Your all-time favorite band

Pearl Jam. Only seen them live once, tho. Caught them at Wrigley Field a few years ago.

 

I agree, I don't think Weller gave a toss about being a success in the US even though he did write this in To Be Someone (though as much as anything this could be him scoffing at the fame he did have while leading The Jam):

To be someone must be a wonderful thing
A famous footballer a rock singer
Or a big film star
yes, I think I would like that

He's one of those guys who does he wants, doesn't give a shit what people think. And as much as I revere what he did with The Jam I have no interest in his Style Council days but have enjoyed some of his later solo albums.

 

"Whammer Jammer, baby!"

 

One of the great stage names in rock music. Alto Reed and Magic Dick.

I saw Seger with the SBB band several times, and Alto Reed was always doing a solo while standing on top of the PA stack, or hanging in a harness from the roof of an arena, swinging back in forth in a long arc while wailing on his horn. Rest well, sir.

 

Just one? Unpossible.

The Stones.
Bruce and E Street.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
The Band.
The ABB.
Fleetwood Mac.

I retain a deep and abiding love for Little Feat, back when Lowell George was still alive.

 

As I get older my favorite Jam period shifts later and later. Now I find myself listening to the Style Council more than The Jam.

I’ve never gotten too heavily into the Weller solo catalog but “On Sunset” is one of my favorite albums of the past few years.

 

The Who
Replacements
Radiohead
Violent Femmes

 

If I could do what George Thorogood does,
I would do it all day, every day, and long into the night.

You might not have seen this one. But it kicks ass, too.

 

If that's not the greatest harp workout in rock history it's at least in the discussion.

 

Sorry, missed the subtle difference.

I was trying to elicit the reply "I like BS&TESB."

 

Instrumentally, "Funeral Pyre" and "Precious" are my two favorite Jam songs. The bass line on the latter is so groooooovy. Not to mention the phaser pedals on the guitars and the HORNS.

 

There's a weird story why "Train In Vain" was left off of The Clash's "London Calling," but that was before my time and I don't feel like googling it.