![]() The lyrics sound certainly sound like they came from someone whose entire life has been road-tested: “Spend all your life / Just to find out / All that matters / Is close to you.” There’s probably wisdom enough in that, but he follows it all up with “The people you know / The things that you’re shown / Shape our views / The places you’ve been / To follow a dream / In shades of blue.” Fat Pop sure doesn’t begin this bright and sunny. The single “Shades of Blue” leads the pack, and its clockwork rhythm, bouncy McCartney-like piano, and vocal “ooh”s and in the background certainly make it an ideal choice for the first single. Now, less than 12 months after On Sunset, Weller cracks open Fat Pop (Volume 1) for us all to hear and it’s no less vibrant than any music being made by anyone half his age. I can certainly make that case for 2015’s Saturns Pattern as others could easily do the same for any other recent release. ![]() As long as Paul Weller has a playground for experimentation and is surrounded by enough chums off which to bounce ideas, we will continue to see new music from him that is not only vital sounding but could rank as some of his best. It wasn’t until I read Ian Snowball’s profile on Weller titled Paul Weller: Sounds from the Studio that I understood what drives the man access to a private studio and an endless string of collaborators. Hell, he can stop altogether if he wants. With a legacy as secure as his, he can afford to slow down. That’s not exactly Guided By Voices, but it’s still rather prolific for a 63-year-old pop veteran whom everyone believed had achieved artistic perfection before he broke up the Jam in 1982. Between 20, the recording artist once anointed as “the Modfather” has released six studio albums (Seven if you include the Jawbone soundtrack). ![]() If one hasn’t been keeping up with Weller’s solo career lately, they may become easily overwhelmed by what he’s been up to lately. “Blink and you just might miss it,” sang Paul Weller in 2005. ![]()
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