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Exclusive: Paul Weller Documentary Pt. 4
In the fourth and penultimate part of his exclusive interview with Xfm, Paul Weller has blasted former colleagues Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler for the current Jam reunion and praised The Enemy's songwriting efforts.
"I don't think it's right really," says Paul Weller ruefully. "I know everyone thinks of them as Jam songs and they're the soundtrack to people's lives but at the end of the day they're my songs and I wrote them."
He continued: "But I'm not into any of this nostalgia bollocks or people reforming; I don't see it at all and I'm not having it - I like what's happening now. I've never been into looking back and all that shite.
"It doesn't please me and I don't think it helps [The Jam's] legacy in any way."
Switching his attentions to what's currently floating his boat, Weller focussed his attentions of Coventry trio The Enemy.
He said: "I think it's harder for a young man to be angry but then you look at The Enemy and they write some really good lyrics; whether they're political or whatever you want to call them, they are about their surroundings."
Listen to Part 4 of Xfm's Paul Weller interview now.
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