Playlist 30.05.08
Joe Lindsay comes bounding into the studio around 11.40 on Friday night to personally rebuke me for playing some of the new Paul Weller album on the show. If there's one thing he hates more than Wellah, it's the unquestioning fans and the dreary media pundits who insist on calling him 'The Modfather'.
Essentially I feel the same way, and I'd submit that about three quarters on the man's output is essentially dull. And yes, if you ask me nicely some time, I'll recount the story of him offering me out for a fight after I gave 'Heavy Soul' a duff review. But still, I feel somehow obligated for those early Jam albums and for his stubborn dimensions.
His new album, '22 Dreams' is sounding rather good on the early listens. So I dutifully played some of the tunes. And next week, I'll probably cue up his fine homage to Alice Coltrane. Joe will forgive me, in time
PLAYLIST 30.05.08
STUART BAILIE
BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM, 1341 MW
Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster
Fridays, ten - midnight
Primal Scream - Moving On Up (Creation) 
Paul Weller - All I Wanna Do (Island)
Beth Rowley - Beautiful Tomorrow (Universal)
Bobby Bland - Let's Get Together (Soul Jazz)
Cara - No Man's Force (live session)
Dirty Pretty Things - Tired Of England (Vertigo)
The Hold Steady - Sequestered In Memphis (Rough Trade)
Edwin Collins - Home Again (Heavenly)
Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook (EMI)
Cara - Lovely (live session)
Paul Weller - Empty Ring (Island)
Ben Glover - Things Haven't Started Happening Yet (Mr Jones)
Adverts -Bored Teenagers (Anchor)
The Mighty Steff - Death Threats (The Firstborn Is Dead)
Pop Levi - Dita Dimone (Counter Culture)
David Bowie - When You Rock And Roll Wit Me (EMI)
Goldblade -Jukebox Generation (Captain Oi)
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (Island)
Micah P Hinson - When We Embraced (Full Time Hobby)
Beth Rowley - Oh My Life (Universal)
Dr John - Time For a Change (CV)
Joe Echo - Break Away (white)
Love - Bummer In The Summer (Elektra)
Emmylou Harris - All That You Have Is Your Soul (nonesuch)
Isobel Campbell, Mark Lanegan - Who Built The Road (V2)
Paul Heaton - Mermaids And Slaves (W14)
Martha Wainwright - Bleeding All Over You (Drowned In Sound)
Radiohead - Exit Music (Parlophone)
Comment number 1.
At 11:44 3rd Jun 2008, jollyBigJoe wrote:YoYoYo what up the Stu!!??..I did feel a little guilty having a go at Wellah!!..Stu, you are a better man than I putting aside your differences with the man and playing his stuff..I was a mere boy and a beardless youth at ATL when the spat with Wellah happened..still remains one of my favourite stories ever!!Your review at the time was spot on, but I guess thats what irked him so...I was a huge fan of the Jam as my sister was a mod at the time..And I think his Jam days have given his fans some kind of license to claim he does no wrong.
Over the years his arrogance and just plain directionless grumpiness have put me right off..yet I love the sheer bile and curmudgeonness of Mark E Smith..but then, Mark is a better songwriter in my humble opinion..I find the constant moaning and mutual appreciation of the likes of Weller, the Gallaghers and Ocean Colour Scene to be just plain boring..And their jump from Council Estate to Country Estate hasn't done any of them any favours either...its a Mod Mod Mod world it would appear...as for the £100 ticket price to see Wellah in Belfast?..don't get me started...and his hair's wick!!
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At 13:24 4th Jun 2008, ianmctear wrote:Go on tell us the Heavy Soul story ... please?
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At 11:29 18th Jun 2008, Aaron Scullion (BBC) - wrote:clearly stu's not reading the comments ;)
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