![]() After all, it was new to me, and Weller was new to me. I would later learn that many fans of The Jam were less welcoming to Weller’s new musical direction than I was. Those words would prove to be as inaccurately prophetic as “I think the Spin Doctors will become the biggest band in the world.” The record was an amalgamation of genres: acoustic, easy listening, soul, funk, and pop. “I don’t think you’re going to like this,” he said. I recall my brother listening to it before I got a chance to I had gone to a Louisville Redbirds game with my dad the night I bought it. I had no idea that “ever changing” also referred to the musical styles that filled the rest of the album. The song was a horn-filled bit of sunshine, and I assumed the rest of the album would be the same. The single and title track My Ever Changing Moods was so good, I just knew I had to hear the whole album. I had just turned 14 and was beginning to discover music beyond what my older brother had exposed me to. I didn’t even know Paul Weller had been in a band before The Style Council. I had no idea that it had already been released in the UK as Café Bleu. The album: My Ever Changing Moods by The Style Council. But in June of 1984, I made a particularly special buy, and it came with a steep price of $8.99. ![]() Elvis Costello and The Attractions‘ Punch The Clock, Big Country’s The Crossing, and ABC’s The Lexicon of Love all quickly come to mind as Disc purchases. A dollar is a lot when you’re in eighth grade and have no job. Not only was it the place for the best rock group buttons, but you also got a $1.00 off the purchase of an album if they were playing it in the store at the time. Instead, I had uncovered the album that would become the most important record I ever purchased, and on this twenty-fifth anniversary of that memorable procurement, I would feel remiss not revisit this defining musical moment.ĭisc Records at Oxmoor Center was my record store of choice in Louisville from 1982-1985. The year was 1984, and the fact that Van Halen was using a synthesizer hardly seemed like revolutionary musical news to me. A nice piece found at The Louisville Music Examiner. ![]()
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