The Style Council
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Oct 30, 2026
Dru MastersHOST
So Dee was with Wham briefly, I think, in the early days.
Dru MastersHOST
Then joined Paul Weller's Style Council as a backing singer.
Dru MastersHOST
And they got married around the same sort of time.
Dru MastersHOST
I think he produced maybe her single.
Alexis TaylorGUEST
Yeah, definitely.
Alexis TaylorGUEST
I was going to make a jokey comment that when I went to the Style Council Tribute Act, because I really like the Style Council, you could tell what people were into from how they dressed at that gig.
Alexis TaylorGUEST
But then you would be able to because you've gone to a tribute band, a tribute act to the Style Council, so it's not going to be a surprise what they're into.
Alexis TaylorGUEST
But no, that doesn't in any way take away from what you're saying.
Alexis TaylorGUEST
Quite a while back when I started making music with and became friends with John Coxon, who is from a group called Spring Heel Jack, but also spiritualized and also produced some Everything But The Girl and Betty Boo and various things.
Steve WhiteGUEST
But he was Wham's manager and he had this rehearsal room.
Steve WhiteGUEST
So you turn up and the Style Council were in one room and Spandau Ballet were in another and Duran were in another and AHA were in another and Culture Club were in another and Wham were in another.
Steve WhiteGUEST
And that was like the sort of that was that time.
Steve WhiteGUEST
It was like walking in and there was all these flash cars and everything.
Steve WhiteGUEST
Paul literally finishing.
Steve WhiteGUEST
We need to be clear on who Paul is.
Steve WhiteGUEST
Paul Weller of the Style Council.
Steve WhiteGUEST
Mick Talbot of the Style Council.
BernieHOST
was quite a performer I'm sure he still is
SandyHOST
yeah and look and various iterations along the way particularly early post Jam Style Council
BernieHOST
after that did they have another manifestation or I thought you just went wasn't
SandyHOST
there another one in there after or before the Style Council
BernieHOST
no not aware of that but Anyway, it looked still, I guess, a great artist.
BernieHOST
I mean, I'm not too familiar with his later work, but he's still very highly respected.
Gregor GallGUEST
I think I'm much more left-wing than Joe Strummer was, but that doesn't take away from the fact that Joe Strummer was, if you like, something of a teacher for me as a young teenager.
Gregor GallGUEST
Anyway, that's a long way around to saying that the reason why I wrote this book about the Redskins was that in that book about Joe Strummer, which is called Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer, the most mentioned band other than well, Billy Bragg being a solo artist, other than Paul Weller in terms of Style Council, the most mentioned band was the Redskins.
Gregor GallGUEST
And the Redskins were, if you like, not just a band that was against something, against Thatcherism, the Tories, capitalism, but they were also a band that were very much for something, which was revolutionary socialism.
Gregor GallGUEST
And the contrast with Strummer there is quite acute, quite sharp.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
Get suited down, let's set the town You can lay your soul on the line Cause we can make it work if we do it right Got to spread this message around The people of the world should forget
David LeggeHOST
Later this hour on the best of the 80s, music from the Style Council, Moody Blues, Tears for Fears, and also Paul McCartney, because we ought to commiserate with Paul.
David LeggeHOST
He didn't win an award last week.
David LeggeHOST
It went to Ray.
Darren LudlowHOST
Coming up, we hit the wild frontier.
Darren LudlowHOST
Now, through the 80s, the legendary Paul Weller and keyboardist Mick Talbot were the Style Council, a kind of sophisticated pop band from Surrey.
Darren LudlowHOST
In 1984, they charted with this next single, which was on the soundtrack to a very forgettable 80s movie called Vision Quest.
Darren LudlowHOST
So forgettable, I don't remember it.
10 MINS LATER
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I said don't go.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
No, no, don't go.
Darren LudlowHOST
Café Blue was the debut album from the Style Council.
Darren LudlowHOST
It came out in 1984 and it included that hit, You're the Best Thing.
Brett VargoHOST
So I am going number four, The Jam.
Brett VargoHOST
Uh, no, not The Jam, The Style Council.
Brett VargoHOST
[upbeat music] Are you gonna try to make this work? Or spend your days down in the dirt? You say things can change, yes, walls came tumbling down.
Brett VargoHOST
Nothing is quite the same as before.
42 MINS LATER
Brett VargoHOST
Let's recap our list.
Brett VargoHOST
So I had number five, Red Rockers, Guns of Revolution.
Brett VargoHOST
Number four, The Style Council, Walls Came Tumbling Down.
Brett VargoHOST
Number three was Stiff Little Fingers, Alternative Ulster.
Germaine ValentineHOST
So, you know, why not still do that? Yeah.
Germaine ValentineHOST
And put his band Style Council on it.
Germaine ValentineHOST
To some extent he
Tony FletcherGUEST
did because he had this other label all the way along called Respond that was initially going through Polydor, which was the Jams label.
Tony FletcherGUEST
I've got no axes to grind.
Tony FletcherGUEST
I think he wanted to put a clear line under everything that he'd done and sort of start again.
Tony FletcherGUEST
He had a vision for style council and for respond records and jamming the jamming label was not real oh and me maybe it just seemed like it was spending more money than it was bringing in and I didn't really get a clear explanation except I put out a third sight guy single so they got three singles and well it didn't like it and maybe I didn't do enough clearance ahead I mean I sort of thought I had the green light to do this and I don't know.
Tony FletcherGUEST
He was just like, oh, I didn't like that record.
Vernon KayHOST
full
PaulGUEST
It was the Style Council.
PaulGUEST
Yeah, I wouldn't have got that.
Vernon KayHOST
Yeah, Paul Waller's first band after he left the Jam.
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