So how did I get to where I am today music wise? First music I can remember loving was the whole 2-Tone thing in Primary school (79-80), we all had mini docs, turned up jeans, black harringtons with button badges all the way down the left hand side, my mum wouldn't let me have a crop though...well, I was only 10 and it wasn't the done thing then. The Jam were next followed by The Style Council who turned me onto the whole 'mod' thing properly, soul and blues etc ...didn't get the jazz thing back then though. Other bands that affected me back then were The Prisoners, The Jetset and The Times. T'was only a matter of time before tastes changed though and although I carried on with a liking of soul, punk became more my thing towards the end of the eighties - fast yankee 'straight edge' style punk to be precise. This eventually led me to Oi! and inevitably finally cropping my hair, wearing shiny 8 eyelet oxblood docs, jeans with 3/4" pressed turn ups and vintage Brutus and Ben Sherman shirts. Reggae became a major love and when the hair started growing longer I was turned on to hip hop and especially jazz and funk flavoured hip hop. 'Rediscovered' Weller around 94 aswell and stuff on Acid Jazz, especially JTQ.
And now in 2006 I've come pretty much full circle (apart from wearing a boating blazer and bowling shoes of course), listening to all things 'mod'....soul, funk, blues, jazz, reggae, garage (as in punk not that awful electro dirge), etc etc...the only mod type stuff I'm not really diggin' now is 79 revival stuff...it's a bit tired now and doesn't sound so good. I'll listen to almost anything and everything now and just enjoy it for what it is though.
Oh, and finally, where do I stand on this whole 'The Jam' reunion without weller? Well, some things are best left in 1982 eh?
