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There aren't many upsides of being 60, but being in my teens when The Jam walked into my life when I was in High school is one of them 🧡
'we got a new manifesto'
you're alive, that's an upside
@@warrenkingston7606
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The Jam one of the most important groups of our time.
One of the best. Found their niche between punk,mod etc
The jam one of the 70s&80s best bands ever
The Jam STILL haven't really been appreciated by music history half as much as they should be. Bands like them simply wont ever happen again, as the golden age of pop more or less died off with them and others. Far to many sub sects of music wont allow for bands to have this big an effect in todays world.
That is something I mourn, as the world is missing out due to it. For me personally, to have been around when they and other bands of the time where hitting there peak, was one hell of a stroke of good fortune. Thanks Mum and Dad for popping me on the planet when you did.
The Jam, Weller, there is no better a true class singer, U2 QUEEN COLDPAY OASIS do not get near to Wellers class.
@@ianparker9554 Queen were a top band but the rest of your list were total crap.
I am a bit of a conspiracy guy, it seems to me that the jam was far too British even in them days, the globalist money machine don't like that stuff, that was the era of the big push towards globalization, this music was the working class sound of them days! same as ska music
The sound that these 3 put out was phenomenal, I was very lucky
to see them live twice back in the day. Just superb!
Lucky you!
Me too, both in Brighton including their last gig ever. The best ever live.
Saw them in Hanley and Bingley hall Stafford
Jammy
The lines , You'll be betrayed by your accent and manners, You've got to wear the right clothes, was spot on for the times in Britain. like so many of Paul Weller's lyrics . Just genius by a great band, this is by a short head by favourite Jam song. I never tire of hearing it.
Many of his lyrics are still relevant mate im 19 and his lyrics speak to me just like they did for my dad back then👍
Still relevant.
@@harrytrent13 Im 16 and they do
@@tateacademy558 exactly mate its a shame other younger people don't have good music taste most people just listen to whatever is popular and what's trending on tiktok
@@harrytrent13 init people just like to follow the crowd i guess.
The Jam. One of the most important bands of our time
Not really! Their songs have not stood the test of time. This...Eton Rifles. Another name that escapes me.... all sound the same. They never broke the USA.
Steffan Hoffmann
You’re talking out of your arse son.
YEAH, WE R TALKING QUALITY AREN'T WE, WE R THE JAM N WE MAKE GOOD TUNES, YOU R CRAZY DUDE, WE ALL CRAZY IS WHY WE LIKE THEM : -D
AM GOING CRAZY SOMEBODY HELP, ANYBODY GOT SOME PILLS : -D
FFS AM JUST LUCID N NEED 2 CALM DOWN, LETS CHILL : -D
I'm 14, no music will ever beat The Jam's, the best ever. Music today will never match it.
I’m the same age and completely agree, all music now will never compare to the bands before it neither
Correct answer young man. 🎸🎸🎸
Buy some Beatles albums especially Revolver
You have real taste young un.
@@mikicb9787 a like from an old git who was there! Buy the greatest hits CD. Then move on to the albums. Electrifying stuff.
Just another 4 minute masterpiece from 3 astonishing musicians.
I still remember my first days coming to London to live from the north of England , this song sums it up every time I hear it ,working class 80s culture .
100 percent mate. I’m from boro. Spent most of my youth and my adulthood if I’m honest buying the clobber and going to matches. This reminds me of it all so much.
they had countless dozen classics, but none greater than this. Staggering
Was a mod back in early 80s as a teenager worshipped JAM & Weller had pleasure of seeing them on farewell tour @ Wembury Arena December '82 on farewell tour 😎✌️👍 ..... "Strange town" one of their many classics .
I went on the first night at the arena I remember big country supporting I cant for the life of me remember the other band do you?
Weller could never understand that the jam were a chemistry.....not just him....foxtons harmony and bass playing ....bucklers driving unique beats...
Nonsense. Buckler was as limited a drummer as any major band ever had.
@@bryankirby5606 you clearer know nothing about drumming. Be quiet.
Well said my friend.
EXACTLY............ Weller knows this!!!!! But times change, as did his style and band members - the singer/songwriter 'will go on regardless', as Weller proved!!
The Jam were going for about 9 years in total, then in most cases you have too many differences to carry on.
You would have had to have been in a band to understand this!!
As well as the music being brilliantly played by Weller, Foxton & Buckler, the lyrics were perfect observations of the UK at the time. Weller was asked recently why he no longer writes this type of lyric & his answer was spot on, NOTHING HAS CHANGED. If anything it has got worse.
Ur comment has been stuck in my head for days, Wellers comment is as u said spot on 👌
The Jam was an essential part of my youth they lifted me up and took me to a difrent place high above everything else going on at that time I lived and breathed the music and found myself back in 1981 at the age of 15 it was one of the happiest times of my life all thanks to the Jam, now I'm looking back with very fond memories and the songs sound just as powerful now as they did then , when your young was always one of my favourite and it sums up exactly what I was feeling at that time, thanks guys for some amazing times 😊
One of our best lyricist 🇬🇧 His lyrics from..THE JAM ... era of his career.
Totally encapsulated the Britain we were living in at the time..
The 🇬🇧 has some of the greatest lyricist the rest of the world 🌎 has ever heard...some master storytellers...
But don't think that we have another who.
Captured the times (i.e the late 70s to 80s) of the youth and u.k life like Mr.weller did in his lyrics...
Only have to listen to that's entertainment to know what I'm trying to get across....
( DO YOU ALL AGREE )
When I was a kid I was a massive Jam fan, I still have all the studio albums and all the singles they released when they were together. I saw them live about 15-20 times, mainly around Liverpool, but the last tour when I was a bit older, like 15-16 we went to a good few of their shows around the country. What I wasn't aware of at the time time thou, was the music that that influenced them and that they were referencing. As I got older and listened to more music, I could fit the pieces together, and whenever I listen to them I could hear the influences. They were a massive part of my life growing up, like bunking off school and being allowed in to their sound check at the Royal Court is an amazing memory, and better than any afternoon in school. Once I got older, like 17-18, and discovered shagging and drink and drugs, I put them away in a drawer and never listened to them again for years, but I still remember all the words, as I had listened to their music so much, when I was young, because as we all know you fall in love with any guitar and any bass drum when you're young.
I'm 58 from Hammersmith and Chelsea FC and was a skinhead from1979/1982.i saw the Jam eight times in total including last gig in Brighton 😎and saw lot's of other mod and 2tone band's plus all the mental oi bands.. lucky that I grew up near the Odeon..Palais.. Clarendon hotel.. the Greyhound pub..the George.😎😎😎😎
Talking like i wrote it....so true
The jam ,what more can you say about one of the greatest british bands ever .
The most important group ever. The voice of a generation
Songwriting genius right here ,complimented by two brilliant musicians who understood and got what Mr Weller was trying to create.
What a master piece great band
Pure British talent bring back the jam
Best British band ever ..
Brilliant lyrics , fantastic band Class A musicians
Yep, they were all on cocaine. 😉
@@Eleventhearlofmars Nah. But you’re ignorant.
Bruce Foxton's mullet really was at it's loveliest in this video. So long, feathery and bouncy. And it catches the light soooo well to give it something of a glow round the edges in this video
Lets all close our eyes and remember the greatest band ever
I Love The Kinks
Can’t decide between this and Down in the tube station at midnight as my number 1 Jam song, think this just edges it 👍
In the city.
@@johnkearney5803that’s entertainment.
The Jams finest 🎶 tune
Finding myself in a strange town at home right now still love this tune though 👌
Incredible what noise just these 3 guys can produce - I saw them at Guildford in 1980.
Seaburn hall 89 that was it I was hooked .
This record reminds me of playing a London team at football, at the time of football violence, when you went to the capital it was a cold no help strange town , thanks mr weller
Paul Weller....LYRICAL GENUS.... The Jam yaay
Been with Mr Weller since the right early days, and saw the Jam twice ( very lucky me ) but totally loved this song,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,although I still class Down in the Tube Station as my top notcher, although on certain nights this overtakes it
yeah down in the tube station and THIS! energy!
Brixton , Rushcroft Road, April 1979. In my Dad's flat listening to this coming from a neighbouring flat. The year I met my girl.
Such a group… changed me forever
that bass and those drums omg heaven
Our band , listening to them puts the spring in our step , the hairs standing on the back of our necks every time.
Paul Weller said in a interview that he has written three perfect songs and that strange town is one of them.
Simply brilliant.
I adored the jam growing up, they were my brothers records but I loved them as if they were my own. I honestly cannot choose one track above any other as they all had a unique melody and super lyrics. I even went on to adore the Style Council and Paul Weller as a solo Artist. This was the very best of the best even today!
My favourite Jam song.
Back yet again. I have to say, of all the fantastic Jam songs, I've decided that this is my number one. Lyrical perfection, a fantastic melody, probably Wellers best ever middle 8 (and he was a master of them in the Jam) and a great vid. Just magnificent.
Weller was an absolute Master at middle 8's, no question. When You're Young also has a belter, but pretty much every Jam song don't disappoint!
this was a b-side song too i’m pretty sure but it’s so amazing
I agree possibly my favorite also.
Maybe Down in the Tube station.
And a great choice it is too Chris. Played the hell out of it at the time. Fantastic days indeed
@@lanaechaplin4790 this was an A side was it not? I believe the B side was butterfly collector which is a brilliant song as well.
One of the best strange town bside butterfly collector
Pure class.
Thomas Gregory, absolutely concur. Shame that they will never reform, or is it best that they leave classics untouched. One of my great quandaries.
When I moved to Germany from the UK this song became my absolute anthem. As much as I loved it before the meaning never really hit me until I moved abroad lol! I always loved the idea of "trying to find a friend in Oxford Street" hilarious.
yeah, like you walk up to someone and ask "Sorry mate, I'm looking for Ian, the guy with the glasses, you know."
Greatest song ever by the best band ever!
The Jam never grow old.
Bruce and Rick power driving this
This and down in the tube station, said it all for me. thanks for the upload.
Superb! Thank you The Jam
That song is an absolute masterpiece... the first Jam single I ever bought.
What a great band the Jam were! The music was peerless, have to be the best british band ever Just behind The Beatles!
Funny you say that. The only contemporary band I really liked in 1982 when I was 15 was The Jam. I only really liked The Beatles, Stones and other 60s bands apart from them. Noone gets really close to The Beatles. The variety and originality of their output is staggering.
Needless to say I was a square. I've been proven right by you though.
Got to love The Smiths though.
There was loads of great British bands in plenty of genres. Some of the progressive rock bands were staggering as well. The jam were superb though.
heard this as a 10 year old .. loved the Jam - lyrics so spot on and still relevant . saw them in Battersea Town Hall. decades later my brother worked with Ricks wife (RIP) and she bless her got Rick to sign my Jam CD ..
Gr8 drummer 💯
Best intro ever
The jam strange town classic song from the eighties good music back then forty five years old still sounds good now good stuff
Always smile when I hear this classic jam tune, was the song that weller sang the very first time I saw him, way back in the late 70's at Bingley Hall in Brum, great times and have followed him ever since!
Lyrics:
Found myself in a strange town
Though I've only been here for three weeks now
I've got blisters on my feet
Trying to find a friend in Oxford Street
I bought an A to Z Guide Book
Trying to find the clubs and YMCA's
But when you ask in a strange town
They say don't know, don't care and I've got to go, mate
They worry themselves about feeling low
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
They all ignore me, 'cause they don't know
A spaceman from a UFO
You've got to move in a straight line
You've got to walk and talk in four-four time
You can't be weird in a strange town
You'll be betrayed by your accent and manners
You've got to wear the right clothes
Be careful not to pick or scratch your nose
You can't be nice in a strange town
'Cause we don't know, don't care and we got to go, man
Rush my money to the record shops
I stop off in a back street, buy myself a snort
We got our own manifesto
Be kind to queers
I'm so glad the Revolution's here
(It's nice and warm now)
I've finished with clubs where the music's loud
'Cause I don't see a face in a single crowd
There's no one there
I look in the mirror
But I can't be seen
Just a thin, clean layer of Mister Sheen
Looking back at me
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Found myself in a strange town
Though I've only been here for three weeks now
I've got blisters on my feet
Trying to find a friend in Oxford Street
I bought an A to Z Guide Book
Trying to find the clubs and YMCA's
But when you ask in a strange town
They say don't know, don't care and I've got to go, mate
They worry themselves about feeling low
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
They all ignore me, 'cause they don't know
A real spaceship from a UFO
Break it up, break it up
Break it up, break it up
Break it up, break it up
Break it up, break it up
Hmmm, break it up, break it up
Burn it up, shake it up
Break it up, break it up
Those Shoes…lol…never ever liked them but preferred the black/white bowling shoes but personally I always had olive drab, stone or desert sand coloured desert boots that I still buy to this day
GREAT TRACK! STILL SOUNDS GOOD.
Pure class. I'm glad to be of an age where I grew up with the Jam. This is my favourite by far but they never did a duff song at all.
Thank you! That is what I just wrote on another video! Literally they weren't able to write a half song, they were too brilliant! Those early days where they were finding their feet, what a brilliant time to be young and have the appreciation for what we were witnessing!
I had those shoes in Black & White.. Red & White & Brown & White.. Good old Carnaby Street...those were the days....exciting times and all without mobiles & Social media
Bought mine in Deptford High Street.
I wish I was young then and not now
Sherry's.
And yet here you are on social media commenting.
Moreover, judging by your comment you clearly never went to school.
Going to London in June...Way Aye Man!
Best Band ever
You move from Essex to Norwich 1985 you d be singing these lyrics X
Along with this track & funeral pyre Absolute Genius 💯
Now we are in Strange Town.
There is no kindness in that town of ours where we live now.
People are isolated.
The Jam is a great band.
The Jam knew of the existence of a strange town.
I found it all related in the series of songs "A Town Called Malice," "Going Under Ground," and "When you are Young.
I would like to go back to the 1970s and meet them.
Let's all shout it out.
Break it up, Burn it down, Shake it up!
Thanks!
They worry themselves about feeling low
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
They all ignore me cause they don't know
I'm really a spaceman from those UFOs
Strange town
Break it up, Burn it down, Shake it up!
Favourite song by miles n that's saying something the jam r the best
Been listening for a while but I’ve really been getting into them over the last few days
Had The Jam on my parker back in 1980!, good times
When your young and strange town up there with the best. 😎🎸🎶👍
Learn to type
i can remember like it was just weeks ago, gawd i wish i could go back
2.19 -2.21 cop that bass line as it runs down. Fantastic. This song has got it all. Blows me away again and again and it's nearly 2020. One of their best. And they were all brilliant.
so much going on in 3 minutes
Rick Buckler simply a brilliant drummer, listen to the drumming
Kin gem of many by the best fuckin band in the world ❤❤❤
Paul in a rich vein of creative writing, following on from Tube Station with this one, When you're young etc. The Jam were amazing and ferocious live at that time
here i am in 2023 and boy do i miss these guys.beam me back to 1977 where their journey began.
I was never a jam fan as a kid - turned off by the mod connections. Took me well into adult life to acknowledge what a truly great band they were.
This is probably my favourite song by them. Still can't get my head around Foxton's mullet tho.
I really love this song. The lyrics and the music. Thank you so very much.
My favourite Jam song....amongst a great catalogue.
Class song writing goosebumps reminiscing was on holiday in London in my teens carnaby street got my fist pair of jam shoes boating blazer etc wearing them and my grey stay press to skool great times always a mod 😝
I could listen to the end bit for ever
Love this stuff 💗
Exactly mate, every town, at least up here had their aggro and boot boy gangs
Football away days were always a bit Leary.
Like most, if not all songs by the jam they captured our lives back then brilliantly
One of their finest songs (after Set the House Ablaze, obviously).
I have to agree
Set the house a blaze what a song
one of the best "small town boy in the big bad city" songs ever written.
Great video great song great band.
The greatest band in the fucking world
My favourite
Heading into London soon, going to blast it.
Really a spaceman from those U F O's !!!
One of their best songs. Sums up London pretty well. Lived here most of my life. Wouldn't have any other way ☺
Elegant stylish rock. Beautiful music sounds. Wonderful.
A mí me parece más pop, que rock, aún así que más da. Evidentemente es una gran banda 👍
Fantastic
Another brilliant song from the jam I like this one from an old mod of 70,long live mods 🤩😊😎🤗❤🎉
the Jam are the greatest
Outstanding band and song 👍👍👍
Love this
Weller is wearing the jacket the Beatles wore at Shea Stadium in 1965....
the year is 2021 and music is on its arse ? THANK GOD the jam and weller written about life in the UK in the 1970s/80s
because we can still refer to the song about life in 2021 and nothing really has changed just inflation
I was there mate, wouldn't change it for the world.
@@stevetaylor7206 yep me to
the late 1970s early 80s was hard for young kids ? from what we know now the people running the country back then should be put behind bars if they are still alive. the government really did fuck us over
All Mod cons was my favourite album
Strange town is my best jam track of all time . Growing up as a teenager in late 70s early 80s I was a mod and the jam personified everything I was about . Paul weller bruce foxton and Rick buckler together a formidable force . They were only together 5 yrs but the quality of their work is fabulous . We can all look back at that era and think wow they were and still are today one of the best bands we ever had .even now the 3 guys are all doing their own things still being creative . I would love to see a new band with Paul weller and noel gallagher together I think it would be ace the creativity between those 2 would be so great even if it was an ongoing side project they are both in the same frame of mind with things which is fantastic
Go see Bruce foxton from the jam it's amazing