Photo: Wenn
Paul Weller has proclaimed his frustration for former Etonian David Cameron claiming The Jam's 'Eton Rifles' as one of his favourite songs.
Cameron's liking for the drastically opposed track led people to believe he had misunderstood the song's message. Cameron disagreed and explained he "always thought that if you can only like music if you agree with the political views of the person who wrote it, well, it'd be rather limiting."
In the new issue of Mojo, Weller dove into his 30 year-spanning back catalogue and on the topic of the 1979 No.2 hit he asks "Eton Rifles? Which bit doesn't he get?"
Weller's forward thinking approach to songwriting, as proved from his recent albums 22 Dreams, Wake Up The Nation and Sonik Kicks, forces him to stray from political topics in his new material: "People say, 'Why don’t you write any more political songs?' But I would just write exactly the same f**king things I wrote thirty-odd years ago. Every time they fire a missile in the Middle East, that’s 850,000 pounds, right? And then they talk about the NHS, f**king selling it off or it crumbling. So nothing’s really changed, has it?”
Paul Weller's forthcoming new album Saturns Pattern comes out 18 May on Parlophone.
Below: Listen to 'Saturns Pattern' by Paul Weller below
Weller's UK tour dates in full are as follows. See below for tickets and details.
November
Fri 20 Brighton Centre
Sat 21 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Sun 22 Bournemouth BIC
Tue 24 Glasgow The SSE Hydro
Wed 25 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Fri 27 Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
Sat 28 Manchester Arena
Sun 29 Leeds First Direct Arena
December
Fri 4 London Eventim Apollo
Sat 5 London Eventim Apollo
