Biography:
The Style Council were an English musical group formed in 1983 by ex-The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller with keyboardist Mick Talbot. The permanent lineup grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-wife, vocalist Dee C. Lee. Other artists such as Tracie Young and Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl) also collaborated with the group.
The band showed a diversity of musical styles. Singles "Speak Like a Child" (with its loud soul-influenced style)
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Other songs:
- A Casual Affair
- A Man Of Great Promise
- A Solid Bond In Your Heart
- All Gone Away
- Blood Sports
- Boy Who Cried Wolf
- Come To Milton Keynes
- Ghosts Of Dachau
- Have You Ever Had It Blue
- Headstart For Happiness
- Heres One That Got Away
- Homebreakers
- It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands
- Iwasadoledadstoyboy
- Lodgers
- Long Hot Summer
- Luck
- My Ever Changing Moods
- Party Chambers
- See The Day
- Shout To The Top
- Speak Like A Child
- Spin Drifting
- Stones Throw Away
- Story Of Someones Shoe
- The Cost Of Loving
- The Paris Match
- The Piccadilly Trail
- The Whole Point
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- With Everything To Lose
- Youre The Best Thing
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22nd February 2001, 11.11am
A STONES THROW AWAY by THE STYLE COUNCIL
Written by Paul Weller
From the LP 'Our Favourite Shop' (Polydor, 1985)
Chords used:
Em: 022000 Am: x02210
D: xx0232 Fmaj7: xx3210
G: 320033 D7sus4: xx0213
Cmaj7: x32000 C6: x32210
C: x32010
Em D G Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7 C D
Em D
For liberty there is a cost;
Cmaj7 Em
It's broken skulls and leather cosh
Em D
From the boys in uniform.
Cmaj7 Em
Now you know whose side they're on,
Am Em
With backing and blessing
Am Em
From earthly gods, not Heaven.
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7
A Stone's Throw Away to it all.
Em Cmaj7 Em
Em D
Whatever pleasure those who get
Cmaj7 Em
From stripping skin with rhino whip
Em D
Are the kind that must be stopped
Cmaj7 Em
Before their kind take all we've got.
Am Em
With loving, with caring,
Am Em
They take great pride in working.
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 Fmaj7
The Stone's Throw Away to it all.
Em Am Cmaj7 Fmaj7 D7sus4
All.
Em D
Wherever honesty persists
Cmaj7 Em
You'll hear the snap of broken ribs
Em D
Of any one who'll take no more
Cmaj7 Em
Of the lying bastards roar.
Am Em
In Chile, in Poland,
Am Em
Johannesburg, South Yorkshire.
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 C6
A Stone's Throw Away; Now we're there.
22nd February 2001, 11.11am
A STONES THROW AWAY by THE STYLE COUNCIL
Written by Paul Weller
From the LP 'Our Favourite Shop' (Polydor, 1985)
Chords used:
Em: 022000 Am: x02210
D: xx0232 Fmaj7: xx3210
G: 320033 D7sus4: xx0213
Cmaj7: x32000 C6: x32210
C: x32010
Em D G Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7 C D
Em D
For liberty there is a cost;
Cmaj7 Em
It's broken skulls and leather cosh
Em D
From the boys in uniform.
Cmaj7 Em
Now you know whose side they're on,
Am Em
With backing and blessing
Am Em
From earthly gods, not Heaven.
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7
A Stone's Throw Away to it all.
Em Cmaj7 Em
Em D
Whatever pleasure those who get
Cmaj7 Em
From stripping skin with rhino whip
Em D
Are the kind that must be stopped
Cmaj7 Em
Before their kind take all we've got.
Am Em
With loving, with caring,
Am Em
They take great pride in working.
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 Fmaj7
The Stone's Throw Away to it all.
Em Am Cmaj7 Fmaj7 D7sus4
All.
Em D
Wherever honesty persists
Cmaj7 Em
You'll hear the snap of broken ribs
Em D
Of any one who'll take no more
Cmaj7 Em
Of the lying bastards roar.
Am Em
In Chile, in Poland,
Am Em
Johannesburg, South Yorkshire.
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 C6
A Stone's Throw Away; Now we're there.
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