This song was released in '77 so I doubt it.
Paul Weller loved London and this song is a look at London in the 70's from the viewpoint of an idealistic young hothead.
Alot of Paul Weller's early lyrics sound a bit naive at times but he was only about 18 or 19 at the time.
Ask the Sex Pistols if they thought this was a good riff!
The song's main hook, a simple descending figure, bears a resemblance to the bassline of The Jam's "In the City", which was released a few months previously in April 1977. The two groups did play at least one show together (at Queensway Hall in Dunstable on October 21, 1976), at which point The Jam had already been in the studio to record demos of "In the City". Bruce Foxton, bass player for The Jam and later the Stiff Little Fingers alleged in a 1994 book that the riff had indeed been stolen from this song.[1] By one account, Sid Vicious...
The song's main hook, a simple descending figure, bears a resemblance to the bassline of The Jam's "In the City", which was released a few months previously in April 1977. The two groups did play at least one show together (at Queensway Hall in Dunstable on October 21, 1976), at which point The Jam had already been in the studio to record demos of "In the City". Bruce Foxton, bass player for The Jam and later the Stiff Little Fingers alleged in a 1994 book that the riff had indeed been stolen from this song.[1] By one account, Sid Vicious and Foxton got in a fight over this, with Foxton the clear victor.
Ask Weller if he liked The Pistols' basslines. ;)
That said I think it's strange Sid Vicious begins fights about basslines he didn't even wrote himself (that must have been original Pistols bassplayer Glen Matlock).
@Boss Man as far as Weller’s Lyrics being “naive” when he was young... Not saying you were implying anything at all, good or bad, but I just wanted to say that, rock n roll Is Supposed to be “about the young idea”.
@Boss Man as far as Weller’s Lyrics being “naive” when he was young... Not saying you were implying anything at all, good or bad, but I just wanted to say that, rock n roll Is Supposed to be “about the young idea”.
This song was released in '77 so I doubt it. Paul Weller loved London and this song is a look at London in the 70's from the viewpoint of an idealistic young hothead. Alot of Paul Weller's early lyrics sound a bit naive at times but he was only about 18 or 19 at the time. Ask the Sex Pistols if they thought this was a good riff!
The song's main hook, a simple descending figure, bears a resemblance to the bassline of The Jam's "In the City", which was released a few months previously in April 1977. The two groups did play at least one show together (at Queensway Hall in Dunstable on October 21, 1976), at which point The Jam had already been in the studio to record demos of "In the City". Bruce Foxton, bass player for The Jam and later the Stiff Little Fingers alleged in a 1994 book that the riff had indeed been stolen from this song.[1] By one account, Sid Vicious...
The song's main hook, a simple descending figure, bears a resemblance to the bassline of The Jam's "In the City", which was released a few months previously in April 1977. The two groups did play at least one show together (at Queensway Hall in Dunstable on October 21, 1976), at which point The Jam had already been in the studio to record demos of "In the City". Bruce Foxton, bass player for The Jam and later the Stiff Little Fingers alleged in a 1994 book that the riff had indeed been stolen from this song.[1] By one account, Sid Vicious and Foxton got in a fight over this, with Foxton the clear victor.
Ask Weller if he liked The Pistols' basslines. ;) That said I think it's strange Sid Vicious begins fights about basslines he didn't even wrote himself (that must have been original Pistols bassplayer Glen Matlock).
@Boss Man as far as Weller’s Lyrics being “naive” when he was young... Not saying you were implying anything at all, good or bad, but I just wanted to say that, rock n roll Is Supposed to be “about the young idea”.
@Boss Man as far as Weller’s Lyrics being “naive” when he was young... Not saying you were implying anything at all, good or bad, but I just wanted to say that, rock n roll Is Supposed to be “about the young idea”.