But it’s about nuclear holocaust as well. I thought, ‘What a great title, My Ever Changing Mood. I’d always assumed that this was a song based on being a grumpy old sod one minute and a laugh and everyone’s best mate the other but Paul once told Mojo: “It started from the title. The Style Council’s My Ever Changing Moods is a song that regularly gets called out on my podcast as a favourite, and it’s easy to see why.
His voice gets better and better with age and the emotional pull of this one showcases it beautifully. I didn’t think that the Days of Speed version could be bettered for me but this one edges it. I’d love to know how The Jam army felt when they first played that album – The Jam gone soft? or something very special that you listened to and loved but didn’t talk about? or something else? Since then, Paul has written plenty of beautiful, emotionally naked, honest, open, revealing love songs, some of which feature on this album, but there’s something very special about this performance.
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Back in 1978, it’s said that the reason Paul left this track unlisted on the All Mod Cons album cover was because he was so embarrassed by the honesty of the song. This is something called English Rose.” although the quips and comments don’t make the cut on the LP. On the night, Paul commented “We’re going to be playing a few different songs tonight from different decades, some from different centuries.
His voice the only instrument that he plays on this track and much of the performance throughout – incredible… “Tiny, tiny shades of light came dancing gently through my window, as I waved goodbye to my other life” – and we’re into a stunning re-working of the songs “I raise my glass and I remember her. Paul taking his seat in front of the orchestra, alongside Chopper, but he’s guitar-less. We kick off with Andromeda – reworked from 2010’s Wake Up The Nation LP. We’re treated to two classics from The Jam, three from The Style Council and a mix of early solo to True Meanings, On Sunset and those two corkers from 2021’s Fat Pop album. To quote Paul on the sleeve notes “To hear them go from storm and darkness to early morning sunlight and all in between was mind-blowing.” The production of the album is even more lush, epic and grand. Whilst I obviously enjoyed the live stream and BBC showing of the concert (and numerous replays since) the sound without the visuals is outstanding. I’ll save how I think it stacks up against Paul’s other live albums for another article, but it’s fair to say that this is something very special. Most of them are popular enough that people would know them and there’s also enough things in there that I find interesting that people might not know, but I think the should hear. You’re The Best Thing probably last time I played that was 1985 or something, but they are all choices that I felt I could do justice to. There’s a lot of things I’ve not played for God knows how long, a long time. There were certain things that I wouldn’t have thought of putting in the set, but I’m glad they were picked. Talking during in rehearsals to the BBC, Paul said “It was nice to revisit some of the old songs. The first time that Paul has sung an entire set with an orchestra this size and reading the sleeve notes for the album it was clearly a real privilege for him. This extraordinary performance takes 18 songs from his vast catalogue and reworks them for a sonically beautiful experience that really takes your breath away. How much this change of date ended up tweaking the setlist is unknown by me but at a guess he may not have included the two tracks that feature from that new album – and so holding off for a few months actually gives us the chance to experience to incredible new highlights in a frankly already ridiculously high-quality back catalogue – and the inclusion of Glad Times and She Glides The Stream – which are both simply beautiful. A fact mentioned on the live stream of the gig – along with the upcoming European Cup Final (which they did win!) – as Paul’s Chelsea scarf (a gift from Steve Ellis) lay on the piano – all content that didn’t make the cut of the album by the way! The concert at London’s Barbican, was originally scheduled for February 2021, but shifted due to lockdown and so it ended up instead being performed just one day after the release of the brilliant chart-topping Fat Pop (Vol 1) album.ġ5th May 2021 – I remember it well because my team – Chelsea – lost the FA Cup Final to Leicester.
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Where as that performance featured the full band, with the brilliant Hannah Peel as arranger and conductor with the London Met Orchestra, this sees Paul with Steve Cradock from his usual line up, backed by three fabulous BVs (more on that later) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Jules Buckley.
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