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Music video by The Jam performing The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow). (C) 1982 Polydor Ltd. (UK) - เพลง
Possibly the greatest Jam song ever. Remember when I first started going out aged 17 and this would always come on the jukebox in the pub's. Great times.
sounds amazing
Your opinion my friend, and you are very much entitled to have it. The Jam meant so much to so many and each song a memory for the many.Weller’s lyrics transcended his years. I thought his dad wrote them. Piss stenched hallways and broken down windows, the planners dream went wrong.
@@iancamb8190 Which is your favourite?
My favourite song
@@iancamb8190 I think his Dad definitely had a big hand in writing the Jam's songs.
You can hear the Style Council sound starting to appearing in the last Jam songs. Weller oozing souls in this one.
Paul Weller is one of pop's finest songwriters. A real craftsman.
This song was perfectly made for “This is England 1996.” One of the greatest series ever shown on Channel 4 “. Shane Meadows always has the hand of the pulse”.
Alan Clarke for me Films
Like Rita Sue Bob too
The Jam should of Ended on this one.....Somebody will cover it. Real English soul on this one.
We've All had a Pill.....Years later its still there stuck in ur throat...
This song helps me Move on....
You have to....
We are all.the Same....
Cheers lads the Jam....All fine musicians Rick and Bruce a Big part of this band...
Good luck everyone.
Eamonn..
Legend in all his glory not one bad record ever made
He's not called The Modfather for nothing, absolute LEGEND.
A real gem in the Jam catalogue.
ive swallowed the bitterness many times...20 years on still gutted
Think how many times some other dudes have entered her back door in 20 years and just get over it, will you. She wasn't thinking about you for one second when she was getting serviced.
Completely blown away by just how good this song is, could possibly be the Jam at their brilliant best
The days when i drove a gt 200 and thought id never get old 😊
Heartbreaking, lyrical perfection. Blimey. Weller isn’t a songwriter..he’s a poet.
what are you on about?
You only just realised?
Why can't he be both? 🤔
That's what he is a poet
In 100s of years they'll be teaching Weller, Davis and Townshend in schools
@@daveh438 They already do.
Only my opinion as an 80's lad the best music ever , never beaten shame they split but maybe that made them more iconic. Me and the god Paul share the same birthday, thank you Paul for your genius music
Paul, you & I share the same birthday. Still worship The Jam, and enjoyed much of his later output but not all. Wasn't too easy to get access to punk, new wave & reggae music during the late 70's/early 80's as a young man in South Africa, but managed to source imported vinyl & The Jam, The Clash, SLF, The Ruts & post punk acts like Joy Division & Bauhaus all inform my musical touchstone. Finally enjoyed the privilege of attending a PW performance at the Brixton Academy around the time of my 40th birthday in 2000 & was blown away. God Bless all you Jam fans
the bitterest pill I had to swallow. was the end of the jam...the sound of a generation...damn
Love this still listening in 2024 brings me back to my mod days
Then really them days are still here...❤x
this song is brilliant im sure someone somewhere will agree
Nothing wrong with Paul. Weller man is great song Wrighter and jam was the. Best for me.
It was the end of the jam 2 be true
This was a very good memory from summer 1982 I had just got my first job after leaving school
With so much good stuff from The Jam, it's hard to rate it in the whole canon - but I'd rate this a very close 2nd or 3rd to Going Underground or Town Called Malice
@@granto6738 Yes, definite signs of progression to the Style Council sound
The best song I have ever heard, I was a massive fan 40 years ago even bigger fan now. The best 3 piece band ever in my view
Agree, although as a 3 piece Rush give them a close run
@@garethdoldfield ELP were the greatest ever 3 piece, get over it.
Rush? PMSL
Always wonder what inspired the lyrics as it sounded like it was written from personal experience, but it wasnt ?
Bang right mate.
I was 17 and this track haunted me, I would sit in my room tears streaming down my face, it had a powerful effect on me then and still does today..
Modettes
@@dianemcalpine65 and mods. The jam were the best. And nobody has bettered them.
@@colingeddes2172 they wern't as big as the Beatles though.
@@bp6329 who was.
@@colingeddes2172 nobody was.
What a song,what a performer, lyrics really mean something,this music will never come again,just re living my youth I'm 58, mow,wow,you never forget the happy days,music was good, atmosphere,we had it all 😊👍❤️
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
I love The Jam, when I watch the videos I realise how I miss being a teenager
Brian Griffin And how they just turn you on big time ......Any more fans ????
Brian Griffin e
Brian Griffin
Brian Griffin I was born 1982 but I love the jam it's way of life x mod forever x
Brian Griffin I miss those days. But wudnt care 2 be a teenager these days
Great tune,as the Jam got nearer the end you can hear how he's already thinking about the Style Council,and how it will sound.Genius.
Yep, said this many times. Absolute Beginners and Beat Surrender also have that distinct Style Council sound to it. Brilliant.
I get what you are saying. A song leading to a change of direction.
I read Bruce and Rick hated this song and weller stropped off
I honestly thought this was the style council. Mandela effect I guess
@@DAW1968 can’t agree more. look how he dresses
One of the best songs ever
Brilliant song liked it for years
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
@@Paul_John_Weller thanks brilliant song you made best one ever
No matter how old this song gets it still sounds great . Takes me back to the start of my teenage years
And me mate😊
I was15
An absolute classic.The modfather is a genius
One of Weller's finest songs.
20 in the 70s,,70 in the 20s. The style is coming back around. I was a mod and didn't even know it.
So many memories being a young mod 54 now and still 100% mod.... Great song and a great era.
53 and being mod is in our DNA mate "life style"
@@madhavoc1 as Paul weller said born a mod I'll die a mod.
Just bought myself another pair of Jam shoes .My Christmas present to myself.
one of our greatest singer /songwriters ever.....his records will be played for years to come
yeagh jam ones
in this year he was awarded for this. quality lyrics and real music
Better Lennon and macca ? Don’t think so
@@paulgrahamedwardspencer6393 hes on a par against two of them
"our" lol what do you mean?
Weller is a genius. The Jam are the worlds most underrated band.
In what way we're The Jam under rated please????
@@cyclingartist6827 underated lol never
Not in the UK, of course.
Unfortunately he's less known everywhere else.
I have just watched a documentary lasting 71 minutes about The Jam. There was no mention of this song!
Mrs H ... This song should get a Billion LIKES ..It a CLASSIC MASTERPIECE...🎶🎙
Simply the best British band of all time. If you want to know what is was like to grow up in the late 70s/early 80s in the UK, just read their lyrics.
still would like to be back there rather then in todays horrible world
Specials were better
@@nickprica3127 today's horrible world was being prepared then,
tho for most of the world always is horrible
@Warren Baldwin at the end of the day mate it’s all about opinion- thought the jam were good but not the best band in Britain in my humble music taste opinion
Better than The Smiths?
2024❤UK RESPECT.
SHARED
To me is one of the best songs ever heard in my life, any time heard it, it always gets me! Such a beauty of song, the kind of song that heals you. All hail the king Paul Weller. A huge fan from Peru.
Hello, I'm a big Jam/Paul Weller fan from Peru, too! Glad we don't follow the music norm down there!
And I am another fan from Peru. The Bitterest Pill is mine to take !
@@robertogalvez2423 Yo también soy de Perú y que genial encontrar a 3 peruanos que amen esta banda y esta canción
@@gianpierrezamudio8329 qué genial! Y fuera de ustedes no conozco otros que sean tan fans de The Bitterest Pill de Perú. Lo máximo.
Hola! yo soy de España y también me encantan los Jam y alguna canción como Shout To The Top
I got my The Jam tattoo in April on my arm.They are my favorite band ever.I love them to bits.
YOU WILL NEVER HEAR SONGS THIS GOOD LIKE THIS EVER AGAIN....
I so agree!!
@Niall Packer i felt the same till tonight, check these dudes out. th-cam.com/video/wMehItNQKAA/w-d-xo.html
From a time of proper music and artists unlike the shite today
Bollocks. They've been saying that for the last 60 years
I think it qualifies as a rare groove .
Fucking brilliant. Classic Jam/Weller. Perfectly encapsulates the inevitable heartbreak of youthful love. God bless Paul Weller and his lyrics…
Just found this song; instant favourite! Poetic lyrics, amazing chords, beautiful strings and Miss Havisham from Great Expectations in the video to boot!
A style council in the making here with this one 💙
Great song with Weller heading off into Style Council territory ... what a vocal.
Chris A. Underrated vocal. No production tweaks and tricks needed. Just glorious, perfect talent
@@debboo69 its gorgeous
when I was younger I was in to all kinds of music but I loved the Jam I wasn't a mod or anything actually because we had nothing not a penny to scratch our asses with all I had was music from friends and when I found the jam they captured me like no other band for a long time I still like them to this day.
"Not a penny to scratch our arses"!! U gotta be a londoner?..big respect from an east end lad.
That is such a brilliant comment. Thank you for your insight. The Jam are my favourite band. PW is underrated as a lyricist. For me, he is the poet of my generation. I wish you well.
@@milolee4746 sorry my friend but i live in the north (the true north not like Manchester) North East actually Hartlepool. But still thanks.
wow well said i feel like that
Scratch your donkey??
There used to be a guy down our way with a black and purple Lambretta with beautiful graphics and the words "The Bitterest Pill" scripted in white over the engine cover. Fantastic pop song and a fitting end to the band's output.
thank you weller for my youth
My fave Jam song , doesnt get mentioned much or ever played on any radio station , i love it though it has a certain melancholy i like...
Was 16 when this came out...bought the LP . One of the best ever.
This song is about the sadness of a relationship break up, but since my eldest daughter was killed by a hit and run driver in January 2024, 3 months before her 29th birthday, I can tell Paul, nothing compares to choking on that every day.
They were untouchable then and still are now
Paul Weller always looks so cool and stylish
One of the finest songs The Jam ever recorded. It just oozes cool and Paul Wellers lyrics are brilliant.
Agree 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍
Paul Gambaccini sent me here from September 1982 to remind me just what an amazing track this was.
Women have come and gone kids have grown up the one constant in my life has been Paul Weller.
Amazing how Wellers voice became so soulful over the years
Probably my favourite The Jam song. I love it's meloncoly, retrospective vibe. A perfect note to end it on.
Paul Weller is an absolute genius. The lyrics on this, and all the other Jam tracks are just mind blowing. I absolutely loved the late 70s and 80s. The music scene was just amazing. Better times. Incidentally, I doubt you could make this video nowadays as it's too 'white'!! What the heck has happened to our once great country.
Sometimes it takes time to rediscover bands and songs to appreciate just how wonderful they are
What a fkn tune.You can hear him changing towards a sound more like The Style Council.Pure class.
Who’s listening in 2023. Banging tune.
I was a mod in the 70s 80s quite often It was up caranby street use to talk with jam was absolutely outstanding The band I have seen well over 30 times
The Jam,I grew up on, nuff said!
Anyone else Paul has a look of Rodney trotter when he's got the mac on haha,love this tune
I wonder if he has his name written on the inside of the coat? :-)
haha he actually does, can't look at this the same now 😂
ISLWYN2007 or wears a bracelet with Rooney engraved on.
ste green ffs was about to comment that
Raven J Grace it says Rodney...
I think back in the day they were class, listening to them today I realise they were even better than class..
I’m not a big fan of the Jam or Weller but I could listen to this on repeat all day. Masterpiece of a song…
When i heard this song recently it transported me instantly back to my school days, got me thinking about those care free days, great track
In your white lace and your wedding bells
You look the picture of contented new wealth
But from the on-looking fool who believed your lies
I wish this grave would open up and swallow me alive
For the bitterest pill is hard to swallow
The love I gave hangs in sad coloured, mocking shadows
When the wheel of fortune broke, you fell to me
Out of grey skies to change my misery
The vacant spot, your beating heart took its place
Now watch smoke leave my lips and fill an empty room
For the bitterest pill is hard to swallow
The love I gave hangs in sad coloured, mocking shadows
The bitterest pill is mine to take
If I took it for a hundred years, I couldn't feel any more ill
The bitterest pill is mine to take
If I took it for a hundred years, I couldn't feel any more ill
Now autumn's breeze blows summer's leaves through my life
Twisted and broken dawn, no days with sunlight
The dying spark, you left your mark on me
The promise of your kiss, but with someone else
For the bitterest pill is mine to swallow
The love I gave hangs in sad coloured, mocking shadows
The bitterest pill is mine to take
If I took it for a hundred years, I couldn't feel anymore ill!
In your whiteness and your wedding bells,
You look the picture of contented Noel...
Such an amazing song. Weller is an unbelievable songwriter, lyricist musician and performer.
Thanks for the memories boys ... still re living them in August 2019
Memories flooding back 👍
IMO One of the best song Weller's ever written ☘
Brilliant. Brilliant..paul weller is so talented..this takes me back year's..and those memories..absolutely fantastic 👏😘
Weller at his Best
The dying spark, you left your mark on me
The promise of your kiss, but with someone else
Beautiful, magnificent song. Obviously would not have been out of place on a Style Council album, but I'm glad the Jam got to do it just before they clocked off.
i think it was a bit of both to be honest but still very good
Paul should get a part in EastEnders..That cup smash off the table was excellent
Yeah in each episode he could be seen in the cafe knocking a cup into the floor
Great song like all The Jam songs!
I can hear Paul moving into Style Council-type territory.
One of the most stunning songs ever
Thanks Paul for a brilliant youth and so memory youth of this era will never forget you
I think it shows that the The Jam needed to end as this sound screams The Style Council. Great stuff either way!
This is England 86 end credits ❤
Without a doubt one of the best tunes from 1982. Totally gorgeous song. My God I love this song so much. This song fulfills my teenage years.
this was so under looked i think.
The jam were our soundtrack to our early teenage years, and to think, they did LOADS of better tunes than this 1. Thats how good the holy trinity were.
When I first heard this song back in the day, it instantly became one of the best things I'd ever heard. It still is. Pure poetry.
The man is genius weller is lyrics just hit home
Amazing band, great tune. Love how they're trying not to laugh whilst 'seriously' acting. What a progression from 1977 to this...classy songwriting, superb instrumentation from all three. Fantastic lyrics and quality vocal from Paul.
love the jam loved them in the 80s one of England's finest group's
I have heard this song over 2,000 times and i never get bored of listening to it.The Bitterest Pill is and always will be my favorite song of all time.
One of the jams finest
Remember trying to get this video on vhs and online back in the day. Bought the first Apple Mac domestic computer back in '95. Performa 5200..had internet connection, modem, fax and built in tv .. took forever to dial up to AOL...then quality was cack. One of 5% of population who had internet back then...
Such a fkn gorgeous song this! The strings are absolutely beautiful! Definitely in my top 3 fave Jam songs!
Incredible used to make me cry this song did; its bloody beatiful.
still chokes me up :)
A great song that never tires ❤
The Mighty mighty jam❤❤
Love all by the jam,but this and private hell defo my faves
I haven't heard this for 30 years!!!
Autumn 1982! I will never forget it!
Tune. Still.
hard to believe musical youth stopped this classic from getting to no.1
And eye of the tiger, tbf they're both also absolute anthems
Oh yes.....dont even go there !
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. A classic!
Brilliant song and my favourite by The Jam. Brings back some happy memories of 1982.
The 80s fringe remember it well 😊