Paul Weller

So Paul Weller is 50! When I first hooked onto The Jam he was 18 and praising Margaret Thatcher. You can't but admit he has become a quintessential rock god over the time. I like the way he has meandered through the rock history books plundering genres and styles as he goes. Funny to think he slagged off the hippies in 1977 and 20 years later did two or three albums inspired by Traffic. When I saw him at Hammersmith Apollo in July 1977 playing the Batman theme I never imagined he would be an elder statesman of pop. Long may he strum. (Still think I've Changed My Address is his best song ever though).