Bridging the gap between the punk and mod scenes might have been a stroke of utter genius, but above all, Paul Weller pierced the British cultural fabric with his lyrics. Lines like “a whole street’s belief, In Sunday’s roast beef” are verging on eternal at this stage. With wispy blonde hair and plenty of swagger, he stood as his generation’s embodiment of the great songwriters of the 1960s who inspired him – The Who, The Kinks, The Rolling Ston…
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