Magic: A Journal of Song

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Collector copies also include two 8"x10" (200mm x254mm) lyric prints of one of Weller's favourite songs, 'Aspects', from his 2018 solo album True Meanings. Produced exclusively for the edition, Weller's handwritten lyrics to 'Aspects' are beautifully recreated over two sheets. The second print is numbered, stamped, and both are suitable for framing. He had a love-hate relationship with Woking,” he adds. “I think a lot of people are desperate to leave home when they are a teenager because they want to explore the world. In Magic: A Journal of Song, Paul Weller talks about his life and music through a personally curated selection of over 100 songs spanning his entire musical career. Offering unprecedented insight into Weller's creative process, his lyrics are accompanied by more than 450 photographs and items of memorabilia, and an illuminating commentary of over 25,000 words. Offering unprecedented insight into his creative process, Weller's personally curated selection of 120 song lyrics is accompanied by an illuminating commentary of over 25,000 words. As told to journalist and author, Dylan Jones, Magic: A Journal of Song presents Weller's most candid and intimate account of his musical life to date. From founding The Jam as a teenager, through his time as one half of The Style Council, to his years as a solo musician, Magic is Weller's definitive document of his songwriting career.

Weller currently lives in London – he calls it “a magical place, the greatest city on Earth” – but spends a lot of time in his recording studio, not far from Woking. But there were other reasons. “They were the biggest band in Britain and one of the biggest bands in Europe, and Paul had begun to find that creatively frustrating,” he adds. Jones explains how the key members of Britain’s three main punk bands were very contrasting figures.

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Magic presents 130 of Weller’s finest lyrics to date, accompanied by an illuminating commentary which sees him give unprecedented insight into his life and lyrics, as told to GQ editor and author, Dylan Jones OBE, in their first collaboration. In 1985 he joined a Left-wing music collective called Red Wedge. While Weller is no longer angry or young, Jones feels the singer still holds his socialist convictions. As a songwriter, Paul Weller has proved that he is not only beyond reproach, in some senses he is quite possibly without equal.' – Dylan Jones Paul Weller has proved that he is not only beyond reproach, in some senses he is quite possibly without equal.’ ― Dylan Jones OBE Coming from Woking, in the Surrey commuter belt, Weller and his bandmates played their early gigs in unremarkable towns like this across the west of London.

Magic

You saw it with The Jam and you certainly saw it in the 1990s when he was reinvented by the Britpop press as this mythical figure, the ‘Modfather’.”

Modernism enveloped him, to the extent that he wouldn’t talk to other children unless they were wearing the right clothes,” he says. “To this day he still appears to distrust those he thinks are poorly dressed.” I can be scratching around at home on an acoustic guitar, or singing a funny little idea into my phone, and all of a sudden, it becomes a beautiful fully fledged song. And I'm asking myself, how did we do that again? I still find that fascinating. It’s magic.’ ― Paul Weller I think it’s very rare you can look at an artist, a songwriter or a musician – look at the work they did in their 50s and 60s – and say categorically that it’s as good as, if not better, than the music they produced when they were younger. It’s very, very rare.Compared to most of his peers, he was performing at a very young age,” Jones tells the Daily Express. Magic: A Journal of Son g is the definitive book of Weller's songwriting career from founding The Jam in his teenage years, to creating The Style Council, through to his years as a solo musician. Offering unprecedented insight into Weller’s creative process, his lyrics are accompanied by more than 450 photographs and items of memorabilia, and an illuminating commentary of over 25,000 words. As told to journalist and author, Dylan Jones, Magic is Paul Weller's most candid and intimate account of his musical life to date. Magic: A Journal of Song is the definitive book of Weller's songwriting career from founding The Jam in his teenage years, to creating The Style Council, through to his years as a solo musician. Offering unprecedented insight into Weller's creative process, his lyrics are accompanied by more than 450 photographs and items of memorabilia, and an illuminating commentary of over 25,000 words. As told to journalist and author, Dylan Jones, Magic is Paul Weller's most candid and intimate account of his musical life to date.

In late 1982, at the height of their success, Weller famously (and treacherously, according to some fans) decided to disband The Jam. Much ink has been spilt in analysing why exactly, and Jones is happy to spill some more. It’s sometimes by accident, often by design,” he says, suggesting The Style Council were a better pop group than The Jam. “He doesn’t return to things very often, which is to be applauded. John Lydon [Sex Pistols] looked as though he’d shout at you, Sid Vicious [also Sex Pistols] looked as though he’d thump you, and Joe Strummer [The Clash] looked as though he’d give you a lecture. Weller just looked as though he’d tell you to f*** off and be done with it. He’s certainly someone who takes great care with the way he looks,” Jones says. “He’s a very well preserved man.”Paul Weller has proved that he is not only beyond reproach, in some senses he is quite possibly without equal.” — Dylan Jones Scratching around at home on an acoustic guitar, singing into my phone with these funny little rough ideas. All of a sudden, it turns into something beautiful or complete… it’s a fascinating thing. It’s magic.” — Paul Weller As one of the most innovative and remarkable songwriters of the last 50 years, Paul Weller has proved to be the ultimate shapeshifter, moving from The Jam's punk sensibilities to the genre-defying Style Council, and later through a remarkable 30-year solo career.