At the end of every podcast episode, I ask my guests to ‘pick one Paul Weller song for the rest of your life – it can be The Jam, The Style Council or Paul Weller solo…’
As I sit here typing away in January 2023, I have finally managed to get this list of songs onto the website. Lesson to self : make a note from episode one.
It would never have happened without the kindness of listener Steve Park AKA Parkie64 who wrote them all up for me. HUGE THANKS MATE!
I’ve realised that on occasion I’ve let people pick more than one – so I’ll keep an eye on that !
At the time of writing – Wild Wood has come out on top with Down by the Tube Station at Midnight a close second and It’s a Very Deep Sea in third place. I’ve even created a Spotify playlist with the songs chosen by my guests. ENJOY!
| Episode 1 | Stuart Deabill | Ghosts | 1 |
| Episode 2 | Mark ‘Bax’ Baxter | Wild Wood | 1 |
| Episode 3 | Russell Hastings | Strange Town | 1 |
| Episode 4 | Ric Blaxill | The Changing Man | 1 |
| Episode 5 | Lee Cogswell | White Horses | 1 |
| Episode 6 | The Magic Mod – Ben Taylor | Ghosts | 2 |
| Episode 7 | Ian Snowball | That’s Entertainment | 1 |
| Episode 8 | Daniel J. Ash – AKA Teenage Waitress | Ghosts | 3 |
| Episode 9 | Pat Gilbert | The Place I love | 1 |
| Episode 10 | Timothy Shepard | Saturday’s Kids | 1 |
| Episode 11 | Andy Lewis | Absolute Beginners | 1 |
| Episode 12 | Nicky Weller | Down in the Tube Station at Midnight Headstart For Happiness | 1 1 |
| Episode 13 | James Curran | N/A | |
| Episode 14 | Trevor Neil | Down in the Tube Station at Midnight | 2 |
| Episode 15 | Craig Hassall | Wild Wood | 2 |
| Episode 16 | Dennis Munday | To Be Someone Whole Point of No Return Wild Wood | 1 1 3 |
| Episode 17 | Pete Paphides | Sunflower Kosmos SX Dub 2000 | 1 1 |
| Episode 18 | Alan McGee | The Butterfly Collector | 1 |
| Episode 19 | Hilary Robertson | Headstart For Happiness | 2 |
| Episode 20 | Zeke Manyika | My Ever Changing Moods | 1 |
| Episode 21 | Anthony Harty | Down In the Seine | 1 |
| Episode 22 | Kevin Miller | The Paris Match | 1 |
| Episode 23 | Jaye Ella-Ruth | Funeral Pyre It’s a Very Deep Sea | 1 1 |
| Episode 24 | Ashley Slater | Wild Wood | 4 |
| Episode 25 | Billy Chapman | Headstart For Happiness Long Hot Summer Move On Up | 3 1 1 |
| Episode 26 | Neil Jones | Frightened | 1 |
| Episode 27 | Steve Rapport | That’s Entertainment | 1 |
| Episode 28 | Jeff Slate | The Eton Rifles | 1 |
| Episode 29 | Jill Webb Steve Hinders | Saturday’s Kids Thick As Thieves | 1 1 |
| Episode 30 | Danny Eccleston | Long Hot Summer (Extended Mix) | 2 |
| Episode 31 | Christophe Vaillant – Le Super Homard | Shout To The Top | 1 |
| Episode 32 | Chris Difford | Cosmic Fringes | 1 |
| Episode 33 | Paul Francis | It’s a Very Deep Sea | 2 |
| Episode 34 | Polly Birkbeck | Down in the Tube Station at Midnight | 3 |
| Episode 35 | Mick Talbot | À Paris EP | 1 |
| Episode 36 | Alex Borg | Shades of Blue | 1 |
| Episode 37 | Fat Pop (Vol 1) Special | ||
| Episode 38 | Matt Deighton | Shopping | 1 |
| Episode 39 | Bill Smith | English Rose | 1 |
| Episode 40 | Damon Minchella | Strange Museum | 1 |
| Episode 41 | Martyn Goddard | Down in the Tube Station at Midnight | 4 |
| Episode 42 | Rick Buckler | Absolute Beginners | 2 |
| Episode 43 | Daniel Rachel | Man In the Cornershop | 1 |
| Episode 44 | Neil Sheasby | À Paris EP | 2 |
| Episode 45 | John Harris | Long Hot Summer (Extended Mix) | 2 |
| Episode 46 | Dave Swift | Will it Go Round In Circles | 1 |
| Episode 47 | Steve Trigg | The Butterfly Collector | 2 |
| Episode 48 | Peter Gordon | My Ever Changing Moods | 2 |
| Episode 49 | Kathryn Williams | Wild Wood Gravity | 5 1 |
| Episode 50 | Steve Wheatley | Above The Clouds | 1 |
| Episode 51 | Aziz Ibrahim | That’s Entertainment | 2 |
| Episode 52 | Chris Green | Gravity | 2 |
| Episode 53 | Steve Brookes | Time Passes | 1 |
| Episode 54 | Shaun Hand | Tales From The Riverbank | 1 |
| Episode 55 | Sam Brown | Going Underground | 1 |
| Episode 56 | Jacko Peake | Changing of the Guard | 1 |
| Episode 57 | Hannah Peel | Private Hell | 1 |
| Episode 58 | Dylan Jones | The Butterfly Collector | 3 |
| Episode 59 | The Jam Tarts | Jane – Start! Jackie – Town Called Malice Rachel – You Do Something To Me | 1 1 1 |
| Episode 60 | Declan O’Rourke | That’s Entertainment Aspects Rockets Still Glides The Stream | 2 1 1 1 |
| Episode 61 | Neil ‘Twink’ Tinnings | Scrape Away | 1 |
| Episode 62 | Jon Abnett | Strange Town Gravity | 1 3 |
| Episode 63 | John Wilson | Thick As Thieves Wild Wood My Ever Changing Moods The Paris Match | 1 6 3 1 |
| Episode 64 | Seckou Keita | Any Solo | |
| Episode 65 | Peter Wilson | Long Hot Summer Town Called Malice You’re The Best Thing | 3 |
| Episode 66 | David Lines | All The Pictures on the Wall (Demo) | 1 |
| Episode 67 | Andy Crofts | Tales From The Riverbank | |
| Episode 68 | Sonja Phillips | You Do Something To Me | |
| Episode 69 | Steve Ellis | No Answer! | |
| Episode 70 | Kenny Wheeler | That’s Entertainment Speak Like a Child Broken Stones | 3 1 1 |
| Episode 71 | Conor O’Brien | Science | 1 |
| Episode 72 | Derek D’Souza | Gravity | 4 |
| Episode 73 | Camelle Hinds | Boy Who Cried Wolf | 1 |
| Episode 74 | Chris Bostock | My Ever Changing Moods | 4 |
| Episode 75 | Barbara Snow | My Ever Changing Moods | 5 |
| Episode 76 | Chris Parry | That’s Entertainment | 4 |
| Episode 77 | Tom Doyle | Into Tomorrow | |
| Episode 78 | Junior Giscombe | Long Hot Summer | |
| Episode 79 | Eddie Piller | Bull Rush | |
| Episode 80 | Nicole Nodland | You’re The Best Thing | |
| Episode 81 | Roger Nowell | Peacock Suit | |
| Episode 82 | Omar Lyefook | The Eton Rifles | |
| Episode 83 | Tracie Young | My Ever Changing Moods (Band Version) | 6 |
| Episode 84 | Rhoda Dakar | It’s Very Deep Sea | 3 |
| Episode 85 | Max Beesley | You Do Something To Me | 2 |
| Episode 86 | Martin Hopewell | Wild Wood | 7 |
| Episode 87 | Tom Van Heel | The Changing Man Brushed | |
| Episode 88 | Gary Crowley | Life from a Window | |
| Episode 89 | Steve ‘Tufty’ Carver | Down In The Tube Station at Midnight | 5 |
| Episode 90 | Barrie Cadogan | Away From The Numbers | |
| Episode 91 | Ernie McKone | Soul Deep | |
| Episode 92 | Dot Allison | You Do Something To Me | 3 |
| Episode 93 | Rod Argent | You Do Something To Me | 4 |
| Episode 94 | Tim Parsons | English Rose | |
| Episode 95 | Phil Veacock | Broken Stones Long Long Road | |
| Episode 96 | Debsey Wykes | Pretty Green | |
| Episode 97 | Shane Juson | When You’re Young | |
| Episode 98 | Den Davis | Man In The Cornershop Walls Come Tumbling Down From The Floorboards Up | |
| Episode 99 | Chris Bangs | Walls Come Tumbling Down | |
| Episode 100 | Ann Weller | Town Called Malice You’re The Best Thing | |
| Episode 101 | Danny Thompson | “It’s 45 year long song!” | |
| Episode 102 | Claire Mahoney | Boy about Town | |
| Episode 103 | PP Arnold | You’re The Best Thing | |
| Episode 104 | Guy Barker | Walking The Night Long Long Road | |
| Episode 105 | Annajoy David | Money Go Round | |
| Episode 106 | Yolanda Charles | Into Tomorrow | |
| Episode 107 | Olly Ball | Speak Like Child | |
| Episode 108 | Eliza Carthy | Wild Wood | 8 |
| Episode 109 | Steve Pilgrim | Be Happy Children | |
| Episode 110 | Rick Buckler Part 2 | N/A | |
| Episode 111 | David Pottinger | Fly | |
| Episode 112 | Gered Mankowitz | N/A | |
| Episode 113 | Little Jo Ruocco | It’s a Very Deep Sea How She Threw It all away | 4 1 |
| Episode 114 | Billy Bragg | That’s Entertainment | 5 |
| Episode 115 | Nigel “Spanner” Sweeney | Into Tomorrow | |
| Episode 116 | Paul Barry | Down In The Tube Station at Midnight | 6 |
| Episode 117 | David Cracknell | Amongst Butterflies | |
| Episode 118 | Bruce Foxton | Broken Stones | |
| Episode 119 | Will of the People – John Wilson | N/A | |
| Episode 120 | Jezar – Jeremy Murray Wakefield | Speak Like Child | |
| Episode 121 | Lawrence Watson | English Rose | |
| Episode 122 | Steve Sidlnyk | Homebreakers The Lodgers | 1 1 |
| Episode 123 | Edgar Jones | Shopping | 2 |
| Episode 124 | Simon Fowler | Down In The Tube Station at Midnight | 7 |
| Episode 125 | Helen Turner | Wild Wood | 9 |
| Episode 126 | Jill Furmanovsky | Wild Wood | 10 |
| Episode 127 | Bill Wheeler | ||
| Episode 128 | Terry Edwards | ||
| Episode 129 | Virginia Turbett | ||
| Episode 130 | Stewart Presser | ||
| Episode 131 | Christopher Holland | ||
| Episode 132 | Richard Houghton | ||
| Episode 133 | Souad Massi | ||
| Episode 134 | Nick Heyward | ||
| Episode 135 | Andy Rosen | ||
| Episode 136 | Darren Fletcher | ||
| Episode 137 | Jamie Johnson | ||
| Episode 138 | Barry Cain | ||
| Episode 139 | Dylan Jones – Magic Special | N/A | |
| Episode 140 | Steve Barron | ||
| Episode 141 | Pete Mason | A Year Late |