him sing the phone book? Now's your chance.

OK, not quite -- but on Studio 150, the former Jam master and Style Councilman does croon a veritable catalogue of covers. And not the Beatles and Kinks oldies you might expect.

Instead, Paul blows his smoky '70s soul and singer-songwriter stylings over everything from Dylan's All Along the Watchtower and Neil Young's Birds to Gordon Lightfoot's Early Morning Rain and The Carpenters' Close to You.

It's not as compelling as an album of originals would be, admittedly, but you can't accuse him of phoning it in.



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Old 10-17-2004, 07:43 PM   #3
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Well,Charlene..as long as he didn't take anything away from the true feeling of the song,I'd more than likely lok for it and buy it if it's available here in the states.

Hope also that like anyone who does a cover version,he's a true fan and not just an artist doing a cover for the sake of covering it. Thanks for the clue in! Later!

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Old 10-18-2004, 07:15 AM   #4
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Paul Weller has a big following in the UK.
This cd is something new for him
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Old 10-20-2004, 10:45 PM   #5
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I've only listened to the song online once, but I actually like his rendition of Early Morning Rain, a lot - can't say the same for what he did with Close To You
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Old 10-23-2004, 11:15 AM   #6
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quote:Originally posted by SilverHeels:
Paul Weller has a big following in the UK.
This cd is something new for him

Paul Weller is HUGE in the UK and has a loyal following in North America. He has been making the BEST music in the world since 1977 and is regarded as highly as Lennon/McCartney in many circles.
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Old 10-23-2004, 11:15 AM   #7
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quote:Originally posted by SilverHeels:
Paul Weller has a big following in the UK.
This cd is something new for him

Paul Weller is HUGE in the UK and has a loyal following in North America. He has been making the BEST music in the world since 1977 and is regarded as highly as Lennon/McCartney in many circles.
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Old 10-28-2004, 09:22 AM   #8
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yeh weller has had at least 57 top 10 hits in the uk with the jam , the style council and solo, i dont think a lot of people will have heard of gordon lightfoot in good old blighty
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Old 10-28-2004, 09:22 AM   #9
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yeh weller has had at least 57 top 10 hits in the uk with the jam , the style council and solo, i dont think a lot of people will have heard of gordon lightfoot in good old blighty
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Old 10-28-2004, 09:25 AM   #10
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come on over and say hello at www.paulweller.com
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Old 10-28-2004, 09:25 AM   #11
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come on over and say hello at www.paulweller.com
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Old 11-03-2004, 12:31 PM   #12
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nobody seems to have heard of gordon lightfoot over here in good old blighty so who is he ?
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Old 11-03-2004, 12:31 PM   #13
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nobody seems to have heard of gordon lightfoot over here in good old blighty so who is he ?
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Old 05-14-2006, 05:25 PM   #14
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I was just checking currant torrents and found
Paul Weller Tower Records New York City
September 27, 2004

01. Foot Of The Mountain
02. Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot)
03. Thinking Of You (Sister Sledge)
04. Close To You (Burt Bacharach)
05. Amongst Butterflies
06. The Loved
07. Wishing On A Star (Rose Royce)
08. Country
09. Headstart For Happiness
10. Birds (Neil Young)
11. Wild Wood
12. That's Entertainment
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Old 05-14-2006, 05:25 PM   #15
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I was just checking currant torrents and found
Paul Weller Tower Records New York City
September 27, 2004

01. Foot Of The Mountain
02. Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot)
03. Thinking Of You (Sister Sledge)
04. Close To You (Burt Bacharach)
05. Amongst Butterflies
06. The Loved
07. Wishing On A Star (Rose Royce)
08. Country
09. Headstart For Happiness
10. Birds (Neil Young)
11. Wild Wood
12. That's Entertainment
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Old 05-15-2006, 02:26 PM   #16
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Thought this had a familiar ring to it. A quick search found the following post from Jim Nasium last year.

Just checked the Top 40 here in the UK and Paul Weller has come in at 40 with Early Morning Rain.
And for all you Tony Christie fans, he is No 1 with 'Is This The Way To Amerillo?
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Thought this had a familiar ring to it. A quick search found the following post from Jim Nasium last year.

Just checked the Top 40 here in the UK and Paul Weller has come in at 40 with Early Morning Rain.
And for all you Tony Christie fans, he is No 1 with 'Is This The Way To Amerillo?
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Old 05-16-2006, 09:30 AM   #18
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Uh ho you missed this one J-J
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Old 05-16-2006, 09:30 AM   #19
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Uh ho you missed this one J-J
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Old 05-16-2006, 10:54 AM   #20
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Whilst on the subject of EMR covers I have just posted on
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...c;f=1;t=003863
a picture of
Seamus Begley and Mary Black singing "Early Morning Rain" at concert in Killarney 25 July 2003
As I have fond memories of Mary's wonderful song "Adam At The Window
I found a very nice 30 second clip downloadable at:-
http://www.blackfamilyresources.com/...undclips/2.mp3
As I love her voice I googled for any recorded version by her or Seamus of EMR and found his is on an album
ALBUM TITLE: Ragairne (Revelling at Night)
ARTIST: Séamus Begley & Jim Murray
see:-
http://www.tradtunes.com/album_detai...?album_id=3362
there is a lihk on that page to a 19 second sample of their version that may be downloaded for free (the complete mp3 goes for a buck)
Whilst googling for EMR images I found details of an early Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead album containing their version of EMR

album "Birth Of The Dead"
details at:-
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vl...7439125BT.html
also on amazon with EMR samples at:-
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00007LTIF/qid=11...http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00007LTIF/qid=11... and to complete this review there are samples of Paul Weller's version at:-
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002SPQ3Q/qid=11...http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002SPQ3Q/qid=11...
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Old 05-16-2006, 10:54 AM   #21
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Whilst on the subject of EMR covers I have just posted on
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...c;f=1;t=003863
a picture of
Seamus Begley and Mary Black singing "Early Morning Rain" at concert in Killarney 25 July 2003
As I have fond memories of Mary's wonderful song "Adam At The Window
I found a very nice 30 second clip downloadable at:-
http://www.blackfamilyresources.com/...undclips/2.mp3
As I love her voice I googled for any recorded version by her or Seamus of EMR and found his is on an album
ALBUM TITLE: Ragairne (Revelling at Night)
ARTIST: Séamus Begley & Jim Murray
see:-
http://www.tradtunes.com/album_detai...?album_id=3362
there is a lihk on that page to a 19 second sample of their version that may be downloaded for free (the complete mp3 goes for a buck)
Whilst googling for EMR images I found details of an early Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead album containing their version of EMR

album "Birth Of The Dead"
details at:-
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vl...7439125BT.html
also on amazon with EMR samples at:-
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00007LTIF/qid=11...http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00007LTIF/qid=11... and to complete this review there are samples of Paul Weller's version at:-
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002SPQ3Q/qid=11...http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002SPQ3Q/qid=11...
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Go check your first addresse bar Sir John after you say: Whilst on the subject, click on it, I dont think you wanted that one in that post? (MISTAKE)maybe???
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Go check your first addresse bar Sir John after you say: Whilst on the subject, click on it, I dont think you wanted that one in that post? (MISTAKE)maybe???
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jessi -Joe:
, I dont think you wanted that one in that post? (MISTAKE)maybe???
Oops absolutely correct young man
corrected link now on place
Thanks a bunch
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jessi -Joe:
, I dont think you wanted that one in that post? (MISTAKE)maybe???
Oops absolutely correct young man
corrected link now on place
Thanks a bunch
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