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Magic

A Journal of Song

Paul Weller Dylan Jones

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Geneon Entertainment (usa
04 April 2023
'I can be scratching around at home on an acoustic guitar, or singing a funny little idea into my phone, and all of a sudden, it becomes a beautifulfully fledged song. And I'm asking myself, how did we do that again? I still find that fascinating. It's magic.' - Paul Weller

InMagic: A Journal of Song, PaulWellertalks about his life and music through a personally curated selection of over 100 songs spanning his entire musical career.

As one of the most innovative and remarkable songwriters of the last 50 years,PaulWellerhas proved to be the ultimate shapeshifter, moving from The Jam's punk sensibilities to the genre-defying Style Council, and later through a remarkable30-year solo career. Alongside Lennon and McCartney,Welleris one of few artists that has attained a UK number one album over five consecutive decades, and has also received career defining awards from the BRITs (Lifetime Achievement Award),NMEAwards (Godlike Genius Award) and aGQAward for Songwriter of the Year.

Magic: A Journal of Song is the definitive book of Weller's songwriting career from founding The Jam in his teenage years, to creating The Style Council, through to his years as a solo musician.

Offering unprecedented insight into Weller's creative process,hislyrics are accompanied by more than 450 photographs and items of memorabilia, and an illuminating commentary of over 25,000 words.

As told to journalist and author, Dylan Jones,Magicis Paul Weller's most candid and intimate account of his musical life to date.

'PaulWellerhas proved that he is not only beyond reproach, in some senses he is quite possibly without equal.' - Dylan Jones OBE

'The thing I have discovered is that music in its truest sense is beyond any trend or movement or category.' - Paul Weller
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Imprint:   Geneon Entertainment (usa
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 255mm,  Width: 190mm,  Spine: 40mm
ISBN:   9781905662746
ISBN 10:   1905662742
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Paul Weller is a multi-award-winning musician with a career spanning almost 50 years. He has been an integral part of the British music scene since the early 1970s, when he founded the Jam. He was later one half of The Style Council, an experimental pop band, and has gone on to have a hugely successful solo career. As a songwriter, Weller is considered on par with artists such as Paul McCartney and David Bowie and has received awards from the BRITs (Lifetime Achievement Award), NME Awards (Godlike Genius Award) and a GQ Award for Songwriter of the Year. Dylan Jones is a journalist and author. From 1999 to 2021, he served as the editor of the UK edition of GQ, a men's fashion and lifestyle magazine. He has also authored several books, including David Bowie: A Life and Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics. In 2013, Jones was appointed OBE for his work in the British publishing and fashion industries. He has won the British Society of Magazine Editor's 'Editor of the Year' award a record-breaking ten times.

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