My Ever Changing Moods - Style Council, 1984

 
 

Daylight turns to moonlight - and I'm at my best
Praising the way it all works - and gazing upon the rest
The cool before the warm
The calm after the storm (x2)
I wish to stay forever - letting this be my food
But I'm caught up in a whirlwind and my ever changing moods

Bitter turns to sugar - some call a passive tune
But the day things turn sweet - for me won't be too soon
The hush before the silence
The winds after the blast (x2)
I wish we'd move together - this time the bosses sued
But we're caught up in the wilderness and an ever changing mood

Teardrops turn to children - who've never had the time
To commit the sins they pay for through - another's evil mind
The love after the hate
The love we leave too late (x2)
I wish we'd wake up one day - everyone feel moved
But we're caught up in the dailies and an ever changing mood

Evil turns to statues - and masses form a line
But I know which way I'd run to if the choice was mine
The past is knowledge - the present our mistake
And the future we always leave too late
I wish we'd come to our senses and see there is no truth
In those who promote the confusion for this ever changing mood

The cool before the warm
The calm after the storm
The hush before the silence
The winds after the blast
The love after the hate
The love we leave too late....

 
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Another distinctly 80s sound came from the rather laid back Style Council. The group was formed in 1983 by guitarist Paul Weller (ex of The Jam), and Keyboardist Mick Talbot. Signing with the record label Polydor, the lineup was rounded off with drums by Steve White, and vocals from Weller's wife, Dee C. Lee.

Paul Weller took his new band in a different direction from The Jam, preferring a more overtly political message. Songs such as Walls Come Tumbling Down, The Lodgers, and Come To Milton Keynes were direct attacks on the conservative politics of the Margaret Thatcher era. The 1983 album, Cafe Bleu went as far as a number entitled Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse... but I preferred songs like Long Hot Summer and My Ever Changing Moods.

In 1989, Weller and Talbot recorded the single Like A Gun for the Acid Jazz label. They did this without Polydor's knowledge, preferring to use the pseudonyms Truman King and Elliott Arnold. Polydor executives soon caught on, and the records were pulled from the stores. Later that year, the Style Council broke up, and Paul Weller went on to a successful solo career.