I just sucked them out of the aether with Shazam and added them to the list.Īnd yeah, if I’m looking for something to ‘do’ or just listen to, I’m a fair chance to fire up a podcast or an audiobook. Subtract too, to keep it fresh.īut I’d be fucked if I could tell you the names of more than a handful of the songs, or the artists who made them. This podcast exists purely to solve that issue Welcome to Desperately Seeking. I have a dog-walking playlist, a cardio workout playlist, a strength training playlist, a five-hour-and-growing playlist for driving, and I tend to add to them promiscuously. Never getting to interview my hero, the legendary British musician Paul Weller. But that tends to be for functional purposes. I still listen to a lot music, and some of it is even new.

Sometimes when I speak to people about going to gigs, festivals or raves, I see an almost pitying look wash over their face: “Really? You’re still doing that? Bless.”

Music is a key part of youthful identity formation: once your idea of yourself becomes fixed, perhaps by distinct markers like marriage and kids, the need for it slips away. I f Paul Weller’s 50s were defined by a welcome musical restlessness 2008’s 22 Dreams began a run of shapeshifting records that overflowed with vitality and fresh ideas the now 60-year. Yet music seems to be something that more commonly slips away – or is even perceived as something you’re supposed to grow out of. That was the first time, in the early '90s, when I was finding my feet again.' 7. The album was seen as Paul returning to his 'roots', with him later saying: 'I hadn't been down to Woking in a long time. Most people don’t stop discovering new books, films, podcasts or TV. This was the third single from Paul's self-titled debut solo album in 1992.

Early 30s according to the streaming data, which feels right (and a long, long time ago) to me. Throughout his spectacular career, Weller has veered into different sonic lanes and has an innate ability to never stay in the same place so long. Paul Weller has been in the public eye ever since he emerged as an angst-ridden teenager with The Jam. An interesting but arguable bit over at the Graun, about when people stop listening to music. The 8 songs Paul Weller couldn't live without.

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