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Music video by The Jam performing Down In The Tube Station At Midnight. (C) 1978 BBC Music
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Foxton absolutely shreds on that bass.
It never ages. We were spoiled .
What an absolute classic track this is , goes about 20ft over the heads of most of that Top of the Pops audience.
I was there the night they filmed it ,we had two Alsations with us and met all 3 of them..who took an interest in the dogs.
Sept 1979 and I'm 14. I skip off school and change into some "mod" clothes and go to Listen Ear record shop in Newcastle. The Jam turn up & I tap Paul on the back as they walk into the shop. He says alright mate and I am floating on air... off to the City Hall that night for an amazing experieince... wish I was 14 again and not 56...
Listen Ear was the place to hang out back in 79. Great days to be young.
😂😂😂
Paul Weller was a genius lyricist. How I miss all those angry young men from across the pond.
He’s still around, in fact he’s touring/ coming soon
To be young again
as that wont happen, we at least get to look forward to this type of music playing when they throw us into a care home
Some of the most menacing lyrics ever written.the jam were true legends
Foxton is history’s most underrated bass guitar player. Dude plays melodies with that thing.
Sammy South - so do many bass players - check out a young woman called Tal Wilkenfield - and what about the late, great Jacko Pastorius? None of which is mean't to denegrate Foxton by the way - oh, and who could forget Stanley Clarke - me obviously - lol!!
@@honeychurchgipsy6Nick Beggs
@@Eysenbeiss - Nick Beggs - will check him out
I liked the Jam as a kid when they were still together, but really didn't appreciate Foxton until I recently delved back into the Jam again. Foxton has made me appreciate bass for the first time in my life & now I make a point of actively listening to it. My God, the single bass intro note on "Ghosts" is unforgettable.
Not only his technical facility, but his tone, intonation, and sheer musicality were rivaled by very few players. Truly one of the greats.
I love this song, it draws you in and engulfs you in the story and makes it feel that it's you getting mugged. Very visceral.
" 'Cause they took the keys, and she'll think it's me."
It's such a simple line, yet it evokes so much horror. Brilliant lyrics 👏🏼
That line never had the intended effect on me because there's no way in hell the thugs know their home address, even if they got the keys
@VirreFriberg The thugs also have his wallet and drivers license. Thus, they have his home address. Use a little imagination
Agree. Horrendously poignant.
We’ve exported some terrible things, and some wonderful things but I truly believe our music is second to none. Rule Britannia
Im 59 going on 60 Weller is the soundtrack to my life
Me too.
And me !
Same here . Strange town is my favourite.
Same here.
Bruce Foxton is without doubt one of the great bass players. His work with The Jam and Stiff Little Fingers was immense.
Amen brother. Very underrated musician.
Definitely is so…..
With a name like yours, no doubt a touch of bias about SLF.
I have always been in metal bands. Throughout my musical "career". People have asked me about my playing style and what my influence (s) is/are.
Everyone in the metal world would normally be influenced by such great players as Cliff Burton, Steve Harris or suchlike. Without a thought, I always say Bruce Foxton is my first influence. In fact, the energy and musicality of his playing when put into a metal context makes for a great combination and one, luckily, that falls naturally to me as a player.
Under-rated as fuk..
To me this is The Jam at their very best. Love this song. Still constantly play this week in week out
And to think that's entertainment, bitterest pill, a town called malice, and going underground were still to come
❗️❗️👍👍👍❗️❗️
Complete poetry, it's hard to believe Weller wrote it when he was only 20!
From experience of actually getting ass kkicked 😢
I love this song , so much
Bloody brilliant!..Weller at his most angst..God how we need him in these times..Come back mate your country needs you!!!
did you see him on The Times this w/e, he’s an old man like me. Different times, gone, not forgotten, but, different,,,,,
I’m 65, still listening to this brilliant music.
Yes me too. I'm 42 grew listening to the Jam mums fav band. Always play this on the juke box
62. Right there with you.
64 mate, music from my youth , Bruce Foxton’s Bass is top drawer !
For something different have a listen to Amelia Coburn’s (songs from the shed )
acoustic cover 👍
I’m 50
A beautiful song with very dark lyrics.
I've been a sunderland fan for 58 years but the lads are right Sir Bobby Robson was an absolute gentleman a lovely man
The bass on this is sublime...
“And Mr Jones got run down” just has to be one of the greatest lyrics in the history of songwriting..Paul Weller a songwriting genius
when I go to heaven I hope the Brits are in charge of the music
+mod69
Mate, that should be on a t-shirt somewhere!! :)
+mod69 Sincerely I hope we Brits are too :)
+mod69 Well said mate, Sadly, Music just ain`t made like this anymore.
Good shout mate
getting a tattoo of that phase! lol nice one 👍
Best jam track 🇬🇧
Paul Weller is a totally brilliant lyricist - and this song is chilling if you really listen to the lyrics.
Amelia Coburn does an interesting cover ( songs from the shed ) 👍
Chilling and so terribly sad.
A well crafted honest description of the harsh realities of life living in late seventies UK. It wasn’t a pretty place and times were tough.
i dont think i would be chilling.
& lived through those times his lyrics were an accurate portrayal of life in urban uk & resonated with every teenager no matter where in the uk
I first felt a fist and then a kick, I could now smell their breath. They smelt of pubs and worm wood scrubs................Weller is a poet for the ages.....
And too many right-wing meetings! Although - how many right-wing meetings _are_ too many? I'd say one is bad enough, mate, lol!
Dylan won a Nobel Prize for his lyrics, fair enough, but Weller deserves one too
It’s funny. This song is so accurate to being in England in the 70’s. God the jam were good
Saw them early on at the Marquee in Wardour Street. 76? 77?
@@FernGullyandtheLastKlumous cant have been 76, they didnt form until 77
@@thomashardcastle6464 It was probably early 77. They were the backup band to a French rocker name Little Bob Story. I took some excellent color slides, the good ones were permanently borrowed by Lincoln Imlay. I think I went with a Brummie named David Horton. That is all I can remember. Apologies for the lack of exact dates, I will do better next time. They were very good too, jumping all over the place. The crowd stood like statues as was the custom.
The best band ever 1977- 1982 👍👐
@@FernGullyandtheLastKlumous Who's Lincoln Imlay, someone notable? Well, I'm sure all your mates were notable to yourself, of course.🎯
Great British song ever ever
The complexity of the lyrics in this song goes unnoticed, a full story told, rather than today's music which is a chorus and two verses (if you're lucky) filling up 3 & a half to 5 minutes.
I never really noticed at the time, but listened properly on the radio recently, it's aged so well. Better than most of the poetry I learnt at school. My son now does a good ukulele version!
From hearing this as a 10yr old to hearing it at 52, still an absolute masterpiece.
Lucky enough to have listened in my teens ..introduced by way of a mate at college ..Eton Rifles..but sadly missed the Cramps..so much good sounds then I guess.xx
I was 14 when I heard it, bought it from
Boots 7inch picture sleeve 😂& l still have it in my vinyl collection. Great Days.
👍
I hit 9 years of age on November 13 1978. And The Jam were in the charts!
Same here. I was 12 when it was released. I now live halfway across the world in the Philippines and still love it.
I was 13. What a great a feeling it is!
Just a decade ahead of their time! ❤
Wow fantastic memories from 80s what z grest time neverk to be seen again Fee,
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This American is stunned
The Jam are the reason I didn't get lost when I was just a kid looking for his own way in the world. They played the soundtrack of my maturity and formed my musical culture. The Jam are the reason I'm still here ..
may be then you could help me out with the lyrics to town called malice, i never have been able to get it, thanks
@@scottnever8732 Really??? You find them online everywhere
@@scottnever8732 Better stop dreaming of the quiet life
'Cause it's the one we'll never know
And quit running for that runaway bus
'Cause those rosy days are few
And stop apologizing for the things you've never done
'Cause time is short and life is cruel but it's up to us to change
This town called Malice
Rows and rows of disused milk floats
Stand dying in the dairy yard
And a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk
Bottles to their hearts
Hanging out their old love letters on the line to dry
It's enough to make you stop believing when tears come fast and furious
In a town called Malice, yeah
Struggle after struggle, year after year
The atmosphere's a fine blend of ice I'm almost stone cold dead
In a town called Malice, ooh yeah
A whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef
Gets dashed against the Co-op
To either cut down on beer or the kids new gear
It's a big decision in a town called Malice, ooh yeah
The ghost of a steam train echoes down my track
It's at the moment bound for nowhere just going round and round
Playground kids and creaking swings
Lost laughter in the breeze
Could go on for hours and I probably will
But I'd sooner put some joy back in this town called Malice, yeah ooh
In this town called Malice, yeah
In this town called Malice, ooh yeah
litterally same
Yes! Music is a saviour. Too many saviours to mention. Only heard the Cramps about 5 years ago..how the fuck did I miss them in my youth?
Bruce wasn’t messing about!
Quite possibly the best Jam song, ever. Yet you hardly ever hear it on the radio these days - if they play the Jam, always Town Called Malice.
I'm 56 in a few weeks... this is the second best single ever recorded...... The Clash ... White Man is the best.... weird both 1978.... depends on your age.
Yeah always town called malice
@@ianblack7006 both great tunes tho
@@barnijones2688 eton rifles
Lyrics awesome. Not too left wing biased like some of their songs. Awesome record!
my dad loves this...
Classic song by the awesome Jam. Love it!
I am getting my vinyl sleeve of Down in the tube station at midnight signed by original drummer Rick Buckler!
C.P.
2022.
As an American, I truly believe the reason why great bands like The Jam, Squeeze and Elvis Costello and The Attractions never took off in the USA is because the lyrics were always too complex for their short attention spans: one of the reasons why I loved them, they were all wonderful story-tellers!
Agreed. Also, there was the factor of the lyrics being to "local", as in "What's a wormwood scrub?"
As am American, i remember radio was owned by payola and music companies shoving disco down tours truely... Thank God for the isles across the pond!
Wormwood Scrubs is a prison in London.
That's a great call! Thank god for the Atlantic. (tongue in cheek)
I was in L.A. and we had college radio and KROQ and got to listen to all this music and went to all concerts of the era. Best years of my life.
Blimey, Bruce was some bassist. Huge skill to play a piece like this.✅
happy birthday Paul
love THE JAM this song is fantastic
remember always 30.11.1980
THE JAM live in germany city Dortmund
love THE JAM 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
25.5.2024 Frank Germany
Believe it or not everyone who knows me calls me jam, short for jamie and i happen to love the jam
I listened to this with my dad. He has very sadly passed now, but the jam live on. Absolute best British band ever.
Sorry for your dad r.. I. P.
I am still missing my own father. Bless you Ben and bless you Suzanne. xx
I'm sorry for your loss, may he res2in peace. A great man I'm sure
@@lennymadhavan3361 sorry for your loss, may he rest in peace
@@mattinfullvision9598 Thank you so much bruv. That is very thoughtful and kind of you. xx
Paul Weller...probably one of the best song writers of his generation.
But did he write them though?
@@BlackRain_ yes
@@nikaa4237 Prove it.
@@BlackRain_don’t need to prove it.
Bruce Foxton's bass on this is superb.
I had read years ago that he was heckled a lot. He wasn't 'Mod' enough.
One of the best in the world in my opinion
I know. Jumping up and down with harmonics too.
True - as always.
Went to see from the jam in Middlesbrough Bruce foxtons band
They were great
Brilliant, and not a bloke you’d want to mess with back then. Could well look after himself , genius of a songwriter
Just about the greatest pop song ever with the best lyrics ever …loved The Jam
Greatest song ever written.
What a banging British rock tune.
Don't make em like this no more
I wish i could be a teenager again...
Bruce does a lot of work on this track. Underappreciated.
what a band and what a sound they had. Paul Weller singing in that hard as fuck accent, them tight mod haircuts and them no fucking about guitar riffs just sounds so cutting edge at the time. Hard music for hard times (late 70s, early 80s)
Paul Weller : Handsome Bleeder.
BF is a genius
Probably the best Jam song ever. Still as good today as it was the day it was released.
I met a feller in the pub last week and he's the only other one besides me who I've met who can sing all the lyrics 😁 it was great.
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
That’s just great ! 😊
YOU CANT KNOCK THE JAM THEY WERE PURE GOLD AND THEY STILL ARE PURE GOLD
The jam can't beaten and of
Could someone please tell me, is this another true story, along with the song Eton Rifles? Did it ever sadly happen, to any of the band, surviving a mugging?
They are the North London counterpart to South London's Squeeze. Today Deptford, tomorrow the World.
I think that's the mark of a good song, how does it sounds decade's later.
This still sounds Great 40 odd years later.
Foxton haircut is horrible
The coolest we ever done
I saw them in Toronto in May 82. Opening band was "THe Bopcats". I remember nothing of the opening band but remember THe Jam started with Happy Together! Also, there were dudes in cowboy apparel sitting next to me......found it kind of funny. Good, fun, loud concert.
Some of the greatest lyrics ever written .Weller was 20 years old !!!!!!!!
I know! And when you go the Setting Sons album and think of the lyrics of,for example Private Hell,its hard to believe he was only 21 when the album was released.Very intelligent, meaningful and mature songwriting ability.
Undoubtedly a genius.
A chilling and incredible bit of songwriting. As an ex Londoner this rang in my head for a long time. Weller was at his best with The Jam. He probably wouldn’t agree. Youth and fear and excitement and male violence and racism and the 70s - all there. It’s all still there unfortunately down in any tube station at midnight.
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
Get this, , my sister bought the album in 1979, , and i loved DITTSAM, , , i aint heard it for 45 years, , , and guess what, i sang it and remembered every word, , , , so i cant have dementia , , , ha
One of the greatest tracks - The Jam are absolute legends.
Bruce does a lot of work on this track. Underappreciated.
I love the way Bruce Foxton plays!!
An urban classic. Paul Weller tells the story.
Class
PROPER MASTERPIECE
Love that bassline. It is the heart of the song.
An absolute masterpiece. As relevant now as it was when released. Will still be relevant in 100 years.
Yes it will be.
Well said Jeremy
how sad
what weller captures in less than 4 minutes is exceptional
Back to my youth, the days when we all brought records with our weekly pocket money. The Jam were the best of their time by a clear mile.
How good was that!! The audience looked totally gob smacked!....
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Paul Weller your'e a legend. Your music was the soundtrack of my teens, your songs really captured the essence of Life in England in the late 70's, the politics the weather, society and the dreary boredom we all lived through, Brilliant !!!
The song that moved them on down the road. For a boy of 20 to write something like this is phenomenal. Musical and so insightful. He'd been exploring the English psyche and you'd see him down the Bag of Nails in Victoria, supping his pint, but that brain was ticking away. The three of them are so tight, one of the great three piece bands. Bruce with that style of his, so funky. When people slag you off for playing bass with a pick... show them this
Spot on Paul! Bassists with picks rule!
Especially Bruce
I recall Weller saying if he hadn't made it by the time he was 18, he was going to pack in...In The City album was released in '77, just before his 18th birthday, so when All Mod Cons was released in '78, it made him 18...
Still listening and have been since 1978 best song ever written
This and strange town
My all time favourite Jam songs
When You're Young even better than Strange Town for me, but those two singles in '79 were the essence of my youth
Seen them a few times the last time being in August supporting Status Quo, when i first heard Declaration I thought i have arrived, every song a gem plus 68 guns was released on my birthday 41 years ago 😜
As brilliant as Paul Weller is Bruce really makes The Jam come alive
Honestly their best song. It tells a story that is sadly still very relevant today. "They took the keys and she'll think it's me" is almost haunting.
But how do they know where he lives? Oh shit, they took his wallet as well!!! 😭
A real menace to the lyrics.
Only it's too many left wing meetings that originate the violence now.
Still one of the tightest rock bands to ever grace my ears.
Down in the.....and Tales from the Riverbank higher higher higher higher level. Unbelievable tunes
Best punk song ever
Whose lìstening to this in 2024..👋👋
how does right ear 👂 right now werk for you cuz!!😮
me August 02nd '24 in back garden.
Cup o tea be swapped for a bevvie soon.
Watching in Bulgaria 2024 on the golden fish balchik up the gas
Watching in Tasmania, Australia 🇦🇺
sounds the same as it did when it first came out. Pls explain what its about
A chilling tale of inner city violence with a magnificent soundtrack.Pure poetry just a classy song from one of the great british bands.
probably one of the very best bands to come out of great britain
agree 100%..... except for the word probably
correct
No way. There are at least 20 bands which have been way more impactful.
Not probably mate definitely
@@martincole34 I sound like a CARLSBERG ADVERT.......yes .....THE BEST
The depth of Gary Numan, the Mod of The Who, poetry of XTC, minimalism of Rush. No equal.
Write something that comes anywhere near this when you're 40, let alone 19 and we will all sit and pray, and your name shall liveth for ever more, forever and a day, amen.
If your watching this in 2023 then I salute you ….different gravy
24+
@@rachelbanks987124
Hhang onn
😅yea..thats rght.KTF.😊
This song is a true poem! Just beautiful. I can’t believe he can actually string the words together, so the vocal talent is through the roof too.
quality ,total quality.....19 yrs old when he wrote this ,,,,,,amazing
I agree with you. .. how this 19 year old lad from Woking had so much insight of life and the tribulations which come with it. ... no words for the script. .just amazing.
Top song by a top band!
Have a listen to Amelia Coburn’s cover 👍🇬🇧
Everything about this song is good, including the scariest song line ever, 'They took the keys and she will think it's me' ..........
"I fumble for change, I pull out the Queen, smiling beguiling"
The distant echo
Of faraway voices boarding faraway trains
To take them home to
The ones that they love and who love them forever
The glazed, dirty steps
Repeat my own and reflect my thoughts
Cold and uninviting, partially naked
Except for toffee wrappers and this morning's papers
Mr. Jones got run down
Headlines of death and sorrow, they tell of tomorrow
Madmen on the rampage
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh
I fumble for change, and pull out the Queen
Smiling, beguiling
I put in the money and pull out a plum
Behind me
Whispers in the shadows, gruff blazing voices
Hating, waiting
"Hey boy" they shout, "Have you got any money?"
And I say, "I've a little money and a takeaway curry
I'm on my way home to my wife
She'll be lining up the cutlery, you know she's expecting me
Polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork"
I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh
I first felt a fist, and then a kick
I could now smell their breath
They smelt of pubs, and wormwood scrubs
And too many right wing meetings
My life swam around me
It took a look and drowned me in its own existence
The smell of brown leather
It blended in with the weather
Filled my eyes, ears, nose and mouth, it blocked all my senses
Couldn't see, hear, speak any longer
I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh
I said I was down in the tube station at midnight, oh
The last thing that I saw as I lay there on the floor
Was "Jesus saves" painted by an atheist nutter
And a British Rail poster read
"Have an away day, a cheap holiday, do it today"
I glanced back on my life, and thought about my wife
'Cause they took the keys, and she'll think it's me
I'm down in the tube station at midnight
The wine will be flat and the curry's gone cold
I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight, oh
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight, oh
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight, oh
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight, oh
Love it...
Top Band in the years Barra hello
Wonderfull ❤❤
Facking hell, they don't write songs like this anymore, those bands of today. Vivid stories about the darker side of life in London like this gem. A tale of domestic bliss, fear, violence and frustration, all packed in a 3 and a half minute record. EPIC!
We can thank the heavens for that
Have a listen to Sam Fender still writing songs that tell a story
Haha I love how the crowd are just standing... Bopping their heads... Hahaha
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
Best audience ever
I was in Stockwell station Dec 1987 near midnight and someone was killed two carriages down from where I was sitting. Being down in the tube station at midnight has a special meaning for me.
A scary story told in this. A proper classic song!
The right 3 people forming the right band at the right time, brilliant.
Blissful music - Foxton’s bass line is superb. Weller the mod father . Rick Buckler on drums - magic
Paul Weller is king
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
You would never believe how much the lyrics of this song have pervaded and resonated in my life. They just keep cropping up. When I'm discomfited I often think of the line "the glazed dirty steps repeat my own". etc. It just does it for me.