"You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns" is one of the angriest and most heartbreaking lyrics of all time, imo. Drop sentiment like that under a catchy tune is the ultimate stealth message.
@silicononsapphire5102
Жыл бұрын
Gets my vote mate.
@tributeact6995
Жыл бұрын
voice of our generation,sadly the sheep are well and truely asleep today. the smell of revolution was strong back then,great times
@Muckylittleme
11 ай бұрын
Exactly what we are seeing today. Our tax money funds mass murder for profit.
@neilsimon467
Жыл бұрын
Paul Weller is a song writing genius , for over 45 years now he has never stopped , The Jam, The Style Council and solo he just keeps going. One of Noel Gallagher's inspirations . You can't go wrong with any song he has done. All his songs have a strong message, not all are political but its fair to say he has strong views. I recommend Private Hell for a non political song with a powerful message and story to tell.
@richardleather2368
Жыл бұрын
@@shaunsmith2914agreed mate MOT
@paddyk1888
Жыл бұрын
A working class genius.has never forgot his roots
@tiltonroadbirmingham1153
Жыл бұрын
Don't always agree with anything Leeds, but yeah, brilliant.
@fayesouthall6604
Жыл бұрын
Style council is a lot better than people remember
@paddyk1888
Жыл бұрын
@@fayesouthall6604 your so right totally underrated.the lyrics to walls come tumbling down are still relevant today with these Tory bastards in charge
@willfromyadkinville
Жыл бұрын
the only thing i love about the Jam is EVERYTHING! Paul Weller is such a Genius! check out The Style Council and his solo career! so good!
@crittyluslow
Жыл бұрын
nothing could be more true than this post... add more Paul Weller as solo & with Style Council.. the man is a genius.
@davgat79
Жыл бұрын
Style council were like Wellers lost years!! Brilliant with The Jam, brilliant solo but Style council??? No thanks.
@gavintimson5940
Жыл бұрын
Style Council were awful. I am glad they split before they turned into an awful pop group
@Southlondonsteve
Жыл бұрын
One of the most important bands to ever come out of the UK.
@mitp8410
Ай бұрын
No such thing as an important band I hate when people say that
@Southlondonsteve
Ай бұрын
@@mitp8410 Of course there are important bands in the history of music. What a stupid fucking comment. You are obviously stupid (or very miserable).
@XtheMystic244
Жыл бұрын
"Down in a tube Station at Midnight" and "Thats Entertainment" are must react songs , really classic stuff ! At one point in the early eighties The Clash were probably the biggest band in the world but in England The Jam were the pinnacle of music - between 1977-1982 eighteen consecutive top forty singles including four number ones !!
@PedroConejo1939
Жыл бұрын
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight was haunting. The whole album All Mod Cons was brilliant.
@kevinberry9033
Жыл бұрын
YES ,YES!!!! Definitely.
@alandoust551
Жыл бұрын
"Down in a tube Station at Midnight" and "Thats Entertainment" defo need to react to those.
@iamthecaptainofmysoul2293
Жыл бұрын
I just love A bomb in wardour street. I can’t help it.
@MrHotsnakes
Жыл бұрын
And Start!
@Randall1001
Жыл бұрын
The Jam---and particularly this song---were everything that was cool, hip, and sophisticated about UK late-era punk and early postpunk when I was a starting college in NY in the early 1980s. This song was one of the anthems that to me said everything about what my generation was. We didn't have the label "Gen X" yet, but it was one of the first songs that spoke to me as "ours." It still makes me shiver, this song. I still want to get up and dance like a freak.
@fayesouthall6604
Жыл бұрын
Post punk brilliance
@anthonymorgan6255
Жыл бұрын
It was Mod.... No punk involved.
@Randall1001
Жыл бұрын
@@anthonymorgan6255 Dude, don't be one of those people who can't wait to yank apart what someone says, looking for something to "correct." It's childish. I SAID "...punk and early postpunk." The Jam fit into that broad stroke. And "Mod" is a 60s term. The Jam were very much a "Mod-ish" band, but the "Mods" were long gone by then.
@retrocrosser
8 ай бұрын
Anthem ! Lucky to be born in the UK and a late teen in the 80s The Jam were huge every song was epic .
@gotham61
Жыл бұрын
The Jam were massive in the UK but they had very limited success in the USA. As you noted their lyrics were often quite political, and were mostly based on English events and experiences that many Americans had a hard time relating to. Their style and attitude was a throwback to the Mods of the early to mid 1960s, another quintessentially English youth movement. The song The Eton Rifles always connected with me, because I went to a school quite similar to Eton, and lived near Slough, a town mentioned in the song.
@BGNOLA
Жыл бұрын
Their following in the States was devoted though; here in New Orleans the first band I saw in a bar underage (15 in 1982) were mods and they did a lot of Jam songs in their set.
@robertpiotrkowski6747
Жыл бұрын
Hey guys you asked to see more Midnight Oil as well, try Forgotten Years, very powerful message.
@kevanbodsworth9868
Жыл бұрын
"events and experiences that many Americans had a hard time relating to. " True but a shame because it is all very relevant to the US maybe more so...
@giuliogrifi7739
Жыл бұрын
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Rrrrright !!!.....I couldn't say it better !!!!!!
@VIDSTORAGE
Жыл бұрын
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee They were great bands that made a lot of good songs whether you liked them or not but there was a lot more going on than those three alone. Rush ,The Cars The Clash , The Police were huge at that point in time also..
@Adam-bp7kw
Жыл бұрын
“The public gets what the public wants” becomes “the public wants what the public gets”
@coinneachmaclellan3121
Жыл бұрын
This applies to music and media in general such as we see online...as Marshall McLuhan famously wrote, "The medium is the message"...
@tompurcell1499
Жыл бұрын
Spoon-feed the public enough with trash and lies and the public will want trash and lies. Rupert Murdoch realised that decades ago. Perhaps he got the idea from the Nazi pervert, Goebbels.
@michealhand1001
Жыл бұрын
No re phrase that The public never gets what the public wants.😮
@bruceblackburn9423
Жыл бұрын
but it only makes sense with the next line ...#but I don't get what the society wants#
@jacobmassey3897
8 ай бұрын
And Paul Weller wrote this when he was only 17 year old. He's always had his head screwed on when it comes to the reality of politics.
@johnbelcher2323
Жыл бұрын
Great band! Check out “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight”, “A Town Called Malice”, & “In the City”
@scatton61
Жыл бұрын
Also start and eaton rifles
@paulguise698
Жыл бұрын
Hiya John, they've already done A Town Called Malice
@dfor8763
Жыл бұрын
When Britain stood up for their social rights. We need them back. Love The Jam.
@samhainkid
Жыл бұрын
AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! My fave tune by The Jam!!! Almost every line is quotable and t-shirt worthy. Weller is one of thee best songwriters ever, and yet criminally unknown in this country. I know he does have a decent following in the US, but nowhere near where he should be. And this song is the spirit of punk! A total anthem for sure. So stoked you listened to this one.
@joeskorbinhorbinchuk3286
Жыл бұрын
Well said! I agree 100%
@seanswinton6242
Жыл бұрын
I agree. I backed into The Jam. I began my Paul Weller journey with Style Council. Then I discovered The Jam. I've been listening and buying ever since. Huge fan of this man. One of my greatest discoveries from my high school MTV years.
@jaccilowe3842
Жыл бұрын
My favourite Jam track; still on my playlist today. Paul Weller (the Modfather) was asked in a recent interview why he doesn't write protest songs anymore and he said, what's the point they'd still be about the same things.
@seanadamson280
Жыл бұрын
Modfather 👍 saw him supporting Blur at Wembley a few weeks back. Still cool as f and voice still great😊
@andydavies27
Жыл бұрын
"The lies wash you down, and their promises rust" - amazing lyrics from Paul Weller.
@warner13faulk28
Жыл бұрын
The Jam were one of the greatest UK bands from 1977-1982. They had #1 songs in England and are almost unknown in America.
@Frankincensedjb123
Жыл бұрын
80s were full of great alternative/punk bands: Television, The Replacements, Pixies, Psychedelic Furs, Husker Du, XTC, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Violent Femmes, The Smiths. A very, very deep rabbit hole.
@surlechapeau
Жыл бұрын
Jay & Amber, you'll love their "That's Entertainment"!! The singer Paul Weller was in The Style Council which had hits with "My Ever Changing Moods" and "You're the Best Thing" !!
@paul.kristoff
Жыл бұрын
Shout It To The Top is my favourite Style Council song. Paul Weller also did some great solo stuff circa 2010.
@flatandsplat
Жыл бұрын
Walls Come Tumbling Down! And Shout to the Top!!
@scottboswell6406
Жыл бұрын
"My Ever Changing Moods" and "You're The Best Thing" are 2 of my all time favorite songs!!
@timmeekings3492
Жыл бұрын
I remember this song coming out and quite rightly it went straight to No 1 over here in the UK. This song was one of my guilty secrets at the time as I was into heavy metal and would never have admitted to liking anything Mod related. However, I've always known that Paul Weller is a songwriting genius and I genuinely think the world would have been a much poorer place had this song never existed. It is 43 years old and hasn't aged a day. A masterpiece in my opinion.
@johndonson1603
Жыл бұрын
I literally remember walking round to my mates house to ask him if he’d heard the new Jam song , strange how music takes you straight back to a time in your life .
@Ibanez-nt5rq
Жыл бұрын
Amen!
@neilbertuk1
8 ай бұрын
I was a little heavy metal kid but bought this when it came out, a metal- head friend saw me skulking out of Woolworths with it and punched me in the face….the face! Music was tough in those days.
@timmeekings3492
8 ай бұрын
@@neilbertuk1 I agree, music certainly was tough in those days. But you were miles braver than me. As a skinny ginger-haired 12 year old, I never would have dared go and buy Going Underground. I had to wait to hear it on the radio or catch it on Top of the Pops! Now in my middle-age, I can't believe I was such a scaredy-cat! (HaHa)
@TheToledoTrumpton
Жыл бұрын
A song from 1980 and the Lyrics still resonate. How can we be 40 years on and not moved forward?
@JC-bq9zt
Жыл бұрын
Boy soldiers... Ukraine/Russia bullshit.
@monkeyfunk8371
Жыл бұрын
It would help if you could hear what he is saying. Half of the song is lost behind the terrible mix levels
@if6was985
Жыл бұрын
@@monkeyfunk8371us brits don't need to hear what he's singing, we know what he's singing.
@monkeyfunk8371
Жыл бұрын
@@if6was985 Oh yeah is that right? Seeing as im an English man and was born in the town ten minutes away from where Weller was from you would think i would be figure it out but alas no... its a poor mix and the fact that you say that "we dont need to hear what he is singing" supports my point. Let me guess you are one of the fan boys that still wears his hair like Weller.... Or as everyone else calls them "That twat over there"
@peterkinch6857
Жыл бұрын
True 40 years on still facing the same problems, governments paid for by the people making things better for there very rich friends, no war but class war !!
@Maaddhatter
Жыл бұрын
Paul Weller and Elvis Costello were the two best lyricists in the late 70s early 80s. Down in the Tube station, Modern World…so many great songs.
@JAMESBRINKMAN-ho3iw
11 ай бұрын
I'd put Andy Partridge in there too.
@octoberguy
Жыл бұрын
Nice! Love The Jam. College days for me. For more.. listen to "That's Entertainment"... "Down in a Tube Station at Midnight"... "Beat Surrender"... "The Bitterest Pill"... and then of course Weller's next band The Style Council... different sound and a list for another day.
@liz6965
Жыл бұрын
The Jam were certainly a jam!! Paul Weller is often referred to as the Mod Father! His other band Style Council were a bit more pop but also has some really political undertones. A great track of theirs is Walls Come Tumbling Down, highly recommend this track!
@josmith6684
Жыл бұрын
one very British band 🎉the best
@tjpea7916
Жыл бұрын
You should check his later band’s great hit… The Style Council ‘Walls come tumbling down’
@kevinkibble8342
6 ай бұрын
The Jam are a British institution. One of those phenomenal bands we produced that didn't make it in America. Great to see younger Americans giving them a try (and enjoying them, because they are brilliant!)
@vincentp149
Жыл бұрын
Really glad that you're revisiting The Jam. Lots of great songs in their catalogue. Political Power Pop at it's best. I'll give a shout out to Paul Weller's follow up band The Style Council. Check out, "Have Your Ever Had it Blue," "Shout to the Top," and "You're the Best Thing."
@dranet47
Жыл бұрын
I second this, Style Council was amazing.
@popandroid
Жыл бұрын
would you prefer they re-visit The Jam vs. still not doing song #1 from Jeff Buckley? orrr Radiohead song #1 that ISN'T called Creep?
@matthewdeguire472
Жыл бұрын
They need to react to "Wanted", "Boy Who Cried Wolf", "Walls Come Tumbling Down", "Headstart for Happiness" and "Ever Changing Moods"
@dranet47
Жыл бұрын
@@matthewdeguire472 which version of Ever Changing Moods do you prefer?
@matthewdeguire472
Жыл бұрын
@@dranet47 I prefer the more pop one, not the piano one.
@coachtomas
Жыл бұрын
Punk is well overdue a resurgence. We need Punk music now more than ever ! The Jam were doing what a lot of Punk bands were doing back in the 70s. Rebelling against the status quo. It was kind of anti-hippie music. Whereas late 60s music was peace and love, 70s Punk was angry and wanting answers ! I look back at it as super important in many ways. I think it shook the cobwebs off the music scene and set us up nicely for the 80s. Those early 80s bands still had a Punk edge for a few years and you could almost see it morph into what became the New Romantic scene eventually (mostly through places like Blitz in London).
@ianharris879
Жыл бұрын
the jam were mods not punks
@DazzleMonroe
Жыл бұрын
@@ianharris879 🤣No
@alimac1968ify
Жыл бұрын
@@DazzleMonroeyes, hence Weller's nickname "the Modfather".
@DazzleMonroe
Жыл бұрын
@@alimac1968ify Nah. The Jam were a punk band. Steve Marriott was The Modfather.
@oliverpearson1577
Жыл бұрын
@@DazzleMonroe They were actually both - 'The Jam were an English mod revival/punk rock band.'
@philboyce1582
Жыл бұрын
I saw these guys live in 1979 at the Rainbow Islington it was absolutely amazing, Paul Weller gets all the plaudits but without the brilliant but underrated Bruce Foxton (BASS)& Rick Buckler (drums) ........ enough said
@flatandsplat
Жыл бұрын
The Jam are THE JAM. Check out Style Council which was Paul Weller's next band
@susanpeters5392
Жыл бұрын
Ya Style Council x
@neilscarratt3568
Жыл бұрын
And The Jam Were followed by The Style Council Superb As Well Their Tracks Long Hot Summer And Shout To The Top Simply Great
@sniperHEX
Жыл бұрын
The Moddfather. Love Paul, love the Jam. Living legend
@ak5659
Жыл бұрын
The Jam were huge in Boston in the early 80's. I was beyond excited when the came to Boston for one night...... It was the night of my HS graduation. I went to my graduation😢. Looking back I'm still not sure that was the right decision. Yeah, most British music was highly political back then. The Cold War was still real and the USSR was a real threat. We were very aware of it, especially if you had family in countries like Poland where there were strikes going on and we all in the US half expected to wake up in the morning to find yet another Soviet invasion. You need to remember that Hitler & Stalin weren't yet history. We grew up with older family members who survived that. It was real life. So we had a perspective that's hard to explain to people today.
@BGNOLA
Жыл бұрын
man I wish they came to New Orleans; closest they got was Austin
@RightTurnClyde
Жыл бұрын
It was definitely the wrong decision
@grabtharshammer
Жыл бұрын
Oddly, in the UK it was the US that scared us more than the Russians
@anthonykelly4514
Жыл бұрын
You choose your leaders to place your trust, whilst their lies wash you down and their promises rust!!!! Brilliant
@DanalynTuthill-yl4hd
Жыл бұрын
I don't even remember The Jam. But I see Paul Weller was in the band. I liked him in The Style Council. Check them out with "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" and "My Everchanging Moods."
@MrJohnnyMel
Жыл бұрын
Paul Weller’s career after the Jam is full of gems, The Style Council and all his solo albums and singles 😊
@Escapee5931
Жыл бұрын
"Long Hot Summer" by The Style Council would be very appropriate at the moment!
@MrJohnnyMel
Жыл бұрын
@@Escapee5931 yes indeed
@Wilburville04
Жыл бұрын
You should do Follow the Leader by Korn. It has an awesome video as well.
@generalbutterpants
Жыл бұрын
Yes, this for sure!
@leedsagogo
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite bands of all time. They didn't get much traction here in the U.S. but they had a huge influence on me as a kid living in Minnesota in the early 80s. Also, Rick Buckler-fantastic drummer. Bruce Foxton later played bass for Stiff Little Fingers.
@dannyswygart6928
Жыл бұрын
A reaction to Stiff Little Fingers would be awesome
@RightTurnClyde
Жыл бұрын
Nice to know a band from little old Woking, right in my manor, reached so far.
@BGNOLA
Жыл бұрын
Did you ever see the Replacements?
@BGNOLA
Жыл бұрын
@@RightTurnClyde first band I saw in a New Orleans bar underage (I was 15 and it was 1982) were mods and they did alot of Jam songs; closest I got to seeing the Jam
@leedsagogo
Жыл бұрын
@@BGNOLA No, I never got to see them. I saw Husker Du, though.
@MKGAMA427
Жыл бұрын
Another great band from the UK and popular in the 80s was The Psychedelic Furs. Their music is catchy and full of life. The lead singer's voice is unique and you will love their sound. I would start with "Ghost in you" followed by "Love my way" and "Heaven". These are 3 of my favorite songs from their catalog. Trust me when I tell you, they rock and they are amazing!
@johnmavroudis2054
Жыл бұрын
OMG!!! THE JAM!!!!!!!!! Truly one of the great British bands, EVER. Paul Weller could write tunes and lyrics with the best. This song came out and immediately went to #1 in Great Britain. They had a roll with three 5-Star albums in row ("All Mod Cons," "Setting Sons," and "Sound Affects"... and they are all worth checking out. THANK YOU for reacting to this band!!!! Next... try... XTC! (another genius British band that covered every topic under the sun with brilliant music and lyrics... Best band since The BEATLES.)
@stephencruickshanks3794
Жыл бұрын
I walked four miles to the record shop & back again to buy this single on the day it wis released. If I'd taken the bus, I couldn't afford the record.
@chrishall7915
Жыл бұрын
It nice to see two people who seem to *genuinely* enjoy what they do.
@michelleb9808
Жыл бұрын
Right? Omg I want their job!! 😀
@davidcross6248
Жыл бұрын
down in the tube station at midnight , great song great lyrics
@garym6688
Жыл бұрын
Such a shame that The Jam never were able to crack the American market. They were understandably huge in the UK with hit after hit, but just never caught on there in the States. Their career basically lasted only from 1977-1982 and I've always wondered if they would have been more successful in America if they had come around a bit later after MTV arrived and brought us so many of the great UK groups of the era (Duran Duran, Culture Club, Human League etc).
@andycross8374
9 ай бұрын
Guys, you've barely scratched the surface of the genius of Paul Weller, the singer and songwriter of the Jam. So many great Jam songs. You have to listen to That's Entertainment or Start. Then his next band the Style Council had a very different sound. Listen to Long Hot Summer, My Ever Changing Moods or You're the Best Thing from the 1980s. Then he's had a successful solo career since the 90s. I'd recommend Wild Wood, Sunflower, You Do Something to Me, Brand New Start or From the Floorboards Up. He's a very talented and influential artist over this side of the pond.
@burmajones803
Жыл бұрын
Style Council - Shout To the Top. Paul Weller, leader of the Jam, his next band. Soul and R&B influenced. Great tune.
@PopLife-hb3ks
Жыл бұрын
Ahh. So this is the group that Tears for Fears referenced in their song Sowing the Seeds of Love. There was a line that said “ kick out The Style, bring back The Jam”. I learned years ago that that line was a reference to two English bands, but I’d never heard any of the music from either of those two bands until today.
@robsmith8024
8 ай бұрын
Slightly deeper, both bands (The Jam & The Style Council) were put together and fronted by Paul Weller but musically and visually they couldn’t be further apart although Weller didn’t completely forgo the social message singing with the SC - Walls Come tumbling down, The Lodgers etc. Clearly we know who the boys from TFF prefered
@stevej061069
7 ай бұрын
My favourite song by my favourite band. This song has everything. That razor-toned guitar riff, thumping bassline, pounding drums, lyrics that speak to the disaffection still felt by millions the world over....The Jam. A timeless powerhouse trio. Legendary band.
@shelbysnyder8109
Жыл бұрын
I literally squealed when I saw that you had reacted to this song. Thanks for covering it. Im glad you liked it. It's one of my favorite Jam songs and I love the Jam . The lyrics are always great on Jam songs. My next suggestion would be "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight". It was the first song I ever heard by the Jam that made me want to hear more. It's about a guy getting robbed in the Tube Station (London subway) but it's kinda sweet, oddly. "Beat Surrender" is great." Eton Rifles" also. If you like horns, "Absolute Beginners" is one of the best.
@nataliejones5081
7 ай бұрын
This group are from my hometown i have met the drummer Rik Buckler 2 time the nicest man you can meet snd i know Bruce foxton nephew over 30 years,
@Ocodango
Жыл бұрын
A truly fabulous live act the Jam were in their time and really could deliver going underground with a punch 👍
@Sweetish_Jeff_
Жыл бұрын
In the mid-2000s I discovered an Internet radio station based in the UK which is where I first listened to The Jam among many other bands and artists. A lot of them rarely, if ever, get played in America.
@rosenfield10
Жыл бұрын
"The Dead Heart" by Midnight Oil
@soulgalorememories9921
Жыл бұрын
“News of the World” a great rocker from this group
@RobPalmer80
Жыл бұрын
I love the way Paul Weller went from Pub Rock/Punk with The Jam, to Soul with The Style Council, and then Indie rock with his solo career.
@triggerwarningtruthjustfor5433
Жыл бұрын
Singer Paul Weller is known as the ‘Modfather’ in the UK - leading the way in the fashions of the era worn by ‘Mods’!
@mkmstillstackin
Жыл бұрын
The Jam is awesome! Paul Weller's a legend and his career is its own rabbit hole. "That's Entertainment", "Start" (which has an iconic bassline and riff) and "Beat Surrender" are all great Jam tunes. My favorite is probably "The Bitterest Pill". I also recommend checking out Weller's later band, The Style Council. They were a bit more melodic, soulful, and jazzy compared to the Jam, I'd say, with just waay too many good songs to name, "Solid Bond" being one of them. Weller even went on to have a really good solo career.
@MissAlabamaNobody
Жыл бұрын
This is almost exactly the list I would give them. I know they would succum-b.
@terenceneeson9131
Жыл бұрын
Start is a great song but the baseline was stolen from the Beatles Taxman
@mkmstillstackin
Жыл бұрын
@@MissAlabamaNobody I see what you did there ;)
@mkmstillstackin
Жыл бұрын
@@terenceneeson9131 indeed, that's the consensus.
@mossyman65
Жыл бұрын
My oldest mates favourite band, these, The Undertones and The Skids were all he used to listen to.
@Adam-bp7kw
Жыл бұрын
Time for some Style Council! Maybe start with “you’re the best thing”
@robcanis
Жыл бұрын
Music of my youth. Boating blazer, tie-pin, desert boots....The Jam!
@sanjnandh
Жыл бұрын
‘Long Hot Summer’ by The Style Council featuring Paul Weller of The Jam … is a must!
@dawnlawrence3372
Жыл бұрын
Another reminder of being a teenager in England in the 80’s! I can’t believe it was over 40 years ago ….. I’m officially old 😂
@smalldreamarts
Жыл бұрын
My favourite Jam song thank you 🎶 🎤 🎧
@grahamwallace
Жыл бұрын
The Jam was my first live concert. Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland in 1979. Oh to be back there doing the pogo! 😂
@xiropigado
Жыл бұрын
The sound of my teenage years. The Jam were so massive in the UK.
@johnny0468
Жыл бұрын
sometimes getting other peoples reaction like this makes you realise how amazing the jam were ....we /i took it for granted ....there hasnt been a band like the jam ever !! legends!!
@fayesouthall6604
Жыл бұрын
The very first single I ever knew to go straight into the number one position of the charts in the U.K. plus it’s a banger
@memelordmark7532
Жыл бұрын
You'll love Down in the Tubestation at Midnight & A Bomb on Wardour Street. 😎 Tubestation- Man is beaten to death @ a subway station whilst trying to get home with dinner for his wife & himself. Wardour St- Nuclear bomb detonates in London. Man tries to survive.
@paul5589
Жыл бұрын
Funeral Pyre by The Jam is excellent as well. Fast heavy drums and great lyrics.
@johnhignett7707
Жыл бұрын
first time you heard this and totally get the songs meaning, so many in the UK didn't get it. and to think its from the 1970s (79 when Thatcher was elected, clear paul better has great insight) and more relevant today than ever.
@gorey4more837
Жыл бұрын
Modern World, Pretty Green, That’s Entertainment, Precious - there are too many incredible the Jam songs to mention. ❤️
@Michaelgoestofrance
Жыл бұрын
You guys pick such good songs! And you get it! I remember hearing this when I was younger and loving the sound, it wasn't 'til I was older that I was able to appreciate the meaning behind the lyrics.
@scottboswell6406
Жыл бұрын
Bands like The Jam, The Clash, and U2 brought lots of political and social commentary into their music, without being to the point that the music ever feels dated. Everyone KNEW exactly who or what they meant, but someone NEW (like the RS) can still get it!! "That's Entertainment" has a different feel, more nostalgic, and worth hearing!!
@leefriedman9882
Жыл бұрын
For Midnight Oil, there are so many (although many were not mainstream radio songs), but try: Blue Sky Mine, Dreamworld, The Dead Heart, Sometimes, Bullroarer, Forgotten Years, Truganini, Put Down That Weapon.
@ythomitnellum
Жыл бұрын
A little fact about The Jam, they equalled The Beatles in having three singles debut at No. 1 on the official charts. If you do no other Jam song then Down In A Tube Station At Midnight is an absolute must (the Tube is London’s Subway). Also Paul Weller’s next band The Style Council did some outstanding songs with the future Mrs Weller, Dee C Lee.
@pj5517
Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure that's not true . The Beatles didn't have singles debut at No 1
@elephantbarbiegirl
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't that Gerry and the Pacemakers?
@ythomitnellum
Жыл бұрын
@@elephantbarbiegirl Well according to the only online source I can find it’s Slade, but yes, wrong Liverpool band, it would be Gerry and The Pacemakers (which as a Liverpool fan I should have known!)
@gypsyroadhog
Жыл бұрын
Slade were first band since the Beatles…The Jam third in line
@ythomitnellum
Жыл бұрын
@@gypsyroadhog I can’t find The Beatles having anything other than Get Back debuting at No 1; they seem to hold the record for one song following another to the top spot but not for entering directly at it. I always thought from my days listening to the Chart Show on a Sunday evening it was The Beatles, but numerous websites and Wikipedia disagree with my memory - if you’ve got a source to the contrary I’d really like to be proven right, just for knowing I’m not starting to get forgetful!
@stephenberrells1471
Жыл бұрын
Battersea Town Hall, summer of 1977. I was 16 and the Jam were my 2nd ever gig. Saw them on every subsequent tour. Weller's the guvnor, end of chat.
@kimcutts6153
Жыл бұрын
Now were talking..... This is from my teenage years. Huge in the Uk. ❤🎼🇬🇧
@austinfallen
Жыл бұрын
Eton rifles was always my favourite jam hit, though so many are amazing. Down at the tube station at midnight is amazing but sooooo dark
@johntarnowski9086
Жыл бұрын
"A town called malice" is a good song
@johnvillanova9984
Жыл бұрын
They did it!
@Liofa73
11 ай бұрын
I'm glad Amber got the point of the song, she really listened and understood.
@Hayley.a
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the jam. They are a band i have always liked.
@brianmcmaster5112
Жыл бұрын
This was definitely part of the late 70's and early 80's New Wave boom.
@dinacole3410
Жыл бұрын
The Jam were absolutely massive in the UK. I love them all but my favourite’s are “That’s Entertainment” “The Bitterest Pill” and “Start”. Paul Weller was known as The Modfather”.
@Sweetish_Jeff_
Жыл бұрын
Love The Jam. I’m with the others. “In The City” is a banger and you’ll both dig it.
@willrichardson1809
Жыл бұрын
Great powerful lyrics band, my favourite of theirs is Butterfly Collector
@toolatehello3345
Жыл бұрын
"You choose your leaders and place your trust, as their lies put you down and their promises rust! "
@sandrahughes8645
Жыл бұрын
Fabulous! More Jam, Paul Weller, Style council please 🙏
@susanpeters5392
Жыл бұрын
Deffo x
@sanw299
Жыл бұрын
Another great song by The Jam is called, Start .
@KinkKeeNUFC
Жыл бұрын
The Jam are massively underrated. Weller is a genius.
@robertomoi2044
Жыл бұрын
NEVER ever have the Jam been under rated.
@Jabberwok28
Жыл бұрын
@@robertomoi2044. Unfortunately here in the US they were; Weller was one of the original british Angry Young Men.
@baggy1067
Жыл бұрын
Underrated across the globe Not the UK. We knew they were brilliant
@murreygellmann7708
Жыл бұрын
The Jam has a ton of classic tracks.....and this track went to #1 in the UK
@ladyamythyst69
Жыл бұрын
Very influential band. In between punk and new wave this was the peak stuff coming out of England. Check out their song In the City.
@MARKKY2727
Жыл бұрын
Style council "walls come tumbling down" The band paul weller formed after leaving the Jam
@johnmaynardable
Жыл бұрын
I LOVE THE JAM!
@christopherbarnett6098
Жыл бұрын
The 1st of the The Jams records I bought was 'all around the world'. My youth was brilliant. Musically. Peace out.
@derekangus1354
Жыл бұрын
Walls Come Tumbling Down is a great upbeat, driven, Style Council tune, led by Weller, with sharp political/social minded lyrics. More polished than his JAM days, but just as potent.
@cefngwyn
Жыл бұрын
I recently saw Paul Weller in concert on Cannock Chase in the middle of England. He played hits from The Jam, Style Council and all his latest gear. Absolutely phenomenal musician!
@jameskneubuhl9115
Жыл бұрын
The Jam were kind of like Oasis - very, very big in England, but their thing didn't quite translate to an American audience. I could never quite get into them, probably because Paul Weller's lyrics go by too fast to make an impression on me. I had the same issue the first time I saw Bob Dylan play. But The Jam were an important band and they deserve their acclaim.
@sarahseery6288
Жыл бұрын
Very big in Britain, cannot count the times I saw them live in Scotland
@seancassidy674
Жыл бұрын
They building towards something in the US at the end but then Weller moved on. Oasis never quite translated as megastars in the US, but they had three platinum records and were certainly mainstream popular at least until 97/98.
@JasonChinniansoulmod1
Жыл бұрын
If The Jam were to reform it would be the fastest sell-out in UK music history. He is an outstanding lyricist. 'Mr Clean' 'Strange Town' 'When You're Young' 'Man In The Corner Shop' 'Saturday's Kids' 'A Bomb In Wardour Street' 'Start' The list is endless, and Weller is a musical genius ✊🏾👊🏾
@user-qy6ui7vg8mtomdevoss
Жыл бұрын
Great reaction as always guys! Another fantastic song to react to is Walls Come Tumbling Down by Paul Weller's other band called The Style Council as well as Read About by Midnight Oil. I feel Jay would really like that one as there's a lot of cowbell used in it! :)
@darrenleiberman6250
Жыл бұрын
I agree 'Walls Come Tumbling Down' is a classic Weller track. Just like 'Going Underground' the tune belies the content of the lyrics. It is a worthy soul mate of 'Beds Are Burning' I highly recommend it. Keep up the excellent work. You are a wonderfully engaging couple. Thank you. ❤
@tonyhemphill5366
3 ай бұрын
Saw them twice And they were one of the best live bands ever
@brynjones7531
8 ай бұрын
So good that you guys get it. At the time we had strikes, poverty and life was a mess here in the uk. On the positive side I became a skinhead, soul boy, hippy, punk and now I just love music.
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