"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.
"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 !!
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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" !!
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.
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.
@@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..
@@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"
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 !!
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.
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.
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 .
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.
@@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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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."
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!
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).
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.)
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.
@@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
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.
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
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!)
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.
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."
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.
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 ✊🏾👊🏾
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.
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.
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).
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.
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
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!!
First time comment after watching, and liking so many of your videos. Searched your channel and you haven't listened to any songs from The Hives yet. Similar sound to The Jam here with some Elvis Costello but harder and faster. A Swedish garage rock band most popular in the mid 90s-2000s. And 20+ years later they have new material too. Start with I Hate to Say I Told You So, Walk Idiot Walk. Hope you like them. And I'm blessed to find your channel!
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.
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.
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.
@@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 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!
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!
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”.
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!!
Loving your channel, this is another favourite of mine, true story i cried when i went to a live performance Pauls lyrics and power was just so overwhelming ❤
Remember hearing this for the first time on a crackling tinny old radio in the early 80's, it's a fabulous song I'd say a Classic, sounds as good as ever some 40 years later. I love your reaction to these songs 🎵💕❤️
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.
Anthem ! Lucky to be born in the UK and a late teen in the 80s The Jam were huge every song was epic .
"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.
Gets my vote mate.
voice of our generation,sadly the sheep are well and truely asleep today.
the smell of revolution was strong back then,great times
Exactly what we are seeing today.
Our tax money funds mass murder for profit.
"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 !!
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight was haunting. The whole album All Mod Cons was brilliant.
YES ,YES!!!! Definitely.
"Down in a tube Station at Midnight" and "Thats Entertainment" defo need to react to those.
I just love A bomb in wardour street. I can’t help it.
And Start!
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.
@@shaunsmith2914agreed mate MOT
A working class genius.has never forgot his roots
Don't always agree with anything Leeds, but yeah, brilliant.
Style council is a lot better than people remember
@@fayesouthall6604 your so right totally underrated.the lyrics to walls come tumbling down are still relevant today with these Tory bastards in charge
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!
nothing could be more true than this post... add more Paul Weller as solo & with Style Council.. the man is a genius.
Style council were like Wellers lost years!! Brilliant with The Jam, brilliant solo but Style council??? No thanks.
Style Council were awful. I am glad they split before they turned into an awful pop group
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.
Post punk brilliance
It was Mod....
No punk involved.
@@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.
It came with Sound Affects LP In the U S 7in freebie - Enjoy .
One of the most important bands to ever come out of the UK.
No such thing as an important band I hate when people say that
@@mitz_19 Of course there are important bands in the history of music. What a stupid fucking comment. You are obviously stupid (or very miserable).
one very British band 🎉the best
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.
Well said! I agree 100%
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.
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" !!
Shout It To The Top is my favourite Style Council song. Paul Weller also did some great solo stuff circa 2010.
Walls Come Tumbling Down! And Shout to the Top!!
"My Ever Changing Moods" and "You're The Best Thing" are 2 of my all time favorite songs!!
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.
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.
Hey guys you asked to see more Midnight Oil as well, try Forgotten Years, very powerful message.
"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...
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Rrrrright !!!.....I couldn't say it better !!!!!!
@@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..
A song from 1980 and the Lyrics still resonate. How can we be 40 years on and not moved forward?
Boy soldiers... Ukraine/Russia bullshit.
It would help if you could hear what he is saying. Half of the song is lost behind the terrible mix levels
@@monkeyfunk8371us brits don't need to hear what he's singing, we know what he's singing.
@@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"
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 !!
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.
Modfather 👍 saw him supporting Blur at Wembley a few weeks back. Still cool as f and voice still great😊
"The lies wash you down, and their promises rust" - amazing lyrics from Paul Weller.
When Britain stood up for their social rights.
We need them back.
Love The Jam.
The Jam were one of the greatest UK bands from 1977-1982. They had #1 songs in England and are almost unknown in America.
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.
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 .
Amen!
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.
@@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)
Great band! Check out “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight”, “A Town Called Malice”, & “In the City”
Also start and eaton rifles
Hiya John, they've already done A Town Called Malice
“The public gets what the public wants” becomes “the public wants what the public gets”
This applies to music and media in general such as we see online...as Marshall McLuhan famously wrote, "The medium is the message"...
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.
No re phrase that The public never gets what the public wants.😮
but it only makes sense with the next line ...#but I don't get what the society wants#
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.
The Moddfather. Love Paul, love the Jam. Living legend
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.
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.
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.
I'd put Andy Partridge in there too.
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.
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.
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!
And The Jam Were followed by The Style Council Superb As Well Their Tracks Long Hot Summer And Shout To The Top Simply Great
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."
I second this, Style Council was amazing.
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?
They need to react to "Wanted", "Boy Who Cried Wolf", "Walls Come Tumbling Down", "Headstart for Happiness" and "Ever Changing Moods"
@@matthewdeguire472 which version of Ever Changing Moods do you prefer?
@@dranet47 I prefer the more pop one, not the piano one.
Another great song by The Jam is called, Start .
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!
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).
the jam were mods not punks
@@ianharris879 🤣No
@@DazzleMonroeyes, hence Weller's nickname "the Modfather".
@@alimac1968ify Nah. The Jam were a punk band. Steve Marriott was The Modfather.
@@DazzleMonroe They were actually both - 'The Jam were an English mod revival/punk rock band.'
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.)
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.
A reaction to Stiff Little Fingers would be awesome
Nice to know a band from little old Woking, right in my manor, reached so far.
Did you ever see the Replacements?
@@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
@@BGNOLA No, I never got to see them. I saw Husker Du, though.
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.
Music of my youth. Boating blazer, tie-pin, desert boots....The Jam!
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
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!)
You should check his later band’s great hit… The Style Council ‘Walls come tumbling down’
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.
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."
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.
A truly fabulous live act the Jam were in their time and really could deliver going underground with a punch 👍
"You choose your leaders and place your trust,
as their lies put you down and their promises rust! "
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
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 ✊🏾👊🏾
Modern World, Pretty Green, That’s Entertainment, Precious - there are too many incredible the Jam songs to mention. ❤️
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.
Paul Weller’s career after the Jam is full of gems, The Style Council and all his solo albums and singles 😊
"Long Hot Summer" by The Style Council would be very appropriate at the moment!
@@Escapee5931 yes indeed
Paul weller, thats entertainment👍 brilliant!
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.
man I wish they came to New Orleans; closest they got was Austin
It was definitely the wrong decision
Oddly, in the UK it was the US that scared us more than the Russians
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.
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.
Singer Paul Weller is known as the ‘Modfather’ in the UK - leading the way in the fashions of the era worn by ‘Mods’!
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).
As a Brit myself mate i can tell u this is a fuckin banger
"The Dead Heart" by Midnight Oil
Style Council - Shout To the Top. Paul Weller, leader of the Jam, his next band. Soul and R&B influenced. Great tune.
I'm glad Amber got the point of the song, she really listened and understood.
My favourite Jam song thank you 🎶 🎤 🎧
“News of the World” a great rocker from this group
The sound of my teenage years. The Jam were so massive in the UK.
You choose your leaders to place your trust, whilst their lies wash you down and their promises rust!!!! Brilliant
Glad you enjoyed the jam. They are a band i have always liked.
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,
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.
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
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!!
‘Long Hot Summer’ by The Style Council featuring Paul Weller of The Jam … is a must!
down in the tube station at midnight , great song great lyrics
Funeral Pyre by The Jam is excellent as well. Fast heavy drums and great lyrics.
First time comment after watching, and liking so many of your videos. Searched your channel and you haven't listened to any songs from The Hives yet. Similar sound to The Jam here with some Elvis Costello but harder and faster. A Swedish garage rock band most popular in the mid 90s-2000s. And 20+ years later they have new material too. Start with I Hate to Say I Told You So, Walk Idiot Walk. Hope you like them. And I'm blessed to find your channel!
I LOVE THE JAM!
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 😂
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.
This is almost exactly the list I would give them. I know they would succum-b.
Start is a great song but the baseline was stolen from the Beatles Taxman
@@MissAlabamaNobody I see what you did there ;)
@@terenceneeson9131 indeed, that's the consensus.
Amazing to think that Paul Weller was finished with The Jam when he was only 24.
It nice to see two people who seem to *genuinely* enjoy what they do.
Right? Omg I want their job!! 😀
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.
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.
Pretty sure that's not true . The Beatles didn't have singles debut at No 1
Wasn't that Gerry and the Pacemakers?
@@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!)
Slade were first band since the Beatles…The Jam third in line
@@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!
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!
Great powerful lyrics band, my favourite of theirs is Butterfly Collector
The Jam are THE JAM. Check out Style Council which was Paul Weller's next band
Ya Style Council x
Great reaction and summary, I and thousands of others of my generation in Great Britain worshipped this band. Just first class ….
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”.
My oldest mates favourite band, these, The Undertones and The Skids were all he used to listen to.
Time for some Style Council! Maybe start with “you’re the best thing”
When your Young , Saturdays Kids , That's Entertainment , Pretty Green , Eton Rifles all great Jam songs that Rob will love.
The Jam has a ton of classic tracks.....and this track went to #1 in the UK
This single debuted at no 1 and stayed there for 3 weeks, certified platinum and it had something serious to say. Wow.
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!!
Loving your channel, this is another favourite of mine, true story i cried when i went to a live performance Pauls lyrics and power was just so overwhelming ❤
"A town called malice" is a good song
They did it!
Remember hearing this for the first time on a crackling tinny old radio in the early 80's, it's a fabulous song I'd say a Classic, sounds as good as ever some 40 years later. I love your reaction to these songs 🎵💕❤️
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.
great reactions guys.seeing the jam live is one of lifes treats.seeing them live as i did in 1982 in my hometown leeds was fantastic.
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.
One of the greatest songs a British band has ever produced. 1980 - straight in at number 1 - still relevant now!
Fabulous! More Jam, Paul Weller, Style council please 🙏
Deffo x
Paul Weller is a national treasure in the UK. I didn't think it's hard to see why.
You should do Follow the Leader by Korn. It has an awesome video as well.
Yes, this for sure!
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.
Now were talking..... This is from my teenage years. Huge in the Uk. ❤🎼🇬🇧