The Style Council - long hot summer, 1983

"On March 1, 1983, Weller gave this new project a name: The Style Council. And over the next six years, Weller and his new musical foil, keyboard whiz Mick Talbot, would blaze trails that would alternately thrill and puzzle his huge following. They emerged with a strong and purposeful European image, shunning Weller’s working-class mod image and replacing it with Italian loafers and photo shoots at Paris sidewalk cafes sipping cappuccinos in full-length raincoats. Politics were embraced, as were French lyrics and polka-dot scarves. Weller from Woking was now a bona-fide European Son."