The band showed a diversity of musical styles. Singles "Speak Like a Child" (with its loud soul-influenced style), the extended funk of "Money-Go-Round", and the haunting synth-ballad "Long Hot Summer" all featured Talbot on keyboards and organ. Near the end of 1983, these songs were compiled on Introducing The Style Council, a mini-album initially released in Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States only. The Dutch version was heavily imported to the United Kingdom.
In 1984, the single "My Ever-Changing Moods", backed with the Hammond organ instrumental "Mick's Company", reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The song remains Weller's greatest success on the American charts (including his efforts in The Jam and as a solo artist), while the group reached the peak of its success in the United Kingdom with the 1985 album Our Favourite Shop.
To Weller's fans, the decision to split up The Jam at the height of their commercial success was met with considerable controversy[citation needed]. Weller deliberately distanced himself from The Jam's sound and style, with his use of new musical arrangements and instruments in a much slicker, more heavily produced style. In the place of the Bruce Foxton-Rick Buckler rhythm section were drum and bass parts done entirely on synthesisers.
Structurally, many of the band's early singles were not far removed from The Jam's latter-day soul-pop efforts such as "Town Called Malice" and "Beat Surrender", but they were often criticised as overproduced, despite Weller's impressive songwriting[citation needed]. Also, many observers saw even the early albums as indulgent and overly experimental; Trouser Press called Café Bleu "too schizophrenic to be a good album".
The Style Council took a more overtly political approach than The Jam in their lyrics, with tracks such as "Walls Come Tumbling Down", "The Lodgers", and "Come To Milton Keynes" being deliberate attacks on 'middle England' and Thatcherite principles prevalent in the Eighties. Weller was also instrumental in the formation of Red Wedge with Billy Bragg. However, he later said that this began to detract from the music: "We were involved with a lot of political things going on at that time. I think after a while that overshadowed the music a bit"
In 1986, the band released a live album, Home and Abroad, and, in 1987, the album The Cost of Loving was launched, followed later in the year by the upbeat non-album single "Wanted", which reached #20 in the United Kingdom. However, Confessions of a Pop Group, released a year later, sold poorly. This led to their record label Polydor rejecting their final album (Modernism: A New Decade), which was heavily influenced by the contemporary house scene. A greatest hits album, appropriately called The Singular Adventures of The Style Council, was released internationally in 1989; it included the non-album single "Promised Land", which had reached #27 in the United Kingdom earlier that year.
In 1989 members of The Style Council went under the name of King Truman to release a single on Acid Jazz titled "Like A Gun". This was unbeknown to Polydor and the single was pulled from the shops only 3 days prior to release. Acid Jazz founder Eddie Piller said "The pair offered to make a single for my new label, which I'd just started with Radio 1 DJ Gilles Peterson as a side project. Mick and Paul took pseudonyms Truman King and Elliott Arnold." [1]
The Style Council broke up in 1989. The cover of "Promised Land" (originally by Joe Smooth) was the only release which surfaced from the Modernism sessions at the time; however, the entire album was released in 1998, both independently and in a 5-CD box set, The Complete Adventures Of The Style Council. After the split, Weller embarked on a successful solo career (still featuring Steve White on drums, who had left The Style Council by the time Confessions of a Pop Group was released, having only played on a few of its tracks). Talbot and White released two albums as Talbot/White — United States of Mind (1995) and Off The Beaten Track (1996). More recently, Mick Talbot and Steve White have formed The Players with Damon Minchella and Aziz Ibrahim.
All of The Style Council's UK releases (including singles, 12" maxis, albums, compact discs and re-issues thereof) featured the work of graphic designer Simon Halfon, who often collaborated with Weller to hone his ideas into a graphic form. Weller and Halfon began working together at the end of The Jam's career, and continue to work together to this day on Weller's solo material.
Since 2007, the song "Walls Come Tumbling Down" has been used as the theme song for the German TV series Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ich.
How She Threw It All Away
The Style Council Lyrics
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But all the things she needed in life she had no need to keep
Of all the things she asked of me none were ever fun
And I'm no good at acting while the cameras on the run
Don't you know she threw it all away
I wonder how she feels today
She threw it all away
I tried, a bit, to change into something that I'm not
But trying to mold with dynamite is like giving lions spots
Guess you knew she threw it all away
Don't shed a tear there's no need to cry
She threw it all away
Oh I played both parts in the fool and I
Yes, I know your hurting inside
But I can't stop those tears in your eyes, falling from your face
Every time you fall apart I knew at the start
When it happened again it was the start of the end for us
Guess you knew she threw it all away
I wonder how she feels today
She threw it all away
I wonder if she's there to stay
Yes, I know your hurting inside
But I can't stop those tears in your eyes, falling from your face
Every time you fall apart I knew at the start
When it happened again it was the start of the end for us
With all the things that money can buy
You'll never be alone
But thankfully you remembered the words
To 'I can't buy me love'
Guess you knew she threw it all away
Don't shed a tear there's no need to cry
She threw it all away
Oh I played both parts in the fool and I
She threw it all away
I wonder how she feels today
She threw it all away
I wonder if she's there to stay
Threw it all away
She threw it all away
The Style Council's song How She Threw It All Away is a classic example of how people can let go of things they once held dear to their hearts. The song talks about a woman who had everything money could buy but was not able to keep the things she needed in her life. She is someone who asked for too much and was never satisfied with what she received. The song's message is a reminder that freedom is not cheap and it is essential to appreciate what we have in life.
The lyrics "Of all the things she asked of me, None were ever fun, And I'm no good at acting while, the cameras on the run" reflect on the pressure that comes with being in the public eye. The song talks about how people put up a façade and pretend to be someone they are not. The chorus "Don't you know, she threw it all away/I wonder how she feels today. She threw it all away/I wonder if she's there to stay" reinforces the idea that you should hold onto the things that matter instead of throwing them away.
Line by Line Meaning
Of all the things that money can buy
Money enables the purchase of many things.
Freedoms never cheap
Freedom is invaluable and can't be bought.
But all the things she needed in life, she had no need to keep.
She had everything she needed to live and didn't care about material things.
Of all the things she asked of me
She made many requests of me.
None were ever fun
None of her requests were enjoyable for me.
And I'm no good at acting while, the cameras on the run.
I can't act convincingly under pressure.
Don't you know, she threw it all away
She let it all go.
I wonder how she feels today.
I wonder if she has any regrets.
She threw it all away
She discarded everything.
I wonder if she's there to stay.
I wonder if she will stick to her decisions.
I tried, a bit, to change into, something that I'm not
I tried to be someone different, but it didn't work out.
But trying to mold with dynamite is like giving lions spots.
It's impossible to create a new identity forcefully.
Guess you knew, she threw it all away
You probably expected her to let go of everything.
Don't shed a tear there's no need to cry.
There's no reason to be upset.
I played both parts in the fool and I.
I acted foolishly in our relationship.
Yes, I know your hurting inside
I'm aware of your emotional pain.
But I can't stop those tears in your eyes, falling from your face
I can't make you stop crying.
Every time you fall apart
You experience a breakdown.
I knew at the start, when it happened again
I knew from the beginning that history would repeat itself.
It was the start of the end for us.
It marked the beginning of the end of our relationship.
With all the things that money can buy
Money can purchase many things.
You'll never be alone
With money, you'll always have company.
But thankfully you remembered the words
You recalled the lyrics of the song.
To I "Can't Buy Me Love".
The song's message that money can't buy happiness is remembered.
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